Okay... So...

First day of Comm. 1 was on the 20th. Withdrawing from that.

Went to Sea World on the 29th. I was totally boring.

Two new students. Both guys. Might be losing one of the only other two girls in class.

That's everything important I can think of explained in a really short manner because I can't be bothered to elaborate if I haven't been keeping up with stuff in the first place. Yay! D8

So Thursday went pretty okay. I got the paperwork I needed to sign up for college classes this fall. Turns out that was the last possible day to sign up for classes and I almost didn't get into one. I managed to reserve a seat in a class, but my mom still needed to go back on Friday to give them my transcripts.

Friday... Can't really remember Friday. But I remember having a lot of fun in class between the classwork and the conversations with my classmates. It was great.

Saturday came around and I planned to write and work on things, but I ended up not doing much and fell asleep on the couch. That nap took up a lot of time I was going to use on being productive...

And today was great. I spent a good deal of time on an animation and I think it turned out pretty well. The version with music is here: [link] And the version without music (but higher quality) is here: [Full View to see it.]

And other than that, here's the art from Thursday and Friday! 8D

No One Possessed 8-13-09

Dolphin Prince 8-13-09

Samuel 8-13-09

Releta 8-14-09

Aster in a Zoo 8-14-09

So yesterday's work in class was mostly us doing art to decorate the classroom and art for our folders which will house the actual class work we do later. Since this was pretty much all we did, I managed to draw a lot which you'll see later.

Later in the day, two of the students in my class were upset about something for separate reasons, but they were both upset at the same time and things got a little loud and things were thrown around. Yeah... I wasn't involved, but I still was a little freaked out about it happening... And another girl in the class decided to switch classes because of that... That was pretty much it for yesterday.

Today, we did work with vocabulary words for the weird first period class we have that I have no idea what it is. We also did six writing things for Language Arts, three we were supposed to do yesterday and the other three today. Our homeroom teacher had us write a summary of a sixteen minute song since most of the others were complaining about what we were listening to. Judging by how the other people responded to seeing my work, I may have written the most for all seven writing things or whatever.

We got a new girl in our class. She seems nice and I actually remember her name! 8D When we went outside later, she played basketball with some of the other people in the class. They were trying to get me to join, but I opted to stay in the shade.

We were given a riddle/brain teaser math thing to do. We're to make 12 right triangles with six lines. I managed to do it with seven lines, but the most I can get with six is 9 right triangles... I think this may be a trick or something obvious that I'm missing...

And so, now we have art. The last three (the giraffes) and the three links are the art I made today. Those were made on a total of two sheets of paper! 8D Enjoy...

Jason with a Gyroscope 8-11-09

Sev with Chocolate 8-11-09

TimeKeeper 8-11-09

Ace 8-11-09

Masque 8-11-09

Bunny Giraffe 8-12-09

Tongue Giraffe 8-12-09

Vampire Giraffe 8-12-09

[link] [link2] [link3]

So to start things off today, there was some confusion about the bus and where I'm supposed to be picked up and stuff. The bus compound kept giving us the wrong information, so I ended up missing the bus. My mom drove me to school.

I was put into a new class, the one I was supposed to be in last year. The people I had major problems with last year weren't in the class anymore, at least. But still, there were new people and I was a little awkward. I got to go for a walk with my school counselor and she told me that the teacher I had last year as homeroom had left to teach at another (and probably better run) school. I was upset about that, since the teacher and I got along so well... And she was the reason I was trying to get this one story done over the summer, but I can send it to her still once I'm done through my school counselor.

There was this one weird kid who kept trying to get me to go out with one of the other boys in the room. I hit him a few times, which I know wasn't a good way to respond... But it was all laced with happiness because it was a little amusing in some cases for who he tried to pair me up with.

After school, there was more problems with the bus and I found out that it's now illegal for them to go into a gated community, so I can't be picked up at my house anymore. I'm not sure exactly what's going to happen with our plans for that, since it's a little far to the gate from my house and it's not like my mom can be there to take me there or take me home from there...

