What an odd word. I wonder who came up with it originally.
Anyways, I just got back from a wonderful vacation on Tybee Island (which is near Savannah, GA for those of you who haven't heard of it, which is probably most people), where we spent almost full days on the beach enjoying the ocean and the warm weather. Unfortunately, on our last full day there, we went over to the back beach area, which is called Tybee Creek, and I got stung pretty bad by a jellyfish. It felt like I was being stabbed, and it got me in three places along my legs. Plus I felt it bump up against me right as the pain kicked in. I had one huge red splotch on my right thigh, and then two smaller red splotches on my left thigh and my right ankle with a little dotted pattern where the barbs went in. For the first few hours or so, they were swollen, puffy, and stinging, and it felt kind of like the areas they were on were going numb. But by the time I went to bed, they weren't swollen anymore and stung only when something touched them. I still have the red marks, which are now fading, thank goodness. Every day we had gone to the beach, at least one of us got mildly stung on one or more occasions. I almost didn't go the last day because I was afraid of getting stung again... And look what happened.
But whatevs, I still loved being there.
One of the great opportunities I had during our stay was taking a tour of the SCAD campus-- the Savannah College of Art and Design. And I just have to say, what an amazing place it is! It's spread throughout the city of Savannah, and the facilities are, for the most part, fairly new, despite their placement in the city's restored buildings. They've got lots of technology and equipment for the students to use-- and guess what? They have CINTIQS!!!!
They've got around four different Cintiq labs, each of which has at least 20 computers with cintiq screens. It's soooo cool!!!
But most importantly, of course, I learned a lot about the college programs itself. The thing that got me the most was their view of how students discover their talents-- they make everything as open-ended as possible, so any student can take any class they want to help them figure out what field they want to go in to. It made me realize that, despite all the trouble I've been having with art over the past few months or so, I really do want to be an artist. And I think I can be, if I can ever figure out what my problem is. While I was gone, I didn't have a computer available, so I had no access to deviantArt. Something changed-- suddenly I found myself actually wanting to draw, and I had a spurt of inspiration that made me start thinking I could actually make something worthwhile. At first I wasn't sure where it came from, but I think it may have been due to my absence here on dA. Because almost as soon as I got back here, I once again found myself losing any inspiration I had, and thinking that my and my developing style wasn't good enough to be shown to anybody. So in order to get myself moving again, I've decided to take a little hiatus- a break from deviantArt, just until I can find a foothold in my confusing world. I'll still pop on occasionally to check messages for anything important or make a few comments here and there, and (of course!!) I'll keep up with any commissions or other such art I need to finish, but for the most part I'll be keeping myself away from here. I think it will help, and I'm hoping it does.
Thank you all for your friendship and support, I don't know what I would do without someone to hear me out.
~Yoshi-Ama
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So now I have to send out 14 notes, and hopefully, not get anybody mixed up! 
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