Just so's y'all know that I've managed to survive to this fine Turkey Day, I have...

ART

I'm trying out a slightly different style - a bit more Disneyish, a little less... whatever it was before. I dunno. Time will tell whether it works or not.
Note: most of this is HONK garbage.

( and by most, I mean all but one )

adsfjadhg there's more that isn't totally stupid, but this is just what I have scanned in so far. Maybe later when I don't have four days to do a 10 page paper about suits.

Hope you guys have a nice Thanksgiving, or Thursday, depending on where you are on the map. My future holds pie and Cuban pork roast. :DDDD

P.S. my bffs Roger (turkey) and Mike (husband) and I are writing Honk II. It will be animated. It will be terrible. There will be a baby even uglier than Ugly.
Do I have a problem? Absolutely.

Thanks to all of you for your well-wishing the other day! Opening night went off with.... well, not without a hitch, but with MINIMAL, FIXABLE hitches!
Last night was definitely better, though - my voice was behaving properly, Mike didn't forget any of his lines (and was magnificently blustery and British) and the audience was so responsive!
Of course, that's always the case with a weekend show - Thursday night is always the old people and little kids who don't have homework, but Friday and Saturday, all the high-schoolers come, and the young adults and alums, and that's when the magic happens.

On the 1st night, Mike, instead of saying "I believe we've spoken on the subject of your spectacles, Barnacles" said "barnacles, Spectacles." There was a pause in which all the geese looked at each other in bafflement, Mike covered beautifully by harrumphing and poking Barnacles with his riding crop, and moved on like nothing had happened. I was so proud.
His accent was in really good shape, too! That was the most gratifying thing - all those hours of "the rain in Spain" paid off.

Last night was the cast party, which was totally awesome - we watched Across the Universe and played Apples to Apples.
Mike and I were peer-pressured into being a team, and then were begged "to please get married in real life." Lolawkward.
We did kick some serious ass, though.

And now to dive into my homework so I don't have to be up late Sunday night! Damn you, CIS.

OPENING NIIIIIIIIIIGHHHGHHGHT

TIME TO GO PRANCE AROUND AND PRETEND TO BE A GOOSE AND MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF

WHY AM I SO EXCITED

oh god if my voice cracks I will kill myself
first time in a semi-major role

aarrrgh

SO I GUESS I'VE KIND OF BEEN DEAD TO THE INTERNET A LITTLE BIT.
Shit whut's bin goin' down:

( School, karate, art class, musical, and DAVID SEDARIS )

So, forgive me for being absent from the intertubes - if anybody cares to fill me in on what's been happening in their lives, I'd love to hear! My flist is looking pretty daunting at the moment, and I'd just.... rather not.

Seriously, like a fucking awesome weekend.

OK, on Friday, I hung out with my bff Colby and we went out for Thai with my parents, and had a blast in general (even though her mom got super pissed for reasons more complicated than I wish to explain here).

Saturday, I had a very productive harp lesson (might have had something to do with the fact that I ACTUALLY PRACTICED this week), went and bagged groceries with the Drama club kids (my charisma is >9000, I totally got a bunch of people), and then I went to THE FAIR with Leah and Maria.
Holy.
Damn.
What a blast.
Food was eaten (deep-fried Milky Way, wtffff delicious), rides were taken (screaming. It happened.), and many many lulz were had.
Cheese curds are disgustingly addictive.
In addition to delightful exhaustion, guess what I came home to?

MY CANADA HOODIE CAME IN THE MAIL. I am now one hair extension and some rubber cement away from completing my first cosplay ever.
also, my awesome Hetalia goodies from bluef0x arrived, and aksdjfdhg they are SO. CUTE. 8D

Sunday, I had a lazy morning, then went to Ponyo with Kat and Sophie, which was AWESOME.
Oh my god, we are talking animation porn here. The richness of the colors, and the big blobby shapes of the water were utterly gorgeous. The story was incredibly sweet, as well - it's really a tale of puppy love and caring about your family.
Also.
Fujimoto.
WHAT. A. HOTTIE.
Like, he wouldn't be nearly as attractive if he weren't voiced by Liam Neeson, but FFFFFF. And his character was so quirky and cute! He's definitely my favorite original Miyazaki character now.
(my faves on DA are now full of him, hurrr)
After that, we went to Panera for foodstuffs, and then to Borders to poke around the books. Kat found a pair of Twilol figurines (Edward and Bella) and we took stupid pictures with them.
We ducked into DSW to ogle the shoes, and then went back to my house for epic slushies (frozen juice + ice cubes + Nightwish) and hanging out.

All in all, a good weekend. I think I'm nearly ready to go back to school now.
Nearly.

Stole dis shit from l-tan, have you noticed I like to talk, yeah how could you not.

I am required to talk about: music, faceshapes, obama, the sword in the stone, and russia/canada.

