I used the word "excessive" a lot of times today.
(I used it excessively, hah hah!! Oh, pshaw, spare me.)
I remember the last two times I said it outloud. First was when I was left in the kitchen with my sister, the TV on showing the seventy-first hour of carnival in Salvador, Bahia. I took the last sip from my glass and pointed to the remote control over the table. "It is in your hands." A mix of "For the sake of all gods save us from this stupidity!" and "In the name of all that is holy let us watch something else.", topped with a bit of elegance in honor of one of my current favorite fictional women in the world, which will be mentioned soon. I made a small motion with the hand, in response to the puzzled look in her face, and topped it with a smile taken from Operations, that great guy from "La Femme Nikita". She stood up, walked to the TV, and turned it off.
"That was a bit excessive.", I said, as she sat back. "Whew, no, that was just what I needed.", she replied. We went on talking. But before going ahead I throw time back a few hours.
I was on ICQ talking to Rods (no link needed today, right?) about LiveJournal. Yesterday he asked me for some brief info to complete an article on blogs and online journals he was writing. Very brief indeed, it should be, for space was limited. I said I would finish reading what I was reading and put something quick and small together afterwards. So I finished reading what I was reading (whee!) and started writing. If printed, it would be about eight pages. I added an apology at the end, for it being so long, and thought to myself, "This is excessive for the matter at hand, but I say nothing but fact.". Sent it was. Done with that, I paid a visit to GameFAQs to look for any new fancy moves for King of Fighters '98, which for some reason became my favorite of the bunch (even not having Whip and Vanessa; the subtitle "The Slugfest" probably has something to do with it). Found something for the character King, who is a woman in spite of her royal name. What I like the most in the KoF series is that the characters have personality and relate to each other, which does not happen in Street Fighter, let alone Mortal Kombat. King, as well as a male character, believes a fighter must have composture and elegance at all times. Reference completed for the "It is in your hands" mention, time to move forward.
The new move for King was not too complex. A bit more than I like dealing with on a keyboard, but not undoable. It did not take me long to use it. And there went King into a chain of fourteen kicks that included each and every drawn sprite for her. Very, very impressive. Back to the kitchen table.
My sister had turned the TV off and we were talking. "Oh, before you go to bed," I said, "you might want to see this combo I found. King, lots of kicks. That is so excessive it is beautiful.". That was the last time today. The conversation went on about different styles of playing - yes, by now I got her to like the games as well.
Abrupt end of subject.
I was talking about that to use it as introduction to another issue, which ensued after the conversation over the remains of dinner. But I lost interest and suddenly feel tired. Maybe tomorrow. Count not on it.
Posted by Etienne at March 5, 2003 02:11 AM