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Why hello there deviantWatchers,


My previous journal entry was written over half a year ago (in August 2008). Purely for the sake of making my user page look a bit more updated, I shall write a new journal entry. Perhaps you’ll find a few new facts reading through this journal entry. It’s best you don’t have your hopes too high, though! In any case, it must have come to your attention that deviantART now allows all of its users to edit their own user pages. In reality, that means that everyone started spending a lot more time on the looks of their page. Unfortunately, that includes me.


You might have realized that the morgueFile website was updated just a little while ago. During the updating progress, it was unable to register and add pictures, but now that the website got a complete make-over, registration and the ability to submit new photographs has been enabled once again! Of course, now that anyone can register once again, I joined the website. You can find a link to my portfolio at the top of this journal entry. You can also find a couple of other links that might interest you if you need or are willing to try implementing my work in your art. I allow anyone to use my art if it is marked as creative commons. If it is not marked with the creative commons license, you will have to ask me by e-mail, private message or on by writing a comment on my user page.


On another account, ~startofall and me are no longer girlfriend and boyfriend. I can assure you, though, that we’re not fighting each other. I now appreciate all the things she did for me a lot more and if I had the opportunity to turn back time, I would probably try to be a completely different person for her. My appreciation for her would be hundredfold, my jealousy would have to disappear completely and my egoism would have to be traded in for the willingness to do things for others. I really hope Startofall reads this passage, as she is having a really hard time right now. She could use any support she can get. If there is anything I can do for you, Ellie, contact me and I will try to do my best for you!


As a final paragraph, I would like to write something about my college progression. At this moment, I’m in the midst of the 3rd period out of 4. This period is all about synthesizing exotic chemicals. More specifically, we’re developing a way to optimize the synthesis of cinnamaldehyde from benzaldehyde and acetaldehyde (the chemical that causes hangovers, which also happens to be quite cancerous, so there’s your answer to why drinking alcohol can cause cancer). Basically, it’s a simple procedure that involves slowly forcing an acetaldehyde solution into a base benzaldehyde solution in a glass flask with three openings, which is the synthesis part. Of course, the yielded product is far from pure. It might smell lovely (cinnamon smell), but it’s contaminated with benzaldehyde and products from side-reactions. I’m over-loading this journal with theory no one is really interested in, though. If you actually want to know more about this synthesis, just write a short comment and I’d love to tell more about it. I love chemistry, after all.


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