standing by...

today was planned and executed accordingly:
1. return pg's snowboard
2. buy cabling for the home theatre
3. enjoy the home theatre

item 2 involved some time at best buy* - i think the cheapest purchase was the most important: fallout 3. i waited for years for it to come out, and until now have simply not had the means to acquire it.

* also canadian tire. no idea why it's called that, it's an alternative to walmart.

here's the thing: now that i've waited so long, i'm starting with all of the downloadable content and i'm playing it on a massive screen. the experience is visceral.

the intro alone has blown my mind: not only have they captured the classic fallout experience while using a first-person perspective, but to spend an entire chapter on character creation?? holy crap. i've now completed it and am already haunted by choices that i made in order to escape.

and, shit, i died at least twice trying.

anyway, after that pg made another delicious mexican-style dinner and we watched the second half of the original star trek movie. how brilliantly clever! it's a beautifully crafted movie with a beautifully crafted narrative. colour me impressed.