The Fated Hour
I've been looking forward to writing this entry all day.
There isn't any particular piece of news to share with everyone, (so stop reading, unless you're bored), but I have a number of small things to report.

We had our first party in the apartment since Alex and Marisa moved out. It went really well. My friend Adam showed up with a keg, everyone seemed to get along really well, someone threw up on the kitchen floor (he failed the Alcool challenge!), and good times were had by all.

I recently purchased the new Smashing Pumpkins DVD. First I'd like to say Amazon is incredibly speedy in its delivery. I ordered it late on a Monday night and it arrived on Wednesday, and that was the regular small parcel option. As for the DVD itself, I was pleasantly surprised. The Smashing Pumpkins are my favorite band, but as of late my expectations have been very low... either way, I am happy with the purchase. It is kind of watered down version of what they used to be, but it seems like they're growing into that role rather than trying to recreate what they used to be.
The biggest knock on their newer stuff was that Billy just wasn't singing like Billy anymore. He used to scream like a banshee and it was hard as nails... but it seemed like he was trying to sing more like everyone else, but that was a horrible sound to hear coming from his vocal chords. I made an observation recently though, I don't think it's that he's trying to sing 'better', it's just that he can't sing the way he used to, so he's trying his best with what he CAN do. You can almost see it when he tries to reach for a certain sound but can't... Either way, as I mentioned in the previous paragraph, I really think they're getting better at being who they are now.
Or maybe it's just grown on me because I've listened to it so much.

Another purchase I made was Chrono Trigger for the DS. MMORPGs aside (Dragonrealms!) Chrono Trigger is my favorite game. Magus was the badass, anti-hero who jump started my love for... well... the archetypical badass anti-hero. I couldn't say enough about this game and although I've played through it a dozen times, I was looking forward to living it all over again.
When the DS first came out, my dream was to play games of Chrono Trigger's quality while on the go. There are a number of games that I've really enjoyed, but as a whole, I've been disappointed by the library of games for the DS. While playing Chrono Trigger, and maybe it's just because of the nostalgia, but I could not think of any DS games that looked, played, sounded, or even compared to it.
I've revisited a number of old game that I loved and many of them have not aged well at all... but I believe that Chrono Trigger is a timeless classic.
I played 14 hours this weekend, despite having a party on Friday and working on Sunday... I haven't put that kind of time into a game in ages.

I was sure I had more to say... but I suppose that'll have to do for now.
Props to anyone who recognized the subject of this post before reading the entry.