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I'd like to think that it's named after the online encyclopedia, instead of some random term that sounded good.

By god, man. Get a hold of yourself!

But…but it's not fun if I actually try to show some self control.

I'm slowly but surely getting over my running-around-in-hyperactive-circles phase, and settling into counting down the days on the calender, and grinning like a moron while doing so.

October is a good month to release DDS2 in.  A very good month.  So good that it would not be feasible for Atlus to push the game back to a different month, thus spoiling the set up.  Therefore, they will *NOT* push the game back, and keep the shipping date to where it is.
Yessssssss.

And Rita is still expected to  make landfall between Galveston and Corpus Christi.  ((Around Saturday, I think?))

The gulf coast can't catch a break right now; to say nothing of all its citizens.

To my knowledge, it's not just Canada.  The States has been refusing help from every nation that offers it; this includes Germany and France, who if they aren't buddy-buddy with the U.S, aren't doing this so they can say that the States "owes" them several years down the line.

BUT.  The U.S is refusing medical supplies, vehicles, food, water, or any type of help other then cash.  The government will always politely accept cash.
It rubs my skin the wrong way that a person who is holding an office that *should* reflect the decisions and choices of the U.S citizens is acting in such a...A manner that contradicts what a lot of people want.  Maybe places like Venezuela or the like, there is good reason for it.  But why turn down help from friendly nations like central Europe, and have more people die because of it?  I don't really understand the thought proccess behind such a decision.

I'm going to make a very cynical, and most certainly unpatriotic remark now.  If Bush is killed by an angry, unstable, grief stricken, vengeful, etc. hurricane survivor, I'm not going to be very surprised after the initial shock has worn off.  Presidents and government officers have been killed over much less.

This also common knowledge, but the mandatory evacuation has now become forced.  Here's to hoping there aren't any more critical screw ups, or they're kept to a minimum.

-EDIT-
Well, it looks like after roughly a week from the disaster, the State Department is finally asking for and accepting international aid, from select countries.  Whoopty-fucking-doo.

This interview made me angry and sad

Insane.  And not good news at all.   While I wanted to get some sort of information about the situation of the people left behind, and the various levels of action the government is taking, I can't say that I'm too happy about what I've found out after reading through that.

Also, thanks for the LJ link, Heat.

Yeah, I'm doing my best to lend some help.  I don't have much in the way of money to give out ((and not nearly as much as during the Winter Tsunami disaster.  *sigh*)) but I'm still sending what I can to the relief funds.

From what I last heard, a mandatory evacuation for New Orleans and counties around it was issued about a day before the hurricane made landfall.  I hope that everyone's families got out when they heard that.
I've heard about some estimate of the damage, how bad the flooding is, and I've seen some webcam footage from a news copter.  At first I thought, "okay, it can't be too bad, can it?"  And right now, the only words that come to mind when I think of the amount of damage are too coarse to type out.
What scares me is that there have been reports and warnings about this sort of flooding disaster for years; the estimate that I heard from my old science class when I was a junior in high school almost mirrored the flood report.

It's just that disregarding one game in a series, even if it is just prologue...It irks me, and quite badly.  I don't like the idea of playing through something, or reading a book series that are directly related to each other without going in order.  
Maybe I'm just being overly sensitive/obbsessive compulsive about this?  ((Then again, considering how DDS seems to be nigh impossible to find right now, maybe it's a good thing that it isn't considered essential.))

The other thing about this Gamespy preview that leaves me wondering is the claim "you can play through this game without ever playing the first and still be fine."  I heard something similar to Persona 2: Eternal Punishment when I picked it up.  Maybe I was able to finish it and enjoy it, but by the end I was still wishing for a translated copy of Innocent Sin.

But as for looking forward to the game?
Ohoho…It's a bit hard to describe how anxious I've been; I've almost reached the point where I'm frantically running around in circles waiting for new media or a release date.  
I don't think that I'll reach the point where I'll cut classes to pick up my copy, but I will try and grab it the day it comes out.  After that cliff hanger of an ending for the first one, I've been pretty impatient for the sequel.  ((Second and possibly third play throughs do not suffice!))

Twenty years old, mentally going on seven.

Um, hi guys.  I jumped here from the Nirvana update journal, and decided to register here so I could gush eloquent over my favorite Megaten games.
That's about it for me.