07: awakening
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yamamanamathe twelve days of wonky roms: fantasy zone - in which I play a game that I once got on cartridge for two dollars.
the twelve days of wonky roms: super fantasy zone - in which I have fun playing a genesis game with a SNES title.
treaties - in which I link to songs, put the Twelve Days of Wonky Roms on indefinite hiatus, and I think something specifically about blue.
so they combined shoegazing and post-rock - in which I obsess over Elf Fatima and The 303s.
the twelve days of wonky roms: the rest - in which I am burnt out and summarize some roms I played in a few paragraphs or less.
in which I return to school in biting cold - in which the windchill drops below subzero and I delay a Psycho Dream entry.
clive barker fever dreams - in which I dream about monsters and Rich dreams about beating up George W. Bush.
the fitchburg incidents - in which I wanted to use a title and did because Laurie cut a potato in half with a sword, set a cake on fire, and set off a smoke alarm by using too many candles, all in fitchburg, while in Bridgewater, I see Immelman and promise to upload some Vast for people to listen but back out of it with rumors flying about, someone steals a couch, I listen to Outhouse for the first time in ten years.
hey blue, where'd you run to now? - in which I link to Smashing Pumpkins b-sides.
This entry has music and in no way relates to the awards whatsoever. - in which I award people for having good taste in music.
yama, in love - in which I strike up a conversation about art and wonder why I used that title now and not some time in 2013, Katie wonders if it's possible to get Kristi angry, Carla attempts to cross pool with soccer, and neither Blue, nor Celes, nor Lia win best new member and I'm disappointed.
the twelve days of wonky roms: psycho dream - in which I play Psycho Dream and am dissatisfied with said writeup because Miyomi dared me to write a journal entry without referencing anything, though I did reference Daria but I don't think Miyomi read my journal at this point so it doesn't really matter.
yeah, definitely oxidized - in which the hot chocolate tastes oxidized, Miyomi deludes me into thinking I've worked things out with Hyde.
this soup sucks. put tater tots in it. - in which Matt thinks tater tots in soup would improve it while I disagree.
monkeys and video games - in which monkeys are not random.
it's gonna be a glorious day - in which Kate writes an essay about August 20, Colleen remembers the MCAS but not the SAT, Thaddeus writes an essay about If You Give A Mouse a Cookie and Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia, and gets an A for it.
meeeeeeeeerkat - in which I buy Little, Big and plan a mix CD.
that's it! I'm setting up a frogurt stand in Cydonia - in which I will not be outdone by North Koreans and their hotel.
my favorite female vocalists as of 2007 - in which I post songs, I forget a name, he talks about ogre choruses, and lament my lack of dreams caused by Thai food.
lily and jim - in which I recommend a video about blind dating expecting to cause a toxic blast of patheticness and muy estupido and Ceres thinks of her own relationship, Colleen dreams about being chased by Ronald Reagan, I dream about the feywood and post about Valentine's heart.
monkey pull lever, monkey get banana - in which I use a title from a Mastermind clone, Katie interrogates a clown and thinks about polka metal.
downloading a banana - in which I dare people to come up with a better title than that, I recommend carrying around a CD or iPod filled with Mega Man music to counter obnoxiously catchy songs, Chris and I discuss mans.
misprision of dreams - in which the Course of the Heart arrives, I tell everyone to tell Hyde he smells like lemons and rotting pears, I dream about Vietnam.
dragons, with body armor and uzis, swordfighting - in which I discover Dragons: Lexicon Triumvirate and compare it to the Mega Man box art.
Terranigma Strategy Guide Chapter I - in which Spring Break happens and Katie comes up with Captain Paranoia, who goes around fighting random innocents he suspects are supervillains, and Kristi is disappointed by Mark Summers not sliming people on The Price is Right.
Terranigma Strategy Guide Chapter III - in which i play Terranigma
terranigma part IV - in which I dream about Acid Mothers Temple and play Terranigma, and get my wisdom teeth taken out.
i have a grudging respect for muse now - in which Muse reminds me of Ren and Stimpy.
if I had the mouse run over the keyboard and crap on it - in which Ethan shows up and we discuss bad bands with good names, and his computer sucks.
