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Okay, so not really. But that's what I'm going for. I woke up every hour on the hour last night from 0126 until 0626 (so not kidding about this)

Ever notice when there's a perfect picture to be taken, you never have your camera? There are a lot of those moments lately, especially now that the sun's a constant friend, the humidity's back on in Georgia, and the wildlife is active. I saw a tiny ladybug tucked into a new leaf on a flowering weed, but I didn't have my camera - I was turning out horses for the night, which is usually not a time conducive to photo-capture.
***If you have any tips on manual settings of a camera, specifically a Kodak DSLR, I'd love to hear them.

Also, I've tentatively started writing again, mostly on the Riddick fiction... and of course, I got a whim to start drawing. I've been collecting refs (you can see them in my favorites under "Refs") but haven't started anything yet. If I use your photos as ref or stock, be assured, I will ask before publishing it.

End of transmission. Back to work.

p.s. Avatar Season 3, Ep 13 (The Firebending Masters) is quite possibly my favorite serious Avatar ep ever.

FUCK IT'S COLD.

If it was just the 22°F thing, I could totally deal with that. But then you add 45 mph winds? Fuck you, Georgia, and your warm-cold-warm-cold-warm-FREEZING-warm bullshit. I hate you. I'm taking my shit out of your house and moving in with my old flame. At least Kentucky doesn't have multiple personalities.

Harrumph.

For those of you who have already celebrated the inception of 2009, make it a wonderful new beginning!

For the rest of us who haven't seen 2009 ring in just yet, please stay safe - no partaking of the 'festivities' and driving, please - and enjoy the countdown to the new year!

I wish you all the best for the new year - whether 2008 was good or bad for you, this is a new start! Make it count!

♥

I haven't been taking pictures lately - sorry, I've been too busy with work. And class. And martial arts. And the three dogs I now have in my teeny weeny little apartment. And horses that aren't mine. And... oh, everything. In related news, I haven't written much of anything since, well, August. That's a long time. No wonder I've been so stressed out.

But, after watching all three books of ATLA, I was drawn into the desire to write again. I wanted to write ATLA something. But really, I didn't have a muse or a vision - I just wanted to up and write ATLA. (A MS, fanficcy, rabid preteen fangirl urge that has since withdrawn, thankfully.) I searched for decent fiction, to little avail, and can't seem to find any real life depictions of ATLA characters (still searching). Instead, I wrote on things I started already. My Riddick 'verse fic is on chapter 12 now; the Gundam story, in its fifth incarnation since highschool, is almost to chapter 4 (the plot's a little wobbly there, still). A couple of original stories, not posted much of anywhere, got new chapter additions.

I feel refreshed, and pleased. A nice contrast to the last-semester stress that will blessedly be over after this final at 1430 today.