July/Aug 2006 Costume Outlook

The Get! radar is tracking a few worthy blips in the next two months:


The King of Fighters 2006 (Aug, PS2)
In case there is any confusion, 2006 is actually the sequel to the 3D series Maniacs and not the sprite-based games. That said, the first Maniacs was just ok. Fighting system was sorta broken and costume selection was bad. It looks like 2006 fixes both of those issues. Some of the outfits look like fancy color swaps, but others are fairly different. New pics are posted on the Neo-Geo.com forums, which is where the pic above came from. Also check out the latest KOF wallpapers at the SNK Japan site.


Ninety-Nine Nights (Aug, 360)
I almost bought Kingdoms Under Fire: Heroes because it was only $10 during Circuit City’s recent clearance sale. Decided to just wait for Ninety-Nine Nights since the games are very similar. I still prefer the more stylized look of KUF, but the High-Def snob in me won out. Even so, N3 is no slouch in the great looking costume department.


Here’s a bonus N3 image, just because.


Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (July, PSP)
I had no idea Lenneth was about to drop in a less than three weeks. I’ve been feeling like I might have time for a RPG if it were on a mobile system, so…


Onechan Pon (Now, PS2 Japan only)
I’ve fallen before for the seemingly tempting combination of simple games + hot ladies that D3 specializes in, but the budget production usually aren’t very good. This upgraded version of Onechanbara 2 features more characters and costumes, but seems to me that it would be too repetitive to be much fun. You can check out a movie of it here.


Rule of Rose (Sep, PS2)
Okay, so I snuck in one Sep release. Costume Get! reader “GD” (forgot to ask if you wanted me to use your full name) sent in some notes about the outfits:

“Each costume comes with their own stylish weapon. Jennifer's default costume is a green old fashion dress (I'm not sure what it's called) that was worn during the 1930's. She has a pair of long black socks and brown boots, her hair is in a bun and she wears a red brooch. It's also a picture of her dog Brown. (shown in the pic above –ed). The rest of the costumes include:


1) A red school uniform with a green skirt and a pair of glasses. Comes with a tennis racket for a weapon.
2) A white nurse uniform with with a hat, white socks and white shoes, and comes with a giant needle for a weapon.
3) This outfit is called "Gothic Lolita" which is a rare style in Japan. It looks like a servent girl outfit with white lace and her hair is dyed black. She carries a black umbrella for a weapon.
4) A very freaky giant octopus costume. Comes with a frozen fish for a weapon(weird).
5) It appears to be a rag doll wearing a tattered dress, has a rag head and arms, and sticks for legs. She also has one shoe and sock on one leg and carries a wooden stick for a weapon.

Now here are Brown's costumes.

1) A black dog outfit with white lace on him. Can only be worn with the Gothic Lolita costume.
2) A giant crab costume. Brown walks sideways in this outfit. Can only be worn with the giant octopus costume.
3) A broken stuffed dog with rope tied around his legs. Can only be worn with the rag doll costume.”

Thanks for the heads up GD!

Chapter 46.64: Signs of the Time

While watching Mets games on television this year, I’ve noticed the cameras focus occasionally on a guy who holds up signs that comment on the team or a play. This guy is obviously a long-time Mets fan, because he must harken back to the days of the Sign Man, who attended games through the Joan Payson era.

Recently, the New York Times ran a story about the Sign Man, along with some explanation of how his eighteen-year tenure in the stands came to an end after the 1981 season. Though Sign Man apparently returned in 2002 (I think I remember seeing it during the game, but I could be mistaken), there’s been little about him otherwise. The article ends too abruptly, but I can’t help but wonder if there might be a way for the Mets to get the old Sign Man to meet the new one. And if this team can get back to the World Series, it would be wonderful to see that melding of old and new generations as Mets fans hope to see their team crowned the World Champs once again.

Chapter 46.25: The Word

I looked up "perseveration" on Dictionary.com. I was amused that the definition was repeated several times.

