Annnd soooo... we come to another WAY overdue journal from yours truly

To start off with,
Christmass with my family has been, as expected, one arguement after another (with 4 siblings including me, arguements are a way of life) and shoveling of endless snow (our yard is buried under at least 2.5 feet of the stuff... yay norther Michigan!)
anyway, as far as loot for this year,
im pretty satisfied with what my family got me X3
(except for some reason i got socks and a sweater from santa

)
I ended up getting 6 of the things I had asked for,
including;
a new microphone-headset for my computer (old one's broke)
an audio plugin for at-home recording with my guitar (WHOOO-HOOO!!!

)
a new pillow for my apartment (my old one is as flat as a pancake)
Foo Fighter's alblum,
a DragonForce Ultra-Beatdown Tour T-shirt (that my dad bought at the concert we recently went to on Dec 6th)
and a wolf callender X3
I also got a few things I didnt expect, but Reaaaly like

about 80$ combined from my grandparents and relatives (heehee.. )
and an AMAZING book called The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta
If you have never heard of him, i would DEFINETLY look him up or at least google his work, most of which is over 20 years old but still truly amazing
[link]you may have seen his art already and not realized it, for example, on the cover of the first Wolfmother alblum... thats a small detail shot of his peice called Sea Witch
(seriously, i had to do a double-take when i saw it in the book)
aside from getting this silly kid-game-controller package for my computer (for SOME reason my little bro and sis thought it would be something i would want) I guess i liked all my presents, including my stocking contents which was mostly candy, bathroom soaps, ramen packets, marker highlighters, and peppered beef jerky (yummeh

)
Holiday-news aside,
im waiting to start a new semester at school, half-looking forward to it because I know I have some achedemic and drawing courses to catch up in
but for now,
im kinda stuck at the family house with more-than-limited internet access (i have to go outside to sweep of the internet satelite dish every night)
so im sorry if i dont reply to everyone

hopefully as soon as i get back to my appartment i can start working on clearing out the spyware on my computer...(God save me ) i'll have to probably do a clean sweep of the hard drive just to be safe >.=.<;;;
and THEN i should be back up and running with not only my 3D and photoshop programs, but my new audio interface is sure giving me the drive to start recording again

In other news,
My grandmother had read, then given me the 3rd Eragon book, Brisingr, which as it turns out isnt the last one book in the series
i LOVED it, and if youre a not a fan of the Eragon book series, then thats ok, just dont say how much you hate it here

(i know the movie stunk horribly)
I FINALLY saw the movie Sweney Todd, and despite me having a severe hate for musicals, i actually LIKED this movie
SEE IT if you havent
NOW
...
AND Wall-E TOO
o___o
Well, Merry Christmass, Happy Holidays, and if im not here, Happy New Year
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here were a few things i couldnt post earlier cause of internet issues, PLZ check them out! ^.=.^
The Sounds of Light
[link](you can actually see me at 0:13 secs.)
The Thinker
[link]I did one of the drawings of the statue
Turtle, Flower, Squirrel
[link]I did half the animation, 2 of the voices (and half the akapella backround music)
my friend

was the mastermind behind the storyline and character design X3
and FINALLY
a 3D bit i did all by myself but is too short to post here
[link] Me and Mah Mate ^.=.^


