My first post in ages is also my dorkiest.

Today I traded in Electroplankton (DS), The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Bonus Disc (NGC, free at the time with pre-order), and The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (GBA) at EB Games for Grand Theft Auto 4 (PS3). I essentially got something great for practically nothing. The deal is that you trade in 3 used games worth $8 or more to the store and you get GTA 4 in return. The same applies to Metal Gear Solid 4. I'm quite pleased with my deal finding prowess and good fortune.

In movie news, I saw REC (Spain) last night and its by far the most thrilling of the "found tape/shaky cam" style films that are all the craze these days (i.e. Cloverfield, Diary of the Dead). I can see why there's a Hollywood remake (called Quarantine) due in October.

Yes, I'm very aware that nobody reads this.

Its Halloween.

If you're near a Chipotle, don't forget to dress up in foil to get a free burrito*. Do it. Its totally worth it.

*Call your local store to see if they're participating.

the humans are dead

I just saw the first episode of HBO's Flight of the Conchords which they've been nice enough to put online. Its like Once, but funny (or least attempting to be). The results are mixed, but I'll probably keep watching.

I came in looking for a weather forecast and left slightly weirded out.

Update:
They've removed the original video of the overly-enthusiastic-arm-raising (pot fueled?) meteorologist who randomly made reference to the Paris Hilton situation . Now, I sort of miss the guy.


Another update:
The guy's name is Jim Kosek. The DCist has a video embedded of Jim going on the same sort of Paris Hilton rant during his Washington DC forecast. He even uses the same "Magnificiento!.. That means good in some language" joke word for word. I'm curious to see his reaction to Paris going back to jail during one of his east coast forecasts tomorrow.

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Things that I plan to do in Philly

(in no particular order):

• reunite with my most favourite person ever
• eat at a restaurant of her choice
  
• spend a day alone while said person is at a bachelorette spa party
• attend a wedding
• attend an Architecture in Helsinki show at the Starlight Ballroom
• have a cheesesteak at whichever place the internet says is the best as it is always right
  
• break my personal record for number of different hotels stayed within a single week in the same vicinity
• use my happy-suction-cup-equipped tooth brush holder in all three bathrooms
• visit King of Prussia Mall
• have a lobster roll at Legal Sea Foods in said mall
  
• have mac and cheese at Delilahs inside Reading Terminal Market
• watch Judd Apatow's follow up to The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up
• walk a lot/take public transit
• perspire in the east coast humidity
• have an apple pie a la mode at the ice cream place close to the first hotel
• eat at the Vietnamese place with the stinky broth
• eat at Penang
• walk past places of historical significance without actually visiting them

Virginia is for lovers. Come to Philly for the Crack!

Update:

• watch movies when I could just as easily do it when I'm not on vacation
  
• see Waitress (director died tragically) at the Ritz
  
• perhaps see "visual album", Once (features The Frames' lead singer, picked up by Fox Searchlight at Sundance like LMS)
• eat at Cafe Spice
  
• perhaps eat at one of these popular restaurants
  

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