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Happy New Year! (a recap of 2013)
12 years ago
I am currently writing from a apartment sitting job, having some time away from everything. It's been quite a interesting year for me, with lots of learning and interesting events, I don't even know where to start!
2013 was both a good and down year for me. Filled with lots of new friends, lots of fun events, and large down points.
The biggest events that happened was my summer of conventions and my roommates moving out! And anyone that knows me well enough, or just payed attention to my complaints about my personal life know, the roommates moving out was a huge and wonderful thing.
Back in October 2010 I moved moved into a house with 3 other people, people a wonderful friend of mine knew, and it started off great! A single lady(who's parents owned the house,) and a married couple who I'll refer to as Fishy(wife) and Yettie(husband) But my one to-be roommate commented about the couple: "I warn you, they are crazy." And I just laughed it off, cause who doesn't have their quarks?
Little did I know the amount of insanity that was to ensue.
I could go onto a 6 page rant about all the BS I put up with them, but I'll spare you all, just know it was horrible. I had reservations on moving in with a couple in the first place, but my long time friend knew them well, they seemed nice, and the current place I was in was not safe, do to one man, and rent was going up.
A few months later, Fishy and Yettie found out they were pregnant, and well, YAY! But between me not signing up to live with a baby (I do LOVE kids and babies, but they had the room right next to mine,) and the fact that these two as parents was a scary thing! I had plotted to start looking to move out soon after. Because I knew my life was going to be hell if I stayed there, even that early on. They were not going to move, they loved living with people and were not even going to consider the fact they were now starting a family.
But, some how, even though I kept this to myself, even away from my third roommate who IS awesome, the landlords some how found out, and I was assured that things were going to be taken care of. Let me state real quick, my landlords are the most WONDERFUL people in the world! If I can't pay rent, I just talk to them ahead of time to let them know I have only half the rent but expect to get more later, and they just tell me to catch up next month! ;-;
Turns out the couple were horrible tenants, in the fact that they never paid on time, lied saying they paid, or would write bouncing checks with out saying "can you wait till this day to cash it?" The landlords just want us to talk to them, but they refused to call for what ever reason, they always sent messages through my other roommate, who was getting quite fed up with it all. And not to mention, aside from being bad at paying, they took over the house as if it was theirs and did some really bad damage to the property.
But it took the landlords almost 2 years to get them kicked out, between "we are having a baby" "I'm trying to finish my credential so I can get a full time job!" and some other BS, the landlords were almost to nice. But here I was, I knew what was what coming down the bend, I originally was going to move out but because I knew they were going to be going at some point, I said "I can wait this out."
I put up with a lot of stress and BS, down to the point of "we are having a baby, but you have never had any vaccinations, we need you to get vaccinations, and you are a f*cking baby killer if you don't." I waited it out, and kept my self in a professional way to keep everything civil, cause there is no point in making hell worse. In fact, the whole time they some how did not know I did not like them, they asked me to move out with them (AHAHAHAHAHA! no)
Finally this year, in March, almost 2 years later, they handed them a official 60 day notice with no go backs, the two of them acted all shocked, as if they didn't even know there was anything wrong (they lived in total denial that their shit smelled,) and a whole new slew of drama started.
But, they were gone at the end of May! HORAY! This is a huge thing, I swear, me and my awesome roommate never felt more at home and relieved. And with them gone, the landlords were free to do improvements on the house, so that was interesting to deal with, but also a HUGE blessing.
But there was more then the roommates this year. I also had a really busy season for conventions!
Aside from dealing with the drama that started in March, April was my 30th b-day, but there was no way I was going to do anything with them around, I had decided that months before, but also, in May I had 3 cons back to back. Anime Central in Chicago, IL; Fanime in San Jose, and Califur in Irvine. So that was when I dropped off the net. I was busy, for almost two months in prep for these three cons. Not to mention, after I finished all that at the start of June, but I had to get ready for Anime Expo!
So that is why I dropped off the net. I was just to busy to even reply to emails, and come being done with AX, I just was like "I'm done! yeah! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ" And it got hard to get back into the internet thing from stopping for so long! And so I apologize to you all, some of you thought I was dead! D:
Aside from the drama of all that, I made some great friends! Quite a few at cons, as well as a wonderful group of people over at Minelord.com! A bunch of intellectual people, really nice and over all a core group that I don't know what I would do with out!
