Alright, let's get cracking here -

School:

I'm pretty cool with two of my new teachers, neutral with one, and the other one can go to hell for all I care because of how she runs the class and expects us to be 100% on top of everything. Starting Tuesday, I've gotten about 50 letters from assorted colleges - GOOD colleges too! I did get an 82% on my latest Chemistry test that I thought I did awesome on This is the first time my grade has dropped below a 90 in any class all year, albeit by .08 percent. All the new work is stressing me though, guess that's to be expected, I wore my glasses to school for the first time in two years.

Friends:

I think I finally found that one link that connects me and my friends into an actual group - bowling. I'm getting better and ever since I started redoing my technique three weeks ago, I'm on the road to doing great. Outside of that, I've got two good groups of friends, one of which I'm hanging out with for the dance next week, which I'm nervous about, because no one's said anything about plans, and I need plans.

Games:

I finished Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts, replayed Fallout 3, and played the hell out of L4D. I did not finish Rune Factory 2 or Animal Crossing or FF4 . I did however start playing Pokemon Gold which led me to begin playing *drum roll* Pokemon Shiny Gold - for the GBA. It's so fun and it's like playing Gold and Silver all over, too bad it's only a beta that I got. I also picked up Fire Emblem which I will replay the hell out of until I have the game down to a formula like I do Radiant Dawn. I really want to pick up Phantasy Star 0 when it comes out, but I also want Pokemon Platinum (damn Nintendo and their milkage) - which means that I'd only have one game that I could get for the year. That's fine because I'm not anticipating anything else this year (only DS WOW) but, I dunno know, just incase, you know, something GOOD comes out.

Book:

I'll admit I've been lazy - though the ideas are still flowing, and as long as those stay fresh, so does the concept and it improves things. I do want to show a profile I created for one of the more prominent characters in the series.

Draca -

Age: 15, 18 and then 21

Appearance: Average height, slim; long, wavy hair; fierce black eyes; wears dark colors (but not to the point of fulfilling the anime emo stereotype).

Weapon of Choice: Dual pistols, then when she's older, dual shotguns. Weilds the dual element of light and darkness.

Affiliations: Jace, Hunter, Luna, and Vincent - Primary heroes, good friends.

Jace, Hunter, Serenade, Jarvis, Grant, Drake, Bruno, Claus, Courtney and Devon - Elemental Guardians of the Lotus.

Profile: Draca essentially starts out the plot with the desire to find her uncles, who are essentially like brothers to her. This action causes her and Jace to leave the safety of their home, Rosefire, and lure out the villains of The White Raven Society. She uses the power light and darkness to protect her friends and deliver Jace and co. safely to the final battle where Vega must be defeated.

After several more escapades, she discovers that her uncles, Remus and Romulus have become "entrepreneurs" in that they now are leaders of their own town that devotes days to studying and nights to using that knowledge to create bigger parties.

She later leads a group of rebels that fled Rosefire (when she's 1 along with Remus, Hunter, his brother Claus, and Luna. She then teams up with Vincent to bring down the Blues Nation and The White Raven Society. She ends up teaming up with an assassin named Sigfried and the hero Vincent to destroy the love of her life, and the "King" of Rosefire, Jerry. Towards the end of the war, a Society member whom Luna is closely related with engages Draca in a battle that almost ends the war.

Overall I'd describe Draca as the "girl" in the group, but because of family tree matters, she never really finds true love. She's the dedicated and responsible one who will take charge to do what's best no matter what happens to her. A character who originally started out as an "emo" of sorts who was the bad girl, has really evolved into a really solid, likable person.