This house is empty. Chris is at college and mom and dad are at aunt mare's. Holly and I have to go to Keith's baby shower tomorrow and I'm not looking forward to it. Especially because I missed today's Rangers game and I'll miss tomorrows' too. They've been doing outstanding lately but the east is so close that it will come down to the last game. Every time they win a game, the people in the race win a game. After winning today against Boston, all the people in the race are winning (Toronto against Buffalo and Carolina against San Jose) Too close for comfort. Decent week at work. Ed is now the strip supervisor and he tries to get us out of there at a decent time if it's feasible. Got to leave early on Friday which was really nice.

Still hooked on the original Zelda. I sucked at it for like three hours straight last Saturday. Found a dungeon and kept getting my ass kicked in it and then I figured out it was the sixth one. Got the wand in that dungeon and then got stuck. Walked around (seemingly) the whole map for an hour before giving up. I turned the game on Sunday and found the second dungeon in literally five minutes. Things progressed and I've just beaten dungeon seven and I'm stuck trying to find dungeon eight (There's a secret in the tip of the nose).

Tried elebits last weekend and I got nauseous playing it. I hope the game doesn't affect me like that the next time I try it. It might've been because I ate too much. But I'm nervous to turn it on.

I'm trying to catch up on all the new comics. I downloaded a bunch last weekend and will do the same this weekend. Love the Planet Hulk Storyline and looking forward to the World War Hulk. Read the first JLA arc. The art is beautiful and the story was entertaining. I don't care for some members of the team. Have to catch up on Daredevil and Captain America. I've also read most of the Annihilation Mini Series and Tie Ins (Thanos 7-12, Drax Mini Series, Annihilation: Nova, Surfer, and Super Skrull.) I've been impressed by the whole thing. Have to read the Ronan mini before I start the main event. I'm not that interested in Ronan but I wasn't in Nova and that turned out to be the best one.

Fucking snow

This is the greatest. A promotion by the USPS for Star Wars stamps being released in March, they're dressing up mailboxes in 200 cities.

And I thought the winter was over. We're supposed to get eight to twelve inches of snow tomorrow. I'm not going in to work. It's not worth it to get there and then have five people to a trailer because the roads are all fucked up. Rendel better have the roads in good condition tomorrow or people are really going to get mad. I got out of work after four and a half hours tonight. I was so happy I almost did cartwheels out the door. I really struggled to get through my shift on Wednesday and I got out after only an hour and a half on Tuesday. With tomorrow off, it'll be the shortest week ever. Perfect for Holly being on Spring Break.

Hooked up playing the original Zelda. I never played that one for more than five or ten minutes but I'm hooked on it and plan on doing some damage in it this weekend. Old nintendo and super nintendo games are a lot more difficult then games today. I also received Elebits in the mail today and am looking forward to trying that out.

Games I've beaten in the last six months

I originally made a list of all the games I hadn't beaten and set out to beat them before playing or buying any other games. While that didn't exactly happen, I did play through and beat some of them (and decide that others just aren't worth the time).

Beaten:

Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil Expansion
Half-Life 2
New Super Mario Brothers
Zelda: Minish Cap
Zelda: Twilight Princess
Rayman: Ravin Rabbids
Final Fantasy 3
Mortal Kombat Armageddon (One Character)
Tekken 5 (two characters)
Gears of War (Beat the whole game on Hard Mode, except Raam beaten on Regular. Going to try to beat him on Hard when I get a chance)
Guitar Hero 2: Normal

Started but never Beaten:

Ratchet and Clank 3
Eternal Darkness
Prey
Call of Duty 3
Metroid: Hunters- Something about this one doesn't sit right with me. I love Metroid Games but the design of this one confuses me.
Metroid Prime 2
Morrowind
Feel the Magic
Zelda 2

Most Likely Given up on:

Rayman DS
Goldeneye DS
Quake 4

Tuesday

Got out of work at five thirty today, after only being there for only an hour of a half. AHHHH!! It was a slow day and I asked Andy if he was letting anyone out early, to keep me in mind since Holly is on Spring Break. So at five thirty he told me I could go. I wish I could be a strip supervisor there. As I was about to make the turn onto our road, Holly came up the road. She had to take Ashely to the doctor today. We took Jeremy out to ride his bike for a while (he rode down to the lake) and then I played God of War and hung out with Holly and Jeremy. There were six deer on the lawn and we threw stale cheese doodles to them.

I've started watching Full Metal Alchemist. I'm up to the fifth episode (i'll probably watch two more after i'm done writing this.) I started reading Lucifer and even though the first and second issues didn't interest me much, the third to the seventh were good. It has that Sandman feel to it. I'm stuck in the 280's in Cerebus. They're very challenging to completely get through. When the right auction comes along, I'm going to pick up a full set of the Cerebus phonebooks, as well as the Invisibles.

Holly and I have been together for five years. FIVE YEARS! Time goes too quickly. Holly and I celebrated our anniversary on Saturday by having a night together at the Red Roof. We went out to dinner at TGI Fridays and played the slots for the first time at the racetrack. We ended up winning 60 dollars after all was said and done. We also took pics at the hotel and watched Raising Arizona.

Sunday Holly's water heater went so her dad had to get a new one on Monday. It doesn't seem to be heating the water enough so we'll see what happens with that.

The winter is finally over and i can't even express how relieved i am. It may get into the sixties this week and I'm definately looking forward to hitting the trails once the snow melts and they aren't big mud pits.

I played decent at hockey last night. Played on the white team which i'll never do again. I played every third shift instead of every other. Nobody else seemed to rotate and skip a shift. I used the Sherwood FeatherLite for the first time and i really like it, even more than the Reebok I was using. My wrist shot seems better (maybe because of the blade curvature). I had at least three goals and two assists.

I really like Sara Silverman's show on Comedy Central.

Last 7--Musiq Soulchild

Saturday- Beat Zelda. Ganadorf was way too easy. There are still a lot of secrets i haven't found in the game and i think instead of it just collecting dust, I may throw it in every once in a while to try to find some of them. I know where some are located, it's just a matter of figuring out what to do/how to get there. I took Holly out to Friendly's for dinner and we went food shopping so I wouldn't have to go the next day.

Sunday-Missed another night of hockey due to snow. That's three weeks i've missed out of six. I'm not too happy about it. Went to Holly's and started to play God of War and Tekken 5. They're both awesome games. I'm really impressed by how advanced Tekken feels. Holly likes watching me play God of War. Everything about the game is fun.

Monday-Friday- Normal week at work. On Tuesday night, her first night playing, Holly won 16 straight fights on Tekken arcade mode. I stopped her at this point. She thought the game was on super easy mode. I proceeded to fight (and lose) to show her it wasn't. Worked up in the city all week. I like it better; seems a bit easier and the trucks aren't that fucked up when they come in. Except this week. On Wednesday I spent about three hours picking up spilled Musiq Soulchild Cds that fell over. They take twelve cds, tie a ribbon around them, stack them six feet high on a pallet and shrink wrap it. It's an assine way to ship them. It made the night go fast. On Friday Night a trucked pulled out as I was about to drive into the door. I was literally one to two seconds from being in the truck and if he would've pulled away, I would've probably been killed. Scary scary stuff.

I have to watch Jeremy tomorrow for a while so Holly can work on her presentation for school. One of a million things she has to do. They give her way too much work and expect too much. I was supposed to pick up my brother early and play racquetball and take him home but I'll either have to do it later in the afternoon (weather permitting, we may get snow) or he'll have to catch a ride home with out neighbor.