Sorry guys. There's a gaming blog coming, I promise.

This is just a public service announcement. In the past days i have crossed off three of the things that have been sitting on my to do list for more than a month.

1) Pay phone bill. That's right, I hadn't paid my phone bill in quite some time. Now I have. I feel good about this accomplishment, despite the fact that it's due again in like ten days.

2) Finish Developer for a Day Entry. That has been on my physical to do list since the contest was announced, whenever that was, but it's been on my mental to do list for a lot longer than that. From pretty much the first day I drifted onto GameSpot, I've thought that was the neatest contest ever invented, but so far I haven't had any good ideas or have been internet free or caught up in work hassles when the contest has been going on. Fortunately for me, this time the timing was perfect, and I sent off a document last night. A few of you have heard some tidbits of what I was planning... even fewer of you may have read it. Keep your fingers crossed for me, if you would? That's the culmination of a lot of hard work. I don't think it's my best piece of writing ever, but I'm hoping it does the trick. Goal is top ten...

3) Finish Riven Review. Riven: the Sequel to Myst is one of my all time favorite games, by far surpassing its older sibling, Myst. There aren't too many reviews on GameSpot for the game, and I've always rather wanted to get it some of the credit it deserves. It was harder than I thought to review a game that old, which is why it sat on my to do list for over a month. Truth be told the first few paragraphs were written last summer... :( When I abandon something I usually don't come back to it.

There's a few things on my next month's to do list that might be relevant also

1) Reviewing Psychonauts. I've got a slightly less than popular viewpoint on that particular game that I'm planning to vent when I get an opportunity.

2) Redo the article about learning to like WRPGs to make it presentable for trigames.net. I like that article, somehow though it didn't come out quite how I envisioned it. Tidying is in order before making that public anywhere but here.

3) Move to Biddeford. It probably doesn't look that close to Boston to you guys, but if you scroll up a bit until you see Augusta, then realize I live an hour further northeast from there you'll realize what a huge step in the right direction this is. Civilization here I come! Oh god, I can't wait.