Hello, blog. Long time, no see. Did you miss me? No? Aww, that's not very nice...

Er... *ahem*... anywho, it's been almost 10 months since my last post. My, how time flies. Rather than give you a 10-page summary of what went on while I wasn't posting here, I think I'm going to pretend instead that I just haven't posted since Hallowe'en or so, and go from there. So:

Lotsa stuff's been goin' on with the website, lately. Although vegettoex and I have had fewer "Ask VegettoEX" entries, we've been plowing ahead with new sections like the "Transformations Guide," "Dear Fanboys," and "Tidbits." In general, these sections have been really fun to work on, and while I still need to get started on my Manga Guide at some point, I'm having a lot of fun working on the site, again. Our latest stuffage involves a slew of Budokai 3 theme goodness, including the opening animation, and mp3s of the vocal short-version and instrumental long-version of the opening theme. Awesome stuff. And, while we're on the subject, I might as well plug the new LiveJournal account Mike and I created specifically for the site: daizex. We're using it just to keep people abreast of what's going on behind the scenes, even when it seems like we're not doing anything with the site (to be fair, that happens a lot too, but still...). For reference's sake, posts with Gendo Ikari from Evangelion are vegettoex's, while the ones with Sanji from One Piece are mine. *Informercial Announcer-y Voice* "Why not friend daizex today?"

Last weekend, I participated in the now-yearly tradition here of Hogwarts at Hamilton. Basically, a large group of us dressed up in costume as Harry Potter characters, and did tours through "Hogwarts" (a.k.a. the soon-to-become-a-student-center Emerson Literary Society building), having various classes, et cetera. I was Gregory Goyle, who (if you're not familiar with the books) is a blockheaded thug of Draco, Harry's chief nuisance at school. It was fun, although I kind of started to feel sorry for Michael (our Harry) after roughing him up, having him throw himself across the room, and making him sit in a 3-legged chair 4 times an hour, for 5 hours, on two days (and 4x2 on Sunday). Poor guy. It's hard to really describe the whole thing effectively if you weren't there, but it was great fun. Once there's pictures / video, I'll try and post up some of it and give you an idea. On top of the zaniness, I also feel like the group of us really bonded. I was especially surprised at the number of people that I didn't know in choir before I met them this way... guess I'll know who they are for choir tour, now. That is, of course, assuming I remember to learn their real names... *makes a mental note to do so* Special thanks to tinamond for making this all happen. Amazing, really.

Speaking of choir tour... the quadrennial Choir Tour Abroad year has finally arrived! That means that this spring break, we get to sing in such exciting locals as Leipzig (Germany), Prague (Czech Republic), Vienna (Austria), and Krakow (Poland)! Should be pretty damn fun, and we only have to do 5 official concerts, compared to the 10 of last year's Great Lakes tour! It'll also be the first time for me to be in the ancestral home of the Grybowski family (to be fair, the name was Gribe before it got changed to the name of a mushroom; don't ask me why); Eastern Europe is also where my mother's side of the family was from before they came to the US before the Holocaust, but I don't know as much about that side, so I'm less certain as to whether it was Poland or some other country I can't remember. But, irregardless... this is gonna be a blast. I only wish I could take my girlfriend along. ;_;

On a different note, it won't be long, now (a week and change, in fact), until I'm headed back to Clayton for 5 days' worth of rest, relaxation, and stuffing as much turkey as humanly possible in my stomach. Although Thanksgiving vacation's not much of a break from school (two of those days would have been the weekend, anyway!), I think it's well-deserved. I've got two papers due in between now and the start of break (should be working on one right now, heh), plus a crapload of other stuff, and I'll be muchly relieved when that time comes. And, of course, I'll get to see my girlfriend for the first time in nearly two months, which'll make it just that much sweeter. Even dealing with the usual family bickering and the cold weather, I can't wait. :-)

And so, that's what's new with me. Maybe I'll get to updating this journal more often, maybe not; I guess it just comes down to how much effort I want to put into it (or rather, how much effort I don't want to put into other things :-D ). We'll see. But that's it for now~