...I'm the inner babysitter!

In other words, Susan is made of raw awesome.

Hogfather ties with Carpe Jugulum as my least favourite Discworld book, but the movie is great.

My mother said it wasn't really supposed to be a secret, so I'll guess I'll spill everything here.

My little brother is in jail. Will be for about two weeks, and then they'll see.
( rest in dutch since I can't be bothered to translate right now )

has a Dreamwidth! Because one of my favourite writers is not only a good writer, but also an awesome person.

Guess I'll crosspost from now on.

In not so good news, my little brother got arrested while buying weed from a dealer. Reaction at home can be best summed up with, 'Well, hopefully he'll learn something from it'. He didn't. He wasn't put in prison, just interrogated, and he had to stay there for one night, and came home complaining about how mean the police were. So, yeah. And three of his friends, one of whom is a colleague of mine, got arrested - and thrown into jail - for beating up a teenager, who happened to be an erstwhile student of my younger sister. She taught him how to play the guitar. Thankfully my little brother wasn't there when it happened, but even if he'd been there, it would've made no difference. He can say whatever he wants, but we all know he has no backbone when it comes to his friends. Just... just what.

I really don't know where exactly it went all wrong.

ETA: Man, the debate about the commission-Davids. I really don't get why people think politics are boring. Sometimes it's the best entertainment you can find. In other words, I still think Pechthold is an arrogant prick. Halsema can be incredibly harsh, but still bring it far kinder, while whatever good points Pechthold manages to bring up are automatically negated by the fact that I feel the urge to throw things whenever he starts speaking. Also, lol at Kant, who is obviously more used to yelling from a soapbox on the streets.

So I finished The Last Remnant today.

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One of the Silver Falcons just referred to me as Caedmon's new pet \o/ Although I bet Caedmon would be mortified if he found out.

Also Leucetius had two Demonsblades and then he upgraded to something else, something orangey and glowing, and suddenly he knew Holy Win. And then I told him to focus on Mystic, and he went back to the Demonsblades and lost the Weapon Art *sadface*

Also, David should hurry up and learn Snowblind already. Otherwise I'll probably (okay not really) regret giving him the Frostblade. He upgraded it once already, so he doesn't suck as hard as before, but from what I gathered, Snowblind is a rare, long-range Weapon Art. I guess Dave really is just useless in close combat. All his specials are long-range.

What also surprised me was how short both Rush and David actually are. They are either the same height or David is slightly shorter, and Rush is just barely taller than Emmy, and seems to be of a height with Glenys.

I fought two Observers today. The first died rather quickly, thanks to Torgal and his Cerulean Rain spamming. The second Overdrived in the second round :( I think it took me the better part of an hour and about half of my healing components before it finally gave up. And I only lasted that long thanks to Namul Niram. Although David's Union surprisingly survived five Hexes in a row, one round. That was rather awesome.

So now off I go to bind more Remnants! Long live the wiki.

The new Gabranth FAQ on the Dissidia boards made me laugh just now, as it advised you to reflect Firion's Fire attacks back at him. First rule of fighting Firion? Never block Fire; just eat the minimal Bravery damage. Unless, of course, you want to get Shield Bashed in your face.

( What's with that angry sovani, Leucetius? He challenged me for position of troupe leader. I gave him a good pounding to show him what's what. )

Normally I don't do this, but recently I stumbled over a few fics that were just too awesome to not share. N-not that anyone on my very small f-list will be interested, but. It's the thought that counts, right?

( So, onward! )

Belated happy new year, everyone.

Normally snow is really pretty and I like it.

This is not the case when it causes all train and bus transport that goes vaguely in the direction of my home to be cancelled because of bad weather, leaving me stranded. Although I was lucky in that I was only 40 km away from home, albeit without transport until my mother and my neighbour came to pick me up.

Some days ago a guy tried to chat me up while I was walking to the train station. It was uncomfortable and surreal.

A summary roused my interest in Prince of Tennis. After visiting TV Tropes and reading some chapters, however, the main character(s) put me off the series. The main character is like the unholy love child between God Mode Sue and Boring Invincible Hero. Worse, he knows he's good and doesn't hesitate to rub it in. When the God Mode Sue is someone else other than the protagonist, it isn't so bad, but this is a sports series. How exactly is it interesting and exciting when I know beforehand how every match will go?

I mean, I do like some sports series. Hikaru no Go is one of my favourite manga, and I've read several chapters of Crimson Hero, which also wasn't half bad. Or rather, the volleyball parts were rather good. The romance parts left me cringing. Hey, look! Heroine has a crush on guy A, who is a nice and decent guy. All good so far. Guy B, who is also a nice and decent guy, has a crush on heroine. Sure thing. Heroine turns guy B down. Sure, her choice. To make clear we are supposed to be rooting for guy A, guy B suddenly turns vaguely stalkerish and possessive. Not cool.

Also, I finished Infinite Undiscovery. ( Customary game blather )

From now on I'm going to use 'Disregard that, I cook socks' whenever I say something stupid.

Also in this post: The Last Remnant spoilers, fangirling and my thoughts on ships. Interesting stuff, I'm sure.
( Meanwhile, in gamer country... )

More proof that I seem completely incapable of finishing games before starting a new one: The Last Remnant is pretty rad. I really dig the battle system, even if it is governed by the Random Number God (lol no i won't let you heal whut).

More importantly, and very relevant to my interests, it's gay. Gay with sprinkles. Aww, we can't say no to Dave! And normally I don't go for bleached blond guys with surfer tans, but oh, he's so hot. I think it's the voice.

