Current Ramblings
Tuesday, June 08, 2004
Stuff like this is why I like Virgin Mobile. Sure, I still have the same signal issues everybody else has, but no bills or contracts for them to screw up.
I started playing Mega Man Network Transmission today, and it's pretty fun, but I think I might give a stronger recommendation for it to people who had already played one or two of the GBA Battle Network games. With a more RPG-esque battle system the chip system was a pretty neat thing, but combined with a side-scroller it sometimes feels like an unnecessary complication. But I suppose if I didn't want some kind of catch to it I'd be playing Mega Man 8.
It was with great dismay that I learned that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will not be out in paperback in the UK until about a week and a half after we return from our trip. I don't know if I've mentioned it here, but I've been reading the UK versions of the books, for much the same reason one fluent in Spanish might rather read Gabriel Garcia Marquez in his native tongue. Also because I'm a horrible angilophile snob. I've read up to Prisoner of Azkaban, and I was hoping to pick up Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix during my visit to England. As it is, I'm considering my options. I could bite the bullet and just buy Order of the Phoenix in hardcover, leaving my set unmatching or picking up a paperback later. I could put that one off and just buy Goblet of Fire on this trip. Or I could blow roughly $125 on a box set of all five in hardcover. Heck, I don't need to eat. We'll see. My saving has been going pretty well, despite the new tire I had to buy today. No real story there, the other three were replaced last summer after a harrowing week during which I made three trips to Discount Tire Company, one immediately before leaving for OTFCC, and the one that had been spared was badly worn out.
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