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Hola, people! HEY LOOK ANOTHER MONTH WENT BY. And of course, Raia here was lame and has been long absent from this site. Bah. Anyhoo, my friends, I am in Santa Fe as I am typing this! My fam is on vacation here. Or really, it should be called "Annual Activity in Which We Force Ourselves to Have Fun (and try not to strangle each other)."xD Family vacations are always crazy, amirite? Family drama and health issues aside (i.e. altitude sickness and car sickness and general lameness I always seem to experience), it's been fun. Some of my adventures have included hiking on an extinct volcano called Capulin and also in several local parks/sanctuaries, meeting local artists, eating spicy, delicious New Mexican food, and...facing down a rattlesnake in the ruins of the Pecos Pueblo. It was just slithering along casually, so we (meaning my dad, brother, and I) went on by and waited calmly for it to go past, but then it crossed the trail with my mom stuck on the other side of it, and she was kinda panicking, and then it started rattling (It was SO her fault), so we got out of there. AWESOME RIGHT? (I have a weird love for dangerous beasties. When it started rattling I was like "OMG YES! THIS IS SO COOL MAN!" and my mom was like "AAAAAGH LET'S MOVE!" I'm so...I dunno. I have thrill issues, I guess.xD) Unfortunately, I have yet to spot a bear. Alas! But we have seen many pronghorn, a mule deer, assorted birds, and many small, skittish lizards. Mmmyes. We're leaving for Colorado Springs tomorrow. We were actually there before we drove here, but it was all rainy and gloomy, and Santa Fe was all sunny and nice, so we drove here early instead of sticking around in rain-city. I'll catch y'all up later, and mayhaps pics! I have a photo of the rattlesnake, and several other critters and pretty things.:3 Love and peace, -Raia-
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School is oooooouuuuuut. And suddenly, we go from 50 degree weather to high 80's within a week. What the heck?xD Ah well, that just means it's finally time to break out the shorts and sunscreen. (fffffff I can't believe I'm freeee) And I'm officially a senior in high school, and also co-captain of drumline. Sweet. B) -Raia-
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So last night was the final concert of the year for band and it was both epic and fail on several counts. But the coolest thing that happened was definitely the first song the other band did.* It was based off a battle in the Korean War and it was WIN. They had all these nifty percussion parts where they made it sound like the ocean, and then there were parts where some of their percussionists went to the back of the auditorium and whacked these old drum heads so it sounded exactly as if there were helicopters zooming around. There were also parts where it sounded like machine guns were going off all over the place. SO AWESOME. I am going to try to get a copy of the recording of it. Of course, there were some fail things as well, like how one of the percussion guys in my band decided to simply leave before it was our turn, so we had to juggle parts around. Fortunately, said guy only shows up every other day, so we were used to it. I could go on forever about all the different songs and associated mishaps, but I won't.xD I need to be studying for my math test, anyway. *There are two concert bands: the main band and the audition-only one. I'm in the audition-only one.;D Peace, -Raia-
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Firstly, I got my cursor back! But only because I'm no longer in Rich Text Editing. I guess that is my new buddy... Secondly, I’m really happy because I’ve been fixing up some academic issues and things are looking relatively good. Unfortunately, due to some circumstances beyond my control, I’m now rather behind on our in-class research project in English. Alas. Hopefully the teacher’ll be flexible about some deadlines, especially cuz this whole thing is sorta her fault.>> Thirdly, my mother is now obsessed with genealogy and is heck-bent on tracing back her family through the ages. She’s certainly found some interesting stuff, but I really take the mickey out of her for her “love of dead people.”:3 Today she happened to come a cross an interesting document during her research. Check out the bit circled in red. This is legit stuff, people. I kid you not. The full screen that I cropped that from is here. Be warned, the file is a bit large. Apparently, in old time Kansas, there was no such thing as political correctness.xDD Much love, -Raia-
