It's a little weird that late last year up to last month, everything I have, watched, bought, planned, and played has something to do with the color orange. Even Rovin's singing added confusion to my unanswered questions: What's with orange lately? Is there a hidden clue to it that needs to be solved? Or maybe it's just pure coincidence.
The only gunpla model kit that I have in orange color scheme is this. I haven't watched any episode from the Universal Century timeline yet, that's maybe the reason why I thought of selling my MG Zeta A1 plus last December. But now I changed my mind. I think I'll keep it...for now.
First movie that I watched for this year is Orange County. I haven't watched this movie until last month and I was surprised that it was released exactly ten years ago...only found out when I googled it. (it's what I usually do when I enjoyed a movie) It's a great movie. For me, it's the second funniest starring role of Jack Black after School of Rock. There's this one scene in the movie that I could relate to wherein Colin Hanks was asking Jack Black (they're brothers in the movie) not to go out of his room because he's an embarrassment. That scene was really funny. I also don't got out of my room when there are visitors around...the only difference is that no one tells me not to got out, I make the initiative not to go out because I know I'm an embarrassment. Just kidding.^_^
I also find the movie soundtrack great though finding all the free tracks in the web a bit hard. Youtube was my best bet. I downloaded the flv and converted to mp3. The only track I'm familiar with is California by Phantom Planet. The rest of the tracks were new to my ears.
I don't buy phones and consider it as status symbol. All I care is its functionality. Last month I bought my first touch, android and walkman phone. The xperia-x8 recolored and walkman-branded Sony Ericsson W8. I chose this over Samsung Galaxy Y because this one got better camera and screen resolution. As you can see, it's orange.[ugh!]
I know it's a low end android phone with outdated 2.1 eclair, no multi-touch, no flash player, no equalizer on walkman player. In spite of missing key features, I have no plans of rooting this....yet, maybe next year when I get bored with it.
After almost two months of use, I realized that smartphones aren't meant for dumb users like me. These are my few dumb experiences with it:
----I don't like the default four-corner shortcuts and took me a while before learning about Go Launchers.
----My alarm clock doesn't work because I forgot to include it in ignore list in the task killer setting.
----I used to activate battery saving apps only when using the phone.(which should run always in the background.)
----and the most epic one is I didn't know what to press when I answer an incoming call for the very first time.
Battery performance (juice defender activated, flight mode at night, 25% brightness):
-2 days 8 hrs. stand by (no call, text, wifi, gaming)
-1 day 12 hrs. moderate use (call and few texts, 20 mins wifi)
-6.5 to 7 hrs. continuous gaming
One good excuse if you don't own a PSP or Nintendo DS is this: "I'm a retro gamer."
I don't know if this game is suitable for my age (or for my level of intellect)...but who cares. I enjoyed this one a lot. The primary reason I bought an android phone is that I can install gameboid on it. Being deprived of handheld gaming console when I was young, I thought this is the best way for me try those what they call gba classics. This game I can say is my cup of tea, and it doesn't rely on flashy graphics to be called enjoyable. This game stands on its own because of its unique battle system.
The final mission was insane as it took me 8 hrs. to beat Sturm. I kept losing on first and second try but gained advantage on my third attempt (and that 3rd attempt alone took me 8 hrs!). I know previous hardcore fans can do better than that.
So where's orange in this game? Guess what's your primary nation called in this game.....it's called Orange Star. Pure coincidence.
This game called Ancient Empires II is what I used to enjoy during my use of a java based phone. It got the same game mechanics but not as complex compared to Advanced Wars. Still enjoyable to play in my opinion. The last mission of this game took me 3 hrs. before winning.
Two titles I am planning to play. Fire Emblem got the same battle system with advance wars series. Just hoping both will not force close on the gameboid. Not all gba titles are compatible with the gameboid.
That's all about it...another senseless post. The color orange will surely hunt me these coming days. And I'm readying myself for another paranoia.
p.s.
I was drinking orange juice and wearing orange shirt while typing this post.
