⇒ New layout!
⇒ Updated Icons

I've added a new layout! I know that it's very light, but I've tried it in several contrasts and brightnesses to make sure that it's viewable by most/all, but if you feel like you're just looking at a blank page, feel free to let me know.

I'm sorry that I haven't added much or updated, but I've been really busy lately. I've only had approximately 4 free hours every day for the past week because of school and driver's ed, but I'm done with the classroom portion of driving class, so I should be more active soon. I did start school this week, and it's been a bit boring already. Sorry for my bad writing here; I've been a bit drained e_e!

Starting school and other activities has been a challenge for me since my freshman year; that's when I developed anxiety, which felt like it came overnight. Since then, it's always harder for me to do anything that could have to do with other people; it feels like somebody's choking me. I guess that I could elaborate, but it's a pretty long story. Everybody has a fear, I guess, and mine just happens to be socialising.

Well, since my first day of high school two years ago, I've improved. My anxiety hasn't been nearly as bad. I guess that it helps to know what's actually going on instead of just thinking that I had severe allergies. This year, I got through the first entire week without having any panic attacks, and I must say that I'm proud of myself. For me, this is an accomplishment. But even though I've learned a lot from my anxiety, I still wish that I could be "normal" again. :/

So, what do you get anxious about?

I got back from my vacation yesterday; it was a bit boring. We didn't do anything, as usual, so I spent a majority on my time on the computer. I was going to add a new layout, but it was too light under certain brightness and contrasts, so I'll be working on that and some other stuff too.

So, in my vacation time, it really hit me that a lot of people haven't been very active lately, online and a bit offline. A lot of people seem to have been moving to FaceBook and basically deserting all other internet locations. Has anyone else noticed the increase in deserted websites and domains now? I guess that I've just always been an internet nerd, but I don't see how people can just let a website go for years, especially when the last update was "I will add more soon" and the owner goes of FaceBook frequently. To me, it's just strange. However, I have left MySpace because it's so buggy and unused, so I know what it's like to move on.

Socialising is slowing down a bit, too. I guess that since my friends and I are 16, we have schoolwork and other things that we're focusing more on now. A lot of my friends are in theatre and have strong schoolwork ethics, so they've been busy. But so have adults. I guess that it's the economy, but my parents and their friends have been working a lot more, thus lack of free time.

It's a bit disheartening to me because I'm scared of this kind of change, and recently, I've decided to become active again, when it feels like other people aren't around. This said, I do have driver's ed. for the next two weeks, and school next week, so I might be a little lazy at updating lol (so much for this post). But I will be back! :)

⇒ New Affiliate : Nicole
⇒ New Affiliate : Tasha
⇒ New Affiliate : Yasmin
⇒ New Fanlisting Collective : Illusion-ism.net
⇒ Updated Circle Backgrounds
⇒ Updated Button Bases

I've added some stuff, and finished my new fanlisting collective. I should be taking some pictures with my new camera, so I'll probably add more photography stuff. I really wrote this blog to inform you that I will not have internet access until about the 15th of August, but I might be writing stuff to post here when I return.

Since I last posted, I haven't really been up to anything, but I know that I've been doing something in my time...we actually got a really bad storm yesterday, and our electricity went out for several hours. My internet cable didn't get back up until this morning. I couldn't see with the inadequate light, and I couldn't do a lot of other things, including summer work, without a computer. I haven't experienced a power outage in a while, but it made me really think about how much we depend on electricity now. Seriously.

So, as I said in my last post, I got a new camera. I love getting new cameras, even though I've only had 4; however, with every new camera, the quality of the pictures improves and I feel like the pictures that I've already taken could have looked a lot better if I had gotten the "good" camera sooner. :/. The camera I just got was the Canon Rebel T1i, and I do like it very much already. ^_^.

That's pretty much it for now. I shall see this site again in about a week :).