i bought jay okami, because he's sweet and fantastic and listens to me complain and because i knew he really, really wanted it.



to start, it's gorgeous. i love the style of this game. its animated by bits of brush stroke, constantly shifting in tiny movements.

okami's premise and storyline is steeped in japanese folklore, and based on the legend of the sun god, you play as amaterasu in the form of a white wolf.

even if your knowledge of japanese folklore is pretty much non-existent, like mine, the game is still highly enjoyable and easy to follow - and to be captivated by.

gamespot gave the game a 9 even, and although i don't put much faith into the reviews of others, i'd have to say so far this one is accurate. i can't wait to get home from work tonight so i can play a little more.

i started a new journal. i've had this one for over two and a half years so i want to keep it running, but there's something so appealing about the other one that it makes me want to leave livejournal.

as soon as they grant me invites i'm inviting all my friends that still post, because it's much nicer than livejournal is.

i've been working alot - strange hours, too. six days a week, or double shifts. when i work six days i'll go in for just three hours on a certain day. always the worst hours possible too, in the evening, when jay is guaranteed to be home.

it's because our third key demoted herself and we haven't finished training the replacement, but i've been doing it for weeks now and it's starting to wear on my nerves.
among other work related things.
i love my job, but the mechanics behind it are driving me crazy. that's the only way i can put it without leaving enough residue to potentially bite myself in the ass later.

i just want it to stop.

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on a another, much more positive note, the anticipation of the wii is driving me the good kind of crazy. i've budgeted myself an allotted amount to be taken from each paycheck to ensure i won't be left forking over too much in the end. unfortunately, this might put a damper on my halloween party plans .. my savings should be targeted credit card bills and student loans.

and i have to start saving for christmas. damn. i forgot about christmas.

name your five most recent in descending order.

songs you've listened to:
1. the killers - smile like you mean it.
2. depeche mode - precious.
3. queens of the stone age - no one knows.
4. damien rice - delicate.
5. fleetwood mac - thrown down.

dvd's you've bought or watched:
1. princess mononoke. watched.
2. gilmore girls - season 3. watched.
3. smallville - season 5. bought - then watched.
4. arrested development - season 3. watched.
5. law and order: svu season 5. watched.

books you've read:
1. holy war - the crusades and their impact on today's world. "deal with them like this: tear down their altars, smash their standing stones, cut down their sacred poles and set fire to their idols." what a just and accepting deity.
2. the black dahlia. see below.
3. american gods. again.
4. the stolen child.
5. the fourth bear. jasper fforde is fun.

games you've played:
1. guitar hero.
2. lego star wars: the original trilogy.
3. catan online.
4. brain age.
5. phoenix wright: ace attorney.

i'm just about to finish the black dahlia, which jay and i picked up before the illusionist a few weeks ago. i didn't start it until this past week though, and every time i find a spare minute i try to squeeze in a few pages.

i started reading this book in high school, ninth grade, and i'm reminded why i stopped.
my short attention span. the first sixty pages or so sort of float around, giving you a general feeling of the main character.
normally, by page sixty i feel i should have an outline of where the story is going.

anyway, it got progressively better and i'm now curious how they will have this transferred to film.

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tomorrow is my first day off in about ten days, with two doubles under my belt. i've had a couple of short shifts to make up for this lost time but i'm still exhausted. here's hoping the new key they hired is competent, although i wouldn't put money on it.

tomorrow is also the lego star wars:original trilogy release date. i'm going to throw all the windows open and nap and read in the cold living room until jay gets home from school and we can play video games together.
that's an outline for a perfect day off for me.

how good was the illusionist? very.

i love going to the movies. i love that potential of having to buy a new dvd in four months. my only problem is i get hooked and want to see it again, but i can't always afford paying 8 bucks everytime i want to see the film.

