Just thought I'd pop in and say hi. I haven't been overly active on here for the past few months, simply because I just haven't been gaming. I haven't quit at all (details further on) but this past while has been busy and stressful and I just moved on to other hobbies for a period.
Nothing life-changing has happened to me, but I'm somehow always doing something. I've been babysitting a lot to make tons of money, been hanging out with friends a lot and having a good time, working out and playinglots of sports, playing tons of piano, and I've got a girlfriend now which definitely eats up time. And I was shocked to find out that she's a gamer! Her and her friends all love playing Mario Tennis, Katamari and the like, even though they're the complete anti-nerds who a guy would never pin as a video game player. So, excited about that. 
(About the girlfriend, not the gamingness. I'm not that nerdy.)
Plus, as some of you know, my Xbox 360 died. Not in the usual over-heating, red lights of death sort of way. Basically, my dog had to go to the bathroom and we weren't around to let him outside. Fill in the blanks from there.
But I sent it in after de-smellifying it and they didn't seem to notice that it was dog piss that killed the console, so they sent me a new one with full apologies. Some may say that it was bad of me for tricking Microsoft into giving me a new one, but:
a) I'd bought the console less than two months prior and I was not going to pay another 600 for a new one. I'm a high school student, I'm not made of money! And
b) They're a pretty huge, multi-billion dollar corporation. They can take the blow.
As for what I've been up to in life, music has been a huge hobby of mine lately. I've been collecting and downloading tons of new music and I've gone from about 800 to 2500 songs on my iTunes in school year of 2006/2007. I've been listening to lots of rock, alternative, electronic, ambient, post-rock and some jazz.
Seeing as I have summer now and don't intend to get a job until fall, I'll probably be around here more often to rant in the forums and discuss games. Which brings me to my next point, I am actually gaming again. I didn't touch a console for months this spring, but I've played about six or seven hours of Call of Duty 3 in the last two days and I'll be picking up Gears of War and another controller ASAP. And if I ever get around to hooking up on Xbox Live, I'll make it public for anyone interested. 
So how's everyone been? I hope I wasn't missed too much. 
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And while we're on the topic of our old across-the-puddle friend here, congrats on the success of your ninja lesson! 4 srsly dude, you'll make an awesome ninja. Just never give up!
Homegirl, my collection is up-to-date, and go ahead and take a look at my absolutely enormous collection of 360 games. Phew, takes at least ten minutes to go through the whole list!
Goodbye all. I kinda like this blogging thing. Maybe I'll throw some more things out there soon.
Shleco
Good to see things are going great. I'm so out of the loop I didn't even realise you had a 360! I'm spending less time on GameSpot and playing games right now, and music has definitely become a bigger interest of mine, so its cool to hear you are broadening your tastes too. I also got a job working as a Marketing Assistant and am having evening sessions on how to be a ninja.