[Yuuji]

Ok, it went long again....so here's the second part:

Well, the good thing is, though the class doesn't start until the end of September, I have orientation on August 3rd, where I will hopefully get more information and possibly meet the teacher and get some materials. After that, I'll probably look more into things I can do towards it in the meantime,

Cool!
Take that orientation seriously!!
...well, that is if THEY take it seriously.
It's uncommon, but not rare, where the teacher or college just....well, let's just say they are unprofessional.
Not everyone can become Mr. Chips (an epitome of a good instructor).
If you start thinking some of these people are crazy...it might just well be!

and you can bet I'll be asking you for help!

*smiles*
Sounds good.
And I can at least be a sounding board if you need to test the 'crazy factor' of your instructor and/or course.

I pretty much am the same about the site, but I don't have anything like this over there, and honestly I'm only on there for administrative reasons most of the time, so I'd prefer to stick to here =)

Understood.

But I'll try to be more timely!

I was just wondering if your life had become so busy, that I would just have to get used to the wait.
Or, if I should just move these to email. Though I think I'd miss the nostalgia.

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Originally Posted by Kate

I love talking to you, and I really do consider you a friend, even if we haven't met. Maybe someday in the future.

*laughs*

Well, how does sometime between January 30th-February 1st, 2009 sound?

I meant to tell you at the last post, but it was a bit too serious (and too long) to include the fact that my friends and I are going to try to go to OhayoCon this year.
Ohayocon Nine || January 30 - February 1, 2009

Nothing is absolute yet, though I will be reserving a room this week.
So I give about a 70% chance.

Also I normally love surprising people who don't expect me to show up (I used to do that a LOT during the conventions between 1989-1995). I was hoping to have done this at last year's Ohayocon, but I couldn't make. And this year I'm probably not going to know the people you'll go with. So I might as well give up the ghost.

But what I'd used to do 'in the old days':
I'd know a friend of the person I was going to meet. So the friend would be in on it. (this was back during the days when you couldn't post a picture on the web, and it was mostly all text-based. So you wouldn't know what these friends even look like)
So my accomplice would hand a letter, or a small gift with note attached to the person whom wanted to meet with me, and they'd start reading.

The letter would be simple enough, the 'Hello', 'How are you', a few things I know that was going on with their life...etc...
But I'd fold and tape the last inch of the paper up at the bottom, and when the person unfastens it, it would read:

By the way, I'm right behind you.

Which, of course, I would be as I would sneak up behind them while they are reading. Always with a smile on my face.

I'd love doing that!! The reactions were priceless, and they'd get a kick out of it too.

The only thing I will bring, was my old symbol: A dull orange mountaineering flag (A 1.5x1.5 flag on a 3' pole with a handle for a single hand).

Like I said, normally you would never know what the person would look like back then. So we use symbols. One guy wore a shirt with a cow on it, myself - the flag. Otherwise you'd go to meet the person, but you'd want it to be public...but who is who?!?!??

This is similar, so I'll bring the flag.
That is, if you get to go again this year.