Quickie Thoughts: Games

Some quick game thoughts for the moment, some of these games might be new and others old. Some might even be ones I've written about in the past as well. Still, it is my first time playing 'em, despite their age.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance (PS2) - I had expectations that it would have played like X-Men Legends 2, but was disappointed to see that it felt worse then better. Plus, what's up with all the second rate bad guys?

Super Mario Advanced 2: Super Mario World (GBA) - It brought back many memories, both good and bad. It is great to play through the levels again and I could always use a brush up lesson on all those bad English words too.

Inuyasha The Secret of the Cursed Mask (PS2) - It looks and feels and plays like a game that should have been out back in the SNES days rather then on PS2. That is sad considering how much material that is present in the Inuyasha universe. As a fan, I can only hope that some day a better game that makes much better use of the story/characters/etc. comes along.

Zoo Tycoon (PC) - Yes, another old game to which I just started to play. Like The Sims, this game is fairly easy and yet so very addictive (if you are into this kind of game). One thing, some animals and dinosaurs can be some real drama queens!

Final Fantasy XII (PS2) - Easily (and arguably) the best FF game of the PS2 era. I read some people's thoughts that FFXII ended up being too political and maybe so. But in my own opinion, it was a much needed change then the endless love stories that SE has been going with for the past many years.

Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (PS2) - I was definately a fan of the original game, but I think I got a bit tired of the leveling up (thanks in part to FFXI) and I didn't go insane about leveling my characters back then. So to see the same ideas in the second game, it ultimately turned me off. Granted, there are some changes but overall, it feels like playing the first Disgaea with the exception that the main characters are generally new.

Final Fantasy IV (GBA) - This is the first re-make that I've actually enjoyed (I hated the PS1 version, for the sole reason that the story text was terrible! I'd rather see the original stuff then that.) and it was great to be able to refight those fights that used to get me swearing as a kid. Revenge on the Magus Sisters? Sweet.

That's it for now... time to run to fun! Fun! Work! *Insert Dying Noises and Groans Here*

Wrestling Chatter and Even More Random Goodness!

The days are ticking away and December is just days away now. I can't believe how fast 2006 has come and gone, it is just amazing to me how it felt like only yesterday that 2005 rolled over to 06.

Anyway, so I hear (or read to be more accurate) that Ashley will be in Playboy next year (April '07). I think I need to get that issue...

I wonder what her posing for PB will do to her career. I mean look at Chyna (gone), Torrie Wilson, Sable (gone), Christy Hemme (gone), and Candice Michelle.

It did absolutely nothing for there, I mean besides maybe a month or so of fame over it.

Here's hoping Ashley doesn't join the list above.

On the general idea of wrestling, I wonder what's going on with Matt Hardy? He was banished from Raw and yet there he was, fighting with his brother for the World Tag Team Titles against Rated RKO. On a similar thought, I also wonder if the reunited Hardys is going to be a long term thing as well?

One thing I have to say about TNA (sudden subject change) and I say this over and over, why did they basically destroy the X-Division? For me, that is the only thing that drew me, that compelled me to watch their show. I think two of the very best matches from this division I've seen has to Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles and a 6 man tag with Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels & Alex Shelley vs. Sonjay Dutt, Austin Aries & AJ Styles.

To me, those two matches were simply awesome. I mean fast paced and loaded with action, unlike the slower pace in the WWE. The other attractive point was these matches were not just thrown together just because, there was meaning behind why these guys were in there together. Nowadays, it seems like matches are just tossed together and if not, they load on triple threats and tag matches.

I hope TNA does not end up like WCW and their Crusierweight Division. They had an incredible thing going, then it just slowly died. It went from cool to being just another severely bad joke that ended up being WCW.

One match here that stands out in my mind would be the Billy Kidman vs. Rey Mysterio (Jr.) vs. Juvientud Guerrera at the same Starrcade where Kevin Nash and Scott Hall ended Goldberg's undefeated streak. It stands out because not only was the triple threat a heck of a match, but after that, the winner, Kidman, was challenged for his newly won title by Eddie Guerrero and Kidman won that match as well.

Random thought here, but I remember seeing a few Lucha Libre-style tag matches where if the legal man hit the floor, his tag team partner(s) could get in and take over. That stands out because before you know it, both teams had switched out over and over and over... it was crazy!

