Late Night Musings: Last Of The Old Year

Yeah, the way I've been going lately, this probably will be the last post of the year for me, so I may as well tie it into something from earlier this year.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #040: Grinding For Weapons

It's really unfortunate that it doesn't really seem to work that way in this installment of the series.

TEXT PLAY: Secret of Mana (Squaresoft; SNES, 1993): Issue #006: Another Haunted Forrest

This one's quite a bit more difficult than the one in Final Fantasy IX.

Changes At Patreon

Considering where all this is going in the near future, I'm actually kind of glad this didn't work out for me after all.

State Of The Blog: December 3, 2017

Here are a few thoughts and ideas I hope will help me get bact to posting more often again.

Photo Blog: Wasta Rest Area Pond

Well, “pond” is kind of a polite way of putting it, really.

Where I've Been: November 30, 2017

Still here, of course, but not anywhere near my best.

JMShearer Tries: International Delight Pumpkin Pie Spiced Iced Coffee

I'm still doing these, and I probably shouldn't be.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #039: Choco-Born

So maybe the Black Mages are more human than they realize.

A Rough Patch

It's been a tough few months for me recently.

Signs: City of Sioux Falls Levee Row

Kind of an old one here.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #038: Two Kinds Of Broken

There's a character in the game who's going to be a little unwell for awhile.

TEXT PLAY: Secret of Mana (Squaresoft; SNES, 1993): Issue #005: Tampico

Or Tropicana, which is a little expensive for my tastes.

Lacking In Motivation

So, lately, I've been seriously lacking in motivation with regards to this blog.

Signs: Fishing Spots On Northwest Side of Lake Alvin

I've got a few from October, but I should finish up the September stuff first.

TEXT PLAY: Secret of Mana (Squaresoft; SNES, 1993): Issue #004: A Quick Round Trip

One last of these before away from my computer and consoles for a few days.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #037: The Fart Of The Cards

Mol-De-Toh!

Closed Shooting Range: Colman Rod and Gun Club

This is more or less the sort of thing I've been planning to do about a local shopping mall for awhile now, but have yet to be able to set aside the time to do it.

How The Plan's Going

Well, it's a start, anyway.

TEXT PLAY: Secret of Mana (Squaresoft; SNES, 1993): Issue #003: Getting The Girl

There's a couple ways this could have gone.

TEXT PLAY: Secret of Mana (Squaresoft; SNES, 1993): Issue #002: Kinda-Sorta On Our Way

I took a couple detours here.

TEXT PLAY: Secret of Mana (Squaresoft; SNES, 1993): Issue #001: Batface and Super Gai

I was going to go for a more political joke in the title, but between what I've been doing in the FF9 playthrough and what I'll get to in a minute, I'm sure there's enough of that around here.

TEXT PLAY: Secret of Mana (Squaresoft; SNES, 1993): Issue #000: Introduction

So I'm doing another Mana game, and this time it's kind of a secondary.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #036: Not Quite The Tournament

I guess what I meant when I said I'd do the cart tournament next time was the time after this one.

Trying A Schedule Again

I don't know how long this will last because I suspect my situation will be changing soon.

Getting On With Things

I suppose I could put this under the Early Morning Musings heading, but this is something I've been thinking about during the day, too.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #035: Hookups Galore

No relation to the Bond Girl.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #034: The Halfway Point

Well, it took me longer than I had hoped to get to this, but I've got what I hope is a good reason for that.

The Wrong Routine

I seem to have fallen into what one might call the wrong routine.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #033: A Little Late Night Grinding

Since I needed to do a little anyway...

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #032: Trolling For The Iifa Tree

There were a few titles I was considering for this one, but the best one came to me right at the end of the session. I'll get to the why part when I get to that part of the issue.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #031: The Iifa Tree, Take Two

Here's to actually getting this finished this time.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #030: The Iilfa Tree, Take One

It's been almost a month again, but real life takes priority, I'm afraid.

Maybe More Second-Hand Shopping

I'm slowly getting a few things figured out here.

Some Gaming News

This is something that could very well have turned out to be more expensive than it needed to be.

Projects In The Works

I've got a few things going right now, so I may as well give a little rundown of them.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #029: One Month On

So it's been a month, or a little more, since I've done any of this.

Where To From Here?

Now that I'm officially over 1000 posts, I'm at a bit of a loss as to where to go next.

Mister 1000

I guess I finally made it here.

A Change For The Better?

Hard to say, but things are changing and progressing for me, either way,

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #028: Shadows of the Past

Have I used that title here already?

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #027: o/~ I Love You/Always Forever... o/~

o/~ Near or far/Closer together... o/~

Sonic 'Toons and Me: Part Five: Sonic X

It goes ding when there's stuff...

Early Morning Musings: Fun While It Lasted

This is sort of a first part of something that I'm not sure will have more than one part.

Linkabout

Kind of an experiment going on here.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #026: A Little Qu-ing Around

Not much to say here. Just kind of goofing around, really.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #025: Galuf Village

Because he's County Line Gaming's resident Black Mage.

Super Slow Mode

I think that's what we can call what I'm experiencing right now.

JMShearer Tries: Surge

I'm still doing these, too.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #024: Scotland, SD

And yes, I'm referencing another real place from my home state in the title.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #023: Fork It

I forked up in that mine, so I may as well just get the fork out of there.

Almost An Early Spring

Here's one I've had sitting in my draft pile for longer than I should have.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #022: Oh, Fork Me!

I'd forgotten how long this dungeon is.

Delay Of Game

Offense. Number 01. Penalty to be determined.

TEXT PLAY: Lufia And The Fortress of Doom (Taito, SNES, 1993): Issue #000: Look Who's Back

This is kind of a multi-purpose playthrough; part second run, part side game.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #021: Quina Eleven!

You know, I really hadn't meant to put this off for damn near three weeks like this. I really didn't.

Final Fantasy Tonight: Lost Again

I'm calling it “tonight” because it was still before midnight when I started this.

Not My Best Month

I've kind of missed the month of February around here, it seems.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #020: No Funny Subtitle This Time

Took me long enough to get back to this, I'd say.

Final Fantasy This Morning: January 30, 2017: Secondary Text Play?

It's something I've been considering for awhile now.

Early Morning Musings: First of the New Year

So, here I am, a little after 2 AM on January 30, 2017. Probably should have been in bed at least a half hour before I started this, but here I am.

Maybe A New Schedule...?

Things may be looking a little different in terms of my free time in the near future.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #019: Josef and the Giant Rock

Well, I got this right pretty much in one go before I really even knew the original version of Final Fantasy II was for the NES rather than the version of Final Fantasy IV we got on the SNES, so I may as well get on with this.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #018: Warp Speed Now!

“Helm! Warp One!”

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #017: Steiner Smash!

Now it's Steiner's turn to bust things up.

TEXT PLAY: Final Fantasy IX (PlayStation, 2000, Square-Enix): Issue #016: Brhane Smash!

Kinda like that one scene from the first Avengers movie.