Been working like crazy the last couple of weeks. Some of the branches at work which have been... "historically quiet", shall we say?... have discovered that they can sell stuff too, and evidently the bad economy is causing people to sue like mad. I can afford to be generous on Christmas, that's for sure...

Dropped FF14. Lack of content was killing it; it's got a great crafting system but no real compelling reason to DO anything. It got a big update to fix some of the ugly interface problems, but... I updated the software, and then thought "I don't really want to play this, huh." Not even for free. Maybe they'll have some content in there in time for the PS3 launch next year, but eh, I think I've given it its shot.

Picked up Gran Turismo 5. Good stuff overall. Turns out that one of the (few) Mustang variants on offer is Dad's old Mach 1, which I've been having fun tooling around with. Plenty of extra game modes on offer, though some of them are a little frustrating - the steering on the kart racing is so sensitive that it's really quite difficult to control, and the NASCAR sections are even touchier. I'm not enough of a race fan to contemplate getting a steering wheel to play. But it's definitely worth the money, and the game's got a lot of famous tracks; reading Wonderduck's most excellent F1 coverage has given me a lot more appreciation of what I'm looking at on that score. There's a whole special game mode for learning to drive the Nurburgring...

Been painting some more on the orks - the lootas are nearing completion. The paint-and-chat at the friendly local game store on Sundays, two blocks away, is helping a lot on that score. Wondering if I ought to do another ten regular troops (of the 100+ I have on hand) or try my hand at a vehicle; I've got a few trukks, a couple of battlewagons (generously provided with big spiky steamrollers), or a few killa kans. Or I could do the biker squad... I'll put up some pics of the lootas when I finish the last few guns.

Been pretty low-key on the anime season. I'm enjoying Oreimo, though I wouldn't mind slapping Kirino so hard her teeth rattled sometimes. I've got it on good authority that Panty and Stocking actually got good, but I haven't seen any of that aside from the music video clip (disturbing but promising). There are a couple of other shows on my "ought to get around to it" list, but it isn't a bad time to work through some of the DVD backlog either. And I want to watch Legend of Black Heaven again, for some reason...

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