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2008 23 August :: 5.00pm
:: Mood: cheerful
ABOUT THIS BLOG
My entire life, I've always wanted to learn art, to improve, and to eventually have a career in art. I wanted to go to art school, but, I didn't qualify for any financial aid and, well, art school is really fucking expensive. So I searched the web for articles about what people learned, how to get better, and stayed hunched over my computer day and night. However, I came to the sad realization that I couldn't find much about traditional art classes and the lessons that are taught in daily classes.
So, I decided to bite the bullet and go ahead and go. So here I am, at college, about $35,000 dollars in debt. And I decided that I'd keep track of the assignments and the lessons that I'm being taught and add them to this blog, as a resource for other people who might night have the resources, guts, or time to attend art school full time.
For now, I'll just post the class and the assignment that I've had on the days that I get them, but maybe eventually I can figure out a way to better organize things. Any comments, suggestions, or added "assignment" ideas are greatly appreciated! I'd like to know that I'm not just doing this in vain. :)
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2008 24 August :: 10.40pm
School.
Tomorrow.
Ugh.
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2008 22 August :: 9.49am
:: Mood: chipper
:: Music: Ashley eating my ear
Greatest story evAR.
My friend Chubbs wrote this. I fucking drownededed in lawl tears.
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"lol"
So there I was, right? You know, like, the place.
I threw marcus a shuriken and we headed into the darkness. The tenseness in the air was to say the least... INTENSE. As Marcus and I traversed the inner city allyways of the metroplis of Wheatonia we knew one thing to be certain. One thing to be true and one thing to be right. We knew that we had to protect this with our lives much like our forefathers before us and our lineage would after us.
Suddenly in the stillness and tranquility of the night arose a distant siren. "This can't be good" I said to Marcus. He looked at me and spoke only with his emotions. Marcus was a pretty calm guy and I had known him for much of my life. It took a lot to stir him up and to see him looking at me with a face like that - a face of utter fear was disheartening to say the least. Marcus pulled his rokushakubo from its placement on the ground and casted a spell on both of us to protect us from the infection.
It had been seven months since the spread of the deadly pandemic had begun. In our small base we had formulated what was the cause of all of this but other than knowing that anyone who became infected turned into rabid almost zombie like creature we knew very little. We also knew that our only real means of combating them thus far had been our magicks which would always buy us enough time to escape after gathering supplies or whatever our mission might have been.
The siren edged closer...closer..closer. Something was wrong something was very wrong. When suddenly, out of no where,
CAPTAIN PLANET.
HE SHRIEKED: "BY OUR POWERS COMBINED... CA-CA-CAPTAINNN PLANET."
Captain planet began doing his shit and kicking rabid zombie ass until suddenly, out of no where, IT WAS SPIDERMAN, EXCEPT THE DARK ONE, RIGHT? he was infected and pissed as hell, he charged STRAIGHT AT captain planet.
The two battled hardcore crazy like and no later than a second after captain planet had dismantled dark spiderman IN CAME THE POWER RANGERS EXCEPT THE WERE ZOMBIES. THEN THE JUSTICE LEAGUE CAME AND THEY LOOKED POISED FOR VICTORY FOR THE GOOD GUYS AND THEN THE ASIAN KID FROM DUSK TIL DAWN CAME AND HE HAD A WATERGUN AND WATERBALOONS AND WAS KILLING ALL THE ZOMBIES.
IT LOOKED AS IF THE GOOD GUYS HAD IT IN THE BAG UNTIL THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE CAME FLYING INTO THE BATTLE IN A SCENE MORE EPIC THAN THE BATTLE IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS THEY DESTROYED EVERYTHING IN THEIR PATHS.