Earlier, I cut some tape pieces for my teacher, but he told me to cut twenty and he only needed sixteen. So after he used the rest of the tape, he stuck one piece on my sleeve and I for some reason have never taken it off... I keep forgetting about it and then get lazy about taking it off when I do remember it...

And then, the art things I did today. This get's to have it's own section again, it seems, since I'm back in school and will probably be drawing every day...

Silliness is Fun!!! 8-10-09

Sleep 8-10-09

Nimbus and Young Simon 8-10-09

So I just got back from my trip to Medieval Times with my mom and my friend Takara. Extremely fun. We acted so silly. The food was awesome... We were seated in the Yellow Section and the yellow knight was actually the one the champion guy of the show~. I'm not sure if they have the same knight win every time, but I'm pretty sure they change it up.

Takara and I got upset at the yellow knight because he didn't throw any flowers in our direction. We were so hoping for one too...

Before the show, we got this cool strawberry drinks and I convinced my mom to buy me a jester hat. It's black and white. I'm wearing it now. 83 Bells are awesome like that~.

Also in the realm of hats were the crowns that they hand out before the show to signify where you're sitting. Since we were in the yellow section, we got yellow crowns... But after the show, since people left their crowns on the table, Takara and I got one each from the black and white section and the red section~. Then later, as we were leaving, some ladies gave use blue crowns. I found a red and gold crown. So the only crown I didn't get was the green one and Takara needed a red and gold as well as a green.

But despite all the crown issues, by hat power I was at least ten times superior since I wore my jester hat after the show was over.

We got chocolate pastry things at Papa John's, and I insisted on wearing my hat and got Takara to wear her crowns (she chose to wear all four at once).

On the way home, we discussed the teachers Takara is going to have at school this year. I had three of her academic teachers last year (before I switched schools) so I told her about them. The only other teacher I knew on her schedule, we both had, since we actually met in that class. Strangely enough, that was the last teacher we remembered when trying to list all her classes a little later.

Um... In other news, school starts on Monday. So tomorrow is the last day of summer. ...I feel so unaccomplished... D8

So today was my final for the Vector Graphics class I took at college. I think I did pretty good on it, though a few parts I'm pretty sure I did wrong.

The teacher said I did well on my final project, which was to make stamps and a poster advertising those stamps.

The two times I got grade sheets, I had high A's on them.

And even though I didn't turn in one thing, the teacher said that I was probably going to do well anyway.

So, I suppose it's safe to say that I did well in this class.

83

July 16, 2009

Entry one:
Tpday my mom and I are going back to Florida. We started getting ready around seven, went to breakfast at eight, and we left for the airport around 9:30.
It was a little easier getting in this time around, but it’s still a bi airport. We have about an hour before the plane starts boarding, so we have some wait time to do nothing. Should be fun.

-10:58 AM Pacific Time

Entry two: (This entry was written entirely on the computer.)
We boarded the plane and left for Denver. My mom decided to sleep on the plane so she wouldn’t be tired for when we got back to Florida at night, so she could be awake to drive us home. Because she was asleep, she missed the announcement that we would arrive in Denver 10 minutes early.
I fell asleep as well and woke up a little later. The plane landed and my mom and I went to the next gate. We would have only had a few minutes to board it, but since we got there early, we managed to get to the gate AND still have time to use the bathroom and get food for the flight.
On the flight to Orlando, they played the movie ‘Monsters Vs. Aliens’. It was a really good movie, I enjoyed it. I missed the audio on the first few minutes, since I was listening to something else, but I could still understand what was happening.
When we were landing in Orlando, we could see thunderstorms in the distance. Some people were wondering if there was a hurricane going on. Silly people. They would have been warned if it was a hurricane~.
There was pretty much no one at the airport besides a few workers and everyone on like two or three flights that just arrived, ours included. So because of that, they had us all go to the same carousel for baggage claim.
We got a ride to the parking area right away, since the buss was right there, so we didn’t need to call anyone. They helped us with our bags and actually put them into the car for us while my mom was paying. It was a really nice parking area, called FastPark. Mom says that we’re just going to use that whenever we need to fly anywhere again.
My mom and I drove back home and we arrived safely around 11 something PM. Because it was already late, I opted to go to bed without writing this entry, so you’re getting it now.
And that was my trip.

