Nabuwhat?!

I started this blog about a month ago, at the height of my obsession with FFXII. A few weeks later, I lost it all. All my data, that is. Almost 80 hours into playing the game, it was gone in a matter of seconds. Life is fleeting, and so is data. I won't go into detail about how this tragedy happened, but I will just say that I was crushed.

Since then I have attempted to download a gamesave and load that onto PS2, but it was way too complicated for my mind to comprehend. I am beginning to consider starting the whole thing over again, but can't bring myself to do it. It took so much time and dedication to get to where I was, and knowing how obsessed I will become once again, I feel like I should be doing something else that is more productive instead.

So I am practicing Tekken Dark Resurrection.

I started out by attempting to learn Christie, the Capoeira girl. I have been intrigued by Capoeira, and have even taken a class once. ONCE. It required so much strength to do it (especially your legs) that I decided it was not the right time for me. I was unfit for muscle challenging activity. (Maybe I will try it again sometime when I am feeling a little more adept.) I played Christie for a while, and managed to learn one combo. Then PS3 came along, and I was onto trying out a different character. I chose Baek. I liked his kicks. He seemed like a good character for beginners. (Maybe not. I wouldn't know, I'm a beginner.) After I went through that phase, I somehow ended up with Asuka. Ok, she is Japanese and I am too, AND a girl, but that is the very reason I had avoided her. It was too obvious of a choice. I had this "Humph. Asuka my ass," attitude towards her. But for some reason which I can't recall, I decided to attempt learning her. I have learned a couple of combos, and am slowly trying to move away from button mashing. It's hard. I lose my cool real easily and panic, which leads to major button mashing and tight gripping of the controller, which then results in fatigue and a sore thumb. I can see a small improvement though, and it is encouraging me to keep practicing. Unlike data, skills will not be lost as long as I keep practicing.

Hole in my pot

I used to have a rice cooker. But after having used it for 8 years it finally broke. Well, not because I had used it for 8 years, but because I accidentally put in the wrong amount of water and it overflowed and bubbled up, ruining its digital system for good. Since this tragedy, I had been using the good old method of making rice in pots. Today I went to make some Wild Basmati Rice mix in this pot that is also 8 years old. It was one of two pots I had bought when I started college. Not a great pot by any means, but something cheap that did its job. The bottom of the pot had been burnt and scrubbed clean countless times, and the silver metal was surfacing from under the original black coating. I knew it was time for a new pot. Afterall, this was a college dorm pot. Not something that a 27 year old who actually enjoys cooking should be using. I had been dreaming of getting this other pot for a while now, and thinking I'd perhaps make this a Christmas gift to myself.

As I cooked my rice and daydreamed about my soon-to-be pot, I noticed that some water was dripping onto the stovetop. Oops, I'd better lower the flame. No wait, but it's not overflowing. But there's water dripping onto the flames...

It was then that I realized that my 8 year old pot had a hole in it. A hole in my metal pot. I couldn't believe it, but then again, I could. I had gotten more uses out of that pot than it's lifetime. A pot with a hole at the bottom is a useless one indeed, but then I got started on thinking about the good times we had together. The wonderful dishes we made. Oh the joy of cooking!

I know I have to throw it away, but it will be hard to say good bye.

Nabudis...?

I am blushing as I make this first post to my new blog entitled "Nabudis and Nabudat". Am I serious? Is this what I'm going to call this? Just because I am obsessed with Final Fantasy XII at the moment and can't stop saying "Nabudis" among other things?? ... But the reality is that I can't think of anything else right now, and I am not particulary good at coming up with names and/or titles, so this will have to do.