Ok, I think that is enough wrestling stuff for a while now. Time for some other yapping I've convinced myself I needed to do...

I had a great day at work yesterday and yet still managed to have a few bad moments. I'd go into actual detail about this, but just skimming the memory alone is starting to piss me off. I will say this thought: I'm sure I'm not the only one in the world but, doesn't it just piss you off when you are doing something and busting ass over it, then someone comes in and tries to tell you you're slacking off? It pissed me off to no end and to be honest, it wasn't the comment that did it. Just the idea that this scrub could have the balls to try and talk sh*t to me...

Onto the next subject, before this turns into an all out rant-fest...

So our 8+ magnitude earthquake turned out to be just a load of crap, yet people still did go out to hoard gas. I figured it was a fake when I tried to go look up some info about it on some local news websites and had nothing about it.

Weather in Hawaii has been weird. Sunny then cloudy... sunny they a slight rain and then sunny...

Why is it that a collection agency will call your house 5 billion times, yet when you answer they hang up on you? Maybe I missed the imaginary memo, but maybe it's a new tactic?

And then I am out of stuff to write about, at least for the time being (as usual). I hope I can enjoy today and relax because I can't imagine what work will be like on Thursday.

All Wrestling

Almost time to get ready to head out the door and go to work and not see home until sometime after 7pm tonight.

Ugh.

It sucks when I feel up and ready to roll and yet feel the urge to be a lazy f'n bum. Giving that little thought more thought though, being a bum doesn't fill one's stomach nor does it pay the bills.

With a thought like that in mind, some how I can't wait till I can retire. Like somehow that will cut down this so called "stress" somehow. Maybe it can...?

Anyway, until the day when I get my AARP card in the mail, I'm going to keep writing this madness of mine and hope and pray that it'll make great sense some day. And with that in mind (so much to keep in mind today), we go full on wrasslin' talk today!

Wow, I just had a flash of being a redneck for just typing 'wrasslin.' That is one word that always bugs me when I read up on wrestling-related stuff on the internet that isn't on a wrestling site.

Wrasslin.

To me, it looks as bad as it sounds. But I suppose that is about as much respect as this thing will ever get, since it is so very 'fake.' Funny, I don't hear anyone complaining in a kung-fu movie that the fights are all fake and the outcome is predetermined. Maybe they shouldn't call it a kung-fu movie or a martial arts thing. Maybe, just maybe... it could be called kangfuuu? Sounds stupid enough doesn't it?

Never know, it might catch on...

And wouldn't you believe it? Sidetracked already! Ok, alright... back on task here...

First the Hardys reunited and now MNM for one night only? If memory serves me right, I believe MNM broke in a far from friendly manner. I wonder if that will come into play...?

Like with the reunions, the departures have been just as quick it seems. First it was Trish Stratus and now Lita has gone too. What next? Mickie James is gonna leave in a month or two as well!?

Umaga verses John Cena for the WWE Title. Hmmm... I think they might have missed the boat on this one. I believe it was a few months back when Umaga laid the whoopin' on Cena. I wonder why this feud was held off for this long?

I just got finished reading what went down on Raw and come on. Eugene? Evil? I think it could work out, but they would have to have him do far more then just beating on legends.

My two favorite divas would have to be Victoria and Ashley. Those two alone more then cover beauty and speaking of whom, I am glad to hear that Victoria is finally back in the hunting for the Women's Championship.

I really miss having a better internet connection. Back in the day when I had cable, I could download matches from ECW in a reasonable amount of time. Now, I think I'd get one match downloaded by about this time next year.

Truth be told, the only matches I ever downloaded from their site would be those of CM Punk. I love his style, no flash or gimmicks, just straight up brawling and submission. I'd love to see him face off against guys like Benoit, Finlay or Regal...

Another guy I used to enjoy watching would definately be Shelton Benjamin. What the hell happened to this guy? He went from being the one defeating the likes of Triple H and Ric Flair, to a momma's boy and now just plain gone? If they can't use him on Raw, I wonder why they don't shift him back to SD! or maybe even over to ECW?

Poor Edge. With Lita gone, who will he have his live sex shows with? Oh wait, he is teaming with Orton now....

Ok that thought just grossed me out beyond what any words could ever hope to describe. But on the subject of Rated RKO, hopefully they will be better champions then the Spirt Squad was.

