I'm not made out of glue.

I'm pretty bad at sticking to things. Mostly because I hate giving myself a routine. But anyway, Starting a full time job and purchasing a Nintendo Wii in the same week doesn't leave much time for writing...or sleeping. However, the wii does bring me to the topic of this post. I would like to say a few things about the game I've been obsessively playing, Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility.
If you're familiar with Natsume's Harvest Moon series, then you'll relate to hours that I've devoted into this game. Harvest Moon, in a nutshell, is a game where you live on a farm, grow crops, take care of animals and start a family. To someone who has never played a game from this series, that probably doesn't sound appealing at all, but for me and a slew of other harvest moon fans, these games are the most addicting. Back to this game in particular, Tree of Tranquility is a breath of fresh air to the series. Finally Natsume grew enough balls to try something new. There are new animals, new characters, a whole new town and a new plot. Natsume is known to frequently reuse characters, towns and of course the "grandpa died and you inherit his ranch" story. It's so awesome to see something new. In this game, you have to save the goddess or some shit...not important. Let's look at all the awesome new features. For one, there's all the new animals. Of your animals you can have, of course, cows, horses, chickens and sheep. Goats and ducks are also in this game but they aren't completely new. The new ones, and most interesting ones, are the silkworms and ostriches. You can also breed every one of your animals (save for the silkworms). Your character can also ride either the ostrich or horse all around town. Another new feature is that you can breed your horse, Although I've yet to see the point of it.
Another new feature I really enjoyed was how you can customize your character. You can change the clothing on your character by buying clothing at the tailor shop and changing in your home. Your home is also customizable by rearranging the furniture.
Also the fans asked for it, and Natsume granted it. After you character gets married and has a child, your child will grow up and help you on the farm. I've yet to get that far in the game so I can't say much about it, but I think it's very cute and it adds a lot of charm.
One major downside to this game (besides the "calvin glitch") is the loading time. Every time you change screens (like leaving or entering any building) you have to wait 7-10 tedious seconds for it to load. It can get very annoying, very quickly because during game play, you don't have a choice but to be entering and exiting buildings. I can only hope that this will no longer be a problem for Harvest Moons next Wii release "WakuWaku Animal March", which I am highly anticipating.

Overall, I really enjoyed this game a lot. It was very versatile and new and all the new features made it to be a very endearing game. It is put together very nicely and I think it is definitely worth a look.

My Rating: 8/10
Replay Value: 5/10 (You may have to wait a little while before wanting to pick this game up again)




This was a rushed review, I apologize for the lack of details of the game itself.

Nolstalgia: Yay or Nay?

Having 20 years worth of memories under my belt is something that I'm extremely proud of. Good or bad memories, I'm a firm believer in that all memories are to be cherished. Although a person may not always want to dwell on some. Nostalgia has different effects on people, and I'm just wondering, Yay or Nay?


I know I spelt it wrong...imperfectionist extraordinaire!

Watching paint dry.
Watching grass grow.
Watching torrents download.










I just got my hands on Volume 10 of High Fructose, so more to come.

Life Expiriences

Can life really be measured by an online test? Who knows, but I took it anyway. I know I said I didn't want this blog to be a live journal but what the hell. Since I'm the writer I'll throw in a few slices of myself every now and then.

The Life Experience Test

Overall, you have partaken in 63 out of 169 possible life experiences. Your average life experience score is therefore 37%. The average score is 51%, making your experiences more than 14% of the people who have taken this test. The average for your age group (18-25) is 45%. Broken down by category: Art: 2/17 (12%) Career & Work: 4/13 (31%) Civics & Technology: 4/7 (57%) Crime & Disarray: 3/11 (27%) Education: 9/18 (50%) Fashion: 6/10 (60%) Fitness, Health and Sports: 1/7 (14%) Life in General: 6/14 (43%) Relationships: 7/14 (50%) Religion & Politics: 0/4 (0%) Social: 10/22 (45%) Travel: 2/20 (10%) Vices: 9/12 (75%)

Take the test and see how YOU compare

This is a test I'd kind of like to take again in the future so I'll just leave it here.

Hot Damn!

Chris Sanders, the man who helped write the story for the Disney movie Lilo and Stitch as well as designed all the characters, has a Deviant Art account. I'm overjoyed! He has a fantastic style and extremely recognizable. Although it may not always be anatomically correct, it is always aesthetically pleasing.



His user name on Deviant art is, appropriately, Alohalilo. The Colors of the particular drawing above were done by Katmomma. Spread the love!


Happy Holidays to everyone and all that jazz.

Random Scribblings

I figured I should use this blog for more than just words.

I'm so jealous of Spongebob and his permanent state of euphoria.

I can't even describe how much I love drawing. Hell, if I could, I'd be a writer, not an artist. Even crappy chaotic scribbles like this are awesome to me. It's such a huge stress reliever.

On a second note, I've recently discovered the comedic goldmine that is BriTANick. Two college guys that make short and hilarious videos. My favorite video of theirs is "A Monologue for Thee".



Like I said...Hilarious.

Redundancy Rocks

Alliterations do too. Anyway, I finished reading Life of Pi the other night and what an intoxicating read it was. To sum up, the book is about a 16 year old boy named Pi Patel from India.

His father owns a zoo in India so he grows up with a strong love and knowledge of animals.When Pi's father decided to move to Canada, they pack up all their belongings and their animals and hitch a ride on a Japanese cargo ship. The ship sinks during it's voyage with Pi being the only human survivor. Pi ends up aboard a lifeboat, and not alone to his fortune (or misfortune) as a Bengal tiger has climbed aboard with him. The novel continues on for over 300 pages about how Pi used his knowledge and experience to survive his ordeal. I must say, the writing style of Yann Martel is extremely refreshing and overflowing with beautiful metaphors and expressions. The mark of a great author is when they can write in such a way in that the characters feelings become yours. You would think one wouldn't be able to ramble on about the happenings of a boy lost at sea for over 300 pages, however, when a tiger is aboard, fascinating mishaps will occur. Whether half of the things that go on in this novel could conceivably happen in real life is unclear to me, but that is one of the best parts about living in the world of fiction. Mr. Martel has a wonderful gift with words. One of my personal favorite descriptions was his comparison of lightning to a "celestial tree". Just lovely. On top of that, one would think that a book about survival, desperation and fear wouldn't leave much room for humor, but Mr. Martel is expertly able to balance them all out in a neat little stack. Mr. Martel does more than balance out positive and negative emotions, but also religions. Pi Patel is a brilliant young man who loves God deeply, enough to follow three different religions, Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. Not being a religious person myself, I don't want to go too deeply into this topic, but I do find it intriguing that each religion seems to have been assigned a color throughout the novel. Pi associates Hinduism with the color orange, Islamic with green, and I believe (although it is never directly stated) that Christianity is associated with blue. I'll admit, I didn't expect much from this book. I finally succumbed and bought it after seeing it countless times at the book store. I'm so glad I did. With life or death situations being the ice cream, carnivorous plant life and cannibalism being the chocolate syrup and sprinkles, and a 450 pound Bengal Tiger being that oh so delicious cherry on top, Life of Pi makes for one appatizing sundae. Exquisitly written and an enthralling story.

My Rating: 9/10
Re-Read Value: 7/10

"I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life."
-Pi Patel.