hey everyone, how's it going? ^_^

sorry that it's been such a long time (again...), but now I'm finally putting up a journal
entry and...some artwork! XD

I'm going to put up the following:

*my 19th birthday cake

*kiki's delivery service-kiki doll

*hand-made ceramic beads

later on next time I'll put up some photo's (from my photography class!), some drawings (skethes & manga skethes), and
some more tiles (from last year, they're still wrapped up). ^_^

so, let me know what you think of everything~! (^///^)

now...I'll know let you know what I think of my classes...
I'll review in order:

*sociology (type of pyschology): this is a really fun class. I'm learning about how society
and human behavior works. we're taking notes, watching a couple of videos and having some
discussions about our opinions. we're also learning about different theories.
I'll explain these things some other time if you want. the teacher is really pretty and she's
very nice. but it's hard to take notes and listen to her speak at the same time. no complaints really, it great!

*choir (chamber choir): it's pretty interesting. we're trying to learn how to sing a bach song,
and it's one whole long chunk in a book. we're also learning different christmas carols.
I'm not sure when we're performing, but I hope that it's mostly on campus. if we're traveling,
I'm not going. the teacher is nice but a bit spacey, and he doesn't understand my way of learning
the songs. I learn by listening to the other soprano's (yes, I'm a soprano I like to reach high
notes) singing and I memorize the words and music from hearing it. I can't read music at all!
yet, he expects all of us to read it from the book and sing it out as it's written.
most of the singers can read music, but I can't so he kind of complains to me sometimes.
it makes me a bit self conscious, but I don't mind it too much.

*art (drawing): well, it's an interesting class. I'm learning some new things that I never really
learned in high school, some of it I don't like. the class is over two hours long! we get our
drawings done in about that time, it's just one assignment..there's not much time to doodle
or do our own thing (also, I have to do my manga sketches in secret because it's not art to her).
for now, we've been doing blind contour (I HATE IT!!! you have to draw something without looking
at the paper. I did it in the 6th grade and it broke my heart) and still life.
the teacher is nice when we're not in class, but when class is in session she's very strict and
kind of hovers over us and asks if we need help...and corrects anything that's WRONG to her.
she even wrote in my sketchbook (we have to turn it in to her every week for points) 'lease draw only from observation, things that you see in real life'. I don't like her very much.

*photojournalism (photography): it's a great class, it's one of my favorites!
basically, we go to class once a week for about two to three hours and sit and do nothing except
talk. it's more like a club than a class, but we still learn how to make a career out of taking
photos. the teacher is nice and he LOVES to talk and tell jokes. we are given one assignment
every week. we have to go out and take pictures based on that subject, pick the best three out
of the bunch and turn them in to him. the final project is when we present all our photos to
the class. I only wish that I could just go and turn them in, get the next assignment and leave.
it's such a long class, I come home on the bus and arrive around 9pm. (dies) I'm exhausted, cold
and starving each night that week. however, I'm taking amazing photos and I'm so excited to post
them up here soon, but it'll take awhile to upload them onto my thumb drive and put them onto my
computer. I have to put them on my dad's because he has a printer.

well, that's all my classes for the autumn term. I'm going to take jewelry in november for a
few days, it's a short class. the term ends by december and I sign up for new classes! XD

also, I'm starting to improve on my manga drawing skills. I'm doing a better job on the hair,
outfits and eyes (adding eyebrows). I still need to work on the ears, hands and top of the hair.
but it's progress since last year. XD

I also have got another idea for a manga! it involves four to five different girls working
in a maid cafe. I have draw the characters, given the names, and have an idea of their
personalities...but I still don't have the entire plot or the name of it thought out.

I feel so bad, I have at least six or seven manga story idea's and I haven't really drawn them
out or posted them up onto here. I promised to put them up and show the progress, but it'll
take forever... (TT_TT) I'm really sorry you guys.

I need time to just draw them as practice, and then draw them out in a complete manga.
maybe I'll publish them someday as a part time job? >_>

ah well, I'll let you know when I'll put those manga pages up. ^_^

that's all for updates, sorry that the journal is sooo long. but it's been quite awhile, so I
have a lot to tell. I almost never have much time to myself anymore because of college, that's the only thing I dislike. of course, I want more friends and want to take some fun classes.
but I still need my time and space to myself. X_X;

that's all for now, take care~!

Lin