Anyone who gets the title reference gets 10 points! :)

Anyways, it's been a very long time since I blogged here. Even longer since I blogged about gaming in this spot. And what makes me extremly sad is the fact that for all intents and purposes, my life revolves around my games and the people I love, and not much else. So why in heaven's name have I been neglecting my gaming blog, the only one I feel truly capable of writing?

Simple: I'm getting a divorce. I met him in a video game. Gaming was our shared passion.

This affected me, and my gaming, in a very bad way. I all-but-stopped playing my DS for almost a year because of the circumstances that lead up to the end of our relationship. We technically seperated about six months ago (dear God, has it truly been that long?) and it's taken me up until, oh, the beginning of August to start even bothering with games (other than RockBand) at all. I think the thing that kick-started me was the fact that me, my partner (if you've read my bio, he's the one I've been with for six years), and my little brother, were going to BlizzCon. It definitely put me back in the mood for WoW. And that's where I finally returned to.

And then I started poking and prodding at my DS, and looking at all the games I'd picked up here and there that I wanted to play, but never really started again...

And then, magic happened. The day I returned home from BlizzCon was the magical day that Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box was finally released, after I'd waited so bleeding long for it.

My DS and I were back in business. Unfortunately, starting College agian has taken a huge chunk out of my gaming schedule. However, as much as I love my games, I do love my family and friends more. They're counting on me to get my degree and get into the work force. They need me to be better and for them I shall.

A lot has happened in the past oh, 9 months or so since I last blogged. My disability went through, thus allowing me to receieve medical assistance while attending college, my seperation from my husband, oh, and finally finding out what caused me to get so sick in the first place. The demon boss has a name, and it is fibromyalgia.

And I have ever intention of kick it's pathetic little arse. Unfortunately, it's incurable. But I can fight it, and I have every intention of doing so, and currently am doing my best to make sure I take my medicine, stay as active as I can manage without being in too much pain, and am also trying to move forward with my life.

Another great event has occurred: For the first time in my entire life, I finally started to lose weight. I've lost 25 pounds in just about four months, which is astronomical for me. The most I have ever lost before was eight pounds, and fifteen came back to replace it. The fact that I'm losing the weight now that I'm receiving proper medical treatment and the disorders affecting my metabolism are under control, is proof I don't need some stupid surgery to get on with my life, and even more proof that I can, and will, get better.

So, I said I wanted to blog about games. So why am I telling you all this?

Because as anyone who has read my blog knows, gaming is very personal to me. I write about the philosophy of games, the theory of video game reality, etc. So, I figured you guys should know who and what I am if I'm to start writing regularly here. After all, it's hard to read something completely out of context :)

Anyways, I'm wrapping this entry up and going to start a new, much more interesting one to kick off what I hope will be a regular set of updates.

Cya soon, fragdolls and basement dwellers ;)