After a long hiatus from blogging I've decided to try and start writing again regularly. As you've noticed I'll now be doing it on my website instead of via livejournal. The design of the site is still under construction but I felt it probably wouldn't hurt to write my first entry anyway.

So anyway, I got back from Seattle earlier this week after spending a relaxing week there. The highlights of Seattle (minus the obvious seeing family and friends) include:

• Sushi at Saito's. Some of the finest sushi I've ever had, right up there with Nobu and Sushi Yasuda. We got the Omakase and Mr. Saito did not let us down. Thank you James.
• Guitar Hero, a badass PS2 game that made me wish I was good at guitar.
• FIFA 2003. Playing this game awoke the soccer maniac in me that had been lying dormant. I'm looking forward to the upcoming World Cup more than I am Christmas, New Years, graduation, and my birthday combined. I also immediately purchased FIFA 2006 when I got back to New York.
• Ghost hunting at an abandoned shed in the woods of Bothell where two girls were found murdered. I can't tell you how it went... but I can say that Alex came away with bloody feet and cut up legs.

War of the Worlds was great fun. Spielberg is a super talented director and he can do spectacles like no one else. More horror than sci-fi, the film's portrayal of an angry mob of refugees was the most frightening moment, especially post-Katrina.

Rock School - The kids were cute, the documentary was sloppy and uninteresting. School of Rock was better.

The Return (or Vozvrashcheniye for those that care) - Gorgeous Russian film. Super highly recommended.

Last Days - Gus Van Sant doing what he does best, making pretentious movies about young men yet being interesting enough in his directorial choices and aesthetic decisions that I leave the film still feeling like he's an important filmmaker and not a total waste of my time...

Since I've gotten back I've just been sleeping, FIFA 2006, class, homework, Six Feet Under, work, and the occasional Warcraft thrown in. Not bad... now I'm just planning Christmas presents and figuring out when I'm going to go home for break...