Requiem for a dream

Before I begin my blog post, let me offer a huge apology for my lengthy absence. My (metaphorical) fighter jet crashed (metaphorically) in the middle of the (metaphorical) Pacific Ocean. I managed to make it to an uninhabited island (metaphorically) and then proceeded to subsist entirely on (metaphorical) nuts and berries until I was rescued (metaphorically) by a (less metaphorical) hawk, who came to me with cries of "UPDATE THE BLOG, WOMAN".
So, Quail has stopped wallowing in end-of-school lethargy and is now functioning a little better.

I wanted to write this post before we shipped ourselves off to Japan, so here I am writing this 20 minutes before I'm supposed to carpool to the airport. Procrastination is the story of my life...

High school...I'm not sure what I think about it at the moment. There's a haze of disbelief around the whole graduating shebang, so much so that every day just feels like a weekend, rather than A) a day of summer vacation gone by and B) a day of pre-college summer gone by. At this point, it still feels like I'll be showing up to school Monday in a sleepy daze complaining about whatever homework there is to complain about.

The past 4 years certainly did pass by like a warm summer's day. It's been fun, it's been happy, and I've learned to think (I think). It most definitely hasn't been a "High School Musical", although it was high school, and I did burst into song in the middle of school with several of my cohorts.

The things I remember most about the past 4 years would be all the stuff I didn't do at school, like rolling down hills, going to Ikea, loitering in front of the local drug store playing cards, and all manner of stuff that belongs on clichéd lists of lazy summer activities. In retrospect, most of the things we did sound so charming and picturesque, like things that would come out of a sugary sweet, cavity inducing movie or book, though they really were anything but. "Hanging out at the drugstore" doesn't even begin to touch on the weirdness, banter, chocolate, and punching that came with it. (Though "VEGGIES AND CREAM" and "YEEEEUH BOIIIIII" somehow do)

And now the waking dream (or nightmare) that was high school is now over, and the future dreams of college are about to begin in a big way.

Y'all had better prepeare, we're taking the world by storm!






(Addendum: My apologies, I didn't get to finish this post before carting off on the airplane and heading to Japan, so this post is now a week late. Rest assured the main body of it was written before the airplane landed.)

Expect more Japan posts!

Once we rock, the fun don't stop.

Oh wow, so exhausted I could collapse into an unmoving heap and hibernate for the rest of summer. Seriously, today was an awesome day.

Long awaited DDR DANCE PARTY. HAH. YES. 4 pads, 6 people, 2 consoles. Awesome fun. I wish we could have hooked up all 4 to one console though....

Oh well.

Lots of delicious food, lots of delicious drinks, and lots of awesome (but maybe not as delicious) people.

Hawky dear also got her AWKWARD HAWK shirt that I made last night after slacking off so long. We ROCK THE HOUSE. LITERALLY.

And SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER

And my bassoon reeds got here! Yaaaaaaay

And work is on Monday

And I'm going to make a Moyashimon plushie just because I can!

And and and.....

Life rocks.

"I see"...

...said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and saw.

Since we seem to have a special on punny jokes, I thought I'd join in.

Anyway, as Hawk is sitting there (or rather, roosting there) stressing out about grades or stressing out about not stressing out, Quail is still quite confused. Ah, the joys of time disassociation. I am quite aware that the end approaches, but nothing has sunk in yet.

All I know, is that MOST OF MY PROJECTS ARE DONE, and I ONLY HAVE 1 FINAL.

Except.

I have no concept of when finals week is, which is wonderful. For future reference for myself, it is NEXT WEEK.

Since it's almost summer, I guess listing out summer plans would be appropriate?
First off, summer internship at Lockheed. Yay, I actually get a salary. I hope it's enough to pay for the Italy trip for art next year and leave some spending cash for me (to spend on cosplay next Fanime.....)
Next, going to Japan with CYS on the 23rd for 2 weeks. Yay! I have to buy stuff for people when I'm there xD
Third: More CYS camp. CYS takes a lot of summer time D:
4th: One week CYS camp in the woods. Fun stuff
5th: Remember to do summer physics homework.

....Not a very exciting summer. Except for the traveling part!

Anyway, Hawk dear, don't forget to blog often if you don't sign on when you're doing your thing!