i HAVE been drawing!!! but i never have the chance to upload anything or practice on gimp, but hopefully that's gonna change after my english term paper is finished *dies* and yes, i'm sorry i haven't updated in months. this will probably be the only update for a while, too. i have some stuff going on right now

yesterday (the 28th) there was a terrible fire in ocean isle, north carolina. a beach house was burned to the ground. 7 students died. 6 were injured. the rest got away. one of those killed was one of my friends, william rhea, who had only graduated from my school last year.

his brother andrew was able to get out. as soon as he saw william wasn't outside, he went back in, burning his arms and face severely. his friends held him back as they watched the house burn to the ground.

Anna Lee Rhea said her older brother, William, was among the dead - a devastating blow to their older brother, Andrew, who made it out of the house alive.

"Everybody loved him. Everybody really misses him," she said in a brief telephone interview with the Associated Press. "You couldn't help but love him."

this morning at school we held a memorial service for william. the headmaster started crying so hard that he had to stop speaking and let someone else take over. the entire school was the same way. hardly anyone said a word all day.

i still can't believe will is gone. the same person i was talking to just last year is... dead. he turned 18 last month. not even three years older than me. i'm definitely praying for his family and friends, and everyone who was affected by the fire.

rest in peace william rhea - 9.28.89-10.28-07