Well, what's done is done, and the old year is past. 2009 is no longer the set of numbers students will write as the date on their papers, and everyone will try to start fresh. Let's everyone welcome in the new year happily. I wish everyone who takes the time to read this the best, as well as those who don't.


Happy New Year, my friends!

Okay, so a friend of mine told me about this thing called the "List Challenge". It's a list of 100 themes, and you're supposed to sketch out a picture for each theme. Only, there's a catch for me:

My friend and I have turned it into a race! So, we're both starting from the top to finish all 100 themes before the other! Who will win, Nobody knows yet!

Well, to finish off this exciting journal, I think I'll list the themes, in case anyone else is interested in taking the challenge! ^^ Happy drawing, folks~


1. Introduction (check!)
2. Love
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation

Note: I'll be checking them off as I post my sketches for each theme up on DA!

001. Real name? - Amanda Leigh
002. Nickname(s)? - Ama, Tohru, Miss Honda, Miru
003. Zodiac sign? - Aquarius/ Dog
004. Male or female? - Last I checked, female
005. Elementary? - John S. Hobart/ Minnisauke
006. Middle School? - Paul J. Gelinas/ Tuskawilla
007. High School? - Lake Howell
008. Hair color? - Dark brown; almost black
009. Long or short? - Long....almost TOO long...
010. Loud or Quiet? - LOUD AND PROUD! (mostly...)
011. Sweats or Jeans? - Sweats; jeans make me uncomfortable.
012. Phone or Camera? - Cameraphone! Ha, take that!
013. Health freak? - Nope! I almost suffer from malnutrition!
014. Drink or Smoke? - never in a million years! NEVER, I SAY!
.... I ATE #1001. Real name? - Rachel Elizabeth
002. Nickname(s)? - Pako, Rojii, Pidgeyoddie
003. Zodiac sign? - Capricorn / Rooster
004. Male or female? - Delightfully feminine
005. Elementary? - Parkway / Minnesauke
006. Middle School? - Paul J. Gelinas
007. High School? - Ward Melville High
008. Hair color? - An awesome reddish brown
009. Long or short? - SUUPER SHORTIE. KINDA.
010. Loud or Quiet? - quiet as a dormouse
011. Sweats or Jeans? - pfft, skinny jeans.
012. Phone or Camera? - OR .. my lovely DSi !
013. Health freak? - Perhaps someday. Currently, no.
014. Drink or Smoke? - Oh please. Don't even, man.
.... Um....#015 is no longer with us...I ask for a moment of silence......
016. Eat or Drink? - Drink. (I almost never eat.)
017. Piercings? - One in each ear, and never any more!
018. Tattoos? - No, thank GOD!

HAVE YOU EVER?
019. Been in an airplane? - yeah, a few times.
020. Been in a car accident? - Once, almost.
021. Been in a fist fight? - No.

FIRSTS:
022. First piercing? - I don't remember when...
023. First best friend? - A girl named Melissa who had problems.....many, many problems....
025. First award? - Some student of the month thing in elementary school...it was for the best grades in my class.
026. First crush? - Hhm.....Cameron Piccolo in the first grade....what a cute little boy he was....now he's a jerk.
028. First big vacation? - My first visit to FL and Disney!

LASTS:
029. Last person you talked to? - Rojii
030. Last person you texted? - I don't text. At all.
031. Last person you watched a movie with? - My AP World History class.
032. Last food you ate? - Chicken and potatoes
033. Last movie you watched? - A documentary called Guns, Germs, and Steel
034. Last song you listened to? - Breathing by yellowcard.
035. Last thing you bought? - Pocky for a few friends.
036. Last person you hugged? - JynxmasterXP

FAVES:
037. Food? - Ice cream
038. Drinks? - Milk
039. Clothing? - Punk/anything NOT pink
040. Book? - Fell
041. Music? - Alternative/pop/country
042. Flower? - Lillies
043. Colors? - Red, black, and dark blue
044. Movies? - I have none, sadly.
045. Shoes? - flip flops
046. Subjects? - English, Art, Music

