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Hung out with Matt and Keith last Sunday for Matt’s birthday. I got him Step Up 2: The Streets (he really likes it!) and Dark City director’s cut (I really like it!) on Blu-ray. We saw Bangkok Dangerous and had Tito’s tacos. Movie was meh, tacos were OK but I had high expectations and was a little let down. We then ventured to Best Buy for a bit. They had Halo 3 Legendary edition on clearance for 39.99. It used to be over a hundred bucks when it first came out and includes the Master Chief helmet. I thought about it, but honestly I’m not a huge fan of Halo and what am I gonna do with that helmet. Instead we all bought a copy of The Lord of the Rings Online which was also on clearance for $5. At first I protested because I didn’t want to get into another mmo ever again. But they were all like, “it’s only 5 bucks… we aren’t gonna play it past the 30 day trial”. So peer pressure made me do it.

So guess what. I am hooked to this game! I love middle-earth and questing and this game is full of quests. Gone are all the things I hated about mmorpgs, and I’m having loads of fun. Things like level grinding, resting, retrieving your dead corpse, losing exp when dying, etc. Are gone. I realize WoW had all this too, but I couldn’t stand the art style of WoW. Now I been staying up until 4 am playing this thing and I’m afraid I might go past the trial and continue to play this. At least until I do every quest ever.