I'm on vacay till Saturday. Here's a post I've prepared in advance.

In my ongoing quest for self-betterment, I declared my sophomore year of high school to be The Year, during which I would try to be an all-around cooler guy. Maybe you don't remember last year, when I said:

I didn't remember it either until the days leading up till May 25, 2007. Then I forgot, and the date passed. But then I remembered again last week, and I opened the letter. It was from the me of then to the me of now. I asked myself how I was doing with the things I hadn't been doing so well on: the job thing and the girlfriend thing and the driving thing. Actually, shortly afterward. I got my learner's permit, and then I got my old job back. It was also around that time that I met Natasha, and although she's not my girlfriend, we're good friends who might like each other a little more than regular friends do... maybe?

Okay, so I don't have everything figured out, but who does? The point is, The Year II (my senior year) was a lot of fun, and during it, I did a lot of things that made me become a better and maybe even cooler person. Is it sad that I care so much about what other people think of me? Maybe. But having a job is important to me because it brings me moola. Being in love is important to me because it's something I've always wanted but have never gotten. Being able to drive isn't that important, but it will be once I get tired of riding my bike and taking the bus.

A wise man once said, "I don't know, go Ask Jordon."

Đä еdε: Do you plan to expand your 'Ultimate Cool Characters' page?

As for adding new characters, no, nothing is in the works relating to that. But I do plan to make the page a bit more organized and including info about how to obtain special characters on non-Windows platforms. It's amazing how switching operating systems can affect your worldview.

Bob: Have you seen Waking Life and do you know that it is not only awesome but it is about lucid dreaming? Also did you check out that guitar tab for me?

Well, Luke, I've never heard of that movie, but it's worth checking out. And if you mean the Bob Dylan song we were talking about, I did check out that tab. (Luke and I are going to play a song somewhere sometime, I think. Details to come... maybe.)

Jennifer Landry: I just wanted to tell you that you wrote a great speech and delivered it finely. Oh and you had the most applause out of all of the speeches. ;)

Thanks, Jen. I appreciate it. Lots of people have been complimenting me on the speech I gave at graduation, which is nice. I did work hard on it, and I'm pretty proud of it.

Here are some possibly true anecdotes involving air travel. They're Just Plane Weird.

Here are 11 Great Color Legends: answers to questions like "Why is the sky blue?" and "Why is the US dollar green?"