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Cooking. Cooking is so much fun! But what happens when you have 5 cooks? Hilarity. I'm sure it would be much more hilarity if it involved more than just pasta. We really have yet to move beyond pasta. Or stir frys. Fries? Movie night featured a very young Angelina Jolie in Hackers. I can see why so many people enjoy it - the costumes, people, funky cgi, floppy disks, and pay phones everywhere! It's very much a pre-Matrix cyberpunk flick. Unfortunately I've seen The Matrix. But I did love that whole pool bit. And the hackers uniting. In fact, don't kill me, but I would love to see a remake of this. Technology has changed so much in the last 15ish years... it could be pretty awesome! Or it might just give me a reason to enjoy the "original". Pictures: Making Macaroni and cheese (not Kraft Dinner-style, but I'm sure that would have been much more inexpensive).

I used to be a decent-sized gamer. Just searching my Flickr for game or Nintendo shows collection images, photos from gaming events, the President of Nintendo of America playing Wii, and a number of hardware-related pron shots from my Canon A70 days. There wasn't a week that went by when I would scribble some notes for an article or editorial for N-Philes (or should I say Nerd Mentality ? I'm still iffy on that name change). Lately, however, I've written more business plans than I have theories on the casual/core gamer war. I've read more book chapters (if not books) than bosses I've waggled my Wii Remote at. One day my mom (the avid reader in the family) and I were on a bus, me book in hand, and she proudly engaged with her Nintendo DSi XL. All I could think was, "when did this happen?" While my bank account has enjoyed my recent and supposed natural avoidance of EB (or are they all Gamestops yet? I don't even know...) and Best Buy, I miss that feel

I really like the iPod Touch. I've wanted one since the first hit the market, but held off up until a couple of weeks ago, when I thought I had lost my friend's sister's Nano that I've been using this year (which I later found in my pants pocket in the laundry). I bought it with the idea that, if I really did like the device, I would return it and get an iPhone 4 once my cell contract expires this September. Supposedly, it has a really nice screen, though my left-handedness might interfere with you know, calls. Interestingly, I find the iPod (or smart devices in general) much better e-social devices than the computer. Where have I been all this time? I'm on MSN, Facebook, Twitter, and all these social tools much more, and reading what other people update. But I really do need a camera and internet connectivity - hence iPhone upgrading... They better be readily available in 2 months. Or maybe I'll find some other smart phone between now and then. Movie Nights, Zi