Outward

Here's another personal update, and then I imagine I'll be getting into some more profound postings somewhat soon here.

I graduated high school at the end of May.  Anti-climactic seems to be the word for it, seeing as I forsook high school after my junior year and completed my first full-time year of college in mid-April.  I did feel accomplished when I had that diploma in my hands afterwards, but I'm afraid that what I'm always going to remember is a slight irked feeling at having to wear that silly square hat.

I got a job!  I start digitizing aircraft repair manuals on Monday.  My early college teacher was so proud of me when I told her that I got a job with an engineering company right after graduating from our engineering-focused high school.  I hadn't even thought of it that way.  I was just glad to have a job so that now I can pay for textbooks, video games and a good part of my mission.  I'm intending to make my career out of storytelling, not engineering.  (For all I know, I might end up spending enough time in the engineering department to call it a career.  I'm not picky as long as I get what I want in the end.)

Speaking of mission, it's getting more and more real now.  I still have about a year before I set off (give or take a few months, perhaps), but I've started attending a mission prep class, and I've talked to my bishop about moving up in the priesthood, and per his request I got my hair cut short.  (And since I'm sure some of you will wonder; I'm thinking England and Japan would be cool places to go, but what do I know?  I'm sure the Lord will send me to whichever mission he knows would be my absolute favorite.  That seems to be what happened to every returned missionary I've listened to.)

The oddest feeling I've experienced lately actually comes with the thought that I have now beat every released Kingdom Hearts game save one.  It's been easily less than two years since I picked up the first one.  Now I just have Birth By Sleep left before Dream Drop Distance comes out next month.  I love those games.

Oh, and I made that blog that I mentioned in my last post.  It's called Without Money, Without Price.  ^__^

Aaand that's all for now!