2007年4月9日(月), 12:22 P.M./12:22, Pacific Daylight Saving Time
My blog is now on hiatus. I'll be back working with it two weeks from tomorrow. I need the time to relax for a bit.
If I don't leave the game circuit, I'll try to end up working for some uprising game company. I am getting sick and tired of 40+ year old guys dictating what do people like myself play. It's time that there's some new blood out there.
Oh. "Hayate" is fun. That's all that you need to know.
2007年3月21日(水), 4:18 P.M./16:18, Pacific Daylight Saving Time
I've been doing a lot of thinking for the past few weeks or so. I may be young, but I feel like a dinosaur now and my birthday is coming up in four months. To think that I'll be a quarter of a century old.
I am having serious thoughts about retiring in the video game circuit. I mean, Sega doesn't have a console this time around and games are all about looks now. What did happen to the little thing called fun? I can't get that feeling anymore. There's that and several other reasons.
Oh, sure, I have the DS, but I need a console to back that DS up. I mean, I don't expect the DS to hold myself up now. Well, yeah, I do, but not alone. It is times like this I wish Sega was still making consoles. Then, I'd have a sure console.
When will I leave the circuit? At the latest, 30. At the earliest, maybe when I turn 25. I have been in the circuit for almost two decades. I am not getting any younger.
As for the guides, well, I can't say much. They'll pretty much be incomplete. I know that no one will pick up where I left off, but at least I can say that I did so much.
I wish there was a way to say that I did so much to this world and yet, have fun at the same time. I think it's easy to know the feeling. It's okay if it seems hard to do both tasks.
That new blog of mine is pretty interesting, but to be honest, I like this diary more. I guess it's because this was my first diary. Yeah.
Well, typing here was fun today. I still have chores to take care of and I'm hungry. Next week, I'll be going to a friend's place to fly and I'll fit some sleep in there. Ja mata ne.
2007年2月27日(火), 9:54 A.M./9:54, Pacific Standard Time
I am going to quit my job in two months. I am getting sick and tired of it. Actually, I've been sick and tired of it ever since I started and at most, I wanted to stay there for six months, but my mom said that I should stay there for a year. I'm getting sick and tired of the routines that I have to go through and adding on, the reason I picked two months is because I started in April of last year. Oh. A good amount of the managers are not bailing myself or others out and I'm actually bailing out someone in regards of a schedule decision, which of course is not a good thing on their part.
There is absolutely nothing that will change my mind. I wouldn't even come back if I was given every one of Amuro Namie-san's albums. That tells you how serious I am.
Where do I go from here? I'll job hunt either Monday or a week from today. I do want to work closer to where I live unlike my current job. It's not like I did gain benefits anyway.
Okay. Time to begin the countdown, as in, I will begin my two month duration period right now in regards of work. I never missed my previous job and I certainly will not miss this one.
Mata ne.
2007年2月20日(火), 9:40 A.M./9:40, Pacific Standard Time
Gong Hei Fat Choy! Chuc Mung Nam Moi! Yes, I�m late for saying those two, but anyway, it�s now the year of the pig.
I haven't typed here in nearly a month. It feels weird. Anyway, I am now doing what I can to fix my new site. It's been swell for the most part. I still need to know how to do certain tasks though.
I am have been bombed with so much stuff. I don't know where to begin. This isn't a good time to talk either. So, I'll close the diary for now.
2007年1月23日(火), 1:20 P.M./13:20, Pacific Standard Time
In a little over four months, I plan on going to Japan. I'll be staying there for a week or so. I'm mostly going to be in Tokyo, although I want to spend a day in Kyoto. I'm making arrangements right now.
Oh. No, I'm not getting an O.L. or planning to drift while I'm over there. I am not the young renegade I once was. =P
2007年1月7日(日), 2:38 P.M./14:38, Pacific Standard Time
明けましておめでとうございます！
If you don't know by now, I made a new personal diary here. So, go check that out. Hee hee!
I so want to go back to sleep.
