I've been on FA a bit, but I haven't been looking at the submissions that have stacked up in my inbox. Damn, y'all. DAMN YOU MAKE A LOT OF ART.

I am trying to behave this year and follow the rules and eat right and exercise and get enough sleep.

Unfortunately, my body thinks this is a bunch of bullshit and is fighting me on everything. Sleep? Hell nah, I ain't gettin' none of that. Eating right? Stomach growling continuously. Exercise? I've been doing that, but the ankle I sprained on the way to the strip club isn't happy about it.

What about y'all?

Yes, I am lame. I am also busy.

I have school and work and a boyfriend. It's hard for me to manage multiple accounts like I used to, with all this crap going on.

So I will continue to be lame. Sorry :/

What is going on, homies?

So I got my uterus taken out about two weeks ago. I'm healing up. It's lame.

I can't pick up things off of the floor and my floor looks terrible. I need to take out the trash. I'm being whiny and awful to my boyfriend. Win all around.

Anyway, aside from feeling lame and useless, I'm doing well. I got an infection, but I took antibiotics for it, and I think it's gone. Think. I have no idea.

Anyway, that's what's up. Sorry I haven't been around. I was moving, studying for my Japanese final, and getting ready for surgery. Gross.

What's up with you folks?

So, like, I kind of wanted to keep quiet about this because it's not really art related or keeping me from doing art, but when I'm dealing with something every day, it's hard to keep my mouth shut about it, so I figure I'll mention it here anyway. It's kind of gross medical stuff, so don't read any further if you have any issues dealing with that kind of thing. And it kind of is keeping me from arting right now.

About a month and a half ago, I felt a large, hard mass in my lower abdomen. I thought it was related to my special time of the month or something, but it didn't go away. In fact, I felt it through the rest of the month, and it became uncomfortable to lay down on my belly and stuff. When I rolled over, I felt it shifting in my belly, and I became concerned.

So I had my boyfriend feel it to make sure that I wasn't smoking crack, and he felt it, too. He insisted that I go to the doctor right away, so I made an appointment and got it checked out last Friday.

My doctor said that there was definitely a large mass in my abdomen and had me go get a pelvic ultrasound, which I did on Monday. It turns out that I have a big buncha uterine fibroids http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uterine_fibroids. Due to the number and size of them, she recommends that I get a hysterectomy. She's not sure that they'll be able to clean them out of my uterus successfully, but they can try if I want, which I don't.

So I am probably going to have my uterus removed, which is a pretty hardcore surgery, and it will take me several months to recover, which will suck. I'll be able to work from home, but I'm annoyed that I'll be spending my vacation time on something lame like recovering from a surgery. I'm just glad that I have insurance, an understanding employer, and enough vacation time that I can get a surgery without it impacting me financially.

Tuesday of next week, I meet up with a gyno to get a female exam and discuss this diagnosis. He may say that the surgery isn't necessary, but I doubt it. 'Cuz I got big ole' honkin' FIBROIDS, Y'ALL!

Here are the answers to the questions I am getting:

Yes, I know that this is a serious operation.
No, I don't want kids. Never have.
No, I don't want them to "save" my uterus. My uterus has caused me nothing but problems since our relationship began when I was 12. Bye-bye, uterus!

I am planning to have a going-away party for it. We will watch Dead Ringers and eat cake shaped like a uterus. I will give everyone Kinder eggs.

I hope to schedule this for the beginning of June, so hopefully I'll be well enough to attend Comic Con this year. Maybe I can finagle a wheelchair out of it so I don't have to carry anything. That would be awesome.

Or maybe do it after Comic Con. I dunno.

Anyway, that's what's up with me. What's up with you guys?

Japanese class started back up and I'm all thrusters go on learning 1.9 million kanji RIGHT AWAY.

Other than that, work. And I was depressed for a little while, but depression isn't very exciting.

What is up with you guys?

I'm a dumbass and I always try to take on too much shit and I want to complain about it. HERE I GO! :D

As a result of my dumbass inclination to take on too much at once, I am feeling burnt the fuck out lately. After WORKCOMICCONWORKBIRTHDAYSWORKSCHOOLWORKA RTSHOWWORKAPEWORKHALLOWEENWORKBIRTHDAYSW ORKSCHOOL I'm just freaking beat. I must improve my time management skills; however, I believe that first I strongly require a vacation of the sloth-like variety where I do nothing but lay about like a beached whale in a tricked out hotel room and watch rent-a-porn or something. I think I finally understand why people go on cruises or to Hawaii.

