A more blog-like entry

Here's what's going on with me:

• I graduated a few weeks ago (December 10th, Georgia Tech)
• I don't have a job yet.
  
• I'm talking with 2 companies. This week, now that the holidays have passed, is when I expect to hear from them.
• One company is in Sunrise, Florida and the other is in Austin, Texas.
• One makes applications for a smart phone and one makes video games for the Wii.

• I'm living with my parents, sleeping on a couch, and actually doing a bit of traveling. Why?

• I got a new car. A brand new Toyota Scion. Manual.
  
• I've already put 2000+ miles on it.
• I'm using Geico. It's all because of the caveman.

• About 6 months ago, I broke up with my girlfriend of three years.
  
• We're still friends.
• I feel like my life is moving in the right direction.

• I'm living off my credit card.
• I have not been very productive (call it fear of starting a project while in such limbo or... something else)

• I am, in fact, on the opposite side of production. I am absorbing. I am in the middle of quite a few pieces of work:
• My 3rd Haruki Murakami book: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles.
• The English Translation of Mother 3, the sequel to Earthbound.
• Mushroom Men. A very colorful game with incredible music for the Wii.
• Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass for the Gameboy DS.

• I hope to finish them all before my vacation ends.

• I'm growing out sideburns similar to Jemaine's from Flight of the Conchords. It's taking a while.

• My younger brother, Jonathan, (my only blood brother) shipped off to Iraq.
  
• I sent him my PSP and a few games as well as a bunch of beef jerky, chunky soup, and baby wipes (which are apparently worth their weight in gold in the ash-filled "shit-hole" of Iraq)
• He promises to send me pictures someday, though he can't post pictures online that may give away his location to... terrorists.

• My grandmother moved from Iowa to North Carolina. For now, she's close again.

• As I said, I'm staying with my dad and stepmom until I get a job. They moved into this new house a month or two ago.
• It is awesome.
• It is right across the street from my stepmother's grandparents- which is great for everyone.

• I've had a sharp pain in my back for the past few weeks.
  
• It could be the result of driving too much, sleeping on everything but a bed, or stress from being in limbo.
  
• Last night I slept 11 hours for the first time in months. It felt great.

I have no idea where I'll be in a month.

I think I'm going to start writing more blog posts- possibly starting with a nitpicky review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button or a new type of episodic blog post called 'Michael's Stories'. These will be stories recounted by my best friend "Michael" who has a natural storytelling gift. I haven't told him I'm typing up all his stories, yet, and I don't know when I will. :D