A)bort, R)etry, F)ail

Geass, it's always Geass.

2008-08-31T20:13:00.001-04:00

Oh hey, they redid the Blogger interface again. No idea when, if that gives you any idea how often I've tried to post here.Charles' library:AkashaParanormal PhenomenonKollektives Unbewussts (Presumably meant to be kollektives unbewusste -- German for collective unconscious, aka the World of C)RagnarΦk (Technically a slanted capital Rho. Also it's subtitled with the exact same text)Encyclopedia

Quick admission of guilt

2008-05-02T15:12:00.002-04:00

Yes, I'm at work, but we're in this pseudo-complete stage of a process roll-out that means I'm done with all I can do, but there's still persistent issues outside of my control that prevent my from doing the next stage of things since there will be no concrete requirements till everything we have now is completed.Animeside I'm watching just about everything that's not either really serious or

Rockets, Anti-Tanks, and Resupplies aren't cutting it.

2008-02-03T19:44:00.000-05:00

Clearly I need a new strategy. Hit the last stage of Advance Wars: Days of Ruins, and have to admit that I liked the way they took the new post-apocalyptic storyline. Also glad they used the new set of characters as an excuse to create some relationship interplay, though honestly I'd have been more amused if everyone fell for Will, seriously.So, I'm not quite sure how to defeat the nest. 5

Long time no see...

2007-12-29T12:28:00.000-05:00

I figured I'd get something in, and perhaps a few paragraphs more than a mention that I need to change the header text.The really sad part is I never did end up using the SQL mess from last time.Parsed about 30K images from Ajax, which leaves about 75K till I'm done, not really fast going but I've collected a preliminary ~2K to sort through for addition to Wallpapers and humor pictures. It's

There's probably a simpler approach to this.

2007-10-31T09:26:00.000-04:00

Just a quick code post at work, I'd wanted a Halloween image which I clearly don't have access to at work, so keeping it just to the code, and maybe I'll put up something Halloween-y later on (assuming I have images that aren't merely leaning to the gothic side of things) and by later I do mean much later, as in another day, as I'll probably be playing Hellgate all evening.Anyways, SQL

Musings on Tribal M:tG

2007-10-13T11:44:00.000-04:00

Okay, less on the musing sort, more just a listing of notables to pair with my draft experience (Which I really should do a bit more often, they're fun). PS: I <3 Ashling, Liliana was nice to see but I don't do Goblins nor Faeries really, so her color wasn't much for the grand plan. PlaneswalkersAjani Goldmane - 2WW - Starting Loyality of 4 +1 : You gain 2 Life-1 : Put a +1/+1 Counter on each

Aaah, Fall

2007-10-01T11:38:00.001-04:00

Woot, missed September entirely. Somewhere between the job and the diversion-turned-lifestyle that is World of Warcraft I didn't really find the time nor content to eek out a full blown post in that time. A pair of half sorted anime image sites/folders, a partially organized music folder, 2 nearly renamed folders of anime (as I move them from viewed to storage on the USB HD), and the flash

The problem with sending all your pawns out first...

2007-08-25T22:56:00.000-04:00

...is that they're easily out maneuvered and captured. And when it comes down to the end game, having a Pawn cross can easily change the course of the game.So yeah, I finished Death Note, 37 Episodes in a bit over 2 weeks, thoughts on that in a moment.I've got RxJ through 15, though I've only seen through 8, haven't convinced myself I want to pick it up again, but I figure once they get into

Masterpiece Post

2007-08-21T16:49:00.000-04:00

Quick Song Listing, almost entirely in this order, repeats omitted.Daft Punk - Robot RockSophie Ellis-Bexter - Another DayUnited State of Electronica (U.S.E.) - Vamos A La PlayaShiny Toy Guns - Don't Cry OutDigital Planet - We'll See Heaven (Initial D 4th Stage)Toshio Masudo - 300 Years of Love from Siberia (J2: The Counterattack of Siberia Yagyu)Felix da Housecat - Money, Success, Fame,

Au gratin ... with Cheese!

2007-08-12T17:36:00.000-04:00

Yes, that is the same thing. No, it's not supposed to make sense. Well, unless you're family, in which case it makes all to much sense.New wallpaper, needed something cooler for this sweltering heat.Don't like the way these new headphones rest on my ears, though the mic isn't nearly as bad as the old one had gotten.(Disgaea)Did some empowering via Item World to crank out a pair of level 50

First Fragments

2007-07-28T10:40:00.000-04:00

Nothing like starting the day off in the red, course I think the instructions for the refunds should've been a bit more explicit, but perhaps that's just me. Laggy Internet Explorer fueled internetting isn't really the panacea to boredom that the much faster and Firefox-backed enviroment I have at home affords, but I'll take what I can get, given that I'm basically being paid to sit in front of a

The Seventh Day of the Seventh Month...

