I love snow.
Almost as much as I love autumn. I love snow truly, deeply and madly. I do, rather literally, jump the snow. And...
IT'S SNOWING! There's no school and it's SNOWING. And real, real, soft, icy, settling snow that will stay with us throughout the next couple of days!
Snow never used to be anything special. Then I moved back to the UK, away from my chilly heartland of New Jersey, and discovered that there was no snow. For the past five years, I have seen no snow, or only pathetic excuses for it. The only one memorable event of snowiness was that of a day in February a couple of years ago. I was ill. I couldn't go out. BUT NOT TODAY! Today, I shall stride out into the snow, slip on an icy bit of road, fall over and kiss the snow. I shall get appallingly wet and shivery and probably catch a cold. That is what I will do. And it will be good.

Searching through old, old emails just a minute ago I happened to stumble across this amusing anecdote about state/governmental systems from my...friend, Alvo. Perhaps a more accurate definition is that of an ex-boyfriend who I sometimes wish wasn't an ex. Oh dear, life doesn't seem to be fighting on my side at the moment. Eitherhow! I hope this makes you laugh, as it brought on a horrible fit of giggles in me; for those that have seen me in the grasp of uncontrollable laughter, you will now how ridiculous it is.


SOCIALISM: You have 2 cows, and you give one to your neighbour.

COMMUNISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk.

FASCISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk.

NAZISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you.

BUREAUCRACY: You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks
the other, then throws the milk away.

TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell your herd and retire
on the profit.

SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take
harmonica lessons.

AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other
to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyse
why the cow has dropped dead.

FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike, organise a riot,
and block the roads, because you want three cows.

JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are
one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.

GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live
for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

SPANISH CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are.
You decide to have lunch.

RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have
five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them
again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another
bottle of vodka.

SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5,000 cows. None of them belong to you. You
charge the owners for storing them.

CHINESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You have 30 people milking them.
You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity, and
arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.

INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You worship them.

BRITISH CORPORATION: You have two cows. Both are mad.

IRAQI CORPORATION: Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them
that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb the sh!t out of you
and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are
a Democracy.

WELSH CORPORATION: You have two cows. The one on the left looks very
attractive.

^ ^ A Bientot, Hikari

It seems too long that deviant art has gone without a journal entry from me. Indeed, it would seem that I have returned to my favorite creative haven after weeks (adding up to months) absence. But I'm glad to be here!
Firstly, before I try to explain myself, I want to wish everyone ( a friend or nonchalant reader) a very merry happy belated Christmas! I wanted to get a journal entry and special Christmas deviation I've been working on done before the day itself, but as people often tell me, I have limited to no time keeping skills. This ties in nicely to my explanation of my absence. Year 11 is busy. So busy that I still, as I write, have four rather large pieces of coursework to be done, not to mention the obligatory French revision. I have had seemingly no time to do much other than schoolwork and sleep (I slept till nearly 12 o'clock this morning). That and I am plagued by headaches, fevers, dizziness and stomach cramp. Also, before a certain someone on this site claims it, I am not pregnant.
Complaining aside, the truth is that I've been busy. But it's nearly over! Hopefully everyone will see/hear more of me from the new school term. Yay! That and I really have to comment on the 362 deviations that have accumulated since September! People have been turning out some great stuff, and I want to do the same!
Other miscellaneous things I want to mention are:
I got my hair cut shorter! For those who see me on a regular basis, or have seen me in the last year, yes it is even shorter than it was. So much easier to maintain and spike up now though.
I got a singstar for Christmas! I have a guilty addiction to singstar. ^ ^
I got a load of wonderful CDs for Christmas also.
And from my little brother, I got "Sun in a Jar". It's an ingenious little device that accumulates charge during the daylight hours via a solar cell and then lights up at night, all contained within an authentic jam jar. It's great. XD
Also, it is soon to be a farewell to another year of great emotional and physical tumult. Of pain and of love, etcetera etcetera.
Expect more work from me soon, and if you don't get it, commission me!
Ciao.
U

Well, turns out that I've been tagged. You would think I would use the opportunity to say something revolutionary or deeply profound, but it also turns out that I was more inclined to tell you eight facts about myself. And paws31 told me to.
Kay kay, here are your little vitamin supplements of me.
1) I'm very old. Soon I will be 16. Scary.
2) Very few people know much about me, and what tends to get under my skin is when people are nicely confident that they know everything about me, and could tell me what flavor of Chuppa Chupp is my favorite. No you don't. Go away. And it's coke, if you were interested.
3) I like Chuppa Chupps.
4) I dislike confrontation, and despite my earlier comment, I would prefer it if no one knew anything about me but were happy and contented.
5) February 2008 was a changing point in my life.
6) Buddhism is something of a pivot to my way of life, or what kind of person I would like to learn to be.
7) It's nearly over. Just two more tidbits of fact! I broke my toe - I'm so proud about that.
8) Writing is my passion, and one day I'll prove it to everyone whoever said I couldn't or wasn't good enough.

That's it, and I hope it wasn't too bad. Now, my eight victims will be (and the worst thing is that there is no tag backing allowed in this system):
:uchiha-tsukiko
:midnightmoon9490
:wookborm
:embraceimperfections
:narutard94
:nolenebedi
:dirtysmalltowngirl
:aillesdors

*Owari*

1000 page views pour mois! Une mille!
Well, I'm quite excited. And immensely grateful. Thank you everyone who has viewed my humble works!! This now means I must do something special to commerate the occasion. I'm so happy I'm even speaking French.
So again, a big thank you and perhaps a virtual doughnut for whoeve would appreciate it (Krispy Kremes are horribly addictive, which is why it's an annual occasion for me!). Any suggestions as to what you want to see for the 1k view piece are welcome!
J'adore!