I have reserved tickets (and paid for them, of course) for myself and my mate Haiyo. Unfortunately I have been undergoing some changes at work, in which I have been placed in a very intensive foreign language program learning Pashto (the language indigenous to Pakistan and the Southern regions of Afghanistan) and I simply will not be able to fit this weekend’s convention into my schedule.
This makes me very sad, but life is what it is. Please accept my ticket payments as a donation to your wonderful organization. I would love to say that I hope to attend next year’s event, but I will be in Afghanistan hopefully being shot at (otherwise I shall be dying… of boredom 
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I hope you all have a wonderful time!