Hiya!

[acoustic_sister]

NAME: Merry, but I also go by Mer, and Mermaid from my family.

AGE: I'll be 29 in August.

INTERESTS & HOBBIES: I like a lot of things, but I do not participate in any fandoms. I love reading. I enjoy: history(NetGeo History magazine is awesome), some science and sci-fi, fantasy, classics, anything by Lewis Carroll. Douglas Adams makes me giggle to myself like an idiot, and reading Tolkien makes me feel like I snooping in someone's old scrolls and tomes, and it's such a nice way to be. Also,  I like spending my time making graphics and figuring out how GIMP thinks. And I just love classic movies and TCM! My favorite actors/actresses are Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Jimmy Stewart, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Gary Cooper, Greta Garbo, and Audrey Hepburn.

Lately, I've been drawing portraits of random musicians, and I'm considering picking up playing music again after too long of a break. I can play piano and trumpet, and I'm learning how to play tin whistle, ukulele, NAF, and I can play Scarborough Faire and Epona's Song* on my ocarina (no, it's not the one from Zelda, but rather a Ren Faire purchase.) Yes, I was a bandgeek, and I don't think that wanting of walking in synch will ever leave. I'm currently listening to music from the '70s and '90s a lot, like Collective Soul, Fleetwood Mac, and , of course, Stevie Nicks. 

I'm slowly getting back into gaming and some anime. I have recently acquired a Wii and 2DS, so I'm waiting for the right time to buy Zelda games, and whatever else that won't play on my little, pink DS Lite. I'm currently looking around on the net for good solo RPGs to download ( I do not share well with others); my favorite disk game ever is Neverwinter Nights, not the online version. ;) As for anime, I used to really enjoy (and hope to enjoy again!) Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Inuyasha, The Slayers. Haibane Renmei is my favorite hands down, though. Just thinking of it will make me cry!

LOOKING FOR: Geeks are encouraged to use the front door, and nerds can sneak in through the back window. 

ANYTHING ELSE?: ….well....coffee ice-cream is my favorite....

Comments

[silver_chipmunk]

You look interesting, and one Cowboy BeBop fan deserves another, so I'm adding you. I'm a Tolkien fan too.

I'm a 57 year old divorced librarian an New York City, with two cats and a turtle, and a married daughter. I have a fairly boring life, but I post every day, so you will always have an entry to read. Hope you add me back.

[tcpip]

> with two cats and a turtle

OK, that's what I have as well. :)

[silver_chipmunk]

OK, I'll add you as a friend too! :-)

[tcpip]

I used to have rats, rabbits, and guinea pigs as well. The menagerie is shrinking.

Instead we have evening visits of possums and about a score of magpies each morning!

[silver_chipmunk]

I used to have a lot more pets too when I was married and my daughter was young. Now it's just me on my own with the cats and turtle. Since I'm in a fairly urban section of Queens, I don't see much in the way of wildlife outside either. Though I know we have raccoons.

[acoustic_sister]

When you wrote 'librarian' and 'NYC' I automatically thought of the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's. This is always a good thing.

Turtle? I used to have two turtles from Chinatown. One died young, so Mark Antony was no more, and it took me a while to realize that Cleopatra was the boy turtle. In a way, Cleo's name was fitting.

[silver_chipmunk]

I got my turtle, at my then 5-year-old daughters begging, in Flushing. Now the daughter is almost 29 and the turtle is still hanging in there, though I've had to take her to the vets a couple of times.

[tcpip]

> And I just love classic movies ...

Just in case you've never encountered this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdSVOVs8Vtw

> Geeks are encouraged to use the front door, and nerds can sneak in through the back window.

A little from column A, a little from column B. I guess I'll take the chimney?

[acoustic_sister]

I'm guessing you like film noir?

The chimney is perfect! No one came in that way since last December. ;P

[tcpip]

> I'm guessing you like film noir?

Oh, just a little!

> No one came in that way since last December.

I'm about the right size these days for that role :)

[shneyele]

Hiiiiiiii!!! *waves madly* I'm Sam, I love Spencer Tracy! :D And Kate Hepburn too. Those two are the best movie couple ever... (on screen) I want to get a Switch. I have a giant black 3DS XL... whom my gran called Little Loulou. (9_9) Added! Have you tried coffee gelato?

[ryanf]

I think we'd get along! Added you---feel free to reciprocate. -Ryan in New Mexico

[seafoam_flame]

I also enjoy things but never "do" fandom! I love classic movies and am definitely a bit geeky at heart. May I add you?

[acoustic_sister]

Yes, please! :D

[dorchadas]

Haibane Renmei is brilliant. Have you seen Kino's Journey or Mushishi? Those have a bit of the same mood, I think.

Are you a Zelda fan? I ask because I'm almost done with my playthrough of the entire series (which has taken me a lot longer than I thought it would...).

