General Life Update

I haven't posted one of these in a while, and I feel like ranting about my life, so.. yeah!

First of all, I've been really busy lately. Between school, homework, studying, play practice, oral interp, and work, I have no time to do anything. Sometimes I manage to sneak in some Pokemon during my study hall ( I've been playing Platinum even though I have a shiny new White 2 =v= ) but that's the only window of opportunity I have for video games. It's getting me all stressed out. I really need a break from all the... everything... so I can just sit back and do whatever I want for a while.

Second... I'm currently very unhappy with the state of my artwork. This has been going on for quite a while now. Whenever I try to draw something, I just end up disliking it. I feel like I'm not making any progress whatsoever. It's come to the point where even if I have a good idea in my head, I don't even try to create it because I'm afraid I won't like the outcome. I've come to realize that the only way out of this slump is to start learning more, practice new styles and techniques, etc; but as I said before, I have no time. Even if I did, I don't really know where to begin at this point. If anyone knows of some good general tutorials, I could really use some help ;v; Particularly backgrounds and coloring... and... everything else.. :'D

Also, I had my first lucid dream a couple nights ago! It was really exciting - I've wanted to have one ever since I learned they existed. It started out with me driving down an empty road, enjoying the beautiful sunset. Then all of a sudden the road was gone and I was just driving through grass. When the road finally appeared again, all these bikers start going by and I realized I was on a bike trail. So I was freaking out, trying my best to avoid hitting anyone... Then I saw this fat, balding traffic officer guy standing on the side of the trail directing the bikers. I pulled over and he wrote me a ticket, saying something to the effect of "The first offense was that you stole this car." I told him I actually have my license and all the insurance and everything to prove that I did not... And that's when I realized I was dreaming. I decided I would try to mess with the dream to see what I could do. So I said to the officer, "And the best part is that I'm dreaming!" Then I did the first thing that came to mind - I flew away! I was really surprised that it worked, but I just jumped into the air and landed in a tree. At first I was just jumping really far from tree to tree, but then I started flapping my arms and legs and it became more like swimming through the air. All the bikers had stopped and everyone was staring up at me, pointing and saying 'she's flying!' and all that good stuff. Then, still floating high above everyone, I pointed my finger at the officer and started drawing a flower on his head in the air. It magically appeared - this MS paint looking flower - and I said something like "There! Now you're beautiful!" That's when I lost control of the dream and it suddenly cut to me at home telling my mom "And that's how I escaped getting a traffic ticket." I asked if I was still in trouble, and she said yes. Then I woke up. XD It was such a cool thing to experience and I hope it happens again sometime!