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I haven't been updating DA much at all, but I do have a new website that I just put up yesterday!

Check it out if you have a chance, and let me know what you think.


[link]

]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/12204895/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/12204895/ Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:43:56 PDT [link] !

Hope everyone's doing well.

]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/9872871/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/9872871/ Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:22:03 PDT ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/6830664/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/6830664/ Fri, 21 Oct 2005 18:38:35 PDT
For those who asked/would like to know:

My digital camera is a Sony-Cybershot DSC-P93: 5 mega pixels, with f2.and f5.6 (not many options there), and shutterspeeds from several seconds to 1000.

My film camera that I'm slowly learning to use is a Vivitar V2000 35mm SLR with apertures 3.5 to 22 and shutterspeeds B to 2000.

There are other specs I could say too, but I wouldn't understand them.

So let's see... college is fun, I guess. Classes are hard. Photography is good but very frustrating too. Very very. And time consuming. And again, very frustrating. I've spent/wasted many entire afternoons in the lab. And ruined a lot of film. And wasted a lot of photopaper. I don't think I like film photography much, actually. Because I'm bad at it, probably. But I'm learning a lot of important things. And the prof is really nice.

Okay, I might submit some photos soon, digital and film, or I might do homework. We'll see. ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/6300786/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/6300786/ Mon, 22 Aug 2005 19:43:44 PDT [link] and [link] look great on my other comp-- the black is a dark, solid, black-- but on my laptop screen they look horrible, with splotches of different color greys/blacks... it looks really REALLY horrible. For example, in Sunlight and Shadow 3 on my other comp, the black of the butterfly is the same as the dark black of the shadows, but on my laptop the black of the shadows is darker than the grey of the butterfly wing, and spots where I edited are really obvious and splotchy.

Hmm... what to do about this. Because the photos looked very nice on the other comp., but I don't know how to recreate that look on my laptop's new screen. And when I PRINT the photos, who knows how they'll turn out... they always look different than what's on the screen. That's the problem with digital art, I guess. But I still don't know how I'm going to fix my photos with a lot of black in them, becuase they really do look horrendous on brighter screens.

Any advice on this? I'll work on it some tomorrow. ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/5759850/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/5759850/ Sun, 26 Jun 2005 06:37:18 PDT
She asked me to review the books I read in AP English, as well as any other good books, so that's how these titles are subdivided.

The books you should definately read are The Power and the Glory, Slaughterhouse 5, and Animal Farm. The one book you should definately avoid is Tale of Two Cities.

Okay, the list!:

AP English books:

Power and the Glory by Greene- a really good book!!! about a Catholic priest running from the authorities in Revolutionary Mexico, where religion has been outlawed. An epic story told in a beautifully cinematic style, it’s about faith (faith in general, you don’t have to be Catholic to read it), being mortal, humility, helping your fellow man, etc… Very profound and memorable.

The Chosen by Potok- good book. it’s about two friends, who are Jewish. The one is a stricter sect of Judaism. It’s about friendship, growing up, and how to retain one’s traditions while still being part of mainstream American society. It’s also historical, taking place during WWII. And it’s an easy read too, there aren’t a whole lot of big words or super intellectual stuff in it.

Tale of Two Cities by Dickens- very very boring book. Dicken’s style is SOO wordy (apparently he was paid by the word, so I guess he made more money that way). It’s about the French Revolution, focusing on a family that lives in the midst of it. It’s a social criticism too, criticizing the lavish excesses of the poor as well as the excessive cruelty of the guillotine-happy revolutionaries. The themes of the book are fine, but what I don’t like about the book is its wordiness and the flatness of its characters— for the most part, they’re all very cliché. The only part of the book worth reading is maybe the first page, the part that starts off “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times…”

Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky- good book. It explores the idea that stronger/smarter/superior people have the right to sacrifice weaker/dumber/inferior people for their own good. It’s very psychological, delving into the depths of Raskolnikov, the main character’s, brain. The downsides of the book are: 1. it’s very long, and seems too drawn out at parts, 2. all the Russian characters have several names and nicknames, which can get confusing, but you can get used to that after awhile, 3. some of the dialogues are so long and rambling, without point, but if you’re not reading this book for a class, you can probably just skim these parts when they get annoying

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte- good book. It’s a gothic romance novel. The first part of the book is the tragic love story of Catherine and Heathecliff, and the second part is the love story of their descendants. The first part of the book is better than the second. Catherine and Heathecliff are really interesting characters with a lot of depth. Especially Heathecliff, he’s a likeable character you can pity, as well as an evil character you can hate.

