It's been awhile, hasn't it?

Good news:
My collarbone is officially healed! I can go back to lifting heavy things and moving normally! The scar is still kind of red and swollen, but it's healing nicely.

I have been sharpening my drawing skills, and the creative juices are flowing. I've started a website and plan on "professionally" photographing my work. And, due to sheer boredom, I have made myself about a thousand different business cards, so if anyone knows where I can get them printed cheaply, let me know please!

I have been reading A LOT. And from a surprisingly varied bunch of authors. I'm normally a strict fantasy or sci-fi type of reader, but I've discovered historical fiction and satire. So yay.

Bad news:
I have literally, no money. Luckily, I can start working again, but I still have to wait however many weeks just to get a paycheck. Losing all of that tuition/rent/utilities money has been super hard, so my apologies if you don't get a birthday/christmas/whatever present from me this year. I'm still figuring out what I can pawn off on ebay to get some extra cash. Maybe it's time for a major doujinshi sale, considering I have about 50 of them that I haven't touched since I've been back from Japan.

All of my friends are in class. And I am still bored.

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GO READ THESE NOW:
(or over xmas break if you're all enrolled in classes and whatnot)

The Nightrunner Series - Lynn Flewelling (Thanks to ~sometimescake)
Lullaby - Chuck Palahniuk
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
Sabriel - Garth Nix
The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory
Leviathan - Paul Auster
St Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves - Karen Russell

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GO WATCH THESE NOW:

Darker Than Black-黒の契約者
Dexter Season 3
Valmont
Watchmen

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GO DOWNLOAD THESE NOW:

Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix
Layla - Derek & the Dominoes
House of the Rising Sun - Animals
My, My, Hey, Hey - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Eight Miles High - The Byrds
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
Alison - Elvis Costello
That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Easy Lover - Phil Collins
The River - Bruce Springsteen
100 Words - AFI
Moonshadow - Kate Rusby
K2G - Puffy AmiYumi
Breathe Me - Sia
Saeglopur - Sigur Ros
Existentialism on Prom Night - Straylight Run
Starstruck - Lady Gaga
Dead & Gone - T.I. & Justin Timberlake
Bring the Summer - colonopenbracket (looks like a frowny face.)
At the Bottom - Brand New
Hell Yes - Beck
Light Up My Room - Barenaked Ladies
One-Armed Scissor - At the Drive-In
Bulletproof - La Roux
Red Rain - Peter Gabriel

(I just made a damn good playlist, yo.)