2007-07-07T11:57:00.000-04:00

of the Two-thousand and Seventh Year AD? Just doesn't have the same ring to it.Good lord is Internet Explorer ever horrible, I don't get anyone who can be a proponent of it after having tried anything else out there in the Web Browsing world (except perhaps Netscape Navigator) -- and good lord am I ever going to shoot this freaking HP Keyboard.To expand on last time's post. That ever so wonderful

July Heat

2007-07-01T18:41:00.001-04:00

Rabbit rabbit. (I wonder if that's a wiki-able superstition -- heh, guess so)Nothing to add just yet, or at least nothing that I've substancialized into a formal post yet. Lunch today rocked, Marathoning 10 Eps of Gurren Lagann rocked, end of story.

Yet another not quite post.

2007-06-23T11:46:00.000-04:00

Well, I'd hate to have pushed forward Sylaria's timetable for nothing, and I've got absolutely nothing going on (similar to the prior two weekends, only without the 4 hours of electronic deprivation to listen to AARP Defense Driving Courses ($10 and 8 hours for $200 savings? I think that's a trade I can make)), so here's the June catchup on hopefully everything.I picked up an External Harddrive

The Dangers of Letting me Code

2007-06-20T11:35:00.001-04:00

Variable GiftArray05 = Floor(Block.[Record].[Record_gift1].[giftamount])Variable GiftArray15 = Floor(1.5 * Block.[Record].[Record_gift1].[giftamount])Variable GiftArray25 = Floor(2 * Block.[Record].[Record_gift1].[giftamount])Variable GiftArray10 = IIF (((Variable.[GiftArray05] % 5) = 0), FormatCurrency(Variable.[GiftArray05]) , IIF (((Variable.[GiftArray05] + 1) % 5) = 0, FormatCurrency(

4 Bells and all is well.

2007-06-02T13:02:00.001-04:00

Just wanted to start here http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp07082006.shtml. I might get around to adding something else (like the PSP, Odin Sphere, Job, or any/all of California) sometime, but for now, I'm just enjoying doing nothing for a bit.

It's not Fallen Angel Flonne, but oh well.

2007-05-26T10:20:00.000-04:00

Happy Flonne. My new near-Summer wallpaper. Makes me smile every damn time I minimize everything to the Desktop. Also one of the select few pictures of the second batch that I'm truly happy with, the rest violate some of my minor tenants of picture choice but are well enough done for me to have said "aw hell" and saved anyways.I'm fairly certain Diana is convinced I don't know how to navigate,

Retroactive Titling!

2007-05-19T14:00:00.000-04:00

So I was leafing through Ian's copy of GameInformer while munching down my hasty yet hearty breakfast of Cinnamon Toast Crunch (this is post-size padding with extraneous facts, not product placement); peering into the future of my systems to see what I needed to keep my eyes open for.I'd already seen Odin Sphere info, courtesy of Linx, and I'm still on the fence about how I feel about the

Scheduling Conflicts

2007-05-05T11:06:00.000-04:00

And to think, I could've used a Cinqo de Mayo title.I would have much rather have had a post last weekend to seperate what will now become back to back anime posts (the opening outlook of episode 2 and the deeper look of the episode 4), though since I'll have all of last week's stuff as well, perhaps it won't be as bad as I could fear.As for last week, for those who don't know, I spent the

(Image) "Wish you out, out the west trail."

2007-04-19T10:48:00.000-04:00

Current Wallpaper, though Moyism's latest post has given me new goals to strive for. I definately have some nice Kenji artwork lying around too.I spent awhile debating between Marona and Ash's quotes (in case you don't know, the prior post is Walnut's battle phrase from Phantom Brave) but eventually decided that neither really has the ring of Psycho Burgundy.Lots of cool stuff for the PSP sorta

Fires of Battle, Reveal my Heart

2007-04-16T14:20:00.000-04:00

Psycho Burgundy!Had to get that out of the way, too much fun.The Good: Filing my Taxes for last year and realizing that the new job has slightly over triple the annual income.The Bad: Also realizing that said new job will involve at lot more work, a lot harder (intellectually, not phyisically) work, and a commute.The Ugly: Posting on the World of Warcraft Forums to not only indentify Popotan

(Image Overload) And out like a Lamb

2007-04-04T10:45:00.000-04:00

Happy Year of the Boar (Yeah, sure belated I know but I had to upload the next album to Photobucket before I could say it -- this one is sorta more impuslive, which means that more borderline NSFW images ended up in the batch, as well as some pictures that are more random than background worthy (though the arguement swings both ways for pedophile Link who is mutually creepy and awesome in his

2007-03-30T11:56:00.000-04:00

Alright, we'll see if I can manage this. I don't think I've seen a customer in hours, though being here alone means that the instant I see one I'll get three, and they'll all want copies without knowing how to use the copier or packaging or speak English worse than most immigrants and take forever to ask what they want before I convince them to leave. Yesterday I didn't have a co-worker from when

Boredom really kills the power to write.

2007-03-28T12:31:00.000-04:00

Errata 1: Despite what the tutorial told me, Hammer Ons and Pull Offs in GH2 can occur on non-consecutive notes.At long last I got together my skills and my reflexes and managed to play through the last 8 songs on Hard (Mostly 3'd with a few 4 star songs) only to be crushed by the madness that is Freebird. I can play everything but the Solo, which isn't really saying all that much, as everything

In like a Lion...

