Well, I see there are a few folks still following my ramblings here, so it's only fair that I share a bit of my tales from real life. I can't say that I've done anything particularly exciting since leaving EVE, which is likely why I don't write about life more often.
School keeps me fairly occupied. I left EVE at about the same time I started studying at the University of Central Florida. I finished the fall term with my perfect GPA intact, and I thought the spring term would be smooth sailing. The class that was supposed to be the easiest, Diplomacy, has turned out to give me the most trouble. I earned a B on the first test, a dreadful performance for me, and there's really not much opportunity to get back into the A range. My term paper for the course is due on Friday, April 8, and I have yet to begin working on it because the first test grade has shaken what little confidence I had.
I've been working on a small business in my spare time. After the disaster in Japan, I used my business to raise funds for the relief effort, and I am also contributing all of my retail profits from March through December to the American Cancer Society. My grandfather died of cancer when I was eight years old, and my grandmother has recently had some troubles with skin cancer, so I want to help fund research to find a cure for this dreadful disease.
I thought that leaving EVE and investing more time in real life would help me feel like a significant human being. That hasn't exactly happened yet, but perhaps better results are just around the corner. Success is an elusive beast, and I've yet to determine how best to trap it.
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