Please make me stop saying that.

I'm almost completely done with my novel. Yay. Just one arts to go for it.

So, I started commmunity college and applied for a job. Job hasn't called back (yet).

That's about it.

I'm drawing and haven't had any contact for hours. If anyone reads this, somebody please talk to me. ._.

Furthermore... Uh. Shit. What to update. I'ma check last journal to see what I can babble about here to procrastinate on my drawing and shit more than I already am.

Okay. Have yet to finish anything I intend to put up here. As you can probably tell, since it's not up here. And I'm not saying anything like "LOL I IS TOO LAZY TO TAKE TEH PIXORS." Never, ever let me talk like that here again.

Oh. When I met with my friends ~Got-My-Wings, ~Magic-Dragon-Paul, ~GMSuerte, and ~pirate-kittie, I fell into a stream. I actually need to draw something relating to that too, I just remembered.

I suppose I'll tell that story.

So, we met at a park by my old Middle School. I love that park. There's also this creek/stream/whatever thing that runs...behind it? Somewhere near the damned place. Pretty bridge over it. Actual trees and water wildlife. It's very dry and dead here, especially this time of year, so it's nice to see living things again.

Well, we were poking around. I showed off some places to the few who hadn't been around there, along with ~GMSuerte who'd gone there with ~Kaosbarn and I once before. On the way back to the park (we'd crossed the stream via rocks and awesome to get to the explore-place that actually had a not so good feeling to it, I realized while in it) I noted a pipe that crossed over the stream to the opposite bank. It was a good sized pipe (the kind where you put your foot on it and still see a couple inches of pipe on either side of your foot) and in my infinite wisdom, I decided it would be great to cross it.

About halfway over, I noticed the my left foot slipped. Luckily, I had just enough balance to make this a slow slip. I then realized my right foot was going to soon follow, just as my left leg's knee was about even with the pipe. In that very quick thinking one has in a time of sudden fail, I decided "Okay, if I get my right leg to fall on the right side, I can just land on my crotch and slide across the pipe." I tried this. I thought I had it, but as my right leg got to about knee level with the pipe, my left side suddenly decided to fall over.

Then I was hanging from the pipe like a sloth, arms and legs wrapped around it, me hanging upside down. At this point, my four friends are all gawking at me. I would be too. I felt like a motherfuckin' ninja, aside from the fact I had no clue what to do next. Well, I looked down. Water was about two feet below me, and maybe two and a half feet deep. No rocks at the bottom, and I could see through it. If I had to pick a place to fall into a stream, that would be it. My jacket's butt as well as my scarf (which I has tied around my waist at the time, because it was trying to choke me) were dipped in the water.

By this time, my four friends were all telling me there was a bank directly behind me, and that I should crawl to it. Thankfully they were all very supportive. At the time, even, I thought it was adorable how nice they were being. Especially since I was declared the leader of the group then, and one always feels even more ridiculous when they're the leader as they fall into a stream.

So I tried to crawl across. I then realized that, despite my awesome move I pulled, my upper body strength is shit, and I wasn't going to get far. I then decided "fuck it," and fell in. The water was very nice, actually. Good temperature. I don't like cold water, but it was rather warm. I was sort of pleased, aside from the wet clothes.

Then I realized that I had my MP3 player, headphones, cell phone, and wallet in my pants pockets. My friends noted later they visibly saw me go from a mild crawling to a vicious scrambling to get onto the bank.

I got up to side walk, proceeded to hand them each something of mine to take care of. Maybe I should have been upset, and I guess I was a little, but they were all being so cute! ~Got-My-Wings squeezed as much water as she could from my jacket, ~Magic-Dragon-Paul tried to dry out my MP3 player by the force of motion, ~GMSuerte dried my wallet and cell phone off on his shirt and held my wallet for me, and I'm pretty sure ~pirate-kittie got the water out of/held my scarf. So I was there awwwing. Silently.

