Purpose of post: I'm twenty. Twenty years of life on this planet. I mean to try to score my life based of typical lines of division for the various aspects society has come up with. This has been a long time coming.

( If you have a short attention span to all things me, you probably wouldn't have even made it this far. Good job! )

...I finally changed my layout! :D I'm so glad that that old dull grey monstrosity is gone. This new layout's header was not made by me, however. I don't have excessive time this semester for graphics like last semester. :( The people in the header are from BBC's Robin Hood, characters of Will Scarlett and Djaq. If it had Allan I'd be tempted to never get rid of it. :P

So, while I'm here and all, I should probably do a bit of an update of my life this past month.

University: This semester is looking as though it will be time consuming. Not challenging (unless you count how far I can stretch my procrastination), but full of reading material.

Social: I've been realizing who are the ones that I'm missing. Problem with this is me feeling awkward about doing anything about it. Also, I want to try to improve certain aspects of my personality and general moods. At this time I am not that confident about this project.

Personal: Restlessness has set in a bit. I need to get out and move. Walk, run, dance, slid - I just don't want to do that around most people that much. Ran a block this weekend, first time in ages without a bus to catch, and I forgot it can be enjoyable.

Internet: Ohmygosh! I just won first and second place in two different icontests! ^_^ Its been about a year, including the breaks, since I started making graphics and I'm proud to say I have actually improved. (Not that I don't still produce crap, 'cause I do.) I'll post banners to esdlsd when they are made with the icons.
View winning results here: robin_icontest & monkeestills

EDIT: Its been over four years since I first started this journal. I feel so old and so much better than my past self. Even if I still have so far to go.

I've been really rude recently, and without meaning too. Has whatever tact I have left me for sunnier climes?

Good news: I somehow managed to get all A's! I've no idea how I did it. Even Latin. The others were real easy, even if I did panic after slacking off. Getting an A in Latin made my day. Problem is I just remembered that I should go over Latin so I remember it for next semester. Drats!

Saturday was the day that broke me. I have been able to enjoy my cluttered and dusty room for over 19 years. As of today I've started to clean it out. This is mainly because I got a new computer desk. ! Its all in now and it only took me around seven hours to clean, move, set up, and tidy. And that's only a fraction of my room. My bed still needs to be cleared off, but that shouldn't take long. I'm giving myself a semester to finish up cleaning up/out my room. I'm taking tomorrow off though, my entire upper body has begun to ache.

During the cleaning I've managed to hit my head at least three times, two of which were bad enough to make me get an ice pack. It seems Tact and Coordination have eloped. They could have given me some warning, I would have taped a pillow to my head.

Two weeks have passed, time to update. School's almost done for the semester (!) and then I can catch up on the shows I've missed the last couple of weeks. I plan I fixing up this place and my icon journal, now that I'm in a bit of a layout stint. Hopefully I can finish the layout I'm working of before finals, if I could get IE to work. >_<

( I've actually thought about certain aspects of my life. Shocking. )
But good news: I've become more active online! kinda I'm rather proud of myself for that, though I'm still paranoid that my comments make me look an idiot. I'm getting past it though, I've come very far in the time I've been on the internet. Granted it only took me years for it to happen (maybe even a decade?!), but it has. It almost makes me not embarrassed about my early stuff. Eh, I suppose I had to start somewhere.

A question: Why does it seem that when I'm creatively writing my icon creativity is low and vice versa? Its odd but true, I don't remember producing good stuff in both departments at the same time.

Instead of posting another piece of writing here I've decided to return to the irregularly scheduled posting about nothing in particular. This post has decided to begin by typing about its comrades.

( Cut to shorten your FP a little. See how considerate I can be? Through here are some vague things that have come to my attention lately. You don't have to read it, the last two paragraphs are more important to my creative side anyways. )

From now on (until further notice) I will not be posting my writing here. Its moving to a separate home here at blogspot. Its not entirely set up though, but I'm going to try to post something there every week. My stuff is under the name "rhinoland" as per usual. Read, enjoy, tell your friends! *nervous laugh*

I have issued myself an icon challenge which goes as follows: "For each episode of Heroes aired featuring Sylar and/or Maya you must make at least 14 icons by the time their next episode airs (unless its finals or something, then you get an extension)". Last week I made 16 in pretty much one morning before school. This week I've made seven so far and I've been working on and off on them over the last two and a half days. I keep fiddling with them, but I think this might turn into my best icon set yet. *iz proud* Hopefully I can get at least another seven done so I can post them tomorrow.

Well, Hillary sent me a nudge 'cause I haven't posted in awhile. I was just going to make a post saying "No.", but for now I figure I might as well say something.

I think I'm actually going to really start using this thing now. And I'll probably actually comment on entries (though a lot of entries recently have been on more emotional issues and I'm not always the best person for that).

Things are going relatively well for me, in fact I think I may be getting close to that elusive feeling: happiness. Well, maybe not really but I do feel more content (that is, after I get over any moments of panic I may have.) UIC is pretty nice and I like it there. But how do I keep ending up with classes were the material overlaps at times? I don't know.

Also, I'm making icons now! Shocking, I know, but it gives me something to do. I've posted all my crappy, older icons and will probably post the newer, better ones on Monday. So far I've only got The Avengers, Historical, Doctor Who, and Torchwood ones up but Monkee and Labyrinth icons are planned for the nearer future. I'll probably post them to communities on Monday as well. Yikes! ....am I a full geek now?

Well darlings since I have been yelled at about updating this thing (it's not the layout, it's you.) I will simply state than I have a new plan that will take two years, 7 months, and 10 days to finish. Talk to me then. Ta ta.

Okay so today (actually yesterday but its early morning) I went shopping and I bought a skirt! And its not black! Gasp! Its a light green-ish colour and it has slanted strips. Since I dislike the whole horizontal strip thing going on now I wish I had poke-a-dot stuff. But I don't. Boo.

So yes I have a problem type thing going on now. It will change my whole life (lie) so I need your attention!

~*POLL*~

Should I cut my hair?

A. No, let it grow out some more.
B. Yes, cut it around your shoulders.
C. Yes, cut it above your shoulders and conform to the supposed Indie trend. (:P)
D. Other.

Pick on of these and tell me if I should just cut it or give me ideas of any fancy hair things I can't think of/don't know about.

Thanks a bunch!