Holidays over, back to work, back to work~

[everlastingsoul]

Crap, it's almost 4 AM. 8| That one project took way too long, even with changing the editing scope. It's a good thing that my sleeping schedule sucks! :)

Welcome to herrjustice, terra, whiteadelphi, manlidere, dynast_harmonia, ladynadiad, and marbles_chan from the Luceti friending meme! As you can see, my LJ is very open, so ... there's little benefit in being on my flist! But I appreciate you being here all the same.

Quick intro: I'm Athena, and I'm not my characters. I say this because I have this feeling that I'm somehow intimidating, and that may be because of my characters. I mostly talk about life, RP, video game fandom, and fanfiction.

I've been horrible with my RPing lately, and I totally blame the holidays. There have also been a ton of family events (birthdays, baptism, etc.) keeping me busy, so I haven't been feeling up to RP when I do get time to sit in front of the computer. And then there's work, which I already addressed in the first paragraph of this entry. I need to reply to my logs for Damned most of all, since those have been delayed since before Christmas. Then I need to get Minato positioned so he can pick up his Evoker from Abe before running into Souji.

... ...In other news, I've finished Dragon Quest IV! I've attempted to finish the game on the original NES and at least three times as an NES ROM, but I just kept running into issues -- losing the cartridge, hard drive failure, blah blah blah... It's always been the one Dragon Warrior/Quest game I felt compelled to finish; I think the chapters really made the difference for me. And Torneko Taloon's awesome. I need to finish the extra chapter, and then I can put the game to rest.

I'm in the process of waiting for more doujinshi. EMS shipping is always crazy, but I'm hoping to get everything by ... Tuesday. Yes, that would be nice. Four Suikoden III doujinshi and two Legendia anthologies.

Back to work. Let's see how much I can do before I need sleep.

Comments

[xxkamuixx.livejournal.com]

A couple of years back it would've been school :P, But...wow time sure flies huh Athena?

[whiteadelphi.livejournal.com]

Holidays seemed to kick RP down all over the place, I noticed. Plus RL really truly comes first 8|. And hi! o/

[vilyasage.livejournal.com]

You are so intimidating it burns, Athena. ♥

[herrjustice.livejournal.com]

It's so nice to have that awkward friending business out of the way!

Who needs reasonable sleeping schedules, anyway? :|

[daathic.livejournal.com]

Geez, when you put it that way, Adri... *laughs* It really does fly! Crazy fast, sometimes. >>

[xxkamuixx.livejournal.com]

Yep :) Dragon Quest huh? We haven't spoken in ages. I would've wanted to send you a card too. Maybe next year!

[daathic.livejournal.com]

RL always comes first, yeah. Of course, I'm sure I'm not the only one who appreciates event-event-event-ohgodcan'tbreathe-eveeeent during the holidays. :|;; Welcome, KJ!

[daathic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Dragon Quest! :o I was just reading up on Dragon Quest ... VI. 8|; That was another one I got decently far in (SNES ROM) and wanted to play through. *considers replaying it*

And we haven't. x_x I'll try to comment more. New Year Resolution-like, you know? :P And let's do cards this coming holiday season. I can still remember sending you a birthday gift awhile back. askjfsdf Wow, I can't believe we've lost that much contact.

[daathic.livejournal.com]

A-- aww. Is it the icons, Vil? I CAN CHANGE THEM, I SWEAR.

[xxkamuixx.livejournal.com]

Yea! You sent me those nice RO things :), cool stuff.
I still need to work on DQII D:, I never got to beat it, Because the rom was bugged. I've only ever beaten DQI, And DQ8 xD.

[daathic.livejournal.com]

I've never even tried DQII. Was it any good? Were you playing the original NES? And I've got DQ8, but I got lost interest in the middle of all the fetch quests. "Go find this! Go find that! There is no plot here, but go find this item!":|;;

[xxkamuixx.livejournal.com]

Yea it was pretty good for the original, I beat both the original NES version, And the Remake on the SNES. Really DQ8 got boring for you? Wow...I haven't played that game in years(Since 2006), But I went through it straight forward.

[daathic.livejournal.com]

It really is. :|; I'm one of those people who, if you get on my flist, it's highly unlikely you ever leave (unless you unfriend first).

Pffft. I definitely know why you're up at those hours. :P

[daathic.livejournal.com]

I really liked the way that DQ8 looked and played, and I spent a lot of time just fiddling with the alchemy pot. So I'm actually pretty disappointed that I reached a point where the gameplay kinda slumped for me. I didn't even beat Dhoulmagus. 8|

[herrjustice.livejournal.com]

...what. You mean I'm stuck here? WHY DID NO ONE WARN ME OF THIS. :|;

H-hey. I'm, uh. Totally being productive! Totally.

[daathic.livejournal.com]

Because your name is Trap. :| YOU SHOULD BE USED TO THIS.

