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[zen_monk]

 It'll soon be two weeks until the Fall Quarter starts at UCSC, and I guess that means I'm at the halfway point of my vacation since I finished up my summer session back at the last week of August. While I curse at school starting pretty much in the start of October, I also thought that vacation felt too long as well as being over too soon. It's been a while since I've been at home for more than a whole week before absconding off again to school, so it's a strange sense of getting over being a stranger in my own home. 

Though, not that excited for another move-in day coming up. All that packing and extra stuff, man. I still thank all my college luck that I scored on-campus housing, and that it's a single to boot in an apartment where I'll share space with 5 other people, and especially at a part of the school where it's way easier for me to scoot over to my job at the dining hall (which shortchanged me a lot of work hours... since I broke myself after an escapade to Anime Expo, among other things). 

But aside from eating and sleeping, I think I'll make a list of what media I'm consuming, which includes a list of games since that's what I do most days: 

Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland, in other words the most low-stress cutesy time management game i got for the Vita where no one is more unpleasant than usual and making things with alchemy while on a deadline is addictive. 

Tales of Xillia; I finished up Milla's storyline- super awesome main character- and started up male co-protagonist Jude's story. Lots more vulnerable, thoughtful moments in this side of the story, but it fits the fact that to Milla's strong-willed warrior protagonist, this amiable twink is known in and out of the game as the most supportive "Mom" character, who finds value in being the supporter of someone's ultimate goals. 

Dragon Age 2; I started a whole new playthrough intending to be both "red" F!Hawke with a smattering of diplomatic Hawke. It definitely changes the tone of the game for me, though more decisive game decisions, i usually go for the more... shall we say "kinder" route. Also planning to actually complete the Merrill and Isabela romances, since after running through DA a couple times with getting some of the dudes' I got overly fatigued of the game as a whole. And after consuming a lot of meta of Dragon Age, especially in the wake of all the recent news of DA: I, I feel like this gameplay is making me much more conscious of how each character do the things they do in the greater narrative. 

I did pause my playthrough so that I could utilize my PS3 more, tho. 

which didn't stop me from playing the biggest time waster, Sims 2....

I also started the "Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies" game on the iOS. The minute I saw it on sale, I went and download it without a backwards glance at my wallet, ahhahaha. Lots more new features, too, especially when utilizing the 3D aspect of the game. Characters' body tics are animated much more smoothly, giving more convincing body language to me while being incredibly dynamic and full of personality. I can't help but feel there's so much good to this game, even if the voice acting doesn't always match up my established preconceptions of how Phoenix and others were voiced. Aha haha, oh Sam Riegel.... 

Athena Cykes is a blessing. 

Also still going through Fire Emblem: Awakening. Got pretty far in the story, though, but I gotta say....this game might as well be "Shipping! The Tactical RPG!" given that you can have <i>children</i> born from constant interaction with characters where it builds on affection points and then a love confession. Oh yeah, and the story is pretty deep and meaningful. Yup. The story. 

Then I have an FF5 playthrough on my iPad and then it's like... huh, I guess I consume a lot more games than I thought I do now. I can't believe I have this much time on my hands. My grandparents are right.... I should vacuum or something. Or pick up my piano again.