I wrote a post back in April titled "Talking To Sarah" in which I mentioned talking to the people you like WITH the people you like. When I wrote that, I intentionally left it hanging like that because I didn't want to address the actual topic but I did want to throw the idea out there... Well, here I am addressing the topic.
Back in April, I liked a boy who I couldn't tell if he liked me back. I saw him every day and talked with him every day, and a couple of days before I created that post in April, I actually did talk with him about people I like. I left out names, but I was talking about him. I was talking about him to him without telling him who "he" was.
And then we were going to a school thing and he asked me about the idea of "us" and I went along with it. Because I had been thinking the same thing. In fact, when he asked me, I'd been thinking about how nice it would be if he asked me.
And then about a month later I broke up with him for no other reason than I was too stressed over our relationship, which wasn't even going anywhere much. Granted, this school year for me has been the most stressful I've ever had, but I don't know why I... I just did...
Relationships are hard. I don't know about you, but I think about them too much. My first relationship was so easy because we didn't really do anything. We hung out at school, went on movie dates, held hands... The simple stuff.
But my second relationship... I was always too busy to do any movie dates... He was too busy with a school project during school to hang out... We barely saw much of each other.
And I started stressing because I wasn't actually sure if I liked him anymore. I had liked him months before for sure, came extremely close to asking him out back then...
And he's a year below me. I know that shouldn't matter, but to me he's always gonna be my freshman friend.
I don't know.
Expectations for relationships are the weirdest things
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Sequels
Sequels: the movies that come after the first movie. Plenty of sequels are excellent, even better than the originals, but how many sequels are out there that suck? Or that nobody liked because the first movie, the original movie, was so excellent?
Granted, some of the movies aren't actually that bad (personally, I like Iron Man 2 and Toy Story 2 and Die Hard 2 wasn't terrible and I really liked The Matrix trilogy). And I haven't even seen all of the movies I listed. But enough sequels don't live up to the same expectations of the first or just aren't as good as the first one. In fact, I doubt you've even heard of some of those sequels (especially the older ones).
I saw Wreck-It Ralph finally two days ago and I started thinking about how great a movie it was, but then I remembered it was a DISNEY movie, NOT a Pixar movie, and that got me to thinking about how many sequels Disney makes that don't live up to the first one (cough see most of the list above cough). And that made me fear it's possible future. What if Disney created a sequel for Wreck-It Ralph? I hope not, because I loved the movie just as it was.
All this sequel talk has gotten me to thinking about other sequels that people want or don't want... The Incredibles 2. I hang out on tumblr a lot, and tons of people want a sequel to that movie but tons also don't want a sequel. Me? I think that movie is fine without a sequel. I mean, they wrapped up the whole movie really well, even with the introduction of the weird mole thing. Like, that's gonna get handled, why do we need to know how it happens? The super family is back to doing what they do, and that's that. I don't think it needs a sequel that might ruin it. Or it might not ruin it. Let's just take our chances and stick with the first one.
Monsters' University. Okay, so technically that's a prequel, but I've heard mixed reviews about it. Some people are excited and over-the-moon for it (cough my mom cough) but the reviews from the paper are like "oh it's nice yeah sure but blah blah." Of course, who trusts the reviewers?
Despicable Me 2. The first movie, I've heard, went in and out of production because they couldn't get enough funding for it or something, but when it finally came out, wasn't it really good? So how do you think the sequel will succeed? So far it looks good, but no promises, right? Let's just cross our fingers and hope for the best. (below is a trailer for DM2 so you can judge it for yourself)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will appear sometime in the next year or two. Unfortunately for this movie, I heard a couple critics disapprove of the first one, and a LOT more people who were like "Oh Andrew Garfield is a terrible Peter Parker, Toby Macguire all the way" blah blah blah. They give me the impression they didn't appreciate that movie. BUT! Hopefully TAS-M2 will be better, at least for those people.