2007-03-17T13:13:00.000-04:00

Just a little something for the recent heat (though today has gone back to a much frostier temperature far departed from the 70's of the Ides of March)They're making a Live Action Speed Racer!? Why was I not informed of this atrocity against mankind earlier! And it's being produced by the Wachowski brothers?! How the hell do the makers of V for Vendetta and the Matrix Trilogy end up behind Live

The 5th Season

2007-03-08T11:47:00.000-05:00

Before I get into it, let me just say - the weather here this week has been fantastic.Titular ActionThe title is a reference to a brewery in the area, where I went with the 'rents for lunch a few weeks back. We (mostly my father and I) spent awhile pondering what the name could mean, which was ruined when my mother actually asked our server. The answer was Monsoon season, which was a whole lot

Pancakes, Waffles, Scrambled Eggs, Bacon.

2007-02-21T12:26:00.000-05:00

New RBC song of the moment. The Kill Bill OST is a real work, just wish I had a way to get my mitts on the mp3s themselves, but unfortunately my prowess and connections are still all tethered in the world of Anime/Game OSTs and Single albums. Battle without Honor... is totally epic combat music though, suitable for beating down Phantom doormen (more on that in a bit), otherwise it was a toss up

A Tonic to soothe the nerves

2007-02-13T11:16:00.000-05:00

Now that I've posted the Eureka post I have every intention of changing out Storywriter to something else. I've just gotta get on a computer with speakers so I can prove that I'm putting up a link to something that actually sounds like it's labeled and actually plays.I figure that Blogging is a good way to take my mind off the impending interview. Mind you, I consider having an interview at all

Image Overload Even though 3 isn't really an overload.

2007-02-07T11:34:00.000-05:00

So I've been browsing around my Pandora Profile, altering a few past decisions for station refinement, bookmarking a few more songs/artists for the hell of it. The flaws of the system are pretty evident from the straight facts at the top though. My most thumbed up artists: Daft Punk and Basement Jaxx are total runaways; but the next 3, Venus Hum, Andy Bell, and The Postal Service probably have at

Henshin a go go baby!

2007-02-05T12:39:00.001-05:00

Okay, so perhaps the phrase is both dated and way over the top, it definately gives me something to play since David decided that Guitar Hero 2 was worth taking the PS2 to college for a few months. Plus, the price was right: Viewtiful Joe 1 & 2 for a whole $16 combined. I'm almost tempted to see if trading in the second game would get me more than I paid for it in store credit at a Gamestop.

The Full Image Album

2007-02-05T12:36:00.001-05:00

Photobucket Album

Hook Line and Sinker for myself as well.

2007-01-25T13:36:00.000-05:00

...just to play off the Penny Arcade title in a similar venue.I wonder if abject tedium combined with a strong dislike for customers can be considered a job hazard. Sorta a bi-polar mix anyways. Sidenote: I'm a little rusty on the topic, but is a singular pole necessarily possible under regular circumstances, like a peak of X subsiding to neutrality without an opposing (-)X. Just doesn't seem

Just another slice of random.

2007-01-24T10:34:00.000-05:00

In gaming newsWorld of Warcraft: Burning Crusade and Gears of War both go Triple Platinum (3 x 1 Mil).Sadly the only thing in the currently slated Q1 Wii releases is SSX Blur though the Wii-Store offerings (Bomberman, Wario Woods, and Zelda) and the News Channel (goes live January 28th)) does have some high points. Wii Play get released on Valentine's Day with the extra Wii-mote to promote

Textual amusement

2007-01-23T10:17:00.000-05:00

Video Game Quote-StormingI see the president equipped his daughter with ballistics -- Resident Evil 4.Your right hand comes off? -- Resident Evil 4Please don't go. The drones need you. They look up to you. -- Sid Meier's Alpha CentauriI dunno. I was just looking at it and I suddenly got this urge to get inside. No, not just an urge - more than that. It was my destiny to be here; in the box. --

"Sadly, no trace of them was ever found"

2007-01-22T11:42:00.000-05:00

Yeah. Beat Neverwinter Nights 2. Can't say I'm impressed at all by the ending, though the last fight, and the fact that your influence on your allies played a role was pretty cool. As with all D&D-centric games, the Paladin got sex. Somehow the fact that it's become a running trend for the man of virtue to get laid seems a bit on the far side of wrong.GameFAQs is running a Video Game Quote

2007-01-19T13:37:00.000-05:00

"Due to the physical limitations of the human brain, it is only possible to speak three different languages. Any language learned beyond the third will necessarily detract from proficiency in the others. In fact, there is a point - seven languages, on average - at which the mind's capacity for language is stretched to the breaking point. Those foolhardy enough to attempt to push this limit are

Second wave of gaming (Part 7 -- Extension of Gaming, Not the Anime Post)

2007-01-18T10:55:00.000-05:00

I felt Image Overload was appropriate for a 4 Image post. This one might get similar treatment, I have enough Eureka + Black Lagoon images to pull it off if I opt to do so, though I'm not certain how well the mix of image and text went over with others. I can say that having two Images stacked at the top was a bad flow, so I'd be mixing images into paragraphs, which I'd rather not be

Boomerang! You really do always come back! (Part 6 -- Video Games and Webcomics)

2007-01-15T11:15:00.000-05:00

(Yes, that's an Avatar quote again, though if I say it aloud one more time Ian might hit me)Geeze. I think how large a quadruple image post and I disover that abq's postings for the 12th (plus the zero-hour 13th post for the contest) fills his entire front page. So perhaps the anime half of the viewables will be again somewhat image intensive, just for the hell of it. Plus they're pretty. So over

Interjection -- Arkham Horror Rule Reconstruction.

