The Jonesyboat stops at every station tonight!

And we'll play that lover's music

2009-12-17T11:28:32Z

And in happier news! I entirely blame Tash for reminding me that I find older Ema Skye unendingly sexy and that I cannot resist her in any way, shape or form. And that I would kill for one in Paradisa. This was building up recently anyway but hnnnngh

Give me prompts for Ace Attorney ficlets. Ideally with Ema, but it's all good! Any pairing, any prompt you please, and I'll knock something out for ya. ♥

Let's make the rest of the world care

2009-12-15T22:13:55Z

You know, since Saturday, I think I've clocked my first forty-hour week. I think I'd like to go back to slacking now. (EDIT #1: Hnnnngh looks like I'm working ten hour days today and tomorrow too WHOOOO) Feeling much better otherwise, though! Although hnnngh Internet is slowing down VERY early this month, please don't give me slow connection speed for Christmas. :C

Durrrp, that's about it, really; nothing much has been happening in Jonesyworld. I picked up Resident Evil 5 for Dad, since he has played RE4 to DEATH, and Parappa the Rapper 2 for myself, which I am...failing pretty miserably at. Boo.

Still feeling that disconnect from Discedo, too. I love the Persona cast there, but other than that, I don't really want to get into it any further than I have to, you know? I figured if I just pushed through it, maybe, but...nope, not really.
On the upside, Paradisa is going from strength to strength! I was initially hesitant when I introed Apollo there, but now he's settled in, I think I'll be happy with him and Yukiko for awhile. It's a thing, really; if I have three characters in there, no matter how much I love them, I immediately start getting stressed and worrying about AC. With just two, I can take my time and hit it, no troubles, totally relaxed. All that's left is to RESIST TEMPTATION and not apply anymore. Not that I can until December is over.

So, yes! Hi guys. Happy holidays. ♥

EDIT #2: Oh, Suki and Angie? Go on ahead with the FFVII playthrough without me, if you haven't already. I'll catch up when I can.

And Kat? POST THOSE DAMN MEMES WHERE I CAN SEE THEM. 8|

EDIT #3: HANKYYYYYY
C-CAN YOU PLEASE SAVE YUKIKO FROM THE PEDO VAMPIRE D:

neutraltwin @ 2009-12-09T15:47:00

2009-12-09T05:47:26Z

So I've done some stupid shit lately.

I had a bunch of apologies and excuses all lined up - I'm the sort of person who doesn't show it much on the outside but intensely beats themself up over and over for every tiny mistake internally - but then I realised, hey, Jonesy? You're overthinking things. Here we go.

I've been acting like an ass lately, largely due to a lot of stress from all angles that I don't want to talk about, and I'm sorry if I've treated you badly in order to relieve my stress. Shitty mood isn't much of an excuse, and frankly?

I don't like the person I'm becoming. So I'm gonna stop becoming that person. Sorry, guys. It's gonna stop now.

And that's all!

Not a cutie girlfriend oh no, don't you know

2009-12-03T03:16:49Z

DUDE TODAY HAS BEEN SO GOOD

I get a call yesterday to say that I've got a shift 8am to noon to cover for some stuff, which is fine; more ca$$$h for Jonesy next payday, right? So I get there at 8, do some thangs, and at around 10am, the boss says "...yeah, there's nothing else for you to do. Just head home and we'll say you worked five hours."

I'm naturally like, "Dude, alright :D " and head out! Take the train into the city, grab a coffee, and pound out another 1,000ish words on the novel for the first time in too long. Pretty pumped, head home, check my RP places since McDonald's free wifi sucks balllllls.

AND I FIND OUT
MY BAND AU
HAS GOTTEN A THIRD MEMBER numnums I love you so much marry me

It is so awesome to see this thing taking off, you have no idea. My dream is to have, like, the whole cast tripping around the DR playing instruments and shit, but even having two other people with me makes me so, so happy. Today has been the best day I've had in weeks.

TL;DR SHIT IS LOOKING UP FOR JONESY
SO PUMPED
YEAHHHHHHHH

Maybe it's not my weekend, but it's gonna be my year

2009-11-29T22:06:06Z

~~I might tl;dr edit this post a bit more later~~ TOO LATE, but this thought just occurred to me since I was trawling for TWEWY stuff, and it's cleared up a lot about why I like Neku, as a character.