THE AVENGERS 2!! I don't know about you, but as soon as The Avengers came out I was in a theatre to watch it. In fact, I saw it twice. I mean, what person who loves Firefly and Dr Horrible DOESN'T go out to watch Joss Whedon's newest creation? Now I'm just rambling though... I'm DEFINITELY excited for The Avengers 2, but another thing: will it live up to its predecessor? The Avengers was top notch, one of the best movies (I think it actually was best movie of the year that year... if not the other movie should be shot and The Avengers can take its place)... so can a sequel beat it? Especially with Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Thor 2: The Dark World coming out... Also Iron Man 3, I mean who can forget such a brilliant piece of work? (btw if you haven't listened to the soundtrack for that, you really must, because Brian Tyler is a brilliant composer and the IM3 soundtrack is my favorite soundtrack to date. Listen here for a sample of the closing credits and opening credits!)
Speaking of which...
Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Thor 2: The Dark World.
There's a bit of hype for these two, if you ask me, especially CA. In fact, I'm super excited for both. But will they be better than the first ones? In my expert opinion, Thor 2 will definitely beat out Thor for better movie, because I personally didn't like Thor very much -- the story dragged, and I know Thor's backstory is probably really important, but I got bored watching it, and for a superhero movie that is NOT a good thing. And although I would like to say Captain America: The First Avenger was an awesome movie and can't be beaten, I don't think I can... The more I think about it, the more I feel like The First Avenger was just an introduction to Cap, and can definitely be outdone as long as The Winter Soldier doesn't follow the same kind of introduction sort of story. Which I doubt it will, because we already know who Cap is!
So there's a bunch of movies with sequels coming out, some of which were kind of being expected but some of which were not at all one of the things people were expecting. I mean, who knew about Monsters' University, right?
Anyway, I kind of got off topic once I started talking about MU, but some movies don't need sequels, and yet are given sequels anyway just because the producer or the director or blah blah thought the first movie did well. "What? The first movie did well, you say? Let's make another!" Yayyyy--NO.
Make a sequel, they said.
It will do good, they said.
Fans will love it, they said.
Ha ha ha nope.
Iron Man 2.
Toy Story 2.
Cars 2.
The Lion King 2.
The Little Mermaid 2.
Peter Pan 2: Return to Neverland.
Mulan 2.
Die Hard 2: Die Harder.
Spider-Man 2.
The Matrix Reloaded.
Legally Blonde 2.
Revenge of the Nerds 2.
Caddyshack II.
etc.
Granted, some of the movies aren't actually that bad (personally, I like Iron Man 2 and Toy Story 2 and Die Hard 2 wasn't terrible and I really liked The Matrix trilogy). And I haven't even seen all of the movies I listed. But enough sequels don't live up to the same expectations of the first or just aren't as good as the first one. In fact, I doubt you've even heard of some of those sequels (especially the older ones).
I saw Wreck-It Ralph finally two days ago and I started thinking about how great a movie it was, but then I remembered it was a DISNEY movie, NOT a Pixar movie, and that got me to thinking about how many sequels Disney makes that don't live up to the first one (cough see most of the list above cough). And that made me fear it's possible future. What if Disney created a sequel for Wreck-It Ralph? I hope not, because I loved the movie just as it was.
All this sequel talk has gotten me to thinking about other sequels that people want or don't want... The Incredibles 2. I hang out on tumblr a lot, and tons of people want a sequel to that movie but tons also don't want a sequel. Me? I think that movie is fine without a sequel. I mean, they wrapped up the whole movie really well, even with the introduction of the weird mole thing. Like, that's gonna get handled, why do we need to know how it happens? The super family is back to doing what they do, and that's that. I don't think it needs a sequel that might ruin it. Or it might not ruin it. Let's just take our chances and stick with the first one.
Monsters' University. Okay, so technically that's a prequel, but I've heard mixed reviews about it. Some people are excited and over-the-moon for it (cough my mom cough) but the reviews from the paper are like "oh it's nice yeah sure but blah blah." Of course, who trusts the reviewers?
Despicable Me 2. The first movie, I've heard, went in and out of production because they couldn't get enough funding for it or something, but when it finally came out, wasn't it really good? So how do you think the sequel will succeed? So far it looks good, but no promises, right? Let's just cross our fingers and hope for the best. (below is a trailer for DM2 so you can judge it for yourself)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will appear sometime in the next year or two. Unfortunately for this movie, I heard a couple critics disapprove of the first one, and a LOT more people who were like "Oh Andrew Garfield is a terrible Peter Parker, Toby Macguire all the way" blah blah blah. They give me the impression they didn't appreciate that movie. BUT! Hopefully TAS-M2 will be better, at least for those people.
