Work combined with Otakon prep meant I got almost no writing done this week. I wasn’t prepared at all to get back into the novel and I was distracted by thoughts of, y’know, getting out and seeing friends. So what’s going to happen? I’m going to focus on having fun at Otakon for the foreseeable future, and when I get back, I’m going to make an effort to finish up the draft. I already thought of a way I need to re-write certain scenes to make the story a bit more well-rounded, but it’s going to take some doing. …a lot of doing. I’ll keep you guys updated.
It might be a little out of the blue, but this week I decided that, given everything going more or less smoothly and given that I’m ahead of schedule on the Backlog project, I’m going to try to get back into the swing of writing the second draft of Harvesting Blueberries. It’s been a month since I last touched it, and probably two or three months since I was seriously setting time aside for it. Most of the Otakon preparation is complete (or not able to be handled until the start of next week) and most of the usual daily-drama stuff is on auto-pilot this week, which provides me with the ability and the opportunity. So, we’re going to do that.
The jury is still out on whether or not I’m going to have to get the ‘humpy’ MS Ergo keyboard. I may have to take a trip out at lunch to see about it first.
On a completely unrelated note, Laura Bailey was announced over the weekend to be a guest at Otakon this year. Which presents me with the problem as such: do I want her to autograph a Fruits Basket disc, or do I want her to autograph FMA? Because unless the session conflicts with, say, the JAM Project concert, I’d like to be there.
This evening, my Xbox 360 Gamerscore reached a total of 4000 points. The achievement that brought me to that point was Story Clear (Sakurako) from Senko no Ronde, worth 30 points. Obviously this is ultimately a meaningless milestone, but it is somewhat interesting to note. I still have not yet acquired every achievement in any one game (not even Avatar: The Burning Earth– I couldn’t seem to get the timing right for the last combo achievement).
At 6:24pm, I defeated Bowser, final boss of Super Mario Galaxy on Wii. This is the twenty-first game cleared in 2008. The next game that is queued for completion is Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (DS), followed by Band of Bugs (360) and Jumping Flash! (PS1). Final clear time not available; game was cleared over five months.
If you can see this, then I now have the ability to update this blog from anywhere in the world. Kind of like Metal Gear, but with less nuclear weapons and more geekery.
At 11:28a, I defeated the Cloaked Nightmare, final boss of Kirby’s Adventure on the NES via Virtual Console. This is the twentieth game cleared in 2008. The next game that is queued for completion is Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (DS), followed by Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) and Jumping Flash! (PS1). Clear time unavailable.
So. A few days have passed since I made the jump to the Appleologists’ communication tool of choice, the much-vaunted iPhone 3G. It’s probably not a big surprise that the device has seen almost constant use in that time– heck, I’m using it right now. I want to touch on some of the differences between the iPhone and my previous primary music device, the iPod Touch, and make a few comments on the features of the new device that make it ( a sweet, but ever so slightly sour, experience… » )
Overall, I have to say that I really like the iPhone, though I suppose that’s fairly evident. It’s not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but what it provides works for my purposes, and gets me thinking about other things I could do. I think that the hallmark of a good device isn’t one which just does what you want, but also one that helps you do things you couldn’t feasibly do before. In that regard, the iPhone is perfect for me, because it allows me to expand my horizons a bit more on the spur of the moment. I’m a very spontaneous person when left to my own devices, and if I can avoid having to do hours of prep work before I take a two-hour trip out somewhere, that helps me and gets me out of my shell a bit more. And any experiences I have become fodder for your amusement: expect a lot more livetweeting, random journeys, and other weirdness on this site, folks.
Later this week, on the LJ, I’ll talk a little bit about E3. What I have to say is… unkind.
I have quite a bit to say about the iPhone 3G. To much surprise, not everything is positive. But to little surprise, I’m a bit short on time right now to type it all up. Expect the full TFO-style review at some point this week.
Spoiler: The short answer is that I’m torn between being glad I waited for the 3G version and kicking myself for not getting off of Sprint sooner.
At 5:00p, I destroyed Levi Tolar, final boss of Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation on the Game Boy Advance. This is the nineteenth game cleared in 2008. The next game that is queued for completion is Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (DS), followed by Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) and Jumping Flash! (PS1). Cleared over 15 months.
