Wow this summer has been hectic!
UPDATE (071508): 1500 kiriban challenge below!

Hope everyone had a great Canada Day and Independence Day. i've not been able to get back online like i had planned to this summer.

i ended up going into summer school to try and rush through an entire 11th grade Mathematics course... all because next year i'm planning on doing a DigiPen course at my school. What sucks is the fact that you need grade 12 Principles of Mathematics within the first semester of the course. i had been planning to just do the the grade 11 stuff the first semester and the grade 12 stuff the second semester, but that wasn't going to work. After my summer schooling's done i'll being doing some tutoring for a week at a summer camp for kids. Normally the thing is two weeks, but i'll only be able to help out for the one week, because i'm going into a DigiPen summer workshop at Thompson Rivers University for a couple weeks.
(For those of you who don't know, DigiPen Institute of Technology is located in Redmond near Seattle, Washington and they are considered one of the top leaders in their field. They provide different digital, computer, and technology degrees for people pursuing a career in fields like video game design or digital effects for movies.)
Needless to say, my free-time this summer has flow out the window, across the river, through the woods, under the marsh, up the side of the mountain, over the cliffs and strait into the lake... and it left me behind... やろう...

So! i've scanned some new things i'm just simply trying to find the time to work on them. (Did i mention that i'm also juggling a job with all of this too?) It's fun though. Life only happens once and you gotta make the best of it. My highlight of the summer so far was on Canada Day (that's July 1st for you Yanks that don't know ), it was a really nice and hot day, and it was about 4pm when the wind started to pick up. Within about half an hour, the sky was dark, and the wind was getting really strong. Then, with a crack of lightning, it started to downpour. We ended up getting typhoon class winds and had rain reaching spots that seemed unthinkable. The streets were miniature rivers, and power was going out in a couple parts of the city... That's about the time when i decided, "Hey, i wanna go for a walk! ^v^ " So, out i went; soaked i got; and not a more fantastic day have i had yet this summer. Anyways, that's it for this overdue update, talk to you all again soon!

~Mike

side-note: i just realized how close i was to 1500 page views, so i know i just blabbed about how busy i am/have been, but if anyone catches the magic number, send me a screenshot or link to it (via Note), and all give the lucky winner a free digital sketch of their choice (and within my moral limits) AFAP. Enjoy and good luck!

<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
Friends:



Clubs:



<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

p.s. i want to apologize for my previous post. With all that's been keeping me busy and a couple other things off to the side, my nerves have been pretty fried, and i finally broke down. i'm doing much better, and thanks for all the prayer. i know it helped. Again though, i'm doing much better, and please forgive me for that previous posting. Thanks.