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I've said this before, but this time I really mean it...I had like the craziest weekend eveeeerr. Unfortunately I'm bored of regaling the details, so I'll just say that it was two days of standardized testing, whacky percussionist mishaps, and illnesses. Also we just replaced all the appliances in our kitchen...honestly I miss the old ones, they were so much more easy to use. But that's just my lazy side kicking in. On the plus side, they have really pretty LCD displays and the diswasher plays a cheerful chiming sound when the dishes are clean. The diswasher. Freaking. CHIMES. I'm both disturbed and overjoyed. I wish I had some Bionicle art for you but I don't. And I want to apologize for my lack of activity here...it's just that I'm in this stage of my life where the plot is thickening, the special effects are improving and the cast has swelled with a combination of top-notch actors and morons with wooden swords. A dramatic musical number shall soon commence! Literally. District band festival is Wednesday and the last concert of the year isn't too long after that. And then, of course, there's commencement, which we play the Alma Mater at and such. Tho seriously...what high school needs a Mata Nui-forsaken alma mater...? Peace, -Raia-
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Oh, whoops, I died.>_> Greetings, ladies and germs. I've been off in that land known as Real Life and I haven't come to BZP for a while...I kinda feel like I've grown out of this place.:[ But, I still love you guys, so here I am to give you a peek at my current state of affairs. -Our microwave decided to die, and the replacement won't be in for a week if we're lucky. Soo I'm learning how to make do without for the mo. It's very weird.xD -Trying to cobble together a piece for a writing thing my English teacher nominated me for. Gaack. I'll let you know how that turns out, if I don't forget. -ACT is coming up...on the same day as the solo/ensemble festival, in which I and the percussion guys have an ensemble, and I play marimba. Yikes.D: -Besides the microwave, the stove is being weird, the dishwasher is dying, and the refrigerator should have given out years ago, soo...yeah...waiting for an asplosion from the kitchen any minute now...xD -I'm probably going to end up taking Geography over the summer because my schedule for next year is so darn full...and hopefully, I'll also get to take a painting class at our community college.^^ -GRR SPRING COME ALREADY -Writing is still progressing :3 -Still no boyfriend :[ -Got my hair cut ^^ -Can't decide whether to take College Physics or College Biology next year... -Going to KU on Wednesday for a campus tour, and I might get to go tour some art schools come summer ^^ -I'm never going to get around to that Mata Nui drawing >_< -Shopping is still a pain in the butt, quite literally -Um...peanut butter cookies are nice. So yeah. I'm sure there's more stuff I'm forgetting, but meh, no one needs to hear more of my endless rambling. Peace, love, and good fortune to you.<3 -Raia-
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LK and Veef have heard most of this story already and that's about half of the people who read this blog buuut...Karzahni, why not. So I was at the public library this Saturday to help with this kid's program that they have on certain days, and this little preschool-aged boy comes up to me, shoves aside the little sign that said "Sign up" for the program, plunked a Toa Mata canister on the table, and smiled at me expectantly. My reaction was basically "OMIGOSH A REAL-LIVE TOA MATA," except what I said out loud to him was "Ooh, a Bionicle!" (I came into the fandom after the Mata were gone, you see, and I'd never gotten to see one up close and personal.) Greeted the kid, signed him up as per request of his mom, and went back to sitting there and later, trying to interpret the mysterious language of pre-schoolers. Later, after the kiddos cleared out, the boy and his mom were still there, and the mom was talking to some other parents and he was probably wanting attention, so he came over to my little table, dumped out the pieces from his canister, and just sorta showed them to me. I could tell then what he had was an Onua Mata. I think he was too little to even know who the characters were. He also had some crayons in the canister, so he just started scribbling on my sign-up sheet. I laughed and turned it over for him to color on the back instead. He later held up some pieces to me expectantly--he had some ball-and-sockets he couldn't put together. So I did it for him, cheerfully reminding him not to forget to say "please." I ended up just sitting there and watching him goof around, because I didn't have anything better to do, until his mom told him to "stop torturing the poor high-schooler" and finally took him home.xD Kids are so adorable at that age.:3 They make volunteering for this program worth the tedium of sitting at that table for like eveeeerr. It gives me warm fuzzies inside. Yay for fuzzies! And I want Onua Mata now.;_; SO BADLY. Or any of the Mata, really. I wanted to try to put the kid's Onua together--I don't think the kid really knew how to--but some pieces were missing...his mom said they were probably lost in the car somewhere.xD Just picking up and TOUCHING pieces from a Mata--A MATA 8D--made me geek out hard. Waaaaaant. ffff, I'm such a dork. -Raia-