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“every great magic trick consists of three acts.

the first act is called the pledge. the magician shows you something ordinary, but of course, it probably isn’t.

the second act is called the turn. the magician makes this ordinary something do something extraordinary. now you’re looking for the secret. but you won’t find it.

that’s why there’s a third act called the prestige. this is the part with the twists and turns – where lives hang in the balance. and you see something shocking you’ve never seen before."

we saw another trailer for a movie called the prestige, directed by christopher nolan and starring hugh jackman and christian bale. (wolverine and batman in one movie. )
the premise of the film is taken directly from wikpedia:

"set in late 19th century london, the film tells of rupert angier (hugh jackman), a popular american magician, with his british mentor harry cutter (michael caine) and girlfriend and assistant olivia (scarlett johansson), who is in a friendly rivalry with cockney magician alfred borden (christian bale). wowever, it soon turns into a jealous rivalry, as rupert tries to discover the secrets of alfred's success. it soon emerges though he may have real magical powers."

it looks much better than this summary lets on, trust me. see the trailer for yourself here.

- i, more than ever, hate john madden.

- i have to get a tooth pulled that i've been putting off for awhile now, but it's become impossible to ignore. our third key at work found another job so my hours this week aren't exactly ideal for this - but i don't think it can wait any longer.
what a way to spend a day off, right?

- on said day off, arrested development season three comes out on dvd. due to my lack of cable television for the past year and a half (a year, jay! nazi.), i haven't seen any of it, so i'm looking forward to having thirteen practically new episodes to watch.

- i've been watching old episodes of smallville lately. i've also been getting addicted, buying up every season, and watching them in succession. i'm in love with lex and lionel luthor and all the tantalizing plot lines that surround them, especially lionel's new found goodness. i'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop.
and i hate lois lane. even more than lana lang.

- jay and i rented and beat stubbs the zombie this week. it's a much, much better game than we had perceived previously - a much more enjoyable two player affair. with a crazy plot line. there's a zombie/general dance off. what the hell?

you know what i don't like about this week? the fact that it's madden launch week. you know what that means for me? an 11 hour shift that runs into 1:30 in the morning.

come on, people. i guarantee you that it's going to be just like madden 2006, and 2005, except those cost you under ten bucks now and you're about to drop 50. or 60, depending on your system.

how about playing some actual sports, huh? how's that sound? you think if i had the opportunity to travel through dimensions, or fly, or swing from rooftops, or hack and slash my way through enemies i would do it digitally?

even i'm not that lazy.

but i will feign interest, because that is what i am paid to do. and i love free stuff, even if it says madden on it.

dr mr. weaving,

may i call you hugo? thanks.

dear hugo,
it has recently come to the attention of my fiance and i that of all the dvd's in our massive collection, you are the most commonly occurring star.

you should be pleased.

however, although i like every movie i've ever seen you in, and every role you've ever played, i have two favorites.

the first copy of v for vendetta i owned was lost to an ex-boyfriend in a further attempt to enlighten him and make his lack of interesting literature more tolerable.
i hope he sees your big screen adaption and remembers how fabulous a gesture that was on my part. i mean, i never give away books, let alone graphic novels.

seeing as how v for vendetta was the first real book that i read that could really be called a graphic novel, i was both immensely pleased and rather nervous about its transition to film. once i heard the original v had left the project and you were brought on, i no longer worried.

you took that role, and made it your own. you gave a mask emotions, and the man behind it sexy. i don't know why alan moore did not want his name attached to the project, i don't care - all i know is that it couldn't have been better, couldn't have been more faithful to the image of v i built in my mind.

also, i have a friend named v. i think you would like him.

the second role i absolutely love you in is not your role as mr. smith in the matrix trilogy, or lord elrond in lord of the rings but ... ta da, your drag queen impersonation in the adventures of priscilla: queen of the desert. admittedly, i hadn't seen the film until just last year. i knew of it long before, since my first year of high school. i had a friend named erin who would constantly bring the movie up in every day conversation and, unfortunately, all her talk and talk and talk about the film had the opposite affect of what she intended and i had no desire to see it.

i was wrong. and i apologize.

i hope you understand now my appreciation for all the roles i've seen you play, and all the roles you've yet to make your own. i'll be waiting.

your fan, although honestly, probably not your biggest,

cristina delgado.