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Hey, this if for the people that look at my avatars I made ages ago.

1. You have all right to use them. Make em, shake em, bake em, whatever. I don't care.

2. You don't even have to say you got them from me. No sweat. Course, if you do, that's appriciated.

3. I really don't use dA anymore, so comments go unwatched/unresponded to. However, if you have a pressing question, my AIM and Hotmail adress as listed on my front page are a good way to get ahold of me. I really do like people, so don't hesitate to ask something.

Alright, that's a wrap!

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So I decided to come back and take a look. Yup, in some ways I've changed a lot, I read other journals and I could have written them yesterday...and blah blah blah...

But you know what's really funny? My page is like, CONSTANTLY getting tons of views! Since I stopped using dA I've gotten about 6,000 views, which is about as much as a I got when I submitted artwork daily. Curious about that, I decided to check ye ol' message box, and low and behold! Correspondingly, I have 100 + favs. Of what, you might wonder? EVERY SINGLE FAV was of an avatar I made! All the little kirby and boswer avatars, right? I made those things out of SHEER bordem and thought they were pop crap. And yet, the Bowser avatar I made has 40 some favs, or something like that. Even my best paintings, photography, and poems never EVER got more than 7. I guess I missed my life's calling!

Sigh.

I also laughed my head off when I read some of my old journal entries. Just ridiculous stuff. I intend to read them all soon. Just reliving many memories that I've since forgotten- usually either very funny or very sad- had been a wonderful experience.

Rather than leave all (none) of you out there without knowledge of what I've been up to lately, I

-went to Norway, University of Oslo, got certification in Norwegian, ran a committee there to help teach other students Norwegian. Was cool.

-got accepted to UMD but ran out of teh monies, so ended up taking the train back and forth from home every day to save on housing; a 2.5 hour commute a day turned me into a caffeine injected semi-conscious emotionally unstable lunatic, but that's ok, because I got straight A's there. I'm getting a major in International Relations and Russian Language and Literature. I'll be a senior in college next year (though I have to do an extra year.) I speak pretty darn good Russian- not great, not fluent, but pretty darn good. I'm going to Moscow State University next year, most likely, if I get the scholarship through the Flagship program. Hard to believe when I joined this site I was in 9th GRADE!!!! Like, 14!! Now I'm 21! Well, the more things change...

-As of now, I'm at Bryn Mawr college in Philly doing a Russian immersion program. It's fun. I get along very well with everyone, and quit being a wallflower. I actually like, feel comfortable talking to people I don't know, and they talk back to me. It feels wonderful to be accepted by other human beings, and not have that lingering paranoia in the back of my head that it's all for nothing (ie they ACTUALLY don't like me, etc etc.)

-I met a WONDERFUL girl who I'm head over heels for. I actually grew a spine juuuuuuuuuuust large enough to tell her that. Well, the ending isn't romantic (yet) since she said she's never been in a relationship before, but she wants it to head in that direction and hopes it does. I know she's not BSing me either, we get along very well and enjoy each other's company a lot. So soon, well, who knows! Maybe by the time I'm 22, by gum, I'll have actually kissed a girl

Yup. Thazawrap!