THE AVENGERS 2!! I don't know about you, but as soon as The Avengers came out I was in a theatre to watch it. In fact, I saw it twice. I mean, what person who loves Firefly and Dr Horrible DOESN'T go out to watch Joss Whedon's newest creation? Now I'm just rambling though... I'm DEFINITELY excited for The Avengers 2, but another thing: will it live up to its predecessor? The Avengers was top notch, one of the best movies (I think it actually was best movie of the year that year... if not the other movie should be shot and The Avengers can take its place)... so can a sequel beat it? Especially with Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Thor 2: The Dark World coming out... Also Iron Man 3, I mean who can forget such a brilliant piece of work? (btw if you haven't listened to the soundtrack for that, you really must, because Brian Tyler is a brilliant composer and the IM3 soundtrack is my favorite soundtrack to date. Listen here for a sample of the closing credits and opening credits!)
Speaking of which...
Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Thor 2: The Dark World.
There's a bit of hype for these two, if you ask me, especially CA. In fact, I'm super excited for both. But will they be better than the first ones? In my expert opinion, Thor 2 will definitely beat out Thor for better movie, because I personally didn't like Thor very much -- the story dragged, and I know Thor's backstory is probably really important, but I got bored watching it, and for a superhero movie that is NOT a good thing. And although I would like to say Captain America: The First Avenger was an awesome movie and can't be beaten, I don't think I can... The more I think about it, the more I feel like The First Avenger was just an introduction to Cap, and can definitely be outdone as long as The Winter Soldier doesn't follow the same kind of introduction sort of story. Which I doubt it will, because we already know who Cap is!
So there's a bunch of movies with sequels coming out, some of which were kind of being expected but some of which were not at all one of the things people were expecting. I mean, who knew about Monsters' University, right?
Anyway, I kind of got off topic once I started talking about MU, but some movies don't need sequels, and yet are given sequels anyway just because the producer or the director or blah blah thought the first movie did well. "What? The first movie did well, you say? Let's make another!" Yayyyy--NO.
Make a sequel, they said.
It will do good, they said.
Fans will love it, they said.
Ha ha ha nope.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
The Plural of Octopus
My friend Sarah and I have argued (kind of; we both agree we're both right and we haven't disputed it much) over what the real plural of the word octopus is. The link above leads to an article which analyzes the three possible plurals of octopus, octopi, octopuses, and octopodes. Sarah claims the real plural is octopoden (I honestly don't know where she got the -oden part because that would make it a plural of a plural... hmm) and I read on several websites supporting octopus' that the plural is really octopuses.
"Generally speaking, most people probably progress through these categories over the course of their lives. At first, they chose octopuses, because English words ending in -s form a natural English plural with -es. Then, at some point, someone corrected their use of words in -us to employ the common Latin plural of -i, so they learned octopi either by being corrected from octopuses or else by assuming that octopus would follow that rule.The author of the article begins talking about octopuses and octopi and how the two came out of English. He then goes to talk about how octopodes comes from Greek/Latin because of the roots of the word octopus.
"They learn that Latin is more complicated, and octopus is apparently from Greek, hence octopodes is supposedly more correct than octopi.There's a lot of inside analysis of the rest, which I won't go into detail on (but be my guest and read the article, it's really informative!) and at the end, the author says which of the three is the best because he claims technically all three of them are correct.
"Well, octopus has one undisputed plural, namely octopuses, which is the native plural using -es. As far as my recommendations go, this is the only plural you should ever use...
"For those who use octopodes, stop being so smug. You have the “rules” of Latinized Greek words on your side... Claiming that octopodes is the only correct plural would be like claiming that foots is the only correct plural of foot because it follows the English “rules.”
"For those who use octopi, be aware that you are too on shaky ground. You are going against the “rules,” and your form goes against the historical precedent set by the guy who coined the word himself, who clearly preferred the standard Greek form of the Latin plural.
