verloren1983: (Default)
This will be pretty quick, I promise! Just really trying to not post monster entries ALL the time. :P

If my calculations are correct, and I'm pretty sure they are, I'm going to have a 4.0 GPA for midterms. FUCKING RIGHT. I just have to keep it there. ^_^;;; (Oh, and the tests I was freaking out about, Western Civ and Gender & Lit? 97 and 98, respectively. This always seems to happen to me. XD)

Caved and got the 3DS XL. It's blue and humongous. I can't get over how big it is. I also got a Yoshi carrying case which included a couple of syluses (what IS the plural of stylus, anyway? Syluses? Styli? Meh.) and a screen protector for the touch screen, so that was pretty cool. Also picked up Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance and Zelda Ocarina of Time. Whoops? I've played a little of Zelda and it's already pissing me off. I've never played Ocarina of Time, though, so...

Best thing about it so far, though, is the music player. Messing with Re: Your Brains so that it sounds like chipmunks: awesome. ZOMBIE CHIPMUNKS FTW!

(Also, if anyone would like to add me, friend code is 1650-1537-2442. Just sayin'. :P)

verloren1983: (Cookies)
Okay, first things first- I'm alive. Some of you know that I've been in chat/available on AIM/commenting on things every once in a while. I'm here. I'm reading. I'm just not writing much outside of school work these days, and that apparently includes journals. Whoops. On the upside, this means you get a more general overview instead of a play-by-play. Which is good, because chances are you missed my angsting about basically every test ever, ESPECIALLY the Art History midterm which I was absolutely convinced I failed. I was completely prepared to drop the class. (C, btw- I'm starting to think that he's a very generous grader. XD)

Seriously, I've had some version or other of this in my journal since September 9th. I need to just start posting stuff as it comes up, god. )
verloren1983: (Chi)
☁ When I was in 8th grade, we did a video of our year for our English class. My friends and I did a lot of the work for it, because we were geeks like that. :P Anyway, there was drama surrounding that which I'm not getting into right now; the point is that very few people got a copy of that tape. Seven including myself, if I remember correctly. I found the tape again recently, so I decided I would get it put on a DVD. That way I could have it, put it on my computer, do... something with the VHS (I'm not sure what though, it feels wrong to destroy it. :/) It came back Monday. I'd hoped that the quality would be better, but the fact is that we are talking about a 15 year old VHS here. Realistically speaking, it's as good as I could've hoped for... though holy cow, there's a lot of typos. Extra cool is that apparently they have a thing going on at the moment where they send you a free extra DVD. Didn't actually need it, but hey, I gave it to Stef. ^_^

There was also a video I did before I moved the first time, of the apartment I grew up in and at school and stuff. Too long in places, but overall amusing, at least to me. Probably boring as hell to most people. Totally worth it. :D

☁ The home video did make me realize something, though- why the hell was I not ever tested for ADD as a kid? Seriously. I always thought it was an adult onset thing, and when I told my mom the theory, she said that I was always like this, the being easily distracted by shiny and not able to keep my attention on anything for long (books seem to be the singular exception- even then, I will often be reading two or three books at once, and have been for as long as I can remember). I didn't actually believe her until I started watching the video, and 16 year old Ver kept getting distracted by EVERYTHING HUMANLY POSSIBLE. Holy crap. It'll be fine and then all of a sudden... "Light!" or "Kitty!" or what have you. And if someone else is in the room, forget about it. >_<

Then again, I still haven't been tested, I just operate under the assumption that I'm ADD. (Apparently ADHD-PI, actually. Of DSM-IV's list, where six "symptoms" are required for a diagnosis, I have eight. Seriously, the wiki page explains so much about my life, except for the trouble in school part. I managed to escape that bit because I worked really hard to get that positive attention. Middle child syndrome. XD) I can't be bothered to do anything about it, though. It's annoying, but it doesn't have a HUGE negative effect on my daily life, so I've never felt like it was worth making a big deal about to a doctor or anything.

This sounds like a fantastic opportunity, assuming it's not some sort of elaborate scam. The biggest things are that one, I would need to be able to take three and a half months off. Yeah, not happening. Two, it's 11 days over the stay allowed without a visa. So I would need a Japanese visa. By September. I don't even know if that's possible. It's a nice idea though, and I would love to do it, but guh.

☁ I'm not much for singing shows, but I did see some of the auditions for The Voice, though I didn't watch it after that. I found out recently that it was over, so of course I looked up who won- turns out it was my favorite! Yay! Seriously, I could listen to his audition all day. Incredible voice. Funny thing about it is that the studio recorded version isn't as good. Go figure.

Sadly, my other favorite apparently didn't make it into the top 8. Boo. Too bad, he has a great rock voice (even though he was singing a country song).

☁ More Suikoden II reactions, in no particular order!
There ARE spoilers in this one, so uh. If you don't want to be spoiled, don't look under the cut. :D )
verloren1983: (My Own Little World)
☁ Pretty cool Mario theme. There's some other great stuff there too, and the guy can actually sing, so check it out. He talks about it at the end of the video I linked, but he's got his stuff on itunes, and all of the money goes to Japan aid, which is awesome.

