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General | Posted 7 years agoYou remember when I said that I was going to get around to posting up all the loot from Anthrocon, right?
You probably noticed that I failed to get to that already.
BUT THAT HAS CHANGED.
Because I'm uploading a bunch of stuff now, so yay!
You probably noticed that I failed to get to that already.
BUT THAT HAS CHANGED.
Because I'm uploading a bunch of stuff now, so yay!
Vacation: Completed
General | Posted 7 years agoBack from Anthrocon 2018, had a lot of fun. Decided to post up art I got before vacation started, and was originally going to post up all the stuff I had taken pictures of...buuuut laziness has hit again, so probably doing that tomorrow. After all, kind of want to condense the picture count some, so still some picture edits to do before I have all of that done. We'll see how it goes after work tomorrow.
SOON.
General | Posted 7 years agoJuly 5th. Anthrocon 2018 happens.
I'll be there all four days.
Will you?
(I'll also upload commissions and stuff probably after I get back from it, even if I've a few things I should've posted up here a week or two ago. Procrastination coupled with the first ever Steam Summer Sale I've been able to actually buy a game during kind of resulted in my free time going to games.)
I'll be there all four days.
Will you?
(I'll also upload commissions and stuff probably after I get back from it, even if I've a few things I should've posted up here a week or two ago. Procrastination coupled with the first ever Steam Summer Sale I've been able to actually buy a game during kind of resulted in my free time going to games.)
Some Places Are Crazy
General | Posted 7 years agoLike Walmart.
They hired a big, fat, gluttonous shark as a cart pusher and expect nothing to go wrong.
Then again, I suppose they DID bribe me a little to get me to not eat the customers. As in, bribe me with the job in the first place. Yup, working at Walmart, first worth a damn job here in Pennsylvania just like it was my first legit job back in Arkansas 8 years ago. Funny how that stuff works out - move a thousand miles away from a place of bad memories and people, start life over, and your first job in your new life is the same as the first job in the old life. I...don't really consider the temp agency I worked at last year as a 'job' because work was spotty at best.
So yeah, working between 4-8 hours a day, 16-32 hours a week (in theory, this week I'm working 40 hours), Sundays off because city transit bus doesn't run on Sundays, $11/hour. It's not customer support at the ISP, but hell, if I endure working at Walmart while it goes through some turbulence, then it'll look hella nice when I list it as a job reference when I go to try and apply at the local ISP again.
Of course, this journal is more than saying "hey, my fat synthetic ass got a job that isn't eating" - it's also for saying, due to having the funds come in more regularly now, I'll be looking to commission folks more often as a result. Of course, still got to save up funds for Anthrocon in July, and also look at getting a custom built gaming computer if roommate's coworker hasn't sold their gaming rig yet and simply forgot to take down the notice regarding it. But yeah, expect art to start flowing in here more regularly, maybe. I know I'm slow as hell when it comes to updating that side of things when I get art, but...slow and steady wins the race...?
They hired a big, fat, gluttonous shark as a cart pusher and expect nothing to go wrong.
Then again, I suppose they DID bribe me a little to get me to not eat the customers. As in, bribe me with the job in the first place. Yup, working at Walmart, first worth a damn job here in Pennsylvania just like it was my first legit job back in Arkansas 8 years ago. Funny how that stuff works out - move a thousand miles away from a place of bad memories and people, start life over, and your first job in your new life is the same as the first job in the old life. I...don't really consider the temp agency I worked at last year as a 'job' because work was spotty at best.
So yeah, working between 4-8 hours a day, 16-32 hours a week (in theory, this week I'm working 40 hours), Sundays off because city transit bus doesn't run on Sundays, $11/hour. It's not customer support at the ISP, but hell, if I endure working at Walmart while it goes through some turbulence, then it'll look hella nice when I list it as a job reference when I go to try and apply at the local ISP again.
Of course, this journal is more than saying "hey, my fat synthetic ass got a job that isn't eating" - it's also for saying, due to having the funds come in more regularly now, I'll be looking to commission folks more often as a result. Of course, still got to save up funds for Anthrocon in July, and also look at getting a custom built gaming computer if roommate's coworker hasn't sold their gaming rig yet and simply forgot to take down the notice regarding it. But yeah, expect art to start flowing in here more regularly, maybe. I know I'm slow as hell when it comes to updating that side of things when I get art, but...slow and steady wins the race...?
