Well, its been a year or so since my last big update. I havent been doing too much lately - I've started writing again, but my art has been pretty dodgy and I havent had anything worthwhile to post.

I'm probably going to be doing a series of hideously dodgy avatars for some role playing friends in the next few weeks (who appropriated several of my characters from 'Slave' for Exalted characters).

You can expect some photo manipulation avatars of Ilandra, Nixot, Zucchini, Winter and Raven to rear their hideous little heads.

Anyway, I have to go and do my tax refund

Have fun in the DA world!

- Lena

Okay, so I'm back with my nifty camera, my plodding psp9 and armed with my courage I'm decided to continue my deviantart march after a very long break.

What can I tell people?

I'm a highschool teacher.

I've been in a car crash recently.

I get married in two months.

Yeah, I'm done.

I hope people enjoy my new photography. I'm going to have a big focus on portraits! Especially with the wedding coming up!

- Lena

It's amazing. I'm sitting here at my parents place going through the computer looking at all my old art (some of which I have uploaded for my own amusement) and reading over my old fanfics.

I'm a different person then I used to be...but I'm still the same. I feel the same, but I'm less...naive? I'm still naive, but I'm more...aware. Aware of the world around my even more then I used to be. I have had more experiences, learn't more about things which I once knew nothing about.

Sex. Money. Art. Life. Love. Death. Stress. Strength.

I miss who I once was, but I wouldn't give up the person I have become for anything in the world. I'm so much stronger then I once was. I have good friends, a fiance who loves me, a supportive family, a beautiful home, a gorgeous cat, a career, I've found my neiche in art and writing and drama.

I'm finally feeling that sense of peace which eluded me for so long.

Life really is beautiful...I'm only just starting to realise just how beautiful it is.

- Lena

Well, I finished university....forever! No more nasty university! This is such a relief! I mean, it's been four years of desperately working two jobs and going to uni full time...and finally, finally I can have a small rest before I go out and get a real job with a degree.

What am I studying? Teaching. High School Teaching. Drama and English to be exact.

Which means I can now go out and teaching senior English and Drama to highschool kids. This isn't as insane or scary as it might sound - sure there are some evil teenagers out there, but most of them are friendly nice guys who just have stupid teachers.

I'm also getting very sick of the rat colony downstairs. Despite the fact that I have asked them not to stay over Nick keeps letting like 5 people live with him. Oh well, he has exactly one week left to move out before someone else begins to move in. When that happens Nick has no choice but to move out....so I'll try and tolerate him and his stinky little colony of homeless, drug dealing idiots who do nothing besides smoke pot and steal signs. Maybe I'm being harsh, but I can't imagine any of them have a secret life where they attend...nah, I won't go on. Knowing my Luck they'll somehow read this and get all 'rarghy' at me for daring to express my opinion.

dsaf/jbFBASlksrG

That is my expression of rage.

Oh, does anybody know what is up with livejournal? Everytime I go there I just get a weird UTUBE logo.

The first 10 people who comment on this journal will get a sketch, free. However, in return, you must offer 10 free sketches in your own journal.

On another note - I have started my latest round of prac! Yay! Almost over!