"In the end, just use octopuses. ... But they have absolutely no basis for calling your octopuses wrong, since there are plenty of historical reasons why their forms are also potentially wrong. In almost all cases, the native English plural is never an incorrect choice.The author chooses octopuses as the best plural of the word octopus. While technically all three are correct, octopuses is the best. So ha, Sarah. And everyone else who laughs at me when I say octopuses.
Now here are some cute pictures of octopuses! :D
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| Octopus! :D |
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| This is the Blue-Ringed Octopus, the only lethally poisonous octopus. This is my favorite octopus because of the vibrant blue rings that appear when the octopus is threatened. It also is relatively small and can fit in the palm of your hand! (Although you shouldn't hold it because of the poison) |
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| See how cute they are? :D |
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| The Giant Pacific Octopus or North Pacific Giant Octopus is the largest known octopus and have arm spans of about 14 feet. There have been documents of Giant octopuses weighing 600 pounds with an arm span of 30 feet though! |
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| The Octopus Wolfi is the smallest octopus in the world and most are only 0.6 inches in length! |
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| The Common Octopus is, as the name suggests, the most common octopus in the world. It is most commonly found in the Atlantic Ocean. |
Monday, June 3, 2013
End
This was a triumph.
I'm making a note here: Huge success.
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
My name is Andi.
I do what I must because I can.
For the good of all of us
EXCEPT THE ONES WHO ARE DEAD.
So anyway.
The school year is ending. This week is my last week. In fact, today is my last zero-period class and I couldn't be happier. (UGH Don't take AP Comp Sci at Westmont guys, it's not fun)
Just kidding I could be happier. :b
Finals are this week and I have projects for my finals and I haven't finished all of them yet. D: And they're due tomorrow.
In fact I haven't even started one.
Oops. :/
I'm making a note here: Huge success.
It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.
My name is Andi.
I do what I must because I can.
For the good of all of us
EXCEPT THE ONES WHO ARE DEAD.
So anyway.
The school year is ending. This week is my last week. In fact, today is my last zero-period class and I couldn't be happier. (UGH Don't take AP Comp Sci at Westmont guys, it's not fun)
Just kidding I could be happier. :b
Finals are this week and I have projects for my finals and I haven't finished all of them yet. D: And they're due tomorrow.
In fact I haven't even started one.
Oops. :/
Monday, May 20, 2013
Blogging
Blogging is fun. It's hard, but fun.
I often cannot find things to blog about, and find inspiration at the same time my friend Sarah is blogging. Currently she is blogging about nerds and fandoms and all this stuff I completely understand, being a nerd in many fandoms (lewl im cool :b) but I figured I wouldn't copy her.
I find blogging fun because I can type out exactly what I'm thinking and publish it to nobody who cares, because I have no followers and who ever wants to read anybody else's rantings anyway? I find blogging fun because I can create posts and save them for later.
Also I love tumblr. :b
And smiley faces. :U
Or just faces in general. :I
I find blogging hard because there are lots of things to talk about but I don't know which one to choose for what time. When I blog, my inspiration usually comes in one giant burst to blog about one topic, and then later I want to blog another topic but I figure one post is enough for a day.
Or a month.
Or three months.
Damn I don't blog enough. :I
I often cannot find things to blog about, and find inspiration at the same time my friend Sarah is blogging. Currently she is blogging about nerds and fandoms and all this stuff I completely understand, being a nerd in many fandoms (lewl im cool :b) but I figured I wouldn't copy her.
I find blogging fun because I can type out exactly what I'm thinking and publish it to nobody who cares, because I have no followers and who ever wants to read anybody else's rantings anyway? I find blogging fun because I can create posts and save them for later.
Also I love tumblr. :b
And smiley faces. :U
Or just faces in general. :I
I find blogging hard because there are lots of things to talk about but I don't know which one to choose for what time. When I blog, my inspiration usually comes in one giant burst to blog about one topic, and then later I want to blog another topic but I figure one post is enough for a day.
Or a month.
Or three months.
Damn I don't blog enough. :I
Friday, April 5, 2013
Addictions
Before I start, are you the kind of person who gets addicted to things? And by things I mean anything, not just drugs or smoking or something. Do you get addicted to television, music, videogames, et cetera?
