Yes, my friends, it's that time of year. Exams are over, college is out for winter break, and everyone's officially going insane (as if they weren't already). Life goes on. As I'll probably be exceptionally busy for the next few weeks, I can, with confidence, say that this will probably be the last journal entry of the year 2009. Ah, 2009, how you've been a blessing and a curse! Many events, many lacks of events, etc. Always busy, always crazy, always something, never a dull moment...... except when there is a dull moment, which completely destroys the idea of an exciting/stressful/crazy life. Good things can come from dull moments, though. Like art! Now, if only I could figure out the scanner on the new printer and find where I put my thumb-drive. I've lost it (yet again), though I'm pretty sure I know where it might be. 2009. Spring was something I can't really remember. It seems a long time ago, even though I have a memory like an elephant. Oh, yeah, I broke up with my ex-boyfriend in January of 2009. Wow, what a way to start a year. Spring was fairly uneventful. Summer was pretty much hell in a bottle. An odd expression, I know, but that's the only way to describe it. Thankfully, hell in a bottle let off a little for my birthday, when my best friend (~Kisala) came to visit and brought me a wonderful birthday present (besides her own presence, which is enough, really - she's my best friend EVER). Then, back to the daily grind in autumn. Most courses were great. Critical Thinking sucked. Poetry class wasn't what I'd thought it would be. It helped a little anyways, though. At least it got a few poems out of me. Geology (pun blatantly intended) rocked. French was amazing. Language and Culture in Anthropology was a huge disappointment. I thought we'd be learning the origins of words. Instead, we learned about the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (which cannot be proven, so it's pointless anyways) and people's accents/dialects, why they talk the way they do, etc. This was not pleasant for me, because vocal communication is not one of my strong suits. Don't get me wrong. I have the ability to speak. I simply don't talk a lot in person, unless I'm around someone I'm really comfortable with whom I've known for a long time or something. Exams, as always, were despicable. I believe I passed, but I wouldn't put it past the Critical Thinking professor to fail me for messy hand-writing. And, now, it's winter break, though I prefer to refer to it as Christmas break. It's what I'm breaking for, personally. Next year, my courses are French 102, Geology 105 (and the lab that goes with it - oh, joy...... 3 hour lab, yet again), an anthropology course about the Ancient Mayans, Classical Mythology (I'm excited for this one), and Writing Fiction (which I'm also excited for). 2009, you have been a mix of emotions for me, but I'm glad you were there. I mean, imagine just skipping from 2008 to 2010. That would just be really awkward and weird. Anyways, I've probably rambled and ranted on enough tonight. Merry Christmas, everyone! Happy Hannukkah to those who celebrate it! And a Happy New Year! I will look forward to seeing what new art and inspiration the new year brings! Lots of love to all of my deviant friends! See you next year!

~Tsuki~