And now I am out of thoughts to write about or at least for this moment in time. I shall continue this eventually, if I should some how survive the day today... work = yuck!

Disappointed

So I discover that yes, we had indeed rented the second to the last DVD to the Samurai 7 series. Great! However, we also needed to see the one before it as well, which is where the trouble begins and the source of today's headache.

Yay.

So we (my girlfriend and I) attempt to hunt down this elusive little bastard because spending $30 to fill the gap of something we *should* be able to rent is flat out crazy. And so we make the long journey back to where we rented Samurai 7 vol. 6 because really, they should have it.

Right?

Wrong.

Apparently, Blockbuster carries all of the volumes besides volume number 5 and 7. Why do they skip around? Good question. At least the stores in Hawaii are concerned, it seems to be a common trend as most anime series there start from volume 2.

That should have been a sign yes.

Now I hope it isn't just me, but like with comic reading, I make it a point to see the story from start to finish. I strongly dislike having to skip a book/episode and I have stopped reading/watching series just because of a missing part. In other words, this missing DVD just threw a whole toolbox of monkey wrentches into this.

So now... now the disappointment sets in because we've already paid for number 6 there. The clear and most obvious choice would be to skip and continue on.

*Cringe*

Time to change the subject. The thought alone just sucks all joy out of the air and just spoils my mood oh so very quickly.

Thank god its Sunday.

So I was reading the newest EGM... I'm starting to believe I should be focusing on getting a Nintendo Wii. For one, it is cheapest one of the trio, not to mention I've read that they are really putting up old games from consoles past.

Ok, I said all that because one of these games happen to be Earthbound. Never heard of it? It was a heck of a RPG during its day and it was fun and equally as weird as well. Though apparently that game didn't quite hit it as big...

The idea that it can be played again, man... that practically has me sold on Nintendo's system. Other reasons include the fact that Final Fantasy 6 could be ported into this service...! Yes, a guy can dream.

I'm not too sure about the PS3 and 360 systems at this point. Their price tag alone certain kills any really serious thoughts about attempting to get one of these and the games haven't impressed me enough to want to actually run out and buy one (at least in the case of the 360).

That isn't to say that I think all of the 360's games suck. I wanted to play Ninty Nine Nights, Call of Duty and Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2. I guess both this and the PS3 would be perfect if I was into sports games... but I am not. So for now, I'm definately going to wait it out to see who gets what before laying the cash down.

Besides, maybe by then no one will try to rob/kill/attack me in say... a year? Or 2? Those articles about all that really... it still scares me to think that a person would really go to such lengths to get a freakin' video game system!

But speaking of cash, my wallet and my stomach have something in common at 4am.

They are both empty.

Food is nearby, and yet it is so very far away..(lazy).

But back to games, I finally picked up Super Mario World for GBA and have been playing that a bit to pass the time. It brings back a lot of good (and bad, frustrating) memories from days long past.

Final Fantasy XII is still ongoing and now I'm starting to realize that what I am doing in this game is the same as FFXI. Farming and leveling. The only exception is the parties start whenever you please (no waiting for 3+ hours for a 5 minute party!) and no one in it says 5 minutes after you start to fight "Sry g2g bye."

Oh and there isn't anyone running around the zones shouting in anger at you for killing "all of my monsters."

Ah. So much fond memories that I think I am about to get real sick, real fast.

Anyway though, I am out of stuff to bitch and complain about and so that is that. Over. Done. Hopefully we can find that damn Samurai 7 DVD without having to buy it... that is the absolute, last, last, last, last resort. And that really is it, before I go back into the bitchfest I started this entry out with.

Turkey, Movies and More Random Goodness...!

Pictured above is, without question, my favorite character from Final Fantasy IV. She is Rydia, the lone surviving Summoner. She is incredibly weak in the beginning (though she is a child, so that is to be expected I suppose), though she did have a mix of white and black magic. But really gets powerful when she returns to the party later (as an adult), as she has access to much more summons and she drops the white magic and becomes more adept at using black magic.

That was random...

Just had to get that in there, for reasons that would probably span countless lines of words that will ultimately explain absolutely nothing. Master of B.S.? Hardly...

Thanksgiving was pretty good, the turkey was great and it was just a laid back day. I almost swore it was a Sunday...

