I know that I tend to overlink the shit out of Wired News, but they've posted yet another article that resonates strongly with me and I think that it's deserving of linkage. I actually remember the location of the first discussion I had with someone about Aerith's (the american name was Aeris, I recall) death in Final Fantasy 7. I was in Dunkin' Donuts on Hamburgh Turnpike with Imri. We were picking up sugar soaked iced coffees to sip on whilist we bowled a few stores down. We were both sad and a bit angered by her death. I remember thinking that I didn't want to play the game anymore because it had completely broken my heart. This probably makes me lame. **

I'm completely exhausted from this past weekend's pop punk geek fest up in the poconos. It was an amazing weekend for more reasons than I have the time to list here, so I'll just throw this group photo up here and let you draw your own conclusions:

If you haven't been keeping up with the Jack Thompson / Penny Arcade feud you can get a quick summary of it here, courtesy of Wired. The article offers up no opinions but I guess there are none really needed. The guy's a jackass, Penny-Arcade is funny and staffed with genuinely good people, and kids shouldn't send death threats to anyone... especially if that dude is inclined to report people to the FBI. The whole saga is quite humorous, though. *

Last night Paul, my dad, and myself went to the Devils / Penguins game at the Meadowlands. We missed the first period, the 2nd period wasn't too exciting, but the 3rd period made up for any previous lack of excitement. The Devils lost and the beer was expensive, but I don't have any complaints for the evening.. I'm hopinh it serves as fuel to finally get me back into hockey, which is something I've been trying and failing to do all season.



I enjoy this picture because it looks like a videogame. *

Pop punk "camping" trip this weekend. 30 geeks holed up in a huge cabin in North, North Pennsyltucky for three days... Lord only knows what the results will be. I'll take pics. And by pics I mean n00dz. --