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gogmagogFirst, some random stuff:
- Happy birthday to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ahebert!
- You know, it's ridiculous how consistently good the Suikoden albums are. (All like two dozen or however many of them there are.) I've been going on a downloading spree from the Galbadia Hotel videogame soundtracks download section. (They also have quite a few Megaten albums, including Punitive Dance, if any of y'all are interested and don't know about it already.) But seriously, Suikoden's had everything from Celtic to jazz to orgel (music box) to piano albums, and they're ALMOST ALL GOOD. x_x
I also like how some of them take songs I never particularly noticed in the original (like the piano version of the first Suikoden's "Dancing Girl") and rearrange it to the point where I'm like, "wow, that's actually a really pretty melody, I never noticed that before."
- I have discovered recently that I have phone phobia. In fact, I think I've always had it. I hate talking on the phone to people, and avoid it whenever possible. This is a completely general and impersonal thing - even when it comes to people I like very much and know very well and have no problem talking to in person, I always feel like I have trouble talking to them on the phone. And this is even more true for people I don't know particularly well - even if I'd be fine talking to them in person or by e-mail, on the phone I'm always an incoherent mess and it just gets bad.
So, in conclusion, phone conversations = TEH EBIL, and from now on I will try to engineer things so I have to have them as little as possible.
- Also, Saturday marked my return to IRC for the first time in a long while (like, since about halfway through my year in England). I hadn't realized, but I'd missed it! :O
...And to lead in to the Suikoblog, here's an interview on SuikoTactics. My favorite part:
Matsukawa: Since Kyril and Andarc are simpletons, we made Seneca the comic relief to contrast them.
SO TRUE. XD
Anyway, we left off getting ready to head in to Fort El-Eal. Of course, there are bad guys there - Kooluk soldiers, who seem to think you're part of something called the Patriarchal Division. They're led by a guy named Busk, who goes down like Glass Joe in good ol' Punch-Out. He retreats, but by now it's pretty clear that somethin's up. So Akaghi and Mizuki leave your party to go report to Lino. In the meantime, Kyril and crew head towards the town of Merseto.
En route, they end up stumbling upon a group of thieves who have stolen a necklace and a mysterious noble lady's love letter (that I'm betting has some significance to the plot later). They're taken out quickly, and the party continues to Merseto, where they go to the Port and discover two young boys being beaten on by a wealthy merchant. Another little girl, better dressed, is standing up for them; when Kyril and co. come on the scene, the merchant is slashing the boys with a sword. The good guys leap to the defense, of course, and kick the guy's butt. He flees with the tattered remains of his dignity around his ankles, but one of the boys is dead and the other, Nohl, is disillusioned. He thanks Kyril and co., and gives them the dead boy's Kangacorn (which is exactly like it sounds, a kangaroo crossed with a unicorn). The girl's mother comes and picks her up, but she thanks Kyril first.
And at this point I'm sorry I said Iskas sounded like a child molester, because really? He didn't, compared with the guy who now comes up and offers Nohl a job. He's all "see those kids over there? I found work for them too"; when Nohl asks, "could you tell me a little more about the job?" it goes black. I hate to break it to you, kiddo, but the job probably involves doing rather unpleasant things for middle-aged men in a back room.
Anyway, soon after this Kyril asks Andarc and Seneca about his mother. He says that the little girl's mother was pretty, so he began to wonder about his. (Only now? He's just romped along for fifteen years without ever wondering about it?) They don't know, since they came along after his mother was gone. He's all "well, it's okay, I have you guys." Then, of course, it's funny because Andarc says, "Uhhh, well...." and Seneca grumbles, "hold on, mister, are you saying I'm like a mother to you? Back it on up - big sister, MAYBE." And Andarc's all "I don't think I'd be a very good parental figure, Kyril." Kyril, of course, reveals that he's "just playin', I'm not looking for someone to be my mother."
