So yesterday was baby shower day. It wasn't terrible. Only because I like Melanie, however I have never been around so many people afraid to say penis since she's having a baby boy. However, I spent part of that time being all huffy because of Kevin and QuakeCon because he wants to go and I would rather he didn't. He went last year and knew I hated it then, so I don't know why he thought I'd feel any different now.
After we got back, he tried to talk about it, I didn't want to because there was nothing to talk about because his mind is already made up and I was tired and he was tired. We both ended up falling asleep for about an hour and because sleep makes me feel better, I stopped being huffy for the rest of the day, but it'll be back because I still don't agree with it and won't agree with it. So at like 7, I play WoW for about 40 minutes while he made food and then we watched some TV for the rest of the day and talked about that until I went home at like 1:15AM.
Now all I get to do is study for a test that I'm hoping that I can take tomorrow because my ATI is being retarded, but I have done it, I have the >75% and I printed that I got it, so I should be able to. So, I get to study allllll the GI stuff... well not all, but the latter half. All the pooping issues, infammatory issues, intestinal issues and liver/gallbladder problems. Fun stuff... Not really because I hate studying so very much and somehow manage to get by with studying only the day before the test with a B on every test I take.
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Final Fantasy Update: I'll Make This Real Quick
Oh, I just wanted to throw this out there, I'm working on Final Fantasy still (like a year later, but I've been taking a long break with school). The reason is because I can only play at my boyfriend's house because I don't own a PS3, but since it's coming to PS4 in May, I'll pick back up on it some and get to it.
I did start X-2 to get a break for just level grinding in X and playing Blitzball... Dear me... All that Blitz Ball... It's been going well. I've been using two guides from GameFaqs to get the 100% in one go, which is hard because you just gotta do it all perfect. I read somewhere that it's not really designed to be done all in one go, but I'd rather do it that way for fun and the challenge and I've done it once before so it's not really new to me to do it that way.
However, if you're going to try to do it in one go, have many saves... like I have 7 that I cycle through to help keep track of everything and trust me, it has come in great use to have that many, at least for me.
That's all for today! I hope you're having a fantastic day!
I did start X-2 to get a break for just level grinding in X and playing Blitzball... Dear me... All that Blitz Ball... It's been going well. I've been using two guides from GameFaqs to get the 100% in one go, which is hard because you just gotta do it all perfect. I read somewhere that it's not really designed to be done all in one go, but I'd rather do it that way for fun and the challenge and I've done it once before so it's not really new to me to do it that way.
However, if you're going to try to do it in one go, have many saves... like I have 7 that I cycle through to help keep track of everything and trust me, it has come in great use to have that many, at least for me.
That's all for today! I hope you're having a fantastic day!
Been A Long Time
It's been a while and I know that. Most of my life is school and that's just boring to talk about, ya know? However, I have been wanting to blog more, even if it's just little stuff and I want to do my best to keep is positive.
So let's start this off with yesterday! Yesterday I spent all day with my sweet Kevin. We mostly played minecraft, but that's fine. That's enjoyable and fun and something we can do together that's not just watching TV at his place or playing two completely different games for many hours so that we don't run straight through all of our TV shows.
Oh, but I've been on a role in WoW, so I would have totally been okay if we did that yesterday.
I also have to decide about a baby shower and whether or not to go Saturday, but we'll probably go because Kevin wants to see his brother whether he says so or not.
Today has been class, now waiting to get patient info in about an hour. So I'm sitting on the floor while I wait to type this because it's the only outlet I can find. Bummer, but better than no outlet at all!
When I get home I would love a nap, but I feel like maybe by the time I fall asleep, actually sleep enough to matter, I'll be running out of time to write my little care plan. The life of a nursing student... Really, the life of a nurse in a way because nurses work all the time when they'd rather be getting in a nap or something. Good news is that I don't have to wake up at 5 AM for clinical for the rest of the semester, so even if I don't get done until 11, I can wake up at about 8/8:30 and be good to go.
Also, I've had this new idea for a book that's steampunky, magicy, and sexy in some ways. Vanessa is by far my favorite character I have made and I think it's just because I wrote her as a badass version of my steampunk character that's kinda like a roguey/thief type if thing. Truth be told, when I'm writing it I feel as though I'm the DM of a D&D game but without rolling for what happens to my characters. However, I deeply considered doing that, but without being super familiar with the rules of D&D that's a bit difficult.