I will F=ma Muse - in which somebody writes a wikipedia entry about a professor I had, I discuss crappy bands, and I list band names.
depouillement - in which the guy who 'teaches' linear algebra says you can't turn off the sun but Katie wishes that wasn't true and I listen to the Chinese version of Sonic Youth.
the lords of illusionary success - in which I find Muse on the same CD as some good music, list horrible band names, and judge penne a la pesto by the standards of macaroni and cheese.
the city - in which I finish Weaveworld, Katie comes up with song titles.
the lord of the first operation - in which Matt wants to use a labelmaker to put his name on everything and Immelman combines a fancy suit and a fonzy jacket.
the hermetic feast - in which International Night 2007 happens and I listen to Christianity is Stupid on Good Friday, gain a new appreciation of Kirlian Shores when I skip through Muse tracks in a dark car, Katie casts quake on floating enemies in Final Fantasy VI and gets a game over for her efforts.
in which we wake - in which I bid a fond farewell to Gamingforce, but if it must be so, then so be it.
an epilogue ~ sunday mourning - in which I post something making sure it's morning in Boston, MA, fail to find the Korean equivalent of We Save Strawberries, and the easter bunny freezes to death.
there are two Ls in Lily - in which I correct your spelling.
Kenoma - in which I find myself extremely dissatisfied with Gamingforce when it's up, bleed from my eyes after reading some satire about george orwell or something, and Cam draws R2-D2.
the hermetic feast, with lily napkins - in which I start my own website because Gamingforce is perpetually down.
revenge of the space pandas - in which the Boston Herald is tasteless, Rich's friend makes up a rumor about Kristi falling over a midget, Rich comes up with a movie about Hitler clones, and the school theatre has a play about space pandas.
matt bellamy has an illegitimate child, the muppet Rizzo the Rat - in which I am unable to play a game in which you beat Matt Bellamy with a dead squirrel frozen in ice and the Mir space station, and Thaumogenesis causes the vengeful ghosts of Vietnamese children to drag Vajo Jr. to hell and blows up the GFF server.
attack ships on fire off the shoulder of orion - in which I replace a half-assed retrospective on a site I wasn't planning on spending much time on due to changes for the worse in moderation, frequent downtimes, and a desire to spend more time with college friends with a reflection on why I was going to eventually walk away, and wonder how my relationship with miyomi would have been altered had I not been banned, Laurie joins the Brick Liberation Army and finds something I said about lily petals funny, flowers fall from trees, and I read Little, Big.
springfest 2007 - in which it rains on the unloved, I get several CDs, list hypothetical band names, Laurie offers to bring giraffes and bubble wands and silly string to people's houses.
he was like a cross between a dog and a bowling ball - in which Mike draws a bowling ball dog singing Lit, Matt showers with his clothes on, I offer to draw a facsimile but don't, insult Muse, and give Kristi a mix cd.
we can't let the squirrels learn mechanics - in which Cam says that squirrels might build acorn cannons and imitates the movie guys, petals fall from the trees, Rich mentions a guy with his femur sticking out.
bowling ball dog ice cream - in which Mike is in a fit of laughter because I mention ice cream flavors nobody's eaten and Matt draws a unicorn drinking a milkshake, Kristi as George Washington, Colleen as Ben Franklin, and me as a French person instead of an English/Irish/Italian/Hungarian person.
kenoma again - in which I try to use vbcode in livejournal and realize that all this careful planning and social positioning was for naught and I should have lived more for the moment.
halcyon days - in which I sendspace every comment in my chocolate chocobo journal aside from some unimportant ones in the last four entries or so, and they compress rather nicely into a 56 meg file.
olives and pancakes - in which I share barely-musical art music.
friends only - in which I tell Rydia to not bury this journal friends only posts amongst decade old entries where they will not be seen by anyone ever again.
Tritoch is a JERK - in which Setzer summons Tritoch on some fire-absorbing enemies and I list story ideas from a random generator.