Light in August by Faulkner- okay book. But my friend Adrienne loves it. I like the style, it is very flowing and poetic and interesting. I didn’t especially think the characters were that likeable or interesting though. Except for maybe Joe Christmas in the flashbacks. Since the book’s style is very poetic, it can be difficult to read at times, so the book’s not an easy read.


Non-AP English Books that are good and are classics:

Slaughterhouse 5 by Vonnegut- very good book! It’s about World War II, the massacre at Dresden, Germany. But at the same time it’s about aliens and traveling through time. And underneath it all, it’s really about life and death. The style is great, it’s nonlinear, all over the place, jumping from one time period to the next, and it’s awesome. The book was crazy, random at times, but very good, profound, memorable and beautiful.

Animal Farm by Orwell- very good book! 1984 by Orwell is good too. Animal Farm is about these animals that revolt against humans and take over their farm. After the revolution, they plan to have equality and stuff like that, but they never achieve it. It’s pretty much all an allegory of the Russian communist revolution. If you’re familiar with history, a lot of the characters and objects directly stand for historical things and people: Napoleon, the leader pig, is Stalin, Napoleon’s rival, Snowball, is Trotsky, the windmill is industry, etc… However, even if you aren’t familiar with the history, it’s still a great book about the nature of power. Great quot... ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/5540908/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/5540908/ Fri, 03 Jun 2005 09:24:17 PDT
I've been cooking all day today and yesterday for the grad party tongiht.

I'm lookinig forward to it!
And I'm a little sad too, there's so many people I'll miss!

Here's the speech I'll be saying tonight! It's about 4-4.5 minutes long, hopefully no one will sleep through it! It's not super great but it's not super bad either, hope people will like it tonight.

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A Lesson From Childhood
Valedictory Speech

Have you ever had a moment— a moment of wonder and awe— a moment that remains with you forever?

Well, when I was five years old, I thought I could speak Squirrel language. It was my older brother, Khai, who taught me.

You see, there was a squirrel who lived in our backyard whom I, very creatively, named Squirrelly. He was our friend, and everyday after school, we loved to pick nuts from our walnut trees and feed him. One day, while feeding Squirrelly, I heard my brother making some strange, chattering noises.

“What are you doing?” I asked him, curiously.

“I can speak Squirrel,” he replied. Incredulous, I asked him how in the world he had learned Squirrel language. He answered me very factually, explaining that he had observed squirrels talking many times, and by studying their conversations, he had been able to pick up their language.

I was amazed. So, I turned to Squirrelly and made some random chattering sounds.

My brother stopped me immediately. “No! Don’t do that!” he told me. “You can’t just make up words that ‘sound right.’ If you do that, you might accidentally be insulting him or something! Only say words if you know what they mean!”

I immediately felt bad and gave Squirrelly an apologetic look. Then I picked up a walnut and asked my brother, “Then, how do I say ‘We have a walnut for you?’”

My brother was quiet for a moment, and finally said, “There is no word for ‘we’ in Squirrel. Since they spend so much time alone, they don’t need the word ‘we.’”

It seemed to make sense. So I thought for a little while and asked, “Then how do I say ‘Here is a walnut for you’?”

And he said, “Like this.”

“Like this?” I asked, as I attempted to repeat what he had said.

Squirrel was a very difficult language to pronounce. Not only was the speed of chattering and the pauses between syllables important, but tone mattered as well.

