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I don't feel whiny enough to say "Well FINALLLYYYYYY", but- I am glad spring is here. Cabin fever was really starting to eat at me and it IS ever so nice to go outside with only ONE jacket on. Today I went for a walk down the train tracks, and stopped to look around. The birds were everywhere singing so loudly. And I saw, for my first time, bluebirds- 6 or 7 of them! They are quite small (bigger than a junco, smaller than a robin). Beautiful birds they were, and wonderful singers. And I saw a handful of my favorite birds flying low-- the turkey vultures A good birding day...

In other news, my art exhibit at the college is doing well. I've sold some pieces and finished my first commission. I had a small interview as well, about creating the school's mascot. As far as school CLASSES are going...well, I do seem to be sludging through some mid-semester slacking...it's weird. I'll go through phases of 'hard core into stuff', then phases of 'bleh. I dont care'--- similar to 'Gee, I know procrastinated but I still thought I'd have enough time to do that'. Oddly, even in my 'bleh' mode (now) I'm STILL doing better than most people in my classes. I guess I must be an efficient slacker of sorts. Still, wouldn't kill me to get my act together.....
Slack or not, I'm glad to be in school. I got so much going for me, and it makes my brain feel crazy to consider it all sometimes, but I so much to be thankful for. I go bonkers tryin to do everything at once and practically slit my wrists with guilt-blades if I (heaven FORBID) have to put down one thing to pick up another. Dramatic skull of mine!! Sometimes I just gotta step back (breathe) and remember that life is all about phases and that change happens. And it's not always bad, even if you didn't plan on things going the way they did.

For the summer, I've been working jumping on an internship for bird studies in Alaska. I'll be gone May-Aug. I'm super psyched, wonderful countryside and I've never been-- but the place I'm staying is quite secluded (no computer or even snail mail!). I'll definitely miss my friends back home, but I take comfort in the fact that, in the event of the dead reanimating, I'll (literally) be in a better place.

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My first (payed) commission!! It's official The request is in and tomorrow I am starting it!!! A black bear with a PB and J sandwich

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Just set up my art gallery at the college library the other day, as a month long exhibit. It's received quite a few warm welcomes already and I've even sold a few things. Quite happy about that. I've also got a few requests for sculpture commissions as well, which will be great-- been painting and breaking for a bit, so it will be nice to get back. I've a request for a black bear eating a PB and J sandwich- can't wait to do that one

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Went to a local wildlife center for a bird banding class today...and I was the only one there! The naturalist let me do practically everything (capture/ bag the birds, measure wing/tail/beak length, weigh them, and let them go). So cool!!!! And there was a newspaper guy there ("Union Leader", for all you peeps representin NH Prob in the next week or so)



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PB and J AWESOMENESS!!!

Vote for Zhon's friend and has totally rockin PBandJ video entry---> [link] Go there and vote for "Mad Zacs' Post Apocalyptic PBJ Adventure"

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