What made it even better was having a great movie or 2 to watch after. I must say, Mission: Impossible 3 and The Da Vinci Code, not to mention Samurai Champloo vol. 7 (Finally!) made for a whole lot of great watching. Each told their own unique stories and none of them disappointed in the least.

M:I 3 was much, much better then I expected it to be. I've noticed that with each new movie to this series, the action picks up more and more as it goes. What I also enjoyed was being left guessing about who was going to betray who next. Of the 3 movies, I have to say that this one now is my most favorite of them all.

The Da Vinci Code was also great and very thought provoking at the same time. What I admire so much about this movie was the fact that they threw in a lot of information and explained things out and still managed to keep on point without getting lost in all the extra stuff that was going about.

Now for the highlight of my day (yesterday), Samurai Champloo volume 7. The Final 3 episodes!!

I've enjoyed the whole experience from the start, from the unusual use of hip-hop, the various art styles, the story, the comedy, the action, the characters... it rounded out to being one of the best series I've seen.

And the finale does not disappoint, at least in my very own opinion that is.

It is a bit heart wrentching and it conveys the feeling of the end all throughout the final 3 episodes. What I loved so much about this particular series was how they threw in a lot of random happenings (like the graffitti challenge, Mugen setting a field of weed on fire, ultimately stopping what would have been a rebellion in the process, the baseball battle vs. America, just to name a few) and still kept it together.

I have a thing about not wanting to spoil the story of things I write about, but I have to make one tiny exception just this once. My favorite part of this final Samurai Champloo DVD was when Mugen and Jin finally prepare to finish their unfinished battle from the beginning of the story. They go at each other and...

Oops.

Their swords break on contact.

Anyway, yeah... I was surprised to watch those three and actually not feel ripped off after any of them. Now all that I have left to watch (at present), is the second to the last DVD of Samurai 7. Hopefully that doesn't get weird and ruin this perfect run of great movies...

Going back to something I haven't typed about in a short while, and that is wrestling. If there was ever a time when I wish I could have seen a match, that would have been ECW with the Hardys teaming for the first time in years. I think I might break my no-buying wrestling PPV DVDs when I see Survivor Series 06... It sounds awesome....

What the heck happened to AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels? So much for a good tag team... Since I haven't been able to watch anything in the past 2 months, I have basically no clue as to how or why this team broke. Hope they didn't just rip it apart just because... I think these two guys deserve a bit more respect then that.

Rated RKO. D-Generation X. To me, just thinking about those 2 teams makes me believe that maybe this was what Evolution was truly about. The past verses the present...

Lashley on ECW. To sum up my thoughts: Next ECW Champion.

Kurt Angle forcing Samoa Joe to tap out. *cough*Bulls*it!*cough* Still though, I wish I could have seen that match. I can just imagine if Angle was up to par as he was when he battled against guys like Chris Benoit when he was with the WWE.

Well, I am fresh out of ideas as to what to type about and so I believe that means it is time to bring this bastard to an abrupt end. I think I will write again tomorrow, as I am all too certain I will have more to blabber about by that time. Anyway, one more day of work and then its Sunday off baby!

Samurai Champloo Finale...!

It taunted me for months, just sitting there quietly and just glaring at me each time I passed it by. Maybe it was only fair, considering I had done the same thing to it for some time as well. But unlike me, this thing made no moves and it did not go away, no matter how much I hoped it would.

What in god's name could I be blabbering about?

No, I'm not crazy.

I'm talking about volume 7 of the anime series Samurai Champloo, which apparently is the last 2-3 episodes of the series. And I saw it many months back, just sitting there on the shelf. But being so broke that I didn't even have a dollar to my name, I had no other alternative but to totally passed it by.

And then one fateful day, I happened to pick it up and read the back, just to see what I was missing out on. Admittingly, never before has a line of words struck me so deeply that I felt my heart sink.

"In the moving series finale..."

That was all it took. I was convinced. I needed to get it right then and there, no ifs, ands, buts, or anything! But alas, I was still broke and so fate shifted the tables and now this object of my desire was now in complete and total control.

That is, until last night.

I finally gave in.

I thought I had won the battle, but really... it won the war. I finally had the cash to get it and so I did. Just typing that line makes me feel like I am admitting I had a problem to a group meeting or something. Then again, maybe I do...

So that is that, end of story and alls well that ends well right? Right?

Nope.

