I recently was able to start gaming again, after all of the crap of starting school again. The first one I went back to was Soul Calibur 2, and I blazed through it over the course of 3 days. I finished the first weapons master mode, completed nearly all of the second weapons master mode, bought all of the weapons that were available (except the soul edges, I'm still working on those), unlocked so many things like new costumes and modes, and basically I've almost fully completed the game. I've got very few complaints against it, and hope to write a review of it soon.

I also did session of Xenosaga yesterday, and Gamespot was right about all the cutscenes. However, I'm a very cutsceney person, so I enjoyed it, and it is sort of like watching a season of anime. There was almost enough battling to tide me over, but that was probably because I was able to avoid a lot of fighting. It's insane how close you can get to enemies if you walk and they still don't notice you!
Are you supposed to be confused with the story line in the beginning, because I certainly am. 12 hours into the game and I'm still unsure of aliances and history and symbolic meanings. Hopefully everything will get cleared up by the end, but it certainly is like a mystery movie of sorts.

So my cousin is obsessed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and has the DVD collection. I kept asking what was so great, and he lent me the first season to watch. I watched the first DVD last night, and I have to say, it certainly is interesting. The first two episodes grated on me a little, there were so many stereotypes to mock, like the nazi mother or the moronic cheerleader type or the "shy girl." I think Willow's character was a little overdone in the beginning, her shyness and low self esteem were way too "out there". She did get better after the beginning though. And I absolutely love Rupert, I wish I had a teacher like that :D. Of course, the whole vampire slaying life or death thing is kinda iffy, but as Xander said, "It's either this or Chemistry." For me, it'd be a hard choice between the two.

(And on a side note, whomever decided it was good for high schoolers to look about 4 years above their supposed age needs to be hurt. Badly. Also, I did not know they talked like that in 1997. I'm being exposed to slang I never would have heard of. Just goes to show you how a decade can really change around things like that)