*cracks knuckles*

( there's also art, if you scroll. )

( I really should have drawn more in this amount of time )
by the way
the rabbit that we thought was male?
Isn't. We found out when we took her to get fixed..... we're calling her Tuppence now. :D
She's gotten huge, too, she must be 7 pounds now, she's like this big blob of bunny.
One more thing:

I LOVE THIS FREAKING SONG dammit hayoubi, you have infected me.
I EAT YOU UP NOW
FIRE FIRE FIRE

Oh crikey I'm tired. xD In a good way, though.

In case you've noticed I've been a tad incommunicado recently, my family has been hosting a student from France, Coline Besson, so we've been pretty busy.
She's here for 2 1/2 weeks, so I'll be kind of out of the loop until then.
It's been fun having her here, though! We took her to a Saint Paul Saints game (baseball), and have been going hiking and stuff. Her English is quite good, though it helps that I speak some French.
It's hard work, partially translating all the time, though, so even when I have the time to be online, it's kind of like "well.... I COULD go talk to my friends..... or I could lie in the sun and read David Sedaris.........mmmmm Sedaris wins."
Stuff that's happened:
-Got my braces off! :D YAAAAY. Unfortunately, having a retainer acquaints one rather intimately with the smell of one's own mouth, which is, in a word, unpleasant. I've been brushing my teeth obsessively. :|
-Taking an art class! It's all about how to depict the human form accurately without using a live model. So far, we have drawn robot-like proportion people. Wheeeeeee.
-got my hair cut again - it's above my shoulders now, and looks really cute. I'm digging this "not having to spend half an hour brushing my hair" thing.
-Watched "Princess Bride" with Coline - she really liked it. :D
-SAW HP 6, oh my god
ok
so
It was GOOD-LOOKING
but the plot was all over the place, there were too many hormones, not enough Snape, too many loose ends, and they cut the funeral.
:(
Also, I think Michael Gambon is using "gay" as a character trait that dictates Dumbledore's actions, which irritates me.

I'll be doing some drawing soon, don't you worry. Argh, and I have to judge that contest and stuff..... fuck
ciao.

( Meme numba one )
WHAT THE CRAP, Sweden, I had no idea. o________o
Germany, you're officially a creeper.
And both Austria and Korea seem to have conflicting feelings about me.... D:
why are the only ones who like me either chicks or the ones I don't really care about? fml
Fuck you, England, fuck you, Rome, fuck you, America. :|
sob

( Meme numba 2 )

oh, I said I'd post art this time, didn't I?
WHADDYA KNOW.

( Look, here's some now! )

fuck I need to go to BED, I'm going to work out with my mom tomorrow. DX
I enjoy going with her, I just.... am tired.

IN OTHER NEWS, oh my god, THIS:
http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/2613641.html?#cutid1
A HETALIA MUSICAL
The lyrics are awesome, the singers are quite good (aside from a little pitchiness, but it's quickly resolved) and.... parts almost made me cry. ; ~ ; England's songs, especially.
The only major problem is the sound quality during the loud bits (the second song is particularly affected by this) but for most of the time, it's fine.
also

YES
YES I DO WANT TO BE CANADIAN PLEASE
IF YOU WILL LET ME INTO YOUR COLLEGES. ;__________;
i love you

OK, so, as a mod for http://community.livejournal.com/sutekiyuki/ I have to have this post available for entries, Q&A, et cetera

So, regular watchers can disregard it, unless they happen to be Russia/Canada fans, haha.
And, feel free to enter the contest, too! Just head on over to the community and say you're going to do something! :D
seriously, we need people, there's practically no one. :c

( Judging info behind the cut )

and there'll be art in the next post, I promise. I've got a bunch of sketches just waiting to be scanned.

OK GUYS IT'S TIME

( cut for OH MY GOD SO MANY ART and full-frontal nerdity )

GAD, what the hell happened to "I HAVE A SCANNER I CAN POST OFTEN"?

Well, folks, I am a jerk, and just roll like that, so foo.
Anyway, I have BUCKETS AND BUCKETS of arts for you, so hold fast, because there's a TON.

( Fifty Nifty )

and, OK, it's late, I have finals in 2 days, this is all you get FOR NOW
BUT BELIEVE ME
THE STORM IS COMING
(and yes, lumberjacks deserve their own tag. They're LUMBERJACKS.)

THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR >9000 YEARS

AND IT STILL ISN'T DONE

FJGHHG

took the AP Bio test today... I think I did pretty well, actually. My CLASS was actually, overall, harder than the exam. xD

oh god, I want this week to be over
ghghh

in other news

Einsamkeit.
Good.
Song.

That is

my overall score

on the motherfucking ACT

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

I would have gotten WAY higher, but for the 24 in Math. :(
BUT STILL
29
NOT BAD, EH?

the individual scores were:
English: 34 (FUCK YEAH)
Math: 24 (lol fail)
Reading: 32 (Decent)
Science: 27 (better than I thought I'd get, haha)

SO YEAH I'm feeling pretty good. I think I should prepare more for the SAT, which I'm taking in October, but I'm..... satisfied.
One of my friends got a 32, and her parents are still like, "Do you think you should retake it?"
BUT.
I am not jealous. (much) I still don't have the writing score back yet, so that remains to be seen.

also, one more totally unrelated thing:
So, America, by birth date, is a Cancer, correct? Well, on a whim, I looked at the horoscopes, and...
"CANCER [June 21-July 22]
(four stars) Others claim their power. Even if someone thinks you should do more, you don't necessarily need to respond. Your efforts might be very important though getting acknowledgment might not happen yet.
Tonight:Quality time with a special friend (italics mine) or loved one."