Anyway, I have like SO MANY DRAWINGS that are almost done, so I hope that I will be able to finish at least one of them tonight and do some more this weekend. I won't have the whole weekend, but I'll have at least some of it. If I'm not an idiot spending all day refreshing Facebook over and over again, I might be able to get them done.

Argh.

Well, hi, guys. Hey, I have a question for you. Are any of you intimidated by me? I get told that occasionally, but I never considered myself a good enough artist to be particularly intimidating. I know some people feel intimidated by me personally, but I'm just curious if any of you feel that way or felt that way before you got to know me better.

I AM INTERESTED IN YOUR THOUGHTS. SHARE THEMS WITH MEEE!

HAY WHAT'S UP GUIYZE??

I never update shit anymore because I am busy as fuck with school and work and I just did some stuff for an art show. Didn't sell things, again, because the people who like my stuff never have any money.

SLACKERS.

What are you guys up to? I've been masturbating a whole fucking lot with shit I bought at the dollar store. Does anyone else ever go to Home Depot or the dollar store and just buy crap that has "potential"? Clothespins, turkey basters, funnels, mouse traps, candles, jump ropes...

DIY masturbation is the shit.

Oh, hay, I stoled this meme from  nichan

ABOUT
- Name: Pimpypants McGee (no, really XD)
- Single or taken: Somewhere in between :)
- Sex: Yes, please!
- Birthday: Jan 19
- Sign: Slow children at play
- Hair color: confused
- Eye color: brizzown
- Height: 5'
- Are you straight/bisexual/gay?: I'm an opportunist. If I am drunk and you are drunk I will probably end up licking you. And you will like it.

FASHION STUFF
- Favorite place to shop for clothes?: Torrid. The fat girl Hot Topic. But I think I might be too small for their clothes now O_o
- Favorite designer?: Tripp
- What is your sexiest outfit?: I don't have sexy outfits. I guess it would be my Dickies-style work dress and my New Rocks with lots of different knee socks and leather restraints with my hair all roostered up into a fauxhawk. Because when I look like a lesbian, I think I'm pretty fucking hot.
- What is your most comfortable outfit?: yoga pants and my old Nick Cave t-shirt
- What do you usually wear?: loose jeans, a t-shirt, and some Jerusalem cruisers.

SPECIFICS
- What kind of shampoo do you use?: Whatever's mid priced at Trader Joe's
- What are you listening to right now?: My gay co-worker making scat noises with his mouth.
- Who is the last person that called you?: Some dirty Mexican.
- How many buddies are online right now?: Oh, christ. Are you serious? I have no idea, I have four messengers up and I don't know if I can count work contacts as "buddies"

FAVORITE
- Food: Cactus Taqueria burritos
- Girls' names: Do... do people really think about this stuff?
- Boys' names: I don't think I have one of these.
- Subjects in school: Japanese. Because that is the only subject I am taking :D
- Animals: CAAAATS. I love them 8D

HAVE YOU EVER
- Given anyone a bath?: Probably some baby. Otherwise, that's kind of gay.
- Smoked?: Lots of things :)
- Bungee jumped?: No. But I would like to. But if I did my tits would probably knock me the fuck out, yeah?
- Made yourself throw up?: No. I tried to because I didn't want to lie about throwing up so I could go home, but I wasn't able to. Stomach has iron grip!
- Skinny dipped?: Many, many times :)
- Ever been in love?: A few times.
- Made yourself cry to get out of trouble?: I have a vagina. What do you think?
- Pictured your crush naked?: I picture everyone naked. YES YOU.
- Actually seen your crush naked?: I have a crush on a few people. I have seen some of them naked.
- Cried when someone died?: Yes.
- Lied: A lot :)
- Fallen for your best friend?: :(
- Used someone?: No.
- Done something you regret?: All the time, but I guess I don't really regret it. Shit works out in the end.

