So, I got a job at a local call centre, working on a helpline for an insurance company. From when we started on the 22nd to when we finished on the 29th, I had exactly one (1) caller. Who hung up straight away. The rest of the time, I sat there with my headset on, reading magazines and playing Dissidia, Pokemon and Tekken: DR. No wonder they finished us. I quite liked being paid for doing nothing, but to be honest I was relieved when they told us we weren't needed, due to being bored to death. So, I'm unemployed again, but I can take solace in the fact that I finally got my mitts on Tekken 6 on Friday.

My opinions:

~ Azazel? Yeah, you can just go die now. Cheap mofo. I'd prefer a boss like Devil Jin where you can just get stuck in and smack each other around instead of having to hang back and be careful of those damned claw things popping up through the floor. He's more tolerable on Scenario Campaign mode though.

~ Lee's ending is priceless.

~ So is Law's.

~ And Xiaoyu's.

~ Anna and Nina's too.

~ I heart Lars. Think I'll make learning the Alexandersson a top priority, I really quite like this guy.

~ According to Scenario Campaign mode, Hwoarang and Xiao know each other. This is enough info to appease my inner rabid Xiaorang fangirl, who had nothing but speculation to base her pairing on until now.

~ Lars x Alisa is kinda cute, y/y? Or should I lay off the crack?

~ Blah blah why must we be forced to play Campaign mode whineywhinewhinecakes reviewers can kindly go complain elsewhere, because I, for one, have been having a lot of fun making cute little Xiao strafe the vicinity with a gatling gun. Gotta get better items before I reattempt the Nightmare Train level though. Bloody demon thingys.

~ Jin's justification for starting the war? Sorry, but... can't say I'm that impressed, Mr. Kazama.

~ Wish the text wasn't so small, I have a teensy teensy TV and I have trouble reading it. Not that it's THAT much of a problem, and it's not just T6 that has the small text. I need a bigger TV anyway. This just gives me more of an incentive to get one.

All in all, I'm happy with the sixth installment, and am now going to skip off and customise Hwo to look ridiculous like a boyband member.

It's been a while!

To be honest I don't really have a lot to say, which is why it's been so long since I last posted. I've had a birthday, been to a job interview, and almost had a heart attack last week after I came home from the job centre and found the study looking like something out of Silent Hill because the dog decided to chew Luna's tail. She's fine now though, ever since she was a kitten she's had no feeling in her tail, hence her sitting on the windowsill dripping blood everywhere without batting an eyelid when I walked in. Took her to the vets and they took off the part of her tail with no feeling in it, so she's got a little bit of it left. She has to have her stitches out on Monday.

Oh, and I dyed my hair blonde. My mum hates it. I like it much better than the light brown, so it stays.

( On books... )

( On games... )

( On closing Hikari )

And finally, TEKKEN 6 NEEDS TO GET RELEASED RIGHT THE HELL NOW I'M DYING HERE 5 WEEKS IS TOO LONG AJLALJDJLJJAKLDJLKASJ *HAS HISSYFIT*

Nail biting tennis final again this year! I figured Federer would win, but damn, Roddick didn't make it easy for him.

So, I got back from hols on Friday morning, and as if England wanted to rub it in, it rained all day on Friday despite the fact that there'd been a heatwave while I'd been away. Though to be honest, I was grateful for it. I'm not used to constant sunshine and heat, so after two weeks of it, a day of nice cool rain wasn't so bad. But anyway, time for a quick breakdown of holiday stuff.

Very Good:

Gorgeous weather, sea that's actually the colour it's supposed to be instead of a muddy blue like on UK beaches, daily walks next to said sea, jumping through the waterfall into the pool when it got too hot to sunbathe, finding a sports bar just across the road from the resort and getting to watch Wimbledon.

Not Good:

Finding out Nadal pulled out of Wimbledon so I wouldn't be able to sit and STARE at the display of hotness awesome tennis skillz. And then finding out about MJ. :( :( :(

Slightly Exasperating:

Days when there wasn't much breeze and the heat sapped my energy enough that it was an effort to do much of anything. Getting sunburned shoulders on the first day due to washing off the suncream by swimming for too long.

Annoying:

Children, and the children's disco, and children crying in stereo and screaming on the plane journey home and just children in general. It was a family oriented place though, so children were to be expected. That fact didn't make them any less annoying, however.

Also annoying was the occasional 'oh, you're really pale, you'll need to make sure you put lots of suncream on in this weather' from people with lovely tans. Yes, I'm fully aware that if I stood in front of one of the pretty white walled villas in the resort I'd probably blend into it like a chameleon. Yes, I'm aware that the sun tends to burn people with pale skin. Seeing as I've had this skin for 23 years, I do not need to be told what to do in order to keep from turning day-glo pink, thanks very much.

Despite the above complaining though, I really enjoyed it. I'll have to share some pictures here when I get copies. :)

Nothing else to report on really, apart from the fact that my exam results were supposed to come in today, but now I have to wait til Thursday. RRRRR. Fuck you, uni.

I'm on my hols now! So far it's been lovely sunny weather, and my shoulders are a lovely red colour... ^^; But that aside, am having a wonderful time of it, and I will be for another 11 days. Ahh, I think I needed a bit of a chillax. Anyway, hope everyone's doing ok, gotta go cos my credit's running out!

*points at subject*

Trufax.

I've been adding doujinshi pics to Spun Sugar (my Tifa minisite), hence the thumbnail-making. It's either just my eyes, or with this new version of Photoshop, the 'save for web' option washes out colours something fierce. The reason I posted such boringness? I've just changed the layout for the minisite, and it looks fine on my screen, but I'm not sure if the text on the header is readable for other screens. So please could you guys check it out if you have a moment and comment to let me know?

