I understand that I have updated my Journal only once in the past three months. I apologize for the infrequency of my writing, and am likewise sorry that today's journal will likely not meet the quality standards that I typically set my journals at. While I wish to continuously strive for excellence and focus my every word around your amusement and the betterment of humanity in general. However, to be frank, school has been killer. A 12 page paper on the societal implications gathered from an analysis on knighthood as a class from a military and social standpoint between the onset of the Hundred Years' War and the height of the Plague. That and another paper on nuclear-based propaganda during the cold war, and then a movie for my latin class that involved me wearing my armor for up on eight hours a day for a week. Then a final in all of the aforementioned classes plus geology, which has been a decent course in spite of my not being much of a science person.

But excuses aside, I still wish I had written to you more. I have been very retroactive on this site, responding to comments and keeping updated without producing any quantity of original material. Unfortunately, I also cannot promise immediate change, most notably because I leave for colorado in exactly one day, where I have a job as an assistant chef at Drowsy Water Ranch until the 12th of September. The downside is complete lack of phone reception and internet access, unless I choose to drive two hours to Denver and use an internet cafe. However, colorado is a beautiful place, and I do hope to have several photographs of an acceptable quality so that I may once more give back to the site that has been the reason for much of my improvement.

So farewell, DeviantArt. I will miss you on my birthday, I will miss you on your anniversary, and I will miss the people you have introduced me to. In three months I will return in full force, and will likewise not be taking an 18 credit workload or 400 level classes, which should be to everyone's benefit. I'll miss all of my friends over the summer, but will simultaneously be able to switch out my long-distance relationship for something of true substance, which I greatly need.

So thank you, and adieu,

=Drocan