joy and shadows

I'm asking for a very little help from anyone on my flist who reads/speaks Japanese better than I do. I am about to list a pile of doujinshi on eBay, and one of them has a title in Japanese. Obviously, I have no idea what it says. It would be really nice to list this book with a title. If anyone out there can tell me what the title of this book is, I'd be tremendously grateful.

Link to cover: HERE

THANK YOU!!!

Halloween in Dissidia-land!

Ohmygod now I want to see all of our fearless heroes go trick-or-treating. It would be epic.

Sometimes, I'll wake up at night and hear JP making sad, soft little sighs in his sleep. Then I check the monitor and find out that it's not him making noise, it's Biscuit snoring.

Like right now. She's over on our bed snoozing. Awwwwwww.

Finally, after several years and three different ports, I finished the main storyline of FFIV. FINALLY!

I'd initially bought the GBA port when I bought my DS, and I played it on and off until the DS remake came out. At that time, I sold my GBA port version (because hey, why hang onto it when there's a new one available) and took up the DS version instead. Turns out that 1. the DS version is a lot harder than the original and 2. Augments are not good for someone indecisive like me, who can't decide who to give which Augment to or when to equip it. It also means that when characters leave the party and drop more Augments, I don't get them. I kept letting my ass kicked by those damnable Dark Sages, and I put the game down in frustration.

Then the PSP port came out, so the third time is the charm. It's also nice that the PSP has a big screen, which makes it easier for someone like me. My eyes aren't the greatest to begin with, and I'm getting older, which makes the little DS screen tough to deal with sometimes. Plus the FMVs were shiny! (But why none in the ending? Boo!) The difficulty in the PSP version is the same as the GBA port, so this time I got the whole way through the game. Hooray for cute married couples. <3

(In that vein, I read on the FF wiki that Ceodore's age had to be retconned such that Rosa wouldn't be pregnant when they got married. LOL. I knew she was up to something when she visits Cecil in his room at the beginning of the game.)

It's raining like a sumbitch out there. I hope that we don't lose power and that our sump pump is up to the task.

For proper hurricane preparedness, we have water, flashlights, and wine.

In accordance with the NJ governor's request for voluntary evacuations, I evacuated three monarch butterfly caterpillars from my garden so that they are not blown to kingdom come overnight. They are in a nice little netted bug house that was supposed to be for preying mantises.

Other than that, I have a kitty and a PSP, so all's right with the world. Except no ice cream. :(

Slow connections, beware. Here it comes!

( If you didn't think this wasn't going to be Laguna-centric, you haven't been paying attention. )

( Laguna and Raine goodness! )

( Beefcake. BEEFCAKE! )

( One more! )

Because my co-workers and I have the collective maturity of a twelve-year-old boy, the subject of the Better Marriage Blanket came up at lunch. They seemed to know what it was, and though it wasn't hard to figure out what they were talking about, I was advised to google it. So I did. But, what's even better than the blanket is this WebMD blog post about it. Enjoy.

Now that the babby has been around for a year, maybe it's time to re-evaluate the babby filter, especially since I've had some new friend additions since then.

So!

If you want ON the babby filter, leave me a comment.

If you want OFF the babby filter, do likewise. (No hard feelings, I promise!)

Hmm... What do I do before bed tonight?

Do I doot around in the Dissidia 012 labyrinth some more and listen to Kain grump it up?

Or do I read some more of Let the Right One In, now that I have my book back? (Thanks ssilverfish for the rec!)

This is a toughie.

Because I've been shipping this couple for a ridiculously long time, and they need some FST love. Kinda vintage, for you FF8 fans out there. (Also, it was time to get this damn thing off my hard drive.)

Right-click to save files - they are hosted on my webspace.

Zip is here.



( Stormchaser: A Laguna and Raine FST )