La-de-dah, it's been a month--might as well clear that last journal entry off my page. Here goes nuthin', ganked from ~maggiekarp

DISGRUNTLED SPEED MEME GO--I'm handing over the mic to my foul-tempered alter-ego, the shu.

1. What does your deviantart name mean and why did you join this site?
"Myshu" was taken (Curse you stranger! You know who you are.) She's my newer model Sue. Miya Yoshi is my very first Mary Sue (she was in a Star Fox fanfic, of all things. Gads, my tastes in everything is gaytarded.)

3. How many watchers do you have now?
Fuck you if I'm clicking off this page to go look--this is a speedmeme.

4. Name 3 of your favorite artists on DA.
See above--really, I like everybody I watch for different reasons.

5. Do you comment, fave, or both?
If I like a picture, just not enough to heap it onto my favlist, I'll be sure to leave a nice comment. If I REALLY like something I'll fave AND comment, but sometimes I just favebomb.

6. Do you participate in clubs' contests here on DA?
Nah, unambitious. Too lazy, incomplete sentences.

7. What is your most popular deviation?
Without checking again, I'm pretty sure it's the one with Krystal's naked blue boobies. GJ, furries. (Should redraw that one sometime, it's pretty sloppy.)

8. What are your favorite non-anime TV shows?
No time for TV, interrupts my naps.

9. What are the things you wish you could draw better?
Faces and expressions, definitely.

10. Summer or winter?
Too cold to do anything in winter, so summer.

11. Rain or Sun?
I totally dig the rain.

12. What's your favorite type of music?
The embarrassing kind.

13. PC or Mac?
PC

14. Anime or Manga?
I'm more exposed to Anime...

15. Coke or Pepsi?
Go to hell

16. Read or TV?
Internet?

17. How many hours a day do you spend on DA?
An hour or two every other day, I reckon. Sometimes I play "DeviantLottery" when I use the computer at work, wherein my boss and I load the front popular page and count how many pictures of cats or naked titties there are (answer: at least one of each, always. We don't really win anything but perverse satisfaction for playing this.)

18. Name a hidden talent.
I'm double-jointed at the elbows--and knees. Pretzel attack woo

19. Flash or traditional cartoons?
I can swing both ways.

20. What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
Burger King.

21. What are your top 3 favorite books?
Reading a real book wut now

22. Wii or Playstation?
My PS systems see more use, shamefully enough.

24. Are you a fast, slow, or medium typer?
Above-average on the speed, I'd say.

25. Do you like Denny's?
What that? For Ayla eat?

26. What is your favorite emoticon?

So is that a tongue or a lopsided grin? Whatever, it's cool in my book.

27. What do you want to be now?
A CAT. NO WAIT A DOG. NO WAIT A CATDOG
(alone in the world)

28. If you could eat one person, who would it be?
Yummy Frog! For Ayl--okay no.

29. What character would you hate to be stuck in a room with?
Ahhhh, uh... HATE to be? Stumped me, there...

30. When is your birthday?
October 8th.

31. Favorite type of ice cream?
Strawberry.

32. Last book you read?
Something I found in AT and fen's house--a campy as hell Devil May Cry story (it was awesome.)

33. Which store would you max out a credit card at?
Fuck shopping.

34. Do you buy / sell / both on eBay?
Fuck shopping.

35. What is the most annoying thing people ask you?
Never really bothered me much, but people tended to ask "Are y'all twins?" when I was around my sister all the time.

36. Favorite all time TV show?
Old school Simpsons comes to mind.

37. What was your favorite show as a kid?
I got up early to watch me some fukken Pokémon--and Monster Rancher, which aired right before it.

38. What are you listening to right now?
My Chronotorious CD just came in today, so I'm jammin'~
(Can you tell I'm on a CT kick lately, say wut)

39. What is the last thing you ate?
Some wicked chocolate ice cream thing with caramel. Sweeeeet.

40. If you were a crayon what color would you be?
Is this a fucked-up way of asking my favorite color or what? Light blue, at any rate.

41. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
Whether or not he wants to kick my ass (an important skill for my line of work.) I suppose this applies to females as well, only replace "kick" with "bitch."