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Oh life, you can be annoying and horrible sometimes, but then you always come out of the blue with another window to opportunity.<3 ...so, we started enrollment for the next school year today. Even earlier than normal, because our 10-12 high school will convert to a 9-12 next year, and we have a TON of incoming students to deal with in addition to the returning ones. As a junior, I have to make a loooot of important decisions about classes, tests, and colleges. Soooo many decisions, it just makes your brain spin, and having a splitting headache never helps. Of course, I don't have to finalize anything til next week, but still. I got really stressed and panicky after I registered for the February ACT (LATE, and barely in time for the final deadline, I might add, so extra fees aarrgh), while looking at college stuff. I was just in such a bad mood, and I was yelling at everyone. But my mom made some delicious Mexican food for dinner, and it brought back fond memories of our New Mexico trip last summer, and it reminded me once again how awesome it was there. I'm freaking in love with that place. It's so beautiful. The people are so friendly and talented. The landscape is inspiring to the point where it almost hurts. It's just an amazing place and I've fantasized about living there since we left. So I had this idea of looking at colleges in New Mexico, just to see, look for some options besides just following the typical go-to-KU-or-another-in-state-college rut. And I came upon this really spiffy-looking art school in Albuquerque.<3 I am DEFINITELY going to send off for some packets and such to learn more about this place. I've been so high-strung and stressed this year, but I also feel like I'm on the brink of something huge. Have you ever felt like that? It's like...oh my gosh. In a couple years, I'll be starting an entirely new phase in my life. There's so many things I can do! It's amazing, and definitely scary. Buuut with friends old and new, online and offline, I'll always have backup if things get rough. And speaking of rough, thank goodness tomorrow's Friday. This first week back has been nuts.@_@ Also MLK DAY THIS MONDAY WOOT THREE-DAY WEEKEND~! Sorry for another long-ish entry. Ehheheheh.^^; Peace, -Raia-
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*waves* Yes, I'm still alive over here! I've just been chilling out and enjoying the time off. I feel really accomplished right now, and I -almost- miss school...mostly because I've only been seeing the same three people (aka my immediate family) for the past...oh, four days or so. Why is that, you ask? We got snowed in!0: On Christmas Eve, the skies opened up, and it snowed for about three days straight after that. The roads were awful, let me tell you, and they've just now been completely cleared. We have more snow on the ground right now than we've had at once for a very long time. About 11 inches in all, I think. Yaaaay.<3 Of course, that kind of wrecked our usual Christmas-time routine; my grandma couldn't come down, for example, so we're going to be seeing her on New Year's instead. But there are plenty of yummy cookies in the house to munch on in the meantime, and plenty of arts piled up that I've finally been able to work on lately. And someday I'll do some Bionicle-related art...someday. Have to finish all my old projects first though. Anyway, I hope you all had a great holiday, even if you don't actually celebrate Christmas. And for those who are, like me, off until January, enjoy the rest of your break as well. -Raia-
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OMIGOSH SCHOOL IS OVEEEERR :3 Now I can finally get to the important things--like running around like a chicken with its head cut off to get everyone's Christmas presents ready in time!xD And, of course, all the things I didn't do while procrastinating for Finals, such as studying for the ACT, which I'm taking in February. Personal projects--art and writing for my novel, collabs, etc--can also get some lovin' now. Yaaaay.<3 And, apparently I scored just high enough on my math final that when everything is averaged out, my semester grade shall be an A. TAKE THAT, PRECALCULUS! In yo' FACE. *dons superhero cape and Santa hat and zooms away* -Raia-
