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Gaming:
BEATED: Tales of Xillia
Okay, so I stayed up late because the final sequence took so damn long. Wingull went down without much of an issue - but the poor guy caused his own demise by injecting that technology into himself and misusing it. Gaius's first form was easy despite it being just Jude and Milla. His second... yeesh. That fight took me 32.5 minutes and I was overleveled! I'm glad I got reminded to steal to stop them from using their items, but Muzet was leeching off my TP and they were abusing Stop Flow and Overlimit like mad. I can't imagine doing that at a lower level. I'd have given up, possibly on the entire game due to the poor design of having no ability to save after all the buildup before a long, brutal final fight. Also, why didn't Muzet get hers via the Lance? The Lance was an afterthought in the ending...

Jude never told Milla how he felt when she decided to follow in her fading father's footsteps. It was nice how she restored eternal night to Fennmont - which made the place so unique. Jude made progress on spyrites with a very similar scene to the opening of the game. Only character anomaly was Elize putting Teepo away so he didn't open his fat mouth. That makes sense, but she's still shy. At least she's making friends her age in addition to the Pinkists who gave her the best rod in the game (necessary since Elize is one of the most ridiculous healers I've ever seen in a JRPG and never leaves my party) - oddly not the Blue Crystal Rod to which my username refers. Rowen being employed by Gaius is interesting - but being a military instructor is what he was meant to do, after all. Alvin and Yurgen... interesting combo, but necessary to keep the peace in Xillia 2. Leia... I knew she turns up as a journalist in the sequel, so her ending was no surprise. I do wish they'd pursued the Leia/Jude relationship a little more. It felt... stagnant and understated.

Overall, despite a few flaws in the plot, it's still a damn good game and my second-favorite Tales after Abyss. I'd give it a 9/10 since it starts out slow, but man does it have an interesting world, a great cast, and a lot of fun in battles. You can AMA about Xillia if you'd like.

Song of the Day:
This is advice per Xillia - hence the out of order:

Billy Joel - Tell Her About It

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Weight Loss:
Despite indulging a bit, I somehow lost more weight and am now 10 pounds down. I might be going a little too fast. Because I am fasting twice a week, probably. I will continue but Pocky at the convention this weekend will make it tough. What kind of convention doesn't have Pocky? The vendor list makes me leery, so if they don't, they'll be hearing about it. It's not easy/cheap to get here!

It's going to be tougher to get 70,000 steps since I don't do as much walking at a convention as I do when I go to work. This one is a stone's throw from my place so I can stay at home. I'll get about 5000-7500 steps each day. I got 5300 yesterday - pretty good for a Sunday. I'll need to get plenty today through Thursday if I want to make goal for the sixth week in a row. Won't be easy today. Because... here's a SECOND song of the day:

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Flood warning starts after noon. It's going to be pouring buckets, folks.

#SurvivorAU:
Still last year's. What a shame to lose Tarzan so early. He was colorful and his storyline with Tessa was remarkable. But seriously, THIS CAST is epic. Jericho's cookie munching was hysterical. My dad thinks it's not going to work out for him... lol. There's a lot going on and it's going to be a fun ride!
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