I wanted to post something a little more positive than I have been.  I think that some key events are passing such as the portfolio show  and holiday parties, it's been getting easier to put things behind me.  I'm real optimistic that things will start getting even better after the start of the New Year.  I'll be going home next week for a few days and that's bound to help too.

A lot of my friends have been very supportive, including a few of you here and I do appreciate it.  Most of my friends have been understanding of my situation and extremely patient with my whiny needs.  I do feel there is one friend who thinks I've been behaving a little TOO selfish, but I don't believe he's ever had to truly deal with such matters.  Other than that, life has more or less been getting back on track.

So...the holiday season has started a few days early up here.  I wish everyone safe travels and happy holidays.

Summer Quarter is now over.  If you haven't checked lately....now's a good time to pop over to my Deviant Art account since I've been posting my finals:
  
http://nogardmaster.deviantart.com/  

Also, I had to post one of my finals on You Tube....so you can check that out if you want:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZlLTUiSTBQ

More of a real update later....like I keep saying, but I'm tired....and todays been my first full day off since.....since...just a second here....since....July?

I just got the best fortune cookie ever...I'm trying to wrap my head around the paradox: "You will soon be receiving sound spoken advice.  Listen!"

Sorry...I'm bored and procrastinating homework...I'll leave you alone now.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DINA!!!

I don't post often anymore, so I thought I'd fill your heads with things you don't want to know:

Nothing went according to plan yesterday.  NOTHING!  I won't go into details, but I should say this...IT WAS A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME!!!


I hate it when I get nothing done in an ENTIRE day!  That means I have to work twice as hard today to make up for it...and I'm not feeling well.

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Today, so far, is just not going according to plan.  All I wanted to do was get my tabs, go grocery shopping and be home...within an hour...TOPS!!!

I get to the DOL and she states that I have to get an Emission Check.  I've never heard of this before.  Is this something new?  Alright, fine, all go to this silly place, which I can't find, and pay the silly $15.  After all this, my truck FAILS the silly emission check.  Now I'm going to have to spend MORE money to get it fixed, not to mention having to fill up my gas tank from running all around Seattle.  Not to mention, I'll have to spend ANOTHER day off getting it fixed, retested, and it all needs to be done by August 1st.

Isn't that how it always goes?  I think, "in a month or so I can actually start saving up money," and then something ALWAYS comes up.  It's tiring and extremely depressing.

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I'm just here to say that I had a great 4th of July.  The best one I've had in several years since I usually hide from the fireworks.  A few friends of mine from school, and a few of their friends went over to Gas Works Park in Seattle to watch the show over the water.  We got the around 12:30pm to stake out a decent spot.  Basically, we had 9.5 hours to do nothing until the show started.  It was a fairly good spot with very few people around...until right before the show started and there were people packed into every last free spot available.

We ended up making a list of things we need to bring next year including more entertainment, because there is only so many times you can play Uno, especially when the game doesn't end.  Ana, Ambrosia and I were BAD animators, since neither one of us brought our sketchbooks...we're horrible.  But we talked, ate food, fried in the sun, threw water everywhere (well...I didn't...you know who you are).

It was funny, because we had a full array of weather yesterday.  It was pouring down rain in the morning, but was mostly clear by the time we got there.  Got HOT in the afternoon, and then it rained again.  Once the fireworks started, it was just about right...perhaps a little cold.  I got sunburned in a few patches, but nothing too bad.  Didn't get home until 1am, and for those of you who know me...that's way late, and I slept in until 8:30 this morning....I'm so lazy!

Hope everyone else had a good 4th!

I finally did it!  I cut my hair and it feels GREAT!  I had to take a friend of mine to the dentist yesterday so I went in search of a cheap salon while I waited for her to get out.  For those of you who haven't seen me in a while, my hair was all the way down my back.  I was having trouble keeping it up, clean, brushed...what not.  In other words, it was pissing me off.

When I went in, they all told me how lovely my hair was, but I didn't care.  I asked them to donate it, so now some child will get my "oh-so-lovely" hair.  Now it's just above my shoulders and makes for such a cute little pony tail.  I think the only thing I'll miss was the ability to put it up in a bun.  There was something about "revealing" just how long my hair really was that I liked.  Perhaps it was the attention.  I do think my friend was a little sad when I came to pick her up, I think she liked my hair long.  She won't be the last, I know some of my other friends will probably be upset with me too.  But it's not like it came out of the blue...I've been threatening to cut it for several months now.

It's amazing the difference it can make.  I know people up in Bellingham has seen me with REALLY short hair, but all my Seattle friends have only known me with long hair.  I'm thinking I'll have to wear my bandanna the first week of school so people can recognize me.  I'm sure I'll get tired of people saying, "YOU CUT YOUR HAIR!!!"