Man, this week has been one of the worst weeks in terms of free time. Why were my leisure hours in such small supply? Here's what happened in the last 7 days:

- I spent last weekend studying for a chapter test for Japanese class; I took that test on Monday and received an 87% (not my best but also not bad considering the fact that I neither took nor used [much] Japanese over summer).

- I had a midterm in Psychology yesterday that I studied for from Monday till Thursday. This involved catching up on the reading and defining a list of over 70 key terms...well, I managed to narrow it down to 60 or so, since some of the terms were pretty obvious (*DUR* WHAT IS AN INDEPENDENT VARIABLE? *DUR*).

Well, that was basically it. I'll spend today and tomorrow studying for an Entomology midterm on Monday, but after that I'm home free for the next week or so!

My birthday's coming up on Sunday the 21st, and I must say I'm looking forward to it. No more will I be a "teenager", for I will have transcended into the roaring 20's! I managed to get a bunch of friends together and we're going to go celebrate at Raxx, a restaurant that has some of the best ribs I've ever had, putting it into direct conflict with Tony Roma's and vying for second seat as my favorite restaurant right behind D.Z. Akins in San Diego.

My Golden Sun collection is now complete (again) after purchasing another copy of the first and arguably best line of fantasy RPGs for the Gameboy. It's sequel, The Lost Age, surpasses the original Golden Sun on so many fronts; that's not to say that one should start with the second, since The Lost Age continues the story from Golden Sun. I think I'll play through it again over the next week or so, for old-times sake.

The Orange Box launched! It is AWESOME! Portal had one hell of a twist, Episode 2 answered a couple questions while raising a few more, and Team Fortress 2 rocks my proverbial socks! Here are some score tables from a few games I played a couple days ago:

I used to hate Pyros, until I figured out hot to kick ass with them B)

Nothing like a medic with ubercharge and a heavy with a fully-loaded chaingun to take down three fully-upgraded turrets; CRY SOME MORE indeed!

Annnnnnd I'm spent; now where did I put my DS...?