Guess who still lives?
General | Posted 8 years agoThat's right, I'm still around. Just got back from Anthrocon 2017, and well...after some doodling, meeting some folks, and a request to upload the art for a commission here for better ease of access...I'M BACK.
And honestly, got a lot of cleaning up to do, so I'll be doing that, too.
Expect stuff to possibly start happening here again. You all know me, though, that's always on an "eventually" scale, but hey - at least we can finally say that's turning out results finally.
And honestly, got a lot of cleaning up to do, so I'll be doing that, too.
Expect stuff to possibly start happening here again. You all know me, though, that's always on an "eventually" scale, but hey - at least we can finally say that's turning out results finally.
Signal Boosting!
General | Posted 10 years agoSo just putting this out there. Some folks I know needing commissioners! If I put you on this list and, well, you're...actually not, I apologize now because I THOUGHT YOU WERE NEEDING THEM MILIKI.
caligator A long-time friend of mine, Cal, is also the one who got me out of that hellhole of where I stayed with my ex-step-father. He's having to manage with whatever odd job he can find, and commissions - and it's hard, as any artist here knows. He does great work, and likes to try and stream or post updates to commissions as often as possible to make sure that the results are in key with what you're wanting. Give him a look-see, please!
miliki Another long-time friend of mine, whom as you might've noticed, I'm not TOO terribly sure is needing commissioners. Still, poke her! The worst that could happen is she bap me with a newspaper, to be honest here.
lightningjolt I've been trying to signal boost for this good friend of mine on Skype, but not too sure how that's been going. SO HERE WE ARE, SURPRISE FA SIGNAL BOOST. They do good work, too! Check them out, please!!
If you're an artist and need a signal boost, let me know and I'll add you to the list!
caligator A long-time friend of mine, Cal, is also the one who got me out of that hellhole of where I stayed with my ex-step-father. He's having to manage with whatever odd job he can find, and commissions - and it's hard, as any artist here knows. He does great work, and likes to try and stream or post updates to commissions as often as possible to make sure that the results are in key with what you're wanting. Give him a look-see, please!
miliki Another long-time friend of mine, whom as you might've noticed, I'm not TOO terribly sure is needing commissioners. Still, poke her! The worst that could happen is she bap me with a newspaper, to be honest here.
lightningjolt I've been trying to signal boost for this good friend of mine on Skype, but not too sure how that's been going. SO HERE WE ARE, SURPRISE FA SIGNAL BOOST. They do good work, too! Check them out, please!!If you're an artist and need a signal boost, let me know and I'll add you to the list!
Great News!
General | Posted 10 years agoI have a bicycle.
It, a pair of gloves to wear for the winter, front and back lights, and a lock for it cost me almost $500 in total.
I'm going back later today to get a seat cushion, for the seat may as well be a block of wood for me. BUT I NO LONGER HAVE TO WALK, SO LONG AS THE TIRES HAVE AIR AND AREN'T PUNCTURED!
And then, I shall tell you the tale...of the bard that saved the world...with her kazoo and Eldritch saxophone.
It, a pair of gloves to wear for the winter, front and back lights, and a lock for it cost me almost $500 in total.
I'm going back later today to get a seat cushion, for the seat may as well be a block of wood for me. BUT I NO LONGER HAVE TO WALK, SO LONG AS THE TIRES HAVE AIR AND AREN'T PUNCTURED!
And then, I shall tell you the tale...of the bard that saved the world...with her kazoo and Eldritch saxophone.
Seeming Absence
General | Posted 10 years agoYeah, it's been probably two, almost three years since my last journal. I don't talk much on here, I hardly even show up, and it's...because there's a lot I've had going on. It's a little after 3am at the point of typing this bit here, I should be sleeping, but...I want to just set a few records straight. Now, what I'm about to talk about isn't really something I WANT to talk about, but NEED to talk about - just so folks that actually would notice that I've put up a new journal for the first time in a few years know what I've been failing to talk about for all this time.