AND THEN JESUS
JESUS LOL, JESUS CAME. USING HIS EXPERTISE IN CRAFTSMANSHIP AND STUFF HE BUILT WEAPONS FOR ME AND MARCUS AND CAPTAIN PLANET AND STUFF, EVERYONE EXCEPT THE ASIAN KID BECAUSE HE HAD WATERGUNS AND COOL SHIT ALREADY.
it was no use though, the four horsemen of the apocalypse were destined to win this battle but not the war, or at least thats what jesus is telling us up in here heaven, lol.
So obv jesus retreated knowing the end of the story and stuff, he raptured me and marcus into heaven and we lived happily ever after. I gotta admit though, captain planet is fucking annoying i wish he would have been a zombie.
"JUST WAIT UNTIL 1000 YEARS FROM NOW, I'LL GET YOU, OH I'LL GET YOU." God murmured as he drank his herbal green tea. It's funny though cause I don't really know what's gonna be different in a thousand years but apparently shits gonna go down. Anyways
THE END.
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2008 21 August :: 11.31pm
:: Mood: drained
:: Music: I Wanna Know What Love Is - Richard Marx
Happenings As Of Late...
I've been really, really depressed lately. Kelly time is in need, imho.
So, there's this guy that comes through my line every single day I work, and he's always flirted with me and stuff, and just to be nice and whatever, I kind of do it back. Just like meaningless shit, laughing at his lame jokes, etc. Well, tonight he asked me out. The scenario goes as follows:
Larry: So do you drink coffee?
Me: Omg yes, lots.
Larry: Well... do you want to get some with me one of these mornings?
Me: Well that would be fun and all, but I have classes starting up and I go in the mornings so that's out. Sorry!
Larry: I'll assume you eat then?
Me: ...Yeah.
Larry: Well then how about dinner with me next night you're off?
Me: I'm sorry but that can't really happen, as flattered as I am, cause I've got a boyfriend. Sorry, but thank you for the offer!
Larry: Yeah, that does put a damper on things I would guess.
Me: *fake laugh* Depends on your outlook, cause where as I don't get a free dinner, I do have a guy that loves me at home. And you're saved the cost of buying me dinner... and dessert, cause I totally love dessert.
Larry: Hmm that is true. Alright, have a nice night.
Me: You too.
Yup. Did I mention he's got four kids as well? One older than me? Yeah. It was super awesome.
Anyway, that was the craziest thing ever, but my night was psychotic. My de-activator went out on register three, where I was, so I had to go to register two. Then like 45 minutes before I go home, my printer goes out, so I have to go to register one. We were short a cashier and it was insanely busy, so I was havening to get change like all night, which I hate requesting for whatever reason. There were TONS of WIC check outs, which is fine, they just take forever and make my IPH go down which sucks.
/end.
Anyway, yeah. That's like... all. Ooh apparently Kelly got me a present! I wanna know what it is, but he's a bottombrain and refuses to spill. That's fine, but it's like another month before he's here and I have that long to sit and think about what the hell it could be. I'm not good with surprises =(
But yeah, I love him!! Gah. So damn cute.
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2008 18 August :: 3.14pm
:: Mood: tired
:: Music: Fuck Her Hard - Tenacious D
Uh.... My day off and I spent it up until early afternoon in bed with a horrible headache. I finally made myself get up and take something and get a shower, which made me feel kind of better. Then I cleaned. And cleaned. And cleaned some more. I haven't gotten the kitchen finished, but like... I don't want to. I did the dishes, but the cabinets and the stove needs bleached down, which I have no intentions of doing.
Um... yeah. Today is pretty boring. I'm watching Tenacious D shit though, which is awesome. So that's all for now.
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2008 17 August :: 11.41pm
:: Mood: busy
:: Music: Smoke On the Water
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Hmm... school starts in a few days. Not really looking forward to that.
I have tomorrow and Tuesday off, so that's awesome. I'm totally cleaning the house tomorrow though, while everyone is at work, because it's nasty. The floors are disgusting, and it makes me sad. I also need to go to the laundromat and do our laundry. Stacey, our maintenance man, hasn't gotten our washer and dryer hook ups fixed yet, and we need them desperately.
