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Does anyone know how to stop a game mid fight on FFTA? I can save it between fights, but I don’t know how to save and quit during a fight. When I start the game back up, it asks if I want to start from a load point, or return to battle, but I don’t know how to get out of battle to return to it. I’d really like to be able to stop if I absolutely have to, rather than having to either put the GBA down running, or struggling to finish the fight quickly when I have something pressing to do.

If you don’t know, can you ask your friends and family if they know? I got the game, but I didn’t get a manual.

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HALO-THON 2004!

January 2nd 2004! Bring your TV, Bring your XBOX, Bring a copy of HALO and Three Friends!

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I just spent at LEAST 2 hours working on one move in Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. It takes 5 minutes to climb to this wall I need to descend and apparently I don’t have the right timing on wall decents, so I spend 5 minutes at a time, only to die horribly. I’m beginning to fear that I may never finish the game. I’m 93% of the way done, but it’s a rental and I’ have to take it back wednesday. I’m sorry, but I just can’t see myself renting a game for 7% of the story.

Fuck this pisses me off. I think after you attempt something 50 times or more, you should be granted a special advance to move past it.

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It’s been a long, dark day. Even the last three hours of work after lunch (which usually seem to fly by) are dragging a bit. Maybe it’s because we didn’t go to 7/11 today, yeah, that’s probably it. I still had half a soda and half a bag of Cheetoes left from Monday, so I was okay.

I almost bought Final Fantasy Tactics Advance last night. I’m a bad boy for even thinking it, but I have these vacations coming up where I’ll want a game to play. Thanksgiving, I have no idea where we’re going, but I know I’ll want a distraction while we’re there. I always do. I like Heather’s family and all, but only in small, hour long doses. I need an escape. Tactics would be perfect for that. Then we’re going to Christmas in Virginia, and while that’s a much better trip and I can stand my parents for longer periods of time, and they don’t seem to get as grumpy when we take over the TV with a game system, I’d still like to have it with me for the car trip.

Heather suggested that I just put it on my Christmas list, but by the time I’d got it, I’d almost have no need for it anymore.


oh, by the way, I soooo need a sugar daddy, my Christmas list is too big and I have stuff on it my family can’t/won’t buy me.

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OOOooohhhh, My back is aching today. I don’t know why. I don’t have a bad back like some people, but it does ache every now and then. Specifically my lower back, my lumbar area. This new Aeron chair is helping, but every now and then I just need to lay on the floor and half a petite woman walk her tosies up and down it just to pop everything back into place. I just can’t seem to get comfortable today. I’m ready to go home and I can’t find any pressing work to do. I’m thinking I may go home early, maybe around 2 or 3, skipping lunch in the process. I had a big breakfast (coffee, yogurt, oatmeal square – yeah, that’s big for me). Either way, I’m not the happiest camper today. I’m in a good mood, I just can’t get comfortable in my chair.

I’ve been online looking at new body jewelry for my ears. I want to get two matching CBRs (captive bead rings, look it up if you must). One for my lowest lobe piercing and one for my cartilige piercing. My other earring is and will continue to be a diamond stud that PCCloseChristy gave me one of the first times I ever met her. I’ve been thinking of getting a pair of matching cobalt niobium rings. I’m thinking 14g and maybe both the same size, somewhere in the 3/8″ to 1/2″ range, or one of each size so that the match but aren’t identical. My other option lately, in my mind, has been to just go and get a second cartilige piercing just above or below the first (I can’t remember where that mass of cartilige is that he adivsed not piercing through is) and get two idential rings at the top of my ear. that would run me $50 in addition to the price of the rings though so that pretty much makes it a non-option.

Speaking of non-options, I started bemoaning my lack of money for a new tattoo again. Damn I want a second, even a third tattoo, but they’re SO DAMN EXPENSIVE. I really need a body-modding sugar-momma.


…and for my obligatory Temple of Elemental Evil update. I may have to kill off my sorcerer so that I can get a character that can scribe a friggin fireball scroll. Damn this game. If I had something else I was even vaguely interested in, I’d play it until Atari releases their damn patch, but like Vish says, I’m a Junkie Monkey.

