Howdy all. I'm back!

[evil laughter, hack, cough]

Anyway, Ocean Shores was as nice as ever, despite the ever present McDonalds that moved in. (Of course, the Burger King that tried to move in crashed, so maybe there's hope for non-commercialism yet.) Flew a kite, watched the ocean, wandered the temperate rainforest (which tends to put me in the mood for a sword and a random monster encounter, but hey). Basic ocean resort stuff, but it was all good. Also finished Golden Sun (that's IT?!) and actually WON a few games of Mah-johng with my mother and sister (a MAJOR accomplishment for me). So yeah, fun.

Catching up...

- Another dumb newbie? Glad I missed out on that.
- Happy Belated Birthday, Oniko. Would you settle for cute yet cheap ocean town tourist trinkets?
- Nice work on the GCSEs, Idiotbox. Having survived them myself, all I can say is that it must come as a relief to have that over with.
- Can't say I've had the (dis?)pleasure of reading Catcher in the Rye, but the skit looks cute, Viper.
- I'm kind of relieved the MiSTing hasn't advanced while I was gone. It's hard to catch up on stuff like that for me.

That is all.

Dragomorph
"More wordy than usual"

Welcome back, there.

A) Golden Sun was intended to be part of a series, like Xenosaga, thus apparently the creators erroneously felt that it didn't need its own real climax/ending. The sequel, Golden Sun: The Lost Age, is a direct continuation... if nothing else it has nicer spell effects.

B) Why not bring a sword into the forrest and make your own random encounters with the unsuspecting tourists? I'm certain that they know already of the irresistable urge, they knew the risks they were taking going into that forest...

C) Don't worry, we've saved some dumb newbies just for you. We just like you THAT MUCH.

D) Next time you see a copy of Catcher, skim through a few pages, just so you can capture the true inanity. Then go read a book which actually deserves to be called a classic to rinse your cerebral cortex of Dickfa- I mean, Holden. I'd go with Moby Dick or something like that, something beefy that'll really get that Holden out.

E) You ever see one of those specials on TV, where they interview various professors and people in the world of literature about what books they love and consider 'classics', and you hear the massive mountains of priase they heap on 'Catcher'? I mean, one guy said that EVERY YEAR during the summer he'll pull it out and read through it again, sort of as a life-affirming experience. Now there's a man who needs to die, for the welfare of all mankind.

-Chimera
BRANDT <singing>: I'm gonna wash that Holden right out of my hair...
ME: Trust you to wuss this whole thing up.
BRANDT: [sniffle] ...so mean to me.