Saturday, October 11th, 2008
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10:05 am - Ouchies
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Had a cyst removed from my leg yesterday. Hurt a little but it was bearable. Just a bit worried now because I noticed the bandage was leaking blood. I must have pulled the stitches this afternoon. Don't really want to go back to the doctor though, since he's bound to scold me for it. >.
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
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1:05 am - Death by candy
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I found a White Rabbit Milk Candy on my desk. Must not eat.
But it's sitting here, tempting me with all its melamine glory. Wah!
current mood:  bouncy
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
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12:20 am - Home again
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Am back, safe and sound from Japan. Sure missed all of you guys on the internets! But I had lots of fun.
The weather was cool and refreshing, the food was good and didn't make me sick, and the shopping was amazing. I came back with tonnes of Squareenix stuff - including this really beautiful Cerberus earring and a huge stack of FF VII/Crisis Core doujinshi. We also did some incredibly fangirlish things, the most outstanding was actually going on a "The World Ends with You" Shibuya tour. We actually found "the Wildcat" aka "Cat Street Cafe". *bounces happily*
Now I'm procrastinating the unpacking and surfing around for all the fic I missed online. Hahahaha.
current mood: bouncy
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
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4:24 am - Whoot, vacation time!
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BWA HA HA HA HA. Off to Tokyo for a week. Hopefully there shall be much swag acquiring, doujinshi buying (maybe?), Subaseka tours, Sushi eating, Squareenix pilgrimmages, and other general fangirlish things to be done.
Wish me a safe trip! I'll be back in a week!
current mood:  cheerful
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Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
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2:02 pm - Lost Odyssey
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I feel weird. I'm listening to and enjoying the OST to Lost Odyssey. A game I do not own, have no idea of the story, or anything about it. But the music's gorgeous. As expected of something composed by Nobuo Uematsu. I wish I had an Xbox360 to play it /zackflop.
current mood:  chipper
current music: Light of Blessing, a Letter
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
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2:51 pm - I read, yes I do
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Many years ago, before I had high-speed internet, I used to go through books like candy. That's about 10 to 15 books a month, costing me about $100-ish. Books were more affordable then too, so it wasn't too much of a hardship. I realized that now, I no longer buy anything. I buy maybe half a dozen a year, the rest of the time, I borrow, from friends or the library. My financial responsibilities have gone up though, so its probably for the best.
But my reading habits have not changed. In fact I probably read a hell of a lot more. But its all fanfic. Actually I don't feel that I should say "but its fanfic", because that puts fanfic on a level lower than published material. My personal opinion is that fanfic is by no means better or worse. But because there's so much more fanfic out there, its a lot easier to just give the bad ones a pass. That's what the backspace button is for! As for the good ones, (of which there are many!) I have to say that there are writers out there capable of wringing tears to my eyes and making me feel happy bouncy and all sorts of emotions whereas many published books simply leave me cold. And its free. So yeah, viva la fanfic! And here's a big thank you to all the writers out there sharing their wonderful stories.
current mood:  contemplative
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
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1:03 pm - Economic meltdown?
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I don't often talk about real world stuff on this journal, but I have to say that the problems that Lehman Brothers and AIG are having is making me quite worried for the world economy. Anything that impacts the US markets always spreads out to the rest of the world. Hope its not the sign of a deflation/recession arriving.
current mood: contemplative
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008
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3:15 pm - Its the end of the world as we know it... not?
