AHA. After so long out of commission... an entire summer followed by a semester of college, I am finally ready to start my work once more. I recently procured Photoshop CS4 and have it installed at this moment upon my computer! Come Christmas I expect to get a good digital camera from my stepmother, and it is then that I will renew my hobby of photography and, when the mood takes me, photo-manipulation! MWAHAHA!

So yeah. I'm fairly excited. Without the worry of grades and due-dates over my head I think I'll start making some very different pieces. Dunno what or when, but eh. We'll see what happens. SIGNING OFF *salute*

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HELL TO THE YEAH!!

It's been 18 long years under the reign of my parents (dad mostly), but finally I'm on my own! I've moved into college, I have all my necessities set up (ie; computer, tv, wii, mini-fridge), and I'm ON MY OWN. And I gotta say, so far it's been in-friggen-credible. I mean sure, with classes cut down to half of their usual length they need to cram in the work, but I can handle a bit of cramming! Who can't? I still have hours on end of free time that I can use to do whatever I want. I have no restrictions. I'm... free.

Though, on a more artistic side, that did come with a bit of a price. See, I doubt I'll ever be using my old camera again. I like film photography, but I don't see it as being cost effective for me, the guy who uses art more as a hobby than as a life style. So I donated the camera to the school, and now I'm up here with nothing more than a cheap-o digital camera. It's better than nothing, agreed, but it's bulky. If I'm gonna have a bulky digital camera, I'll spend a bit of money (or get it from my parents as a gift) to buy the Canon Rebel K2. It looks like a good piece of equipment, and I've worked with the Rebel before.

So when that happens, you all may see some more art out of me. I also need to get Photoshop on my computer too. That means I need to find a free way to download it, and I'm not so sure I want to risk the viruses on my new computer just so I can have Photoshop.

Until next time, guys and gals!

I hate goodbyes. I always have, and always will. Having to leave behind a group of friends you've known for 4 years can't be fun for anyone. And today, at the last playing of the play Oliver, I realize I'm never going to be in another high school performance. Ever again. NEVER.

*sniff*

What most of you may or may not understand is that my high school drama club is amazing. The director is incredible and the people there are SO COOL. I give Ms. Schwartz, the director, complete credit for making me the kid I am today. She busted the shell I was hiding in to bits. But now it's done! There's no more! I can only visit. My fun is over. Waah!

*sigh* Why am I venting here? I feel like it. With my parents getting a divorce, my inevitable move away from home (which I look forward to, don't get me wrong!), and now this whole ending, I've started to feel really... shitty, to be frank. I hate it when shit ends. It's like the whole world seems darker.

But I suppose I have to look forward, and find the silver lining. I can always visit, I'm only going to college about an hour away from where I live. I'll make a ton of fun friends in college too! I suppose it's only truly over if I make it over, and I refuse to do that! I'm gonna raise my cup to the fun times I've had and cherish what I'm taking a break from (because I certainly have not lost it)!

Oom pah-pah, oom pah-pah, everyone! That's how it goes!

Soooo.... I'm a bit bored, and to relieve it, I decided to peruse through ~theklauz's journal to find something to fill the time with. I found this, and since I've had a recent influx of songs onto my iTunes, it seemed fitting! Here we go!

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RULES:
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense. NO CHEATING!
4. Tag 5 people.
5. Bold the questions and with the answers, give your own comments on how it relates to the questions.

1. How are you feeling today?
Kyle's Mom is a Bitch - Eric Cartman, South Park
I'm brooding over hor much of a BITCH Kyle's mother is. Whore.


2. Will you get far in life?
Schadenfreude - Avenue Q Soundtrack
Of course I will! I can always laugh at the less fortunate to raise myself up!


3. How do your friends see you?
Baby Got Back - Sir Mix-A-Lot
DAAAAAAMN Brutha got a huge ass!
Yeah. That's how they see me.


4. Will you get married?
The Wicked End - Avenged Sevenfold
When I do, the world will fall into sin.
Satanists, rejoice! Find me women!


5. What is your best friend's theme song?
Hyakugojyuuichi - Lemon Demon
Yeah, I often see his life as some crazy anime show. He makes some interesting anime-esque faces too.


6. What is the story of your life?
Bat Country - Avenged Sevenfold
Meet Aric, the man raised by bats! It's not as bad as it seems, though the guano has been annoying. I never could quite get the smell out.


7. What was high school like?
Jurassic Park Theme - John Williams
There were a lot of giant dinosaurs running around. They give us five minutes to get to class for a reason; any longer and we start to attract packs of velociraptors. And those tiny green bastards are always in the bathroom!


8. How can you get ahead in life?
Lollipop - Lil' Wayne
Candy salesman! That, or I need to become some rapper's bitch. I like the first one better.


9. What is the best thing about your friends?
Sittin' at a Bar - Rehab
They don't let life get them down! They can handle their problems so well, even if it's through alcohol binging.