After my brother was finally satisfied that my pronunciation was correct, he allowed me to repeat the sentence to Squirrelly. Seeming to understand, Squirrelly perked up his head to listen and when I threw him a walnut, he took it, ran up a tree, and ate it above us. Watching him, I stood amazed by power of what I had just accomplished— I had communicated with a squirrel!

Following that day, whenever I heard squirrels making noises, I would stop and study what they were saying, hoping I could learn new words.

Now, thirteen years later, I’m eighteen, no longer a child, and about to graduate from high school. I’ve learned a lot since the day I first spoke to Squirrelly and, as you can imagine, I know much more now. For example, I know that, of course, I can’t really talk to squirrels. I’ve since studied real languages like Spanish and Japanese, and I know that a Squirrel language is not known to humans.

I’ve also learned many other facts about squirrels since I was five years old. In Envirothon and in Science classes, I’ve learned that in addition to eating walnuts, squirrels also eat seeds, fruits, bird eggs, bugs, and sometimes even carcasses. I’ve also learned that squirrels’ brains are only about the size of a walnut.

Furthermore, in Art and Humanities classes, we have discussed how the squirrel can symbolize preparation, when he diligently stores food in preparation for winter, and craftiness, when he sneakily hides his winter stash.

Finally, in Math class, I even learned how to calculate squirrel populations using predator-prey graphs.

As Elizabeth stated earlier, learning can be a difficult struggle, but also a beautiful journey. We all agree that learning and growing are goals for which we should always strive. Yet, while we should be proud of our growing maturity and our continuing determination to succeed as adults, we must not forget about the joys of childhood.

Let us recall how we first began our quest for knowledge. When we saw a squirrel and wanted to learn all about it, its language, what it ate, and why it gathered nuts each winter…. It was the awe, the wonder... ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/5412714/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/5412714/ Fri, 20 May 2005 14:28:48 PDT

But also, yesterday was the art show!

Well, first I have to explain that I have this AWESOME AP Art History teacher, Mrs. Lehr. Art history is mostly like a history class, and so I've actually only ever taken 2 art classes in high school, Graphic Design I two years ago and a Graphic Design II class I had last semester.

But anyway, I haven't taken any drawing and painting classes! On my own, all I draw is my stylized anime, which in my experience is often condemned as "not real art." And I know that, if I want to be an artist, I'm going to have to delve into realism and everything... well...

But anyway! In school, I'm not usually considered an artist. Or maybe, it's not that other people don't consider me an artist but I don't want to let them consider me an artist because I haven't taken all the drawing and painting courses the other real artists in my school have.

So anyway, the Spring Art Show... every year there's an art show, where most art students get to put up one or two of their best works, and seniors get to put up entire panels devoted just to their work.

I, feeling I was not a real artist, and thinking that since I had Graphic Design last semester, thought I of course could not have my own panel.

But then one day in art history, Mrs. Lehr says, "Rachel, do you have a panel?" Me-- "No." Her: "Well, you have one now!"

So awesome, I get this panel! Well actually, two panels, and big ones! And I put up a few Graphic Design works, a few sketches, and then a bunch of my photos!!! It was really cool to see so many of my photos hanging up like that.

Very few of my classmates have seen my photos... There is no photography class or anything in my school either. Mrs. Lehr had seen my photos in the fall early this year when I was applying to UPenn and wanted to submit some, and only a few of my friends had seen my binder of them. So many people were surprised to see what I've done... I was even surprised myself to see it like that, hanging up.

So anyway, I'm in a good mood because of the art show. I feel like I'm going to try even harder now to become a great photographer.

But anyway, what's coolest is, I've gotten my frist commission for a print! Mrs. Lehr really likes [link] . She likes the textures and stuff... So she said, "Can I buy a print of it?" And I said, "Well, I'll give it to you for free!" And she says then, "But you're an artist! You have to charge!"

And then later, she saw [link] and [link] , and wants to buy those as well...

She's so cool.

