School has officially started for the public schools in my area. It sucks that I'm not waking up early to go out and teach the masses...yet. It makes me feel lazy, even though there's nothing I can do except continue looking for a job. Strangely enough, it has never been so easy to apply for a job, what with open mathematics teaching positions popping up all over the place all of a sudden. I guess that's how things are down here in the First State. School gets underway and then all of a sudden, the people in charge realize they need more teachers, and while long-term subs are starting off the school year, the faculty is looking for permanent replacements. It's so messed up. I don't get it at all. But, like I said, I now have prospects. I'm currently in the process of getting together all the materials they're asking for. Hopefully, I'll have woken up by the time I'm done so that if anyone calls me in for an interview, I don't blow it. Though, I don't really know what exactly to change. I do hope honesty still counts for something.

N+ came out yesterday, or today, or tomorrow, depending on which store you're talking about. Gamestop didn't have it in yesterday when I went. And now, at the end of the day after, I'm rather glad they didn't. I have decided not to get the game. You see, for a while now, the game has fallen into my "bargain bin" category. That is, pending positive enough reviews, I would wait until the game got cheap enough before I sought out a copy. Since Soul Bubbles is currently a TRU exclusive, it also resides under this category for the time being (though I do still very much intend on getting that game). Getting back to N+, I was never planning on getting it at launch. But then I found out its price had gone down ten bucks. Now it was totally worth getting right off the bat if it turned out to be good. Unfortunately, I don't feel I've been convinced all that well that it is good. Sure, it's gotten 80's and A-/B+'s and even a 90 from IGN, but certain little things have turned me off. First off, I've read that it's apparently easier than the original flash game. I've also noticed from trailers that the levels are smaller. Furthermore, there is a significantly small amount of memory space for downloaded or created levels and the levels themselves do not have names - an amusing feature I was much looking forward to. For these reasons, I have decided against getting the game. And while if I had a ton of money, I would probably still get it, I don't have a ton of money. It all comes down to money. I don't have enough to burn, so I have to pick my "want" purchases wisely. My DS collection would be at least twice its current size if I bought every game I was ever interested in. But then I'd have at least twenty games that I never completed or barely played or lost interest in. As I've said before, I don't regret buying any of the games I currently own. They passed my screening test, haha. Unfortunately for N+, it did not. Oh well, we move on.