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Hey!

I lost five pounds! In like a week and a half. Go me!

Alright, time for a big update, and I think an update of my journal layout may be in order as well. Lemme see if I can organize this cohesively...

Shakespeare Festival:
Okay, as some of you may or may not know, I got a part in the upcoming Sacramento Shakespeare Festival. It's not a speaking part, but I'm in damn near every scene of the play, which is pretty alright for my first part since middles school. I'm a muse, and in this production the magical characters are voodoo gods. We're doing a lot of dancing which is very voodoo and Caribbean based and it involves a lot of choreography which is very fun, but also tiring and a lot of hard work. I have no doubts the show is going to be AWESOME. However, everyday opening is getting closer and closer and the more I hear people are confirmed coming. It's starting to make me kinda nervous.

I'm also a paid stitcher for the two mainstage shows, that being the Tempest (the one I'm in) and 12th Night. Don't have much to report on that front, really.

School and Weight-loss stuff
I'm taking one course this semester; Aqua Aerobics. I've taken a similar course over at Sierra, but I was in much deeper water (11 ft as opposed to 3-4 ft), and really enjoyed it. So, now I'm taking it over at Sac City, and jesus, it's a lot more of a work-ut with this instructor. He's hella better than my other instructor. So, I figured since I'm taking this awesome class, and I;m starting to put on more weight, I want to make the best of this and start eating better too. I'm not really on a "diet" per se, as they have notoriously failed for me, and there aren;t things I "Can't have", but my goal is to more consciously think about what it is I am eating, and how it will affect me. My goal, instead of trying to cut out foods which leaves me feeling depressed, is to instead add more foods that offer a better nutritional value. I can still eat some of the thing I enjoy, but since I am making sure I get all of my nutritional needs first, I'm usually not hungry enough to eat them later. Also, since I have a major sweet tooth, I've decided to try and curb it with chewy granola bars and or flavored rice cakes. It seems to be working great! I have;t had cookies or candy since I started and I haven't really minded since. I have two varieties of the "90 calorie pack: Mini Delights" Which are really tasty, and a bag of the mini chocolate ones. It says in the bag a serving is 7 of them, but I usually only have 3 or 4, which is about 30 calories according to the packaging. So, that's how I've lost the weight mentioned above. One side effect of the change in eating, apparently I can't eat Fast Food without horking it up. From a health perspective that's probably the best news for me ever, from a I have a food addiction and fast food is a big part of that perspective, I will miss it. But I think I'll be more glad over lost pounds than I will be sad about not eating fast food.

Art
So on an art front, I've been starting a lot of things but not finishing them. I think it has a lot to do with commissions lately. I'm working a commission for someone over at Sacfurs, and it's not in the realm of what I typically do as commissions. It's not outside of my ability, by any means. But I'm having trouble working on it. I guess I'm just not sure exactly what all they want, and I really should talk to them about it, but I have a bad habit of putting things off. I also have been so busy with the above stuff, in addition to my hospital stays and trying to get my mental health in order that I just haven't had a moment where I wasn't completely exhausted or indisposed in some way in weeks. I'm probably going to offer them a refund for taking so long, but I don't know if they'll accept it or not. I feel really bad, because this person has been exceedingly helpful by commissioning me when I really need it, and offering a lot of money.

I decided not to go to class today in an effort to sort of let my muscles heal from last night's rehearsal (I have another one tonight), and to try and catch up on some things. One of which will be contacting my commissioner. I also have some other paperwork which needs to be done.

Furry Shit
I changed my fursona again... sort of. I just figured since I change it so often, I should just be a shapeshifter. I have the idea all worked out in my head. She has an incorporeal form which is like vaguely shaped gasses, and then she can transform in to certain forms to give herself a corporeal form. In order to shift, she has to study the animal a bit and then once she transforms into that creature the markings she chose for her first change will stay whenever she changes into that animal. That way I can have all my old fursona versions back, and add new ones. So all teh drawings that used to be out of date, are now.. well not. I guess. So yeah, shapeshifter now. I'm working on a character sheet, but I'm thinking of making it interactive via HTML or flash. So that I have have it linked to all her forms. Still tinkering.