RAAAAAWR!

A thought just hit me regarding the Rockman EXE series...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:17:18 GMT

For some reason with all the characters shown in the series, there never was a male operator with a female net navi. You think with how some men make their characters in MMORPGs female that male operators with female net navis would be more common.

Month Recap

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:29:42 GMT

Eh, don't really feel like typing an entry, but if I gotta make sure to post more than 1 entry this month...

Geek Media Expo
A spinoff of MTAC for the regular geeking that was held early this month. It was a nice, relaxing con-going. Yeah, I said relaxing. Though still a lot a people, there were far less attendees compared to MTAC being the first GMX & all, not to mention not as many panels and/or cosplay photoshoots to go to. Two of my favorite panels that I went to were the ones for the Nostalgia Critic & the G.I. Joe PSAs. The Nostalgia Critic panel was especially funny at the end where he did a skit he recorded for his Casper review.

World Hetalia Day
I could care less about it being planned to go with "United Nations Day", for me, I'm just glad it was cosplay gatherings all over the world & that there was one in Nashville. Had a fun time, just didn't want to leave though. (I should find the other fellow cosplayers' LJ accounts & friend them.)

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Got myself a copy of it at GMX & I can't stop playing it. My main reason for constantly playing it was to get as far as I can before the Hetalia meet in-case there was anyone who wanted to play multiplayer with me on it. That didn't happen, but now I plan on finishing it to get through the story so I won't be spoiled nor have to avoid reading any discussions on it. The game itself is very fun & enjoyable; great for portable.

Now what am I going to do this Halloween night? Easy, sleep. Need to get as much as I can for my CoP static tomorrow noon where we go through Promyvion - Vahzl. That dimensional area will be mine!... in about 4 - 6 weeks.

New record!

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:23:49 GMT

Hah, only posted 1 entry in here all last month, so sad. Anyways, I'm out here camping in Nashville once again, this time because dad & I are going to GMX con! From the same staff as MTAC, but with just regular non-anime geek out. What I'm looking forward to most from it is the guest appearance of That Guy With The Glasses! My enthusiasm for it is moderate, quite curious on what'll go on in there, I think my dad's far more excited for it. Now, am I gonna cosplay while I'm there? No, but I did bring my North Italy & Netto costumes just in case if anyone dresses up as a character from either series.

Ahoy, postin' because tis' Talk Like a Pirate Day. Aye.

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:24:05 GMT

Aye, told ya I don't feel like postin' much in LJ recently. Don't worry, I'm still ali'e. Ye'll ne'er get me buried booty!

Woot, Backlog

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:49:41 GMT

Eh, I just don't really feel like posting entries these days.

•Got my set of Hetalia One Coin Figures last Thursday. The figures are all placed on my dad's desk where they'll reside for now. He finds them cute.

•Also got 2 Rockman EXE books; Rockman EXE no subete & Rockman EXE no himitsu, with my order of Hetalia figures. Sadly, I can't read Japanese aside from some katakana which is a shame since it looks like there's tons of delicious info in subete. Despite that, I did manage to learn some things from it like the name of Nation Z (I always wondered if it was Nation X or Nation Z in the JP version.), the Blues that green eyes if we go by the prototype designs, & character heights. (Blues & Gutsman are shorter than I expected. Netto's mom is taller than both of them.)

•Went to a town hall meeting on Monday evening with my parents. Was quite civil, so next time if we ever go to one, it'll have to have some idiot who thinks this socialized health care is a good thing; it's not, it never worked well in any country that uses it. I mean, would want to be forced to wait months in order to get your cancer down/removed?

•Moved Roukuke from Odin to join Lchan on Shiva this morning. I haven't been active much over on Odin for the past few months other than checking on my chocobo nor have I been in any linkshells with a lot of members. I figured why not just have her be in the same server with my main character who has friends & busy linkshells? It will also help on inventory & gil. For the past week, I've been buying as many bargains as I can get there & I've done well, until I accidently spent all my gil on a nice level 30 Ninja katana, thus moved to get away with that disappointment & start again. Here's what I managed to get from all the buying:

That's pretty much it for the past week & a half. Tomorrow, I'm going to a Hetalia cosplay picnic at Nashville Centennial Park so I can't wait to attend that, especially after the fact that I & only 2 other people cosplayed as Hetalia characters at this year's MTAC.

