I'm just going to go through the things that are of note to me at this point in time... This should be quick and clean and have very little rambling and explaining so... lets just get to it.

What was before the hiatus from the group of friends has returned. It is not awkward anymore, although little things can still drive me a little crazy. It is odd, I was so focused before I got back together with them all and now am I starting to drift back into apathy. It could be the summer getting to me or it could be something else, I fear that the effect will end up being a negitive thing, especially since I need to focus on algebra... I think if I just do it instead of video games I should be fine.

On the magic front I looked up my rating and after my terrible performance at the ptq in june I have just gotten back to my rating after that. The goal of 1800 is still in reach but I'm going to have to seriously step up my game to make it there by the start of school. On another issue there, I have been musing ideas for articles and theory about the game... I might post a sketch of an idea for an article in the next couple weeks if the ideas materialize into anything except good reflections on my play...

Apart from the usual things a couple strange or atleast different things have started to happen. I got a longboard last sunday and it has been causing me to get a whole lot more time out in the sun than I have been. It is a ton of fun and i would recomend it to anyone who can afford to splurge the 180+$. Also, its been nice to see some friends whom I have not gotten a lot of time with in the last couple months, most notably carissa and steven who are definately a nice relief from the usual ragtag group of abnormals.

Finally to the last part, I have some ideas for a story or an outline or... something... but it all is caught up in the EAther. There is a lot taxing on my brain right now in the spaces when I get to stop and think. I've got a little mental war going on inside my head and itscausing me to be a little more irrational, desperate and frazzled then I'd like.

But as with anything all I can say is I'll have to sit down and watch how the world unfolds, because as it seems to me there are only a few minor plays I could make at this point, and anything beyond that would lead to be almost certainly being in a worse spot than I am now.

Time to wait and watch and see what the future holds.