...phew. I type you after a long, long day. I slept in, went to the beach, had all three meals, and still managed to find time for a 7 hour Zelda-thon. 'Twas a good day.
You know, I've never been much of a beachgoer. In fact, I've gone as far as saying I hate beaches. Theres always a lot of sand, it's hot, the waters gross looking and tasting, sharks scare the crap out of me, etc. It's always been in Maine or Cape Cod (where there are the added bonus of rocks...) and I never could understand how people I knew from California and Florida, and, you know, all my Jamaican friends, seemed to love the beach. That's why they love summer. It's hot and you could go to the beach every day. But now, in the land of 65 percent constant humidity, I begin to realize the fascination that some possess with beaches. It's awesome! There's waves, you can boogie board, or if you're more like me, lay down a towel, plop yourself down, and get engrossed in a good book while building a tan that would make David Hasslehoff proud. And no, I've never gotten a tan. Or read a book at the beach. Maybe my favorite part of the beach is that its not school!
And, now for the news of the day. (It's my blog, I can make stuff up all I want. When you have one, you'll understand)

"Hey, have you given up? We don't mean just depressed. We're talking to those of you who are ready take the precious gift that each day of life is, attempt to put it back in its clamshell packaging and return it for store credit. Then you might just be ready to take on the Pandemonium Warden, a newly added Final Fantasy XI boss that guild Beyond the Limitation plugged away at for 18 hours before finally giving up the fight. They estimate that with 5 or 6 more hours of work they could have finished the job. "People were passing out and getting physically ill," guild leaders said. "We decided to end it before we risked turning into a horrible new story about how video games ruin people's lives." So, to recap: There's a boss in Final Fantasy XI that's so tough that people who play Final Fantasy XI enough to be in a guild don't think it's worth their time. Moreover, he was so difficult it was enough to force them to start making responsible choices with their lives. Mother Brain, you can consider yourself trumped. -- Justin McElroy, Joystiq" (taken from Kombo.com)

18 hours. Plus 6. equals 24 hours. I don't know how many people can even fathom that. I just played Wind Waker for 7 hours (with dinner and two bathroom breaks) and I'm exhausted. That's and entire day. Not only just playing a video game, but doing the same thing, in a video game. I'm going to go hit the hay while those of you who still have 2 hours of daylight ahead of you let that sink fully and completely in. Stay super-duper, internets.

-Will


"I would just like to establish the fact that I am a purple person"