Hey look what Amenonine found on Facebook:

Oh PAX . . . remind me that I really need to write out that whole epic story of how a baker's dozen of friends dropped everything one week so they could cosplay Valkyria Chronicles for a night 3 hours away from home. Bet that'd be a fun story to tell . . .

Beyond that, still don't know any updates about Spain-trapped friend. Need to poke people on Facebook about that, I reckon.