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I wish I could hibernate through next week...gaaack. Today was the worst day I've had in a while. Just, ugh. I about had an emotional breakdown during my Pre-Calc test. And then, of course, I had to rebound really quickly so I could take a Physics test. Which was hard, but I think I did okay. And THEN I got to panic and try to finish my History project, at the very last minute, while the rest of the class was in discussion. Barely got the dadgum thing done. My brain is frieeeed. Christmas break can't come soon enough! Of course, I'll still be stressed, trying to get together everything for the holidays. This season just seems less jolly every year.:[ Not to complain, but seriously. I'm starting to seriously not look forward to college, too...and enormous tuition fees...bluh. *crawls off to cobble together a project for English* -Raia-
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Well, I caught another icky cold, I haven't been well-rested since October and my artistic motivation is a roller coaster of insane sky-highs and bamboozled bottom-of-the-ocean lows, but that's okay! We are all about optimism. And while my throat has a frog in it and my grade is slipping in my Pre-Calculus class, I'm a couple days ahead in NaNo now, so I can actually go to bed at a normal time tonight. Of course, I have to get an...EEG, I think it is--some kind of heart test--on Wednesday in my quest to discover what wacko illness I have, so I will be only allowed to get five hours of sleep Tuesday night. Oh, and I have a Physics test tomorrow. Joy. B) Oh, and did I mention that, apparently, the band only has 4 REHEARSALS before the winter concert??? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN? I'm doomed. I don't know the part to one of our songs at all. So I had to grin and bear it while my crush cheerfully hummed out the rhythms I'm supposed to play while doing a goofy dance with the chimes mallets.>_>; -Raia-
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Hey you. YES YOU. How many of you BZPers are still in the running for NaNoWriMo? I'm curious. Because so far the only one I know of that's still going is... ...me. Anyway, if there is anyone else still NaNoing their hearts out, I want to cheer for you! This is the home stretch! PENULTIMATE WEEKEND INITIAAATE. And yes LK, I found an excuse to use that emote again.;3 LET THE EMOTE BATTLE BEGIN! Peace, -Raia-
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1) Do all the easy homework first. 2) Spend your free time drawing. And I mean ALL your free time. 3) Stay in your pajamas, to promote laziness. 4) Stare at a drawing of your favorite OC instead of staring at your paper. 5) Procrastinate until late evening. 6) Finally go back to the essay and start spouting nonsense. 7) Give up, don't write a conclusion, throw the essay in your bag, and then read the funnies for the rest of the evening. DON'T FOLLOW MY BAD EXAMPLE GUYZ KTHX? I haven't written an entry in a long while, have I?0: Well, NaNo has proceeded to take over my life. We are at the half-way point now! Though the whole beginning reeks of stupidity and sentimentality. Aaack. Oh well, I can rewrite it later...all...25 K of it...*faints* Peace out, -Raia-
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Yes, I am one of many BZPers participating this year! And it's off to a good start. So far I've been able to keep up with the daily goals, despite a hectic schedule/sleep-deprived-ness. Speaking of sleep-deprived-ness, apparently one of the tests I'm going to have to take to try and figure out what is causing my health issues will take three hours, and I'll have to purposely sleep-deprive myself beforehand. Urgh. Why can't there be some magical machine that automatically figures out what's wrong with you? Anyway...I'm Raia Svit-kona on NaNoWriMo as well. So if you want to poke me over thar, feel free. But don't be asking for a link cuz you know that's not allowed.;D Oh, and I almost forgot, I auditioned and made it into the Wind Ensemble!! I'm so excited! I get to hang out and laughwith all my drummer buddies, without the sophomores making things awkward! YAY!8D Peace, -Raia-