New FFXIV Info & My Thoughts

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:50:27 GMT

Since I haven't posted anything in my LJ for quite a while, I might as well type up something.

So yesterday, some new Final Fantasy XIV info was released, mostly concerning the races & a glimpse of the starting cities & job system. Here's my opinions on them so far:

The playable races in FFXIV are similar to these ones in XI; the problem is, they're too similar. Even the Hydaelynian counterparts of the Mithra & Galka seem to have the same gender restrictions.

Hume → Hyur (Hyuran)
Since both races are based on humans, I should expect the XIV version being the same as XI.

Elvaan → Elezen
I see no change from the Elvaan other than wider, more detailed ears.

Tarutaru → Lalafell
I do have to say, I like the Lalafell design more than that of the Tarutaru. Their ears are more animal-like than the previous Elvaan look & they're more proportionate.

Mithra → Miqo'te
In sacrificing a cat nose, I get my ear & tail to be the some color as my hair... I'm a bit miffed by the more human-like facial feature of the Miqo'te, but the lore of their race I would say is the most interesting. They have 2 groups of distinguishable appearance depending in they're diurnal or nocturnal, are isolated, & also seems to be this game's Galka in terms of rarity (Doubt it since I know a good chunk of players will probably be picking that race if I know from Mithra.).

Galka → Roegadyn
Definitely my least favorite of the redesigns. I think it's due to the lack of tail & making it more human.

Judging on looks alone, if I have to pick what race my character would be from those 5, I'd either copy my main FFXI character & go for Miqo'te or do for something completely new & try Lalafell. Looks doubtful that I'd copy/move my secondary Elvaan character into an Elezen (And I don't think she'd make a good Lalafell.). Really, it all depends on the stats these races have & if there'll be more than just this on choices (Like male Miqo'te & female Roegadyn. They haven't said anything on the opposite gender of those 2.). Also, another thing that bothers me are the long names for the races. Mithra, Galka, & Elvaan are all short & easy, but Roegadyn? I wonder if the players from XI will just call the new races by their XI counterparts; I wouldn't be surprised.

I know for sure that I'm not leaving XI for XIV when that comes out, but I am mildly interested in it. Really, the 2 things that'll be the deciding factor on whether or not I'll play this are the job system & price. All that is known about the job system so far is that there are 4 types with many sub-classes & that changing between them is simply done by swapping weapons & tools. This is pretty much what got me intrigued even though in XI all we simply change is fighting style & crafting is linked to the character.

For cities, it is said that in the present time of the game, 4 are known to exit in the region: A port with a male Taru name (Limsa Lominsa), a desert fortress with a Zilart name (Ul'dah), a forest town (Gridania), & one that is said to be in the mountains that has no artwork for so far (Ishgard). Other than pictures for 3 of the cities & the info for Limsa Lominsa, nothing else is known. In regards to looks, if I had to pick between the 3 pictured cities, I'd rather be in/from Limsa Lominsa or Gridania.

4 Years

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:12:48 GMT

While having lunch I remembered that today my LJ is 4 years old. Other than that, nothing else going on.

My One Hetalia Anime Wish

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:55:51 GMT

"I just hope they animate Russia exploding chairs with his butt." -locke_muhe commenting on beat_exe's journal entry on December 8, 2008.

Apparently, it's gonna be granted. Episode 26, the last of the first season, will have this scene along England getting drunk while in a drinking contest with America. Just listening to the audio only version... well... England is hilarious as a drunk on helium crack.

Mini +Anima Review & Opinions

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:27:29 GMT

Man, don't let me get all the books before I acquire & read the proper volume to continue. I spent the morning reading the rest of +Anima from where I left off, which means I read #3 all the way to #10. It was addicting to find out the mysteries of the +Anima species & the characters that I had to go to the next book as soon as I finish the previous one. It was satisfying since they actually closed all the loose ends. Would I recommend it? If you're into an adventure. Favorite character? Probably Senri for all the amusing yet subtle actions he does in various humor panels, with almost no dialog. Cooro would have to be 2nd favorite because I like happy shounen anime protagonists. Which animal form would I take if I was a +Anima? Not sure exactly, might come back to that one later, but I don't think it's something I'd tell on my LJ, maybe not in a public entry.

