Just watched a pretty spiffy movie called Day Of The Sirens. It's sort of like 24 meets Grand Theft Auto. It's a bunch of intertwining stories of people going about their lives in London whilst a crazy gunman is on the loose. Pretty neat.

I found this link on Userfriendly today and being the ravioli lover that I am, I couldn't pass it up.

Professional Pasta.

Mmmm... everything there is to know about pasta! Woo!

Well, I decided to postpone the Sesame balls because they're going to be a real hassle to make. So I made about 900 potstickers instead.

Mmm... They're soooo yummy.

Mmm... Phase 1 of Operation Dim Sum for Dinner is done. Got the potsticker filling made... mmm....

Now to work on the sesame ball filling.

Regarding Chicago, it most definately is one of those movies that is a chick flick, but not. Don't let the fact that Julie fell asleep make you think that it's not a chick flick. But it's more than that. Granted, if you absolutely detest musicals, this likely won't change your mind.

It's just that Julie is a narcoleptic when it comes to watching movies after 9pm. I'm amazed she ended up staying awake for the first half hour of it.

Also, we went on a shopping spree tonight. I have all the necessary ingredients to get my Dim Sum on tomorrow... mwahaha... and I didn't invite James over!

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

(Sorry James! The edict has come down that we are to have no guests this weekend... I'll just have to eat all the potstickers on my own!)

I also got a new frying pan. Yup. I'm excited about a frying pan... why? Because it has a lid! Woo!

And it was only $19... can't beat that.

Well, I just finished watching Chicago.

I liked it. I think it's the kind of movie that grows on you the more times you watch it. While I did like the way that they shot it, it wasn't until right near the very end that it just clicked and I really started to get into it.

I will definately have to watch it a few more times... if for no other reason than the fact that Julie slept through 3/4's of it :)

Hee hee... Kill Clippy...

OOo!

"Silent Hill 3 will hit the PC in Europe in October, according to Konami of Europe. The PC version has been created by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, the team behind the PlayStation 2 game. Series creator and producer Akira Yamaoka worked to ensure the conversion benefits from the improved capabilities offered by PC hardware, resulting in higher resolution graphics. Another change is the ability to save the game at any point during play, as opposed to to using the red save points found in the console version."

If you don't have a console, get this game when it hits the PC. Amazing.

In fact, I'm actually going to break my rule and play it during the day today. It's foggy, dark and the birds are freaking out outside, so I deem it sufficiently creepy to play SH3.

Oh, in other game news, Otogi is pretty sweet, but I haven't had a chance to try Disgaea yet... maybe later today.

Hee hee... I like this line from the Gamespy review of Tron 2.0.

"TRON 2.0 was a pleasant surprise, like waking up next to a stranger who's cute."

Ok. I guess I can tell everyone the big news.

I'm going to be an....

Uncle!

Yup. My little brother Grant is pregnant, well, actually, his wife Suzie is. They're at around 3 months... hee hee... sucks to be them, getting pregnant on your honeymoon :)

But it's cool. The first official member of the Wager Gamer Army is on the way. I just didn't think it'd be Grant who would be the first one to have it!

And it looks like Tron 2.0 is getting amazing reviews, as well it should. I was not expecting a movie-license game, even of Tron, to turn out as thoroughly great as this game is. I hope this trend continues. Though the fact that they waited 20 years to put the game out meant there wasn't any rush to hit a movie release date...

I should be getting Disgaea and Otogi tomorrow (today?) so my weekend is set. Hmm... didn't I just type this yesterday? It was cool though. I was just checking if those games were in today and when I was leaving the mall, who should I bump into but Sabrina, the old manager of 'MY' EB!

I got to chat with her for a bit and hassle her to give me back the game she borrowed just before she left the store to move over to EB head office... Sigh. I wish I could get her to just send me promo copies of games :P

On the upside, I got a copy of Republic: The Revolution, which is probably THE game I've been waiting for this year.

The concept is just too cool. You're a guy in a fictional Eastern European country. There's a dictator who runs the country. You don't like him, so you have to overthrow him anyway you can. You start with just one follower and you can either bully everyone into joining your side or persuade them by doing nice things to them. I can't wait to see if they were able to actually do everything they set out to do.

I had a good day teaching my Driver Improvement course. I'm not really looking forward to tomorrow though... I have a LONG and busy day ahead of me.

Oooo... I have some pretty cool and big news, but I have to wait for a bit before I can tell everyone...

ARG!

Oh, I got the new Harry Dresden book, Death Masks, today. The Harry Dresden books are fast becoming one of my favourite series.

I finished watching Niea Under 7 on Tuesday.

It was a very good anime, but totally different than what I expected. I wouldn't say that the ending was disappointing. It was more of a 'the more things change, the more they stay the same' type of ending.

But from a kind of feel good standpoint, it was a great anime.

Oh, I got to watch The Blues Brothers tonight too. I love that movie.

Well, the computer at work was infected with the Welchia virus. Sigh. I think there might be a virus on my home PC, but so far nothing has come up after repeated scans...

I have a long day ahead tomorrow, (well, today). I have to teach a Driver Improvement course. This is ok, but it is only my second time teaching it and this time I have my boss's boss taking it, no less.

I guess I could have fun and fail him :)

I'm watching a movie/miniseries called "Threads". It's absolutely phenomenal. It is set in Sheffield, England and was made around 1984. The scary thing is just how timely and topical it is, even though a lot of the technology in the show is dated, the overall tone and message is eerily familiar after the spring of this year and some of the other things bandied about on the world stage.

Read the IMDB user comments for a good summation of it. And you can d/l it here if you have BitTorrent.

Need to read a book but don't know what to read? Check out Whichbook.net, where you can input the various attributes of the book you'd like to read next and it will recommend several with those qualities.

Pretty nifty, actually.

Though in order to borrow the book you need to live in Scotland or Wales :P