http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:i-heart-dragons&section=today deviantART RSS for by:i-heart-dragons en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:58:31 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://i-heart-dragons.deviantart.com/journal/25900625/ http://i-heart-dragons.deviantart.com/journal/25900625/ Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:07:08 PDT and thus must share 8 facts about myself. I don't know if I have 8 people to tag, but I shall play the game

Rules:
1. Explain the rules.
2. Each tagged person must tell 8 things about themselves.
3. At the end you have to tag 8 people and post their icons in your journal.
4. Then go back to their page and leave a comment saying you tagged them.
5. No tag backs.

1) I'm quite a nerd...I get straight A's and will likely graduate as valedictorian this year. I love science and math -- I'll be taking Multivariate/Differential Equations this year (Calculus 3+4). I want to major in Astrophysics (the study of the physics/quantum mechanics of stars, galaxies, blackholes, and dark matter.)

2) I play flute and piccolo. I'm in a competitive marching band and have been accepted into All-County and All-State honor bands.

3) I have a parrot. Her name is Celeste and she loves to say "meow."

4) My favorite food is sushi. My favorite drink is Chai. I am utterly addicted to chewing gum.

5) My music tastes are ecclectic; I like femme metal, alternative, classical, electronic...anything but country and rap.

6)I can speak French...not completely fluently, but enough to survive in a francophone country.

7)I am 5'9" and can't wear heels without looking freakishly tall.

8)My vision is the equivalent of 20/850...legally blind when I'm not wearing my contacts...

Well, I'll give a little update since I haven't written in awhile. I'm still prowling DA, and I've done a bit of art, but not much. Though it's summer vacation, I don't have time because I work 44 hours a week. I got an internship at an aerospace company. I work with satellites going to the moon and to Jupiter. It's quite prestigious sounding So I'm alive, but there's little chance for more art. I miss it...but I'm on everyday, so feel free to drop by and say Hi. I love talking to people on here

I guess I haven't tagged anyone...if you want to do it, go ahead, and let me know. I like hearing random things about people.

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I have been extrodinarily busy with school, extracurriculars, and the like. Trying for valedictorian is extremely exhausting, both mentally and emotionally. I haven't had time for art nor have I had the inspiration. My homework load and music practice have me working nonstop; when I have free time I sleep or zone or, on rare occasions read a book for pleasure.

I feel sad that my path in life leads ever further from my art. I bought a tablet for digital drawing nearly a year ago that sits in my drawer because I don't have the time. I feel like my skills have stagnated (because I constantly draw the same thing but never seem to improve in areas I need to work at). Joining DA seriously diminished my self-confidance as an artist, which combined with my lack of time/inspiration/improvement, makes me feel like I've come to a dead end. I know what the responses to this are, that I should have more confidance and should just enjoy doing it for recreation, but this doesn't really change how I have come to feel.

I will continue to be on DA regularly because I love looking at art and commenting, socializing with all the different and unique people here, but do not expect too much art in the future. Sorry to be depressing, but I just wanted to let people know.

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Of note: I am hosting a French Exchange student this month. I'm excited and anxious at the same time, but it will be a good cultural experience for me.

My previous journal told of my absence. I've had some very interesting experiences in that time...a family gathering due to the death of a relative resulted in some...oddness. You learn how dysfunctional your extended family really is when you put them all together with copious amounts of alcohol in a small house on 1000 acres of empty farmland and swamps...

All that aside, I did some drawing while away, but nothing post-worthy. I entertained myself at the long stays in the hospital lounge by sketching people staring at the T.V...my people drawing skills are getting slightly better. Though still scary.

Does everybody drop off the face of the planet in the summer?

...anyways, I should get back to work now.

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yeah...

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Well...that was a boredom ramble...sorry

And feel free to randomly comment! I will reply...whoo boredom!

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1) I have a parrot, her name is celeste and she's a white bellied caique. I love her to death and she is hilarious; she is the one my 2 cats are afraid of, not the other way around, because she has viciously ripped chunks of fur off of them if they get to close. She can talk a little, with her favorite words/phrases being meow and whatcha' doin'?.

2) I am absolutely addicted to chai lattes, and I have one every night. When I don't have one, I get snippy and irritated. Starbucks is like crack for me, lol. (I don't go very often, though.)

3) I am a really good student and I like learning (cue gasps of shock). I have had staight A's since 3rd grade and I'm in the top 5 of my graduating class. I'm pursuing Valadictorian, which means I am taking an insane number of high level classes. I am two years ahead in math, my senior year I will be taking multivariate/differential equations (calc 3/4). I could possibly skip freshman year in college. I will be majoring in astrophysics (the theoretical physics of stars, galaxies, nebulae, and dark matter.).