Small Update

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:50:46 GMT

The hard-to-find for some reason Volume 3 of +Anima arrived today, completing my set of all 10 volumes & thus able to continue reading it. From what I've read of the first 2, it's pretty good.

In other stuff, I have started Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace a couple days ago after getting 100% on Star Force 2 (Which I am glad to finish & not have to touch it again.) & have added my Friend Code for it on my FC List entry. I'm at the beggining of what seems to be the Dia Iceburn scenario, & so far, I find this to already be more enjoyable than the first 2 games, mainly because of the wizards & me missing the net navis of EXE. This is was the series should've had from the start, but then again, the story of WarRock & some of the other bosses wouldn't have been as great. There are a few minor names I found amusing, & I did some Twitter updates when I started playing about them:

•Started playing MMSF3 Black Ace & I'm loling at the fact that the first NPC you talk to is named Mary McLovin. (4:31 PM Jul 8th)
•Random Shooting Star Rockman fact: Subaru has an earthworm named James. (Supersuit to bust viruses for James is optional.) (4:40 PM Jul 8th)
•I just found a worse dub name than Rich Dotcom in this series, Candy Bar. Yes, that's an NPC name, a random NPC no less. (4:43 PM Jul 8th)

More that are worth mentioning is that I believe that Shidou is a sugarholic & the noise concept, judging by what was defined by it in the game, I just hope it doesn't turn into something like Ferngully & more similar to The World Ends With You.

My DS is now Shooting Star Rockman themed!

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:50:18 GMT

I got Megaman Star Force 3 Black Ace today, but have yet to play it. I will once I at least complete my Mega Card Library in MMSF2. The more important part of the entry though is that I also got the MMSF3 Protection Kit for the DS Lite. I thought it only came in DSi form until I saw a couple with a different colored cover that said it was for DS Lite, so I had to buy it, & it was a great purchase.

•Transparent cover case that has an outline of Shooting Star Rockman on the top & a slider carrying case for 3 cartridges & 1 stylus on the bottom. (Easily the best item in the package.)
•6 cardboard designs that are interchangeable made to go on the top. They come in Red Joker VS Black Ace, Red Joker, Black Ace, basic blue, basic green, & basic red. (My DS is using the Black Ace design which matches the coral pink DS Lite well.)
•3 1-cartridge game cases that come in blue, red, & black. (My least favorite item in there. Just even more case backup for my games.)
•8-bit Rockman screen cleaner with Capcom lanyard.
•White stylus that has a circle with a picture of Shooting Star Rockman on it. (I'd love to use it, but I can't put it in the case since the circle is too big to put in there.)

The case itself looks good on the DS even without any of the graphics sandwiched between them. What's even better looking is that if you angle it to the light properly, you can see rainbow colors on it. Altogether, I highly recommend this to any [Shooting Star/Star Force] Rockman/Megaman fan & to pick it up for either the DS Lite or the DSi along with your copy of MMSF3 while they're still out. Well worth $20 is at least for the case.

Also, a couple days ago at Wal-Mart, I found another nice DS accessory: A 4-cartridge keychain game case that look like mini-DS Lites complete with spare mini-stylus for $5 each & comes in white, pink, & black/red. A good, cheap buy if you're looking for a nicely aesthetic portable mass cart carrier. I got the entire set because they look so good. XP

Supernatural Meme & Animal Manga

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:55:22 GMT

Not much today, but I did start buying up on a new manga series for me to read called +Anima. Found out about it on TV Tropes while looking up on examples on of my favorite tropes. (I'm such a sucker for series that involve humans transforming into beasts.) Got volumes 1, 2, & 4 (Both stores I went to lacked 3.) & I haven't read much of it yet, but from what I've seen so far, its got a great concept.

Remember that Nation Meme I answered a while back? Here's a version I found on deviantART that involves mythical creatures.

