There is no emotion; there is peace.

There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.

There is no passion; there is serenity.

There is no death; there is the force.

So, I skimmed a few more SW books, realizing I had already read them. Funny thing about most of these books is that I either really like them, or they are least good enough that I recognize some of the plot lines just from skimming them.

• That quote above is from the YA (young adult) version of the Phantom Menace. I've already read the Novel format, so I only skimmed this book, and with some color photos and a quick version of the book, its not bad.
• The next book in the series is Rougue Planet, which is basically Anakin's first journey with Obi-Wan, and includes an assasination attempt on Anakin, and the investigation of a planet which makes ships intuned to the pilot (ships that are almost living beings in themselves and die without their pilot) that are faster than any ship in the galaxy. OF course Anakin being the stud podracer that he is gets the fastest ship and is the best even at age 11 or 12. Pretty good book. This brings me to the Jedi Quest Series, which begins the stories of Anakin and Obi-Wan instead of Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon like the JA series.

As for stuff people here actually want to read...I suck at video games. Played Diablo 2 for a while Sunday. One character got erased on battle.net cause I guess I didn't put in 2 hours with it...And then a new character froze up on me, which has happened a few times to me since I started on D2 again. Luckily you still save your level and equipment some how, but if you happened to have something on the ground, you get screwed.

But D2 isn't the only thing I had problems with. I also suck at Halo 2. Everyone I play with finds all this time to play, and are all up to around level 20 or higher. And I still am a lowly 9 or something. That combined with some lag this weekend, made it very hard to kill people. Nothing like the feeling of wacking someone in the back of the head or sniping them in the face, and then finding out that actually didn't happen and getting killed cause the person had already moved and their connection or your connection s**ks. I got booted from 3 games sunday due to what I assume is problems with my xbox.

On top of that, I am still stuck at chapter 2.3 on Res. Evil 4. Two paths, either a big group of villagers including 2 chainsaw psychopath chicks, or a big Gigantic beast. Either way I choose every time i start the section over, I get killed. I haven't broken a nintendo controller in a long time, but If I can't pass that part today, It just may happen, cause I really like this game and want to play more of it, without having to start over and conserve more shotgun ammo.

Mabye I'll just stick to Hearts and solitare and poker. I won the last hearts game I played on the comp, and I won the last poker tourney i played on XBL. I guess some days are just better than others. Makes me happy I spent saturday watching movies with my wife instead of playing vids. And that I had a BBQ to go to Sunday night so I could stop getting pissed at Halo 2 sniper bullets that seemed to find their mark, but in fact were hitting nothing but thin air....