from what it seems, ffxi has filled a void in my life. well not really a void but sleep. it has replaced sleep in my life. i guess that is kind of the opposite of the first sentence. I played in a japanese party for like five or six hours, and it was great... reminded me of everything i liked about the game, the teamwork and strategy involved in battles. even though I couldn't really communicate with anybody in the party, we all knew what we were supposed to do and everybody did their job well. after the white mage left, we still kept going for about an hour as five people and I took over the white mage's job (i'm redmage). you can pull that kind of stuff off at lower levels... gained 3 levels, i had lots of fun.
but now it's almost 5am and I didn't eat anything because I was too busy playing, so I had to scrounge up some shitty food to eat so i don't starve to death in my sleep. how come so much stuff tastes like chicken, but lunchmeat chicken does not taste like chicken. they could at least try. i don't know what it tastes like but it's definitely not chicken. i also ate a handful of cheese puffs and a glass of milk. i'm not gonna let ffxi take over my life, but it might cause me to be tired a lot more.
tomorrow (technically today) i have to get up around 10am and be at kung fu by 11am, cause testing is today and although I won't be testing this time around, my friend is and I will be his partner in the self defense part of the test. so basically i get to get up early and put on some pads and let somebody punch/kick/throw me for a little while. then i get to go home and i'll probably sleep. then i get to work at 4 until close, and then I'll probably play FFXI after I get home and stay up too late and then subsequently not get enough sleep and almost repeat the same thing the next day. Except sunday I have to get up early to go to lion dance practice (colorblind people can click on that and get a cool link explaning what it is if you don't already know). i'm one of the three musicians. i play cymbals. isn't that just awesome. it's harder than you think.
Posted by at January 15, 2005 04:43 AMheh, cool about the Lion dance thingy (and thanks for the heads up on it being a link =PP)
I'm glad you are enjoying FFXI, I was worried you'd quickly hate it again. I've always liked it, but that's b/c i can make anything amusing in my mind, like Nick's face.
Anyways, hope you had fun with the Kung Fu test where you got to get beat up!!!
Posted by: JP at January 15, 2005 05:02 PMcool, i finaly got a party today and hit 42, the game is still sub par to me though. I enjoy the skill of MB and all, but i find it boring when im not playing with my friends, dont even have a LS to talk to people on, maybe joe every know and then. But token did get me into another LS that will be nice. Im not giving up though, the game is still fun, just not as fun as wow with erik and jayjay. we shall see though
Posted by: Nick at January 15, 2005 08:14 PMOnce you get a pearl, you'll be happy again. Sometimes I just get on to talk and stare at the AH. I got really sad when BAP was empty because I was so bored.
Killing later-lvl NMs is fun though cause you have to use a different type of strat. Just watch a god fight sometimes and you'll see. Like Fafnir, uh...it's pretty scary cause throughout the whole battle, 1 screwup can get you and the rest of your party killed...fast.
But...WoW is very fun. I'll give you that. Standing around in an empty Linkshell while looking for a party...is not. That's why I got you guys a new LS. :)
Posted by: Token at January 16, 2005 01:19 AM