I'm the kind of person who easily gets addicted to things. Once I began watching Supernatural, for example, I didn't want to stop watching it. When I started reading The Dresden Files, I couldn't put the books down. Last year when I listened to Coldplay again, I didn't want to press pause for anything.
Well, things come and things go. I've caught up with Supernatural, I've got too much other things to continue reading The Dresden Files as religiously, and Coldplay is now just a pastime. But that doesn't mean I'm not addicted to them still, or can't get addicted to anything new.
My friend Julia introduced me to Imagine Dragons.
Now, before I give all the credit to Julia, I have to admit that I found the song "It's Time" to be rather good and I had a bit of interest in Imagine Dragons but not enough interest to follow through and listen. But last Saturday she introduced me to the rest of Imagine Dragons and I found the songs so much of an earworm that I downloaded Night Visions and PLOP! Imagine Dragons is my new Coldplay. In fact, as I type this, I'm listening to Night Visions right now. First it was "Tiptoe" and now I'm listening to "Amsterdam." Both of those are two of my favorites.
I think that I find Imagine Dragons so intriguing to me because the sounds are pretty similar to other bands I like. "Hear Me", for example, sounds similar to The Killers, and I like several of The Killers' songs. Some of the songs have a similar sound to Muse as well, not quite the same but a similar feeling to the phrases and stuff. There's even some parts that sound a bit like Coldplay. In my opinion.
I love music, and when I find good earworms I latch on and listen the crap out of the music. I listen to my music so much that my family gets tired of how much I listen to my music! And while I do love my other addictions, I'm currently addicted to Imagine Dragons, and loving it. :)
I'm the kind of person who easily gets addicted to things. Once I began watching Supernatural, for example, I didn't want to stop watching it. When I started reading The Dresden Files, I couldn't put the books down. Last year when I listened to Coldplay again, I didn't want to press pause for anything.
Well, things come and things go. I've caught up with Supernatural, I've got too much other things to continue reading The Dresden Files as religiously, and Coldplay is now just a pastime. But that doesn't mean I'm not addicted to them still, or can't get addicted to anything new.
Now, before I give all the credit to Julia, I have to admit that I found the song "It's Time" to be rather good and I had a bit of interest in Imagine Dragons but not enough interest to follow through and listen. But last Saturday she introduced me to the rest of Imagine Dragons and I found the songs so much of an earworm that I downloaded Night Visions and PLOP! Imagine Dragons is my new Coldplay. In fact, as I type this, I'm listening to Night Visions right now. First it was "Tiptoe" and now I'm listening to "Amsterdam." Both of those are two of my favorites.
I think that I find Imagine Dragons so intriguing to me because the sounds are pretty similar to other bands I like. "Hear Me", for example, sounds similar to The Killers, and I like several of The Killers' songs. Some of the songs have a similar sound to Muse as well, not quite the same but a similar feeling to the phrases and stuff. There's even some parts that sound a bit like Coldplay. In my opinion.
I love music, and when I find good earworms I latch on and listen the crap out of the music. I listen to my music so much that my family gets tired of how much I listen to my music! And while I do love my other addictions, I'm currently addicted to Imagine Dragons, and loving it. :)
Talking To Sarah
I've already said that I created this blog because half of my friends are in AP Language and they had to make a blog. Well my friend Sarah's blog was due today and she was asking about a "social issue." So me and Vivian, who also happened to be there, started thinking, and I mentioned talking to the people you like. And then I added talking to the people you like WITH the people you like.
Now isn't that a hard thing to do?
Now isn't that a hard thing to do?
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Photography
I've always been an artistic person. In first grade, I created a horse character that sounds completely
preposterous now but was one of my best ideas ever back then. Between second and third grade, when Neopets was the "big thing," I drew the Neopets and Petpets I was most interested in. In fifth grade, my friends and I drew little figurines we had as characters and put them all in a balloon chase.
In sixth grade I fell into another petsite that had a lot of artists on it, and as a young person I looked up to those artists. I found deviantART, and created an account in seventh grade. Before my deviantART account, however, I commissioned someone to create a fursona for me. I had since changed my fursona, but it was because of that website and my fursona that got me to be as artistic as I am now. It's because of that website and my fursona that I have decided to follow a career in art.
