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2002-07-16

Piggy's specs were nicked at: 9:57 p.m.

If I owe you emails, I apologize for being a horrible horrible person. My works of my inbox is jammed up with spam and klez virii, and apparently some letters are getting lost in the mire of promises for safe, effective penis enlargement. I'm seriously considering a new inbox, but what's the point? I'll just get spammed again.

Politicians roar about the evils of mp3's, and go about the disposal of the colonies by jumping around like ferrets in heat instead of actually sitting down and thinking about it. For all the effort they waste protecting some dinosaur band that sleep on top of piles of money with many beautiful ladies, you'd think that at least one of the withered old men in Congress would nurse their brain back to health and do something about the real problems on the internet. Like, why is megaman.com registered by a porn company? And how come a little kid can search for "Nintendo" or "Disney" and get results that promise "HOT PORN XXX ACTION DOGS ON WOMEN WATCH CUM WET!" How come downloadable programs are allowed to install spyware onto my computer, the very reason my inbox is drowning in spam?

I also apologize for my severe lack of dedication towards my page, my fanfics, and anything else remotely fun. I've beeen going through a slump, y'see. We've all been there. But I'm starting to ascend, so instead of screaming "UPDATE YOUR PAGE!" and totally annihilating any love I have for the fandom, let me recover in peace. I just need a bit of time for myself.

I hate the Internet, yet I cannot turn away.

I bane playing Bahamut Lagoon, which recieved a fine translation due to the efforts of nice people. It plays a lot like the Shining Force series, except you can kick a lot more ass and fun things actually happen. It would kick more ass if you could assemble huge, nameless units a la real strategy games. There's something limiting about a maximum of a mere 7 platoons.

There's some sort of story going on, but I find it hideously boring in the face of raising dragons. Traditional western dragons feast on maidens, but these dragons eat anything, dude. Weapons, armour...even shit. No, I'm not joking. I've already raised two death dragons and one holy dragon, I have! The "Molten" dragon's holy form is an Atma Weapon! Yes!!

The Munimuni, Unknown, and UniUni dragons haunt my dreams, however.

The translation is good and doesn't go to Mars, like most fan translations. Although I have noticed a couple of instances of the word "fuck." Now, Japanese people, tell me something. I heard the word "fuck" doesn't exist in Japan, except for the actual english word which appears merrily on billboards around the country. But unless someone screams "KUSO" through a chain of Megaphones on top of a building, I don't see how "fuck" can exist.

Isn't it funny how the meaning of words changes from culture to culture? David and I were talking about it a few weeks ago. Canadians consider it very rude to ask for a "bathroom", for example, unless you're in the house of a very close friend or relative in which case the loo is referred to as a "piss pot." When I'm anywhere in public, I'll ask for a "washroom."

Then I'll kill someone, but I'll say "sorry."

I have a friend who travels a lot, and she told me about one country where the greatest insult you can say to anyone is, "beat your father with a shoe." I like that a lot.

Another example, when I was youngish I was taught that "bloody" and "bugger" were bad words, so I never said them. Of course, things are different now. FUCK SHIT BASTARD BLOODY HORSE WANKER. But the initial fact is still interesting. Were any of you American types told the same thing, by any chance?