Oh yeah, look at the date! It’s Friday the 13th. Well, nothing too terrible has happened to me so far; let’s hope it stays that way.

After much inner debate, I decided that in order to hold onto what’s left of my sanity, I needed to clear up my schedule a little. So I resigned from the gallery board and dropped my photography class. I don’t feel too bad about that, as I can always take it next semester if I have room, plus now I have a little more time in which to catch up with things like eating. XD

My sleep schedule seems to have gotten back to normal as the week progressed. I was dead on my feet on Monday, as I had gotten very little sleep over the weekend; the sleep I did get began between 3-5 AM Fri, Sat, and Sun. But now things seem to be fine. We’ll see how this weekend goes.

I got a really cool idea for a series of paintings the other day. I discussed it with a few people already, and most agree that it is a strong concept, although what I’m going to actually use for the content is kind of up in the air. It seems like I have hundreds of half-formed concepts and little kernels of ideas floating around in my tired brain, but I have trouble fleshing them out to full-fledged ideas. I really don’t know what that means, though, but I do know that I’ve had some ideas percolating for years already. I wonder if this will continue for the rest of my life, or at some point, I’ll become better at translating the craziness bouncing around in my brain.

It’s been an up-and-down type of week. There were moments in which I was aggravated beyond belief, but also moments in which I was very content. It was still one of those “beginning of school” types of weeks, where bills had to be paid, forms filled out, papers mailed, etc, which is no fun at all. However, I am pretty settled into my habitat now, and I’m enjoying having a fast internet connection again. XD My C.A. (Community Advisor) in my dorm is very cool, too, which is good because I live right next door to her. Not like I’m in my room all that often anyhow, but it’s still nice. When I moved into my room, there was no door on my closet, and apparently there won’t be in the future, because they are now seen as a “fire hazard.” Heh. Also, I guess the cops were tired of underage boozers hiding in the closets when they bust drinking parties. :-D People still smoke right outside my window, but next week we will get to vote on the smoking policy, so believe you me…I will be there to cast my vote.

My emotions were a little more stable this week than last week, which was an improvement. I felt like crying out of frustration on Sunday night when it was approaching 4 AM — okay, this was actually Monday morning — because I couldn’t sleep. That was probably the worst thing, well…until later on when my painting professor said he hated Giger’s work and thought he was a talentless hack. Of course, this translated to me because I identify heavily with it…and immediately we were off on the wrong foot. I don’t know if this grittiness will remain throughout the semester, but I don’t think he thinks too highly of me so far.

Oh yeah, and the display on my mac crapped out completely on Friday night. GAH!

Aside from those three things, it was a good week. Tiring, but good. It was fun getting back into my design class. The professor is very cool and laid back, plus I already know all the people in class because we’ve been together for 3 semesters or more, depending. They are a fun group of people, and even though it’s a night class, we still have a good time. The time goes by reasonably fast when we have things to do.

And Hachi lent me some of his Playstation games, so I started Legend of Mana last night. It’s pretty good so far–I found it difficult to put the controller down and go to bed last night, so that’s a good sign I guess. :-) I really wish I had more time for gaming.

Oh yeah, and I apologize to anyone who visits any of my websites and you notice a lack of updates…well…I’ve been busy. So there. :-P

But in all seriousness, I will surely try to update as much as I can. Please be patient! XD (psst…frog & yokaze)