2007-01-13T12:34:00.000-05:00

Dunwich Horror Cards are marked with a Barn Symbol.Curse of the Dark Pharoah Cards are marked with the Pharoah Symbol.Replacement Cards for Flesh Ward x4, Healing Stone, and Lantern x2.11 Allies total, deal out 11 face up so everyone knows who's availiable then shuffle them.(Note, CotDP rules add it's Allies to the Deck and force 2 discards on Terror Track advancement, reconcile this however

Image Overload Viewing Habits 1 (Part 5 -- The Anime-lite half of the post)

2007-01-11T12:35:00.000-05:00

Note, I used the *Image Overload* Tag with strict emphasis in mind. Finished Guitar Hero on Medium, 5 Starred everything, gotta get back to working on Hard. Then 5 Starring those, and then we'll be into the real difficulty of the game. About that time I figure I'll get sick of even the songs that I like and be forced to get Guitar Hero 1 to keep things interesting. Course, by my current pacing

Out of the Night and into the Twilight (Part 4 -- N3 and Zelda)

2007-01-10T11:44:00.000-05:00

Decided I'd gone a few too many text heavy posts without touching hitting an image. Bandied a few ideas back and forth but decided that going with something in the Ninety-Nine Nights vein would be most fitting, since I'm stowing the Anime-Commentary for another post.[Picking up where I left off]Aspharr in the demo was really what hooked me into the game, specifically his impale maneuvers. When

Interlude and Reprise (Part 3 -- Misc + XBox and Wii Continued)

2007-01-08T11:43:00.000-05:00

I've opted not to edit Part 2 due to the fact that I've already rambled a good deal of distance down the page talking about Gears of War, so this becomes Part 3, though it'll still mostly cover the material that Part 2 had aimed for (parts are posts, not topics).That said Warning: Long, long, long, long post.Before we get to that, an interlude. GameFAQs cited because it's the easiest way to do

Locust, Goblins, and Shadows (Part 2 - XBox and Wii)

2007-01-05T09:20:00.000-05:00

I'd love to be starting the New Year with my life back on track, but apparently that's more complex that I originally deigned -- but I'm working at it so here's hoping.Gears of WarOriginally I had a fairly long comparison between Halo 2 and Gears of War. That probably won't be the case the second time around, but there definately will be some comparison.First off, I'd like to say that the whole "

...In with the good... (Part 1 - Refurbishing and Guitars)

2007-01-03T11:06:00.000-05:00

Technically a post to be paired with "Out with the bad..." but it's an idle rant on an inauspicous beginning to the new year, so only one half is going to see the light of day. Plus, I ranted to a good many in a fair number of venues already, so the first half is pretty much unnecesary.Did find the recover post option, that might've salvaged the lost post of yesteryore, but it's well beyond that

...

2007-01-02T12:01:00.000-05:00

Seems the periodic auto-save fuction of Blogger doesn't protect against catastrophic system failures (aka: localized brownouts)Well, rewriting 2 hours of typing should only take 1.5 hours, but that ain't gonna happen just yet, though I may be bored enough to try. The lengthy post on GoW will now be 2 paragraphs and sans halo-comparison, whenever I get back to it.I'd like to say it's nice to see

Always back to the Haruhi...

2006-12-31T11:53:00.000-05:00

Before I get into the bulk of what I hope to be able to talk about in the time I have -- I mean, we shut down our ability to process any sort of payment for an hour and didn't suffer at all because of that -- just a few minor notes/errata to get out of the way. First of all, the Christmas Loot should've been 4 PS2 games besides the two I'd asked for, namely 3 .Hack games (I'm told it's the first

Bits and Pieces

2006-12-30T10:55:00.000-05:00

Distracted from my other post by a short day at work and trying to piece together the Cartoon Network airing schedule. We're so close to Renji, and thusly Soul Society's arcs, yet still not there.Mark your Calendars:Afro Samurai (Spike TV) -- Thursday January 4 11:00pm - Episode 1 "Revenge"(Repeats Thu Jan 4 11:30pm, Fri Jan 5 12:30am, Sat Jan 6 1:30am)Mind you, I do think "Revenge" is an odd

Christmas Post -- Loot edition.

