So today in honor of my birthday I was going to make a list of 17 Reasons Why It's Awesome To Be 17, but I could only think of ten and most of them consisted of "[insert character here] was 17 when [insert action here happened]." So yeah. (Though for the record, I'm now the same age as [1] Harry Potter when he defeated Voldemort [2] Yuna and Tidus when they defeated Sin [3] Squall and Rinoa and most of the Final Fantasy VIII crew when they defeated Ultemecia [4] Nathaniel/John Mandrake when he saves London for the last time and [5] Perrin and Julia when they begin their relationship & are involved in the second Arx Chalybs incident.) I'm surprised that I only have one writing reference there. I guess not a lot important happens to my characters when they're 17.

Last night I was watching the season four finale of Lost (gathered around my dad's laptop screen), and zomg Daniel Faraday is so definitely a Woobie. For me, at least. I hope we see a lot more of him next season (he's in the previews, which is a good sign). Also, Desmond/Penny is so squee-worthy. & even Kate/Sawyer are squee-inducing, what with Sawyer being so self-sacrificing and all. I think there should have definitely been an "I love you" "I know" moment there, because Lost isn't afraid to use Star Wars references and it would have fit so well. (& it would have made Kate/Sawyer even more Leia/Han than they already are.)

I discovered two nights ago that I cannot draw males, even from behind. I was trying to draw Perrin and Julia in a nice relationshippy pose (holding hands and looking out toward the ocean), and I was failing so much at drawing Perrin. So I erased it and just drew Julia, though even that didn't turn out so well. It was good for a while, but then I realized that her hair didn't look right (it's WAVY, not BUSHY!) and so I kept erasing and redrawing and it still didn't look quite right. So yeah. I think I should just stick to that one drawing of Elena and Daria that actually turned out well.