My last journal was in 2013... holy crap. o.o That's a lot of life to catch up on! Since my last visit, much has happened! I've had several different jobs -- worked at a bank, taught Japanese to high school students, and now I'm working as a Fraud Analyst for a bank. My boyfriend from 2013 and I got engaged in 2013, then he moved from England to the US in July of 2016. We got married last year in September, and we just signed the lease for our first apartment together the other day, so life is looking great. While packing up to move, I found my old sketchbooks, and so many memories of all the times I spent with so many of you in different R

Hello! So I haven't had anything arty I've felt worthy of posting here as of late, but I figured I should let you know what's been going on in my life since the summer. I'm saving the best news for the end, so stay tuned! I've become quite active in my local Lolita fashion community, and I've been wearing the fashion out on a fairly regular basis. I went to Youmacon and cosplayed Mai from Avatar as well as Stocking again -- I'm still waiting for pictures from my friend's camera to post them because the others I have aren't too great -- I probably should remind her about those! Still working where I've been working, although I think that's