Well I have spent too much time in the airport in the past 2 weeks.

First, my grandmother passed away- don't worry, it was expected, peaceful and probably a few years overdue, since she hasn't really had a human existance for years. So I booked a quick flight to Milwaukee for the funeral.

I got to DIA (Denver International) early, boarded the plane on time. Then we all sat there. At one point they admitted the engine wasn't working and they would have to turn off the AC to work on it. So we sat there another 2 hours while it got hotter and stuffier.

Then they finally let us off, but of course at this point I had already missed my connection. Luckily, there was a non stop flight going to Milwaukee, but it wasn't until 3:45 PM. So I basically spent 8 hours in DIA waiting for my plane.

OnDec. 13th I had a long planned flight to Boston to visit my parents and have an early holiday. Well, I knew something was wrong when in the quick check out they said "Your flight is cancelled". Eh? So there was a huge snow storm in Boston that day. So for some reason they sent us to Akron OH. And stranded us there. AirTran customer service is terrible. They had promised a hotel room and then renegged on the deal when someone higher up heard about it.

So I was stuck buying a hotel room. Without my luggage which was inexplicably sent to Boston before me. So no clean clothes or toothpaste. And spending a whole day of my planned vacation in Ohio since the next plane out of that tiny airport wasn't until after 4PM was very stressful.

But at least I got to know my DS a little better and I caught up on my reading.

I finished His Dark Materials trilogy. I felt 'the Amber Spyglass' was the weakest of the 3. I also read some William Gibson, which was excellent, and finished Revelation. It explains how Saren got the Sovereign.

I played several DS games. We (my family) liked Elite Beat Agents and Big Brain Academy.

I disliked Children of Mana (even though I love RPGs) and returned it.

Hoshigami: Ruining Blue Earth on DS is wretched. Any game that makes you wait through 10 minutes of enemy turns before you can move one guy (turn based combat) is NOT FUN. Anyway, avoid this game at all costs! I had assumed it was a decent game since the used price at GameStop was still moderately high.