Link: http://keep-tryin.net/tifa/index.html

Oh, and the new Placebo album is FANTASTIC. ALL THE TRACKS ARE GREAT. EVEN THE BONUS ONES. LIFE IS GOOD.

Sooooooo...

I'm in the annoying limbo bit between the end of exams and the results date at the moment. Until the sixth of July, I won't know whether I have to retake any other modules in September, or whether it'll just be the one. Yeah, I can't graduate because I have a complete cock of a tutor who has utterly ignored my attempts to contact him with regards to my project, and there is no possible way I can pass that module now! :D :D :D

Awesome!

Ok, bitterness aside, I have one big thing I'm really looking forward to, which is my holiday in two weeks. Ah, only fourteen days or so before I'm either in the pool or lounging next to it in my 'kini and pink sunglasses blinding everyone with my complete lack of tan and reading The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, or A Wild Sheep Chase, or Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Or maybe I'll buy something new to read. I can't wait to get away for a while.

It means that my puppy will have to survive without me for a fortnight though! He'll be staying with Anthony while I'm gone. I don't think I've mentioned the pup here, but he's the most gorgeous thing ever. His name's Monty, and I got him about three weeks ago. Here's a pic of him. Rufus isn't impressed with him, but I'm sure he'll get used to him eventually.

What else? It's hard to write an entry when you've been doing absolutely nothing since the last one...

Watched Terminator 2 at Ant's house today. I haven't watched it in ages. Ohhh, I forgot how much I enjoyed that film. The chase scene with John on the crappy little nin-nin bike and the Terminator on the Harley (and the awesome way he reloads his shotgun) and the T1000 in the huge truck. The bit when the Terminator steps out of the lift and scares Sarah to death, then throws people around for a bit, and then the T1000 morphs himself through the barred gate and showcases the usefulness of having liquid metal powers. THE MINIGUN SCENE AT THE CYBERDYNE BUILDING. ESPECIALLY THE MINIGUN SCENE AT THE CYBERDYNE BUILDING.

I'm gonna catch the first film on Friday night, in all its eighties glory. There aren't many films that I try to watch whenever they're repeated on tv, but Terminator and T2 get that honour, heh. Along with the Die Hard trilogy (especially if it's the first one and it's on at Christmas) and The Rock. I guess having an action film loving older brother kinda got me addicted to 'splosions at a young age.

OH AND NEW PLACEBO ALBUM ON MONDAY. MUST BUY EEEEET AT SOME POINT.

I broke the screen on my Macbook. :( :( :(

Luckily though, my dad took pity on me and said I could have his Macbook Pro as long as I bought a new battery for it since the old one wouldn't hold any charge. So there ya go, there's always a silver lining!

...Oh yeah, if koibito take two is actually in Case of Lifestream, then well played, Nojima. However, the whole 'we win' thing? Um... no. Not to harsh anyone's squee, but I know that koibito can be translated as 'beloved' as well as 'lover' or 'sweetheart' or whatever, and to be honest I can more easily believe 'Cloud was the woman's friend, beloved' than 'Cloud was the woman's friend, lover' since there's nothing in FFVII to suggest Aerith and Cloud's relationship ever got as far as that.

EDIT: Yep, I was actually right for once! *buffs fingernails*

Also, I got a hold of a copy of the Ultimate Megadrive Collection. It's like crack. And I am now going to shoot up.

I think this is the first time in my whole life that I've started crying in relief. Just found out that the research project I thought was due on Friday is not due until May 1st. I'm not even joking, I actually cried. I was so sure I'd have to submit an extension request and that even with the maximum extension (ten days) I probably wouldn't be able to get it done.

So as far as the final semester goes, my dissertation first draft is complete, Shakespeare essay was handed in on time, Shakespeare exam isn't until May, AND NEITHER IS MY RESEARCH PROJECT. OH CHRIST I AM SO DAMNED HAPPY RIGHT NOW.

Ah, I forgot how much I liked Final Fantasy Pray. It's so relaxing. And Wanderer of Time is gorgeous. I've always loved Terra's theme. Might get Love Will Grow too, but I preferred the tracks on Pray if I remember right.

I need escapism, so I forced myself to play FFXII, at least to meet Balthier, and I'm so glad I did. The leading man's awesomeness is worth putting up with Vaan's odd looking abdomen and annoying voice. There's Basch, too, who is also mmm, but Balthier is the most mmm worthy. Not really liking the guest-joins-your-party thing, because no, GTFO, I'm not good with guests and I don't want you kthx. Unless you have hi-potions, in which case I suppose you can tag along. And the battle system... eh. But still, Balthier!

Real life isn't great at the moment, hence the escapism. My father's chronic depression is making him impossible to live with. I had a headache the other day and I actually made sure to put the paracetamol away because I was worried that if he saw them he might try and take an overdose or something since he's mentioned on more than one occasion that he doesn't want to live anymore. As a result, I can't really focus, so writing my dissertation is like getting blood out of a stone, and I have an essay on A Midsummer Night's Dream due on Friday which I haven't even started yet.

I'll get it done, I'm sure. I'm not gonna give up this close to the end! Uni's almost finished, I have a holiday to look forward to, and after that I have to look for a job again and start being an adult. The quicker I can get these last assignments done, the better.

I finished Crisis Core.

:( :( :( :( :(

The very very last battle where Zack was so injured he could hardly even walk towards the soldiers? I couldn't see the PSP screen properly.

And then the "Hey. Would you say I became a hero?"

T_T