Showing posts with label FF7. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FF7. Show all posts

Monday

Tifa Hate, The Kanji for Outside (I just like how it looks pfffht) & The lovely inventor Flint

0712.10

Baaaah. It's been kind of blah today.
My saddness from last week is probably coming back to haunt me.

I keep telling myself it's summer and I can basically do anything I want... but then I think too far ahead to college, get worried, and petrify myself... It's also really hot, which doesn't help.

I found a handy button in FF7. The "select" button highlights all the "usable" objects in the room, like stairs and visible items. Although it does not show "hidden" items or "puzzles." For instance, when I had to move some trains around, it didn't mark then when I pressed "Select." It was part of passing the area though. If they highlighted everything for you, it'd be too easy, but at least it helps with having to deal with not-so-clear graphics.

I also found out I sort of cheated myself on Cloud's Dress part - there's a lot more things you can go through in order to get Corneo /TO/ pick Cloud for the night. I only got the dress and wig, but there's cologne, make-up, and a tiara you can get. Whoops. Missed that BL opportunity.
Although... Corneo is super ugly and disgusting.

I have to say I also miss when save points would restore your whole party to full health...

So without going through the story, today I had to fight Reno, and Tifa kept dying. I swear, I think having Tifa and Barret in my party just serves to highlight how much better Cloud is than them. Cloud has the most MP and attack power out of both of them right now. Heck, I kind of wish Tifa could stay KO'd and Barret would stay with Marlene (his daughter) and fuss over her.

DERP.


Oh and Aeris gets stolen.
She's the direct decedent of an ancient. Good for her.

I watched Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs today, which was a movie that had originally come out on my Birthday. Flint (the main character) is very lovable. HE WAS ADORABLE AS A KID. I became very attached to him, and at the end of the movie, my eyes started stinging with tears. I could really relate to Flint, and his situation. His dad too - that really got me.
It was pretty cool to find out that Baby (lawl) Brent was voiced by Andy Samberg and the black cop man was voiced by Mr. T. (And Will Forte had his voice in the movie too! It was like a mini-SNL party) They really did an awesome job. I was surprised at some parts with the stereotypes and when they "pied" Mount Rushmore. But hey, I laughed. America can make fun of itself.

Next?

Btw, まさか means "by no means, never." I have wondered this forever.

5 Kanji Corner ------------------------------------------------------
***DISCLAIMER:: I AM NOT AN EXPERT.
I AM 3 & 1/2 YEARS BOOK TAUGHT.
THIS IS FOR MY OWN REVIEW, BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE.

(((    ))) 
Early, quick (but /not/ in the sense of "A car is fast.")
ソウ・はや(い)
Impatient: きばや(気早)
Early, all in good time: はやばや(早々)

(((  )))  
Heavy
ジュウ・おも(い)
Weight: おもさ(重)
One layer: ひとえ(一重)
Emphasis: おもみ(重味)
 
(((  ))) 
To enter 
ニュウ・はい(る)・い(る)
To be hospitalized: にゅういんする(入院する)
Repairs, maintenance: ていれ(手入れ)
To gaze at: みいる(見入る)

(((  ))) 
Warm
ダン・あたた(かい)
Warmth: おんだん(温暖)

(((   )))
Outside, other
ガイ・そと・ほか・はず(す)
Surprising, unexpected: いがい(意外)
Foreign country: がいこく(外国)


A Dose of Boy Love ------------------------------------------------------

Today - Touch Blue!
I actually managed to find this manga at Book Off in Japan. :]
Of course, I had read it online before that, but now I have the original!




Gif TIEM! ------------------------------------------------------

Flint is so amazing.

(Feel free to save them to your computer :D
No hot-linking please!
It will crash my photobucket account.)
((Yes, I made these myself by recording video and then using an animation program to convert them to gifs.
I do not own the people, characters, or shows. Rights go to Sony Pictures and Cloudy w/ a Chance of Meatballs))








( ゚▽゚)
-ハムウ

Sunday

According to Aeris Cloud likes wearing dresses, the Kanji for Woman, and PUNCHING PEOPLE.

0711.10

It's been a frustrating, yet eventful day.

First off, I felt like an idiot waiting for a video I need to render. It must have been a 2 hour wait,
then I finally said "that's is. This can't be working." and stopped the rendition. As I suspected, the computer had been doing nothing, although it had claimed "rendering video" for 2 hours. So I restarted, put the file together again, and continued. It's been about an hour, and it's still going, but at least this time it's going, for sure. Don't get me wrong, I love my HD camera, but the resolution is a total butt to deal with.
-sigh-
But summer means no rush, right?

SO THEN I PLAYED FF7! (actually, I was playing while my computer was fake-rendering..)
And I got to the famous part where Cloud has to wear a dress.
I'm actually really surprised that SquareEnix did something like this.. but I guess, this was 13 years ago, when game systems juuust started, and only older people played the games.

