So here we are at the end of the year, again. 2007 has been one hell of a ride. I can honestly say that when I started the year, I had no idea that I everything that has happened would happen. It was a year of surprises, both good and bad. I upgraded a lot of my media stuff, had my heart broken, upgraded my operating system (on my PC), did a lot of school work, started (and finished) a machinima series, and auditioned for a reality show. I also managed to visit San Diego, had my Xbox die right as I was starting to rock out, reluctantly visited Ohio, and Andrew and I got to be extras in an upcoming Science Fiction series. I met a fantastic woman in Sarah, my sister flew out to visit while my Nephew played at the Kennedy Center, My house flooded, Andrew and I continued our tradition of playing Pool every week, We got to see a symphony concert at the Kennedy Center (even though it was video game related), and Andrew went to Arizona for 2 months over the Summer. That’s just half the year! Rounding it out we spent fourth of July wandering drenched in DC, found out that Doc was an immortal, Sarah experienced her first Con (though it wasn’t a good one), I had more dental adventures than I ever wanted, I bought a Kilt, and Andrew Sarah and I attended DragonCon. Almost there! Sarah made me a cool new hat, I picked up a whole slew of new games, Sarah won a costume contest, we attended a very eventful and interesting Halloween party, I graduated from school, we visited Lee and Missy for thanksgiving joined a Rock Band, spent Christmas with Sarah’s family and finally my drums broke!

Wheew!!

If you want to know about any of the above, it’s all in the blog over the last year.

Over the next few days I want to post a series of reviews that I wrote up comparing the Xbox 360, the PS3, and the Wii. Now that I have had all three systems and gone through them in depth, I decided to write up my thoughts. Mostly this is because I have a number of friends that, when I tell them about all of what each system can do, keep saying I should write it all down. So starting either tomorrow or Wednesday, look for the first few installments of the big honkin console review!

No, this year it wasn’t me. For the most part I am having a hard time even realizing that Christmas was here. It snuck up on me kind of fast and bam here it is the day after and I am still like “Wait what?” With all of the school and events and everything that popped up prior, this Christmas just seemed kind of meh. I hope that next year will be better. And now it’s time for the overview wrapup….

Andrew has a new interest that is Civil Air Patrol (CAP). For those that don’t know it’s kind of like the Air Forces version of the Boy Scouts. They wear uniforms and do a lot of military like things. They are very active in the community and even help the military with local search and rescue. He seems very excited about it and is looking forward to some of the bigger events.

Christmas was interesting. For the house we got a Playstation 3. (my work bonus was good, more on the PS3 when I do the big review). Andrew got a new Pool Cue as well as some clothes and other things. I got the new Wil Wheaton book and will be tearing through that soon. We took a trio down to Richmond to spend the holiday with Sarah’s family. First we had a traditional Christmas dinner of Chinese food with her Dad and Sister. Then Christmas day with her Mom and Sister and Step sisters and Step Dad. Andrew stayed down with them for the week to help out with some projects. Over all it was a lot of fun, and very exhausting.

On to future news. We are moving soon! Well, after 4 years in my apartment it’s time to move. They are doing renovations and have slated mine for the beginning of Feb. so I have to be out by the end of January. This is a good thing because the apartment was getting far too small. We have already been looking around and, while I think it’s still too expensive to buy, there are a lot of town houses that are up for rent. More space would be grand as we are starting to burst at the seams of this place.

Sarah and I are doing wonderfully well. With the upcoming move we have decided to take another baby step in relationship terms and move in together. She was living with her Grandparents while attending Grad school and I need some help with the rent. She spends most of her free time at my place to begin with so it all made sense. I also figure that she managed to survive Meeting my sister, a natural disaster, my suffering, my fashion trends, a major convention, meeting all my close friends, my gaming obsession, my graduation, and at least two to three major holidays. I have tried everything I could to scare her off and she tolerated all of it. I guess that means she is a keeper. An important note here to all that are reading. Please please please stop making jokes/comments about marriage and wedding dates. We are not there right now and you making the comments and jokes make us not want to be there ever. If we go that route it should be our choice, not everyone else’s pushing.

I even had a picture taken as I did my walk!