2006年12月25日(月), 4:15 P.M./16:15, Pacific Standard Time
Just want to wish everyone the best for their holidays. (If you�re not celebrating any holiday of some sort right now, I just hope you�re enjoying the day today.) If you�re wondering if I�m enjoying my holidays, yes and no. Yes, I like this year because I actually got items that did something for me, a task I never did get the last several years. No, I don�t like this year because I lost $10 in poker yesterday. I should have played tighter, but oh well. I got "Final Fantasy III�s" remake and the new "Yoshi�s Island" game prior to today and I�ll get the "True Love Story ~Summer Days and Yet~" OST on Friday. I should have received more, but eh. This is good enough.
I have a new diary up. I felt that I need another personal diary besides this one. Well, there's the Tsubame one, but that's not really personal. It's more semi-personal if you will. So, I have three diaries I type in.
I won't place in as much entries here as I am placing in for my new diary, but that will change in November of next year. Obviously, I'm not updating the site this year seeing that this is year four. Yeah, placing an entry here is an update, but it's not an update that really changes the site now, is it? Well, the new diary's getting attention. That's for sure.
Bata-kun signing off.
2006年12月11日(月), 7:36 A.M./7:36, Pacific Standard Time
Anime News Netowrk and Mainichi have reported that Kid filed for bankruptcy at the end of last month. The following day, they filed for protection. It seems to be caused by the rise of handhelds.
Ge~. Why must all the good companies end up like this? I don't know. I blame this on Vega. Somehow, that dictator is still alive and now he wants to kill off Kid. Evil.
Right now is the birthday of three special people. For seiyuu, you have Orikasa Ai and Kuwashima Houko. The third person is ongakuka Koshiro Yuuzou.
Otanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu Orikasa-san, Koshiro-san, Kuwashima-san. Oh. Side note: in regards of characters, it's Kusanagi Kyou's birthday as well.
Do you like the new format? I personally do. I think I will keep this one. That is unless I come up with a better one.
Yesterday, my youngest brother beated Johann without using a continue. Oh and he did it with his favorite team of Pepe and Pupa. Now with this recorded entry, I'd say that he's the youngest player to ever beat Johann properly.
I got "Final Fantasy III" for the DS yesterday. I like the mechanics, but I obviously don't like the 3D look and why there is a 3D look is beyond me. Maybe the person who came up with this idea needs to be hit with a Screw Upper. In the future, if there's going to be a 3D "Final Fantasy" game with the mechanics I like for the DS and it's new, Square Enix should call it "Final Fantasy Bout" or something.
I originally planned to go to San Francisco, but I found a better reason to stay. Yes, it'd be nice to go there to buy "True Love Story III's" OST, but "Summer Days and Yet" (I believe it's called) is available at Yes Asia. So, I can order it online instead. I also need to get a Hori arcade pad.
Oh! Before I forget, check this Terry funny show here. I found it to be hilarious. By the way, "Soshite toki ga ugoki" means along the lines of "Also, time is a movement" or "Time is moving".
2006/12/1, 9:05 P.M./21:05, Pacific Standard Time
After 3 years, give or take a few months, my youngest brother has finally beated his nightmare that is Johann of "Rage of the Dragons" with Billy and Lynn. Within the last several minutes, it took him at least eight tries to finally beat him. Granted he used up credits, but he beated that nightmare never the less. Now, he wants to beat the game in one try. He wants to do this with Billy and Lynn as well as Jimmy and Sonia.
Okay. Off to battle. Ja!
2006/11/28, 10:25 P.M./22:25, Pacific Standard Time
Bleh! Horrid! Horrid, horrid, horrid! This is not how I wanted to end year three!
Well, the dictionary/encyclopedia hybrid's somewhat good and I have some pages set up as well as some outside links, but the site's still not how I wanted it. I tried to do too much in one day, but I wasn't able to do what I wanted. I will feel disgusted for a while, but at least I will actually get sleep and the feeling will not be that bad anymore because I am actually getting sleep.
Okay. It's late. Too bad I got a late start. Oh well. A promise is a promise and I can't break that promise of not updating for a year; thus, I will have to plan starting tomorrow. Saraba minna-san! ^^
2006/11/23, 1:40 P.M./13:40, Pacific Standard Time
Found DS, but eep! Late for work! That and I don't have much time left for the celebration!