2006-12-26T10:10:00.000-05:00

Loot edition probably isn't a necessary descriptor since I don't think I'll have another Christmas-centric post, just subnotes to other posts relating back, at most.Just got a good 10 minutes of amusement watching a flatbed driver unsucessfully get a forklift onto his truck. Problem was the ramp was graded steeply enough to prevent the forklift from managing the climb. And I must say, watching

The Pre-Christmas Post

2006-12-25T00:08:00.000-05:00

Which actually got posted on the rollover of Christmas Eve Morning, but close enough for my purposes.Uncle reccomends soldering to fix the Hard Drive issue, which seems highly plausable, that'll probably be a goal for next weekend. Not much else to rave about at the moment, as getting some rest is much higher on my todo list.Yes, I do plan to at least touch on the images recently used, as well

"Same thing we do every night, Pinky..."

2006-12-24T03:15:00.000-05:00

Kinda creepy how giving Gmail permission to "remember me" on this system in turn causes Google-Blogger (Or Ex-Beta Blogger, or New Blogger, or whatever you wanna term it) to automatically log me in as well.First Blogger, then YouTube, then Nasa. One has to wonder who's next.

Elementary, my dear Watson...

2006-12-21T22:49:00.000-05:00

So, I've traced the problem with the 160 Hard Drive. It's 4 pin power only has 3 pins. Now to stir the waters of my font and divine what resolution I can. I need my access to Haruhi~Work sucks, no shock there, more updates later.

I totally changed this title

2006-12-16T11:46:00.000-05:00

Playing with a few layout options related to pictures still, and although this one has so very little to do with Christmas I figured I'd exhaust the supply of Holiday themed pictures I'd included in the first upload (Which does imply that there is another collection of pictures beyond the original 317 forming, and that it has some more holiday pictures).Ooooh, the new Google-Blogger hybrid

♫ Making Christmas, Making Christmas ... ♫

2006-12-08T12:05:00.000-05:00

Leaving it as shortlist, actual list ended up trimming the Wii / 360 items and just tacking on some music from that post a few months back.***NWN 2**Wii / Twilight Princess360 /// Gears of War./ * Enchanted Arms/ Burnout (The 360 version, grrr)/ * Ninety Nine NightsValkerie Profile 2*Guitar Hero 1/2

Thursday Doldrums

2006-12-07T12:15:00.000-05:00

I've decided I'd like to alternate my Text-light Picture posts with my more rantish ones. Give an alternation of text and picture. Alternatively (and yes, I do recoignize how many variations of this I've used) I could just tie the pictures more into what I'm writing about and combo them every time; though I might find it more constraining to write to a picture, rather than just using the

Emphasis on Quasi

2006-12-04T17:11:00.000-05:00

It kinds occurs to me that I could've just directly uploaded these thing from my computer, but given that this was meant as a worktime diversion (which I no longer need, in recoignition of the pressures of the Holiday Rush) this method suits my purposes.Asuna is <3. Negima?! is absoutely wonderful, as are the seasonal OVAs that I don't actually have my hands on yet (despite what the hicks

Quasi-Daily Picture #1

2006-11-30T16:14:00.000-05:00

The odds of this being a daily trend are probably pretty small, but since I got Flock to upload all the pictures (~330) that I'd gathered off Danbooru, and because I'm stuck late at work, I figured I'd start this idea of mine up and running. And perhaps this way I can slim down the collection or add to those of my reader (I might've made that plural, but optimism isn't my venue).Given the nature

Less than a month till Christmas

2006-11-29T14:37:00.000-05:00

So no Jiaz, I couldn't think up a witty title for myself either.Fscking Tech hasn't replied back, guess I'll send another email, she's probably on vacation again, just cause they like doing that sort of thing without notice to those of use who'd care. Procedural systems suck, and I really haven't found any backup plans of merit, but this working at $8 isn't going to fly much longer (and

I swear Ashe's middle name is a Lovecraftian reference...

2006-11-09T11:32:00.000-05:00

...I initially typed Lovecrafting, and that would not have done, at all.(105 Minutes later)King of Distraction that I am, I nearly got completely sidetracked from what I mean to do, namely, talking about Final Fantasy Twelve. I like how it looks written out, but FFXII is a hell of a lot easier to type, not that I expect to be needed it too frequently.(100 Strips of Megatokyo later, the first 100

2006-11-06T10:25:00.000-05:00

Suffering made manifest -- Okay, it's really one of the endings to Zelda CD-I, but that's basically the same thing.Only 17 Days till Thanksgiving. Here's hoping by then I'm Thankful to have the other 50% of my SCSI interfaced items working again (namely the Maxtor HD and the Samsung CDRW/DVD)Looks like Adult Swim pulled a Kansas City Two-step on me, moving Trinity Blood/Bleach/Eureka Seven

2006-11-02T12:20:00.000-05:00

I think I completely blended the words Cloister and Closet for that abomination of a spelling error in my last post. Though I recreated it trying to type closet again, so I'm not really certain what flavor of neurosis has taken grip at the moment. Probably nothing serious; bodes poorly for NaNoWriMo though. Haven't decide what story to expound upon, or genre or whatnot. Action (and I nearly

Happy Halloween

2006-10-31T13:53:00.000-05:00

There'll likely not be the anime post today either. Can't get a writing groove with an angry claim customer in the room.That and Katie (I debated awhile which moniker to choose), got me hooked on Futility Closet. Case in Point.

