Holey crap, so my finals are over, and now I just have to finish up my insect ID work (original goal was new years, but my advisor decided that everything should be done by Monday now) - which means that (I'm between samples at the moment) I will be BREATHING INSECTS for the next 24 hours so that tomorrow night I can drive down to Pittsburgh (and use all of my money, oh wait, my future money, too - thanks loans) to visit the Carnegie museum and confirm my identifications. This is super exciting because it means that:
1. I will be one step closer to a published article and hence grad school (hopefully)
2. I will get to look through giant insect collections and hang out with invert-centered academics
3. I will have some of my life back (these samples literally take up all of my would-be freetime. Any art posted here for the past few months has been with the sacrifice of sleep)!!

Expect a whirlwind of art sometime around the 23rd/24th. I'm thinking about opening up commissions to provide last-minute holiday gifts for people (and maybe begin paying back the money I'm borrowing to do this insect project) - more info when this BUGAPALOOZA is over.

EDIT: DONE - now to sleep and then drive to pittsburgh and then explode and then ZOO and ART MUSEUM and then SLEEP and then ARTARTARTARTART before next semester begins!