Today consisted of... work. Yep.

Actually deposited the first and largest of the Pretear checks. I actually invoiced for the 2nd check on Monday, too... so hopefully I'll get that by the end of the month. Now, I can pay off my credit card balance. ^^;

Work was pretty uneventful, though I got insane loyalty numbers today for some reason. I'm still convinced it's mostly pure luck, as I have insanely good days right after insanely bad days.

Calvin called the store and had me come down to GameStop - he had a DDR MAX2 US demo disc for me. It only has 4 songs, but it shows off the interface - definitely far different from its Japanese namesake. I wonder why they bothered calling it MAX2 even - a different name would have probably suited it better =P

At the end of the day, I also got yet another Soul Calibur II artbook. Apparently, there's a stockpile of them that isn't depleting itself like it should have. I should start putting them on eBay or something.

The second Playland at Hagerstown tournament is coming up, and promises to be better than the first one by far (which, aside from getting everyone addicted to pop'n music, was kinda a flop). I actually ordered a pop'n ASC from Himeya finally, and if it's here by the tournament (which is on the 20th), I'll bring it up with me. Don't expect me to lug that thing to too many places, though =P

Come to think of it, I haven't actually played DDR in a long time - I went randomly that one day when no one else I knew showed up, and I ended up impressing people with my not-that-great doubles skill. I even failed Legend of Max heavy double for them, and they were still impressed. ^^; I ought to get back into playing on some kind of regular basis, especially if I want to enter the tournament (which I still haven't decided - I'll definitely be there but I might not compete).

And, it's nice to know at least one person still reads this =P