in preparation...

before I fly off to another continent with no money, no home, no friends (for which I'm excited, mind you), I thought that I'd set up this blog. as I've learned over the last two years, I'm relatively awful at mailing people and keeping in touch...something about mass mailing people keeps me from doing so. this is my solution of keeping people up to speed with my latest going ons, especially when I'm several time zones away. now, it's up to me to keep posting...