I’m very excited. Calarts is hosting National Portfolio Day, and I’m going to be heading over to L.A. to have them check out my portfolio. I wish I could show up with my animations, but I guess I’ll have to do with my still work. I would probably end up embarrassing myself with these Disney/Pixar pros, anyway~ Hopefully I’ll find my friend Tahnee, too! She said she was gonna give my boyfriend and I the *Grand Tour*!

In other news, my sister is coming from San Fran for the weekend YAY! I miss her bunches. I wonder how we’ll be like 10 years from now. It’s funny, we used to bicker like crazy, but now we’re very buddy-buddy. It’s nice. (Haha, we do still bicker on occasion, however!)

Also! My boyfriend and I are going to see Pismo Beach for the first time!! I can’t wait, we’re leaving at 5AM. This’ll be a weekend to remember. ^^

Sometimes I miss being a little kid, when individualism was a cherished possession in my mind, and I wasn’t aware of just how many people fit into a sad and unaware conformist category. I agree there is a certain degree into which everyone should conform in order to make friends and share experiences with one another, but really, I see day to day how people are stuck in a life where they feel that “this is the only way it can be.” For that, I am upset. Because of this, I feel it is the cause of poor education in a growing U.S., the reason why we still use gas cars instead of electric/other cleaner alternatives, or why at least half of the nation hasn’t gone vegetarian and using the grains the industry would otherwise be using to fatten up overbred American chickens and cows instead to feed starving families in Haiti and many parts of Africa. Or even why plastic bags have not been banned completely in all of the United States.

I am very upset.

We are a people very stuck in harmful tradition, and our kids are gonna feel it. Ignorance as a child may have been fun while it lasted, and heck, we can still incorporate the fun things about it in our adult lives, but many of us have GOT to get off our fannies and start doing something for someone/something other than ourselves. No one is asking you suddenly become involved in extreme altruism. Seriously, just the act of listening to the news for 15 mins a day, voting for the president (many of my peers aren’t even going to do that! I just have to ask: WHY!?), doing some recycling, maybe even donating some blood. Ask questions! Why are we in war? Why am I not more aware of what’s going on in the world, and should I start caring? Why are so many people struggling with debt (…Am I one of them? Why is that?)? Are certain learned American cultural aspects bringing the best things to humankind–such as liking to spend even beyond your own limitations (budget) and creating that kind of debt for your lineage to clean up?

Like the great Michael Jackson said, “If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make that CHANGE!” Nana na~

There’s so much more I can say. If anyone is reading this, ask me questions too! :)

Some people are poo-pooing me about activating Boot Camp, but I was actually pretty impressed with how streamlined having the two on one computer is. And now I don’t have to mope when I hear something like Google Chrome (!!) coming out only for Windows first! In fact, I’m using it right now~ :)

…*Looks over shoulder for viruses and spyware*

It’s a very happy day today, because it’s Ricky and my 4th year anniversary! We celebrated the entire weekend doing all sorts of exploring and simple, wonderful, little things. We even found a Mexican vegan/organic food restaurant! I think it’s called Ranchos, and it sits inside like A MILLION vines and other green things. The music was a bit loud, but there were good feelings all around.

We also stopped by at the Sanrio, and found myself $2 earrings in the clearance section! Score! I felt bad the next day, though. I was supposed to get my friend a present for her birthday there, but I of course gave myself a spew of excuses, like always, such as: “It’s awkward on our anniversary celebration”; “She’s rich and has like, everything imaginable–it wouldn’t be adequate!” …Yeah, stuff like that. So I still have nothing, and it was weird, but she didn’t show up for lunch, either… made me feel a bit sad.

Anyway! Today I exercised, and it felt AWESOME! Three weeks into it, and looks like I’m making some good progress. I can’t wait to get the bod of my dreams! Almost there! So far I’ve lost about 40 lbs, I’m vegan (nearly 4 years, whoo!), I’m FINALLY drinking water regularly (at least 60 fl oz a day=7.5 cups of water!) I’m gonna live to be 120 and still be able to yell at people!

Hopefully my love will stick around with me that long :P

I love you, Ricky, no matter how crazy you may get. I’ll always be there to love and be there for you. (..And spank you for trying to sneak into the wine again.)

Hey! Good to see you. There’s so much we have to catch up on! So I’ll start with what happened yesterday:

I put in my two weeks’ notice and quitting Marshalls YAY

Yeah, I’m doing it mainly because I’m going insane with all the time constraints! I have my portfolio that I desperately need to finish, need to catch up on schoolwork to get back into that nice 3.5+ GPA I was loving so much, and I think there’s a bunch of papers I need to turn in for my FAFSA.

Anyway, that’s all I’ve got for now, except for the very fact that my lover and I are having our 4th Year Anniversary in 3 days!!!

(What should I get him for a present??)

Love, Nicky.