Ever since I was sixteen, I've owned a little white ford focus, zx3 hatchback. I named him Blinky, and he was my little Decepticon. He saw me through my last two years of high school, all the way through college, and carted me and my friends around from Houston to Dallas and back again. even wrote him into a snippet with her OC, Freestyle for my birthday.

But as some of you know, within the last two years he's been falling apart (thanks to awesome work at Ford). Almost every day it was something new: Overheating, strange noises, randomly not starting, randomly shutting off while driving, etc. But he kept going and it was hoped he'd last at least another year so that I could get a job and make some money.

But it was not to be. Literally, the day I came home from my trip to Europe, my parents said to me:

"Something's wrong with your car. You need a new one."
"...That's awesome, I just spent the majority of my life savings on the trip."

After three days and an absurd amount of frustration, I have found my new car: [link] A silver scion tC. And holy crap this car is fun to drive, I'm going to have so many tickets from now on. XD But since I havent had much a chance to drive it a lot yet, I haven't decided on a name. All cars need a name!

...So...anyone interested in a white ford focus? XD;

Oh man, Europe is so awesome.

Ok so quick rundown: I went on a tour for 31 days that started in Paris and ended in Amsterdam. In between France and the Netherlands we visited Italy, Greece, Austria, Germany, The Czech Republic, Switzerland, and the principalities of Monaco and Liechtenstein. It was an amazing and jam-packed tour, but definitely exhausting.

I highly recommend the south of France, Italy, and The Czech Republic for everyone to go see. Southern France and Italy have the most beautiful countryside and the weather is warm and sunny. Prague was probably the most beautiful city I had ever seen and it's also dirt cheap there. (25 crown to the euro) It won't be dirt cheap forever though, so pack your bags and boogey!

Man, I have so many stories and so many pictures but if I were to post them all here it'd take a week to read. XD Also, I got very very sick in Switzerland and I am still recovering from it. So unfortunately I'm still a little weak and fatigued so I'm going to take a nap now.

It's good to be back though. :3

I was quite convinced that once school was over, I would have all the time in the world to myself until I headed off to Europe for a month.

How wrong I was.

In the past week it's been nonstop madness. Packing, moving, packing up my sister, moving her and her stuff to her new place, spending time with my other sister who is in town, unpacking, helping my dad at work, etc etc etc. I've barely had any time to be on a computer at all.

It doesn't help that my computer cannot access internet here and I dare not venture into my parents' office to get online for fear of my dad making me do more work. XD I know that in my last journal entry I had talked about opening commissions, but with things the way they are, that may have to wait. I do have a few requests and I'll try to finish them before the 5th, but I make no promises.

I've been wanting to repost some stuff, but until my own computer has access to the internet, that too will have to wait.

But aside from all that, it is nice to not have to worry about homework, competitions, and general schoolwork. It still hasn't really sunk in that I'm done with school for good. It just feels like I'm taking a quick vacation and then I'll have to go back. To all of you who are about to get on with summer vacation, enjoy your break!

In one week, I will be an official college graduate.

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HOLY FRIGGIN' CRAP! I really have to say, I never planned this far ahead. Growing up, I felt like school was something that would always be because it was something that always was. It was a sentiment that just stayed with me, even though I knew full well that one day it would be over.

Now that it almost is, I am so excited and so terrified. I need a new car, I need a place to live, I'll have to pay bills, etc etc. But everyone goes through this and I am lucky in that I have my family and my friends to help me out. (suckers >:3)

Anywho, I am hoping that now with school over, I can really get back to doing my own art. I have a comic I would like to at least attempt (sorry, not Jux-related) among other projects I would like to tackle. I may also open commissions in the coming week. Aside from packing and getting ready to move, I am likely to have a lot of time on my hands.

In June I will be nonexistent online. I am taking a month-long vacation traveling around Europe, something I am extremely excited for even if I have to crap out half my life savings to pay for it. I plan to take many, many pictures.

As the semester draws to a close, and graduation looms ever closer, all sanity that was once in the world seems to be slowly disappearing.

To be honest, there's no reason for this, at least for me. Sure I'm worried and stressed about graduation, but I am not like my classmates. i.e: wait till the very last minute to do my portfolio and thus rip out all my hair and suffer a massive heart attack. Ive been working on it all semester long at a pretty leisurely pace. So there's no reason shit in the real world would turn upside down.

Right?

In the time after spring break till now, it seems like Hell has made a grand entrance on earth. There was a freak hailstorm in Austin (which somehow missed us, since that kind of thing usually targets this little town), mass absences of professors and classes cancelled (not really a bad thing as far as Im concerned), renegade cellphone salesmen, bewildered school administrators, and finally, my car really is evil and trying to kill me.

It's one thing if your vehicle is randomly overheating and the mechanics can't find the reason. It's another if you battery randomly dies, then the mechanic says it's fine. I'm never buying a Ford again, they play mind games!