Now, I'll start with letting folks know what's going on NOW. I'm living on my own, more or less - my own rent, my own apartment, though I'm lacking a bicycle, though I'm working on that presently. I have a room with closet and bathroom, fully furnished, that I pay for - the living room and kitchen is shared with two other roommates, whom I'm on good terms with, so we have no issues there because I keep to myself and do what I can to avoid being a hassle to them. I'm still working at Sonic, and I'm trying to save up to move to Pennsylvania before the lease ends at the end of July next year. I have a laptop I can actually game with, so if folks want to do anything on Steam, ta-daaaaaa.
So, then, what's happened between now, and when I last made a journal when I was living with my (now ex-) step-father?
This is the part I NEED to talk about, despite preferring to just bury it and forget about it for the most part, to just try and live my life and leave it behind. See, things weren't all fun and games to their own degree there - they never were, not since I turned 18. I don't know why, I don't think I'll ever truly know 'why' to a lot of things, but this is on that list: he would rape me, a minimum of likely twice a week. For five years, this went on - when I made the last journal entry, I was trying to escape by visiting my brother for a full six months straight, not going back to the house but still paying my part of the bills to ensure the safety of my things still there. In the end, I had to go back, and even when at my brother's apartment at that time, our ex-step-father would demand I get in the car to go rape me somewhere secluded. This all ended one night, when I was ranting over being in the situation and all when a friend in another state called the sheriff's office on the spot and reported the incident. A few weeks later and a few more incidents happening, and I had a rape kit test done, and I packed all I could move in a time frame that kept my ex-step-father from knowing I was leaving, and moved in with a co-worker. I was told to not have any sort of contact with him or anything, and someone who was friends with him and myself went into the sheriff's office with me to hear the test results come back positive. Word spread from there, and now the matter going to court only waits on me talking to the PA and pushing the matter forward - it's getting anywhere to TALK to them is my issue. My uncle, whom is the brother of my ex-step-father, got pictures sent from said ex-step-father showing test results being negative, with a lawyer on his side - the uncle wants to know who is telling the truth and who is lying, so as soon as I get a bicycle, I'm going to the sheriff's office and getting the pictures taken and proof that uncle needs to know who is telling the truth and who is not. He'll know because I'll be there with the detective on my case, and provide the number so the uncle can call the detective himself if need be. At this point, I don't too much care for taking the matter to court - so long as I can ruin everything he's built for himself off the suffering of others, I'll consider it some sort of justice. Fitting that it would be from the one person he trusted the most, and also took advantage of the most.
Of course, I was with that co-worker through the holidays - Thanksgiving and Christmas last year - and things were quite well. Co-worker was a lady in her 40's, had a son that was trying to hold a job to pay off fines so he could get his CDL and drive trucks for a job, and a daughter that had two kids, which lead to three not long after. We didn't have much, but that was okay with me, because we at least still had each other we could rely on, for the most part. I helped get tags, insurance, everything on the co-worker's car, only for some asshat to total it getting hit by another person due to pulling out in front of them without warning, and took off because he apparently had a gun on his person and already wasn't on good terms with the law. In the car was the co-worker's other daughter, visiting from another state, whom was thankfully okay, but painted the picture that we all came to know. Then some trouble with the neighbors starts up and dies off on an off-and-on basis, before one of their relatives came by and became boyfriend to the co-worker. At this point, the daughter's off trying to get somewhere in life, but can't hold a job, can't deal with her three kids, and can't find anyone to reliably babysit for a price she can even manage, and the son's working at Sonic with myself and his mother. The mother starts slacking, and after being told she's on the ropes with her job, up and quit, leaving everything to myself and her son - only for the son and the GM having a misunderstanding and the son quitting, refusing to even talk to the GM about getting his job back and insisting I do so for him. At this point, the daughter returns with her kids, so I become the only working individual out of five total adults and three kids. As things degrade further and further, being given the same empty promises and false hopes they were driving themselves on with, I saw that I was at the end of my own rope: I had to move, or everyone is homeless. No one but the son was trying to get a job, and he even tried to argue with me over common sense logic - where, even if one makes $50 a day, that's still well on your way to paying any bill you have. I woke up one morning to find a dirty diaper in a Walmart bag, sitting on my gaming laptop (that my brother refurbished after returning from active duty and shipped my way). I drew the line then, handed the daughter the bag with her kid's diaper in it, and she threw it away like it wasn't a big deal - so, I got a deal with another coworker (whom is one of my two roommates now) to move into the apartment complex, and thus, I bailed out on the hellhole I was in, making enemies of everyone there but the son and the neighbors. My relationship only has soured with my former apartment residents, and they can go rot for all I care - to use and abuse the kindness and generosity of another is a terrible thing to do alone, but to then deliberately disrespect what they DO have in front of them takes it to a whole new level. So I'm owed $270 and a TV from them, but I'll never see any of it - not until I cough up $300 for them to do something with that isn't paying bills.
