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Today is my penultimate day of holiday!
And, hilariously, my boss texted me saying that the area manager was asking people to book their remaining holidays before the end of the year (ours reset in January, as opposed to in the financial year). Apparently, I had ten days left, and I don't even know how I managed that! So most of it is sorted now - I'm using the majority of it in November, and then a few other days here and there!
All of this may become irrelevant if Lockdown 4.0: The Return: The Revenge happens in October, but at least I made the effort?
(I had thought about holidays earlier in the year, but didn't know how much I had left, and kept meaning to ask someone. And then it got to now, and I still hadn't asked, but now I know the answer!)
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Bought myself a red Lamy Safari with a fine nib as a present to myself for making it through those two weeks at work without collapsing. (I'm not joking when I say I slept a lot until the weather got hotter again - it must've really taken it out of me). I bought it with a converter, as I am trying to get converters for all my pens now, with having so much ink, but also trying not to buy so many cartridges*. I got it from the same site as I bought the Kaweco from and, because they were running a 10% discount at the time I bought it, I got it for less than the Kaweco! \o/
Yes, as usual, I do not need more pens, but it doesn't mean I don't want them. Also this is the first one I bought since I got a Platinum Preppy back in April, and both my Jinhaos are broken (one on the screw to screw the nib to the body, the other is cracked because I keep dropping it. The cracked one still works, but it's only a matter of time before it starts leaking ink all over my hand when I write with it. But they were extremely cheap pens, so I am not surprised in the slightest. Apparently I can get spare parts for the cracked one, but IDK that I will).
*This has not gone well, as I bought two different blues in Kaweco cartridges to see which is the default blue you get as a cartridge with a new pen. So then I can buy a bottle of it to use, as I really liked the colour of it!
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Also HOLY SHIT I JUST SAW THE TRAILER FOR THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS AND OMFG. I did not want this film, but if it turns out to be as awesome and/or batshit as the trailer's implying, I am 100% on board.
(side note: I didn't want Reloaded, either, and we all know how that turned out!)
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More meme? Sure, why not!
8. Are there any upcoming Square-Enix games you're excited about?
Nope! FFXVI has failed to make me interested but, as I've noted before, trailers for games I end up liking generally fail to get me interested in anything, anyway.
9. What consoles have you played Square-Enix games on?
Nintendo DS, Nintendo 2DS, PSX, PS2, and PS4! Oh, and Gamecube, because apparently Squeenix own Taito now? and I played a LOT of Bust-A-Move on that Back In T'Day™.
EDIT: I forgot about the 360 COMPLETELY because what is my brain! [/edit]
I keep thinking about getting the PS1 releases on my PS4, just so I can have them in a more convenient format rather than lugging my PS2 back upstairs, but it hasn't happened yet. Also I am unfond of buying games I already own (but it doesn't stop me, especially where Final Fantasy is concerned, especially if it turns out to be a better translation, say, or an entirely new version, or just my favourite game but with knobs on).
10. Do you have a Square-Enix Wishlist? (i.e. game you'd like a sequel to, a remaster of, etc.)
I still sort of wish Fortress had happened, even though I don't think I would have liked the gameplay. But I wanted Basch as a main character, dang it!
As for remasters or sequels, I don't think there is anything I want those to happen to. I think pretty much everything I'd want remastered has been (or has been remade), and sequels happened to games I didn't think needed them anyway.
And, hilariously, my boss texted me saying that the area manager was asking people to book their remaining holidays before the end of the year (ours reset in January, as opposed to in the financial year). Apparently, I had ten days left, and I don't even know how I managed that! So most of it is sorted now - I'm using the majority of it in November, and then a few other days here and there!
All of this may become irrelevant if Lockdown 4.0: The Return: The Revenge happens in October, but at least I made the effort?
(I had thought about holidays earlier in the year, but didn't know how much I had left, and kept meaning to ask someone. And then it got to now, and I still hadn't asked, but now I know the answer!)