Tree,leaf and wind

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Tree
===

The reason I'm called tree is because I'm good at
painting trees.
Overtime I start to use a tree on the right hand
corner as a
trademark for all my watercolors painting. I have
dated 5 gals when
I was in Pre-U. There's one gal who I love a lot but
never dare go
after her. She doesn't have a pretty face, doesn't
have a good
figure, doesn't have outstanding charm. She is just a
very ordinary
gal.

I like her. I really like her. Like her innocent,
like her
frankness. Like her cuteness, like her intelligence
and her
fragility. Reason for not going after her is because
I felt
somebody so ordinary like her is not a good match for
me. I'm also
afraid that after we are together all the good
feelings will
vanish. I'm also afraid other's gossips will hurt
her. I felt that
if she's my gal, she will be mine ultimately & I don't
have to give
up everything just for her. The last reason, made her
accompany me
for 3 years. She watch me chase after gals, and I
have make her
heart cry for 3 years.

She wants to be a good actress and I'm a very
demanding director.
When I kissed my 2nd girlfriend, she bumped into us.
She was
embarrassed but smile & say "Go on!" before running
off. The next
day, her eyes was swollen like a walnut. I purposely
didn't want to
think about what causes her to cry but laugh at her
the whole day.
When everybody go back home, she was alone crying in
the classroom.
She didn't know that I returned from soccer training
to get
something. I watch her cry for an hour or so.

My 4th girlfriend didn't like her. There was once
when both of them
quarreled. I know that based on her character she's
not the type
that will start off the quarrel. But I still sided
with my
girlfriend. I shouted at her and her eyes was filled
shocked. I
didn't care about her feelings and walked off with my
girlfriend.
The next day, she still laugh & joke with me like
nothing has ever
happened. I know that she's very hurt but she didn't
know that my
heart ache is as bad as hers.

When I broke up with my 5th girlfriend, I asked her
out. After
going out for a day, I told her that I have something
to tell her.
She told me that coincidentally, she has something to
tell me too.
I told her about my break up and she told me about her
getting
together. I know whose the guy. He has been going
after her for
quite a while. A very cute guy full of energy, lively
and
interesting. His pursuit for her has been the talk of
the school.

I can't show her my heart ache but could only smile &
congratulate
her. When I reach home, the heart ache is so strong
that I can't
stand it. It's like a heavy weighted stone on my
chest. I couldn't
breath. Wanted to shout but can't. Tears rolled down
& I broke
down & cry. How many times have I seen her cry for
the man that
doesn't acknowledge her presence too.

During graduation, I read a sms in my hp. It was send
10 days ago
when I broke down and cry. I haven't read it since
then. It
says "Leaf departure is because of Wind pursuit. Or
because Tree
didn't ask her to stay"


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Leaf
===

During Pre-U days, I like to collect leaves. Why?
Because I felt
that for a leaf to leave the tree she has been relying
on for so
long it takes a lot of courage. During the 3 years of
Pre-U I was
on very close terms with a guy. Not BGR kind but as
buddy kind.
But when he had his 1st girlfriend, I learnt a feeling >
I never
should have learnt - Jealousy. The sourness in the
heart can't be
describe by using a lemon. It's like 100 rotten sour
lemon.
Sourness to the extreme limit. They were only
together for 2 mths.
When they broke up, I hide my strong sense of
happiness. But after
a mth, he got together with another gal.

I like him & I know he like me. But why won't he
pursue me? Since
he love me why he doesn't want to make the first move?
Whenever he
had a new girlfriend, my heart would hurt. Time after
time, my
heart was hurt. I begin to suspect that this is a one
sided love.
If he don't like he, why does he treat me so well.
It's beyond what
you will normally do for a friend. Liking a person is
very heart
wrenching. I can know his likes, his habits. But his
feelings
towards me I can never figure out. You can't expect
me a gal to ask
him right?

Despite that, I still want to be by his side. Care
for him,
accompany him, love him. Hoping that one fine day, he
will come &
love me. It's like waiting for his phone call every
night, wanting
him to send me sms. I know that no matter how busy he
is, he will
make time for me. Because of this, I waited for him.
The 3 years
were the hardest to go through & I really want to give
up.
Sometimes, I wonder should I continue waiting. The
pain and hurt,
the dilemma accompany me for 3 years.

