So the semester is a little more than halfway over, and I'm doing quite well this year. My midterm grades are 5 A's and 1 B, which is probably the best midterm grade report I've gotten since starting college. And based on the lack of enthusiasm from my classmates in the class I got the B in when we received our midterms, I think I got one of the higher grades.

Life is a little harsher right now. Home life itself is not bad, but we've got money troubles just like many others, and the tiny bit I'm making as a tutor (and it's tiny, I tell ya) is taking over a few more of the money responsibilities, since there hasn't been much money flow in the Wide Load escort business (my boyfriend's line of work). So no TV and I'm borrowing internet from my parents since they live next door, but that's life for you. But Netflix helps, and is a lot cheaper than cable.

Oh, and I want to give a personal shout out to *smolderingremains! He worked with my boyfriend and I to help us create a logo for his (Wide Load) escort business and we absolutely love it! So if you ever need something like that, or even if you're looking for some other commission work, I highly suggest Ike.

So why the random update? Actually, it's got nothing to do with me. For once, Yahoo actually posted something pretty noteworthy on their homepage (something that's not already in the TV news or only barely not gossip) and I'd like to share it with you. The link is below:

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"Realistic drawings look like photographs

To an untrained eye these pictures would look nothing more than standard photographs but it's not all black and white - they are in fact hand drawn. These are the works of 47-year-old hyperrealist artist Paul Cadden, who, often just using a pencil, is able to recreate photos in amazing detail."