I'm almost in too good of a mood right now, with graduation in less than two weeks (and a speech still not written -_-). The school year's winding down, and spring is beautiful outside! Life's too good to be true right now, like I'm almost waiting for it to get worse, like I feel lightheaded, like sadness doesn't exist anymore.

Anyway, quick question for anyone who's read this far! What medium of art do you think I do best/ do you like the best of mine? Photography, my drawings, vectors... my writing...

In my own opinion, I like my writing the best, although I bet nobody reads it! If people will read it, I will probably submit more writing. Short stuff, probably, I don't really expect people to read anything long.

Til later,
Mai ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/5363338/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/5363338/ Sun, 15 May 2005 10:11:26 PDT
But anyway, prom was very fun! The post-prom party lasted from midnight until 6am this morning, so I'm not very awake right now. I'm not used to staying up so late.

I graduate high school on Jun 3rd!! I can't wait!
Although I also have to make a valedictory speech, which I haven't written yet, does anyone have any advice on what I should talk about?

Alright, I'm gonna upload some stuff now! Then if I still have time I'll do some more comments and stuff.

-Mai ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/5265392/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/5265392/ Wed, 04 May 2005 13:40:42 PDT

It sounds old to me, because I still feel like a little kid even though I'm legally an adult now.

Now I can buy cigarettes, even though I don't smoke. ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/4035054/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/4035054/ Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:04:14 PST
I'm really excited because it's the college I really wanted to go to.

]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/3665265/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/3665265/ Sun, 24 Oct 2004 17:37:52 PDT [link] ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/3549767/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/3549767/ Sat, 09 Oct 2004 12:27:56 PDT
I'm going to ask some art teachers at my school for advice too.

Thanks! ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/3345332/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/3345332/ Sun, 12 Sep 2004 07:50:20 PDT
Better get back to my real work!

@_@ ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/3298101/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/3298101/ Mon, 06 Sep 2004 06:55:37 PDT
Saturday I went to Rickett's Glen, a state park that's really beautiful! Great waterfalls! And then on Sunday I visited my older brother at Cornell University. I'll be applying to colleges very soon, you see... I think I want to apply early decision to either University of Pennsylvania or Cornell. I better decide soon!

Oh yeah, and happy Labor Day! ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/3041230/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/3041230/ Wed, 04 Aug 2004 10:44:49 PDT ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/2963231/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/2963231/ Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:46:31 PDT
Yay, I guess. ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/2863304/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/2863304/ Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:24:28 PDT
I have 3 brothers. When I was little and played dolls, I played the same as if I were playing gi joes with my brothers. Barbie could fight, man. So I wasn't very good at playing dolls with these little girls. And, despite their parentage, their pretend was still full of mainstream media fed handsome princes marrying beautiful princesses.

Anyway though, it was fun. ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/2736473/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/2736473/ Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:49:01 PDT
I work at a gas station, which also has a convenient store and MTO (made-to-order, food). I've worked there about a week so far, but today was my first full, 8 hour day. I'm not very good at doing things. It's my first job. Actually, I do stupid things a lot. I don't talk loud enough at cashier, and my manager calls me "cute," which is better than her yelling at me for it at least.

My coworkers are nice. That's always good. ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/2638391/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/2638391/ Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:34:53 PDT
I can definately get some writing and contemplating (not to mention carsickened vomiting) done on a 9 hour drive. Plus another 9 hours driving back...

Be back Monday. ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/2413688/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/2413688/ Wed, 12 May 2004 12:54:19 PDT
Once I'm out on the road, I can take more diverse photos! Yay!

Oh yeah, and here's my quote of the day: "Ashwin, you're a hopeless optimist."
Yay for oxymorons. ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1719919/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1719919/ Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:07:29 PST ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1701405/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1701405/ Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:44:40 PST

I figured out what's wrong! I was uploading "loseless" jpgs, because I thought it would make the quality of my images (which are psp format) lose less, you know? But actually, that format doesn't work and I didn't realize it but now I've uploaded standard format jpgs and I'm very happy because I was really getting annoyed.

