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My poster! Isn't it AWESOME?!

Alright! Update time.


So what have I been up to...hmm.


Well, last Wednesday was the American Idol season finale. Kris won!!! I was so happy! I didn't like Adam at all in the end. Probably because they pimped him so much, and I always reject that. I also didn't think he was that amazing since I go to the theater all the time, and I see people just like him or BETTER than him. He's not that different. Really. I also think he'll lose some of his fanbase after he's recorded. Adam was all flashy performances and screaming. Once you take away the visual he won't seem that great. Not that I hate him, or anything. I think they both have great futures ahead of them. Not that I regret voting for Kris for 4 hours. :D


It was also my birthday on Wednesday. I'm now 17. Ick. Okay, it's not that bad. I'm now the same age as a lot of my favorite characters. Lloyd from Symphonia, Luke from Abyss, Jas from Kitty series, Tamaki from Ouran....17 must be an ideal age for writers. XD Not quite an adult, but old enough to make their own decisions.


My birthday was fun. We went out to dinner (my grandpa came along and picked on me), and I got a new TV for my room. It looks HUGE. I have a small room, and now I have a 22" flat screen. How epic is THAT? Gaming will be even more awesome now. Plus my amazing online friend's always make me feel really special. I love them to pieces. The friend's I actually know in person are pretty spiffy too. ;D


So on Sunday my friend and I finished watching Gungrave. Wow. Just wow. The ending was....great. Not at all what I expected, but great nonetheless. This series was very...morbid. There was very little happy moments, and even when there were, you knew it was going to come to a halting stop at any moment. You're kind of on the edge of your seat the entire time. I almost started crying at the end. I was really close. They really painted a great image of how the syndicate can work, and like Death Note, the deterioration of Harry as his hunger for power grew. I generally avoid sad series (and VIOLENT), but I'm really glad I watched Gungrave. The one thing about this anime however, is that you can definitely tell it was based off a video game. I don't consider that a bad thing, but (especially during the Lee fight) it was a tad over the top. I mean Bob turns into this giant thing that looks like a turnip. I was half hysterical during the Lee fight because of the way he was SCREAMING. It shouldn't of been funny, but it WAS. I was really happy with the Bunji vs. Grave fight at the end. Very in character.


So now that we finished Gungrave we have now started watching Cowboy Bebop, and then after that I'm making her watch the Tales of the Abyss anime with me. Speaking of which. I've watched up to episode 9 so far. I'm very very happy with the anime. They're sticking to the game, and it's really enjoyable. I'm glad I've reached the point where Luke decided he wanted to change. It was hard to watch him being such a jerk again. He makes it so hard to like him in the beginning.


Alright, so I wanted to save this for last since I'm so HAPPY, and I would of put it in the last post but I wanted to put a picture of it up so I waited. Last Thursday my mom and I get home from the grocery store, and there was a message on the phone. She comes back and plays a message from EPAC saying that I won the Altar Boyz raffle I entered. I SCREAMED. Friday we went and I got a poster that all the boyz signed. I couldn't believe it! I'm going to hang it up on my door since I don't really have space anywhere else. I'd hang it on my ceiling but it's on a wood board. Not that I mind. It means that if I ever want to move it I don't have to worry about it tearing.


EEEEK, how awesome is THAT!?


Alright, I think that's everything. I downloaded World of Goo for my birthday and for such a ridiculous sounding name the game is a lot of fun. I might go play that for awhile. Or draw...drawing is good.



Till next time!

P.S. Don't ask me why there's a huge white gap at the end of the post. I have no idea.

Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World--FINISHED!

