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Right, ehm, updates what? ^^;
Truthfully, though, it's been a pretty uneventful few weeks, apart from the latter part of last week which was far too full of drastic emotional swings..
A few things of note, however:

*There is SNOW! I'm so happy. ^____^ Went to sleep at the wrong end of the bed last night, just so I could have my head next to the window to look out at the snow softly falling, a million tiny angel's feathers floating down in the soft golden light from the next building and reflected from the clouds.. We've about 2-3" right now, and it's still drifting down, which is good. ^_^

*I HAVE A THANK-YOU CARD FROM TAYLOR HANSON. ^_____________^ I know I never did get around to writing up the Hanson shows on here, but.. Buffalo show, we were in line outside the venue from the minute we got to Buffalo after the Toronto show. This was, needless to say, a long time, so I had my sketchbook with me, as always. The three girls I went with (only one of whom I'd known beforehand, Jen from band) had all been to see Hanson when they did a radio show a few days before, and had photos which were constantly passed around (and made us friends in line..which was useful, as well as fun, cos then in Toronto they didn't mind so much that Jamie had saved us places though we'd only just gotten there and it was far up in the line that we jumped in). There was one shot of Taylor that Lindsey had taken that was absolutely the most beautiful picture I've ever ever seen. (I think. Probable exceptions being a few pics of Lar I have sitting about. *g*) Absolutely gorgeous. So, being bored, and realising I'd never actually tried to draw Taylor (which is rather odd, actually), I borrowed her photo and curled up on the sidewalk to draw. It was in my little purple sketchbook, so it wasn't even, y'know, more'n 4, 5" across, just a small sketch with mechanical pencil, but it came out really, really pretty, I think I spent maybe half an hour or so on it, it was like, perfect and gorgeous. I was very happy. ^_^ It got passed around and everyone was like O___O whoa, that's amazing! (I wouldn't go so far as that, it was pretty but not anything like, awe-worthy. *giggles*) Then someone suggested I give it to Taylor. Honestly, I did NOT want to part with it. *giggles* I hate not being able to keep any of my drawings - which is one reason I could probably never be a professional artist.. but, I thought on it for awhile, and decided hey, y'know, why not? It'd be cool, and I really like the band, y'know? So I wrote a little note beside the drawing, I don't even remember quite what it said anymore, just a short little thing saying I drew it while waiting outside for the show, and how great I think what they do is, something like that. Lindsey had a meet'n'greet with the band, so she took it in to give them along with a letter and things from her.
When we caught up with her (much, much later, through a number of organisational horrors committed by those in charge at the venue, or somewhere along the way), she said that she'd had the drawing on top of the things she gave them, and Taylor was really impressed by it. ^_____^ So I was bouncing and excited and very very happy.
Since then, Jen's hung out with the guys a lot (to what degree exactly I can't say, but it's been a fair bit, anyway). In band on Tuesday, she came in and said, hey, I have something for you, you're going to be very excited, only I forgot it in my room so I'll give it to you later. So I'm all like, ok, what's this, y'know?
A thank-you card from TAYLOR for the drawing.
^___________^
Needless to say, I spazzed. A lot. *giggles* She got it to me the next day, and just, she handed it to me and on the envelope is my name in Sharpie marker, written by him. And spelled correctly, at that, I was psyched.
I died.
Somehow, managed to get the thing open.. I'd scan, but then all the Tay-ness would be on the scanner-bed instead of in the card. :p *giggles* So to transcribe (spelling and capitalisation randomness verbatim *giggles*):

"Melissa---                                     11/03
      Hey, Thanks so much for the drawing you gave me in Buffalo.
Its amazing! you should do that
proffessionally... maybe do some stuff for our next album! Anyway, I
just wanted to thank you again.
Hope you had fun at the concert and
I hope to meet you at another.
                 Peace, love & Music
             Taylor"

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And he has a very cute scrawl, I like it. *g*
The funny thing is, it's such a girly little card, he *so* must've ganked it from his mom's stash or something, it has this pretty little cottage with a flower garden out front on it. *giggles* It's cute tho. ^_^

*Classes ended on Friday, and my ethics final was in class and went pretty well. It's insane, I can't believe the semester's over already..... last year went so quickly, I'd hoped this year would spin out a little longer, but it's not at all...... despite the occasional suitemate angst, I'm so, so happy here, with the people I'm with... and next week Erica's leaving for good, I'm moving in with Britt, Haruna's staying now but we'd already turned in the paperwork to move around so Jen's moving in here when I move in with Britt... craziness.

