In My Dream (Day 260)

I'm on the very last mission of Super Robot Wars J--for real this time. At least I'm pretty sure it's the last one. I'm almost positive. 52 missions is a huge amount for a GBA game. I'm really impressed at just how lengthy a game it is. The most recent mission was grueling enough that I would have been forgiven for thinking that it was the last. I'm hoping the final mission will be a breeze in comparison, but that's probably wishful thinking.

I haven't given up on the idea of replaying the game, because there are a lot of different things I'd wanna try on subsequent playthroughs, but I think I have come to the decision to just play Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden instead. It's quite a bit older than SRWJ but since it's on the PlayStation, the production values are a tad higher. It also has more original characters, some of which I recognize from Original Generation like Masaki Andoh and Sanger Zonvolt. I'll definitely be using both of those if given the opportunity, as well as several Gundam Wing characters that I recognize. Once again though, most of the series involved are series I've never watched. I might go through a phase where I investigate a bunch of new stuff once again.

I've been thinking more and more that it would be really cool to learn Japanese. It's a stereotypical nerd thing to do, I have to admit--but I have a legitimate interest in language beyond that. I won't deny that I'm a huge nerd and would love to be able to play games in Japanese and watch anime without subtitles, but there's more to it than that. I'm fascinated by grammar and language in general. I think it would be a daunting task to learn how to read all of those arcane symbols, but at the same time, definitely not impossible. I'm considering it more and more seriously every day. I think I might try Rosetta Stone to get a basic understanding of the language, but ideally I would take an actual class.

Of course, I have no idea where I'd go to take such a class, but I could do some research. Chances are I'd have to go to Bowling Green, but that's not something that's going to happen in the foreseeable future. Going back to college is an attractive prospect, but I'm in a lot of debt right now and I just. . . I don't have room for it, I guess. Still, learning the basics on my own time is something I could try--and I'm pretty sure I will.