4) I play flute and piccolo. With these I play in marching band, concert band, wind ensemble, pit orchestra for musicals, and compete as a soloist or in small ensembles. Marching band is a sport. To contest this fact is one of the few things that will piss me off. Not many people can appreciate the HUNDREDS of hours a band puts in; we start in the summer, meeting once a week until band camp in August. Here we spend six days in a row, 9 hours a day in the high school parking lot memorizing 100+ coordinates on a football field, 5 pages of music, how to put them together along with ramrod posture and perfect roll step technique, and how not to become a walking disaster. We have practice 4 days a week once school starts, 3 hours after school 3 days a week and 6-9 hours every saturday, unless we have a competition. In my homecoming picture I sport some sick sunburn lines because we had practice for 5 hours the day of homecoming. At practice we run laps and do 225 sit-ups, pilates, stretches, and breathing excercises. Our band competes almost weekly against others in the state. Do not say marching band isn't a sport. It is not just walking around. I don't know many "jocks" that could play a wind instrument (some as heavy as 50 pounds) for 10 minutes straight while marching at 200 beats per minute while staying in step, in time, in tune, and generally not causing a disaster. Phew....well that was a rant, next fact then....

5) When I'm not doing marching band, my sport is fencing. I'm only a beginner but I love it. It's a great workout for both the mind and body, as it is often called physical chess. Menacing a long, pointy metal object in peoples' faces isn't too shabby either, lol. I ride my bike everyday in the summer; I wander the suburbs and parks (I live just outside the foothills of a mountain range so these parks aren't like playgrounds) and it gives me a sense of freedom and relaxation.

6) I will eat or try just about anything; contrary to my family, I eat sushi, which I find delicious. I eat a wider variety of vegatables than my mother.

7) The walls of my room are very...full. I have a TON of stuff on my walls, and most of it is dragon stuff. Dragon prints, posters, drawings, ornaments, masks, calenders, and so on...Plus all sorts of things I've collected on my travels, which leads me to the last fact...

8) I have traveled A LOT. I have been very fortunate to have been to more places by high school than most people have been in their entire lives. My travels include: living in Hong Kong, traveling to Germany, Italy, Austria, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, Alaska, Hawaii, florida, New Mexico, and Arizona. It's a bit ironic that I have been to more countries than states. Not many people can say they've stood on the Eiffle Tower, the Great Wall of China, the Uluru desert, the Sydney Opera house, Edinborough Castle, the canals of Venice, the markets of Florence, the birth house of Mozart, and Mt. McKinley. This has created one of my life... ]]> ~i-heart-dragons http://i-heart-dragons.deviantart.com/journal/18107968/ http://i-heart-dragons.deviantart.com/journal/18107968/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:32:58 PDT
Sorry for the rant....I kind of just have to laugh about the absurdity of the whole thing.......

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Anyways, that was ramble-tastic, so I'll just go crawl back to my book that I should be finishing.....

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Aside from that, I've been getting bombarded with materials from colleges... I get like 20 emails a day and at least one or two fliers in the mail...It gets quite annoying, considering I've already picked my major and my college...

I've been inspired to draw recently but still can't seem to get anything coherent on paper....maybe soon...

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It seems to me that the holidays aren't as exciting as they used to be. I haven't really done anything that festive but bake a billion cookies. This time of year I tend to become reflective, even melancholy. Our society is so materialistic. As I sat at Starbucks with my friend drinking a peppermint mocha, I couldn't help but think, "There are so many less priviledged people in the world just struggling to survive, yet I'm sitting here in good company, warm and dressed in nice clothes drinking a $4 drink..."

I guess I should be thankful. I'm not rich, but compared to so many people in our world, I have a lot. We should keep this in mind as we revel in our materialism.

Sorry for the depressingness, I just had to get this off my mind.

Hope everyone is having a nice holiday!

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I've had such a severe case of ADD the past week...I've been doodling on everything. EVERYTHING! Really random stuff.

So I decided to make this journal interactive so I have more distractions from the essay I need to write on "The Balance Between Power and Harmony"
So you can answer these random questions:

1) Fave color
2)fave animal
3)one word to describe yourself
4)fave subject in school
5)random fact about yourself

Whoo I love being..........






............*1000's of dots later*......distracted..........



anyways, yeah.

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