*Oliver (cuteboy from psych) *still* has my notebook. *laughs* He missed class last week, so on Tuesday he asked if he could borrow my notes to photocopy them. I said sure, if you think you can read them... he leaned over and peered at the page and said "yeah, actually, I can read this". ^_^ So he borrowed the notebook but forgot it on Thursday, then was so rushed doing things he didn't have time to get it to me after class.. and I haven't gotten around to talking to him about it again. *giggles* Cos I feel bad like, hounding him about it... really, I'd go over and pick it up from him - he lives just in the next dorm over - only...*giggles* this is dreadfully silly, but, Britt keeps missing him when we pass by him on the way to class and things, and she wants to see what he looks like, so we're trying to get him over *here*. Yes I'm fully aware of how junior-high this is. *laughs*
But really, then too, I won't study for psych 'til Tuesday, so it doesn't really matter to me. (And I have to wonder.. that notebook in particular is fiiiilled with little chibi-U2s and lyrics and things in the margins, and there're a number of pages where I have things written other than notes..a page or so of a Bono-pov fic I started and keep forgetting about, a poem/story? sort of thing that came out of being in the old cemetary in town (and reading so much Kaze to Ki no Uta), some other bits of things, as always I can't call them poems really but I guess that's what they're closest to, poems or lyrics or something.. anyway, I have to wonder if he's looked at any of them, in looking for the notes he needs. *smiles a bit*)

*I got Britty on iTunes, so we can gank each others' music now, it's fun. *g*

*Did some Christmas-shopping yesterday - tho most-all my gifts, I'm doing about the same thing for, there were some things I wanted to get, and looking around I spotted things that I wanted to get for people, so it was fun. And I bought the BEST wrapping-paper like EVER: It's Care Bears Christmas wrapping paper. ^______^ ..the new-school ones, unfortunately - it's the new Share Bear, and their body shapes are subtley different - but still, it's awesome. ^___^
And Britty and I had the best time ever in the stuffed animal aisle. ^_^

*Heidi, the lady I work with, got me a Christmas present. Brought it back to my room and opened it...it's this huuuge 3lb box of *chocolates*. I was overwhelmed. I don't even... wow.
First thing I did was pass it around to my suitemates cos I'm like holy friggin' crap this is WAY too much chocolate. *giggles* And just... I hardly know her, really, and she got me this, and--- *overwhelmed again*
I truly, honestly, am surrounded by the best people in the world, I'm so blessed to be in the place that I am.

*So that led to a crazy emotional high and just, being overwhelmed with joy and gratitude for everyone in general...then of course I slipped down later that night and fell into one of my moods. *has to laugh* Undulation what?
And then..yeah. There was all of that with Erik - which I really didn't get too tied into, for whatever reasons..I guess cos I haven't talked with him in awhile, everything I was getting was second-hand...which isn't to say I wasn't worried like anything. And then that all petered out into nothing...which messed with all of us, I think. *shakes head* crazy..
Then there was everything with Megs..which is between her and I, I'm not going to get into it here...and it's not even that we had a fight or anything, not even a disagreement really, just..sort of misunderstanding about some things and seeing things different and some things to clear up and just..yeah. But we're getting through it just fine, and in the end, we'll just be all the closer for it, like always. *smiles and huuuuuuugs* love you~ ^_^

*Aaaaand fookmooffins, I'm off again! *laughs* Going out to buy bows and ribbons and things with Britty, then running around to the library and rockefeller to prep for my music history and art finals tomorrow~

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