With Christmas behind us, we must now look forward to the next important event... Yes, my friend, buying kangaroos and taking over the world with said kangaroos is quite a task. My received gifts include a rocket launcher, Jessica Simpson in a cage, chicken pot pie, lightly toasted of course, and a rabid chimpanzee. I named him Jolly-Jim. Actually, I received a small, cheap, but relatively good surround sound set from Wal-Mart, not 1, but 2 hoodies, "The DaVinci Code" by Dan Brown, CDs for burning, and a awesome ring. Of course, there are more objects, but nothing too extravagant. No doubt in my mind that you will indeed inform us of your Christmas activities, so there is no need for me to ask..methinks. I think this was the only Christmas where I was not disappointed. Of course, my ma forgot to get me a super happy fun ray gun, but I'll forgive her...for now. Speaking of such mayhem, the weatherman, that evil EVIL Satan incarnate, promised snowfall on Christmas Eve. When said day arrived, the skies were clear, sunny, and the most snow was found in the freezer. Later on, said weatherman said there would be little snow overnight, but again..not a drop. I wake up Christmas day to find that the ground is still green and full of life. While pondering such an incident, blizzards were reported in Buffalo and surrounding areas. Not being far from such place, I scramble to find a missile to launch at the nearest news station. In the end, it did not start snowing until 8ish p.m. And now, dear dear partner in crime, I'm off to raid presents that small children received today so that I might be able to build a statue of myself.

The joys of the...hey, who spiked the egg nog?!,

O' Shrouded One

ANDREW "Close to such place"? Are you from Cheektowaga? Cuz if you are, you're my new hero. If not, well, you can still take over the world with me, but your seat of power will have to be Tonawanda instead. Yes, the weathermen did indeed pull another evil pack of lies out of their collective asses this week as they sought to convince us that we would in fact be blanketed by sweet, sugary snow for Christmas. It started out on the weekend, when projected high temperatures all week were inexplicably joined by non-sequitur Thursday, a day prophesied to bring portentious cold along with miracle snowfall. As the week progressed and this silliness became more obvious for what it was, they even tried to dress Wednesday up as a day of cold and sleet, but no - instead it was a day of lukecold and sun, shattering southern Ontario's presumable hopes and dreams. Christmas, incidentally, wasn't much better; it yielded a whopping flurry, which lasted ten seconds or so. As for my activities today, well, I got all my real Christmasing out of the way yesterday, so today I slept in until 2:30 and sat around eating and watching TV, while playing the SNES game I bought on eBay. Now that's some real holiday fun! ...Actually I was supposed to go to my aunt's, but my dad didn't wake me up, so no dice.

Feanor
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"I'm not a nerd, Bart. Nerds are smart." - Milhouse

ANDREW Hmm, I really need to get around to getting that disc. Time to finally order Nintendo Power like I said I was going to...As to your question of why you suck at videogames now, well I can only imagine it's because you've spent too much time away from the things that are important: playing video games and playing video games. The way I see it, you can sit there and keep dying at game after game of Zelda until your bones smell like Zelda, or you can go outside and find your skill! At baseball or hockey, that is. Going outside won't help you with Zelda at all.

I am a camper who is undoubtedly happy. I got both Final Fantasy X-2, Mario & Luigi, and .hack//Infestation. My RPG future is looking up. However, there is one problem:

I also got another, non-RPG game. I like rythem/music games, so I was actually happy when I got Karaoke Revolution. What's wrong with this if I wanted the game?

No, it's not that I'm so addicted to KR that I just can't play these RPGs. You see, while I find the game fun, my 40 year old mother finds it 1,000% more fun than I. I have yet to touch my PS2 titles, as she is busy belting her slightly off-key version of "Son of a Preacher Man." Kill me. Kill me now.

She did demand to see the opening movie of FFX2, as she likes "those cool movies" that RPGs open with. Damn Yuna, my respect for you have gone down the Real Emotion drain. However, I haven't gotten past the movie, so who knows?

With this current situation, I have been playing Mario & Luigi. However mush my mom is addicted to KR, I am that in love with M&L. So fun, so full of FURY!!!

- Quistis Chick

P.S. I also got socks, a sweater, the Green album by Weezer (mine was stolen, grr), and some jeans. SCORE!

ANDREW Ah, that horrible opening video. I can only hope it didn't put your mother off seeing them forever. As for Karaoke Revolution, I am of the opinion that karaoke is the purest form of evil, but that's just me, so I'm glad you're having fun. Just make sure you come around and write news every so often, see?

That is all.

Seth

ANDREW I'm well aware of most of what you're saying, and I agree with a lot of it. That's why you don't see very many of his letters anymore. That said, I printed everything I got on Wednesday, no exceptions. Thanks to the mail, what I got was precious little, so even if I had been in a position not to print letters, I would still have included that one. Yes, I know he's pretty idiotic in his rabid anti-everything views, but for whatever the reason, he has them and he likes to share them, even if nobody asks. Just be glad you don't have to hear about it on MSN everytime you log on. And since I have yet to hear from him since he moved to Florida, I will assume he is currently without computer, so set your mind at ease. The bad mans are gone, and like I said, I usually don't print his letters in view of the fact that they're stubborn, disagreeable, and not very entertaining. And kupo, if you are reading this: sorry dude, I've told you time and again: shorten it up.