Hey everyone! It hasn't been that long since my last blog post, but oh so many things have happened!

First thing's first, Josh Ritter concerts were incredible. :D Good times were had by all. Front row both nights, whoop whoop!

And E3! E3 has now come and gone! It was an exciting show again this year, memorable not really because of the games, but for the incredible technology on display. I think Kinect looks really great. Dance Central is definitely my game of E3. Lame and girly? Maybe, but I know I will play the hell out of it and have a godo time. So whateva! Haha! Sony's move looks pretty cool, but God is that an awful controller design. For a company that's so concerned with being "hip," I can't believe their final design looks like a cross between a barber pole and a lolipop. It's just bad. And I cannot wait to play the 3DS for myself. Everyone says it looks great, but I'm dying to get my hands on it and test it for myself! I had trouble getting into the chat after the second day of the show, so that made it a little less fun than usual, but it was still a great show.

Unfortunately, right after E3 things took a turn for the worse for me. On Monday, my dad went to the hospital with chest pains. Turns out it wasn't a heart attack. He was kept overnight and went back for testing throughout the week. The doctors still weren't quite sure what caused it (it may have been something as inconsequential as really bad indigestion), but we are all thankful that it didn't turn out as bad as we thought it might have. And there was even some good news--he quit smoking after, and wants to get healthy! We couldn't have asked for a better outcome, really. :)

Still, it was an utterly terrifying few days. I really love my dad, after all we've been through, and the thought of losing him was terrifying. I can say that I never felt guilt or regret like so many do when faced with death; there's nothing about my relationship with my dad that I would change right now. That's a good feeling, at least.

Every year after E3 I do a funny E3 awards blog, giving out random awards to do with the chat, the stage show, and other random goings-on. I planned on doing another one this year, but after what happened with my dad E3 pretty much went out of my mind entirely. Unfortunately I won't be doing an awards blog this year. Nintendo probably had the best conference, followed by Sony, and then Microsoft would trail far far far behind. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood was another game I was very impressed with, and damn is that trailer incredible. And the Portal 2 trailer! Totally floored me; can't wait for that game.

One final update: I got a job! I now work at Toys R Us, and it's going pretty well! Thank God the unemployment situation has been solved. :P

I leave this blog with a plea. I'll be doing an entire blog dedicated to this next week! You all probably know I'm a huge Harry Potter nerd. I work for a charity called the Harry Potter Alliance that is based in the Harry Potter fandom. Awesome things we've done in just the past four months include rasing $123,000 for Haiti and donating 41,000 books in members' local communities and the Mississippi Delta. It is a great organization that I am so proud to be a part of. We are trying to win some funding from Chase's Community Giving Challenge, and WE NEED VOTES! Voting takes about 30 seconds, and all you need is a facebook account. You can vote here: http://bit.ly/hpaftw. Thank you so much for supporting us! :D