I need decent-quality pictures of sphere-based save points (a la FF8 and FF10, or the ones in Memoria in FF9) for reference for a home-decorating project.

...what?

A few years ago, when I bought a little 1 gig MP3 player, I named it Mei Ling.

This evening, when I got a 30 gig Zune as a birthday present, I named it Sunny Gurlukovich.

DON'T JUDGE ME OK

"I have you now, Solid Snake ( Read more... )

- Megatron convicted of importing drugs.- Aaron called this morning on his way to work to give me a heads-up about a sign he'd seen for a nearby garage sale. I went and bought two yards of super-pretty fabric for $1.50. No, I have no idea what I'll do with it ( Read more... )

Last night we went out to the front yard. The intent was to mow. The result was almost an hour and a half of excavating post-apocalyptic dandelions from the lawn ( Read more... )

At last we have a reason to use Wii Points - Yoshi's Cookie is finally coming to the Virtual Console!At this juncture I should explain that this is a game I was playing back in elementary school when I visited my brother's house and got to tool around with his SNES. It was Yoshi's Cookie and Sim City. And sometimes Carmen Sandiego but I believe ( Read more... )

When we visit Aaron's parents, and we're on our way home, we pass this about two miles away from their house.


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Catching up on January and the first half of February 2008.

January 5-6, 2008About a month ago, we went up to Southport Road to the Target shopping center ( Read more... )

Purely for theoretical purposes, I swear to God: anyone know of places online where a U.S. resident could buy a European PS2? I'm aware of the various power and video compatibility issues. I'm just curious about the cost and availability, and my Google-fu is failing me hardcoreFound one on the whole of eBay. Decent price, but 16 bids. Not in the ( Read more... )

For as much as the two of us felt we didn't really need an Xbox 360, the two or three months since we bought ours have been amazing. It started off by firing the PS3 as our DVD player (the 360 remembers where a disc left off; the PS3 does not, which matters since we watch a lot of anime and TV shows on DVD), and it is at this point the #1 most-used ( Read more... )