Happy Day, Consumerism FTW

Several packages arrived at my dorm today, all from Amazon.com.  The first packaged contained Dream Theater's CD Black Clouds and Silver Linings.  This CD is epic, but not for the faint of heart.  The shortest song on this album is 5:25 minutes.  I know what you are thinking: Solid, that isn't that bad!  Well, I'll put you in your place: the other track times are 8:36, 12:49, 13:09, 16:10, and (last but not least) 19:16.  If you were keeping tally that adds up to a whopping 1 hour 15 minutes of straight music spread across 6 tracks for a total of 12.5 average minutes per track! But, what can I say, I'm becoming a progressive head!  Make sure to check this album out.  Its lyrical content varies widely, so don't let the metal riffs discourage you.  There is no satanism to be found.  Also, I love the album art!  Yes it has black clouds and sunny skies, but its also got elephants, mice, little children, scary pictures of the band, and a lighthouse!

The next package was the Diablo II battle chest.  Inside is Blizzard's (now Activision-Blizzard) classic 2000 game Diablo II and its 2001 expansion pack Diablo II: Lord of Destruction.  I've only played a little bit of it at my best friend's house for a small lan party, and I didn't really like it that much.  However, I think that is only because I wanted to play Age of Mythology way too much that day.  The graphics take a bit of familiarization (it was made 11 years ago), but I heard that its re-playability is amazingly deep.  I'm going to play it as soon as I can.  I just hope I don't start buying Starcraft or World of Warcraft months...

Lastly the third package contained the Logitech G110 Gaming keyboard.  Now, I've always been cheap when it came to keyboards, but this time I decided to splurge a bit.  So, $64 later, I now own a back-lit keyboard with 12 macro keys.  I don't use macro keys, but I might start using them, who knows?  Additionally, I just realized that the media controls are compatible with media monkey, so no more switching out of game just to change the song or mute it!  I think I've typed enough today, so I'll see you later gents and dolls.

P.S. Make sure to check out Steam today and tomorrow, they have several 2K deals.  Today's is All Boarderlands  stuff is 75% off ($7.50 for game and all DLC!).  I already got that and Bioshock 2.