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After a three month break we finally met for another Badminton evening at Cosmo Sports. To celebrate the occassion we enjoyed a decent meal beforehand and started playing at 9 p.m. for one hour. It was not particularly full speed. But this was totally required as I wanted to avoid sour muscles. And I am okay for the time being.
However, since we plan our next session on Thursday we will see what Friday has to offer...
Today, I finished watching the second season of King of Queens. Yeah, I know, it's old and lame stuff but I don't watch that much TV. The series is really really funny. Kevin James is simply hilarious. Next up will be season 3 which I had bought a while ago. KoQ season 4 was a Christmas present and I am looking forward to watching that soon. Since I will be going on a business trip around the end of January I might consider taking one or two DVDs with me. That should keep me extremely well entertained...
Yesterday, I was at the movies after quite a while. Time for Woody Allen's Match Point with Jonathan Rhys-Myers, Scarlett Johansson and Emily Mortimer. Scarlett Johansson had given a wonderful performance as Griet in Girl with a Perl Earring (one of my favorite movies).
For a Woody Allen movie, the theatre was rather crowded. The directing was wonderful, some very memorable camera moves and scenes. The story is quite extraordinary. Main motto: Sometimes luck is more important than talent. It's a quiet movie with some length in it but the end really makes up for it. I can't even tell whether the end was surprising or not, it would give away too much. I enjoyed watching it although the main character is really evil...
No blog post here since October 31st. What a shame! Yes, yes...
However, it doesn't mean nothing has happened in the meantime. Actually, I have been very busy working and learning for my final, final exams. By the end of November, I passed Organizational Psychology and a few days before Christmas I managed to pass Business Administration as well.
Yippieeeeh... It's been quite a relief, I can tell you.
Although a few weeks have passed since then my blogging activity is not yet back to normal. Particularly, since the game blog keeps me rather busy as well. I still need to finish some writing which will keep me busy the next few weeks to come. Currently, I am uncertain how long this will take exactly, but you never know.
Christmas has been wonderful. A few relaxing days with family and friends and an enjoyable holiday. In addition, I enjoyed a few wonderful boardgame sessions (for details look at Naturelich Games).
Plenty of gaming with the new XBox 360. Particularly, I enjoy playing Project Gotham Racing 3, Call of Duty 2, Kameo and Perfect Dark Zero. I also got Quake 4 but it has not yet been played a lot. Plus, I am struggling with NBA2K6. In fact, I am probably struggling with most of the games as I had not played computer games at all in quite a while. These times are now over folks. Welcome to XBox Live, which is totally cool. I personally believe Microsoft is looking at a bright future with their NextGen console. The graphics are cool - although I don't even own a HDTV (yet), but the greatest thing is the online gaming community. It's so much fun to play PGR3 against real human players over the net. This sets the XBox apart from many other systems. Additionally, it is quicker than the PC and you can easily connect the nextgen system to your iPod and play all the music that's on there. Very nice. Perhaps I will write more on the Xbox topic when I find some time...