Beneath the Bitter Rind

Chrono Trigger Arena of Ages

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:22:35 GMT

So, when playing the DS version of Chrono Trigger, I eventually realized there was this add on at the end of time. Of course I didn't figure out that this was available to me until I almost beat the game. (I still haven't yet, this is a nice little procrastination point) I wanted to figure out how to get a particular beast as my end fighting beast in the arena, but I couldn't find the info anywhere. After much scouring of the internet and message boards and fansites for Chrono Trigger, I eventually found this list. I was especially disappointed to find that the creature I wanted to end with is NOT a final evolution.. I guess I will have to choose another. For now, I'll put this list here, because it was awfully hard to find, and maybe it might help someone else trying to find it?

Arena of Ages Beast/Class Possibilities

CLASS 1:
Light: Light Smidge
Shadow: Shadow Smidge
Fire: Flame Smidge
Water: Water Smidge

CLASS 2:
Light:
- Present: Holy Knight
- Middle Ages: Ogan
- Future: Spearman
- Prehistory: Crested Sprinter
- Antiquity: Zealot Mage

Shadow:
- Present: Royal Guard
- Middle Ages: Ogan Youth
- Future: Lancer
- Prehistory: [Gokuu/Racer?]
- Antiquity: Stone Imp

Fire:
- Present: Hercules Beetle
- Middle Ages: Fiendillo
- Future: Version 2.0
- Prehistory: Bao Bao
- Antiquity: Pink Imp

Water:
- Present: Rhino Weevil
- Middle Ages: Roundillo
- Future: Version 4.0
- Prehistory: [Gokuu/Racer?]
- Antiquity: Chaos Mage

CLASS 3:
Light:
- Present: Aecyto Weevil
- Middle Ages: Freelancer
- Future: Flesh Reaper
- Prehistory: Gigantosaur
- Antiquity: Gargoyle

Shadow:
- Present: Gorgon
- Middle Ages: Roundillo Bomber
- Future: Macabre
- Prehistory: Cave Ape
- Antiquity: Stone Gargoyle

Fire:
- Present: Bladesman
- Middle Ages: ?
- Future: Prototype
- Prehistory: Terasaur
- Antiquity: Archmage

Water:
- Present: [Naga?]
- Middle Ages: [Outlaw?]
- Future: Bone Knight
- Prehistory: Parasaur
- Antiquity: Slate Imp

CLASS 4:
- Present: Medusa
- Middle Ages: Ninja
- Future: Deathscythe
- Prehistory: Chryosaur
- Antiquity: Spirit Gargoyle

UNOBTAINABLE:
Ouroboros
R-70Y
Deathguard
Dokra
Uberhulk
Ice Demon

Btw, I was going for a arch mage, but I have a chaos mage (started from a water smidge). In order to do this, I will have to somehow get lucky with an attribute and class change at the same time, because every time I send out my chaos mage it comes back a little blue imp and it pisses me off, lol. I guess for class 4 I will prolly go for a Chryosaur. I can't remember what Medusa looks like. But the big fat dinos are pretty neat.

Watching Lord of the Rings right now... It's really taking me back to lotro right now.. And it's making me a little sad..

Project Runway

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:41:08 GMT

I guess I'm just gonna have to wait to see episode 12 of Proj Runway. The videos are all on Lifetime's website, but ep 12 isn't up yet. I'll have to keep checkin' back. But I was informed that TWO people went home, one I fully expected (as I only expected one would go home) and the second one didn't surprise me.

Shattered Glass - Britney Spears

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:25:22 GMT

I was wrong, there is a more appropriate song.

Random Thoughts

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:16:52 GMT

If Halloween is a pagan holiday, why do churches always have pumpkin patches?

I hate it when a rapper can't find a rhyme for his rhyme, and resorts to using the same word twice. Or using the same line twice when it's not a chorus... Jay-Z's "Run This Town" comes to mind...

"We are
Yeah I said it
We are
This is Roc Nation
Pledge your allegiance
Get y'all fatigues on
All black everything
Black cards, black cars
All black everything"

Or how about Kanye? Oh I really shouldn't get started on Kanye.. But if you listen to "Heartless", I'm not sure if it says

"How could you be so cold?
As the winter wind when it breeze, yo
Just remember that you talkin' to me though
You need to watch the way you talkin' to me though"

Or if it says

"How could you be so cold?
As the winter wind when it breeze yo
Just remember that you talkin' to me though
You need to watch the way you talkin' to me, yo"

I'm not sure if it's two yos or two thoughs, either way, you can't rhyme a word with the same word. That's just lame. I won't even get started on his rendition of Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"...

For that matter, why is it that there seem to be "catch words" that all rappers decide to put in their songs at the same time?