I've also been working on losing more weight, because even if I don't actually do it, deep down I want to do a Jill Valentine cosplay. I don't know why, I just kinda do, but I'd like to lose the 10 pounds I've gained since nursing school and another 15 and I think I'll be good to go for that kind of thing. However, not being skilled in any form of sewing or anything kind of impairs me doing it, but that's what learning is for, right? Right! But first... working on them 25 pounds before any kind of cosplay happens. I downloaded the myfitnesspal app to help me keep track of my calories and everything, so I think it'll be a big help to getting me back on track since it's hard to keep up with nowadays because of school, which I can't wait for it to be over.
I got lots of goals, but I think my biggest is getting a book written. I love the story I have with Vanessa, and I should really just sit and get it all out onto paper because that will be the hardest part of any story and I am determined to do it with this one. I have my other one that I love as well, but for me to write it, it involves lots of knowing the lore of my own created world, so it's a bit more effort, but I'll get it all perfected one day. Tabitha will see the light of day once again at some point.
So let's start this off with yesterday! Yesterday I spent all day with my sweet Kevin. We mostly played minecraft, but that's fine. That's enjoyable and fun and something we can do together that's not just watching TV at his place or playing two completely different games for many hours so that we don't run straight through all of our TV shows.
Oh, but I've been on a role in WoW, so I would have totally been okay if we did that yesterday.
I also have to decide about a baby shower and whether or not to go Saturday, but we'll probably go because Kevin wants to see his brother whether he says so or not.
Today has been class, now waiting to get patient info in about an hour. So I'm sitting on the floor while I wait to type this because it's the only outlet I can find. Bummer, but better than no outlet at all!
When I get home I would love a nap, but I feel like maybe by the time I fall asleep, actually sleep enough to matter, I'll be running out of time to write my little care plan. The life of a nursing student... Really, the life of a nurse in a way because nurses work all the time when they'd rather be getting in a nap or something. Good news is that I don't have to wake up at 5 AM for clinical for the rest of the semester, so even if I don't get done until 11, I can wake up at about 8/8:30 and be good to go.
Also, I've had this new idea for a book that's steampunky, magicy, and sexy in some ways. Vanessa is by far my favorite character I have made and I think it's just because I wrote her as a badass version of my steampunk character that's kinda like a roguey/thief type if thing. Truth be told, when I'm writing it I feel as though I'm the DM of a D&D game but without rolling for what happens to my characters. However, I deeply considered doing that, but without being super familiar with the rules of D&D that's a bit difficult.
I've also been working on losing more weight, because even if I don't actually do it, deep down I want to do a Jill Valentine cosplay. I don't know why, I just kinda do, but I'd like to lose the 10 pounds I've gained since nursing school and another 15 and I think I'll be good to go for that kind of thing. However, not being skilled in any form of sewing or anything kind of impairs me doing it, but that's what learning is for, right? Right! But first... working on them 25 pounds before any kind of cosplay happens. I downloaded the myfitnesspal app to help me keep track of my calories and everything, so I think it'll be a big help to getting me back on track since it's hard to keep up with nowadays because of school, which I can't wait for it to be over.
I got lots of goals, but I think my biggest is getting a book written. I love the story I have with Vanessa, and I should really just sit and get it all out onto paper because that will be the hardest part of any story and I am determined to do it with this one. I have my other one that I love as well, but for me to write it, it involves lots of knowing the lore of my own created world, so it's a bit more effort, but I'll get it all perfected one day. Tabitha will see the light of day once again at some point.
Monday, March 31, 2014
How I Met Your Mother Series Finale
So, the series finale of How I Met Your Mother was today. I just watched it. I was disappointed.
Oh, Brittany, why were you disappointed?
Well, the entire season has been more specifically about how Ted finally meets the mother and everyone else meeting her beforehand. Along with this, the season has spent a lot of its time getting people excited and in love with Barney and Robin being married and being together. I love Barney and Robin together, and I know a lot of other people do to. So how come in this finale, did they decide to break them up? Oh, I'll tell you. It's because it was easy... It's easy to fall back on the Ted with Robin thing. Very easy. Why? Because they've done it time and time again. Ted and Robin have had flings countless times in the series. Why not just do it again for the finale?
