14th day in October, 2005th year of the lord | Permalink

Finally, I get to type again to you, after a very hard week of exams. I feel as if 2 weeks have passed, somehow.

It is getting dark outside, I really don't like cloudy sunsets, I can't get to say goodbye to Tonatiuh, our fifth sun. It kind of depresses me, rain, hurricanes, floods. All those disasters, Texas, New Orleans, Chiapas, they all seem as if the world was reacting before us, as if she where telling us: 'Hey! I'm still here! Why don't you observe what you are doing to me?' Such situation reminds me of Squaresoft's masterpiece: Final Fantasy VII.

Final Fantasy VII, the best hit Squaresoft, now known as Square-Enix, has ever had, is a great game, has one movie, and many other games upcoming in these Game Shows in Tokyo and in L.A.'s E3 conventions. Square-Enix is not going well economically, as some experts and rumors roam around internet forums and articles say, so to return to their position as one of the top game writers, they are working very hard at reviving the Final Fantasy VII, with new PS2 games, a game used for mobile networks over there in Japan, and of course, the new movie: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, launched on September, 2005.

In Final Fantasy VII, people used Mako energy, and lived long and plentiful lives. Mako energy is extracted from the earth using Mako reactors. The Mako reactors, created by the worldwide leading company, ShinRa, extract the Mako energy to produce many forms of electricity, and of course, to create for SOLDIER, ShinRa's military force, Materia, a condensed form of Mako energy but with magical powers. SOLDIER units are injected with Materia, and recieve a special glow and movement in their eyes, to confront any type of obstacle ShinRa has problems with.

Many centuries ago, when the first humans strolled across the planet, the Cetras, now extinguished, travelled like nomads towards the Promised Land, a sort of Utopia for the Cetras. The Cetas moved constantly, and those who quit and refused going any further created their own cities, just like Midgar, and as many more. The Cetras almost got to the Promised Land, until the terror the skies sent appeared, Jenova, mother of destruction and the annihilation of humankind, right into the Promised Land, as a comet. The Promised Land is nothing else but a crater. The Cetras fought back, and many died. The Cetras escaped from Jenova's wrath and power, spreading around the planet. Jenova kept hidden in the crater and created a son of her own likeness and evil. Sephiroth was created. Many centuries later, Tojo, ShinRa's top scientist, extracted Jenova's cells and cloned various forms of humans with Jenova's cell, to create the best SOLDIER unit ever. He succeeded, but madness took over him and he made something terrible, some years later.

The substance that enables life in planets, and constitute the planet's integrity and form, is nothing else but matter and energy recycling in an endless loop, including souls. The LifeStream, just like the blood of the planet. It is powerful, condensed with high pressure levels of Mako energy, filled with matter, energy and souls. If any living being is to die, its body will return to the planet and surge as another form, yet conserving its soul. Those souls travel around the LifeStream. Mako reactors suck the LifeStream and condense it to create other energy forms and Materia, as if they where leeches. The planet will therefore die, dry, and later, fragment as glass in space. Almost nobody knows what Mako reactors do, but from the darkness Avalanche, a rebel group born in the heart of Midgar, tries to stop the LifeStream from diminishing. Cloud, the game's main character, then gets involved in the game, as he takes part as a mercenary in Avalanche.

In the 2nd disc of the game, the planet cries and pleads us to stop taking the LifeStream away from her, and suddenly, something happens. In the center of the former Promised Land, enormous monsters rise from within the planet's core and fight humanity. Those monsters are called by the Cetras as Weapon. Weapon was created by the planet and serves only to defend the planet, killing or destroying anything in its path, as a counter reaction towards man stupidity. Weapons are very difficult to be defeated, and in the game you may only be able to defeat one, but if you have enough guts, items and power, you might be able to defeat 2 new monsters inside the American Version of the game. There are 5 Weapons in the game, and are a pain in the neck, yet they are incredibly challenging.

Now, going back to the subject, climate changes in planet Earth, these sudden hurricanes, earthquakes and mysterious events seem as Weapons, they fight their enemies to help the planet recover its wounds. Katrina attacked New Orleans, WE STOOD IN THE WAY, and look how high petroleum is. WE CREATED THE SCENARIO FOR THESE DISASTERS, NOT THE EARTH ITSELF, YET EARTH LETS THEM HAPPEN. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND BUSH'S SLOW REACTION IS HUMANKIND'S STUPIDITY (They produce a lot of pollution, more than any other contry, and as the papers say. . .). WE HUMANS ARE NOT SO STUPID (except, ahem!), YET WE LET SUCH EVENTS HAPPEN. Action -> Reaction!!!! AS WE HAVE POLLUTED OUR HOME AND MAKE THE CONDITIONS FOR THESE DISASTERS TO HAPPEN, MOTHER EARTH WON'T HESITATE IN CREATING WRECKAGE, HUNGER, THIRST, PAIN AND DEATH. It's her own way of reacting to situations, her own way to show us how POWERFUL and BIG she is, to let us know that mothers should also be respected and worshipped, and to be looked for.

Please, I beseech you to contribute worldwide forces to stop pollution, reduce CO2 emissions and help the Earth. Only YOU can make a difference between harmony and disaster. More info about CO2 emissions: www.futureforests.com

Goodnight, my dear friends, family and readers.