JAPAN town

After what seems like a few months of waiting, I finally returned to Japan Town. Not much has changed really, besides of course the much talked about addition of a manga pay-to-read store. The massive amount of manga in there was tempting but I was reminded of the vast collection stored on the Internet for free. Compared to going rate there ($5 for the first hour then $1 for every hour after) the Internet gets my vote. The first hour of my visit was made a little more then mildly uncomfortable by an unusually bad headache. No squiggly worms or white holes in my vision this time fortunately. Anyways, did some shoping for school, got a cool knife and a awesome CD. Even got to eat yaki niku (super awesome good for anyone who hasn’t had it yet) not as good as the real Japan stuff though…

Almost got lost on the way home though cause Andrew refused to believe that the Powell bart station would be on Powell st. We walked halfway back to Japan Town on Geary before he admitted to not knowing where he was going. Meh, people and directions.

I am currently debating weather or not to buy FFIV for the DS. On one hand, its a FF game I don’t own and the cool graphics, on the other hand, I just finished it when I was in Japan and I have other games to work on. And voice acting…? Perhaps this is something better in Japanese? Hmmm, something to leave for a later date I’m thinking. Maybe after my next paycheck.

Birthday!

yes thats right today is my birthday! I’m seventeen and can now watch rated R movies( cause I’ve *never* done that before…) buut, I guess its good to be getting older, it means the end of high school is ever closer. Lotsa people wished me a happy birthday which really made my day. Now I have to try to remember every one else’s….uh oh. I’m still thinking of having a little get together but nothing planned yet.

Anyways, my sister actuality did something nice for me this year. She made me a yummy cake and decorated it….with d10s and a clay figure of an elf holding a sword she made. ‘Twas the best cake I have ever had. In addition she bought be ‘The World Ends With You’ which is turning out to be a very good game. As far as I can tell the story is about an unsocial teenage boy named Neku (means cat in Japanese…) who doesn’t really want to get along with or deal with people. He is thrown into a game in which he is forced to partner up with a talkative girl named Shiki. The rules and goals of the game become clearer as you progress and meet new people. Its not the deepest of stories but the battle system more then makes up for it. You control 2 people at once, one on the top screen, one on the bottom. On the top you enter combos with the d pad and the other you control with the stylus on the touch screen. It makes for a confusing yet challenging battle.

(my hair is getting longer faster then I expected!)
“Bangs. Are that on which the world hangs. I’m only holding your hand so I can look at your bangs.”