kroric

+100 cool points if you know the song that the title is from. -50 cool points if you googled it. -infinity cool points if you're wearing crocs right now.

Anyway.

I thought I'd update. I thought I'd procrastinate. I haven't been drawing as much (school is slowly and epicly devouring my soul), but I still come on dA daily, because I like looking at pretty pictures. Hopefully you'll be seeing some random manga pages from me soon, because I've kind of been obsessed with comic-style art recently. o3o;; It's a little strange, actually.

I also entered the candy mania contest for Seventh Sanctum (god I use that site so much). You can see my entry in my gallery kroric.deviantart.com/art/Tast… there.

And because I don't feel like doing my physics research paper right now, I'm going to tell you 5 things you didn't know about me! FUN TIMES Y'ALL

1) Yes, I say y'all. Even though I'm from Michigan. I also say 'soda' instead of 'pop' (which is a big deal in Michigan, I guess)

2) I'm afraid of fish and seaweed. I'll go swimming in Lake Michigan where it's sandy/deep, but I won't go swimming in a lake that's shallow and has weeds, or has overly enthusiastic fish. I don't want them touching me.

3) There's this dance I do when I get excited. It involves jumping from foot to foot really quickly and waving my arms around. Version two is when I have to make a decision, and I'll just kinda shake my butt around and look desperate. Version three is when I get pissed off and dance around and flip things off.

4) I'm very defensive about my height (but I actually don't care about being short, I just object when people tease me, even though I don't care all that much. It's more fun to be defensive than complacent. )

5) I have a tattoo now! It's a treble clef with three stars along my right hipbone.

... yah. I should go git shit done now.

seventhsanctum.com
Check it ooouuuttt. I got an honorable mention for the contest I entered on SeventhSanctum, which I am very pleased about (I'm slightly hesitant about taking money from internet sources, so I don't know what I would have done if I had actually won...), but I am definitely pleased that my art is linked on the front of the site. Definitely a good day. Congrats to the winner and runners-up; you should definitely check out their art. It's awesome in every way, shape, and form.

Anyway, decided it was time for me to update. Get that page stretcher (it's about a year old now, sheesh) off of my front page. It's finals week for me right now, so this is how I procrastinate. I've been studying pretty much non-stop for the last few days, only taking a break to watch Sex and the City, and now I'm back on the study-train. I don't like it.

School's going fine, I guess. I have people constantly trying to get me to switch from a physics major to an art major, but I'm not that good, lol. Not to mention I don't know what I'd do as far as a career goes with an art major, haha. Science is so much easier for me to grasp as a career, lol (no offense to people who are in the arts; most of my family is in the medical field, so I've been surrounded by scientists my whole life.)

Anyway. Enough about real life. I want to talk about art.

I asked for a scanner for my birthday (I turn 19 on June 15, woot woot), so hopefully I'll be able to get some decent art on my page soon (I've had to use my camera for the last 8 months, and it doesn't work very well). I also want to get a decent art program; I've been using GIMP for the last year, and it's been decent, but nothing else... I want my photoshop back.

But anyhoo. That's all there is. I should be studying for calculus, so I'll get back on that. See y'all later.

Just bitchin', lol. I'd be ranting on Facebook, 'cept the people I'm talking about would know I was talking about them.

Okay, so. I have one girl I hang out on a regular basis. I haven't seen her alone since I got back from Europe. It's been about a month. Usually I see her everyday. But... she has a boyfriend now. And I've been punted out. It sucks a lot. Even if I do get to hang out with her, her boyfriend is always around. I hate it a lot. She's one of my bestest best friends. And I'm just annoyed because I don't get to see her without her boyfriend glued to her hip.
And their relationship pisses me off a little bit, too. I mean, I like the guy (kinda, he annoys me a little bit. He's kinda big and dumb.). Their relationship just... I dunno, they're always so /cute/. It's like too much of that anime cuteness; a little bit is okay and makes you go aww, but after about hearing them argue over who's more attractive ('Oh, that's a good picture, except I mess it up with my ugly face.' 'Oh, no, it's my face that messes it up. If I wasn't in it it could be on the front of a magazine'.)... it gets old.
I don't know if I'm jealous... I mean, I always feel like she's the center of attention and I'm the sideshow. Kind of like I'm a costar in my own life, and she's the lead role. It makes my head hurt, and I want to cry a little bit. I think I'm a little bit jealous... the only guy who's every showed any interest is a commitment phobiac. Which brings me to my next rant.

WHAT. THE. HELL. Okay, so this guy and I have had this weird friendship relationship for the last couple of years. On occasion, he'll act like he has some interest in me, and it's been more consistent for the last couple of weeks. Whenever I go to his house, we end up cuddling or with his arms around me. BUT. But he refuses to talk about it, and then I don't want to bring it up, because I don't want to be clingy. Not to mention, I'm leaving in 3 days now, and he's staying here while I'm going an hour away.

