So I left off last time on my small mission on getting a Gibson ES 137 and a Marshall half stack amp. Over one month ago, I got an Epiphone Les Paul Standard with a cherry sunburst color. I also got a digital Line 6 Spider III amp with a whole bunch of possible settings ranging from a clean, acoustic sound to an insane, death metal distortion.

I've been working on music more than making any time for other things. I also have been hunting down a job since May and finally found one, so I'm trying to make some money too. Due to that, I've only been able to rent games to save on money.

I rented Soul Calibur IV and I must say that it has one of the greatest and smoothest gameplay experiences I've seen in a fighting game. The details are wonderful, the controls are very accurate, and the character creation holds a nice variety of possibilities from color schemes to voice pitch.

School starts in about two weeks out here, so I have to hold on to most of my money and I probably won't have much time for games either. I also want to spend more time with my boyfriend before he leaves for college in October. I'll try to keep things more active for my account here, as well.