The title says it all. XD I'm bored, but I really don't feel like going to bed (even though I should), so I decided that instead of just sitting here playing games, I'd update my journal. Something productive! Huzzah!

Let's see... what to say? Well, it's Spring Break, finally! I had been counting down the days, and it has finally come. I've been busy, though. Lot's of cleaning and organizing to do, along with preparing to apply for internships. Fun times! It's all good, though. It feels really wonderful just to be at home and away from school for longer than a single weekend. My brother and I had a nice brother-sister movie day on Monday, and we went to see Coraline, which was totally amazing! Wednesday night, I get to see my awesome-tastic friends again. That will be very fun, and very therapeutic. And Thursday, hair cut time! I'm definitely excited for that.

Sunday night, I went swing dancing for the very first time since January. And it sucked... badly, which honestly, wasn't that big of a surprise. When I first got there, I couldn't find my friends. While I was busy looking for them, all the songs that I wanted to dance to played, and the only guys that asked me to dance were creepy old men, one of which reminded me of a nude model I had to draw at school. Ew. After about an hour, I finally found my friends. It took another hour before I got asked to dance (by a friend), and that was the only time I got to set foot on the dance floor the entire night. I sat there for another hour before I just got up and left, upset and on the verge of tears. As much as I like it, I think I'm done with swing. I'm really very tired of going and not getting to dance because I don't have a partner. Sure, I could dance with all the creepy old men that ask me, but every time I've sucked it up and danced with a creepy old man before, they've either hurt me because they led me like they were driving a car, or criticized me because I wasn't following correctly (which is entirely their fault). It's always a whole lot more fun if you can dance with someone that you're acquainted with. There's less pressure to look good, and a lot less embarrassment if you screw up. My first, and my last, attempt at asking someone to accompany me was incredibly, embarrassingly awkward and in the end, failed miserably. Really, it's been I don't know how many weeks, and I'm still a bit embarrassed by it.

Anyway...moving on... I was going through some storage boxes from my closet over the weekend and found several notebooks and folders slam-full of old and/or unfinished drawings. With the little bit of spare time I have between resume and cover letter writing and closet cleaning, I might try and finish a couple of them. And, if they look good, I might just put them up here on dA, but we'll just have to see. I also came across a note from one of the teachers at my high school back in NC thanking me for a drawing I did for him. He was always so interested in my art, and encouraged me on a regular basis to continue pursuing my dreams and challenging myself. If it weren't for him, I would not have entered the regional Medieval Times art contest, which I ended up taking 3rd place in. It's been six years since I received that note, and I really wish I could get back in touch with him to tell him where I am now. Unfortunately, the school's website has all the staff information blocked. You have to be a student, or the parent of a student, in order to even see who is on the staff. So, I don't even know if he still works there. It sucks.

Well, it seems as though this journal has not only alleviated my boredom, it has actually made me a bit sleepy. So, I am off to bed now. Maybe I'll get some drawing-finishing done tomorrow. Toodles!

~Mer