If I have to change my name I’m going to cry.

~mischa

Game:

Finally hit level 90 on PLD. Sexy

and I dinged into all my +2 pieces  yippeeeee! except body.

spending a lot of time with these freakers whom I’m inlove with <3 even though they end up getting me into lots of trouble. hahah. Right here we are fighting Azdaja.

IRL: My sister is having her baby next month. And I started school again. I feel like my Comm classes has a lot to do with Physics and pyschology… 2 things that I love to discuss… AHEM LOST.

And in sad sad news…. The White Stripes have officially split up…leaving  only this behind to all their fans:

“The White Stripes would like to announce that today, February 2nd, 2011,
their band has officially ended and will make no further new recordings or perform live.

The reason is not due to artistic differences or lack of wanting to continue, nor any
health issues as both Meg and Jack are feeling fine and in good health.

It is for a myriad of reasons, but mostly to preserve What is beautiful and special about
the band and have it stay that way.

Meg and Jack want to thank every one of their fans and admirers for the incredible
support they have given throughout the 13 plus years of the White Stripes’ intense and
incredible career.

Third Man Records will continue to put out unreleased live and studio recordings from
The White Stripes in their Vault Subscription record club, as well as through regular
channels.

Both Meg and Jack hope this decision isn’t met with sorrow by their fans but that it is
seen as a positive move done out of respect for the art and music that the band has
created. It is also done with the utmost respect to those fans who’ve shared in those
creations, with their feelings considered greatly.

With that in mind the band have this to say:

“The White Stripes do not belong to Meg and Jack anymore. The White Stripes belong
to you now and you can do with it whatever you want. The beauty of art and music is
that it can last forever if people want it to. Thank you for sharing this experience. Your
involvement will never be lost on us and we are truly grateful.”

Sincerely,
Meg and Jack White
The White Stripes

~mischa

So just wow. I played the game for 2 seconds.. I mean, it doesn’t offer a whole lot except that it is a beautiful game and it has a Final Fantasy title but other than that it falls flat. They are going to have to do some major revampage to make the game any sort of enjoyable for true fans of the genre.

~mischa

If there is no update yet before you log into the FFXI after maintenance and you gets antsy and decide to change the dats yourself and screw em up, just go into POL main menu and do a quick Check Files and Repair the files that are broken. For some reason, when I did that however, it was showing that 6 files of mine were damaged, which makes no sense as I only changed 2 dats… so… Im kinda confused about that. But before I did the check files on my POL, I had a little fun and wanted to see what the game looked with a JP interface…

GAWD without DAT mods, my eyes bleed. everything is so ugly. The font. I mean does my name HAVE to be italicized?

Anyways don’t the make the same mistake I did. Just get your DATs and status icons from Darkshade and Windower at the link above. He seems to be doing a pretty good job about updating and keeping everyone happy.

~mischa

However I did manage to level my Botanist and Maurader in the game. Botanist seems to be my favorite, except that it is not self dependent meaning I have to level another job so that I don’t die when I am logging in a higher level zone. I cant focus on just one thing. I had also started on Carpenter to use up all the logs I was getting from logging…. But that’s about as far as I got.

Anyway, with the release of Abyssea in Final Fantasy XI, I got curious about all the hype. I wanted to check it out for myself.  But first there were a couple of things I had to take care of….

When I started playing FFXI again, I realized that all my closest friends had quit for good and no amount of begging would make them renew their liking of the game: There was just more satisfying things to do in RL than in this virtual fantasy world.

I started the game by making amends with someone whom I never thought I would speak to again. After what 5 years (?) of having not speaking (in a really friendly manner) to eachother, I had forgotten why… Perhaps it was because when I first started playing the game, I was but a naïve little girl and he was already well into life and the bitterness that comes with it… I didn’t develop a personality and “feathers on a duck’s back” until recently. 

NOTE: I apologize in advance for the low quality pictures and the many different sizes that they are in. I am using a new wordpress plug-in and it likes to shrink my photos. I also have been playing with my graphics in game so the resolutions are different in some pics.

I also got back into the game well into Scars of Abyssea and everyone was already level 85 which meant I had a lot of catching up to do. I had to start leveling my subs. Below a picture from NIN in Yuhtunga Jungle. I was so glad when I got it to 49.