Till the end of my 3rd year, a 2nd year junior begins
to go after
me. Everyday he pursuit me relentlessly. From
outright rejection
to a point in time when I felt that I'm willing to let
him have a
small footing in my heart. He's like a warm & gentle
wind, trying
to blow a leaf away from the tree. In the end, I
realized that I
didn't want to give this wind a small footing in my
heart. I know
this wind will bring this badly battered leave far
away & better
land. Finally I left tree, but the tree only smile &
didn't ask me
to stay. Leaf departure is because of Wind pursuit.
Or because Tree
didn't ask her to stay

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Wind
====

Because I like a gal called leaf. Because she's so
dependent on
tree so I have to be a gust wind. A wind that will
blow her away.
When I first met her, it was 1 mth after I transfer to
the new
school. I saw a petite person looking at my seniors &
me playing
soccer. During ECA time, she will always be sitting
there. Be it
alone or with her friends looking at him. When he
talks with gals
there's jealousy in her eyes. When he looked at her,
there's a
smile in her eyes. Looking at her became my habit.
Just like she
likes to look at him.

One day, she didn't appear. I felt something amissed.
I can't
explain the feeling except it's a kind of uneasiness.
The senior
was also not there as well. I went to their
classroom, hid outside
and saw my senior scolding her. Tears were in her
eyes while he
left. The next day, I saw her at her usual place,
looking at him.
I walked over and smiled to her. Took out a note &
gave to her.
She was surprised. She looked at me, smiled & accept
the note. The
next day, she appeared & pass me a note and left.

Leaf's heart is too heavy and wind couldn't blow her
away

It's not that leaf heart is too heavy. It because
leaf never want
to leave tree

I replied her note with this statement and slowly she
started to
talk to me & accept my presents & phone calls. I know
that the
person she loves is not me. But I have this
perseverance that one
day I will make her like me. Within 4 mths, I have
declared my love
for her no less than 20 times. Every time, she will
divert away
from the topic. But I never give up. If I decide I
want her to be
mine, I will definitely use all means to win her over. >
I can't
remember how many times I have declared my love to
her. Although I
know she will try to divert but I still bear a small
ray of hope.
Hoping that she will agree to me my girlfriend. I
didn't hear any
reply from her over the phone. I asked "what are you
doing? How
come you didn't want to reply?" She said, "I'm
nodding my
head". "Ah?" I couldn't believe my ears. "I'm
nodding my head"
She replied loudly. I hang up the phone, quickly
changed and took a
taxi and rush to her place & press her door bell.
During the moment
when she opens the door. I hugged her tightly. Leaf
departure is
because of Wind pursuit. Or because Tree didn't ask
her to stay

Jokes

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One day, three bankers, a Citibanker, one from HSBC and another from
Maybank, went for a walk. They were old buddies from school, and they
were remembering the tough old days they went as students together.

For no apparent reason, they went into a zoo and passed an elephant.

Being from the same field and the same school, there is little bit of peer
competition going on, so when he saw this elephant, an idea clicked the
Citibanker, he said to the others "Why don't we prove who is the best
among us?".

The others, of course, agreed.

Then the Citibank said "Let's make a test. Whoever can make this elephant
laugh, he works for the best Bank".

They all agreed and started.

Being a pure logical strategist, the Citibanker tried to make the elephant
laugh by telling jokes (In this story, the elephant do understand the
language, boleh la). Of course it stayed still.

As a more practical guy, the HSBC guy tried to make funny gestures...and
the elephant still stood firm.

Now, it?s the Maybanker turn. Being the tomorrow -can- do- it guy, he
whispered something to the elephant, and it laughed at him while pointing
its trunk at him. The other two were astonished.

How come this Maybanker beat them?

So the HSBC guy said "OK, let's make another test. Let's make this
elephant cry".

So there they went again.

