Since I'm having trouble sleeping, this seems like the perfect time to post a journal on dA. Today's topics of discussion may or may include any of the following: Misuse of the word copyright, school, and other things.

Gonna start off and say that school is almost over. My god, it flew by. I filmed and edited a movie for my school's film club, got my first paid filming job(filmed a fucking banjo concert fffffffu-), took a month long class in Final Cut Pro 10 that I will be taking a test on tomorrow to gain official Final Cut Pro Certification(if I pass it pretty much means that I have been certified by Apple and I am officially recognized as a competent editor in FCPX. Looks pretty on a resume), and next week I'm taking a test to gain Adobe certification(in Photoshop), and won the award for best editor in my TV Production class just yesterday. I also attended a friend's graduation, had a birthday, got accepted into a digital design dual enrollment course, and will be taking my end of the year exams next week(and these last four things happened just this month!). As I look back on all this, I'm shocked and surprised at all I have accomplished and how much I've improved in all possible aspects of my life over the past year; not to mention the fact it all actually happened over the course of just one single year. After tenth grade, I came into 11th with low expectations and even lower self-esteem. So it may sound ironic when I say that this has without a doubt been the absolute best school year, nay, the best year of my entire life. It could not have been more perfect. I suppose I could've gotten better grades, and I guess I could deal with losing some weight-- but everything else that happened just completely overshadows every nitpick I can think of. Because of this year, I am a better editor(and animator!), got closer to good friends(Skaiwuh, Haidwa, Taffeh, Cheewee, Clintaru, Will, I'm looking right at each of you), and got motivated to stop sucking massive cock at everything. My grades did-- despite not being perfect-- improve, I applied for a dual enrollment class, and I made more cartoons and edited more film in the past year then I ever did in total in the past. The only thing that could've made the year absolutely perfect is that I would've loved to have graduated with the senior class of this year. Not because I'm sick of school-- no no, I'm not done yet-- but because the majority of my friends graduated today, as they were seniors. Gonna be pretty alone next year because of it but I'll have to grow a dick and deal with it I suppose.  

And that, my friends, is my 1:40am expose on why I enjoyed my school year.