Except one thing... I hate Ted and Robin together. The only time I've probably liked Robin was when she was with Barney. They just kind of gloss over the fact that "Hey, the mother gets sick and dies! Let's spend a total of a minute to maybe a minute and a half on that!" I mean, there was so much more they could have done with that... What kind of sickness (probably cancer, but still)? How did it effect everyone? What happened to Ted when she finally passed? I would have been happier with a depressing episode of how the mother died after Ted had finally found the love of his life. Instead... I get How Ted Got Robin After The Mother Died.
I would have also been okay if Barney and Robin had gotten back together after their divorce when he had a kid and really changed. I think that he would have been even better for Robin and since Robin can't have kids, perfect for her because she says she doesn't want kids. But come on. She was depressed when she found out, so she obviously wanted kids on some level, and sure... she gets kids with Ted, but... they're teenagers by this point. They're not ever going to view her as mom while Barney's kid still had that chance. Sure, maybe that's not the point, but it would have been better that way.
The entire thing was just a huge disappointment. The entire time I was watching this show, I never once hoped "Ted should get Robin in the end". I really wanted him to just give on her. For real give up on her too, not just say he is.
I just really need to get this out there, because the amount of disappointment I feel is just overwhelming and needs to be vented somewhere.
Oh, Brittany, why were you disappointed?
Well, the entire season has been more specifically about how Ted finally meets the mother and everyone else meeting her beforehand. Along with this, the season has spent a lot of its time getting people excited and in love with Barney and Robin being married and being together. I love Barney and Robin together, and I know a lot of other people do to. So how come in this finale, did they decide to break them up? Oh, I'll tell you. It's because it was easy... It's easy to fall back on the Ted with Robin thing. Very easy. Why? Because they've done it time and time again. Ted and Robin have had flings countless times in the series. Why not just do it again for the finale?
Except one thing... I hate Ted and Robin together. The only time I've probably liked Robin was when she was with Barney. They just kind of gloss over the fact that "Hey, the mother gets sick and dies! Let's spend a total of a minute to maybe a minute and a half on that!" I mean, there was so much more they could have done with that... What kind of sickness (probably cancer, but still)? How did it effect everyone? What happened to Ted when she finally passed? I would have been happier with a depressing episode of how the mother died after Ted had finally found the love of his life. Instead... I get How Ted Got Robin After The Mother Died.
I would have also been okay if Barney and Robin had gotten back together after their divorce when he had a kid and really changed. I think that he would have been even better for Robin and since Robin can't have kids, perfect for her because she says she doesn't want kids. But come on. She was depressed when she found out, so she obviously wanted kids on some level, and sure... she gets kids with Ted, but... they're teenagers by this point. They're not ever going to view her as mom while Barney's kid still had that chance. Sure, maybe that's not the point, but it would have been better that way.
The entire thing was just a huge disappointment. The entire time I was watching this show, I never once hoped "Ted should get Robin in the end". I really wanted him to just give on her. For real give up on her too, not just say he is.
I just really need to get this out there, because the amount of disappointment I feel is just overwhelming and needs to be vented somewhere.
Final Fantasy X - Yuna Quote
This is possibly my favorite quote from the game. I'm not sure though. There's something about it and the quick flash of images of all the characters and knowing she's referring to Tidus with the "dreams that have faded" part.
Final Fantasy X - To Luca!
So I got Final Fantasy X HD Remaster. I think it's gorgeous. The facial animations are a bit weird sometimes though, less emotion really. I can get past it since I love it so much and everything else is beautifully smoothed out and has added detail. If you don't see it, pop in the PS2 version and you will, or find a video of the orginal PS2 if you don't have it; you'll really see the difference.
Since I don't have a PS3, however, I get to play it at my boyfriend's house when I'm over. This is sadly only about 2 days out of the week normally because of his current school schedule and the fact that my parents would go insane if I said, "Hey, I'm staying the night at Kevin's, see you tomorrow!" Since I have to live with my parents for now, it's best to try and keep them happy. He's ever so loving and sweet though and lets me play it, for the most part, as much as I want. It's a bonus that he's never played it before and doesn't really know anything about it, so there are some things he finds interesting and sometimes he just gets sassy in a kind of funny way about stuff, like Wakka's strange shoulder guard thing.
But my time is still limited to playing for short period of time while I'm there because it feels wrong to go over there an play for 6 hours and not really be all cuddly and loving like I love to be. With this concept of balancing my time with my favorite game and my time with my boyfriend in mind... I don't really know how. I'll be trying my best at it though with breaks during the play time to talk with him and be cute to playing and talking with him a bit less.
