nyuu... I was caught

My art school sister read my journal. Is there no anonymity anymore.

Must re-learn to be shady.





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Goodness, its been awhile since I've written anything online. So I'm sorry to say that this will be very woeful.

Well, it's 5 o'clock in the morning and I'm pulling another all-nighter. I have a research paper due at 11 am and I plan to work till the last minute. We had just gotten off our Thanksgiving "break" and I have to say we got royally gypped. They didn't give us any time off for Veteran's Day and we only got three days and the weekend for Thanksgiving. Ofcourse as soon as I come back I have a literature research draft due, two scientific research papers due (both must be presented) and a quiz for kicks. So far I'm on the 9th page on my paper and I think I'll be writing another 3, but before that I have to read about 30 pages of other research papers for works cited.

To continue the downward spiral of the end of the semester, I waited on a ridiculously long line for 3 1/2 hours to register for Spring classes. Apparently people started to line up at 5 am which beats my 'lets go at 7 but we're really going to show up at 9' idea. I am really pleased that I got all the classes I chose. Though I had to go back on the line again because they gave my sister the wrong class. Emoticons cannot express how gloomy I feel, though this drab grey is certainly adding to the effect.

I would like to say that this is just a bad week but actually its my day to day life. I usually get between 4-5 hours of sleep, wake up, go to school, nap in the car, stay up doing work, rinse and repeat. Eating nothing but poor man's deli, a roll with butter and cheese, three times a day. I'm not sure if it's a step up or down from two apples for breakfast and two for lunch. I can't stand junk food and usually stear clear of the vending machines so I never eat at the college.

Ofcourse I feel dreary now (seriously 5 am) but I tend to be miraculosly upbeat during the day. The classes I'm taking are really enjoyable and I adore most of my teachers. It's just the work load ofcourse that brings me down, 18 credits this semester and 19.5 for next. And I can't seem to decide if its the workload or the lack of interest I have in science right now but I'm really unsure over whether I want to continue with it or not.

I'm desperate to find some artistic inspiration to occupy my mind. I have't done any new artistic endeuvers in such a long time. I'm yearning to just buy new supplies for some project. Next semester I'll be taking photography which is really exciting because I was always interested in it. I'm half in mind to switch to an art degree but there's not much you can do with that besides being entertained (please don't spear me, I'm practical).

On another note, I'm desperately sorry to the poor soul who's been waiting for their commission and is probably cursing me to my grave. I actually have finished one of them (I need to update more) but I most likely won't have a chance to take pictures till the weekend.

But now for that long awaited high note..... I'm an AUNTIE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a gorgeouse (no exaggeration) little, new, niece who I would love to brag about and show pictures online but my brother would most likely end me. I have to say babies really are soft and squishy (^3^). I WILL become the favorite Aunt even though that position is being vied for by three other people... Or more? She's so cute I already carry around pictures to show people (o^^o). Yet now people seem to like to ask me when I'm going to have a baby. Tsch, nosey.





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Oy vey, It's been quite a while since I could just sit in front of my computer and reply to messages. I'm sorry if I haven't gotten around to replying to you yet, just give me some time. I've been swallowed body and soul by college, spending most of my summer in a 4 hour night course to build up credits. I only got three weeks of vacation and now I'm taking 18 credits this semester. I want to cry

I know I'm kinda old for it but I'm finally learning to drive (eeeever so slowly). I was planning on going through my twenties and thirties without ever driving a car but it seems many people dissagree with that idea... namely the people I bum rides off. I think I might become one of those scary drivers you never want to get in the car with because I day dream a lot. There have been a couple times where I drifted off and blinked only to find the scenery changed. I might blink and end up in a ditch.

It was a very interesting past month were my brother had invited all the internationals at his summer job to stay at our house. People came in and out constantly, it felt like we were a hotel or the united nations. They were very nice and I got to try a lot of new foods ^^ The last group that came scared me though, it was late at night and they came bouncing in all excited. Then one of them pounced on our vegetable basket and started to pose with the fruits while another was taking pictures for a three minute photo shoot 0_0

I've been tagged by the lovely so here goes!

Rules :
1. Post these rules.
2. Each person must post 8 random facts about them.
3. Tags should write a journal of these facts.
4. At the end of the post, 8 people get tagged and named.
5. Go to their page and tell them their tagged.

1. I'm a little near-sighted and a little far-sighted but everything else imbetween is fine.
2. Watching lions eating zebras makes my hungry (I'm a complete carnivore)
3. Walking or turning in a slow circle makes me dizzy
4. I'm Spanish, Italian, French, Irish, Scots, Dutch, Russian, Israeli, and Romani
5. I love humanitarian work
6. I own a little over 60 ufo catcher dolls
7. My favorite foods are deli sandwiches, cakes without frosting, red meats, breads, and anything with potatoes
8. I love to watch Scrubs!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hmm, let's see I tag



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I'm so excited waiting for my fabric in the mail. Finally the new skin fabric quest has come to an end. Thank you to everyone that helped me with advice I decided to buy microsuede because of its clean, smooth look. Very different from the brushed tricot I've been using. I've stared at so many pictures of fabric and plushes I swear I can tell what type of fabric they used.

I'm still on another quest though, the all important search for internships. My goal is to either work in a zoo or become a wildlife filmaker. So far my favorite ones are the Disney College Internship Program and the Greenpeace Organizing Team. I would love to work in Disney's Animal Kingdom, it's my mecca I might try to volunteer at the Bronx Zoo or NY Aqaurium. Unfortunately for me that's the closest zoo but ...I'm really not a city person. Give me the open country!

I recently had a perfect opportunity to volunteer to clean up the Hudson River but my sister refused to take me I was looking forward to wade in the water with a rake and garbage bag. What's not fun about it?




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All those things that seem to pile on you at just the right moment. Hmm, so much has been happening lately yet I don't feel like anything has really happened.

I finished exams a few weeks ago and have just been getting back into the school swing, preparing for summer and fall classes. It's painful to be a science major, those textbooks are so expensive I feel pangs in my chest everytime I here the prices For my one summer class alone I need 3 textbooks. I don't care if its' because there is also a lab that's a lot of books.

On another note our house finally sold which now brings about the process of us finishing emptying it. It's strange and a little sad to not be able to go back there. But now this house has been turned upside down with all the extra furniture; so once again I can't see my floor and have to figure out where to put everything. There are some more Banpresto plushes that I will be trying to sell but I haven't decided where.

I feel though I should make a little confession. I've been avoiding working on my current commision for some time now. I had been striving to improve the quality and workmanship in my dolls. Trying new techniques and design planning, which has been long and tedious in doing detailed work. When I was just finishing the last detailing on the body my mini-iron accidently burned one of his legs badly. Now I have the problem to decide how to redo the leg. Whether I should undo all my needle sculpting and some detailing (which took me a long time to get right) or save my work and manage another way. I'm a bit down about it and haven't decided what to do




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