2006/11/16, 8:00 P.M./20:00, Pacific Standard Time
I haven't been all that happy as of late. My brother lost my DS Lite unit and my dad made him place it in some random spot. It's been nearly a week. I even had thoughts about making it my last gaming system because systems like the Neo Geo Pocket and the Wonderswan are very rare. That and the new systems are real horrid. That's why I haven't done much to the site today.
When I become frustrated, I lose focus and I lose discipline. I'll go to work tomorrow, but I won't become spirited. I usually find things quickly, but this is my biggest challenge ever.
I'll search again later. --'
2006/11/13, 10:50 P.M./22:50, Pacific Standard Time
"Speaks in strange code about Voice Actress-tan." - Undead Fred about myself.
Uh, for those that plan on saying something big, forget it. You can't ever win my Quote of the Year award. Fred already won it. Case closed. XD
I so need to sleep soon.
2006/11/13, 4:32 P.M./16:32, Pacific Standard Time
The last few days were so amusing. Just when I was about to leave work a second time in a day because I originally forgot my jacket, I said "Annyeong haseyo" to a little girl and she bowed saying "Annyeong haseyo" back to me. A lesson western kids should learn is how to bow. Before then, I saw two girls in ao dai (not an dao as I said that day) as well as the mother of those girls I assume. A girl in traditional clothing is a big turn on for me. Oh and uh, there was that conversation I had with Satou-san, the person who runs Shiki's. Hee hee!
Got my room fixed up for the most part. So, that's good. I'll need to add more things though.
I am at the S section of the terms section. I will work on the site again Thursday because I have work the next couple of days. I have to remember to e-mail Brackt right after breakfast and be fixing that day also.
I so need a Real Arcade Pro pad.
2006/11/9, 3:32 P.M./15:32, Pacific Standard Time
Am I better? Well, somewhat. I really could use more rest though. I think that's what next month's for. Other than going to San Francisco and telling Play-Asia to give me "Pink Sweets's" OST, that's about it. I can just work and sleep majority of the time.
I have a new insurance thing going on now. Of course, the ugly thing is that I need to cough up both checks each month to pay off each month, which is why I need to have a second job. Ugh!
I am at the K section of the terms section? I want to at least have the M section up by today, but chances of having that happening are now slim. I'll have the M section up, but it won't have much. I will have sections N-Z next week. Maybe. I'll try to place up at least three reviews up as well.
Oh! I will give money to Tsubasa for a server next year. Yes, I will get a server finally in year five.
Uh, that's that? I'm off! Ja!
2006/11/5, 8:50 A.M./8:50, Pacific Standard Time
Yeah, I am really sick. It really showed yesterday. I am on the verge of sounding like Gackt-san. I don't know. Oh, those coworkers of mine. They shot my voice. I don't think I can talk for a while now.
I could really use an oyako udon bowl at Shiki's. I don't know why, but when I get a cold, the udon dish is a big help. Really.
Being sick is a blessing and a bother. It's a blessing because I can now update and do what I want to do. It's a bother also because I don't get okane. A cold is one of the last things I need because I can't work to get the money I need. I think from now on, I'm wearing two undershirts.
I think I may stop working on Haikyou's Rants because I feel that I did what I wanted to do, which is becoming comfortable bringing out images and links in my diary entries. My diary initially was like Akamatsu-san's diary though mine didn't brings out links his way. Now, it's more like Tamura-san's diary.
Oh! Breakfast! Ja.
2006/11/2, 9:22 P.M./21:22, Pacific Standard Time
I'll stay in Tsubame. Heh. Ahem!
Madman's Cafe's board has news about "Arcana Heart", "Fighters History" matters and "Ken'ichi". Majoria has a link with shots of the girls in "Jingi Storm". Insert Credit mentioned that "Pink Sweets's" OST will be released on the 20th.
I'll play "AH" hopefully, I still don't know why SNK bought the rights, and I can't say a word about "Ken'ichi" in the end, though the game looks horrid in regards of its visuals. I saw shots of "Jingi Storm" and the 3D sprites look good, though dated. The shots of the girls are pretty inconsistent. While those like Hiromi's and Fenrir's look good, I still don't like the orange from Haruka and Asuka looks pretty horrid. I will get the OST next month. (I was supposed to get "Sentimental Graffiti's" OST, but the album's eight years old.)
