Boxing Day

In which no boxes were actually tossed, but pasta (In the form of the ultra-rare–at least in Singapore–ravioli) was consumed, coffee was drunk, and generally much hanging out clients–the Wife’s–was done, while I either eulogized about my thoughts on the future of the gaming industry, or simply showed off my Christmas gift and thought smugly to myself, “I am no longer a gaming loser! I have a PSP,” which in itself, signifies that I am a real life loser, but oh well…

It’s black and shiny and sexy and I didn’t expect to get one dammit, so I’m pretty darn happy.

Of course this wasn’t a one sided affair. I also got the Wife gifts which came in many forms, from a clock, to a lava lamp, to a general art reference book that spanned ancient civilizations to contemporary installation pieces, to a ring, to a necklace, to a, believe it or not, video game for the PS2, because this particular game, Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga is part of the Shin Megami Tensei series of games which tends to explore deeply philosophical themes like Nihilism and the possiblity that the Christian God is an evil sadist that delights in randomly inflicting suffering upon people for his own amusement, and the Wife likes twisted stuff like this, so surprisingly, it was a big hit, rather than turning into one of those Homer Simpson-esque moments where I say, “Well, if you don’t want that bowling ball, I’ll just use it myself so it doesn’t go to waste.”

But now that Boxing Day is done, it’s back to work tomorrow (Remember kids, Singapore isn’t predominantly Christian, so Christmas only really entitles you to a long weekend, not the entire week off) and I’ve already started up on a script for Nanoboy that I’ll have to try and finish by Friday. Normally, this is easily doable. But the allure of Wipeout Pure keeps calling out to me and I find it increasingly difficult to resist its siren call…