Been in absentia for a while, so I'll fill you in. November / Late October was revising my thesis for submission, and I defend my work this coming Monday. In there was a period of heavy job searching and lots of other things, like writing a paper (still in the mix) and doing some LaTeX work.
I currently am employed, and start on the 29th of Dec, in a camp job. Work 3 weeks, get 3 weeks off, as a field engineer. It is a underground hydro-electric project so I will learn a lot about rocks mechanics by proxy, something non existant in my education, despite being effectively specialized in geotech at a grad level. I am back in the gear whoring to boot, as now I can drop my savings on gear opposed to planning for the worsT! Time to erase that botched 7 of earlier this year, and get er done right. I am in the works with Victor Baker (the arch top builder) about a solid body 7, as he started doing rock guitars recently too, should be a fun trip!
I will also take suggestions on a travel guitar, pref electric for quietness and such. To fly around with me and whatnot.
Hope you are all keeping, how many guitars did Darwin buy while I was out

Cheers,
Kyle