Which is sad, because, you know,Gremio redux Andarc would be SO PERFECT FOR THE ROLE. XD
Then not long after there's a Rest scene where Seneca's like "are you SURE I'm like a sister to you, not a mother figure?" At this point she kind of reminds me of Buffy from the last season of that show: "Why would you think I'm her mom? ...it's the hair, isn't it? I have mom hair!"
Anyway, before proceeding I head back to the Pirate's Nest to recruit Sigurd and Hervey. Then I return to El-Eal to rendezvous with Akaghi and Mizuki. Of course, another battle ensues with a Kooluk general, Martin. He's beaten handily, and Iskas (who just oh so handily happens to be there and has NOTHING TO DO WITH EVENTS THERE AT ALL, OH NO) informs them about a Rune Cannon laboratory in Kooluk, which becomes our next destination. Akaghi and Mizuki rejoin, and report that Lino "can't send reinforcements," but sends a "small band of people" to help.
Which is true, if by "small band" you mean "MASSIVE CRAPLOAD." At this point SEVEN (!) SuikoIV characters join: Jeremy, Millay, Carrie, Axel, Ameria, Wendel, and Gretchen. Which totally rocks, except buying equipment and sharpening weapons for seven new people is kinda difficult cash-wise. Also, I return to Merseto and Gary and Ema join as support party members.
Since I'm on a recruiting binge, I head to Obel and talk to Lino, who mentions someone who works for him who "might come in useful"; he is, Lino says, probably over fishing on the Deserted Island.
Of course, it's Hot Pants. When you meet him, he's facing down a Giant Crab - to recruit him you have to help him kill four of them for his dinner. XD
Then ensues an annoying-as-hell battle - I had to continuetwice four times because I didn't notice that Hot Pants was collecting balloons throughout the battle from the Crabs' attacks - a third one hit and he flew out of battle. And then Sigurd bit it a couple of times, so I switched to Akaghi and Mizuki, who are un-permanent-killable. But anyway, after a lot of brouhaha, Hot Pants joins. (And yes, his name still looks retarded, even on the status screen - it's like "J o s e p h joined the party!") His Rune of Punishment is actually pretty amazingly good once you get to the higher spell levels.
Next stop: Razril, where a little kid gossips about how the Vingerhuts, the former bigshot family of the town, have fallen, pointing to the fact that he saw their son on furball patrol in the Backstreets.We won't speculate on what else Snowe is doing in the Backstreets. So, naturally, I go to help poor emo kid Snowe. The battle is pitifully east, and notable only for the fact that it's a remix of the SuikoIV battle music.
Snowe and Hot Pants have a laconic reunion, with much left unsaid.And a surprising lack of gay, given that it's, y'know SNOWE. AND HOT PANTS. I guess that comes later. Kyril invites Snowe to join the happy CARAVAN OF LUV - y'know, in case it was gettin' too hetero up in this hizzouse (though I find that unlikely with Sigurd and Hervey along for the ride). He remarks that Snowe looks familiar, thus reminding Hot Pants of the game's opening scene. Snowe once again starts at level 1 and sucks as much as he blows gameplay-wise, but I'll build him up for nostalgia's sake.
And here ends this session of the Suikoblog. Tune in next week, same Suikotime, same Suikochannel!
MACHU PICCHU
Sweet tropical fruits burst through deep, wet rainforest boughs, enormous steamy blossoms, over thin mountaintop breezes, mingled with the soft, rich golden scent of Peruvian amber.
In the bottle: Some kind of tropical floral.
Wet: Well, the floral's there, but it's primarily tropical fruit. Not super-sweet fruit, but definitely fruit. No amber or anything else. It's nice, but I think fruit perfume with any kind of floral seems to end up too feminine for me.
Dry: Pretty much the same as wet - it's a bit sweeter, but the florals still make it all girly. Also, the heat of my skin makes the fruit smell kind of...I dunno, like it's gone off?
