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About 3 weeks ago, I lamented about my beloved Vagrant Story, and how it was utterly lost to me somewhere over the last 5 years or so.

I lament no longer.

Yesterday, while spending a great day with tesstrosa, we made an attempt to meet animarelic at the GameXchange where he works. Unfortunately, we picked the wrong location to meet him. Fortunately, this store had a brand-new, still shrink-wrapped and security-sealed Greatest Hits copy of Vagrant Story. Better still, they had a used copy of the Strategy Guide (a book I thought I would never again see on a store shelf) for $8.00 less than the original cover price. Needless to say, they were purchased in a heartbeat. When Z told the clerk behind the counter that the game was calling to me, he picked it up, held it to his ear, listend for a moment, and said, "Yes, I think you're right. It is."

(Did I mention that GameXchange rocks?)

And in other gaming news, I finished God of War on Saturday. I still have the Challenge of the Gods portion to go through, but I'll need to set aside a whole evening for that. 10 challenges, all difficult, and you have to do them in one sitting. After that, though, I'll revisit some games that I haven't beaten yet, like FFX-2, Disgaea, La Pucelle Tactics, Brave Fencer Musashi (and damn, the sequel, the beautiful beautiful sequel came out in the last week or so)... and then, I will return to Vagrant Story. I still have my old game save. ^_^

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I have to crack open the window in my office; it's quite toasty in here. Not quite sweltering or anything, but just enough that I can feel heat gathering under my shirt, and I need a good breeze to clear it out.

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I've often said (offline, at least) that, for me, cell phones are mostly for emergencies when I need to get a hold of someone. Today proved that. greenwings and I were leaving the office, and as we approached the parking lot we both noticed a woman kneeling/propping herself up with the railing around the lot. Looked like she was just picking something up and then getting up, so we paid her no mind and went towards the car. Then, suddenly, she fell to the ground again and started spasming. Not just tremors, but full-body jerking spasms. Sash ran over to prop her up, asking me if I had my phone. I quickly got it out and called 911. Explaining the situation as best I could (as I didn't know this woman from Adam and had no idea of her medical history), I told them what I knew/could see and got the paramedics coming to the scene, flagging them down when they arrived. She seemed to be coming out of the seizure as they arrived, and they helped her onto a gurney and wheeled her into the back of the ambulance, where they could talk to her about her condition and apply more care if needed.

Sometimes, you're just at the right place at the right time with the right tool at hand. Today was that day for me.

Dude, I'm a ninja.

( I'm wearin' all black. )