-July 17, 2006, 1:55 PM Eastern Time

July 15, 2009

Entry one:
I let my mom and my Aunt May’s family go to breakfast without me so I could sleep more. When I woke up later, they were still gone, so I went ahead and got ready for whatever we were planning for later.
My mom brought me some breakfast and I found out that we didn’t have any plans for right then. I used the computer for a while and then my family decided to go to the red rock canyon.
We’re taking the scenic route through (it’s really called the scenic route) and currently we’re at stop 2 of about 10. It’s too hot outside so I’m waiting in the air conditioned car for everyone who stepped out to come back.

-12:55 PM Pacific Time

Entry two:
We continued on the scenic route, skipping over every stop after the second. We stopped at some place called Bonnie Springs and got to see ducks, turtles, swans, peacocks, and guinea pigs. There wasn’t anything really interesting there, so we left without really doing anything.
We went back to the hotel and ate lunch. The others went swimming, but I stayed in the hotel room and took a nap. After I woke up, we went to my Aunt Edna’s friend’s home. We’re there right now and the others are eating dinner.

-7:29 PM Pacific Time

July 14, 2009

Entry one:
I woke up at 5:00 AM due to my mom, but I fell asleep until around 8 AM. We went downstairs for breakfast and were joined by my Aunt Edna’s family. After, we went back to our hotel room and I stayed on the computer for a while.
We went to the mall and my Uncle Robert bought me some shirts. My mom got her hair straightened (again – it was already straightened) by a guy trying to sell us a flat iron. My Aunt Edna bought a bottle of some gel stuff that I can’t remember what it was for. It was like, $35 dollars though.
My mom told me that we were going to eat much at the place we went to yesterday, so I asked if I could get something from the food court before we left so I knew I wouldn’t want anything at the Filipino place.
We looked around for a little more for a while and my mom bought a backpack for school since her old one has a lot of holes inside the pockets that she loses things in. I got my food and ate and then we went on our way to the restaurant. We’re there right now and the others are eating right now.

-1:10 PM Pacific Time

Entry two:
After eating, we went to Circus Circus which seems to be some giant amusement park/circus/prize arcade/casino as well as possibly a hotel. When we got there, we went to look for the circus act. We got sidetracked and some of my family played a racing game. My mom was the only one who won in our group and she gave me the toy.
We got to the circus part – which is really just individually performances at varying times – and saw Sasha who turned out to be a contortionist in a balancing act. I was really amazing, but no one thought to take pictures.
We played games for prize tickets for a while and went to watch Duo Jones, (another balancing act, but with two people), and I showed my mom how to use the video function on the camera and she recording the show. We played a few more games and then went to exchange our tickets for prizes.
With my tickets, I got plushies of Fiona and Puss from Shrek and some candy. I also got a pillow from my family members as a keepsake and I still have the toy my mom won. I think that toy is supposed to be a leopard of some sort… It looks a little like a bobcat… I have ideas for it!
We went to a McDonalds in the place where we’re eating fries. No idea what we’ll do after that.

-4:35 PM Pacific Time

Entry three:
I forgot that we were going to watch the Tournament of Kings today. But I did remember, and my Aunt Edna, Cousin Nikki, mom, and I went to watch it. We got there early and played some games. Nikki won a stuffed bear and I won a ceramic mug and some candy. The candy I shared with Nikki.
We took pictures of some of the cast before the show, since they were already there. Then we got in and saw the show and ate the dinner. We were seated in the Russia section, so our king was the Czar of Russia. He kept cheating during the tournament. It was fun to cheer for him.
Of course, Russia wasn’t the bad guy (despite the cheating). The villain of the show was some dragon king or whatever. He was defeated, but still got the last laugh, which I thought was cool.
We’re standing outside the Excalibur hotel right now, where the events of this journal happened. We’re waiting for my Uncle Robert to pick us up.