Other than that.... nothing really. Kelly's coming on the 16 of September, Jacob gets back home in September = good times. I'm really excited, but then I don't have time to really think about it. It's weird.
Anyway, I'm gonna go play Cody (Jakes step-brother) at Guitar Hero. He freaking plays on Expert and I'm just now making myself learn Hard. It'll be fun times.
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2008 13 August :: 1.24pm
:: Music: Loser - 3 Doors Down
Mert...
Nothing's really happened. I hate work. I don't want to go back tomorrow, but what can ya do? Like it's honestly not that bad, but then I think about how much I hate standing in one spot (for the most part) for eight hours. My feet hurt so bad all the time from just standing there. That's only that part of it, I have bruises all over and look like a freak... anyway I just HATE cashiering. People are assholes.
Plus, I want an effing check. I don't get paid until the 22nd. I picked the wrong week to friggin start working, no lie. It should be a nice check though, seeing as how it was three weeks worth.
Hopefully I'll get into my schedual pretty soon because I'm dying.
Jake's moved in finally. He asked me to sleep upstairs with him last night, his first night sleeping up there, because it's haunted. No shit, it's scary. We were up all night talking and freaking out because we kept hearing weird things.
He's quickly turning into an even better friend, he's super easy to talk to. It's cool, and we have a ton of shit in common. Plus he can play the shit out of a guitar which is effing awesome.
Ashley's pissed off though, because he and I hang out more than he does with her... she's crazy though. Idk, it makes me feel bad but I'm not going to just shut him out because of it.
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2008 7 August :: 10.31pm
:: Mood: sore
:: Music: Dishwasher running
Work, home, and <3
As Kell said, super busy with work. I had an hour and a half of shadowing someone before they threw me on a register and left me to my own devices. I made quite a few stupid errors, but I kept the CSM's with something to do... heh. I'm sure they hate me, but they didn't act like it. Everyone knows me through my mom so it's cool. I've got like a little, "you're cool so we won't be assholes" pass. Kthx mom.
Uh, Sam was a dumb bitch and decided not to move in because Jake's moving in and she fears people will look at her as though she were a whore. WTF on that one. Living with one man and three different girls is NOT going to make a whore out of you, but whatever, no one really liked her anyway so it's for the best.
It kind of sucks that the bills will be split between four people again, rather than five, but we'll make do.
The only other thing that I got is holy fuckin shit, Kelly's coming down!!!!
I'm super ecstatic.
Oh, and my feet hurt like a bitch. I gotta get some new, comfy shoes :s
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2008 2 August :: 9.56pm
:: Mood: awake
:: Music: Not Ready To Make Nice - Dixie Chicks
Powerade pwns so hard.
I am very... content, I guess, atm.
Lacey's out on a "date" with a married man whom she met online; he drove down to see her. I don't know what exactly to say about that. It was fun though, she's the first of us to have a date so we were going through all of our closets, looking for cute things for her to wear.
Ashley and Jake (who's probably moving in with us) have been like sleeping together. It's weird, they've not had sex or anything, but they both like each other. However, Jake has a girlfriend, one of which he doesn't really care for, he just likes teh secks. He claims he doesn't want another girlfriend, but he really likes Ash... it's all confusing.
I kind of feel left out. Like, I have a stable relationship and so I just get to sit back and watch the other two act all giddy over a million different guys. I'm kind of like the odd ball out, so to speak.
Not that I'm complaining, really, I fucking love Kelly to death. What I'm trying to say is that for like the first time I'm the one who's grounded and sure of myself, sure of my goals and asperations, and the others, who are all older than me, aren't. It feels kind of nice.
I start work Tuesday morning at nine. They keep changing it, so it might change again.
Other than that... well, there's not really much more than that. Life is good, the relationship is going fantastically. I'm happy. I haven't been this happy in a long time, and it feels very nice.
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2008 31 July :: 11.24pm
:: Mood: optimistic
:: Music: Sarah Yellin' - 3 Doors Down
Stuffs...