Kenoma 3: THE REVENGE - in which I raze the dreaming killing as many mudkips as possible, annihilate Tritoch in Final Fantasy V.
burnt lily - in which Bean fails to properly send a topic on atease about Muse to Ava Lilly.
fallout - in which Bean has a collaborative writing project everyone fails at and I get bored instead of Ava Lilly beating Bean to a pulp with me sitting at a table.
i'm slightly wrong - in which I wonder if doing the right thing makes anyone happy.
you not only insult a good band, you insult Batman - in which Ava Lilly fails to spell her name properly.
theopneustia - in which Batman is already disgraced by Batman and Robin, Turd Burger listens to shit music, No. 4 is defined as two different things, and I watch Plan 9 from Outer Space and mutter in 13th century Italian.
epiphany - in which I ask something akin to a burning question, bean is sick or dead or something, and my entire being shifts in between two different planes of existence or locusts try to hijack my consciousness.
every web remained unbroken - in which I beat Final Fantasy IV and have a pop quiz about the game.
help me get revenge on crash landon - in which I ask people to nominate songs that are both noisy and difficult to enjoy without proper training and half-succeed.
see, yama, this is the kind of brilliance you come up with when nobody's around - in which I say brilliant things about Final Fantasy IV.
the blue anemone ontological association presents - in which I decline to do a survey because I'm pretty sure it was the same one I did two years before.
the blue anemone ontological association presents a FFIV strategy guide - in which someone makes a good FFIV guide and I fuck up a link.
to anyone from the philippines or planning to go there - in which I ask for a copy of Alyas: Batman en Robin.
stupid quiz from the Yellow Chocobo Stupidity Association - in which I fill out a quiz.
yama gets simpsonified - in which a site fails but makes me wait half an hour.
see my face transmogrified into different ethnicities and art styles - in which a site is nice enough to not make me wait half an hour to not work.
somethingawful's strategy guide - in which I gank a bunch of videos from somethingawful before they disappear in the eternal void of paywalls and other crap.
yr. fear, yr. apprehension, yr. distance, and yr. sorrow - in which I tell people to be honest with me but nobody gives a shit apparently.
i'd immerse you in flames - in which I rant about opacity but Amara doesn't listen, but thankfully I meet Morbo's Good Friend Alex and Matt takes a piano class.
autumn reached for her golden crown - in which I try and elicit a mix CD but only get half of one and Jill thinks it's a good idea to extort summonmaster and says that's not an asteroid, it's a potato.
where are monsters in dreams? - in which I post that story about the knife and men in black suits from Marathon ∞.
this is all your fault - in which Plarom, DarkWingedAngel, and Amara all decide they hate me and I consider not updating anymore, also, you end up missing the story about how I can't do anything right and when I do, it doesn't make up for the fact that I plugged my headphones into the wrong socket, and how I went to the MFA and SoletaAnna screamed at me for saying something to Miyomi when I clearly wasn't home, and how I went to a bunch of concerts over the summer, I'm pretty sure I posted about the Abduction from the Seraglio, but not about the trip to the MFA.
sprouticus is an intellectual thief - in which Sprouticus steals my idea to write a satirical something about the Gamingforce meet.
how does this even begin to make sense? - in which Xpander attacks me for trying to apologize to him, I meet Heather and discuss cake or death and meerkats.
>I'm impatient for the stars to change - in which Jill says people have too much time on their hands and don't deserve my friendship if they can't do simple math and only hate me because their friend does.
the beautiful season ends - in which people ignore me when I say hi or apologize to them but flip out when I ask about songs on a mix CD I want to make.
calluna and the search for LSD - in which I give Shayna a mix CD, discuss band names and where god may or may not be, things impossible to find, missing hours, and the soviet union.
recollections - in which I list butterfly genera and piss off Kara Mano Iru, using klein bottles as a metaphor.
saudade - in which I pry off the space bar of a school computer to write about how Kara Mano Iru sent me an IM kinda sorta explaining what's going on, and giving me hope about the whole situation.
transience blues - in which I talk to a girl about making her own klein bottle and don't learn her name afterwards.
now taking bets - in which I fill out a survey because I have nothing better to do.
it's winter again so we lit all the candles and pretended your room was a palace - in which I ask people to submit songs for a winter mix and fail miserably, wonder what would go on the White CD, wonder whether I should be commenting on someone's artwork and comparing it to a torrent that might be in poorly-translated Hmong.