Now, I've also been trying to play while getting as much done in a short period of time as possible, which I'll probably slow down on a bit once I get past Luca. My goal yesterday was to stop when I got to Luca, but I got a bit further than that. I'm right before playing in the Blitzball touney with Tidus and I suck at it. Like serious, if you have any tips for how to win or become decent at blitzball I'd be grateful if you left them in the comments. I'm awful at it and the rules are so boring to read.
It was a good day playing yesterday though! Trying to explain the Sphere Grid is difficult though because I skipped the tutorial because I know how to use it, but explaining it to my boyfriend who kept asking questions was difficult. I didn't think it was that complicated, but maybe it's more difficult to understand than I thought? Maybe I'm just bad at explaining it, I'll probably try again next time I'm there.
Anywho, I forgot to get Valefor's second overdrive while I was in Besaid and was a little down about it until I read that I can go back and talk to someone twice, I think, and get it. I also missed an Al Bhed Primer and worried over it for several minutes while I tried to figure out if it was one I could go back and get later (it was). I know there are some you can only get while you're there, but I think all of those might just be the ones at Home. I need to double check.
Playing Final Fantasy with someone around who has never played one is very interesting. Especially if they're someone who asks questions that can be difficult to answer if they're interested in the story and you don't want to completely ruin it for them. My boyfriend keeps asking about the ending and how "defeating"
Sin works if Sin just keeps coming back and there's just so little you can really say before you start spoiling it, but you don't get to most of that until pretty close to the end anyway. I keep telling him he'll just have to wait. He didn't pay attention to the part where they showed Seymour, so he doesn't realize just how important he is yet. It's funny how he misses little things because he's doing his own stuff in between cutscenes and significant moments in the game.
This is a fun experience for me because I'm very uncomfortable having people watch me play games unless it has happened a lot. My brother has been around and watched me for years, but I've always known he's better but he never judged me when I didn't do as well as him at something. He accepts that I'm really good at some things and really bad at others (platforming). I don't expect this of other people and while I know Kevin wouldn't make fun of me or anything if I wasn't good at something, it's easier if he watches me do something I know for a fact and confidently that I'm very good at, like Final Fantasy X. So, hopefully this will make him watching me play other games easier in the future or playing certain games with him.
I know this post is full of personal accounts with the boyfriend and me, but it was a very nice fun time and I wanted to share! I'll try to keep most of my posts more focused on the content in the game in the future, so please excuse that!
Announcement Time!
I'm making an Al Bhed Primer guide! This is mostly for me to have quick and easy access to. Most guides (I'm looking at gamefaqs) I've found don't do a very good job about telling the location of the primers but squiddo does. I'm borrowing their pictures for the locations and writing up my own descriptions (mostly) to help better understand where they are, and I'll be posting it as a page on this blog! Feel free to use it if you want, most people probably won't need it by the time I'm done with it (which will hopefully be later today) because there are so many others out there. I may consider putting it on game faqs as well since it'll be a little more indepth than the current one that's listed.
I'll also be continuing to blog about my various experinces as I play Final Fantasy X, so there will likely be lots of posts like these to come.
Since I don't have a PS3, however, I get to play it at my boyfriend's house when I'm over. This is sadly only about 2 days out of the week normally because of his current school schedule and the fact that my parents would go insane if I said, "Hey, I'm staying the night at Kevin's, see you tomorrow!" Since I have to live with my parents for now, it's best to try and keep them happy. He's ever so loving and sweet though and lets me play it, for the most part, as much as I want. It's a bonus that he's never played it before and doesn't really know anything about it, so there are some things he finds interesting and sometimes he just gets sassy in a kind of funny way about stuff, like Wakka's strange shoulder guard thing.
But my time is still limited to playing for short period of time while I'm there because it feels wrong to go over there an play for 6 hours and not really be all cuddly and loving like I love to be. With this concept of balancing my time with my favorite game and my time with my boyfriend in mind... I don't really know how. I'll be trying my best at it though with breaks during the play time to talk with him and be cute to playing and talking with him a bit less.
Now, I've also been trying to play while getting as much done in a short period of time as possible, which I'll probably slow down on a bit once I get past Luca. My goal yesterday was to stop when I got to Luca, but I got a bit further than that. I'm right before playing in the Blitzball touney with Tidus and I suck at it. Like serious, if you have any tips for how to win or become decent at blitzball I'd be grateful if you left them in the comments. I'm awful at it and the rules are so boring to read.
