Well, the school year is coming up, and my time with FFXII is soon coming to a close (and not just because my sister steadfastly refuses me access to her PS2 once she starts school). And it's probably about time. I'm at the Phon Coast, which is apparently about 3/5 or 5/8 through the game, and I'm pretty satisfied with the experience. But I have no ( Read more... )

Well, the institute is finally over, and now I can take a break!

Except for all the stuff that I was going to do in July but had to put off until now.

Maybe I'll start tomorrow.

Recently my sister (with whom I am living) bought a PS2. She proceeded to buy FF12. And today I played an RPG for the first time since 2000.* God save me ( Read more... )

Well, I once again have a driver's permit (the last time was about ten years ago this time). Exciting, I know ( Read more... )

It's a good thing I decided to walk through campus on my way back to work today. At 12, Sather Tower began to play the noontime concert. Today, it was the various themes to Super Mario Bros! It was interesting to see so many people pause and look up curiously at the bells; usually people go along, mostly ignoring or silently enjoying the concert. ( Read more... )

About Heroes. Some few-weeks-old spoilers after the break.

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Today I received in the mail my brand new, shiny EZ Rider card, which is a fancy new toy that lets me pass through BART turnstiles by passing a card over a sensor, rather than with a magnetized bit of paper. Ever since I saw PiTaPa and ICOCA back in, let's see, 2003, I knew I wanted one.

Well, it's almost two weeks past my master's exam, so I've basically stopped thinking about how I could have better answered the questions I was presented with ( Read more... )

Well, I've done a pretty good job of not posting here as often as I'd like. Here are some reasons.

For some reason that I cannot explain, at work today me and my colleague were searching google to see the more common pattern of agreement for the word none, as in: should be "none of my friends ARE coming," or "none of my friends IS coming"? We found one website that gave the sensible answer: both are correct (though in most contexts I prefer the ( Read more... )