So, being bored with nothing to do, I started looking through my entire gallery. I noticed that the uncolored line arts have quite a bit of downloads, some of them nearing 100. This tells me you colorers of lines are coloring them!

That's really alright by me, and I think anyone who wants to color them totally should. I'd love to see them finished. So, just link them to me on the original art. I don't care if you don't, and I even won't be angry if you claim you drew it. I really don't care about ENFORCING that like quite a few of the artist here on Deviantart enjoy doing. If I do find one of my works being ripped off, I'll just let you harshly know how little talent you posses and that you will always fail at life. I have the power to make you cry.

In other news, I am loving graphic design and I'm very eager to start my next project. Now I am just waiting for the instructions to be emailed. Nate is a great instructor, and he's keeping all of the projects really interesting. Plus, he compliments my talent, so I think eh is a really cool guy.

Finally, but THE BEST EVER, Laura has booked her flight and will be in California on November 6th, at around 3 pm. I AM EXCITED. DLKRJDFGDLGKDJFLGFG LAURA IN CALIFORNIA.

Quick update, since I don't want that ZIT of a journal entry telling people that I am angry person.

After getting back from England, I started college. I have great teachers that make the subjects more interesting than they already are. Graphic Design, especially. Plus the project Nate assigns us are really really rad. I think I'm gonna learn a lot of new tricks to make my artwork better. And by the end of the course, I'll have a pretty big portfolio so I can GET A JOB AS A GRAPHIC DESIGNER.

Laura's visiting me in November, so we don't have to wait horribly long to see each other again. At least it isn't a year or something. But its gonna be RAD.

Other than that, nothing new to report.

My previous journal entry was me being an angst pot, disappointed about leaving England after spending 4 of the most amazing weeks there. But can you really blame me? Any normal person would be like 'WHOA, BUT YOU'LL VISIT AGAIN SOON'. Most of the replies were along those lines. Well, except one from someone who barely knows me. What follows is the debate that came from his reply. Watch how he ignores the major laws of debate. That is, actually making a point. DURP.

~lauscho 1 day 20 hours ago
This is why long distance relationships suck.

I have experience in this field and lemme tell you, not a single one has turned out happy.

~connorlassey 1 day 1 hour ago
Well mine's lasted more than a year, so.

~lauscho 1 day 1 hour ago
I know, but I'm a realist. I'm never getting myself into the same situation again cause I never want to turn out like this journal.


~connorlassey 1 day 21 minutes ago
A realist? You're afraid of a meteor dropping on your head. Do you know how much more unlikely that is than a long distance relationship from working?

People like you and Devin piss me off. You so-called 'realists' are so dead-set on never believing in anything that takes effort. OH WELL, IT SEEMS UNREALISTIC TO MY NARROW MINDED SELF, SO THERE IS NO WAY IT WILL EVER WORK.

In life, you sometimes have to fight for what you want. If you stick to your guns, as they say, right until the end, then what you call unrealistic might just be possible.

And look here. I stuck to my guns for almost a year, never giving up, overcoming countless obstacles (regardless of what Devin has you to believe), and I got what I wanted. I proved so many people, including people like you, wrong.

Yeah, so this journal looks like ALL HOPE IS LOST. But can you blame me for being a little bit upset? Or are real working relationships beyond your comprehension? You've obviously never been in a loving situation before if have such a morbid outlook on things.

I'm never going to become a realist cause I never want to turn out like you or Devin. I'd kill myself from massive depression if I did.

~lauscho 14 hours 44 minutes ago
You can believe whatever you want to believe, but I can tell you that I have been in loving relationships before, and that my outlook on things is hardly what you'd call "morbid". It's my realism, in fact, that helps keep me from depression. It's also my realism that helps keep me from nearly bankrupting my family.

~connorlassey 1 hour 55 minutes ago
I find it hard to believe that you know what its like to be in a truly loving situation, where both partners trust each other with everything completely and tell each other every little detail. if you did, then you could empathize with me and you'd never even make that first comment.

