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Jesus Christ. How long has it been since my last entry? My thesis was and will be eating me alive for the majority of the term, and all in all in was a very interesting term for one reason or the other. I remember my wishes from the past year and now I shall recounting them to see if they got granted.

• The continued good health and safety of family and friends. - For this overall my family and friends are still intact and breathing, although in the field of good health someone very important to me finds this somewhat a luxury as her resistances to sickness isn't as good as we all want it to be. I hope that there come a time in the future that she be more resistant to sickness, but for the meantime we must trudge on and face whatever comes.
  
• Continued good fortunes in the academic field - With the results I garnered this term I really consider myself lucky to have the good grades I got, with the 2.5 for Thesis Writing 1 getting a special place in my heart. XD My grades are quite good in comparison with my past two terms, which have been abyssmal to say the least.
  
• Continued hegemony in Netopia EGI Taft - We are still the reigning hegemons in our mighty home, but the years have eroded our authority with the loss of our regulars. New and insolent challengers appear to claim our throne but we stand steadfast to repel this n00bish onslaught.
• For the coming Metallica album to be epic - Death Magnetic IS JUST FUCKING AWESOMEZOOORSZOSRSOZSSS!!!11! But I do have my gripes on the album. It carried some of the "rawness" over from St. Anger, which makes itself apparent with Lar's drumming and Hammett's solos. But this is a strength as well as a weakness as the production is somewhat lacking and Hammett's looked like he was drunk or high or something when he was recording the solos. But overall a VERY kickass album and a welcome addition to Metallica's already epic discography.
• For Devil May Cry 4 to be epic - Alas, DMC4 did not live up to the expectations of the hardcore following because DMC4 catered to the mainstream audience and casual gamers with the addition of a new character in the person of Nero with overpowered mechanics and basically gave Dante a diminished role having only around 7 missions of the total 20. Although it brought something new to the table like the Exceed system and on-the-fly style switching I was still very disappointed with the game. DMC4 deserves an entire entry but that's for next time.
• To finally find her - All I needed was one chance. And I got it. And I capitalized. I finally found someone who dared to see me behind the mask and see me for who I am. And this time, I'm not going to waste this opportunity to share who I am with her, and her with me.
  

Overall, 2008 proved to be an epic year and for the first time in a long while, this is one holiday season where I'm actually happy. Cheers to 2009.

Quote for the day: "It's the nexus of the crisis, and the origin of storms." ~ Metallica - Astronomy