Yes, it's about Persona 4, again!

First, a C.S. Lewis quote that I think fits the theme (so far) of Persona 4 rather well: "Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief."

( Spoilers for up to mid-September )

On a non-gaming note...

I'm doing pretty well, personally. I picked up 'Princep's Fury' and a special treat: my Waldenbooks had /one/ copy of the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Casebook, the first one. So I snagged it. There's one somewhat serious story in there, but the others are mostly funny vignettes about...well, mostly about how Phoenix is the only sane man in the asylum. :D They're set after the third game, but their status as canon is dubious.

I am...largely happy. Of course, this isn't unusual. I seem to be a very even keeled person, emotionally. My default state is 'content', even when maybe I shouldn't be. On the down side, this tends to make me the opposite of ambitious and a bit of a procrastinator. Not enough anxiety. On the other hand, I usually feel good about the world and the people in it. Even my occasional bouts of self-loathing are rather amiable. So, yay for me, I guess.

I do wish to do more creative work, though. My biggest problem with that is that I feed off of reaction from consumers. Although a lot of stories, games, etc, run through my head, I only really feel the need to write them down when I have an audience in mind. This is not good. It's very external, and so at the whim of others. I need to fix that.

Bonus Edit! ( Excerpt from a speech Obama made to an evangelical audience. )