Verdict: I'm afraid I'm not a fan of this one. :(
TENOCHTITLAN
The greatest of all Aztec cities, and capital of their empire. Amber, hyssop, coriander, epazote, Mexican sage, prickly pear and Mexican tulip poppy.
In the bottle: Fruit and something else...amber, maybe?
Wet: Kind of like Machu Picchu without the florals, and the fruit is a little less tropical and a little more spicy (prickly pear?). The hyssop and coriander also give it a faint herby background.
Dry: It gets even sweeter and spicier, and ends up really nice. This is kind of what I wanted from either Machu Picchu or Tenochtitlan, so I'm glad I got it from one of them. XD
And really, since I'm half-Mexican isn't this one more appropriate anyway?
Verdict: This is definitely one to put on my "to get eventually" list.
BLACK ROSE
Exquisitely melancholy. The background scent to an ancient exequies. Heavy, dark and floral: a blend of roses, with a touch of amber and musk.
In the bottle: Roses.
Wet: Roses, with a bit of light musk in the background.
Dry: Guess what? Yup, still roses.
Verdict: Nope, not for me. I like roses, but I don't want to smell like one. I kind of knew it wouldn't be, but still, it was a frimp, so not like I paid for it. XD
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Let's Positive Linking!
- First face transplant recipient doing well. I dunno, I think it would be weird wearing part of someone's face - a little too Texas Chainsaw Massacre for me. Still, diff'rent strokes and all that.
- I wanna go to the Japanese penis festival! It looks fun! :D
- Cthulhu Family Circus. (Fromjantalaimon.) Just what Family Circus needed to actually be funny - Lovecraft writing the scripts!
- Also, some very disturbing communitiesfirestorm717 linked to that promptly BROKE MY BRAIN AUGH: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
hitlerslash, nazifetisch and kinkynakednazis. Not safe for work or if you're allergic to bad Photoshopped pr0n of Hitler and Goebbels gettin' it on.
- CNN reports on CNN. What I love is how they've basically written up an ad for their own service as an OMG IMPORTANT NEWS STORY. x_x
- Magazine Covers from the Future. (This and the above one fromangrybabble.) Pretty funny, requires Flash.
- Microsoft sued over Xbox 360 glitch. Wow, that was fast. XD
- Sexy Bible calendar to be released. I love the pastor's line about teens committing to the Bible "with their hair and skin." Creepy much?
- Happy birthday to
ahebert!- You know, it's ridiculous how consistently good the Suikoden albums are. (All like two dozen or however many of them there are.) I've been going on a downloading spree from the Galbadia Hotel videogame soundtracks download section. (They also have quite a few Megaten albums, including Punitive Dance, if any of y'all are interested and don't know about it already.) But seriously, Suikoden's had everything from Celtic to jazz to orgel (music box) to piano albums, and they're ALMOST ALL GOOD. x_x
I also like how some of them take songs I never particularly noticed in the original (like the piano version of the first Suikoden's "Dancing Girl") and rearrange it to the point where I'm like, "wow, that's actually a really pretty melody, I never noticed that before."
- I have discovered recently that I have phone phobia. In fact, I think I've always had it. I hate talking on the phone to people, and avoid it whenever possible. This is a completely general and impersonal thing - even when it comes to people I like very much and know very well and have no problem talking to in person, I always feel like I have trouble talking to them on the phone. And this is even more true for people I don't know particularly well - even if I'd be fine talking to them in person or by e-mail, on the phone I'm always an incoherent mess and it just gets bad.
So, in conclusion, phone conversations = TEH EBIL, and from now on I will try to engineer things so I have to have them as little as possible.
- Also, Saturday marked my return to IRC for the first time in a long while (like, since about halfway through my year in England). I hadn't realized, but I'd missed it! :O
...And to lead in to the Suikoblog, here's an interview on SuikoTactics. My favorite part:
Matsukawa: Since Kyril and Andarc are simpletons, we made Seneca the comic relief to contrast them.