-10:15 PM Pacific Time

July 13, 2009

Entry one: (Entry has been edited for clearer statements)
I woke up today at 6:00 AM, which is 9:00 AM in Florida. This is weird because I went to bed at my normal time (3:00 AM Eastern) but woke up 4 hours earlier than I normally do (normal waking time is 1:00 PM Eastern). I slept enough to not be tired when I woke up and my mom was already awake, to that may have been why I woke up early.
I ate a doughnut around 7 before finding out that there was free breakfast downstairs. I normally get sick if I eat a lot of breakfast, so I didn’t get anything else.
We took care of a few more things back in the hotel room and after went on our way to visit the Grand Canyon. I spent most of the trip there listening to my ipod.
On the way, we saw some cool things, including Hoover Dam. Crossing the border to another state wasn’t anything exciting though. Kinda like just crossing into a different county.
When we got there, I was uncomfortable but I didn’t whine or throw a tantrum or anything like that. I stayed quiet and tried to not bring the others down – which I didn’t. I refused to take a picture with my family since they seemed keen on being at the edge of the canyon. It’s not that I’m scared of heights. I’m just afraid of FALLING from a great height.
When we got lunch, I didn’t get anything. I wasn’t too fond of the food. I pointed out a bird which I think was a raven. We had a nice discussion about them as more showed up.
Later, I got a bag of chips, since I hadn’t eaten since that morning and it was already sometime after 1:00 PM.
We left a while ago, got gas, and somewhere along the long dirt road, I decided to write this. We’re still on that dirt road and are still in Arizona.

-4:13 PM Arizona Time
(Arizona doesn’t follow daylight savings time, so they’re currently an hour behind the rest of the Mountain Time zone.)

“When you carry your children on your shoulders, they see the world from a higher position.”

Entry two: (This entry was written entirely on the computer.)
Some time after writing the last entry, after we got back onto a paved road, I fell asleep and woke up about an hour later. Not long after I woke up, we pulled up to some look-out points over the Hoover Dam and took pictures.
After, we went back on our way to Las Vegas. I continued to listen to my ipod, playing various playlists on repeat. We didn’t go straight to the hotel like I thought we would, but rather we drove around some and got takeout from some Filipino place (I think it was Filipino at least…).
We went back to the hotel and I worked on some art on my computer. My Aunt Edna and her family came over with pizza and we ate that as well as the takeout. They just left to go swimming, but I opted to stay behind. I’ll probably work on notes for school, since I’m behind in that by a few weeks.

-8:54 PM Pacific Time

Not much else was done after entry two. Nothing worth noting, at least.

Writing I did about the trip to Vegas and events of the first day. Unless otherwise stated, it was written in a small composition book and then typed onto the computer.

July 12, 2009

Entry one:
My mom and I drive to Orlando to the airport for our trip to Las Vegas. We were in the clouds before we even got to the airport. There was some fog there on the way.
We also missed our exit and the road we took was closed and we had a detour. This was good, because the detour took us straight to the parking are a lot sooner thand if went to the ‘right’ exit.
The airport was huge, and we only saw a small part of it for the one airline we went on. There was some problems with ticketing, but that was solved after a while and we made it to our gate about 30 minutes before boarding. As or writing this, we’re in the air to our first stop in Denver. I’m listening to the People Are Wrong! promotional album on repeat.
As events happen, when I get the chance, I’ll record the events of our trip. Maybe I’ll type them up later, though I’m not sure I’ll keep it word for word due to the present tense not applying later. We’ll have to see.

-11:23 AM Eastern Time

Entry two:
After the last entry I changed songs and wrote part of an idea for a Brad story. I also used the airplane bathroom for the first time ever.
Really small and really loud – kinda scary. That is all about that.
I listened to Caramell Dansen on repeat and drew appropriate pictures for the song. We landed safely in Denver and found our next gate. After, we got lunch.
Right now we’ve finished eating and are now at our gate. We have about 1 ½ hours before our flight departure.

-12:56 PM Mountain

“Can I trust you with this ticket?”
“That’s YOUR ticket.”
“…Can I trust you with THIS ticket?”

^Couple sitting next to us at the Denver airport. We all laughed about this.

