I think my coughing came back...
Wii and Comics
So at the start of this year, I get my first experience with the
NINTENDO WII. Just as I thought, I had trouble with the controls at first but it was fun. Mostly played bowling, baseball and golf on Wii Sports. Games is not always fun alone. TO make it worse, number of games is small. So my Wii experience is still lacking even after a year.
A friend introduced me to
Katekyo HITMAN Reborn, where a boy named Tsunayoshi (NO-GOOD Tsuna) is trained by an infant-looking hitman named Reborn to be the next mafia boss of the Vongola family.
Comics got this addiction of letting you wait for more despite bad chapters. For maybe sixty chapters, things don't get really action-packed (oh, and very bloody). Adding to these chapters is Tsuna's selected guardians (His Family). Everything begins with a long series of gag chapters where No-GOOD Tsuna can't deal with the idea of becoming a boss. Cause to him, Mafia=evil, but he learns that there is a sense of Family.
January Shock
VA
Gouri Daisuke was deteriorating in his health and committed suicide. So I learn about it in the morning...
Minaguchi Yuko, who co-started with Gouri in Dragonball, mourned pretty badly but got encouragement from the Gouri and
Isamu Tanonaka (Eye-Papa~! Died same month) fans. Why do I mention it? Because I was really blue too (Cried even) and it cheered me up. Also, a pic of her doggie! (
Link 1 )
I don't want to talk about it but there's been plenty other shocking deaths...
Staying Positive
My plan to stay healthy and positive (and live a long life?) was to exercise a body. I can't say that I did a good job and in Canada my ankles were hurting badly during my walks. Furthermore, I am mentally fragile. I can't deal with being wrong often, I don't like being half-baked in my subjects of interest (ie: Politics, daily routines), and I don't like being confused so much.
The word "Smarts" is subjective. I'm informative in some things, and I feel that I am wise or open-minded, but I probably should never take the role of leadership or never be outspoken unless asked. The result of it just makes people see as some thoughtless person.
So how many times am I told "to think" or called "retarded" (even though that doesn't mean "stupid" and it's really annoying) or "ignorant"?
Which leads to...
Goodbye Game
So I leave an online game after...I don't know how long? Five years? I don't know. Oh, and I quit being GM for maybe two years before that.
After reflecting over a reason of permanent leave, I came to the conclusion that I didn't like it there that much after all. It'll take too long to explain but let's just say the entire base, administrative and player, made the experience not that memorable. In different ways, they did not make it that good of a Game, in-game (IC) and out-of-game (OOC).
The game leaders have been successful at being bullies, and the opposite (some of them) just couldn't be worked with because of stubborness. Have both together and there is no workable unification.
Basically:
http://community.livejournal.com/bad_rpers_suck/7817386.html ^In addition to that, so-called "friends" who are unable to smoothly solve problems through diplomacy or can't deal with being wrong like a shitty marriage.
Niagra Falls
In August, I go to Niagra Falls.
http://doggiedynasty.livejournal.com/118516.html Fanfic
While I don't talk about it on this blog, I resumed fanfic writing for
Monster Rancher and
Pokemon. They are actually remakes. For the longest, I've avoided fanfics.