Hey guys!

Holy cow, it really has been forever and a day since I made an updates journal. Sorry about that ^^;

UPDATES
Life has been pretty good, actually. School certainly hasn't been amazing, but it's school, yanno? It's been an interesting experience starting fresh with everything, and it's going a lot better than I thought. I used to be scared out of my mind about going to a school where I didn't know anyone (except some seniors, that is, my sister's friends), but people were surprisingly welcoming and willing to talk to me, and I really appreciated that, since I'm rather shy in real life. The school itself is pretty good too. Teachers are understanding and willing to talk and negotiate, well, all except for my math teacher, that is. People are also more accepting that I expected them to be. Surprisingly enough, I also have much less homework than I did last year, and I have at least 2-3 hours of free time, which is huge to me. I mainly use that time to talk to Joe and catch up on messages and whatnot.
The cat has been adjusting really well. She's escaped a few times, but with the more recent times, she's come back. The only reason we don't let her out is our neighbors next door would prefer that our cats didn't go to the bathroom in their garden, and the fences that we have up are only sufficient in keeping our fat kitty out of there. So this new little baby girl is gonna be inside for awhile. She's constantly energetic, though, and often just runs wild around the house, which drives everyone insane, but she's adorable as hell, so we can't stay mad at her for long.
Art wise, stuff has been pretty good too. I finished up my last commission for this year, and now I'm looking to do some personal art, like some refs for Maria, which really need to be done. I've also been practicing humans more, and I hope to upload more of that crap soon too.

ROM HACK PLAYING
Yep. I went there.
I've actually seriously decided to start playing some ROM hacks on my laptop. I got all the necessary programs, and I even bought an SNES USB controller. I'm gonna start with some SMW hacks, so I'm going to actually play the game and get used to the controls before I start playing hacks. I was also thinking of maybe getting the Super Metroid game and playing that too, but I highly doubt I'll play any hacks of that. Why Mario hacks then, you ask? It's a platforming game, and that's the style of game I feel most comfortable playing. If you guys have any suggestions or tips for a beginner ROM player, or even suggestions of hacks to play, I would definitely appreciate all the advice given!

I hope you all are doing well, and I apologize for the long journal, hahaha.