SO TRUE. XD
Anyway, we left off getting ready to head in to Fort El-Eal. Of course, there are bad guys there - Kooluk soldiers, who seem to think you're part of something called the Patriarchal Division. They're led by a guy named Busk, who goes down like Glass Joe in good ol' Punch-Out. He retreats, but by now it's pretty clear that somethin's up. So Akaghi and Mizuki leave your party to go report to Lino. In the meantime, Kyril and crew head towards the town of Merseto.
En route, they end up stumbling upon a group of thieves who have stolen a necklace and a mysterious noble lady's love letter (that I'm betting has some significance to the plot later). They're taken out quickly, and the party continues to Merseto, where they go to the Port and discover two young boys being beaten on by a wealthy merchant. Another little girl, better dressed, is standing up for them; when Kyril and co. come on the scene, the merchant is slashing the boys with a sword. The good guys leap to the defense, of course, and kick the guy's butt. He flees with the tattered remains of his dignity around his ankles, but one of the boys is dead and the other, Nohl, is disillusioned. He thanks Kyril and co., and gives them the dead boy's Kangacorn (which is exactly like it sounds, a kangaroo crossed with a unicorn). The girl's mother comes and picks her up, but she thanks Kyril first.
And at this point I'm sorry I said Iskas sounded like a child molester, because really? He didn't, compared with the guy who now comes up and offers Nohl a job. He's all "see those kids over there? I found work for them too"; when Nohl asks, "could you tell me a little more about the job?" it goes black. I hate to break it to you, kiddo, but the job probably involves doing rather unpleasant things for middle-aged men in a back room.
Anyway, soon after this Kyril asks Andarc and Seneca about his mother. He says that the little girl's mother was pretty, so he began to wonder about his. (Only now? He's just romped along for fifteen years without ever wondering about it?) They don't know, since they came along after his mother was gone. He's all "well, it's okay, I have you guys." Then, of course, it's funny because Andarc says, "Uhhh, well...." and Seneca grumbles, "hold on, mister, are you saying I'm like a mother to you? Back it on up - big sister, MAYBE." And Andarc's all "I don't think I'd be a very good parental figure, Kyril." Kyril, of course, reveals that he's "just playin', I'm not looking for someone to be my mother."
Which is sad, because, you know,
Then not long after there's a Rest scene where Seneca's like "are you SURE I'm like a sister to you, not a mother figure?" At this point she kind of reminds me of Buffy from the last season of that show: "Why would you think I'm her mom? ...it's the hair, isn't it? I have mom hair!"
Anyway, before proceeding I head back to the Pirate's Nest to recruit Sigurd and Hervey. Then I return to El-Eal to rendezvous with Akaghi and Mizuki. Of course, another battle ensues with a Kooluk general, Martin. He's beaten handily, and Iskas (who just oh so handily happens to be there and has NOTHING TO DO WITH EVENTS THERE AT ALL, OH NO) informs them about a Rune Cannon laboratory in Kooluk, which becomes our next destination. Akaghi and Mizuki rejoin, and report that Lino "can't send reinforcements," but sends a "small band of people" to help.
Which is true, if by "small band" you mean "MASSIVE CRAPLOAD." At this point SEVEN (!) SuikoIV characters join: Jeremy, Millay, Carrie, Axel, Ameria, Wendel, and Gretchen. Which totally rocks, except buying equipment and sharpening weapons for seven new people is kinda difficult cash-wise. Also, I return to Merseto and Gary and Ema join as support party members.
Since I'm on a recruiting binge, I head to Obel and talk to Lino, who mentions someone who works for him who "might come in useful"; he is, Lino says, probably over fishing on the Deserted Island.
Of course, it's Hot Pants. When you meet him, he's facing down a Giant Crab - to recruit him you have to help him kill four of them for his dinner. XD
Then ensues an annoying-as-hell battle - I had to continue
Next stop: Razril, where a little kid gossips about how the Vingerhuts, the former bigshot family of the town, have fallen, pointing to the fact that he saw their son on furball patrol in the Backstreets.