Centaur:
[x] You are rather wild, and let your instincts run you.
[ ] You get drunk a lot.
[x] Bravery and boldness is second nature to you.
[ ] You have a deep love for astronomy and the universe.
[x] You like to read your daily horoscope.
[x] You have a high level of pride in yourself.
[ ] In the woods is the best place for you to be.
[x] You are spiritual.
[ ] The horse is your favorite animal.
[x] You are possessive and territorial.
Total: 6

Elf:
[ ] Your ears are slightly pointed at the tips (be honest).
[x] You are very intelligent.
[ ] Your five senses are extremely keen.
[ ] Your weight is quite a bit lighter than the average person at your particular height.
[ ] You always wear elegant clothes and speak as politely as possible.
[x] You are most at peace when you are gazing at something beautiful, like nature.
[x] You look very young for your age.
[x] You rarely get sick.
[ ] You are a very hard worker.
[ ] Above all other superpowers, you would love to read minds or see the future.
Total: 4

Fairy:
[x] You are happy a lot of the time.
[x] The best superpower to you would be to fly.
[x] You are very shy.
[ ] You love the forest and plant life in general.
[ ] You are always willing to help others, even if you might not be the best to offer aid.
[x] You are young and short.
[ ] Dancing is one of your favorite pastimes.
[ ] If someone ticks you off, you are very clever with getting them back.
[x] Your clothing isn't always presentable, but you are comfortable with what you wear.
[ ] Circles are a wonderful symbol of unity to you.
Total: 5

Gnome/Dwarf:
[ ] You are excellent with crafts and handiwork.
[x] In social situations, you tend to be a little awkward.
[x] You are short for your age.
[x] You are an isolationist.
[x] You love to play practical jokes on people.
[ ] You are extremely fascinated with jewelry.
[ ] You look older than your age.
[ ] You love the woods and the mountains.
[x] You are well off, or come from a family that is well off.
[x] You have a short temper.
Total: 6

Harpy/Siren:
[x] You are best at talking bad about people behind their backs and not to their face.
[x] When you are annoyed, you will go to a great extent to torment whoever did so to you.
[ ] You often take things that aren't yours.
[x] You are easily angered.
[ ] Death fascinates you.
[x] You are female, or a feminine-looking man.
[x] You associate yourself with the wind element
[x] You can switch quickly between your light and dark side.
[x] You love to trick others.
[x] You have a ravenous appetite.
Total: 8

Mermaid:
[x] You love the beach moreso because of the water than the shore itself.
[ ] Fish are some of the most beautiful creatures to you.
[x] The ultimate superpower to you would be to breathe underwater.
[ ] You enjoy looking at ships, but not riding them, as well as you like ships for traveling, not hunting in the sea.
[ ] You are good at swimming.
[x] You like to collect shells.
[ ] You use sea items as jewelry or decoration.
[ ] You enjoy learning about the ocean and the life inside it.
[ ] You are extremely against ocean pollution.
[ ] Legs on land are not as important as a fin in the sea.
Total: 3

Vampire:
[x] You're a night person.
[ ] You have a fascination with blood.
[x] You are extremely pale.
[ ] You wish you had a bat as a pet.
[ ] You are not religious at all.
[ ] Tight spaces are not scary or uncomfortable for you.
[x] The sun's glare annoys you all too often.
[ ] You hate food with lots of garlic in it.
[ ] To you, a kiss on the neck is more romantic than a kiss on the cheek or lips.
[ ] You don't like sharp objects near you.
Total: 3

Werewolf:
[ ] The full moon is the most beautiful natural scene to you.
[x] You have a lot of body hair.
[x] The ability to shapeshift is the best superpower to you.
[ ] You prefer gold over silver items.
[x] You lack self control.
[x] You find it easier to have sympathy for animals than for humans.
[ ] You have a deep respect for wolves and wild dogs.
[x] You like to be alone.
[ ] You have a terrible secret and you only tell people you trust 100% about it.
[ ] You'd rather be outdoors than indoors.
Total: 5

Wizard/Witch:
[ ] You love chemistry.
[ ] You are intuitive and good at analyzing people, to the point that people seriously or jokingly say you're psychic.
[x] The most amazing supernatural power to you is controlling the elements.
[ ] You are a nature lover.
[ ] You have a strong sense of responsibility.
[x] You spend a lot of time alone.
[ ] You usually hang around with a certain animal all the time when you feel lonely.
[x] You are spiritual, but not necessarily religious.
[x] Cooking is one of your favorite things to do.
[ ] You enjoy learning about Wicca and the occult.
Total: 4

