Spent my weekend in Austin crashing my super awesome friend*coughMattcough*'s weekend. =D
Decided to road trip with one of my roommates to Austin because he wanted to visit his friend from high school who goes to UT, and I needed to pick up The Last of Us, which I had pre-ordered. So, at the core of things, I sat in a car for 6ish hours this weekend just so I could get a video game. (I promise I'm not obsessed or anything with video games.)
Speaking of which, I pre-ordered a PS4, and nicely enough got upgraded from a standard to a launch edition on Amazon, which means I will get mine pretty much on launch day. Which is super awesome, and I'm really super duper excited. Also, Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix is already pre-ordered as well, and I can't wait to relive the magic. (Expect a post where I tell you all just how much I love Kingdom Hearts again. It'll be like, the 4th one I think. Haha.)
So, back to my weekend. Got dropped of by my roommate, and met up with Matt, who quickly gave me his key so I could get into his place, as he already had plans, and I told him not to let me interfere and that I was capable of entertaining myself with my Vita.
Speaking of which, I started Persona 4 Golden, and I forgot how much I missed the series. If you're quick, and know of the series, then you caught the reference when you read the title. One of my favorite things about Persona 4 is how everyone has to come to terms with a part of them that they try to hide from everyone, and even deny to themselves. It's something that sort of hits home, especially since I've come to terms with a lot of my inner things that I denied for a long time.
I feel like that's something that a lot of people do as they grow up. I know I hid a lot of things from a lot of people, including myself, and over the years it didn't disappear but rather grew until it became this really dark thing that I found myself fighting with constantly, much in the same way things happen in Persona 4, except mine didn't turn into a crazy shadow that tried to kill me, and upon accepting it I received an awesome Persona I could use to fight the shadows. Haha.
Basically though, everyone has something about them they run from. Everyone has a dark side that they try to cover up, that they deny, that they push back until it consumes them. Some people manage to get through it. Some people have their faith that allows them to accept it, and grow from it. Some people have friends who they lean on and who in turn see their dark side, and accept it, giving the person the strength to accept it as well. And yet, sadly enough, there are so many people out there who have nothing to help them through it. There are people who struggle, and yet never receive the helping hand they are looking for.
At this point, I think the only thing I can say is that it definitely gets better. I mean, I ran from a lot. All it takes, is the courage to look at yourself, and say that that is you, but you're so much more than that. Once you do that, you'll feel that weight lifted. Not saying this is going to magically solve any and all problems, although I wish it would, but that it will definitely help this one. If you can't find the strength in yourself, then don't just give in to it. It's perfectly acceptable to not be able to overcome something on your own. There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with that.
My first suggestion would be to pray. I know that with prayer and through listening to God, however crazy that may seem to some of you, you'll be able to overcome anything that is thrown your way. My next suggestion would be to talk to someone. This is scary, I know, and as someone who tries not to talk to people about my problems I have struggled with asking people for help. I did though, on several occasions, and it has definitely paid off in the end. I understand it'll be weird, and you won't know where to start, but find that person who listens, if you have someone, online friends count, you don't have to see them in person, just someone you trust.
I hope that if any of you reading this don't know anyone that you could talk to realize that I will always be willing to help out any way possible. Even if it's just letting you vent, and me being there to listen/read. I'm good at that. I promise.
Back to my weekend. XD
Hung out for a bit and got food with Matt before we called it a night after watching a LOL match. After we woke up we met up with Ernest, and the three of us played some N64 games for a bit. We played vs on Star Fox 64, and then Smash Bros. Good classics. After everyone got bored, we ran to food at Noodles and Company, before bowling at the Union. Let us not discuss how bad of a bowler I am. XD
When we got done with that we split up, and Matt and I went back to his place. He had me start playing Catherine, while he did some homework. Back when Catherine came out I didn't really hear much about it, but I quickly wrote it off as a video game I'd probably never play. Well, Matt talked it up, and I ended up playing it. After a while, Matt's roommate Jimbo showed up. I continued playing, and Matt and Jimbo watched a lot of me playing Catherine. A lot of Matt making fun of my puzzle skills ensued.
Well, after 6ish hours of playing Catherine, the three of us ended up going to Kerbey Lane, where we just ate and discussed life and things. On the way we got asked, "Did you guys order the Domino?" Not Dominos, just Domino. We enjoyed that quite a bit. Afterward we chilled some more and I did some more Catherine. More antagonistic remarks from Matthew. Haha. We all ended up going to bed eventually.
In the morning, I got in another hour of Catherine before I had to leave, saving at exactly 8 hours of gameplay. Drove back to Houston with my roommate, and had some more super awesome bonding time. When we got back we met up with our other roommate and the three of us went swimming. These 2 kids latched onto us, and we ended up serving as their basketball goals while they played pig against each other. Eventually, I became the goal of choice, and served as such until the kids had to leave.
After that, I finally got to play The Last of Us.
Speaking of which, if you have the chance to play it play it. I fell in love at the beginning, and am sold. Had to fight back tears in the first like... 10 minutes. Crazy stuff going down! I need to play more, but my plan is as follows:
Get in 1 match of League a night. Preferably with Cody, but if not then Ranked.
Play The Last of Us for an hour a night.
Play Persona 4 for an hour a night.
Play Tomb Raider for an hour a night.
Basically spend my nights gaming, but in such a way that I can make time for hanging out with roommates and eat in between sessions. Also, I'm not sticking to that schedule rigidly, I'm free to switch things up whenever I so please. XD
List of Games I am in the middle of and need to finish before the PS4 comes into existence (And hopefully much sooner. I will be updating the list as time goes on, removing and adding games as needed.):
Tomb Raider
Persona 4: Golden
Catherine
The Last of Us
Ni No Kuni
(Not necessarily in that order...)
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