The Michael Swayne Story V: King of his Castle

Well the big news of today is that I now own a copy of Star Ocean: Till the End of the Time. All it cost me was my copy of The Sims 2. My sister's boyfriend offered it to me, so I agreed. With the current prices of both games online, I thought it was a good trade. Besides, I can always get another copy of The Sims 2.

The game clock says nearly 1 hour, 30 minutes, but I have only been playing about 50-60 minutes. Iris sent me a message saying that I could come in tomorrow instead of Tuesday because of New Year's. I replied saying that because I don't have any plans for bringing in the new year, I would prefer to work Tuesday. Then she told me that Gabby's sales for the next issue are not promising that there will even be a paper this Thursday. With the dollar amount that Iris gave me, I determined that Gabby has sold about one page of the paper. That, combined with the classified ads and business directory, don't even total four pages. With everything as it is, we would lose money that way. But, a four-page paper isn't a newspaper, it's an embarrassment. The owner will NOT approve the printing of a extra long sheet of paper to be distributed to the residents and businesses of Adams County.

I am lucky though. I have the specialty products to keep me busy in case there isn't a paper to make. I am nearly finished with the menu. I have two ads to complete, and then make changes to actual menu item prices and update the art. I am thinking of adding some photos of the actual restaurant to it to make it seem more like a family restaurant. By the way, it is a takeout menu, not a sit at the table and order from menu (in case you were wondering).

I finally got Spotify installed on my computer. I went to their service page and learned how to install it manually, because the automatic installation wasn't working. I was so happy when I heard the wonderful sounds of my favorite songs playing, much more pleasant than the country crap that I have been forced to listen to lately.

As tomorrow is the last day of the year, my tradition of erasing my list of completed games for the year will occur. Also, I will delete my files of any games that I have not yet completed. Maybe. I am really getting the hang of Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings. I am at 50% complete in this game. I know that it won't be difficult to get back to this point because everything is still fresh in my mind. I could always play nonstop to finish it before the year ends, because my complete delete is something I have done for years. However, though I am getting the hang of the game, the game is getting increasingly difficult. I don't want to put aside everything else I could do tomorrow to play a game just so I won't feel odd in making a game immune to the complete delete.

One more gaming note. Vince's kids asked me to help them with their Pokemon games. I had to catch Articuno for one, and Zapdos for another. The third child asked me to play some brain teaser app on her iPod thingy.

Well, that's all for this New Year's Eve Eve. I hope to see you around the forums, and until then...

Later!

Michael