]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1696940/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1696940/ Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:50:03 PST
.... ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1605537/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1605537/ Tue, 30 Dec 2003 20:41:54 PST Historically inaccurate, a bit glorified,
But it was really really cool!!!

^___^ ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1582400/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1582400/ Thu, 25 Dec 2003 14:18:33 PST ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1450056/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1450056/ Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:47:16 PST
Next three days, gonna be up in New Hamshire where Anh Ba goes to college. Will be picking Anh Hai up on the way. So I'll be with all of my brothers this vacation, and nothing in the world is better than that. Eating T-day dinner at Anh Hai's friends place, near Anh Ba's college. Get to see Anh Ba's friend Yuki too, he's really cool, practically a bro.

The drive to "New Hamster" is very long though... gonna be 11 hours. I get carsick very easily. Going to be throwing up the whole way there... Oh well, just have to deal with it. Maybe I'll take some meds, but they don't usually help.

Turkey is yummy. In Japanese, "turkey" is " shichimenchou"-- In Japanese class today, we had fun with that word. It literally means "seven-headed bird."

Have a good Thanksgiving everyone!
(Well, at least all the Americans out there.) ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1387499/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1387499/ Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:39:31 PST
Citrus fruits are so cool! I had to walk around school today holding a crumpled brown lunch bag full of tangerines close to me like a baby because there was a hole in the bag and if I wasn't careful, they'd all come spilling out and roll all over the hallway. I was going to take a photo of the fruit in that tattered bag, because the image of it looked so sweet and warm. But when I came home, my mom threw the bag away and put the fruit in the refrigerator before I could stop her. Ahh, well... ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1375013/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1375013/ Sat, 08 Nov 2003 20:57:18 PST
It's almost midnight, I should go to bed. I have this thing though... Whenever I'm on the computer late at night, I stay on until I find something I'm looking for. But I don't know what I'm looking for, so I stay online all night long, accomplishing nothing.

Maxim, I'm working on my part of the art trade! But so far it doesn't look so good... I gotta fix it. It's going to have autumn stuff in it! It's so pretty outside...

Hmm...

Impatience of a little kid

I want to run
But where to?
So I keep standing here, looking,

I want to fly!
Up into the sky,
But hey, I’m no angel.

No wings,
No place to go,
Sitting here, so restless,
Yeah, I’m going to explode.

Not moving, not breathing,
Just dreaming, just wanting,

Unable to wait.
The future is a thousand million gazillion years away.

The impatience of a little kid,
Contagious.

Let’s go let’s go let’s go.
Are we there yet?
No.
Are we there now?
No.

No no no no no.

Standing. ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1374944/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1374944/ Sat, 08 Nov 2003 20:41:21 PST This state of mind, I'm going crazy...

La la la I'm thirsty.
I had greek food for dinner... this weekend Gyrofest is open! ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1317203/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1317203/ Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:17:12 PDT
The two people who go on the trip are supposed to be the senior and junior student reps on the school board. I am not one of these reps, I'm not even on student council, so it's sort of a fluke that I got to go. What happened is the real junior rep couldn't go, so she asked me to go in her place since I had attended a lot of school board meetings recently (because I had been complaining about my principal and the stupid block scheduling and career academy programs he wants to implement next year... I argued a lot, but the board didn't listen and voted for the programs anyway, so my senior year will now be messed up with all of these dumb changes...)

But anyway, the conference was really fun, and if my writing is under par today, it's because I'm really tired... Before I left, I had tons of homework (and since I've missed two days of classes, I have even more now), so I lost a lot of sleep doing it. Then at the conference, I stayed up both nights, one night watching the movie Road to Perdition (sooo awesome!!! it's amazingly artistic... and there's so much red and green....) and the next night I danced past midnight... (and I can't even really dance, so I just try to imitate other people and hope I look good, someone should teach me how to dance proper...) I better get more sleep when I'm in college, I hope I don't end up 'partying' so much like I did at the confrerence...

The speakers were good. It was nice to meet people from all over the state, I've been in my school district since kindegarten, so I have no experience with other schools.

