Anime, FFXI, and a dash of RL!
Sep. 14th, 2004 09:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thistlechaserRL: Stupid work. As if it wasn't boring enough, sitting here without a computer for an hour was much, much worse! Nothing like staring at the wall and waiting and doing nothing! Bah.
Anime: Since FFXI had an hours long upgrade to download, I caught up with a lot of stuff. Got current with Samurai Champloo (three eps, up to #14 -- eek! What an arc!), watched last week's FMA (downloading the latest translated one right now), and three eps of Naruto.
First, it was so great to see all the characters again! Naruto was on the road way, way too long.
But... eh... flying scent marking? Splattering dog-pee? Ugh! (I snickered and squicked at the same time!)
Second, what the hell is up with anime and annoying pigs? First was PMK and that damned pig, now there's one in Naruto... and it's worse! It wears clothing and a necklace! Man, I hate that thing. Every time it comes onto the screen I mutter under my breath "fucking pig" -- I don't even realize I'm doing it till I've said it!
Third, Lee and Gai. While I no longer really get slashy vibes, what the hell? Gai said he'd kill himself if Lee dies? BUH? In 97-98 I felt really, really bad for Lee, but Gai is... wow. I mean, even if they had a father-son thing going on, that would be an odd thing to say! It really IS something more along the lines of what lovers would say! Very odd.
I like... what's his name. Third's grandson. Kohokomokokoookomokoho. I like him a lot more now. Poor kid, trying to defend the office!
What a great series! Such heart! While FMA may have deeper storylines and PoT may have more slash, no series can match Naruto's heart. Every time I watch an ep, I leave feeling good! Better about people in general! How odd that a show could do that.
FFXI: For non-players, the upgrade brought major changes in certain things, and no longer can I make the money I had been making. They didn't cut it back to make it "reasonable" money for the time people spend doing that, they ended it completely. To me, it felt like a game-changing event. And in a way, it really is.
I now have to go back to the old way: Crafting for money. And being forced into that made me realize just how much I HATE doing it. Oh, crafting is fine, but it's the selling part that's hard. You look at the auctions and find an item that sells for more than it takes to make it. You make that item, then list it up for sale. Then what? Over the next days you watch people undercut your price, undercut, undercut. Oh look, suddenly if it sells NOW you'll break even! Oh look... it didn't sell. Wow, you lost money! Oh boy! Isn't this the best?
So I need to make some decisions. I'm not going to quit the game, but I need to figure money out. I tried to think about it last night, but I was too mad to really be logical/reasonable about it.
To burn off some of my anger, I did something that I hadn't in a long time: I went out and killed things. I took my great sword (which is as tall as I am!) and killed cute little bunnies. Lots and lots of bunnies. Oh, there were big bad ugly things I could have killed, but killing big-eyed harmless bunnies made me feel good. (Horrible, isn't that? :) )
Anime: Since FFXI had an hours long upgrade to download, I caught up with a lot of stuff. Got current with Samurai Champloo (three eps, up to #14 -- eek! What an arc!), watched last week's FMA (downloading the latest translated one right now), and three eps of Naruto.
First, it was so great to see all the characters again! Naruto was on the road way, way too long.
But... eh... flying scent marking? Splattering dog-pee? Ugh! (I snickered and squicked at the same time!)
Second, what the hell is up with anime and annoying pigs? First was PMK and that damned pig, now there's one in Naruto... and it's worse! It wears clothing and a necklace! Man, I hate that thing. Every time it comes onto the screen I mutter under my breath "fucking pig" -- I don't even realize I'm doing it till I've said it!
Third, Lee and Gai. While I no longer really get slashy vibes, what the hell? Gai said he'd kill himself if Lee dies? BUH? In 97-98 I felt really, really bad for Lee, but Gai is... wow. I mean, even if they had a father-son thing going on, that would be an odd thing to say! It really IS something more along the lines of what lovers would say! Very odd.
I like... what's his name. Third's grandson. Kohokomokokoookomokoho. I like him a lot more now. Poor kid, trying to defend the office!
What a great series! Such heart! While FMA may have deeper storylines and PoT may have more slash, no series can match Naruto's heart. Every time I watch an ep, I leave feeling good! Better about people in general! How odd that a show could do that.
FFXI: For non-players, the upgrade brought major changes in certain things, and no longer can I make the money I had been making. They didn't cut it back to make it "reasonable" money for the time people spend doing that, they ended it completely. To me, it felt like a game-changing event. And in a way, it really is.
I now have to go back to the old way: Crafting for money. And being forced into that made me realize just how much I HATE doing it. Oh, crafting is fine, but it's the selling part that's hard. You look at the auctions and find an item that sells for more than it takes to make it. You make that item, then list it up for sale. Then what? Over the next days you watch people undercut your price, undercut, undercut. Oh look, suddenly if it sells NOW you'll break even! Oh look... it didn't sell. Wow, you lost money! Oh boy! Isn't this the best?
So I need to make some decisions. I'm not going to quit the game, but I need to figure money out. I tried to think about it last night, but I was too mad to really be logical/reasonable about it.
To burn off some of my anger, I did something that I hadn't in a long time: I went out and killed things. I took my great sword (which is as tall as I am!) and killed cute little bunnies. Lots and lots of bunnies. Oh, there were big bad ugly things I could have killed, but killing big-eyed harmless bunnies made me feel good. (Horrible, isn't that? :) )