Zombie:
[x] You are pale.
[x] You are hungry a lot.
[ ] Many activities you do every day make you feel mindless, or like a drone.
[ ] Most of the time you or a part of you is cold.
[x] You love to eat meat.
[ ] You would resort to cannibalism if that was the only source of food. (I believe anyone would, in a desperate situation)
[ ] You make grunts and moans a lot
[ ] You usually walk slow.
[ ] You are not afraid of seeing a lot of blood or getting a lot of blood on yourself.
Total: 3

Satyr/Faun:
[x] You are very passionate about the things you like.
[ ] You like to get drunk and dance.
[ ] You're very amorous.
[ ] You like art and music.
[ ] You enjoy feasting with friends.
[x] You love nature but more for the animals than the trees and plants.
[x] You like getting rowdy and having a good time.
[x] You laugh a lot.
[x] You love the chase almost as much as the capture.
[ ] You wish you had horns.
Total: 5

Total:
Centaur - 6
Elf - 4
Fairy - 5
Gnome/Dwarf - 6
Harpy/Siren - 8
Mermaid - 3
Vampire - 3
Werewolf - 5
Wizard/Witch - 4
Zombie - 3
Satyr/Faun - 5

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:08:51 GMT

So Billy Mayes died today. Jeeses, that's the 4th famous person death here this week, with 2 of them dieing at age 50. I'm starting to wonder if this is a conspiracy or mere coincidence. Somewhere out there, America is crying & depressed for the loss for an announcer, an actress, his 80s music, & his commercials.

Writer's Block: Green Living

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:55:57 GMT

How green is your school, office, or home?

Sponsored by One Million Acts of Green brought to you by Cisco.

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*Looks around room* My floor & curtains are green. Other than that, all the other colors. Green's not really good color for this house. Only my room has that color since the paneling on the walls gives it a forest theme & we got carpet & curtains to match.

MMSF Pegasus 100%

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:51:00 GMT

Yay, I killed the upgraded Andromeda thus getting 100% on Megaman Star Force Pegasus & the first game in the EXE and Ryuusei series I managed to get a 100% on.

Also, thanks digi148/digi_exe for the Dragon & Leo brothers.

P.S. Star Force 2's Brotherband connection sucks. I might as well stick to Bly Dinosaur/Rouge Saurian.

I should post my plot bunnies here more.

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:06:00 GMT

Guys, I just got a random realization. There needs to be material of Kristoph Gavin x Ivan Braginsky. I don't care who tops, they could just be in a fight where one out sadist the other. ~~Kristoph would totally drink up Ivan's "borscht", amirite?~~ (I don't know if anyone would bother with such a thing in either kink meme. There's not much on crossovers in the Hetalia one except for a couple with Bandit Keith.)

now to make this entry worthwhile, have a semi-interactive meme taken from eh_truffle.

List 10 of your favorite characters from different fandoms, and ask people to spot patterns in your choices, and if they're so inclined, to draw conclusions about you based on the patterns they've spotted.

Dragonball → Trunks
Kingdom Hearts → Zexion
Final Fantasy VIII → Squall Leonheart
Final Fantasy XI → Carbuncle
Rockman EXE (Megaman Battle Network) → Enzan Ijuin (A.K.A. Eugene Chaud Blaze)
Ryuusei no Rockman (Megaman Star Force) → War Rock (A.K.A. Omega-Xis)
Death Note → Nate "Near" River
Gyakuten Saiban (Ace Attorney) → Kyouya Garyuu (A.K.A. Klavier Gavin)
It's a Wonderful World (The World End With You) → Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryuu
Axis Powers Hetalia → Alfred F Jones (America)

I think my mind blanked on half of them and/or I had to recall really far to fill up the spaces. (Hard to think of my favorite character for FFXI & RnR.)

Rant worthy of an essay.

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:17:32 GMT

I really hate wankers. I hate wankers even more that entertained me with sarcastic humor, but when one case where the author dropped an anvil of Author Tract, it has certainly gone to the point of no return for me. What is Author Tract you ask? I'll spare you five hours of TV Tropes & quote part of the description below:

All writers put something of themselves into their stories, but some of them go just that little bit too far. For them, the real point of writing is not to shape worlds or create characters, but to express the Big Important Truths that are close to their heart.

