Boxing Day Purchase

This was my one and only purchase for this year's Boxing Day. I was actually unable to find this in the stores so I resorted to ordering it online at Amazon.ca.  I must say that even with free shipping, I managed to receive this item in two days.  I plan to marathon this trilogy during New Year's day as I have nothing planned anyway.

To be honest, I did went shopping for a laptop today but as luck would have it, my two selection was sold out.  So rather than settling on a laptop I wasn't planning to buy, I decided to just walk away.  Looks like I will have to look for one another time.  In the meantime, I really should get a BluRay player since my PS3 died several months back.  Otherwise, how would I actually watch the movies.

Ranma 1/2

I felt like I was 16 again when I watched this movie last night.  Ranma 1/2 is a live action remake of an anime I used to watch when I was much younger.  The martial arts/comedy story revolves around Saotome Ranma and his family, acquitances, friends, rivals, and fiance as they battle through many interesting situations while trying to improve their fighting techniques.  The only catch is that some of the cast would turn to animals when splashed with cold water.  They can revert back with hot water to their former selves.  Ranma on the other hand, turns to a girl.  Many hilarious situations ensue as they come to terms with this problem.

My only gripe is that not all of the characters made it to the live action transition.  Many of my favourites were missing, such as Shampoo.  She is a young girl who was promised to be Ranma's wife while they were both very young and have followed Ranma all over the place.  When wet, she turns to a pink cat.  Ryoga, Ranma's life long rival did not make an appearance either.  I guess it was understandable as they need to squeeze eight seasons worth of anime into a two hour movie.  Regardless, even a short cameo would have made me happy.

Fun Night at TTAC3

Last night, Stephen and I attended the final session of indoor airsoft of 2011 at TTAC3.  We both had a ton of fun as the action was fast paced, and it gave me a good workout.  Fortunately, I did not receive any bad shots although Stephen seem to take the full brunt of it.  I also picked up five PTW mags from Stephen and it was almost as if I was running a brand new gun when all my mags fed well without any problems.

Unfortunately, a good night of fun came at a price when I noticed that the glass on my Surefire was shot out.  I will try to contact Surefire directly to see if it can be replaced.  Otherwise, I may resort to getting a new, and expensive light.  Let's hope it doesn't have to come to that.

Nightwish

I have been listening to this particular CD quite a bit recently.  Usually grouped under the sub-category of symphonic metal, Nightwish is a band that my brother originally listened to but I never got into it until I heard their cover of The Phantom of the Opera.  I was too lazy to go through their entire discography, so I decided to just pick up their Greatest Hits album.  Its a two CD set and included their more famous tracks with a mix of the heavy stuff and the softer ballads.

The Last of the Year

It is now safe to say that today was the very last game that I could attend for outdoors airsoft in 2011.  The weather started out cold and stayed that way when we left the field around 1PM.  It was just too cold and too windy to even play properly.  The little time we spent there was still very much enjoyable.