Kelly and I didn't really get to talk tonight; he had a match and conversation kept me busy and away from the computer. I hope it's not always like that, but yeah... kind of don't see it any other way, unless I just outright ignore everyone and everything going on. Totally possible, btw. It's just that right now everythings so new and so we're all talking and shit, trying to figure each other out. Very enjoyable, too.
I guess I start work Monday... or something. I don't really know. I'll find out tomorrow. If I do I'll be doing 7-4, and all damn day I'll be reading powerpoints and taking tests on them. I'll get paid for it, but it's going to be so fucking boring.
Uh... I was pissed because of a phone situation earlier, (hence the "fuck balls" post), but Lacey said that her mom has a razer at her house that she's trying to get rid of and so I can have it, free of charge. I'll just have to go to Alltel and ask them to transfer my shit to the other. I don't know how well it'll work though. My screen is permanently black. The hinge is broken and so the line for whatever got like cut or some shit. idk, it's fucked up, and it's annoying as hell and it pisses me off. However, it happened and there's nothing I can do about it but bitch, and that's annoying. End of that.
I'm loving the house. Honestly, it's great. I think this is going to be one of those times that you look back on your life, and realize that that was one of the best times you've ever had. It's going to be this, and then moving to be with Kelly. I honestly cannot wait for that. I don't want this to go by too fast, because I know I'm going to enjoy this so much, but seriously... it's fucking time. I love him, and I'm ... Ugh. Just ready. And thinking about him just puts this huge ass dorky smile on my face and I fucking love that even the thought of him brightens my whole day.
I sound like a love struck teen, but hell.... what's so bad about that?
I know I've found "the one" as they're commonly refered to, and it makes me feel like I've finally got a purpose in this life.
Geeze... enough of that from me. I'm happy though =)
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2008 31 July :: 6.59pm
Fuck balls.
>.<
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2008 28 July :: 3.37pm
New Wal-Mart cashier, kthx.
I rocked my interview. They loved me. Oh yeah.
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2008 27 July :: 10.08pm
:: Mood: drained
:: Music: Airplanes - Gary Allen
Moved in!
Soo... I was just finishing up a huge ass post when, of course, "Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close."
Lost it all, which is so full of awesome. Love it.
Anyway, the jist of it was that we're moved in, I hate birds, and our house is awesome, minus the sewer currently being backed up into our fucking basement, and me bitching about never being able to get on while Kell is on.
I have a job interview at one tomorrow at Wal-Mart. I'm excited, even though it's only Wal-Mart. Um.... Yeah.
I think that it was good I moved out of the house before I moved to Michigan. It'll give me a chance to not be so attached to Trevor and everyone else, which is sad, but necessary. Last night, which was our first night in here, I was so completely depressed. I didn't get my goodnight kiss from bub and it just broke my heart. He's so cute and I love him soooo much. It would have killed me to have moved away with as close as I am to him now. I need a little distance there before I can do that.
Um... Yeah. That's pretty much it. Nothing too great has happened, we've just been cleaning and stuff. I do, however, miss Kelly so much. I started sleeping with the shirt I stole from him a couple weeks ago, which might be dumb, but it's the only thing I have of his. I don't have any memories of him here so it's hard and depressing. Plus, Lacey wants to know like everything about him so I've been talking about him for ever and it makes me miss him even more. I cannot wait until us four girls sit down and talk about like what internet provider to get so I can finally just talk to him. I'm going to be so fucking busy when school starts up, I think. I don't know how much time we'll have to talk and that bothers me.
Anyway, that's about all I have. Now I'm going to go look at all the pictures Slayer has =)
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**EDIT**
Slayer: You're rather good behind the lens. Also, I am eternally grateful for all the photos of my man, and for the ass shots that you take =)
Love it.
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2008 22 July :: 2.06pm
:: Mood: bored
I'm stealing my gramma's computer atm. Unfortunately it's full of more fail than mine at home. Uh... I talked to Kell for all of like 10 minutes thanks to continual dissconnects. Gotta love them.
