Silly but nice meme

I usually avoid memes, but this one is all about being nice so I guess I'll do it. Borrowed from Ai, Merkitty, and Auributt:

Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one reason why I like/love/adore you. Then put this in your own journal, and spread the love.

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I hope we get to leave work early today. I think Lost is on tonight and I'd really like to get done XPing before it comes on. Plus the whole dinner thing. So hungry, so hungry.

Silly but nice meme

I usually avoid memes, but this one is all about being nice so I guess I'll do it. Borrowed from Ai, Merkitty, and Auributt:

Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one reason why I like/love/adore you. Then put this in your own journal, and spread the love.

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I hope we get to leave work early today. I think Lost is on tonight and I'd really like to get done XPing before it comes on. Plus the whole dinner thing. So hungry, so hungry.

Bored at work, Maat ponderings.

It was sad going home for lunch and seeing my apartment's parking lot full. So many people off, me not one of them. We'll probably get let home "early" which will be the time I usually leave. I come in early, unlike the rest of these slackers who wander in at 10 AM or later...

But Maat! I realized two is a rather small sample size, but I just watched a video of a DRK Maat fight and saw no WSs used by Maat. I wonder... could DRK Maat not use WSs? That would be rather boggling.

The DRK in the fight was a Galka, so what he did really couldn't apply to my fight, but it was still interesting. He used a blink band and attack food, slept to 100%. Went in and Souleater'ed + Guillotine (the thought alone made me panic, but I suppose the blink band would have kept him alive at this point). Ate an I Wing, Guillotined again. At that point, both him and Maat had nearly no HP. He used an XP scroll to level up and full HP/MP, then WSed again. (I'm not sure how he got TP for that third Guillotine, either the video was cut or ... two Guillotines couldn't have gotten him up to 100% TP again so I don't know). As in my fight, Maat didn't survive three Guillotines.

On one hand I'm still kicking myself that I hadn't waited and used an XP scroll to level mid-battle (it really is such a good idea!), but on the other hand: I beat him, so what's to kick myself over? :P

Know what's funny? I really want to go fight him again. And I want to do the Pulling the Strings solo ENM BC again, too. Must resist though! I need to sell all the meds I make and save money, not spend it needlessly! I just love love love these one-on-one big fights. Working with a team is great (much love for my CoP static!), but doing a big fight on my own, no one to depend on but me, is just utterly amazing. I love it. :)

Also: Must try to organize the last two ZM mission fights soon. Going to need Sky access soon. (Eek.)

Bored at work, Maat ponderings.

It was sad going home for lunch and seeing my apartment's parking lot full. So many people off, me not one of them. We'll probably get let home "early" which will be the time I usually leave. I come in early, unlike the rest of these slackers who wander in at 10 AM or later...

But Maat! I realized two is a rather small sample size, but I just watched a video of a DRK Maat fight and saw no WSs used by Maat. I wonder... could DRK Maat not use WSs? That would be rather boggling.

The DRK in the fight was a Galka, so what he did really couldn't apply to my fight, but it was still interesting. He used a blink band and attack food, slept to 100%. Went in and Souleater'ed + Guillotine (the thought alone made me panic, but I suppose the blink band would have kept him alive at this point). Ate an I Wing, Guillotined again. At that point, both him and Maat had nearly no HP. He used an XP scroll to level up and full HP/MP, then WSed again. (I'm not sure how he got TP for that third Guillotine, either the video was cut or ... two Guillotines couldn't have gotten him up to 100% TP again so I don't know). As in my fight, Maat didn't survive three Guillotines.

On one hand I'm still kicking myself that I hadn't waited and used an XP scroll to level mid-battle (it really is such a good idea!), but on the other hand: I beat him, so what's to kick myself over? :P

Know what's funny? I really want to go fight him again. And I want to do the Pulling the Strings solo ENM BC again, too. Must resist though! I need to sell all the meds I make and save money, not spend it needlessly! I just love love love these one-on-one big fights. Working with a team is great (much love for my CoP static!), but doing a big fight on my own, no one to depend on but me, is just utterly amazing. I love it. :)

Also: Must try to organize the last two ZM mission fights soon. Going to need Sky access soon. (Eek.)

