I am very glad to say that I'm back for the moment. I cleared a lot of things up and got myself straightened out for the most part. I have a little more catching up to do in school and then I'll be able to keep in touch more and hopefully be near my full posting strength. another thing that will help significantly is that I dropped my Physics class and replaced it for another study break. I was doing well in the class and I enjoyed it. I just needed to get rid of a lot of unneccesary work and free up my tight schedule a bit.
I've also become a full-blown addict of the anime series Bleach. say what you will, but I love it.
in very sad news, my copy of Zone of the Enders: the 2nd Runner keeps freezing at this certain point. needless to say, this is very very very very very very very very annoying and frustrating.