Days of My Life

I had a Sega Console System when I was younger in Korea, and I was able to play it with a joystick in a certain position; in fact, there were no controllers like gamepads — it was either a joystick or arcade type controller with a stick and 3 buttons. Neither lasted for too long. Continue reading ‘Joystick’ »

In this dream, I think I was being possessed by spirits. Continue reading ‘Possessed’ »

I have finally purchased a Playstation 2 Console System through eBay, planning to play — Vertical/Horizontal Scroll Shooting — games like Gradius V with a joystick since I’m only able to use one hand. However, I kept on searching for a few days now… and I finally found ASCII Grip V2 for PS2 which is an one-handed controller. A review of its first version was written by a guy like myself.

I don’t have to worry too much about it anymore, and I probably can enjoy most games now.

Update (Jan, 5, 2005): I have learned that some games don’t allow users to change the controller modes (analog/digital), so this controller might not work for all games. I’m gonna try using the regular pad with my arms tied down to my waist. I get more control over my arms and hands in that position. I pray that this would work — especially after I see my neurologist on the 24th for another setting change.

Update (Jan. 13): I may or may not be getting this. I ordered one from ps2cover.com on December 26, 2004, with $6.50 for shipping (airmail), but they still haven’t shipped it out yet. And it took them nearly 2 weeks to reply my e-mails — only after I threatened to report them. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM PS2COVER.COM! Continue reading ‘PS2 one-handed controller’ »

The movie “Darkness” was so plain boring that I dozed off through most of it. Don’t believe its trailer.

It deserves a F. o_O

I’m selling my wireless router as I received a new Westell VersaLink Gateway from Verizon at free of charge for signing up with their one-year contract.

“Internet users may soon be required to pay an additional annual fee for each domain name they own, thanks to a virtually unnoticed requirement that will begin to take effect next year.” — [[link removed]]

I’m not sure why we have to pay an extra fee of 75 cents to help those third-world countries which is exactly what ICANN is forcing us to do. They said they will use one-third of this “tax” without any restrictions… I wonder what they are gonna use it for. I doubt it would be for the world hunger. o_O

After the upgrade, I was supposed to be charged $44.95 a month; however, I noticed a charge of $57.35 on my credit card statement this month, which I called in to inquire about. It turned out to be a mistake on their end, so I got an appropriate credit for it. And since I was on the phone, I signed up for the one-year contract, so I now will be paying around $37 for the 3/768 package.

My point is that if you are using Verizon, you should check your bills carefully every month as they make mistakes often.

Now that I’m a little older, I regret many things that I have and have not done in my life. One of them is the relationship that I never thought to develop further than mere friendship despite the fact that she and I had many chances to in high school as well as in college years. Continue reading ‘Regrets’ »

The plot of the movie “Ocean’s Twelve” is not so bad, but the pace of it is way too damn slow for my taste.

I will rate it C+.