Apologies

uwa... It's been so long since I've made a journal entry here XD; I just want to say sorry to all of my watchers that I've neglected to comment or favorite anything of theirs, I've been mainly busy with school and other things And lurkers/stalkers, thank you for coming around and saying hi ^_^ I'm warning you guys this is going to be a long post XD but I've broken it up into things if you guys want to read @__@

What's Been Going On Lately

A lot of things LOL ehhh, I'm still drawing yesh yesh, I'm getting ready for some major tests and stuff XP and I'm trying to get a lot of stuff done to draw again o_o lol I haven't submitted stuff on here in quite a while D: I have some stuff ready though, and some stuff almost done! I need to finish a few requests from the kiribans ;o; lol sorry!

TheOtaku.com

I've been on there more than ever since theOtaku Chat has started XD I've been at the website for plenty of years and I've met friends there that are still on my messenger even though we've met years ago ^_^ but with theOtaku Chat, i've met more people than ever on the website XD and I'm happy :3 It brings back memories and it's a lot of fun xD I've watched more anime there too with chat clubs such as Anime Club and a few others. :3 (Go get accounts there! xD *shot) But yeah I try to get there online every night after a long day's work.. or still doing homework just to keep me entertained |D; lols I've also been submitting more WIPs there just if you want to look. Ask me for my username

Stress

Ahhh, so as I shortly said before, I've been taking a lot of tests this year. D: lol I took the SAT last march and sheesh it was hectic for me, even though I did OK on it lol >> not the score I wanted but.. D: lol I'll retake it next year 8O\ I already took my official second Japanese credit test @__x lol sheesh it was harder than last year.. but I blame regular school (AP Class) on that. lol Speaking of APUSH (AP US History), I've been up and down about it and almost regretting taking the class since it's wasted a lot of my time LOL pfftt and I'm not doing well in it either lol lowest grade ever in high school.. haaaa ~ but I'll try to manage a higher one after the AP tests. AP test is in 2 weeks or so and I've been lazy to really study for it but the thing is that I really can't remember much of what notes we've been taking for last-minute study sessions in class D: lol so I don't think I will really do well on it but I will try my best, I don't want to take the class again if I go to university LOL that is, if I do have to take it again x_x My teacher is horrible, btw, at teaching the class. lol (Makes me not want to take other AP classes) >>;

Goals

Ahhh, my goals. I've been thinking about them a lot and I've already got my schedule planned for next year ^_^ Hopefully it will not be messed up like this year.. lol I plan to take a lot of art courses and some AP classes -- mainly French 4 AP and Art Studio AP, I wish I could take some other AP classes but I'm mainly focusing on these classes to get prepared for college =/ Speaking of college, I'm planning on either entering: Kyoto Seika University or Academy of Arts University. They look like good schools for me to become a manga-ka xD

Japanese

Ahhhh, I'm happy I've made friends with people at theO who are actually Japanese learners too ;_; and yet they're better than me which is nice since they know more ^_^ One of my friends is studying to become a Japanese-English translator and she helps me with Japanese a lot ;-; <3 I LOVE YOU MAMA/SENSEI *shot* as well as my other friend who is in college and also wants to become a translator I'm planning on taking the JPLT later on before college if I get into KSU... I want to pass the level 2 test badly ;_; lol which is around 2000 kanji and 6000 vocabulary you need to learn.. LOL gah.. I guess I just might need to pass the level-3 one.. xD (still wants to aim for level-2) In addition for Japanese classes, I really wanted to stay an extra year and take 10th grade Japanese at my japanese school since I wanted to get close to 12th grade XD I'm in Adv. class right now and next year I'm supposed to go to 7th grade. I don't want to be stuck with some little junior high school brats lol they're troublesome and noisy too, so I want to skip 2 grades and end up in 9th grade 8DDDD even though I'll have to study through the summer but hopefully I will get help from both of my "teachers" on theO ;o; <3

Other Issues

I've been trying to practice a lot of techniques and other styles ... (in a way o.o lol) with art and I've been taking pre-AP art studio in the mornings during 0 period.. it hasn't been helping too much but it's boosted my confidence in my skills xD I just wish I could get a little more help with new media and experimentation @_@

Popularity Rant

I've been noticing lately on both websites (DA and theO) that people just want a lot of popularity which is sad. ... yes this is not new but still! D8 lol it's been bugging me lately but I've been thinking about it, popularity don't matta! pfftt lol It's fine to want attention for what people have made with their own hands/talents but it's kind of sad seeing "PLEASE LOOK AT THIS AND COMMENT/HUG/ETC." lol even I don't do that anymore unless I want critique at theO, there's been a huge problem with that for a couple of years now and I wish people could stop @_@ lol it makes them seem selfish same with people who want people to look at their artwork and their journals, etc. and who is actually paying attention in their subscription lists and etc. It's kind of sad D: [/rant] lols

New Addictions in anime/J-Pop culture

uwaaaa, I love vocaloid now XD I've been addicted to Miku Hatsune and Gakupo for so long now, I love their songs <3 THE FANS ARE AWESOME, they are awesome artists and awesome musicians <3 I wish I had that kind of talent with music. I have more than 20 vocaloid songs in my playlist now, I find it amusing xD I'm still also addicted to KHR (Kateikyoushi Hitman REBORN!) and with Anime Club, i've watched more anime in the past few months :3 I'm currently watching Ichigo Mashimaro, Higashi no Eden (I like it so far with only 2 episodes that I've watched), FMA: brotherhood (just started watching the other day) xD, and Kanon.

So, so far, I'm still here at DA I have a lot of things to "review" over.. but I've favored a few things just not left comments on them but from me, favorites are very few. Favorites from me are like "I love it, I think it looks gorgeous, you've been improving, you're doing amazing--" there might be a few problems in the artwork itself but concepts and imagination capture my attention too or humor/entertaining concept/etc. and just because I don't comment doesn't me I don't care. I wish I could vocally give out comments since typing takes too long and I'm busy nowadays D: lol so hopefully i'll be back during ze summer and I'll be submitting a few things later on.. 8O ~ <3

--sorry for ze long post--

Stay safe all 8O\