This is certainly not always a bad thing. Done well, this can add an extra layer of meaning and resonance to a story. Done poorly, as it all too often is, it will just result in the audience rolling its eyes and giving up. Even done well, an unfortunate result of the Author Tract is that some people will dismiss perfectly good stories simply because they disagree with the author's viewpoint. Even those who agree with the author may tune out if the author begins to lay it on too thick.

As you see, the key part of those two paragraphs is in bold, and that is certainly the case of what I am doing. I am giving up on a fan-parody series that used to make me laugh, but with just one joke in his latest episode, he has crossed the line and jumped the shark. The joke was very stale, not funny, and insulting. I have commented about this on the video and even replied to his Twitter with sincere criticism. He took that as to make more of these stale jokes in spite. I replied back to him with this:

And risk a loss of viewers & subscribers? I think the following sentence from TVTropes fits perfectly if you do take this path: "One of the writers puts too much of himself into the show, to its detriment. He may use it as a pulpit to preach his personal beliefs in a heavy-handed manner, or to display personal kinks which Squick the audience out." -Jump the Shark, TVTropes. I'm just looking out for ya, that's all.

He becomes immature and an even bigger jerk in reply. So pretty much I just said 'screw you' and gave him these final words:

If you're gonna be like this everyone, why should anyone listen to you? I have judged your character, & it is very poor.

Thus, I have unsubscribed, blocked him from my YouTube account, unfollowed him on Twitter, and will block him there too when I get to it & find a way. You know, now I really hope he will take the path he chose in reply to my constructive criticism, make everyone else see how immature he is and how stale his jokes will become, making him lose views until he crashes and burns big. Rest assured, this will not make me leave the fandom that this drama is related to, but it certainly has scarred me a little because of it. Fellow friends, please do stay away from this guy if you can, for the sake of good.

~~P.S. Did you notice my change in writing style? That is to show you that I am serious. No, this will not be under an LJ-cut so don't ask.~~

Pimping a Community

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:11:18 GMT

WATCH THIS VIDEO BITCHES!

Video from hetaliacracksub. Hetalia fans who are good at writing crack quotes, join & contribute. They're already accepting lines for episode 2. I already posted my ideas for it & the ones I posted for episode 1 are in the video above. (See 2:31 & 3:11.) Also, go comment on how epic this is here. I'm just a mere messenger who's trolling your friends list with mind-scarring crack.

I don't do these types of memes often.

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:08:37 GMT

❝who do you ship me with?❞

Please answer something for mine, I get lonely.

PokéWalker, do want!

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:58:37 GMT

HeartGold, SoulSilver to come with pedometer.

Pedometer toy that actually has a useful function? DO. WANT. I could just imagine the possibilities.

•Use for walking trips of course. Stuff DS in purse, have PokéWalker on me raising the one Pokémon, once satisfied with the experience boost on that one, take a break & swap for the next Pokémon. Also it's easier for me to raise Pokémon in sunny areas. Raise Pokémon while shopping & walking around an entire convention floor several would certainly help, especially for my Platinum which I'm slacking off on.

•~~Speaking of Platinum, I certainly hope this'll be compatible with DPPt. I imagine that it's just like the Wii when it sends a wireless signal for PBR & Ranch.~~ Well that was shot down. Does it take so much power to generate a wireless signal that a tamagotchi can't contain it? Or is the infrared there for security on transfers?

•Other colors than the standard Poké Ball. Doubt that this'll ever happen & you can probably paint/customize it to your liking, but hey, wouldn't mind having one that looks like a Heal Ball.

•Another good reason why the various colors: Wouldn't it be cool to have 6 these things? That way, you could look like a real Pokémon Trainer & it'll go great with cosplays. Not to mention, raise the entire party on a walk. Certainly help on getting them to 100. Just hope they aren't too expensive. Max I go for 6 separate PokéWalkers would be $90, $15 each, minus 1 since it's said that one will come with a copy of Heart Gold & Soul Silver, but +$10 since the game would cost about $30, so $100 max total.

•Please, please, let's hope this thing has a manual off button or switch to this thing. I remember playing with a Tamagotchi years ago & if I remember there was a sleep option for it, but I doubt that'll be the case in this one. Be nice to save some battery life when I'm not playing it or don't have a Pokémon in there.

