Insomniac's Madness

Writer's Block: Bite Me

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:02:49 GMT

From Dr. Polidori's Lord Ruthven to Stephenie Meyer's Edward Cullen, the annals of vampire lore are filled with attractive, charming bloodsuckers. Which one would you most want to be bitten by?

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I think Vampires are an over-used cliche' in the world of fiction and roleplay. I dislike them and most of what they stand for. I don't find them sexy, nor do I find them appealing at all.

That being said, the only vampires I DO like are Nick Knight, from Forever Night, as he is trying to regain his humanity. Also Kain from the Legacy of Kain video game series because he doesn't give a shit about anyone but himself 90% of the time, and Raziel from the same series, as he's kind of an anti-vampire, a vampire who fell and was risen again, an undead's undead.

Passed

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:55:44 GMT

So, I know it's a bit late, and since no one seems to read this, it doesn't much matter anyway, but I passed my National Exam on Thursday. YAY! So now I can start looking for an actual place to work down in Texas. I still have to finalize my Resume' as I'm too fugg'n lazy for my own good (Not to mention more than a little nervous to start this job-hunt ordeal again). Still, must suck it up and get past my bad habits... soon.

Nationals

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:06:30 GMT

Well, I've finally gotten myself scheduled to take the National Exam for Massage Therapy. This is a big, big step, since I need the national license to work in Texas. I take the test on Thursday, 30th, exactly one week from the day I scheduled it [yesterday]. Doesn't give much time for studying, I know, but I'm still good on almost all my stuff. I just need some quick refreshers on some nerves and muscles, maybe a pathology or two, but overall, I think I'm pretty good.

In other news, I'm selling my video games. Not all of them, just the old ones I don't play anymore. I'll have a list of them and the systems on here once we get them sorted out fully [hopefully tonight]. For anyone who knows me, this is a HUGE thing. I've been an avid gamer since I got my first Genesis, I believe was Christmas '94, though it might have been my birthday that year, can't remember, I was really young. I fell in love with Sonic the Hedgehog [in a fan-boy sense] and it's because of sonic, I discovered my second love: Furries. Needless to say, my sonic collection stays with me, as a personal collection item. Not to mention, they're the only good sonic games out there these days.

EDIT: The game list is completed. You can download the document file from this handy link here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H9L62P0S I know there are no prices, as we only just finished listing all the items we have, a total of I think 163 items. If you are interested, feel free to leave me a comment, or contact me via e-mail XavierPrice@Gmail.com . I will provide pictures if needed, and accept offers.

I'm back?

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:56:11 GMT

Yeah, but probably not for very long. I do a random post every few months it seems. We'll see how long it lasts this time.

So, we're moving to Texas. Don't have a date set yet, we've only just started packing the house, but things have been set in motion and we are packing up the house and all our sh*t within. So we are past the 'still just talking about it' stage, finally.

In other news, I've come to a sad epiphany. I'm a dork among dorks. I have very few friends offline, but this is not so unusual these days, especially when you consider how much I'm online. However, I also have very few friends online, too. Oh sure, there's some people I see every so often and say hi to or chat for a few minutes, but not a whole lot that I can truly call a friend, instead of just an acquaintance.

Even within my gaming clan this holds true. There are some familiar voices and names, some I talk to a little more, but not much else. The fact that my only friend that still lives near me IRL is also in the clan does not count. In my defense, however, I haven't been up much to playing games with other people. I've been following my somewhat anti-social behavior again. Yeah, I talk and laugh and joke and I'm still me, but I haven't gone out of my way for any of it, and in fact just let it come to me. Yes, I am that lazy.

So, I'm an outcast among outcasts. Hurray for my special skills in anti-socialist... er... anti-social behaviors. But that's just me. There's EE~EEVERYBODY else, and then there's me. Been said since I was a baby, holds true to this day.

Writer's Block: The Best

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:35:01 GMT

What's the best thing you've seen or done this month?

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I went to Anthrocon. I met friends, got autographs, and made some money. I also got my tail. Now if only I could find ears to match...

Rant-worthy Candidate

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:45:08 GMT

Warning, political stuff. Putting it behind an LJ Cut, for those that don't want to be bothered.
Not that I have many friends to alienate.

Reasons I respect Obama

1) He's a dark-skinned man of color with a real chance to become president.

