So, good news. My 266 score for my certification exam was, indeed, out of 300. So, that makes me feel a bit better about myself. Oddly enough, I scored higher in the Math section then in the History section. Made me laugh!
I spent the 20th (which was her birthday) to the 24th with EvilFire4321 again. She's off to Vancouver for school and her visitations may be sporadic, at best. It was good to hang out with her and get food shoved at me left and right. I got her the Boondock Saints for her b-day! I think I might be visiting in Van next summer with her family if I can scrounge up enough money. It also depends on if she comes home or not. If she does we have a whole list of things that we are going to do next summer! A year away and we're already planning.
One of the best parts of the trip was going to the Eastern State Penitentiary. I had a ball taking photographs despite the overcast/rainy weather. All the abandoned bed frames and stuff was great! Anything with crumbling walls! I hope they don't bore you all when I start submitting them.
Perhaps the oddest part was her mother playing Matchmaker after I left. Y'know...with a man who is 8 years older than me. No can do. All well, apparently it's a sign that her mother likes me.
I have to deal with some family issues this week and I'm kind of nervous about dropping myself headfirst into this problem. For privacy reasons I won't type out the issue here, simply because it'd be boring for you.
Renaissance Faire starts up soon but everyone seems to be busy opening weekend. We'll see how it goes.
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Book Review: Toxin by - Robin Cook: I read this book many years ago after borrowing it from my grandmother's library. It did not make me a vegetarian but it definitely has made me more conscientious about the meat I consume. To this day, I refuse to eat much hamburger or ground meat that is manufactured by large industries. I have officially reread it and I now have the upsetting renewal to stay away from all hamburger or ground meat made by said industries. The story is harrowing as well as completely possible. Hell, it's already happened. The fear of E. coli and its effects is an ever-impending, dismaying concept that plagues the United States. In recent years, E. coli and its many versions has not only affected meats but other resources as well, making many individuals extremely ill with relatively few symptoms until it is a full-blown disaster. The book focuses around a fictitious, but sadly realistic case of a particularly deadly strand of E. coli finding its way into the daughter of Dr. Kim Reggis. A vendetta endeavor begins with stomach-churning results. Great drama, a great flow to the story and sickeningly true.
My only dislikes for this book is the language in which the individuals speak, since it seems forcibly contrived and far too heavy. I also dislike the unreal connection Tracy and Kim eventually rediscover. I feel it would have been a more appropriate ending if it had not dipped ever-so-slightly into the romantic genre. Despite these small issues, the book has a special, albeit unfortunate place in my heart.
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Holy crud, okay. Well, first off, hello! It's been a crazy long time since I last updated my journal. As some of you know, if any of you still follow me, I've been trying to get back into submitting deviations and working on my art (if you can call it that). Mostly, it's therapeutic. The last three years of my life or so I was in a funk, in and out of depression and the like. I am much better now, to be sure. It took breaking up with my boyfriend to free myself from the albatross around my neck. I won't get into it, but he was a poison in my life. In addition, I have secured myself a decent-paying job for a good company so I'm financ
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Another year approaches its end, another year beckons to be begun. And it is with this end of the year that I noticed that I recently passed 60,000 pageviews, which ain't too shabby considering my sporadic presence here. 45,000 comments, as well. And 900 deviatons! :lmao: And I couldn't have done it without every single one of you. And so I send you my thanks and love for always being there to support me a little or a lot. It helps to make it worthwhile to continue creating and sharing my adventures.
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I'm Alive
I promise, I promise I'm alive. I know I'm still sporadic and for that I apologize. Life is still hard, life is still throwing punches, but I'd like to think I'm throwing them right back and keeping as much of my sanity as possible in the process.
Photographically I've been pretty stagnant, which is scary. My gear is getting old, too, which is also a scary thought. I get worried that I'm losing my touch, but then I have to just relax and breathe. I did get to shoot two weddings this year, which is crazy cool. And stressful. But it was for friends or family of friends. That was a relief, at least, since they weren't crazy brides and g
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I have to first apologize for not updating everyone sooner. Unless you follow me on Facebook, you would have no idea how I am doing and I have been sporadic, at best, here on dA. I am slowly recovering from the financial struggle that 2016 has presented to me. My roof is holding up just fine and so is my dog. Sagan, the dog that had surgery on his leg, seems to have recovered fully. He must have been taking it easy for the last few months because now he is showing an increase in energy. He also just recently turned one and his muscles are really beginning to develop as he is a very, very large dog. I take him and my other dog, Sophie,
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CONGRATS on your score!! That's so good
And I hope everything else goes well. Good luck with that issue..hehe
And I hope everything else goes well. Good luck with that issue..hehe