Snow is great, but it sure makes for some sleepy afternoons.
*yawn*
The pressure's rising up fast these days, with a couple of big assignments to be fretting over and a couple more exams on top of that. Thankfully the academic essay is all finished now, allowing for a bit more concentration on things like the translation assignment and imminent JLPT. Still not massively confident about that, potential revision time has been achingly low of late, but at least it's Japanese which I effectively do some work on every single day.
Today, for example, I wrote my jikou PR, a 2-minute self-sale speech used at the start of interviews. Pretty sweet stuff, I think, the sort of stuff that would get me lots of lovely fictitious jobs and, more importantly, a good, high score on the speaking exam on Thursday.
Church dinner last night was ace, especially walking home in the snow afterwards. Knew a fair few people who attended, and those I didn't know were all ace. Food was top-notch, and all, so a pretty perfect night. Someone even set something on fire.
Anyone know any good LAN games, Co-op-y ones if possible? Only the adventures of the Three Ss in Shodanland are coming to a close fairly soon (or things look like they're running swiftly in that direction) and we need something to replace it. Something low-spec, please, for Baby's sake.
Uploading a Pokemon takes a long time, did you know. But what better time to pray then whilst your Pokemon goes off to sleep? Something quite poetic about Riolu taking my prayer over the unprotected wifi connection near Snax and sending it off into the ether, I think. It's also better than just standing around like a lemon in the snow.
Japanese-size photos for the JLPT certificate, are you kidding, SOAS? You know how hard those things are to get? What do you even need a photo for, anyway?
Sleepy now. Thanks for reading.
Saturday, 27 November 2010
Sunday, 21 November 2010
As the world is spherical, we shall meet again.
So I finally got around to trying the Pokemon Global Link. Only took a free flipping Arceus to tempt me there. Though I'm not all that impressed, Nintendo, that you claim Arceus is the most popular Pokemon in the games, when you make it obvious that whoever you vote for gets available in the Dream World. That's like saying, I dunno, you'll give me a free holiday to my favourite place, and I'll say, like, Fiji, just 'cos it's gonna be really expensive and I want to get my money's worth. This is aside from the fact, obviously, that my favourite place is Japan and also would be worth a lot of money...
But yeah, Global Link. Really fun little system, though took a while to get my head around it. You send a Pokemon to sleep on your Game Sync part of the C-LINK, and off he goes. You then have, I think, 24 hours to play around with that Pokemon on the PGL website, and do stuff like the Dream World, where you can pick up more Pokemon and Berries and have a laugh. Metas was my choice, and he looks really cute as a Dream-Pokemon. The main focus of my trip to Dreamland was to have a go at catching Arceus, which is also very complicated. Take a trip over the Dream Bridge, the big rainbow one (what does it mean?) and you'll end up in a forest. Search around and click the shaking bushes and things to find Pokemon, of pretty much all sorts. If you want it to follow you, you have to impress it with a game of its choice, which tend to be pretty easy and not as boring as you may expect. I enjoy blasting Pelipper through the clouds in the race game. Then it's off again. After ten steps you reach the Dream Tree, in which you can get one of the Pokemon on your gathered team to make a wish. The wish will invariably be "let us meet in the real world", and lo and behold you'll find the little guy sitting around outside the High Link (my next destination) once you wake your Pokemon up. I couldn't find Arceus (still have until Jan 31st) but instead got myself another Nidoran Female, one of my favourites.
Next time, though, I won't do the whole thing whilst sitting in the cold at a bus-stop. Think my fingers nearly fell off. Next time I'll use the internet near Snax to get a Pokemon online, then go home and Dream World there, and just get my Pokemon back the next day.
Nothing more to report. Thanks for reading.
