Just to waste some time, I drove over to a video game store. The moment I pulled up, I saw the big Kingdom Hearts 2 standup that said that it was now out. I played it cool, walking in, though the larger part of me wanted to run in and demand to see the back of the box! It looks really cool! I'm so excited about the Steamboat Willie level! Oh, and the Lion King level, too! It looks like Mickey is going to actually be a character in the game! I wonder if you'll now travel in a group of four. Whatever it is, it's going to be awesome! I'm on the last part of the last level of the first game-the one with all of the boss battles. I'm going to finish that before I pick up the second one!
It struck me last night just how much Kingdom Hearts has effected the way that I perceive the world. Like, when I'm walking around on campus, I just feel like this is "my" world, though there are more out there. Really, there are different worlds out there, for all intents and purposes. Like, my world, this college campus, is really different from the world of someone who lives in East Africa. But as Kingdom Hearts says, "One sky. One destiny." and we really are connected that way. Last night, I noticed the stars twinkling for the first time in a long time. I'd looked up to the stars recently, but I hadn't seen them twinkling. It was really cool. Like, it's something that seems like it just shouldn't be possible, yet it is. It reminded me of Traverse Town! So, Kingdom Hearts has allowed me to see the world very differently from the way that I did before playing it. It's also led me to feel more connected to everyone than ever before. Yay for what we'll see in number 2!