And there’s something weird about Ashes to Ashes.

Unfortunate as it may be, I have been struggling with writers block all through the hols. While I would very much like to say it’ll clear up as soon as is likely, it’s likely it won’t clear up soon. I think the most productive thing to do would be to hand it over to Ven to write his bits, while mine remain unedited and uncertain even as to the content, whilst I struggle with this terrible affliction.

(The following paragraph has been written with potential viewers in mind. Minimal spoilers.)

Life on Mars is the best TV drama ever made, and quite possibly my favourite TV program ever. I missed the last ep when it was screened here, and recently purchased (yes, PAYED FOR) series two, just to watch it. Mixed reactions. I want to like it. I think I do like it. I’m not sure if it’s satisfying. I think the problem is…there is the final choice moment, and all very fun and awesome and if it was any other episode I’d be fine with it, and would probably be one of my favourite eps. The problem (as I failed to get round to saying in the previous sentence and will in this one also if I don’t finish these brackets soon) is that questions certainly weren’t answered. It didn’t feel enough like an end. I’ll refrain from commenting further so I don’t spoil anything, but people who’ve seen it should know what I’m talking about.

I found FF CC RoF, that is to say, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates, for DS in EB for 20 bucks second hand so I picked it up. Fun game, very short. And not just for an FF game, I mean short in the general sense of the word. Other problems: The story was hollow and the puzzles were simple. The fact that you could stack your entire party in a four person high chain was a little ridiculous although very rarely useful. Pre-rendered cinematics were short and sparse, it seemed like they were an afterthought and really should have been a)prominent b)left out c)beginning and end things. All that aside, it is pretty fun real time fighting, and the voice acting, while also sparse, adds some atmosphere. It’s fun and engaging despite a childish feel for half the game, and was certainly more than my monies worth, but don’t grab a copy for more than…$60 Aussie bucks.

Went to some sort of party thing (childhood friends joint-birthday) and didn’t get hammered. They stopped serving shots and cocktails early. The tab ran out. Because I’m responsible (and because I like LLBs) I started filling up on watery fluids early to balance the alcohol, so I had 5 lemon lime et bitters. I only managed to get two beers in before they stopped serving. Lame. Also I knew very few people, which was typical. Two people started up conversations with me at the bar. Male in case you’re wondering, just banter not pickup talk. Though just before I left some girl (who’d obviously emptied the tab) declared her undying love for me. Anyways, the two people. One, a teacher who hated books. Go figure. The other, who hung around with me and people I knew for a while (as he knew some of my people), was pleasant enough. That’s enough of that, I make it sound more boring than it was.

Oh yeah, a few blog stats. Rugers are attracting the most hits from search engines STILL and increasingly. Erm…we got the most hits last month, with just under 100, which is pretty good for something no-one knows about. One day when TGS is really taking off I’ll start telling people and we might see real traffic. And other things I can’t be bothered mentioning and would be expressed in an inexplicably illegible fashion due to said writers block. Hopeful the rest of this isn’t so indecipherable. Good luck.

Cheers, DoubleDusk (having second thoughts about the name too. yay.)

Now I’m going to go reclock DK64. Because I can.

Oh yeah, and now Sonic has a sword, wtf?