Totally. I don't doubt it at all. This is my totally-believe-you face. :|

[herrjustice.livejournal.com]

It's supposed to be the other way around, dammit!

...I should probably work on being more convincing. Or having better excuses. Either way.

[ladynadiad.livejournal.com]

But what is a normal sleeping schedule? I swear, you and me are online far too many similar times.

And you know, it's funny how you lost your copy of Dragon Quest IV too. I actually had the same problem happen to me, loaned it to a friend, her brother stole it to pawn for drugs (no, I'm completely serious, I was pissed) and never could quite finish a ROM version or the DS version yet, Necrosaro kicked my ass, go me for underestimating him because I thought he was easy in the NES version.

And it's your awesomeness that makes you intimidating, not your characters. Come on, I play Yuber. He's far more scary than Albert is!

[daathic.livejournal.com]

Someone has to make the reversal!

Or you could admit you're not productive~ Cute icon, btw.

[daathic.livejournal.com]

Well, I supposedly work a normal 9 to 5 office job, so my sleep schedule should probably reflect that kind of job. Buuut sometimes I'm working until midnight or later. Hahahaha. >_>

Necrosaro/Psaro gave me some trouble; I dislike using my life-restorative items, so I was very annoyed with using my Yggdrasil dew to stay alive. The Fungeon bosses are the only ones who made me really use my Yggdrasil leaves.

Pfft, awesomeness. Unfortunately, I don't see it; all I see are reactions to Albert. :|;

[herrjustice.livejournal.com]

This has never happened before. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

Admit it? Admitting it is never an option! Thanks! Unsurprisingly, it gets a lot of use. |D

[daathic.livejournal.com]

Well, you could always walk away (http://pics.livejournal.com/daathic/pic/0000hwye). :|;

But this is why you're in this difficult position! Oooh, Nimni. I think that's the name. >_>

[herrjustice.livejournal.com]

Oh! Well, I guess I could. You have an image for it and everything! ;_;

But admitting it certainly wouldn't solve my problem! I'd still be unproductive either wa-- darn. D: I think so! Is it bad that I'm playing the game right now and couldn't tell you for sure? Hmm.

[daathic.livejournal.com]

I've got a lot of images. Typical (http://pics.livejournal.com/bright_noble/pic/00007q4h) to not-so-typical (http://pics.livejournal.com/daathic/pic/0000g2xb). :|b

Awww, I love the belated realization. 8) I'm kinda sad that I really don't remember any of the minor characters' names in Tierkreis. You'd think it'd be fairly simple with the amount of ... personality the characters had.

[herrjustice.livejournal.com]

Aww. You really do have an image for every occasion! |D

I sure don't. :| That may be the same reason you don't remember them! But I'm only halfway through the game and haven't even tried most of the characters yet, so. I still have an excuse! Kind of!

[daathic.livejournal.com]

Not every occasion. But I try to diversify! This (http://pics.livejournal.com/daathic/pic/0001qh2w) is what my cat is currently doing to me. :|

Late night procrastination~ That's true. :|; The names weren't exactly normal, though. That could be part of it.

[herrjustice.livejournal.com]

Maybe you just really know how to use them? Though, that... does not look like much fun. :|;;

Well, you can't procrastinate during the day if you're sleeping through it. :( Oh yeah, so many strange names! And way too many similar ones. Or maybe they just seem similar to me 'cause they're strange. |D

[daathic.livejournal.com]

Maybe. XD ...She's a very furry cat. :|;

Ohhh, that's right. So it's only terrible sleeping schedule. I empathize. >_> Yeah, I think it's the strange names that really throw me off. Most of the names from the main series are pretty normal. Though I would get mixed up with Kwanda Rosman and the Kwaba province. ...Maybe I mixed that up right now.

[ladynadiad.livejournal.com]

If only I worked normal hours. 4pm to 1am, that is why I'm so messed up for times I'm on.

I hate using life restorative items too, because those should be saved for special stuff, but well, I kinda missed the Sage's stone somehow and that is what really makes the battle easy.

[herrjustice.livejournal.com]

And she has just made you a furry person. :O

Yes~ You never have to have a good reason for a terrible sleeping schedule, after all! ...oh, good, I wasn't the only one who did that! \o/ Then again, I remember mixing up all the places when I first played the game, so. :|;

[daathic.livejournal.com]

And my poor blanket has been made furrier. Sigh.

There's always things keeping a person up at night! I mean, the only reason you're up at night is either you need more hours to the day or your night is other people's day. ...If that made sense. :|; I couldn't figure out the area controlled by Milich Oppenheimer. French names confound me.

[xxkamuixx.livejournal.com]

Yea...I think I remember what you mean though. I know you had to go through some tedious tasks before facing Dhoulmagus, But after that things got pretty straight then I think things got more interesting from there since we got some revalations about Dhoulmagus.

That alchemy pot was fun :).