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kisses. ^_^

Don't ask me how she got up there. I don't know.

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This is me, watching way too much So You Think You Can Dance.

Please tell me I'm not the only one who loves this show?

What is anatomy. I don't understand this concept...

...she has two left thumbs, for crying out loud! -_-

I'm on the right track baby

Hey guys! I promise that I'm still alive, and still drawing!

I've been drawing a lot, actually. It seems like the more I draw, the more inspired I am to draw. At 2 AM I get great ideas. (which gets annoying because then I can't sleep until I get the drawing out of my head... I'm becoming a true artist. -_-)

It's gotten to a point where I'm doing like, one big-ish project every few days. So I'm reeeeeealy backed up on what I have to show ya. But that's really good. :)

So I'm gonna be doing individual posts for each drawing. That way your attention isn't divided and it'll be easier to compliment me. Haha just kidding*. And it'll be easier for me to make my notes, too...

So don't be afraid to comment on a post that isn't at the top of the page! I check it all, and I'd love to get some input. :)

Are you guys excited? I know I am. :D

*or am I?

High above me

Some awkward Percy and Annabeth for your Friday...

SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAD BETTER HAPPEN IN SON OF NEPTUNE OR I WILL COME TO TEXAS AND BEAT YOU UP RICK RIORDAN!!!!!

It's a maze, this garden

Heyyyy do you like free stuff? Course you do! Everyone likes free stuff.

Especially me, which is why I love booksshouldbefree.com. Free audio books, people. It's awesome. But is it illegal? Actually no. They only have books written before copyright laws were made.

But surely there are other problems? Well, of course. Here's a helpful little pros and cons list:

PROS:

-Uh it's free! Hello!

-They have like, everything classic literature. Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, L. Frank Baum, Jane Austen....

-Sometimes the narrator is different every chapter (although some of them are read wholly by one person. It really depends.) This can be a pro or a con; Occasionally, you'll get someone who has an amazing accent, and does everything right.

-It's so easy (at least for me). All I do is open my iTunes library, press iPod download, and it's there, in the podcast section, in two seconds flat. I love how I don't have to do anything. When I'm done, I just delete it.

-I can listen to it while I do chores, or during long car rides. (I can't read in the car, ever)

CONS:

-There aren't any modern books.

-Sometimes the narrator is different every chapter. Though it's not often, you might get someone who reads too fast, or with no emotion. When this does happens, just get through it and take comfort that the chapters are 10-20 minutes long. It'll be over soon, especially if he's reading fast.

-Although they do put a little bit of voice into the characters, no one does anything ridiculous, like people who do professional audio books do.

Yeah, that's pretty much it. But it's FREE.

I don't know about you, but I take what I can get. I finished Alice in Wonderland, which was read by a different person each chapter. I loved it, and almost everyone did a great job.

Now I'm listening to A Little Princess. It's read by only one person, who's doing a very good job so far.

But Nina, I don't like audio books! I'd much rather just read...

I'll have you know that there are plenty of websites that'll let you read classics online for free! Just google it.

But if you don't want to google it, classicreader.com works rather well and seems to have a good selection.

I just wanted to show these to you guys. I love books, and I love free stuff, so these websites make me very happy.

Warm and Real and Bright

More art. Cuz you guys apparently love this stuff. :)

Don't ever learn to draw Rapunzel, guys. She is a serious addiction. I'm gonna have to start going to "Tangled-Fan-Artist Anonymous" pretty soon...

True Legislation With an Axe

(Christian Borle... why are you so attractive?)

[used a reference]

A couple drawings I did a long time ago...

My current Musical obsessions:

-Les Miserables (My friend gave me the whole soundtrack...I'm in heaven)

-The Addams Family (SO GOOD)

-Wonderland (Specifically the song "Off With Their Heads" It's been in my head for DAYS)

-Shrek The Musical (Still lovin' it)

That's all for now, folks. My life is boring...

7 AM the usual morning line-up

Some Rapunzel sketches I did recently. I have NO idea what's happening at the top-right corner...

I think I want to marry Glen Keane. That way he can give me free art lessons. ;)

P.S. You should all listen to this like, right now. I'm obsessed.