CURRENT
- Clothes: Maroon sweater and wrap skirt and black Mary Janes (I'm at work)
- Desktop picture: Dolph Lundgren in Rocky IV. Because HE WAS FUCKING HOT.
- CD in player: Dirty Three, Cinder
- DVD in player: Fight Club

LAST PERSON
- You touched: Uh... I don't touch people. Maybe it was that girl I drunkenly molested the other night.
- Hugged: Uhm... Fuck, I dunno, maybe my friend Wells?
- You kissed: Probably Gabe Martinez. I was pretty drunk, though :D
- You IMed: A co-worker
- Talk to online: Emily :)
- You sexed it up with: Some dirty Mexican. I like me some Hispandex action.

ARE YOU?
- Understanding?: I try to be, but I am unforgiving :)
- Open-minded?: In some ways.
- Arrogant?: A lot :D
- Insecure?: Sometimes.
- Random?: Sometimes.
- Hungry?: No, I had a banana and a coffee :D
- Smart?: I thought I became dumb but apparently I am still smart.
- Moody?: Yes.
- Organized?: In my head, but actually making things organized to my liking is such a daunting task that I never finish. So things are messy :(
- Shy?: Only when I don't know you and I'm not drunk. Because if I'm drunk, all bets are off.
- Difficult?: No, I'm pretty easy to get along with :)
- Bored easily?: Never :) I keep myself entertained.
- Obsessed?: I can get obsessive about things :)
- Angry?: All the time!
- Happy?: Yes!
- Hyper?: Sometimes O_o
- Trusting?: Not at all.

RANDOM
- In the morning I: Go work out and then shower and go to work.
- Love is: Retarded, but I has it.
- I dream about: killing people.
- Sexual preference: Lots of it, and very, very dirty.
- What do you notice first in the sex you're into: First I notice that much of the time, people don't seem to know what they're doing when they buy lube. Then I notice that they are not very adventurous when it comes to toys. After that, I -

Oh. You meant like "features" didn't you?

WHICH IS BETTER
- Coke or Pepsi: Both are fucking disgusting.
- Flowers or candy: I love candy but I must pick flowers because Pimpy can't eat that shit anymore ;__;
- Tall or short: Both are fine but I have an instinctive distrust of people whose faces are too far away from my own, so I should just say short :)

WHO
- Makes you laugh the most: My friends are all fucking hilarious and I love them :)
- Makes you smile: Life :)
- Gives you a funny feeling when you see him/her: My old boss :/ Eww.

DO YOU EVER?
- Sit on the internet all night waiting for that someone special to IM you?: Hells no. I got shit to get done.
- Wish you were a member of the opposite sex?: Sometimes. Things would be easier if I had a dick.
- Wish you were younger?: Nah, I'm alright the way I am :)
- Cry because someone said something to you?: YES SOMETIMES OKAY I AM SENSITIVE BUT I PRETEND NOT TO BE :C

NUMBER
- Of times you've had your heart broken?: I don't count that shit. It's a recipe for pain.
- Of guys you've kissed: I don't know XD
- Of girls you've kissed: hahahaha I don't know.
- Of Cd's you own: ugh, I can't count them! Way over 1000, possibly 2000+
- Of scars on my body: A fucking shit ton. I used to be a cutter :D


SERIOUSLY? YOU END ON THAT??

Oh, hey, where have I been? XD

 soinymariarose tagged me to do a meme, and my old journal was collecting flies, so I obey.

1- Post these rules.
2- Post 15 things about you.
3- At the end you must tag 5 people.
4- Go to their page and tell them they are tagged.

EXCEPT

1. I am 5' tall.
2. I just had a really mediocre omelet.
3. I have short, fine hair.
4. I am in an executive position and I wear jeans and faded t-shirts to work :D
5. Metalocalypse is like the best thing ever.
6. My cat died August 3 :(
7. I have way too many action figures.
8. I love cheese but I can't eat it anymore.
9. My mom is a lesbian.
10. I am still addicted to Gaiaonline.
11. I hate cleaning and would rather pay someone else to do it.
12. I don't know how to manage my money.
13. I don't see the point of owning a new car.
14. I am slowly becoming aggressively anti-religious.
15. I have insomnia and get about 4 hours of sleep a night.

TAGGING: Whoever wants to do this. I just don't have the energy for the tagging today :)

Sorry I've been neglecting you, FA :( I really am. It's just that the TMNT fandom is so much bigger on DA.

The downside is that they are mostly in high school and I can't upload pr0n. So I will never leave you.

