Happy New Year everyone. I hope you had a good day. I cant believe its already 2009. this past year has been pretty great and important. We had the Olympics, the election, a new president voted in, I finished my first year of college and was on a 2 month Sea term/training cruise, a lot of good movies and The Dark Knight. Im currently on Guild Wars celebrating Wintersday.

Just wanted to make this quick blog to say who knows what the next year has to offer, and what will happen but hopefully it will be a good year for everyone.

*and once again I hope to see you Jan 15th*

Well, this day marks my 2 year anniversary....2 years on Gamespot. Been an interesting 2 years on Gamespot and in real life. Ive ranked up to level 38, reached the 10k mark and made a good amount of friends. So to all that read this, enjoy some soda and cake!

**Also, I ask you all to join me January 15th for the SaintL Film Awards!! I will be presenting my very own film awards, and you are all welcome to attend, there will be food and gift bags! You should all receive an invitation, so keep an eye out January 15th!

So everyone, Christmas Day is winding down. I wanted to save this till the end of the 25th for two reasons.

First to tell you what I got:

It was a good Christmas. The big thing I got was a new HDTV, Samsung 32in, along with a calender and a few books from my parents. My grand parents, they got me a Samsung Blu-Ray player, and Wall-E and The Dark Knight on Blu-Ray. So my gifts were good, Im happy, and my step into the "future" you can say has begun.

I decided to get my brother a gift, and this one had to do with The Flight of The Conchords. Those of you who have seen the HBO tv series might now an episode where they sing a song to Coco, called " If you want me to", and Jermaine in this song plays on a little piano. Well my brother, a guitar/piano buff, who has basically taught himself to play both had been saying how much he wanted it. So Saturday i went to the store, and found one. I wrapped it up, and put a little self made Flight of The Conchords card, viewers of the show will now it as Jermaines self made band poster in which his head is larger then Bretts. He was surprised, had no idea I got it, and he loves it.

Second was a film review:

The film tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who was born old and slowly got younger throughout his life. We see his ventures to many places around the world, his interactions with many people, and his view of life as everyone he knows, loves and befriended dies and grows old.

The acting is superb. Brad Pitt was great, one of his better performances. Cate Blacnhett was fantastic as usual. Someone you dont hear much about in this film is Tilda Swinton who I think is one of the better actresses around, and she plays a small part, and only appears in the film for a short period of time, but she was great.

The story was great, and they did an amazing job in the execution of what seems like a complicated story. The cinematography is great, and once again Fincher amazes us with his use of special effects to change the landscape of many places, as he did in Zodiac. The make-up was amazing, they did a great job in making Pitt get younger, and Blanchett old.

I did have a few problems, it was long, I didnt like the way the story was told, and the ending kind of disappointed me, all of which dont hurt the film, just something I had a problem with. But it is a beautiful film that tells a bleak and beautiful story of life, death and love. One of the better films of the year. 10/10

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So overall my Christmas was good. I hope everyone had a great day, got what they wanted, had some fun with their families and got to see or received a good film. In 3 days, it ill be my 2 year anniversary on Gamespot, and by New Years Ill be posting my own little SaintL Film Awards, and tell you my choice of best film/actor/actress and what not.