Set me free, why dontcha, babe

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:44:38 GMT

Lol

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:10:25 GMT

Whatching creationists (18 Kids and Counting) dig up diamonds that were created "millions of years ago" is pretty funny. "Well, how do you know they were created millions of years ago?" "Because we use the fossils in the soil to date how old they are." "But how do you know how old the fossils are?" You can't win with creationists, really... "They are just using circular reasoning telling us that they know how old it is because of dating and you know how old that is because of dating." Ok.. Read a science book. If you knew what DATING A FOSSIL meant, then you wouldn't say "How do you date this or that or how do you know?" Carbon dating.. They don't understand how people date fossils, so they don't understand how we could know how old they are, then say that people don't read the bible so they are wrong. *sigh* Their kids seem perfectly normal, but oh god, the thought that there are 18+ of this creationist family strictly believing in the bible and nothing else, because they are all home schooled...

AHHHH!

If it's true what they say, the more educated you are the less children you have.... Heh.. Heh...

Twinies!

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:36:00 GMT

Ok, I promised pics, so, here they are. I'm even gonna post some towards the end that I know I've posted here in the past. Just as a cute reminder.

First, theweaselking , this is for you:

Hover-Halle goes whirrrrrr

I can't remember this newest twin's name for the life of me... Guess who is who!!
They wouldn't sit still for pictures, so we had to hold them for a tic

Twinie high-tails it the second she is released

Playtime! Halle is playing. Twinie is sitting out. She even acts like Halle!

Hint: This is not Halle

Neither is this!

Awww!

Look their tails are the same!

They thought they were going to the small dog's side.

Next twinie, this one has a bit of pitt in it obviously, but they still look pretty similar

For instance, this is the same pup, it is NOT Halle on the right, Halle is in the back left

Next twin! This boy is Job, I KNOW I posted these pics, but you get to see them again because his owner, Harmonie, took some reallllly awesome ones!
Halle is on the left, Job on the right

Job on the left, Halle on the right

Job left, then Harmonie, then Halle on the right

Just Job

Happy Job

One of the first twinies we met, I can't remember this little girl's name either, but she's such a beautiful color!

And I think that's it for now!

The Mountain Goats

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:57:12 GMT

John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats on Stephen Colbert, you say? Awesome.

Btw, if you've never heard the song "No Children" by them, LISTEN TO IT. Really. I love that their music is so upbeat and the lyrics are so sad (which Colbert makes note of right off the bat). Love it.

Also, Colbert is streaming the entire The Mountain Goats' new album on his website for the next 24 hours. Nice. Somethin to listen to while I play WoW. Yes, I think I'm going to pump myself with caffiene and play WoW all night. What's stopping me, anyway?

This made me cry

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:36:00 GMT

I don't care who you are, what your beliefs are, or what your sexual preference is; to deny ANYONE the right of their loved ones to be with them during their dying hours/minutes is just plain WRONG. You don't have to like it, but fuck, could you be a little empathetic? Sympathetic even? PRETEND like you aren't an asshole? *sigh* Sure, her partner will be able to understand these peoples' dick decisions, but the children... Poor children..

Western Hognoses

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:47:02 GMT

Western Hognoses.. They are gorgeous.. I want one.. Oh yes, I definitely want one. One day. Year. Decade. Whatever. In my search I came upon some photos of some gorgeous red phase westerns. I actually don't like all the crazy morphs people have for snakes these days, I really love the original western hognose look. But these red phases are just gorgeous.

These two girls really caught my eye.

For comparison, this is what a normal western hognose hatchie looks like:

All from leopardgecko.com
Other sites with hognoses (I am researching, uh oes!)
PacHerp
Split Rock Reptiles (where I first saw the red morph, they have some gorgeous snakes)

Writer's Block: Agree to disagree

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:08:28 GMT

Have you ever stopped being friends with someone over differences in political views? Are there any issues that are so important to you that you cannot be friends with someone who holds a contrary opinion?

View 977 Answers

No. I just make SURE to never bring up things that have caused past conflict.

Good Stuff

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:13:43 GMT

Grow meat in your kitchen! FUUUUTUUUURE!

Don't judge too quickly- very funny!

Repostie wanted to share

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:02:59 GMT

Some of these made me cry, very powerful pictures taken in Afghanistan.

These made me smile, although not all of these dogs are fail, some of them are incredibly cute.

Ever wonder what happened to this extremely neglectful couple that let their infant die of an extreme case of eczema? Come on. Homeopathy for something like this? For once, neglectful parents can't claim religion as an excuse.

What if the first astronauts had never returned?

These images make me smile, and it makes me feel sadistic.

I enjoy theweaselking 's take on things, which is why I steal all his posts:
"Alternate interpretations of this data include 'stupid children need to be smacked more often than smart ones'"

Ok, may be inappropriate, but I pretty much loled at haunted house that portrayed dead celebrities the way they did... But if they portrayed McNair like that, I'm REALLY curious as to how they portrayed the others... Also, ploy to attract more business?

I suppose it is a bit concerning that children are obese and this does not alarm parents as much as children that are a little bit underweight.. But then again, with parents who can't read growth charts, is it really that surprising?

What a great idea! In this economy, everyone could use Happy Pills...

