My brother-in-law moved away, and he left me all his PlayStation games. It feels sort of wrong, though, to play them without having him here to ask permission. They don't feel like my games. It's that way anytime someone gives me something that used to belong to them - I feel like it's still theirs, and I'm just keeping it til they return. Oh well ( Read more... )

 Isn't it interesting how busy summer can be? Music CDs to listen to, books to read, games to play (I still have some from last November that I've yet to get too - RPGs take a long time!). Family stuff has also been taking its toll, so I thought I'd post just to remind myself I still have an account here. I've also joined the FFwiki - here's my ( Read more... )

I have now officially had my first experience with pocky. That's because this is the first time I've actually seen it for sale around where I live.


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A very cool thing happened on Tuesday. The Final Fantasy Distant Worlds concert came to my town. My town! Everyone thinks of us as being in the middle of nowhere, but I guess we were /just/ big enough to catch their attention. I didn't think I'd ever actually get to go to one! 0-0

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This was my first week back after break, which means new classes, new classmates, and new ways to be surprised by said classmates.

My first class on Monday, I met someone who also happened to be studying Japanese. He said he had a wide assortment of language tools, including Rosetta Stone, which he had acquired in a not-entirely-legal way. When he ( Read more... )

I've noticed a pattern that occurs whenever a new game is made.

First, there are the rumors surrounding its existence, little more than vague hints in interviews and fuzzy magazine scans. Then, the game is given a name, the official site pops up. Communities and fangroups concerning the game appear. Members who are able to find and share new ( Read more... )

Belated birthday presents can also be fun :D I was originally going to buy Chain of Memories for GBA when I was out buying other games, but then I saw a sign that said that the PS2 remake would be coming out soon. So I waited and got the newer version...

Sometimes having a big family is nice XD Now just to get through finals at school so I actually ( Read more... )

So, I started the first KH game on Friday. In a way, it felt backwards, since I'd already played KHII, and read the KHI manga. Still, I figure it's best to do things in order when you can, to get the full effect.

What made it more amusing was that my parents were watching as I started it up, so they had some interesting remarks o-o The mix of anime ( Read more... )

Surprises can be good. They can be fun, and exciting. But there's a special type of excitement when you're allowed to pick out your own presents. Because of this, I am now the happy owner of Final Fantasy IV, VIII, IX, Tactics Advance, and Kingdom Hearts I and II.

I know what I'm doing tomorrow :)

Last night, I saw the movie City of Ember. It was quite a bit better than I expected - the trailer made it seem more like a Disney kids' movie, but this is definitely not something for younger viewers, despite its PG rating.

Basic plot: after some apocalyptic event destroys civilization (said event is left undescribed, as the details aren't really ( Read more... )