I spent most of the past 2 weeks reading, not playing games. I got through about 7 books and I even managed to go on a trip and never once touched my GBA, but that has now come to an end with Tales of Symphonia. I feel myself being sucked away from literature and back into games once more. Of course, it may just be that Shui Hu Zhuan (the vasis for Suikoden) is a slow read due to its being about 4 centuries old.
I must finish Front Mission 4 soon, but I played Vagrant Story and Front Mission 3 at the same time, so I should be fine.
On a whim, I got a cheap ereader at gameliquidation and got the Mario 3 Ecards. They are a complete rip-off, and yet, oh so wonderful. I had been holding out since Mario 3 for GBA released, but I knew I could not hol out indefinately. Unfortunately I now know about the much cooler series 2 cards released in Japan that will never see the light of day here.