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I am re-reading Cloud Atlas. It's possibly even a little better than I remembered! :D
Also I am super late to the party, but I actually listened to some Lady Gaga songs the other day, and they are pretty good!
Thus concludes the not-quite-as-geeky section of the entry. ONWARDS~
So Saturday Tim and I went to Forbidden Planet and bought POKEMON CARDS. 8D A deck each and some boosters. And now I am really into it again, and I may make an excursion into the attic to see if I can find my old cards. Are they even legal anymore? I really want to build a Ghost/Psychic deck. In some way this is porbably Tumblr's fault for enabling me to look at so much fanart.
Some teenagers on the train on the way back made fun of us. XD Man, teenagers are ridiculous. I am pretty glad I'm not one and can enjoy Pokemon cards with impunity.
I also bought this pretty rockin' t-shirt:
Too bad Uniqlo doesn't have any Gundam t-shirts that look that cool. Don't worry, I still love you Gandamuuu~ ♥I will love you even more when more Unicorn comes out. >_>
And and and I finally found a pre-owned copy of Beautiful Katamari at Game, so that's what I've been doing all weekend. No, really. All weekend. Except I forgot to save yesterday so I had to do everything again. >_> But I got more points and actually managed to do the Mars level without wanting to strangle someone, so woo!
I'm pretty sure Katamari is the best thing the games industry has ever brought forth. Pff, Half Life 2 or WoW or whatever. KATAMARI WINS ALL.
Over all it's been a pretty great weekend.
Only a week and two days until Paris! Paris Paris Paris! I am super excited. Gonna buy so many comic books and do lots of sketching and look at lots of beautiful architecture!
Speaking of architecture, I haven't done much drawing in the last few days, apart from a commission for my mother*, but here is a brush-pen doodle of some houses.
LOL WHAT PERSPECTIVE
There were some really great urban scenes in the exhibition of 20th century Chinese prints at the British Museum, and they've inspired me to try to get better at buildings and so on. Architecture and cities are one of my very favourite things.
Thus concludes the rest of this entry. Do come again.
*I think I'm going to start advertising my services for commissions sometime soon. :O Don't know how that will go, but one or two people — apart form my mother — have asked me, so it's worth a try!
I am re-reading Cloud Atlas. It's possibly even a little better than I remembered! :D
Also I am super late to the party, but I actually listened to some Lady Gaga songs the other day, and they are pretty good!
Thus concludes the not-quite-as-geeky section of the entry. ONWARDS~
So Saturday Tim and I went to Forbidden Planet and bought POKEMON CARDS. 8D A deck each and some boosters. And now I am really into it again, and I may make an excursion into the attic to see if I can find my old cards. Are they even legal anymore? I really want to build a Ghost/Psychic deck. In some way this is porbably Tumblr's fault for enabling me to look at so much fanart.
Some teenagers on the train on the way back made fun of us. XD Man, teenagers are ridiculous. I am pretty glad I'm not one and can enjoy Pokemon cards with impunity.
I also bought this pretty rockin' t-shirt:
Too bad Uniqlo doesn't have any Gundam t-shirts that look that cool. Don't worry, I still love you Gandamuuu~ ♥
And and and I finally found a pre-owned copy of Beautiful Katamari at Game, so that's what I've been doing all weekend. No, really. All weekend. Except I forgot to save yesterday so I had to do everything again. >_> But I got more points and actually managed to do the Mars level without wanting to strangle someone, so woo!
I'm pretty sure Katamari is the best thing the games industry has ever brought forth. Pff, Half Life 2 or WoW or whatever. KATAMARI WINS ALL.
Over all it's been a pretty great weekend.
Only a week and two days until Paris! Paris Paris Paris! I am super excited. Gonna buy so many comic books and do lots of sketching and look at lots of beautiful architecture!
Speaking of architecture, I haven't done much drawing in the last few days, apart from a commission for my mother*, but here is a brush-pen doodle of some houses.
