Okay.  Things got a little carried away and I haven't posted for a while.  That's about to change.  Sure didn't get off to a good start with this new blog, though... :(

 So, what's new with my gaming?  Here's what's up:

• Finished Sonic Adventure DX Director's Cut (GC).  Of course, not 100%, but that'll be a project for the summer time.
• Started a new game on Sonic Heros (GC).  Pretty good so far.  About 53% of the way through Team Sonic's story.  And one stage into Team Dark's story.
• Racing on Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (GC).  Just killing time with it when I get bored with other games.  Started a new file.  I'm 4 events into the Hot Pursuit mode with all Gold ratings.
• Meaning to pick back up The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii).  Kinda got distracted from it...
• Started a new game on Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (GBA).  Hadn't played this for a long time!
• Also meaning to pick back up one of the my Animal Crossing games.  It's getting time for snow!
• Working on beating Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (GEN).

Well, now you know what's been keeping me busy.  I'll be posting daily updates on how these things are going... or at least I'll try to! :)

I've made "Hitting the Spot" the official name of this blog. In fact, I guess not much has changed other than the fact that this blog will be more daily. I hope I start to make sense in these posts and I also hope to become more active in other people's blogs. There are so many things to keep up with on GameSpot... How do you people ever find time to play games! :)

Anyways, despite the name change, I'll be keeping the old posts on here as momento of the days when this blog was not as... intelligible. And I'll try to do "special" blogs every now and then that break from the routine I hope to achieve. Maybe they'll include previews of a review I'm getting ready to write, an editorial on gaming in general, or even a look into my life. Whatever it may be, I hope I can keep you mildly entertained!

So, lately I've been playing Sonic Adventure on the GameCube.  The game is actually better than most people make it out to be.  I'd beaten the adventure mode before, but I started over the other day.  Just beat Sonic's story and now I'm trying to beat all of the missions and trials.  That gets quite challenging.  Great work Sega! :D

I haven't been keeping this blog too up to date lately.  That's about to change.  As routinely as possible, I'll be posting a daily blog call "Hitting the Spot."  This is basically going to be a blog about my latest happenings on GameSpot.  I hope it suits your reading pleasure! :D

So, I haven't really done much lately.  Somehow, I managed to reach level 7.  I have been trying to become active in several unions right now.  In fact, I'm starting one of my own!

 The Sega Genesis Union.  Not even charted, yet still on the rise. :)  I've started trying to recruit charter members for this union.  For details, see this thread.  A big shout out goes to Pepsi-KFC for already volunteering for this union!

Yep. That's what I've been filling my free time with. Blogging, surfing the net, and other sedentary activities. And now, you're gonna start seeing more of the blogging!

So, what have I been up to? Lately, I've been playing Twilight Princess on the Wii. Hadn't gotten very far the first time I played. This time, I'm kicking butt! I'm about 8 hours into the game. Just got through Goron Mines. This game is great! In fact, I'm ready to give it a perfect ten on here! Previously, I hadn't given it that rating, but I hadn't really given it time to sink in. Now, I'm going to eat crow by changing my rating... :D

I know politics really has nothing to do with gaming, but you're gonna' here it anyways...

OBAMA WINS!!!!

Seriously, he's right. It's time for a change. McCain would have been another 4 years of Bush. After all, he voted with him 90% of the time. :D

In other news, the band season is over now. Didn't do as well as we could have at state, but there's still next year!

Just for fun, let's see how many presidential canidates you didn't even know about!

Republican Party
John McCain

Democratic Party
Barack Obama

Independent
Ralph Nader
Jonathon Sharkey
Joe Schriner

Libertarian Party
Bob Barr

Constitution Party
Charles O. Baldwin

Green Party
Cynthia McKinney

America's Independent Party
Alan Keyes

Boston Tea Party
Charles Jay

Prohibition Party
Gene Amondson

Reform Party
Ted Weill

Party for Socialism and Liberation
Gloria La Riva

Socialist Party USA
Brian Moore

Socialist Workers Party
Róger Calero

Marijuana Party
Bruce Cain

So, I finally got around to finishing all of my game ratings. Now it's on to tagging! Things are starting to shape up. I'm hoping to make this blog a little more regular and longer. Lately, I just haven't had time to post any "good" stuff on here. I've gotten an upgrade to the Tagger Maker emblem. Things are looking up in that department. On to the next one!!! :D

Band season is finally coming to a close. We qualified for state, so this is our last week of competition and practice. Soon, I'll be able to spend a lot more time updating my information on here and helping people out - two things I've been meaning to start doing since I joined earlier this month. You probably won't be hearing much out of me this week. Enjoy while you can!