Four: A TGC Teaser

Russ' Updates #029: End of a Chapter

Hello, Darlings - five days left until I graduate, and one week left until the Graduation Celebration! <3 Goodness, I am super hella excited (and nostalgic) about this week. It's crazy.

"You're going to leave the green gates soon, Russ."

So here's what's gonna happen this week (school-wise): today, I had my Commissioning Ceremony. From Tuesday until Friday, I'll be practicing for Graduation. On Saturday, I'll finally graduate from what has been my second home for the past fourteen years. :) 

It's definitely a lot to think of. I'm hella sure that I'll post a Russie Babbles regarding graduation and what the hell I've gone through throughout my stay in school. I'm pretty much dedicating this week to TGC preparations, graduation preparations, and basically slowly accepting that I'll be an Old Girl once I graduate this Saturday. 

Moving on from senti!Russie (haha), you can pretty much expect some posts here and there. I'm trying to rile myself up for TGC in all honesty - I've done preliminary preparations. If anything, I hope that TGC will be the second successful Challenge this 2015~

"You better not cram it this time. You better not."

*laughs nervously*

Wish me luck as I finally complete the last leg of my high school journey! I'll see you guys very soon. <3

Heroes: A TGC Teaser

"Do not fear vulnerability.

You're human, not a robot."

Russ' Updates #028: Twelve More Days

Hello and good evening, Darlings! <3 

Yeah, you read the title right - I've got twelve more days until I finally graduate! And of course, with graduating from high school comes yet another Challenge-slash-Celebration which will launch in exactly two weeks. :D Are you all excited? 

"I think it's fair enough to say that we're excited, Russie."

This week (until the 20th, actually) is basically reserved for a bunch of batch activities as well as practice for Commissioning, and then Graduation next week. ;w; So if you think of it, I'm pretty much free in terms of academics - especially since all my tests are over and I don't have any academic obligations left.

I'm really hoping that I can post a few more TGC teasers (graphic-wise) and post some shorts along the way. I don't know if it's just me, but... *shrugs* My writing and graphic muse hasn't really been showing up ever since the Quarterly Exams ended. I'm not sure if that's my brain attempting to recover, but I'm also hoping that this isn't a longterm thing. *laughs nervously* 

I've also gotten two new books over the weekend: Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved Before and Amy Zhang's Falling Into Place. Hopefully, I can a review up in the next couple of weeks, especially since I've been wanting to get my hands on these books for a long time. ^_^

"Is there anything else you want to say or tease?"

Nah - not really. 

Enjoy this week, lovelies! <3 See you all soon~

Heroines: A TGC Teaser

"Don't waste time waiting for someone to save you.

You are the only one who can save yourself."

Freely Restrained: A Shoujo Parallels Headcanon Short

Alpha Belt
Mortal Realm
March 2015
Venura Residence

~Gabriel, Miles~

“How do you feel, Aria?”

“Strangely liberated,” she replies. I can’t help but blink in surprise at her answer. “You know – form PTs, tests, quizzes…all that academic stuf,” she defends. “It’s weird. I feel liberated, but…at the same time, I also feel caged.” She steps into her room and I close the door from behind, watching as she unties her hair. “I’m free from the pressures of academics – school and all that – but…now that I’m done, I feel like I’m just being restrained,” she admits.

My forest-green eyes narrow slightly. “How so?”

“I mean, I’m just seventeen days away from graduating, Miles.” Her eyes glance at the screen of her phone. “Seventeen days. I’m just two weeks and three days away from getting my meaningful diploma. Yet, I’m being kept inside just waiting until I’m out of those gates once and for all.”

Aria exhales eventually and moves into the bathroom, mumbling that she’d just change into more comfortable wear. As the door clicks, I sit on her bed and process what she just told me – her own feelings about being freely restrained.

Did it make sense?

Strangely enough, it did. She felt relieved and frustrated, undeniably gleeful to be free of those terror subjects (Calculus) and of any academic endeavor. In truth, all she had to do for the rest of the month was to keep being the Aria she regularly was with the rest of them.

With the rest of the XDees.

Being the same old, Aria, however, felt like being trapped.

Aria couldn’t explain it properly the first time I asked about it. Not at all. She just made articulate hand gestures and frutrated noises, finally admitting that she couldn’t get around it herself.

She couldn’t understand why exactly her actions felt…forced.

Russ' Updates #027: Final Finals

Hello, Darlings! Guess who's officially done with Calculus for the rest of forever?

"March already? You're graduating in 19 days-"

Shh please don't remind me, Sanchez. :< 

Anyway, it's already March! As Sanchez said, I've got nineteen days left until I graduate and two more days until I finish my final set of exams ever for high school. *laughs* I haven't exactly been able to post that much, really, and I promise that I'll make up this coming Wednesday. Somehow.

Anyway, you may or may have noticed two small changes in the blog layout, yes? 

1. There is no Featured Character this month. Yup - if you check out the side bar, you won't be able to find the usual poster for the month's Featured Character. Initially, this month was supposed to be for Ethon; however, due to certain activities, Ethon will be making his special debut this summer. *smiles* Ethon's absence brings us to the second point -
2. A new CC awaits! Yes, lovelies, there is going to be a new CC (Challenge-Celebration) from March 23 until April 23. I won't be giving up too much details for the moment, as I'll make a post about that in a few weeks, but you can already figure out its' name from the graphic.

"The Graduation Celebration!"

For this week, I'll be finishing exams from today until Wednesday - and from then, my academic days are definitely over. *throws confetti* The rest of March will be spent for graduation practice, and then, Darlings, summer's coming! <3 

Please wish me luck as I continue on forth with my exams. Last push, yes? #Gapang2Grad