[link] I've been talking to this thing for the last 30 minutes. It's basically an AI website that gains its intelligence from the users of it. Sometimes it even seems like a real human is writing to you.

Cleverbot: To protect the world from devastation!

User: To unite all people within our nation!

Cleverbot: To denounce the evils of truth and love!

User: To extend our reach to the stars above!

Cleverbot: Jessie!

User: James!

Cleverbot: Team Rocket! Blast off at the speed of light!

User: Surrender now or prepare to fight!

Cleverbot: Meowth!

User: That's right!

Cleverbot: I'm so proud of you. :'D.

User: The feeling is mutual. :'D.

Also, I got a bookshelf this week! Another childhood dream fulfilled!

I know this is pretty late, but has anyone played Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story? To me, it looks like a gigantic heap of wonderful. I've heard some great reviews about it, too.

I really want this game, and I've been a Bowser fan since I was little. I even named my ten year-old goldfish "Bowser" for goodness' sake. (I also name Link "Bowser" in every Zelda game, too, lol.) Can't wait to save up enough and get my hands on it! Well, that, AND Partners in Time.

I'm also keeping a lookout for The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks and Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box. The new Zelda game is just like Phantom Hourglass ON LAND, but Nintendo is a company full of marketing geniuses. Anyone who's bought more than one Pokemon game in their lifetime knows that.

Dangit, I wish I had enough money to get all of the games I want. And time would be nice, too. I still have a bajillion games left unfinished.

Today, I decided to look through some of my old art. Not the LOLWUTISTHIS stuff I keep in boxes full of folders full of old drawings, but the folders in my computer.

My first reaction was to roll on the floor in a fit of laughter at the poor quality of art. There's some stuff in there from back in sixth grade! My second reaction was: What the heck is with these names?!? I'm never really aware of it when I name a WIP. I guess it just comes as second nature to name my files "FEAR-E lolollololol =_=," "Phonegg," "Prahcteese,"Humpback Kaaabi," and so forth. The folder is even named "Drawn Images With At LEast A Little Effort" (bad capitalization included). It really makes me wonder how I'd ever find anything without those nifty thumbnails.

The next thing I did was visit my account on the first-ever art community I joined, Fanart-Central.net. I made it around the end of fourth grade, when I was obsessed with drawing Sonic. (By the way, there is NO WAY I'm ever telling you my account name.) Some bad memories of being a weeaboo are resurfacing...

Anyway, all of this has made me feel like doing one of those timelines. You know, the things where you show your work from year x to year y to have an overview of your progress over time. And in a couple of years, I could make a new one and laugh at my art as it is now. Actually, I think I'll be laughing at my art right now pretty soon if I work hard enough.

Whenever you're feeling down about your art, look through some of your old pictures. Regardless of how many times you've sifted through the pile of old paper, you still might be surprised. You're always growing as an artist, even if it's just little by little.

So, yesterday, I decided to start up a webcomic yesterday morning. It was taken from an old title I came up with a few years ago, so I came up with some lame crap to go with it (because I liked the title). I'll probably add some more to the overall plot later, but my mind's at a blank right now. So, here's some cliche vomit from my brain: [link]

ALSOALSOALSO, (I'm such a spaz) my cousin, Tati, got a dA account today. Apparently, my family is stalking me. (But it's all good.) Anyway, drop by her page with a hello?



And, I saw 9. It was purdy awesome. I can't wait until the Cirque du Freak movie, too! I squirmed with excitement when I saw the trailer (literally).

URF. I'm tired, but my brain isn't. My mind's wide awake. Anyway, my first con. I went with and . ^___^

It was pretty fun, but as we were talking about in the car, it was also unorganized. Still, I had a blast.

I cosplayed Mio Akiyama (ending theme). In fact, I'm too tired to change out of it. Surprisingly, the heels didn't kill me 15 minutes in. I walked around in them all day. They only hurt when I stood still. D: Also, I forgot the little marks under her eyes.

It was mostly standing around or wandering, but that wasn't so bad. It was fun seeing the variety of different cosplay. The line to the Exhibitors Hall was long and cold. It went by pretty fast, though.

I was really excited to see the Artist Alley. I like looking at art. ^___^ It was just like I imagined but smaller. XD The Exhibitors Hall was bigger than I imagined. I was hesitant about spending my money, because "I might find something I like more and not have any money left." So I bought a three random pins, a necklace of Ciel's cane (Kuroshitsuji) (I love the necklace, btw), and three pins from =Neolucky. I really like her art and I've been watching her on dA since I joined. I was too shy to say hello, though. :C

~kitty--san and ~fullmetalelrik both bought hats. ~kitty--san got the coolest. Hat. Ever. It's her Moobog! The ears are gloves to stick your hands in. I wish I got something soft to hug away the chilly air. Now I regret not getting that Metaknight plushie.

After we left, we waited in in... I don't know where we waited. Some hallway. There, I caught someone crossplaying Ciel when he crossdressed. Lol, does that count as crossplaying? I got ~kitty--san to ask her if I could take a picture. "Hey, Pink!" XD I also saw a Taiga! I took a picture of her, too. The rest were just random pictures without the person aware I was taking them. I was a little nervous to go up to people. I saw some cool ones as they walked away. Ness, Shy Guy, etc... ~kitty--san Was upset there was no Rin to match her Len. Aww.

After the long wait, we went to the Ouran High School Host Club Tea Party. The little Hunnys were so adorable. :3 We sat with Tamaki. We were kind of on auto-pilot by then, though. And they ran out of tea until last-minute when we left. I watched them play this cool game. Forgot what it was called. I'd have played, but they were like flesh-eating monsters when they were attacking the cards. I didn't want to lose my arm. Unfortunately, I only video-taped the calm part of the game.

After that, we left and ate pizza. Everyone stared at us. I wonder what was going though their brains... What?!? A travelling freak show! D8 The guy at the pizza place yelled out Kumoricon or something as we left. The at Cold Stone, the ice-cream lady stopped us and we had a small conversation about the con.

I'll post a picdump later. Probably.

Then I got home and died on the hardwood floor. The end.