Snowe and Hot Pants have a laconic reunion, with much left unsaid.
And here ends this session of the Suikoblog. Tune in next week, same Suikotime, same Suikochannel!
MACHU PICCHU
Sweet tropical fruits burst through deep, wet rainforest boughs, enormous steamy blossoms, over thin mountaintop breezes, mingled with the soft, rich golden scent of Peruvian amber.
In the bottle: Some kind of tropical floral.
Wet: Well, the floral's there, but it's primarily tropical fruit. Not super-sweet fruit, but definitely fruit. No amber or anything else. It's nice, but I think fruit perfume with any kind of floral seems to end up too feminine for me.
Dry: Pretty much the same as wet - it's a bit sweeter, but the florals still make it all girly. Also, the heat of my skin makes the fruit smell kind of...I dunno, like it's gone off?
Verdict: I'm afraid I'm not a fan of this one. :(
TENOCHTITLAN
The greatest of all Aztec cities, and capital of their empire. Amber, hyssop, coriander, epazote, Mexican sage, prickly pear and Mexican tulip poppy.
In the bottle: Fruit and something else...amber, maybe?
Wet: Kind of like Machu Picchu without the florals, and the fruit is a little less tropical and a little more spicy (prickly pear?). The hyssop and coriander also give it a faint herby background.
Dry: It gets even sweeter and spicier, and ends up really nice. This is kind of what I wanted from either Machu Picchu or Tenochtitlan, so I'm glad I got it from one of them. XD
And really, since I'm half-Mexican isn't this one more appropriate anyway?
Verdict: This is definitely one to put on my "to get eventually" list.
BLACK ROSE
Exquisitely melancholy. The background scent to an ancient exequies. Heavy, dark and floral: a blend of roses, with a touch of amber and musk.
In the bottle: Roses.
Wet: Roses, with a bit of light musk in the background.
Dry: Guess what? Yup, still roses.
Verdict: Nope, not for me. I like roses, but I don't want to smell like one. I kind of knew it wouldn't be, but still, it was a frimp, so not like I paid for it. XD
Fun at the Titty Twister.
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Let's Positive Linking!
- First face transplant recipient doing well. I dunno, I think it would be weird wearing part of someone's face - a little too Texas Chainsaw Massacre for me. Still, diff'rent strokes and all that.
- I wanna go to the Japanese penis festival! It looks fun! :D
- Cthulhu Family Circus. (From
jantalaimon.) Just what Family Circus needed to actually be funny - Lovecraft writing the scripts!- Also, some very disturbing communities
firestorm717 linked to that promptly BROKE MY BRAIN AUGH: hitlerslash, nazifetisch and kinkynakednazis. Not safe for work or if you're allergic to bad Photoshopped pr0n of Hitler and Goebbels gettin' it on.- CNN reports on CNN. What I love is how they've basically written up an ad for their own service as an OMG IMPORTANT NEWS STORY. x_x
- Magazine Covers from the Future. (This and the above one from
angrybabble.) Pretty funny, requires Flash.- Microsoft sued over Xbox 360 glitch. Wow, that was fast. XD
- Sexy Bible calendar to be released. I love the pastor's line about teens committing to the Bible "with their hair and skin." Creepy much?
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Date: 2005-12-06 03:44 am (UTC)...I really don't know what to think of the Nazi pr0n. I stopped when I saw the Hitler/FDR stuff and just ran >_>.
O_O; Bible erotica? I...uh...it reminds me of the X-rated Bible. Eep.
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Date: 2005-12-06 08:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-12-06 01:58 pm (UTC)...okay, not really, it was just some guy's excuse to put softcore pr0n in the Bible probably. But it's very lyrically written sex! :D
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Date: 2005-12-06 01:56 pm (UTC)Though it gives a whole new meaning to the term "appeasement." XD
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Date: 2005-12-06 07:04 am (UTC)I'm half-tempted to join
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Date: 2005-12-06 01:59 pm (UTC)