LOL WHAT PERSPECTIVE
There were some really great urban scenes in the exhibition of 20th century Chinese prints at the British Museum, and they've inspired me to try to get better at buildings and so on. Architecture and cities are one of my very favourite things.
Thus concludes the rest of this entry. Do come again.
*I think I'm going to start advertising my services for commissions sometime soon. :O Don't know how that will go, but one or two people — apart form my mother — have asked me, so it's worth a try!
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Tags:Evangelion; games; geeking out; Katamari; loot; Pokemon
I kept meaning to write an entry while I was at ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
petrolbomb's house, but I never got around to it. So! We did stuff! Beck was really busy with her classes, but it was totally fun just hanging out. :3 We watched a ton of films, I don't even know if I can remember all of them...
BULLETPOINTS!
• Akira (Weird! Super cool! Surprised by the optimistic tone of the end — I found it optimistic, anyway — wasn't expecting that from a mad-science-technology-out-of-control story.)
• An episode of 青の6号/Blue Sub No.6 (Pretty cool, despite the silly oldschool CG explosions. Probably gonna download the rest sometime)
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Still super pretty! I think all the improbable comic-book mad science pissed Beck off a little, though. XD)
• Some film about a depressed psychologisty in Hollywood... I can't remember what it was called, but it was alright.
• Kung-Fu Hustle (Oh man, EPIC. XD I'm totally putting this on my list of DVDs to buy when I have money)
Also some episodes of X-Files (which I'd never watched before!) and some Star Trek, which led to some drunken fun times. (I wish it was possible to link to a day archive on twitter.)
"Captain, I'd be happy to probe your rec-"
It was an awesomely fun night... and then I threw up a lot and felt horrible. -_- I don't really know why anyone would get drunk twice, tbh.
We also rented Army of Two, I think because it was the only two player PS3 game in Blockbuster's at the time, and spent some time sucking at it. XD It was pretty fun, though! Oh, and I played Final Fantasy X for the first time everrr. (Beck got super excited about this.)
And completely failed at it, apparently. XD I only had about an hour before my taxi to the airport showed up when I started playing it... I think I will have to acquire a SO INCREDIBLY LEGAL IT HURTS version and play it on a PS2 emulator.
And now I'm back in Surrey. It really sort of sucks when your BFFs live overseas, idk. :/
Oh yeah, and it's Valentine's Day today. I had an idea of going out with Tim somewhere, but jetlag won so we're just hanging out at my house. :3 I don't really care about the holiday much either way, tbh, I was just going to use it as an excuse to spend money on a date. XD *can't afford train tickets ever ¬_¬*
I'm going to stop writing now because it's time to eat apple tart. Officially.
petrolbomb's house, but I never got around to it. So! We did stuff! Beck was really busy with her classes, but it was totally fun just hanging out. :3 We watched a ton of films, I don't even know if I can remember all of them...BULLETPOINTS!
• Akira (Weird! Super cool! Surprised by the optimistic tone of the end — I found it optimistic, anyway — wasn't expecting that from a mad-science-technology-out-of-control story.)
• An episode of 青の6号/Blue Sub No.6 (Pretty cool, despite the silly oldschool CG explosions. Probably gonna download the rest sometime)
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Still super pretty! I think all the improbable comic-book mad science pissed Beck off a little, though. XD)
• Some film about a depressed psychologisty in Hollywood... I can't remember what it was called, but it was alright.
• Kung-Fu Hustle (Oh man, EPIC. XD I'm totally putting this on my list of DVDs to buy when I have money)
Also some episodes of X-Files (which I'd never watched before!) and some Star Trek, which led to some drunken fun times. (I wish it was possible to link to a day archive on twitter.)
"Captain, I'd be happy to probe your rec-"
It was an awesomely fun night... and then I threw up a lot and felt horrible. -_- I don't really know why anyone would get drunk twice, tbh.
