Time of the year

Its that time of the year again - the annual visit from my brother! :)

He's just up for a couple of days, but its nice to get to see him, even if I am having to work during the day. I think we're going Greek tonight, if I can ever get Christos Taverna on the phone to book a table! (This does mean, considering how long we normally take for dinner there, that Naomi will have to choose between us taping Big Brother (boo!) or CSI:Miami (yay!). Considering Horatio Caine is TV's leading man's man, I don't think there's any contest, but The Boss might see it different!)

Went to see The Simpons Movie last week. It was okay-ish, but nowhere near as good as it could have been. First half hour or so was really funny, and I was giggling at other bits, but just not enough. DunK rating : 2 stars.

I'm hoping to go and see Transformers this week, but it'll depend on what else is happening. Might try to go on Thursday, if I've got time.

I've gotten heavily back into Star Wars thanks to the launch of the new Saga Edition of the Star Wars Roleplaying Game. Been watching the films, playing Knights of the Old Republic and running adventures for my group. (I might even have a go at Jedi Knight 2, even though I'm not fond of first-person shooter style games!). I believe my good buddy Mr Norris is going to run a Star Wars adventure for the group in a week or two, so I'm going to have to come up with a character idea to play. Any suggestions as to what? (We have a soldier, a techie, a pilot, a Jedi and an Astrotech Droid. Campaign is set in the period between episodes III & IV).

Been hearing a lot about the new Star Wars computer game that's going to be launched next year (Lucasarts Official Site) - looks really good. Might have to fork out some dough for that one when it comes out. Of course, I'll first need to get a new graphics card, and my PC only takes AGP ones. Really will need a fairly top-of-the-line card. Luckily its my birthday later this month, so I should have around £200 to spend on it. Any suggestions?

Right, enough general waffle for one day. Time for the off!