But yeah, Global Link. Really fun little system, though took a while to get my head around it. You send a Pokemon to sleep on your Game Sync part of the C-LINK, and off he goes. You then have, I think, 24 hours to play around with that Pokemon on the PGL website, and do stuff like the Dream World, where you can pick up more Pokemon and Berries and have a laugh. Metas was my choice, and he looks really cute as a Dream-Pokemon. The main focus of my trip to Dreamland was to have a go at catching Arceus, which is also very complicated. Take a trip over the Dream Bridge, the big rainbow one (what does it mean?) and you'll end up in a forest. Search around and click the shaking bushes and things to find Pokemon, of pretty much all sorts. If you want it to follow you, you have to impress it with a game of its choice, which tend to be pretty easy and not as boring as you may expect. I enjoy blasting Pelipper through the clouds in the race game. Then it's off again. After ten steps you reach the Dream Tree, in which you can get one of the Pokemon on your gathered team to make a wish. The wish will invariably be "let us meet in the real world", and lo and behold you'll find the little guy sitting around outside the High Link (my next destination) once you wake your Pokemon up. I couldn't find Arceus (still have until Jan 31st) but instead got myself another Nidoran Female, one of my favourites.
Next time, though, I won't do the whole thing whilst sitting in the cold at a bus-stop. Think my fingers nearly fell off. Next time I'll use the internet near Snax to get a Pokemon online, then go home and Dream World there, and just get my Pokemon back the next day.
Nothing more to report. Thanks for reading.
Friday, 19 November 2010
Impressive for an Insect.
Gespenst, I am sorry I ever doubted you. Your Double Jet Magnum set my heart ablaze.
As for something more interesting to read, I saw the next Harry Potter film today. Generally impressed with it, though there were a couple of character deaths that really didn't get the showcasing they deserved, whilst others were perhaps dwelt on for too long. And also, Mr. Director, just what is the applied convention for saying the name of a spell as you cast it? Is it just randomly chosen, for some kind of flare? Because it seemed to me that the spells that were spoken were a darn sight more accurate than those that were just flicked. Acting's gotten better, too, which was good to see, and the... thing that Ron has to fight was pretty impressive as well. Looking forward to the next one.
And in related news, my first SquareGo game review is off to the editors! Pretty exciting, getting something you wrote on a bone-fide website ('cos of course Two Swords Wiki doesn't count), I'm hoping you'll all read it when I link it. And then not buy the game I was reviewing, that way I can be sure you learnt something.
JET is nearing completion, but this last hurdle is going to be a bit more of a struggle. Neither of my two references are ready, with a mere week to go before the deadline, and now I learn that I have to wait until Monday before I can get my statement of physician signed. AND pay £30 for the trouble. The cheek of it... I don't want to say things I'll regret, but I'd better get this position, because I've sure spent a lot of money on the application for it.
Setting myself up for an evening of Minecraft and rest. Translations are done, and everything else can wait until tomorrow. I wonder if someone will be up for System Shock tonight?
Thanks for reading.
As for something more interesting to read, I saw the next Harry Potter film today. Generally impressed with it, though there were a couple of character deaths that really didn't get the showcasing they deserved, whilst others were perhaps dwelt on for too long. And also, Mr. Director, just what is the applied convention for saying the name of a spell as you cast it? Is it just randomly chosen, for some kind of flare? Because it seemed to me that the spells that were spoken were a darn sight more accurate than those that were just flicked. Acting's gotten better, too, which was good to see, and the... thing that Ron has to fight was pretty impressive as well. Looking forward to the next one.
And in related news, my first SquareGo game review is off to the editors! Pretty exciting, getting something you wrote on a bone-fide website ('cos of course Two Swords Wiki doesn't count), I'm hoping you'll all read it when I link it. And then not buy the game I was reviewing, that way I can be sure you learnt something.
JET is nearing completion, but this last hurdle is going to be a bit more of a struggle. Neither of my two references are ready, with a mere week to go before the deadline, and now I learn that I have to wait until Monday before I can get my statement of physician signed. AND pay £30 for the trouble. The cheek of it... I don't want to say things I'll regret, but I'd better get this position, because I've sure spent a lot of money on the application for it.
