The Only Women I've Ever Loved

Sometimes they make me choose And they are jerks for it.
About every 5 months, a Gamespotaffiliate entitled GameFAQs does a poll (among their many others) entitle BEST. CHACRACTER. EVER. in the world of videogames. And it always ends with very undiffering results. It's either Sephiroth, Cloud, Chrono, or Link in the winner's circle. And this time, they are trying to avoid that by plotting them against eachother right at the get go. So far, though, the characters have been all SquareEnix characters, of which there are many lovable characters, but they all are fanboys dreams. And they made me choose. Between two of the greatest ladies in my life.
Aeris "Aerith" Gainsborough of FFVII and Princess Nadia "Marle" Guardia of Chrono Trigger.
This is a hard choice for me.
Now, I love LOVE Final Fantasy VII, but Chrono Trigger was like my first RPG experience (other than Super Mario RPG).
And once EVERY year, I dust off my Super Nintendo and play Chrono Trigger. I've done that for the last 11 years. And Marle DID teach me the joys of bisexuality, the dyke that she was.
Still, I own 2 copies of FFVII. And I love playing that. And Aeris's death was perhaps the turning point in what games meant to me in my life. And I know lots of gamers with cats named "Aeris." (Or Aerith depending how much of a n00b j00 are). And she also taught me that you should hate the playa, you should hate the game (oh Zack and Cloud)....that is until your untimely death at the hands of a one-winged angel.
Who did I choose? Who won my vote? Which lady has my blessing to go further? Will I ever disarm that bomb in time?
Well, you're not supposed to talk about who you voted for, are you?
Yet, today it was Squall (of FFVIII) vs. Titus (of FFX). And I will tell you who I voted for there.
Neither. They both suck equally as much.

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Wii The People

If you haven't heard, the >Wii has set a release date and a price. These facts are very unsurprising: the Wii will release on November 19, 2006 at a price of $249.99 (25000 yen in Japan). Reactions have been felt worldwide to this news. Screams of joy could be heard from several basements.
And moans of dispair were heard from the offices of Sony Inc.

Oh Sony. Where did you go wrong? Oh, I know. It's when you decided that you'd conciously make your target audience only minorities. Seriously, when the PSP was first released, the only people I saw playing it were latinos and blacks. (Not that that's a bad thing....please don't beat me up 50 Cent....)
The most depressing news that almost feels as a slap in the face, though, is the news that in Japan the PS3 will cost almost $100 less than in the US. This is their only tactic against the Wii in Japan (Nintendo is impossible to beat there....how do yo think they stay in business...also XBox sels like crap there). You're sinking awfully low Sony. AWFULLY low.

Speaking of sinking to unlawful lows, I'm playing yet another semi-hard game to find on my DS called Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. Yes, it's just as it sounds. A game about being a lawyer. Who'd have thought, though, that it would be fun. Which it is. In buckets. There's nothing I like more than having people stare at me on the subway as I yell "OBJECTION" at my DS. This is one game that, if you find it, you should pick up and play. It's a little difficult sometimes, though. The logic behind some of the trial objections can be hard to decipher, but it's still a VERY well told story. With gays and jiggly breasts and fat anime perverts! It's a game that speaks to everyone. Phoenix Wright

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All I Know, All I Owe, I Owe Ioway

I've been out of the city recently and back home in Iowa for my father's wedding. It's kept me busy, but it's felt really good to be back in the midwest with all the people I grew up with. Seeing so many people I remember from all sorts of different ages all together in one place made me feel so homesick for a bit...till the family drunken redneck dancing gave way, and I remembered one of the reasons I moved to NYC in the first place.
Though, it did make me realize that I should give my friends in New York more of my time and friendship. I have a really hard time accepting them as parts of my life I guess. The people in Iowa I've grown up with, but I realize more that I'm leading a new life, and new people deserve my time if they want it, but the important people deserve more of it. NY has a way of sucking your life away not from yourself, but from the self you allow to give to others. Just because I didn't grow up with these people doesn't mean I can't allow them to get close to me now. I need closer friends now more than ever.
I get very lonely. And it always confused me since I know so many people, and I know how I need to remedy it more than ever now.
But really, I need someone to play more videogames with me.

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Preparing for the Real World

I like to be punny in my titles. See if you get it (hint - This entry is about two things)

First off, I started school. Oh boy, here we go again for crap. Thankfully, I'm finally getting my gen ed. classes pretty much finished (except for 2 I'm taking in the summer), which gives me plenty of room to actually do my major (which is Film). Unfortunately I'm looking at 12 credits instead of the usual 15. So I gotta find a class. For my minor. Which I have to have, but is undeclared. So I dunno what I'm going to do. I'm brooding, eating my Double Stuf™ Oreos trying to hatch a sinister plot so I can get into a full class. Watch out freshmen....hazing is about to get dangerouser.

The other subject has to do with work. And basically the entire shape of my gay life.
I met one of the people who helped me to discover my gay identity, someone who game me someone I could relate to in the queer world. Someone who was just so damn hot I couldn't help but to have become a faggot.
Danny Roberts (of MTV fame).
Everything that I've ever looked for in guys, everything I've wanted to be, it was because of Danny, honestly. My first boyfriend looked strikingly like him.
Truly, he makes me long for the midwest and the values that I've seen to shed off from there as I have adapted to the land of skyscrapers and Jews.

Ok, get the title now? Eh? EH?

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