Well, the lack of a PS2 has been fixed. My brother decided to bring ours back home and put it in my room since he's never at his apartment anyway! Woot. Then my other brother bought FFXII. I'm allowed to play as long as I don't advance past him in the story. This did not curb the addiction at all. So...
Basically the above limitation meant I could do anything I wanted except sneak into Rabanastre Palace. So...I explored every area possible. And farmed. Tons of stuff. Vaan hit Level 32 last night! 8D I've got about 20 or so slots on the Augments area of the License board to get, and Vaan will have them all! I also found a Gladius and a Kotetsu, and he rocks with them now. If I could just find some better armor somehow, it'd get even better. Rumors reached my ears that the Dive Talons in the Westersand can drop Burning Bows...so if I still can't progress the story this week, I'm gonna KO as many of the Talons as I can and hope. <3 So far, I haven't hit burnout on leveling. This game is sooooo neat and fun and purty... I likes it. A lot. I'm sure the rest of the game outside the first 4-5 areas is cool too! All in good time.~
Much more notably than all that, the service yesterday was really awesome! :) I learned a lot. There's other stuff too, but mruuu. *Sideways-heart* you guys.