i should start off by apologizing for not being active at all, because i've been basically avoiding dA like the plague due to university and all the responsibility it makes me have, but i'm finding it hard to keep up because i am not a good student at all.

i handed in a paper for english and when i looked at the file on my computer after class i realized that even after numerous edits, i managed to miss the fact that i switched tenses halfway through. luckily, though, all of my space-brain mistakes are minimal and i'm actually doing really well. i'm just doing well... in a very last minute sort of fashion. cough.

ANYways so enough of my excuses and more of my shameless self-promotion because i am really really excited and feel the need to yell it over rooftops and through res halls during quiet hours (cept i won't because loudness during quiet hours would get me fined and i can't afford to pay fines).

some of you may recall my piece "letters to a loved one" ([link]), which i entered in =Pickled-Poppy's contest that was... well, letters to loved ones. it was a very, very emotional piece for me to write and getting it all out was a task (and don't even get me started on editing), but i stuck with it and submitted it because even if the gal it's for never reads it, well, i guess i want some people out there to know just how much i love her. i guess, yeah.

so anyways i just found out that i placed first in the lit section and i am totally just rolling around my very tiny res bed and i nearly peed on one of my friends due to my excitement. she was here when i checked my messages and i was like WHOAMYGOSH.

yeah so basically this is a very long winded way for me to say thank-you times a babillion zillion to =Pickled-Poppy and her delicious judges ~Satah and =W-Uno because they are all lovely and made my day and they are all just so very lovely.

also i am rambling a lot and such because i haven't slept yet tonight because that damn VA kid and i were watching corny movies (plus boondock saints) and giggling and then made sausages and hash browns and all was fun but now i kinda regret it except sleep tomorrow will probably be really really good sleep.

much love to everybody! only two days of classes left, and after that i'm going to force myself to read some deviations before clearing out my message centre, i promise. i may not get to everything but i will smack my cheeks and do my darndest.

-R.Power <333

My, what a dashing fellow this ~LelaelGalae is! Seriously though, this kid is one of my greatest pals from back in the snowy dunes of Labrador. He's fairly new to dA, and he's a talented new writer. I think we should all take this moment to click on of these many icons:







And give Alex a visit!

Much love, kid!

-R.

okay, okay, i'll start off with apologizing- i am, and will probably main, only about 1/3 as active as i would like to. i've just started post-secondary and it is very much keeping me on my toes, and it's just going to get even more crazy when i start working.

but this here, is something i'll not go all inactive on.

that's right, it's feature frenzy time yaaaaay!



this girl is totally awesome. she writes, she draws, and she makes funnies!

so i am sharing the love!

now, so i don't keep you any longer, i will spam you with icon links! now go, go, spread some super love!

okay, okay. i know i've been putting up a lot of journals, but i really feel the need to share this.

i was lying down today after spending a good few hours cleaning my room, and as always i popped on the food network. chef at home is one of my favourites, with michael smith - that studly canadian - as the host. the episode featured an orange ginger beef stew, a coffee cake dessert baked and served in coffee mugs, and (in my opinion) the best kitchen creation- hot chocolate.

except this is hot chocolate with a kick. so for those of you out there who haven't heard of doing something like this with your hot chocolate, you've got to make this!

this is what you do:

-add milk to a pot
-add cacao powder (lots, cause it's an antioxidant, and it's delicious!)
-add brown sugar
-add a dash of cayenne pepper for heat
-vanilla extract makes the flavours work together!

note measurements are a judgement call, because michael smith doesn't use a recipe and so he doesn't tell us how much of what to add. unless it's a lot of cacao powder.

when i made mine, i let the milk heat up before i started adding ingredients, and then by the time i was done adding them it was hot enough to serve. also, i added a little bit of cinnamon, because i'm an absolute fiend for all things cinnamon.

so yeah, seeing cayenne pepper added to hot chocolate was something i've never seen, because i'm used to the typical packets or cacao powder, milk, and granulated white sugar.

so that's about all i'd like to share. hope you all enjoy this as much as i do!

i woke up cold, sick, and just plain sour. not a great way to start the day. so as i was waiting for mother to finishing cleaning the bathroom so i could make a mess out of it with a shower, i popped on the computer.

and holy crud, found out that i got a freaking daily lit deviation! it's exciting! i'm excited! my day has gotten exponentially better and i've even made a deal with my sore throat so we can both enjoy ourselves!

and look at that excessive amount of exclamation point!

okay i'll stop gushing all over you guys.

so, here's a bigbigbig shout-out to =Pickled-Poppy for featuring me, and an even bigger thanks. <33

and congratulations to the others who have won a dld!

now i just have to figure out this stamp business. but for now, i shall put links!

news article: [link]

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