“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”
Friedrich Nietzsche

For my old friends... or anybody who happens to still be around.

Well. It's been quite a while since I seriously even looked at the Otaku. I've been mostly on Facebook because I have trouble dealing with all the changes to this place. And the fact that most of the people I used to talk to the most left in disgust. Facebook is great and all, but I'll never make new friends there the way I did here. Generally I'm too afraid to accept friend requests from people I now see as potential creepers. Somehow it seemed safer on the Otaku.

Well, just to very briefly and generally update for anybody who might be interested . . . Gabe (Fury) and I are still together and seeing each other every few months (the Quebec-Virginia trip is pretty arduous and expensive to make any more frequently than that) and we're very very happy. We've now been together for just over four and a half years. So, there you go. Never let anybody tell you internet relationships can't work.

I've been applying to college; I'm in my senior year now. I've been accepted to VCUArts, but I haven't heard from any of the others yet. I don't expect to hear from them till April. I've applied to Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, University of Virginia and Swarthmore College. I'm pretty apprehensive about college. I've gone to the same lower-middle-high school all my life and I'm not used to drastic changes. Everyone tells me I'll enjoy college. We'll see. :

Well, I'm still doing lots of art; I'm planning to go into Illustration and maybe book jacket design. I'm pleased to say my work has improved considerably in the time between when I used to post it regularly and now. I'm also still heavily into world religions and mythology, and I may end up making a career of that also.

I'm not sure what else to write about. So much has happened since this place was my life. I'm sad that it can't be that to me anymore. But I think Gabe and I are going to try and frequent this place again, at least a little. So we don't forget the place we met and used to spend so much time. In all truth, this site was directly and indirectly responsible for my making it out of that horrible hell most people refer to as the middle-school years.

So to all my old friends, I hope your lives are going well and I miss you all and the fun we used to have on the Otaku. Happy Valentine's Day. <3

Life is Rough

well, tohru168 came to my house today to escape a boring 4th of july party. we almost went out in the kayaks but i found a huge two- or three-inch spider in mine, it hid under the seat and i couldn't get it out. i wasn't about to be stranded in the middle of the creek with that thing crawling onto my lap. so then we went in to swim, except it was low tide so it was more like wading. and then minnows attacked our feet and we felt unwelcome.
so then we went to the grocery store after just pulling on shorts. i will never ever go to the grocery store in a bikini top again, i swear. i should've known better in the first place. some really old guy in one of those motorized golf-cart-like things with the shopping basket built on came up and pointed at us for like, a full minute. i was on the phone trying to talk to my mom so i didn't catch all of what he said but it was something along the lines of that we were lovely and he was falling in love with us. or something equally creepy. we ignored him and he went away after a while. then we ninja'd around the store trying to keep from encountering him again. it was epic. almost like the two-hours-in-costco thing.
then we went in dollar tree and i saw my drivers' ed teacher. that kind of jarred the whole "summer" feeling. at least i already have my license so i don't have to be particularly afraid of her anymore. she's fierce though :D
now i'm back at my house with my parents and our british friends, which is ironic, since it's yay-the-british-don't-own-our-asses-anymore day. even though i almost wish they still did. i don't think we do so well when left to our own devices. 'least not nowadays XD
oh hey i've heard that hilary is obama's new VP. can anybody verify that for me? i saw it on tv but my parents don't believe me. i really hope it is true, because that means they stand a waaay better chance than obama on his own.
..if i'm wrong and mccain wins, i'm going on a killing spree. then to canada. after the killing spree is over, that is. and from there i will plot an assassination attempt on that unbearable old geezer. :D
...i always get political. maybe this means nobody will invite me to parties when i'm older. that would actually be nice, because i hate parties. political and social parties.
anyway, tomorrow is our 3-year anniversary for gabe(fury) and i. and he's going to be at my house in 24 days. I CAN'T WAIT :D

anyway, tatah for now. observe my svelte god: