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| 10:32am 11/07/2007 |
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mood:  hungry music: Jars of Clay
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So, the thing that's been taking over my life is now online. It's called The Sealed Gate and it's a fantasy "girl gets transported to a magical world" story normally put in for panel strips. Anyway, check it out and tell me what you think. http://thesealedgate.comicgenesis.com/ |
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| Computer stuff is good |
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| 08:58am 27/04/2007 |
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mood:  productive
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So, I've gotten some pretty cool hardware for my computer lately. Namely a new scanner (old one died) and a long awaited tablet. The tablet is proving interesting to learn to work with, and I've worried a time or two that I spent a lot of money on something that's harder to use than a mouse. However, I think I'm starting to get the hang of it, it's just a big learning curve, and I think it's harder for me than most. See, I'm left handed... mostly. I write with my left and quite a few other things. But other things, like scissors or the mouse on the computer I can only use right handed. I've been using a mouse to do things like pixel art for a very long time. So I now have a new device that works like both a mouse and a pencil, and it's really throwing me for a loop. It feels like the wrong side of my brain is trying to do the work when I use it, which is entirely possible. I find myself trying to turn the tablet sideways or something as I use it, like I might with my sketchpad, and that doesn't work so well. It's impossible to use for pixel art. But I think it'll be really great to have as I get more into doing computer inking or webcomics. I'm doing different things to practice, so maybe I'll get it someday.
The scanner is awesomeness. This isn't because it's the best scanner in the world, but because my friend heard that my old one wasn't working and got it for me. It isn't even close to my birthday. She said it was to make up for all the ones she'd missed. I think she just wanted an excuse to buy me something. ^_^ She's that cool. She's the one that got me the old scanner in the first place! So now I have everything I need to start a webcomic, which has been my current project of doom. I've been working on a webpage for it today. :D Looking good so far, and the same friend is helping me make it look even better.
I have fantastic friends. |
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| I miss rest |
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| 08:52am 22/03/2007 |
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mood:  tired music: still got KH theme in my head
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I hate dreaming when I'm over tired and sick. It's a bad combination that leads to fragmented dreams. Take today for a very coherent example.
The first dream I remember was that I was with my family and I had to convince them to get to the other end of the amusement park (lagoon) to ride on the fun rides. I think we'd went on the chairs and through some sort of bouncy room about five times already. I got woken up a little after this and then fell back asleep. Then my dream was about flying around my old house, spying on what was going on inside, but I think I was renting a room in it. My friends found out I could fly, and we decided I had to hide, I don't remember what from. I figured it'd be pretty easy, I'd just float to the ceiling, but I had to make sure that I could do it consistently, so I started practicing. How this morphed into the next one, I don't remember, but it was Jim Carey making an appearance on mythbusters riding a donkey through a series of man made pools to prove a movie stunt. And I guess because my mind was filling in what the movie was about it morphed into a bunch of Wild West people gunning us down (don't ask who us is, I don't know) by throwing salt water taffy at us. We were in a carriage at that point and I turned to Izzy and rather calmly told her that I didn't have salt water taffy much, only when I went to a lake and got some from what they make there, and her responding that she didn't like the lake stuff. By the time we'd finished talking we were at some sort of meeting talking about a drought, and the speaker was telling us that the only reason we weren't in one was because of some project BYU had done to bring in a source of water that they continued to pay for year after year. And then somehow I was looking at some sort of Kingdom Hearts artwork that had three pictures of Sora looking out into the distance one from the ending of "all three" games. On the left was him at the end of the first game, looking out from that grass field, and at the bottom of the picture they'd named the place (all three actually). I don't remember what exactly the second one looked like, except he had on his black outfit (I can't remember how the game ended for some reason. I remember the last fight) and then the third shot was even less clear, and I was asking someone about it because I hadn't played the third game yet and they had. I woke up with the ending theme of KH1 blaring in my head.
And this was only what I dreamt in the morning before I woke up. Is it any wonder I didn't get enough rest? |
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| Back already! |
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| 05:21pm 13/03/2007 |
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mood: accomplished music: something from Yugioh I think
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Okay, so I found out what was wrong with my computer, and fixed it. You see, once apon a time, bittorrent was a good little program and would save the unfinished files in the same place that you told it to save the finished ones. But the "new and improved" bittorrent saves those unfinished files in the C drive unless you tell it otherwise. Now, I'm sure for some people this isn't a problem. But my C drive is only 7 gig, and I was trying to download two batches of 10 half hour, high quality video files. Not surprisingly, my poor little C drive choked. And of course, windumb didn't warn me that I was running out of room so I could fix it, but just shut itself off. Since bittorrent starts with the computer, and my internet connection is automatic, I would get my computer turned on, get everything the way I wanted just in time for the whole thing to turn off yet again. Luckily, I'm not terribly stupid when it comes to computers, and I've got a brother who knows things. Like that sometimes windumb won't tell you when it's running out of space, and the whole space issue can cause a computer to turn off without warning.
