Anyone play Guild Wars? Thoughts? How does it compare with WoW (we cancelled the free trial while we were still relatively addiction free)?

Ah, finals.

Actually, they're not stressing me out that much. It's just throwing my scehdule a little out of whack right now. Of course, the fact that Paul decides to get us 10 day free trial subscriptions to WoW just as my finals start doesn't help, y'know ( Read more... )

Fucking snow.

I have been holed up and hermit-y, 2 exams done already this week, my pathophysiology final on Friday. I am not a slow and steady wins the race kinda person. So now I am sprinting, academically speaking, and cramming as much information as possible into my quivering brain. Well, in between breaks consisting of late night trash TV and lychee ( Read more... )

If you're debating whether to take your little ones, this one is WAY scarier than PoA, just like the book. I don't know if I'll take the girls after all.

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owlsamantha had one of the best make your own avatars I've seen lately, so after 2 years, I finally made another damn one.

In the interest of authenticity I dressed her in clothes I'm likely to wear, not the clothes that might look better on me her. Send me out shopping with unlimited money and sizes available, and I guarantee I will come home with 80% of ( Read more... )

I miss the old Capitol 6 on Granville and Robson. It was my favourite place to catch a weekday matinee. The screens were decently large, the seats comfortable. It wasn't run-down exactly, but it was comfy and home-y like a basement recroom, not shiny and oppressive as some of the new multiplexes are, no matter how ergonomic their dentist chair ( Read more... )

We woke up to sunshine, the first time in weeks it feels like. So we went out to have dim sum for breakfast. We were walking into the restaurant by quarter after 10 ( Read more... )

So has anyone seen Mirrormask yet? How child appropriate is it? My kids were OK with all 6 Star Wars movies, and Pirates of the Caribbean, but the Lord of the Rings movies are still too spooky for them, if that gives you an idea of what I'm looking for.

Anyone heard from meanregression? Hope she's doing OK.

And starpupil? Is there a baby starpupil preventing her from posting?