girlcanrock

It's been awhile, yes? I have a reason. Or at least, excuses! I've missed you DA *smooches*

- My dad lost his job and almost lost everything over Christmas. We're very lucky that everything sorted itself out, but it was a very LONG summer that NO ONE in my family had a job. It really, really sucked.

- I got into art school - one of the best in Australia - studying Media Arts, where I'll be majoring in Animation. It has been crazy going back to live-action university (before, I was studying via the internet), especially since for the first two months, I had to commute three hours each way for classes, since I couldn't afford an apartment; it nearly killed me. I now have an apartment (!) but I have no computer, scanner or modem yet (or desk, which is why I haven't dragged my desktop up yet).

So yes, I'm hopefully back. I'd like to apologise to anyone who left me messages that I never responded to. I just didn't have time to do anything beyond school work or survival.

- I have a TON of drawings to scan in, yay! Plus, I've been working with my tablet, and I might FINALLY digitally draw something worthwhile. Also, please stand-by for a brief obsession with MCU Avengers <3

- sm_yearbook LIVES. I am literally waiting to buy my new computer in the coming weeks/months. I'm actually learning lots of useful information in class about how to present it. Everything is happening in the background, it's an idea I've had for years and I love it too much not to make it the most awesome thing ever.

- I will be attending Sydney Supanova this year, probably both days <3

- I have a tumblr! Since tumblr is part of my major project for one of my classes, I've spent a lot of time on that. Feel free to follow me at lexiewrites (or lexie1001, if you have a burning desire to see what I actually do in my class). I instagram some of my art through tumblr occasionally.

First of all THANK YOU all so much for the birthday wishes. My twenty fifth birthday was lovely XD

Second of all, I'll be back soon, and I have a TON of art to upload (apologies in advance). But that won't be until next week, at the earliest. Not only am I 33, 000 words into NanoWrimo, I have my art school portfolio presentation and interview on Friday.

I am half in denial and half terrified. But the head of my department, if I get in, is a fan of anime style and didn't seem at all worried that some of my work was inspired by Sailor Moon (all my planned pieces are original characters, even if they do fit into the Moon-universe XD) Plus, I do occasionally do original work, usually for uni classes, but I should be okay.

Oh god, I hope it goes okay.

Anyway, so I'll be back as soon as both those things are done/on track. I hope everything is going well/okay for everyone else!

I didn't mean to disappear, it's just be a Very Bad, No Good few months.

- Our rabbit, Dominic, passed away one night with no warning. We found him in his cage one morning, gone. He was such a dear, beloved little fellow. He suffered from splayed front paws that the vet didn't know how to treat (hindsight is such a bitch. We thought she knew what she was talking about) and were given a short life span of maybe 1 year. That was five years ago. He was just gone, and he was so funny and had such an attitude. I miss him SO much.

- Our 17.5 year old beagle, Molly, passed away in late August. She had many health problems and she finally wore out. It was like a sucker punch to the stomach actually; I lived more years with her around than without. She arrived the day after my Gr 4 birthday, a nervous puppy that had been removed from her owners because of neglect. We had her for 16 years. My mum was absolutely gutted and I thought I was prepared. I was very wrong.

- My father moved home permanently. He and my mother are technically separated but he's moved back in and. well, we don't get along. He sees me as the 'weak link' in the family and tends to verbally abuse me and throw tantrums in the hopes that I'll magically be able to fix stupid, little things. He's also out of work for the next two weeks, which means we're broke and he's home 24/7.

- My mother was briefly hospitalised for dehydration last week. This happens every so often but it gives me a scare every time.

- My brand new multi-function refuses to scan. And my Mac Mini's disc drive likes to spit the dummy every so often, meaning I'm probably looking at replacing the optical drive again very, very soon ;_;

- I did something horrible and painful to my knee. It felt like felt tearing every time I moved. I saw a physio and my EP, and it was doing okay... until last night, when it had a similar sensation to boiling water under the skin. Tragically, stretching and ice-packs as well as painkiller are the only treatments for this. It's slow

So that's what has happened. For the rest of September, I have to...
- get everything organised at sm-yearbook - icon, outlike etc
- get my portfolio done for art school - by the 28 of September, I believe *scared*
- find a job in time for Christmas
- portfolio for my first uni assignment by Oct 1

So, I'll still be ninjaing in the background for the moment. Hoping to have sm-yearbook ready and waiting by Friday - cross your fingers!