Happy 2009, everyone! I'm hoping this year treats you all like kings. Or at least like cool people that deserve to have awesome things invade their lives.

Yesterday the family drove back up to Bakersfield for a surprise birthday party for my grandma, since she turned 70. And she was totally 100% surprised! It's always great when those sorts of things work out. :D Good lunch and then cupcakes for all.

So I have had the chance to try out some of the video games I purchased! I tried out Shadow of the Colossus, and UUUUUUGH. Maybe I'm just spoiled by KH's mash-the-x-button-until-it-dies battle system, but JEEBUS was that game difficult to do. D: I died twice just fighting the first boss, because for the life of me I couldn't get the hang of the controls. The music and the art and animation are all indeed very pretty, but...uuuugh, I have no clue how I'm going to beat all of the colossi if I have trouble on just the first one. D:

I also tried out Elite Beat Agents, and considering the fact that I can play the DS in the car, I was able to get much farther. I've made it through Agent Spin and J's levels; am now on Chieftan's. HOLY CRAP. I seriously listened to Jumpin' Jack Flash for TWO HOURS STRAIGHT trying to beat that level, fffffffff. D: I really don't think I'm going to beat all of Chieftan's levels, if I was dying like mad on J's. This game is WAY tougher than DDR, at least in that it seems to punish you for doing mediocre instead of just doing badly. D8

Also also, very nearly have all the secret reports in TWEWY. /o/ Still have to tackle the Another Day report...

Drawing: A fanart, Lunargyros pages, I need to start doing some different storyboards.

Writing: More for DC.