Its true about the whole ADD thing, listening to some parents at my brothers school and they were comparing ADD meds, its also a big topic in my Psyc classes, half the people say its a need, have the people say its not, i would like to think there is a happy medium

Hey, you changed your layout again.....Nice!

Partner in crime....I'm flattered.=)  Sooooooooo, who's/what's our next target? ;) 

thank you most deeply for you kind words. recieving comments, particularly from well-thought, articulate individuals, truly is appreciated.   i still have not decided on the fate of my site, for i am watching these things run their course, and do not want to be left desperately pumping life into something when what i really should be doing is giving it a rest.  but i have been considering your suggestion, of simply taking a break, rather than destroying it completely. afterall, it has been a year of my life chronicled here - i do not wish to loose that.

ADD explained:

ADD is a over-used/misused medical term nowdays. For a child to have ADD, he/she cannot concentrate on anything at all. Typically, he/she is a very disruptive member of a classroom. They also perform poorly in school because of lack of concentration. This is just the opposite to programmers, who can focus on one project for a long time. However, the medication of choice for this disorder is Ritalin (analog of amphetamine). So maybe there is a reason why this term is over-used.  :tongue1:

Also, the biggest difference between sadness and clinical depression is that depression will cause organic manifestations (loosing sig. amount of weight and sig insomnia) and will affect one's normal daily function/work/school. They have no energy, loose interest in all their previous activities, and want to kill themselves (sometimes with specific plans and tools)...

so there

cannot help it

 :shy1:

:) agree most sincerely! over-concern with the acceptance and reassurance from strangers will undoubtably lead to self-censureship. which naturally then distorts the very nature of the art being produced. (though i hardly consider what i am doing art).  

to answer your question: school-things are good, though wholey overwhelming.  five applications for graduate school have gone out with my name and hopes on them. some more may be bursting outward in the coming days, which only adds to the stress.  i will be finding out about one of the prospects in the next week or so (fingers-crossed).

non-school things are swell. my world has built up upon itself a secure sense of happiness (no longer correlated to the strange external and unpredictable). but, when the sun comes, and it does occasionally, i am literally a smile all over.

please tell me, how are things with you?