*sniffles and blows nose* Okay, maybe I don't have the Swine Flu (though whenever someone gets sick at school we always make a point to yell out "SWINE FLU") but I do have one pain-in-the-ass cold. I feel like I have a hedgehog going up and down my throat.-_-

Anyway, anyone else dead-excited about the new movie 9? I've recently seen Ponyoand District 9 (a lot of 9s going around, huh?) , but this is the movie I've been waiting to see since ROTF first priemered. When I first saw the trailer, I fell in love with it instantly. THE MUSIC WAS F-ING AWESOME! Haha, sorry, I love a trailer with good background music to it. It really gets your blood pumping! I just wish it wasn't priemering on Wednesday instead of Monday so that everyone cne can see it on their day off. Oh well, I have a big Calculus test on that day so my mom might let me and sister go after school to see it as a treat.

Okay, so on the topic of updates. Due to schoolwork, I haven't been able to get much done, though today, even though I'm as sick as a dog, I'm going to try and finish chapter 13 of TFA Warriors. I did have half a chapter typed up before I realized that it was total BS and deleted it. Just Brian and August having a weird converation about August's sexuality and japanese songs that his sister gave him. For the insanity of the readers, I cut it out. It was just stalling the story. Anyway, Chapter 13 will feature a mix of both the humans, clan cats, Bloodclan, and Sari. I hope I can get it up to by tonight or tomorrow morning.

Remember my earlier journal entry about me needing to make an animation for my English career project. Well, since I don't have Photoshop and Gimp sucks at animating anything big, I'll probably just create chapter one of a manga I thought of last night. I wasn't going to go with the idea because I wanted my manga or comic to have an original plotline, but while listening to a song *the same song in the listening to thingy* and the idea came to me out of nowhere. It's kind of a based off the Greek story of "Cupid and Psyche" and a parody of the idea of shipping. When I'm done with the TFA Warrior chapter, I'll work on character designs for the story. I just hope when it comes time to present my comic to a panel of adults (probably a couple of teachers, the principal, and maybe a person from the school board) they won't get mad at the yorai and shipping jokes.

And, if that doesn't work, I'll try to spring for a decent animation program at Best Buy.

Anyway, that's all for now. Thanks for reading!

Well, today in my English IV honors class we started to get into discussion about our two semester-long project that focuses on our future careers. It involves a lot of research and stuff, but the main thing I'm looking forward to is the "Developing a Product" part. Basically, you have to make or do something related to the career you want to head towards.

Since I want to be an animator, I thought that I could make a small animated clip or something, but I have no idea how to do that on Gimp. I've tried looking for tutorials, but they're not really that detailed and they all seemed to focused on little smiley icons. It's cute, but not working for me.

If anyone is willing to maybe direct me in the direction of a good, detailed tutorial that will help me do some animation on Gimp it would be greatly appreciated. If I do good on this project, it might help get an art scholarship which I desperately need at the moment.

For those who regularly read the small amount of journals I post up should know that there are few things that really get me angry...and if it does, then I just make overdramastic jokes about it and usually burst into flames at the end of an overly capitaled rant. *For prime example of such, read Journal entry labeled "First Day as Senior...Ugh", under the topic of Advance Math, Pre-Calculus.*

*Note to readers: Math is excellent fuel for flames*

Ahem, anyways, but what I discovered yesterday on Youtube is one thing that really, REALLY grinds my gears.

Now, all you watchers are well aware of my TFA Warriors series, correct? If you don't, then why the hell are you watching me? That's basically all I post up. Shoo, go away all you non-knowers. Back on topic, on youtube, I found this video: [link]

Now, the graphics and music are great, but there's one little, tiny problem....

WHO THE BLOODY HELL GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO USE MY PICTURES WITHOUT EVEN ASKING PERMISSION?! FOR THE LOVE OF DEVIANTS! THE PERSON DIDN'T EVEN PUT A DISCLAIMER OR MENTION MY OWNERSHIP OF THE PICS AND THE SERIES IN THE CREDITS OR COMMENTS! THAT'S STEALING! AND DISRESPECTFUL! YOU DON'T SEE ME COPYING OTHER ARTIST'S PICTURES AND THINKING, "OOOOH, THESE ARE SO NICE! I THINK I'LL MAKE A VIDEO AND CLAIM IT AS MY OWN IDEA"! AAAARRRGGGHHHH!

*takes deep breath* Wow, that felt good letting out. But seriously, whoever you are, I don't appreciate other people that take people's art and idea and don't even give them credit for it. It's disrespectful to artists and writers everywhere. If you had asked, I wouldn't have mind if you did a video as long as you put credit for the pics to me. I've let others use my TFA pictures for videos before.

