America

Half you of probably clicked on that title expecting some foreigners rant about how much America sucks, nah- I'm not going to bother.

Those of you familiar with my blog will probably remember a game called Twinsen, and by association an Alaskan called Cocopuffs.
Since the last entry I decided I wouldn't write anything until the next time Cocopuffs was online, he was actually online a few days prior to this, but (and this ties into the title) I'm going to America soon, I decided to wait until the night before we left.

So yeah, the main reason my family and I are going to America is for my brothers graduation in Indiana.
We're also gonna do the typical tourist stuff, Disneyland, Vegas, grand canyon, statue of liberty.. We'll probably even ride the subway like it's fun.

Today we took my dog to the SPCA kennels for them to look after while we're gone, which was pretty sad.
As we were leaving, all the other dogs are jumping up against the fence barking 'n stuff, and Jazz is just sitting there wagging her tail.

Oh and before we left, we found out what happened to my uncles dog (he had to give him away), it turns out the police came to check him out and he's being trained as a customs dog. Maybe we'll see him at the airport.

I'm going to take my Wii just in case we run into a very boring situation, and I'm also taking my DS.
I still haven't bothered with the pokemon games on DS, so I'll be playing it on the flights, I doubt I'll get too into it- but hey, it'll definitely last long enough.
Also, I'm taking the battery from my broken DSlite.

So yeah, tomorrow after noon we all get on a plane and we'll be in L.A in about 13 hours.
I doubt I'll make another entry before getting back, but I'll probably have lots of photos when I write one.

So what else is new..
Twinsenly speaking, close to nothing.
Cocopuffs said (me putting blame on him) we could have a demo ready before I left, but that hasn't turned out to be the case.
At least he has a todolist for while I'm gone
*shrug*

I've been playing SSX Blur on the Wii, and it's actually a really fun game- especially for a launch title.
The controls have some nice depth to them and it was a little overwhelming at first, but once you adapt they feel really natural.
Just leaning and curving down the slopes feels awesome.

Zack and Wiki is also awesome, lots of really good ideas and puzzles.

For movies, believe it or not, the only Star Wars movie I've seen in its entirety is episode 1.
So I got out 4, 5, and 6 to watch.
I have seen most of 4 by piecing together random parts I'd occasionally see and the many parodies/references.
I was still surprised to learn that Yoda doesn't show up till episode 5.
I was wondering pretty often how most of the effects originally looked, but overall they're pretty awesome movies.
But I was kinda expecting that.

So I'll probably watch the Godfather trilogy next.. or the Indiana Jones movies... or maybe the Rocky movies.
Yeah, I haven't seen any of them.

Also, we got a lot of new back catalogue movies at my store.
Ace Ventura, the Goonies, Goodfellas, Gremlins, Lethal Weapon, etc.
Lot's of basically mandatory movies for any video store, but we still don't have Titanic.