Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.

I'm incredibly proud of the Togei tennis team for winning. We proved that we're the best in the nation. Everyone should be incredibly proud of what they've accomplished. Take time to rest and celebrate your success.

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It's kind of a major relief not to have exams, but instead I need to finish a few of my paintings for review. I'm close to being done with a few of them, so I'm not too concerned with getting done in time. The mixed media piece will take the longest, but that's primarily due to the different drying times on the paints. I figure I could do one type, let it dry while working on another piece, then come back and repeat the steps until I'm done.

Niou, after finals are over, we're going to use my prize from the Valentine's Day scavenger hunt unless you're not in town, then I'll go by myself.

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Top 16. Unsurprising.

I've used the breaks after our matches to go observe others. Yanagi would be so proud. A lot of sketching has been done which is great for my art skills, but does absolutely nothing for their tennis skills. Some of them are horrendous and need more training. Their sets take too long, their footwork is horrible, and a few have so many openings it's surprising they hadn't lost sooner. I'd assign the lot to suicide drills if I could.

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I'm sorry I've been so quiet lately. The Australian Open has been going on and I've been quite preoccupied. Disappointed that Federer lost to Djokovic, but to be honest, I'm not that surprised. Shocked that Serena lost, but I still can't get over Nadal's loss in the first round. It was just unexpected. I almost feel like his skill in the sport is diminishing faster than Federer's, but perhaps there will be a change in that since he fired his coach. Only time will tell, I guess.

Nonetheless, just watching the matches has reignited my desire to go pro. I need to discuss the options with my doctors, but I'm determined to make it a reality. They also helped with my figure study assignment. As usual, Federer proved to be a wonderful subject.

Great work, Togei Tennis team. I know these are just practice matches, but they are good practice for the upcoming tournament.

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To the Togei tennis team, excellent work. I knew our hard work and intense training would pay off. Next is Nationals, but don't relax. There are plenty of strong teams that will be trying to knock us out, so we have to keep it up.

We'll celebrate Saturday evening. Meet at the clubhouse at 6pm.

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My sister has decided that she doesn't want to keep playing tennis. Namely because she doesn't want to get compared to me. I tried to tell her that if she was amazing it wouldn't matter, but she told me off and said she wanted to try out for either softball or volleyball. I expressly told her to do the latter. Hopefully she'll listen to her big brother.

Speaking of tennis... Tezuka, are you free sometime in the near future? Not to play, obviously, since you're recovering. Just to talk about tennis. Though, if you're not adverse to modeling for me (clothed), that would be great too. :)

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We won! I finished my match quickly. Only because Yanagi told me not to drag it out. I swear he sets out to ruin my fun. The rest of the team did well too, obviously. We play Shirataiiku, but I feel confident in my game. Kind of hope we get to face Johoga. If only because I want to play Niou.

Other than tennis, I've been trying to study for art history. I know all art is important, but I'm not all that fond of pointillism. It's kind of boring.

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I finished putting gesso on a few canvases then I took one while it was still wet and practiced painting with acrylics and the blade set I got. My technique still needs some work to match up with how long I have to work with the paint before it starts to dry and become unmanageable, but it worked for just practice.

Even though I didn’t participate in the bonfire, I was close enough to get some good pictures as reference for a painting I want to try using watercolors. I thought about taking one of my folding screen-style sketchbooks and doing a whole panorama, but the paper’s not right for watercolors. I could always try colored pencils and see what happens.

Unrelated, but I wish these ball machines had a faster setting.

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I know it's only the first round, but we won. I'd feel bad for beating Johoga, but I'm not. Sorry, Sanada. Maybe you'll have better luck next time. Regardless, I can't wait until the next match. It was so worth the doctor's visit during Silver Week to be able to play.

Good job with volleyball, Nishinoya-kun.

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I am still pissed off that we lost. How could we lose at tennis? If I could play every position, we would've won. Of course, that's completely unrealistic, but still. Losing. At. Tennis. Ugh.

Back in Yokohama. Managed to schedule tennis with Sanada, Yanagi, and Kirihara. I might have partial hearing loss from that. My sister is being kind and spending a couple of days with her big brother before abandoning him to go hang out with her friends. Mom made me promise not to spend all my time in the garden and dad locked up his art supplies so I wouldn't "borrow" any. I brought my own, but he has this clay that I've wanted to work with for awhile now. Maybe I can convince him to take me to the art supply store and get it for me. Silver Week gift or something.

Anyway, I'm glad I'm home. I was spending far too much time obsessing overthinking one of the paintings I'm working on. The time away should help. Besides, I have art history to study for.

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