We also rented Army of Two, I think because it was the only two player PS3 game in Blockbuster's at the time, and spent some time sucking at it. XD It was pretty fun, though! Oh, and I played Final Fantasy X for the first time everrr. (Beck got super excited about this.)
And completely failed at it, apparently. XD I only had about an hour before my taxi to the airport showed up when I started playing it... I think I will have to acquire a SO INCREDIBLY LEGAL IT HURTS version and play it on a PS2 emulator.
And now I'm back in Surrey. It really sort of sucks when your BFFs live overseas, idk. :/
Oh yeah, and it's Valentine's Day today. I had an idea of going out with Tim somewhere, but jetlag won so we're just hanging out at my house. :3 I don't really care about the holiday much either way, tbh, I was just going to use it as an excuse to spend money on a date. XD *can't afford train tickets ever ¬_¬*
I'm going to stop writing now because it's time to eat apple tart. Officially.
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Tags:bulletpoints are the way and the light; friends is good; games; life; movies; travel
I heard an interview on the radio a few months ago, with a psychologist (I think), who'd dome some research on multi-tasking that indicated two broad types of behaviour: "explorers", who constantly crave new stimulation and jump from task to task, and "exploiters", who concentrate on only one thing and do it thoroughly.
Which is how I'm justifying my wish that I had enough room on my screen to watch a TOS episode and play a single-player game of Solium Infernum at the same time.
In the mean time, the alien fly that invaded the Enterprise has landed in Captain Kirk's coffee, and I think he's about to swallow it.
Oh wait, no, it's not a fly, it's a super-fast space woman who wants to get in his pants.
Which is how I'm justifying my wish that I had enough room on my screen to watch a TOS episode and play a single-player game of Solium Infernum at the same time.
In the mean time, the alien fly that invaded the Enterprise has landed in Captain Kirk's coffee, and I think he's about to swallow it.
Oh wait, no, it's not a fly, it's a super-fast space woman who wants to get in his pants.
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Tags:games; Star Trek; stuff; tv
I went to my UCL interview on Monday, and it went well! I was incredibly nervous and ineloquent, but I got an email the next day saying they've recommended me for an offer, so I must have made a fairly good impression. Haven't got the official letter from the college yet, but it looks like I'm going! :D :D
Ummm, what else. I went to see the Staffordshire Hoard after the interview. It was pretty cool. Sparkly, shiny things. I'll blog about it properly later, right now I've got a cold and my head is a bit foggy.
Some links:
• The Desert Peach - I rediscovered this the other day. The greatest piece of historical fiction set in World War 2 that exists, in my opinion.
• Choice of the Dragon - A very well written multiple choice text game. In which you play as a dragon:
What more could you want, right? It's got a great attitude on gender & sexuality. I noticed it when I was playing, and then I checked their blog and read the most recent post at the time, which confirmed how much thought they'd put in it. It's so refreshing not to have presumptions shoved down your throat: you can chose the gender of the dragon, and the dragon you futilely attempt to mate with (I will get the right combination of stats/actions one day), and it doesn't go "'knight' obviously = 'he'", either.
Their quest to introduce meaningful choices into games pleases me, too. It makes the whole thing instantly many times more engaging and entertaining. My only criticism is it wasn't long enough. :P
• One of my favourite fiction series, "Union Dues" by Jeffrey R. DeRego (as seen on Escape Pod and Clone Pod) is apparently being pitched as a TV series. I think that's brilliant. I'm not of the opinion that everything that's good should eventually be made into a film and/or TV show — TV is not the end-all of storytelling media — but I also don't have a problem with different versions of stories and things jumping form medium to medium and taking on new forms (I mean, look at Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy). In fact, I encourage it. If I find a fictional world I love, I want to experience it through as many different lenses as I can, to see all of it's permutations and facets and flavours.
