Aah, I remember when I said I'd be updating my journal every month. What foolish folly that was.

Well, I got that new rig, and 'tis a beauty. It's what allowed me to create that CG Mewtwo to the left of this journal.

So far this summer, I've been trying to finish up some graphics for my independent study course, and it's taking just a leeeeetle longer than I expected. After that, I'm knuckling down to creating a piece for my CG portfolio.

Today is my little brother's birthday! He's turned 20, so that's awesome. He's also earned his Eagle rank in Boy Scouts, which means we're now two for two, since I got my Eagle a while ago. He's had, I guess you could call it "special dispensation" to have an extra 2 years added on to the deadline for getting Eagle, on account of him being autistic, but I never had any doubt he could do it. He's got even more merit badges than I did (and by no small margin, either!), though he did have more time to get them... <_<

In other birthday-related developments, I'll be turning 23 in four days. Whoop-dee-friggin'-doo, right? To be honest, since turning 21, I'm not even sure it's worth it to celebrate birthdays anymore. When people ask me "Age?" I actually have to think for a second before I remember. Hmm, this may be more a sign of catastrophic memory loss than just simply not caring.

I'm still gaming, of course, but I think I've pretty much dropped World of Warcraft for good (hah, where have I heard that before?) Of course, as soon as I'm done with my independent study work this summer, I plan on jumping into Lord of the Rings Online, which looks like it has a MUCH better community at first glance. Of course, the real thing I'm looking forward to is the recently announced Final Fantasy XIV (14!), which is going to be Square-Enix's second foray into the world of Massively Multiplayer Online RPGs. I pray to the almighty God that they've learned from their past mistakes with FFXI.

Well, I've run out of things to babble about.

TTFN!