A couple nights ago, Clark, Jim, Jon and I finished the NWN2 campaign. We're gonna play Mask of the Betrayer next, which we hope won't be as multiplayer buggy.

And yesterday I pretty much stayed put, getting a bunch of DR stuff done. I feel a bit bad just sitting around like that, but then I remind myself that in a month I won't have time to sit around anyways. This time I can tell myself I'm enjoying it while I can!

Meanwhie, I found out that I'm gaining an interest in Vocaloid. It's small but growing. :) I was mostly listening to Megurine Luka, who I think is my favorite of the current Vocaloids. I think people who know me well would not be surprised she is my fave. *grins*

I'm a bit more active in Facebook again, and again I'm kinda glad I've eschewed a connection with this site... but I can't really fool myself into thinking no one would ever figure it out. Having to separate professional and personal is something I'll be struggling with more as the years go by and I think about my job options.

I was asleep for a few hours, but for some reason shot wide awake just half an hour ago or so. So I gotta kill some time before I can nap again. Maybe some more Sims 3? Youtube surfing? Jon and I have been replaying Xenogears, too. Now that's a blast from the past!

Another DR event went all righty last night. :)

Public speaking both RL and online is kinda nervewracking. It's mostly the wait beforehand that gets me though. Wondering how people will react, whether my facts are good. Once I'm actually there it gets better though.

At least no one could tell, or at least that's what they claimed, haha.

I was lazily poking at DR training this afternoon, but I think I'll get some exercise, come back for NWN2 (we're very close to finishing the first campaign now, but the battles there are nasty and it's pretty much impossible to rest and heal / get spells back) and then livestream with some online friends. I have a social life, it's just on the net... hehe.

My attitude this month is just to take all the relaxation I can get and do hobbies that are fun, not pressuring. Come Sept 7 I will be busy with college after all, so why not use my free time to de-stress, instead? It does mean rpol will continue to get neglected, but what can I do--something has to give! :(

On Friday we tried going to the Red Sparowes concert at La Sala Rossa.

Unfortunately, the venue was just... bad. Too cramped and the sound was terrible. Took forever for the first band to get set up and on stage, too, and then the crowd that came to see them got way too rowdy (really, a mosh pit in a room as big as an attic?)

Their music just sounded like a whole lot of aggro noise. The instruments just blended together, due to bad mix and acoustics. I couldn't really get into it at all. Heck, I can't even remember what the band was called!

My ankles were suffering (this was no sitting concert), too. So by the time Red Sparowes started setting up, I was really in a sour mood, and Jon was disappointed at the bad acoustics. So we just left without even seeing the headlining band. Pretty much a waste of money, unfortunately. :(

We did have a good time before that though. We went to the mall, had some yummy Indian food for lunch, and did some window shopping for birthday presents (my birthday is in four days! ack! and my mom's is... today! double ack!)

Last night Jon, Clark, Jim and I continued playing Neverwinter Nights 2. We had a lot of fun!

Jon's character (ack, forgot the name) is a Human Cleric who will be a Warpriest. :D No surprises there. He even plays kinda Alexsei-ish!

Clark is playing Senel Goldenbridge, I think he's a shield dwarf? Or some sort of dwarf. Started as a monk, but he's going to take full advantage of NWN2's weird rules for multiclassing. (Figures!)

Jim is playing an Earth Genasi he named Rocky McMeatshield (hehehe, continuing with the theme of the PSU character). He's pretty much a fighter who will continue to be a badass fighter. I don't know if he's interested in multiclassing or not.

And my character is Tezima Auraphel, a Tiefling Rogue I'll be making into an Arcane Trickster (likely Rogue 5 / Wizard 5 / Arcane Trickster 10).

Clark, Jim, Jon and I played our last run of Phantasy Star Universe on PS2/PC tonight.

It was fun. :) We did a bunch of Crimson Beast and Lab Recovery S2 for old times' sake, since we used to grind those missions really often (back when those were the easiest of the S2s and we were like... 100 levels smaller, or something like.)

I took a whole bunch of screenshots throughout the last couple months of our PSU playing, and made sure to get plenty tonight as well. At the end of our last mission we ran around and shot missile weapons and too screenshots like they were fireworks. We also got a group pic of the veteran Guardian crew standing together looking badass: S0YL3NT-G (Clark), Furry McGrowlson (Jim), Shirai Aires (Jon), Reina Hidalgo (me).

I also made sure to get shots of Reina's room, her final stats and equipment, and even had her do some RP monologue (probably cause I'm a dork). Reina and Shirai shared a last moment together, too. It was sweet.