Current Ramblings
Thursday, January 20, 2005
Need...Stimulation...
Being snowed in is making me feel restless tonight, Blog, so I'm gonna talk to you for a bit.
It's not even like there's all that much snow. Back in Houghton, a day like today would still have likely ended in a trip to Marquette. But here in Columbus apparently the idea of this thing called a "snowplow" is still foreign to them. It's like they have just enough to keep the major freeways sorta almost clear and that's it. So while it wouldn't be completely impossible to get to, say, Wal-Mart tonight to look for my other two sweet little Energon Aerialbots, I'd really rather not risk it for something that will likely not even be there. Risking your life for toys is one thing, risking your life to come home empty-handed is quite another.
I got a really awesome new coat on a really good pre-clearance sort of sale at Kohl's the other night, plus I had a gift card that covered it. I just wanted to mention that, because I like it a lot, plus I've gotten immediate use out of it.
School is going pretty well. I got 100% on my last algebra quiz, and I feel really confident about the exam I took earlier tonight. I'm realizing now that the actual test questions are always easier than the homework, because by only giving you a couple questions on each topic they don't get bored and start throwing in weird shit like the textbook. Computer class has now taught me a deep hatred of Word's grammar check, because my conversational writing style is far too much for its tiny applet brain to accept. I'm sure it's wonderful if you're not the sort of person who could teach a grammar class. I also think my teacher is coming to terms with the idea that most of us already know at least the basics and he doesn't have to do things like start the class by reviewing how to create a new file folder.
I've started reading a new manga series that I'm really enjoying so far. It's called Tsubasa, and it's sorta like Marvel's Exiles. Or, well, Sliders, for that matter. It takes a lot of characters from previous CLAMP projects and shows them in other universes and settings, starting with the cast of Cardcaptor Sakura and touching on Chobits, X, Magic Knight Rayearth, and the also-current XXXHolic just in the first book. I've found myself with pitifully small pulls on comic day now that Dreamwave's gone, so I've started spending that money on manga. I'd rather give it to CLAMP than Dreamwave anyway.
Now that I've started up Pokemon Box I'm feeling compelled to move ahead and put together my Super Ultimate Final Team, by which I mean the team I'll be taking to fight the second round with the Elite Four in LeafGreen. I'm thinking I want Jirachi in there, but I'm not sure who else. I'd like to know if storing them in Box and then putting them into your other cartridge will change their level of attachment, because I've read some other trade-based changes (specifically evolutions) don't occur with Box. I don't want to send my Blaziken over to LeafGreen, for instance, if it'll make it not like my Sapphire trainer anymore, but I do have a Torchic I already bred that I can level up and use if I need to. I'll have to research that. I'll probably just level up some of my best Pokemon and then compare the stats between ones with the same types.
I've been meaning for a while now to just give a quick shout-out to people who have e-mailed me in regard to my blog who are not people I otherwise know. It's always surprising to me when people outside my own little circle come across this, because I rarely write it for any sort of large audience. I can only hope they're still reading it and I haven't bored them to death yet. It's really a lot of what convinced me to work on making the blog the focus of the main page of my site, though that's still being worked on. I don't mean to be snotty in not replying to e-mails, I'm just horrible at actually doing it when it requires more than a quick answer to a question.
And I think you're all quite ready for me to shut up now.
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