Yeah, so I've been thinking a lot lately about the writing I post and where I post it, and I've decided that I'm not going to be adding anything to deviant art. I'm having too many problems with the formatting because, as we all are well aware by now, this be an art site and they're just not that good at hosting long writing projects. As always, my fan fiction can be found at fanfiction.net. I'm eMu3 on there as well, and I have some nifty Weiss Kreuz work and Teen Titans work posted there. Well, I think it's nifty anyway.

I'm contemplating getting a livejournal account, I've heard good things about it from other writers who are frustrated with fanfiction.net's censorship policies. Seriously. They've censored me before, and I pointedly do not write smut. Yeh. They're pretty bad.

I am by no means planning on abandoning deviant art. I like this community, a lot in fact, and I plan on borrowing someone's scanner and putting up some character sketches at some point. I'm not a very good artist so I'm hoping any criticism will be mild, and take into account that I am fully aware of my own artistic short comings. It's just fun.

In other news the semester is just about finished for me. I had my Lit final today and forsee a grade in the 90s. I have a couple of presentations this afternoon but obviously I'm not sweating, and I have a couple of papers due next Friday. Woo! So after all that BS is done with I'm back to working on my novel, which will not be posted on the internet on any website. Sorry all, but if you want to see my original work (cricket cricket, eMu lowers head after shamelessly anticipating a demand) you'll have to get in touch with me in person. Until it's published anyway, I do totally intend to write fan fiction for my own characters.

Lolz, yeh I should probably get to work on that thar presentation.

Dear God, Dr. Wilson pointed out in class today that we only have about two weeks of class left. Do you know what that means? That means I only have two weeks to cram in all the work I have yet to finish while also coping with the horror that was midterms all over again (for most of my teachers seem to be sticking to the same format for their finals). Shit! I'm not ready for that yet!

Fortunately for us Dr. Wilson's a rather nice guy. Instead of an in-class essay exam this time around we're having a take home, and so far it looks like we only have to cover 3 articles in our paper as opposed to the 9 we had to use last time. God. We had to write that monster in 2 hours the last time, by hand. I'm surprised I pulled off the B+ I did.

I'm not terribly worried about my Lit class. Professor Anderson isn't exactly the most demanding teacher I've ever had, and her reading assignments are typically pretty enjoyable. We're reading Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie right now, and I highly recommend it. I'm actually almost finished with it. So that's due Friday and I've got a presentation for the class on Chinua Achebe at...some point. The Final's probably gonna be like the mid-term, take home essays and multiple choice and fill-ins in class. I pulled off a 98 on the midterm so I'm not worried.

Now for Dr. Darien I have to finish reading the World is Flat by the end of the week, and damn does this writer like to go off on tangents. The book is a helluva a lot longer than it needs to be, reads like an advertisement and is not terribly interesting either. Oh well. Then we're watching a film in class and we have to write a 5 page paper comparing them. I tend to do well on his papers though. His midterm was a bitch and I am expecting the final to be no different (although I pulled off a 97 on the midterm, which will be a comforting thought while I cram for the final).

Last but not lease, Topics in European History: the Late Medieval Crisis with Dr. Seger. This is the class that worries me the most. I have a 10-15 page semester-long research paper due, and I have been having nothing but problems with this. I suck at thesis-building, which I still haven't finished doing yet. That's right, two weeks left of the semester and I don't have a thesis, and at this point I'm afraid to visit her during office hours for help. It kinda makes me want to cry when I think about it. I've read so many books and articles for this class though, that I should be able to scrape up even a C for the final, and if I pull that off, well my other grades have been high enough that I'll most certainly pass.

I just kinda wanted to keep on collecting Dean's Lists certificates is all...I was planning on making a border across my bedroom wall with them. They're a good size for it.

So, yeh. Off to read some more of the World is Flat and the Black Death and get lunch before World Civ II. Woo. What a glorious way to spend a nice, sunny New England Spring day.

X0 This work day will not end! I've been sitting on my ass doing nothing all day because the store is clean, there's no stock to put out and there have been very few customers. I got SOME school work done, but my brain can only take so much nothing while in one space. I want to go home and the clock is eternally just five minutes until closing, apparently. I even vacuumed already!

And when I get home I have to read even more shit from school. Oh well. I'm eating supper first, at least. Grr...stupid boring sitting-still life!

so, the latest happy kick has lead to me talking to people and hanging out in groups lately. weird trend, and very bad for school work, i might add. the other night i hung out with my sister and some of her friends (and one of mine) playing card and board games and watching the simpsons, which was good. last night went to visit my other sister and was social again, once again got no homework done. tonight will be going to comic-kaze with my friends and will once again probably not do school work.

hm.

think i have figured out a pattern as far as my level of social interaction and school work goes. the more i procrastinate my homework, the more oppressive it becomes until it kills my good mood and creates the need to lock myself in my room and stop talking to people for days at a time.

maybe i should try to balance social needs and school work a little better.

yeah, still don't have a thesis for my medieval europe paper. XP i am so fucking screwed! but i'm still happy at least!!!

for some reason i'm really, really happy today. i've been sick for the past few days and i woke up feeling loads better after some pretty good sleeping (i also kicked my cats out of the room last night so maybe that helped...cute and fuzzy though they may be they don't exactly equal a good night's rest). it's also pretty nice out today, although very windy, which so far has kept people from coming in to shop at work today. i also discovered i did a little better balancing my budget than i thought, so i actually have spending money for this week.

so yeah. i'm happy. i know this is going to be a temporary thing though, what with school becoming oppressive and work-heavy in the very near future and my financial situation will deteriorate again. but still, i shall enjoy it while it is here.