Started playing Civilization IV again. Big mistake, because now I can't stop. Stupid addictive game, eating all my free time. And I was so looking forward to making it past the first chapter of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, too. Well, looks like that's not going to happen anytime soon. The last time I got into Civ IV I was completely obsessed for months. And seeing as how I'm just getting started up again, I don't see myself making much progress in any other game until the year is almost up.

All my berry plants in Pokemon Pearl are going to shrivel up and die from neglect. My Quagsire, Pedro, has been helplessly trapped inside my Pokewalker for a couple of weeks now. Samus is probably going to die of old age waiting for me to return to Metroid Prime 3. The land of Termina has been a smoking crater for at least ten days now. And I've pretty much given up on ever seeing the end of Final Fantasy VI even though my guys are right there ready to storm the final dungeon.

And another thing. Notice how this blog was posted at around 5 AM? Well, I didn't get up this early, that's for sure. I've been awake all night waging war against Gandhi and his army of crossbowmen and war elephants. My sleep schedule has officially flown out the window (not like I had much of a sleep schedule to begin with but still). But really, there's nothing I can do about all this except to let the madness run its course. Someday, hopefully soon, I will be able to say NO to Civ IV and return to try to piece together the shattered remnants of my life.