Also TV probably has a larger audience than podcasts, and I think something of quality deserves to be seen by as many people as possible. (Or maybe rather: Everyone deserves to be exposed to quality entertainment.) I've never been into superheroes much, and I love "Union Dues". It's definitely worth it.
• I also have a key for the Star Trek Online beta! It's currently downloading. Very slowly.
Pff, I started this entry thinking I'd only list a handful of links, since my head hurt, and I ended up rambling all over the place anyway.
Ummm, what else. I went to see the Staffordshire Hoard after the interview. It was pretty cool. Sparkly, shiny things. I'll blog about it properly later, right now I've got a cold and my head is a bit foggy.
Some links:
• The Desert Peach - I rediscovered this the other day. The greatest piece of historical fiction set in World War 2 that exists, in my opinion.
• Choice of the Dragon - A very well written multiple choice text game. In which you play as a dragon:
What more could you want, right? It's got a great attitude on gender & sexuality. I noticed it when I was playing, and then I checked their blog and read the most recent post at the time, which confirmed how much thought they'd put in it. It's so refreshing not to have presumptions shoved down your throat: you can chose the gender of the dragon, and the dragon you futilely attempt to mate with (I will get the right combination of stats/actions one day), and it doesn't go "'knight' obviously = 'he'", either.
Their quest to introduce meaningful choices into games pleases me, too. It makes the whole thing instantly many times more engaging and entertaining. My only criticism is it wasn't long enough. :P
• One of my favourite fiction series, "Union Dues" by Jeffrey R. DeRego (as seen on Escape Pod and Clone Pod) is apparently being pitched as a TV series. I think that's brilliant. I'm not of the opinion that everything that's good should eventually be made into a film and/or TV show — TV is not the end-all of storytelling media — but I also don't have a problem with different versions of stories and things jumping form medium to medium and taking on new forms (I mean, look at Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy). In fact, I encourage it. If I find a fictional world I love, I want to experience it through as many different lenses as I can, to see all of it's permutations and facets and flavours.
Also TV probably has a larger audience than podcasts, and I think something of quality deserves to be seen by as many people as possible. (Or maybe rather: Everyone deserves to be exposed to quality entertainment.) I've never been into superheroes much, and I love "Union Dues". It's definitely worth it.
• I also have a key for the Star Trek Online beta! It's currently downloading. Very slowly.
Pff, I started this entry thinking I'd only list a handful of links, since my head hurt, and I ended up rambling all over the place anyway.
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Tags:bulletpoints are the way and the light; comics; games; life; linkage; podcasts; stuff; ucl; uni
Hello Elllllll-jay! Sorry for not posting for ages again: I just haven't felt the urge to actually turn on my laptop this holiday season. I've been mostly hanging around in the living room enjoying our epic new HD TV, or gaming, or reading. I do have a cookie recipe for you, though!
It's a family tradition to make these at Christmas, but there's nothing that makes them intrinsically Christmassy, so you should go make them right now. You won't regret it.
We got an Xbox 360 for Christmas, collectively, and I've been playing Dragon Age: Origins. Chose a human mage to begin with, and it's tons of fun so far. :D I put points into cunning and the coercion skill, which means I can make NPCs do almost anything I want in conversations. It's pretty sweet. I dunno what specialisation I should go for, though. Blood Mage is out, since I'm being good, so maybe Arcane Warrior. I am going to shut up now, because no-one cares.
(I am also hitting on Alistair the Grey Warden guy as much as possible, because he is adorable. When you give him a gift he likes, he goes "R-really? This... this is for me? ;_;" like no-one has been nice to him ever before.)
I got Assassin's Creed II, as well, but I am determined to play them in order, so I'm waiting for Amazon to send me AC I.
Got some other great stuff, too, like a sexy jacket, books, socks, and a subscription to and back-issues from Current World Archaeology from Tim, which have actually been stopping me from reading the books. I really miss Archaeology, I have realised.
I've also been to see Sherlock Holmes and Avatar. I want to take Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law out of that film and insert them into a better one, so I can enjoy their brilliant interactions in a better plot.
