The Easter bunny has come and gone, but he left us enough goodies to devour for the rest of the week.

After our big breakfast this morning, we were going to go walk it off, but it started raining right after and did not let up for the rest of the day, so instead we plopped ourselves on the couch and watched a few episodes of NCIS, Chuck, Castle, the latest Lost and The Amazing Race. Maybe not the most productive day, but we loved every minute of it.

For dinner, we cooked ourselves some nice Easter Ham with Mango Ginger Glaze, and it was most delicious.

Now it's time to check out today's episode of The Pacific.

Wow, that was some marathon sleeping we did last night! Phew!

Happy Easter to everyone out there. Hope the ever-elusive bunny brought you loads of goodies. We got some Easter bunny marshmallows and gummy bears, very tasty!

Yesterday we went to see Clash of the Titans in 3D, bright & early to beat the crowd (and also to avoid the crazy new prices for 3D shows!). The movie is pretty good and is a nice action flick but not worth it to see it in 3D at all. There are only a handful of scenes that are actually in 3D, and none of them are as impressive as Avatar, not even close. Bottom line: Save a few extra dollars and see the regular 2D version. You won't be missing anything.

In a few hours, we are going to be in (a hopefully short) line for the Clash of the Titans remake in 3D. We've been looking forward to this for quite a while, ever since Brash announced it was working on a video game for "an upcoming remake," and teaser footage made it quite clear which epic title it actually was.

While browsing around, we came across another movie that we had lost track of, The Expendables, with what has to be the most '80s action heroes ever, starring Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, with cameos from Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, but also Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Jason Statham and a slew of others. We're so there!

Why do people keep on interfering with our TV watching? Don't they know we have lots of catching up to do?!

Got a cool little gift from DC Comics/Wildstorm. They sent us the first issue of the God of War comic book. I must admit that I'm not a huge fan of today's comic books; the art style is usually not to my liking, nor do I enjoy the fact that there's a full-page ad every few pages. However, it's a cool item to have, so I can't really complain too much.

The weather has been great for the past week or so, but today, out of nowhere, the wind picked up and rain came down in buckets. I'm ready for the summer already. Bring it!

Nothing too exciting going on last night, we are sort of mesmerized with The Creeps on iPod/iPhone, a lite tower defense game that we've been playing for the past few days, and it's so much fun.

Luckily, the iPod needed charging so we had some time to watch FlashForward, Supernatural, and Dancing With the Stars, with a stunning-looking Pamela Anderson as Marilyn Monroe.

April Fool's Day is quietly approaching, and I'm already on the lookout for early pranks. We've been quite good at avoiding any trickery over the past few years, but I always get extra suspicious right around this time. Some of the jokes are quite intricate, and I do enjoy reading about them, but hate to get fooled myself.

Didn't get much watching done last night. We had some company over, but we did manage to watch the 3rd episode of The Pacific, and while there was as good as no war-time action, it was still a powerful ep., showing a more behind-the-scenes look of what went on while GIs were on leave.

Our dinner party last night was a raging success. The initial plan was for a casual get-together with our neighbor, daughter and her future son-in-law, but as mentioned earlier, the number of guests ballooned from five to 10 (and two more showed up during the course of the dinner) because other people just invited themselves as word spread. It took us all afternoon slaving in the kitchen, but based on the feedback, it was a resounding hit. Maybe we should start WorthEating soon ...

We'll be rubbing our fat bellies for the rest of the evening/morning, but let's get some news rolling while we're at it.

Today was a beautiful day, with nice weather, some shopping, Jamba Juice, BBQ, a visit to the farmers market, and plenty of videos games and TV watching.

We did all our errands for our little neighborhood bash tomorrow, and we'll be prepping all afternoon to be ready by dinner time.

We caught up on a few hours of FlashForward, and while the pots are simmering, we'll hopefully catch up on a few other things.

The weekend has arrived! Time to relax a little and play some games. When I'm not grinding away in CrimeCraft, I have been checking out Greed: Black Border, and I must admit I'm totally loving that little game. Old-school isometric view, lots of creepy crawlers, a little bit of RPG elements, and lots of firepower. What's not to like right?

This weekend, we have a big party to prepare for. It started out with us planning to cook for three friends, but oddly enough, additional people invited themselves when they heard about it, and it ballooned to nine. Guess that's somehow a good thing.

Last night, we had a little "24" marathon and watched three episodes back to back, which had us sitting on the edge of our couch. In case you had not heard the news, Fox has stated that this will be the final season, but there will be a "24" movie in the works.

We have a confession to make ....

Last night, we watched Dancing With the Stars. Admittedly a shocking revelation, but when it has a real-life American hero such as Buzz Aldrin, Beverly Hills 90210 star Shannen Doherty, Olympic gold medal skater Evan Lysacek, and last but not least, Baywatch sex symbol Pamela Anderson, how can you NOT watch that?