[acoustic_sister]

No, I haven't of that one. I'll have to check it out. :)

I love Zelda! I haven't played it in a long while, though. I'm thinking about getting some of games for DS, especially since I'm the proud owner of a 2DS(I already own a DS Lite, and I was very stupid to get rid of my Zelda games for that).

I think it's cool that you're playing all of them. Are you playing the games in publication order or by the 'mythology' of Hyrule?

[dorchadas]

Publication order starting with the original. My original plan was to play through all of them before Breath of the Wild came out and then jump straight into BotW but, uh, I got really distracted. I started BotW early this year and I'm finally closing in on the endgame.

My favorite game I played on the way through that I hadn't previously played is probably Majora's Mask. Least favorite is probably Triforce Heroes.

Of the DS games, I think Link Between Worlds is the best available Zelda game there, with Spirit Tracks second (not counting eShop games).

[acoustic_sister]

I LOVE MAJORA'S MASK!!! I've never played the whole thing on N64, GC***, or DS,but it's so awesome!

Spirit Tracks is great. What do you think of Phantom Hourglass?

I think it's funny with all the connections of ST and PH. It amuses me so much more than it should.

***I went through a "minimalism will make me happy" phase, and my gaming consoles/games had the worst of it, as someone else now owns them. *headdesk*

[dorchadas]

Here's my full post, but the summary is that the first time I played it (2008, on the plane to Japan), I thought it was pretty fun. The second time I played it (2018, at home, having played every previous Zelda game leading up to it), I didn't like it nearly as much.

But, a mediocre Zelda game is still a good game! I had fun with it, I just wish they hadn't tried to make every part of the DS prove its worth. Playing the pan pipes was annoying, and I could have done without click-to-move. There's a ROMhack out there that changes it to a more typical Zelda game with D-pad movement, so I know it's possible.

And I found the sailing more annoying than the train, which is just a personal thing.

[acoustic_sister]

I've got to look at your other Zelda games posts! I haven't finished the PH one, but I'm just excited by looking further into the post and seeing that it's detailed and with pictures. ^_^

I hated the train(s) that would come up out of nowhere to knock me Link off the tracks.

What other kind of DS games have you played? I haven't finished it yet, but Avalon Code is awesome.

[dorchadas]

I've got a bunch of reviews on my Legend of Zelda tag!

What other kind of DS games have you played?

I used to play it more often, let's see...I've played and beaten Final Fantasy IV DS, Puzzle Quest, Chrono Trigger, Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, and The World Ends with You, and I've played Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, Taiko no Tatsujin, and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. For the breadth of the DS library, I really haven't taken advantage of it.

[acoustic_sister]

I now have some good reviews to read besides ZeldaDungeon! (that site is the best for walkthroughs in my opinion.)

You've beaten more games than I have, and have owned better looking ones, too. I won a girly game called Princess Debut(I went though a very bad "lets-play-princess-even-though-we're-in-our-twenties" phase*) and a game by the same makers called Witch's Wish. When I got the 2DS, I acquired all of the kiddie-girly games that used to be my niece's. So, those games are off in a box or something, but, I got about five Pokemon games out of it. ^__^

Have you ever looked at the game Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja?

*phases like that now scare me, especially since I once did that all over LJ and tunblr. XD

[dorchadas]

No, though it's a roguelike dungeon crawler? I love those kind of games, so maybe I should check it out.

phases like that now scare me, especially since I once did that all over LJ and tunblr. XD

My blog goes back to 2003 when I was a university student, and sometimes I look back at earlier me and I'm ashamed to share the same existence with the person who wrote all that garbage. I know it was a path I needed to take on the road to becoming who I am now, but...well, I'm glad I grew up before pervasive internet connectivity!

I got about five Pokemon games out of it

Oh, which ones?

I'm looking forward to the new Switch pokemon game. I only got into pokemon through Pokemon Go, and when I went back played Fire Red I wasn't really a fan, but after I posted that review a lot of my pokemon-fan-friends told me that I should try a more recent game, so maybe Pokemon Sword and Shield (or, as I call it, Pokemon Attacc and Protecc) would be more up my alley.

[acoustic_sister]

No, though it's a roguelike dungeon crawler?

I'm not sure. I don't own the game, but it looks awesome!

Oh, which ones?

I know off the top of my head there's Pokemon Black, Pokemon X, Pokemon Moon, and there's two others. It's 7:48 in the morning and I'm just too lazy to get up and look. XD

[mybeautifulwars]

My husband (aka The Boy) is related to Katharine Hepburn and grew up living his summers and holidays across the road from her. I'm a closet gamer (Sims4, Subnautica Below Zero, and ESO are my current runs) and I question anyone who DOESN'T like coffee ice cream. My favorite brand at the moment is Enlighten 😍 Wanna be friends?

[acoustic_sister]

My husband (aka The Boy) is related to Katharine Hepburn

You got added to my friend's list at this point. :D

[mybeautifulwars]

haha! Glad to have you!