i know, i know, i said i would post a new journal when i got back from scotland and ireland as well as post all the pictures i took lol, and i kinda failed at both of those lol. plus i fail at updating this dam thing all the time but so do a lot of people so i dont feel that bad lol but i am really sorry for not updating this more often and posting those dam photos lol. i promise i will post them as soon as i can, which may be like....thanksgiving ^^' ...ya since im currently at UNM lol my parents never got me a printer/scanner so i can upload any photos nor scan in any of my new drawings, so i have to wait until i go home for thanksgiving before i can do any of that. also most of the scotland and ireland pictures on my sister's computer so ya... fail on so many levels lol. but anyway---

whats new:
1. well, im currently going to UNM, which is freakin fantastic btw, everyone says that going in state sucks but really no one seems to know wat a fantastic college this is. we have one of the top cancer research centers here as well as a huge amount of fantastic degrees u can get here and yet people downgrade this place a lot, but oh well, stupid people cant be helped lol.anyway im currently doing an art studio major but i plan to switch it either at the end of the semester or the end of the year, since i have three other areas of interest that i might go into which are microbiology, psychology, and criminology. im going to look into those more closely and hopefully figure out what im going to do so i dont spend too many years here lol. i may only be about 2 hours away from home but i have no car so i cant just drive home whenever i want to nor drive around town, gotta take the bus or find a friend with a car lol. but other than that its pretty sweet here. it was interesting adjusting from a small highschool to a far larger college campus but i think i got the hang of it lol. i think thats all for the college stuff lol

2. my old laptop died on me with all my stuff on it too! but luckily my dads a freakin genius when it comes to computers cuz he was able to pull everything off of it so i dont lose any of my stories or projects or anything! also, i got a brand new laptop which i love! its soooo nice lol i love it

3. im still not entirely sane lol infact i think im a little bit worse since im currently stressed out over midterms and shit plus a bunch of band stuff, band sucks up my life lol. i have to be at the statium for football games 3 freakin hours before game time for 3 freakin hours of rehearsal...3 freakin hours!! in the god dam heat in black slacks, band shirts, hats, and marching shoes, i have no idea why we need to be there so early but we do, and then! we go marching around the tailgaters who are drunk off their asses already and then we march our pregame show and then we stand for 4 fucking hours in the stands! so basically we stand for a 7 to 8 hours straight...ya band sucks up my life lol.

4. i have a bunch of new drawing that i reeeaally wish i could post and show u all but i dont have a scanner! otherwise i would ask ur opinion on them before i put them in my portfolio that im putting together for one of the drawing teachers i might be meeting soon( just because im an art studio major doesnt mean im actually taking art classes right away, u have to get in to the classes before they fill up first) so im hoping to put together a good portfolio for him. plus i might be getting a tattoo and its going to be one of my designs so i wanted ur opinion on that too lol. so once again those probably wont be uploaded until like thanksgiving sadly... but they will be posted whenever i get the chance! i swear! lol

5. i think ive given up on dating for the time being since im really burned out after the past year in general as well as some shit that happened over the summer, plus the guys in college dont really care for relationships anyway, which i already knew and im kinda glad for that, so im sticking to being single for a while until i clear my head of everything thats happened. if u really want to know wat all happened then note me, otherwise yay for being single! lol ya, im actually enjoying it lol.

ummmm, i think thats all that new as far as i know, ill try to update this at least once a week, but im not going to make any promises lol. i love u all and i hope u guys are all doing ok!!

have fun,
-Valfur(the beast within and alicia)