My Life, In a Nutshell

Hello everyone who actually reads my blog.

So ya, it's been a very long time since I've updated this. I haven't exactly gotten used to this who blogging thing just yet, but I'm trying. I feel as though no one I know will be/is interested in what I'm doing here, but whatever; my goal is to spread my creativity and tell my story.

So, as I mentioned, I've been away for a while. School has picked up and I've been busy with a lot of stuff. It seems like everyday I get tied down working on something One day I'm reading and watching about a New Guinean culture, the next I'm converting DNA to RNA and creating protein chains; my academic life is "interesting" to say the least.

Since returning to Umass, most of my time has been devoted to studying and working hard. I've got a heavy course-load, so life gets pretty complicated. However, I did get to have a few fun times. For instance, my friend Paige came to visit for a weekend, and it was amazing. I miss her so much when I'm here and it was nice to see her. In addition, I've caught up with some really great friends, learned that I love How I Met Your Mother, etc.

In addition to the fun stuff, I've also moved forward academically. I finally managed to get my classes down about two days before the end of add/drop. I'm happy with what I've got, although some days the work is daunting. I have to say, my Genetics class has made a complete 180. At first, I was intimidated by the age and knowledge differences, but now I'm doing the work with a group and understanding so well that people ask me for explanations. It's a great feeling.

As far as myself overall, I'm doing well. I've managed to beat the sickness that is going around... I just hope I can keep it up. Unfortunately, I had an accident last Wednesday on my scooter. I was in the street and I hit some trash that wasn't supposed to be there. Needless to say, I flipped over the handle-bars and slid on the asphalt for about two feet. I'm alright, nothing broken. However, I've got some bad road-rash and scrapes on my left and right knees. In addition, I peeled off about four layers of skin on my left hand; good times. I'm, at least, not discouraged; I plan riding again next week when I'm more healed.

With my art, things haven't been going so great. I did about twenty sketches this summer, based on manga I was reading, and they all came out pretty decent; I actually will upload them sometime in the near future. Since then, I haven't worked on much. I managed to move forward on my Wayfinder, but it didn't come out as good as my Stitch one. I also have been working on my new Keyblade, which looks decent. Other than a little bit of work here and there, I haven't gotten much done. My goal is to bring some art stuff home this weekend to work on; I really enjoyed being creative this summer and I really want to get back into it. In addition to the Wayfinder and Keyblade, I'm working on my Stitch and Riku cosplays; I've got the latter one about half way done, I just need to get a white vest, a black zip-up sleeveless shirt, and a pair of jeans. After that, it's just the wig and keyblade. As for Stitch, I have all the ideas, I just need to make it snowball.

On the subject of cosplay, it seems like the convention season is dying down. I was desperately hoping to go to Another Anime Convention in New Hampshire next weekend, but the plans didn't work out. After that, there are no more plans until Anime Boston. I'm getting kind of excited for it, although I do wish I could get to more than one each year. I've wanted to hit a few more over the season, but it just doesn't seem to work out. I'm hoping 2012 brings a big year for travel.

So that's my life, in a nutshell. I am working hard academically, desperately wish I could get some more time for crafts, and wish I could cosplay more. Being as it's getting to be early in the morning, I'm going to wrap this up. From my warm and cozy bed I can see a sheet of paper and a pencil... I kind of feel the need right now to sketch for a little while, help me spark my creativity again.