Well, I'm expecting tons of journals just like this, so I'll try to make this meaningful and to end the agony quickly. *looks pointedly at Kai*

So, it's nearing the end of the year. But more importantly, Merry Christmas to all of you! Or Happy Holidays, if you'd prefer that. I hope you're all happy with your holidays so far, and that you received some nice stuff.

Wow, the year's really passed quickly, hasn't it? I think I've succeeded in last year's New Year resolutions. And I plan to make new resolutions this year, too. What about you guys? I'd love to hear what resolutions you've made, or will make in the future.

This feels rather short, so I thought that I'd make use of this space and blather on about some things that people really don't care about. Let's start with my improvement! *drumroll*

In drawing, it's pretty clear from looking at my gallery. Rapidly improving, every moment! So don't lose hope and think your art is bad (if you think that. If you don't, just ignore this, unless you already are), because you'll always get better if you try! *rallies*

I think I'm spending too much time with Kai, if I'm starting to rally.

Anyway, I also realized how much I've improved, writing wise. I've done quite a bit of writing and recently, I was looking back at my old stories that I wrote back when I was a pretentious little child. Dear me, they're terribly embarrassing.

My first stories were, well, just plain awful. And I wrote them, thinking along the lines of "LOL I'm so accomplished, writing at such a young age, I'm so talented LOLOLOL". Well. I won't be doing that anymore. Then a year or so later, I began improving, although my narratives were still pretty terrible.

Nowadays, I think I'm much more skilled in writing. I mean, look at my fanfictions! Are they not much better? *strokes ego*

If some of you actually pay attention to my gallery and descriptions, you might notice that I write the title "Chiaroscuro" in some of them. Well, I finally wrote and completed Chapter 1 of Chiaroscuro, as well as testing out the Prologue. It's a monster chapter, too. (It's OVER NINE THOUSAND words long. Here is the cue to applaud.)

A few weeks ago, I also wrote a very short and sappy story about this girl during Christmas. It's pretty embarrassing, but not so embarrassing that I wouldn't mention it.

Yeah, that's about it. No more improvement.

Now, about New Year's resolutions. I think I'll make several this year:

1. Be meaner.
2. Don't be a pushover.
3. Talk more.
4. Get a backbone.
5. While I'm at it, may as well get some guts too.

If this doesn't give any indication of my character, then I should take a class on how to be more direct, too.

Oh, and I may as well talk a little more about myself, since it's almost a decent length. (This is why I don't make journals often. So when I do, I can overload you all with boring information no one wants to read! And then what little information that is actually important can slip away unnoticed. )

A Few Statements About Myself

• When I was a young and pretentious little child, I despised (because I thought it would be cool to despise stuff) a certain concept of person. This certain concept is exactly what I am today.
  
• Today, I dislike (because now I think it's too harsh to hate ideas) the type of person that I was when I was younger. If I and my past self met randomly one day, I'd probably not enjoy it.
  
• I like almost everything that I don't hate, and I hate almost everything I don't like.
  
• I have low self-esteem. At the same time, it's easy to stroke my ego and it takes very little to turn me into a pompous jerk.
  
• My name is not Rachael. (You know who you are.)
  
• I do not care, because my Caps Lock suffers from lack of use. (You also know who you are.)
  


Yep. Okay. Have a nice holiday and New Year, everyone!

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