As for Avatar, I am in two minds. It's cliché, and shallow, at times offensively so, but I adore the look. Especially the creature designs, fuck yes. Giant fantasy animals, insect and dionaur/reptillian influences, bioluminescence... basically they are pushing so many of my aesthetic buttons that I managed to completely ignore the stupid cat people for most of the film, in favour of the pretty colours.
Oh, except for their language, which was sort of cool, I guess, but that's probably only because I know they had it especially designed. Though I agree with this, in that I'm not sure why you'd go through the trouble of having a language made if the rest of your alien culture couldn't be more of a Noble Savage cliché if you were actually trying.
To be honest, though, I wasn't really expecting better. Sorry, films, I have low expectations of you.
But fuck it was pretty. I'm probably going to go see it again for that. Oh, and because I feel that every ticket might just be encouragement to make more sci-fi films. Alien planets: they work! Now put a good plot on one! Please?
I'm turning 22 tomorrow! It is common knowledge that, while I am ageing in a linear fashion, my greatness increases logarithmically. I've been in a pretty good mood, lately. Come on, 2010! Let's have a good new decade. :D
It's a family tradition to make these at Christmas, but there's nothing that makes them intrinsically Christmassy, so you should go make them right now. You won't regret it.
We got an Xbox 360 for Christmas, collectively, and I've been playing Dragon Age: Origins. Chose a human mage to begin with, and it's tons of fun so far. :D I put points into cunning and the coercion skill, which means I can make NPCs do almost anything I want in conversations. It's pretty sweet. I dunno what specialisation I should go for, though. Blood Mage is out, since I'm being good, so maybe Arcane Warrior. I am going to shut up now, because no-one cares.
(I am also hitting on Alistair the Grey Warden guy as much as possible, because he is adorable. When you give him a gift he likes, he goes "R-really? This... this is for me? ;_;" like no-one has been nice to him ever before.)
I got Assassin's Creed II, as well, but I am determined to play them in order, so I'm waiting for Amazon to send me AC I.
Got some other great stuff, too, like a sexy jacket, books, socks, and a subscription to and back-issues from Current World Archaeology from Tim, which have actually been stopping me from reading the books. I really miss Archaeology, I have realised.
I've also been to see Sherlock Holmes and Avatar. I want to take Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law out of that film and insert them into a better one, so I can enjoy their brilliant interactions in a better plot.
As for Avatar, I am in two minds. It's cliché, and shallow, at times offensively so, but I adore the look. Especially the creature designs, fuck yes. Giant fantasy animals, insect and dionaur/reptillian influences, bioluminescence... basically they are pushing so many of my aesthetic buttons that I managed to completely ignore the stupid cat people for most of the film, in favour of the pretty colours.
Oh, except for their language, which was sort of cool, I guess, but that's probably only because I know they had it especially designed. Though I agree with this, in that I'm not sure why you'd go through the trouble of having a language made if the rest of your alien culture couldn't be more of a Noble Savage cliché if you were actually trying.
To be honest, though, I wasn't really expecting better. Sorry, films, I have low expectations of you.
But fuck it was pretty. I'm probably going to go see it again for that. Oh, and because I feel that every ticket might just be encouragement to make more sci-fi films. Alien planets: they work! Now put a good plot on one! Please?
I'm turning 22 tomorrow! It is common knowledge that, while I am ageing in a linear fashion, my greatness increases logarithmically. I've been in a pretty good mood, lately. Come on, 2010! Let's have a good new decade. :D
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Tags:Dragon Age; food; games; life; movies; recipe
I read this Rock, Paper, Shotgun review of "Typing of the Dead"* earlier, and was inspired to download the demo, and I can confirm that it is actually the best game of all time.
So I may be easily amused, but you cannot fail to appreciate the surreal cracktastical glory that is this game's dictionary. If I had any money I think I would actually buy the full version.