Basically, there's this guy called Don Corneo, and you need to get in his house because Tifa has been dragged off there. The master of the estate claims to only like women, so, although Aeris would be allowed inside, Cloud wouldn't be.... If I was a man I'd beg to differ though. I mean, heck... is there a person who /doesn't/ think Cloud Strife is attractive? (Yes. I am going to be expressing my severe love of Cloud in this blog... a lot.)
Anyways, this guy Don Corneo is like... how do I put this... a perverted old man? Guess why he forced Tifa into his command. Guess.
Every night he chooses one of three girls to ... spend it with. Aha.. ha.

Aeris is actually the one who suggests Cloud wear a dress. (WHO IS THIS GIRL? First she's like, "hehehe... BE BY BOYFRIEND." and then seconds later.. "OH YOU'D BE CUTE IN A DRESS. -I TOTALLY LIKE GUYS IN DRESSES-" ... NO.) In order to get a guy to make a dress for Cloud she lies and says, "He's always wanted to wear a dress, you know?" I laughed, but cried at the same time.
So Cloud goes along with Aeris into Corneo's mansion and they find Tifa. They decide they'll act as the 3 "girls" who Corneo has to choose between. I seriously thought Corneo would choose Cloud. I would have loved SquareEnix for this. But no - it was Tifa. Instead, Cloud gets with one of Corneo's men, who then takes him to all his friends, and they chase after Cloud like... well, woman-starved zombies? Seriously. They have their arms reaching out and everything.
Entertaining. Entertaining.

It made me sad though today, to realize that I can't re-play FF10 or Kingdom Hearts over the summer... My brother has our PS2 in his apartment.. because for some reason he just reeeally wanted one, when he could have stayed at home - free of charge. I'm going to have to make him buy the slim PS2 soon.

I also decided to try my hand at Eternal Sonata again, today. I've been stuck at the same place for about a year now... (pathetic, I know. Reminds me of the time I was stuck fighting Riku in KH1. ANNOYING.) COUNT WALTZ IS AMAZINGLY CUTE, BUT DEAR GOD -
He has his stupid dragon and then gets 2 turns right after one another.
I use Allegretto, Beat, and Frederick (HEALZ PLZ), but it's not working. I can't use Polka cause she DIIIEEES. But.. maybe if I spend 3 hours leveling, it will help? I just think Waltz is over-powered. He can take a character down in just one turn, then I have to scramble to revive, and heal. I reeeally wish there was an item that revived and healed to max hp.... like Max Revive. Oh Pokemon... hack into Eternal Sonata and bless it.



So other than that....
I have a sweet tooth right now...?


5 Kanji Corner ------------------------------------------------------
***DISCLAIMER:: I AM NOT AN EXPERT.
I AM 3 & 1/2 YEARS BOOK TAUGHT.
THIS IS FOR MY OWN REVIEW, BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE.

(((    ))) 
To say, speech, word
ゲン・い(う)
Language: げんご(言語)
Prediction, promise: よげん(予言)
Silence: むごん(無言)

((( 調 )))  
Investigate
チョウ・しら(べる)・ととの(う)・ととの(える)
Tune, tone: ちょうし(調子)
Harmony: ちょうわ(調和)
 
(((  ))) 
Group, sect 
パ・ハ
Belonging to no faction: むは(無派)
Gaudy: はで(派手)
Splendid, grand: りっぱ(立派)

(((  ))) 
To reach, arrive, attain
タチ・ダチ・タツ
Expert: たつじん(達人)
Friend: ともだち(友達)

(((   )))
Woman, female
ジョ・おんな・め
Woman: おんなのひと(女の人)
Girl: じょし(女子)
Young lady: おとめ(乙女) (Also the kanji used for "Otome Games," WHICH I LOVE!)


A Dose of Boy Love ------------------------------------------------------

Double Cast, by Mamahara Ellie!
It's a different art style,
but I love the mangaka. <333>




Gif TIEM! ------------------------------------------------------

After I watched People Getting Punched Before they Eat,
I admit -
I was afraid of eating.

DARN YOU ANDY SAMBERG.

(Feel free to save them to your computer :D
No hot-linking please!
It will crash my photobucket account.)
((Yes, I made these myself by recording video and then using an animation program to convert them to gifs.
I do not own the people, characters, or shows. Rights go to SNL and Tracy Morgan))










( ゚▽゚)
-ハムウ

Saturday

Cloud's Eyes, The Kanji for "Evening" & Jonas lawlz

0710.10

Hello again, everyone. :]
I've decided I'm going to make this an all-encompassing blog.
So that means it's just going to be about everything - not just TM.
I think it would be cool if I could keep up with this blog in college just so I have a place to put my thoughts. I've had a paper diary for awhile, but it's hard to write in sometimes, because I can think a heck of a lot faster than I can write,
but typing is a little more up to speed.

