My family has this sorta thing where we celebrate "birthday weeks," in that the week around someone's birthday is full of congratulations, kindness, and small favors like special dinners and inexpensive gifts. The main event is still really awesome, but it's even better with a birthday week because you get lots of build-up and anticipation. c:

Unfortunately this week my father was out of state at a tech conference (he met Steve Wozniak and the man's business card is the coolest thing ever I swear) so my birthday week is being celebrated now until Saturday, instead of this past week like it was supposed to. x3 I went with my mother and had a great lunch, and then came home and had a super chocolate birthday cake and Whoopie Pie ice cream. Tomorrow I'm not sure what I'll be up to but dad wants to buy me a book. I'll also be pre-ordering Omega Ruby as another present, yay! The money my aunt and grandfather gave me (along with a subscription to Audubon Magazine and a Columbia jacket) is probably gonna be squirreled away for future things. I might spend some of it next month at the rockhounding club's Christmas auction though....



The best news of all is that apparently despite my 3DS short-circuiting and freaking me out, the guys at the computer store turned it on and tested it for several days and nothing appears to be wrong with it. Apparently it was just temporarily inhabited by an explosive poltergeist. o.o I mean, it's amazing news, but I can't help but be weirded out by it... It's odd, isn't it?

This still means I'll be able to play Omega Ruby the day it comes out, though, so it's all good I suppose! <3



I'm working on a story trade with someone, so that'll be posted soon, as well as another diary entry. I don't know about artwork, because I, er, got a tablet, and learning how to properly wield that black magic will take some time. I'm thinking that because the drawing process for tablets and using paper and pencil are so different (you aren't actually looking where you're drawing, which is boggling my mind), I don't wanna mess up the learning process and I won't touch a pencil until I feel confident I can at least sketch on the computer. Here's to hoping it won't take long!

((All things considered, I suppose I should be a lot more excited about the tablet, but my birthday's been today and I'm tired. xD))


I got a lot of messages wishing me a happy birthday! Thank you, everyone, whether you were one of those well-wishers or not! I'm just glad I have so many awesome folks who care about me. I was feeling a little bummed earlier in the week, but y'all really did a spectacular job cheering me up. I owe you guys so much...

So I'll do my best to keep being a silly draggy and posting artwork and stories! <3 Again, thank you! Hope your week is gonna be as nice as mine will be.