Well, my cell phone is basically invincible. I opened it, and it was on and everything like "LOL WUT?" MP3 wouldn't turn on. I later was told by Dad that I shouldn't try to turn on electronics when they're water saturated, and that I should let them dry. Oh well, I already have a replacement ordered on Amazon. Wallet was fine. I felt a little bad paying for things later though. The money I handed to people was damp and I bet the cashiers were not wanting to know why. I think my head phones still work. So I called my mom on my cell phone. Went and changed in the car when she got there. Then we went to the 99 cent store and bought stuff.

I got a Certificate of Excellence. At Taco Bell I filled it out for "falling into a stream" and had friends sign it. I need to hang it up in my room still.

I think I'm meeting these group of friends (hopefully with ~Kaosbarn there too, this time!) again soon. Wish me luck.

I'm writing this so I can tell people all about my recent life without having to do it all individually, as doing that would be tedious. Especially the story I have to tell today. Recently I've been so bored with the odd events of my life that I can only bear to tell them in completeness once or twice before it becomes all too monotonous to say.

So, uh. I got my license. Until I turn eighteen, I'm not allowed to drive anyone under the age of twenty around, and those who are 20 or older still need to have a license. Good thing I turn eighteen soon.

I am to meet ~Magic-Dragon-Paul, ~Got-My-Wings, and ~pirate-kittie somewhere soonish. I shall be meeting ~pirate-kittie for the first time, and it shall be fun.

I applied for Petsmart. They only accept people eighteen and over. Hence how ~Kaosbarn ended up getting a job there. What's best is that I only found out I couldn't work there after (s)he applied, and our intent was to work together. It's okay, (s)he will work there, do super awesome, somehow become a seniority, and will then be my boss. ...I hope not, that sounds terrifying. Well, I suppose this summer will be my time to finish arts and such before classes start.

I can't remember what I've said and what I haven't in past journal shits. Uh. Working on art. Some should be up this month or the next. Ish. Most never gonna go up here. Elaborated on this already - moving on.

Uh. Well. I suppose I'll move on the the events of today.

At 9:58 A.M., ~Kaosbarn called from hiser college, waking me up, just to talk. Said being had a counseling appointment at three and was going to be bored until then. We talked a bit. PetSmart called my house after we hung up. They asked for herim, I directed them to cell phone number. Evidently (s)he had gotten to the drug testing stage of the application, which one has 24 hours to do from the time they're requested. So I had to go borrow hiser Uncle's car (which I'd never done and I don't know him too well) since my mom had just taken the car I usually drive, and the other two at my house are manuals which I haven't learned how to drive yet, to drive to heris college so (s)he could drive to PetSmart to sign forms and go to drug testing place. Well, at the stop light after the free way exit, as I let go of the brake of the car because the light turned green, there was an odd clunk noise. Then, as I was slowing down on the hill, I had to push the brake in ALL THE WAY just to very, very slowly work my way to a stop. Oh yay. Furthermore, I smell something like burning rubber. So, I'm not pleased. Luckily I'm very close to the college, so just before I'm going to pull into the place I typically pick her up (well, she drives home since that's the legal thing to do) a car in front of me comes to a stop. By this point, even though I'm way far behind them, the brakes are working so poorly I have to go into the lane to the left (luckily there was no oncoming traffic) to avoid tapping their bumper, not so gently.

Well, best friend drove it (fucking carefully) to a parking lot where we then got AAA to tow it to a workshop place, while we then went to go to her drug testing. Fun times.

Oddly, I wasn't that worried as the brakes failed. I wasn't happy, no...but it wasn't scary either. I knew I'd be fine. I didn't use the emergency brake at all because the brakes worked just enough for me to not need to. Plus, I'd never driven this car, and I feel stupid saying it, but I don't know how to work its emergency brake exactly. I have an idea, but it's not like my car I drive.