42. Favorite sport to play?
Wii Sports.

43. Favorite Day of the Year?
Any day I don't have work.

44. Hugs or Kisses?
Get the hell out of my personal space, you grabby hands fuckernaut.

45. Chocolate or vanilla?
Oh shit I can't choooose

46. Favorite Board Game?
Board game, boring game.

47. Favorite smells?
Well, vanilla IS a nice smell...

48. What inspires you?
Honestly? Second-rate work--that is, when I see something I think could be done better, I tend to jump on board and try it, myself. Does that make me a one-upping artistic douchebag or what?

49. Do you have any piercings?
Get that stabby hole thing out of my personal space, you stabby hands fuckernaut.

50. How many siblings do you have?
One and a half.

51. Bacon Bits or croutons?
ew crunchy bits

52. Favourite Day of the Week?
Again, any one I'm not scheduled for work.

53. Favourite phrase?
Lately I'm prone to say "yaaaaaay" at things.

54. Favourite Restaurant?
I used to love nearby Pizza Inn, but it closed many years ago...

55. Favourite animal?
Cats rule.

56. Favourite thing to do outside?
Walk down the road, or hike through the woods--not so much the latter anymore, since I'm a lazy hermit.

57. Favourite thing to do when it's raining?
Watch it--one time I sat on the porch and just watched it rain for like half an hour (er, also because I was locked out and waiting for someone to open the door.)

58. Favourite Disney character?
Hell, I dunno... My favorite Disney flick is The Lion King, so pick some critter outta there.

59. Do you like coffee? If so, what kind?
ew coffee

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59 questions? That's kinda an odd number...

Oh well, back to my usual bull.

"Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."

*FF7 spoilery stuff ahead, look out*

Allow me to pose a query.

How many of you cried at the end of James Cameron's Titanic? Just, don't be ashamed, it's okay if you did. At the time I first saw it, I thought it was another stupid sappy romance, too, but I cried anyway. So, why? It's not because the damn ship sank--we all KNEW it would, and we still watched the thing. It's one of those cases where knowing the disaster is coming makes it even more painful when it actually arrives, because now you've spent so much time getting invested in the lives, hopes and dreams of the protagonists.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII is like that. I'm an easygoing person and don't get worked up over much, but I motherfukkin' cried at the end, and I think that makes the first video game that's ever drawn tears out of me (FFX came close, if I remember myself right, but it's not the same thing.) Granted, once I got to the point where the J-Pop music kicks in I was perkin' back up, because it's hard to stay sad when they lay on the extra cheese like that. Not giving the game any points on its musical score, there.

All told, Crisis Core is pretty dang fun. Equipment/materia customization is great to experiment with, and there are tons of ways to build a game-breaking character (besides, y'know, mashing X to hit stuff with a big sword.) Graphics and environments are awe-inspiring, and it was hard to convince myself that I wasn't playing a PS2 game. The DMW is an interesting gimmick that I rather got to enjoy--it's like winning a slot machine, y'know? Final dungeon and boss are rather lacking--sorry, pretty boy, but I just couldn't feel for ya. Missions are tedious as hell and sometimes even harsher on the difficulty scale, but thankfully were 100% optional, and yielded some good rewards (the Yuffie missions in particular were a treat.)

Say what you will about the FF7 compilation and all its retarded retcons and spinoff-er-y bullcrap (ugh, go to hell, Dirge of Cerberus), Crisis Core is a well made game that does an incredible job of delivering a story. Zack's last battle is the most heartbreaking thing I've ever played in my life. They actually make you play it, and even if it's crazy you'll want to give it everything you've got--I was throwing quake spells down like a madman.
And gads, the DMW, the damn DMW says it all. And it's a just damn battle mechanic. Freaking epic.

FYI, it's pretty hard to watch pretty end-game FMVs through a haze of tears.

In conclusion, this game was entirely worth the thirty-five bucks I paid for it at the time, even if it's going to be a while before I have the strength of heart to play it again. If you have a PSP and even moderately like FF7, get this.

I'd say you are, Zack. You really are.

...

Now, what the hell was I drawing, again?

Rah rah rah FINALLY I've finished drawing lineart for that... project thingy I started back in... holy crap, November? I've been eating slow beans. Now to color 'em all, which should be hella faster. 16 down, 10 to go.
Apologies to those who've been waiting for new Great Fox comics or Chimera Quest while I've been working on this. It's all kinda related, I swear--you'll see.

Unfortunately, it's hard to focus on anything right now since HELL YES DISSIDIA IS OUT. I snapped that shite up--I am shameless fangirl.

