Welcome to the entry for February 2017. Seems like it will be a short one for the shortest month of the year.
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- Met up with high school friends at Honey Art Cafe (02.12). Picked up one friend on the way there and unfortunately took an unintentional wrong route and missing the place. Ended up being over half an hour late...but they were forgiving. Friend was there with her baby and her brother plus his girlfriend. None of them had been there before and they all enjoyed it. It was good catching up with each other and trying to control the 2-year old, ha.
After we split, my friend and I wanted to continue talking. So we went to Twistee Treat. There was one near our homes and I only noticed the building a week prior so I was curious. I already had ice cream at Honey Art Cafe so I got a green apple slushy. It was alright. Next time I go there, I'll try their ice cream. We stayed out there until close to midnight talking about more stuff before dropping her back home.
- Since I was out with friends the night prior, I missed out on the Elimination Chamber. But I stayed up late to catch up on all of it (02.13). I was wrong on all except one of my predictions, ha. It's all good though as it was still exciting. Congratulations to the new WWE Champion, Bray Wyatt.
- I wasn't too impressed with Justice League Dark (02.13). In the end, it could have just been a Constantine movie with cameos from the Justice League. I wouldn't say it could have been a Batman movie either despite him being in it more than the rest of the Justice League members. Probably my favorite part was seeing a new version of the Toxic Avenger. Other than that, I don't recommend watching this one. I am looking forward to Teen Titans: The Judas Contract.
- Caught with a friend (02.27) after randomly messaging her. We had a tough time figuring out where to eat, but ended up going to the new Ramen Tatsu-ya that opened. Met her there and it was her first time ever having ramen. She enjoyed it. I would say it's some of the best ramen in Houston. Afterwards, she suggested we go to Amorino for ice nicely shaped ice cream. That was tasty. Unfortunately, most of mine melted all over my hand as we ate outside. Still good though. Highly recommend both places. It was good catching up with her and hopefully we'll get to hang out more.
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- After randomly watching an old episode of Game Informer's Replay, I decided to watch all of the cut scenes from the Xenosaga series. 7 hours and 9 minutes for the first one (02.12), 4 hours and 28 minutes for the second one (02.17), and 8 hours and 43 minutes for the third one (02.27). That's about 20 hours worth or cut scenes. I remembered quite a bit from the first game, very little of the second game, and everything in the third game was new to me since I never played it. Crazy how twisted and deep the story gets. There's so much exposition. Hard to believe there was actually gameplay in between all of these scenes.
- I went to reserve the Breath of the Wild amiibo and also picked up 2 that I had not picked up right away. Those amiibo were Robin and Poochy (02.09). Now I have all of the Fire Emblem amiibo currently out and all of the Yarn Yoshi ones minus the Mega sized one.
- Affordable Space Adventures was a game I got from a Humble Bundle. I had meant to play it way earlier, but kept putting it off until recently (02.19). It was alright. I think it would have been interesting to play with 2 others as it had a rich cooperative component attached to it. Doing everything by yourself was a little tough at times. I did have to watch a few YouTube videos to figure out how to complete some levels though. I don't think it's a must have, but if you know someone that has it, try it out.
- Similar to Affordable Space Adventures, I meant to get to Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins earlier (02.26). I definitely see why people like this game. Controls well and had a fair amount of challenge in it. Glad I can check this one off the list finally.
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I have enjoyed all of TaeYeon's solo songs. Her latest album hasn't completely grabbed my attention yet, but I'm sure after I listen to it more, I'll like it as well.
- Our Valentine's Video went up the same day as the Super Bowl (02.03). It was fun doing something a little different video-wise. And while I did not facilitate any of our Valentine's sessions, I heard it went off quite well. Hopefully this leads to more themed rooms in the future.
- Another monthly meeting (02.07). This time, I had to lead the whole meeting due to the rest of management not being available. It was interesting, but I definitely have my own way of doing things. And we were supposed to play Munchkins for our company activity, but Agent Yeti wasn't there nor did she leave the game to play. So we played JackBox games again this time with more people. It was hilarious.
- Did some painting two days in a row (02.08). I'm not the best at it, but I enjoy doing it. I definitely made a mess of my hands and my pants, ha.
I enjoy painting. With that being said, I am terrible at it. pic.twitter.com/cq5Cun0Idu— Arnell (@ArnellragasA) February 9, 2017
- We had been in talks with GoGames360 about joining their convention. Those talks happened months ago and we agreed to it. Finally, the event happened (02.10-02.12). We brought out puzzle booths to show off what kind of puzzles we offer and we brought a lot of games and shirts to sell.
Our time there wasn't the smoothest. The first day, a couple of booths did not function. Not only that, but the turnout was low. The second day was better as all the booths were working. But we were having staffing issues there and at HQ. Basically, we needed one extra person at GoGames360 and HQ needed 1-2 of us to go back there since staff members were sick. To top things off, I was half an hour late due to heavy traffic and horrible rerouting. When I finally got there, I let Agent Majordomo and PQ what was going on and asked them to leave the event earlier than planned to go to HQ. And we still had to ask Agent Ocean's girlfriend to help us since we couldn't get anyone else to join myself and Agent Ocean at GoGames360. The rest of the day was okay. I wasn't there for the third day, but I heard there was significantly less people there.
Overall, not the best experience. It's good that we got the exposure, but I wouldn't consider this outing a success. Definitely good for a learning experience for any future events we do with anyone else.
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- Ailee - Reminiscing (MV)
- TaeYeon - I Got Love (MV)
TaeYeon - Fine (MV)
I have enjoyed all of TaeYeon's solo songs. Her latest album hasn't completely grabbed my attention yet, but I'm sure after I listen to it more, I'll like it as well.
- Twice - Knock Knock (MV)
Knock Knock didn't immediately resonate with me. It did take watching their comeback performances to get me to like it. I still don't find it as catchy as their previous singles, but it's good. Well, I know I like it since I've been unconsciously learning the dance for it, ha.
- The last couple weeks of the month have not been stellar. Something at work would happen, something at home would happen, something online would happen...it was one thing day after day. It got to the point that I could not hide it and I knew I was not pleasant to be around. Even he last day of the work week had one of the most unexpected incidents occur. I was so relieved once that day was over. Rather than dwell on it more, I'm going to put it behind me and just look forward to better things.
- That's it for this month. A short month with a lot of bad things happening. I'm ready for March, I'm ready for the Nintendo Switch, and I'm ready for Breath of the Wild. Thank you for reading. Be healthy, safe, thankful, and loved.
"Reprise the theme song and roll the credits."
