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So I planned on putting up a journal entry some months ago. Just shows how much procrastination I still have. That's a fading habit though, as I've been a busy bee lately. This would have been pretty long had I not split this entry into two. Let me start my first entry with Fanime.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, Fanime is an anime convention that has taken place at the San Jose Convention Center on Memorial Day weekend the past four years. The past two years were a blast to go to. This year felt...different. Part of this was due to a lack of interesting panels and other events. The other part was due to taking on some personal issues I had at the time. Overall it was just mising the spark that was there in '06 and '05. I still managed to have my share of fun though.

Before that though, I was laid off from my job at the dental office about a month earlier. This was a portion of the personal issues I was dealing with. Thanks to this, among other things, I finally got the nerve to study for my CompTIA A+ certification. I had to pass two tests to become certified, a Core Hardware and Operating Systems exam. If you already read my previous entry, I already passed the hardware exam. Soon after Fanime, I took the OS exam. Unfortunately I didn't pass it, however I still had one more shot at it before these tests expired to put in new tests. Towards the end of June, I took the exam again. This time I passed, overjoyed and relieved of a lot of stress when I saw the computer screen say "Congratulations!". I'm now A+ certified!

But there was still the problem of finding a job.....