Wow. It's been about five months since I last updated my journal. Quite a jump from my past activeness, in which case you couldn't get me to shut up.

So, what's happened in the time I've been "away"? A lot.

This summer, at the end of June into the beginning of July, I attended the Sewanee Young Writer's Conference at the University of the South. It was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I learned all kinds of things that have helped me significantly improve my writing, met oodles of amazing friends who I have fallen head-over-heels- in love with, and got to read and meet many phenomenal authors who have inspired me to go as far as a I can with my career.

Unfortunately for anyone who cares, I have also learned to be cautious when sharing my prose and poetry. From this point on, I won't be submitting any new literature to my deviantART account in order to avoid my wavering fear of having someone steal my work. I know I sound paranoid, but it's time I became serious about this. I don't trust the Internet any more than I trust the lonely, old man down the street who insists on offering strange candy to all the cute little boys and girls. If you would like to be updated on my progress, though, let me know and I'll gladly alert and send to you anything I determine to be decent enough to be read (if you can be trusted : D ). If you're one of my really close friends, then there really is no need to do such.

Basically, this account will now be used primarily for doodles I happen to be able to upload. I'll keep most of my prose and poetry up, since I think most of it to be utter crap, but will be picking apart my favorites later on an keeping them all to myself. Mwa to the ha.

On that note, to anyone who's been watching for updates on my RxR fanfiction, I humbly apologize for my lack of activity. I've been trying to go back and edit all the previous chapters so they can be uploaded when I see fit, but since school has started, that project has become more and more neglected. It might be much longer before I'm ready to update again, but I haven't given up yet. I know that sounds like complete bullshit, and I'm sorry again, but I really do want to be able to finish this one.

August 7, 2009 was the greatest night of my life. I got to see Green Day in concert for the first time with my best friend in the world with floor seat tickets. It was an awesome weekend overall, especially since I got to meet up with all my old friends again, but that show was simply astounding. I hope to see them again on their second leg of the tour, and am currently seeking out any companions who would be willing to sit in line with me about six or seven hours before the concert actually starts.

School started about five or four weeks ago. Things have been going so-so grade-wise. Physics is a bitch, but at least my teacher is pretty cool. I have English with some fun friends, and I have composition with where we do absolutely nothing. Haven't been BoSing lately, and if you don't know what that means, it's probably better that way.

I end here and recommend you go check out and 's galleries. They're very legit.