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Sometimes, I wonder if I started writing just because I couldn't draw what was on my mind. And sometimes, I really hate being such a shitty artist when it's my first love, and I would truly love to make a living out of it. I don't know. It's a vicious cycle - I'll get frustrated because I can't draw something right and then stop alltogether and then I won't get practice so I'll STILL suck at it and ARGH. Maybe I'm just emo today, I don't know.

And now I'm off to my twin uncles birthday party. Joy. [/sarcasm].

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, terraneanblues!!!

You're one of the coolest, most interesting people I've ever met - I seriously can't imagine LJ without you being sweet and wonderful and listening to me and squeeing madly with me over whatever the hell we're squeeing that particular week. I heart you, Terra, I seriously do, and I just wish we lived closer so we could do crazy shit together. ♥♥♥ Okay, so your present's not done yet, but I'll try and have it done before your birthday is over. *shifty eyes*

In other news, after the hellish day that was yesterday, I've been incongruously happy today. My happy place, today?
- Singing to The Libertines at the top of my lungs during the entire drive to school and back home. Especially 'What Katie Did'. That song makes me all happy for some strange reason.
- Finally turning in my final Psychology of Perception II project today. It is OVER. I don't have to yell at anyone to do their part of their work anymore. (One guy didn't do ANYTHING, though. I was close to hitting him today.)
- Teh boyfriend getting jealous XD ( cut in respect of the people that might not find it as fascinating as I do, i.e., everyone )
- Being silly at flamenco class and finally starting the buleria.

Now, you might ask, why incongruously happy, then?
( would you like a side of emo with your fries? )

First of all, have you seen mon_starling's new illustration? It seriously took my breath away, and I would've loved it from an artist's point of view even if I didn't fangirl Carl Barat in the way I do.

( This cut is filled with pretty stuff I bought the other day )

Oh, by the way, my brain has been eaten by cat macros. Or more appropiately: OH HI, MINE BRAINZ IS BEING EEATED BY KITTAH MACROS.

( This cut is filled with 28 Weeks Later )

( And this cut is made of emo. )

I'll be talking about the sheer awesomecakes that is Avatar: The Last Airbender later, so it won't get infected with this entry's emo.

One block away from the flamenco academy? THIS ASSHOLE HITS MY CAR. It was just a scratch and whatever, but it's my first ever trafic accident (if... you don't count the time I smashed my right mirror into another car, that is... *shifty eyes*), and I'm such a baby that I called my mom before I called the insurance. *goes on looking shifty* And dude, the guy didn't even TALK to me. Oh well, at least he admitted it was his fault.

Bad thing is, I have to take it to the shop in between a fortnight, and I kinda need my car to go to school... Sure, I could take the bus, but it's about oh, TWO effing hours by bus, and buses start passing around at 6, and I'd have to leave at 5AM to get to my 7AM classes... *tears out hair* And my mom's not too keen on lending me her car. Granted, it's a freaking beautiful SUV and she takes care of it as if it was her kid, and I drive as if I, you know, owned a noisy, bumped around, diminutive, chevy pop. But still. Faith, woman, you need more faith in me.

Mmm, it's the second year in a row that I don't get ashes on my forehead in Ash Wednesday. After all of that eternity in Catholic schools, I'd gotten used to just be dragged around to mass... I didn't eat meat, though, so I hope that counts. *TEH RETURN OF TEH SHIFTY EYES*

( Heroes 1x16 - Unexpected ) Yay, Heroes is back in shape!

Today's been one of those days that you just want to get over with.

First, I went out of home only to discover that some asshole had practically teared my car's left mirror in between yesterday and this morning. So I only taped it with my trusted maskin tape, and fuck, but I'd already broken my right mirror before (that one was my fault, though), and now it'll look patched up on both sides. FUCK.

Then. Japanese class went... Badly. Basically, I'm up to taking the yonkyuu exam this december (the lowest of the required exams to be accredited, the next one's the sankyuu and on and on), although I'd had my doubts before. BUT, I had class with a new teacher, and he speaks EVERYTHING in Japanese. And I do mean EVERYTHING. So I was just like 'Go, Ale, you can do it. Just nod and smile.' and it was horrible to only grasp like, a single word from an entire sentence. And what's worse? My new classmates are all two or three semesters up from me, so I'm like 'WTF?' and they're like, totally having a conversation with the teacher (and it doesn't help that they've both actually been in Japan). So that was lousy, and Lira, my Japanese buddy, didn't even show up (it would've been nice to be 'wtf' together...), and she was supposed to get me back the movies I lent her before summer holidays. Then on the last two hours, we had a written exam, a 'sample' of the yonkyuu, and from 47 questions, I had fucking THIRTY mistakes. 30. It was horribly depressing.

The only good part of the entire deal is that I'm back in the same group with a guy I'd had somewhat of a crush on before he left for Canada last semester. And well, he's still more advance than I am, but we're at least somewhat close in knowledge. I'll start taking my Japanese notes to school or something, because I need to catch up, and I need to do so fast.

The day didn't get better until I got home and my dad started to make impromptu crépes. Oh, and I watched I ♥ Huckabees. It's good, if somewhat confusing.

Now I'll just go and curl into a curner and watch both of the newly subbed Ergo Proxy episodes to get me out of my misery.

EDIT: My dad is baking a chocolate-chip cake. They day might not be a complete loss after all.

I watched Il Mare today, the Korean, original version of The Lake House, and oooh, it was beautiful. It took me quite a while to figure out how to use the subtitles, but it all worked out in the end. Loved the photography madly, as I tend to do with Asian films, and while the whole "Time Paradox" factor was low, it still felt supernatural enough to suck me in. Quite a lovely romance, the movie manages to not be cheesy at all. :) I'll have to go and see the Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock version and mock it, bwahaha.

I am bored out of my skull. Sure, I've been reading a lot of fanfic and all, but I've only left my house to go to flamenco in this week. So that sums to... About three hours outside in five days. I need to get out!!

To prove how bored I am: I've been surfing through the X-Men pages of wikipedia. FOR REAL. It was interesting, though (Did you know Iceman could be in the same league as Jean regarding power? Oooh, the fanfic writer in me squeed in joy at that). And I still haven't watched last week's Doctor Who's episode. ;-;

Does anyone have flat colored images they could share with me? I still have at least half of my acrylic paints, and I want to do something vaguely productive...

OH. OH. OH. Luck of the Draw Card Deck. I AM DYING OF ART LUST, OMG.

ME WAAAAAANTS. But if I get them (and I've no idea what a 'money-order' is), the 'saving' money to get Ultimate X-Men goes down the drain.

*is an un-fulfilled art-whore*

*cries just a bit*