I decided to pay for another year. In fact, did their auto-renewal thing to save the $5 difference they charge.

Oh well. Now I have more icon spaces to fill. 6 more to go.

Hmmm... as little as I actually post here anymore, something tells me it's not worth renewing my paid account. Got to look into what I would lose.

Well, I think I know what I'm doing for Christmas this year... building two new PCs. >.>

They just released a benchmark program for FFXIV. I just ran it. Grand total score: 227. Under 1500 is bad, and the scale goes over 8,000 (heck, probably over 9,000). They haven't officially announced minimum or recommended specs yet, but unless putting a new ( Read more... )

I also just realized I've had this journal for over 7 years now. Wow.

Another ACen. Not sure how much I'm looking forward to it right now... I mean, I'm not even officially cosplaying today, although I am most likely going to put my camo tail on. I'm going to be one of the Hot Topic Warriors in my big big big pants... but I had to vacuum the dust off of them this morning ( Read more... )

Ok, so I've beaten the main boss (somehow got 5 stars on it my first time through, no less, with base weapons), and have played a total of 70 hours... and I can't believe how much there still is to do. I've only 5-starred about 2/3 of the missions, and like 4 of the remaining ones require fighting the same enemy which I simply can not manage to ( Read more... )

Ooooh, two posts this month. Go me ( Read more... )

Loving the game so far. Up to chapter 5. The battle system is daunting at first, but the AI that is actually intelligent is surprisingly reassuring.

$1200 for the car. 25% of that for parts, 70% for labor. Gotta love dealers. But it felt better coming home, since it was due for the fuel system cleaning anyway.

Thank the Maker I only decided I wanted to go to Thai Sookdee up in Evanston for a birthday dinner. We got back to the car in the parking garage after dinner and all of a sudden car wouldn't start. And it's most likely not a battery issue, because lights and everything work, and the garage attendant trying to use a battery charger did not help ( Read more... )