Indecision

With the PSP2 and 3D DS announced, I can't help but feel like I am unable to keep up with the prolific gaming industry. Just as there is a peak performance age for athletes, is there a peak age for gamers to keep up with new games? Gone are the days I chewed up video games are insanely fast rates and now I am struggling to pick up new games, especially when they are offered across different consoles. Here's the list:

Nintendo DS:
FFVI
FFV
FFIV
FFIII
FF Tactics Advanced
FF Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

PSP
FF Tactics: The War of the Lions
FFI
FFII
FFXIII Type-0

PS3
FFXIII (still have to do all the hunts)
FFXIII-2
FFXIII Versus

So is it worth buying a PSP for just three games? Perhaps now, but I really want to play FF Tactics before I attempt any of its sequels. Looking at the list of games now for the DS, I think the DS really was an excellent investment considering that it cost much less than a PSP.
And I have just been reminded that I am missing out on Metal Gear Solid 1 - 4....  this could be a life long adventure.

Aside from video games, cooking has been looking down. I am all for trying new things, but I am still too lazy to get new ingredients. Is there just a set of recipes I that share the same ingredients? Too lazy to compile it huh...?

Productivity of Diversity

Yesterday I went to Bing to hang out with a friend in the library.
That's right - a day long study date. Bring it on. I haven't done one since freshman year second semester at Rutgers. I had a ridiculously productive time: I finished up my paper, did my problem set, and finished my article for The Visible Hand. I am only so productive when I am studying with someone who is not in the same school I am. Unfortunately I've never been in such an ideal situation since I got to Cornell: everyone I have studied with has been in ILR with me.

I find it better to study with someone else in a different school because none of the idle conversations in between has to do with class. If anyone mentions anything about what they are studying, the other person cannot contribute much - the conversation stays short. Since we both study different things, we get a little 'break' from what we're studying to listen to a short blurb about another topic.
Or maybe I just don't like what I am studying and the offering of alternatives is amazing.

In other news, I plan on making dumplings for a friends' dinner party next week. I have never made them with beef before, so I am going to do a trial run this weekend or later this week.

Cooking in College

I know I am supposed to be studying, reading textbooks, attentively taking notes in class, etc. but it is also an excellent opportunity to be independent. Independence from the many endemic restrictions at home, as well as the opportunity to purchase ingredients (from Wegmans)!

I do not know too many dishes other than the usual "throw stuff into a pan/pot and wish for the best." So I am looking for recipes for some interesting things! I want to try my hand at Hushpuppies and Scalloped potatoes. Not sure what else to try, so I am always open to suggestions. Something with fish would be really cool though! Although seafood tends to be expensive. Maybe I can make some nice meat sauce for pasta. Or a hamburger so I don't have to keep on buying them.

All this writing about food makes me hungry. I will have to endure to tomorrow's breakfast of cereal. Just cereal - nothing special about it. Okay, I mix some granola into it, big deal.