Aramina

So, my dad invited me to join Facebook back around Christmas. And well, it's hard for me to keep in contact with him a lot of times, so I went and made a Facebook account. (....i feel dirty now, i joined the evil facebook...)



...I'm more disturbed by the fact that my dad plays Farmville on Facebook then anything else. Anyway, if you have a Facebook account, feel free to friend me, I don't bite... usually.

( possibly spoilery for people who are super anal about spoilers re:FFXIII...Ok, actually the tiniest bit spoilery for the ending, but I don't outright say anything )

A. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag seven people to do the same.
C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it."

( Read more... )

So, I'm not tagging anyone in specific, I'm instead gonna tag everyone on my friendslist, because even if I tag specific people that doesn't necessarily mean they're gonna do it :P

I was going to make a post about how awesome and spectacualar Cirque du Soleil's Kooza show was, but really? It's too awesome for words.

So if you get a chance to ever see it, do so, because you won't regret it.

So the area I live in in Southern California got nearly an inch and a half of rain today. Weather forecasters are saying that we'll get around twice that tomorrow, and at least 3 times that on Thursday. The streets around my house were already flooding today!

You know, hurricanes are so much easier, you just have to worry about a shit-ton of wind.

Attention World - I just beat Final Fantasy XIII!

No, I did not plan to do this tonight or this late, but I hadn't realised I was walking into the final boss fight until he'd already transformed once and killed me a couple of times. There's still more to do - as the internets have joked, while there is no 'New Game +', there is 'Old Game +' There are also bits and pieces of the plot that I know I'm still not grasping too well, but some of it will have to wait for a full replay with a dictionary at my side, which won't be till after I get the Ultimania guides at the end of the month. Alternatively, I can always play it in english in ~2 months.

Wow, I honestly didn't expect to do this tonight :P

Some of these are funny, some are serious, some are weird, but I suppose that describes me :P

1. Finish Final Fantasy XIII. (Preferably in Japanese before it ever comes out in English, but I'll take what I can get really)

2. Graduate from college with my BA in Japanese. (This will actually be in the fall instead of the spring as planned, because of a multitude of reasons including the fact that when I catch the Swine Flu, I catch it good)

3. Don't catch Swine Flu. (I'd rather this be, "Don't get sick" but I know better)

4. Keep in better contact with friends/aquaintances, because it's not like I don't have ways of doing so, and school/sickness is not that good of an excuse.

5. Stop giving in to people because I don't want to start a fight.

6. Have fun, and stop worrying so damn much.

Dude, so you know how there are some games where you just get so caught up in playing the game that you don't notice anything else? FFXIII is like that, at least for me. I think it's a distinct lack of breaks, everything just rolls into the next thing without even a tiny break for you to catch your breath.

Was very amused at how I was zooming through combat without a care in the world until I got bitchslapped by a boss and had to pay attention to the actual HP bars.

So far, I've been loving the actual combat and leveling systems, and I also like how they integrated it all into the plot in terms of what you can access when.

Not gonna say any more, because I don't want to inadvertently spoil anyone who cares about it :P

But whee! I have a ps3 now! Think of all the games I can play! I'm still figuring things out, but hopefully it shouldn't be too hard.

Woot! Just got home from my last final exam for this semester! No clue how I did, and I'm still going to be meeting with a teacher on Friday, but I can relax and sleep in for at least a little while! I'm going to have to help out a lot at work the next week or so (I got a lot of leeway due to swine flu and school) but omg, I can relax

Dear Play-Asia,

You know what would be awesome?!? Actually letting me buy the PS3 I want to buy, instead of taunting me with a "in-stock" listing that has no price or option to add it to my shopping cart. I know you have it, even if you didn't have the "in-stock" listing, you added non-stock photos at like 3am last night, which makes it really obvious that it's in your hands. It's just, I love you guys for importing stuff, I know I can trust you, I've never had any problems, but at this rate, I'm gonna end up buying one off of Ebay! And dude, for something like this, Ebay is expensive and potentially skeevy.

Losing love,
me

So, funny fact - I am a huge reality TV fan. Spring means American Idol, all times of year are good for Dancing with the Stars, Project Runway is gorgeous and sometimes terrifying, Top Chef has yummy food, and The Amazing Race is my dirty secret show I don't usually admit to.

So last spring, I fell in love with some of the top American Idol finalists. Because really, any other season and I forget about these people after the show ends. It's like, "you were good, but not that good." But when it comes to my favorites from this past season, I've been going crazy and listening to peoples debut singles and planning on buying albums. (Okay, I'll admit I'm still pissed off that I can't buy Allison's debut single anywhere, because I want to pay for that.)

So, something like 3-4 weeks ago, Adam Lambert's first single was released. I was distinctly unimpressed, and as a result my mom accused me of not being a real Adam Lambert fan. Dude, it's a Disaster Movie Power Ballad(tm) off the 2012 soundtrack, that's not all that special or awesome. But Friday the titular single for his upcoming album came out, and wow. This was the single I was expecting last month. So yeah, I'm planning on buying his album now. (The power ballad had changed my mind about buying it.)