Anywho, for any fans of the TFA warrior series, like I said, I don't mind if you use my pics for videos or whatever, as long as you ask permission and give credit for the pics.

I think I'm going to start doing a journal a week since they're actually pretty fun to write. Plus, just knowing that somewhere, out there this big wide cyber-connected world, there is someone looking at their computer/laptop/cellphone screen and is writing something written from my own keyboard! They are viewing my very thoughts and opinions! All of you that are reading this, now have a small part of me floating around in your mind right now....

......and at this very second, about half of the world is logging off or deleting this journal from their message boxes.

Is the other half of the world still reading? Good! Now back to the ever so important journal of mine!

Let me start by sincerely apologizing for the lack of deviations. As you know from my last journal, I'm into my second week of senior year at my high school and jeez, can you believe it? I already am tearing out chunks of my hair due to my Advance Math and Pre-Calculus class. Dante should have added Calculus class as part of the nine circles of hell; it especially doesn't help that by the time I get to class I'm starving and have to go to the bathroom. (this year I have second lunch so I have to wait until after Calculus for lunch) It's quite uncomfortable having to try to figure out the altitude of an isicoles triangle with a full bladder.

Anyway, like I was saying, I've been busy with schoolwork so I haven't had much time to draw or write much. I can't even go to my Taekwondo class because of the English and Caculus homework I have tonight. I've just made Red belt and I want to get to black belt before the end of the school year. I still have to get to my brown belt before that. My biggest fear is that I won't make it to black belt before I move out of state for college. I love the people in my Taekwondo class even if most of them are younger than me- it'll be weird having to leave them.

Back on topic, I promise I'll get some art done and my TFA Warriors story updated this weekend. I usually do my art on Saturday and write on Sunday. Be on the lookout- I might even have some new song lyrics posted up.

Speaking of pics, I'm hoping to get some Killer Bee pics done soon. I've been trading messages with a fellow Killer Bee fan and she gave me a few ideas. I'm probably going to divide my Killer Bee idea into four alternate storylines. Hehehe, I have a new Wasp/Bee larvae pic planned that some people will like if they enjoyed the cute larvae in "Killer Bee Offspring".

In other news, my twin sister and I have really gotten into the anime series, Ouran High School Host Club. For those not familar, it's a hilarious and romantic anime show based off the still-running manga (which is quite good as well). From an artist fullpoint, the animation and art is marvelous in it- full of great expressions and bright colors. It's a much see....especially since Vic Mignogna and many others of the Fullmetal Alchemist cast voice the characters in it.

Point is, my sister and I have gotten an idea for a series of Ouran High pics and, if I can get the characters looking good enough, I'll post them up. My sister and I thought of it during a trip to the supermarket and were laughing the entire time because of the insanity and stupidity of it. (We also came up with a Fullmetal Alchemist idea, but we'll just see how that one plays out. )

Together, my twin and I usually come up with weird ideas to discuss. After last week's Taekwondo class, on the drive home, my sister and I started to talk about the topic of anime shows being made into live action movies.

Now, before you think or say anything, let my assure you that, when comes to animated shows becoming movies, I always prefer if they stick to keeping it animated. There's a certain beauty and magic that comes with animated films that live-action films just lack. I mean, look at what they did to Dragonball and Speed Racer! Augh! I'm afraid of what The Last Airbender movie will be like. I love the show to death, but I seriously don't agree with the acting choices. Really...THEY GOT A WHITE KATARA AND SOKKA?! Aang's the only one that looks like his character.

Of course, sometimes they can make it work. My sister and I were discussing that an Ouran High School Host Club movie(if they get good actors and plot), might actually work. Though, in my opinion, I don't think they'd do it because parents might get the wrong idea about what a "host club" is. Haha, they might think it's like a strip club or gay bar (the twins would probably convince the parents of that). But, if they did make a movie, I'd predict that there would actually be host or hostress clubs springing up in the US.

Another anime we'd love to see in live action (just for the heck of it) would be Pokemon. I don't care if the movie has the crappiest plot, I would go just to see what the Pokemon would look like as "realistic" creatures.

But of course, the greatest live-action of an anime ever made would always be...

...of course...Fullmetal Fantasy.

Don't deny it....Vic looks HOT in those Homer Simpson slippers.xDDDDD

StrixMoonwing signing off!

Well, today was the start of school and, thus, the start of my year as a Senior and beginning of the last school year of my life. Not counting college, of course. It's a weird feeling and it makes you appreciate all the friends you've made during the four long years of high school. I'm really going to miss my schoolmates by the year's end.

