Aoichou

Hey guys!

So my life has been a whirlwind of ridiculousness over the last month, and it's probably going to be just as crazy until early December rolls around.  For one thing, I started my student teaching--which is cool, except that I don't get paid for it.  That's right, I do all the work of a teacher and get NONE OF THE MONEY and it's totally legal because I'm technically a "student."  HAH!  On the plus side, come December, I should have my Master's of Education, and I can find a real, salaried job with things like BENEFITS!

I also moved in with my boyfriend of over a year (!!!) and have been trying to settle in.  The house is still full of boxes, but I'm chipping away at them slowly.  Most of my art supplies are still packed, but I'll find them someday!  I also need to go get my car inspected tomorrow so I can register it in Maryland...and I'm not going to lie, I'm worried.  It's a 130-point, 90-minute inspection.  On a car that has 175,000 miles on it.  I passed my Virginia inspection just fine back in March, but I feel like they're probably going to find at least one thing wrong tomorrow.  My only hope is that it's not expensive to fix.  Remember that whole not-getting-paid thing?  Yeah.  Scary times.

The point being that, while I still check the dA daily, odds are that updates are going to be extremely infrequent on my end until the student teaching experience is done.  And then...well, we shall see

For anyone who has been following my life and is interested...I will be starting student teaching in about a month's time!  Essentially, this means I get to spend an entire semester working as a teacher (plus doing schoolwork) without getting paid a cent, and without being able to hold down a job at all!  YAY...*dies*

On the plus side, it means I am that much closer to graduation!  And I will also be moving out of my parents' house at the end of August in order to move in with my wonderful boyfriend of just over a year.  It's definitely going to be a tumultuous time, but after the storm, I will actually be able to start looking for real, salaried jobs in a field I actually want to work in.  And I will be living with my boyfriend.  In not my parents' house.  Can I emphasize how GLORIOUS that will be?

In the meantime...I shall be art-ing.  The family beach week starts next week, so if nothing else, I will have time to hang out and make pretty sketches, some of which may turn into actual, fully-fledged artwork.  Only time will tell...

Accidentally wrote over this journal.  Well, that sucks.

So I just discovered this wonderful, amazing, happy-making thing that has completely brightened up the last few days for me. It's called Sock Puppet Theatre, and it consists of professional voice actors performing scripts based on people's crazy and angry internet interactions (flames, meltdowns, etc) with...wait for it...SOCK PUPPETS. It's actually fantastic. You should go watch it. My favorite thus far is "Stop Killing Your Pets," but they're all little gems in their own right.

You can find it here: www.sockpuppettheatre.com or on their Youtube channel.

Oh, also Happy Holidays everyone!!! And please don't forget to check out my requests and commissions page. I love having things to do, ESPECIALLY if it helps me pay of my Christmas-present-buying debt!