2) ...uh... damn, I'm already out of ideas.

Reasons I hate Obama

1) He's a fake. He talks a good game, but those that know him tell of a man that isn't the one in the media's rose-colored view. He claims to be a black man. This is a lie. According to background checks, he is less than 10% African-American. He is, however, of Arab decent, not that he's going to advertise that.

2) He wants to "heal the planet" but he can't even heal his own party. And how can one man heal the planet? There is scientific proof that global warming was a hoax and is over. The planet's cooling again, so we don't need him anymore for that.

3) What the F*** was that thing he stood in front of at the DNC? Who does he think he is? Zeus?

4) Obama's wife is stronger than he is. While this may not be the first time (See: Hillary Clinton) Mrs. Obama is an angry black woman who seems hates everyone and everything. She also doesn't know how to keep her mouth shut when she should, and has, on more than on occasion, shot her husband in the foot with her words.

5) Why is Obama hiding his past? What reason does he have for us NOT to know where he's been before now? This fact disturbs me more than most.

6) Obama has ties to terrorist organizations. Maybe he's not paying off the PLA, but he has some ties that have never been rightfully addressed by the media, or explained by him. This, partnered with his hiding his past, worries me even more.

7) Obama is a socialist, and he should just call himself that. More government control, more money from our pockets to the government, so the government can "redistribute the wealth" as it were. That's not American. People need to earn their keep in this country, not be given freebies at every turn.

8) His choice in running mates. Biden has been in hot water for plagiarism before, and more than once. Obama, himself, it seems, has been accused of it before, as well.

9) Obama's lack of experience. He's been in politics for a scant few years, and most of them have been campaigning for president, despite his own words that he wouldn't because he was too inexperienced. Then he has the gall to say Palin is too inexperienced to be vice president.

10) Lack of focus. The Democratic party seems rather focused on Sarah Palin, attacking her at every turn, slinging mud at her rather pretty image, all as if she were at the top of the Republican ticket. She isn't... McCain is. Shouldn't you be focusing on him...?

11) Double Standards. Democrats are proving to be two-faced bigots. They say with one side that a woman should have the same rights as men, and with the other say that Palin shouldn't be running because she has to worry about her family. Obama has two children of his own, but I've heard nothing about why HE has to worry about his family. Oh yeah, he's a man, so that's not his job, is it? News Flash: Men can raise their kids, too.

12) Obama used to be a Muslim. This isn't disturbing, as I know many Muslims. What IS disturbing is that he 'stepped down' from his religion right before he started his campaign for presidency. This is a man who will give up his beliefs for a seat of power. Do we really want this in our leader?

13) Obama doesn't salute the flag. He doesn't put his hand to his brow or his heart, he doesn't take off his hat, nor does he stand if sitting. He is unpatriotic. And yet, he wants to become the leader of our nation, and Commander-in-Chief of our military forces. He also has no experienced in either jobs.

I guess that's enough ranting for now. There's many more reasons I don't like him, but they involve more detailed research, and this is all the facts that are readily available, or in some cases, conspicuously unavailable. Not to say that I'm a huge fan of McCain, either, but he makes more sense than the Obamessiah ever has.

New News and stuff

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:54:48 GMT

Alright, I'm not even going to fool myself into thinking that I'll be back here for too long, I always seem to end up somewhere else, but anyway. Updates as to why I haven't been on for a long time.

1) I was in school. New York Institute of Massage.
2) I graduated said school early August.
3) I took the state exam to become a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) in the state of New York.
4) I just got a job. It's nothing much, just working at JCPenny's, but it'll make some money until I get the results from my exam and find a place to actually do my new career.
5) I'm lazy. Granted this has nothing to do with anything, other than I haven't been bothered.

On a side note, I've joined a clan. No, not the torch-wielding kind, it's in a game. Call of Duty 4. A while ago I joined the Lethal Brigade (or =LB=) clan of gamers. It's a friends-first clan, so it's fun to be in, and they don't mind that I suck at the game.

No developments as to personal relationships, and I doubt there will be soon. I'm planning on moving to Las Vegas sometime next year, though an actual date has yet to be set. We (that is myself and my mother) are hoping it'll be mid-2009. As an LMT, I could easily work for a spa or hotel, or under another LMT.

