Hey everyone, hope you're doing well. Just thought I'd post a blog recapping what's been going on with me lately.

I graduated last week so no more high school for me. Can you believe it was raining during graduation? At the end of May!? Anyways, it was sad to say goodbye to a lot of people I may never see again, but I'm excited to move on to college. I'll be going to UC Davis in the fall. I'm undeclared at the moment; I plan on taking a year or two to figure out what I want to major in. Orientation is in July so that's when I'll be picking my cla$$es (damn you GS!).

As far as gaming goes my parents surprised me with a Wii and Super Mario Galaxy 2 as part of my graduation present. I'd mentioned to my mom about how I wanted to play SMG2 after reading the reviews and I guess she was paying attention. Unless there was some insane price drop and the Wii was only $100 there was no chance I was personally going to buy one, so it was cool of my parents.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is one amazing game. I still prefer Super Mario 64 for nostalgic purposes but I'd say SMG2 is every bit as good as that game. Each level introduces a new idea or game mechanic; the level of creativity throughout the game is something I haven't really seen before. I'm currently at 50 stars (I believe 70 minimum is required to beat it). I've also been playing Red Dead Redemption, which I beat earlier today. Rockstar absolutely perfected that Old West feel and the setting may be the best part of the game. It's my personal GOTY at the moment. I also purchased Alan Wake not too long ago but I've only played it for a couple hours because of the aforementioned games. I plan on going back to it eventually though, I was enjoying the short amount of time I spent playing it.

Well, that about covers it. Does anyone have any recommendations for the next game I should purchase for the Wii?