Chuuya

Hey little lady, how was your first week of school? are you feeling better?
Personally, i'm a bit under the weather myself. It's been a real scorcher up here on the east coast, and unfortunately that's the prime condition for various plants to pollinate. Since I am 4X weak to pollen, I experience what I like to call "the uninfected cold" where my symptoms bear a striking resemblance to the ever present malady, but cannot infect others. So until it rains (like it did last night) I feel absolutely horrible until the season goes away. So even though i don't have bronchitis like you do, i'm not necessarily the clean picture of health.

Sorry for the even later reply, (life's been hectic lately). How was the rest of your band camp?

6 more years and I'll be gold!

Sigh, it's alright little lady, I'm not mad. I'm a person who is just set in his ways, and resistant to some ideals. Like the idea that "college is easy, it's the best times of your life, everyone puts forth effort" is so commonplace that some people just blindly accept that fact when reality is a much different story. In time you'll see what I mean for yourself and you'll make your own decisions.

"At least those in college are putting in the effort to learn,"
Little lady, If I could take my eyeballs out of their sockets and show you what they've seen...
Well, let's just say you'd view the world differently. Sit down and get comfortable, i'm gonna tell you a story.
I've told you before that i'm a Bio major right? that's the 5th hardest major you can choose, and the 5th most common in college. And even though I only went through one solid year so far, I have seen quite a bit.
For example, every bio major has to take plant bio, it's simple, identify plants, write 3 lab reports, rinse and repeat till the semesters done. One person in that class (who was OLDER than me by a year mind you) was the son of a mayor who of course has all the money he needed for his college expenses. He could live on campus, get exquisite meals and partake in the "college experience" provided he attended his classes and AT LEAST pass with a C-
so what does this kid do instead?
Why, squander all his money on dope to get as high as a kite on the 4th of July, pin the blame on his roommate, drop out of all of his classes EXCEPT plant bio, and even still, fail that class because he didn't bother to go to the one class he had left.
The end result? everyone else in the class gets above a C and gets that requirement ticked off their list.
Point is, even though college is a choice for some, it doesn't necessarily equate to them being a good student who takes their education seriously and appreciates the effort professors go through on a daily basis. Maybe it's just my old high school mantra of "you have to want to be there" but I can say with certainty that for every good student, there are 3 rotten ones right behind him.

That's good to hear that it's gone and you're healthy again Howler, nothing's worse than getting sick.
As for that appointment I hope everything goes alright, genetic ailments aren't easy to deal with (mostly because it tends to be luck of the draw if you get it or not), I should know, some of those run in my bloodline.
As for the meeting with my friends, it didn't go as I planned. Not to say I didn't have fun (I did) but luck wasn't on my side. We squeezed in a game of Evolution (it''s a great board game if you get the chance) and I lost for the 5th time in a row against him. It's like going against Napoleon in a game of war, you're not going to stand a fighting chance. Then we finished the day off with a few rounds of smash that I recorded on my capture card, most of which I lost. Even on the midgar stage I failed, all because one of them got the Bahamut summon I was looking for, so i was caught between a Megaflare and a hard place. But all in all, I had a blast, and isn't that all that matters in the end.

Well, I hope you enjoy the week before you go back, I honestly wish I was back in my high school again as opposed to college. But that's the funny thing about time, it can't go back, only forward. I know you don't have the best experiences at your high school, but one day you might look back on them and think "it wasn't that bad".

My my, you've changed your avatar quite a lot lately little lady,
first it was a custom Shiki from Fudge, then the pink haired anime looking character, then to the animated girl in the footie pajamas, and now what I presume to be a dog of some sorts.

It's fine little lady, do what you have to, i've got time and patience to spare.
I'm sorry to hear of your unfortunate experience at band camp Howler, even more so that you got sick. I hope it passes soon, no one enjoys that feeling of illness.
Glad to hear some rain came your way, because I happened to get a bit of that myself lately. So much so that I don't have to water the plants for a few days (though apparently it will get hotter next week, ugh, can't wait for winter).
Great to hear that your KH merch has arrived, I recently added a button to my collection. Found it at gamestop for a buck, quite the steal considering other things i could have purchased.
As for myself right now, well...
My summer's coming to a close this week, I go back the 28th of August and will have to experience all the "wonders" of college all over again, like Italian 3, genetics and technological fluency! Sigh, I've been resting on the hope that it might be easier this semester, as I don't have a math class to focus my energy on, as learning math and a language at the same time is not a good mixture. This week I've been trying to focus my energy into getting my speed back, so I can successfully catch the train with very little time to do so (It's the perfect adrenalline rush if you make it before the doors shut) and meeting with my friends from high school one last time, gonna try and destroy them on the midgar stage in Smash for Wii U. Other than that and driving not much has happened, time's just catching up with me once more.

Mmm. Yeah I’m glad us rookies this year actually did stuff. Although pretty much everybody in the color guard quit all around the same time. So the very few left are struggling to do the rewritten moves. So we’re all struggling a little. I hope the rest of your band camp turns out fine and well.

Sorry for the late reply.


How's band camp going?

