well, first things first: ap exams are DONE. for anyone who cares, i slogged through literature & composition, us history, and biology, and i think i stand a 50% chance of failing the latter two. i chalk that down to a massive neglect of all things studying, although i think my awesome performance on lit/comp sort of compensates. or maybe not. my gpa was struggling for a while there too - at one point i think i was way down at a D+ in ap biology and maybe a C+ in math, but i miraculously managed to solve both issues with my usual minimal display of effort.

which means it's time to forcibly shove studies to the back of my head again, and focus on some video games for a while.

one thing i've been spending increasing amounts of time on is the starcraft ii beta. despite the fact that my race of choice, zerg, has been undergoing some heavy nerfing lately, and are undoubtedly the weakest/blandest race at this point, i'm sticking with them through thick and thin. prior to the recent database wipe, i was sitting in the lower echelons of the 1v1 silver league and right now i'm top 10 in bronze. i may not be a very good player, but it's a fun game nonetheless. i'm really impressed with battle.net and it's just generally going to be an amazing game upon release, at least in the online realm.

i've also been playing rollercoaster tycoon 2, one of the most enduring games of my youth. i've been a fan of the series since i was about 10 and rct2 remains the most enjoyable, balanced game of the franchise. i'm still every bit the perfectionist as i was years ago, so it's a really fun time waster. that game requires a lot of hard work, but the payoffs are comparatively major so it's just a really absorbing game. i'm sure anyone else who is familiar with any tycoon game knows what i'm talking about.

lastly, i've installed the original kotor and i'm gearing up for a replay of it. me and my friend got to talking about that game at lunch about a week ago and he's been ditching school to play it. that really incited some fiery, inhuman desire for me to play the game sooo yeah that's on the list too.

i have other crap to talk about but the crap in question wouldn't really make sense in this particular blog so they can wait for a while. hope everyone's good and stuff.