Anyways, Anime watched recently:
Yesterday: s-CRY-ed episode 4 - In which we learn that the people in HOLY are just as bad as everyone else.
Today: s-CRY-ed episode 5 - In which there is far too much yelling about a guy's balls.

Feeling better today, currently planning on spending a large chunk of tomorrow working on school work. Still really wanna see Where the Wild Things Are, but don't think it'll happen this weekend lol.

Anime watched today: s-CRY-ed episode 3 - In which we learn why Ryuho is an ass and Kazuma breaks out dramatically.

Dude, watching those jewelry shopping channels is kinda addictive. It just kinda sucks you in, and before you know it, you've watched like 3 hours worth.

Anime watched today: s-CRY-ed episode 2 - In which we meet characters whose names aren't Kazuma.

So, I got sick again, which is obviously a sign that I'm gonna fail all my classes at this rate. As a result of being sick, and having much nausea, didn't manage to go to school at all this week. Because nothing screams don't go to school like not being able to move 5 feet without wanting to puke.

Anyways, in happier news, I realised that I have tons of anime DVDs sitting around that either I bought or were given to me as presents that I've never gotten around to watching. So, my goal is at least 1 anime episode per day, which I will possibly fail utterly but who knows.

So! Anime watched today: s-CRY-ed - Episode 1: In which there are explosions and lots of rainbow effects but not much else. On a side note, I've owned the s-CRY-ed DVDs for a good two years now and never really touched them for one important reason. s-CRY-ed broke my heart when it first started airing on Cartoon Network way back when, and I never finished watching it on TV because of it, and it's also meant that I've never gotten up the nerve to watch the DVDs. For those of you who are curious, all I have to say is sepia tone.

True Fact: I possibly have too many video games.

No wait, it's not that I have too many, but that they are too unorganized.

As evidenced by the fact that when I went searching for my copy of Okami, I ended up digging up 10 other games or so.

I just filed my "request to graduate" form. On the deadline, but hey, I had the flu, you forget these things. It's just suddenly hitting me that, god, I'm graduating in the spring. I mean, yeah, I still have to pass all my classes, but dude, this time next year I'll have a BA in Japanese. And that's kind of awesome.

I've still got a few loose ends to tie up. (Dude, LBCC! What's with this whole pretending you'll let me order you to send transcripts online, but not actually letting me?) And I'm really annoyed with this whole concept of "filing a form to graduate" because really, if I've hit all the requirements, can't you just send me a diploma in the mail and be done with it? But dude.... I'm nearly done!

And yeah, in some ways this is only just the beginning, because I'd like to get a MA in Japanese, and maybe study Korean or Chinese or Food Science, but it still feels all momentous.

So, status report! I caught the flu two weeks ago, which meant I spent like 10 days sleeping. (It was baaaaaaaaaaad) No clue if it was cow-flu or swine-flu or duck-flu, but really it doesn't matter all that much, I was sick, now am not.....ish. I am trapped in the hell that is full time college with 3 upper-level really tough Japanese classes. I'm currently hoping to just pass this semester. You know, in the beginning I was all "A's or nothing" but now, I just want to get through it all.

So, that's what's up with me, how's everyone else doing?

so tired..... but I still have the rest of the emmys to watch, and around ~1000字　to write before my class tomorrow, so this could be interesting :P

So, this week has been a very odd week for me. I had both monday and tuesday off, because of major budget cuts at my college. As a result, it's baffling to me that I don't have school tomorrow. What do you mean, my school week is almost over?!? I mean I still have work on Friday and probably Sunday, and god knows there's a huge backlog of that to deal with, but I don't really have to worry much about school after 5 pm today until monday morning. It's just crazy.

In other news, it's my birthday on tuesday. I don't have anything big planned, probably just something small with my family the weekend after. I certainly can't really do anything the day of, being as I have a couple classes I really can't miss and it's one of my more hellish school days. Honestly, I'm just kind of blah about the whole birthday thing. Wow, I'm a year older, it doesn't really mean all that much. Although, it does serve as a helpful reminder to think of what to get other people for their birthday, and christmas while I'm at it.

Dear Square-Enix,

I'm really glad you guys got to have a super-cool party just to announce a release date of Final Fantasy XIII. I really wish I could have gone, because according to what Kotaku.com said about it, it seemed like fun. And I'm liking the fact that you've plastered said release date all over all your japanese web pages.

But would it really have killed you to have said something about the PS3 bundle?!? The only mention it gets is in your official press release, (which was slightly hard to find, as I usually only go to your corporate site on accident) and all that said was that it would be a PS3 slim bundle, which everyone with brains knew it would be, and that you'd announce it later. When is later? Do I have to wait 3 more weeks for the Tokyo Game Show to find out what my PS3 will be looking like?

Waiting breathlessly,
me

In other news, anyone who is planning to import this beauty from Japan? Check out play-asia.com I've never had any issues with them, and their price on FFXIII is really really good, it's pretty much exactly what the Japanese gamers are going to pay.