~
Bought myself a red Lamy Safari with a fine nib as a present to myself for making it through those two weeks at work without collapsing. (I'm not joking when I say I slept a lot until the weather got hotter again - it must've really taken it out of me). I bought it with a converter, as I am trying to get converters for all my pens now, with having so much ink, but also trying not to buy so many cartridges*. I got it from the same site as I bought the Kaweco from and, because they were running a 10% discount at the time I bought it, I got it for less than the Kaweco! \o/
Yes, as usual, I do not need more pens, but it doesn't mean I don't want them. Also this is the first one I bought since I got a Platinum Preppy back in April, and both my Jinhaos are broken (one on the screw to screw the nib to the body, the other is cracked because I keep dropping it. The cracked one still works, but it's only a matter of time before it starts leaking ink all over my hand when I write with it. But they were extremely cheap pens, so I am not surprised in the slightest. Apparently I can get spare parts for the cracked one, but IDK that I will).
*This has not gone well, as I bought two different blues in Kaweco cartridges to see which is the default blue you get as a cartridge with a new pen. So then I can buy a bottle of it to use, as I really liked the colour of it!
~
Also HOLY SHIT I JUST SAW THE TRAILER FOR THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS AND OMFG. I did not want this film, but if it turns out to be as awesome and/or batshit as the trailer's implying, I am 100% on board.
(side note: I didn't want Reloaded, either, and we all know how that turned out!)
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More meme? Sure, why not!
8. Are there any upcoming Square-Enix games you're excited about?
Nope! FFXVI has failed to make me interested but, as I've noted before, trailers for games I end up liking generally fail to get me interested in anything, anyway.
9. What consoles have you played Square-Enix games on?
Nintendo DS, Nintendo 2DS, PSX, PS2, and PS4! Oh, and Gamecube, because apparently Squeenix own Taito now? and I played a LOT of Bust-A-Move on that Back In T'Day™.
EDIT: I forgot about the 360 COMPLETELY because what is my brain! [/edit]
I keep thinking about getting the PS1 releases on my PS4, just so I can have them in a more convenient format rather than lugging my PS2 back upstairs, but it hasn't happened yet. Also I am unfond of buying games I already own (but it doesn't stop me, especially where Final Fantasy is concerned, especially if it turns out to be a better translation, say, or an entirely new version, or just my favourite game but with knobs on).
10. Do you have a Square-Enix Wishlist? (i.e. game you'd like a sequel to, a remaster of, etc.)
I still sort of wish Fortress had happened, even though I don't think I would have liked the gameplay. But I wanted Basch as a main character, dang it!
As for remasters or sequels, I don't think there is anything I want those to happen to. I think pretty much everything I'd want remastered has been (or has been remade), and sequels happened to games I didn't think needed them anyway.
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Yay, new pens!!
I am nervously watching case numbers and sighing in preparation for Lockdown Whatever the Fuck Number We're On Now. (To be fair to my state, we didn't do the yo-yo lockdown, but we are moving back to restrictions--which isn't ok in the grand sense of "why are we like this" but like back last March the governor set out when we'd be able to relax and when we would go backward and has stuck to that, so nobody can say they weren't warned.)
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That sounds more sensible than what the UK Government has(n't) done.
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I wish I was more interested in FFXVI than I am - that first trailer pretty much put me off, and there's been almost nothing in the way of info since. Maybe something will come out about it before release that'll really catch my eye, but until then... meh.
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I haven't used the converter with the Lamy yet, but I use them in other pens, and it's good! It is messy getting the ink there - you can either dip the pen in the bottle, or inject it into the cartridge with a blunt syringe, and you need to clean things off after, but once you get the hang of it, it's all good. And I like having a wider choice of inks than you get in cartridges; and you can get cool stuff like shimmer inks! And you can mix inks to get new colours! Also because you're not breaking a seal on the converter, it's easier to put in a pen than a cartridge can be, because you're just pushing it into place.
I know, right? The trailer just seemed so generic and boring. I'm glad it's not just me that felt that way.