Tom's Journal

Tom's Artistic Updates
Art update...little to none. Right now we aren't really having good enough weather to merit some solid photography (though I may have a few random shots to put up) and since I just got injured (see below) I've been busy rehabbing, giving me even less time to try and do any art. I've been doing a number of random sketches lately, mostly of original Akatsuki characters for my still-going Naruto fanfic (again see below). In other news I am looking for artists willing to do a GOOD job of drawing some of these characters so I can have solid pictures of them. send me a note anyone who is interested and we'll palaver.
Tom's Writing Updates
My fanfic is going slowly but surely-I just finished some minor editing on the first four chapters and hope to have those reposted along with the 5th by...Sunday or Monday. In other writing news I've done at least a few pieces of poetry in the past few days so I may post more of those. Speaking of poetry I am going to a poetry reading next tuesday with my school! We are going to the local Barnes and Noble bookstore to read to each other and some students/audience members from other private and public schools in the area. My English Teacher chose my Thanatopsis poem, my "Language of Love" poem and my "Swimming on Ice" poem. I know I haven't posted the latter two but I plan to (hopefully) in the near future. If you have any suggestions for a different poem I should read please tell me! I plan to ask numerous other people on their opinions for this as well.
Tom's Work update
Well I now have an official job for the beginning and latter part of this summer-lifeguarding at the YMCA, most likely from early-late morning while my dad is there so I'll have time to do things in the afternoon with people. School work is...quite a load right now! I've really got to step it up in latin if I hope to get a somewhat decent grade for the quarter and my other classes are giving no leeway! I think I'll be pretty much staying right up where I am right now in terms of grades which is good, though I also have a huge history paper to work through in the next week and a half as well as my first track meet next week.So wish me luck!
Tom's Life update
My track season has been going fairly well thusfar-I am currently running mid-long distance and one of my coaches Ms.Nahom is leaning towards either the more cross country esque event for me or the 800 (about half a mile). I really won't know what to do until I get out on the track more often which won't happen till tomorrow at the earliest as I hurt my TCI band (or some combination of three letters. The muscles run from above my pelvis down my hip and quad area so I need to keep stretching and icing that. I wish I could have just gotten out there and seen how it felt today but of course it had to rain. Not that I don't love the rain but it's a hassle and a half waiting! In other news Tom got a date to prom! (allows for clapping, then gapes at silence) ANYWAY! I'm going with my best friend Dee who I've mentioned before and we are planning to have one of the best times of our lives (though the St.Patty's day rangers game will be hard to top). As for her...well I've reached the decision that I am much better with being best friends with her than continuing to try and convince her she likes me romantically and that's good for me I think-I mean I hate getting hung up on stuff and it has made things much more comfortable between us. Most of these revelations came about because on saturday night our school had a dance and she danced with me (grinding for those of you who don't assume). and she is a VERY good dancer...I am not. but I got into it and had an amazing time with her. Than on the way back to her dorm, someone mentioned in passing that she had been drinking and I was sorta like "well whatever, doesn't affect me." Or at least that's what I thought-till she wrapped her arm around my waist, pulled mine around her shoulder and started talking about how much she loves me. Than she kissed me on the lips (rather chastely but still...that's never happened before). That's most of the explanation for my most recent poem "I did not care" We talked about it on Monday night as she came to see me in the library (family stuff...I won't get into it for her privacy) because I wanted to make sure that she knew it had happened and other people didn't make up rumors or anything. she said she was really sorry and that she really did love me-but didn't want to ruin it with a relationship. Specifically "I want to keep up this amazing friendship alive for the rest of my life. I mean that."
so I'm in a pretty damn good mood!
Tom's Rant of the week...
There will be no dress up for today's rant. It comes right form experiences today. And that rant is...equality for women! Now women's rights activists and feminists alike, put away your eunuch making machines and you're soap boxes alike, this will be brief and to the point;
you can't ask me for me to give you equal pay, equal rights to own property, and ask the government to look at you in the exact same way as me and THEN complain if I don't hold doors for you, or say that you are completely allowed to hit me but I cannot hit you or else it's a hate crime. You also cannot say that if you say something a man says offends you it is automatically "sexual offender!" but if you say something "hey suck it up. every guy wants a girl all over his dick". STOP WITH THE DOUBLE STANDARD! I am going to treat you exactly like I treat any guy friend of mine if you want me to-of course if I like you I will try to romance you as well but seriously. I'm gonna treat you the same if that's what you want. if you don't want that, than tell me and I'll take my voting rights and job rights back while you head home to make me a sandwich.
Thank you