All Hallow's Eve Eve

2006-10-30T11:43:00.000-05:00

When you get old enough to stop thinking of Halloween as Trick-or-Treating you really begin to just consider the holiday as a prelude celebration to All Saint's Day. Okay, maybe that's just me.Oct 30, which means Children of Mana and Final Fanstasy XII tomorrow, course the PS2 hasn't arrived at Sony for repairs quite yet (but yes, I did actually send it), but I wasn't in a rush to get FFXII

So, this is worth what, 2000 Words? I'll try to match that later.

2006-10-24T11:18:00.000-04:00

"So, this Neo-Kyon moves into a town where all the girls are Neo-Mikuru..."

2006-10-23T14:53:00.000-04:00

Sorry, totally an amusing quote. And no, still don't plan to watch Kanon, we'll see how long it takes before most of the Anime Blogs drop it to, it just doesn't seem to have the kick everyone wants. ./pity the Sad Girls in Snow.I'd wanted to do an Eureka Seven'd Anemone x Dominic post entitled "Oh well" in commoration of the start of ep 48, but I think I'll just wait until I finish the series

Gao Gao Stegosaurus

2006-10-20T12:37:00.000-04:00

And despite that fact, this post'll have nothing to do with Air or Kanon for that matter. Okay, almost nothing, I just wanted to go so far as saying I'm not watching Kanon and it's likely I won't at all, well maybe, if it convinces me it's cute enough....Actually, having spent 4 hours trying to coax Blogger into letting me post, the inertia has returned.

Woot. Long Pants Weather...

2006-10-16T10:50:00.000-04:00

Which shall soon turn into Hot Tea/Chocolate weather, but hasn't quite yet. I've had some Hot Tea, but that was cause I opted for shorts in what was clearly pants temperatures.Celebrated my birthday, nothing special whatsoever, which is how I like it anyways. 30g iPod and Lucky Number Slevin on DVD. I might use some of the birthday cash to get a few of those CDs I talked about. Spent the

Made my day

2006-10-06T11:11:00.000-04:00

Truly a good day for Overheard in the Office, Quote 1, Quote 2, Quote 3.

Post 415

2006-10-05T12:13:00.000-04:00

Okay, so I couldn't think of anything exceptionally creative, nothing shocking there.I stumbled upon The Daily WTF today. It's pretty much the nerd version Overheard in the Office, expanded into full stories of events or code snippets, rather than just indivdual quotes. Alternatively you could consider it long-format Bash.org with maturity, since that jumps to the core of the nerdy spectrum for

Life's trying to give me a nervous tic...

2006-10-03T11:27:00.000-04:00

Which is sadly seems to be the honest truth seeing as my right eye has been twitching all day.Yesterday was such an...experience. Awoken at 5am to be told that the power had blownout and asked when I needed a wakeup call so I could be up in time, which ended up being unnecessary as power came back on before I was able to fall asleep again, so I reset my clock alarm. Then, fattie that I am, I

Welcome to the Pumpkin Patch

2006-10-02T11:59:00.000-04:00

Happy October.It's finally getting chill out, but not quite time for the total conversion. Changed over to long Khakis for work, and jeans for lounging at home, but I'm still drinking my tea iced.Seems that Meebo is a total Net Hog on this connection, which means I've been spare on it, since it destroys my ability to work effectively, though I pop on to get updates etc.Character Battle 5 is in

Meandering Mountain Paths...

2006-09-27T11:00:00.000-04:00

...Crossing each other as they wind down to the town below.Horror #1I totally cannot make shit like this up:-----------------------------------------------Show Channel StartDate EndDate OnDemandSection / SubSection / SubSubSectionLife of Man-Faye Anime Selects 09/07/06 02/12/07 The Cutting Edge / Anime Selects / Man Faye Knowing Man-Faye Anime Selects 09/07/06 02/12/07 The Cutting Edge / Anime

Blindsided

2006-09-22T11:24:00.000-04:00

Wow...it's AWA starting today. I totally missed that memo somewhere along the way. Looks like they really moving into the fansub showing direction, because there are quite a few things on the showings that I know aren't even licensed yet. Some good stuff going on though, Hellsing Ultimate, FMA: Conqueror of Shambala (Listen to me fuckers, SHAM-Ba-La -- commercial pisses me the hell off). I'm

Blitz:

2006-09-17T01:52:00.000-04:00

Lenny (Innocent Venus) = Meg (Burst Angel) = Levy (Black Lagoon). Meg really doesn't have the attitude.Bleach English VA in Ep 2? I can handle it. Chad probably should be deeper, Rukia's "jeepers" was uncalled for. Now to convince D: to cooperate, figure out what the hell she says in the original that ended up "jeepers"Trinity Blood 2 still kicks total ass, "Gunslinger" out of ammo ftw, I

I actually didn't get yelled at...

