Completing a Quest

Yesterday, I completed a quest...sort of. For about 5 years, now, I've been trying to find a copy of this, Suikoden 2 for PS1. It's very rare, and very expensive. One of these days, I knew, I would drop the $100 it'd take to get it.

Yesterday, at Book Off, I found it. For 1000 yen. Of course, it's in Japanese, but even so, I went ahead and bought it. Because, dammit, I couldn't turn it down for so little money after so long, even if I don't have a moded PS1. I can get a moded one. :)

Anyway, yay!

*loads up the victory music from FFIX off the soundtrack to that, which was also obtained yesterday at Book Off after years of searching* :)

The Meme

Well, I took this twice. The first time was about 4 hours ago, before everyone else posted their results, and it was horribly inaccurate so I didn't share. Now that I've taken it again, it looks slightly more accurate, and I figured I'd share.

Very few of these are things I've ever even considered, or think I'd be any good at, at least in the top 10...

( Career List )

This ties in to something I've been thinking about anyway. So I've been meeting people, and one of the things I have had to do is say what I do. And you know? I've been saying I'm a writer. Because, well, I AM. I get paid - a fair amount - to write, edit, and implement grants. That's what I DO. It's not what I want to do for the rest of my life, but it's what I spend hours doing every day, and I'm kinda good at it. I never really thought about it like that until the last few days...but I am, in fact, a writer. How odd. At least, it's odd to me.

(I'm writing more because I've spent most of the day doing survey crunching, and my eyes are starting to rebel. And my rear hurts from sitting on the floor, since I don't have any where else to sit. ;) )

The Usual That Person

Since I can't talk to people to practice, as I've mentioned, I've been reading a lot in Japanese. Today, I finished my fifth volume of One Piece. Yes, I am (inexplicably) proud of this. It's strange to read it in another language and see what's different. I've also successfully read a whole 6 pages of the first Harry Potter book. Yay?

Anyway, the reason I'm posting this is because of something I thought was funny into todays HP reading. So (I don't remember if this is how it goes in English, but this is basically what the Japanese says) an old man in a violet cape runs straight in to Mr. Dursley as Mr. Dursley is leaving work. He looks Mr. Dursley up and down, seems to think for a moment, and then he gives Mr. Dursley a huge smile. In a squeaky voice, he says. "Master, I'm so sorry! Today, nothing can upset me! Banzai! "例のあの人" is no longer here! Even a muggle like you should be happy and celebrate on this felicitous day!"

So, any one has read the books knows that in the English those random characters would say "he who must not be named." Well, in Japanese they say "reino anohito." This translates literally to "the usual that person," or "the usual they" or "the usual person over there," or just "the usual person." This made me laugh. So, I thought I would share. :)