That's all for now. I figure it's enough

Mirror, Mirror...

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:16:07 GMT

A randomly philosophic post. It's long, so I'll toss it behind a cut.

What do we see when we look into a mirror? Physics tells us that we see light waves, bounced back at us by the reflective silver backing behind the glass. But is what we see what the light tells us, or do we see something else? Do we see only what we want to see? Do we leave out details we don't want to see?

Or, like some believe, are we seeing into another world, where another us is looking back at that same moment? If it is another world, is it the same as this one, only backwards? Is it better? Is it worse? What would happen if we could walk through that pane of glass into the other world? Would we end up in a similar place as this, or, like Alice in her Wonderland, would the other side of that be something totally different, unique, and strange?

The reality is it doesn't matter. No matter how tempting it is to walk through, when we try, we hit that solid barrier, and are left with a slight pain in our nose, and a smudge on the glass. The world on the other side of the mirror will always be there, just out of reach of our body. It is our mind that must cross the invisible barrier.

But why stop there? An open mind can go anywhere! To another world, to many other worlds. Worlds of light, of darkness, of pain and of happiness. Worlds filled with unusual creatures, like furries; or perhaps with familiar races, like humans; or even something unique, and, thus far, unseen by our eyes and minds.

These worlds, we tend to think, are our own creations, but what if they're not? What if they were to really exist, and when we see them, or read about them, or write about them, these things did happen, and we were told about it in a way that seemed like our own thoughts. Most any writer can tell you that they've got a story that seemed to "write itself." What if these self-writing stories weren't fiction, but fact in some other universe?

Who is to say I am wrong? Who is to say I am right? No one. This is not science, nor is it religion. It is philosophy, plain and simple. Philosophy... and an open mind. And that's behind my mirror.

Career and Hobby

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:22:00 GMT

I recently pimped myself out as a massage therapist on a local community. Kinda just to see if anyone would respond, and because it's free publicity. (yay, free) Well, a member invited me to bring my massage chair down to Pittsburgh for a semi-mini-furrycon (WPAFW). This gave me pause, because, for some reason, it had never struck me to think that I could do that. Think, go to a furry-con AND be able to make some money doing what I like. Awesome!

Best part about this idea, is that this shindig is in October. By October, I'll have taken my boards, and, granted I pass them, have my license. Granted it's for New York State, only, but as if right now, Pennsylvania has no requirements for massage therapy. Plus, if all goes well, I'll also have taken my national boards, so if I've got that, then there's really no problem.

The only problem is the timing. It might be too late for me to get a spot in WPAFW by the time I've got everything settled with my registration and such. But I hope for the best! If all goes well, it'll be my first con ever. Spiffy!

Happy B-Day LEGO

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:46:04 GMT

Apparently, this marks the 50th Anniversary of LEGO Brick Happy Birthday to them.

I played with LEGOs when I was younger, like most kids. I loved to build random crap, too. I once built a lightsaber... only to have it break a moment later ^_^; And then there were all of the space do-dads that I made. I used to have a lot of fun with the LEGOs. I even had a LEGO video game; LEGO Island.

So, happy b-day to them, and here's to sticking around for a while longer.

Potentially Emo

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:51:18 GMT

You'll have to excuse the following. I get hit with random waves of depression sometimes. Not the bi-polar kind, I just kind of start thinking too much. Big problem of mine, I can't seem to get out of my own head.

There's a popular saying "You're never alone, because no matter where you go, there you are." That's all well and good, except when you just want to get away from yourself. I'm the one person I can never seem to ignore.

And the worst part is that no one is going to read this. One person reads my little journal here, and it's my mother. I'm glad to be on really good terms with my mother, and she's one of my closest friends, but there's still something pathetic about it. I'm a nerd, sure, but still.

I don't have the money to 'go out' with friends or anything, I don't really have the effort to actively look for a relationship, and I really don't have a lot of time to pursue one, anyway. Right now, everything is focused on school. Then it'll all focus on getting and keeping a job in this career I've chosen. Maybe once I start to make a little income, maybe then I'll be able to get some more friends, and possibly a girlfriend.

Or maybe not, who knows. And that as they say is that... enough whining for the night.

No words... can describe... how beautiful...