I miss him so much. It's ridiculous being used to talk to each other almost every day, and now for the past like two weeks we've spoken once over the phone for about 15 minutes, and then once online. It's hard. And I read his woohu post about what Mandie said, and yeah... I mean, we don't ever really take too much out on each other, but that fight totally fit the bill for that one.
It was so unlike us to actually be upset with one another, and it freaked me out. I had never been that furious with him. I didn't feel like he knew how I felt and didn't want to take the time to figure it out.
Anyway, it's over now. Things are hopefully back to their good graces.
But yeah, I gotta go. I need to go see my mom at work and then I guess we're going to work upstairs at the house. I'll probably die from heat exhaustion. It's fucking hot as hell upstairs. I guess we could turn the a/c on, but we usually don't because we don't want a ridiculous bill. It's an older house and the cool air will probably seep out of some crack or another.
I love the house though, I'll try to post some pictures relatively soon. First we have to get our shit moved in and get internet.
Ugh, it's like we've been working forever and nothing important is getting accomplished. That's not true, exactly, though, because everything is CLEAN. Anad that's a huge deal to me.
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2008 20 July :: 10.13am
:: Music: Music from "Rurouni Kenshin"
Have I really not updated since April? For shame.
Things are better now than they apparently were then. I've almost finished my last semester in Berlin -- classes have stopped meeting but I still have two final papers to write and grades to collect before my academic obligations are taken care of for good. It's starting to dawn on me how little time I really have left in Germany, and it's somewhat bittersweet. On the one hand I'm looking forward to getting home -- I've never been this far or away this long before. On the other hand, my friends are already starting to dissipate and scatter, and while I hope that I'll see them again, given their far-flung origins and the weakness of the US dollar, there's really no guarantee. A couple of them sound interested in someday coming to California, which makes me happy.
Speaking of California, I discovered yesterday that it was on my birthday in 1848 that Mexico sold California (among a few other desert states) to the USA. What an auspicious day of birth I have.
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2008 18 July :: 10.13pm
:: Mood: confused
:: Music: Jake playing guitar....
FUCK BALLS.
And then Kelly was gone forever and we never talked.
w00t.
>.<
I can't even call his phone. Last night it was just like, "this mobile user... blah blah blah," and tonight it was busy.
I kind of expected/hoped he would call me back today after I called him like four fucking times, but NOPE.
Ugh.
Anyway, I've decided that I'll just save money here and there, and acquire enough to pay rent for June, July, and August, and still plan on moving in May. There is NO fucking way I can get out of signing the lease. It's not up to me, it's not up to everyone else; my landlord said that us four girls were going to be on it. I can't exactly be like, "oh, no I'm not actually, you're a liarface." I can't really imagine that going over too well.
FUCK. That's how I feel right now. I just want everything to be alright again. And I want to talk to Kelly. He's being elusive and I don't like it. Every damn thing that happened today made me think of him, and I've cried for the past two days. I'm sure I'm getting on everyone's nerves, but omfg. I don't like fights, we've never really had one, and it's not setting well with me.
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2008 17 July :: 8.03pm
To pJ and Slayer
Okay, I completely understand what ya'll are saying. Yes, it would be more intelligent for me to just move there, but I want to finish school. I don't think anyone is getting that fact; I don't want to quit. I don't like it, and I'll bitch about it, but I want to finish. It's only one more year, and yeah, that's one more year, but I want to finish.
Also, about the money/job thing, there is no way in hell I would let you guys pay shit for me when I move up there. I'm still moving up there, don't doubt that, though I understand that you'd have reason to doubt because I've been rather retarded in my decision making lately, but there isn't any doubt in my mind as to where I belong, so you guys shouldn't worry either.
