I have been very busy since I moved to Ohio with my bf about a month ago. We have slowly acquired furniture from the IKEA close by, and our apt is slowly starting to look like a home. I have not found a job yet, but I have been interviewing and I'm hopeful.

I have devoted much of my spare time lately to Tales of Vesperia, which, if I didn't love Symphonia so much, could totally be the best in the series. I love it so much I'll probably be reviewing it here soon.

I picked up Shadow Hearts 2 and 3 the other day for cheap. I played SH2 when it came out, and I hated it because I thought Karin was trying to move in on Yuri after what happened to Alice (Yuri & Alice are my fav couple in games & I also have a malice amulet tattoo because I love the 1st game so much) but I now know the ending and I'm going to give it another try. I hated what happened to Kato after SH1, though... and the whole thing with Princess Anastasia is so historically inaccurate (I know it's a game), and I hated Joachim when you compare him with his brother Keith from SH1. But maybe I was being overly critical since I was upset that SH1's bad ending became the canon storyline.

I have not heard much about SH3, except that it has nothing to do with the first two, which is good. My expectations are low so hopefully I will be pleasantly surprised.

My dear friend Jessica came to visit me this weekend in my new place, and she started playing Wet on my 360. I was irritated when it wanted me to do a mandatory update to be able to play the game, but I was downright angry when I saw the new 360 dashboard. It reminds me of the Wii, how you have to pick a stupid Mii avatar. I was just uttering a constant "NO", "OH NO" when I was choosing a stupid cartoony avatar of myself. I got the 360 because it's an adult system and I don't want it becoming cute and family friendly. I know this is probably really old news, but I am sooo upset about it. Apparently there is no way to downgrade, and there was no way to opt out of the update. Thanks, Microsoft. You suck.

The last bit I have to share is my Rotten Tomatoes account. If you're not aware, RT has a new beta community set up that I enjoy rating movies on. My taste is kind of strange, but if anyone wants, they can add me at http://www.rottentomatoes.com/gameslave