Entry three: (Entry has been edited for clearer statements.)
The flight to Las Vegas was delayed also we had to wait longer before getting on the plane. Around the same time, thunderstorms started rolling in. We could have been stuck there longer, even after the plane came, but once the plane did show up, everyone got on quick enough for us to leave before the storm hit us.
The lady who is sitting with us on the Denver to Las Vegas flight was in the row across from us on the previous flight. My mom is currently talking to her. So far, they found out they have a lot in common, despite the age differences.
Age differences have no consequence for the kind.
Commonality can be found in even the most unexpected people.

-4:00 PM Mountain Time

Entry four: (Entry has been written solely on the computer.)
We landed successfully in Las Vegas. My mom and I managed to find our luggage and then we went outside into the dry heat to wait for my Aunt May and her family to pick us up.
We went to the hotel and my mom and I found out that we get a separate room instead of the beds being in the same room. By that, I mean that my mom and I get a room together, and my Aunt May and her family get their own room in the same hotel room we’re all sharing.
I figured out how to set up the internet for the computers. It works on Wi-Fi, so we can all use the internet on the separate computers instead of having to take turns. I used this access to leave a message on a forum I go on to tell them that I made it.
I went swimming with my cousins (my Aunt May’s daughter, and my Aunt Edna’s two kids) as well as my two uncles and my mom. My mom acted so silly with my Aunt May’s two-year-old daughter, Kiana. It was really funny. I enjoyed watching it. It was really hot outside, but as I learned in science class, evaporation makes you cold. So whenever we stepped out of the pool it suddenly got really cold.
After swimming, we went back to our hotel room and we got ready for going to eat later. I don’t know where, but right now we’re waiting for my Aunt Edna’s family to finish getting ready.
After getting ready, I helped my mom set up the internet on her computer and then she and her sister went to talk to their father via webcam.
And now my Aunt Edna’s family just came in. I should have at least one more entry for today. Then maybe I’ll post it on livejournal.

-7:59 PM Pacific Time

Entry five: (Yes, this is the obligatory food entry.)
After we left the hotel room, we went to the Excalibur (hotel?) to eat at their buffet. I don’t go to buffets much anymore and I seemed to have trained myself to not desire so much food in one sitting.
As such, I didn’t eat much food before becoming full. The food wasn’t what I’m used to either, so that credited to me not eating much. As well as eating at the same table as people who I don’t know well.
But since I wanted to make the $25 per person thing worth it to the people who paid, (as well as wanting to from the beginning), I went to the dessert line to see what they had.
I didn’t get much there either, but what I got tasted great. I got a slice of chocolate pie and two white chocolate éclairs. It was delicious. I also had a bite of my mom’s cheesecake. That was good too.

-9:26 PM Pacific time

Entry six: (This entry was written entirely on the computer.)
After eating, we went for a walk. That was pretty bad, because a lot of times when I looked, I saw mostly naked women, and that was when we were still in the Excalibur. When we got outside it was much worse.
There were these people , like three at every street corner and some places in between, who were trying to hand out cards. My mom wouldn’t tell me exactly what they were doing, though I have a good idea what.
…One or two tried to hand one to me, probably before they noticed I was underage. And they were trying to hand them out to everybody… And the freaking cards with naked women were covering the sidewalk. And every time I looked to the side, I saw advertisements for… ‘OTHER’ similar things. …It was creepy.
Even more creepy was that a lot of people had small children with them. Even our party, which makes me not want to go anywhere here again. And the people handing out cards still tried to hand them out to the women and men with small children with them.
…D8
The trip was worth it because we got to see the fountain show at Bellagio. It was amazing, though it seemed more like an interpretive dance made of water than anything.
The trip back made it not worth it again. More of the same, except more tired and with less water.
We got back to our hotel about 15 minutes ago, and I feel a little better, though kinda creeped out still. Tomorrow (read as: later today), we’re going to go to the Grand Canyon.
So now I’m going to go post this stuff and then sleep (or try to sleep.)

