Okies, so I just had my midterms, and I feel pretty good about them--English and History more so than Statistics, as usual, but what the hell...
Sooooo, of course I'm feeling tired, because I studied (and didn't study also, as I hung out with friends when I probably should have been doing homework and whatnot.)
OOOH! And I decided to double major in Classical Civilizations and Biology--which people think is really random until I tell them that I want to go into Anthropology during Grad School, then they're like, "Ooooh...Ok. That's cool, I guess." Occasionally I'll get, "What's Anthropology," at which point I just look at them funny until they go away.

ANYWAY, that's the random update. Got to go fencing now! WOOT

I'm finally all moved into Gonzaga University, and am greatly enjoying myself. Classes start tomorrow, as well as work--I'll be working at the Library in the special collections, because I'm so special of course. My roommate is awesome, and a soph so I'm not completely lost, thank the gods.
Right now I'm working on a piece of Summer Glau, an actress and ballet dancer. She was in the movie "Serenity" which was based off of the television series "Firefly," and was also in "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" the second season of which I am just getting into as we speak.

Shweeeet! I just recently broke 5000 page views and I just wanted to say thank you all. Sure there are plenty of other people out there with hundreds of thousands of page views, but just knowing that others are seeing and appreciating my work makes me glad.
I'm heading off to Gonzaga University on either the 26th or 27th of August--up in Spokane, Washington--and am very excited. Right now, I'm simply trying to be with friends and family as much as is humanly possible before saying a final farewell. But do not fear! I'll, of course, be bringing the ole sketch book along with me, and the internet is inescapable and ubiquitous, so DA will be updated whenever I find spare time in my schedule.
At the moment, I am doing a coloured pencil recreation of the TURANDOT poster, the art-deco/japonisme feel of which drew my attention. Hopefully, I'll be able to take a decent photo or scan and load it on up to DA.
OH, I've also just recently finished for the first time the entire AVATAR: the last airbender saga, and I must say that Azula is the most badass character. My friends--with whom I was having a marathon--were very annoyed, and kept telling me that she was an evil, crazy bitch. "Exactly!" was my enthusiastic reply. All those other characters are too, "Oh-the-world-is-such-a-beautiful-place-everything-is-perfect!!!!!!!!"
Excuse me while I puke...

So, I just graduated from High School, and am now on summer break. I will be attending Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA, and am very excited. I'll be majoring in Classics, and am very excited. It was a close race between Gonzaga and Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. but after an extensive pro/con list, Gonzaga won out in the end. (I love pro/con lists...)
Sorry I haven't posted anything recently...I've been just a little bit busy with AP exams and finals and farewell ceremonies.
This summer, I'm not going to be traveling as extensively as last year, though I will be going to New York to see Guys and Dolls on Broadway, and to spend a few weeks in the Sierra's with some friends, and to visit my family in Maryland and Virginia later on. As for now, I'm simply counting down the days until I can get out of my house (parental pressures are becoming a bit desperate as i am to be leaving soon.)
And the weather up in Washington! Beautiful! I can't wait to have a near constant stream of cold weather! No joke, I adore rain and fog and snow and what others generally view as shitty. Not true! It's SO much better than those unbearably sunny days where even when you're wearing next to nothing, you're still stifling....At least when it's cold, you can just bundle up, or snuggle up to a good book or movie with a cup of tea or coffee...Yumm...

So, I'm on a Vivien Leigh tangent right now. I've just finished a drawing of her when she was older, and am planning to do another. I'll try to get the other scanned and submitted before I become too lazy.
I've been watching countless films with her in them, "Gone With the Wind," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "Anna Karenina," "Waterloo Bridge," "Ship of Fools," and so on and so forth. My favorite by far has to be "A Streetcar Named Desire." I've already seen it before, of course, but this year I read it for my English class and fell in love. When we were watching it in class though, nobody but the teacher and I appreciated the acting of both Brando and Leigh. One girl, sitting next to me, kept complaining that Blanche was "annoying," and "ugly."
Vivien Leigh? Ugly?
After the third time of hearing that, I swear, I nearly strangled her. Kids today just don't appreciate those things that are good, and true. They've no dignity or respect. Makes me a bit ashamed to be a part of this generation, to tell the truth. Still, there are those few people who make up for it. (Shot out to all those who still have some sense of appreciation.)