Turning nineteen today, so... yeah. Hooray for me. I guess I've gotten to the point where it's stopped feeling so amazing...

So today, I get to eat cake and hang out with the family, and then tomorrow it's back to the daily grind. But still, I'll take today to just enjoy myself.

Thanks for an awesome year you guys. Let's make the next even better.

For the past week or so, we have been having gorgeous weather here at home. Blue skies, green grass, cool breezes, temperature in the 70s-80s (Fahrenheit), flowers blooming, the whole shebang. It really is beautiful right now. But after I went to do some volunteer work to help with the local Memorial Day parade, my eyes started swelling, sneezing, I couldn't breathe through my nose and my head was so muddled it was hard to stay focused. When it didn't get any better by the next day, I went to the clinic to find out what was wrong with me.

Come to find out, I've developed allergies to grass. And trees. And pollen. And I've become so photosensitive that it's hard for me to see in direct sunlight. In other words, everything that makes up what other people call "a perfect summer day" is now a living nightmare for me. Even when I went out today full of drugs that boost my immunity to allergies, I couldn't stay out for more than half an hour before my eyes and nose started to get irritated.

So now I've changed my definition of a perfect day to being late fall, where all the plants are dead and the sky is overcast (the cool breeze stays the same, though).

For those of you who care, today marks my one year anniversary with FA!

In retrospect, I haven't done much here. I found a few awesome artists, got quite a few commissions of myself, but that's about it. I haven't gone to any furmeets, I SOMEHOW managed to make it to a con last summer, but mostly I've been so sucked up with my school life that I can't do anything. Of course, there's only so much to do when your sucked up with college, don't have a job, and have access to a car only once a month.

As for this coming year, I'm hoping to finally do some submissions of my own. I'm hopefully going to have some more time over the summer to try and exercise my creative self. Of course, I'm such a perfectionist that it's hard for me to get started on something if I don't think it's going to come out right, so I hope no one gets their hopes up.

Anyway, here's to a good year! I hope the next one rocks.

For all of you out there who are mated, dating, etc., wishing that you all have a wonderful Valentines day!

...And for all of you who are single like me, I hope you have a good day none the less.

Cheers!

Classes for my school are cancelled because of the snow.

That's right...

COLLEGE SNOWDAY!
I think this is the best thing that's happened to me since I got into college. And it's been a great year so far.

IT'S MAGIC!!!!

...and for all of you people reading this, here's a New Beer!

Puns for the win.

Condition's in less than a week...
I've paid for admission...
I've paid for my room...
I've got my passport....
I'M SO FUCKING EXCITED!!!

*slaps self and calms down*

Okay, so since this is going to be my first con, I'm really excited and a bit nervous. I'll have never met basically anyone going there besides on FA and I'm going there by myself. Because of money issues I'll only be their for Friday and Saturday (the rooms are damn expensive for a college student) and I'll probably be shy and lock myself up or something. Please don't let me do this! I want to have a fun experience and I don't want any emo or depressed emotions getting in the way of that.

If it happens, just hug/glomp me or something, that usually works.

Anyway, I can't wait to get their and I hope that I'll be seeing you there!

Note: Yes, I'm single and alone in my room, but I'm also not interested in relationships right now, so don't go their; at least try to get to no me first, okay?

Yeah, so it's been a real let down for me as far as cons go: whenever one is close enough for me to go to I always run into some problem that makes me unable to go (Timing issues, lack of money, parents are anal, etc.) But now, I've finally taken the initiative and just signed myself up to go to Condition: Zero Hour! Cool thing is, not only will this be my first con, it will also be my first time out of the country too!! So if anyone's going, please let me know so that I can see you there (Still under-drinking-age though, so no alcohol for me XP)

Now I just have to figure out how I can get there without making my family worried... and where I'm supposed to stay...

Shit, maybe I should have tried to think of that beforehand...

Man, It's been a really big week for me. This sunday, I finally graduated from high school. Four years of long, hard work and finally getting out as a magna cum laude. Only one thing I have to say about it: good riddence. Seriously, I couldn't get out of high school any faster. I mean, it wasn't like it was all bad, but it was far from great. There were so many dicks and assholes in my year that I could hardly stand growing up with them.

Second, today's my 18th birthday. Woohoo! I mean, overall it doesn't give me all that much except now I don't need permission to do certain things, and I can enlist in the army. Of course, I also can now see everything on FA, so now I feel a little less left out. But hey, who am I kidding, it's feels great!