Hey, everyone!!

I'm really sorry for not updating my dA very often this summer. Like, really. I'm very sorry My life was so busy this summer!! I don't know if all of you know this, but this summer, I worked as a scenic painting intern for the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. It was a wonderful job, but it left me with NO free time. And, although I love drawing and painting, I was doing it all day at work, so I didn't feel the need to be more creative all the time. Besides, I usually went to bed right after I got out of work, so there really wasn't time.

Things I did do this summer:

1. Make new friends who were also interns
2. Helped paint scenery for 4 plays (The Little Foxes, The Tempest, The School for Wives, and Noises Off)
3. Worked my butt off for months and drive to work everyday in a not-so-safe town
4. Moved props furniture around and dismantle metal shelving and other things to prepare for a move to a new shop that never happened
5. Watched season 1 of Heroes
6. Spent time with my family down the shore
7. Prepared for my study abroad experience in Scotland (yeah, that's right I'm going there for this fall semester!!)
8. Spent many mindless hours on Facebook apps lol
9. Learned katakana and more Japanese
10. Play the Sims3 (I started with me and a hot asian guy I made up and I'm now playing with our great-great-grandchildren and their growing children. It's pretty awesome lol)
11. Made a business card for my Aunt Carol's real estate company


Things I didn't do this summer:

1. Spend much time on dA
2. Spend much time with my friends
3. Clean the inside of my car
4. Go to bed early
5. Meet a hot Japanese guy
6. Take enough pictures of my job
7. Make any money. My internship was unpaid :'(


So, there's the scoop!! Here's a link to a Facebook album with some cell phone pictures I took this summer during work. My boss is supposed to compile all the pictures he took this season and mail them to my coworker and I at some point. When that happens, I'll put some of the higher quality images up here for you to see :

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I'm leaving for Scotland tomorrow! For a few more weeks, I probably won't be on here much. However, once I'm all settled in, I'll definitely submit any awesome pictures I take and probably update all of you on my activities

I hope you all still love me!!! *hugs*

Lauren/Rin-chan