It was a good day playing yesterday though! Trying to explain the Sphere Grid is difficult though because I skipped the tutorial because I know how to use it, but explaining it to my boyfriend who kept asking questions was difficult. I didn't think it was that complicated, but maybe it's more difficult to understand than I thought? Maybe I'm just bad at explaining it, I'll probably try again next time I'm there.
Anywho, I forgot to get Valefor's second overdrive while I was in Besaid and was a little down about it until I read that I can go back and talk to someone twice, I think, and get it. I also missed an Al Bhed Primer and worried over it for several minutes while I tried to figure out if it was one I could go back and get later (it was). I know there are some you can only get while you're there, but I think all of those might just be the ones at Home. I need to double check.
Playing Final Fantasy with someone around who has never played one is very interesting. Especially if they're someone who asks questions that can be difficult to answer if they're interested in the story and you don't want to completely ruin it for them. My boyfriend keeps asking about the ending and how "defeating"
Sin works if Sin just keeps coming back and there's just so little you can really say before you start spoiling it, but you don't get to most of that until pretty close to the end anyway. I keep telling him he'll just have to wait. He didn't pay attention to the part where they showed Seymour, so he doesn't realize just how important he is yet. It's funny how he misses little things because he's doing his own stuff in between cutscenes and significant moments in the game.
This is a fun experience for me because I'm very uncomfortable having people watch me play games unless it has happened a lot. My brother has been around and watched me for years, but I've always known he's better but he never judged me when I didn't do as well as him at something. He accepts that I'm really good at some things and really bad at others (platforming). I don't expect this of other people and while I know Kevin wouldn't make fun of me or anything if I wasn't good at something, it's easier if he watches me do something I know for a fact and confidently that I'm very good at, like Final Fantasy X. So, hopefully this will make him watching me play other games easier in the future or playing certain games with him.
I know this post is full of personal accounts with the boyfriend and me, but it was a very nice fun time and I wanted to share! I'll try to keep most of my posts more focused on the content in the game in the future, so please excuse that!
Announcement Time!
I'm making an Al Bhed Primer guide! This is mostly for me to have quick and easy access to. Most guides (I'm looking at gamefaqs) I've found don't do a very good job about telling the location of the primers but squiddo does. I'm borrowing their pictures for the locations and writing up my own descriptions (mostly) to help better understand where they are, and I'll be posting it as a page on this blog! Feel free to use it if you want, most people probably won't need it by the time I'm done with it (which will hopefully be later today) because there are so many others out there. I may consider putting it on game faqs as well since it'll be a little more indepth than the current one that's listed.
I'll also be continuing to blog about my various experinces as I play Final Fantasy X, so there will likely be lots of posts like these to come.
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Video Game Reviews
I decided that I was going to make a video game review blog, because why not? I could do it in this same blog instead of making them separate, but I don't think everyone who wants to (or just happens upon it really) read all about my life in the midst of looking at my reviews or posts about video games. Not that I'd even make that many posts about my life because I think my life is kinda boring sometimes. Then again people are surprising. The url for the gaming blog is brittanysvideogames.blogspot.com if anyone is interested in it in the future; there's not anything there yet but I'm currently working on it. Oh, and as expected, one of my first few reviews will be of none other than Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD. I, of course, won't have played all of it for the review (I know this game backwards and forwards, I don't think I need to play all of it for a review of changes). I will, however play several hours, attempt to go over how I think it holds up in the new age of gaming, and what I think of the changes.
Other reviews I may throw in there may be random and not of new games at all. Why? Well because I haven't had a chance to get many new games lately. I will likely do one for each Mass Effect, perhaps Bioshock Infinite, maybe Tomb Raider, and so on. Mostly things I don't need to go back and play any of to form an opinion of it. There are tons of reviews for these games out there, but if it's from IGN the reviewer is attempting to be objective and view the game and how they think the majority of people will view it as well it seems. Maybe that's just me, but I want to give my opinion on games without thinking about how other people might feel like "Oh, that's just horrible and annoying, I wish it were different" yet I'm sitting there knowing that I love it anyway.
So, that's that. I'll try to get a few things up there soon. I have a tumblr where I did a few things that could be kind of considered reviews... kind of used loosely here. I'll be adding those first.
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