Entranced By New Toys

It's official, I'm a bad person. I made a really really big purchase lately, I bought a new HDTV and a stereo system. Then, of course, I couldn't waste such new equipment so I purchased Soul Caliber II, Xenosaga, and Final Fantasy X. And I also bought some DVDs, notably My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon from MattNJenn.com. They were very cheap! Woo-hoo!

Darrett had fun tonight. He got together with Jennifer, Goddess of Chocolate, Valerie, and Chad and had a Soul Caliber II session. God, that game is totally addicting. And Valerie and Jennifer have been playing it way longer, so I was beaten royally by Jennifer with her Talim, the wind priestess character. I have to learn to be better...Kilik and Taki. Those are my characters of choice. I bought the strategy guide...and I will learn and WIN and WHIP JENNIFER! *grin*

But I've decided that my new best friend will be the TV. I've even named her Tanya (Golden Girls reference people).

Other than that, life proceeds at it's normal pace. I'm still working hard, but less hours as I'm in Adolescent Medicine right now. I get to talk with interesting teenagers and try and remember what it was like when I was a teenager. We're supposed to ask the HEADSS exam (Home, Education/Employment, Activities, Drugs, Sex, Suicide/Safety). Sometimes it's difficult asking things like...are you sexually active? do you use condoms? do you have sex with men, women, or both? do you do any drugs like batu, crack, ectasy, special K, MJ? How is your mood? do you feel like hurting yourself or others? But you just have to suck it up and ask because they may not volunteer such information. Teenagers are a fascinating population...and you can really learn alot from them.

That's it for now. I have to attend the blisters on my hands from playing Soul Caliber II. *ends transmission*