2006-09-14T13:56:00.000-04:00

The customer came in mere hours after that post, much to my amazement. Apparently her husband had lost his cell phone, which was why it was blocked like that. Got a home number for them, got them the packages, and everyone was happy, except for me not having an excuse for future packages for them.GameFAQs Character Battle V has begun, on round 3 already, it'll be running for quite awhile.(Game

I'm totally going to get yelled at by a customer

2006-09-08T11:43:00.000-04:00

And honestly, I don't give a damn. They're going to complain about this overnight DHL Letter, arrived 2 days ago, when they show up again in a month. And somehow this will be percieved as my failure. Let's face the facts shall we? Why would you have things shipped to a place you don't check? Especially important things, shipped quickly? They, or I should say she as only the wife has shown

I think this copier is lying to me

2006-09-07T11:22:00.000-04:00

Though why the hell you'd put a picture of a 2 x 3 image replication on the picture of a feature that can only do reps in the vertical dimension is well beyond the scope of my understand.Copier hassles notwithstanding, Disgaea 2 time.Nippon Ichi has really patched up what made Disgaea not so great and enchanced what did make it great. As if the first game didn't have infinate replay to begin

45 Second Blitz

2006-09-05T17:26:00.000-04:00

Argh, I get paid far too little to hold this franchise world together.GameFAQs Revisions planned but not made, check back by the end of the week for the comprehensive rant-fest (in a good way) of Disgaea 2 and touching on it's predacessors, hopefully.Till then, I'm gonna hope I somehow make 4 less hours of sleep a day and 4 more hours of work a day @ triple workload a workable system.

GameFAQs Character Battle V (Very Long, no suprise)

2006-08-30T12:31:00.000-04:00

Typical format for this thing, Bold for Winner, Italics for personal pic if it differs.Nice one this time around, 8 Divisions - Top 4 Female, Bottom 4 male, all named for the top seed, and you're supposed to pick the Top 6 at the end, with quite a few unprovens this should be interesting.As usual, all gut instinct and no past-run probability other than as memory serves, Statistics aren't my

...and your family's family, which is really just your family.

2006-08-19T12:10:00.000-04:00

Had a customer come in today, wanting to ship out a set of golf clubs to his kids in California.Me: So, you've set to this location before?Him (Rolling the box over to show the address): Yeah, it's for my kids. I'm hoping to get them interested in a hobby so they'll spend less time drinking and partying.Me: And your first though was... golf?(At this point we both dissolve into laughter)Him:

Virtual Spittakes

2006-08-18T12:50:00.000-04:00

So, I was doing the Friday routine: MWF Webcomics (Penny-Arcade, Sam and Fuzzy), Daily Webcomics (Questionable Content, Least I Could Do, Sinfest), the Friday comic (A Softer World), ANN's "Hey! Answerman". Finished up the core routine and expanded onto the usual activities, Google News, Thottbot News, GameFAQs. So I find that the user-created Top 10 list on GameFAQs is at least a topic I

What's 15 into 99? (Gaming Half)

2006-08-15T13:13:00.000-04:00

The next generation rant (Freaking long)I think the new direction of Nintendo and their DS system is nothing revolutionary in plan, but I believe it has all the potential to succeed. While Sony's pushing of its PSP as a changing device, capable of many function was creative, I don't think they secured enough of the portable gaming market, the portable video/music, or the portable browsing market

Rabbit Rabbit (Anime Half)

2006-08-14T10:42:00.000-04:00

First post of August gets the singnification of being a new month, although I concede that a solid fortnight into the month might be a little bit overdue for said proclimation. Even that many days later, I still don't have any August-related titles lined up, so I'm stuck with that which I've got.EndingsSo, World Series of Pop Culture ended, but was fun to watch, hopefully there'll be one more

When at work without speakers

2006-07-31T01:58:00.000-04:00

Sites such as these:AnimeNfo RadioKawaii RadioDon't really do me much good.

This is not a double post

2006-07-18T13:46:00.000-04:00

Though it will be the second post for the day. So if you're one of the few who tries to sort this madness, be aware that it's a double-time job.So, thanks to the Florida trip not only does that CRV of mine need an oil change (Reccomended at 14K miles, and I was at 13999 when I got to work last Friday), but also I've (Would "but I've also" be a proper usage? It's not like I'm splitting

Your mother is a terrorist

2006-07-18T12:37:00.000-04:00

Obligatory World Cup reference, and yes I did watch the game, and yeah, I was rooting for France.Not going to be talking about the RadioBlog link, which is a fundamentally impressive set of HTML meta-code, but that's mostly coming from the no-so technologically inclined person that I am, since it sorta stands for itself.Debating with myself whether the lingerie ploy of the second phase of 10K

Bastille Day Test

2006-07-14T12:04:00.000-04:00

The GameFAQs Summer Contest and Dot dot dot...

