Hello my lovelies!

I know, I havent blogged in a few days (months), and some of you are probably wondering where I've been, if I've been okay or not even noticing I've been gone. Not to worry, I'm not here to judge (*judges them all guilty*). Soo where have I been..well its actually a funny story (actually its not so much funny as it is long =P).

Well I woke up one day with a temp of 100, and since my immune system isnt always 100%, I was a little concerned. So I drank about a liter of cherry blast flavored Tylenol, (if you've ever taken Tylenol, you know its kinda like the doorman at your apartment building, after 6 hours, he goes on break to get a beer, and tons of salesmen and door to door religious fanatics sneak in). So 6 hours later, the temp soared to a record breaking 104.

The worst part about having a 104 degree fever is that its not high enough to invoke hallucinations. Before heading to the ER, I stared out the window, hoping for a pink elephant sighting or maybe a large green beetle or something (the talking dog on the corner doesnt count, he's been talking to me for years).

So I get to the hospital and they admit me, mostly to draw buckets of blood and flush my system with antibiotics. For you medical types, nothing ever grew out, no bacteria, or fungi (pronounced fun boys in Spring Break English), but they hit me with enough antibiotics to take down the swine flu (I was there for a week).

I gotta say though, the new UCLA Hospital really impressed me. The old hospital, had two beds and one tv in each patient room (and I never got the tv). By comparison the new hospital has private rooms, hd tv's (in each room), 100+ channels, leather couch and desk chair in each room, an ocean view and wi fi internet in each room (not that I'd take a laptop there, I'm always afraid someone will play "Snatch n Grab", while I'm down in radiology getting spinal tapped =P).

Anyway I'm fine now, except I have what John calls GAS (Game Acquisition Syndrome), cause I like buying games way more than actually playing games. For example, I picked up Borderlands and Smackdown vs Raw 2010, when they came out and despite not really liking Borderlands (too much fps for me), I havent really played them. Even better, I have a huge stack of 360 games that , mostly, Ive never even finished (some I havent even started), but at least they look cool, right?

On a completely unrelated subject, I'm thinking of picking up some games this week and I;m not sure what to play. I was thinking about Brutal Legend and/or Tekken 6, but Assassin's Creed 2 comes out Tues. (and I actually did finish the original). I wanna play DJ Hero, dunno if I wanna buy it though.

On the gaming front I downloaded Operation Anchorage for Fallout and went through a couple missions. Oh and Dragon Age! After drooling over it for months, I got the collectors edition on the release day and started going through it. I made a mage, (1st char) and got to level 5 and got tired of the whole not being able to open every chest I came across (you'd think I'd know what I'm doing by now, after Baldur's Gate 1/2 and Neverwinter Nights 1/2). Soo I made a rogue (2nd char), and rogue isnt bad, I can shoot arrows, and stealth, and backstab and I was killin stuffs and doing quests and I got to level 12 and I was having fun and all...until....

I hit Gamestop about a week ago to get a friend a late b day present (he wanted Batman: Arkham Asylum for PC), and the guy there was preaching the awesomeness of the PC version of Dragon Age and well..long story short, I left the store with one of the two remaining copies of the pc version of the game and the hardcover collector's edition guide. Soo I start up a new charrie (3rd char), and I've learned enough about rogue to go back to mage. You know what? The pc version does look and play a lot better and I thought this would be the definitive version I play. Until...

Wouldnt you know it, I have to share my mouse. I have a razer something or other that glows in the dark and eats mice, (I think), and its usually on the desktop, which my cousin uses. So after a week of playing footsie with the mouse, I decide to go back to the 360 and make a new charrie. (4th char). This one is doing quite well, Ive actually progressed through the game a bit, I think shes level 13, and has the Inferno spell (it creates a huge column of flames in a huge area and looks wicked).

Anyway if you're still awake, sorry for the wall of text. Hope you all have a great week!

Hello, my pretty little snowflakes!

After a week in the 95-101 degree range (whew!), its cooled down substantially this weekend, and this coming week, they're saying its gonna be in the 80s, which is a lot cooler. My first week at school was torture, as many of you know, I'm not a morning person at all. Getting up at 6-7 is waaay too early for me. The main highlight of the hot weather was that most of the 17-18 year olds at school werent wearing much at all. It makes for a great show. (Come on, you know you look too =P). I wish I could get away with wearing two teacups and a paper napkin to school and call it an outfit =P.

