I am back from new travels. Since my last journal entry, I've been to Washington DC twice. The first for the Foreign Language Teaching Assistant conference. We were 409, from 40 something countries for roughly as many languages. It was awesome, I met friends agai and made new ones, and it was altogether very short. One week later and a few finals out of the way, we left again with my friends and did some sightseeing. DC is a cool town with lots to see, sadly we were there only for 2 and a half day because we had to postpone our departure due to snow.
And now we're back and we celebrated Xmas yesty and having a rest before hitting the road again.


So I wish you all a happy Christmas or whatever you celebrate. Enjoy the company of your loved ones, eat a lot, have fun, be safe and merry.

So, I haven't update this journal in a while. All came at the same time, my dAnniversary, my birthday and now finals week and the trip to DC. Crazy shit is crazy indeed!
I want to thank everyone for their birthday wishes, that was very kind of all of you. Since you were not able to make it to the party, here is a little snippet for you:



Now that I am all 23 and mature and everything, I have to attend a conference in DC with all the other Teaching Assistants from my program... only 432 of us It'll be fun and we'll stay in a filthily luxurious hotel. I just wish it wasn't during finals week so that I had actual time to work on my papers -_-


Tired of the Highwayman yet? i think there are still a couple of pictures yet to post. After this series, I shall move on to the Avian Oracles which are fun too, you'll see!

3 years ago I started this account shortly after discovering what stock was. Many mistake, a few crisis, a famous window and three years later, here I am.
I have never thought about my longevity on DA. It is highly related to my friends here and the fun I take in doing what do. Those three years have helped me grow in a lot of ways. I grew as a trigger-happy snapshot maniac to what I believe is a somewhat decent place/landscape stock-artist. I met many a great friend, most of them I have yet to meet in person but who still are dear to my heart.
I fear that in the next few years my presence on DA will become more shadowy due to the life path I have chosen. However, I have no intention of leaving this site as long as I still have friends on it. So what can I wish for, besides another three years of art, friendship and wonderful creations made with my stock?


It was awesome and I am stuffed!


After braving the circles of Hell (Philadelphia), the evil masterminds got together for some mischief!
Indeed, I spent an awesome meeting with =lindowyn-stock, =TheArcher777 and crew. It involved Dungeon and Dragon, chicken with breast implants, boobrie, oracles, kittens, bagels, wonder danglies and stuffs.
As you might guess, the stock occasion was to beautiful to resist. So we went to it and i must admit it was wonderful to work with such skilled stock-artists. Having a talented photograph you and a seasoned model does help a lot I must say! Of course there were hiccups, jazz hands, spinning cloak and much glee.
here is a taste of what was done.

More to follow, both here and over at =lindowyn-stock

My adventure of the week! On Thursday I started having a fever. By Friday night I hit the 103F. At the same time, we received an e-mail about swine-flu being on campus. Anyway, but yesterday evening, the fever was over, but I still have a sore throat. A friend of mine is convinced I had a washed-down form of swine-flu. Well i guess we shall never know Just remember one thing: ALL WILL DIE!


Yesterday was awesome! I was still a bit feverish for a better part of the morning, but it went away in the afternoon so I was able to enjoy the Halloween festivities! I went as a mental patient. It involved a strait-jacket, black hair-dye and creepy eye make-up. Oh, and when i say black hair-dye, I do not mean spray... I mean actual dye I'll have to keep the black hair for a while now! So we went to various parties, and ended up back in our dorm for 2 hours of ghost stories in the dark! That was so awesome, mainly because some of the Japanese girls would just freak out and scream at every "scary" part.

Doh! I remember the time when i updated this journal every week... And now, I am so busy I hardly have time enough to do so! My work is keeping very busy. I do enjoy it though: I enjoy the courses I am taking, and the student I teach French to are overall nice and funny fellows.
I have met many a wonderful person here, and those weirdos I have for neighbors keep me away from the computer for a great deal of time. Running around campus with Nerf guns shooting a each other, running to the convenience store at midnight (Wawa I love you), watching Ace of Cakes, making evil plans to take over the world, everything is good enough for us to be amused!


2 weeks ago, we had friends from Spain and France over, so we showed them around Philly. I enjoyed the museum of art which gave me many new ideas. Spending the fall break in new York was great too! We had 4 packed days: Met museum, Central park, times square, Empire State building, World Trade Center, Wall Street, Broadway, seeing Chicago-The Musical, Little Italy, Chinatown, Soho... What a blast! I'll go back there for sure.

And then this week-end, the unthinkable happened! While hanging around Philly, I was kidnapped, taken to another state and tortured I shall never forget those two days... And i think =lindowyn-stock will not forget it either, mostly the part when i forced her to take me underwear shopping And of course, =TheArcher777 might have troubles sleeping because of the ghost babies. But all that is another story entirely!