Setting myself up for an evening of Minecraft and rest. Translations are done, and everything else can wait until tomorrow. I wonder if someone will be up for System Shock tonight?
Thanks for reading.
Saturday, 6 November 2010
Death Watch.
Today I bid farewell to my Korean Converse. For a long time now I've been putting up with their gaping holes, leakages, unsecured soles, torn ankles, soggy laces and generally insufficient quality. I don't want to say that Korean products are inferior, but I sure did wear through the shoes suspiciously quickly. Now ushers in the age of some more practical Shoe Zone shoes, bought for a mere tenner, and I'm looking forward to using them on tomorrow's Roslyn trip.
Now, recently there was a tiny bit in Pokemon that was really great. Going over the bridge from the electric city towards the nasty trainers of the east, I met a man standing alone and marvelling at the sight. On flying back to the city in order to heal up, and then making tracks again, I saw that he was not alone anymore but in fact joined by a young woman. When I went over to talk to her, she flickered and then, suddenly, disappeared. The man looks to me and, quite understandably, flips out a bit. On reaching the other side of the bridge I am awarded with some item, I haven't had a look at it yet. I just thought that was a great addition, a fun little side-story that may well keep going for a while longer. Maybe the girl's the ghost of the daughter of a construction worker, who inhabits the bridge that her father spilt his heart into. Just a theory.
Went out for a walk to get rid of a minor hangover when I stumbled into Game on Princes Street and found MadWorld for £3. £3! That's nothing at all! It's still cheaper than, say, Heatseeker or the old Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games, which is really odd. Yes, the game can be annoying, and short, and hurt your eyes, but I really enjoyed the experience of playing it, and I'm thrilled to be able to start again.
And in related news, I finally got my hands on a copy of Minecraft. This downloadable Java game has you put into a randomly generated world and has you build a shelter for yourself to defend against the attacks of the living dead, as well as spiders and walking bombs. Anything you can destroy can be reassembled in the form of blocks of resources, or crafted and smelted into new forms, such as weapons and armour. The game is a lot of fun, and a superb outlet for some creative juice, but Baby sure does struggle with running it. Here's hoping Beta will make it a bit less intense for the poor girl; even on lowest settings a night stroll for the woods is almost unsurvivable.
I forgot just how much I like Schutzwalds. Those are the big, yellow guys with shoulder cannons you get in Super Robot Wars OG. Yes, I know they get replaced, made obsolete by things like the R Series and the Huckebeins pretty soon, but there's just something unbeatable cool about giant shoulder laser cannons. Gespensts come a close second, it's the Schutzwald that takes the best robot award.
It's getting cold.
Thanks for reading.
Now, recently there was a tiny bit in Pokemon that was really great. Going over the bridge from the electric city towards the nasty trainers of the east, I met a man standing alone and marvelling at the sight. On flying back to the city in order to heal up, and then making tracks again, I saw that he was not alone anymore but in fact joined by a young woman. When I went over to talk to her, she flickered and then, suddenly, disappeared. The man looks to me and, quite understandably, flips out a bit. On reaching the other side of the bridge I am awarded with some item, I haven't had a look at it yet. I just thought that was a great addition, a fun little side-story that may well keep going for a while longer. Maybe the girl's the ghost of the daughter of a construction worker, who inhabits the bridge that her father spilt his heart into. Just a theory.
Went out for a walk to get rid of a minor hangover when I stumbled into Game on Princes Street and found MadWorld for £3. £3! That's nothing at all! It's still cheaper than, say, Heatseeker or the old Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games, which is really odd. Yes, the game can be annoying, and short, and hurt your eyes, but I really enjoyed the experience of playing it, and I'm thrilled to be able to start again.
And in related news, I finally got my hands on a copy of Minecraft. This downloadable Java game has you put into a randomly generated world and has you build a shelter for yourself to defend against the attacks of the living dead, as well as spiders and walking bombs. Anything you can destroy can be reassembled in the form of blocks of resources, or crafted and smelted into new forms, such as weapons and armour. The game is a lot of fun, and a superb outlet for some creative juice, but Baby sure does struggle with running it. Here's hoping Beta will make it a bit less intense for the poor girl; even on lowest settings a night stroll for the woods is almost unsurvivable.