Then I took it home and very abruptly realized that I am horrible, bad, bad, atrociously bad at fighting games. Fortunately there's an unlockable "I'm a pussy" mode for those who want command-based battles.

OTHER FIRST IMPRESSIONS:

Clever tutorials, with all the cameos. Steiner, Quistis and Yuffie made me chuckle. Also "Biggs" and Wedge, hell yeah.

Holy crap items and collectible-thingys, there are too many. I am overwhelmed.

L O L Cloud.
As I've told chat, this guy's entire story arc consists of "I'm an indecisive douche" and all his lines are delivered like Shatner on downers. And yet, it is incredible how Firion, Cecil and even Tidus (in that "Hey man show me your gunblade pleeeeease" Zell-esque way) line up to suck his overly-compensated cock.
The only thing more hilarious are his one-liners, which are so abstractly depressing that you're not sure whether to laugh or shoot yourself. Personal favorite victory line: "I'm not going to sleep well tonight."

Geebus Christy, Cloud.
I like the guy, all the same. He's a fun sword bunny with issues.

Furthermore, THAT CHOCOBO. CUTEST THING SINCE MOOMBAS. Gads, I love that little chirp it makes.

Ironically enough, I'm five hours in and haven't even touched my favorite characters yet (lol difficulty ramp.)

Now, time to go sock Sephiroth in the jaw. That's all for now, friends.

Frozencat: university/scholarship applications are evil
Frozencat: sum up your three biggest lifetime achievements ._.
DK: "1.) Fucking. 2.) Your. 3.) Mother."

Oh shipe, I've been TAGGED (hi thar ). Okay, let's see...

le rulez:
1. Post these rules
2. People Tagged must post 8 things each about themselves in their journals
3. Tag 3 people and post their icons on the same journal
4. Go to their pages and send a message that says you tagged them
5. No Tag-Backs

1. So I was thinking about stuffing this with something really snarky, but the only thing that comes to mind is
2. I
3. think
4. this
5. meme
6. is
7. really
8. boring

Ohhhhhhh SNAP.

I figure it's time to update this, if for no other reason than I beat KH2 some time ago, so the last journal entry is officially out-of-date.
Also, on nice days I connect at 45.2 Kbps! Like right now! Awesomesocks.

Moving on, meme ganked from

FIRST UP, testing your MALE side!!

[ ] you love hoodies
[X] you love jeans
[ ] dogs are better than cats
[X] its hilarious when people get hurt
[X] shopping is torture
[ ] sad movies suck
[X] you play XBOX 360/PS2
[X] you played with Hot Wheels as a little kid
[ ] at some point in life you wanted to be a firefighter
[X] you owned a DS, PS2 or Sega
[ ] you used to be obsessed with Power Rangers
[ ] you watch sports on TV
[ ] you go to your dad for advice
[ ] you own like a trillion baseball hats
[ ] you used to/collect collector cards
[X] baggy sweatpants are cool to wear
[ ] its kind of weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people
[X] green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favorite colors
[ ] you love to go crazy and not care what other people think
[ ] sports are fun
[X] you talk with food in your mouth
[X] you sleep at night with your socks on (it gets BLOODY cold in the wee winter hours)
[ ] you have fished at least once

NEXT,to test your FEMALE side!!

[ ] you love to shop
[ ] you wear eyeliner
[ ] you wear the color pink
[ ] you go to your mom for advice
[ ] you consider cheer-leading a sport
[ ] you wear very little black
[ ] you hate wearing the color black
[ ] you like going to the mall
[ ] you cried watching walk to remember (never seen it)
[ ] skirts are a part of your wardrobe
[ ] shopping is one of your favorite hobbies
[ ] you take around one hour to shower
[ ] you are/were in gymnastics/tumbling
[X] you smile a lot more than you should (this is girly?)
[ ] you have more than 10 pairs of shoes
[ ] you care about what you look like
[ ] you always/sometimes wear dresses
[ ] you like wearing body spray
[ ] you like high heel shoes
[X] you used to play with dolls as a kid (stuffed animals, really)
[ ] you like putting makeup on others
[ ] pink is one of your favorite colors
[ ] you laugh more than you breathe
[ ] you absolutely love chocolate

Male 10; Female 2.

Mascuchicks unite \m/

And hey, I OBJECT to the DS being a "guy" system. More chicks buy DS's than they do PSPs or TV consoles (at my work, anyway.)