Hello, everyone.

Sorry if the header sounds corny, but it seemed appropriate.

Well, let's see...I got a fun job working as an engineering assistant 
over the summer.  It was cool...most of my days were spent banging away on 
a keyboard.  The job, among other things, ended up hampering my writing 
over the summer, but most of the problems created were eventually 
solved.  

The "other things" was the home situation.  I lived in, for all intents 
and purposes, a cubicle - a walled-off section of the living room.  Not 
very much in the way of privacy.  It got to me after awhile.

Well, A-Kon was fun, if a little crazy.  As you probably have heard, a 
violent storm hit the area the Saturday morning of the con, knocking down 
power lines - including the ones that fed power to the hotel.  Imagine 
1500 sweating (no air conditioning, and the sun came out after the 
storm), bored, somewhat perturbed otaku, wandering the halls of a hotel, 
itching to do...something.  Think about it...all you'd need is a little 
alcohol and a good orator (read: NOT ME!) and you could start your own 
revolution.  The lights came on that evening, and the con rolled on.
The panel, delayed a day due to the blackout, was eventually held.  It 
went okay overall, though I was dissatisfied with my own performance.

The summer rolled on...I worked...I went home...I wrote a little...I 
worked...I went home...

Ugh.

I took a couple of road trips over the summer, to places like Huntsville 
(i.e. Jhon) and Houston (i.e. Planet Anime).  Also, I did keep in touch 
with a few people.  It helped me stay sane (relatively speaking).

As for my writing...hehheh...I've written a few things...

Well, I'm back now.  It's strange...most of my friends aren't here any 
more.  The one friend I have met here has transferred to UTD, and was 
just down to be with his fiancee.  

Oh well.  Life goes on.

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Nicholas Leifker, aka "Nightelf"
nwl9354@tam2000.tamu.edu
"Pronouns are so _difficult_ with these characters..."
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