Frrrlz, baby.

In other news, I masturbated so much last night I hurt myself :/

Hi.

I was gone for a while. Sorry about that. I came back and there were like FIVE MILLION SUBMISSIONS and... I just couldn't get through all of them :(

I'm sorry. I hope you understand. The nuke button was so attractive after I was going through stuff for like, an hour and I had barely made a dent :/

Anyway, I had work stuff that I had to do, and it took up all of my time. It was sad making. But when I logged in just now, I had a bunch of new watchers, and I was like, WHOAH! Hi, guys! I don't have time to thank each of you personally anymore (there are a lot more than I can handle these days!) but I really appreciate it :D

Well, I have some art to do and put up, so I should be submitting some things in the next few days.

Also, I've gotten some complaints about the days of Christmas pics, so I won't be posting any more of those. It's mainly for practice, anyway.

Enough about me. How are y'all?

People.

Now, I know that most people are good hearted and have good intentions, especially furries. They don't mean to do the equivalent of stabbing me in the brain with a fork hardwired to a car battery.

So I will do you all a kindness and give you a short, simple grammar lesson for today. This lesson is about the contraction "you're" and the possessive "your".

Now pay attention, this is gonna go real quick.

You+are= you're

Get it? It's a contraction. As in, to make smaller. You've shortened "you are" into just "you're" by replacing the space and the a from "are" with an apostrophe.

HOLY SHIT. Contractions are totally awesome.

Now, bear in mind, this is a completely different word from the possessive "your". As in "Your cat peed on my favorite hat" and "Please put your penis back into your pants."

These demonstrate the possessive of "you", and clarifies that not just any cat, but YOUR CAT, peed on my hat. That's different from Chuck's cat down the street. Because now it means that I'm going to pee on YOUR CAT.

So when you thank someone for a fave, a watch, or say, "You're welcome", remember, you're saying that "YOU ARE WELCOME." You're not saying "your welcome", because that's a partial sentence with no verb. MY WELCOME WHAT? WHAT ABOUT MY WELCOME? That's what I think when I see "Your welcome." It makes me nuts. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TELL ME ABOUT MY WELCOME.

I hope this was useful to you, at least until next week when you forget all about it.

Unless you're not US, then go eat some popcorn and watch the silly Americans try to vote on the telly.

Hola.

I need some help from people who have used lightboxes.

I would like to buy one, but I don't know which one to buy. This is sort of a very specific thing to try to find reviews on, so if anyone knows of any reviews of them, I'd appreciate it.

Any feedback about lightboxes is much appreciated, as well.

I used a cheapy Artograph light box I found at Salvation Army for four dollars and I really liked using it, but I'd appreciate something of better quality. I'd prefer to not spent like $200 on it, but money is really not an issue (unlike for the rest of FA, apparently).

Thanks in advance!

I just stayed up 44 hours straight in order to finish my decidedly underwhelming comic.

Man, once I hit that 36 hour mark, it was smooth sailing. I was alert and on task, once the cognizant part of my brain closed for business and I became a brainstem.

Unfortunately, I also became paranoid. I thought that there was an earthquake every five minutes, saw things moving which I'm pretty sure were not actually moving, and thought I saw bugs several times when I did not. I don't know what kind of trade off that is.

After being awake for 44+ hours straight, I got three hours of sleep and fell asleep twice on the way to work while at stoplights. I had to bite myself a lot to keep from falling asleep while driving. I'm a leeetle worried about getting home tonight, but that's why I have coffee, right?

Right.

Anyway, I'm really glad I did this comic, regardless of how it ultimately worked out. I had a lot of positive experiences and now I have a more realistic idea of how quickly I work. Mainly, that I work at the pace of a snail. I'd like to do something about that, so I'll be trying out some other styles as well as generally drawing a lot more.

Next paycheck, I'm going to get myself a nice lightbox and just ink this shit from now on, because erasing pencil on pencil is ass and takes longer than just inking over it and erasing the pencil. With a lightbox, I can skip the whole pencil erasing part altogether.

I also got to work out pacing and choreographing a fight sequence, tried to use perspective and foreshortening when drawing people, got some use out of my art manikins for reference, and repeatedly drew the same characters over and over again, resulting in a more consistent drawing. My boyfriend said that my OC is more consistently looking like herself these days. That's pretty good - I've always been bad with consistency.