Eeeep, I've been busy the past couple days! I'm in an extremely good mood today! I think it's because the sun has finally been out, and it seems like it's here to stay for awhile. (Now it will rain tomorrow)

I finally finally finished "Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World". I think I finished it on Sunday. I was severely disappointed with the ending. I'm a huge fan of the "Tales of ..." games habit of giving a bitter sweet ending. You're happy, and sad, and sometimes a little confused, so you have to think about it and (especially with Abyss) kind of come up with your own theories on what happened. The ending was cute, and it was nice for the characters to be happy, but it was just a tad too cheesy for my taste. I'm not putting any spoilers up this post. I might do another entry where I go into detail and elaborate, but I'll leave this one safe for anyone to read. Right now, I'm just going to stick up some of my opinions on the game in general--

The good--

+The battle system is fun and pretty easy to learn (If you've played other Tales games, it's the same as those)

+Story is good enough to keep you interested

+The new characters are pretty entertaining, especially the villains

+Graphics are good, a little choppy at parts, but overall enjoyable

+Z skits are FINALLY recorded, instead of having to read them

+Lots of monsters to choose from and level up for your party

The Bad--

+Some of the voice actors were just plain annoying. If fans of Symphonia pick this up it will be a hard to get used to some of the new voices

+You can only level up Emil and Marta. The other characters level up automatically, and you can't change their weapons

+Took away the ability to skip through cut scenes.

+Short. You'll be lucky to get 40 hours of gameplay.

+Flashbacks to things that happened 5 minutes before.

Really, this game was made for the fans of the first "Tales of Symphonia". If someone new to the Tales franchise picked this game up they probably wouldn't bother to get another one. Overall I'd give the game 7.0 on a scale of 10. Just because I know the Tales games are a lot better than this. So I would tell fans of the first game that it's worth playing just to see our beloved characters again. If you've never played Symphonia, or a Tales game for that matter, I'd tell you to go pick up Abyss, or Symphonia. Both are much more worth the money, even though they're harder to find now that they're a couple years old.

I started this post on Friday, and I'm only posting it up now on Monday, so it's going to be a little shorter. I'll do a post a little later today, with more stuff I've been doing so that I don't confuse myself. Mostly I just wanted to talk about "Dawn of the New World" in this post, so it's all good. =)

And remember kiddies, courage is the magic that brings dreams to real-*bricked*

Later~!

Books, books, and more BOOKS!

Since I already used Lord of Misrule's cover, I'm using Midnight Alley since it was one of my favorites.

Helloo~. It's been awhile, well a week. Which is awhile in my book, and I'm back with a new update. So lets get to it!

Today I was concentrating on finishing up some stuff I've started. I originally planned to finish "Dawn of the New World," but I didn't get to that yet. I might to that later tonight, or tomorrow. I did however, sit down and finish Itazura Na Kiss.

The last two episodes were really cute. I'm not sure if I like their kid very much. XD She's a little brat. The entire series was cute. I probably won't bother to rewatch it, but it was enjoyable. Even though I never accepted how rude Irie was to Kotoko. Even though Kotoko could be extremely annoying most of the time.

Now I can concentrate more on Tales of the Abyss (the anime). I also watched a few more episodes of Gungrave with my friend. Wow. Just wow. The character development in Gungrave is so awesome, and the fight scenes are LOVE. This is about as violent as I can get in a series, anymore gore and I wouldn't be able to watch. Really, though, I don't know why more people haven't watched this series. It's great. After we finish Gungrave we plan on watching Cowboy Bebop together. I'm excited!

I also finished reading "Lord of Misrule" today. After I got by those few chapters that I was feeling bored with, I rediscovered why I love these books. I really enjoy the element that vampires ARE evil in these books. They aren't out to be your best friend, and they generally look at humans as property and food. Along with my favorite character, Myrnin, a vampire who is slowly going insane, (and isn't that far from it) and wasn't that normal to begin with. In the excerpt of the next book (Carpe Corpus) Myrnin is walking around in what she described as "Good will looking pants, with a long open jacket, flip flops, and a couple strands of Mardi Gras beads." That is just epic win. I love that character so much. He constantly betrays the heroes, yet somehow manages to keep Claire's (the heroine of the books) trust even when he openly tells her he's going to break it.