Also, Emma Honeywell is the most badass videogame female ever. And the music is so good. SO GOOD.

ETA: Cavalry Call sucks ass. "Yes, this battle's almost over! ...oh, fuck no, fucking Cavalry Call. ...What the hell, six new unions?! And there goes my morale bar..."

ETA2: OH GOD GATES OF HELL. My own summon trying to murder me is not what I call a fun time, game. And I'd got it down to critical HP too :(

Also, it really does shoot exploding zombie babies at you and craps fireballs. And here I was thinking people were just joking.

But really, Enthrall sucks ass.

So I ditched Vesperia for Dissidia: Final Fantasy (mostly because Dissidia's on a handheld while I have to play Vesperia in my parents' room) and then finally got my hands on Lost Odyssey after which I started playing Dissidia again (without actually finishing LO, go figure). So game logs really are imminent, if I actually go and take the time to write them instead of lurking on the GameFaqs Dissidia board. The board's been useful for tips et cetera, but what really struck me is how many people apparently wanted Sora to be in the game. I mean, maybe I'm blind, but I don't see the words 'final' or 'fantasy' anywhere in Kingdom Hearts.

Also, as someone put it best: 'Before, in Final Fantasy IX I thought Kuja was a powerful sociopath with a flair for the dramatic. Now he's just a theatre major who can cast Ultima.'

I am, however, immensely pleased with the fact that Cecil's lipstick made it in, even if all others seem to hate it.

I am not dead yet. I am, however, enchanted with my shiny Tales of Vesperia game, and gamelogs are imminent. Probably.

Vacation was pretty awesome; a more detailed account to come later, since I am very lazy.

The new registration system for my university is a load of crap, as is gmail this day, but how is that any different from usual?

THIS.

Because when I hear people talking about rape and assault victims like, 'oh, it was totally her fault, going around dressed like that', or, 'she shouldn't have been walking around alone, the stupid girl', I just want to smack a bitch. No. NO. I should be able to walk around naked and a guy still hasn't got the right to touch me.

Like I really needed new fandoms. Two new fandoms. Uuuugh. And Infinite Undiscovery really is not my sort of game - except that it is, JRPG whore that I am - not my art style, cliche story, on the XBox which I don't have and it's supposed to be a really shitty game anyway uugh brain stop fangirling Edward, he's a dick.

A-and then Hetalia. No really, brain, stop it. Stop it. I don't even like history all that much, which is probably a major failing for a polsci student, but what can I say? Numbers make my head hurt. I am just weak versus politics. And I don't like Hetalia's art style, and the fandom's kind of imposing and oh god brain stop shipping Germany/Italy.

sob.

Going to the special hell, yeah.

a-also I find myself shipping Holland/Canada, and Holland hasn't even officially appeared yet! He only made an appearance in silhouette after beating up Finland and Sweden but oh god the tulips. The tulips. And I really want this exchange:

Benelux: [arrives]
America: YEAH I AM A HERO! [oppresses Germany]
Germany: [is oppressed]
Belgium: Whatever. Thanks for saving us, I guess.
America: [is centre of attention]
Holland: [ignores] Canada! Thanks for sheltering me and my queen! And liberating me! Here, have flowers!
Canada: O-omg someone remembers me!
America: what. what is this.
Holland: [ignores America]
America: but. but we saved you guys. We bombed Germany.
Holland: yeah about that bombing, yeah that was Nijmegen, America.
America: ...oh.

Ziiiieeeek ;_;

M'n neus zit verstopt, mijn oren en mijn keel doen pijn, mijn huid voelt overal gevoelig aan en ik kan niet voorover buigen zonder hoofdpijn te krijgen of gaan liggen zonder dat mijn neus volloopt. Uuuugh.

Ik hoop dat ik zondag weer beter ben :S

I just decided to put all of my grievances with customers into one long bitchfest. FYI, I still work at the ice saloon/lunchroom, with a snackbar at the other side of the market where I sometimes help out with the queues for ice cream. The ice saloon/lunchroom place is split up: you can order drinks, food and coupes on the terrace or inside, but if you want a cone or slush you'll have to go to the ice cream counter where all the ice is stalled out, with name tags underneath and prices and everything above. This is because we have separated the 'food/drink' money and the 'ice cream' money, because people ordering cones on the terrace is something you just do not want, especially when it's busy. It can also result in double orders.
Furthermore, you have to pay as soon as we bring you your order, or the first half of it. This is because we have had too many customers walking away without paying in the past.

Also, I generally like all customers when it's not busy. As soon as it gets busy I hate them all and want them to stop whining and go away.
( Blah blah you've heard it all before )

tl'dr: customers suck.
And I probably forgot things, too.

Let's do a meme, guys! You tell me five of my interests you don't get, and I'll explain the story behind them. Then I do the same for you. The list's on the profile page!

Reason for being generally absent:

Last Friday: work from 12.00u till 22.30u.
Last Saturday: working on Comparative Governance homework.
Yesterday: work till 17.00u, then to Nijmegen to work on Political Analysis homework till 22.30u.
Today: in Nijmegen to work on Political Analysis homework from 9.45u till 21.00u.
Tomorrow: to Nijmegen to work on Political Analysis homework from 9.30u till 13.00u, then back home for my Zonnebloem-related work, then work from 17.00u till 20.00-ish.
After that: learning for exams.
WOOOOEEEE.

( By the way, Eline, would this be relevant to your interests? )