Man. Life's been interesting.

This past quarter was tough. I enjoyed it, though, and made some solid friendships that will hopefully last a lifetime.

As far as grades go, they weren't abysmal, but, I didn't get a 4.0 like Winter Quarter. I'm hoping I'll get a 4.0 or close to it Fall Quarter this year.

I've been catching up on reading, and I've read Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. Sense and Sensibility was okay, but Pride and Prejudice was *wonderful.* I loved that Elizabeth Bennet wasn't the typical Victorian woman, and that she had a mind of her own. And then I read Jane Eyre.

Jane Eyre is now one of my most favorite novels of all time. Out of everything I've read thus far. The main character is super strong, and very admirable. She's phenomenal...she was put through a lot of crap and, well...I don't want to say anymore or give anything away. If you haven't read the book, give it a read. You'll understand why I like her so much after you've read the book.

On a different note, I've been doing a lot of baking lately. I've made the most amazing chocolate cupcakes, and today I made a French Yogurt Cake with Lemon (the recipe is in a book called A Homemade Life, by Molly Wizenberg. The recipe for the cupcakes is in there, too). I can now proudly say that cakes are my forte, when it comes to baking. Sure, my cookies are good, but, my cakes are definitely the best. Next I will conquer pies.

As far as drawing goes, I've done very little. Nothing beyond the occasional doodle in my sketchbook. I've been working on this painting/collage. There's no structure to it: it's purely a stream-of-consciousness kind of thing. Which makes it sound like it's bullshit. Maybe it is, but it's fun. d:

What I've mostly done is writing. There's this series I've been wanting to write for years, and I finally finished the chapter outline for the first book. The first book will have nineteen chapters. I've started a short story, but haven't gone back to it in a while. It's based around a theme - the color yellow - and a phrase from my friend's grandma: "Yellow is the color of God." I thought that was very interesting. I'm also scripting a webcomic, based on things that've been bugging me (not necessarily negative things...I just have a lot on my mind). I think I might go and design the characters tonight.

Also, Jenna, Hannah, and I are going to do a sketchblog. Jenna and I are ironing out the details, but more on that some other time.

I saw Relient K the other night in Rochester with mi amiga Lauren. They put on a fun show - I'd definitely go again.

My journal comics - a few people have asked me if I'm going to start those up again, and I want to, but I don't know where to start. Maybe I should give myself a date, and update once a week or something with several comics. It would give me more time to draw them all. Doing one a day was surprisingly difficult to keep up with alongside other projects while in Savannah. Maybe it will be easier here at home? Maybe? I want to get back into them. I stopped a while ago - I had a mini freak out and realized that I was displaying myself/feelings/thoughts very openly, and that scared me. I don't like to let people in unless I know them well enough or feel like I can trust them. But then I got over it, and decided that I should keep a written journal just for myself, and keep my personal stuff in there and just post semi-personal stuff in my journal comics. Maybe. We'll see. I'm still figuring out what I want to do with them.

I've got work tomorrow, working 3-7. It's kind of nice being back to work - I can get into my head and sort of zone out while working, because there's a rhythm and a repetitiveness to working in the bakery. I can just let my mind wander...