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:32:42 GMT

My friend just sent me this link on how to make Bacon Vodka That's right, BACON Vodka. Someone had somehow managed to improve upon bacon. I say, they win the internet.

Rounds on me, because I want this!

Movie Review

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:31:52 GMT

Yes, for those of you that know me (which is a very few, to be sure), I like to do some reviews of movies that I've seen. It is spoiler free, for the most part, and if I am to put any spoilers, they will be behind an LJ-Cut with ample warning. I've recently been watching some movies that I've been meaning to, so not all of these are current. These are a bit long, so I'll toss them behind an LJ-cut now.

I'll start with the oldest, Fight Club. Cracked, though and through, but really good none-the-less. A corporate no-name finds he needs acceptance, even if it's fake, and starts going to meetings for cancer survivors and the like and claims to be part of the group. He soon meets a unique man and they start the Fight Club, a club where people get together and fight, simple. Things then spiral completely out of control. Comes complete with a twist ending, that is hinted at, but not blatantly obvious, and I usually find these things easily, so good job to them for that one. I recommend for anyone who doesn't mind a little violence, and a lot of movie-crack.

Next, The Number 23. This is a serious movie staring Jim Carrey, who plays a sarcastic animal control agent whose wife finds a book called The Number 23. The book is about a real (in the movie) man whose world is controlled by this single number. The character then becomes obsessed with this book, and the man in the tale. Things quickly start to spiral out of control, and the number 23 starts to appear everywhere. Another movie with a twist ending, a twist within a twist, actually. Very well done, and two thumbs up to the comedian playing a very dark, serious role, and playing it well. I recommend for anyone who likes intellectual movies with a bit of suspense and thriller-esque qualities without the hack-and-slash aspect.

Lastly we have I Am Legend. This takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where a retro-virus was created to help man-kind, but instead turned them into zombie-like beings in a very Resident Evil fashion. Dogs, too, are affected, but only by physical contact. Will Smith plays a colonel and scientist who is immune to the virus, and the only human left in New York City, along with his dog, Sam. He is trying desperately to find a cure, and to survive. The movie was excellent, but sad, incredibly sad. Will Smith does an excellent job of caring 90% of the movie by himself, with his only screen-partner being the dog for most of the movie. I recommend for anyone who doesn't mind shedding a tear or two for a movie. Be warned, this is a very sad movie through and through.

Dreaming Wakefulness

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:02:51 GMT

Alright, this is getting ridiculous. I've always had problems with my sleep schedule, but up until now it's always been I don't get enough sleep because I'm up all night. Typically it's my own fault, I'm playing a game or reading, or it's that I just can't sleep. Now, however, I can't seem to stay awake.

For the past few nights, I've been getting dead tired early, around 7:00 pm early. Normally I don't go to bed until 1:00 am, so you can see why this is unusual for me. Unfortunately, going to bed this early means I've been waking up early, around 4:00 am most of the time. This is a total schedule shift for me, and I don't like it. Try as I might, I can't seem to change it.

The worse was last night. I did a clinic for school, got some coffee on the way home, and that's the last I can remember. I have no idea what I did last night, but I found the coffee sitting by my computer, untouched and stone cold.

This is starting to worry me, seriously. I've had to cancel plans with a friend three times now because of this, and now I'm starting to have black-outs? I don't know what the hell it is. I don't drink, I don't do drugs (other than the occasional caffeine fix), I've been eating right, even exercising. I'm not under any stress now that my finals are done, either. Hopefully this will fix itself soon. I miss the night life.

Grades & Common Coincidences Part 1

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:33:57 GMT

Alright, I've just finished my last final for this term. Monday was Neurology, Tuesday was Medical Massage, and today was Business & Law. I've passed them all, so YEAH and stuff.

And now for a new segment of my LJ that I'm going to be calling Common Coincidences

A little background. Myself and my family have a history of having interesting coincidences occur around us, so many, that it can't be just random chance. I'm going to start listing these as they start happening. I'll list some of the old ones today, along with the ones I've just found out recently.

I once had a girlfriend who's father was the spitting image of my father. They were even from the exact same city in New Jersey. There is a very scary possibility that we could be related.

From this girlfriend, I met Ryn (Michelle), who became my next girlfriend. But to start, we hated each other, for various, rather juvenile reasons, but one chance mention of disliking the game Final Fantasy 8, and the next thing, we're talking games, what we like, and more, what we dislike.