So yeah, "Lord of Misrule" was really cool. I still think my favorite will either be "Midnight Alley," which I believe is the one where Myrnin is introduced, and when Claire sells herself to Amelie and starts making her own decisions, or "Feast of Fools," where Myrnin is up to crazy shenanigans again.

Oh, and now I downloaded "City of Ashes," by Cassandra Clare. I read "City of Bones," back in June so I can't remember too much about the book. I just remember how much I hated the ending. The story was really good, though, and now that "City of Ashes" is on the kindle I downloaded it. Since "Carpe Corpus," doesn't come out to June 2nd this should hold me over till then.

Still reading "Lean Mean Thirteen," even though my mom keeps putting off reading more chapters trying to conserve it since she doesn't know what we'll do when we run out of Stephanie! I really want to read more though. She's been with Ranger a lot in this book too. Heeee~.

I've been reading a lot. *__*

That's all for now, lovies~!

Till next time.

EUREKA!

I can't think of a good opening line this time. XD So here I am. Updating after 6 days, which is better than 9. Really. It is.

Last night we went to see Altar Boyz again! It was great, as always. Tonight I might get to go to a benefit they're doing for the Playhouse. They're trying to raise some extra money. I've been begging my mom to go. They're just going to be singing some popular songs and stuff, but I loved the play so much I want to go! There was also talk we might go see the play one last time tonight. O_o That would be CRAZY AWESOME. I've seen a couple plays two times, but never three. My dad acted like he might want to see it. The only problem is that it seems there might be severe thunderstorms tonight so my mom is hesitant to go.

I entered the raffle last night. >> If you win you get a poster signed by all the boys. ROFL. I REALLY WANT IT.

Okay, so, my Nintendo Power came in the mail yesterday and they had info on the new Ace Attorney game. They were calling it "Ace Attorney: Investigations," which in Japan is called Gyakuten Kenji. In other words, Edgeworth's game. The bad news is, they act like it won't be released over here till Winter. Which makes me sad. I was keeping my fingers crossed for a Fall release. The good news is, the game sounds extremely awesome. There's been a lot of changes, and it's not quite what I thought it was going to be, but I'm really looking forward to it. Really.

Okay so, there is literally no court trials in this game. They're focusing solely on gathering the evidence and piecing it together to figure out what happened. I was a little sad when I read this, but the way it sounds there will be plenty of other things to keep you busy. That's not the only thing that changed, instead of being in 1st person perspective when you're looking at crime scenes you will now be guiding Edgeworth with your stylus or control pad. There is going to be a mix of new characters, but also some old ones popping up here and there. The creator refused to say if Phoenix would make a definite appearance or not. Which is killing me. I want Phoenix to be in the game!

Besides all that, in this game there is going to be a new 'mode'. It is called 'logic mode' and while Phoenix had his magatema to unlock the secrets in peoples hearts, (LULZ, that sounds really lame in text. It's badass, I promise you.) and Apollo had his bracelet that made him able to zero in on people's nervous habits, Edgeworth has his logic mode. The Logic mode is going to allow you to piece together the information and evidence you gathered and put it in order so you can figure out what happened. (At least, that's what I gather from the information they gave us. My own logic mode. ;D)

You will not only get to play as Edgeworth, but also as whoever he's partnered with on the case. I know that the first chapter of the first case your partner is our much loved detective from the past Ace Attorney games, Dick Gumshoe. Later a new character comes in, a girl named Kay Faraday. The article called Kay Faraday, a "self-proclaimed thief of truth," and she's the one that has the strange device in the game. So while Edgeworth doesn't have a nifty magatema or bracelet, Kay will make up for that with her machine that will allow you to reconstruct the crime scenes even if its been tampered with, or evidence has been removed.