Simply put? Despite everything, and coming out of his shell, letting people in, the whole Game? He's okay with himself. Even when he's a brash, rude, introvert who thinks he doesn't need people, he's still totally comfortable in his own skin. He grows and changes at his own pace, letting people in at the pace he chooses, and comes to care about them not out of necessity, but because he truly likes these people. He might not control the Game, but he has a tight grip on his own growth, and his own destiny.

Compare and contrast with Squall, who got forcibly pulled out of his shell, likely causing intense emotional pain for the poor boy, and - if you play the game right - basically pulling a total emotional 180, and I can see why Neku's iteration of the character type appeals to me.

And hey, on a less serious note, could you go into the fashion capital of Japan dressed in that fucking ridiculous outfit if you weren't completely comfortable in your own skin?

So yes. That is why, aside from the delicious snark, that I like Neku. I might go so far as to say he's a good role model, in that respect, for the people I know who tend to just sit and wallow. He's comfortable with himself and isn't going to be forced to grow by anyone but himself (although obviously, doing it for his friends is still his own choice), but that's the hook of his character in TWEWY. Rather than sitting and shutting people out when put in those circumstances, he tries. He strives to become better, if only to survive the Game. And that is the most, the most important thing; to not just sit and stagnate, but to strive and try to be better.

Okay! And I think that is my two cents about that. Now I'm gonna go out because sitting in the house all day is making me stir-crazy lately. Stupid not having any money left because people keep borrowing it from me ahhhhh--

She's trouble in a tanktop, pretty little time-bomb

2009-11-28T22:16:00Z

So, it looks like that if all goes well, I might be travelling next year. I'm socking away at least $400 a month from the paycheck, more if I get more hours, and even with the retarded cost of flights and cost of living, I think...yeah.

Hopefully, I'll be in New York by around May next year. I dunno for how long; awhile. If I can find a job, I might stay a few months.

Heads up, Americans. Jonesy's coming over.

And yes, Emma, that means I'm probably crashing on your couch. I'm sure that'd go over great with your parents!

The street vendors peddling their boiled goose

2009-11-24T21:50:20Z

Okay, so despite it not being entirely fiscally responsible, I picked up the 100 Classic Books Collection (DS) and Eternal Sonata (Xbox) games today. I only have praise for the books one, since it's actually really intuitive and they have all this lovely ambient music on it. I'm about nine chapters into Moby Dick at the moment.

Eternal Sonata is fun too. But I just came across my first antagonist.

And you'll never fucking believe it.

He's voiced by goddamn Adachi-baby.

I damn near squealed.

Also, a meme! A simple one.

Don't make an edit or change anything. Just post what you have on your Ctrl+V command right now. We will all learn something new about each other.

...yeah, I dunno either. 'sup, guys?

You were fake I was great, nothing personal

2009-11-23T00:00:14Z

Xmas Wishlist
- New bike
- Clothes
- Beautiful Katamari (Xbox)
- Bioshock/Oblivion package (Xbox)
- Uhh...idfk, some new glasses? Paid accounts? I am not high maintenance at all.

Games to Finish
- Ape Escape 2
- Raidou Kuzunoha vs the Soulless Army
- Prince of ~~Persona~~ Persia 3
- Dragon Quest V
- Saints Row 2

...huh, less games to finish than I thought. I'm not really too hot on Raidou anymore, honestly, and PoP is just killing me. Even on Easy. :c

Also doing replays of Persona 3, 4, FFVII and Apollo Justice, but I basically only do them when I feel like it.