So when I started high school and learned about the photography class, I decided that was something I was going to take. To be completely honest, I didn't want to wait for junior year to start photography, but patience (and the school district) allowed me to complete my first two years without it.
And then junior year began.
And I began Traditional Photography 1.
After the basics and a "pinhole camera," we moved into Photograms. I did several, but only one turned out well (the others were kind of experiments and not as good). Photograms basically are the silhouettes of objects you place on top of the photographic paper. In this Photogram I used plants that I encountered on my way to and from school.
Next we moved onto cameras. Actual, physical cameras. I felt so proud of myself, holding that camera and taking pictures with real film and everything. Sure, I'd done it before with disposable cameras, but this time was for real, in class, and not just messing around.
The purpose the first time was just to take pictures and develop the film. Our first assignment with the cameras, though, was to develop an image on half of a piece of photographic paper. That's what the above two are. The one on the left looks so odd because someone accidentally poured Permawash into the Fixer (Permawash cleans the film after the Fixer fixes or makes the images on the film permanent, and mixing the two does not help fix the film) so it looks a bit polarized. But the second image is what I turned in. It's pretty obvious that it's a broken basketball hoop. :b
After that, we moved onto prints. The first assignment then because "bike parts" -- to take pictures of parts of bikes, develop the film, create a print, drymount the print, and document the print. Woo. That's where this bad-boy comes in. I took a camera home and took pictures of my own bike for this. I am soooooo proud of this print. Except for a few dust spots (which photoshop helped me erase, heehee), this photograph turned out pretty spotless. I got a 12/12 or 100% on this project. Yay for A+ in photography! :D
Today I turned in our next project, "reflections," and I hope to have it back in a couple of weeks. For that project, I took a picture of the sun reflected in a puddle, and that picture turned out pretty good too.
Eventually I'll bring my developed film home and scan that too, and those photos might manage to make their way here too. :)
In sixth grade I fell into another petsite that had a lot of artists on it, and as a young person I looked up to those artists. I found deviantART, and created an account in seventh grade. Before my deviantART account, however, I commissioned someone to create a fursona for me. I had since changed my fursona, but it was because of that website and my fursona that got me to be as artistic as I am now. It's because of that website and my fursona that I have decided to follow a career in art.
So when I started high school and learned about the photography class, I decided that was something I was going to take. To be completely honest, I didn't want to wait for junior year to start photography, but patience (and the school district) allowed me to complete my first two years without it.
And then junior year began.
And I began Traditional Photography 1.
Next we moved onto cameras. Actual, physical cameras. I felt so proud of myself, holding that camera and taking pictures with real film and everything. Sure, I'd done it before with disposable cameras, but this time was for real, in class, and not just messing around.The purpose the first time was just to take pictures and develop the film. Our first assignment with the cameras, though, was to develop an image on half of a piece of photographic paper. That's what the above two are. The one on the left looks so odd because someone accidentally poured Permawash into the Fixer (Permawash cleans the film after the Fixer fixes or makes the images on the film permanent, and mixing the two does not help fix the film) so it looks a bit polarized. But the second image is what I turned in. It's pretty obvious that it's a broken basketball hoop. :b
Today I turned in our next project, "reflections," and I hope to have it back in a couple of weeks. For that project, I took a picture of the sun reflected in a puddle, and that picture turned out pretty good too.
Eventually I'll bring my developed film home and scan that too, and those photos might manage to make their way here too. :)
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Birthday
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| Me and my new necklace! |
Birthdays are fun. Sometimes I expect too much, though, especially when it comes to presents. I believe presents should be as good or better than the years before. Last year, my parents bought me four tickets to see Coldplay live at the HP Pavillion, and it was the most awesome experience and the best present I'd ever gotten. So, with my belief, I thought this year would be just as awesome as last year.
Like I said, my expectations are sometimes too high.
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| Kioru, my fursona, celebrating my birthday! |
As an artist, one of the necessary components of art is the subject. Since I joined deviantART, I fell into the "character" phase, and I admit that I still have characters. In fact, I have a fursona, which is an animal version of oneself. That would be Kioru, my dog with a mohawk, to the right. And I drew him, on my birthday, wearing a party hat to celebrate. :)
Happy birthday to me :)
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