We're on our short little vacation now. I had today and tomorrow off. I won't complain one bit cause it's really nice to have any time off from work. Today I woke up around 9AM, got to sleep in a bit.

I played through most of FEAR in the morning and until about 12. I got to like chapter 8. It's a really good game. I wasn't one for how they used the burst fire more in the guns, but after I got used to it, it was okay. They had some really cool weapons in the game. One of them vaporized people into dust which was awesome. There was also a grenade launcher-like gun and a rocket launcher. The story also got more interesting as I went along, the ending was really interesting and it definitely makes me want to play the expansion pack. I actually tried to install it but it gave me some error. I think I might end up reading about it on Wikipedia instead. It'll take less time, and I have so many video games in queue that need to be played that it might be better choice.

After that, I had a shower and got ready to go to my parents. We got there and had a pretty good time. Lots of good food and stuff. My younger cousins have stepped into the world of video games. They both have Nintendo DS.

Tonight I finished up FEAR. I already talked about what I thought of it a few paragraphs up...I started in on this MMORPG I had been wanting to try for some time. It's Maple Story. I did take a few screenshots while in game. It's a pretty fun game. It's like the 3rd-4th MMORPG I've played. It's definitely different then World of Warcraft but pretty similar to Ragnarok. I do enjoy types, I just wish I had started in on them when they first started up so that I could better understand it all...I guess I just have to play it a lot more. I am a level 7 or 8 now so I have a better grasp of how the games works and stuff.

So I got a lot more anime episodes, I downloaded Death Note, Ah! My Goddess and I am getting Ai Yori Aoshi right now. Poor little Mac mini is burning up on video conversions haha emilie and I are watching some more Chobits right now. I absolutely love it. very funny stuff. Quite interesting too.

Tomorrow I've got to get Emilie to work after we drop her car off at work, after that I might go for a ride since it'll be on the way back from dropping her off. Then I'll probably work on Maple Story some more, or I will start Resident Evil for Gamecube. I've actually never played through the game. I remember my grade-school "girlfriends" Dad playing through it and I got to watch various parts, but I've never really played it myself.

Okie, I think I've said enough for one night, time to focus on Chobits!

On Saturday we had that lovely VHSA banquet. It was a lot of fun. There was this one guy, probably 70+ years old, and he took home like 4-5 awards. I really hope that when I am that age I will still be riding horses and hell maybe even winning some awards! It would be a lot of fun. Overall, it was a lot of fun!

Sunday, emilie and I spent cleaning the apartment. We're trying to make the computer room/mission control more like a living room. I did move the Cisco switch, the Airport and the modem into another room. We added some nice chairs so that at least we'll enjoy watching TV shows and movies there. I think eventually we'd like to get a futon for there, but who knows.

We got to the barn a bit later then usual, but it was okay. One of the little kitties was playing with Doc's tail and Doc kicked and the kitty went flying, a bit funny! The kitties are so funny. A lot like out Kitty. Emilie wants to get one, but who knows if that will happen. Cleaning was the same...messy messy messy!!

I finally got to dive into my NewType magazine which I really do like. I just wish it wasn't so expensive. It's packed with loads of good info though. It finally got me to watch some Chobits, they were running an interview article with CLAMP. So Emilie and I watch an episode of Chobits, and I think we really like it. It's a lot different then I thought it would be. Definitely in a good way though. It's funny!

Today, I am actually at work right now, but I've been doing work all afternoon that I thought I could use the break. I bought an apple pie from this pre-school (some fundraiser) and they just brought it to me today. It's really good, although quite cold. I am sure it'll be great after I put some in the microwave or something.

I have Windows Server Admin class tonight, that should be pretty simple. I just have to find out which homework assignments I am missing and then get them done. I also have to work on this paper for my class SEI (lamest class ever).

I finished up my PHP script that will compress my mail backups made by mailbfr. I just have to do some other PHP/MySQL programming for the class, but I think it should be relatively easy.

I can't wait to watch some more Chobits tonight. I think this is all I have time t write for now :)