I'm beat. I have work tomorrow. I don't think I'll be able to pull off what I want. Guess I'll do behind the scenes work. Yare yare.
2006/11/1, 11:06 A.M./11:06, Pacific Standard Time
I remembered just now that Pluto is no longer a planet. This kills off a childhood fact I used to know. This also means that we don't recognize Setsuna/Sailor Pluto as a planet senshi but rather a senshi in the same ball park as Usagi/Sailor Moon. Setsuna's definitely a spiffy soldier.
The real reason why I didn't update yesterday was the fact that I worked yesterday. I originally wanted the day off, but plans to go somewhere were killed and I started to regret on asking for the day off. Thankfully, I did work on Halloween. So, it wasn't a waste. I have today off, which is better than yesterday because of some holy day, the day being All Saints Day and Dia de los Muertos in Mexico for tomorrow.
I so can't wait for the birthday.
2006/10/28, 12:19 P.M./12:19, Pacific Daylight Saving Time
Trying to squeeze in one more entry before I get ready.
David, Tsubasa for many of you, and I have placed our duel on hold. We'll do the duel after his finals. Ha ha ha!
I am not sure if I still want to be a member of Tsubame. If you don't know, that is the fan duo I am in. Whether or not Neo Ryu actually does something to the site will determine if I am still eager to be a member. If he does something, then I'm a member still. If not, then I have to resign. I'll seriously thinking about making a fan duo with Tsubasa instead.
Okay. I'm set to prepare. That and eat lunch.
2006/10/28, 11:18 A.M./11:18, Pacific Daylight Saving Time
Wow. A month before the site's fourth birthday. How time flies.
Anyway, I've been pushing myself too hard. Been thinking too much. I was serious about an arcade/cafe combo or an arcade/boba combo. I was also thinking about other things not at the top of my head.
I can't wait for my site's birthday because that is when I will stay steady with things in general. I already started making year four's schedule, as I plan to do a fan art of the Kazama siblings right after I say "Otanjoubi omedetou". I really want this to be my fan art year. I don't know who else will I draw, but I'm sure that my art gallery will be big next year. I also will be able to catch up on sleep, as I already have set days for tasks that don't involve sleep.
Yikes! Not much time left. Let me make an announcement on the Tsubame Official Site before I get ready for work.
Oh. Even though I'm a couple of days late, otanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu Tezuka Chiharu-san. Hee!
2006/10/9, 12:26 A.M./0:26, Pacific Daylight Saving Time
Too tired to bring out a decent entry. Need sleep. Oyasumi.
2006/10/1, 12:48 A.M./0:48, Pacific Daylight Saving Time
I made a friend able to die happy now. I gave him a chance to see Tiffany in action. Of course, he prefered being spanked by some witch at a Halloween event we went to, but if he gets spanked by someone that's like Tiffany, it'd be a toss up for him. Oh. He said that there's nothing wrong seeing Tiffany kiss Hinata. XD
What? You need me to say more? Watch a "KoF 1998" video. XP
2006/9/25, 10:51 A.M./10:51, Pacific Daylight Saving Time
I take back what I said yesterday. Today will not be my all-work day. It'll be some time this week I hope. Just not now.
Oh. I will actually be evil also. She owes me an album of Onee-chan. No. She has to give me the soundtrack of "True Love Story III" because I actually did see the soundtrack of "TLS III" there in SF. Or was it some other "TLS" game? I'm pretty sure it's "III", but just in case, I'll tell her to use the name "True Love Story". There's that and the fact that Onee-chan albums are hard to find.
I'm tired. I'm sore. I'm unable to think straight right now. This is all despite having eight hours of sleep last night. Not bad enough? I have a shift today.
Someone give me the power to summon horrendous deers and other things like Nrvnqsr Chaos. I think it'll make my life easier. Ha ha ha!