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So the Large Hadron Collider (or as I like to call it, the Large Hardon Collider) experiment is underway. So far so good. I don't want to die yet. I haven't finished playing Crisis Core (which I'm having trouble with because I can't stop bawling like a baby everytime a cut scene pops up). :-P
Checked out the Viva Pinata DS game. It looks cute, and is actually cuter than Animal Crossing. It's definitely easier to play than the Xbox360 version, because the stylus makes accessing menus and things so much easier. The screen is small but the D-pad makes it easy to scroll around and there's a minimap to jump to any spot very quickly.
current mood:  sleepy
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Saturday, September 6th, 2008
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1:35 am - Money woes
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It's impossible for me to save any money really. Every month, I try to set aside a little bit, like $100 for my gaming fund and my dad will inevitably come and want it for some emergency. Last month it was to pay his asthma medicines. Now today, the kitchen sink faucet goes crazy and the kitchen gets flooded and I have to foot it out to pay for repairs. That means no fun for Xannee. *headdesks*
current mood:  annoyed
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
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3:47 pm - $%!^%&@%&@& MUSES
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Finally got around to hammering out chapter 5 of my AU CC plot bunny. Then as I'm sitting on the bus today, Genesis muse perked up and told me in no uncertain terms that chapter 6 will be smut and involve a threesome, though primarily Angeal/Zack while he watches. Damn he's pushy. *headdesk* Looking at my chapter plans, most of the order is being pushed back as more and more gets added. Interesting how the best laid plans of mice and men... erm writers, fall to one pushy muse, at least where I'm concerned. Haha.
current mood: contemplative
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
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12:06 pm - Crossed-eyed sick
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Urgh, was doing so good writing my Crisis Core fic, had four chapters and then the Olympics closing ceremony hit and I was so focused on that and now I'm mentally drained and can't even string two words together. This sucks.
Went back to play a bit of Crisis Core, hoping it'd inspire me, but then my PSP battery ran out after such a short time, so now I'm just loafing around bored waiting for it to charge. And I tried playing hard missions but then Zack keeps dying. I keep forgetting to heal him! *stabs self*
Then tried to play a bit of WoW but for some reason, I was feeling really ill by then and just running around in my super slow druid is making me cross-eyed and nauseus. So I flopped around and went to lie down. Still feeling like a shipwreck survivor for some reason.
Maybe I should check up for an old PS2 game to play instead. But I wanted to give Zack love. >.
current mood:  sick
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
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3:37 pm - Writing
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After days of denial and much gnashing of teeth, I finally caved to my Sephiroth muse and sat down to write the plot bunny I seem to have suddenly acquired. Have 2 chapters of a Crisis Core AU now, (one of which is total smut) which surprises me immensely. Thinking about it, this is rather a massive achievement since the last time I wrote was probably a year ago. And the last smut that I produced was way back in my Clamp fandom days. o.o
I'm still in somewhat of a stunned stupor at the power of my Sephiroth muse. My Rufus muse is a bit upset though, since he's underaged at the point of this story and will not be getting any (nor much of a mention at this point really).
And what is it about redheads that make them the most sensuous characters to write? *tries to resist the power of Genesis' pretty smiles*
current mood: contemplative
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
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12:31 pm - Final Fantasy VII babble
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So I've been trying hard to ignore my Sephiroth muse when he's yelling about me writing fic for him. In a fit of procrastination, I went back and rewatched one of my favorite scenes in Crisis Core. I love how Sephiroth talks about fooling around with Angeal and Genesis in this vid.
current mood:  amused
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
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10:46 pm - FFVII timeline
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So in the spirit of my recent Crisis Core interest, I've been digging around for more fanstuffs on it.
Found thisabsolutely useful timeline. I'm apparently slowly acquiring a Sephiroth muse, who wants fic time. With Genesis. o.o
I may indulge him, if I actually can get a plot bunny. We'll see.
current mood:  confused
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
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5:35 pm
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Well, the new and super expensive asthma drugs seem to be helping my Dad. Not sure how long he's going to stay on them, but I guess we're keeping the cat for now. Nobody seems to want to take her in anyway, and I can't bear to give her to the SPCA.
Been a somewhat depressing week. I've been coughing badly but taking meds makes me so sleepy and I can't function. So I'm ending up sucking on cough drops (Halls, honey lemon). Bad news is that the stores where I usually buy them at are all sold out. Can't believe they're that popular! Either that or that many people are coughing here, lol.
