Just an update to show I'm not dead, and to convey some of the awesomeness going on right now.

More innuendos and happening from NCTC this year, both from plays and...Applebee's.

"Wow, three Huns. That's gonna be a HUGE problem for China's army."
"Well, you hafta remember that most of the Chinese army consists of girls posing as guys." - While watching a condensed stage version of Mulan

"I'm Renee Fleming.....Thank you." (what we percieve Renee Fleming's screening audition to be like)

"THEN YOU WILL BE DESTROYED." - The Audition

"WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' PLOT!"

"*bell rings to 20* It's nine o'clock!"

"How curious, what a bizarre coincidence."

"The doorbell's ringing!!! Someone's WAIIIIITIIIIING!!!!!" - The Bald Soprano

Suzanne: "It came from me! Suzanne! And here's another for your suspicion, another for your revenge, another for everything you thought about doing, but didn't, and another for everything you didn't think of doing, but might have, given the time."

Marceline: "There's compromeese, and then there's compromise."

Bazile: "He says I'm a fool to everyone"
Figaro: "And those I've missed have already met you!"

Countess Rosina: "Nor I."
Figaro: "Nor I."
Suzanne: "Nor I."
Almaviva: "There is an echo here." -The Marriage of Figaro

"I'm never eating another zucchini again in my life..." -Random person at States

"Come, my minion" - Anton, to a random wasp


-ANYWAY-

College preperation's giving me the heebie-jeebies, especially since this one incident this past Sunday. Would you like to heard the tale? No? Too bad.
I went to this whole "National Portfolio Day" event in downtown Charlotte. It was supposed to be some sort of portfolio critique/showing, but seeing as how I'm kinda new to this stuff, I had no clue what to expect. I rounded up practically everything I had (as suggested by my art techer) in my two sturdy portfolios and delved in at full force into a crowd of artistic opponents, fighting tooth and nail to talk to a representatives from a few of the colleges attending the event.
Oh, and by full force, I mean I was standing at the door shaking like a chihuahua, waiting for the mighty hand of art colleges to squish me flat.
The trouble is, guys, that art college is weird. If any of you have seen my stuff in person, it's got a lot of technical skill in it. And no, I'm not trying to brag, I've just worked really hard to make sure the quality of my work is evident.
It's a really humbling experience to put your life's work before the eyes of a complete stranger, only to have them tell you point blank "Quality's good, but it's a bunch of images slapped together. I don't see who you are anywhere in this whole portfolio."
It's so confusing to have to go through that, having to admit to yourself and to the representatives that your assignments have been treated as such, with no emotion or message expressed through your work. (I only went to on eother booth, it was terrifying and the second lady I talked to seemed really bored by me. It was a disheartening encounter)

So what am I doing? Making my whole concentration this year about emotion and symbolism.
And on the other hand, the lady I talked to (bless her heart) from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (a.k.a. the place I REALLY want to go) accepted my portfolio!

In other news, I'll be working my butt off for class. But if there's anything I can be grateful for, its the fact that I've got so many people supporting me in my decision to make art my career. Merci beaucoup, guys! ^___^

10 Free sketches
1. (done)
2. (done)
3. (done)
4. (done)
5. (Request taken)
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10.

Hahaha, it's taken this long to get 5 people to ask for a sketch... *headslump*

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Les Amies:


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