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I actually did end up going to the Ren Fest!8D Of course, that was like, weeks ago, but I didn't get a chance to upload the pics and such until today. Huzzah! I did not, however, go with my school-friends as planned. They were being wishy-washy and so I just went with my dad, which is actually a good thing, I think. After crossing the insanely huge and FULL parking lot (it was the last day the festival was open), we were greeted by this building! See the people on the second floor? Their job was basically to stand up there and make fun of people. In affected British accents. It was hilarious. There were several groups who hung around singing and playing music. Don't let the poofy hats fool you, these guys had awesome voices.^^ One of the most unexpected things at the Fest was...THIS. I got to ride Paige the elephant!xD Riding an elephant was on my list of things to do in life, so...yeah. Pretty sweet deal. Comfy, too. Of course, it was only for about a minute, in an enclosed pen, so my next goal is to go to India and ride one in the jungle.;D There were also two camels. Myes. One of the highlights was this show out in a special arena. Four "knights" participated in a contest where, with the help of "squires," they would charge on their horses to catch rings on their lances. The actual jousting tournament wasn't until after we had to leave. But they kept cracking jokes and boasting at each other, so it was amusing to watch. One guy even chased one of the squires through the hedge after a bad throw.xD There are lots more photos, which you may, if you wish, view here, once the folder is public. Be warned, they're ginormous, because I couldn't be bothered to resize the ones I didn't put in this entry.xD -Raia-
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In the past couple of months, I've met more writers than I've ever thought might exist. Considering the attitude most people my age have towards writing, I never expected that, though we're not a majority, we're not exactly scarce, either. Today I discovered another fantasy/sci-fi writer who was lurking right under my nose. She's in my English class and she always seemed nice, but I never really talked to her. But today I decided to sit at a different table than usual--I'm getting frustrated with my usual lunchmates, who don't seem to particularly care whether I exist or not--and I ended up talking to her. It's kind of relief, knowing that I'm not as much of a freak as I used to think. Of course, we spent most of the lunch period trying not to laugh while chewing, because it was a predominantly guy table, and well...they were just weird. I mean really.xD Peace, -Raia-
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So I woke up this morning and guess what? Dizzy spell! Oh, the obscene irony. ...but I got to watch Atlantis: The Lost Empire again. I love those characters so much.<3 Audrey and Packard and Cookie and Dr. Sweet and Mole and Helga and Kida and Milo and oh, whatshisname...Vinny! Yes, Vinny. And for those of you who may not know what I'm rambling about...here. Just another one of those old animated Disney movies. Not as good as Treasure Planet or classics like The Lion King, of course, but it has such a lovely variety of characters and there's some pretty scenery. And of course, Milo Thatch, the ever-loveable expert on gibberish! And while I'm at it...the cutest geek around: Riley Poole.:3 Right LK? *wink wink, nudge nudge* ...Now I want to watch National Treasure.>> -Raia-
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Well, I went to see a neurologist today in my quest to discover the cause of the dizzy spells which I've been having randomly since a year ago. After being poked, prodded, and questioned, I have a new set of doctors to see. Whee. I just wish we could figure out what my problem is already...but at least the doc was nice. Apparently, she also saw me at the Marching Festival last week.xD It's such a small world! What else have I been doing?...well, tests. Tests, timed writings, etc, etc. At least the end-of-quarter madness is over now, with the exception of parent-teacher conferences, which aren't a big deal. I always go to those for the heck of it, but ironically my English teacher decided that if we don't go see her with our parents, we have to do a "follow-up activity."O_o Is it just me, or is the school becoming a congregation of control-freaks? The weather has improved, but with all the rain, band practice is something of a muddy ordeal. Speaking of band, I stayed after yesterday to audition for the advanced band. Personally I think I phailed, but we'll just have to wait and see. I remain optimistic! Cheers, everyone. I have a four day weekend!...in which I have several projects to complete. Bummer. I guess in high school, there's no such thing as a real break.xD -Raia-
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...It's only 7 PM and it's DARK OUT? WHAAAT? ;_; -Raia-