Not to mention he's not even the kind of guy I'd want to date. I mean, he's actually the complete opposite. He smokes, he swears (not around me, which I appreciate, but he does around his friends), and I'm sure he's started messing around with drugs. I DUNNO WHY HE HAS SO MUCH CONTROL OVER ME.
I guess I feel like I'm a girl has to take what she can get. I'm not pretty; my doctor says I'm not overweight, but by today's standard, I am. I try really hard, but I have such a hard time losing weight. I don't have nice hair, big eyes, or a beautiful face. I act like I have high self confidence, but I really don't...
I'm hoping once I go to school, I'll find a guy right for me, and friends right for me... I'm just avoiding the world for the next few days until I'm gone. I actually think that's a pretty good plan. If I stay away from these people who keep bugging me, I won't mess anything up.

Yeah. Sorry for that. I just needed to let it all out, y'know? Like I said, I'd do it on Facebook, but the people I'm talking about would see it and I'm too much of a coward to confront them... I just don't want to get into a 'fight' with anyone before I leave. I mean, seriously, it's my last week here.

No? Oh.



Well, I did.

I toured with a band from my state (like a school band, not a cool band or anything, lol. Like band geeks.). We visited 7 countries and did concerts and stuff. It was pretty rockin'.

I'm going to talk about it now. A lot. Soyah.

London
We went to London first. I liked it a lot; it was a good transition from being in the States to in Europe. (Mostly) everyone spoke English, there wasn't a /huge/ cultural difference, and if I tried really hard, I could pretend I was in Chicago or some big American city.

While in London, I saw Big Ben (I'm a dumb American and didn't realize it was connected to Parliament, LOL), the London Eye (I didn't go on it, though...), Tower Bridge (*squeal*.), Westminster Abbey (I stood on Charles Dickens), and lots of other things. I got to drink beer (it was nasty), and I went on a Jack the Ripper tour.

Oooh, you know in the new Harry Potter movie, in the very beginning, where the bridge collapses? Well, I walked on it. Yes indeed.

Paris

Paris was definitely not what I expected. There was lots of graffiti on the outskirts of the city, which was surprising to me.
Once we got into the center of the city, though, it was a lot more what I thought it would be like.

I climbed the Eiffel Tower, ran away from some gypsies, and was pickpocketed. I drank wine. It was quite nasty (sorry, French people.). I saw L'arc de Triumph, and went on a boat tour (I'M ON A BOAT.). We went to the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, and went to the art district right behind the church. I bought a baret.

Switzerland

We stayed in an adorable town called Crans-Montana. It was beautiful there. I loved it. Our bus driver, Robert, was magical and managed to get the bus to the town (it was halfway up one of the Alps, and it was quite a twisty turny road.). We went to the top of one of the Alps, where me and my friends yodeled. We weren't very good at it, so we settled for yelling 'RIIIICOLA' at the top of our lungs.

We got to see the Matterhorn, which is a beautiful peak of the Alps (google it. It's lovely.) I bought a couple Swiss Army Knives, and a yodeling gopher toy. And chocolate. Lots of chocolate.

We had a party the last night. Swiss fondue. It was delicious. I guess if you drop your bread into the cheese, you have to go and kiss everyone of the opposite gender at the table. I learned that the hard way. (Two of the guys at my table were gay.) It was quite hilarious.

Liechtenstein

We just passed through. Nothing to see. Really.

Austria

We didn't spend very much time in Austria. We stayed in a town called Seefeld, which was super cute. The inn we stayed at was family owned and beautiful, but the showers didn't have curtains. It was hard to take a shower without getting everything wet. But we managed.

I ATE VEAL. And I didn't know it was veal until I had eaten it. I was sad for a while, but then I remembered how delicious it was, and didn't feel so bad about eating a baby cow. Aww, I feel bad all over again. ):

Italy

We took a day trip to Venice. We didn't stay there. ): But it was beautiful. I saw the bones of St. Mark, I almost passed out from the heat, and I bought a Venetian mask (just a little one). I didn't get to go on a gondola ride; it was too expensive. It was by far my favorite city.

Germany

Germany was our last stop. We stayed in Rothenburg, which is a medieval city. It has a wall around it and everything. We didn't really do too much in Germany except a day trip to Dachau, which is a concentration camp. I nearly threw up afterwards. It was gross what people do to each other sometimes. But never again.

We spent the rest of the time in Germany aimlessly wandering around Rothenburg. It was really nice. I creeped on some hot German boys (I have photographs.). But it was nice to slow down, since every other day of the tour had been pretty jammed packed.

We flew out of Frankfurt, and now I'm home. Yay.

College! NOOOOO!!!

Yes. I'm heading off to college in two and a half weeks. It's kind of sad; one of my best friends is going 12 hours away, and 3 of my other friends are going 8 hours away. I'm only going an hour away from home, but I'm really going to miss my family. It shouldn't be too bad; one of my best friends is going to the same school as me. I'm going in blind as far as a roommate goes; I've talked to her over facebook, and she seems very nice so far. I think we're going to have a good time together.

Dorm life is scary. Correction; shopping for dorm life is scary. D: Scaaaary.

Um. Nothing else to say.

Well, DC was okay... you can only look at so many monuments before your brain starts to come out of your ears. P: I actually got back last Thursday, but I've been super busy the last few days with all sorts of things... I haven't been getting home until 11:30-ish each night, so I haven't had much time to work on art... but hopefully I will get back in the swing of things with the BC soon. :3

But yah, nothing much else to say, except I'm probably not going to be roleplaying much anytime soon due to my laziness and lack of time.... but maybe if I get some free time I'll send out some replies. P: I need to sleep less... that would solve everything. XD