I do get hung up in details, though, and sometimes that takes away from what I'm trying to accomplish with a drawing overall. Two people who don't know each other gave me the same feedback in one day about my drawings looking like manikins or pages out of a Sears catalog. You can't ever tell anything about them - they're just posed and boring.

It's hard for me to stylize because I'm so fond of accuracy and realism (ya, even drawing mutant turtles), but I gotta try to do it. So I'm going to make a bunch of stuff that's going to suck for a while, because I'm going to try to get used to a bunch of things that are out of my comfort zone when drawing. Bear with me.

Got an extension. But like, I already got an extension O_o So this is extension number TWO.

I feel like such a douche XD

But at least I wasn't alone. Out of 16 people, only 5 had submitted in time. The rest of us will be done in a matter of days.

Now I can do a better job cleaning it up, AND I can re-ink some things for an art show I'm supposed to be in this weekend O_o

Now, onto the important stuff... MY FAVORITE ART SUPPLIES!

I have about 4 different pencil boxes, all equipped with the same implements, just so I have one in every location I draw in (desk, bedside, bag, etc.). The contents of each one are as follows:

PENCIL: Mechanical, baby. I've been using mechanical pencils since I was 7. Traditional wooden pencils suck in so many ways. You can't get a consistent line weight, you can't do detail without sharpening a bajillion times, etc. I do not like them for what I do.

Preferred tool: I've used a 0.5 Zebra M-402 with hb lead for the last 12 years. The same one. I really like the weight and the rubber grip.

Recently, I bought some of these babies:
http://davesmechanicalpencils.blogs.....echanical.html
http://www.dickblick.com/zz206/54/#items

Because they have a really nice weight and looked solid as fuck. THEY ARE HOT. I am really enjoying them, but at $15 a pop, I can't afford to use them anywhere but at my desk, so these are my core set of pencils and live in my nifty leather pencil case, along with my set of Copic SP Mulitliners. Sadly, they have a diamond cut grip surface, which is abrading the fuck out of my finger, but I hope to get a nice callous from that soon.

ERASERS:

Sanford Tuff Stuff eraser stick
http://www.dickblick.com/zz215/35/#items

I've had the same one, with the same eraser in it, since I was 16, so that should tell you what an awesome investment these things are. Mine just broke. Fortunately, Sanford still makes these beauties and I'm gonna pick up four more. JUST IN CASE.

Kneaded eraser
http://www.dickblick.com/zz215/02/
Great for erasing around delicate pencil work and lightening lines. Doesn't leave erasings. You can't live without it, trust me.

Sanford Mars Plastic eraser
http://www.dickblick.com/zz215/00/#items

These things are the shit. I used to use Japanese erasers exclusively, because I couldn't find a decent eraser here in the US, but these babies are alright. Great for erasing pencils from an inked drawing and other large areas. Best thing to use to completely get rid of all traces of pencil.

RULER:

6" C-Thru protractor ruler http://www.benmeadows.com/search/C-.....sredirect=true

This thing is fucking perfect in every way. It's small, it fits in my pencil box, it's see through, it has a protractor on it, a grid, and measures in inches and centimeters. I mean, like, seriously. There is no more perfect tiny ruler in existence.

LEAD:
Pentel HB, 0.5 But I really have no preference, as long as it's not cheap and doesn't break excessively.

I also keep a tiny blending stick in each box for if I'm doing something in pencil and want to make it all smooth and nice, but that's rare these days.

I have a variety of other tools at home and I'll use whatever is necessary in order to get the look I want. Sometimes I experiment and fuck things up, but you gotta do that in order to learn, so I try to not be too disappointed. It's hard, though, since I'm a perfectionist.

Anyway, I'm playing hooky from work right now, so I'd better get my butt in gear :) What do you folks use?

Ms. Cheska needs some helps - she is a broke-ass digga and is sellin' her stuff to make ends meet. Check out her wares here:

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/474648/

She is a mighty nice lady and sure could use the funds. Maybe she has what you need!

I don't wanna draw this damned comic anymore. I don't.

:(

If you don't believe me, just read the raving reviews on this thing:

http://www.birkoph.com/Wolf_tshirt.htm

Stoled from  XXXtwistedasylumXXX

1. How old will you be in five years?
Old enough to be arrested for trolling high schools for fresh meat.

2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today?
My coworkers. In retrospect, that is horrifying.