If you like minecraft, and want to join a server, you really should check us out! You have to submit a application to get white listed to join the server, but every one is real nice, and I'm a mod there now. Just tell them Kooz sent ya!
I also got to work hands on with one guy in making a simple program for keeping track of tracking numbers for the post and other delivery services! With all the orders I shipped out, and also receive, I was really wanting some simple application to have open on my desktop so that I could keep track of who I shipped to and the tracking. And so I got MoomooHK to write me a simple program to do what I wanted! It was great fun working on, and testing, and you can check it out too!
http://moomoohk.minelord.com/projec.....cking-manager/
I tell ya, I love this thing, and we'll be working on it more to improve it! But for now, it's exactly what I need.
The last part of the year has been a bit of a downer for me though, after all the rush of cons, I was just burnt out, and as said, it was hard to get back into the swing of things. I've also been a bit depressed I guess, just not motivated to do much of anything. The time with family for Thanksgiving and Christmas was wonderful though! And I feel so blessed to have people in my life.
Well, today is the last day of 2013, and although there is much to look back on, there is a whole year to look towards! For 2014, things are to change! I'll be back online and I'll be sure to persist through the con season this time! I'll be back to doing art every day, and opening up for commissions again! For most of 2013 I was taking commissions at cons only, because of the stack of stuff I had to do, but in the end, that hurt me a lot, and made many non-con-goers sad, and I don't want sad fans :< I need to get a handle on life again if I'm to continue doing this full time, so help me out people! Start asking for art! =D
I don't believe in doing resolutions, but I think after this last year, I need to set up a few goals for myself. So, here is to 2014:
*Art, art, and an more art
*Comics, I have 2 I want to keep up doing
*New plushie designs and original work
*Even MORE conventions!
*Keep up with the internet
*Less tumblr
*Continue to be strong me
Thanks for reading guys! Have a Happy New Year, and keep your heads up high!
~Cassie
Links of interest:
Web Comic: http://tenarka.smackjeeves.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TigressGraphics
Tumblr (needs a MAJOR make over): http://typotigress.tumblr.com/
Storenvy: http://tigressgraphics.storenvy.com/
2013 was both a good and down year for me. Filled with lots of new friends, lots of fun events, and large down points.
The biggest events that happened was my summer of conventions and my roommates moving out! And anyone that knows me well enough, or just payed attention to my complaints about my personal life know, the roommates moving out was a huge and wonderful thing.
Back in October 2010 I moved moved into a house with 3 other people, people a wonderful friend of mine knew, and it started off great! A single lady(who's parents owned the house,) and a married couple who I'll refer to as Fishy(wife) and Yettie(husband) But my one to-be roommate commented about the couple: "I warn you, they are crazy." And I just laughed it off, cause who doesn't have their quarks?
Little did I know the amount of insanity that was to ensue.
I could go onto a 6 page rant about all the BS I put up with them, but I'll spare you all, just know it was horrible. I had reservations on moving in with a couple in the first place, but my long time friend knew them well, they seemed nice, and the current place I was in was not safe, do to one man, and rent was going up.
A few months later, Fishy and Yettie found out they were pregnant, and well, YAY! But between me not signing up to live with a baby (I do LOVE kids and babies, but they had the room right next to mine,) and the fact that these two as parents was a scary thing! I had plotted to start looking to move out soon after. Because I knew my life was going to be hell if I stayed there, even that early on. They were not going to move, they loved living with people and were not even going to consider the fact they were now starting a family.
But, some how, even though I kept this to myself, even away from my third roommate who IS awesome, the landlords some how found out, and I was assured that things were going to be taken care of. Let me state real quick, my landlords are the most WONDERFUL people in the world! If I can't pay rent, I just talk to them ahead of time to let them know I have only half the rent but expect to get more later, and they just tell me to catch up next month! ;-;
Turns out the couple were horrible tenants, in the fact that they never paid on time, lied saying they paid, or would write bouncing checks with out saying "can you wait till this day to cash it?" The landlords just want us to talk to them, but they refused to call for what ever reason, they always sent messages through my other roommate, who was getting quite fed up with it all. And not to mention, aside from being bad at paying, they took over the house as if it was theirs and did some really bad damage to the property.
