In about 24 hours from now, I'll be on a plane headed to Glasgow, Scotland. Weee! I'm so excited! I've been waiting for this all year, and now I can't believe it's tomorrow! :D I've still got a little packing to do, but, no worries.

So, just want to say to everyone else who's staying here over break, have fun, and I'll miss you guys. :)

So, yesterday was my eighteenth birthday! :) Yay! I would've written a post yesterday, but I didn't get home until around midnight, so I was too tired to report my day. ;)

Anyways, yesterday morning I went out with my mom and grandpa to the Spot restaurant to legally use the lotto scratch-off tickets for once. ;) The waitresses there and Nick, the owner, were so nice. They even brought out a cream horn, (cream wrapped in dough with frosting and sprinkles on the ends) with a sparkler on top singing "Happy Birthday." The people there are awesome. And, I won $20 on one of the scratch offs.

When I got home, I basically played THUG2 for awhile before I went out to dinner with my family and Ross to Red Lobster. The place was packed, but not as bad as some other places were. Ross gave me his present; a tote bag he painted on with some fabric paint, and a book for me to read on the plane ride to Scotland, "On a Pale Horse." Thank you again, Ross! :)

After that we went home, did the normal birthday things (eat ice cream cake, sing Happy Birthday at 8:13, when I was born, and opened presents.) Then, Ross and I watched The Incredibles, (good movie!), and later went to Subway to hang out with Alina and Bob for awhile. All in all, yesterday was AWESOME!

It's kind of weird. Yesterday morning I did not feel like I was eighteen. But later in the evening, and today, I do. So now, to conclude this journal, I'm putting down the lyrics to the song "I'm Eighteen", originally sung by someone whose name I can't remember, but then Creed did their own version for The Faculty soundtrack. Enjoy!

CREED - I'm Eighteen

Lines form on my face and hands
Lines form from the ups and down
I'm in the middle without any plans
I'm a boy and I'm a man
I'm eighteen and I don't know what I want
Eighteen, I just don't know what I want
Eighteen, I gotta get away
I've gotta get out of this place
I'll go running into outer space
Oh yeah
I've got a baby's brain and an old man's heart
Took eighteen years to get this far
Don't always know what I'm talking about
Feels like I'm in the middle of doubt
Cause I'm
Eighteen, I get confused everyday
Eighteen, I just don't know what to say
Eighteen, I gotta get way
Oh, lines form on my face and hands
Lines form on the left and right
I'm in the middle, the middle of life
I'm a boy and I'm a man
I'm eighteen and I like it
Yes I like it
Well, I like it, love it, like it, love it
Eighteen, eighteen eighteen
I'm eighteen and I Like it

B)

I had taken a picture of myself the Monday after the snowball during my study hall, because I really liked my haircut and color. That photo was sitting on my harddrive at the school, so I decided to print it and use it for my next piece, after seeing my robot painting again. This one is using warm colors (reds, yellows, oranges) for the hair and background, and cool colors (blue, purple) for the circles in the background, my jewelry, and shirt. The pattern in the back is using circles, matching my ball-chain necklace in the photo. It looks purdy. :)

Problem is, we had a weather drill today. It took only about 10 minutes of my painting time away, but it's still valuable work time. :/

The portfolio review actually went well today. I got a good look at what I have, and a good chance to think about what I needed for the exam. Some of my Advertising stuff from last year is even going into it. So now, I have, I think, about 10-13 pieces out of 24 needed. w00t.

So, tomorrow is my portfolio review, where basically my teacher and I look through the pieces that I have so far, and determine just how much more needs to be done before May 6th. I don't think I have a lot so far, (who knows, maybe I have more than I think.) At least I'll be able to clean out my AP Art shelf, since I have no more room in it.

"The camera will never be able to rival painting as long as it is impossible to use it in Heaven and Hell." -Edvard Munch

I like that quote. It's in the July part of my Giger calendar. Maybe I'll use it to replace my RENT quote at the top eventually.

It's March 11th. The AP Art Exam is May 6th. I'll be gone for all of Easter break, so there is no time to work on any artwork then. We need about 25 pieces of artwork for the AP Exam. I have almost 10. And a creative block has settled onto my brain.

*head hits desk*

Ah needz inzperashionz! O.o