So I have a happy computer again. Whew. |
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| *heavy sigh* |
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| 10:53am 12/03/2007 |
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mood:  frustrated
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I'm likely going AWOL, since my computer is turning itself off again. I'm going to take it to some professional to look at it when I have the chance. I'm sick of getting new parts and then having it break again. I just want something that works! Sorry, done ranting now. |
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| Woohooo! |
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| 03:20pm 02/03/2007 |
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mood:  excited
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I just got my tablet that I ordered earlier this week. So happy! ^____^ It's definately going to take some getting used to, and the cord isn't nearly long enough (luckily I have USB ports in the front) but it's fun to play with. Yay! |
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| Actually in a good mood, just a little frustrated with myself |
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| 10:29am 01/03/2007 |
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mood: tired
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I keep pushing myself to hard. And since I do, I crash, and the whole push/crash cycle is what got me so sick in the first place. You'd think I'd stop. But I want so badly to get better, to get over this, and the only way to do that is get stronger. So I push, crash, and get worse.
Chronic Fatigue is such a misnomer. |
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| Pixelated life |
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| 02:24pm 23/02/2007 |
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mood: busy music: Seriel Experements Lain - Opening
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I dreamt last night that everything I was dreaming had to be pixelated before I could watch it. I need to get ouside more. This job and my hobbies are combining to drive me crazy. If my internet worked a little better, I'm sure it would help, but it always cuts out when I want it the most. We've got a possible solution figured out, we'll see if it works this weekend.
On another note, I miss my car. It's hard to have a social life and get out of the house when you don't have a way to do it. Dad thinks he can fix it, but it's currently in Provo (about 45 minutes away with my social life) and he's coming down with a cold. Combine that with the super cold days we've had (until just reciently) and it all means nothing's getting done. I just hope he can do it, because I can't take it into a shop. |
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| Yeah, yeah, I know. |
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| 10:39am 22/02/2007 |
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mood:  calm
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It's been a really long time. For some reason, posting here felt like I was answering to someone. Like I had to explain my problems and why I hadn't fixed them yet.
A lot of things have happened to me since my last post. The first, and good reason why I quit posting, was that my brand new computer died only a few weeks after I bought it. It turned out to be, yet again, the power supply. I was completely out of money at that point, and didn't know what was up, so I just gave up on having one for a while. I kept getting sick, and eventually lost my job because of it. I moved home, and eventually got a diagnosis. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The doctor I was seeing was a specialist in another field, so he didn't know much, but I did some research and reading. There's really not much I can do. Just make sure I don't push too hard so I'm not crashing, and make sure I don't rest too much so I'm not atrophying. I think I'm getting better, but it's hard to tell.
My latest thing has been a freelance job I recently started. I do pixel artwork for an independent video game company. I work from home and choose my own hours, but it's proving difficult. I tire out faster while working on this than I do with my own stuff, and I'm having a hard time doing things like concentrating and keeping on task. At the moment, I'm questioning my ability to work right now, or if I should be a little healthier first.
And that's my life in a nutshell right now. I'll try to post more often. |
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| Good things |
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| 12:10pm 04/05/2006 |
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mood: busy
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Wow, been a bit, hasn't it? Well, the whole fixed computer thing didn't last too long. Enough to keep me sane for a bit, which is good.
So, lots of stuff happened. Got a job working for a title company, and I love it. Everyone's really nice, the work is just right for me, and it has benifits! The Chibi and I moved all the way to next door, which I'm really liking so far, though the move killed my knees. Too many stairs. It's a 6 person instead of a 4 person, so the rent is cheaper. ^_^ Also got a new computer, since the old one is much dead. It's black with red lights and I've temporarily dubbed it Aka-chan. We'll see if it sticks. It's much faster than my old computer. :D
On a very happy note, it looks like I'll be able to go to AX this year after all. I'm going to plan things out, see how much it'll cost all together before I decide for sure, but I'm really excited, because CLAMP is on the guest list! I gotta go somehow...!
Anyway, that's me. I should be able too keep up with everyone again now that I have a computer once more. |
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| Back from the dead! |
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| 05:55pm 05/03/2006 |
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mood: bouncy
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For behold, no longer must I be banished to the realm of no computer, for verily, God has seen fit to bless me with one that is now fixed! Woo-hoo! Yeah, I'm pretty happy. Still don't know what caused it exactly, but the fix was easier than first thought, and didn't cost me anything. Need to save up for a new computer, and thank Sanzo for the use of her extra harddrive, but I'm back! You may all run screaming now.
*does a little dance* |
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| The finer points of organization |
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| 10:04am 15/02/2006 |
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mood:  awake
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I finally did something I've been meaning to do for a while. I took all my sketchbooks (which I keep in a file cabnet for storage), put them in chronological order and removed the spirals. Mostly I did it to give me more room in my file cabnet, but I also like taking out the pictures I've done of particular characters and putting them all in one spot. While doing that job I discovered something disturbing. I'm missing a lot of pictures that I know I've drawn, I just can't find anywhere. I think I'm missing at least one entire sketchbook! Not entirely sure what to do about this problem. Maybe I just left it at a friends house and it got forgotten or something....