I bought some new shirts from that six-dollar site, too! Woulda been better if shipping wasn't twenty fucking dollars dngklnberklbnver

And to that man I propose a toast

2009-11-14T02:25:19Z

From lumati~

▪ Leave me a comment saying "GUREITO!"
▪ I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better.
▪ Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
▪ Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions

1. Top 5 video games of all time.

Super Mario 64. To me, this game is just absolutely timeless. I've never gotten all 120 Stars, but it just instils me with such happiness (and/or frustrated rage) when I play it. No hate for Sunshine or Galaxy, but I really think it's the pinnacle of platforming.
Beyond Good and Evil. Not only was the story so, so solid and made you crave more, the adventuring was fun, the characters were great, and the world was just immersive. It's one of those games where you truly feel, even after you've 100%-ed the whole thing, that you've only explored a tiny fraction of what's in store.
Illusion of Gaia. It's been awhile, but doing the screencap adventure made me realise how much could be achieved with so little. Even now, the whole thing just pulls on my heartstrings like nothing else.
Persona 4. New entry, but the fact that I'm just into December again and I am seriously considering a third playthrough says something. The sheer possibility, the characters, the music...it's all just amazing.
The World Ends With You. Same reasons as the last, but it's one of the few Squeenix games which are just fun all the way through. There's a real sense of style in it, too, and all the music...mmm, all the music.

2. "Never going to give you up~" What do you consider to be your worst bad habit/vice?

Ignoring people. Even now, when I try so hard to help people, sometimes I just don't have the energy to work up emotion for them. I always feel bad when I realise that if need be, I could completely heartlessly cut off my best friend completely. I don't want to be able to do that.

3.What got you into roleplaying in the first place?

Oh god, I don't even remember. I think it was just a random link I followed on LJ, actually! I was looking for Phoenix Wright stuff, and I happened upon PWDR, and...the rest was kinda history.

4. What are some of your hobbies beside for the obvious video games, anime, and the like?

I haven't done this in awhile, but I intend to pick up bike-riding again now that my life is not primarily made up of school and playing videogames. Otherwise, uh...I'm an avid fan of music, but most of it is really obscure stuff so I tend to keep it to myself. I write, as most of you know, and...goodness, that's about it. I do have a tendency to collect props as well - walking sticks, plastic swords, that kind of thing - if that counts.

5. What foods can you just not stand to eat?

Asparagus. Broccoli. Brussel's sprouts. Duck. Quite a few things, actually.

If everyone is in are you in

2009-11-13T20:47:44Z

I will warn you guys now, you might hear a lot about Saints Row 2 as I progress through the game. The characters and the narrative are just a great deal stronger than the GTA series, so there's a lot more to talk about.

Anyway, the last mission I did? I drove to a weapon store, picked up a geiger counter, drove to a dock to steal a speedboat and go over to the power plant (nuclear, on an island) to locate some toxic waste with said counter, killed a bunch of security guards while waiting for my ride back to show up. Then I proceeded to shoot down three helicopters with an assault rifle from my own helicopter while my bro held the pilot at gunpoint. Then the plot dictated that we crash-land (presumably the pilot died because hur, side character), drive to a tattoo parlour on the opposite end of the city and lace the tattoo ink with the toxic waste.

The practical upshot of which is that one of the rival bosses gets a lot of tattooes. The next one he got was on the side of his face and it proceeded to burn his skin off before the cutscene ended.

I...am still not sure whether this game is taking itself seriously or being as ridiculous as is humanly possible. That's probably a good thing.

Also: I did that entire mission while dressed and shaped, surprisingly closely, to this person. Which just makes it aaaaall the better.

Once I check my facts, who said we're whack

2009-11-10T06:18:57Z

Pros:
- Got my Red-Ring'd Xbox 360 replaced for no charge today with a newer model
- Tried Saints Row 2 on doxinator's recommendation. Forgoing my first try at the aunt's place of an obese topless Asian man with a blonde afro, I have made a white chick with a black beehive hairdo in a cocktail dress. All the better to cap some asses with!
- Finished Fallout 3. That ending was shocking, but in another way, I couldn't see how anything else could have happened.
- Got Yukari accepted into discedo! Delicious canonmates, mmyes.
- Picked up some new clothes when Kim took me shopping the other day. +5 fashionable!
- Fucked your mom.

Cons:
- Fucking Xbox red ringed on me! D:
- uuuuugh all these journals to add what is the deal
- Had to drop Kumatora in order to keep myself free. To be honest, I just feel constrained having more than two characters in a game. Even if the AC is low, it's just a weight on my mind. She was done there, anyway.
- Generally just...really friggin' tired all the time, due to that real life drama. It's ebbing down now, but still. Ugh. So tired all the time.
- Fucked your mom.

