I've been unsuccessfully trying to get at the rant system for hours, since I have a million stories of Anime Expo to tell. The problem was not just the server, though. I mean, I could easily have just written this rant in Notepad and stuck it in later, which I often do.
But my copy of Valkyrie Profile 2 came in while I was down in Anaheim. So how could I resist the urge to step away from the computer and collect the souls of dead heroes? I mean, seriously.
Check back in this rant space over the next few days, I'll keep updating it whenever I can. There are a lot of stories to tell, and as I recall, I imposed an 8,000-word or so limit to this rant space, so this may end up being in three parts.