Well well. I decided to brave the ridiculously slow modem to get off an entry.

Ahh yes, I turned 21 two days ago. I had a pretty good birthday - though I fought with the vaccuum while conquering the house for my mother most of the day, it was still good.

Christmas Update:

I did get enough money for the Game Cube. I ended up buying it the Tuesday after Xmas b/c Gamestop sold out of them Sunday and Monday. I also picked up Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door. Now that is fun. Probably the most entertaining game I've ever played. My friend Beers got me Metroid Prime for Xmas - wow, that is an amazing game.

Over the course of the next few weeks we had a lot of family time, and for me, catchup on video game time. During which I convinced my parents to go buy an inexpensive surround sound system from Wal-Mart, while Jon conned them into buying Risk the board game. That was a fun day. We did the surround thing, watched a borrowed copy of Day After Tomorrow, had a fire w/ S'mores, and played Risk. It just so happened that that was the same day I got my GC. Like I said, it was a good day.

Birthday Update:

Well, after the vaccuum incident, we went out to the Iron Bridge Inn, a very nice restaurant, with the presentation of gifts. Jon got me Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles and a used copy of Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. He had forgotten my wish list, so he did the best he could. I think FF:CC will be fun if I can find the money to get a GBA and link cable and find a friend to play with, which is possible, and as for ED: SR, I've wanted a game from that genre so this should be fun. It's rated pretty highly in GS, which is surprising after my run through of the intro.

My parents got me the Star Wars Trilogy - widescreen - just like I wanted. That made me pretty happy. Today I'm watching it while doing my laundry. Tonight I'll finish up watching ROTJ w/ Dad. I'm looking forward to it. :^)

No, I didn't consume any alcohol. I am not against drinking in moderation, but I want to set myself apart from what is considered normal in this world for Jesus Christ and His service. I did have a whole lot of Root Beer, though, .

Until next time, blessings on all and another blessed year for me!

Well, I made it home. 12h is my new personal best time. I was pretty pumped about it. Matt Reese and I took the trip; we only had to stop 3x - once just to call home to let them know we were in Akron. Good times!

Now that I am home, I am so happy. I haven't relaxed so much in awhile. I definately got 12h of sleep last night and then went to Geneva College to visit my friend Jenna for most of the day. China Banquet was good tonight, too. I got to hang out with my brother's special friend - Kylee - I knew her from High School.

WWWHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! I really hope that Jon gets me a Gamestop giftcard for Christmas! I think that I'll be able to scrape it all together and sell back some games to have just enough to make the GC affordable right before New Years. I really don't want to wait until my Birthday, but if I have to, I will. I'll probably get something out of it then that'll help me get it. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna sell back Dark Cloud, Alter Echo, Splinter Cell, and the Dot.Hack series. I've been working hardcore on Splinter Cell the past few days. When I beat that, I hope to beat the Dot.Hack series through next week, just in time for Christmas. I actually don't own the third Dot.Hack - It's my brother's, and I'm just gonna rent the 4th one, but the second one is the highest priced in the series, so that should be good for me.

Well, my parents online capabilities smell like butt (28.8kb/s), so I'll only be online every once in a while. E-Gad! Right now, as we speak, the connection speed is only 26.4kb/s! Disgusting!! Ahh well, maybe another day.

Blessings all!