URGENT FREERICE NEWS
Last month was better for FreeRice than February's with 1.8 billion, but by only 200 million. Therefore, it did 600 million worse than January's. So this year doesn't turn out worse than last's we need to top the last two months, let alone January, and keep that pace or better than that. Not only that, we need to revive FreeRice's recognition.

One way of doing so is putting the FreeRice stamp on your Journals.


If you don't have a prescription, this can work, too.


Another way is to spread the word of the site and how it works on your Journals and all over the Internet.

For those who don't know what FreeRice is, I'll gladly explain:
As the site provides English vocabulary to everyone for free, it at the same time provides rice to hungry people around the world, also for free. The catch? You'll only have to answer multiple-choice vocabulary questions. Every one you get right, 10 grains of rice will be donated to the United Nations World Food Program. It's very surprisingly that simple.

Since we're all in a worsening global recession, this site needs a LOT of visitors this year, even more than last year's.
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Thank goodness it's the weekend, let alone after the end of the quarter. Most of the chemistry homework I couldn't figure out and, therefore, missing's being lifted off my shoulders, but unfortunately, I still have a lot of homework, particuarly for English, in which I need to finish the study guide for The Things They Carried (An interesting war book, to say the least) and write up a book report for Nailed and Give A Boy A Gun. A new deviation here is still not on the top of my list until I finish up my newest Youtube Poop, which is taking quite a long time to do. [EDIT: It's now finished, so if you want to see it, go down to 2. in here.]

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[MAY 2nd UPDATE]

And finally, after a month of mostly homework (and Platinum), here are 25 things about me!

tagged me, so I'm gonna have to do this eventually! 8D

1. I've been drawing for over ten years and it still takes me a good while to make a decent picture.

2. Even though I'm very imaginative, I have a very long way to go to become amazing, but it'll be all worth it.

3. Currently, I am taking a creative writing class to improve on my writing skills. I like writing very much, too. 8D

4. I also make Youtube Poops. So far, I've made nine! 8D
Here's my account. [link]

5. Would I recommend Platinum? If you, like I, don't mind (or in fact like) playing nearly the same exact adventure as you did two years ago to get to the Distortion World and many other features, this game may be worth the double-dip. But along the way, you'll be treated to a lot of visual tweaks that make its older DS versions look ugly(er). This link explains every change that has been made in Platinum. [link]

6. Heh. I still have my special edition red and silver DS (the original version). It's taken a couple hard hits, but nothing's broken still! 8D

7. I'm a pretty big fan of Pokemon and Fullmetal Alchemist (both the anime and the manga).

8. Oh, and the DS game The World Ends With You! One of my favorite games EVER! Get it! Seriously! 8D

9. Yes, I also do that, and . ~ (See #6 of the latter person's Journal Entry)

10. I am a nut for orchestra and violin. I've been looking for an orchestrated version of Sonic 2's boss battle for years now and I have found some pleasing results, even though not as epic as I hoped.

11. I try to be as optimistic as possible, with a reasonable percentage of success.

12. I may lean more towards liberal, I think, but I'm willing to listen to both sides, as long as I'm sure neither of them are biased. All liberal isn't good, but neither's all conservative. Moderation's always good.

13. One of my favorite books is The Catcher In The Rye. In a way, it's quite a devastating book since it explains how the evils and hypocricies of adults can easily be passed down to children and made them who they typically are.

14. I'm quite slow about thinking of what to do, say, or pretty much anything. In fact, this took me over an hour's worth of time. Maybe even two. I forgot since I started on this last afternoon. XD;

15. If I can't make it as an artist, at least I should as a writer. I think I'm a better writer (at least at making a good plot) than drawing, if not a lot better. I do have a Pokemon fanfiction in mind but I highly doubt it'll be worth the time here.

16. Is this over yet?

17. There are some things I can wait forever on, like being able to go on Xbox Live again, others I can barely wait one second, like school ending!

18. My favorite voice actor may have to be either Aaron Dismuke, Travis Willingham, or Vic Mignogna (all from Fullmetal Alchemist). According to all those convention videos, they must really love their jobs, especially the latter two. XD

19. Another of my absentminded hobbies would be roleplaying, but I haven't done so much of it. Trying to find a good one in Serebii.

20. Of my favorite kinds of games (vid games or RPs) are those with either a good story, suspense, or motivation.

21. I feel like I should say something about my orientation. I am a little gay, but not gay enough to be gay. I definitely am a hetero, so if I were gay, I'd be bi.[/says Mr. Obvious]

22. Speaking of Mr. Obvious, I sometimes tend to say things that are blatantly obvious, but I usually say them for the sake of double-checking. Sometimes, when I say too many obvious things at once, I turn into my alter-ego. Guess what his name is. MR. OBVIOUS! I should make a comic page about him. Another thing in my long-ass list of projects to do.

23. I'm pretty decent at climbing, despite my short arms.

24. Hee hee. Speaking of which, one time, my class was upstairs in this GIGANTIC attic in our high school. I wandered off and they turned off the lights on me. It was mostly pitch black. I climbed up to a vent thing and thought I could leave out there, but it was fenced off. I got down and aimlessly went around the attic until I found a door out of the attic and ended up on the roof. A moment later, someone found me and I finally was able to make it back downstairs. Scariest two hours of my life, I think.

25. One of these days, I want to leave this town and forge a living of my own. For me, for my friends, for the love of my life. That's why I draw, why I write, and why I do most other things.

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1-2. Two new stamps
3-4. Two Secret Santa drawings
5. New ID
6. Completion of updating my profile
7. Character drawing for