Just a general update on things, since I've not posted much lately. I'm currently working at Ashland University in the ACCESS Programme (aka Center for English Studies) teaching English as a Foreign Language (ESL) - same thing I did when I lived in Japan, but with international college-age students instead of Japanese(-only) high school students. I'm an adjunct, so it's just part-time, but it's pretty good so far.

I also finally caved in and picked up World of Warcraft. I successfully avoided it for over a year and a half, but between a free demo and a Best Buy sale (which I price matched at Circuit City to score it for $18), I couldn't resist. I'm playing both Alliance (Draka realm) and Horde (Sentinels realm), and I've managed to get my wife hooked also. Now we just need a second computer...

My Beatmania machine is totally up and running. Turned out to be a bad board - bought a replacement and a different mix kit and got it up and running. It also turns out that the US board has some kind of difference when compared to a JP board, so my US CompleteMIX 2 doesn't work on my new JP board. I was able to get a CompleteMIX (original) and a 5thMIX, so between the two I've pretty much got the same thing as CompleteMIX 2, albeit with some internal swapping. About the only thing the machine needs now is a couple of button lights and a marquee that matches the mix that is in it.