Hello.

It's me.

It's been a while, hasn't it?

Weeeeeeeell, um, here I am. I was in hiding. And now I'm back. How have you guys been? Anything dramatic happen? And problems? Complaints? Praises? Anything? Huh.

I'm tired. Tired, tired, exhausted, I have a headache, and I'm tired. I just recovered from a flu which had me missin' an entire week of school, and I can't afford that right now. They're kicking our ass down there, and they're jerks. Real jerks.

'WHY ARE YOU TELLING EVERYONE YOU HAVE SWINE FLU', they said. 'YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF THEIR PANIC', they said. I was just about to punch 'em. Instead I got really pissy, and that felt good too.

Just to make it perfectly clear: We're not sure if the flu I had was actually the swine flu. I got a test done, and I had the "A" flu-strain-thingy. Anyway, that's the kind of flu you have when you do have the swine flu. It could be a normal flu. We could have done a second test to be sure, but by the time we would have gotten the results back, I would have been fine and dandy and awesome galore, so we didn't do a second test to waste even more of the lab's precious time. The doctor says it's very likely that I had the swine flu, all the symptons checked out and it's been happening frequently in our area. And THAT is what I told my classmates, and THAT is what we explained to the school's administration. And today they were infuriated, because some of the teachers have heard that I do have the swine flu, and of course it's all MY fault that people are talking, so they took me out of class and asked me what the hell my problem is.

Now I'm cranky, and my parents are cranky because the school is run by morons, and nothing ever goes right and the woman who picked on me thinks she's God or something. Pff.

... And if the test I'd done with the doctor would have come back with some sort of bacterial infection, which is super contagious and super nasty and really harmful, no-one would have cared. It's all because America made such a big deal of the swine flu. And it's pissin' me off.

I needed to get that off my chest. I'd write a diary, but I like complaining to people who'll hear me. Hn.

SO THAT'S THAT.

I'm drawing again. I mean, I was always drawing, but now I think I'll actually submit something again. I've improved. I pulled out my old sketches, and I really do see a lot of changes. Now I want to actively study anatomy. Yep yep yep. And I want to participate in K-Bo's "Pin-up Challenge." Setting goals. It's good.

Aaaaand now it's barely 7:30, and I'm already read to turn in. Just. So. Tired. I love alllll of you guys, and I'm glad I'm back. I really missed dA.

- Ploppers

(Also, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box was so much better than I had previously thought. I can't wait for the next game.)