Bah and grumble, and woo (FFXI, FFXI, and Lost)

Yay new Lost! About the only thing that's went well since I left work. (Edit: *sniffle* Lost almost makes the whole night worth it. What an ending!)

Time spent seeking party: 5.5 hours.
Time spent partying: 2.5 hours.
XP made: 7.5K (with band)
XP/hour: 3K

Even though my XP/hour was better than average, the whole party sucked more ass than probably all my other random parties put together. A tank who did not provoke. Me pulling. Me pulling tigers. Me pulling tigers who are a hell of a lot faster than me and who kicked my ass on the whole run back, let alone that the damned tank did not provoke it off me. I got down as low as 50 HP in my pulls! (No exaggeration, the damned cats hit me 2-3 times once I was standing in camp. I cannot take hits! But he was JP and apparently understood neither English nor the auto-translator. *roll eyes*)

But hey, the BLM taught me a good lesson in hate management: When you have hate, the very best thing you can do is cast an -age III. *more rolling eyes* (Edit: To be fair, I don't know how much of this issue was the BLM and how much was the sucky NIN. The BLM did use -age III spells multiple times a fight, but the NIN didn't even provoke, so who knows!)

I've never had a good party experience in Kuftal Tunnel. I hate that place endlessly. Each fight is so much harder than in Bibiki Bay or the Tree, and the XP is exactly the same. Hated Kuftal Tunnel + hated NIN tanks + pulling = *$(*#@~*$)(~*$)

On the (very small) plus side, I got to use Spinning Slash in maybe two or three fights. (Then they figured out that the announced SC wasn't really a SC. *more rolling eyes*) Alas it did only 400-500 damage (with TA only, not SA). I need to skill it more.

I got a hell of a lot of evasion skillups though. *more rolling eyes*

I'm @4.5K to 70, but at this point in time I really want to say to hell with it. I could do the solo ENM fight this week and again on Sunday, then have XP scrolls on Monday. Assuming I win both fights, I could level that way (but wouldn't have a buffer) :/ As bad as seeking a party was today, I bet it'll be worse trying tomorrow (Thanksgiving).

And once more: No dinner. $#@($~*$

Bah, bah, bah.

Bah and grumble, and woo (FFXI, FFXI, and Lost)

Yay new Lost! About the only thing that's went well since I left work. (Edit: *sniffle* Lost almost makes the whole night worth it. What an ending!)

Time spent seeking party: 5.5 hours.
Time spent partying: 2.5 hours.
XP made: 7.5K (with band)
XP/hour: 3K

Even though my XP/hour was better than average, the whole party sucked more ass than probably all my other random parties put together. A tank who did not provoke. Me pulling. Me pulling tigers. Me pulling tigers who are a hell of a lot faster than me and who kicked my ass on the whole run back, let alone that the damned tank did not provoke it off me. I got down as low as 50 HP in my pulls! (No exaggeration, the damned cats hit me 2-3 times once I was standing in camp. I cannot take hits! But he was JP and apparently understood neither English nor the auto-translator. *roll eyes*)

But hey, the BLM taught me a good lesson in hate management: When you have hate, the very best thing you can do is cast an -age III. *more rolling eyes* (Edit: To be fair, I don't know how much of this issue was the BLM and how much was the sucky NIN. The BLM did use -age III spells multiple times a fight, but the NIN didn't even provoke, so who knows!)

I've never had a good party experience in Kuftal Tunnel. I hate that place endlessly. Each fight is so much harder than in Bibiki Bay or the Tree, and the XP is exactly the same. Hated Kuftal Tunnel + hated NIN tanks + pulling = *$(*#@~*$)(~*$)

On the (very small) plus side, I got to use Spinning Slash in maybe two or three fights. (Then they figured out that the announced SC wasn't really a SC. *more rolling eyes*) Alas it did only 400-500 damage (with TA only, not SA). I need to skill it more.

I got a hell of a lot of evasion skillups though. *more rolling eyes*

I'm @4.5K to 70, but at this point in time I really want to say to hell with it. I could do the solo ENM fight this week and again on Sunday, then have XP scrolls on Monday. Assuming I win both fights, I could level that way (but wouldn't have a buffer) :/ As bad as seeking a party was today, I bet it'll be worse trying tomorrow (Thanksgiving).

And once more: No dinner. $#@($~*$

Bah, bah, bah.