One Thing I Learned

If there's one thing I learned with looking forward to Spring Break, it's that the week just before it is the WORST week of the year/quarter.

The end of third quarter was on the 15th, and I'm stuck trying to cram a history essay (5-pager), science research paper (17 pager) AND a math paper (4-pager).
It's awful...Even though they're just FIRST drafts, with the exception of the math paper, in which we go into the "middle draft".

That's not even it, either. PLUS in the subjects, they still give us even MORE homework to "keep us busy"...

I haven't been getting a fair amount of sleep for this week-four days straight of six hours 'n' less sleep is NOT good for a growing youth. Got to sleep at midnight just yesterday and was awake at 6 AM, trying to finish the history paper...

Anyway, I guess we can take comfort in knowing the fact that tomorrow is the last day of homework, at least for a full week. Plus, we get a day off on April 1st, the first Friday after Spring Break.

The thing I like about the school is the fact that during breaks, we don't have any hw, at least we're not SUPPOSED to. I'm planning on not doing ANYTHING.
Well, SOME things, I guess. Maybe I'll take up knitting again if I can get my hands on some double-knit yarn. I'll catch up on my writing and continue to make horrible manga illustrations. I'll finish the Ranger's Apprentice series and find another good series to follow. Maybe I'll go somewhere (although travelling is not my fav thing)...

The problem: just THINKING about taking a break is killing me!!! Arrrrrrrrghhhhhh!!!!!

Hamy is currently annoying me with collecting boxtops or whatever and I'm still working on my math paper and my room is a total mess (you couldn't find an elephant in there) and I'm planning on getting, like, three hours of sleep tonight although I have to run in the morning-that's my first class.

What else can I say? Most of my book characters are kinda based on me...

*Sigh*

Bad Manga Example

OK, so here's some manga I drew, after a lot of months of "practicing" and stuff. I've never really had a teacher-just how-t0-draw books from the local library.
Anyway, this was supposed to be an example of my manga drawings.

I know, I know, it sucks. It's supposed to be a schoolgirl. The scanner I used in the library didn't really pick up the light skyblue color I used to color the background. I'm glad, though, that it picked up the grass.

Yes, it's an awful drawing.

No, I don't have proper inking tools.

No, I don't have proper coloring tools. I just used Crayola's coloring pencils to color this.

But in my defense, I'm constantly getting better. This is an old drawing.

Sometime soon I will put up the real "manga" I drew. It was a scene never correctly written in my Last Rider story (read my other blog).

But that was an even older pencil drawing, and it's not that great either...

-Mulan

Today's Sunday

Today's Sunday!! After staying up until 10 on Saturday (that's late for me on Saturdays) trying to catch up on homework, it's nice to have a break.

Not that I got very much, aside from all the daylight savings business. Had to change the clock and lost an hour of sleep...T.T
But with Spring Break coming up, I'm going to get through this week thinking, just this week, just five more days...

I'm looking forward to the break and to the end of the semester!!

Maybe

I'm actually considering writing another blog just for my drawings.
(See how DIRECT I was today?? Whoa!)

Anyway, yeah. I'm still considering the idea since I'm thinking THREE blogs and TWO websites is pretty hard to manage for just one person.
But it seems like this blog's doing well with that job but the only thing it seems like it's filling up with is about manga.

By the way, here's a great how-to-draw book I've found at the local library.

Draw your own manga: Beyond the Basics (That's the second book and the only book I've found in the series)

I've also heard that there was this book;
Draw your own manga: All the Basics.

They're both by Haruno Nagatomo...(Disclaimer if needed)

Spring Break, cont.

AHHHHHH!!!!!!!

AND it's a WHOLE WEEK of no homework!!
I can't BELIEVE my LUCK!

***

Yes, I'm done now with all the sarcasm.

I'm truly finished.

I'll go to my room now.

Spring Break

* Singing *
The Spring Break is rapidly approaching...
And I'm so, so ready for no homework...

(These lyrics made by me with the tune from "the weather outside is frightful...but the fire is so delightful...)


Anyway, yes, I am SO looking forward to Spring Break.
Where there's no homework.
Where I don't have to stay up 'till 3 AM trying to finish three papers at once.
Where I can catch up on the Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan
(heard there was book 10 coming out!!)
Where I can catch up on some serious writing.
(Poor Yves, he's frozen with Caren sobbing all over him)
Where I can daydream and laugh like an idiot over lame jokes.

Wow.
I should become a poet one day and I would make millions of caching-caching.

-Mulan

It's spring...

It's spring...Springtime when birds and bees meet together-

JK.

Anyway, is anybody out there planning on planting anything?
We've bought a grape plant, strawberry plant, and a blueberry plant. Also, we bought a whole bunch of seeds that are SUPPOSED to give us something.
Like tomatoes, SPINACH (whoever thought of that?), BROCCOLI (no comment), peppers, melon (yummy-but I doubt it'll grow), etc, etc.

I'm rubbing my hands together and stuffing my garden gloves in the washer.

(Wow, I wasn't sarcastic for once. I'm serious now--I'm really excited about planting these. Since the weather's been kinda crummy, we've kept them inside and the plants are already growing. I'm still really surprised how their little leaves can manage to be so green in this cold weather...)

It snowed AGAIN!!

First, let me get this straight:
I have nothing against snow.

But after receiving THOUSANDS OF TONS OF WHITE HALF-SOLIDIFIED STUFF ALL PLEASANTLY WRAPPED IN A BRIGHT RED BOW WITH A STATUE OF SANTA SITTING ON IT PLAYING JAZZ MUSIC OR SOMETHING-

*inhales deeply and goes into some yoga moves*

Yes, in conclusion, I'm downright sick of snow.
Although it only snowed a little.
I mean, really.

Anime Critic

There's this anime I've been kinda following, and they did an English dub...

One comment on one of these videos is like,
They should SO take some Japanese lessons before dubbing it.

And after watching an English dub of the anime, I have to agree. The voice actors cannot pronunce the names of the Japanese characters right, and even I can.

Well, anyway, I guess although that anime could have been done better, it was my favorite series out of the many manga novels I have flipped through and the animes I have watched.

If someout there is going to watch an anime, I recommend a subbed version...

(I guess I'm ranting again)

New Picture

I've narrowed the topic down!! From manga to CHIBI!!!

I love chibi. They're so cute...

(Yes, this was also random)

For an ad contest for the News Gazette, I'm drawing a chibi thingy.

Hamy

Only a few words:

Hamy needs to update.
(Goes off in a corner)

Hamy, are you LISTENING?!
Go to your time out chair NOW!!

(Singing) I'm updating~~

Iiiiiiiiiiii'm Updating!! La la la!

Okay, that was random.

Now that I got that out of my system, I'm back to normal.
Anyway, I'm bored.
I'm even considering about knitting. I found a book...