So, I've uh...been listening to a LOT of Utada Hikaru, recently. Her music's just so ENTRANCING. I can't get over it. For those who were introduced to her via Kingdom Hearts like I was, be sure to check out her other stuff if you liked the KH theme songs. I recommend her live stuff from Utada United 2006. She's really a phenomenal performer and if she ever comes over the U.S., I'll pay big money to go and see her.

Anyway...I'm at school right now. Still got another solid hour until my philosophy class and then I get to go home. On MWF, I take a computer graphics class in the morning (that lasts about two hours) and on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I take environmental biology and philosophy, then on Tuesday nights (like tonight, ugh), I have a three-hour long art history class with my lovely Justin (<--the only thing I like about it). Not a very exciting semester, but I know to register for classes way the fuck in advance, next semester so that I can actually take some interesting classes--like DRAWING, which a spot just opened up for, now that I've been going to my classes for nearly a month and have made most of my tuition payments. Oh well. I've got a good chunk of my gen-eds out of the way, so I should be able to take some more stimulating classes from hereon, out.

My dad called up Sony and found out that it'll cost about $150 to repair. However, if they can't repair it, they'll give us a refurbished one, so it's basically guaranteed to be...remedied. Which is cool, cos there are a ton of really intriguing games coming out for the PS3--Batman: Arkham Asylum, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIV, the next Katamari game, etc.

In the way of artwork, I've been doing a lot of drawing on my tablet since I got it a month or two ago, but I've slowed down a lot, recently, on account of my hand being nearly crippled, lol. Type, draw, play, repeat. That reminds me--if any of you fine, gaming individuals play either Left 4 Dead or Team Fortress 2 on the PC, let me know. Maybe we'll play it up together. I, personally, don't own TF2, but I have hijacked my boyfriend's Steam to play it, many times. Though, I don't know why I don't just get it...it's like $10-20. Anyway, at the moment, I'm drawing/designing a character for ADreamReflected which has kept me pretty busy. I have a "sketchbook" here which I update pretty frequently: [link] I actually just tried to upload my most recent sketch of Blue but these computers suck ass. I'm thinking of doing a big painting, though I'm not sure what of. My best work when it comes to that sort of thing is actually fanart, but that's just kind of lame and I don't want to waste expensive oil paints and canvases on that sort of thing. I've got a couple of nice canvases that were my aunt's before she died lying around. My cousins gave them to me a few years ago, and my gram recently came across some oil paint that she has no use for, so...I just need some turpenoid (cheaper version of turpentine--less scary, too). There are some pretty good deals for art supplies online, so I think I'm gonna stock up. Charcoal, ink, paint, etc. Digital art is fun, but there's a void in my soul that only staining my hands and the carpet can fill.

By the way, I don't understand how anyone can use a Macintosh computer on an every-day basis. It's like Windows...except every action requires an additional button--and everything like the start menu and the "x" button at the top of programs is on the other side/end of the screen. GOOD GODS. Oh, and the monitor and the tower are one. What the hell?

So Justin, Josh, and I have been watching BSG with Megan and Jojo (who is returning to Scotland, today). Good stuff. We also finally busted out the board game and played it. It lasted for frakking ever, but I think it was pretty fun in that it was the closest you could get a board game to represent the show. Basically, you deal with one (dozen) crisis at a time and try to make it to the end of game (jump the ship away from impending doom--a.k.a. the cylons--eight times). We did not. We died. Josh and Megan were both cylons and they screwed us over. *glare* Oh, and Starbuck is the frakking bomb, even in a board game. <333333333

I would wrap this thing up except that I still have another half-hour of class.

I need to go clothes shopping. I just haven't been inspired at all this summer to buy new stuff, but now that fall's coming around and my ghetto, cut-off jeans aren't keeping me very warm, I think it's time to face reality. My cousin's wedding is next Friday and I swear to gods, they had more fall-like dresses in the summer at Kohl's than they do now. Now everything's just skimpy, little, spaghetti-strap dresses. I'm not gonna wear that to a wedding in October, thank you. I suppose there's always JC Penny and Carson Pirie Scott, but I LIKE Kohl's. Oh well. Maybe I'll wear my pirate/V-Halloween-costume boots. They're nice boots, I just don't have anything to wear them with, really, except maybe a fall wedding dress. Yes. I imagine that'll work quite nicely.

I've been looking a lot into Flashpoint Academy in Chicago [link] It seems like a really awesome game design school, but I need to go in there some time and see if it's what I'm really looking for. If it's all that I think it is, I can't wait to get the hell out of Kish and go there. It's allegedly a block or so away from the train station, so I'd probably just commute. While I like the idea of moving out to Chicago for a couple of years, it just seems like an expensive impracticality. I'm not entirely sure where I'm gonna go after college, but I'd like to go to Hawaii for a little while, at least. Japan's kind of the same deal, though, if I moved out to Hawaii for a while, I could get to know the language and then maybe take a trip out to Japan for a few weeks. I figure as an aspiring game designer, it couldn't hurt to immerse myself in some Japanese culture. I don't know if I want to live there, though, so Hawaii's a good candidate for now. It's literally right between Japan and the U.S.

Well...I think that's all for now. I'm not really sure what I'm gonna do for the next twenty minutes, but I'm sure I'll figure something out.

Is it like this? Is it always the same?
When a heartache begins, is it like this?
If you like this, will you remember my name?
Will you play it again?
If you like this...?