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:flagcanada: ‘Sup folks.

Congrats to Paul Martin’s minority government on surviving a full year of controversy, Conservative pressure, and making history on Parliament Hill. Last night was a historical night for Canada. :flagcanada:
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Tonight, I have just issued my first-ever one-year subscription to DeviantArt, right after submitting a new editorial, which I’m demanding that everyone reads and comments on.

Lucky Me….

Well, I just took my OU math placement yesterday; turns out that I’m qualified for no advanced classes within the math arena, so I’ll have to take General Algebra (Math 099).

Told you all that I hated math.

Also, I’ll be heading to Connie’s place at Fort Benning this Sunday, since its her b-day (her 35th, methinks). What a coincedence: my Army sis’ b-day lies next door to the 4th of July (which, I hope, I won’t be celebrating….nah, I’ll probably be sitting on the comp, watching CBC and stuff as usual).

Oh, and to top it all off, as a byproduct of my overly-passionate political bent, I asked Mom about putting up a hit-list of the Group of 184, which is running the government down there in Haiti, but is based almost heavily in Miami (among other places).

Obviously, she said no.

*sigh*

A bag of pure, non-laced pot sure sounds nice right now…

Peace.

Wonder Showzen: What the f$%k?!

Featured artist of the week: :icontintoraneko:

Haitian-American, does a great manga, did my DevID.

“Creole maiden for company”….

Long after the thrill is gone

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I was listening to NPR the other day, while driving home from Macon. They were interviewing this one psychologist on her views about creativity and how one is supposed to react when his or her creativity has ran down to the point of nil.

She explained that, for her own personal example, one day a few years ago, she was minding her own business when all of a sudden, she had an urge to write a book. She followed that urge, and she even turned out a few books within the next four months. However, four months later, the urge that had entered her left as quickly as it came. At that point, she realized that, despite those books which she had written over that period of time, she wasn’t really a writer.

She was just someone who wrote a few books, that’s all.

When listening to that interview, I suddenly felt my heart drop like the hood of my Mom’s Daewoo. My thoughts ran back to my site at DA, my blog at LJ, my internet presence in its entirety.

Some of you who have remained here since early last year may be familiar with the small quantity of submission that I turned (or, shall I say, eked) out during the spring and summer. Come fall and winter, however, it was like I didn’t really care as much about this site as I did about others, like Livejournal, yahoo groups, and numerous others.

And now I come back from exile with an epiphany…..of sorts.

I realize now that, just because I wrote several essays and tried my hardest-possible hand at drawing stuff that I thought up in my head, doesn’t mean that I’m actually a writer, or artist. I’m not either, as I do not walk these paths as regularly as I should, neither am I known exclusively for my writing.

However, I want to be that and a whole lot more.

I want to be a writer, an artist, a computer programmer, a collegiate student, all of that and more. And I want to pursue them all on a regular basis.

Why?

Because humans are drawn, naturally, toward those who show some sort of longevity or spectrum: those who can do what they do and continue with that long after even the very initial reason for their existence has expired: those who, through their one or more professions, can show almost every possible aspect, detail, or facet of their life, even through a facade.

So yeah, I’ve decided to come back to writing and drawing stuff for this site at DA. And this time, I’m not going on any self-imposed hiatus just because I don’t feel like writing or drawing.

Nope, I’m going to continue onward, no matter how much push, pull, or shove that I may hold within me.

Because I want to continue walking this path long after the thrill is gone….

Life in the Twilight

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School of the Americas Watch

This is significant to me because Fort Benning is, of course, where Connie is stationed. But anyway….
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How’ve things been going for you all? Fine and dandy, I hope.