Sorry if I've been rambling too much, but it seems that it's gonna be a new, nice change/alternative in main series Pokémon gameplay. I wonder if & when Gen 5 comes out we'll use the PokéWalker for that or even an upgraded V2 of it? I just hope it doesn't go like the Pocketstation or the Pokémon Mini, it'd be very interesting to play a simpler version Pokémon that's connected to the main game during daily activities.

EDIT (5:33 AM): Found out answer to one of my questions.

Writer's Block: Significant Choices

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:49:32 GMT

If you had to choose between your friends and your significant other, who would you choose?

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Dude, a significant other is a friend, a [possibly married] friend that you have sex with.

Character-Centric Dreams

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:01:12 GMT

I wonder, does anyone ever had dreams that involve various stuff but are all connected to a character? The dream I just had was like that & it involved the character Norway from Hetalia. The dream was about me recalling & re-experiencing various Norwegian stuff, or at least stuff considered Norwegian in my random-ass dreams. The stuff that I remember involves:

•Commercials & food that remind me of Norway.
•Norway being a Smash Brothers Brawl player.
•Cat-human hybrid from old times that Norway is related to.
•A competition involving summons.
•A Hetalia strip about Japan using various food ingredients to create the country characters, but he had no idea for Germany. He apparently has a staff of Skiploom for one of the vegetable ingredients.
•Lots of fan-made Hetalia porn including Sweden horny for Norway. (In DBZ style. O.o)
•Multi-colored flowerbeds that have matching fairies.
•A bright, Disneyland-like setting with a Pikachu statue running around.

Writer's Block: The Little Things I Do for Our Planet

Sat, 30 May 2009 07:30:23 GMT

What little things do you do every day to take care of our planet?

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Simple, the same thing I do regularly everyday: Eat, sleep, play, some work, enjoy life. I actually do some gardening with the family, but that's more self-sufficiency to prepare ourselves whenever some shitstorm hits & we need food.

Translation: I DO WHAT THE F*CK I WANT AND I SURE AS HELL AM NOT GOING TO BE DICTATED BY PEOPLE WHO TRY TO FORCE DOWN MY THROAT WAYS TO MAKE ME MISERABLE & UNCOMFORTABLE BY REDUCING LUXURY & TECHNOLOGY. NOT TO MENTION THAT THE "GREENER" OPTION IS TOXIC AND FAR WORSE; FOR EXAMPLE, THEIR LIGHTBULBS. IN SHORT, "GREEN" PEOPLE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE ACTUALLY KILLING THE PLANET AND THE ONLY GREEN THEY WANT IS MONEY SCAMMED FROM NAIVE SAPS WHO BELIEVE ANYTHING THEY'RE TOLD. /capslock

Yeah, you can really tell that I'm very pissed about this subject, & this is just one of many that hints the falling morality in recent times. Seriously, it's all just a load of bull. Being Tennessean, I should know this more than any since a certain former VP has a house in Nashville that uses more energy in a month than the average house does in a year & a half. You want proof? Here, have Penn & Teller.

P.S. We rednecks do this recycle thing far better anyway. Storing old junk for later when we need it again plus duct tape does wonders.

Sat, 30 May 2009 02:54:56 GMT

Today was a great birthday (*Ish 19 now*). Had an excellent lobster ravioli & lemon cake at Romano's, got some sandals (Have a problem with one of my toes & it hurts to wear my regular shoes.), & went to see Up. Up was another great masterpiece from Pixar that was mature & family-friendly. Was pretty crowded there in the theater room, but everyone (Except for the crying babies.) was quiet throughout the film. Fandom side was also good too, at least in the Hetalia fandom: Colonial America doujins, scanlated strip, episode 20 (SPOILER: CANADA APPEARS), & a full translation of Drama CD 1. Shame I can't fit in from FFXI stuff in there since I'll be spending the last 2 hours of the day watching an encore of my favorite news shows, but I do know what's next to do there: Get back to leveling SMN by soloing.

Camping Again

Fri, 29 May 2009 01:35:56 GMT

Taking a nice weekend break over at a Nashville campsite. Not much to do but to take a change a scenery & going to my favorite restaurant in Opry Mills (Aptly named Romano's.) for my B-Day tomorrow.

Also, dad has recommended me a site to watch Fox News while we're out here with no cable, FN plays great on this site, gotta try some other channels later.