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*waves from Planet Homework* Hey everyone. Life pulled a fast one on me again. My mom has been a total pain lately...she's been having mood swings in which she's generally been disproportionately angry (mostly with me, it seems like) and she's kinda made my life miserable. Which is sad, because I feel that in other areas, like academically and socially, I've made so much progress and effort, but then she tears me down and acts like being human, or more accurately, myself, is an evil act. Sigh. It's not all bad news, of course. The band managed to pull itself together Monday night to dominate the other high schools at our district marching festival--a large contributor to this being the motivation of not having regular 7 AM practices anymore if we did well. Of course, it helped that the themes of most of the other shows were made of fail, while we, on the other hand, had the power of Queen on our side. B) And of course, my sophomore and I rocked it out in the Pit. But mostly I did. Not to brag, but I do always get hyped up at the Festival, and when I'm hyped, I go into music-madness mode and I completely lock onto the beat, so...there. I'm taking the PSAT next Wednesday.0: Yikes. I'm mostly worried about the math section, which I didn't do so well on last year, on the practice round. And I guess I'll end up taking the ACT in February, and mayhaps once more in the spring. Aannddd I have a total of about six or seven people at my school I feel totally comfortable around now, and it's only first quarter! I wasn't doing this well as of fourth quarter last year! Every cloud has a silver lining. Or pink, or purple, or blue. And now it's raining, and I'm thirsty, so I shall flee. Peace, -Raia-
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This. I HAVE THREE NEW BOOKS TO READ BUT NO TIME TO READ THEM IN. Oh, the twisted irony. Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis (which I'm actually about a third of the way through...an interesting book which my dad showed me while in the bookshop and said "This looks good and it's by the guy who wrote the Chronicles of Narnia" so I bought it.)Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson (found it in a church sale for like, three bucks, so I HAD to buy it. And furthermore, the sponsor from my club last year recommended it. Have only read the first couple pages.;The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme: The Floating Island by Elizabeth Haydon (Saw it several times at the store, wasn't interested, but it called to me last Sunday, I read a few random pages, including a bit about a merrow, and after that I HAD to read it. I'm a sucker for fantasy.)I'm also reading Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones for my AP English class, and I'm really into it. Unfortunately, we're only supposed to read a quarter of it at a time for the activities we have to do with it, but I can't stop myself from reading ahead.>> Yes I KNOW I'm pathetic. But at least I have fun with it.:3 -Raia-
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I seem to keep forgetting about BZPower...okay well, I'm just lazy. I'd like to give the SSCC an official apology for my being an imbecile...I keep committing to things I don't have time for and then abandoning them. It's one of my weaknesses, I'm afraid.:/ But yeah. I'm marooned on Planet Homework and the natives are restless. The rations of M&M's are getting low also. I need to pester the Mother ship to send me some more. Excuse me while I go construct a satellite. Not to worry my dears, I'm doing swell; I'm just been rather overwhelmed by school lately. In every other aspect of life, I have little room for complaint.^^ Tho it would be nice if I was a good conversationalist, or had an actual life, or didn't have to get up at 6 am every day. But ya know, I do have a lot to be thankful for.=) I hope everyone's been doing well while I've been absent from BZP, and if you aren't doing so hot, my heart goes out to you. On a side note, I use goofy analogies to amuse myself. You may ignore them if you wish. Cheers, -Raia-
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I have nothing to say in this blog.D: OH NOEZ. ...oh look, it's almost the end of September. How did that happen? Time just seems to be chasing me wherever I go, beating me over the head with ferrets and screaming "I AM PASSING AS FAST AS POSSIBLE LOL." It's not that there aren't enough hours in a day so much as it seems I'm forced to waste them. For example, today I got called to the office and spent a good twenty minutes or so waiting to resolve an issue that took two minutes to fix. I missed work time in Physics and it was so far into English class when I finally got there that it was already time for us to go to lunch. Oh look, I actually did have something to say, as soon as I started typing. I'm starved for writing-time. Drawing is easy enough to squeeze into a hectic day, but writing is something I do that takes a lot of quiet concentration. You can't really multi-task while writing. Bah. Junior year is slowly eating up my free time...it's like a big old ugly dragon of doom and despair! FLEE BEFORE IT! -Raia-
