Tacklin' the Cold and Battlin' the ARTing Block

 I was sick for about a week or more, so....

My mom blamed my cold on the following:

My night owl ways,

My liking of sleeping on the floor or bean bag,

and My Arting, 

Rather than, you know, blame the Bipolar SoCal weather. 

Due to my icky cold,  I missed classes and I kind of fell into an Arting Block.  I basically stopped drawing for a week, which really wasn't a consequence before when I was pretending to be a science nerd but now I'm taking an art class.  Not drawing is like committing the ULTIMATE SIN.  Anyway, the first time I drew in a week (finally forcing myself) was a still life in class...

...yeah, leave it to me to make a stuffed green coyote look like a pimp in a zoot suit chillin' in Red District.

This was done in Copic markers, which by the way are amazing.

PS--I don't know how many of y'all have Facebook but I made a RieVerse Facebook page, so if you have Facebook...Let's hang out in Facebook Land!

I Voted like an American with an Opinion

I voted!

Did you?  I hope you did.

This was my first time voting even though I've been a registered voter for 2 presidential elections. It was super exciting day for me!  I made my opinion heard!  

Someone had said:

Voting is a privilege... Don't take advantage of it.

Driving is a privilege.

Voting is a right that so many Americans fought for, even died for. So let's practice it y'all, take advantage of it. Make your voices be heard! It doesn't matter what your opinion is, as my classmate beautifully put it:
"No matter who wins, America will still stand the next day."