MATCHING AVATARS 8D I HAVE THEM.

I'm suuuper happy because I've never had matching icons with anyone before. Cass and I have been planning on having matching icons for months and months but only now have we finally gotten around to it xD

So yeah. Hi all! It's the second week of the two week "Teaching Break" at Uni, and I've been working almost non-stop on assignments until 5pm yesterday (Monday). I love the feeling of elation that comes with having finished assignments though. After the break there's only 5 weeks of classes left, after which I'll never have to take Global Politics or Media Literacies ever again! But aaah, I'm enjoying life so much right now. I spent three days last week with my group for Introduction to Film and Television (ie Jenny and a guy called Jun) recording each of our short films for our second assignments, and it was a ridiculous amount of fun with much laughter and joy.

I've recently been drawing on iScribble with Cass and her friend Dango. (~elite-phantom if I'm not mistaken) in the evenings (only since a few days ago when Cass got a tablet out of the blue). It's been so much fun, and it's forcing me to draw more regularly and try new things. On the other hand, iScribble drawings are, well... scribbly.

But yeah. Lack of art/comments on everyone's stuff have been because of Uni. Sorry about that! I'll try and rectify it before Uni goes back, but the 200+ deviations I have to sort through are putting me off.

I hope life is treating everyone well! And I hope it picks up for you soon if it's not. How are you all?

Seriously. Try and smile more C: It can really make someone's day, and it should make you feel better too.

There's so many small gestures we do that can have positive effects on others. So many things like manners, which many seem not to use anymore. A simple thank you, or a seemingly normal gesture like holding the bus door open for the next person getting out. These are just a few of the small things that make me feel happy inside.

It's almost the end of week 6 already, time is flying along at incredible speeds. I've settled into this semester of Uni now, and I think, think think think, I've made a friend! Her name is Jennifer, though she goes by Jenny (ffffff), and she's really into anime and comic books and stuff. She's in my Introduction to Film and Television class, which I'm really enjoying. We have to work in groups of three, and while I usually dread group work, my group is really nice and we all get along. A lot of the people in my Japanese class are really awesome too, so maybe I'll make some new friends there as well.

I also have to admit I'm starting to enjoy driving. It's still scary, and I'm still really reliant on the person in the passenger seat, but I feel like I'm getting there. At least, I'm keeping on the left side of the road now, and away from the gutter.

How are you all going? C:

Did I mention it's the second semester of Uni? Because it is. Just finished the second week, in fact. It's been a bit of an all over the place week, haha. But I'm in a decent mood now, so I'm going to write a journal so I can look upon it all. (Which means your best bet is to stop reading now because it will be boring and whiny, but explains some of my actions you didn't pick up on this week)

I probably should have realised I had a bad week coming up when I ended up in an argument of sorts with one of my closest online friends, after which I was utterly furious with them and spent the rest of the week avoiding them because I knew if I spoke to them I'd probably say something I'd regret. You know I'm avoiding someone when I don't log onto msn for a few days. It's immature but there you go. That was on Sunday.

Next day, Monday, I was preoccupied with not only that, but all the other little thoughts I have going around in my mind at the moment. Mum made me go for a drive since I had a lesson the following day. The second time around the block I drove into the gutter/kerb near one of the corners. Hard. And damaged the car wheel. _{And then I cried for the first time in many months. Haha, I'm so skilled. And mum thought I was crying over the car, when it was everything -else- I was crying over; the car was just what set me off.} Thankfully I didn't manage to crash into anything during my lessons. And the wheel was fixable.

Then I was doubting my Uni course for the bajillionth time. And I actually told mum so this time. I don't think mum even realises it's because of her and my older brother's constant nagging. "What careers is it even going to lead to?". Or those little silences from her whenever I talked happily about what I was doing/going to do. I always make rash decisions when I'm having a bad week, haha;; If I do change I'm planning on going back to concentrating on my Japanese, but I can't change course until next year, and I'm still not sure whether to do so or not.\

Then Friday/yesterday was a decent enough day, though I had trouble sleeping last night, then this morning the friend issue got at least partially sorted out. So all in all the week ended okay.

Haha... Looking back, I guess it wasn't such a bad week. I just let the few bad things get to me a little too much.

Hmm, I had more to say, but this is already a rather long journal.

So uh, if you read this, how was your week? C:

Can I ask you a favour? Answer me one little question. Is there anything about me, the way I talk, act, whatever, that annoys you? Anything at all that irks you. I don't care what it is, I want to know. I'd really like to work on being a less annoying person, but honestly, I have no idea how to go about it. I'd really appreciate knowing how I might be able to improve. I feel weird asking this, and I honestly hope that doing so in itself isn't annoying.

On a more positive note, I went for my Learner's today! (I should have done this more than two years ago.) Which means I get to learn how to drive a car finally~ But aaaah, Mum stopped at the end of our street and made me drive up the road and park the car, and I had absolutely no idea what to do. I was so scared! Driving cars is terrifying! D: But I'll get used to it I guess xD;

=w= Just listing out stuff I need to do, want to do, plan to do, and never seem to achieve, in the hopes it'll get me a little more organised, and that I'll actually do something with my time rather than waste hours on pointless sites on the net. Ignore please~ Or whatever pleases you.

Schedule

• Get sleeping pattern in order; 11 o'clock beds every night, no half an hour longer, no last cup of tea, bed.


• Limit time spent checking websites and aimlessly surfing the net.


• Set aside time for drawing every day


• Work on assignments/study every day once Uni starts up again


• Set up a schedule, and stick to it for once

Stuff I want to or need to do before holidays end

• Clear off my phone's SD card and put some different music on it. Done~


• Clean room =w=


• Clean out backpack, throw away stuff I don't need for Uni anymore.


• Clear out Uni e-mail


• Sort out message centre on dA


• Try and finish FF8 so can return to Glenda


• Finish some pictures


• Do an art meme or something, just cause.


• Give Jeni some love


• Reply in RPs


• Purchase multitrip


• Utattemite and up to niconico


• Buy a glue stick


• Start a scrap book in which to put art-related stuff


• Organise Uni stuff from last semmy I might need to refer to

Art goals

• Improve anatomy. =w=


• Learn to draw creases.


• Learn to draw clothes.


• Learn to draw backgrounds


• Learn to draw males


• Actually draw a comic


• Other stuff I don't remember

Will add to this as I see fit =w=