10. What is in store for this weekend?
Brompton Cocktail - Avenged Sevenfold
Me and my friends are a bunch of booze junkies! Apparently, I'm going to drink some serious cocktails, then die happily! Fun fun!


11. To describe your grandparents?
Desecrate With Reverence - Avenged Sevenfold
They're doormats. Well, Grandpa isn't anymore, being dead and all, but Grammy still lets people spit in her face. She knows how she is, though. No worries (I feel like such a dick).


12. How is your life going?
Action Movie Hero Boy - Lemon Demon
You know, I really should get back to filming that big explosion scene. I need to finish this YouTube video of my doing the big dramatic explosion walkaway scene.


13. What song will they play at your funeral?
Soldiers of the Wasteland - Dragon Force
Why not? Most of my life has been serious about uselessness, and the title of the song shows just that!


14. How does the world see you?
Only You - Captain Jack
Narcissism, FTW!


15. Will you have a happy life?
Dueling Guitars - August Rush Soundtrack
Once I beat that son of a bitch next door at GH3, yeah!


16. What do your friends really think of you?
Rebels of the Sacred Heart - Flogging Molly
They know I'm a secret agent for Ireland. I can tell. But really, I'm a lover, not a fighter. ~_^


17. Do people secretly lust after you?
Because I Got High - Afro Man
Only when I give them weed, only when I give them weed *sigh*


18. How can I make myself happy?
Captain Jack - Captain Jack
By running along with Captain Jack along the railroad tracks. I'm going to need a shovel and a stretcher. If that dead SOB can't run, I'll have to improvise!


19. What should you do with your life?
Independent - Webbie ft. Lil' Phat & Lil' Boosie
I should spend it alone, working hard. Maybe even two jobs, if that's what it takes. I aint no house husband!


20. Will you ever have children?
Har Taref Tera Jalwa - Daler Mehndi
Apparently, I'll need to buy and Indian wife over the internet to do so. o.O

Well, that entertained me for a good while! Try it, it really is fun!

If Anthony did it, so shall I! Here's a few things people may or may not know about me.

1. My middle name is Ashley. I hate it so very much. Always have.
2. I used to get sad whenever I saw road kill. Now I see how many I can find in one trip.
3. I also used to hate it when I was told that I had my mother's eyes. I wanted my own eyes, damnit!
4. It occurs to me that as I've gotten older, I've steadily become less of a "nice guy" and more of an a**hole.
5. I may be a teensy bit racist at times.
6. Dueling songs make me happy when I listen to them.
7. I STILL don't know how I ever got into rap music.
8. I have the urge to do things I used to do in elementary school; for instance, I really want to go into a sand pile, dig up the hard, wet sand underneath, pack it into a ball, bury it in the soft sand up top and make sand balls to sell to other little kids.
9. I can be very, very pathetic at times. The sad thing is, I realize it.
10. I recently found a man on youtube by the name of docjazz4. He plays the ocarina so well, I now have the strong urge to learn that instrument.
11. I can never get beyond the first chapter/prologue in any of my own stories without losing my enthusiasm for it.
12. I miss nap time.
13. I have very odd things in my room. For example, I have a painting of an algebraic equation hanging up on my wall.
14. I have finished every decent book in my school library. I'm also a very picky reader, mind you, so it's not as sad as it sounds.
15. I once laughed when my biology teacher told me how Alzheimers patients die. They forget how to breath. I still feel horrible about it to this day.
16. I'm starting to think this is more of a confession/brain dump than a random fact compilation.
17. As a baby in one of those baby bouncer-walker things, I once managed to get stuck in the middle of a bunch of stools. I proceeded to pull them onto me. I do not remember this event, but my parents took pictures.
18. I think my parents put me in the middle of those stools for a cheap laugh.
19. I can get extremely anal about the most unnecessary things. At the same time, I tend to be a very messy kid.
20. Irony follows me like a rash.
21. I was told I have Jew-hair. To that statement, I said I look nothing like a jew, and proceeded to pick a penny up off of the ground.
22. Whenever I try to think of my biggest fear, I never can think of something. Instead, I picture myself dying in several different science fictional manners.
23. Squirrels love me. They eat out of my hand.
24. I think that I was once hit-on by a child molester working at the local gas station. It was wierd.
25. I still can't grow a full moustache. Damnit!
26. Ninjas make me very happy. Pirates have no shame. They also have anger issues (proof: [link])
27. I admit that Pirates make better songs than Ninjas. Ninjas are too quiet.
28. I just found a shuriken in my back. Fancy that!
29. I make jokes whenever I can.
30. Most of the jokes I make tend to suck.
31. I've started to play football recently, though only with some of the guys in my classes, and we play "street" football. No formations, really.
32. Family Guy and Robot Chicken are my two favorite shows, hands down.
33. I purposely meant to top Anthony's fact count by one.

I might make more later, if the mood so takes me. Enjoy!