Yeah, it was that opera feel that really drew me to them. That and there keyboard player is just nuts. I first heard Nymphomanic Phantasia(?) and immediately liked them. I'm a sucker for insane instrumentals xD
Actually, if you don't have one, then you can get a trial account for free. All you have to do is create a new profile, go to sign up for xbox live, choose silver membership, and it will ask if you want to try out a month of gold for free. Then, for one month, you have access to any Live enabled features for any game. Once you just glance at what Live offers, you'll understand why it's about $8 a month.
I was really only addicted to it for the first week or so. I still get urges to play the crap out of it, but since I am a little limited on time and have been spending a lot of my available time playing Halo 3 on Live, I haven't progressed much further lately. Oh, and I have a Dwarf warrior. That's my main character at the moment, and I think it shall stay as such for quite some time. I'm working on making it a tank.
I'll check my local library maybe sometime today. I have class this morning anyway, so on my way back I'll just hit it up. I was quite enthralled by Game, mostly because Card did an excellent job of holding an aura of suspense. The only thing I didn't really like was the occasional look into the battle school commander's conference with the other guy. Forgot the character's names already lol. I suppose those were necessary, though.
I'm in college right now, and have only enrolled in twelve credit hours. I did the same last semester, but split them up so that my Mondays and Wednesdays were two hours long and my Tuesdays and Thursdays were four hours long. This semester, I chose to clump all of my classes together so I am on campus for six hours twice a week. Saves me gas, since the campus is about a half hour drive away, and I feel much more inclined to actually show up to class now that they're all the same day.
Ah yes, the beautiful woodwind instruments. I actually played a saxaphone in high school, but I picked up the clarinet for a bit since my sister played it. I never got that good at clarinet, but at least I can play multiple instruments now. Lets see, to some extent, I can play the saxaphone, guitar, bass, some percussion instruments, and the clarinet. The saxaphone is the only instrument I've spent multiple years playing, so naturally I am a lot better at that.
Oh, and I work at McDonalds. Teh evil! (That "by the way" cracked me up yet again though.)