Donthurtme reporting in:
First up I may as well go for a End of Night Report:
About 40 points so far, with maybe 30 minutes left before I call it a night (assuming I can sleep, but I'll get to that in a minute)
50 whistle points, not bad, not good!
I am sorry for my somewhat sporadic posting here, but I am extremely busy, and the events of today mean that this is only going to get worse from now on.
Today I was offered a one year placement in Denver, Colorado, working in a lab in the University of Colorado. This is a huge opportunity for me, quite possibly the defining moment in my life, and as such I am going to have to hit the grind stone and work like mad before I leave so that I make the right impression. As such Newgrounds will be taking an increasingly small amount of my time, and although I will attempt to post here when I can, I am going to slowly disappear.
For the moment, while I sort out things like Visas, flights, and where I am going to live, there may be little difference in my activity, and certainly I am free all day tomorrow, so am hoping for a good day in the portal. But as the Summer nears things will change. I also have the consideration of my girl friend, who I will be leaving behind here, and I want to make these months special as I am going to miss her so much when I am away. She is going to stand by me, and at least give it a go, so it isn't the end, but it will hurt all the same.
Anyway, that's anough about me, I'm sure you didn't want to hear all that, but I felt I owed my fellow soldiers an explanation.
However, you can help me!! I have never visited Denver, and have very little idea what it is like. Having visited California a couple of times (LA, San Francisco, San Diego, even out to Las Vegas in Nevada), I have some idea of what American life is like, and I am extremely excited about the prospect of living out there, something I have always dreamed of doing. However, I was wondering if any of you have visited the area, or indeed live there and could tell me what it's like? It's all well and good looking at websites and books, but it doesn't really tell you what it's really like.
Thanks for any help you can give, and sorry for boring all of you with that (my longest post ever by quite a distance!!)
*salutes*