I have an interview for a part time job at T.M. Lewin tomorrow. Wish me luck! (I hope they do employee discounts. ♥_♥)
PS: Oh wow, I made an audience participation post and the audience actually participated! You guys are awesome. I will make up the rest of the questions after my interview tomorrow! <3
PPS: This is my new favourite page in all of Wikipedia: Lists of English loanwords by country or language of origin.
*You should all read RPS, by the way. Even if you don't really care about games. I have them on my RSS reader mainly for the writing style and sense of humour; occasionally hearing of a cool game is a bonus.
So I may be easily amused, but you cannot fail to appreciate the surreal cracktastical glory that is this game's dictionary. If I had any money I think I would actually buy the full version.
I have an interview for a part time job at T.M. Lewin tomorrow. Wish me luck! (I hope they do employee discounts. ♥_♥)
PS: Oh wow, I made an audience participation post and the audience actually participated! You guys are awesome. I will make up the rest of the questions after my interview tomorrow! <3
PPS: This is my new favourite page in all of Wikipedia: Lists of English loanwords by country or language of origin.
*You should all read RPS, by the way. Even if you don't really care about games. I have them on my RSS reader mainly for the writing style and sense of humour; occasionally hearing of a cool game is a bonus.
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Tags:games; lulz; picspam
I keep seeing these two next to each other. I wonder if it's on purpose. XD (Probably not.)
Look, guys, look what is finally gracing me with its presence:
It's true! I have it! I have Golden Sun and a stomach full of chicken pesto, the universe is smiling upon me once more.
My extra userpics for LJ have run out, but I think I will grit my teeth and make do with the three million and two I get anyway for being a tool and having a paid account. Will go through later and chose which ones to keep. First, more Golden Sun!
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The whole word is conspiring against letting me play Golden Sun. A while ago I was looking for something, and instead of whatever it was, found a bag full of GB and GBA games. One of them was Golden Sun: the Lost Age. I got really excited for a second, thinking it was the real Golden Sun (I have nothing against the sequel, I just never got far into it), and when I realised it wasn't I looked all over the place for it, but it seems it got lost somewhere.
So I did what anyone would do upon being reminded of their favourite RPG ever, I went to eBay and bought a copy. It was taking ages to arrive, though, and eventually it turned out I still had my old Durham address as my default on eBay (even though I'm sure I set the Surrey one when I bought the game, but never mind). It was my fault, but the guy I bought it from still refunded my money.
So then I looked again the other day, and found another copy, and deleted my Durham address from eBay. And when there was a package in the mail for me this morning I was jubilant, sure I finally had Golden Sun within my grasp and... the package had Castlevania in it instead.
But I emailed the seller, and they're sending me the Golden Sun cartridge tomorrow, and maybe one day soon I will get to play the best RPG ever made. I'm not getting my hopes up, though. Check in the news for earthquakes or tornadoes striking post offices in South East England tomorrow. It'll probably be the world conspiring against me.
SPEAKING OF RPGS OH YEAH LOOK AT THIS SMOOTH SEGUE, I've been trying out Dungeons & Dragons Online. I've been feeling in a sort of MMOin' mood lately, and what is this, opportune free MMO! Maybe the world's not conspiring that hard.
I always say I don't have the patience for MMOs and that I get bored, but I don't know if that's strictly true. MMOs are meant to be social places, and I think I'd have a lot more fun playing them if I ever had anyone to play with. So guys, anyone want to play with me? It makes me sad when I get bored and miss out on MMOs.
Well, I don't know for how long a standard fantasy world like this will hold my interest, because I am demanding of my fantasy worlds, but we'll see. That's one of the reasons I'm looking forward to The Secret World, though. It looks interesting and different! You should sign up for the beta. I'm joining the Illuminati. :D
Anyway, this is my DDO character. Barbarian, because I enjoy finding the biggest sharp thing around and hitting people over the head with it. \o/
In other news, yesterday was fun! The exhibition was great. It was smaller than I expected, but all of the models were wonderful. The idealised Anatomical Venus that they use in all of the posters was beautiful, but the less sanitised and idealised models were just amazing. they looked like real bodies preserved instead of wax models. Most of them were either diseased faces and genitals demonstrating the horrors of venereal disease or pregnant women and embryos enlightening the public on the mystery of the female reproductive system. Basically it was all about sex. And double-headed calves.