---with marching band---
For our marching practice. We learned the first movement of our piece (with music) already. On Wednesday's rehearsal we all got eaten alive by mosquitoes....I have ten bites on my lower right leg alone. Additionally, I just broke in new tennis shoes and they're going to get ruined on the parking lot we've been practicing on. T-T

Great! I'm always happy to help others in their endeavors, all you need to do is ask.
Yeah, you're thinking of more southern states, I rarely see tornadoes or hurricanes, and when I do, it's not very strong. Yeah, we might lose a few shingles off our houses and some trees may fall, but other than that, it's exceedingly rare that anything (casualties, destruction of property, etc) major happens. Fortunately we have gotten some rain, but it's never enough during our droughts.
I figured since you like Riku so much, you were bound to arrive on the thread sooner or later. That's the Howler I know.

I'm currently preparing for school(*ugly sobs*), and Marching Practice starts next week.

I've gotten new sketchbooks and pens so I'm just spending my free time drawing in pen. It's a great exercise to be more thoughtful about your lines and a good technical exercise. I also made it to the final boss in FFX. So hopefully I can beat the game here in the next few days then start on FFX-2. I wanna have no games I need to beat by the time KH3 comes out. Speaking of, I went back to 0.2 for a bit and the frame rate and frame pacing was abysmal(it was never this bad, I think it's probably the save file). It's making me worry about KH3 and whether those two factors will be as bad as 0.2 or not.

Eh it's okay, better late than never.
Well if you ever have any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer them, as i'm not an impartial person towards the matter (in other words, I tell the cold hard truth, no sugarcoating here missy)
As for the intense heat, I can understand it, the east has been hit with a lot of droughts recently, cracking the earth and yellowing the grass. fortunately rain is on the way, but that means we're not getting snow for quite some time.
Congrats on the kh contest Howler, you can never have too much KH merch.

Oof. PE classes. Never liked them. That's a reason why I'm marching this year, so I can get a credit and play my flute more.
Don't sweat the delayed response. It's nothing.

So how've you been lately?

I gave you a llama on DA


So I got my schedule yesterday and needless to say....I'm pissed. Some of my core classes aren't even on there. I need to get it changed. If not, I'll be credit deficient, and I'm not about to do credit recovery.

Ahaha. Gotta love seeing your old art. I also followed you on DA. If you want any sort of critique you can always feel free to ask.

Literally... my old art is-

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*barfs* this is from early 2015.

Program wise. I'm just using a free app. I moved from Tayasui Sketches to IbisPaint X. Sketches is easier to use but IbisPaint X definitely puts out better quality art due to the tools available. The stabilizer can change your line weight and the color wheel is designed better than Sketches. Both are free and have features to add on. I've had the paid version of Sketches but IbisPaint X has more options for free.

Yeah 4 is ideal, especially if you're trying to polish things off while still being a full time student. See, the thing is, During my first year of college i felt as though I wanted to get out of college ASAP. I'm the type of person who loved his high school with all his heart and grew tremendously, so when I go to this uppity place that constantly slams "Live on campus! you'll save money and have the best college experience!"(for the record, it isn't actually cheaper, if anything, it quadruples the cost for college, so i commute every day, and i pay absolutely nothing!) in your face, you'd better believe I'd be royally ticked. So i decided to attempt a perfect run, when I pick a class, I pass it and move on to the next, getting rid of as many pesky prerequisites as possible. To my credit, I did achieve that to some end, I passed a math class where only 5% of people pass and a Bio course where 60% fail. Heck, I even passed a class with an A that for the majority of the semester, I had nothing for a grade! But this took a massive toll on me, as juggling that much at one time is intensely stressful. I worked so hard that i felt guilty that I took a 20 minute break. So after 2 semesters of 5 classloads, i'm taking it easier on myself, and just going for some low hanging fruit for now.

Well, since it's been so long i remember very little about how to do it. It wasn't necessarily to teach you everything you had to do, a lot of it mainly had to do with moving logs from one place to another, or deforestate knot weed (a highly invasive plant that is similar to bamboo) and throw it in with the goats or chickens so they destroy it. But it was fun, the area it was in had a few stone ruins scattered around, which only added to the atmosphere.

8 hours, ouch. My heart goes out to you little lady I doubt even I could handle that. Hopefully it isn't too hot for you on those days, last thing you need is the weather against you.

Mmm. I've been taking drawing seriously for about 5 years. Getting into Kingdom Hearts threw me into an anime phase. That only lasted a few months before my art started evolving out if it for the better. Haha. I still have some of those crappy drawings. They're horrid.

I should probably get to updating my art thread. I'll have to use regular photo sharing for now.

I plan on posting some more at some point. Once I figure out how I can use DA to host photos. When it comes to personal photos, I won't use any photo hosting website for privacy reasons. Here's a link to the DA if you wanna see it there's not much for now

Gosh, I'm used to signing my real name on the artworks but now I either have to blur, block, or resign when posting it online. I have to keep reminding myself XD. So how long have you been drawing?

Forgot to mention how hard it is to name a piece of art. Like IDK...I usually just name them the date I made them.

That's good to hear. As for the whole college thing, I should be able to rest easy knowing I only have 4 classes out of 5 to deal with (3 of them are physical, one is online) definitely easier to deal with than my last two semesters *Shudders*
Band camp? can't say I ever went to anything like that. I used to partake in an after school program taking care of a farm as a 10 year old, but that's about it. Then again, i have been trying to teach myself how to play piano, hoping that one day I can play "dearly beloved" with my 36 key keyboard.