So here I am now, working to cover my bills while able to actually help people in financial need, as well as trying to save up at least $1000 so I can move to Pennsylvania with more peace of mind, work a better job, be in a better living environment, and just...start my life over, in a way. Plus, no more humid summers and heat to contend with up there, so I'll be happy with that result.
Now you guys have an idea of what the hell I've gone through these past few years in regards to general silence, as well as what's been happening for years in my personal life, too. Take this info, and do what you will with it - I, however, will be going to bed, for I've work in less than 12 hours and was already to the point that I couldn't follow instructions that were more complicated than "click this, click on this exact thing, there you go". It's 3:40am typing this bit. I'm tired, I've even talked like a salarian from Mass Effect because it's simple and to-the-point.
The Fluff is going to bed, ye all stay classy, good, and wonderful. I'll talk to you fine folks when I wake up, if it's not too close to when I have to get ready for work.
Now, I'll start with letting folks know what's going on NOW. I'm living on my own, more or less - my own rent, my own apartment, though I'm lacking a bicycle, though I'm working on that presently. I have a room with closet and bathroom, fully furnished, that I pay for - the living room and kitchen is shared with two other roommates, whom I'm on good terms with, so we have no issues there because I keep to myself and do what I can to avoid being a hassle to them. I'm still working at Sonic, and I'm trying to save up to move to Pennsylvania before the lease ends at the end of July next year. I have a laptop I can actually game with, so if folks want to do anything on Steam, ta-daaaaaa.
So, then, what's happened between now, and when I last made a journal when I was living with my (now ex-) step-father?
This is the part I NEED to talk about, despite preferring to just bury it and forget about it for the most part, to just try and live my life and leave it behind. See, things weren't all fun and games to their own degree there - they never were, not since I turned 18. I don't know why, I don't think I'll ever truly know 'why' to a lot of things, but this is on that list: he would rape me, a minimum of likely twice a week. For five years, this went on - when I made the last journal entry, I was trying to escape by visiting my brother for a full six months straight, not going back to the house but still paying my part of the bills to ensure the safety of my things still there. In the end, I had to go back, and even when at my brother's apartment at that time, our ex-step-father would demand I get in the car to go rape me somewhere secluded. This all ended one night, when I was ranting over being in the situation and all when a friend in another state called the sheriff's office on the spot and reported the incident. A few weeks later and a few more incidents happening, and I had a rape kit test done, and I packed all I could move in a time frame that kept my ex-step-father from knowing I was leaving, and moved in with a co-worker. I was told to not have any sort of contact with him or anything, and someone who was friends with him and myself went into the sheriff's office with me to hear the test results come back positive. Word spread from there, and now the matter going to court only waits on me talking to the PA and pushing the matter forward - it's getting anywhere to TALK to them is my issue. My uncle, whom is the brother of my ex-step-father, got pictures sent from said ex-step-father showing test results being negative, with a lawyer on his side - the uncle wants to know who is telling the truth and who is lying, so as soon as I get a bicycle, I'm going to the sheriff's office and getting the pictures taken and proof that uncle needs to know who is telling the truth and who is not. He'll know because I'll be there with the detective on my case, and provide the number so the uncle can call the detective himself if need be. At this point, I don't too much care for taking the matter to court - so long as I can ruin everything he's built for himself off the suffering of others, I'll consider it some sort of justice. Fitting that it would be from the one person he trusted the most, and also took advantage of the most.