Wel, I'm very very tired, I can't even use correct grammar, I have been connecting a lot of sentences improperly with only commas, sometimes I use literary license and do it sometimes, but in this entry I've done it a lot.

So yeah, I'll take a nap. ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1267661/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1267661/ Sun, 12 Oct 2003 14:18:10 PDT I'm in a good mood today. ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1232007/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1232007/ Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:38:22 PDT
The weather's really nice. Starting to get cold, and finally it smells like autumn. Maybe I'm weird, but all of my memories are based around smells and the seasons. Like today, the weather is exactly like it was when I was a sixth grader in middle school, when my driving older brother would take me to a park so we could get away from the house. That's how I spent weekends back then, and does anyone know what an osage orange is? It's this green bumpy fruit, but back then we didn't know the name of it and we called it the "squishy plant" because right around this type of weather, the fruit would be ripe and fall off the trees, and we'd throw it eachother. Of course, the plant easily " squished" upon impact, and my older brother would then tell me that the squishy plant was a magical plant and if you got its juice on you, you had special powers.

Today during tailgating I hung out with my friend Jamie/Hikkusan, and so I went with her as she went to find all her friends. And that's how I met someone I hadn't seen in three years, hadn't seen since he was just some weird little sixth grader. He looks so different, he's got longish hair, and he's so much older, and he swears more. But he's still the same person, he still talks the same and still has that same strange personality of his... It's a little weird, to see him exactly the same and totally different at the same time. When I first saw him, I didn't recognize him, but he recognized me... " I know you-- I still have your drawings." I can't believe it, I couldn't draw at all back then...

I'm not going to the Homecoming dance, it's too expensive and I don't really want to. Maybe this weekend between doing homework I can write and draw... sounds good. I should probably start my homework now, but the weather and tailgating is making me feel all nostalgic and I'm sick of doing school work.

I like music. I like playing the same song over and over on repeat... most people like a variety of songs, but I'm strange like that, if I like a song, I just keep repeating it over and over and over...

And now...

All these happy memories, playing on repeat on my mind,
All these happy memories, playing on repeat in my mind,
But .
.. ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1209707/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1209707/ Sat, 27 Sep 2003 12:52:21 PDT
Oh well, let's waste more time on DA!

I love this place... I don't take any art classes this year... Yet, when I draw, I can post my work up here, and people give such nice feedback... People are nice. Not only that, but there's so much talent here, and I can spend hours looking at other people's work because it's all so good!

La la la... ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1176306/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1176306/ Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:28:31 PDT
Yeah, I'm in a great mood.

You may be asking, what the heck you are talking about, Mai? Are we all supposed to be eating candy canes or something?

No! 'Cane Day is the day we have off school because of Hurricane Isabel! Yay ^___^

Now you must understand, Pennsylvania only gets hurricanes every 12 years or so. Thus, when a hurricane does affect us, even in the tiniest way, everyone gets all excited about it. When I first heard that school was canceled tomorrow, I almost didn't believe it. It seemed ridiculous-- in the words of my Chem teacher, "Hey look, there's a steady breeze! Let's cancel school tomorrow!"

I'm thinking the worst that'll happen to us is a little flooding or something. Though I haven't actually watched the news or weather forecast, so I wouldn't really know... The thing is, when something is the only topic on the news, the only topic people talk about, I tune it out, and end up not knowing anything.

Yeah... so I filled up the bathtub in case the power goes out and we need water... blah...

It's raining a little now, so pretty... It's not the depressing kind of rain, with grey skies and erosion that carries everything away. No, it's a light rain, just enough to paint a water finish on the world below, and play the music of "drip drip" as it trickles down slick green leaves.

I've been swamped with homework the past few days, but finally I think I'll get the chance to do what I've been wanting to all week-- draw! And I finally have a chance to reply to people on DA, and maybe take a look around at stuff too.

Yay for rain and 'canes.

-Mai ]]> ~maiblossoms http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1138766/ http://maiblossoms.deviantart.com/journal/1138766/ Sun, 07 Sep 2003 19:46:43 PDT ~maiblossoms