I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday. I hope Santa was good, as well. I received quite the unexpected gift in the form of a laptop. I'm loving it. Like most laptops, the graphics card is integrated, so I won't be doing too much gaming on it. But it runs beautifully and I'm fairly impressed with Windows 7. I'm still getting used to all of the new changes. As far as gaming is concerned, I received Assassin's Creed 2, Halo: ODST, and Dragon Age: Origins. I received the entire series of Six Feet Under in a beautiful box set and a few movies I'd been looking to get. After that, I received a **** load of books. I love reading, and I'll have plenty to read in the following months.

On an odd note, I realized that this will be my last Christmas as a "kid". And for some reason, that's incredibly bitter-sweet. I suppose I just haven't come to terms with all the changes that will be happening in my life over the course of 2010. Luckily, I still have time to adjust to this realization.

I'll be posting there under the same name and in unions and game boards here for a little bit. I'm not leaving, I'm just going to take a little break from Off Topic. I suggest you join. It isn't constantly active like Gamespot is but that's understandable as there aren't 8,000 users online at once and it's a small price to pay for not getting e-raped by moderators. I suggest you join if you have not already. Here's the link.

I know summer doesn't officially end for a couple of weeks but mine will be coming to an end tomorrow. It's somewhat surreal to me, this being my last summer as a kid. I don't know if I'm excited or scared about the idea that this time next year, I'll be starting College as an adult. But all that being said, I'll probably be on less for the first week or so. Partly because I need to re-adjust to the work and partly because I'll be so sleep deprived that I'll probably only have two or three hours to actually do anything during the day. The good thing is, being a Senior at my school entitles me to some nice privileges. One being a private lunch room. Another being, we essentially get away with so much more than everyone else. I hope everyone had a relaxing, enjoyable, and sexy summer.

Oh, and I've got a couple of movies and a game to review, which I'll probably just cram all into one big ass post. So watch out for that.