So I got the 360 with Re5, Rock Band, Virtua Fighter 5, etc. on saturday. My RE5 disc isn't working(hasn't ever, so far), so I'm going to return that disc, and get a replacement one, but aside from that it's been great. I've been slowly improving in VF5, taking turns between my regular Pai, and a side character in El Blaze. I'm still pretty slow in my timing, but I'll get better at it.

Rock band though....man. I've played that so much. To the point where I've worked from easy drums up to hard, which I think is pretty decent. I did find out that in tour mode, if you get too many fans, you get locked out of certain difficulties, and we(a bunch of freinds and I) had to do a huge monstrously difficult setlist on hard mode (culminating in Colony of Birchmen, and Boddhisatva) which ruined us. luckily I had a buddy take over for me on drums for most of that setlist as I was out of my league as it went on. It kinda of sucked because a few of them weren't good enough at the game yet to do hard mode on anything, so they were stuck watching. So, note to self: fail a bunch of tour mode before bringing it to a friend's place.

I got some new music too: Veckatimest(Grizzly Bear), Mezzanine(Massive Attack) and Arrivals(worriedaboutsatan). All very great CDs. I was surprised about the delivery time on Arrivals, because there was only 2 or 3 days between me ordering it and getting it in the mail...which is amazing since I ordered it from the UK.

I play Warhammer, I have a witch hunters army. I won't pretend to be really good, and my force is rather limited to infantry(I have no tanks, ordinance, or honestly anything with a blast template except an orbital strike), yet I've somehow(through massive luck) wound up winning 5 games straight. I keep waiting to lose, but I don't, somehow. In one on one gaes, I lose, but lately it's just been team battles and 4-way free for alls. Everyone seems to avoid attacking me for some odd reason :S No one considers me a threat until we pull out the scorecards at the end of the round(or in some cases, until they realize my army is still intact and everyone else's in in shambles). I'm sure they'll come around, and when they do I'll have to adapt somehow. I honestly think it's kind of funny.

...and finally, tears. Indie made a rad new blog and I'mma follow suit on it. I'm not going to lie and say a lot of things make me cry, because that's not true. I have opened up a lot emotionally over the past few years though, and within that frame of time(and a select few outside it) there are are number of events that have had my eyes welling with tears.

Movies:

The Fountain

This movie was impeccably touching and sad, and actually reversed my opinion on Hugh Jackman's acting abilities. I won't spoil it for anyone, but to be brutally honest I couldn't watch this in one go, it was just far too much(although what I did, in spreading it across two days, had me randomly tearing up at work because it was all fresh in my mind). It's rare to find a relationship so real and concentrated with love, and it's an absolutely riveting movie to watch that had me weeping from about 10 minutes in. A story about life, death, and bridge between the two. A magnificently beautiful movie that shot perfectly and has perfect accompanying music that upon hearing, gets my eyes welling up again. If there's truly one thing this movie did for me, it was re-establish my take on death. There are tears of joy and tears of sadness in this movie, and if you've seen this, I'm sure you'll understand which scenes fall into which category.

Music:

There's been plenty of music that's drained me dry over the years, but I'll list a few here(not in order of tearjerkery).

Tom Waits: "Anywhere I Lay my Head"

The sheer honesty in the vocals, combined with the backing horns and such, just tear my heart strings out and restring them on their basses.

Regina Spektor: "Samson"

It's actually a pretty basic love song, detailing an old story, but there's just this aura of honesty about the song, and that little bit of urgency/desperation in her voice near the end just seals the deal.

Explosions in the Sky: "Your Hand In Mine"

Self explanatory if you've ever heard the song. It's too beautiful. I heard it live and I couldn't consciously do anything for the entire duration, except leak from my eyes.

Radiohead: "Motion Picture Soundtrack"

This song was my lullaby at night for a year when things weren't going all that well in high school. It still resonates to this day, with hope and its heavenly soothing sounds.

Eluvium: "Underwater It Glowed"

Another song I heard live, which blew me away. It's still among my favourite ambient works of all time, and it still gives me shivers. Hearing it live, the sheer aura of its climax had my eyes welling up. The studio version just can't compare, but it can keep that wonderful memory alive.

Anywho, have a great night, all. I'm much too late right now and I've got to get prepared for tomorrow's work shift.