Well, Connie has finally gotten the house and kids squared away at Fort Benning; Wanda’s moved in with Connie; and I’m just sitting here, as usual, trying to deal with life without the kids, Wanda, or Connie. Nowadays, I’ll sleep all day, wake up with an ache in my torso and abdomen (possibly because I slept on my side without a pillow underneath the diaphragm), go on the computer, and stay on it all day, doing nothing on it except readjusting the computer, the internet settings (gee, I sure wish Firefox were the only browser that I’d ever have to deal with and that every possible program were compatible with it!), and email stuff.

Some guy named “kinghypnosis” (his YIM ID) continues to pester me with questions like “Can you hypnotize me master sir commander friend?” (he ALWAYS uses those four last words at the end of every sentence, and always uses these EXTREMELY LARGE FONTS), even when I’m feeling like “OK, now I don’t feel OK right now, and this guy continues to nag the hell out of me”. I’ve told him millions of times before that 1. I don’t know how to hypnotize people, and 2. I don’t want to hypnotize him (he’s a fundamentalist Christian who thinks that he’s been hypnotized by Jesus).

But anyway, I’m still getting myself ready for college; I’m getting ready to send my immunization records and related documents to the University. I’ve already secured my room and board, as well as a spot at the orientation on July 15.

So I guess that, in a way, these days at home are my days in the twilight. After this period, I can bid something of a final farewell to my life in Warner Robins, the life which I have led since 1992. Many things with which I have been strongly familiar and attached have entered into, departed from my life (and, even worse, from this plane of existence) in the process. I’ve gotten used to it, although not completely. In a way, I feel bitter about that sense of loss which accompanies the departure of things which have come into and become part of my life, so much so that I’d take them for granted.

I feel even worse about this tendency to not update things which I’ve started upon, especially online. My site at DeviantArt, Livejournal, IM buddies, all of them. And when these things are gone, and I realize it months afterward, its like I’ve missed something, an opportunity of sorts. Even websites which I’ve never heard of, but now miss because I’m sure that I could’ve encountered them at an earlier date.

And yet, I have to let go, relinquish that piece of history which I hold in my hand and my heart, and I move on. Why? Because if I act upon that feeling, the sense of loss and guilt which accompanies the passing of something which you either took for granted or simply didn’t know about to actually care, I may end up as something which I don’t ncessarily want to be.

Its a sad feeling, I tell you. A sad feeling….

Days of the twilight

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Well, its looks quiet over here…

Just wanted to let you all know that I’m cleaning up the site.

Obviously, I haven’t been here in quite a long time, which is because, really, I don’t know about my future direction here at DA. I’m compelled to leave it as is because this is where I started out as far as writing opinion essays (and, for a short while, doing my own art).

However, as this one psychologist on NPR put it, in one minute, you can have an innate drive to write books like crazy, continue for several months, and then, the next minute, that drive can all but disappear; that doesn’t necessarily make you a writer.

I discussed this a few weeks ago with Black-rat, who told me that, if I’m going to know how to draw, I’m going to have to practice as hard and long as I can, even after the drive has dwindled down to nil; otherwise, if I’m not serious about it, then it would have been better for me to not have tried at all.

So, in that case, I’m sorely hoping that my college roomate is an (furry or anime) artist, which brings me to another thing:

I’m going to college at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta.

I’ve already secured everything except for the immunization documents, after which I’ll be copletely ready for the orientation on July 15.

So if there are any Oglethorpe people at DA, I hope to meet you there in August.

Oh yeah, and a few weeks ago, we came back from the trip to Europe. It was great; we stayed in Wuerzburg for the most part, but we also went on a tour of inner-city Paris, which was fantastic.

Plus, Connie (the one in the Army) has finally moved back to Georgia (FOR GOOD!), but this time its Fort Benning in Columbus. She’s just secured her house, and Wanda (the one from Macon) has just moved in with her, since she’s looking for a job and house in the city area.

Thus, for the first time since late 2003, I finally have the whole house to myself (and Mom).

Just wanted to update you on what’s been happening with me, in case you are so lazy that you don’t even have the decency to visit my LJ blog!

