Hello everyone. I like how my former journal entry was also about not updating DevArt for a long time. This is becoming a pattern isn't it?, but it seems that I'm back now. I guess I haven't really been on, because of school and it's many art projects which I tend to procrastinate on which results in me staying up late, and also the woes of getting ready for college. >____<

But all is well. I'm back! Weeeeeeeeee! Once I through with midterms I'll have a lot more free time on my hands, because I'm finally getting a study hall! Technically I'll have two, but I plan on working in the art room during one of 'em, which is good 'cause I have a lot of ideas I want to try, so stay tuned.

With next semester I also get to take a painting class! It's been forever since I've used paint, and to be honest I'm nervous, but I know I'm going to learn a lot. Plus I'll be able to put some of them online; a change from what I usually work with. ^___^

So yes.... It's good to be back. Oh, and Happy New Year everyone!

My DeviantArt Peeps:

Well I'd say it's about time I wrote and new journal entry.

Finally. Schools out for the summer and now I get to look forward to my senior year and looking at colleges. Bleh...

A major chunk of this summer will be going towards building up my portfolio. Currently I'm working on that picture with the fountain in it. I'm mostly done. All I have left to do is coloring the water in the fountain itself. I'm just afraid I'll ruin the whole thing. --____-- I'm not too sure what to do next. For some reason I had a craving to draw three frog geiko (Geisha)entertaining some guy, but I have a feeling it's going to be rather hard. Or maybe I should do a landscape or a still life. I don't have enough of those, but they're not that fun to do.... Any ideas are welcome.

And sorry I haven't been on for a while folks. School, Halo 3, and pure laziness have kept me away, but not any more! (I hope...) At least I checked all of my messages and put up some pictures! As well as some stuff in my scraps. *hint hint*

My DeviantArt Peeps:

I thought it was about time that I create a new journal entry and to banish the old one, the one with me ranting in it, but I really don't know what to write.

Nothing really art wise is going down. I mean I finished an art project for school and everything (which I thought was meh.....) which is basically a book with collaging in it. I'll post some pictures later, after I get the project back. Also, I haven't really been working on my Robot Picture [link] which makes me quite sad. School work and Halo 3 really eat up my time, which means less art. --______-- But at least I'll get to do some fun pictures for my final project in my Mythology and Folklore class, but I kind of don't being forced to be artistic for homework assignments, because by the time I'm done, I feel like I have arthritis and it's really late at night. >___<

What else? What else? Umm....? Yeah! Tonight I'm going to go see a play at my school called "the Foreigner" which I saw a preview of at school, and I can't wait. I know it's going to be hilarious, according to my friends.

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This past month I haven't been feeling very artsy at all. It's kind of depressing to be honest. I just need a bit of inspiration. Maybe Halo 3 could help with my ailment?

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!!!EDIT ALERT!!!

Ok! OK! I just did something amazin'! Like many of my friends have commanded, I got a Youtube account, so now you lucky peoples can see my exchange student videos without finding me and meh camera! Here it is! Weeeeeeee!

Now I'm going to have to wait till next year to make more......

These last two weeks really have been memorable and amazing, mainly because I hosted Jun, a Japanese foreign exchange student from Hiroshima. Weeks before I hosted Jun, I was uber excited to be hosting, but as the days drew near, I got very very nervous and even began to regret signing up in the first place, but now I don't at all. And since he's gone now (he left last Tuesday morning) I've been feeling empty inside. I hope that didn't sound cliche, but that's how I feel. I mean he's been following me around everywhere for the past two weeks and he honestly was part of my family, and now he's gone, maybe for good. It's a terrible lonely feeling. I'm not saying I can't go on or anything like that, but I'm feeling really down now.

Anyway, Jun is very easy to get along with, mainly for me, because are personalities are quite similar. He, like me, is a very shy person, but thank goodness he opened up after a couple of days. Also like me, it didn't take a lot of effort to entertain him, but we did do a lot, believe me. We went to a Monarchs game (hockey), which he really liked. Let me see, we saw Horton hears a Who, which he didn't understand at all. ^__^; Jun even went to the HUGE stores of America, including the mall and Wal-Mart. What else? Ah. He tried lobster for the first time and jellybeans too, which I sent him home with a bag of 'em. And now, hopefully he has an understanding of Easter, after all, I did get him a Japanese Bible, and I helped find the passages we were reading during worship. I hope he's not too confused. *crosses fingers*
In my earlier journal, I remember putting the question out there, asking what he meant by magic. I thought he either meant magic magic, or perhaps "Magic" the trading card game. And as it turned out, he loves to do magic tricks. Oh, a how he could do magic! It wasn't small stuff either. He made things disappear and reappear, and causing maidens to scream in shock. As a result, he got the nickname "Magic Man". I was really surprised too, because his major purchase at the mall was seven or eight sets of playing cards, cause you can never have too many can you? Now I'm kicking myself! I didn't get his autograph!!! He's that really that good folks, I swear!

I guess another thing I should note is that Jun got me into the Beatles. Before he came here, I really didn't care about 'em that much, but we've been listening to them a lot, while he's been here, so now I'm honestly and wholeheartedly hooked! I would have to say my favourite song of theirs currently would be "let it be".

I think it was a good idea to write this now and not tomorrow, while the memories are still fresh in my mind. I guess my dilemma now, besides the fact that I'm really depressed is whether or not he'll e-mail me. I gave 'im mine, but he doesn't have e-mail, except on his cell phone back in Japan, which he forgot while he was here, so in truth I'm depending on him to keep contact with me...... I do hope he remembers....

*goes to the nearest corner to cry*

Life is good right now! I just finished a MAJOR art project for a contest, I was just in a play, and it's winter vacation for me! Weeeeee!

Well, two Fridays ago I was in a one act play, written by two high school seniors entitled "the Joke", which is obviously about, what else, a joke. I didn't have a major part and I didn't even have any lines. I was just an extra; a SWAT team guy. It didn't really matter to me anyway, because I have severe stage fright. All I had to do was push one of the stars on and off stage and carry a coffin. I felt really good about being a part of it and I still do, but now I'm wrestling with the idea of joining the Spring Play at my school, but plays end up eating a lot of time for homework, art, and everything else.....

And as of yesterday I finished my picture Divine Merry Making. I'm so glad that I'm done with it, because I was under a lot of pressure to finish it by the deadline for another art contest. I didn't mention this before but I entered my Marie Antoinette picture into a art competition awhile back and I managed to win a gold key award for it. I wonder if the fates will be kind to me again. (I know someone out there will be happy that I said that. ^__--*)

And now I'm on vacation! Which means I have time to work on a some of my commissions from school. First I need to draw a cartoonish picture of a boy holding a nickel, next a picture for the Spring Play at my school for a teacher, and a picture of an angry gnome for a friend's mom's story book cover. Phew....

And March 21st is drawing close! For those of you who don't know what that date means, the Japanese exchange students are coming to my school. And now I know the name of my student who I'm going to be hosting for two weeks. His name is Jun Nakashima and he likes magic! My friends, my family and I can not tell if he likes doing magic tricks or if he likes the card game called magic. I'm leaning towards the card game, but I don't know for sure. I can tell though that's it's going to be so epic.

Life is sweet.