And now, the newest. I've had my third session with a repeat client in clinics, today, as well. I found out that she works at a place called Roswell House. I won't get into details, but Ryn's mother used to work there. Sure enough, they knew each other.

And the last. For those of you (few as that is) that know me, you'll know that I have thought of going to card-dealing school. While working for my GED, it was either that, or massage school. I ended up going with massage. However, I've just recently found out that the half of the building my classes are in right now, USED to be a dealing school! *head-desk*

There's more, but I can't remember them all right now. I'm sure I'll be reminded of them later.

It's an infestation!

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:48:37 GMT

Vampires! I am so SICK of VAMPIRES!

I should explain a little. I have been role playing (RP) online for almost the entire time I've been online, something like 8 or 9 years now. First on MSN Chat, before they decided to be anal money-mongers and charge a monthly fee. I'm not paying just to talk, no thank you.

I then moved over to Yahoo Chats, which was alright, until CNN got wind that there were pedophile chats running unchecked and rampant. They did an online article, and suddenly, Yahoo lost almost all major sponsors and advertisers. Needless to say, this was fixed... by removing the user-rooms all together, leaving only minor social rooms, where furries and RP were less than accepted, to say the least.

I had also discovered Furcadia. For those that don't know, it is a sprite-graphics based online chatting 'game' specifically for furries. SCORE! It is classified as an MMORPG, now that there is that designation, and so is technically the oldest of them, having just turned 11 in December. I've been on it for over 7 years, under a plethora of names.

Anyhoo, I've been RPing on these various chats, and thanks to them, I discovered about furries (yay). The reason, however, that I gravitated to them, at least to start, was because they were NOT vampires. On MSN there were 5 distinct 'classes' that most everyone fell into:
Human
Demon
Werewolf
Vampire
Neko (anime-style catgirl)

Neko's were all just sex-things 99% of the time, and with an equal percentage of horny men behind them (both as the players and... well, you get the picture)

For the rest, it was vampires, vampires, and more vampires. So many damned blood-suckers, I though I was in law school (sorry). It was so formula, so cookie-cutter character making, and just boring. I later learned another, good word to describe these people: EMO! Seems to be a vampire's default setting, when it's not arrogance.

Worst part is, it was the same thing on yahoo. And on Furcadia, the horror was realized to me that the furries were ALSO vampires! I swear, I can't get away from them!

Now, not all those that play a vampire do so poorly. Like any major sub-culture-type, there are those that enjoy it, those that do it well, those that take it WAY too far, and those that just plain suck. Those that suck outnumber the rest 10:1 every time. It swear, though, everywhere I go, there are the vampires. I could be in the middle of a church of sun-worshipers during mid-day, and there would be vampires walking around.

Honestly, I don't see the reason to want to be one of these things. Everyone that is is emo as hell, and wanks ad nausium. And they're so vulnerable! Can't go in sunlight, can't go near garlic, can't be around religious symbols, can't stand those with strong faith, can't eat normal foods. I've seen the legends that state vampires cry blood. I believe that would make most go blind. And if they are turned as a child, they will always be a child. If turned as an elderly, always elderly, which would actually be kind of funny to see. Gradma-dracul, flying around with a walker in hand. A vampire with Alzheimer's "When I was you're age, sonny... I... can't remember, but I think Julius Caeser once said to me... something about jello."

*sighs* I'm done. I'm sorry for that, everyone, but I'm just so sick of these vampires being everywhere! And they're always carbon copies, or don't follow any rule that such a creature would have to. I hope I haven't offended anyone that might be particularly fond of vampires, but these are my opinions, and I'm sticking with them.

A personality test. Goodie!

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:14:29 GMT

I've just gotten a personality test from sabertooth_kit. I'd forgotten that she always found these great tests and such. They're always fun for a bit. This one's actually fairly dead on.

Xavier - your profile type is Motivator

General Description
As a Motivator, you excel in blending your high energy and enthusiasm with the desire to achieve goals and results. Your superior communication skills enable you to effectively motivate others and mobilize them to action.

Typical Areas of Strength
Motivators, like you, are passionate, highly interactive people who love to achieve, influence, and relate with others, especially large groups. You thrive on variety, changes, new challenges, and opportunities to convince others of your viewpoints. You point to the future with great optimism.

Typical Areas of Struggle
You sometimes may push your strengths to the extremes; and you may exhibit weaknesses, such as exaggeration, hyperbole, becoming too emotional, or overlooking key details. You may then begin to be controlling, impatient, or impulsive.

Your Preferred Activities
Because you demonstrate a desire to achieve and be recognized, you function best when you have frequent people interaction and have opportunities to set ambitious goals.

Your Communication Style
You communicate through your superior verbal abilities and combine your zeal and passion to motivate others to action. You sometimes need to wait for other family members to catch-up to your ambitious goals.

And there you have it. That's pretty close, and closer than most of them get. It's a fairly interesting test to take, as well.

Things People Might Know

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:43:07 GMT

I've changed my journal theme! I got sick of the last one.

While talking to a friend, recently, we started on about random things most people don't know about us. I feel like posting a few of them, because I can.

Things people might know, but probably don't care about

1) Despite being a huge geek/nerd, I have actually had 5 official girlfriends. Angel, Lindsay, Elspeth, Ryn, and Rae.

2) Despite that my hair is 2 feet something long now, it used to be short. In fact, I was bald once. For Halloween my junior year in high school, I went as Uncle Fester from the Addams Family, tweed coat and all. I even had one of those prop light-bulbs that light up when you bit them.

3) I wore all black, before it was 'goth' in elementary school, tie-dye in middle school before it became popular again, and button down/polo shirts in high school before they became popular. Who knew I was a trend setter?

4) Coincidences are not so coincidental for me. This applies to most of my family, actually. There are so many things that happen around us 'by random chance' that there is no way it's random. Once or twice is coincidence, but after a while, it's a pattern...

5) I am apparently the nexus of Erie County. I mean that you can connect nearly anyone around where I live to anyone else, and I'll be involved somehow. I'm the Kevin Bacon of Erie County's 6 degrees of separation.

6) I own two capes, a hat with an Ostridge feather in it, a fantasy-katana, a boakin (wooden katana), and dress with all of these often. The worst part... I've never been to a con of any sort. Yet.

And so there you have it, a few random things about me, for those that care.

Writing Project

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:40:33 GMT

I've been working on a little side project in my spare time. I've decided, for reasons I still don't know, to write my interpretation of a video game. The game is Sega's "Shining Force II," for the Sega Genesis. I've only just stared, but already have 4 chapters belted out.

For those that don't know and never played the game, I'm not going to explain it here, but I'm (hopefully) doing my best in explaining everything as the story progresses. I think I've done a good job so far avoiding Mary-Sue type characters, though I have taken some liberties in expanding their personalities.

I'm not going to post the chapters yet, not until I'm done, as I dislike Works In Progress. It sort of prevents me from changing anything should I want to. I would, however, like to ask if anyone would be interested in Beta-Reading the story. As I said, I'm trying to do this as if it were an original work and not based on something, so I won't say anything like "Just like in the game" or such nonsense. If you would like to risk reading my story, just leave me a comment.

The clean slate return

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:28:17 GMT

Hello to anyone. I've returned, after almost two years of mostly no posting. A long time, I know. And a lot has happened in this time. I'll do an update in a moment, but first thing's first. I'm starting with a clean slate, more or less. This means I've deleted all my old entries, and removed many friends from my flist. If I removed anyone and you'd like to be put back on, just leave a comment, and I'll be happy to re-friend you.

First, and foremost, I'm now enrolled at the New York Institute of Massage (NYIM). I'm studying to become a massage therapist. I graduate in July, and take the state licensing boards in August. I plan on taking the nationals, too, because I eventually would like to move out to Las Vegas and practice there.

Next, I'm still unemployed. Not really a bit surprise to those that know me, I'm sure. I'm focusing all of my attention (what little of it there is) on school. If I were to try and focus on it and work, something would suffer, and it would probably be academic. My mother has been kind enough to let me not pay her what I owe her until after I am out and starting my career. My only means of 'paying' her right now are free massages. Got to practice on someone, after all.

That's really all there is to tell on updates. NYIM is the only major thing going for me at the moment. I've got a personal project I'm working on in my spare time, but I'm going to post about this separately.