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[leene_chan]

Wow...I was watching the local news last night and found out that an English professor at Trinity College (where I graduated from) fell through the ice during a ski trip in Maine on 12/31 and drowned. I never took any of his classes but I remember always seeing him walking his dog around campus. He looked a lot like Willie Nelson--not the kind of person who would just blend in and even if you didn't have him as a professor you definitely knew who he was! He was sixty-nine years old. What a shame!

I finished The Pinhoe Egg last night. I'm afraid I can't recommend it, Diana Wynne Jones has written much better books than this, like Howl's Moving Castle and Dogsbody.

The main character (Tokio) of Barbara Ikai is the spitting image of Henmi from Oniisama E. ^o^ I think that more has happened in one volume of that manga than in seven of Fruits Basket. It was definitely worth buying new!

I just fought and captured Batista. Nice to know they didn't try to make him hot in the remake! Batista's ugliness is legendary!

Well, I don't know if Baruk is actually hot but he sure has a sexy voice.

The cherry blossoms in Noischtat are so pretty! It's a shame the city got wrecked, I found its pastel colors appealing. I never had Mighty Kongman in my party in the PSX version and the added scenario with him was....special. His infatuation with Philia is pretty gross. Isn't Kongman like 40?

Ah, they cut out Stahn's date with Ilene! I guess it's because he's too involved with Lion right now. Loved the added homoerotic scenes in Kalviora! Namco must've really had a problem with Lion's character in the PSX version to rework it like this. I'm fine with it but I wonder if some die-hard Lion fans miss his obnoxious side.

I'll say it again: I love Mary. Her reaction to losing the electrified tiara was too funny! And the ice candy...Her stupidity is on par with Moses' in TOL. Or Fog's in TOE.

On the other hand I still hate Philia. I'm tired of her middle-aged whining! So far the only characters in the game I really dislike are Philia and Woodrow and I guess that's a good thing. In the PSX version I was indifferent to everyone but Lion and even he wore on my nerves from time to time.

Is it just me or did they cut out a dungeon somewhere? I don't remember when you passed through the limestone cavern in the original game. I liked the music in that place. Damn them if they cut it out, damn them!