News and Stuff

Figured I'd take some time to seriously talk about some news and updates. First off, I've been a little bit busy lately with school, but not in the sense you may think.

The school VA sent my hours to the VA point that handles my GI Bill. I hadn't received my benefits from them, and had no word when I would. After calling, I was told that it was being processed, but I wouldn't get paid until January. This meant that I had exactly enough money to pay my bills this month... and nothing else. Thankfully, I was also expecting a student refund, a big one, at that, too. Honestly, I had no one but myself to blame, mainly because I spent a lot of money on food. Those games I reviewed? I paid for those with store credit from trade-ins (save for Black Ops). The other big money sucker were supplies for my photo class and color class.

But, the panic has subsided. My GI Bill not only got worked out, but I got paid for the rest of November. I'm still waiting on my refund, and another bonus, too. Adding to my stress was the fact that one of the Netflix movies I rented went missing after I sent it out. That seems to be taken care of as well. Thank God, too (seriously).

Well, today, Lizzy and I were hanging out at my place, playing some Rock Band 3. Last week, one of my friends bought my the Billy Joel pack, and we've been taking turns playing keyboards and singing ""Piano Man." Well, today, while playing, I see I got a message on Facebook. See, two weeks ago, I entered a contest where people say what they liked about Splatterhouse. I hadn't heard anything, so I figured, I didn't win (I had submitted the last paragraph of my review, and they did this a week after I wrote it).

Well, the message was about the contest. I was one of ten people to win it. "A big congratulations to Matt, Ben, Rob, Justin, Robert, Mark, Mike, Marcel, Ricardo, and Dustin, winners in our Share the Love giveaway! They're all getting a Splatterhouse t-shirt, a set of mini-speakers, a poster from Comic-Con and a GameStop Terror Mask! Well done, folks." Needless to say, despite having a mask, already, I am happy.

Lastly, I want to wish the readers a Happy Holidays!