3. How tall are you?
5'

4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?
The Battle Beauty Pageant next round!

5. What's the last movie you saw?
The Fly (Cronenberg) with David Cronenberg and Howard Shore doing the Q&A :D

6. Who was the last person you called?
Gabe Martinez

7. Who was the last person to call you?
My boss (ugh)

8. What was the last text message you received?
Something from an employee stating that she was sick and not coming into work. Yays.

9. Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail?
A client. SUPER YAYS.

10. Do you prefer to call or text?
Call. It's just faster, and I'm all about convenience.

11. What were you doing at 12am last night?
Drawing X.X

12. Are your parents married/divorced?
My real parents are. My mom is gay and is married to some lady in Minnesota and they run a junk yard together O_o

13. When did you last see your mom?
Uh, September 2006?

14. What color are your eyes?
BROWN like POOP.

15. What time did you wake up today?
6 am

16. What are you wearing right now?
Clothes, honkey.

17. What is your favorite Christmas song?
Carol of the Bells, because it is creepy. But it's not really a song.

18. Where is your favorite place to be?
The beach.

19. Where is your least favorite place to be?
Anywhere where my sister is. What an annoying cunt.

20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere?
Space. It's totally the final frontier.

21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years?
At this same horrible job, working my ass off on art:/

22. Do you tan or burn?
A little of both, depending on where.

23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
A tentacle monster that lived under my bed, or giant butterflies.

24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh?
Uh... old drunk people dressed as statues dancing at the Greek Festival

25. How many TVs do you have in your house?
1 very large one.

26. How big is your bed?
It's a futon on the floor, and it's full size.

27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer?
Laptop

28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on?
NEKKIDS

29. What color are your sheets?
TAN

30. How many pillows do you sleep with?
TWO

31. What is your favorite season?
FALL, of course.

32. What is your second favorite season?
SPRING

33. What do you like about Winter?
SNOW, it's awesome. And wearing lots of clothes.

34. What do you like about the summer?
Air conditioning.

35. What do you like about winter?
Wait, wut?

36. How many states/provinces have you lived in?
uh... CA, NV, TX, LA, OH, MA ...SIX OKAY?

37. What cities/towns have you lived in?
VEGAS, Los Angeles, Mission Viejo (CA), Dana Point (CA), Shreveport (LA), Livingston (TX), Springfield (MA), and some place in Ohio that I can't remember.

38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet?
Bare feets. Shoes are annoying. Unless they are New Rocks, and then they are just sexy.

39. Are you a social person?
Right...

40. What was the last thing you ate?
Indian food. And it was DEELISHUS.

41. What is your favorite restaurant?
Crown Of India

42. What is your favorite ice cream?
Ninja Turtle sherbet pops

43. What is your favorite dessert?
Uh, ice cream O_o?

44. What is your favorite kind of soup?
Tom Kha Kai

45. What kind of jelly do you like on your PB & J sandwich?
Strawberry jam

46. Do you like Chinese food?
Not very much, except for Hunan cuisine

47. Do you like coffee?
YES I DO

48. How many glasses of water, a day, do you drink on average?
A metric fuckton of it.

49. What do you drink in the morning?
Water and coffee

50. Do you sleep alone?
Most of the time, yes. Blissfully alone O_O

51. Do you sleep on a certain side of the bed?
Yes. The left side.

52. Do you know how to play poker?
Yes. I lived in Vegas, after all.

53. Do you like to cuddle?
Only with like, one person.

54. Have you ever been to Canada?
No. But Canadians have been to me.

55. Do you have an addictive personality?
No. It's very easy for me to break habits when I want to. Actually, it's hard for me to keep habits.

