I had forgotten how lovely the seasons are. It has been years since I've seen the seasons change. They all have their own ups and downs. Winter is quiet and sleepy, beautiful with snow but the cold wears on a person. Spring is brilliant and blooming with all sorts of flowers, but it conjures the bugs. Summer is verdant and green, but the HEAT (well, it has actually been pretty mild compared to earlier summers here). I have yet to see fall, but I already look forward to it. Cooler, the trees turn, Halloween, and all of the good stuff - you can guess my favorite.

Being in eternal summer known as Hell-er Florida, it's a breath of fresh air. I could not ask for more.

Been putting all my energy into the RPG I run, on top of finding a job here. A little nervous about the latter as this is a whole new place for me. @.x Gotta keep trying! Meanwhile I've had the RPG since summer of last year, got a whole cool new story ready for it and yet, low on members. Hm...

Also need to put up more mini comics...once I can set my scanner back up.

For better or worse.

I'm finally out of Florida, graduated from college and all and in a matter of days, moved to a new home. I still intend to move on with what I want to do. Always the trouble when you're not entirely sure what path you want to take, or even if it's possible. I could go for my Master's degree or go in an entirely new direction. Until then...I have student loans to worry about, hell even getting a job here is going to be a pretty daunting task.
But I'll be optimistic about it. I'll latch on to what comes my way and hope to land in something where I can support myself until I choose the right path to go. I have Derrick and his family to help me, not to mention mine, but I hate to rely on them so much.

I have realized how many people, including the lot of my family and several friends, that are in the military. Those that I have been able to exchange with tell me they're proud of me, glad that I didn't go for the military option. It's odd to hear that even out of the the smarter family members, the ones I was sure could take another option. It was actually pretty sad, knowing that they're going down the smiliar path that may have had a hand at splitting my own family. Maybe they're stronger than that and things will work out fine. I hope so.

Am I happy with where I'm going? I am and I still feel mixed about it. I love what I study, but I look at other students, people that are in my field and wonder if I take it seriously enough. I guess it's only myself holding me back from going or my Master's. I don't like to look too far into the future, just far enough to figure out what I should do and how to go about living.

That's what got me going this far. It be stupid to stop now. Now if only I can find the right place to go. There are many schools up here, so I can take the GRE and hope they all don't reject me. ^-^;;

I guess I needed to rant after all. Okay, feeling better. Now to go lose myself in Battle Royale. Doom doom~

It's been a long while, but then work and other things do cut into time. I have actually still been drawing stuff, mostly in my notebooks and scraps.

Hm, should scan some stuff in after I finish my Japanese homework. @.x

FUCK YES, HALLOWEEN COMES!!!! But I still need to get a costume. My goth-loli violent red riding hood will have to wait next year...

Among many ordinary days comes extraordinary days, little things that give me a smile or two and break the habitual cycle of mediocrity. Woke up around 6 am to get ready for an exam...turns out it's a take home. Considering my last test was a C range, it was quite a nice surprise. Then Derrick and I went on a date of epic proportions. At midday, we drove to the close by mall to have ourselves a hibachi lunch at Kobe Japanese Steakhouse. Not only did the hibachi chef cook our food to perfection (the only way I can eat shrimp - hibachi grilled!) But he did the coolest variation of an onion volcano that I had ever seen. It flared in a pillar of fire followed by a pillar of steam! Fuckwin!

Following a nice lunch, we had out first experience with Cinebistro, a supposedly “Cobb Movie experience”; we decided to try it and reserved our seats to watch The Dark Knight. It was beautiful inside, from the lounge area to the inside of the theater. The seats were HUGE and leathery ^-^ I ordered a glass of wine, Derrick a Sam Light, got a Tolberone and some popcorn. And holy crap, that was the most comfortable I have ever been in a movie theater EVER. There was only like 10 people total in the theater, no kids, and the smell of leather was intoxicating. @.x

For the record, I LOVE Heath Ledger’s rendition of the Joker. Love it, love it so freaking much! It was just those little quirks that you notice that makes a character. He freaks me out and yet I enjoy every second the Joker was onscreen. Not that the rest of the movie was bad, in fact I was so drawn in that I had forgotten that I was watching a movie. And there were lots of explosions, catering to the crazy side of me that enjoys the BOOM.

I know people complain about a movie being too long, to which I say: “Shut up and enjoy it!” People have too little of attention spans that they can’t enjoy the finer things in life, like food and movies and nature. Meh, but that’s the little misanthropist in me. ^-^

All in all, I couldn’t ask for a better day. Now I should at least draw something, my time is limitless at the moment after all...