I admit to have never gone a longer period without reading our blog or posting. For this I apologize but offer no reasonable excuse besides distraction, laziness, and insecurity.

Almost six moths have passed by, and I have sheepishly not even checked the blog, afraid to notice how badly I was doing at keeping up.

I have just now read through each posting since october, and will reread them all soon and post something more relevant.

I feel that some-sort of update is needed. I dropped out of college this semester in order to help my family through some personal issues. This has required my returning to Nebraska (I am sorry Matt that we are not ex-pat's together any longer).

I will be once again a college-student (at University of NE no less) for the summer term and onward, but I've lost at least a semester of studies and progress towards my ultimate degree. Trying to make the most of being here, I have immersed myself in Omaha/Nebraska politics again. I was recently elected Committeeman for the NE Young Democrats. So, in the national organization which represents all democrats 13-36, there are about 300 votes, and I cast one. I am also doing a lot of work for a congressional candidate I believe in named Jim Esch. His website, www.jimesch.org is remarkable, and I hope some of you will visit it. I have been playing music constantly and hope to update everyone on what I've been doing when I can.

Anyone who knows Imogen Heap will know the sort of stuff I've been doing with computers and vocal modifiers. Song writing has been slow under the new system, but the world of song writing has expanded, despite getting more complicated. If I have anything amazing finished anytime soon I'll be sure to post it, if for no other reason, than to not feel like such an unremarkable person compared to everyone else. Since so many people have won such accolades since the last time I posted, rather than congratulating each individually, I am just going to say "congrats" to each and every one of you. You all make me proud to have been a tasper with you.

I promise, that at least in the months of march and april, I will be dramatically less of a stranger to the blog than I have been in the past 6 months.

I have also taken to attending church regularly, UCC denomination, for what it's worth.

posted by john owens-ream   [2:00 AM]

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