Humans are social creatures - I read about those sentiments in one of my textbooks yesterday. While this isn’t a newsflash, this point has never been illustrated so vividly to me until the past few days. I don’t think I really, fully grasped this point until now.

( Warning: Another long life update )

( Warning: This isn't an icons/graphics-related post; it's another life update. )

It has been about 70 days, more or less, since the last time I updated my LJ. Within this time frame, a lot has changed in my life, though some changes are more subtle than others.

For one thing, I am officially a college graduate, earning a bachelor of science in journalism with a minor in Asian studies. Yay me! :-D I don't feel that much ( Read more... )

Well, I haven't updated my LJ in a long time, so I decided to do this meme, which was snagged from phut . Plus, I love photography, so this seemed fun.

The Rules:
1. Answer each of the questions below using the Flickr Search engine.
2. Choose a photo from the first three pages.
3. Copy the URL of your favorite photo into this site: http://bighugelabs ( Read more... )

According to an old entry, the last time I changed my layout was in January.  Time for an update, and what better to promote through my header than one of my favorite television shows, "Pushing Daisies" (Shameless plug: In the U.S., it's on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. on ABC), especially considering how many fans are worried about the future of the ( Read more... )

I'm finally updating this journal with a graphics post. My most recent graphics-related post prior to this one was back on March 29 when I made 100 Wives & Daughters icons. During that time and since then, I've made non-W&D-related graphics too. ;-) These graphics were entered into contests at period_stills , art_stills , atonementstills , or i_james . The entries for the latter two ( Read more... )

Hi, I'm one of the moderators for the icontest community
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No, this isn't one of my usual graphic posts.  Instead, I'm using this post as an actual journal, sharing my thoughts and feelings.  So I won't clog up your friends list, you can follow the cut to find out more, if you want:

Hours ago, I attended the convocation ceremony for people in my university's department, even though I technically need one ( Read more... )

Another person on LJ,
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That's one of my favorite lines from the BBC period drama "Wives & Daughters." That miniseries was the subject for my first participation in the icons community icons100 (if you want to check out the whole set, then click here, and if you want to check out my banner, then click here and go to the Special Categories section at the bottom ( Read more... )