LOL APPROPRIATE HOROSCOPE IS APPROPRIATE.

http://rachelmarsden.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/putin.jpg

IS ANYBODY ELSE WEIRDED OUT BY HOW SEXY HE IS?

oh god oh god

he's a maniac

but a hunky maniac

fffffffffffff

brb researching RUSSIAN FORESTS for bio. :B

( The taiga is the world's largest terrestrial biome. Also, art. )
this is not NEARLY all the art that I have done in the past however-long-it's-been, but it was all I could scan at the time.

ANYWAY, I have to go learn about why ecology is NOT, in fact, as simple as I thought it was, and have it ruined forever.
Damn you, Mr. Helm.

HHHURURRRNGHH I TOOK THE ACT SATURDAY MORNING

I am so glad it's over - my hand was totally crampy and red and puffy. It was gross.
also got my period right in the middle of it, lol, fml

And now for a little meme thinger that I ripped from meltedpeep - the "rant about random shit I tell you to" one.
Y'all know what I'm talking about.
So here goes:
Wales! George Washington! Roderick M. Iglesias! Art! Origin stories for either your devart or lj usernames!
( Oh look. Me. Talking about myself. Again. )

oh my god, I have so much art I have to scan, bllghgh and so much work augh
What're you guys doing for Easter?

I'm feeling..... kind of icky-poo right now.
I ran into one of DeviantArt's less kind/intelligent citizens and had a rather nasty argument with him.
In the end, he told me my "skills were poor".
I know he's just lashing out because he's angry, but it still makes me feel gross inside. Like a tummy lurgy, but without the "getting to stay home" bit.

At least I can take comfort in the fact that he cannot spell "naïve". :c

OH GOD, WHINE WHINE BITCH BITCH, WHY IS THIS DOUCHE MAKING ME FEEL SO SICK.

It's not even the fact that he said my ART was bad, I can see the stuff I need to improve on - but it's the argument and discord itself that I think is making me feel this way.
OK SHUTTING UP, ART TIME
( It's about time, Hannah. )

( Dumb meme under the cut. )
I'M AUSTRIA, FRANCE AND GERMANY

HAHAHAHA WTH.
Runner-ups: Poland, China and England with 7
WACKY.
I still think I'm mostly like England, but hey. That was fun.
I need to draw more, I am such a bum, ffffffffffffff *headdesk*
I'll have something up by tomorrow evening, how's that?
Gawd, I totally missed St. Patrick's day. My mom had a colonoscopy that day, so when she came home, we just loafed on the couch and watched LOST episodes. xD
my god that show is addictive and holy crap Sawyer is a dick and omfg I love Saïd/Sayid/Sayeed however you spell it and Jack is a whiny bitch and Charlie is adorable and has youngest-child-syndrome and
OMFG
GOOD SHOW.
and I want to know what that mysterious thing in the woods is. It sounds like a Transformer, to be honest.
I've noticed that I use caps a lot. It's not that I'm terribly... exuberant, I just SPEAK with a lot of emphasis on certain words, so it comes out in my typing AS THIS.
also I can't make actual happy faces and wave my hands when I talk online, so caps are my way of getting that out of the way when I'm happy about something.
So if I've scared you with my excessive abuse of the capslock key, I'm sorry. I don't actually scream all the time.
GAH.
NEED BED.
my icon is pretty much how I look right now.

ps went shopping today, got a pair of rust-colored skinny jeans that don't make me look like a truck and a polo and a dark green tennis sweater yay gonna wear 'em some time ffffffff headache

With much shrinking and cringing, nonetheless, I opened it.

AND
DIDN'T
FREEZE.

:D

OH HAPPY DAY, SPRING HAS AT LAST COME TO MINNESOTA!
JUBILATE

and the people did feast upon the lambs
and sloths
and breakfast cereals
and orangutans
and fruit bats
and-
*bricked*

So anyway.
If I were in Japanland, this would be White Day.
.... and that would be irrelevant as I am a girl, HA OH GOD, what am I talking about.
Spring break has started, thank God. This is going to be a nice relaxing week. Unfortunately, most of my friends are gone....
Maria - Germany and Austria with choir (I couldn't go because I am le poor)
Colby - Greece and Rome with Mythology
Leah - Chicago, at least for the first 1/2 of the week
And Sophie and Kat go to a different school, and their break isn't until the 1st week of April. :c
LONESOMENESS.

god, I have a bunch of art, but I hate scanning. Screw this, I'm going for a walk.
In a minute.