Just as I was starting to wander off into the permanent exhibition, they announced a free tour was about to start, so I got to go through again and hear a bit more historical detail. I definitely recommend it!
And then I walked down Tottenham Court Road to have lunch at the Soho Ed's Diner (milkshaaaaaake), managed to not buy myself anything in any of the bookshops I went into, and went home. :)
So I did what anyone would do upon being reminded of their favourite RPG ever, I went to eBay and bought a copy. It was taking ages to arrive, though, and eventually it turned out I still had my old Durham address as my default on eBay (even though I'm sure I set the Surrey one when I bought the game, but never mind). It was my fault, but the guy I bought it from still refunded my money.
So then I looked again the other day, and found another copy, and deleted my Durham address from eBay. And when there was a package in the mail for me this morning I was jubilant, sure I finally had Golden Sun within my grasp and... the package had Castlevania in it instead.
But I emailed the seller, and they're sending me the Golden Sun cartridge tomorrow, and maybe one day soon I will get to play the best RPG ever made. I'm not getting my hopes up, though. Check in the news for earthquakes or tornadoes striking post offices in South East England tomorrow. It'll probably be the world conspiring against me.
SPEAKING OF RPGS OH YEAH LOOK AT THIS SMOOTH SEGUE, I've been trying out Dungeons & Dragons Online. I've been feeling in a sort of MMOin' mood lately, and what is this, opportune free MMO! Maybe the world's not conspiring that hard.
I always say I don't have the patience for MMOs and that I get bored, but I don't know if that's strictly true. MMOs are meant to be social places, and I think I'd have a lot more fun playing them if I ever had anyone to play with. So guys, anyone want to play with me? It makes me sad when I get bored and miss out on MMOs.
Well, I don't know for how long a standard fantasy world like this will hold my interest, because I am demanding of my fantasy worlds, but we'll see. That's one of the reasons I'm looking forward to The Secret World, though. It looks interesting and different! You should sign up for the beta. I'm joining the Illuminati. :D
Anyway, this is my DDO character. Barbarian, because I enjoy finding the biggest sharp thing around and hitting people over the head with it. \o/
In other news, yesterday was fun! The exhibition was great. It was smaller than I expected, but all of the models were wonderful. The idealised Anatomical Venus that they use in all of the posters was beautiful, but the less sanitised and idealised models were just amazing. they looked like real bodies preserved instead of wax models. Most of them were either diseased faces and genitals demonstrating the horrors of venereal disease or pregnant women and embryos enlightening the public on the mystery of the female reproductive system. Basically it was all about sex. And double-headed calves.
Just as I was starting to wander off into the permanent exhibition, they announced a free tour was about to start, so I got to go through again and hear a bit more historical detail. I definitely recommend it!
And then I walked down Tottenham Court Road to have lunch at the Soho Ed's Diner (milkshaaaaaake), managed to not buy myself anything in any of the bookshops I went into, and went home. :)
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Tags:D&D Online; games; Golden Sun; London; museums full of pretty things
Drew a badly-laid-out comic thing on TegakiE about a character that came from a doodle, who I named Interrobang for lack of any better ideas.
I am too tired for non-inane sentences to-day. >_> I mean, I was going for a vaguely storybook feel, or something, but it just sounds inane, doesn't it? That last panel is just a bit terrible, as well, but I'm also too tired to go back over it. BLAH BLAH BLAH COMPLAIN. I do actually think this is pretty neat, otherwise I wouldn't be showing it off.
TegakiE still makes my life.
