Well, if you haven't noticed, I haven't been active here in months. Its been a combination of things; more than anything though it is just this funky mood I can't seem to shake. Alot of the stuff I used to enjoy (Cars, RC cars, writing and so forth) just doesn't appeal to me at the moment. As far as writing, it scares the crap out of me; if I want me furutre career to involve writing, I can't let it be ruined by some stupid mood. But that seems to be what is happening. I had a 102% in my honors english class...but the last paper I wrote I got a 51% on. Its like there is a cloud over my mind when I write (thats some funky mojo, huh? lol).

Anyways, I guess I decided to make this official. I am taking a leave of absence that could easily last all summer or longer. I dunno at this point. I may hop on every once in a while when I get the urge, but you won't see any new blogs or me posting around in forums too often. (Which is too bad, since I just joined and was really enjoying Hanzoadam 's games, anime, and manga union, which is really cool and has a great group of guys. Check it out if you are even remotely interested in anime).

Also, sorry about not keeping up with all you guys blogs recently. I really love reading them, hope to get back into then as soon as possible.

So, before I bid you adeiu, I will give you a couple updates about me:

I was going to write a blog a couple months back about whether or not I should get a PSP, but then I decided I would. Then I was gonna write a blog about whether or not I should get the Go or 3000, but I never got around to that either. So now my birthday has come and gone (oh yah, I am 17 now!), and I am the proud new owner of a PSP 3000. I already got a 16GB memory card a put tons of anime on it (actually, only Durarara, K-on!, and Death-Note at this point). I also bought Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness and Pre-ordered Persona 3 Portable (I get a little baseball cap for pre-ordering....woohoo, lol).

So far I really like Disgaea, the battle system is very unique, and the games humor is fantastic. I think I am going to enjoy this game alot.

On my DS, I got Infinite Space. I had heard good and bad about it, but it sounded fun, so I picked it up. Its hard to say what I think of this game at the moment...it is certainly fun building up a ship and flying around space, but the battle system feels almost...gimicky. I dunno, I am glad I bought it, but I will get back to you on how well I end up liking it.

Also, one thing that I still enjoy just as much (yah, even video games aren't as fun anymore) is reading, and boy have I been reading. IN the past two weeks I read 6 books, lol. I read the two Mass Effect books by Drew Karpyshyn, and they were fantastic (the first being much better). Karpyshyn also wrote three Star Wars books, which I plan to pick up as soon as possible. Speaking of Star Wars books, I read three of those as well. Allegiance and Survivor's Quest by Timothy Zahn were the usual Zahn masterpieces: fantastic books that you can't put down. Allegiance was 350 some-odd pages and I read it in two days. I literally couldn't stop reading. I am in the middle of reading another star wars book at the moment (the title escapes me, and I don't feel like getting up to see what it is, lol). After that, I may read Shogun. Its pretty darn long, but it is supposed to be really good. Books I have in mind to read sometime soon are: Watership down, Catch-22, and the 501st. If I read all those, well, then I will have to go to borders and see what else they have, lol.

Anyways, I love you guys and I hope to see you all again soon.

VXLbeast signing out.