Oh.

I think maybe I lost all my blog followers because I didn't post anything for like a MONTH out of sheer laziness/forgetfulness.

Also, I almost just spelled "forgetfulness" wrong.

WHY IS MY LIFE BECOMING SUCH A FAILURE?

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In other news...there is no other news. The most exciting thing that's happened in a week is the re-discovery of my carrot hat, which I wore for Halloween when I was four years old.

Yes. I was a giant carrot. A giant, adorable carrot. You know you love it.

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I decided to write five thousand words a week of my book until it's finished. That...probably won't happen, considering I'm supposed to get through seven hundred words today and it's 7:30 and I have written ZERO. Because I'm lazy. And tired. And I had a chem test today so that automatically excuses me from everything else.

Yeah.

To make up for the lack of content in this post, I shall now feature a picture of a dog that looks like the dog I used to have (except my dog was way, way cuter, I swear).

YES I AM ADORABLE LOOK AT MY FACE AND BAWWWWW.

 Actually, I'm pretty sure I have a real picture of her (taken with Photo Booth, but whatever). Maybe I'll try to find that one...

EDIT: YES I FOUND IT.

AHHHHH THE CUTENESS BURNS

YES SHE IS COMPLETELY ADORABLE. It's not a very good pic, considering the blurriness and general overall lameness, but still.

I miss that dog.

Stereotypical.

I will never stereotype football players ever again.

Earlier today I helped in the Writing Center after school let out for the day. The Writing Center (which I will not abbreviate to W.C., thankyouverymuch) is this place run by honors English students where people can take their essays and get them revised by one of us.

It was almost time to close it up. A few people were finishing up their revisions and my English teacher was sitting on a desk, talking to a student about his Macbeth essay. A couple other guys had the same teacher/essay prompt, so they all started discussing it (in an epically English-nerdy and awesome way, I may add). Apparently, one of the essay prompts was broad and confusing. My teacher said that the question was basically "Is Macbeth controlled by the witches' fate, or is he responsible for his own actions?" They could argue that it was 1) just the witches' fate, 2) just Macbeth, or 3) a bit of both.

The first guy, who was reading off his essay rubric, said he thought it was a little of both. The second guy, a slightly dorky student who was getting his essay revised by my teacher, asked the third guy what he thought. The third guy was sitting up on the teacher's stool. He was... okay, I don't want to sound racist or judgmental, but he looked like a big African-American football player jock-type.

"I said it was a little of both, too. Actually, I thought that the witches instigated the motivation in him, [then Macbeth was responsible after that]."

Yep, that was his answer. Perfectly casual, completely serious.

Congratulations, dude. You just beat the system without even realizing it.

In which I draw, spaz, and get sick

I fail so hard. The last time I posted was what, July 12? SORRY ABOUT THAT. My brain is on summer mode- I don't do anything unless it's related to Avatar: The Last Airbender (but only watching or drawing) or seeing my friends (but only sometimes) or reading a new book (but only if I really like it).

Basically, summer mode = empty space where brain is supposed to be.

Since I start school on the freakishly early date of August 18 (ridiculous, right?) at the ungodly hour of 7:30 AM (torturous, right?), I'm going to have to shape up soon.

In regards to drawing:

In case you guys didn't know, I have a deviantART account. I'm getting better at actually putting up some of my art, but I don't have a ton. Right now, I have a couple new ones, because it's Zutara Week. For those of you who don't watch Avatar: The Last Airbender, you can just skip down to the part about me being sick. For those of you who do watch, keep reading. You may or may not find this interesting. Or boring. Whichever. >_>

Zutara Week started this past Monday and continues on until Sunday. Even though it's Day 5, I'm still in the middle of my Day 4 comic. (Fail much?) If any of you are bothering to devWATCH me, I'm going to color in my Day 2 submission later on, after ZW ends and I have more time.

Chatspeak alert!

MOAR TIEM. I NEEDZ IT NAO.

For those of you who don't watch ATLA, Zutara is a shipping term. For Zuko and Katara. Yeah. It's pretty intense.

In regards to spazzing:

I have two reasons to spaz.

Every day of this past week (Zutara Week), when I log in to dA, I have more than TWO HUNDRED new messages in my inbox.

WHAT. THE. HECK.

Yup. We Zutara shippers are devoted.

This morning was a new record- 368 new messages, four of which were actual messages and 364 of which were notices about new artwork in the ZW group. CRAZINESS.

Another reason to spaz:

Since I'm in the ZW group and all, this gives me an actual opportunity for other people to see my work. I keep getting comments and views and faves and...

OH MY GOSH THIS IS SO AMAZING I'M SO HAPPY IF YOU GUYS EVER READ THIS SUPER MEGA THANK YOUUUUUU FOR TAKING FIVE SECONDS TO LOOK AT MY ART INSTEAD OF JUST SKIPPING OVER ALL THREE HUNDRED MESSAGES LIKE I DO SOMETIMES EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

*cough* I'm done.

In regards to getting sick:

Yeah, this morning I woke up feeling all sluggish and lethargic and generally gross. So much for going on that college tour. On the bright side, I have more time to draw!

Blog again soon!

Oops. Again.

Hi, my name is Nightshade, and I'm ridiculously forgetful.

AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH. I haven't posted here since... uh... okay, it says June 13. EPIC FAILURE.

I am SUPER SUPER SUPER sorry I haven't posted! I was actually on vacation for a week, but for the rest of the time, I was just being a procrastinator/forgetter. Oops.

Anyway, just a small update because it's 11 PM and I don't have much time-- I'll update more soon, I promise! I'll virtual-pinky swear! *pinky swears*

Peace out, Girl Scout!