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Friday, August 18th, 2006
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3:25a - A Child of Wonder
It rains outside. I can't see it, for the half-light from my bedside lamp is enough to paint the garden view into dark obscurity, but the gentle tapping of raindrops is enough, and it is soothing. It doesn't clash too much with the music I am listening to, the Fisherman's Horizon theme from Final Fantasy VIII. It's peaceful, and whilst far from perfect, I can find cause to relax, something so rare these days. Not quite yet, though, for I am approaching the end of a mammoth task, and quests demand completion.
1 hour later...okay, that'll do...I've just finished commenting to entries made since I left for Amecon. That took a while, and whilst I know that there is no need to devote so much time and effort into adding a few words to many long and interesting entries, I cannot help but do so. There's a reason my comment stats read Posted: 25,273 - Received: 14,754. I'm glad to have got it done though...it's been hanging over me for the past few days since Amecon, and I've done very little about it.
There is ( a reason for this, however )
So, a long LJ session has helped ease the angst a great deal, even if I have been sitting here for a long time now, with disc 3 of the FFVIII soundtrack on loop. I did stop for a dinner with Holly, which was healthy and lovely, however. I'm not going to type up my Amecon report yet either, because it'll take another few hours, and I still need sleep, even if I spent much of yesterday doing just that.
The Final Fantasy soundtrack is one of many things I bought at the con. Another is the FMA wallscroll brightening the wall next to me, and another was the bundle of posters that was knocked away from me somewhere on the London Underground and never reached home with me. Alas. The Final Fantasy soundtrack is causing a great deal of ( nostalgia on its own, however )
I remember the days of playing VII and VIII, and equally the associated discussions. I remember conversations on MSN with Bethany (Anime Angel) over FFVIII's soundtrack and what it inspires, and I remember sitting and staring at the title screen to VII and crying at what it was. I wonder if XII will be the same. Somehow, I doubt it...but I still long to remain a child of wonder. This is why I hear the rain drum against night-laden window panes along to a romantic, whispering refrain from six years in my past, and I dare to dream again, if only for a short while. I don't ever want to lose the chance to do so.
It's just difficult to put into words.
Hello to everyone I've friended since Amecon, by the way. It's a pleasure to know you!
current mood:  nostalgic
current music: Nobou Uematsu - Final Fantasy VIII OST - Silence and Motion (5 comments |comment on this)
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8:09p - A Request to the Technically-Minded
The PS2 is still not working.
( Could anyone with console technical know-how please help? )
Any advice would be most appreciated!
I don't need anyone telling me 'PS2 CD-drives are rubbish', by the way: I already know! >_
current mood:  annoyed
current music: Nobou Uematsu - Final Fantasy VIII - The Castle (12 comments |comment on this)
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