Also, I'm living right in town, there are seven other people here, and it's going to cost me next to NOTHING to live here. I'm not going to use a bunch of gas because everything and everywhere I would go is right down the street. Therefore, I'll be able to save money and shouldn't need any help when I get there. I don't want help, I don't like help. End of discussion.
I get the questions, and actually expected them sooner than they came. I can not continue living with my parents, for reasons I'd rather not really get into. Things just aren't good there, and that's where I'll leave it. I had to get out of there, and this worked out really fucking well because there's so many people here so it's going to be really cheap.
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2008 16 July :: 10.02pm
:: Mood: sleepy
:: Music: Rising Down - The Roots
Clean, clean, paint, clean, stain, varnish, clean some more. Sleep a few hours, and get back at it.
That's what my life consists of atm. It's fun though. I can't wait to get moved in here.
...However, there's like a million people that I'm not very comfortable around and I have a feeling they're always going to be over here and it makes me feel weird.
Plus, people don't put the toilet seat down when they flush and it grosses me out. Urine and feces shoots out all over if you don't shut the lid!! Geeze, people need to learn to not be sick.
Um... I was excited that my room was this really dark red/maroon color, but it doesn't match these amazing orange curtains that I have, so I'm going to repaint it.
Actually, I FAIL at painting, so mom's going to.
That's about all... I can't wait to LIVE here. And have internet that I'm not stealing >.> heh
I miss my man =(
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2008 13 July :: 2.22pm
:: Mood: bored
:: Music: Not My Time - 3 Doors Down
Stuffs
We are for sure getting the house. I'm so excited. No one can even fathom the excitement that I have atm.
We have to be moved in by the first, so that gives us like... 18 days? Something like that. This week I think I'll be rather nonexistant. We're going to start cleaning up the house, bleaching everything, mopping, scrubbing... fun stuff. I enjoy doing that stuff. Then we're going to clean up the yard. It's got a pretty decent sized back yard... not that I really care. I'm so not an outdoor-sy person. I hope I don't get stuck mowing too often. I'm not really good at it; I get bored and like day dream and end up doing a shitty job.
Hmm... Johanna is moving. She's like one of my closest friends, though we don't hang out too often anymore, unfortunately. She and her boyfriend, Matt, are moving into a house in Arkansas, to attend U of A. They're leaving on the first, as well. I'm rather depressed about this. Yeah, I could drive down and see her in like one day, but the likelihood of that happening isn't very good. I'm going to be so fucking busy, and gas... yeah. We all know about gas, so I'll leave it at that.
Anyway, I'm probably going to be working on weekends here pretty soon, which is kind of okay, because I hate my stupid sunday school teacher. She's a dumb bitch -_-
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2008 10 July :: 7.39pm
Fail.
Today is a pos.
I was picking up the living room, as Taylor sat in front of the television putting away some of the movies that always seem to accumulate on top of the entertainment center, thanks to Trevor. Well, I bent to pick something up behind her, just as she turned to grab another movie, and she elbowed me perfectly, right in the left temple. I passed out, too, which was pretty cool. Ever since then my head has been pounding, my vision is blurry on that side, and my neck hurts from... well I don't know. Maybe from when I fell after passing out? I might have like... idk. Something made it hurt.
Mom and Dad agreed that if my vision doesn't clear up by nine we're going to the hospital to figure shit out. I think I'm fine, just a little rattled.
I answered the phone earlier, and it was for dad so I took it outside to him. Apparently I missed a shingle, and I stepped on a nail. It didn't go all the way in, just enough to make me feel as though I were dying.
If we do go to the hospital, I might inquire about a tetnus shot. Gangreen is so not on the list of things I want.
I got my bill for the fall semester today, and they had me in two classes that I hadn't signed up for, making my billa lot higher than it should have been. I called the office and cleared it up, but the chick was hateful about it, as though it were my fault. I was just hateful back, so whatever. It's taken care of now.
Anyway, MSN is being a hag, so I've really nothing to do. I'm probably going to go take a bubble bath and attempt to relax. Today has been full of fail.
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