Well, HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!

(crickets chirping)

Oh, it's been 4 days. Never mind, then.

So, I've only got 2 days left of break (not including today), and since it's only the weekend, it's nothing special. The holidays are over, everyone's going back to work, and I'm trying to get homework that was assigned to me for break done. It's primarily homework from English, of course, and I have to read half of the fantastic masterpiece Wuthering Heights (cough) CONFUSING (cough, followed by a sneeze). Not only that, but I have to read The Hours for "outside reading" (thank god I saw the movie way before I read the book, so if I somehow can't finish the book by next Tuesday, I can write the report based on what I saw in the movie:P ). Not only do I have those to worry about, but I gotta get my group together so we can finish our Physics project, which is due in a couple of weeks:?. We barely started. And to top it off, I have a senior project to start, and I have to do 15 service hours by the end of February. I love school so much, I proposed to it on one knee with a diamond wedding ring with the words "I Love You With All My Heart" engraved on the edge:roll:.

I beat Bioshock, just in case you couldn't tell. The ending could've been better, but I'm not complaining. But I guess I can say that this game was WAY better than System Shock 2. It offered more atmosphere, an awesome story, badass enemies, superb graphics..............if there were a couple things better in SS2 than in Bioshock, it would be that it was scarier and had more variety in weapons and powers. I must've jumped more times than any game when playing SS2.

Now, I'm alternating between Mass Effect, Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Metroid, and Super Mario Galaxy. I'm almost finished with Galaxy (I think), and it's been a pretty fun journey. It's not the best platformer I've ever played, but it's probably in my top 10. Super Metroid I'm stuck on at the moment, and have no idea where to go. SMB3 has me stumped with World 6 at the moment. Mass Effect has been incredible so far, even if I'm still at the beginning of the game and just became a Spectre. I love the side quests this game has to offer, and the options in dialogue. However, it seems to me that the KOTOR games were more in depth. I mean, in this game, you can't even have conversations with your party members, which is disappointing (unless that comes later in the game). Plus, there's so many people roaming around in the environment where I'm at, but only a few of them you can talk to. I was expecting a LOT more NPC interaction than what I'm getting. I'm enjoying it other than those complaints, though. I can get past the glitches and bugs easily, and it seems like it isn't as buggy as the KOTOR games, so I'm fine with that.

Wednesday I went down to the city with my dad to go window shopping at all of the major electronic stores. I bought my first major hip-hop CD since I bought Eminem's The Eminem Show in 2002, and it was Lupe Fiasco's The Cool. I'm glad I bought it, because he's one of my favorite rappers, and he spits some hot fire on this one. Plus, each and every song has a dope beat and a nice hook to it, so that's always a plus. I've only listened to it 1 and a half times so far, but I'll definately play it as much as I can. Definately one of the best hip-hop albums of 2007, but I still like Common's Finding Forever better. I just couldn't stop listening to that CD. Literally, I must've listened to it at least 20 times, and I'd be willing to listen to it more times.

Well, with 2007 behind us, what lies ahead for me in 2008? So much. It is going to be one hell of a year, and here's why:

• My first prom (if I have the balls to go)
• Graduation
• My move back to Georgia
• The presidential election
• Gaming, such as Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Grand Theft Auto IV, Fallout 3, Fable 2, Banjo Threeie, and much more, and HOPEFULLY joining Xbox Live for the first time
• Starting college (hopefully)
• Trying to get another girlfirend

:( at #3. I'm so sick of moving. Plus, it was hard for me to make friends when I was down there last time. The only friends I made down there were from the North, like me:?. And then there's that horrible drought:|. But, I guess getting out of Michigan has its benefits, such as getting away from a state with a bad economy and being farther away from two of the most dangerous cities in the country (Flint and Detroit). Why am I thinking about that right now, though? I still have half a year left, and I need to enjoy it to the fullest (despite all of the stress).

Man I'm hungry. Gotta go find some eats.