GO SEE AVATAR. That movie is freaking amaaaaazing! I've seen it twice and I'm still blown away by it. My best non-spoiler synopsis: A former Marine lost his twin brother (a scientist working at another planet--Pandora) in a tragedy and got sent over to Pandora to take the brother's job. The job involves linking his mind and soul into a large blue catlike being genetically bred to get to know the true natives. The environments and creatures are so stunningly excellent. The acting is definitely superb. The story overall is just...wow! Very, very good. I heard this movie made around 75 million at the box office recently.

Also, I've been really getting into Kingdom Hearts 2. (I want 15 yr old Sora and Roxas for muses!) Getting very far, and I just might beat it by the end of this week. I dunno. XD

Not too long ago I just got back from my holiday shopping. If it hadn't snowed so much, and if a turkey wasn't in the oven, then my mom and I could have gone up to the mall across the bridge, miles away from home where I type. Or even the Best Buy over at St. Mary's County.

So, no new anime or manga (or comics) for me yet. Maybe by the spring of next year, I'll have a chance to fulfill the wish list. Or possibly by my birthday next month? I really, really would like to own the first season of Darker Than BLACK. ...I refuse to let myself feel a little disappointment.

Anyway, I got some cool stuff at a couple of the local stores. At K-Mart I found some of the CDs I wanted--Foo Fighters Greatest Hits CD with the 3 Unreleased for Record tracks, Evanescence's The Open Door to which I've been unable to find for a very long time until today, and the motion picture soundtrack for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. (I like that new Linkin Park song, and Staind is on there too. It's been a while since I've heard anything new by them.) I also got some new PJ's and slipper socks. I haven't listened to any of my new CDs yet, but maybe later on I will.

At Gamestop I finally bought the second Kingdom Hearts game. I might as well play that, now that I've beaten the first at least once. I also got Area 51 (rented that one once, and I think my mom and I enjoyed it) and Trivial Pursuit. Once at a friend's party, my mom and I played that game together in a group and had a good time with that. I also renewed my Gamestop membership so I can get more Game Informer mags in the mail.

Before all of that, my mom and I stopped by the local Mattress Warehouse. We found a mattress for my room for a fairly decent price, lower than the prices I've seen online. My chance to buy one then ask a friend to help bring it over to my place may have to be another week though. It feels nice enough, surely much better than the one I have that's started to fall apart.

Even before that, my mom got a few excellent DVDs from the Movie Gallery she works at--the early gifts. The new Star Trek, Aliens in the Attic (in which I watched again today--SO FUNNY), and the other I can't remember by memory right now.

Christmas isn't over for me just yet though. There might be some surprises for tomorrow, and on Saturday, my family and I will go to the movies and see Avatar. It looks cool.

Don't get me wrong. I know what Christmas is all about. I've been having a nice relaxing time with my family. I'm just writing to unload and communicate to those I know through LJ.

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One more final today. YAY!!