To end this entry, it is possible that I may end up returning to DA and, if possible, take up art and writing once again, like the good old days of early last year. That is, if I can get that drive back when I start college.

Look for me in Atlanta!!!

I’m back, and things are as ugly as ever

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Well, we came back from Europe on Thursday, although our flight from Philadelphia to Atlanta was delayed for a few hours (Connie and her boys came to Atlanta on a separate, nonstop Delta flight). After we got to Atlanta, my oldest sister (the one who lives in Macon) picked us up and dropped us off (over two hours later) in Columbus. For the most part, we’ve been driving between Columbus/Fort Benning and Warner Robins/Macon ever since we got back, which is (partly) the reason for why I haven’t maintained any type of presence online for the past two weeks or so since I last wrote here.

Continue reading I’m back, and things are as ugly as ever →

Well, its over…

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Ladies and gentlemen, as of yesterday, I am no longer a high school student.

After a commencement ceremony that lasted over an hour, I finally received my diploma, thus bringing to a closure over 12 years of sub-tertiary education, learning, and scholastic discipline (yeah, they all mean the same thing).

Besides my Mom and two nephews, Dad was the only other member of my family that was in attendance (he drove down overnight from St. Louis). Among the gifts, I ultimately received US$295 (mmm, money…).

And now we’re preparing to take off to Frankfurt am Main in Deutschland (via Philadelphia) in the morning for the next two weeks (we’ll be heading to Wuerzburg, Paris, Prague, and Auschwitz, among other places), so I hope to have alot to tell you about when we get back.

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Oh, and before I go, check out my last submission to DA.

Peace out!!!

Sorry for taking so long….

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*Eats some cube steak and alfredo noodles*

“Hey hey hey, what’s happenin’?!”

OK, well that’s stupid….and I haven’t updated this thing in…how long? Damn!!! Since March the flippin’ 22?!

Alright, now that’s alot of news to share (or at least what I can recall from the past nearly-two months). Here’s the update:

1) I’m graduating this Saturday!!!!

2) The day afterward, we head off for Frankfurt am Main (via Philadelphia)!!!

3) I have been admitted to Oglethorpe (seriously, I have)!!!

4) I’ve finally given up instant messaging….permenantly!!!

5) This Friday is my last day at the job (YES, I HAVE A JOB), thankfully!!! (I hated it from the very beginning, cleaning and caring, and sometimes cooking, at this assisted living facility called Peach Valley Villas, so I’ll be glad when Friday comes)

6) I’ve finally bought back MSN with Mom’s empty checking card!!!

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So that’s the basic rundown for the past almost-two months, so I hope that you all are doing OK? RSVP, dudes.

Oh, and I’ve gotten infuriated with the situation in Haiti, with the Lavalas supporters being summarily massacred by the goons of the new government under that weak-ass Latortue.

BRING BACK ARISTIDE, BITCHES!!!!

Well, not much that’s new…

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Back, after a 12-day hiatus in which, for some unexplainiable reason, I just didn’t have the motivation to post another entry here. And yes, I have the same old-same old type of news that many of you have gotten used to, I guess.

So anyway, two Wednesdays ago, Mom finally had her tax form done, and, armed with that, I finally submitted my FAFSA online later that same evening. Furthermore, I’ve submitted online applications to University of Minnesota (which responded last night with a letter in the mail), Penn State, and the University of Missouri (a.k.a. “Mizzou”) @ St. Louis, and am working on one to CSU Monterey Bay (hey, I’m trying to keep my options open).

Now to take care of those application fees. $45, $55, $65, and so on….

Also, last night, Mom and I finally checked out “Lost in Translation (widescreen)” from Blockbuster. We haven’t bothered to chuck it into my nephew’s PS2 (to watch) as of yet, so we’ll probably see it tonight.

Oh, and yesterday was the official first day of Spring, if anyone noticed.

And 60 more days until I graduate (and get the hell out of here)!

btw, for all the Catholics who may pass by: how’s Lent?