So now that my desire to own this DVD has been satisfied, one would think that I rushed home to see how this amazing story ends. What happens to Mugen, Jin and Fuu? Do they find the Samurai who smelt of sunflowers? Why did the government take such interest in the traveling trio?

Well, the answers to that... I did not find.

It wasn't because the episodes left that stuff out, it's just that... I haven't watched it yet. In fact, the DVD is still tucked neatly into it's plastic case and is still wrapped for that matter. One thing about being in a relationship with a girl who you've helped become an anime/manga/game freak, is that there comes those times when you have to step aside and share with others.

This is not one of those times.

I'd tear this thing out of it's case and I would have watched it the moment I reached home. However, had I done that and my girlfriend wasn't there to see it, I would never... ever... hear the end of it.

Like I need to give her more ammo for those spur of the moment arguments.

So now I have the final episodes of Samurai Champloo sitting right here next to me as I type this and I cannot open it and watch it. That's like giving an alcoholic a beer and telling them if you open it, you will be subjected to a fate far worse and painful then death.

Ok that was a horrible example... give a guy a break, my brain cannot comprehend this thing called "waiting" and "sharing" for much longer. If I could go back in time just one time... I think I'd go back and slap myself upside my head for "sharing."

I'm such a bastard...

Wonder (FFXI)

It is surprising.

Almost scary too.

This is the third consecutive post I've done, which is a lot more then I have done in a long while (Since September it seems). Each time I log in, I stop and wonder: Why am I blogging? What is the purpose of doing this? It is web-based, meaning this is not something that can or will last forever. I know this whole thing could be gone in a heart beat.

I think the reason behind this is the mere fact that I can just write away the time. I think that is what draws me, what compels me to continue this. Surely it could all be over and these words could vanish without so much a trace. But still... again, I think it is that unrefined writer in me that continues to try and escape.

It is with this logic in mind, I believe, is what began to my downfall in the world of Final Fantasy XI. For all of those hours and days and months and years spent, you could lose everything in a second and for all that time spent, what can you show for it?

Nothing.

But during my time there, I became a lot like everyone else around me. I grew attached to the character I was in control of. I was proud at times, disgruntled every other time. The picture above is of my character Alexandor, decked out in his White Mage AF. I'd say that is one of the things I am most proud of, because it certainly was something I did not think I'd ever accomplish. Same goes for Black Mage. Still, I wanted to be the absolute best I could be and at one point I almost got caught up and allowed this game to become more real then it needed to be.

To me, maybe I just need to write this all out to finally get it out of my system. I stopped playing back in September and I haven't really looked back since. After playing for a year, after I tried and tried to convince myself that I am still having fun, I finally gave in. I surely didn't love it, so I left it. I stopped lying to myself and I stopped spending nearly $15 a month on something I no longer enjoyed. With that, every thought of this game just ceased, gone and locked far, far away. That is, until recently...

Maybe it is a sickness? Maybe it truly is an addiction? I can't say for certain, but for a game I believed to have disliked at the end, why is it that I begin to miss it, if only just a little?
I'm starting to think that maybe that saying is true.

Absence does make the heart grow fonder.

But I know, should I go back today, that I would feel the same way as I did when I left. I don't think any amount of time can ever be enough to help me recapture that love for the game. It just does not seem possible and I think it would be in my best interest not to try. Since leaving, life has turned back around and I think I am finally undoing the damage.

Well I think I will cut short this little rant and call it quits for this little entry. Where did this all come from? I don't know. I think (like I mentioned earlier), I just needed to get these thoughts out there before my eyes. I think I might do one last post tomorrow, just to pay my respects to the character I loved and hated so damn much...

The Lake House

I don't know what it is, but I really enjoy watching romance movies with happy endings to them. I don't mean the kind of movie that goes sappy from 3 seconds in and just gush for the entire film with corny lines and all that.

I mean the kind of movie, the kind of story that actually has meaning to it. I think it might be that unrefined writer side of myself that comes out during these times, because I really think it is the story that draws me in.

Maybe I really am a hopeless romantic, because I surely hate movies where the main characters suddenly don't come together and it looks like the whole story crumbles. The usual thing seems to be the main woman character will end up with someone else, usually the guy she left to be with the main guy character, and the guy just goes all broken up about it.

Please forgive me if my explaination isn't so clear. Still though, if/when I do see a movie that is suppose to be a romance story, damn it they better be together by the time those credits roll or else.