☁ Cousin reminded me of Suikoden Tierkreis, so I've started that again as my "work break" game. Couldn't remember enough of where I was to continue on the old save, which sucks because I'd put over 30 hours into it, but what can you do. *sigh* I'd forgotten how god awful some of the voice acting is. There's no middle of the road with voice- they're either good or terrible, that's it. I also forgot how much of a religious overtone there is... but in this case, it has more of an anti-religion stance, so it's not anything overpowering. Oh, and I'm totally reminded that I was shipping Hotupa/Moana. So cuuuuute~ But then I love Moana anyway, she's freaking adorable. And Chrodechild! I'd say I would totally go gay for her if I, uh, wasn't already. I mean, seriously, look at this BAMF lady right here. I like Asad too, though, he's pretty awesome. Even if he's so obviously in love with Chrodechild and she just as obviously doesn't see him that way.

☁ Note to self- when making the cheesecake brownies, when the recipe says you need to do stuff in a separate bowl, they mean in a separate bowl. Turns out that mixing everything together... well, it still tastes good, but it ends up having a weird fudgy consistency instead of being the cakey brownie it's supposed to be. Good to know.

☁ Tried hummus for the first time. It's. Erm. Well, it's not BAD, but I wouldn't have the red pepper kind again. ^_^;;; Not a fan. Which I probably should've known because peppers are not my favorite things, whoops. Good thing it was only a small package with the hummus and some pita chips. I'd have to look at the flavors again, but probably something like garlic would be better.

☁ Half considering looking into RPing again somewhere, because I do miss it, but... eh. I'm not sure I want to go there. Plus I have no idea where I would app or who with or any of that. Meh. I should probably not bother.

Little bit of work ranting- this is why I need a vacation. )
verloren1983: (Bad Girl)
I don't really have anything to say at the moment except tell you to go here for some art history related geekery. *shrugs* Well, I find things like that interesting, anyway.

I've been trying to get rid of my floppy disks (part of my "clean my desk" thing)- they're all outdated, so I'm just going through, moving everything I want to keep on my hard drive, and deleting and tossing the disks. Conclusion? I have entirely too many floppies. I haven't even gotten through half of them yet, and there's still 52 here. Guh.

I'm currently trying to decide if I really want to go to the mall today. ^_^;;; On one hand I probably should, on the other hand... I really don't feel like it. XD And I'd have to go all the way to the bank to get out money because I don't have two dollars on hand. XDDD Guh. At the very least I should be looking up the bus schedule again- somewhere along the line I lost mine. Meh. To go or not to go? Hmm. Maybe I'll take a shower and see how I feel about it then. ^_^;

**EDIT** I think I'm not going to go today. I just listened to mom for nearly two hours- it's after 3pm and I haven't even had a shower yet. ^_^;;; Maybe tomorrow? XD
verloren1983: (Yay)

My state income tax check came in the mail the other day, thank god. It's not much... but fuck, 60-something bucks is better than nothing.

So... I got a call around Thursday from Game Crazy, saying that they had one of the Final Fantasy games from my wishlist. Yay! Turns out it was Chronicles, which has IV and Chrono Trigger on it (I'm still a little puzzled as to why Chrono's on there, as it's not a Final Fantasy game... yeah, Square put it out, but still). The verdict thus far? I've only played each one a little bit, but... IV is a little bit too easy so far but also strangely addictive. Battle system reminds me of the original Suikoden with the front row/back row stuff. Oh, and Edward is a FUCKTARD. I'd been told that many times but now I really believe it. If his HP gets below a certain point (which it inevitably will, because he's a fucking wimp and can't take damage worth shit), he freaking hides. HIDES! So the good part I guess is that he won't die, because he won't take any damage. However, this is completely overshadowed by the fact that you can't USE the fucker for anything. Did I mention that his attacks are weaker than all hell? He's now totally replaced Quina as my most hated FF character... at least Quina could learn some nifty Blue Magic and wasn't totally useless. I wasn't sure if I'd like Chrono Trigger and actually wasn't really planning on playing it, but Jason made me promise to try it. And I'm glad he did because that game is cooler than shit, despite the battle system being  a bit wonky.

Oh, and my commentary before on Advent Children? Watching it again now that I'm not sick and drugged up may not help, as apparently I'm not the only one who felt that way about it. Nobody seems quite sure what actually HAPPENED during the movie aside from a vague "geostigma" disease and kickass graphics. Always good to know that you're not alone... however, not so good to know that you dropped $20 on a movie that you can't even describe the plot of with any real certainty.

God of War has finally been reduced in price. I saw it in a Game Crazy flyer for $20. Wheee! So yeah... guess what's coming home with me tomorrow, assuming that I cash my state check and that GC actually has it? Finally! *evil grin*

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