For christmas I finally got a PS2 ( i know, I know, “Welcome to the 90’s Mr Banks!”) it’s the first game console I’ve owned since the original nintendo. I wrote an entry a while ago about how I was sick of not being able to just play a game when I wanted to, when my stoopid computer wouldn’t work, and now I don’t have to deal with it… I wonder if this is sliding me down the slope from a geek to a ‘user’ instead. Anyways. In addition to that lovely gift from my wife, my mom also got me a bunch of Neil Gaiman books off my amazon wishlist as a combined Christmas/Birthday gift (Anyone born within a month of christmas knows what I’m talking about here..). So I’ve been enjoying Smoke And Mirrors, The Day I Swapped My Dad For 2 Goldfish and also The Wolves In The Walls. I’ve really enjoyed them all. the art in TWitW is fantastic. More and more I’ve realized how much I like Neil Gaiman as a writer. Smoke and Mirrors has some really impressive short stories. I particularly liked ‘Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar’. I’m working Mon/Tues/Wed this week during my company’s ‘Forced Shutdown’ – I don’t want to take the time off since I’m not going anywhere or doing anything, so I volunteered to be part of the ‘core team’ that came in just in case something came up. In April when our next rugrat pops out I’m planning to take off 3-4 weeks, and I want to take some time to travel back to Canuckland in Jan/Feb for my parents 30th anniversary.

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