-July 13, 2009, 12:17 AM Pacific Time

So today was the first day of my Vector Graphics class. My mom took be there early and we talked to a guy who happened to be my classmate. After a while, another guy showed up and talked to us, and then other people and the teacher showed up. We went inside and got seats. I sat in the front, so I could see the screen and stuff. And then right off, when another girl took out her book, the teacher realized that she (as in the teacher) was given the wrong information and had the wrong book. The teacher's book was for the outdated version of the program we were using. So she had to go and try to get a book, but she couldn't get one from the bookstore, so she won't get one for a few weeks.

And then a lot of students had trouble logging in. And so did the teacher, actually... She had to log in on a students account, so we couldn't get the files we needed for the lesson right away. When we did get the files, everything went pretty well for a while.

Then, when we tried saving the files, they wouldn't save properly. And while people were trying to figure out how to save the files, the power went out. I found a way to save mine, so I was one of the lucky ones who didn't have all their work erased.

There were other problems with the class, but apparently this is all typical first day stuff. Otherwise, it was pretty okay. I'm supposed to turn in my work by Wednesday, but I think the teacher said that she'll give us some leeway for how hectic the first day was.

After school, my mom and I went to my brother's girlfriend, and we all went for a drive so the girlfriend would know how to get somewhere on Wednesday I think.

Yep. That was today.

Today, my mom, brother, his girlfriend, and I were supposed to go to Sea World. We got breakfast at Dunkin' Donuts first and then we went on our way to Orlando. We didn't have much trouble on the way there until we were close to the entrance. Traffic had to be redirected away from the park because there was an accident. We made plans while following people through the parking lot to avoid the crash. Our plan started out as going to Wonderworks instead, but then we looked at road maps of Orlando that my brother stole from a car we bought years ago. We figured out a way to another entrance of the park to avoid the crash.

That wasn't so bad. We got our tickets and made it into the park without too much hassle, my brother and I got into a small misunderstanding but that was resolved. We got in and my mom had us take pictures with flamingos. After, we waited in line to ride the Manta.

It was the first time I went to Sea World after the built the manta, and since it was pretty much the first thing in the park, we went on it first. I left my stuff with my mom and my brother, his girlfriend, and I went on the ride. We waited in line and got to the front of it eventually. But then the ride closed down from lightning. It opened again a few minutes later, and since we chose to stay there until it reopened, we got on it quickly. It was really awesome, great coaster.

After the Manta, we went to go ride the Kraken since both my brother's girlfriend and I never got to ride it before for varying reasons. We got lost on the way, and my brother got upset and walked off without his phone or wallet. We had to go look for him after. I told my mom to go ask an employee for help, but they sent us to guest relations and didn't really help much. Really, later in the day, they called for someone to go to the front of the park since they were separated from their group, but all they did for my mom was take her name and number and a message from my brother. Stupid customer skills, my mom said that they seemed prejudiced.

Anyway, it was hot and kinda uncomfortable, so my mom got my brother's girlfriend and me sodas. Then my mom told us that we should just go off on our own to try and have fun. We decided to go to the Artic thing, but we weren't really excited about it or anything. We took the wrong turn when we left for it, so we decided to go back to the Kraken since that was were we lost my brother, in an attempt to find him there. And lo and behold, we did manage to find him. He was in some weird daze and told us that he was mistaken for an employee. That's understandable, since he was wearing the same colors as some of the park employees and the logo on his shirt was a manatee. He didn't think that would be a problem when he put the clothes on, I guess.

I called my mom and told us to meet us at a gift shop. We looked around, since my brother said he wanted a shirt so he wouldn't get confused for an employee again. My mom eventually showed up and we tried talking to my brother more, but he stopped responding. We decided to leave, but when we reached the front of the park, my brother sat down on a bench and wouldn't get up. My mom and I got drinks. I sat down with my brother and his girlfriend, but my mom went to go sit in the shade. I noticed that my brother was seeming to get mad at his girlfriend, so I called my mom over and we went to leave again. On the way to the entrance, he had a tantrum and threw his water bottle on the ground and stuff and started yelling at us. We managed to get him out, and I made sure to throw away the broken bottle. It was still half full, since the other half spilled out when he threw it, too.

