Christmas highlights

Got back last night from a lazy, lazy week in Miami.

After mom's visit for a few days, we drove from Atlanta to Miami, with a stop in West Palm to pick up the elder brother. During the stop, I watched him play Counterstrike for a few hours before I began to feel slightly nauseous. Must be nice, having a computer fast enough to make you vomit.

Watched the entirety of the the Lord of the Rings Extended Editions with Jerry and Dad. Mom bowed out in the middle of Two Towers, and though she watched a bit of Return, I don't think it's something she's thrilled to partake of.

I've somehow managed, however, to get my parents (mostly my dad) addicted to Everwood. I watched most of the first season while I was down in Miami, and at some point, I'll need to send the discs down to them so they can watch the whole thing in rapt attention.

Things my brother has overheard his FSU-alum co-worker say:

• "Well, you should understand. It's in your native language."
  regarding the Aramaic The Passion of the Christ to someone from Italy.
  
• "It must suck to lose to an in-state rival."
  to a Virginia Tech-alum regarding Virginia Tech's loss to West Virginia a couple of years ago.

Got cash, some Tai Chi books, Katamari Damacy for the birthday/Christmas. "Katamari Damacy is not a violent game, but you can roll up balls of little children and nobody knows what happens to them after that," according to Wired.com.

Drove back up yesterday, listening to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I also had some PKD short stories, the Return of the King audiobook, Prisoner of Azkaban, and some recording to help me learn French. Personally, I think all of the above would have been more worthwhile...

Ugh.

Katamari Damacy, like Kingdom Hearts, makes me nauseous.

I hate my constitution.

Edit: I was wondering where I had heard that catchy Katamari Damacy theme song (sample available from this page) before. After putting in a different game to play without getting physically ill, I realized that an arrangement of the song appears on Namco's Taiko Drum Master.

In the process of writing this edit, I think I've listened to that groovy, thirteen-second, a capella song snippet at least 60 times. And it keeps getting catchier.