Grand Theft Auto 4, the daddy of open ended driving games, graced us late last month. Fantastic, simply fantastic, loving every moment of gameplay and finding new and unknown secrets. Still haven’t completed it, but that simply is a case of my lack of time.

Ikaruga, one of the best 2D shooters I have every played, was released on Xbox Live as well. This took me by surprise, I didn’t know they were going head with the release until a few days afterwards. A great game, bring back so many memories. One additional feature I enjoy is looking at the replays of high ranked gamers, the routes are pretty sick.

Team Fortress 2. New life has been brought back into the old-girl in the form of Medic Achievements. Loving the idea, and after a solid 2 weeks of gameplay, I have finally gotten my Ubersaw! So much fun playing this game again: chaos, mayhem and destruction.

JD and I first played this game over 8 months ago, after we heard it was insanely difficult. After a brief session yesterday, I have finally completed one level of Silver Surfer.

Lately Trent has been planning something different. He is using the internet, not fighting against it. After digitally releasing their instrumental album Ghosts I–IV, they has now freely released his latest single Discipline. Note the word free.

As I dive deeper and deeper into the world, I find more and more related sites which I’m amazed I missed the first time around. Remix.Nin.Com is a site which NIN have provided to allow people to freely remix and upload their versions of NIN’s own tracks. Some of the tracks here are fantastic and I will surely be registering and downloading these versions when I have the time.

I’ve finally sat down and arranged the flat furniture into a decent arrangement I think, but the problem is my PC - it’s fucking huge. It should be in the lounge but it’s the only place that can really hold it.

I need more storage. I have a lot of floorspace, just not enough drawers and cupboards to put away my miscellaneous items.

Mondays will now be my weighing day. I’ve started light, simply eating Shapers food for lunch and watching my portion size at dinner but I plan to hit the gym this week and regularly attend after I get back into the swing of things.

First off, the anime Lucky Star: this is comedy genius, basically following the lives of 4 girls during their high-school years. It’s structured like Azumanga Daioh, little short scenes with a single basic storyline. This is one of the funniest shows I have seen in recent years, I haven’t seen an anime this funny since Genshiken.

Here’s Konata, the video-game specialist of group, tell the story of how she meet one of the other protagonists:

Next on the list: Battlestar Galactica. JD told me a long time ago, that this show sucked and I should stay away, so I did. I’ve finally sat down, watched the first few episodes and came to the conclusion that this is reasonable. The storyline is pretty enjoyable to watch and the characters are interesting. However there is one issue I have with this show, and it’s a pretty major problem:

Why is it a good idea, when during the opening sequence, that a montage of the current episode is shown? It’s like a complete plot outline on the first page of a book. How was this a good idea? Obviously I’m over 2 seasons behind, but I’m hoping this is removed in later episodes.

I have a flatmate! Her name is KD and she can usually be found sleeping on the sofa during one of her ill-spells (ill being hungover). She invited me on a night on the town in Glasgow in November then started squating in my flat much to the dismay of JD. She has been so much fun and a great laugh, bringing elements which I cannot provide (mainly cleanliness and Hello Kitties).

Last year’s resolution was to take more photos, now while I haven’t been able to take the promised 1-photo-a-day (that lasted 8 days), I did subconsciously take lots of photos of my nights out and general antics, thus making that resolution a success.

I have another single resolution this year:

* Save at least £1,000 by the end of the year

I have no savings at all (the same situation as all my friends). Imagine this: it’s the end of the month and you look at your remaining bank-balance; it is more than your usual amount. To anyone else would mean “Nice, means I can save”. To me this just means I have more to spend that week “Time to buy me something pretty”.

Hell, I might simply cut my paycheck by 10% and have it direct debt to another account. That would be a lot easier.

Christmas has hit the weight-lose from the previous months hard - very hard. Before I left work, I checked my figure at 12st 6-7lbs, a reasonable amount I believe. I checked it last night, a whooping 13st 4-5lbs. Back on the diet I think, but it’s my birthday soon……. what to do?

Calories In
6” Veggie Delite: 230
Rice and Lobster & Random Seafood: ?

Calories Out
Walking to TMoG: 100

Rice, Lobster and Seafood: ?