Month: November 2000

Thanksgiving has come and gone, and now that we have entered our last
week of classes at good ol’ CU, it’s time to go out with a bang.
First, my trip report – it was great. Absolutely great, all except for
the bus rides. I can’t tell which was the worst part of the buses –
probably the driver getting lost from Binghamton to Scranton. I’m
believing it might have been a better idea for me to drive. But
anyhow…
Spending time at Kate’s, as usual, was wonderful. Every visit I get more
and more enchanted with this wonderful girl I fell for almost two and a
half years ago…I’ll stop gushing for those of you with weak hearts.
Anyhow, we had a great time, watching movies as usual (minireviews:
Keeping The Faith was wonderful, High Fidelity was good, Risky Business
was decent.) We even braved the traffic on Black Friday and went
shopping. Lots of good food, good times, and I can assure you that only
a minimal amount of clothing was ripped.
As far as purchases go – one copy of Gladiator on DVD ($20), one copy of
the new NIN remix album ($10), a new copy of The F Word from B/N along
with some magazines ($20something), and a copy of Incredible Crisis for
Kate ($20), which is an extremely Jappy PSX game – in a good way.
As I mentioned above, 5 days of classes left. I have a lot to do, but
today will remain a down day until I get seriously crunched on Thursday.
Two tests that day, with a lab report and a huge problem set due on
Friday. Oh, and probably accounting as well. Don’t worry, I’ll get going
on it all tomorrow. Really.
Finally, I’m working to revamp my news system a bit, since my friends at
8bop spent break completely tweaking it to be a multi-user system. I’ve
been meaning to make mine a little easier to use for me, so I’ll hack
out a little PHP when I get a spare moment or two. Whatevah.
As usual, you know where to find me.

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It is Final Fantasy 9.
Picked this sucker up from EB yesterday, took it home (home home, not
Sheldon home), and just sat and played almost non-stop till 1 AM. Woke
up this morning, played just about till it was time for lunch with
Jason. Came home, played some more.
I have not felt a level of sheer enjoyment and fun like this in years.
It’s clicking on every level, and I think it’s a perfect end to the 32
bit line of FF games. It looks beautiful, and there’s enough FMV to make
your jaw drop for most of the first disc. The music is a perfect blend
of the old melodies along with some new sounds. The characters all have
distinct personalities, there’s enough diversionary stuff to keep your
eyes peeled.
And the gameplay…oh dear god, it’s heavenly. The abilities system is
FINALLY something that seems resonable. MP are back. The limit break bar
is back from FF7. And 4 characters to a party! This is unheard of since
FF3!
Anyone with a PSX who loved FF3 is hereby forced to go buy it, trade for
it, steal it, or whatever – just get your bloody hands on it NOW.
As for the rest of my weekend – lunch with Jason WHONG~! went very well.
We gossiped a lot about the industry, and I got a number of hot
exclusives regarding future moves in the industry. I think I heard at
least 3 things that made my jaw drop WIDE open. One will be announced
tomorrow or the day after. Anyhow, much love to Jason for being such a
wonderful guy.
In an unrelated story, Kate told me an amusing anecdote the other day;
it seems that she was recently out to dinner at a Chinese restaurant,
and the drink service was a little slow. So, taking a page from the
Mentos Corporation, my baby went into the kitchen and got the drinks
herself. If only she had a roll of Mentos, it would have been perfect.
Hmm, there’s an idea for a Christmas present…
In case you haven’t heard, I’m going to Kate’s this Tuesday. Won’t be
back till Sunday next weekend, so no updates for a while. But keep it
real, people.