Oh and I started playing FFXI again. Not sure how long it will last this time but I moved to Bismarck server since my coworker and her boyfriend play on that one -- so I have someone to pester. I picked up a game controller, so things are a little easier for me to handle in the game too...

Cross posted from Steel Phoenix:I tried walking to Akihabara yesterday (as evidenced by the bombardment of pictures I put in the gallery yesterday) but never did find it. Since this is my last full day in Tokyo, I'm debating whether to risk another three hour walk towards Akihabara (I suspect I was one major street away from the main Akihabara ( Read more... )

Cross posted from Steel Phoenix:Well I've had a ton of sleep so I'm not tired anymore. I'm all showered up so I'm not travel-funky anymore. I even managed to find a McDonalds within two blocks of the hotel (to be honest, I found TWO McDonalds and a KFC within about 5 blocks ( Read more... )

Cross posted from Steel Phoenix:Ok... I am here. It's about 3am here in Tokyo and let's just say it was a hell of a trip. Considering I didn't bother sleeping prior to leaving for the airport because I was working on things up until I left, that means I'd gone about 48 hours with only 4 hours of sleep in the mix of it ( Read more... )

Picked up Toy Collector badge on my lv50 Controller last night which means he's finally done with the Winter Event. After that, I stopped working on the Winter Event because I wanted to catalog some of my badges on my main characters to see what their totals were. Did a fair amount of backfilling to finish off some exploration and history badge ( Read more... )

Last night's badge tally ( Read more... )

Well, now that I have power back and all, I'm in the middle of the Winter Event crunch on CoH seeing as I only have three more nights this week to play and then I don't get to play until Monday night next week when I have vacation ( Read more... )

Long weekend. Starting with the major windstorm on Thursday night, I had no power up until yesterday morning. Friday night I ended up staying at the Emabassy Suites for the night (yeah, there's a $130 expense I didn't need) and Saturday night I stayed over at Licia and William's. While I was at their place, the power went out there (oh the irony ( Read more... )

Where to begin ( Read more... )

Finally cancelled and uninstalled FFXI last night. After 4 months of paying for it and not actually playing it, I figured that was a good sign that I wasn't planning to return. The game was just too complicated. WoW is a lot less complex. But even that I doubt I'll pay for, so I only have a few more days left on my free trial. Mind you, that's ( Read more... )