I hate that.

If it comes down to where the ending makes less and less sense, I will leave the room (for rented movies anyway. Movies in the theater are too expensive to walk out on!) and not watch another second of it. The last movie I did that to was a recent movie I think with Kevin Costner.

All of that above was to set up about the movie I had just seen last night. The Lake House.

I think it easily ranks up there as a favorite, though I admit that I had gotten into a bit of a spat about it at first with my girlfriend as we went to find a movie to rent. I also admit that we both wanted to see it when it came out in theater, but for whatever reason we didn't.

Anyway, back to the topic at hand. It ranks high on my list because the story, to me, just flows. With anything that might look like mindless side tracking comes out to being a piece of the puzzle, explaining and fleshing out the characters and their pasts. I am glad it came out this way, because I really dislike movies and TV series (Such as Korean Dramas, who tend to drag on and on rather then forward the overall story) that get side tracked with far too much things that really don't add much to the story.

Another aspect that I enjoyed and was amazed at how well it played out, was the fact that these two lovers were seperated by 2 years and connected by a simple mail box outside of the lake house. As the story progresses, everything slowly comes together and it all begins to make sense. It isn't to say that this movie isn't without its own tragidy.

Its also good to see Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock back together again. They were good in Speed and they are even better in this movie. In my opinion at least, I do think they work extremely well together and it really took me by surprise to see Keanu Reeves outside of the Matrix role and Sandra Bullock from her Miss Congeniality role. I half-expected to see them act as those characters, at least the mannerisms and what not.

I guess I would be guilty of stereotyping there.

But truthfully, their performance looked so natural and to me, neither of them looked out of place. I think that allows the audience a easier opportunity to connect to the characters. I know it sure as heck helped me take both characters seriously.

Ok, another thing I should admit here and now I suppose. I am leaving much of the story details out, in some off event that someone should come across this and hasn't seen this movie but wants to. Yeah, I wouldn't want to ruin it.

Overall, I'd have to say it was very worth getting and I do believe now that it was a better choice over Mission: Impossible 3. Now I also must say that another movie has been added onto my invisible "Must-Have" list, which means I will come up even shorter on cash. And I wonder why I tend to be so broke....

Lazy Day

I'm going to start out this blog a little different then the norm, since I've signed up for this new Blogger beta and all. With the change in appearance, I think it would be a good idea to actually try and write this with a bit more effort then I had done before. I also seem to have a habit of starting posts out with a picture and so that continues. The above is a picture of Jeff Hardy just before the Cyber Sunday PPV. I thought it was a cool picture and hell, it sort of matches with the title of this particular blog post so... yeah, there it is.

I have to say first off, since he has already been mentioned, is that I was a little surprised to read about Jeff Hardy's return to the WWE. Surprised that he basically appeared out of nowhere and got right in the face of then-champion, Edge. But I guess I shouldn't have been, I mean unlike Kurt Angle, Hardy didn't go out and bash the WWE whenever he got the chance. In any event, I hope he has rediscovered the passion he had lost.

I also still believe that one of the best Jeff Hardy matches I have ever seen was his ladder match against the Undertaker. Like he also commented about the match in the WWE's magazine, I also wonder then, considering he had not put his best effort into it, what that match would have been like should he have?

On a gaming note, still going at it with FFXII and its just a blast each time. For a while, I believed that maybe it was me and not the games that were going down hill. Now I know that answer for certain. Still, it is a little saddening to know that so many titles that were once great, are slowly falling apart (Suikoden for example).

Also picked up the latest in the SD! vs Raw series and I have to admit (as the small comment on the random ten might imply) that I was more then slightly disappointed with it. I cut into my FFXII time to give this thing a go and to see that so much of it is merely reused from last year... ugh...

For example, the wrestlers themselves. I had hoped that they would have at least improved the character models over last year (as they had been doing with each year prior). It shocked me to see the exact models used again, with the exception of maybe a change in ring attire. One word to sum this up: Lame.

I'm so glad that the packaging no longer states that the create-a-wrestler is better then before, because if it had... I think I would have thrown the game away. What happened to this feature? It used to allow so much freedom and now... now I'm wondering if the mode should be renamed to create-a-very-funny-and-stupid-looking-wrestler. Don't get me wrong, I can understand the use of it if you want to create a funny looking guy, but to leave that as basically the only option? Come on....

