Simply because this gives me something to do, I shall update my livejournal.
What has happened since September? I moved into the dorm, it is good to be away from my parents for a while. First quarter went fine, I became a handler for a red tailed hawk named Ake with an amazing personality at the Wildlife Shelter where I volunteer and hope to be rehired there this summer.
Second quarter is not going nearly so well as the first, I am overworked and overstressed, I have dropped one class and that is making things somewhat easier, but I am still counting down the days. I have recently gotten more experience as a handler and have switched from handling the red tail (he is being transferred to another shelter as we already have two education hawks) to an absolutely beautiful Peregrine Falcon named Isda. She isn't quite sure of me yet, but we're getting used to each other.
As far as writing goes, nano (Darkshield) took a nose dive at 24k because of overwhelming school work (Japanese hates me), but the story continued, it's simply going a lot slower. In fact it underwent some major rehauling this week and last week and though it is slow going what I have of it is nearing publishable material and it continues to speak to me, as does it's sequel (Technobabble). I have never before tried to work with Sci-fi, i'm usually more of a fantasy person, but I'm finding this story incredibly fun and easy to write.
Ruthless also underwent a MAJOR rehaul. I've only written a bit on the new version, Darkshield has been consuming most of my writing time, but it is now much more in tune with what I intended for the story, which is a darker, more serious piece, rather than the silly romance it was turning into.
As of the last few days my cognitive abilities are fading fast, but hey, here's a good outlet that no one ever reads where I can write my thoughts and blow off some steam. Yay.
Also, I have nothing else to do at the moment having run out of episodes of Andromeda, so I might as well rehaul my lj. I enjoy creating things, and fixing them too.