FUCKING AWESOMES:
- FUSED MARA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PERSONA 4
FELT SO VALIDATED GUYS
YOU HAVE NO IDEA
FUCKING MARA

Round up around spit out all over

2009-11-06T10:17:51Z

So here's that talking aimlessly meme I should have done awhile ago! Shit was difficult over the last week and I really didn't have the proper levels of radical to do it properly. But here it is now!

And now, to bed.

I'll be yours truly unbelievable

2009-10-30T07:46:41Z

Oh, Internet.

Feeling much better, too! Drive to write is back, RPing is going well, friends are back on track and I finally, finally finished Dragon Quest VIII after leaving it for about seven months. The urge to play the protag is...worrying. I'd really want a cast to play him off, though, and that's about as likely as a golden penguin.

Fallout 3 continues to amuse. Only in the Wasteland can ruthlessly murdering an entire town give you Good Karma, simply because they were slave-traders. Apparently there was an entire sub-quest where you go to a hidden orphanage and accept a quest to save the slave kids from the slaver town and THEN go there, but I had no idea of that. I just went in and killed them because SLAVE-TRADERS. B|

Anyway! Don't mind me, I just love the morality choices in that game. And the way the head explode. LET'S DO A MEME AND ALL MOVE ON.

Um. Right. Meme. I can find one of those. Surely the f-list has...wow, no they haven't. Weird. Alright, no prob. Uh...

OKAY. TELL ME WHAT SONG ~*REMINDS YOU OF ME*~. And why.

Links optional but highly encouraged!

OKAY SCRATCH THAT. Give me more questions for another TALKING AIMLESSLY MEME! Pyra has inspired me once again and I am so charming that I think I can make lightning strike twice, clearly.

Also: christ no I am not doing Nano. My motivation is far too sporadic to get one of those done, and bad writing happens when I force myself.

If I could just find the time, you know I'd never let another day go by

2009-10-27T19:56:44Z

Holy shit, I created Apollo's account exactly one year ago. October 27th, 2008. Happy...anniversary? You've lasted longer than anyone else.

Though fff, I think I know why; I might have waxed lyrical about this to other people, but the boy really resonates with me like no-one else I've ever played. In a way, I look up to him. Despite all the bad things that have happened in his life, he goes forward with that passionate heart burning red and commits himself to what he does. He doesn't stand for lies and mistruths, and while I don't really want to be the stick in the mud he can be, I still admire his resolve. For a time, while I didn't find myself thinking 'what would Apollo do here?', I still ended up acting a bit like him. Same deal with Souji Seta, but for different reasons.

So yes. One year of being the Pollybug! Go me. Go him. ♥

EDIT:

...thanks, Internet. No, really.

I'm hell-bent on doing the things you love

2009-10-26T19:25:11Z

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Credit to neutraltwin, etc etc, you guys know how it goes.

I know and I see all, I got your number

2009-10-20T06:18:53Z

Here's those pictures I was talking about! None of me just in eyeliner, alas, but I'm sure you'll all survive.

Now if my Internet connection doesn't speed up sometime soon, I swear I'm just about to break down into sobs. This is so frustrating, my god, how could dialup people ever handle this.

Remember how it was with you

2009-10-17T02:21:38Z

So I introed my made-it-for-the-heck-of-it Yosuke, thatjunessound, over at smtdressingroom. Just because I felt like it.

...is it worrying that he comes really easily to me?

And I need a getaway getaway

2009-10-16T20:38:09Z

Left the house at 9am yesterday; had to buy a costume for a bro's 21st that night. Was informed about this on Wednesday, but whatever.

Ran around the city like a headless chicken until I found a totally awesome zombie outfit. Rented that shit and ran into the birthday boy and his girlfriend (my best friend, by the by, the bro was just a bro by assocation at the beginning) and ended up picking up Kat #1 to head back to their place to help prepare.

Spent the next three or so hours running around with balloons and ribbons and shit, getting things ready. Was blasted before the party even started. By which I mean TIRED, not drunk. No-booze Christian family, you know how it is.

Got some ballin' zombie makeup done by Kat #1. Many pictures were taken which I will show you guys once they make the rounds at Facebook. Sang far too much karaoke. Imma let you finish'd the whole party.