I could go on and on and I probably would too, but then what really is the point of it? I could threaten to never buy the game again, but really, it seems that it will be the case. I don't intend on spending $500 for a PS3, so it seems like this will likely be the last SD! vs Raw game I will experience. What a craptacular way to end that...

Onto matters of life. What? I have a life!?? Of course! Somewhere...

Anyway...

Work is great and then it sucks. Then its great and then it sucks. Why must it go up and down so much? Such is the ways of life I guess, but really. I should hope that this cycle breaks down much sooner then later. Believe me, I wouldn't complain in the least should I suddenly experience a week upon week of good days.

Looking into cell phones. Wow, those few words alone make it sound like I've been living in a cave or something. Anyway, yeah the search has begun and I am a little sad to see (and know) that those no contract, pay-as-you-go phones are just as expensive as a regular cell phone or even a regular phone for that matter. So now I am not sure... maybe it would be wiser to go with a regular cell...?

Side note: Dial-up stll sucks.

If there is one day of the week which I favor most, it would unquestionably be Sundays. Why? Because to me, its the day where I can be lazy and I would never feel guilty about it. I don't go to church, I don't go out for a Sunday drive. Its just the atmosphere of the day, its so laid back and peaceful.

Well I think I am finally out of things to write or at least maybe I am falling victim to this lazy day and am quickly wanting to stop this effort-forcing thing called typing. I think it is incredible that I dragged my lazy ass here to sign up for the new Blogger and even post. I sure hope hell hasn't frozen over or the sky comes crashing down because of this.

Anyway, more again later... hopefully before the month ends. I'm sure I'll find something much better to bitch and complain about by that time.

FFXII, Life, Bordom and So Much More! (Lie)

So it's been what? A whole month and a day ago since the last time I posted anything on this little blog of mine. Small stretch of time huh? Well, life has picked up (new job), so that has kept me busy, among other reasons.

Sleep, regardless of how important that is, has been increasingly less and less freqent the last several days and it is all in thanks to Final Fantasy XII. Started out by going to a midnight release for the game and have been hooked to it ever since.

As for the other games that I wrote about (Disgaea 2 and Valkyrie Profile 2), well... yeah I pretty much called it quits for both of them. Disgaea 2 I'm thinking I may pick back up on playing after FFXII, but VP2, probably not. I think I've had more fun playing Suikoden 3 (Lie) then I did VP2.

Weather in Hawaii is total crap the last few days too. Nothing but rain, rain, rain! Makes me wanna stay indoors and play games...

But no.

No that would not be a very wise idea on my part. I think that would quickly earn me death and I do believe that I am far too young to die. So that option goes right out the window.

Out of the bowels of my bordom, I'm just gonna write out a bunch of random sh... crap. We'll say crap. And from there I'll just spit out whatever thoughts come to mind.

Loving my new job!: Its a fairly easy job, but it sucks not having any clue as to what to do and whoever you ask gives you a look that, for whatever reason, you'd just love to smack right off their face. Whoops, that was a long little answer...

Enjoying FFXII?: Yup and usually when there is a new FF game out, to me, all other games simply do not exist (There goes WWE SD! vs. Raw 06).

This idea sucks, but is better then nothing!: I think this would be called filler. Then again, this is kind of fun...........

Loves reading Rebirth (Korean comic), but hates the idea that the next one is coming out in Feb 2007: So very true. I've enjoyed the story from the beginning and its only getting better as it rolls along. It is the waiting in between books that kills brain cells....

Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories: I did enjoy it, but the idea of having to level a character into the hundreds (again if you've played the first Disgaea) wasn't all that appealing to me this time around. I think that is in due part to FFXI.

Final Fantasy XI: I enjoyed it and I hated it at the same time. Sounds like a marrage...

Wrestling: I kind of wish I could keep up with it and watch it, but to me it isn't worth having to reconnect my cable to get it. I guess I am finally joining to crowd of people who used to find it interesting and then tuning out after realizing that the bottom line is, goddamn... after watching for about 10 years, this is the same crap I saw when I first started to watch!

Oh well. I actually ran out of stuff to yap about. One month away and this is all I could muster.

That is so sad.

Anyway, maybe I'll write more this month then I did in October. Hopefully I'll be able to... if not, be back in December! Dun dun duuuuuuun! (dork)