20031220
PlayStation.com - Games - Final Fantasy X
Since the end of finals' week, I've been utterly absorbed in FFX. And I'm being careful now, and it shows in the fact that I've never lost a game. Unless, I just wanted to play around, I've not been beaten more than twice in the countless battles I've had. And every Boss Battle, where I didn't panic and just played using what instruments I have, I've beaten easily.
Of course, looking through the walkthrough helped. However, the important thing is that I didn't buy the walkthrough. I simply read through it for clues, but I've managed to remember what I can do to keep from being killed by someone like Seymour Natus and all the rest.
At first, the only way I could beat him was through a kind of cheating, by charging up aeons before the battle and just letting the overdrive rip him. Seymour has the power to banish the aeons, so if I don't have any overdrive, and just attack it, it will get rid of the aeons in one shot, meaning that I must fight Seymour without aeons.
The problem with this method is, naturally, that the other characters don't have a chance to receive AP. Just now, because I've played this before, I remember I have another big battle that I hope I can beat without resorting to aeons' overdrives.
I'm not playing it this weekend weekend because I want to avoid having it consume too much of my time. After all, this is a time for me to rest, and prepare for another quarter of post-secondary education, not to play days and nights and never resting and just causing me to break down.
Since the end of finals' week, I've been utterly absorbed in FFX. And I'm being careful now, and it shows in the fact that I've never lost a game. Unless, I just wanted to play around, I've not been beaten more than twice in the countless battles I've had. And every Boss Battle, where I didn't panic and just played using what instruments I have, I've beaten easily.
Of course, looking through the walkthrough helped. However, the important thing is that I didn't buy the walkthrough. I simply read through it for clues, but I've managed to remember what I can do to keep from being killed by someone like Seymour Natus and all the rest.
At first, the only way I could beat him was through a kind of cheating, by charging up aeons before the battle and just letting the overdrive rip him. Seymour has the power to banish the aeons, so if I don't have any overdrive, and just attack it, it will get rid of the aeons in one shot, meaning that I must fight Seymour without aeons.
The problem with this method is, naturally, that the other characters don't have a chance to receive AP. Just now, because I've played this before, I remember I have another big battle that I hope I can beat without resorting to aeons' overdrives.
I'm not playing it this weekend weekend because I want to avoid having it consume too much of my time. After all, this is a time for me to rest, and prepare for another quarter of post-secondary education, not to play days and nights and never resting and just causing me to break down.
20031216
Google Search: "CLOSED EYES" PHOTOGRAPHY FIX
Interesting, I'm 6th on the list for "'Closed Eyes' Photography Fix".
Interesting, I'm 6th on the list for "'Closed Eyes' Photography Fix".
Ah, I really need to get away from home. Having my parents barge in my room for "postage" does not make any sense. I guess if my parents are going to do that, I will need to make sure I can close everything before things get out of control.
What was happening was that my parents wanted to know how much a certain envelop would cost to send to Hong Kong, England, and Canada. I was glad that no new windows were opened, except unfortunately a Real Video, which I made sure to close before it got to the "explicit" stuff. Just a man's face was shown, though his face was unfortunately too close to the RealOne screen, with such a suggestive look that I feel unfortunate for my mother.
Both of them barge in. Mother first, then father second. I just managed to close the taskbar, by dragging it down since I didn't have auto-hide on. Then the screen came on.
Well, how's that for nearly coming out? For nearly having my parents find out more than they bargain for, when they wanted just price of postage? I suspect my mom suspect something, but I will leave her to be tormented. ¿Ay, madre pobre, no me escuchó! Pero, sufres por mí.
Fortunately, it was not yet done. I am too wily for my own good. For my own benefits, it appear the stars of heaven have delayed my own meeting with destiny.
Were it not so that it can facilitate my march toward independence, that side-effect of freedom.
What was happening was that my parents wanted to know how much a certain envelop would cost to send to Hong Kong, England, and Canada. I was glad that no new windows were opened, except unfortunately a Real Video, which I made sure to close before it got to the "explicit" stuff. Just a man's face was shown, though his face was unfortunately too close to the RealOne screen, with such a suggestive look that I feel unfortunate for my mother.
Both of them barge in. Mother first, then father second. I just managed to close the taskbar, by dragging it down since I didn't have auto-hide on. Then the screen came on.
Well, how's that for nearly coming out? For nearly having my parents find out more than they bargain for, when they wanted just price of postage? I suspect my mom suspect something, but I will leave her to be tormented. ¿Ay, madre pobre, no me escuchó! Pero, sufres por mí.
Fortunately, it was not yet done. I am too wily for my own good. For my own benefits, it appear the stars of heaven have delayed my own meeting with destiny.
Were it not so that it can facilitate my march toward independence, that side-effect of freedom.
20031215
Now that the fall quarter has ended, calling forth the coming of the winter. Winter, being recognized by cold weather that nips at your nose raw and freeze your fingers pale, has made his/her/its mark quite shrewdly. It was noticeable, for example, that in the fall, there alternate two days of sunshine with two days of rain/wind/cloudy gloom and back again. A battle between summer and winter. Winter being the temporary victor of the place, and I doubt I will ever see the temperature rise to 60 again for the next few months. I await spring readily, though with heavy heart. I am troubled, see, that time passes so quickly, and yet, I cannot but hope for summer again, and idle the time awhile in the hoping.
Full many a glorious morning have I seen
Flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye,
Kissing with golden face the meadows green,
Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy;
Anon permit the basest clouds to ride
With ugly rack on his celestial face,
And from the forlon world his visage hide,
Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace:
Even so my sun one early morn did shine
With all-triumphant splendour on my brow;
But out, alack! He was but one hour mine;
The region cloud hath mask'd him from me now . . .
[last two lines omitted]
---William Shakespeare
Para mí, es raro que voy a la escuela despues del fin. Oh, wait. I do go to school whether or not there's school pretty often.
Full many a glorious morning have I seen
Flatter the mountain-tops with sovereign eye,
Kissing with golden face the meadows green,
Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy;
Anon permit the basest clouds to ride
With ugly rack on his celestial face,
And from the forlon world his visage hide,
Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace:
Even so my sun one early morn did shine
With all-triumphant splendour on my brow;
But out, alack! He was but one hour mine;
The region cloud hath mask'd him from me now . . .
[last two lines omitted]
---William Shakespeare
Para mí, es raro que voy a la escuela despues del fin. Oh, wait. I do go to school whether or not there's school pretty often.
20031214
CNN.com - Poll: Capture boosts Americans' confidence - Dec. 14, 2003
Signs that our country is moving in the right direction: Saddam Hussein has been caught. Now the fact that he has surrendered willingly without fighting, which is a far cry from the time he would exhort his army to fight to the bitter end, will diminish his iconism in the minds of many Iraqi guerrillas.
Let us rejoice the final anti-climatic defeat of a misguided tyrant.
Signs that our country is moving in the right direction: Saddam Hussein has been caught. Now the fact that he has surrendered willingly without fighting, which is a far cry from the time he would exhort his army to fight to the bitter end, will diminish his iconism in the minds of many Iraqi guerrillas.
Let us rejoice the final anti-climatic defeat of a misguided tyrant.