We found our car, and my mom had him sit next to her in the front seat and his girlfriend and I sat in the back. Throughout the trip home, he would yell at us for causing him misery and how we could have just left him and had a better life since we had keys and could have left without him and other weird junk. (We didn't have the key, by the way, the only set was in his pockets.) He would got between yelling fits, crying fits, and at one point he tried to suffocate himself by putting a plastic bag over his head. My mom solve the suicide attempt by ripping open the bag.

My mom called my dad (for some reason. I don't know why, it's not like he would do anything smart about the problem), and she called someone about whether she should take him to circles of care or whatever. I only heard so much through music and headphones... She decided to drop me home and that was the last time I saw my brother.

When my mom and my brother's girlfriend came back to our house, to drop off my mom since we were taking my brother's care, they told me that the had to pull over in the college parking lot because my brother was someone managing to mess with my mom's driving. My mom called the police and after a while of talking to him, they had enough to be able to take him away.

Since I hadn't eaten since that morning, my mom took me out to eat. Then we went for a drive after that and stopped by my brother's apartment so we could give his girlfriend back his camera and we could get our cooler. We went home after that and I took a nap. I can't remember how long ago that was, but I woke up an hour ago, and I think I slept longer than I should have.

Since it was already late by the time I woke up, I didn't get to hear any updates on my brother. So overall, today was a bad day.

And I was wearing my cool new shirt, too... Such a let down... Hate my brother sometimes...

So I spent time with my friend Takara at the mall today~. We went to the bookstore first and then around to various other places. We ate at Picadilly's and had a pretty cool time.

I bought a Danny Phantom shirt and rainbow shoe laces.

And I'm in the middle of a chat with people, so I'm going to end this post at this.~

So yesterday, I got my FCAT scores. I got level 5's in both Reading and Math! That means I got the highest possible level on both tests! I may not have gotten full points, but that's still really good.

I managed to get some things for Fliff. I'm still trying to figure out what I can send her, but where can I get a bobcat? ...She knows what I mean by this and if you read xkcd, you may too. Anyway, I can't send her a live bobcat, of course, so I'll have to improvise...>:3

I went with my mom to a Chinese buffet. It was pretty good, though I wonder if the refills for soda cost more or not, since the waitresses were only ever refilling tea, from what I could see. I didn't really need anymore soda, but in terms of service, that seemed like a downside to me.

Last night I found out about this project called One Million Giraffes. The point of it is to help some guy win a bet, but it's still a pretty good excuse to draw a giraffe. I drew five, all of which are in the art section of this post and also posted on my deviantart account.

I didn't really do much today. I did help my mom with her math work and I went to the store to buy a new sketchbook. They didn't have the kind I normally get, but I saw one for the same price as the ones I normally get. It's the same size, but more pages and a less fancy cover. So I bought it and I'll get to try it out later.

And art time! Like I said, five of these are the giraffes I made for that one thing. Thrown in there is a new version of Fairy Bushroot. The pictures are posted in the order I drew them, so that's why Fairy Bushroot comes before that last giraffe.

Long Tongue Giraffe 6-20-09

Fedora and Eyepatch Giraffe 6-20-09

Evil Wizard Giraffe 6-20-09

Nervous Giraffe 6-21-09

Fairy Bushroot 6-21-09

Upside Down Mustache Giraffe 6-21-09

And that's it for today!

Well, I feel I should clarify at least here that the journal entry about my oral surgery exaggerates the pain I was in. Yeah, I meant for the title to be a joke, but it seemed to have come across that I was in a lot of pain after the surgery. It actually wasn't that much, and it's next to none now.

I spent the last two days talking to Fliff, whom I don't see often, so it was fun!

I've done some art, which I'll post in a moment. I also made a hat today. Just finished it a few minutes ago. It's not well made, since it's my first time making one, and I did a lot of things wrong. Mostly, the problem was with cutting the pieces, since they came out uneven, and with sewing the hat together. I hand sewed it, so there's uneven stitching and some places where I missed sewing completely. I'll figure out how to use the sewing machine eventually...

My mom got a voucher for the book I need for the class I'm taking. We're going to get it tomorrow.

That's all I can think about, so art time.

[Megavolt]

[Worry <3]

{The Supposedly Emo Quackerjack Kid}

[Me! 8D]

I don't know why I use the bracket things like that...

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It's about how my oral surgery went.

I should work on my arts... I don't have a userpic that would describe this entry.

But now I can only drink liquids and eat yogurt. Not fun! Yay! 8D

So it's 4:38 AM right now. By 6 AM, I have to stop eating. I was told I'm only allowed to have water in the six hours before my oral surgery.

I'm nervous about that...

Nothing much has happened in the past week, nothing worth noting. But last night, I went to bed much earlier than I've normally been. 10 PM... I can actually see that clock from my bed now, so the next time I looked at it, it was 11:40. Then 12:22. Then 4:30. I remember dreaming about school and the space program or something... So that leads me to believe that I'm having trouble sleeping.

And it's not just the surgery that's keeping me up, I'm sure. I've been a little upset lately. I haven't been able to see some of my friends as much as I would like...

I really shouldn't be up, but I can't fall asleep. I have to stop eating soon, so I'll probably end up eating something before I have to stop. Maybe once I'm full I can go to sleep. Beh. I'm not really happy about this.

So I didn't go to bed until 6 this morning. I had some strange thought in my mind, and didn't let it go and go to sleep until my mom woke up and told me too. When I woke up some time later, I went to go organize the objects of my room. And then when my mom came home, we switched the mattresses with the one in the other room. So now I'll be able to sleep in my actual room tonight.

My brother came over to do laundry and he talked to me about possible schooling options. According to the note on my transcripts and my interpretation of them, I need 14 more credits to graduate, most of which are in awkward places. So I'm thinking to just go ahead and continue doing duel enrollment through next year, and if things work out, maybe do early admissions for 12th grade. We'll have to see.

After the discussion on schooling, we went to go get a tv for my room. We picked one out and my brother set it up. It's on my bookcase now.

Later on, while I was watching a movie and my brother was simultaneously watching the movie and stressing over his homework, he got upset, so my mom and I left to take a drive while (supposedly) my dad talked to him. When we left, it seemed to me like more yelling than talking... Eh well.

My dad called and told us to pick up my brother's girlfriend from her job. As my mom waited in the car, I waited outside the store for a while until she saw me through the window. Then I waited for her to come out by the car. I can't help but feel like I creeped out and/or amused some of the other employees.

We came home, and my brother and his girlfriend left for their apartment. Today was eventful, though some events we could have done without.

The following picture is from yesterday, but I just scanned it about 30 minutes ago.

Vincent McAmethyst 6-6-09

Also, I did a fan art picture last night and this morning. [link] I spent a lot of work on it, and it still ended up bad. Eh.

So today, I woke up and my brother was here. I don't know why, but a couple of hours later, he left for work. I did random crud on the internet for a while. I wrote a little Neopets fanfiction and worked on my comic thing.

Sometime around 5:30, I finished the comic sheet I was on. I asked my mom about going to Staples so I could get something to store the paper in. The sheets I use to draw my comics on are 9x12 inches, so my usual folders are too small to hold them completely.

We got to Staples, and after looking around for a while, we got a plastic container and those hanging file things. It was raining by the time we left the store, so my mom drove up to the curve so I wouldn't get as wet since the umbrella she had would only work with one person.

As we were driving, we started to talk about things. For whatever spontaneous reason, I decided I wanted to clean my room. My mom decided to help me, and we went home to take care of that.

She helped me take care of trash and things. Then she helped me to move my furniture around, since the previous placement wasn't working so well. I still need to reorganize everything, and my mom's going to switch the mattresses with the one on the bed I've been sleeping on.

That should make my brother happy as well, because I won't have to kick him out of his old room when I need to go to bed anymore.

I made a Neopets themed sketch today, but I forgot about it until I looked over at it a few moments ago. I'll try to scan it in tomorrow, but I'll likely become lazy and procrastinate.

Not sure what I'll do now, but I'll probably be up for a few more hours. Maybe I'll try to do more art, so I can have something to post for tomorrow.