Off to see Inside Out

I've been wanting to see Inside Out since... well, since before it was even released. As soon as I heard about it, really. It just looks so good. And really, really unique. The fact that the emotions are characters themselves--*crosses fingers for /finally/ an animated movie with good characterization*--just... I don't know. It really grabbed my attention, you know?
I JUST REALLY WANT TO SEE IT OKAY.

A family friend called on Sunday to let us know that the old drive-in theater about an hour away was actually showing it this week. We were going to see it Tuesday, but then the forecast called for rain, and who wants to watch a movie at a drive-in, while it's raining? So we moved it to tonight.

*squeals*

Excited because:
1) Inside Out. 'Nuff said.
2) It's a //drive-in theater.// How cool is that? I've never been to one before, and I'm really excited to see what it's like.
3) I think I've seen a grand total of six movies in theaters ever. My little siblings have seen even less. So just going to the movies itself is exciting.
4) I'm an excitable person.

Okay, that last point isn't totally true. My fifteen-year-old sister is far more excitable than me. Being the reserved, introverted person I am, I just don't show my enthusiasm outwardly--except in extreme cases. Such as the OYAN SW. But contrary to popular belief, I do get excited. I just keep it inside where it'll last longer.
And I get inwardly excited very easily. Can't wait for my dad to get home so we can eat and get out of here.

Anyway. I just needed to get all of that out. Thanks for listening to my ramblings. I'll be sure to post a review of the movie sometime in the near future.

Have a picture.

In which Dee rambles about stuff.

Not the most amazing gif ever created. But I drew it. And I am proud of myself.

Kaela Underkoffler. She looks all sweet and fun in this picture, but she's kind of a major pain.

The only thing I like about this picture is the hair. And possibly the jeans.

Made my little sisters a set of paper dolls. Avalon's on the left, and Bianka on the right.

Picture of all of their clothing.

I've got magnetic paper in my Amazon shopping cart. I think that'll be nice for future paper dolls. (Because seriously these were so much fun to make. I am totally doing more.)

I know it was over a month ago, but I'm just going to talk about my birthday for a minute. Or ten.

It was a bit rough starting off--family drama while I was still half asleep, yay--but by the end of the day things were much better. I got a /ton/ of Copics--a set of greys, brights, and a skin tone set. However, I already had that skin tone set, so we called Amazon to see about returning it. Turns out you can't return Copics. But they gave us our money back anyway, and I got to pick out a different set and then give the extra markers to one of my best friends. So it was cool.

And I got a silver wig. It's long and curly and absolutely perfect for cosplaying as Conni. (Although I wore it a little too much back in June and it's kind of a mess right now. But I will fix it.)

I also received a light pad for drawing. (It's like a light box, but in tablet form. Pretty cool.) It's immensely helpful for all sorts of art projects, including paper dolls and hand-animated gifs. So yeah, I'm loving that too.

For my birthday, my grandma also paid for part of the cost of my trip to Kansas, to the One Year Adventure Novel Summer Workshop. (In addition to my art obsession, I am also fully addicted to writing.) I had a blast, and came back with tons of memories, advice, and passion for my writing. I've been writing away the last several weeks, trying to get this novel finished before August 15--the OYAN contest deadline.
It's not easy, man.

I'm kind of just rambling, because this is what happens when I go for a month without posting and a lot of stuff happens. I feel the need to fill you all in, but then I get tired about halfway through.

I think I'm just going to sign off and go back to writing. Because I am severely behind today.