Howwever, to my surprise, one of my friends has decided over the summer that she wants to try to get into Pratts in New York just like me. That's really brightened my day. Both she and I were really nervous about having to go to a different state all by ourselves, but now, if we both make it to Pratts, we'll at least have someone we know. We could even be roommates, which would be great. The both of us are going to work on our portfolios and applications together so that's one thing I have to look forward to.

Anywho, met a lot of old faces and some new ones today at school. Turns out, one of my Taekwondo classmates has finally become a sophomore and moved up to the highschool. That really was a big surprise to turn around and see his face.

My school schedule isn't a bad one this year. I'm actually pretty happy with it because, for the first time ever in school history, I have all my classes with my twin sister. For some odd reason, the school has always put my sister and I in separate classes. I guess they believe that stereotype that all twins are mischievous deviants that spend every second evilly scheming to do a whole switch-a-roo behind a teacher's back. Now where on earth would they get that ridiculous idea from?

Of course, come time for senior prank, we might just decide to live up to the expectation.

Well, back to the topic of classes. For first and second semester, my sister and I's schedule goes as follows:

English IV Honors: Aww, Mrs. West! There is no English teacher I would have ever preferred more than you. Yes, you and your park full of rabit raccoons and irrational fear of birds. As Co-President of the EPIC club and Carrier of the Writer's Stick, I salute you and all your awesomeness! I can't wait for a year of Beowulf, Hamlet, and listening to you lament over your dream of opening a coffee shop.

Family and Consumer Science:......Great....sewing pajama bottoms.....oh well, at least there's cooking. I wanna a cookie. Hope the cookie shop opens soon. There better be three cookies per bag instead of two like last year. That just sucked. If you pay a dollar then there should be three like in sophomore year. Wait...what was I talking about again? *looks up at topic* Oh yeah...that. Uhh...yeah....we learning about families....and consumer...stuff. Kay?.........I really want a cookie.

Advance Math Pre-Calculus: AAAAAAARRRGGHHHHHHHH! IT BURNSSSSS MYYYY FINGERSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! IT'S SO EVIL I CAN'T EVEN TYPE IT! AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! WHY THE HELL DID I EVEN SIGN UP FOR THIS CLASS?! I'M GOING TO ART SCHOOL! WHEN THE HELL WILL I EVER USE THIS STUFF IN REAL LIFE? AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! THE TEACHER EVEN SAID THAT TRIG WAS AN OUTDATED STUDY! AND WHO THE HELL GIVES OUT HOMEWORK ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL? WHY NUMBERS MUST YOU TORTURE ME SO? WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHYYYYYYYYYYY?!!! *bursts into flames and is reduced to a pile of ashes*

Business Computer Applications: Aww, there is no better way to finish off a school day than to just lounge around, typing up easy documents. As the champion typer at my school, this class will be a breeze. In a couple weeks, we'll even be allowed to make a slideshow presentation over anything we want. Haha, last year, a boy in my class made a slideshow over torture devices. I wish I could have seen it. Need to think of a good topic to beat that.

That's my schedule for the first half of the year. After Christmas break, here are my class. I have all but the last one with my sister.

Physic I: Ugh...is this really what a person needs first thing in the morning? I'm going to fall right back to sleep ten minutes into class. Plus, the teacher's a new one and I'm not exactually sure if he'll be able to handle the guys in my class. They just had to fire the old one! Really not looking forward to this class. But, alas, must universities require you take physics so here I stand...

College English 101: Again, I get to spend a semester with good ol' Westy! Hopefully, she'll hope me out with my college portfolio cause she's just that awesome. No english teacher beats her!

Psychology: Last year I had to take sociology. The difference between the two? It's actually quite simple. In Psychology, you learn why one person is crazy, but in sociology you learn why THE WHOLE TOWN IS CRAZY! Ah, the beautiful of insanity in all its shapes and forms!

Advanced Theatre:.....Why? *drops to knees and dramatically screams out to the heavens* WHHYYYYYY MUST I GOT THROUGH WITH IT ONCE AGAIN? Didn't I embarrass myself enough in sophomore year? Mrs. K, you handpicked the students for this class.....SO WHY THE HELL DID YOU CHOSE ME?! Maybe it's because I was the one that chose the play to perform that year? Hmmmm, maybe she'll go with my original idea and do a production of "Bye Bye Birdie"? *strikes awesome pose* MAYBE I SHALL FINALLY HAVE MY DREAM COME TRUE AND GET TO PLAY ROSIE!..........Then again, maybe not. *crawls into closet to mournfully grow mushrooms*

*So ends the August 7, 2009 journal of StrixMoonwing*

Directed, Producted, and Written by: StrixMoonwing

Narrated by: Some random person dragged off the street by an insane girl wearing a stupid blue hat.