Deciding to be straight forward with the title this time.

1) I got featured? Apparently someone deemed me worthy of this: [link]
Once I get a camera I can get a picture up of the painting I did BASED on the picture that got featured. ([link])

2) That leads me to something I am VERY excited about. I'm getting a new camera before I leave for Japan. The cool part is, the camera is MINE for ME to use ONLY. I mean, mom might ask me to take it certain places and such but... I can keep it in my room and use it as I wish! So I can update my facebook pictures DAILY or do one of those "a picture of myself everyday for three years" things. I have to make sure it has 11 or higher megapixels, good memory, and video capability. There's also some sort of scholarship contest for the people I'm going to Japan with, so if I win I might be able to go to Europe NEXT summer or something else cool like that. If I don't get the scholarship there's no way I'm taking another trip like this until I do some sort of school trip (Germany senior year?) or wait until college to learn abroad. So wish me luck!

3) I finally got a chance to scan pictures from last year (9th grade) and this year (10th grade) so I'll be sure to get them up once I edit them a bit. Some of the pictures I actually want to do better lineart and color them before I show them to you but NO WORRIES they're all digital now so all I have to do is point and click and they'll be on dA for your viewing pleasures.

4) Since I'm posting this late and it's officially the 9th of July where I am, I have 15 days left to wait for Japan and only 6 days left until I see the new HARRY POTTER! There is so much to be excited for. I'm getting a suit case and "belt pack" (apparently fanny pack is offensive so that's what we have to call it...) loaned to me for my trip to Japan and also I'm getting the new camera (as mentioned previously).

5) And a bit on how my writing is going:
a) I finished my Rini and Helios fan fiction. Check it out if you'd like: [link]
b) I'm starting a Twilight fan fiction where I replace Bella to try and improve/change the story. I wasn't going to actually do this until my friend pressured me into it since she's doing one with the same sort of concept. Her character is more like herself while mine is a hard ass goth chick with a difficult past.
c) My book that I've been working on NOW is going pretty well. It's improved from before and I think I made the right decision when I gave up the other revision I started BEFORE and decided to redo it just by scratch. I have to type more of my other one (it's called Blood Bound just so you know) since I've finished the second draft all on paper and now need to type up a nice clean THIRD draft so my mom can help revise more, add stuff since it's a pretty short book, etc etc.

So that's pretty much all. See you cool cats LATER.