-JAFU: Just Another Frickin' Update

I know, I know, I havent posted since July 10th, so sue me. I've been a busy busy boy. I went back up to Alabama, New York, and Virginia for 20 days or so. I got to visit family, check on some job stuff and check out a couple of campuses. My girl has me very interested in heading over to Japan, so I've been saving up for a plane ticket to go check out her place, have a little fun in Kyoto and go pick up some gadgets in Akihabara. I also have a few friends living over there right now, so it'll be about beer-thirty when my plane touches down. It's looking more and more like I won't be working for the US government anytime soon. It has occurred to me that the guv is a slow moving, not to bright entity, which is fine. I've hooked up with a private contracting firm with offices in Tokyo and other places in the world, so come late-September-ish I'll know if I'll be living in Japan for a few years. I really hope this one pans out. Just for good measure, I applied with all of their competitors. I got lotsa eggs in lotsa baskets. Who knows, if I get there and I don't like it, I can always do my Ph. D. in Asian Studies, lol.