the twelve days of wonky roms: super fantasy zone - in which I have fun playing a genesis game with a SNES title.
treaties - in which I link to songs, put the Twelve Days of Wonky Roms on indefinite hiatus, and I think something specifically about blue.
so they combined shoegazing and post-rock - in which I obsess over Elf Fatima and The 303s.
the twelve days of wonky roms: the rest - in which I am burnt out and summarize some roms I played in a few paragraphs or less.
in which I return to school in biting cold - in which the windchill drops below subzero and I delay a Psycho Dream entry.
clive barker fever dreams - in which I dream about monsters and Rich dreams about beating up George W. Bush.
the fitchburg incidents - in which I wanted to use a title and did because Laurie cut a potato in half with a sword, set a cake on fire, and set off a smoke alarm by using too many candles, all in fitchburg, while in Bridgewater, I see Immelman and promise to upload some Vast for people to listen but back out of it with rumors flying about, someone steals a couch, I listen to Outhouse for the first time in ten years.
hey blue, where'd you run to now? - in which I link to Smashing Pumpkins b-sides.
This entry has music and in no way relates to the awards whatsoever. - in which I award people for having good taste in music.
yama, in love - in which I strike up a conversation about art and wonder why I used that title now and not some time in 2013, Katie wonders if it's possible to get Kristi angry, Carla attempts to cross pool with soccer, and neither Blue, nor Celes, nor Lia win best new member and I'm disappointed.
the twelve days of wonky roms: psycho dream - in which I play Psycho Dream and am dissatisfied with said writeup because Miyomi dared me to write a journal entry without referencing anything, though I did reference Daria but I don't think Miyomi read my journal at this point so it doesn't really matter.
yeah, definitely oxidized - in which the hot chocolate tastes oxidized, Miyomi deludes me into thinking I've worked things out with Hyde.
this soup sucks. put tater tots in it. - in which Matt thinks tater tots in soup would improve it while I disagree.
monkeys and video games - in which monkeys are not random.
it's gonna be a glorious day - in which Kate writes an essay about August 20, Colleen remembers the MCAS but not the SAT, Thaddeus writes an essay about If You Give A Mouse a Cookie and Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia, and gets an A for it.
meeeeeeeeerkat - in which I buy Little, Big and plan a mix CD.
that's it! I'm setting up a frogurt stand in Cydonia - in which I will not be outdone by North Koreans and their hotel.
my favorite female vocalists as of 2007 - in which I post songs, I forget a name, he talks about ogre choruses, and lament my lack of dreams caused by Thai food.
lily and jim - in which I recommend a video about blind dating expecting to cause a toxic blast of patheticness and muy estupido and Ceres thinks of her own relationship, Colleen dreams about being chased by Ronald Reagan, I dream about the feywood and post about Valentine's heart.
monkey pull lever, monkey get banana - in which I use a title from a Mastermind clone, Katie interrogates a clown and thinks about polka metal.
downloading a banana - in which I dare people to come up with a better title than that, I recommend carrying around a CD or iPod filled with Mega Man music to counter obnoxiously catchy songs, Chris and I discuss mans.
misprision of dreams - in which the Course of the Heart arrives, I tell everyone to tell Hyde he smells like lemons and rotting pears, I dream about Vietnam.
dragons, with body armor and uzis, swordfighting - in which I discover Dragons: Lexicon Triumvirate and compare it to the Mega Man box art.
Terranigma Strategy Guide Chapter I - in which Spring Break happens and Katie comes up with Captain Paranoia, who goes around fighting random innocents he suspects are supervillains, and Kristi is disappointed by Mark Summers not sliming people on The Price is Right.
Terranigma Strategy Guide Chapter III - in which i play Terranigma
terranigma part IV - in which I dream about Acid Mothers Temple and play Terranigma, and get my wisdom teeth taken out.
i have a grudging respect for muse now - in which Muse reminds me of Ren and Stimpy.
if I had the mouse run over the keyboard and crap on it - in which Ethan shows up and we discuss bad bands with good names, and his computer sucks.