Bwahahahahah

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:53:13 GMT

Do not be this guy.

Despite the fact that it is a hoax, I am convinced these types of guys actually exist, except their voicemails get cut short =P

Pups

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:01:14 GMT

Tell me to stop looking at CUTE PUPPIES for adoption on petfinder.. omg...

Cosby

Charlie

How to

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:56:25 GMT

How to Overcome Loneliness When Surrounded by People

How to Overcome Martyr Syndrome

How to Be Optimistic

More Kanye, LMFAO

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:24:41 GMT

Atl Floods

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:05:49 GMT

Apparently I just barely made it into Atlanta before more flooding. My dad had called me back, I was just about to get into downtown, and he told me about the flooding on the connector (and other places, but the connector was the only thing that would affect me). Luckily, when I got to the connector everything was fine. But check out some of this footage and pics posted on the Atlanta, Ga fan page on Facebook.

Downtown connector

Gwinnett County

Five Forks Trickum Road in Gwinnett County

This is On Old Alabama Road in Cartersville.. This is normally a field.

This Crawford Communications near Spaghetti Junction

Downtown

Cruse Road

Hadley Farm Rd and Ebenezer Rd...East Cobb...around 230 this afternoon.

This is in Acworth on Baker road, heading towards Jiles. Near Baker Elementary school. this is at the bottom of the hill. As of a few hours ago there is 25 standing feet of water.

A backyard in Marietta/Kennesaw. The pool blends in with the patio.

Just.. Flooding..

East Cobb

Connector again

Oh no! Shell flooded too!

Glass Fusing: DO WANT

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:45:45 GMT

I would REALLY like to learn how to fuse glass and make jewelry. I've been wanting to learn how to do this since I bought this really awesome necklace over at Railroad Square when I still lived in Tally. Oh yeah, btw, I'm visiting Tally this weekend. Yeah, I'm here. Anyway, we went to Quarter Moon and they had some fused glass pieces, and I was just like you know what? I wanna make this stuff. So I started to look up stuff on it. Maybe I can take a class while I'm still in Atlanta. So far, these are links I found:

Getting Started: Fused Glass from About.com

Glass Fusing Made Easy - Unsure if this site has anything useful yet, it has defined some terms but I don't know if I can find a class or what..

Studio GG - I will have to call and see how much this is, it includes everything in the price, but the price isn't on the site. BUT, her pieces are exactly what I wanna do!

I also joined a meetups group who's organizer does a lot of glass fusing, maybe there will be something before I leave Atl again.

Anyway, DINNER PARTY TONIGHT. Holla. Also, it's Rosh Hashanah, L'shanah Tovah, Jewish brothers and sisters! Apples, honey, and round bread for all!

Too Soon?

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:51:57 GMT

New from thestuntkid!

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:29:01 GMT

Science is REAL

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:51:49 GMT

I had to, Jason, I lurve it!

Repost from theweaselking

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:46:10 GMT

La Roux - Bulletproof

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:58:15 GMT

Been there, done that, messed around
I’m having fun don’t put me down,
I’ll never let you sweep me off my feet,
I won’t let you in again, the messages I’ve tried to send,
my informations’ just not going in,
burnin’ bridges shore to shore, I’ll break away from something more,
I’m not to not to love until it’s cheap,
been there, done that, messed around,
I’m having fun don’t put me down,
I’ll never let you sweep me off my feet,

I won’t let you turn around,
and tell me now I’m much too proud,
to walk away from something when it’s dead,
do do do your dirty WORST come out to play when you are HURT,
there’s certain things that should be left unsaid,
tick tick tick tick on the watch and life’s too short for me to stop,
Oh baby, your time is running out,
I won’t let you turn around,
and tell me now I’m much too proud,
All you do is fill me up with doubt,

This time maybe I’ll be bulletproof
This time baby I’ll be bulletproof
This time I'll be bulletproof

Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:48:42 GMT

This made me cry when I listened to it, and the music video made me cry again..

Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
"You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset
She's going off about something that you said
'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do

I'm in the room, it's a typical Tuesday night
I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like
And she'll never know your story like I do

But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts
She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time

If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You, you belong with me, you belong with me

Walking the streets with you and your worn-out jeans
I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be
Laughing on a park bench, thinking to myself
Hey, isn't this easy?

And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town
I haven't seen it in a while since she brought you down
You say you're fine, I know you better than that
Hey, what ya doing with a girl like that?

She wears high heels, I wear sneakers
She's Cheer Captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time

If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You belong with me

Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not know?
Baby, you belong with me, you belong with me

Oh, I remember you driving to my house in the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh when you know you're 'bout to cry
And I know your favorite songs and you tell me 'bout your dreams
Think I know where you belong, think I know it's with me

Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you?
Been here all along, so why can't you see?
You belong with me

Standing by and waiting at your back door
All this time, how could you not know?
Baby, you belong with me, you belong with me

You belong with me
Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with me?
You belong with me"