"The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be."
-Marcel Pangol

CHECK OUT MY CONTEST HERE: [link]

It's been a while, hasn't it? I've been busy these past few months and updating my journal on deviantART has not been my top priority. Though, I have been around commenting here and there and uploading art every so often. But, I can't sleep tonight due to tendinitis in my knee and a sore shoulder. So, I decided I would clean my journal up a bit.

CONTEST
Yes, it is still going on. The link is at the top of the journal, so please enter if you are interested. I have received two entries as of now, but have no posted them in the journal as of yet. I am a little hesitant to do so until the contest ends because I worry that people will be influenced by current entries, and I want very honest artwork from everyone who enters.

BREYERS
I want to thank all of you on here who have purchased some of my models. I have sold many through deviantART and through eBay [link] . Most of my models are sold or have guaranteed future sales, but here is the list of those I currently have remaining:
Sacred Indian - Medican Hat Pinto, jumping mold [SOLD]
Cloud, Wild Stallion of the Rockies (very scratched) [SOLD]
Alexander the Great's Bucephalus [SOLD]
Henry, Norwegian Fjord [SOLD]
Grazing Mare and Foal Gift set 1 (black mare, white medicine hat foal) [SOLD]
Grazing Mare and Foal Gift set 2 (chestnut mare, chestnut foal) [SOLD]
Smarty Jones
Niatros - Standardbred Pacer
The Lone Ranger's Silver
Rain from Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Peruvian Paso Stallion
Liberty - Therapeutic Riding Pony
Scamper, Barrel Racer (classic size)
Hollywood Dun It, reigning champion (classic size)
Buckskin cutting horse and cow (classic size)
Wahoo King (hose and calf gift set - classic size)
Dappled gray shire stallion (classic size)
These guys are all in very good or excellent condition unless otherwise noted. Some have only a few scratches that can easily be cleaned up. I will be posting these guys on eBay throughout the next month or so, but if you are interested in one, please let me know Each model that I have shipped has arrived in the condition I have described and I've been told I have impeccable packing skills

ART & COMMENTS
I am not going to gripe about people who favorite my art and run, for I am just as guilty of doing so on many occasions. And, I appreciate each comment I receive, but I really would love more in depth comments and critiques on my art. I do want to improve, and I am starting to branch out in my subject matter. As such, I really want to know what you guys think, what the art makes you feel or consider or wonder about. How does it affect you? Does it inspire you in any particular way? These are all things I would love to hear from my watchers. And, even if I don't reply, know that I have read your comments and taken them to heart. I often go back and re-read comments from past works, looking for tips and ideas when I'm in a rut.

SUMMER & OTHER STUFF
I have really been enjoying my summer vacation, and it has been anything but dull. And, I'm still home for nearly two more months before heading back up to New York. I'm looking forward to starting on my psychology major. I'm just done with calculus and chemistry. I don't enjoy it and my desire to go into dentistry isn't strong enough to push me through, so I know that's not the path I am meant to travel. So, this semester I am taking Intro to Psychology, Western Traditions, Sociology/Anthropology, and Biology 211 (plus a lab). I'm very excited and know that I'm going to enjoy these classes much more than my classes this past spring. My mind won't feel quite so stuck anymore.

I'm going up to Wyoming in a few weeks to visit my aunt and uncle, and I'm very excited about seeing them. It's been over a year since I last saw them, and I miss them. It's been nearly six years since I've been to Wyoming, and I love it up there. I'm hoping we'll drive over to Montana and find the wild horses we found when I was younger. That was an incredible experience. I still can't believe how close we were to them. We just sat there in the grass and they walked on by like we weren't even there.

Anyway, kudos to those of you who read this monster of a journal. I do appreciate it Much love to you all

BOOKS:
The Time Machine
Marcus Aurelius: Meditations
A Clockwork Orange
Nausea
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Leaves of Grass
Atlas Shrugged
The Fall
The Life of Pi
Breath and Bone
Flags of Our Fathers
Redwall
Watership Down
The Once and Future King
Whuthering Heights
The Age of Innocence
Dracula

ART
1. "The Package"
2. "Her Own"
3. Mor-Naur sculpt
4. "Aura"