I downloaded FF7 on my PS3 two days ago. So far it's interesting,
but I feel like I'm going backwards (... maybe because I am).
I've heard so much about FF7 over the years (after all it's been 13...)
and I've seen Advent Children (which is definitely making more sense to me now).
Only now am I piecing it all together.
& I finally found out why Cloud has such spectacular eyes -
Mako.
I didn't know what that was until now. But I get it.
Although it's kind of bad Cloud was exposed to Mako,
if it makes his eyes pretty, then HECK YEAH.
It actually kind of reminds me of lithium in Dragon Age Origins - on first impression -
Of course, I still don't know much about the story.
I'm only at the part right after Cloud meets Aeris in the church and Reno shows up with the turks (I finally know who the turks are too. I gain a knowledge level for that).
((By the way, everytime I play FF7 on the TV it feels like I'm playing it on my DS instead. The graphics are at a DS level anyways. Actually.. a little below that. Oh dear.))

The default controls really messed me up though. "X" was used to run, and was the "back button" while"O" was the affirmative button, like how "X" is normally.
I was a little irritated at the game for being set up that way, but I figured out how to change the settings today and switched the two buttons back to normal. Or... what I consider to be normal.

Which.. back to Aeris.
She seems like she might be a sort of an okay character, but I still don't like her. Seconds after Cloud introduced himself she was already trying to get a date with him. I don't think she deserves Cloud. Because I'm possessive. After all I do have 5 figurines of him and a wallscroll of his face in my room (they are wonderful things...)... But maybe it's also because I just can't see Cloud belonging to /anyone/.

As for my impressions of the characters...
Barret is really too angry and defensive...
although Square Enix does crack me up with its use of "@!*#$!" whenever Barret is going to drop the f-bomb. I haven't seen that move since comic books.
Tifa is just... no change in how I view her. Still hate her. She's all "OMG CLOUD.. OMG HOW ARE YOU? WHAT'S WRONG?" Seriously, I'm voting that Cloud have zero love interests, because I'm not seeing any good ones.

Now on to other things...
I finally got my AP scores in the mail today.
I managed to get 1 point above what I wanted & needed on both my exams -
A 4 on both AP Japanese and AP Calculus AB!!! (Yes, this deserves 3 exclamations. It's srs bsns.)
I was very pleased, since now I don't have to take math in college,
and I can official start from Intermediate Japanese, instead of Beginner.

I also have to apologize for not having many gifs today...
I was trying to find a file I had downloaded with Noctis and Stella talking - and their voices.
I can find the /video/ everywhere, but I can't find the video where they actually have their Japanese voices. I miss that file so much. I probably deleted it when I was hastily organizing files. Ahhh...

Onward.

5 Kanji Corner ------------------------------------------------------
***DISCLAIMER:: I AM NOT AN EXPERT.
I AM 3 & 1/2 YEARS BOOK TAUGHT.
THIS IS FOR MY OWN REVIEW, BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE.

(((   ))) 
New
シン・あたらし(い)
New: あたらしい(新しい)
Newspaper: しんぶん(新聞)
An old, but unused thing: しんこ(新古)
Reform, remodeling, complete change: いっしん(一新)

(((  )))  
Evening
バン
Evening: ばん(晩)
 
(((  ))) 
Road, way 
ドウ・みち
Tea Ceremony: さどう(茶道)
Honest, straightforward: じみち(地道)
Reason, truth: どうり(道理)

(((  ))) 
To go
アン・ギョウ・コウ・い(き)・い(く)・おこな(う)
Bank: ぎんこう(銀行)
Fashion, fad: はやり(流行り)
Walk: ほこう(歩行)
Descending: かこう(下行)

(((  )))
(Oh wow, just yesterday Hamhamkun on TM told me this kanji was in his name,
And I happened to pull it from my huge stack! o-o) 
Amoung, between, within, home
ダイ・ナイ・うち
Shyness: うちき(内気)
Wife: かない(家内)

A Dose of Boy Love ------------------------------------------------------

Probably my most favorite guys of all time -
Kodaka and Yasaka.
Wonderful.
It completey makes sense how they become models.
I mean /look at them/.
It's like a party in my eyes.




Gif TIEM! ------------------------------------------------------

For you.

(Feel free to save them to your computer :D
No hot-linking please!
It will crash my photobucket account.)
((Yes, I made these myself by recording video and then using an animation program to convert them to gifs.
I do not own the people, characters, or shows. Rights go to SNL, Dwayne Johnson, The Jonas Brothers (who are actually surprisingly funny... Check out "Cherub Bootcamp from Night at the Museum 2), & Comedy Central's Adam Ferrara))









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