So, uh. Now I'm home. So much for spending all day working on novel and arts and such. I guess I'll just settle for the rest of it, then!

8D

Got my license. Turns out PetSmart doesn't accept applications from minors. I'll have to wait a couple months.

Doing lots of fucking art projects. I've got about ten that are either in progress or ideas that I intend to carry through. A couple of them will go up here, but most of them are either private or for my novel. Novel art isn't going up here. Because I'm like that.

The others will take forever. Don't expect anything for a while, as usual. I think whoever reads these things has learned that by now.

Need to go to zoo with friend so she can observe bonobos for class. That will be fun. And possibly a little disturbing.

Went to the county fair with ~Kaosbarn and ~GMSuerte. Bought two Egyptian perfume oils, a scarf, and a loud jingly thingy that reminds me of something someone who was poorly imitating a gypsy would wear. Went on rides. Had a pretzel. Really want a Wetzle's Pretzel right now. Really. Wish we had gotten these infinite ride wristbands instead of nearly selling our soles for overpriced tickets that disappeared quicker than the money that bought them.

Can't think of much more. |:

Novel...going through second editing. Editors haven't been able to read much else. Still, slowly but surely, it's getting there.

Have good and detailed ideas for next NaNoWriMo novel. Yaaaay.

Me out, yo.

I'm never allowed to say that again.

Well, since I haven't been on much recently and just had to catch up on 46 messages (which I didn't entirely, but close) as well as have 113 deviations waiting for me, I figured I may as well write a journal bringing me even more attention than earlier, which was already too much.

First off, I went to my high school graduation ceremony today (thus the title). The stupidty of high school almost killed me, but I prevailed. The high school drop-outs are the real intelligent ones.

I actually had my graduation party yesterday...which was odd, but whatever works. My last day of school was last week Wednesday. I've got a couple things to toss up here, last two works originating from my art class that I intend to show, when I finish them. Sometime.

On to graduation gifts. I got two hundred-dollar bills. (Not $200 bills, in case you're "wtf, mate?"ing. Lawl, mating. Whoops.) I got a singing card, which wasn't horrific like all the others (minus one amazing one) I've seen. I got twenty more dollars. I got a Money Machine, which consisted of a box, a pull tab, and ten five-dollar bills as well as fourty-eight one-dollar bills and a loooot of tape (and it was great). And finally, dear old Mom and Dad got me my own laptop. The one I was using before was one that we kept downstairs (one of the community laptops - we have a ridiculous quantity of computers in my house) and was a little elderly, but behaved very well for its age. I'm actually pretty attached to it, so I'm a little sad that it will become grandma and grandpa's now. At least it will not be a trash. Nom if it were, I'd hide it in my closet. (: Anyway. New laptop is widescreen, like our...our...desk...top? Whatever the not-moveable ones are called. My brain is dead on SHOT right now. |: I'll have to come back and edit this for grammar and stuff tomorrow. Anyway, it has built in webcam and mic, so my external ones of the other desk...top computer can be...extras (which I am also attached to - I get attached to all sorts of inanimate objects). So, though I don't use the mic, to those few who I webcam to or with or whatever. I want to try it out...once I have all the proper programs installed, safety stuff updated...you know all that. P:

Picked my college classes for my first semester in Fall. They will be interesting. Planning cultural anthropology, biology (lab and lecture classes), math 60 (required - only math class I need to take because I scored high, apparently) which is intermediate algebra DX, and English ...100? (same story here - only one I need...I think). Yups.

Taking driving test on June 24th. Permits expire 25th, so if I (and my best friend since we're testing around the same time) don't pass first time (haha, good luck with that), gotta take two tests. *Screech.*

Going to apply for job at Petsmart (with best friend...again), and hope it works. Never have had a job. I am un-childing. Or working on it.

That's about it. I think. I've got to go email my friend in Berlin. 8D Bye, beings who read this far.

Oh, right