My Wild and Crazy New Year's Eve

I imagine you might be wondering what shenanigans I got into on New Year's Eve. No? I figured as much.

I'll still tell you anyway.

Well first off, I obviously sat around and worked on that last blog post for half of the day. Mediocre paint drawings don't just happen. After that, well, that's when things got really crazy.

Right away I hopped into bed with my Nook and we went for a wild ride 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea!

Then, exhausted from that, I stumbled down the stairs to watch the ball drop....TWICE. 

After having a glass of root beer, I was ready to party. I got out a decorative stand that shines many colors and had a solo dance party! It was off the ****ing chain!

Things started to get a little weird after that though.

I ended up hugging myself to sleep around 1:30am. I'm such a goof!

So, that's how I spent my New Year's Eve!

~AM

Bears. Sweets. Fullmetal Alchemist.

This year, like all of my years of existence, had a lot of stuff happen and was filled with many adventures. I will spare you all by not doing a month by month, "let's relive the entire year" thing. I'm sure I will talk about the events that transpired this year at various times. It's just preferable by many that I don't talk about it all at once.

So generally, the year 2010 was similar to how my break went.

It started off really sexy and awesome:

Then it ended with me trapped in a vortex of things that plague me sometimes:

In between all that I ate food and hung out with people. Some ninja stuff too. The End.

One thing I've noticed this break is that when I'm at college, I have this grand illusion of my life being generally alright. I feel pretty awesome. Sometimes I even have a bit of an ego and say to myself  "I am probably prettier than 10 people on this campus!".

However, when I journey back to my hometown, I am filled with a lot of unexplained rage and this tremendous desire to worry about everything. That's how I end up in that vortex. Maybe I'm on the internet too much during break.

 
I did also consume a plethora of cookies, candy and pretty much any sort of chocolate I could get my little hands on. I'm sure that does something to your brain. Whatever the cause, it made me have insomnia for a few days. There was seriously a night I couldn't sleep because every time I closed my eyes I had this vision of a grizzly bear mauling me.

Ahhh sleep deprived hallucinations are the best.

So, to combat these feelings, I usually drown myself in the latest show I've discovered. Right now, that show would be Fullmetal Alchemist. I admit with great shame that Fullmetal Alchemist was one of those things I pretended I had seen so I could fit in with my coworkers and friends who talked about anime. Now I don't have to pretend any longer! I really wish I had gotten around to watching it before though. It's quite the awesome show. Edward reminds me of myself when I was a young lad. Except I wasn't a lad.

I like how my ponytail keeps getting longer. *waggles eyebrows* I don't know what I'm talking about anymore.

Well friends, I'm tired of trying to keep you entertained this year. I promise I'll come back next year though. I'll be armed with more silly drawings like this gem I found today:

~AM

Vexatious Poetry

I’m very sorry I haven’t been productive,

My capacity to succeed has vanished in vain

Washed away in a sea of pity, all reason has left

You see, I’ve been on a vagabond voyage of sorts

Traveling and traversing in the scenes of memories past

Never knowing what vision I will venture into

Wavering in feelings that have long deceased

These virulent adventures are my weakness, my vice

Believing I still have much to review, to discover

I relive my travails, vexations, and every crisis

Questioning the investments I’ve made in friendships

Or whether my quality of undying loyalty is an annoyance

Always hoping a truth will somehow be revealed

I swear I’m not crazy, but no one will vouch for me

Particularly those who live in present and never history

For these are the people who are most venerable

These are the people who succeed

And I, a sorry vagrant, pleading for vindication,

Having been deceived into thinking peace came easily,

Am the victim of inadequacy.

~AM