2006-07-10T13:40:00.000-04:00

...and I feel fine. Let it rain, rain, Ra~i~ain.Really, I think that song is always a suitable response to anyone using the widely adopted Manga-styled '...'.Month + 1 day of delay. Not really horrible given my track record, but I claim my weeks vacation to Florida to play a role in the timer-differential.I'm starting to think that I'd really like a WordPress support for this, just because I'm

A new generation of gaming

2006-06-09T12:20:00.000-04:00

Well, originally this was going to be a Wednesday post but circumstances redirected that effort so it was revised to a Thursday post, initally created, then lost completely when Blogger went down for Emergency Maintenance so it's now a Friday post that will hopefully get completed as such.David picked up a XBox 360 + Dead or Alive 4 early on in the week, I nearly got Guitar Hero as well since $45

Anime Outlook

2006-06-03T13:15:00.000-04:00

But before that. I've just learned that apparently Nora Jones uses the word Mother-fucker in one of her recent songs. There's something really unsettling about that. I obviously need a new way to get music, since it's mostly Anime OSTs that supply my Winamp's growth these days.So, the perspective as we near the Summer Season (Yes, Spoilers, and lots of them):Black Lagoon - OP: Fantastic.

I actually have a planned post

2006-05-30T17:06:00.000-04:00

Well, not really, I had a planned post, but I don't know if I'll have time to get through it all. I'm getting to this approximately 6 hours later in the day than I'd initially expected, so I'll likely have to pick up the torch where ever it is that I end. Standard assortment of mini-posts to follow.Your stop, sir.So, I've discovered that being the only person in the family to have a car with

Desperation for something to do

2006-05-18T14:04:00.000-04:00

... is a pretty powerful impetus, actually. Though I guess it's not exactly shocking that large scale inaction is a strong drive for action.I keep telling myself that perhaps I should pick up Atelier, both games, but I figure it's only fair that I require myself to pick up the pieces of my life first. That and it's not like I don't have enough things that still require me to beat them. Plus,

Collected Musings

2006-05-17T11:39:00.000-04:00

...and/or miseries. There's an odd equivalence at some points in time. I really need a steel spike for my back, my posture is so ridiculous atrocious. But unfortunately reversing 15+ years of bad habits isn't a minor endeavor.Currently a slated August (End of Summer, bleh) release date for Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories. Not exactly the best title ever, but they probably could've mangled it worse

2 Months

2006-04-11T14:56:00.000-04:00

Technically for the above to be true, I'm a day early. But given that Feburary is short anyways, I think I have all kindas of early written out here.Well, I can think of a dozen ways to take this, but as per my norm, going down one means delaying others, so I don't choose which lets me keep them all without using any. I hate consumables, in anything (gaming context mostly, though it spills over

Garbage Collection

2006-02-12T00:00:00.000-05:00

Since I told Jefe I'd add something, reciprocation of efforts in the continuation of the field of bloggings I guess, here goes.An ordinary day in an extraordinarily cilche worldFirst off, Answerman's contest for this week, is so amazingly interesting I feel completely compelled to work out the best combination of Pirates, Spaceships, Superheroes, Ninjas, Werewolves, Dragons, Demons, Gods, Magical

Holiday Blitz (Part 2)

2005-12-27T13:07:00.000-05:00

Well, I figure it's an apt enough title to be workable for my purposes. Given that I pretty much read the webcomic Goats straight through in two days I think that I'm not really supremely able to manifest creativity at such a rapid rate at the moment. Same style as the Part 1, admittedly not titled as such, bolded mini-titles.I'm glad I'm not oldHad an interesting experience at work this

Holiday Blitz

2005-12-23T12:28:00.000-05:00

And to think, I almost managed 3 consecutive posts in 3 days.iTunes for the atypical American Consumer:So, in a stroke of madness, which isn't completely unlike myself, I decided last week to play around with the settings of my Music Library in iTunes. Before we get any further, let me stress that I do not advise such actions. What had inspired all this was a drive to cut the excess Harddrive

Come on baby, light my ire.

2005-12-12T15:55:00.000-05:00

The above is not a typo, it's entirely appropriate. The ME building goes to special lengths to see that I'm driven insane, but when even metal grinding on metal is not sufficient they pull out the big guns, Grad Students attempting to win tickets via a fax contest.Remember, for every number you see I had to hear the dialing and the busy signal. For every ... single ... time.Viola! The torment

The truth of this is probably irrefutable

2005-12-11T13:39:00.000-05:00

A little conversation held of AIM with my father at about noon today:Dad: What ya want for Christmas?SonOfBloodII: Hadn't really given it much thought.Dad: Better start thinking then.SonOfBloodII: Will do.Dad: Probably the only IM chats that include punctuation. :-)SonOfBloodII: I do believe that that is likely the case.

Black Friday Rant

2005-11-27T01:25:00.000-05:00

Or it would have been had I started this > 86 Minutes ago. But that's all relatively irrevelant since this is merely placeholder. Sometime after I finish crashing my ship of life against the rocks of my own shortcomings I'll be back to talk about that which is Thanksgiving and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.But since I have to give you some sort of knowledge before you go.Kiddy Grade

I think this place induces homicidal tendencies...

2005-10-21T14:33:00.000-04:00

Conversation (Paraphrased, but close) between myself and Kyle while work today. Apparently a field trip of kids are parading around the lower level of the Lobby here.Kyle: Do you hear that?Me: Sounds like a bunch of children milling about.Kyle: Looks like it too.Me: Down there amongst all that heavy machinery, seems dangerous.Me: Any one of those devices could do some serious