But it took the landlords almost 2 years to get them kicked out, between "we are having a baby" "I'm trying to finish my credential so I can get a full time job!" and some other BS, the landlords were almost to nice. But here I was, I knew what was what coming down the bend, I originally was going to move out but because I knew they were going to be going at some point, I said "I can wait this out."
I put up with a lot of stress and BS, down to the point of "we are having a baby, but you have never had any vaccinations, we need you to get vaccinations, and you are a f*cking baby killer if you don't." I waited it out, and kept my self in a professional way to keep everything civil, cause there is no point in making hell worse. In fact, the whole time they some how did not know I did not like them, they asked me to move out with them (AHAHAHAHAHA! no)
Finally this year, in March, almost 2 years later, they handed them a official 60 day notice with no go backs, the two of them acted all shocked, as if they didn't even know there was anything wrong (they lived in total denial that their shit smelled,) and a whole new slew of drama started.
But, they were gone at the end of May! HORAY! This is a huge thing, I swear, me and my awesome roommate never felt more at home and relieved. And with them gone, the landlords were free to do improvements on the house, so that was interesting to deal with, but also a HUGE blessing.
But there was more then the roommates this year. I also had a really busy season for conventions!
Aside from dealing with the drama that started in March, April was my 30th b-day, but there was no way I was going to do anything with them around, I had decided that months before, but also, in May I had 3 cons back to back. Anime Central in Chicago, IL; Fanime in San Jose, and Califur in Irvine. So that was when I dropped off the net. I was busy, for almost two months in prep for these three cons. Not to mention, after I finished all that at the start of June, but I had to get ready for Anime Expo!
So that is why I dropped off the net. I was just to busy to even reply to emails, and come being done with AX, I just was like "I'm done! yeah! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ" And it got hard to get back into the internet thing from stopping for so long! And so I apologize to you all, some of you thought I was dead! D:
Aside from the drama of all that, I made some great friends! Quite a few at cons, as well as a wonderful group of people over at Minelord.com! A bunch of intellectual people, really nice and over all a core group that I don't know what I would do with out!
If you like minecraft, and want to join a server, you really should check us out! You have to submit a application to get white listed to join the server, but every one is real nice, and I'm a mod there now. Just tell them Kooz sent ya!
I also got to work hands on with one guy in making a simple program for keeping track of tracking numbers for the post and other delivery services! With all the orders I shipped out, and also receive, I was really wanting some simple application to have open on my desktop so that I could keep track of who I shipped to and the tracking. And so I got MoomooHK to write me a simple program to do what I wanted! It was great fun working on, and testing, and you can check it out too!
http://moomoohk.minelord.com/projec.....cking-manager/
I tell ya, I love this thing, and we'll be working on it more to improve it! But for now, it's exactly what I need.
The last part of the year has been a bit of a downer for me though, after all the rush of cons, I was just burnt out, and as said, it was hard to get back into the swing of things. I've also been a bit depressed I guess, just not motivated to do much of anything. The time with family for Thanksgiving and Christmas was wonderful though! And I feel so blessed to have people in my life.
Well, today is the last day of 2013, and although there is much to look back on, there is a whole year to look towards! For 2014, things are to change! I'll be back online and I'll be sure to persist through the con season this time! I'll be back to doing art every day, and opening up for commissions again! For most of 2013 I was taking commissions at cons only, because of the stack of stuff I had to do, but in the end, that hurt me a lot, and made many non-con-goers sad, and I don't want sad fans :< I need to get a handle on life again if I'm to continue doing this full time, so help me out people! Start asking for art! =D
I don't believe in doing resolutions, but I think after this last year, I need to set up a few goals for myself. So, here is to 2014:
*Art, art, and an more art
*Comics, I have 2 I want to keep up doing
*New plushie designs and original work
*Even MORE conventions!
*Keep up with the internet
*Less tumblr
*Continue to be strong me
Thanks for reading guys! Have a Happy New Year, and keep your heads up high!
~Cassie
Links of interest:
Web Comic: http://tenarka.smackjeeves.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TigressGraphics
Tumblr (needs a MAJOR make over): http://typotigress.tumblr.com/
Storenvy: http://tigressgraphics.storenvy.com/
Also, I know you said to talk to you about a plush after Christmas, so here I am XP
and WTB, I might be able to do the clothes/jersey we talked about after all ;D I need to figure out those details a bit more before sharing though.