56. Do you eat out or at home more often?
I eat out almost exclusively, because I FUCKING HATE TO COOK.

57. Do you look forward to your birthday?
Yes, all the time. Like, all year. Because my birthday is awesome.

58. Do you know anyone with the same birthday as you?
I did, but not anymore.

59. Do you want kids?
FUCK NO GOD KEEP THEM AWAY FROM ME UGH HATE THEM.

60. Do you speak any other languages?
I speak Japanese badly and I know Mandarin even worse.

61. Have you ever gotten stitches?
Yes, a lot. In my head.

62. Have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
No.

63. Do you prefer an ocean or a pool?
Ocean, any time. Less pee. Only slightly.

64. Do you prefer a window seat or an aisle seats?
Aisle seat during long trips, window seats during short trips.

65. Do you know how to drive stick?
Yes, I am manly like that.

66. What is your favorite thing to spend money on?
Food and art supplies.

67. Do you wear any jewelry 24/7?
Yes, some rubber bracelets that say APATHY, NIHILISM, and DESPAIR

68. What is your favorite TV show?
I... don't watch TV O_o The Mighty Boosh?

69. Can you roll your tongue?
Yes. I am a skilled roller of the tongue.

70. Who is the funniest person you know?
Brad Jones.

71. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?
No.

72. What is the main ring tone on your phone?
Bach Toccata and Fugue

73. Do you still have clothes from when you were little?
Nopes.

74. What red object is closest to you right now?
My mouse pad o.o

75. Do you turn off the water while you brush your teeth?
YES. SAVE THE MOTHERFUCKIN' OCEAN, BISH.

76. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?
Open, because I am sort of a messy person and I can't close them for all of the shoes.

77. Would you rather be attacked by a big bear or a swarm of bees?
A bear. Dying by being eaten by a bear is way cooler than dying at the hands of bees.

78. Do you flirt a lot?
No. I don't flirt at all anymore.

79. What do you dip a chicken nugget in?
BARBEQUE SAUCES.

80. What is your favorite food?
Burritos.

81. Can you change the oil on a car?
Yes. I am very manly. I can change the fuel filter, too.

82. Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket?
Yes. Going 95 mph with a suspended license in an unregistered, uninsured vehicle with out of state plates. I win!

83. Have you ever run out of gas?
Yes. I am frequently poor.

84. What is your usual bedtime?
Uh, 11pm?

85. What was the last book you read?
Probably some samurai book by Stephen Turnbull

86. Do you read the newspaper?
Nope

87. Do you have any magazine subscriptions?
No

89. Do you watch soap operas?
Nope

90. Do you dance in the car?
Yes, I do.

91. What radio station did you last listen to?
KUSC (classical, homes)

92. Who do you have in a picture frame near you?
My boyfriend and me with a bunch of dead people at the mortuary.

93. What was the last note you scribbled on a piece of paper?
Something about work.

94. What is your favorite candle scent?
Apple

95. What is your favorite board game?
Trivial Pursuit

97. When was the last time you attended church?
uh... Right.

98. Who was your favorite teacher in high school?
Mrs. Lehmann

99. What is the longest you have ever camped out in a tent?
Two weeks.

100. Who was the last person to do something extra special for you?
My awesome boyfriend, who brought me BURRITOS and BURGERS all this week :D

I took a promotion at work, got a killer raise, and have been overwhelmed and busy as fuck.

Seriously. I am just trying to find the time to draw.

In good news:

In case you hadn't read my more recent entries, I'm participating in this awesome Battle Beauty Pageant thing being thrown by my friend EvilSherBear over on DA:

http://evilsherbear.deviantart.com/.....rnal/19716494/

I was working on completely re-doing my character for two weeks solid, re-establishing her origin and re-designing her. It was a bitch, because I am really keen on details. I mapped out scars, researched Shugendo more (I'm already sort of a nerd about it), and drew like 231234235 reference pics for her.

Now I stupidly sketched out a 13 page comic for round one. I can't get around it, I've got 13 pages to draw. I'm going to force myself to finish them if it kills me, and it probably will. I've never drawn a comic before. I am retarded.

Here are some scanned pencils if you wanna check out what I've been up to:

Page 1: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3211.....a64956fb_o.jpg
Page 2: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089.....52067d9b_o.jpg
Page 3: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009.....8c2005c3_o.jpg

Any critique, tips, praise, or feedback is welcome :3

THE PEOPLE ON THE INTERNETS STILL NEED ATTENTIONS. HELLO.

Okay. I'm happy with all of my art freaking out-ness. I'm happy with my progress. I'd like to make more progress, but whatevs. I only get two or three days a week to work on art and I'm trying to make them count. I hate my job and I don't want to do it forever. Maybe one day I can do art instead.