I couldn’t come back to FFXI without mpking DS in Xarcabard. It’s what I do best. lol even as much as I try, I always manage to MPK them at least once…. And its not even as bad as it used to be graphics wise I mean… I used to play on PS2 and MY GAWD, I couldn’t see anything in that zone, it was all a gray mass and just blurs…

I also started working on my PLD sword trials finally. I am doing it mostly solo and like everything in 11, it is taking forever and a million years to complete. Maybe if that was all I did, I could get it done but I get bored and distracted easily. (Look a blue car!)

I went out a couple of times to the Valley of Sorrows to check on Aspid alone. I feel like everyone is taunting me with their stupid dalmaticas, flaunting them in my face. I had never wanted one this bad before… It’s ridiculous to be honest. I feel like everyone has one and no one wants to camp Aspid anymore anyway because there are newer and badder things to do.. And that may be true (new fresh body appeared) but that only makes me want things from back in the day a lot more. Like I missed some sort of train or something. “Oh that was sooo yesterday but omigod, you don’t have it??!” I go check on this bitch but all I see are ugly faces staring at me.,,,

Another recent addition to Final Fantasy ( I don’t know how recent) is Walk of Echoes. Very fun BCNM type fight where you enter numbered fights against different types of mobs and defeat them up to 36 members.  We’ve been doing the slimes one and on one occasion I got lucky and got 10 coins of Glory, which means… I only need 20 more to get a Great Axe for my warrior.

I also didn’t know what this was (below) until it killed me after I was mpked (THANKS RED)

Raising mai level cap !!! Moogle performing some sort of ritual on me.

I have been getting bits and pieces of information from NPCs scattered across Vana’diel about the Cavernous Maws that popped up that transport you into Abyssea. I am not completely sure of the entire story line, however I know that there are different zone bosses that must be eliminated if you want to receive special Atmas and rewards and an advancement in the story line. Currently, there are  6 zone bosses (I believe), 1 of which I have defeated with DS.

My LS has been spending a lot of time farming Atmas and key items to pop T2 and T3 NMs in Abyssea.. We have been getting a lot of seals and AFv3 for everyone that is participating in helping out. Here we are killing Eccentric Eve. I always knew Odi was an ugly marlboro…

Below are random screenshots of various NMs we have been fighting in a lot of the abyssea zones. There are so many NMs we fought, some I just forget to take pictures of. From the easiest NMs to the hardest NMs like Tunga… GAWD I hated that little chigoe…

AND FINALLY, I hit 85… my first job to 85. Just keep that on the Down Lo.

I’m glad I have found more time to play but am saddened for the reasons behind that newly found time. There is a piece of me that doesn’t ever wanna go back to that place again, but another part of me that is happy to hang out with people who like to spend their time doing the things I like to do… Play FFXI.

Anyways TOOTLES

~Mischa

I dont know if I wanna be there again. Either way, with school starting again and me on the verge of possibly quitting my full time job (or getting fired), I MIGHT MIGHT MIGHT have time to play again but I wont be “ELITE”.

To those who are, I will be that person you hate having in your party because they talk about real life events, and are extremely nice and doesn’t really know what they are doing. You know that person, who just gets on when they have time and doesnt really know that there are battle strategies and plans and all these other things going on in the background. That person just trying to have a good time but being weighed down by other people’s negativity but doesn’t care one way or another. Lol that person who always gets booted from parties cause they wear the silliest things for their character because they think its awesome but really dont know that it doesn’t mean a darn thing.

I dont know. I am just rambling. It has been 1 year since I really played FFXI. I mean really played. Doing events and such. So much changed last year. SO MUCH. some for the good, some for the bad… some I just dont know yet. And I am still waiting to know. But they probably aren’t. And I understand.

I miss old friends. I made new ones.
Who knows where I will be 1 year from now.

I guess we will see…

~Michelle

“The images shown during the end credits of the Lost finale, which included shots of Oceanic 815 on a deserted beach, were not part of the final story but were a visual aid to allow the viewer to decompress before heading into the news,” an ABC spokesperson told the Times.

Read the full article here!

~Michelle

I knew that the producers, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse aka “Darlton” had come a long way in the character’s storytelling. I knew that they would not be able to answer all the questions that were raised in seasons 1-5 and even newer questions that were raised in season 6, (specifically “Across the Sea”).

I questioned everything and wondered how would they bring it all to a complete end and if I would I ever get closure.

Last night I learned that I finally would.
My Initial Reaction to Season 6~NEXT PAGE

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
My Initial Reaction to Season 6
Disappointment
Across the Sea
Why Desmond is Special
Win Some, Lose Some
The Beginning of the End
This is the End my Friend
My Take On Everything
Christian Shepherd
Conclusion