Three big rounds of applause for Kevin!! His first act as Prophet, Incorporated’s Technology Expert and member of the Board of Directors was a fine one, one that has saved the entire project. Thanks to Kevin, the Daily Prophet now has a webhosting plan that I can actually pay for out of my own pocket. In other words, I don’t have to rely on donations!!! For a total of $119.40, the Daily Prophet will have 1.6GB of webspace for a whole year! That’s only $9.95 a month, people. How amazing is that? And not only that, but the whole package also includes some amazing features, like MySQL, online shopping security stuff, loads upon loads of email accounts and unlimited email aliases. And, and I got a free domain name!! My blog will soon be moving to Meggers.org. How fun is this?!

This means that we can leap right into action, working on the Daily Prophet. No more having to wait months for stupid IRS forms, no more uncertainties if this will work out financially or not. The bothersome money part is over, I think I might even be able to handle this on my own. It’s my own little investment into the future of Prophet, Inc. We may have lost Battle School thanks to the threats of Orson Scott Card, but baby, we’re growing faster that I ever thought possible.

You’ve got to check out Meggers.org, which is now the place-holder for the server until I can move my other domains over there and get it all organized. I think what you’ll find there is the best possible visual explanation for how I feel right now.

What’s even better is I spoke to Dean on the phone this evening, and I’ll be heading over to his office tomorrow morning to call the Count, take some headshots of me, and (granted all goes well with the phone call) book airline tickets to Berlin. In a matter of only 20 minutes this evening my day turned a radical one hundred and eighty degrees; I started out in a funk, and now I’m so happy I’ve given myself a headache from all this bouncing around.

After I told Mom about having to spend the day at Dean’s office tomorrow, she dragged me out of the house to buy a new cell phone because now she’s all worried about me heading off into the world all by my lonesome. Psh, I’m not worried, but hey, I got a phone out of it, so paranoia isn’t all bad. 🙂 It’s pretty and has a color LCD screen and everything. Mmmm, techno nummies.

And to Alexi, again, thank you very very much for your kindness. 😀 That really means a lot to me today. It’s hard to believe that people feel nervous about emailing me, because I’m just me, you know? But you see? Don’t be afraid of approaching people, and most of the time, you’ll get something happy out of it. Sometimes you don’t always get what you expect – for better or worse – but you’ll always learn something, right?

To Spencer, who posted a comment on my “Day at the Spa” entry – thank you very much indeed. 🙂 And here I thought I might have scared you off. I’m glad you enjoyed the morning at the diner; that was loads of fun and I enjoyed it immensely.

Well I’m happy. But now it’s time to go to bed, as I’m exhausted and I have to get up relatively early tomorrow to drive to Dean’s office. One last time, everybody all together now, WAY-HEY! DP, TV Show, Kevin rules, you people are so nice and lovely; what could be better?! Life’s good.