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I’m really tired today, it’s cool and drizzly out. corwin75Steve and I agree that it would be the perfect day to have stayed curled up in bed at home. Good thing we both resisted that urge, as we are the only two in the office so far. To be honest, I think it’s more the perfect day to open all the windows in the computer room and play Temple of Elemental Evil. If it came to a little thunder and heavy downpour, it’d be a nice mood for the game.

Speaking of ToEE, I’m excited to hear that Atari is actually going to release a patch for it. Now if they just fix Haste (unlike the player made patch) I’ll be exstatic.


I did Very little this weekend, really laid back and took it easy.

Friday we had movie night. Had a good crowd. I don’t think Hard Boiled was as appreciated as Bad Taste, but everyone seemed to have a good time. I’m not sure what I’m going to watch next week, but Craig did remind me that the original intent was for me to pick a movie that I wanted to watch and just let people know so they could come and watch it if they wanted. That would really releive stress on me if that were the case. I’m just too concerned with the happiness of others I guess. I’m going to think on what I want to watch next week (10/17). After the movie, we played a bit of Heroes, but I think everyone was a bit too tired to fully enjoy it. I was definitely too tired to be courteous and start a new character. I should have done that guys, I’m sorry. It wasn’t fair for me to be that much higher level.

Saturday I intended to stay home all day and play Temple, except for 3:00 when I was going to go to Meghan’s birthday party. Instead, HeatherEJCHeather and I went to Goodwill and shopped around a bit, headed over to Gray and Fancy’s for Meghan’s birthday, and then headed down to Best Buy to get 2 Fast 2 Furious and the Underworld soundtrack. At the exit we noticed that Warehouse Music is going out of business and the enitre store was 20-30% off (I didn’t see a single thing that was actually 30% off). We decided we’d make a quick stop in there and see what they had to offer. Looking at their regular prices on new CDs and DVDs made me realize why they’re going out of business. Who in their right mind is going to pay $20+ for a new CD and $25+ for a new DVD. Sheesh. Even at 20% off, their stuff was more expensive than pretty much any other store (except maybe Virgin Megastore). Their used prices however were much more acceptable. CDs for $10 or less and DVDs for $15 or less, and then 20% off that. I got two DVDs and a CD for $23 and Heather got the same for $21. Like a dumbass, I still went to Best Buy and bought my movie and soundtrack for $30. Now my monthly allowance is half gone before the first week of the month is even over.

Sunday I finally sat down and played ToEE. Spent most of the day playing and then watched Trading Spaces $100,000. Not a bad episode. I don’t think it really needed to be 2 hours long, but hey, it was fun. After that, Heather and I spent some good, quality time alone together. We’ll just leave it at that.


so now it’s Monday and I’m gonna sit back and make everything I can of it.

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LiveJournal Archives – 09/27/2003

This movie night not as good as last, but D&D Heroes very good. It’s late and me no talk good.

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LiveJournal Archives – 09/26/20033

So tonight we’re watching The Emperor’s New Groove. I think after the movie, I’m going to suggest making the next movie night next week and then every other week after that. We really enjoyed having Craig and Laura there and they’re now involved in something that meets every other Friday, on a cycle that presently conflicts with the movie night. By moving it off a week, we’ll be able to have them back again. Also, I think some other people may be able to show up as well. Maybe we can even rope Mike and Keri into showing up, too. Who knows.

I really want to watch Amelie at the next movie night, but people don’t seem to want to read a movie. I’ve also been toying with Six String Samaurai. Then again, maybe we’ll just go with the same method we used this time, rolling the Scatergories die.

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It’s been a long two days.

Monday night I was stupid and didn’t sleep. I haven’t done that in a long time. As you know, I’ve been playing Temple of Elemental Evil (which is the original AD&D T1-4 Module, not the new one as I had originally thought) and I was playing it Monday night, late. I got to a particular fight that I thought with the right strategy I could beat. Unfortunately, 40 tries later, it was 5:00 and I still hadn’t beaten the fight. Sheesh.

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LiveJournal Archives – 09/22/2003

I went to the bathroom and one of the toilets was missing. I mean the whole thing was gone, including the floor and wall around it. What does it say about me when the first thing I think is “I hope they don’t try to take the other one while I’m using it.”