Anyway! So. Handed in one of my essays and my Illustration portfolio. Will hopefully get extension on my other essay, which I just didn't have the time to finish. It all depends on whether the professor for that module checks his email and/or pigeon hole any time soon and feels like being magnanimous.
Though if he doesn't I should be able to re-take it if I have to. It's only half a module out of six, but I'd like to avoid it bringing down my grade if I can. Because that would be epic fail. I'm meant to be good at this school stuff.
In other news, my phone is still dead and I'm going to finally see Watchmen tomorrow.
Ooh, also! I have been playing Chrono Trigger on the DS! It is pretty good so far! Happy RPG funtiems!
I am too tired for non-inane sentences to-day. >_> I mean, I was going for a vaguely storybook feel, or something, but it just sounds inane, doesn't it? That last panel is just a bit terrible, as well, but I'm also too tired to go back over it. BLAH BLAH BLAH COMPLAIN. I do actually think this is pretty neat, otherwise I wouldn't be showing it off.
TegakiE still makes my life.
Anyway! So. Handed in one of my essays and my Illustration portfolio. Will hopefully get extension on my other essay, which I just didn't have the time to finish. It all depends on whether the professor for that module checks his email and/or pigeon hole any time soon and feels like being magnanimous.
Though if he doesn't I should be able to re-take it if I have to. It's only half a module out of six, but I'd like to avoid it bringing down my grade if I can. Because that would be epic fail. I'm meant to be good at this school stuff.
In other news, my phone is still dead and I'm going to finally see Watchmen tomorrow.
Ooh, also! I have been playing Chrono Trigger on the DS! It is pretty good so far! Happy RPG funtiems!
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Tags:comics; fail; games; life; uni
Drew a badly-laid-out comic thing on TegakiE about a character that came from a doodle, who I named Interrobang for lack of any better ideas.
I am too tired for non-inane sentences to-day. >_> I mean, I was going for a vaguely storybook feel, or something, but it just sounds inane, doesn't it? That last panel is just a bit terrible, as well, but I'm also too tired to go back over it. BLAH BLAH BLAH COMPLAIN. I do actually think this is pretty neat, otherwise I wouldn't be showing it off.
TegakiE still makes my life.
Anyway! So. Handed in one of my essays and my Illustration portfolio. Will hopefully get extension on my other essay, which I just didn't have the time to finish. It all depends on whether the professor for that module checks his email and/or pigeon hole any time soon and feels like being magnanimous.
Though if he doesn't I should be able to re-take it if I have to. It's only half a module out of six, but I'd like to avoid it bringing down my grade if I can. Because that would be epic fail. I'm meant to be good at this school stuff.
In other news, my phone is still dead and I'm going to finally see Watchmen tomorrow.
Ooh, also! I have been playing Chrono Trigger on the DS! It is pretty good so far! Happy RPG funtiems!
I am too tired for non-inane sentences to-day. >_> I mean, I was going for a vaguely storybook feel, or something, but it just sounds inane, doesn't it? That last panel is just a bit terrible, as well, but I'm also too tired to go back over it. BLAH BLAH BLAH COMPLAIN. I do actually think this is pretty neat, otherwise I wouldn't be showing it off.
TegakiE still makes my life.
Anyway! So. Handed in one of my essays and my Illustration portfolio. Will hopefully get extension on my other essay, which I just didn't have the time to finish. It all depends on whether the professor for that module checks his email and/or pigeon hole any time soon and feels like being magnanimous.
Though if he doesn't I should be able to re-take it if I have to. It's only half a module out of six, but I'd like to avoid it bringing down my grade if I can. Because that would be epic fail. I'm meant to be good at this school stuff.
In other news, my phone is still dead and I'm going to finally see Watchmen tomorrow.
Ooh, also! I have been playing Chrono Trigger on the DS! It is pretty good so far! Happy RPG funtiems!
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Tags:comics; fail; games; life; uni