2006/9/24, 11:48 A.M./11:48, Pacific Daylight Saving Time
Well, today is Onee-chan's birthday. Why am I working on her birthday? Oh, I remember. Someone needed to do a school thing. She owes me, but I can't be that evil. I'll just ask her to buy me a BoA album. If I wanted to be really evil, I would have asked for an album of Onee-chan or the soundtrack of "True Love Story III". I'm sure she doesn't want to go to San Francisco just to buy an album. (I on the other hand would.)
Ah! I don't have much time! I still have to shower to go somewhere before work. Oh. Just to make sure that keep a tradition going, tomorrow will be my all-work day, as Onee-chan's birthday will only be up for eight hours. Also, I will start my proper sleeping pattern tomorrow.
2006/9/21, 4:08 P.M./16:08, Pacific Daylight Saving Time
Finished "Kore ga Watashi no Goshujin-sama". I'm watching "Bokura ga Ita" and "Zero no Tsukaima" now. I plan to watch "Zegapain".
Why have a dramatic mood when there's a sixth of the series left? I don't know. Should have been done when there's a fourth left. I feel cheated for the lack of a better word. Oh sure, it has the art section covered and it's funny, but I felt cheated in the end. At least the mom of Izumi, Mitsuki and Karin is beyond beautiful. Hee hee! I'd give the series a seven in the end.
"Pink Sweets" will most likely be my game of the year, "Megamari" will most likely be my surprising game of the year, "Bokura ga Ita" may be my anime of the year and "Zero no Tsukaima" may be my surprise anime of the year. Ha ha ha! I still have other matters to worry about.
Eep! Not much time left! I have to work now. Bai bai!
2006/9/20, 8:34 P.M./20:34, Pacific Daylight Saving Time
*yawns*
Another Dead Bata-kun Day. I feel tired and I barely am able to move. I want to fall flat on my face like right now.
I never said this in public, but when the site turns four, I will not update for a year. I never did remember the last time I slept a third of the year at least. It has always been a fourth or less for quite a while. Not only could I use the rest, four is a bad number in Japan and China. So, I'm going to tighten up with the number and not update in year four.
Seeing that I came back, I had to bring my Japanese animation and comic habits back with me also. I'm slow, but I am seeing "Kore ga Watashi no Goshujin-sama". It's funny, but the flaws are obvious. Like Momo, I don't think that Asano Masumi-san is the best actress to play as her, but it could have been worse. I am reading "Negima" again also, but I don't think I'll ever be able to remember all of the names of the students, which is why I don't get that excited about it overall. I do like the radio segments though.
I'll try to develop my sleeping habit on Sunday.
2006/9/19, 12:03 P.M./12:03, Pacific Daylight Saving Time
Konnichi wa. Irankarapte. Annyeong haseyo. Uh, yeah. XD
Well, the revival started. It's not much, but it's something. I'll do more later.
I have never said this before, but I have always kept in mind what I'm about to say. "It's not easy being a guy." I say this because if a Japanese girl says "Onegai", you can't say "No". Yeah, and if a Korean girl says "Je bal", you can't say "No" either. So, if they do that, I am forever under their mercy.
I have been seriously thinking about being a game tester. Then, I will try to make my own game company. Whether or not I should make consoles also, I don't know. I do know that in a couple of months, my game exodus has come. That is why I want to make my own game company.
I already promised that there will be games Europe and the land down under will get first like a role playing game that involves retrieving stolen works. However, if I think about having a 2D "Rekka no Honoo" fighting game if there isn't one by now, Japan will get that game first and I will most likely get support from Namco or Konami for this project. If I make an anti-"Kingdom Hearts", this is one of those cases in which Europe and Australia sadly get the short end of the shaft because I know America mainly wants it badly, but the big reason is that it'll involve characters from a big studio like Pierrot, meaning that Japan will get the game after America; if not, at the same time. Also, I may have to make some games America-only because of the fear of failure elsewhere like a "Quiz Nanairo Dreams" clone.
I also had serious thoughts about bringing a game convention to San Jose. Problem? Even if I plan properly, I can't afford tickets. (I was serious about bringing in a guest like Koshiro Yuuzou-san.) Plus, I know that in the end, it will not come out the way I want it to come out. I originally had set the date to a week after the next summer Comiket. (Or was it two weeks after? I don't remember.)
Okay. That's that. I will resume later. I have to eat and fix my uniform.