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[thistlechaser]

California is just way too hot. I can't wait for the summer to end! As an added bonus, the end of summer means it'll get dark earlier. I'm one of those wacky people who likes it when it gets dark about 6 PM. To me, it makes it seem like I'm going to bed later than I really am!

Someone (Zub, I believe) on the LS reported that the July update is this Monday from 8 AM to midnight PST. I can't find that confirmed anywhere, but if those really are the times, this will be the longest downtime we've ever had. I've never seen more than... 10? hours before. I don't think I've even seen 12.

(Edit: Here's a link to the news. The downtime is correct. *boggle* And it's not even the downtime for the patch! "During those hours, we will also be conducting server maintenance for FINAL FANTASY XI in preparation for the upcoming version update.")

I took a really nice screenshot at Eco tonight! FI/CTY gathered around Sylf and I. We make such a nice contrast in the middle of the picture: He's blond, I'm dark hair. He's a WHM, I'm DRK. Even our poses work really well together. The shot would be perfect if only Dilvias's face wasn't blocked by the name. And if you want to get into the joking end of the shot: Sylf and my love is so pure we actually sparkle! Seems fitting that DRK-related love would be the same color sparkles as a synth with a dark crystal.

Man, my AF may be totally useless for doing anything in (even with my life belt, 2 sniper's, and the ACC bonus from my collar I miss way too much), but it sure does look nice. :) And notice my HP! Over 1K for the first time! And in my real XP armor it's even higher. :D

Comments

[sylf.livejournal.com]

Just be glad I couldn't cast Banish IV on you... I'd send you back to the abyss you spawned from for grabbing my ass like that, you creep.

(go figure - the DRK is the happy cheerful one, and the WHM is the dark, brooding one xD)

:D

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Just be glad I couldn't cast Banish IV on you... I'd send you back to the abyss you spawned from for grabbing my ass like that, you creep.

...is that how WHMs flirt?

(go figure - the DRK is the happy cheerful one, and the WHM is the dark, brooding one xD)

I suspect it's because you're a BLM at heart. See? We're perfect together! Dark Knight and Black Mage! We could make our own little black hole of love~

(And if this joking ever really bothers you, totally just let me know! It really is nothing but joking. I have no RL plots or plans to jump your bones, marry you, or anything else. :) )

[sylf.livejournal.com]

(It doesn't really - I just like to be a grump on the game ^^)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

(Okay, good! I don't want to really annoy anyone. Eh. Or at least not annoy most people.)

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

Bah, you've been way too nice and polite to me to ever make me think of you as a grump. ^_~

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Then you should try hitting on him sometime! He growls at me all the time!

;)

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

I'm one of those wacky people who likes it when it gets dark about 6 PM. To me, it makes it seem like I'm going to bed later than I really am!

You know, I've been trying to figure out what I'm finding so disconcerting about these summer nights, and I think you've pegged it. It's because the kids stay up later, since their definition of bedtime is "2 hours after it gets dark". It makes the day seem as though it lasts FOREVER, especially since they don't seem to compensate by sleeping in in the morning! I'm always happy to get back to a more "reasonable" amount of daylight.

Don't you think, though, that as hot CA summers go, this has been a pretty mild one? Yesterday was hotter than hell, but on the whole, we haven't had too many sweltering days. Yet. Now, watch. I'll have jinxed it. :D

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Don't you think, though, that as hot CA summers go, this has been a pretty mild one?

Totally, and I'm very thankful for it. Remember... was it two summers back? Three? When it got to be something like 110? Hm, it was my first summer here, so I guess it was more like four or five summers ago. We had a bunch of days of 100+, and I had had no AC at the time. But really, every summer up until now has had way more bad periods than we've had so far. (And yes, feels like we're jinxing it, doesn't it?)

Supposedly we're in an El Nina (or Nino? -- whichever one we haven't had for the past few years), which explains the extra rain we got over the winter, too.

[pomr.livejournal.com]

So...10AM Monday to 2AM Tuesday Central time. Now /that/ is a downtime.

And you know what? I'm /still/ not going to bitch and moan about it. If they need 16 hours to prepare for the major updates I've been reading about, well then gosh darn it they need 16 hours. The migration time estimate of four hours was about spot on, I'll just assume I don't get to play FFXI until Tuesday, and call it a day. :)

For the NM campers out there -- might be a good time to stay up late if you can, and maybe score some NM that you've not been able to get due to other campers (gilseller or whatever!).

I'm sure there will be tons of folks bitching up a storm. You know, clueless no life morons that can't fathom how this is a good thing. :) Even if it disables Windower forever, so what. It will aid a lot of other things. :)

Oh! El is the masculine form. La is the feminine. Words ending in 'O' are generally masculine, and ending in 'a' are feminine. So 'El Nino' or 'La Nina' are the correct forms. :) FYI.

[kamalloy.livejournal.com]

That is quite the downtime, but I'll have the new Harry Potter to read, so I'll be happy. ^^

[pomr.livejournal.com]

Yay for Harry Potter! :)

I'll probably just watch movies or MU* or something. :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm thinking the downtime might be the only way I'll ever get the book read. :P

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there will be tons of bitching, but what can you do? But just wait, the worst part will NOT be this downtime. Wait till the next one. When the servers come back up hundreds of thousands of people will hit them at once, trying to download the patch. That is a nightmare, and it will be hours of not being able to leave your keyboard (because it never goes smoothly, you need to click and watch it fail for hours). But maybe you'll be lucky and Draque can do yours while you're at work...

Oh! El is the masculine form. La is the feminine. Words ending in 'O' are generally masculine, and ending in 'a' are feminine. So 'El Nino' or 'La Nina' are the correct forms. :) FYI.

Ah! Makes sense!

[pomr.livejournal.com]

That would be very sweet of her, but I can't ask her to do that. It would be a pain. :)

As to the storm -- that would be El Nino. It kicked up a load of stuff into the atmosphere many moons ago that really messed with people's allergies, on a global scale. :)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

That would be very sweet of her, but I can't ask her to do that. It would be a pain. :)

Are the computers next to each other? Or within reach/sight? If so, it wouldn't be as bad.

And hey, if you're not going to make Draque do that for you, send her to my apartment so I can make her do it for me! ;)

[pomr.livejournal.com]

[_D_]P[_A_]

D=Draque's Desk
P=Printer (The stand extends out a bit.
A=Ailuren's Desk.

I'm right by the window, and the air conditioner is right behind me, and then the entertainment center. So yeah, pretty much side by side. We're about 5-7 feet apart when we're both at our desks. :)

And I try not to irritate the Draque. /em panic
She knows where I live!!!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh, then I bet Draque could do it for you, no problem! Believe me, doing an update after normal work hours is just plain hell. People who don't work (or who work odd hours) are darned, darned lucky in this case.

:)