Over the summer not too much has changed or happened to me.  I have been able to go on a quite a few trips within the US to places like NYC, SC, NJ which has been a lot of fun.  The best of those trips was to Charleston with my best friend and a bunch of other friends over a 3 night period of humidity and really hot days, sort of reminded me of Tokyo. 
Other than traveling I've been working and playing far too much computer games. 
The Fall semester at Abtech starts around the 17th and I'm pretty excited about that, finally something to keep me busy, hopefully not too much lol.  I'm excited about my ceramics class and being able to make art that is practical.  Ever tried drinking soup out of an oil painting?  I didn't care for the taste..  I also want to become good at ceramics because it's very popular among the Japanese.
I've been trying to keep up to date on my Japanese too, it's still really hard for me since I have so few people to practice with.  Thanks to the internet because without it I would have that many less Japanese to chat with.
I really miss Japan! Hoping my photography will help me bring in more income for my future ventures to the land of Mt Fuji.