Right so I was tagged by pakhair, so now I have to post a blog containing 10 facts about myself that you may or may not already know Then I have to tag 3 or more other users, who have to do the same thing again!

So first off, here's my 10 facts!

1. I love chocolate, and sweet things in general. Dessert is always my favourite part of a meal

2. I hate people touching my toes because I'm scared they might break off (I know it's silly but I can't help it! lol)

3. Rammstein are one of my all-time favourite bands, and I'm going to see them (again) in Feb next year *excited*

4. My first proper games console was a bright green Gameboy Colour

5. I would LOVE to do a parachute jump

6. I donate every month to the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA)

7. I have an amazing boyfriend who I have been with for over 3 years now

8. I am fascinated by vampires, and wish I could be one

9. I drive a black Seat Ibiza who is lovingly called the Vengabus lol

10. I play the Dancing Stage Universe games on my xbox in order to get some exercise

Next the users I choose to tag are:

KriobaKeys

lordcin

and AudioPrison

So now you guys have to do a blog like this too!

p.s. Sorry about the lack of 'white space' in this blog, Gamespot keeps taking it out whenever I hit 'Preview' Grrr....

Just a quick blog to let everyone know that I won't be online on xbox live for a while - my console got the E74 error last night so I've got to send it back to get repaired

I'm really quite annoyed at it because while I do play it quite alot I don't use it excessively, and in my mind a console should never break down unless it is used an extreme amount (or is dropped or whatever). Microsoft really need to get their act together, I recently read that the breakdown rate for 360s is about 54% - which is completely insane!

In the mean time I'll probably be playing my Wii, DS, PS2 or computer... but I miss my xbox already lol

Ok so here it is as promised - the obligatory birthday blog!

Well that's it, I am officially 21 today! I'm very, very difficult to shop for so most of my relatives just game me money so that I can get myself something - I feel rather rich at the moment I still don't have a clue what my boyfriend (apart from Left 4 Dead GOTY edition, which I asked for) or my friends have got me though because I've not seen them yet- my boyfriend is taking me out to dinner tonight (in a nice Italian restaurant yumyum!) so I should get some presents then! I think I'll wear my pretty leopard-print dress...

As for my friends I'll see them tomorrow night because I'm going out to celebrate, but I'll probably not get my prezzies till Sunday (since I don't want to be trailing them round pubs/clubs as they will inevitably get lost or broken). As some of you will already know I've decided to have an 'Animals' themed night out to celebrate which should be a great laugh! Me and the girls are very excited as we LOVE to make fools of ourselves by going out dressed like complete loons (but still looking good at the same time lol) I am going out as a leopard, and the other costumes I know of are ladybird, bumble bee, cow, cat, and baboon lol Not sure what alot of folks are coming as though cause they won't tell me!

Anyway I'm away to have a shot on Star Ocean: The Last Hope, that my mum got for me

Hey there guys! I just thought I'd better post a blog to let you all know that I'm not going to be about as much for a while, I'm finding that this website (particularly posting on everyones blogs) is gradually taking up more and more of my time which could be spent doing other, more constructive things- e.g. building up a portfolio so I might actually get a job one day.

So I'll still come on every so often and try to comment on a few blogs, but if I miss one or two then please don't be offended. I'll also be pretty inactive in most of the unions I've joined (sorry guys) but I am going to try to keep active in the Forever Harvest Moon union, as I helped to set it up and it's something that I'd really like to be a success (if anyone reading this is a fan of harvest moon and hasn't joined yet then what are you waiting for??? lol)

I'll probably be back online on Friday for the traditional birthday blog, but in the mean time I'm off to teach myself XNA

Happy gaming my gamespot chums

Ok so a few of you may know that I've been taking advantage of LoveFilm's free 30 day trial to rent a few games that I've been wanting but have been hesitant to buy incase they're rubbish lol. Well basically that trial is up in 2 days, so I went online a minute ago to try to cancel my account before I got charged, but found out you can't do it online, you need to do it over the phone. What a pain. So basically I phoned them, got someone in an Indian call-centre (who, to be fair, actually was quite easy to understand) and found out that because I currently have 2 games rented out, if I cancelled my account tonight and they didn't get the disks by tomorrow (overnight delivery, I doubt it) I would still get charged about £15 for next months rental before my account was cancelled. They're a bunch of sneaky @?£*!?&% this lot lol. So basically I asked the woman (very politely- after working in customer service for several years I've learnt that you don't get anywhere by being rude ) if there was anything she could do, and she offered me 2 months for the £15 instead of just the one! So if you add in the free month that I've already had, that adds up to 3 months of game rentals for just £15 - awesome! I'll remember to cancel earlier next time though.

With all this renting my gamerscore has got a massive boost, I'm now just under 17K My bf is still at over 32K though so I've still got a while before I catch up to him!

I also just noticed today that my Gamespot level has gone up again, I'm now level 18 which apparently is "Flicky." I'm not sure what (if any) game that is in reference to, so if anyone knows then let me know!

Some other, random bits of news-

• I'm still busy job-hunting with little to no success, people just don't want to hire games programmers with no experience I'm kind of at a loss what to do.
• It was one of my best friend's 21st birthday night out the other day, we all went out to the pubs/clubs dressed as neon fairies in tutu's and wings and such lol Needless to say a very good night was had by all, although I don't think I will ever drink tequila again
• It'll be my 21st next month and I'm still completely undecided as to what I should do. I'm currently considering an 'Animal' themed night out cause I found a pretty sweet leopard costume on eBay that I want If anyone has any better suggestions then feel free to post them here!
• My mum has brought home a new clock which 'dongs' on the hour, and every half hour (it's a real antique one) and it's driving me insane. Tonight is the first night I'll have to sleep with it in the house so I'll see how it goes, I'm usually a really heavy sleeper (I've slept through the fire alarm ) so hopefully it won't wake me up. I turn into the hulk if I do get woken up though... so it may not be in one piece by the morning

Anyway I'm just waffling now so I'll shut up Hope everyone is well!