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: