Heeeey, friends! I am still alive!

Firstly; I hope everybody is doing all right and continues to do all right. This time, I really do plan to fall back into routinely checking up on deviantArt; I think it will be good for me to at least try and accomplish something artistic to make up for the lackthereof in the past months... my English class has really been draining me of my desire to write; those essays are massively energy-consuming, even if our class has only written three so far this year.

Currently, we are reading To Kill A Mockingbird which I love; it really is growing on me, which I am glad for. I have not read a completely satisfying piece of literature in a long time... I really have shyed away from writing or reading anything outside of school.

Anyways, hopefully, everybody is doing fantastic and will continue doing fantastic.

In April, my school orchestra is heading over to Vancouver for two days to attend an orchestra clinic and a couple of master classes... I am ecstatic about the trip because I will actually be going out of the country and will be hanging out with my best friends! It's a whole new place for me and after our obligations, we are free to roam! It will be amazing; I know it. I really am hoping this field trip will end up pulling our orchestra tighter together as a group and as family; I really think we are dealing with a great group of people, our orchestra. I feel so at home and... I feel like I belong. I guess it sounds a little bit sappy, but you know... it really is a great environment.


Well; I guess that's it for now. I'll check up on everybody in the next week or so. :]

Winter Break passed by too quickly, even the extra two days beforehand (due to "extensive power outage"). I had some homework due on the weekend before, and even with an extra two weeks to complete it, I still haven't got it done. ;; Hahaha. I win. But not really.
I would really hate starting off high school with anything less than a 4.0...

So. New Years' Resolutions anybody?

I plan to cut down on eating excessive junk food, and cut out fast food completely. Along with that, I really need to stop procrastinating my school work and just get it over with the day it is assigned. It would make my life that much less stressful.

But uhm... yeah. With that being said, I shall return to working on the assignment that was due two weeks ago.

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I got distracted and forgot to actually add this entry to my journal after writing it. :];;

... or evening, rather-- I usually say good morning regardless of the time of day.


Anyways, hello there. :] I have noticed that deviantArt has slowed down quite a bit as of lately... it's kind of strange, but *shrugs*. I haven't had much time to look through my messages, but I appreciate every single comment and I get-- I'll be checking out other's work more often now than before.

I haven't had much of anything to write of as of lately; plenty of ideas come and go, but paper and pencil is never really around for me to get them down-- so they eventually slip away. Either that, or I get discouraged and my motivation runs dry.


Anyways, I submitted an entry to this year's Reflection contest. It's the first poem I've written since... I don't know; June or July? Or August?

I scribbled something down several nights ago; it was decent enough, I put it in some pocket and I remember taking it out and putting it somewhere... :/



Ahhhhhhh. <3 I'm going to a concert on December 7th called Deck the Hall Ball; it features a whole lot of bands, including My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, and Snow Patrol! I especially LOVE My Chemical Romance-- I've been listening to their CD non-stop since it came out... so gooooood.

Today, Carolyn, Kaitlin and I went to Bellevue Square; we worked on our Holiday Shopping, and I got presents for Kaitlin and Yaroslava. I know what I'm getting Carolyn, if nothing else. It was fun-- we had pretzels for dinner (soooooo saaaaaltyyyy).


That's about it. I would love it if you left me a comment or two and let me know how you're all doing.

I just got five 's in less than half an hour.


... Wooooooooow.



That's absolutely amazing. o.o