I love the little 'bankrupting my family' bit, when you don't even know all of the details. You know Devin's deluded view on the entire situation. I don't really know you, and how you live, but there is a common knowledge that at some point in a person's life, they have to grow up and leave the nest, as it goes.

It took a less than traditional way for me to do that, but I did. And I didn't nearly bankrupt my family. I moved out and took MY money. Thats all my living costs, and since I don't live with them anymore, everything should be square.

Unless you think parents should live off of the income of their children, then yes, I nearly bankrupted my family. But Devin, who IS still living with out mother, should get a job, right? I bet he tells you he's looking.

From my understanding, he isn't, just like always. He's never going to leave the nest because he's afraid if change. So before you go giving me your precious advice, don't. You know one side of the story, and furthermore, you know neither me or my girlfriend.

~lauscho 59 minutes 15 seconds ago
Actually, my understanding is that it wasn't YOUR money. It was STATE money, since that's what supporting Dev's household. And if it's the same in USA as it is here, there's no such thing as one individual in a family's "share" of this money and that the money you took was family money that was set aside by the family after the fact, and that they could cut you off at any time, and have every legal right to.

He does tell me he's looking. He also doesn't tell me to kill myself in a roundabout way when lashing out over something stupid. So I think I trust his word a little more.

You are right. I don't live with you guys, so I do know one side of the story. But if I can't trust Dev's word, you've given me far less reason to trust your word than he has, so I guess I can't trust either's word.

~connorlassey 49 minutes 20 seconds ago
The money is my father's retirement fund, not GOVERNMENT MONEY. Its my FATHER'S money. In our name. We each get checks.

I never told you that. I told you what I'D do if I had a similar outlook on everything. I don't know you, thus, I wouldn't tell you what to do.

I don't want you to trust my word either. I do, however, want you to not but into business that you have nothing to do with. You're Devin's friend, and I respect that. But this has nothing to do with you. And to get back to the topic of your first comment, my relationship with my girlfriend also has nothing to do with you.

~lauscho 40 minutes ago
"I never told you that. I told you what I'D do if I had a similar outlook on everything. I don't know you, thus, I wouldn't tell you what to do."

I dunno but "If I were you I'd kill myself" seems kind of like an angry lash-out, regardless of what you think of my outlook

~connorlassey 44 minutes 47 seconds ago
I said if I were a realist I would, since from the way Devin and you think, its DEPRESSING. You got to be less self-centered. Everything's not about you. But then again, here you are telling me your personal opinion on something that doesn't concern you in the least.

~lauscho 34 minutes 16 seconds ago
Maybe because I listened when Dev told me he worried you were gonna do something stupid. Hmmm... thinking of someone I don't even know and trying to alert them about a potential bad idea is hardly what anyone would call "self-centered". I admit I probably could have used more tact and re-worded my first comment to something inherently "nicer", but oh well, what's done is done.

~connorlassey 26 minutes 21 seconds ago
How does this reply exist? To make my point to you ONCE AGAIN: You neither know me nor Laura. You only know what Devin knows. Devin doesn't even like Laura, so his opinion is already void. So you're basing your argument on Devin's judgment towards Laura and his thinking I can't live and function like a real person. Even though Devin can't even take care of himself like a real adult. You should look out for YOUR FRIEND instead of me.

Also, time and time again you've avoided all of my major arguments. That is probably because you were wrong, and hey IF YOUR WRONG IN A DEBATE, BEST IGNORE IT.

Also, this isn't me lashing out. I don't know if your nerves are shot or if you're on the brink of a violent outburst, but I am 100% calm. All I'm doing is poking holes in your argument and still wondering why you are even bothering carrying on. because you haven't made a single valid point this entire time. You should quit before you look stupid.

~lauscho 23 minutes 23 seconds ago
You're really making your "argument" very valid with that statement. Yeah, I'm TOTALLY convinced you're right now. I thought you said you were completely calm about this and poking holes in my argument. You're the one getting emotional if you're resorting to baseless name calling.

