But first, a brief update on my school situation since that rather depressing journal a while ago... If you could care less, honk twice and skip to the bold line.

Anyway, so it's been a lot better, just a bad start. Classes are locked down now, so no big deal. Spanish is boring as ever with Senor Smith... Yeah, So I might as well give up on the girl, whatever chance I had I lost long ago. So I promise my further journals will be about gaming an whatnot, barring a major event. No more whining from me... after today. No really.

So, anyway, I'm into the normal routine now... with a little extra boredom thrown in. Homework, touchds, scouts, various lesser forums, games, and even occasionally friends... This weekend though... Man bad luck. One of my friends is having a birthday party (pretty much a halo party with extra sugar... fun) at the same time as my scout campout... I'll have to negotiate this. Oh well, back to the topics at hand.

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With all of that aforementioned boredom, I'm sure you can understand why I've been waiting so fervently for this new game for the ds, Advance Wars: Dual Strike. I've heard (and said) great things about advance wars, and I know the DS version will measure up. I'm suprised at gamespot's rating, considering they're normally not very sequel-friendly (maybe that's why they're so tough on Mario Kart), so obviously this'll be a hellova game. Of course I called around today, but thanks to the arcane shipping/release date method in use, I have to wait until the day AFTER the release date... This and the new Lunar videos on my flash drive, I'm convinced I can get two more to purchase a DS faster than they would have otherwise. One's an advance wars junkey, and the other is, well... a Lunar freak.

Personally I want to see this "Arcade Style" mode in advance wars. Sounds like a very fun extra. Also, map making with the styluse will be easier than ever, and my AW loving friend is looking forward to it as well, after spending hours dragging terrain. Well, I assume the D-Pad controls will be easy as ever, but I wish more games like this would switch to using B and Y rather than A and B as it feels more natural, especiall for action games, but I can certainly live with it after playing Fire Emblem in it for so long.

I'm also nearing completion of Meteos. 12 endings unlocked, and all but two planets... I even have the horribly expensive Meteo. I still have no idea how to get the last two though... I just hope it's not all endings on highest difficulty, or something like that. Maybe once I hit 48 hours of play... That's not far off.

Also, I hit level 8. No big accomplishment. I personally don't recognize the video game reference here. I liked being a Sectoid a while, but moving on.