Of course, I was with that co-worker through the holidays - Thanksgiving and Christmas last year - and things were quite well. Co-worker was a lady in her 40's, had a son that was trying to hold a job to pay off fines so he could get his CDL and drive trucks for a job, and a daughter that had two kids, which lead to three not long after. We didn't have much, but that was okay with me, because we at least still had each other we could rely on, for the most part. I helped get tags, insurance, everything on the co-worker's car, only for some asshat to total it getting hit by another person due to pulling out in front of them without warning, and took off because he apparently had a gun on his person and already wasn't on good terms with the law. In the car was the co-worker's other daughter, visiting from another state, whom was thankfully okay, but painted the picture that we all came to know. Then some trouble with the neighbors starts up and dies off on an off-and-on basis, before one of their relatives came by and became boyfriend to the co-worker. At this point, the daughter's off trying to get somewhere in life, but can't hold a job, can't deal with her three kids, and can't find anyone to reliably babysit for a price she can even manage, and the son's working at Sonic with myself and his mother. The mother starts slacking, and after being told she's on the ropes with her job, up and quit, leaving everything to myself and her son - only for the son and the GM having a misunderstanding and the son quitting, refusing to even talk to the GM about getting his job back and insisting I do so for him. At this point, the daughter returns with her kids, so I become the only working individual out of five total adults and three kids. As things degrade further and further, being given the same empty promises and false hopes they were driving themselves on with, I saw that I was at the end of my own rope: I had to move, or everyone is homeless. No one but the son was trying to get a job, and he even tried to argue with me over common sense logic - where, even if one makes $50 a day, that's still well on your way to paying any bill you have. I woke up one morning to find a dirty diaper in a Walmart bag, sitting on my gaming laptop (that my brother refurbished after returning from active duty and shipped my way). I drew the line then, handed the daughter the bag with her kid's diaper in it, and she threw it away like it wasn't a big deal - so, I got a deal with another coworker (whom is one of my two roommates now) to move into the apartment complex, and thus, I bailed out on the hellhole I was in, making enemies of everyone there but the son and the neighbors. My relationship only has soured with my former apartment residents, and they can go rot for all I care - to use and abuse the kindness and generosity of another is a terrible thing to do alone, but to then deliberately disrespect what they DO have in front of them takes it to a whole new level. So I'm owed $270 and a TV from them, but I'll never see any of it - not until I cough up $300 for them to do something with that isn't paying bills.
So here I am now, working to cover my bills while able to actually help people in financial need, as well as trying to save up at least $1000 so I can move to Pennsylvania with more peace of mind, work a better job, be in a better living environment, and just...start my life over, in a way. Plus, no more humid summers and heat to contend with up there, so I'll be happy with that result.
Now you guys have an idea of what the hell I've gone through these past few years in regards to general silence, as well as what's been happening for years in my personal life, too. Take this info, and do what you will with it - I, however, will be going to bed, for I've work in less than 12 hours and was already to the point that I couldn't follow instructions that were more complicated than "click this, click on this exact thing, there you go". It's 3:40am typing this bit. I'm tired, I've even talked like a salarian from Mass Effect because it's simple and to-the-point.
The Fluff is going to bed, ye all stay classy, good, and wonderful. I'll talk to you fine folks when I wake up, if it's not too close to when I have to get ready for work.
OBJECTION!
General | Posted 13 years agoOh, Phoenix Wright, how I love you. <3
Anyways, just an update on things, for the most part.
First off, I was unlucky to not get a printer/scanner for Christmas this year, and by time I was able to get to Walmart to get one, it went back up to being over $100, so I'll either have to wait for a manager to find the cord to the one she's giving me...or try to find it myself. Fun. So, as a result, still having to put drawing on hold - however, I'll be very much happy to color anything anyone wants me to color for free! It'll give me something to do, and help me feel productive with my free time...just know it'll be on Paint, since Paint Shop Pro 8 isn't on my laptop. Still, Paint on here seems to work...a great deal better than on the earlier versions of Windows, so hopefully it won't be a big deal. I've also gotten a bit better at the mouse, so that helps as well.
Got a birthday present from a good friend in the form of FTL on Steam, and been playing it when...not playing New Vegas or Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires. I'm thinking of possibly wanting to acquire a ROTK game, but I don't know yet - I'm sure it'll be fun, if not outright challenging and hard. But then again, a lot of games these days just seems a bit on the easy side, at times.
