With my friend visiting for the weekend, we're taking advantage of a wicked camera rental for her birthday and as a result, I'm going to have quite a few pictures to put up here in my gallery.  The biggest update in a long time for me! Rather than flood notifications, I'll pick the best ones and upload in groups over the next while.  While I will know who shot which for the most part, we were trading the camera back and forth a bit so I will label her as credited as appropriate (or potentially so). Hopefully the zoo images turn out as well as the ones did at the wolf park!

Short entry will be short.  I've been sick for the last month or so, and I'm only just coming out of it thanks to the supplement I was given.  For an unknown reason, I became anemic to the point that the test on my blood could not measure any storage of iron and my red blood cell count had fallen below normal.  The state was bad enough it affected my heart, and I could barely keep up with school.  Recovery is in progress.  Sadly, I've only just finished midterms at school for the semester so another 7 weeks lie ahead. Tried that sketch I put up but tossed that to my scrapbook as I am quite unsatisfied with it.  It will be replaced asap, and

My sketching has been promising thus far, but I have quite a few projects that require my attention before I put too much effort into the new works I have planned, save perhaps for my DeviantID/avatar remodeling.  Additionally, my pain is quite well controlled and I've fully adjusted to the increased dosage so the side effects are not even minimal anymore.  Of course school work comes first still, so it is acceptable enough. For now I have other distractions: my friend has just introduced me into the world of Doctor Who.  I did not need a new addiction, but David Tennant is very hard to resist.  Too hard really....darn his foxy self. "He ne