my moral standing is lying down

( So it was just about 4am on Saturday night/Sunday morning. )

When we got home, I had some sort of second wind -- which I now think was just me running on fumes -- and I took a walk around the neighborhood, picked something up for Maryann at Dunkin' Donuts, etc. It was a nice walk -- I didn't walk too fast because I knew I was already tired; and it was nice and breezy out, so I wasn't dying of the heat/humidity. When I got back I think I went online very briefly, but I soon gave up and again I was out as soon as my head hit the pillow. At 9:40pm. And yet again, in mid-text. ^^;

Oh! I totally forgot to mention in part I that I had a great time playing Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection (PS3 version) against Judy, Liz, and Ben! Ben is scary with Dragonov, srsly. Also, I really like Lili -- she moves like a cross between Anna and Xiaoyu; it's really sexy, and her white schoolgirl outfit is HOT -- but Anna's still my favorite. <3 They also set up GH:Rock the 80s, so Liz was ecstatic and would not be moved from the game... at least, until lunch.

So, I promised pics. Here are a few. Other selected ones can be seen here.

( Some favorites. )

I've been finding out more about the whole B-T experience. Wenia (the girl from the B-T Yahoo!ML, who I'm going to the concert with) mentioned something about a tour in Gunma for BT fans (because that's where BT grew up), so I asked over at the buck_tick community, and was given lots of wonderful, wonderful information!!!

Imai's parents still own a convenience store there, and apparently welcome B-T fans! Atsushi's brother still lives in the house they grew up in, and Hidehiko's parents used to own a fish store which closed several years ago, but might still be standing. ^_~; And cab drivers in the area know all the B-T fan sites to take you to -- like their high school!

I'm going to just about overload on all this fangirlish excitement! It's mostly unusual for me.

So in order to change the subject so that I won't be further embarrassed, I'm going to say how much I really enjoyed this past Friday night. Angelica, Maryann, louiex, and Will all came over in the late afternoon for an evening of gaming. It's real purpose was to finally finish the last Tomb Raider game that came out around 2.5 years ago, Angel of Darkness. There were a whole lot of problems with the game -- they released it before it was really finished, so there are quite a few glitches, and several items missing (like her double guns!). The controls were really badly done, too. But I still love the game -- watching her die is even funnier in this game than in the previous ones! They did some sort of "rag doll" thing with her -- after she's dead, if she keeps falling or tumbling, her limbs will move like a rag doll-- all floppy-like. It's highly amusing!

In any case, we finally finished the game and had about an hour left before Louie and Angelica had to leave. So, since I told Will to bring Tekken 5 with him, we played that for another hour and a half. =D Oh! It was sooo nice! The graphics are even better than T4, and most important of all! Anna's back! Everyone looks really good, and there are quite a few characters who have extra costumes, so it's fun. I convinced Will to lend the game to me for the weekend, so Liz and I were playing all day yesterday. However, Will's PS2 scratches his games, so it was annoying having to wait for the ending FMVs to load. But it all worked out because I ended up splitting the cost of the game with my mom, so now we have our own copy! Yay!

Another thing I'm almost as happy with is buying an extension cord for the PS2 controller. x_x; I can get all comfy now instead of sitting right up close to the TV screen. It's really much more enjoyable.