Brother's heading into the Air Force in a few months, and getting married in a few days - I hope all goes well for him, and...that's all about him, really. Life back home (I've been staying with my brother for some months now, lost track after 3) has been...rough, to say the least. Not saying much on it all, but just know that it makes me question humanity all the more. Past that, family is doing okay, I suppose.
Also, got my Shiron plushy. It's so cute~ <3
Where's a camera when you need one. <_<;
[EDIT:] I got a camera! And a picture of said plushy. I'm sticking it up here now, just so I can say I've submitted something. xD
Also, because I have said camera...you know that that means? HALF-ARSED ARTWORK POSTINGS!!! Yeah, I said it. I'll drag myself into drawing again, and since I have a crappy camera, I can take pictures of my crappy drawings and stick them up here! So stay tuned the next few months, for any artwork I manage to get a picture of. Why a few months? Moving issues, so where I've been laying my head down at now is no longer considered such, so...in the next few weeks, I'll likely be off to the house, with its poor internet once more.
Anyways, just an update on things, for the most part.
First off, I was unlucky to not get a printer/scanner for Christmas this year, and by time I was able to get to Walmart to get one, it went back up to being over $100, so I'll either have to wait for a manager to find the cord to the one she's giving me...or try to find it myself. Fun. So, as a result, still having to put drawing on hold - however, I'll be very much happy to color anything anyone wants me to color for free! It'll give me something to do, and help me feel productive with my free time...just know it'll be on Paint, since Paint Shop Pro 8 isn't on my laptop. Still, Paint on here seems to work...a great deal better than on the earlier versions of Windows, so hopefully it won't be a big deal. I've also gotten a bit better at the mouse, so that helps as well.
Got a birthday present from a good friend in the form of FTL on Steam, and been playing it when...not playing New Vegas or Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires. I'm thinking of possibly wanting to acquire a ROTK game, but I don't know yet - I'm sure it'll be fun, if not outright challenging and hard. But then again, a lot of games these days just seems a bit on the easy side, at times.
Brother's heading into the Air Force in a few months, and getting married in a few days - I hope all goes well for him, and...that's all about him, really. Life back home (I've been staying with my brother for some months now, lost track after 3) has been...rough, to say the least. Not saying much on it all, but just know that it makes me question humanity all the more. Past that, family is doing okay, I suppose.
Also, got my Shiron plushy. It's so cute~ <3
Where's a camera when you need one. <_<;
[EDIT:] I got a camera! And a picture of said plushy. I'm sticking it up here now, just so I can say I've submitted something. xD
Also, because I have said camera...you know that that means? HALF-ARSED ARTWORK POSTINGS!!! Yeah, I said it. I'll drag myself into drawing again, and since I have a crappy camera, I can take pictures of my crappy drawings and stick them up here! So stay tuned the next few months, for any artwork I manage to get a picture of. Why a few months? Moving issues, so where I've been laying my head down at now is no longer considered such, so...in the next few weeks, I'll likely be off to the house, with its poor internet once more.
Semi-return from the Void
General | Posted 13 years agoOkay, so maybe having just woken up and having 45 minutes before I have to leave for work isn't the best ideal situation to be making a journal, but ah well. Also eating breakfast, so go multitasking skills!
Somehow, I fear this journal will turn out pretty, um...far on the rambling end. xD
Anyways, I know I've been absent since forever, largely because I didn't have anything to upload, so...I apologize for it - I still come around, I just never leave journals or upload art because there's not really much to report and I've got a lack of art to upload (not to mention a lack of means to upload art to begin with); however, with Christmas almost around the metaphorical corner, I may get lucky enough to get some art supplies to make up for the ones I am sadly missing, and get a scanner/printer combo (may have faxing to it as well, I'll find a use for it eventually). Then I'll have no excuse with drawing!!
So, yeah. Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, for those who celebrate it, had a wonderful every holiday I missed celebrating with all of you, and...I'm rambling, aren't I? See, told you I would!
...Need to remember to draw that Sand Tomb comic after work today, after I get Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition.
