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My teapot is most excellent. Also, I love my new camera.

I got a new camera! I've been busily taking pictures of the cats and other useless stuff, but the constant 102 degree heat has kept me from doing much else. Perhaps one day soon I'll actually upload some pictures or something.

This was pretty much a given, but I still wanted to say it. So many little things that really made the movie different from your typical blockbusters.

Went to Video Games Live last Friday. Since I'm lazy, I will present my thoughts in list form:

Pros:
- The symphony was really good. Even though the show is national, they apparently use the local symphony whenever possible. Neat.
- Got to see the new Long Center. Very nice venue.
- More relaxed atmosphere, so I didn't have to dress up. Hooray for being able to wear shorts to a symphonic concert!

Cons:
- Kinda heavy on the mainstream games. I was sort of hoping for at least a couple of songs from cult classics, but it was mainly music from strategy, FPS, JRPGs, and the good old Nintendo standbys.
- Seriously, does every single video game concert have to have eleventy-billion selections from Final Fantasy? Isn't that what this thing was for?
- More relaxed atmosphere also means that people felt encouraged to yell stuff out during the show. Guys, it's still a symphonic concert.
- The drunk idiots behind me who kept kicking my chair. They also thought that the guy playing Guitar Hero on stage was completely awesome (when it wasn't a particularly hard song) but were making fun of the poor guy playing Space Invaders on stage (they had him wear a shirt with the ship on the back and then tracked his movements...don't you have any idea how crappy most of those tracking things can be?)

Tomorrow is Free RPG Day! Check the link for participating stores. I've only been role-playing for a few months, so I'm pretty excited to try some new stuff out.

STARBUCKS MAKES FRAPPUCINOS WITH SOY MILK NOW. This is like nectar for me, who is somewhat lactose-challenged yet loves fraps (which are particularly hard on my tummy). Unfortunately I can't verify their goodness yet: I didn't see the sign advertising the change until I was walking out the door. I still think it's an excellent development in freezy drinks.

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