My roomate recently got a cat. Its cute and all but Im so sick of cats. Its always "someone else's cat", that's running around. My cousin's cat is always underfoot and now the roomie has one. Worse yet, now apparently the cat is lonely so she wants another one. (What the heck??). When did this start? My friend Eric's sister Jenny had a son and not two months later, decided that the baby would be lonely, so they had another. (Thank God no one at the bookstore told me my Psych book might get lonely, or I'd have to shell out another 135 beans). I'm starting to wonder if the evil relatives new Benz might get lonely, maybe they'll buy another one =P.

I havent done too much on the gaming front this week, but I did borrow Kung Fu Panda and Lego Indy so I played a little of those and they're okay. I'm still trying to find my way around in Fallout 3, I'm only level 4. I did manage to kill some super mutant behemoth. (It was like a giant version of Arnold, with a fire hydrant in one hand and a load of hp). It took all my ammo and one grenade to bring it down but it gave me 75xp. (Yay!)

Hope you guys are having a great holiday weekend!

Hello, my lovely snowflakes!

(sorry, Ive got cool things on the brain as its been hella hot in southern cali lately. It hit 101 in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday. There were people eating ice cream and mailboxes melting into puddles of goo everywhere =P. There's also a bunch of wildfires taking down million dollar homes left and rignt. whew, thank goodness I'm not rich!)

Anyway,

Monday was my first day back to school in like 4-5 years and it wasnt that great. I ended up missing half of my first class due to being lost. They put the Humanities building behind the library and squeezed it in between two other, bigger buildings, so you'd only find it if you already knew where it was (in which case you wouldnt be lost). Not that I'd admit to being lost, mind you.

I was wandering around campus, in some sort of daze, like Luna Lovegood from the Harry Potter books, frequently bumping into people, trying to find this building, when I had pretty much roamed the entire campus twice. (This is how I usually walk around =P) I stopped under a large, shady tree, and I didnt think it was so obvious, but a nice guy came up and asked if I was lost.

Nice guy: excuse me, are you lost?

Me: pssh, of course I'm not lost, I know exactly where I am, I'm under this tree.

Nice guy: Oh okay.

Me: Just for reference sake, would you happen to know where the Humanities building is?

Nice guy: Yeah, its behind the Library.

Me: Oh, thanks! That will definitely help.

Nice guy: want me to walk you there?

Me: well if you insist...

Soo I finally get there like 20 min late and class is on the 3rd floor. The teacher is kinda funny, seems like a nice guy and we dont need the book til next week, so that's a plus. I dont see anyone too cute in the class though (bummer =P). Its nice to have someone hot to stare at,

My next class, the one I actually wanted to go to, I missed totally because my counseling appointment started at the same time class started, only I didnt realize it until it was too late. I hope they dont drop me. I'm hoping to make it to both on Wed, maybe even on time.

There are sooo many people on campus and its freaking hot during the day too. Luckily the buildings seem to be air conditioned.

On the gaming front I started Fallout 3 again. I've been trying to do all the quests in Megaton so I can blow the place sky high. I dont know what it is, but the game just turns me off in a lot of ways. I loved Bethesda's other games, like Daggerfall, Morrowind and Oblivion. Fallout 3 just doesnt grab me. Its a pretty dreary world and for an open world game, a lot of the paths are blocked off (turnoff!). I'm also not a fan of modern combat vs medieval combat. I tried walking to Rivet City and kept getting mowed down by huge Arnold Schwarzenegger wannabe guys with large miniguns. I coulda sworn after they killed me the last time, one of them shouted, "Its not a tomb-uh!" =P.

I also picked up Batman: Arkham Asylum and Ghostbusters, the first new games Ive bought in a really long time. I havent played Ghostbusters yet but Ive been slowly making my way through Batman. I'm at a certain boss fight where you have to avoid being seen. Anyone know how to beat it? I keep running into a wall (literally). Its definitely a fun and addictive game.

I finally finished Mass Effect and I really enjoyed it, (review). If nothing else, the game has me all the more eager for Mass Effect 2. I also went through the DLC Bring Down the Sky, which was okay. I guess I'll be skipping the universally panned new Pinnacle Station DLC, at least for awhile. Now I just need to find another RPG =P.

Hope your week is going well!