Didn't know you work nights/weekends now Rude. That sucks! Definitely try to get GenCon at least, we'll celebrate with a chilidog at Colonel GHOULSby's!

I would love to go to both cons but it all depends on if I'm granted the vacation time I've requested. I'll try to find out before the end of the month, but they're pretty horrible on letting me know if I'll get it or not. I work nights and weekends now, so it can be tough.

| Update, Shmupdate

Let's see here:

- Started classes for my masters in IT management on Monday, two of 'em at the same time.

- Starting a routing class at the local community college Monday nights for 4 hours a night in Feb.

- Still working.

- Should have bottled my first batch of homebrew by the time you read this, a nice pale ale. Well, I say nice prematurely, the recipe SAYS that it is a pale ale, we'll see what I actually made...

- Next batch is a red ale that should be cooked up possibly even tomorrow!

- Heading out to Big Sur for a little 7th anniversary retreat. To quote Ferris Bueller: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." 7 years. Holy smokes!

- My new dream is to open a brewery. Santa Cruz Ale Works is seriously a block from my work and now that I know this I am taunted every morning as I drive to work and I see the steam pouring out of their building during brew day.

| Your Journey Ends Here... Turn to pg 209

Gencon's a pass for me. May is the next kublacon though. Who's going to that? Pre-registration is also by Feb 28th. just fyi.

| Garfield's Hell

- Woke up in Australia at 7:00 Monday morning after a really bad night's sleep, maybe 3 hours.
- From 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM was packing/travelling
- At 4:30 PM got on the 14-hour flight, slept about 3 hours
- Landed in SF, still Monday, except 10:30 AM
- It has been Monday for 27 hours so far!

Nice to be back, though.

GenCon

Badge registration is coming up! January 23rd is badge registration and on the 25th housing registration opens up. We should know who's in by then so that we can get the appropriate number of hotel rooms.

Last I heard: Me, Deaf Mute, SteveI'mSteve, Pumpkin, and Blackheart were in.