Gaming-wise, I've gotten a new interest in Crisis Core. It's breaking my heart though, as the characters race towards Nibelheim where the inevitable happens. To comfort myself, I've been reading Crisis Core fic. There are some really good writers for this fandom, for which I'm glad. But way too many unfinished stories. Hate that in a fandom. Made a new LJ friend ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) amarissia who writes really good smutty Crisis core fic. Yummy. My Rufus muse is suddenly speaking up and pointing to Sephiroth and saying he wants a piece of that. Dang, he's been quiet for so long.
Also getting some new interest in levelling alts on WoW. Mage talents don't look too good come Wotlk, so might I have to switch a main in the end. Made a druid (can't beat them, join them), and am trying to level my shammy up to hit 48. I really hate soloing though... We'll see if I can get them to 70 before the expansion comes.
current mood: amused
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
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8:22 pm - Sad
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So a few days after coming home from hospital, my dad is once again complaining about breathing difficulties. We honestly don't know what to do. The issue now is that it might be my kitty that's aggravating it. I am now faced with the terrible decision of trying to find a new home for her. I love her so much, but my dad's health is more important. None of us in the family want to let her go, but if his problems continue there seems to be no other option. For now, I'm just trying really hard to keep everything as clean as possible, which is really hard because I can only clean max twice a week. /cry
Other depressing news: Was trying to put aside some extra money towards funding a new game console *koff_Xbox360_koff* but this latest doctor visit just wiped out everything that I had put away. Doesn't help that I have to buy birthday gifts for both my sister and my niece this month too. *sighs*
current mood:  crushed
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
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2:44 pm - Wasabi
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Bought this packet of Wasabi seaweed rice crackers and oh my god, they're sharp! My eyes are tearing and my sinuses are going. They're tasty though, ha ha. But note to self: buy the regular types in future. XD
current mood: amused
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
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9:26 am - Some good news
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I've got Good News and more Good News.
1. Dad is home. He's still coughing a bit, but at least he's mobile and active and I don't have to spend hours travelling to the hospital anymore. Yay.
2. Got hold of Final Fantasy IV DS. I must say I'm very impressed by this remake. The only thing I don't really care for is Cecil's voice but I can deal with it. Kain is hot and Edward Chris von Muir(aka the Spoony Bard!) is super pretty in this new CGI form. The FMVs are also very impressive. I likes this much much!
current mood: cheerful
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
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3:41 pm - Poor Daddy
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My poor Papa suddenly fell ill again. Said he couldn't breathe. My mom ended up calling the ambulance which brought him to a hospital. Unfortunately, its not his usual one and its really far from my home. Bah. He's warded there now and we can't transfer him. They're doing tests on him. His leg is all swollen from DVT and they're afraid a clot might have gotten to his lungs which would explain his breathlessness. Can't confirm until test results are out, which would be slow since its the weekend. *wails*
Good news: I'm off tomorrow so I can do chores and then go to the hospital to be with him.
Bad news: My mom's due to go away to Malaysia on Sunday which means I'm going to be stuck all alone taking care of things here. And I still have to work, because I can't find a replacement on a weekend! This totally sucks.
I have so many chores to do. For example, we were all in hospital today, and nobody remembered to feed the cat. (Well, I was at work and had to leave hurridly, so I have that excuse) My cat was so starved when we got home. Poor baby.
current mood:  anxious
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
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10:48 am - Final Fantasy XIII for the Xbox360
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So it seems like the biggest gaming news that I've seen all day is that Squareenix has decided to release their Final Fantasy XIII for the 360. From the comments in the gamer comms that I've read, most people are now deciding not to buy the PS3. Looks like Sony shares will likely be impacted by this. Amazing huh?
But after reading this live blog of the Square Enix Press Conference it seems that the game will only be released for the US + Europe versions of the 360. Since that means region blocking, I'm guessing that english-language gamers in Asia (like me) will be locked out. Oh well, I'm still going to do my best and save for a PS3. It's just such an expensive machine, compared to the much cheaper Xbox360. *sigh*
current mood:  cynical
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