On a side note: I feel as a dog finally willing to roll over and submit to a constant beating yet can’t as my feet are cementing me in an upright position.

Not that I really need to remind anyone here, but this really seems to be the month for the DS coming up here. Some people may know that I have been looking forward to Trauma Center (originally titled Caduceus: Surgical Operation) for a while. With everything that has happen to me lately it has snuck up under my radar (my radar is pretty much down and broken) and bit me on the ass.

As even fewer may know I have had Castlevania: DoS (This D-S naming for NDS games really needs to stop, there are 2 that I am interested in this month) pre-ordered and pre-paid for a while now. Well, the EBgames where this happen is not even in the store locator any longer… I think I got screwed. Perhaps I should call a corporate office or something. I mean, it is cheap enough where I am willing to buy it again, but… I mean, shit.

Two other games snuck up on me, and one I was not even aware got a US street date yet. Dig Dug: Digging Strike (see) and Phoenix Wright: Ace Detective. I knew PW:AD was coming out sometime this year, but it seems like it came up quick. I am quite excited to finally get to play this after being interested in it for so damn long.

I have only seen some JPN mag scans of DD:DS, but it looks damn good. It seems like it is basically Dig Dug 1+2, the bottom screen is when you go underground (DD1) and then the top screen is the island breaking (DD2). I am really looking forward to seeing how this turned out.

Anyways, I have not had almost any time to play games. I got to start a game of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, but it froze up after about an hour in. I liked it quite a bit better than … well any other 1.5 first hours of a Zelda since Link’s Awakening. I also have a problem with my PC running Silent Hill 3 which I purchased new for $5… I don’t know why it is a problem either. Probably something simple. Anyways, hopefully I will get/find/have time for all this DS gaming. Damn the DS is really great.

Dig Dug: Digging Strike 10/18
Phoenix Wright: Ace Atourney 10/11
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 10/4
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow 10/4

Yes, I am still alive. I am currently in St. Louis. I have almost no time to do anything and am working almost 12 hour days. I get one day off a week. Yay. I don’t know what is going on with anything too much, but it looks like I will be here for at least 30 days and more than likely longer.

This is a pretty nice city.

I might try to stay here.

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I miss seeing and talking to the people I normally do. I miss the forums I go to. TGQ issue #3 went up with as much help as I could give it (which was mainly in editing) and for almost a week did nothing but work and then go home and work on the magazine until I fell asleep. Wes was a great help with all of this. I still miss the forums and can’t wait for things to calm down so I can get back to them.

I did not get to respond to all the wonderful comments in my last entry. Thank you all for them.

This is hard. I want to get this done before I can really start to do other things like work on the magazine.

First off I want to thank the many people who have offered to help and house me while I am out of a home. As you can see from the image above (a satellite photo taken after the hurricane hit) my home is standing. The rest of the base is has been hit with some roofs removed. This photo, I fear, gives me a false sense of hope. There was 8 feet of water during and after the hurricane reported in my area. I can not see if there was any flood damage from these photos. At least I know I have a roof.

I left my house, after being told to mandatory evacuate, with only 3 pairs of clothes. I also only moved a small amount of items off of the first floor and up to the second. All of my DVDs and most of my games are on the first floor. I feel stupid complaining about these things, I mean, I have a house and my dogs, turtles, and the life of myself and my wife.

I have heard from a few friends, some of which are moving never to return to New Orleans, most are ok. I have a few I can’t seem to hear from. Only text messages are reliable as far as my cell phone goes so I can’t call them. I am going a little crazy not knowing certain things. I try to distract myself with things and not watch the news. I keep feeling that if I miss any little bit of the news that they will at that point in time say the information that I am looking for. It is like a drug.

Thanks to the help and contributions of many friends and family I now have a decent amount of clothes and have a place to stay for the next 4 to 12 weeks. My wife is still unsure of what is going on with her school and many of out long term goals have been ruined by this storm.

I try to stay strong, but as I was saying to Toups recently, my “faith” wanes in times like this.