The Citibanker told sad stories,

The HSBC guy made sad gestures,

and they fail again.

Then, the Maybanker whispered something again in the elephant's ear and it
just cried, weeping and patting away.

This can't be, thought the other two.

So the Citibanker said "OK, you've won twice. If you can win this test, we
will bow to you. Let's make this elephant run".

He went and barked to the elephant orders to run. Of course, it stayed
still.

The HSBC guy pushes the elephant and stabs it with stake to make it run,
it stayed still.

So...our Maybanker comes to it and whispers something again in its ear and
the elephant ran and ran as fast as it could, as if it was scared to
death.

The other two surrendered.

"OK, you're the best, pal. You work for a very good Bank; not even our
global bankers can beat you. Do tell us your secret".

"Well" said the Maybanker

"The first time I made it laugh, I said "Maybank is the best bank ".

"When I made it cry, I told the elephant how much I get paid".

"And when I made it run scared to death, I said to it,


"Why don't you join Maybank?"

Chapter 46.2: Thank God

On the PATH train this morning, I noticed something refreshing that I think bodes well for the reading public. I did not see a single copy of The DaVinci Code. I think we’ve gotten through the worst of the hype, and not a moment too soon. The DVD will surely annoy us all by Christmas (and, seriously, what more appropriate Christmas present could there be?), but the summer should be relatively free of Grail Lore and Magdalene Mysteries.

Perhaps this sounds strange coming from a Sinclair, since, after all, we are the true descendents of Christ, but I’m just sick of it all. Yes, I read the book -– two or three years ago -– which I found intriguing but ultimately disappointing. A book with art at its heart was paint-by-numbers artless. I don’t know what the French word for “sugar candy” is, but it would describe it well. The story ran through me like grass goes through a goose. And I saw the movie. It adhered pretty closely to the book.

But I said intriguing, and I mean it. For me, the idea of a married Jesus doesn’t seem too outlandish. Since my early days in Catholic school, I’ve been taught that God loved us so much that He sent His son to earth to be one of us, i.e. human. When in Rome …

To me, the thing that people clung to in the book was the idea that Jesus was more human that our religion teachers, priests and ministers, and our friends who are Jewish have ever let on. He loved women enough to trust them to run things and be an important part of his life. Ultimately, I think that if we look closely enough we’d start to understand that the Holy Grail isn’t necessarily the bloodline passed through one woman, but the bloodline of humanity, of which women are an important, integral part.

Zero Suit Confusion

Samus without her armor refered to as Zero Suit Samus, but here’s the thing. It’s not that the blue outfit she is wearing is called a Zero Suit, it’s the fact that she is not wearing her armor. Get it? Zero = No suit.

Things get tricky since there are times we see Samus in outfits other than the blue tights or the armor. Like whenever she dies in Fusion, she has on tank tops and shorts. So that is also Zero Suit Samus. Or is it?

What is the definitive ruling? I’ll have to look into it.

Chapter 46: Softball Season's Closing Days

This has been a different softball season for me. I think my arm is showing its age. For the first time, my shoulder hurts after I play. I warm up properly, though I probably don't cool down the right way. I've never applied ice to my shoulder, but those days may be changing. During the games, my arm feels fine, and I can throw with accuracy whenever I have a play to make. The arm even has some of its old zip still in evidence.

Now that my squad softball season is essentially complete, and the office team has only a few games left, my arm won't be stressed as much. I probably need more throwing rather than less. It sucks getting old.

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INGREDIENTS:
1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, drained
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
1 cup chopped tomatoes
3/4 cup cucumber - peeled, seeded, and chopped
2 tablespoons diced onion
1 (6 ounce) container guacamole
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup milk
shredded lettuce
corn tortilla chips

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DIRECTIONS:
In a large bowl, toss together the kidney beans, garbanzo beans, tomatoes, cucumber, and onion.
In a small bowl, mix the guacamole, yogurt, and salt. If dressing seems thick, stir in a little milk. Stir into the bean mixture, and chill. Serve topped with the shredded lettuce and corn chips.