Got home at 1am today and slept for four hours. Somehow still woke up at 5am. Goddamn body clock.

And now I have a ten-hour shift at work! This will probably end horribly at some point, but whatever.

Yesterday, I think, was good.

...I don't think I got all the eyeliner off, though. Tips for that?

THERE ARE TOO MANY INSTRUMENTAL PIECES ON MY ITUNES

2009-10-15T07:27:18Z

Me: *goes out! Buys new jeans, sits down with a coffee and pounds out 1000 words for the novel.*
Me: Okay, awesome! I really shouldn't buy a game so soon after being paid, though, considering I just bought that Xbox 360. Fallout 3 will keep me occupied for ages.
Gametraders: Nope, nothing here!
Toys'r'Us: Nothing here either!
Electronics Boutique: RAIDOU KUZUNOHA VS. THE SOULLESS ARMY
Me: ...
Electronics Boutique: FOR 25 BUCKS. :D
Me: ...fuck.

Status update: it is pretty good so far! I do love me some 1920s action, even if Jonesy Boat the 14th Raidou is actually kinda weird as shit. The levelling system is interesting, though. Now if only healing wasn't expensive as shit and Alps didn't CAST DIA AND PULINPA OVER AND OVER WASTING ALL THEIR MP IMMEDIATELY AAH. That would be lovely.

It's definitely hooking me more than Digital Devil Saga 2 did, though. Props to dat.

Also, for anyone I DIDN'T spaz about this too: I got Minato-style headphones last week! They are SO awesome, you have no idea. I am so happy with this purchase.

...I wonder what would happen if you tried to use two Evokers at once.

You got the symbol of the devil on your glove

2009-10-14T10:01:46Z

Friends cut! If you're reading this, I love you. ♥

Otherwise, it's been a really damn lazy week. I've played copious amounts of Fallout 3, actually managed to stay inside the whole day for the first time in about a fortnight, and just done a lot of uninteresting stuff. Though there's a costume/birthday party I'm going to Friday as zombie House, so that'll be cool. Not getting any writing done, save for tags, but mmrph. Can't really bring myself to care. My headaches have been a little too harsh to focus properly, anyway.

I'm finding myself kinda happy that theoregontrail died around the same time as I dropped Rude from paradisa, though; having that weight off my shoulders is pretty good. Frankly, it was just getting tiring, keeping activity check with all of those. I did think it'd mean I'd write a bit more with my energies redirected, but ahurhur, apparently not.

I do rather mourn not playing Apollo as much anymore...even though I've been ferrying him over to 8_dressing again to keep that delicious love/hate going with Franziska. I think my enthusiasm for Yukari might be waning a touch, though. She's lasted about as long as Apollo by now, and that's a long time to be writing one character. Maybe Yukiko's booting her out?

Nothing else comes to mind! Fallout 3 is eating my life.

IMPROMPTU MEME

Tell me about your day, f-list! What was the last cool thing to happen to you?

...also I feel vaugely dirty for shipping Bluenato/Rednato as hard as I do in Persona 3, but damned do I never want to stop.

Every night's a full moon

2009-10-09T20:28:42Z

You know what I think I dislike more than anything? Repetitiveness.

There is nothing that turns me off faster than the same old, same old patterns, where nothing ever changes. I'm sure this is true to an extent for everyone, but I just get...almost aggressively bored when presented with something repeated over and over. I'm not one to advocate change for change's sake or ~*REVOLUTION*~ or something, but really. Small variations keep you from plunging into depression at everything being the same, I think.

It's why I use different words all the time. It's why I go to different places when I go out. It's why I heave that sigh the Skype kids know so well when OH LOOK. ANOTHER MOVIE WITH THE EXACT SAME PREMISE AND PLOT AS THE LAST. GO, ROMANTIC COMEDIES.

(Speaking of, I saw the Surrogates yesterday. It was good, but kinda felt like half a movie. I checked my phone for the time when things were just starting to ramp up, and there was only abbout 15 minutes of movie left.)

tl;dr the same shit over and over bores the hell out of jonesy

In a chemical moment

2009-10-06T09:40:31Z

That reminds me, I was gonna posit a discussion thingie to you guys, since the last few went really well. Take this phrase:

"I love you, but I'm not in love with you."