But probably not :)

Man, sometimes I think, what if I could have afforded to go to art school? That would have been cool. I wanted to go really badly, but I was a fucking mess in high school and for several years afterward, so maybe it just wasn't in the cards no matter what. This is pretty much it.

I've finally got a nice work space at home, and I'm still working on getting it where I want it, but now I have a great desk, a TV, an awesome orange couch, and a surround sound system, so I can blast some NIN or something when my upstairs neighbor decides to wake up at 9 am on Sunday morning and bump the salsa music.

I can't wait. I will win the war of the speakers, hands down. After all, I have death metal and powernoise as my WMDs.

Finally. God, I knew this was going to happen. Three days worth of pent-up furry doom deluged my account, and FINALLY, I just looked at everything and cleaned it out.

Now I have the glorious "YOU HAVE NO NEW MESSAGES" showing up.

I don't know how you people who watch thousands of people can do it!

PS. If I made myself a fur suit I'd have to get a pair of these:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/The_Raevyn/Blog%20pictures/stiiiiiilts.jpg

I think this is usually a personal choice thing, but I'm curious - do you guys like it when people post work in progress, like an original sketch (always in scraps, of course), followed by the completed work when it's done, or do you prefer it when folks just upload completed works?

Inquiring minds want to know.

The sweet and lovely  shizuki is selling some stuff over here at prices YOU CAN AFFORD! And if you act now, she'll throw in a lovely chibi of your fursona! What a deal!:

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/386985

Except for you can't have Einhander, 'cuz that's mine :P

1) The way to win your heart?
Serve me a plate of melted cheese and chorizo and nerd out with me.

2) Do you twirl or scoop your spaghetti?
A combination.

3) Are you dating the last person you kissed?
Uh, yes.

4) What did you do last night?
I went to therapy and watched Iron Man.

5) Do you drink milk straight from the carton?
No, gross.

6) How long is your hair?
From 1 inch to 6 inches

7) Do you like Batman?
Fuck yeah.

8) What are you doing tonight?
Drawring

9) Addicted to anything?
Sex.

10) What were you last listening to?
Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles

11) Do you like anyone now?
UM YES I DO

12) When was the last time you sang out loud?
It had to be last night or this morning. I'm a freak and I like to serenade people.

13) What did you have for breakfast?
Cheerios

14) Is your birthday on a holiday?
Sometimes.

15) What instant messaging service do you use?
All of them

16) Can you cook?
No. I'm a fucking awful cook. But I can bake some good cookies.

17) Did you have a nap today?
No, it's the morning!

18) What was the reason you got in trouble last?
I don't remember the last time I got in trouble, unless it was being pulled over for expired registration, which was some time ago.

19) What do you wear more, jeans or sweats?
Jeans

20) When is your birthday?
Jan 19

21) Want some green beans?
Shore, hook a nigga up.

22) Do you swear a lot?
Yes.

23) Where did you get the shirt(s) you're wearing?
From my boyfriend.

24) Do you have any regrets?
Yes.

25) Do you ever snort when you laugh?
No.

26) What's the first thing you notice of the preferred sex?
Lots of different things. Nice jawline, nice hands, nice eyes, etc. Whatever is nice about them. I have wildly varying taste in men.

27) Do you want something you can't have?
To eat junk food for the rest of my life.

28) Who would you like to see right now?
No one.

29) Are you a social or antisocial person?
Antisocial.

30) Have the cops ever come by your house?
Yes. My family's white trash. Every time there was a fight and a beer bottle flew through a window, the cops showed up.

31) Do you have a tan?
I'm naturally olive, for some reason.

32) Ever been in love?
Gross. Yes.

33) Would you rather sleep with someone, or alone?
Alone. I hate sleeping with others.

34) Ever had braces?
No.

35) What do you wear to bed?
Nothing.

36) Who was the last person to disappoint you?
My friend Roi, who sucks.

37) Do you trust people?
Not generally.

38) What are you wearing?
Clothes, you pervert. Jeans and a t-shirt.

39) Looking forward to something this weekend?
I'm attending a Sikh wedding with four people who are all insane.

40) What was the highlight of your week?
I spent $1500 at Ikea and on a Wii with games. I enjoyed that.

41) What type of people do you fall for?
Nerds.

42) Have you ever been IN a wedding?
Yes, gah.

Man, I must be bored.