So yeah, I never freaking draw for myself anymore! What's up with that? Trying my hand at digital painting again. I think I got a bit better. Gotta keep at it.

Vampires are HOT.

In other news, I got an internship with Nickelodeon! Should be fun times.

Can't wait to graduate. I am so very done with homework... *barf*

So as said in my latest deviation, OMG freaking awsome tablet. An early B-day gift from my boyfriend and roomate/friend. We came home after seeing Hancock (I wanted to see Wall-e but since it was group thing I lost. lol. Still a good movie though.
And there is this HUGE box sitting at our door and my boyfriend says it's the water cooling sytem he bought for his computer, to which I am all what? Aren't those expensive?

So we bring it inside and they make me open it, so I am kind of like gwah? And then there it is. EEEEEE!

Aparently they couldn't wait till my actual b-day to give it to me and I am not complaining at all. I just can't believe they put the money in to get it.

So far I haven't been able to do anything much with it besides draw in the default windows paint. Hopefully by tomorrow I'll have adobe suite back up on my pc and I can get back to learning how to digitally paint. I'm getting better slowly and I think this tablet/monitor will help with getting the details working. It's very neat to draw on it like it's paper infont of me.

Wow. I'm still just in shock...

So far my internship/job with Starfall.com has been going great! I'm learning along the way and am pretty happy that I am getting paid to animate. It feels wonderful!

On another note, when I got home last Friday evening, I found out that my cat had been missing. This of course made me VERY upset. All I could think is that he got hit by a car or eaten by a dog. It seems my roommate had been keeping the balcony door open so Bleu (the german shepard mix) could sleep out there. Everything was fine most nights but Thursday night it seems my stupid cat decided to jump off the open balcony to the backyard below. SIGH

So around 8pm Friday my boyfriend and I found him but he ran off before we could get him. At least I knew he was alive. an hour or so later when my other roommate got home from work, he found him. Everything was ok when my boyfriend picked him up but halfway down the driveway he flipped out, bit my boyfriend's hand, and cut my friend's thumb up. THEN when we tried to put the leash on him to get him in the house, he took off, breaking his collar off and ran down the road. The boys ran after him and with the help of Bleu, they cornered him in the shed where we were then able to finally get him back in the house.

UGH So all weekend I told my boyfriend to go to urgent care as his hand swelled up but NOOOOO. Not until Monday when his co-workers and boss told him he should go, he finally did. -_-
boys....

I'm just glad the doctors said he should heal up fine once the infection is taken care of, and my friend's thumb is healing as well.

Stupid cat....

well, it isn't really that late. I just figured it was time to write something.

I am on vacation and enjoying it. Had a nice Easter with my family and some friends, went to the Wild Animal Park with my parents yesterday and I must say that I have been out of the sun for far too long. I got a bit too much sun exposure at one time. No burning, but man it took all my energy away. I've actually napped the last few days and that's not really like me. I rarely nap. I generally need them when I am sick, or deal with massive time changes like when we came back from Japan.

I must say it was nice though, since I live away from home now. When my Boyfriend was at work and my friend roommate was out, the house was quiet and happy.

My cat is still driving me insane here in my room. In fact he seems to find pushing his water dish around amusing for some reason and continues to insist on walking on my laptop. I have a picture of him laying on it as a kitten. Maybe I can catch him doing that again now and snag a new pic. I think that would look funny side by side. Kitty monster....

Now I think I will put my self to bed and try to keep my early morning wake up time.

Those who know me in person know I am by nature a sensitive person when it comes to people, feelings, experiences. I can get very involved. So when I started reading The Golden Compass after seeing the preview for the movie a long ass time ago, I got really involved in the story.

Several people comment that they read the books in middle school, and I

1. wonder why the hell I didn't get to
2. wonder how they were really suited for middle schoolers (though I remember reading Beowulf back then so...)
3. Why, WHY does the last book end like it does.

I dare not spoil it for someone who hasn't read it, but I cried last night reading the last few chapters. I have been so wrapped in this story for the last two months (i got most wrapped part way through Subtle Knife) and it has seriously been a long time since I felt so much emotion for characters and had a book seriously express so many things I had either experienced, or wished I could. I originally picked up the book thinking that since people had read it in middle school that it was a children's book, but no. These books are not children's books. Young adult yes, but just as suited for adults, with so much substance and depth that I think you have to be an adult and have experienced some of the emotions before in your life to really feel the tug and connection with this story.

I am truly heart broken at the moment, though obviously I am ok but some of you will really understand what I am saying. I know several of you have had this same experience with other stories.

I think I found a good name to put in the list of boy names for when I have a son though.... ^_^