What does that mean to you? Thoughts, phrasing, cookies, it's all good.

I also caved today and dumped about $180 on a used Xbox 360 and Fallout 3. Say goodbye to the next chunk of forever, Jonesy!

Edit #1: It was pretty cool, though. I'd come back from the LAN cafe where PC Fallout 3 had crashed like five times in a row - but I'd caved in the whole Vault's heads with a baseball bat while playing as an albino chick in a baseball cap called Bonersaur, so my bloodlust was sated - and I thought man. I need to get a 360 so I can take my time.

Then I proceeded to AGONISE AGONISE OH GOD SPENDING MONEY AAAAAAGH for the next hour or so as I shopped around. I eventually ended up in my regular mall's Gametraders where I was staring at the 360s going AAAGH AAAAGH. SO EXPENSIVE. A NEW ONE IS $400 AND THE GAME IS $100. MUST CALCULATE FINANCES.

Then one of the ladies who works there popped a used 360 into the display case. The price? Fuckin' $149.95. And I had $53 on credit there from trading shit in.

I'm still not too psyched about paying full price for Fallout 3 itself, since I try not to do that, but it is done. And the best part?

The absolute best part?

They forgot to take out the game they were using to test the console when they packed it up. Free copy of Viva Pinata, bitches.

Then...work tomorrow, probably got a date with Suzanne on Thursday, and at this rate I'm gonna hit 22,000 words on the novel in the next few days.

It's been a good week.

Edit #2: Interesting responses! Personally, I've always seen it as a simple statement of truth, since I've used it a few times myself on my female BFF. She's got a boyfriend, I love her to bits but not romantically (b-because frankly I don't find her attractive, among other things), so I've said that to her.

I'd imagine the actual effect of the phrase would change depending on whether you're giving or receiving it, but I'd always seen it as an honest expression. Surprise surprise: a couple of the girls I hang out with? Their boyfriends actually think I'm interested in their girlfriends just because of my regular demeanour. Hur hur. Hearing it, on the other hand, would seem to cause confusion - especially if you're not fully understanding of the concept of platonic love, sadly like many people seem to be - so I would take that into account.

neutraltwin @ 2009-10-02T19:13:00

2009-10-02T09:15:01Z

Yo friendlist!

I'm really happy for you, and I'mma let you finish reading, but my last few posts were the whiniest of all time.

OF ALL TIME.

/shrug

I swear this is the new Rickroll. Also, I have learned that a shrug is that tiny ladies jacket thing!

Slappin' your troubles away with a Slap Chop

2009-10-01T02:29:48Z

Man, an extra hour's nap really makes you feel better! I am worlds happier than I was a little while ago.

So.
Apologies for not being as sensitive as I could have been over the last few days; my patience for insecurity/self-hatred/general wahhhhmbulancing was at absolute zero. I don't take back anything I said, nor do I intend to, but I'd still like to apologise for being so abrupt and blunt with some of you when you may have been looking for comfort.

(Yes, this is directed at more than one person.)

Be assured that, if I've come off as mean or not liking you, that was just me being moody; if we talk with any form of regularity? I do like you, otherwise I wouldn't be talking to you. Even the people I love to absolute bits were getting on my nerves lately, so don't worry yourself on that part.

And on a more cleansing note:

Kittens! Y/N.

They'll fall asleep without you

2009-09-30T08:38:21Z

The How's My Driving? Meme

Oh, and would anyone happen to know where I might be able to find Persona 4 soundclips? I need a clip of one of Yukiko's laughing fits for...something that definitely isn't related to Paradisa, no sir. A longish sound clip is preferable, but really, I'm happy with anything that won't spoil people to hell and back.

And in related news, since I've spent too much time on Youtube today, I am thoroughly unimpressed with the weaboo version of the Rickroll. It just lacks punch! This could cause mild irritation at best, whereas the Rickroll can just trigger UNRELENTING RAGE. You've really gotta consider the amount of bang for your pranks with these kinda things. XD

It appears I'm not dropping anyone at Para, too. Damn you people making me happy and entertained.

Also, Adnoxious! Lovely little blog I just found.