I will F=ma Muse - in which somebody writes a wikipedia entry about a professor I had, I discuss crappy bands, and I list band names.
depouillement - in which the guy who 'teaches' linear algebra says you can't turn off the sun but Katie wishes that wasn't true and I listen to the Chinese version of Sonic Youth.
the lords of illusionary success - in which I find Muse on the same CD as some good music, list horrible band names, and judge penne a la pesto by the standards of macaroni and cheese.
the city - in which I finish Weaveworld, Katie comes up with song titles.
the lord of the first operation - in which Matt wants to use a labelmaker to put his name on everything and Immelman combines a fancy suit and a fonzy jacket.
the hermetic feast - in which International Night 2007 happens and I listen to Christianity is Stupid on Good Friday, gain a new appreciation of Kirlian Shores when I skip through Muse tracks in a dark car, Katie casts quake on floating enemies in Final Fantasy VI and gets a game over for her efforts.
in which we wake - in which I bid a fond farewell to Gamingforce, but if it must be so, then so be it.
an epilogue ~ sunday mourning - in which I post something making sure it's morning in Boston, MA, fail to find the Korean equivalent of We Save Strawberries, and the easter bunny freezes to death.
there are two Ls in Lily - in which I correct your spelling.
Kenoma - in which I find myself extremely dissatisfied with Gamingforce when it's up, bleed from my eyes after reading some satire about george orwell or something, and Cam draws R2-D2.
the hermetic feast, with lily napkins - in which I start my own website because Gamingforce is perpetually down.
revenge of the space pandas - in which the Boston Herald is tasteless, Rich's friend makes up a rumor about Kristi falling over a midget, Rich comes up with a movie about Hitler clones, and the school theatre has a play about space pandas.
matt bellamy has an illegitimate child, the muppet Rizzo the Rat - in which I am unable to play a game in which you beat Matt Bellamy with a dead squirrel frozen in ice and the Mir space station, and Thaumogenesis causes the vengeful ghosts of Vietnamese children to drag Vajo Jr. to hell and blows up the GFF server.
attack ships on fire off the shoulder of orion - in which I replace a half-assed retrospective on a site I wasn't planning on spending much time on due to changes for the worse in moderation, frequent downtimes, and a desire to spend more time with college friends with a reflection on why I was going to eventually walk away, and wonder how my relationship with miyomi would have been altered had I not been banned, Laurie joins the Brick Liberation Army and finds something I said about lily petals funny, flowers fall from trees, and I read Little, Big.
springfest 2007 - in which it rains on the unloved, I get several CDs, list hypothetical band names, Laurie offers to bring giraffes and bubble wands and silly string to people's houses.
he was like a cross between a dog and a bowling ball - in which Mike draws a bowling ball dog singing Lit, Matt showers with his clothes on, I offer to draw a facsimile but don't, insult Muse, and give Kristi a mix cd.
we can't let the squirrels learn mechanics - in which Cam says that squirrels might build acorn cannons and imitates the movie guys, petals fall from the trees, Rich mentions a guy with his femur sticking out.
bowling ball dog ice cream - in which Mike is in a fit of laughter because I mention ice cream flavors nobody's eaten and Matt draws a unicorn drinking a milkshake, Kristi as George Washington, Colleen as Ben Franklin, and me as a French person instead of an English/Irish/Italian/Hungarian person.
kenoma again - in which I try to use vbcode in livejournal and realize that all this careful planning and social positioning was for naught and I should have lived more for the moment.
halcyon days - in which I sendspace every comment in my chocolate chocobo journal aside from some unimportant ones in the last four entries or so, and they compress rather nicely into a 56 meg file.
olives and pancakes - in which I share barely-musical art music.
friends only - in which I tell Rydia to not bury this journal friends only posts amongst decade old entries where they will not be seen by anyone ever again.
Tritoch is a JERK - in which Setzer summons Tritoch on some fire-absorbing enemies and I list story ideas from a random generator.
