I don't like honey-- wait, yes I do!

In the continuing Yogurt Saga, I found the recommended Fage brand, so I bought a couple. First one I'm trying is honey. For who knows what reason, I always think I don't like honey, then I taste it and go MMMMMMM.

Fage is the best Greek yogurt I've tried so far, but I can easily put my finger onto why: The calorie count is the same as that previous brand I had been eating, but you have less than half as much yogurt, so the extra calories go into the heaping helping of sweet stuff (honey, in this case) that you mix in.

It's really, really sweet, which of course is nice, but it feels even more like a dessert than the old Yoplait ones had. It's seriously sweet, candy-sweet. *checks label* Oh. Know why? 29 grams of sugar. Dessert-ish Yoplait had 14 grams. Wow. I'm going to finish this one, since it's all I have for breakfast, but if the other flavors have that much sugar I'm going to have to toss them out.

Holy cow. A Snickers bar has 30 grams of sugar. This yogurt has 29 grams. D: D: D: Why do I not read the labels better before buying these things?! (I did check the calories, but clearly I need to check more than that.)

So, whoever had recommended this brand in the previous yogurt posts: You liked it because you're basically eating a candy bar. D: (Sorry!)

On second thought, I think I'm not going to eat this. I only had a couple spoonfuls. I have a few almonds and an apple I can have instead. If I'm going to eat the sugar and nearly the calories of a candy bar, I'd rather just eat the darned candy.

Food should not be this complex. :/

I don't like honey-- wait, yes I do!

In the continuing Yogurt Saga, I found the recommended Fage brand, so I bought a couple. First one I'm trying is honey. For who knows what reason, I always think I don't like honey, then I taste it and go MMMMMMM.

Fage is the best Greek yogurt I've tried so far, but I can easily put my finger onto why: The calorie count is the same as that previous brand I had been eating, but you have less than half as much yogurt, so the extra calories go into the heaping helping of sweet stuff (honey, in this case) that you mix in.

It's really, really sweet, which of course is nice, but it feels even more like a dessert than the old Yoplait ones had. It's seriously sweet, candy-sweet. *checks label* Oh. Know why? 29 grams of sugar. Dessert-ish Yoplait had 14 grams. Wow. I'm going to finish this one, since it's all I have for breakfast, but if the other flavors have that much sugar I'm going to have to toss them out.

Holy cow. A Snickers bar has 30 grams of sugar. This yogurt has 29 grams. D: D: D: Why do I not read the labels better before buying these things?! (I did check the calories, but clearly I need to check more than that.)

So, whoever had recommended this brand in the previous yogurt posts: You liked it because you're basically eating a candy bar. D: (Sorry!)

On second thought, I think I'm not going to eat this. I only had a couple spoonfuls. I have a few almonds and an apple I can have instead. If I'm going to eat the sugar and nearly the calories of a candy bar, I'd rather just eat the darned candy.

Food should not be this complex. :/

Mama I'm coming home... (FFXI)

I've never had a strong feeling of home in my life. Never have I lived in a place where I felt fully that I belonged there, that it was the perfectly exactly right place for me to be. I like where I live now, but when I return there my chest doesn't grow warm with that "home" feeling.

Today, for the first time since I quit FFXI, I listened to the whole ToAU soundtrack. I looked at Aht Urhgan screenshots, I watched the ToAU trailer on youtube. My chest grew warm not just with the feeling of belonging, but with the desire to go back. I want to go home.

It's been almost two years since I quit FFXI. I'll be coming back to a new server. I won't be able to have the same name anymore. And, perhaps sadly, I know I won't stay. I'm coming to visit. A month, two maybe. I don't like XPing, I don't want to mission. I want to visit, to hit a Besieged if I can catch one. I want to listen to the music and see the cities again.

I want to go home, at least for a little while.

Unfortunately I've gotten a new computer since I quit, so I'm going to have to do all the installing and downloading again. And, because of how S-E does billing, I'll be paying a full month's price for these last few days of the month, but $18 won't break me.

It's going to be interesting with how little I remember. Interesting and exciting. :)

Mama I'm coming home... (FFXI)

I've never had a strong feeling of home in my life. Never have I lived in a place where I felt fully that I belonged there, that it was the perfectly exactly right place for me to be. I like where I live now, but when I return there my chest doesn't grow warm with that "home" feeling.

Today, for the first time since I quit FFXI, I listened to the whole ToAU soundtrack. I looked at Aht Urhgan screenshots, I watched the ToAU trailer on youtube. My chest grew warm not just with the feeling of belonging, but with the desire to go back. I want to go home.

It's been almost two years since I quit FFXI. I'll be coming back to a new server. I won't be able to have the same name anymore. And, perhaps sadly, I know I won't stay. I'm coming to visit. A month, two maybe. I don't like XPing, I don't want to mission. I want to visit, to hit a Besieged if I can catch one. I want to listen to the music and see the cities again.

I want to go home, at least for a little while.

Unfortunately I've gotten a new computer since I quit, so I'm going to have to do all the installing and downloading again. And, because of how S-E does billing, I'll be paying a full month's price for these last few days of the month, but $18 won't break me.

It's going to be interesting with how little I remember. Interesting and exciting. :)

You can't go home again (FFXI)

Seems my characters are gone. During the character restore process, it found Thistle, but said his highest job/level was warrior/1. Which, of course, isn't right. Knowing there was already a Thistle on the new server, I figured maybe it was just messed up by the duplicate name.

Installed, many hours of download, tried to log in. Unsurprisingly it told me the name was taken and I had to enter a new one. Did. It plopped me into a level 1 character with a red newbie ? next to my name.

I'm not sure if I did something wrong, but I don't think so. I followed the steps on the website. Unless there was a delay before I should have tried to log in (longer than the ~7 hours it took for all the downloading), but at the end of the process I had gotten a "Your character is restored!" message, so...

I tried to send an email to support, but FFXI support makes Twitter look verbose. You get 40 characters to describe your issue. The way the site is set up, it looks like you're just setting a subject line:

Please enter a brief explanation of the inquiry.
Example: Teach me how the controls work

But nope, that's the whole field, you never get a second one for a longer description. 40 characters...

I may call tomorrow or try their live online chat, but I suspect the character is just gone. It's probably for the best, I should just let it go.

It's depressing, but if this closes the door for good, then maybe I can just let it go.

You can't go home again (FFXI)

Seems my characters are gone. During the character restore process, it found Thistle, but said his highest job/level was warrior/1. Which, of course, isn't right. Knowing there was already a Thistle on the new server, I figured maybe it was just messed up by the duplicate name.

Installed, many hours of download, tried to log in. Unsurprisingly it told me the name was taken and I had to enter a new one. Did. It plopped me into a level 1 character with a red newbie ? next to my name.

I'm not sure if I did something wrong, but I don't think so. I followed the steps on the website. Unless there was a delay before I should have tried to log in (longer than the ~7 hours it took for all the downloading), but at the end of the process I had gotten a "Your character is restored!" message, so...

I tried to send an email to support, but FFXI support makes Twitter look verbose. You get 40 characters to describe your issue. The way the site is set up, it looks like you're just setting a subject line:

Please enter a brief explanation of the inquiry.
Example: Teach me how the controls work

But nope, that's the whole field, you never get a second one for a longer description. 40 characters...

I may call tomorrow or try their live online chat, but I suspect the character is just gone. It's probably for the best, I should just let it go.

It's depressing, but if this closes the door for good, then maybe I can just let it go.