Wooo, boredom is so awesome. I want to go back to sleep. :C
~Ruby Flamewing
Somehow, I fear this journal will turn out pretty, um...far on the rambling end. xD
Anyways, I know I've been absent since forever, largely because I didn't have anything to upload, so...I apologize for it - I still come around, I just never leave journals or upload art because there's not really much to report and I've got a lack of art to upload (not to mention a lack of means to upload art to begin with); however, with Christmas almost around the metaphorical corner, I may get lucky enough to get some art supplies to make up for the ones I am sadly missing, and get a scanner/printer combo (may have faxing to it as well, I'll find a use for it eventually). Then I'll have no excuse with drawing!!
So, yeah. Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, for those who celebrate it, had a wonderful every holiday I missed celebrating with all of you, and...I'm rambling, aren't I? See, told you I would!
...Need to remember to draw that Sand Tomb comic after work today, after I get Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition.
Wooo, boredom is so awesome. I want to go back to sleep. :C
~Ruby Flamewing
White Tiger!!!
General | Posted 13 years agoWhat can I say, it's a good song, in my opinion.
Anyways, this is my first journal here, and it's about time I get it done since I have reason to do so. So...here goes! (Don't worry, the more I make these and such, the more confident I'll be in making them.)
Laptop!
Yep, I have a laptop finally, after trying to get a new computer for...a month or so now. XD
What can I say, it was sheer luck. I was originally looking into getting a new desktop so I had better internet and could play games better than my current desktop can (considering the internet to my current one isn't meant for gaming in the first place, and the desktop itself is at least 5 years old), and found one for about $350 or so on Newegg. Well, my brother's been making some poor choices, so to make ends meet, he offered to sell me the laptop he had - and I knew how good it was, so it was just what I needed. Not just that, but he offered to sell it to me for $100, which is at least over another $100 cheaper than any laptop I could get at Office Depot, Walmart, or even off of Newegg! So, I've got the laptop now, and thus can be online when at home. Next step, get a desk! Boxes and trunks don't make the best of desks, honestly.
Chicago Trip
I got the weekend - Friday through Monday - off work to go up to Chicago with my step-dad and his girlfriend for said girlfriend's birthday, and got to see some family up there that I haven't seen in a few years. Got to go to a concert on Saturday there, where Daryl Holl and John Oats were playing that evening - never heard of them, but I had to admit, when I got to listen to some of their music on YouTube before going to the concert, I was reminded of ELO and bands like them (because, you know, they all popped up and such around the same time, in the late 70's and early 80's). I loved the concert sooooo much~
Past that, didn't do a whole lot - my arrival alone was a surprise, and the girlfriend fell sick for a day, so we largely stayed at home and chatted a lot. Played some L4D2 and got to play some of The Sacrifice and Cold Stream (which when I last kept up with it all, The Sacrifice had just come out), so it was a lot of fun. The ride up there wasn't very comfortable, because I'm so big and the back of the car is too small for me (and we had a little cooler in the back seat as well, which didn't help any), but I was able to get a great deal more comfortable on the return trip, approaching the whole bit in a smarter fashion. Plus, we didn't get stuck in traffic for an hour, then take a detour that cost us another hour on our way home!!
College?
Yeah, I'm thinking on getting back into school - after all, as my aunt in Chicago told me, even if it's just one day a week, after about five years or so, I can have a Bachelor's Degree or something eventually. I just have to take that first step, and while I'm somewhat comfortable with how life is right now...I want more out of it. I want to get further than working at Sonic or something as a cook - as much as I love the culinary aspect to it, I don't want to be a cook there all my life. So, I'm going to save up money and see what grants and such I am able to acquire, and look into going back to school next semester, try and get further in my schooling. Even though it'll close a lot of doors here in town, it'll open up more as well.
Driving
...I'm going to get my license sometime soon, I hope. I have my permit renewed, so it's just a matter of finding someone who'll let me drive their vehicle a bit, then drive it for the test. x.-.x
Artwork
I know I've told many that "I will get back into drawing when I can", and well...good news! I know where my old art supplies were placed, so I can go grab them and get back to drawing!! And, since I plan on getting a scanner as well with the money from my job, I can look for a good one that isn't too expensive, and go from there. I might want to get further in life, but there's still a lot I can get done where I am in life now. I may not seem like it, in words, but I'm actually pretty giddy about it all, because I've been wanting to get back to drawing for years~
Commissions
I'm thinking about getting some from people, only I'm not sure from whom or over what. There's one I'm wanting to get of myself (Ruby Flamewing) and Naru from someone I know name Sadira from Eka's, while getting one of myself from
Silverlover03 but...I just don't know yet. I want to commission artwork from others, but it's less of a hassle with the funds and more on what I want in the commission is the major issue I have. If anyone has suggestions of ideas and artists, feel free to let me know!!