Kenoma 3: THE REVENGE - in which I raze the dreaming killing as many mudkips as possible, annihilate Tritoch in Final Fantasy V.
burnt lily - in which Bean fails to properly send a topic on atease about Muse to Ava Lilly.
fallout - in which Bean has a collaborative writing project everyone fails at and I get bored instead of Ava Lilly beating Bean to a pulp with me sitting at a table.
i'm slightly wrong - in which I wonder if doing the right thing makes anyone happy.
you not only insult a good band, you insult Batman - in which Ava Lilly fails to spell her name properly.
theopneustia - in which Batman is already disgraced by Batman and Robin, Turd Burger listens to shit music, No. 4 is defined as two different things, and I watch Plan 9 from Outer Space and mutter in 13th century Italian.
epiphany - in which I ask something akin to a burning question, bean is sick or dead or something, and my entire being shifts in between two different planes of existence or locusts try to hijack my consciousness.
every web remained unbroken - in which I beat Final Fantasy IV and have a pop quiz about the game.
help me get revenge on crash landon - in which I ask people to nominate songs that are both noisy and difficult to enjoy without proper training and half-succeed.
see, yama, this is the kind of brilliance you come up with when nobody's around - in which I say brilliant things about Final Fantasy IV.
the blue anemone ontological association presents - in which I decline to do a survey because I'm pretty sure it was the same one I did two years before.
the blue anemone ontological association presents a FFIV strategy guide - in which someone makes a good FFIV guide and I fuck up a link.
to anyone from the philippines or planning to go there - in which I ask for a copy of Alyas: Batman en Robin.
stupid quiz from the Yellow Chocobo Stupidity Association - in which I fill out a quiz.
yama gets simpsonified - in which a site fails but makes me wait half an hour.
see my face transmogrified into different ethnicities and art styles - in which a site is nice enough to not make me wait half an hour to not work.
somethingawful's strategy guide - in which I gank a bunch of videos from somethingawful before they disappear in the eternal void of paywalls and other crap.
yr. fear, yr. apprehension, yr. distance, and yr. sorrow - in which I tell people to be honest with me but nobody gives a shit apparently.
i'd immerse you in flames - in which I rant about opacity but Amara doesn't listen, but thankfully I meet Morbo's Good Friend Alex and Matt takes a piano class.
autumn reached for her golden crown - in which I try and elicit a mix CD but only get half of one and Jill thinks it's a good idea to extort summonmaster and says that's not an asteroid, it's a potato.
where are monsters in dreams? - in which I post that story about the knife and men in black suits from Marathon ∞.
this is all your fault - in which Plarom, DarkWingedAngel, and Amara all decide they hate me and I consider not updating anymore, also, you end up missing the story about how I can't do anything right and when I do, it doesn't make up for the fact that I plugged my headphones into the wrong socket, and how I went to the MFA and SoletaAnna screamed at me for saying something to Miyomi when I clearly wasn't home, and how I went to a bunch of concerts over the summer, I'm pretty sure I posted about the Abduction from the Seraglio, but not about the trip to the MFA.
sprouticus is an intellectual thief - in which Sprouticus steals my idea to write a satirical something about the Gamingforce meet.
how does this even begin to make sense? - in which Xpander attacks me for trying to apologize to him, I meet Heather and discuss cake or death and meerkats.
>I'm impatient for the stars to change - in which Jill says people have too much time on their hands and don't deserve my friendship if they can't do simple math and only hate me because their friend does.
the beautiful season ends - in which people ignore me when I say hi or apologize to them but flip out when I ask about songs on a mix CD I want to make.
calluna and the search for LSD - in which I give Shayna a mix CD, discuss band names and where god may or may not be, things impossible to find, missing hours, and the soviet union.
recollections - in which I list butterfly genera and piss off Kara Mano Iru, using klein bottles as a metaphor.
saudade - in which I pry off the space bar of a school computer to write about how Kara Mano Iru sent me an IM kinda sorta explaining what's going on, and giving me hope about the whole situation.
transience blues - in which I talk to a girl about making her own klein bottle and don't learn her name afterwards.
now taking bets - in which I fill out a survey because I have nothing better to do.
it's winter again so we lit all the candles and pretended your room was a palace - in which I ask people to submit songs for a winter mix and fail miserably, wonder what would go on the White CD, wonder whether I should be commenting on someone's artwork and comparing it to a torrent that might be in poorly-translated Hmong.