Cross examinations aren't completely gone. When you're interviewing suspects it will be very much like cross examining witnesses. You can present evidence, and you will have to watch for contradictions of the things you already know. The voice recognition commands (Objection, Hold it, Take that!) will still be in the game, and there will also be an all new one joining the set. "Eureka!" which will be used for Logic mode.

Finally, there will be an all new rival for Edgeworth in this game. Your rival (as the article described) will be an "aggressive but charismatic international police agent, and his lovely but cold assistant". I'm curious to know what his name will be in the game.

Besides all that, the game is set both before, and after "Trials and Tribulations," there will be appearances from miscellaneous characters from throughout the game. Including Wendy Oldbag, the scary security guard that has a huge crush on our wonderful Edgey, and Franziska Von Karma the whip wielding prosecutor whom Edgeworth considers his sister. Maggey Byrd will also make an appearance in this game, and of course, we already know Gumshoe will be around.

All in all, I'm really excited for this game. I miss the vibrant cast of the Ace Attorney games, and can't wait to see them again. I'll be curious to see the personalities of these new characters coming in. Oh, and the character designs!! *swoon*

OBJECTION! TAKE THAT! HOLD IT!

Till next time, lovies!

P.S. The image found on this post was from this wonderful site right here.

Hey, it's May!

Am I really cheesy enough to make my title that? Yes, yes I am.

I really don't have anything to update on. I'm just bored out of my skull and can't think of anything to do. All of my video games hold little appeal to me currently, and the books I've been reading aren't holding my interest either. Besides "Lean Mean Thirteen," of course. Which I'm not allowed to read on my own because my mom and I read them together. Boo. I don't really feel like watching any anime, and thinking about drawing just makes me feel like "meh..". I blame the weather. It's gray and ugly out and that always affects my mood.

I can't remember how I spent the first half of my day yesterday. XD However, I do know that around 4:00 I sat down at my desktop computer and started working on an AMV I started for fun to help get my juices flowing for another AMV that I started in January. Instead of doing it's purpose, I ended up finishing the AMV I started for kicks. I worked on that from 4:00-9:30. Then after celebrating about finishing it, I go to post it up on youtube....to find out that the song I used is copyrighted by WMG and I can't use it. ULTIMATE DISCOURAGEMENT. Ughhh, I don't understand what the big deal is. I paid for the song, and it's not like I'm posting it on a file sharing website. People can only view it on youtube. Unless they have a program that can steal video off sites, but that can happen on any site with any video!

Then today I got up at 11:30 and have been migrating around the house trying to figure out what I want to do. I did play Pokemon Coliseum for an hour and a half. Then I got bored and shut it off. SUN WHY WON'T YOU COME OUT? I HATE BEING LIKE THIS.

And for some reason I was shaky earlier. I'm not sure what that was about. I drank tea and I think it went away. Tea is amazing.

SO, Friday I'm going to go see Altar boyz with my mom and one of her friends. We're going out to dinner before the show too. I'm excited! I'm paying for our tickets this time since Mothers day is coming up. I asked my mom if she wanted to go see the play again, or if she wanted me to take her out to dinner. She chose the play. WOOT!

My one source of entertainment just left. Her phone battery was dieing. NUUUU.

Oh wait, I remember what I did yesterday before AMV making. I cleaned my room. =0 I also sat down to play "ToS: Dawn of the New World," and I died facing stupid Richter THREE TIMES. Do you know how frustrating that is? Especially since I beat him two times before but I had to turn it off the first time to go do something and didn't get a chance to save. Then the second time I was being a smartass and instead of losing to Lloyd, and Marta I killed them and got the crappy ending. That's when I turned the game off to go make an AMV I couldn't post. MY FAIL METER IS ON HIGH CURRENTLY. XD

Pushing Daisies is slightly fascinating. It's so strange, but highly addicting. I'm still undecided about what I think of the show.

I suppose I'll go scurry off in search of something to entertain myself. I feel like I've wasted the weekend.