Last day of the week, so let's get it over with ....

So we got our NDSi XL in the office yesterday and quickly tested it out, and once you have it in your hands, it's quite a bit bigger & clunkier than the old model. Even the stylus is bigger...

Our work ran a little later than expected in the evening so we did not get as much couch time as we had hoped, but managed to squeeze in an episode of the Amazing Race and Human Target.

Yesterday an interesting document dropped in my lap, a future update to CrimeCraft will add gang operated "night clubs" to the game, and while that may not seem all the special, it;s what the developers plan to let gangs do in those "vip" clubs what made me read it twice. Without giving away details, let's just say it involves half naked women, poles, and "special services" provided. Interesting ...

Today was a bad CrimeCraft day. There seems to be something hinky going on with the servers. Ever since the last patch, it's been crapping out multiple times a day, loot doesn't drop as it should, and there is lag all around. Not a fun gaming experience at alll ....

No watching got done today, as we had to go over to a friend's place right after work, although tomorrow I might try to catch up on a few episodes of Criminal Minds.

Nintendo is already planning a successor to the NDS, even though the next version of the NDS hasn't even been released yet. It's scheduled for early 2011, and I wonder how many people are simply going to wait until then to get that version instead of the NDSiXL. I know that I would, if I were a handheld gaming fan ....

On our neighbor's recommendation, we watched Good Hair, a documentary by Chris Rock exploring the "wonders" of African-American hairstyles. Quite an eye opener and sure to raise more than a few eyebrows.

Another weekend over too soon! As planned, we did not get much done yesterday. Watched some Kitchen Nightmares, some Chuck and the second episodes of The Pacific, which was once more emotional and visceral at the same time.

I've got a slew of recent titles to check out, including Dragon Age, Aliens vs Predator and Mass Effect 2. I've just got to get around to actually pulling myself away from CrimeCraft.

Nothing major planned for this week, so we'll work on getting a few more interviews prepped, as well as a bunch of first looks at upcoming titles.

My issues with the headset in CrimeCraft have been resolved. It turns out that it wasn't due to faulty equipment after all but rather PEBKAC, as running Ventrillo in adminstrator mode seems to fix the problem.

We did not get as much watching done as we wanted to yesterday — only two episodes of Lost. We ran some errands, took a nap, watched TV, and then it was time for dinner, after which we tried to watch some Chuck but promptly dozed off.

Let's try to better that today ...

Our night on the town got off to a troublesome start last night, as one of our friends was already drunk from the get-go. Luckily, said person is not an annoying drunk and seemed to sober up during the course of dinner, only to get drunk again after a few glasses of wine.

Anyhow, no specific plans for this weekend, so today will be spent doing some minor errands, watch lots of movies/TV series and squeeze in some gaming to mix it all up. Sounds good, right?

The gaming headset we purchased the other day turns out to be a bust. It was working fine for the tournament on Wednesday (we took 2nd place), but this morning, it didn't want to work anymore. I've been testing all sorts of different settings, but it didn't resolve anything. Back to the store it goes, and maybe we'll pick up something else.

Anyhow, the weekend is upon us, and while there are no movies that we want to see — Bounty Hunter doesn't count — I'm sure we'll keep ourselves busy with the DVR, Netflix, and some running now that the weather is much better.

We did a little shopping yesterday. I had to get extra ram for the work computer to speed things up a little. It's a last-ditch effort; the next step is buying a new computer. Yay!

Also went out and got a mic/headset so we can coordinate and strategize in CrimeCraft since the previous patch has added daily tournaments. Nothing too fancy, a $30 Logitech thing, but it works fine, was easy install, and it got the job done, even though we came in second in last night's tourney.

Last night we watched House and Four Christmases, the former being quite trippy and the latter rather entertaining with a few good chuckles.

Tomorrow, Ubisoft will release the Splinter Cell demo. I bet a lot of people are excited about that; it's been long in the making. Not sure whether this demo will also be on the PC, but if not, then I guess I'll have to check out the X360 version.

I'm not terribly much of a racing game fan. I like the genre though I'm not good at the actual racing, but I'm kind of intrigued by the NFS Online game, so I'm going to try and mooch a closed beta code off EA and see what it's all about.

Last but not least, I really hope the Red Dead Redemption coming to PC rumor is true and not just a typo because that game is looking very exciting!

Yup, lots of interesting games coming up!

Today was a stressful day because I had to go to the dentist. It was nothing serious — just my biannual check-up — but I am freakishly afraid of dentists, so any trip to the dentist is a nightmare scenario. Fortunately, everything was in good condition and after a little plaque scraping, I was back on my merry way. Disaster averted!

We watched Amazing Race and (500) Days of Summer, and while it was not a bad movie, I could have lived without seeing it.