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Ain't much to say, as per usual.... I love my wife and our son. The former continues to thrive in her pursuit of academia, the latter continues to astonish on a daily basis. I continue to toil as a Nursing Assistant at AGH, mostly enjoying what I do.
Gamewise, I loved 'Spider-Man: Web of Shadows' and strongly recommend it to fans of Spider-Man, Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe, Spyro: The Eternal Night (Game Boy Advance), Castlevania (post-Symphony of the Night era), and Metroid. The combat in that game is crazy addicting.
Post-Web of Shadows, I began playing 'The Legend of Kage 2'. Little history: I owned the original 'TLoK' for the NES and greatly enjoyed it, despite the cheap, unavoidable one-hit deaths and flawed mechanics (Kage's sword swing is about as useful as Raphael's Sai or Michaelangelo's nunchaku in the first NES TMNT game). Twenty plus years later, Taito remembered that, like Tecmo with Ninja Gaiden, they, too, had a ninja franchise that could be rebooted. To their credit, 'Kage 2' is surprisingly fun to play - far more so than the original TLoK. The one-hit kills are gone, a combo system has been introduced and, well... I dunno. I'm not head over heels in love with the game, but I can't say I'm hating it, either.
Meanwhile, I picked up 'The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask' on Virtual Console. I haven't played 'Majora' since... well... I pre-ordered it and picked up on the day that Dave Matthews Band released 'Everyday'. I was a Senior in High School. Yeah.
Much like when I played 'Ocarina of Time' on the Gamecube, I *hate* playing the N64 Zelda games without the N64 controller. I don't know why it makes such a difference to me, but it feels like... Argh. It feels like a game that was designed around a controller that I'm currently not holding in my hands. Granted, I could just dust off my N64 and play those games in an authentic manner but, well... my N64 controllers have seen better days. Anyways, I'm digressing. Majora's Mask is every bit as intriguing as it was the first time I played it. It's such a dark game, with honest-to-God mature themes being explored. The whole idea that you're a hero who can't be a hero to everyone, whose efforts are constantly thwarted by the fact that the moon is going to crash into the world in three days (at least, until you figure out how to stop that) is just really poignant. It's not like 'Ocarina of Time' where you, as Link, can screw around until you feel like continuing the main storyline. Here, if you screw around, Termina is doomed. You have to figure out how to optimally utilize the 72 hours you have.
Man, do I love that game.
I shall join the meme game! I am going to propose an all purpose series of questions to the one persons who still bother with LJ and if they feel like answering, well, that's fan-dabby-babulous. Ready?
You continue to say how much you want to change your situation and you certainly imply that money is a key driver to that. Yet you continue to indulge in your vices (Proudly, I might add, by way of how much you write about them) and hinder your efforts. Wouldn't you agree that it might be prudent to *lessen* your indulgences in an effort to, as they say, *get the hell out of Dodge*? Like, if your current situation is so emotionally draining, so mentally debilitating, and if it's flat out driving you insane, shouldn't you reallocate your resources in an effort to hasten your departure? I'll admit- I don't have all the facts available, I only know what I am told, but perhaps you need to sit down and honestly rethink your efforts.
Let me also say this: as a friend, it kills me to see you in this state. If I had the extra resources to spare, you know I would gladly offer them if it meant helping you get to a better place. I am always willing to offer alternative perspective, fully knowing that my vision is only based on what I can readily see or hear. Please- think it over. That's all I ask.
Post-Web of Shadows, I began playing 'The Legend of Kage 2'. Little history: I owned the original 'TLoK' for the NES and greatly enjoyed it, despite the cheap, unavoidable one-hit deaths and flawed mechanics (Kage's sword swing is about as useful as Raphael's Sai or Michaelangelo's nunchaku in the first NES TMNT game). Twenty plus years later, Taito remembered that, like Tecmo with Ninja Gaiden, they, too, had a ninja franchise that could be rebooted. To their credit, 'Kage 2' is surprisingly fun to play - far more so than the original TLoK. The one-hit kills are gone, a combo system has been introduced and, well... I dunno. I'm not head over heels in love with the game, but I can't say I'm hating it, either.
Meanwhile, I picked up 'The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask' on Virtual Console. I haven't played 'Majora' since... well... I pre-ordered it and picked up on the day that Dave Matthews Band released 'Everyday'. I was a Senior in High School. Yeah.
Much like when I played 'Ocarina of Time' on the Gamecube, I *hate* playing the N64 Zelda games without the N64 controller. I don't know why it makes such a difference to me, but it feels like... Argh. It feels like a game that was designed around a controller that I'm currently not holding in my hands. Granted, I could just dust off my N64 and play those games in an authentic manner but, well... my N64 controllers have seen better days. Anyways, I'm digressing. Majora's Mask is every bit as intriguing as it was the first time I played it. It's such a dark game, with honest-to-God mature themes being explored. The whole idea that you're a hero who can't be a hero to everyone, whose efforts are constantly thwarted by the fact that the moon is going to crash into the world in three days (at least, until you figure out how to stop that) is just really poignant. It's not like 'Ocarina of Time' where you, as Link, can screw around until you feel like continuing the main storyline. Here, if you screw around, Termina is doomed. You have to figure out how to optimally utilize the 72 hours you have.
Man, do I love that game.
I shall join the meme game! I am going to propose an all purpose series of questions to the one persons who still bother with LJ and if they feel like answering, well, that's fan-dabby-babulous. Ready?
You continue to say how much you want to change your situation and you certainly imply that money is a key driver to that. Yet you continue to indulge in your vices (Proudly, I might add, by way of how much you write about them) and hinder your efforts. Wouldn't you agree that it might be prudent to *lessen* your indulgences in an effort to, as they say, *get the hell out of Dodge*? Like, if your current situation is so emotionally draining, so mentally debilitating, and if it's flat out driving you insane, shouldn't you reallocate your resources in an effort to hasten your departure? I'll admit- I don't have all the facts available, I only know what I am told, but perhaps you need to sit down and honestly rethink your efforts.
Let me also say this: as a friend, it kills me to see you in this state. If I had the extra resources to spare, you know I would gladly offer them if it meant helping you get to a better place. I am always willing to offer alternative perspective, fully knowing that my vision is only based on what I can readily see or hear. Please- think it over. That's all I ask.