Yes, I am back from Academic Decathlon. We did pretty well, though not quite as awesome as last year (third, not second in our division). Also, West Valley still kicked our asses hard. I personally got a bronze in economics and a silver in essay (and I was in the honors category). I also got an alternate slot for the UAF half-tuition scholarship (Heidi Hartley, also from our school, got the main slot in my category, and I'm happy for her--she needs some scholarships. Way to go Heidi, as dorky as that reads. Anyhow, now I'm kinda tired, and I have homeworks to do, so I think I'll try to keep it short.

I liked the idea of a gaming dryad as soon as I thought of it about six months ago. I didn't have the skill to draw it to my satisfaction at the time, though. Now I'm better. Anyhow, this one isn't quite as funny I hear as my last one, but I still think this one's cool.

Oh! One last thing--I got my free PS2 running. My friend Dylan gave it to me when it stopped working and his dad got him a new one. He lost all the cords, though. Anyhow, it was just dust collected on the lens, and I bought all the stuff I needed in town. The AV cord was ten dollars and the controller I bought used for 3 bucks--just needed some scrubbing to remove the old kool-aid. So, a functional PS2 for $15 = good deal. :D

--Josh

P.S. The FTP setup to Keenspace died sometime when I was gone, and has been dead the whole day and then some. Therefore the comic's late by even more than I expected.