...And I think that should cover it all now. So, yeah...
Disgaea for the win~ <3
Anyways, this is my first journal here, and it's about time I get it done since I have reason to do so. So...here goes! (Don't worry, the more I make these and such, the more confident I'll be in making them.)
Laptop!
Yep, I have a laptop finally, after trying to get a new computer for...a month or so now. XD
What can I say, it was sheer luck. I was originally looking into getting a new desktop so I had better internet and could play games better than my current desktop can (considering the internet to my current one isn't meant for gaming in the first place, and the desktop itself is at least 5 years old), and found one for about $350 or so on Newegg. Well, my brother's been making some poor choices, so to make ends meet, he offered to sell me the laptop he had - and I knew how good it was, so it was just what I needed. Not just that, but he offered to sell it to me for $100, which is at least over another $100 cheaper than any laptop I could get at Office Depot, Walmart, or even off of Newegg! So, I've got the laptop now, and thus can be online when at home. Next step, get a desk! Boxes and trunks don't make the best of desks, honestly.
Chicago Trip
I got the weekend - Friday through Monday - off work to go up to Chicago with my step-dad and his girlfriend for said girlfriend's birthday, and got to see some family up there that I haven't seen in a few years. Got to go to a concert on Saturday there, where Daryl Holl and John Oats were playing that evening - never heard of them, but I had to admit, when I got to listen to some of their music on YouTube before going to the concert, I was reminded of ELO and bands like them (because, you know, they all popped up and such around the same time, in the late 70's and early 80's). I loved the concert sooooo much~
Past that, didn't do a whole lot - my arrival alone was a surprise, and the girlfriend fell sick for a day, so we largely stayed at home and chatted a lot. Played some L4D2 and got to play some of The Sacrifice and Cold Stream (which when I last kept up with it all, The Sacrifice had just come out), so it was a lot of fun. The ride up there wasn't very comfortable, because I'm so big and the back of the car is too small for me (and we had a little cooler in the back seat as well, which didn't help any), but I was able to get a great deal more comfortable on the return trip, approaching the whole bit in a smarter fashion. Plus, we didn't get stuck in traffic for an hour, then take a detour that cost us another hour on our way home!!
College?
Yeah, I'm thinking on getting back into school - after all, as my aunt in Chicago told me, even if it's just one day a week, after about five years or so, I can have a Bachelor's Degree or something eventually. I just have to take that first step, and while I'm somewhat comfortable with how life is right now...I want more out of it. I want to get further than working at Sonic or something as a cook - as much as I love the culinary aspect to it, I don't want to be a cook there all my life. So, I'm going to save up money and see what grants and such I am able to acquire, and look into going back to school next semester, try and get further in my schooling. Even though it'll close a lot of doors here in town, it'll open up more as well.
Driving
...I'm going to get my license sometime soon, I hope. I have my permit renewed, so it's just a matter of finding someone who'll let me drive their vehicle a bit, then drive it for the test. x.-.x
Artwork
I know I've told many that "I will get back into drawing when I can", and well...good news! I know where my old art supplies were placed, so I can go grab them and get back to drawing!! And, since I plan on getting a scanner as well with the money from my job, I can look for a good one that isn't too expensive, and go from there. I might want to get further in life, but there's still a lot I can get done where I am in life now. I may not seem like it, in words, but I'm actually pretty giddy about it all, because I've been wanting to get back to drawing for years~
Commissions
I'm thinking about getting some from people, only I'm not sure from whom or over what. There's one I'm wanting to get of myself (Ruby Flamewing) and Naru from someone I know name Sadira from Eka's, while getting one of myself from
Silverlover03 but...I just don't know yet. I want to commission artwork from others, but it's less of a hassle with the funds and more on what I want in the commission is the major issue I have. If anyone has suggestions of ideas and artists, feel free to let me know!!...And I think that should cover it all now. So, yeah...
Disgaea for the win~ <3
