Finally, I got off my lazy ass and took some photos~ I'm really happy with how they turned out too. I haven't gone on a photo-capture spree in forever, and lemme tell you, it feels great. When I saw the weather the last couple of days (the storm included) I couldn't help the flood of excitement and grabbed the camera in a euphoric haze, running out into the wild to snap the shutter to my heart's content. I'd much appreciate it if y'all would let me know what you think about them, and tell me that my happiness isn't for naught.

Oh, my poor, neglected side account... ;_;

Forever in the shadow of it's much bigger sibling.

But, I have access to a camera (a good one), and the computer has MSPaint. So I'll try to remember to update every now and then.

In case you don't read the other journal on my main account, in short, I will be going back to Arkansas for a while. Seems I just have to come back another time for another shot at being allowed to live in Germany. It's complicated.

Also, I'm putting up a few photos from the going away party of sorts we had. Sorry, cHipz, but I'm not putting up that erm...one photo. <.< >.> Juli had harsh objections to putting that on the net, and yeah, I kinda understand.

ok, this is more for my family members here on DA, but I won't be getting online near as much for a little while. Things suddenly got really busy around here, since the immigrations people stopped by, and blah, blah, blah. I'm just really busy, and I'm really sorry if I can't get to comments, notes, and such too awful soon. Same goes for my other account, in fact, computer usage at all isn't really a priority right now. Everything is ok, it'S just a lot of thhings to do in a short amount of time >.<

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And since I got a lot of comments and concern on this, I just want to say again that everything IS fine, it's just that they want proof that I'm enrolled in an intensive German course, proof of health insurance, and they were bitching about how I should have applied for a visa earlier, even though that wouldn't have made sense, since I was already ON a visa a while back, I just had to apply for another one. The only reason they came to the house is because they got the address to the house a little messed up, so we didn't get the letters that they sent before, and of course, since we didn't get them, we could make an action on them, so they just wanted to make sure that ended up getting everything worked out in the end. They only gave me until sometime in January, though, so THAT is why everything is kinda pressed for time. Don't worry, with a little luck, we'll get it.

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and also, I want to say that juat because I think that Rip and Schroedinger from Hellsing are cool characters, that does NOT mean that I support Nazis. I know that it's kinda random, but I got the feeling that someone who knows my other account thinks so, since I requested a picture of Rip for an art trade, and they felt the need to put that in the artists comments. I mean, seriously, that would be like me saying that everyone who listens to Rammstein supports Nazis, simply because the band has a history of making music which could be translated as Nazi support or ideals. It's just ridiculous. There's a big patch on the shoulder of my jacket that says 'Gegen Nazis' and it's not just there for show, I damn well mean it. I might have taken it the wrong way, and if I did, I apologize, for all I know, that person might have had lots of questions about that since they posted it, and I'm sorry for the inconvience if that is the case, but looking at the only other comment on that image, I don't think that it was.