Well, so far it looks like all your well-wishes have worked to my benefit, I have managed to avoid the latest bout of ickyness to permeate my home. Let's just hope I haven't jinxed myself :lol: I HATE being nauseous....
I found a new union I'm interested in; GameSpot's Unofficial Help Union. I've been tracking it a while now and the members do seem to be involved in helping folks out. It seems since that weird glitch over on The Squaresoft Union that turned us temporarily into mods, I get PM's from complete strangers asking me how to do things. Also I have a nasty habit of helping peeps on threads when they ask how to post links, pictures, etc. It just boils down to the fact I like to help out others - I remember what it was like when I didn't know what the HECK was going on. I was terrified of tagging strangers, and I got majorly flamed on my first few posts; felt like I was starting preschool or something :D Even the Mod forums were a pretty cold place, something like 500 pages of threads and you get griped at that you didn't find the one on page 342 that had to do with your question! So with that in mind, I like to do what I can to make GS a warmer place for everybody. All of us deserve to be treated like human beings. Ignorance is curable, stupidity is forever. Anyway I joined up with them yesterday, we'll see how it goes, yes?
I talk about unions quite a bit, ya? Seems I spend more time talking about games in them than actually playing them! Interestingly enough, I am now officer in over HALF of my unions. And I'm strongly considering dropping my membership in a few I'm not an officer in. No, not because I'm power-happy, but either I'm too busy to be an active member or I just dislike the people. I do tend to be oversensitive, but if you don't enjoy being there what's the point? One big notable exception: I really like GameSpots: Designer's Union for some reason. I have no time to learn the programs and I almost never contribute to the threads but I just like the crowd over there. I'd like to be a more involved member of that union, I really would, but I'd need to learn more about designing, first! (I have The Gimp, BTW - anybody knows a good tutorial for complete total beginners, give me a holler!). I'd also like to mention that the majority of my unions are pretty small, but I like it that way, to be honest. It's a lot more fun to have a small, involved crowd! The PSW is getting HUGE, but in its short life I've already seen a lot of faces come and go. I think we have a TERIFFIC officer lineup right now, and it's great to have a group that gets into the topics. That's the exception that proves the rule, I guess.
Just broke bad and ordered the Castlevania Dual Pack and Circle of The Moon for the GBA. I've always enjoyed the Castlevania franchise so figured I'd splurge a bit. Also I recently got my daughter a Fat Chocobo - don't know who loves it more, me or her!
You know you want one...
eBay is, truly, an evil place...
Well, that's it for now. Nothing really big, just the usual junk. Love you all, peeps!