Let me start off with the good news. I bought an album, a game, and a frappe on Saturday. They were, in order, "Pay Attention" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Dead Rising, and a combination of chocolate and vanilla. First off, the album is fantastic. It's a bit of a departure from traditional Bosstones material; they seem to have taken a break from the hardcore punk to more of an alternative and I really like the music. Some of the songs kind of depress me but I can't stop listening to them. Secondly, Dead Rising. It's exactly what I needed. I spent all weekend beating the snot out of zombies. I've died about a metric billion times, as well. I've died on every boss fight so far with the exception of the psychotic grocery store owner who I used a shotgun on and killed, and the family of snipers who i ran away from since I was escorting 8 people at once. Half of them died. And finally, the frappe. It cost me $4.27 and lasted about that long. It was delicious.

Weekend in review:

"Pay Attention" -Mighty Mighty Bosstones: $7.99

Dead Rising: $19.99

Frappe: $4.27

Laundry: $4.00

On a side note, I saw 28 Weeks Later. The movie was kind of lame. The ending was the worst part. The last 2 minutes were completely unnecessary and the last 5 minutes (of what I'm calling "The Movie") were really confusing with someone being beaten to death with a gun with a night vision scope and I couldn't tell what was going on. The rest of the movie was entertaining but the ending took so much away from the movie. On a scale from 1 (Napoleon Dynamite/Master of Disguise) to 10 (The Usual Suspects, Shawshank Redemption, Silence of the Lambs) it falls somewhere...there. I have no idea. It was "meh".

While on this slight tangent...in Dead Rising, Otis is the single most annoying character to ever be created for any game EVER. He won't shut up. And I can't read what he's saying because my TV is from 1988. Game's a blast, though. Favorite weapons have got to be the shotgun, excavator, katana, and the soccer ball.

Now, my week will suck. There have been things going on outside of school work that are making life very difficult. They're not the kind of things that I'd like to be having trouble with, especially these days. This week I have a case study for my Chemical Engineering degree that's going to take up about 90% of my free time, various tests and quizzes this week, a Lab Report due next Monday, two programs due by Wednesday, and a basket full of laundry to sort. There will be very little gaming done this week. Can't wait for this to be over.