IN THE PAST YEAR I ... :
047. [ ] kissed in the snow
048. [ ] celebrated Halloween
049. [x] had your heart broken
050. [x] went over the minutes on your cell phone
051. [ ] someone questioned your sexual orientation
052. [ ] came out of the closet
053. [ ] gotten pregnant
054. [ ] had an abortion
055. [x] done something you've regretted
056. [x] broke a promise
057. [x] hid a secret
058. [x] pretended to be happy
059. [x] met someone who changed your life
060. [ ] pretended to be sick
061. [ ] left the country
062. [ ] tried something you normally wouldn't try and liked it
063. [x] cried over the silliest thing
064. [ ] ran a mile
065. [ ] went to the beach with your best friend
066. [ ] stay single the whole year

CURRENTLY:
067. Eating? - fried chicken
068. Drinking? - sprite
069. I'm about to? - Draw
070. Listening to? - 3 by Brittney Spears
071. Plans for today/tomorrow? - finish the list challenge!
072. Waiting for? - the perfect guy to come along, then for him to notice I exist.

YOUR FUTURE:
073. Want kids? - no, not really...
074. Want to get married? - I'd like to, but I doubt it'll happen.
075. Careers in mind? - Singer!

WHICH IS BETTER ON A BOY/GIRL?
076. Lips or eyes? - Eyes
077. Shorter or taller? - Taller
078. Romantic or spontaneous? - both work just as fine as the other!
079. Nice stomach or nice arms? - ......um, I really don't care...
080. Sensitive or loud? - Sensetive, someone in tune to the feelings of others.
081. Hookup or relationship? - relationship, of course...I can't pull off a decent hookup...
082. Troublemaker or hesitant? - Neither; he's got to be respectful and decisive; cause I can't make up my own mind, and cause problems for others. He can't steal my jobs! ^^

HAVE YOU EVER:
083. Lost glasses/contacts? - Yep!
084. Ran away from home? - Almost....I got scared, closed the front door again, and went back to bed.
085. Held a gun/knife for self defense? - No.
086. Killed somebody? - Not literally, if that's what you're asking...
087. Broken someone's heart? - I hope not!
088. Been arrested? - n-no....
089. Cried when someone died? - Yes...everytime.....even if I don't know them...

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
090. Yourself? - Not at all
091. Miracles? - No
092. Love at first sight? - yes; it's happened to me before.
093. Heaven? - no, but an afterlife, yes
094. Santa Claus? - Who now?
095. Sex on the first date? - HECK NO!
096. Kiss on the first date? - no...maybe the second, but not the first...

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
097. Is there one person you want to be with right now? - my ex...
098. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life? - depends on how my day is going...
099. Do you believe in God? - To an extent, yes.
100. Post as 100 truths and tag 10 people and why?

Um.....I'm gonna tag.....no one...I have no one to tag! ^^ Sorry!

Just posting to get ride of the old, bad entry on my page! ^^ I didn't realy know what to put here.......so.................HI!

You think I'm fake, eh? That I act the way I do because I'm attention crazy? Look here, Anna....I act all happy and anime-ish because that's who I am; not because I want attention. So yeah, maybe I do get a little lonely, but, like you keep saying, who wouldn't? I haven't talked to you because whenever I try, you turn your back to me and walk away. I'm not fake, and there was absolutely no reason for you to get upset about the dance. I talked about it for a couple of weeks beforehand, and nobody invited anyone in the first place; we found out we were all going AFTER we decided, all on our own, that we were going, and decided to meet up together at the dance. I came to show off my dress because my mom suggested it, I thought it was a good idea, to be honest, but you ruined someone's night. I cried at homecoming because of what you said, you know that? No one else knows, because I didn't want anyone getting mad at you. All I wanted was a "you look nice, hope you have fun!" but, apparently, it was too much to ask. And as for your friends not talking to you, it's not because of me. At least, not intentionally; I'd never try to take someone else's friends from them, whether you believe me or not.

Continuing on, I doubt that the ballad was rigged by the teacher; the STUDENTS voted, not him. He counted the votes because he's the administrator. I had only talked to him once or twice by that time, and the same goes for Jenn. there couldn't have been a possible bias there? Besidews, you didn't run, let alone vote; what does it even have to do with you?

Oh, and by the way, I may be slightly inexperienced as a member of the club, But I have enough leadership skills to know what I'm doing, Anna. And another thing, I didn't call 'cause I was busy at home. People do have lives, though for that week, my mind was centered on worrying about someone who seems to think I'm copying and identity I've never seen in them before. Do what you want, say what you want, act how you want, you're not going to hurt me with this anymore. I'm through with this childish, immature game you're playing. So, when you're done throwing your tantrum and realize you're without a friend that tried, don't come crying to me; I'm through with you.