It is now 2h40 AM. Today, or yesterday for the puritans, the download of Azure Dreams reached its end.
And the worst of all, I did not touch a single PSX game the entire day!
The only good thing about today was watching The Count of Monte Cristo. However, I trace a parallel with a review I once read of Anna Karenina (the movie, of course): "It feels like someone is ripping pages from the book and showing them to you". There should be a law stating you can never put more than 100 pages into one hour of movie. Then we would have Fatty and Tom Bombadil and his lady whose name in English I do not know but who is obviously far, far more beautiful than Galadriel, Arwen and Eowyn combined (okay, maybe not Eowyn). And no one would ask why in the name of Elbereth Aragorn was carrying exactly four swords the perfect size for hobbits! Of course, there was no mention of Elbereth Gilthoniel in the movies, either.
I should had called the friendly schoolmate who will lend me the paperwork for me to get paid. I should had called him last week, really, but there was no point, since I did not have a car handy. So I decided to call him today, because the car would be ready today and/or I would have someone to drive me there. But the car is not ready today and everyone who could drive me there was busy the whole day while I did not play Final Fantasy Tactics or Valkyrie Profile or Azure Dreams. What a wasted day. The only good points are I caught up with those comics and got two responses for my cute letter about the Rangers.
Never the less, it insistently amazes me, even after over 24 hours, that whenever I move from one point to another, a Chocobo joins my party. I used to get heartbroken, but after expelling the 15th big chicken, it just does not get to me all that much anymore. "What is this I am feeling? I don't want to leave. Is it sadness?" or "I protect you, you protect me. Isn't that it?" or "Return home? I don't have a home. I thought I would stay with you." Heck, you were not with me a few moments ago, I am very sure I did not see you when we left Lionel Castle. Besides, you are level 7 and the enemies we are going to fight are level 27. Considering you are 15 levels under the party average, and we already have one Chocobo, one Black Chocobo and one Red Chocobo (which I did not know existed), all in rather high levels, I am positive we do not need you. And a Chocobo that joined us in the middle of the desert surely cannot be such a good companion.
Okay, I am done, apologies. Now I have to decide if I go to bed and wake up for lunch, or just do my best to stay up for the next six hours until breakfast, then another 18... Hmm. Tough choice to make.
Posted by Etienne at January 28, 2003 02:54 AM