Well, it's begun.  The Japanese workers have been set to move my stuff
around the first week of August, and things are beginning to wind down here
in my last days in Japan.  Of course, this means I'll be going largely
anime-less (>_<) for a few weeks (thank Takahashi-sama for manga).
As for that, thus, the following information on my various projects is
submitted to you guys:

Ranma, The Later Years 1: On hold at the moment.  I'm used to writing in MS
Word 97, and so, with my computer packed, it makes it difficult to do
writing from that point.  As of the 22nd, I'll be detached from my command,
and won't readily have access to a MSW-equipped terminal.  This will result
in some time off the fic until mid-August or so.

The Tales of Shampoo 3: Depends on how far RTLY1 is come September.  The
time frame for TOS3 is Christmas 97, and I'm planning to release it on
Christmas this year (just like I'd planned...and failed...to release TOS2
on Halloween 97).  TOS3 will be roughly about the size of TOS1 (I'm not
going for the 'War & Peace' size of TOS2 for a while).  If I'm not
significantly far in RTLY1 by September, I'll stall that project and dive
into TOS3.

Sailor Moon AX Book I: Chapter 5 (my chapter) is also stalled for the same
reasons as above.  According to Libby (my co-author), Chapter 6 is moving
along glacially, but moving.  If worst comes to, expect Ch 6 to be released
as 5, and vice versa.  Since they take place in two different locales, it
won't affect the storyline.

A Long Strange Webpage: Stalled for most of the reasons above, but for one
more reason: the .mil servers aren't connecting with with my webpage.  As a
result, everything I'm sending is getting kicked back.  I'll hopefully have
my civie net service as soon as I settle in at Pearl, and upon that, I'll
be loosing ALSW and a Frames version of the CaliCatCafe Online upon an
unsuspecting world.

EMail addy: as of Monday, this address will be invalid to reach me, as I'll
be turning it over to my relief here (who is not an otaku, FTR).  My
alternate addys below will be in full swing, and I'll be available at those
addresses during the moving process until I get a civie address.

Fujiyama 98:  Planning to kill myself going up that damn rock on Saturday.
Kim will be standing by at the foot of the mountain, waiting for me to
return (and probably laughing at me).  Expect the info to come on Tuesday.

--Rob (less than a month left in Japan)
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"Hark the Herald Angels Shout,
One More Week 'Til I am out,
One More Week 'Til I am Free
Of This Penetentiary...."

--Sailor's Detaching Sea chanty,
Dervied from a traditional hymn and a variation by Piers Anthony