Life and work have been insanely busy lately and I thought I'd make sure things don't get too stale around here an post a quick update...

On the basement front, I now have 41 panels of sheetrock in my basement, ready to be hung. Nikki's stepdad and I carried them down the basement 1 at a time last week, and I don't care to ever do that again. Now it's a matter of finding a weekend to wall-up the studio room.

I'm currently reading Halo: Ghosts of Onyx. It's the fourth book in the Halo series and chronologically it takes place at multiple times in the Halo story - although it seems to center around the same period as the Halo: CE and Halo 2 game plots (rather than pre-Halo: CE like Fall of Reach). I'm really enjoying it... if you're into the Halo story then you'll like that this book seems to tie up a LOT of loose ends in the game and book plotlines. However, it opens up even more questions. I'm about 3/4 done with the book.

I got an XBox 360! It picked it up this past weekend at Microcenter, which had a $100 rebate on a Premium system. Nice! The only game I picked up was Table Tennis and I've also downloaded Geometry Wars, which are both pretty fun. I also signed up for the Halo 3 Beta, which is only available to XBox 360 systems. Not sure when the Beta is going to be available to play... and based on the sign-up site I'm not sure if it'll be well-organized, but I'm eager to play it.

That's about it. Hopefully we'll get some snow in a few days!