Well, like most people, I'm going back to school *sigh*. As of next week, I will be a bit less active but I will still try to get on GS every day if possible. This is just to tell you guys how I spent my holidays, if you're interested.
On Gamespot, I started the holidays on Level 12, but I've made my way up to Level 19, which I reached recently. The holidays also saw me reach the milestone of 100 friends, as well as becoming an officer in several unions- The Video Gamers Union, The Rayman Mario Dragonball Union (now the Rayman Mario Dragonball Sonic Union), Empty and Full Union, and the Action Adventure Union which was formed today. I featured 5 episodes of Word of the Week, and brought the series to a close, to be followed by Series 2, which kicks off next week.
Outside of Gamespot, not a lot happened. Christmas was good, our friends from interstate came to stay for five days, and I got a new phone, among other things (books, shirts, CD's, etc.). New Year's Eve was possibly the most boring I have ever experienced, my family all went to bed at 9:30, so I sat on GS until the clock struck 12 and partied here instead.
In the gaming side of life, not a lot has been going on, I didn't get a single new game, and I still don't havve a PS3, a Wii, or a 360. One good thing, I remembered I have Counter-Strike, which I hadn't played since I bought it, because it didn't work on my old PC, but now I play it pretty often.
I saw a few movies, both at the cinema and at home, and enjoyed most of them. At the movies, I saw: Beowulf- quite a good film, making up for it's lack of good plot twists with great action sequences, and getting to see Angelina Jolie wearing nothing but what looks like molten gold; I Am Legend, an awesome movie, although the ending was somewhat of a disappointment; and 1408, a great Steven King thriller, but again, the ending was a total let-down, it just rambled off into weirdness. Movies that I rented out included Hot Fuzz, absolutely brilliant, in a class of it's own, along with Shaun of the Dead; I also saw Black Sheep, the New Zealand-made horror-comedy, which was also hilarious, they had just the right level of ridiculousness, not quite enough to make it seem stupid, but enough to be an absolute riot. If there were any others, then I've forgotten them.
In the music scene, I didn't pick up any CD's worth mentioning, but I did go to a great music festival featuring Birds of Tokyo, Kisschasey, You Am I, Hilltop Hoods, and a bunch of great local bands. I also listened to a lot of The Offspring, as well as the usual Rage Against the Machine, POD, Muse, some Linkin Park and AntiFlag.
I went to the beach a lot, and went out in my boat to go swimming, up until this week, when my dad went away on a fishing trip. I went to Adventure World, a water park relatively close to where I live, and went on the new waterslide, the Shotgun, which was awesome.
Anyway, that's it, school on Monday is going to be a bummer, no more sleeping in 'till 10. So see you round guys, and remember, any suggestions for Word of the Week would be much appreciated, it's probably coming on Sunday, so if you want to see your own contribution in there, contact me before then.
Bye for now, and keep grinnin' :D.