~connorlassey 19 minutes 40 seconds ago
First off, it isn't name calling. I said quite before you DO look stupid. I wasn't saying 'Man, that Travis sure is stupid!'

Second, I'm not getting emotional. I'm only curious as to why you are actually carrying on this pointless drivel, since you're ignoring all of the arguments. And yes I am making my argument valid, since you haven't responded to any of the actual statements that matter. You have been jumping around, replying with nothing but irrelevant crap.

~lauscho 1 hour 7 minutes ago
Also your first paragraph is going under the assumption that every relationship I've ever had has been long distance. They haven't been :3

~connorlassey 59 minutes 6 seconds ago
I didn't, but my point still stands. You may have been in relationships, but that doesn't really mean much if they end.

~lauscho 54 minutes 29 seconds ago
Relationships end. Big deal. When they do I try not to let it get me down. Maybe this is something Dev's kind of worried about with you. You're pouring so much into something that requires more effort than is worth, that if it ends, you might end up killing yourself or something.

~connorlassey 46 minutes 31 seconds ago
More effort than its worth? Wow, you HAVEN'T been in very great relationships then, because it is definitely worth the effort. And I dunno about your 'experience', but real working (that's the key word, here) relationships aren't one-sided. It doesn't entail one person wanting to be with another person, while that person is just along for the ride. Its where TWO people both want each other equally.

But since this has never happened to you, I wouldn't expect you to understand.

Also, I'm not the type to kill myself. If Devin tells you this, then he doesn't know that I've changed into a much more positive person. I don't spend my life whining about problems on anime message boards, I deal with problems when they arise.

Oh, and where do you get off telling me all of this? I don't recall you being anything but Devin's little friend.

~lauscho 38 minutes 30 seconds ago
No, it's happened to me, but I'll let you delude yourself into thinking it hasn't. :3

~connorlassey 36 minutes 1 second ago
Okay, so why are you still bothering me?

~lauscho 34 minutes 59 seconds ago
Because it's amusing to watch you lash out.

~connorlassey 27 minutes 37 seconds ago
I can relate, because its amusing watching you suck Devin's cock.


Why do people think they can win an argument when they don't know how to do it properly? If you can't make a point, just shut up and stop. I really didn't HAVE to waste an hour of my life with that crap, but when someone who can't argue starts to, I just can't resist but make them realize it. And I think this shows it. Not only did he ignore every valid point I made, but he never made any of his own. His side of the argument is basically crap written in a way to make what he is saying relevant.

Writing in a certain way doesn't mean you can debate. It means you can try, but end up failing. SORRY TARVIS.

I LOVE LIFE.

So, I am back from the GREATEST PLACE ON EARTH. Now I must spend god knows how long in this hell hole. Without Laura. :C

Its harder than we thought it would be. For four weeks, we were together constantly, doing all sorts of amazing things. The day before I left was less than amazing. It was actually really depressing, and the morning I left was the most depressing moment of my life. God, I shouldn't have boarded the plane.

I did have a great time. More like a FREAKING AMAZING WONDERFULLY DELIGHTFUL time. I never wanted to leave, and it really doesn't feel like I made it home. it feels more like I left home :C And right now I am very home sick.

I'm missing Laura too much to type out anything but angst, so I'll leave it at that. I'll try to put up some artwork, if I ever create some worth uploading.

I miss Laura :'C

So tomorrow I am H0PPING onto a PLANE and flying it ACROSS the OCEAN.

Yeah, so I probably won't update for a while, seeing as I am leaving for 4 weeks. Then again, I haven't updated in about 4 weeks anyway.

I may sketch some things while I am in England, and maybe I'll finally upload sketches. I should actually do that now, to let people know I'm not artistically dead, lol.

Anyway, if any of my watchers have a facebook, you can CATCH THE ACTION of my trip, since Facebook will be the only place I'll be updating (barely) my entire vacation. With hundreds of pictures.

So I'll see you suckers in a month!