I forgot just how much I like Schutzwalds. Those are the big, yellow guys with shoulder cannons you get in Super Robot Wars OG. Yes, I know they get replaced, made obsolete by things like the R Series and the Huckebeins pretty soon, but there's just something unbeatable cool about giant shoulder laser cannons. Gespensts come a close second, it's the Schutzwald that takes the best robot award.
It's getting cold.
Thanks for reading.
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Tri Optimum
Slow days in Isshu recently. Need a second DS to transfer stuff across and Connor, bless his heart, isn't always in or available. Not that that really matters, as there's nothing much to do anymore 'cept fight trainers until I get strong enough to beat Cynthia. Although it did change to Autumn on the first, that was pretty exciting.
Such a slow week this week! No homework, 'cept a sheet detailing stuff about Doshisha for Friday, so there's been a lot of free time kicking about.
So why on earth am I so tired?! Last night notwithstanding, I haven't exactly been late night partying much, especially on nights when there's something like Anime on. Feels like I have so little to do, I end up using too much brainpower on the stuff I have left! Makes it very difficult to find the energy to do stuff I don't have to, like JLPT revision (which is ironically going pretty well). Maybe I should start taking regular naps, but those things leave me more tired than when I started.
Okay, so, as the more geekery-centric of you will have no doubt realised already, I have now started playing System Shock 2. Normally I'd have not enough interest to make me want to play it, I did enjoy BioShock a lot but not enough to hunt down its 'superior' spiritual precedent (is that the right word?). But when Connor shows up with a copy of it, and says that new patches allow us to play it co-op over a LAN, how am I to resist? I am thickheaded marine Swanner, good with guns and little else. Connor, or Scorpio, is a psychic, and Natasha rounds off the party with SookSouli (who no doubt got beaten up as a child for having such a funky name), a technician. We do alright together, except that Natasha, the only one of us who can't fight, keeps TRYING to and dying, and then blaming us. Fortunately you don't get a penalty for dying, so we are effectively invincible. Going to play it a lot tonight (a LOT) after I'm finished with this, as a matter of fact.
On a final note, Marsha, Steph passed on your request, but I'm afraid I can't comply for the sakes of my huge diabetic fanbase. They wouldn't appreciate it.
Thanks for reading.
Such a slow week this week! No homework, 'cept a sheet detailing stuff about Doshisha for Friday, so there's been a lot of free time kicking about.
So why on earth am I so tired?! Last night notwithstanding, I haven't exactly been late night partying much, especially on nights when there's something like Anime on. Feels like I have so little to do, I end up using too much brainpower on the stuff I have left! Makes it very difficult to find the energy to do stuff I don't have to, like JLPT revision (which is ironically going pretty well). Maybe I should start taking regular naps, but those things leave me more tired than when I started.
Okay, so, as the more geekery-centric of you will have no doubt realised already, I have now started playing System Shock 2. Normally I'd have not enough interest to make me want to play it, I did enjoy BioShock a lot but not enough to hunt down its 'superior' spiritual precedent (is that the right word?). But when Connor shows up with a copy of it, and says that new patches allow us to play it co-op over a LAN, how am I to resist? I am thickheaded marine Swanner, good with guns and little else. Connor, or Scorpio, is a psychic, and Natasha rounds off the party with SookSouli (who no doubt got beaten up as a child for having such a funky name), a technician. We do alright together, except that Natasha, the only one of us who can't fight, keeps TRYING to and dying, and then blaming us. Fortunately you don't get a penalty for dying, so we are effectively invincible. Going to play it a lot tonight (a LOT) after I'm finished with this, as a matter of fact.
On a final note, Marsha, Steph passed on your request, but I'm afraid I can't comply for the sakes of my huge diabetic fanbase. They wouldn't appreciate it.
Thanks for reading.
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