Tom's Journal

Tom's Artistic Updates
Well once again...little to no art. It's not that I'm lazy it's just that...wait yeah it's that I'm lazy. I mean if I was a digital artist I could blame it on my computer not working for so long but in reality it's just that I haven't picked up any one of my half dozen sketchbooks in about 5 months. Perhaps it's just that inspiration hasn't struck at all. Perhaps it's that I'm both lazy and afraid that I'm nowhere near good enough to produce anything anyone will want to see. Probably more of those latter two.
On the plus side I've found several artists willing to do requests of my Akatsuki members-I just need to find the crappy drawings I have of them and get my profiles off my old computer so I can give them to them AND post them in some form of entry when said requests get done (and I am very thankful to those that are doing them!)

Tom's Writing Updates
I could blame the lack of writing on both my computer not working for so long AND my hatred of handwriting AND the huge amount of work I had leading up to finals but then again why make excuses? I really have been writing but it's all been odds and ends that really aren't worth posting at all--however I will be posting a few things by the end of this week when I polish a few of them up...and write a few more that are kicking around in my head. The lack of a word processor on my new computer makes it rather hard to get anything done

Tom's Work update
My l-guarding job has yet to start so my job right now is working towards passing my 2nd drivers test and continuing to work out, while writing and keeping in touch with my friends. Also on the list is unpacking the contents of my room at school into my room at home and preparing to go off to Cape Cod Sea Camps, whereat I'll be an Assistant Counselor and actually be living in the unit with the kids and such...scary thought. I'm more than a little apprehensive about it but I'm just taking deep breaths and trying to remember everything I've learned...which is next to nothing. A lot of the time it seems interacting with little kids on a daily basis is just gut reaction and hoping that they like/respect you enough to listen. Hopefully I don't die (crosses fingers).

Tom's Life update
So...I'm done with school! Very excited about that, but rather bored at home. My best friend Brett () is away on vacation so no hanging out with him, and my other good friend James () is still in school--suffice to say we still have plans for later this week but that's not for a few days so...yeah boredom. I am also planning to hang out with my friend Claire () at some point this weekend, which should be fun and then as for my friend Vikki ()...I don't really know. I don't know if we are at all close at the moment half of which is her overreacting when I say certain things and me enjoying pushing her buttons. Suffice to say whatever type of "well we won't date but we'll hook up" relationship is very much over for several reasons...several of which I won't mention since she might actually read this--heaven forbid. Other than that I've just been reading a lot, hanging around the house with my brother Mark, working out and playing around with my new computer. Other than that...yeah. I did see "Ocean's 13" which was pretty good in my opinion--more of a "hey I'd rent that on a boring weekend" than a "GOD! I have to buy that!" now Pirates 3 and Spiderman 3? Both of the latter category.
Oh...I guess some people will probably want to hear about Prom. Well, I went with Dee and at first was WAY overthinking everything. Like, started off great, nice pictures, laughing and smiling and plenty of compliments and then I just started thinking way too much "don't screw it up--you gotta make a move" that it DID screw me up. In the end it was still fun but I wish I had bucked up and realized it was better to be friends at that particular moment. We had some very nice slow dances (including one to "I Swear" alone on the dance floor after pretty much everyone had left. Very clutch) and it was nice to hold hands on the way back...and the kiss on the cheek at the end of the night on my part was apparently 'the right thing to do'. of course the next day we were back into our "hey let's order chinese food in our pajamas and watch some random TV" but we're definitely still best friends which is OK for me right now.

Tom's Rant of the week...
Hmmm...what to rant about. How about...hmm
Got it.
Alright why are there all these unwritten laws about women that you can NEVER EVER break? Like for example-you can never tell a girl she is getting kinda fat...no matter how nice you are about it. Take my friend for instance, who shall remain nameless. She is no longer physically attractive to even me, a guy who LIKES his girls chubby, and she is endangering her health with the complete LACK of excersize. Now I realize that she does have medical problems but she can walk for God's sake..I mean c'mon walk a few miles a day and eat healthier. Even I eat a salad a day when I can--a big salad with loads of grilled chicken and tomatoes, carrots, croutons, a bit of dressing, cucumbers all that delicious goodness. And you don't need to weigh like 110 lbs, no one is asking for that. Just lose some weight for your health and for the rest of us--c'mon.
Or how it's virtually impossible to ask if someone may just be a homosexual WITHOUT it being awkward--no matter how good of a relationship I have with another nameless person I can think of no way to do this. And it's not like she's telling me.
Thanks folks--sorry that was a bit short.