Hey Gamespotters, I'm posting this blog in a crazy good mood today. I'm on the job hunt again (after quitting the movie theatre due to problems with management) and have been looking at a few retail outlets to grab a temporary position on until at least the end of the summer whenI can find something that better suits me. Despite the quitting I am actually looking foward to my career future as I've been desiring change for some time now. On the other hand, I had my Seagull S6 acoustic guitar stolen from my school last week, i initially expected to get it back within a few days but things aren't looking any better. This is really disappointing because I've been playing a lot of new licks lately (most of them I had in my guitar case) and all I'm left with is a crappy broken excuse for an instrument.

As for some good news I finally decided to get my driver's license, and managed to do so. I'm a bit nervous driving right now especially since I don't have my own vehicle and I worry about trashing my dad's car due to a simple rookie mistake but I might as well get some experience, even if it's just for controlled, short distance trips to the supermarket or library or something.

For games: I just finished having a total blast with God of War III. God of War is one of my favourite game series' of all time with GoWII making the top of my favourite games of all times list, and it's sequel didn't disappoint. While not as good as it's predecessor, GoW III is full of non-stop fun and action, with intuitive and engaging puzzles and the addition of new weapons that I actually want to play with (the Nemean Cestus is soooooo awesome!) Expect me to have a review of the game up by this weekend, possibly followed by one for the GoW collection.

I've got my fingers crossed for my Vancouver Canucks. My local NHL hockey team is currently tied 2-2 in their playoff series with the LA Kings. I was looking forward to a quick victory in five games but this one looks like it could go to seven. I've been disappointed with a lot of the Canucks' special teams situations, especially their inability to kill penalites, but they finally showed up last night in a 5-3 victory with the top line playing great. Now, I only wish I had enough money for the extremely expensive playoff tickets here.

But the best news of all is from an email I got from GameSpot today. JodyR sent it to me via hotmail account, saying that I'd won one of this week's TOTS prizes! For those of you unaware of TOTS, it's GameSpot's little video segments that are put up on the site three times a week, featuring game demos, news, interviews, and special features. I'm really pleased to be winning this in part to the pure awesomeness of this week's prize a Red Star graphic novel based on the PS2 video game. I'm a fanatic when it comes to the reading of graphic novels so you can imagine that I'm excited for this one. Once again, thanl you GameSpot!