In other news, my computer may be fixable, I just need a backup, wipe my C drive clean and reinstal everything. Here's hoping it's a software error not a hardware one! If all goes well, I'll have my computer back and be talking with everyone again soon. |
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| Job good... right? |
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| 06:37pm 01/02/2006 |
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mood: chipper
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Still no computer, so I only got to update thanks to Sanzo. *nods in thanks* But, I have good news, and it has nothing to do with Geiko! ^_^ I have a job at the moment. I don't know how long it will last (it's through a temp service, until they find the right person to hire) but it's work and if it keeps up I'll be able to afford things. That would make me happy.
The only real downside to the job is that it's someone stressful. At least to a person like me. I work the front desk, and am dealing with the phone for most of the day. I used to have such major problems with phones! I'm obviously much better, since I didn't break down completely after the first hour. Or day for that matter. This was only the third day, we'll see how long I can last! ^_^
So, there's my update! Hopefully I'll have more soon. Something saying my computer is fixed would be best I think. ^_~
PS I'm not entirely sure if I used the correct word for my mood, but it seemed to suit. Odd word for good mood = odd mood but still good. I think it works. |
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| 01:59pm 19/01/2006 |
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mood:  uncomfortable
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I just want to take this moment to say:
I miiiiiiiiiss my computer! Doing stuff on roomie's comp just isn't the same. There are so many things that I really do need my own comp for. Someplace where I can save images and stuffs, and not have to worry. And don't have to wait for other people if I want to use it.
*sigh* But it'll be over soon. My brother thinks he can fix it, and the harddrive is supposedly okay. *small voice* no car, no computer, no job, no clue what to do next; but now, nooooow I have my health. It just figures. Well, I'd rather keep my health than have all those other things and no health. Meh. |
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| Sometimes things just don't go your way |
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| 04:30pm 04/01/2006 |
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mood: depressed
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It's been a bad day. I had a long list of things I wanted to get done today, so I figured it'd be hard and busy. But it's just been bad.
Started off by trying to resolve an issue with the DMV, so I called. Had to use my cell phone because it was long distance. After 45 minutes on hold I gave up. After this is when my computer stopped responding, except I could play solitare just fine. I didn't get it, thought it was funny and it just needed a restart. I didn't need my computer right then anyway, so I turned off my computer and moved on to looking for a job. There's one available through my temp agency, I just need to email them my resume. Try my computer. It won't start up now, says there's some disk read error before windows even starts up and tells me to use ctrl+alt+del to restart. Okay. I turn it off, figure it's a good thing I backed most things up, and it's probably nothing huge, I'll come back to it again later. I try using Pam's computer. Internet's down. Okay, well maybe it'll be working later. By now I'm getting pretty stressed, so I take a break and try watching catching up on watching Naruto. Find out that Pam's missing some episodes in the middle of what I haven't seen, and since the net is down I can't get them. Well, no big, it's only a few episodes. I watch a few, but it's getting late and I want to get my email sent today. So I go to the office to find out what's up with the 'net. Internet guy won't be back until friday. Ooookay. Well, the library isn't far. Go to the library and try to use the internet there. But I can't log on. Turns out that they won't let me on because I've got a late fee on a book I turned in the exact same time as when I turned in everything else. Fabulous. Well, I talk to someone at the front desk, they float me for a bit, but tell me I need to look for the book, they'll try to find it too. Yeah, I'll do that. So I finally get on, get online, and find that the only copy I have of my resume is way out of date, I don't have the info here to update it (the up to date on is on my broken computer) and the email address I need to send it to was left at home anyway.
I'm going to give up and curl up in a ball until the chibi gets home. I need hugs and possibly retail therapy. |
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| This is a real job? |
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| 03:17pm 02/01/2006 |
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mood:  amazed music: If You Could Only See
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I've been working on pixel art most of my stay here at my parent's place. The computer is in the kitchen, so pretty much everyone can see what I'm doing. So this is how my dad and my sister-in-law Michelle started a conversation about how it's insane that I do this stuff with pixels and I should get a job doing this somewhere. I tell them that I doubt there is such a job. I mean, it's all 3D now, who does stuff with pixels these days?
Out of pure curiosity, I run a google search on "jobs pixel art" and find a huge list of *recent* job postings for 2D artists, mostly for video game and cell phones companies. Most of them require previous experience, obviously, but there were some that just asked for a good portfolio of pixel work, proving you can do things like use photoshop, make animations, and can make things with a limited pallet.
Now here's the thing that gets me really excited. I can do this. Now. The only thing I don't have is a portfolio, and I'm sure a fancy website wouldn't hurt either. So, my artist friends, remind me what I need for a portfolio please? How many things should I put in there? What sort of things would you guys suggest? I'm really close to finishing a KiSS doll that's all original work (no fan art stuff), I wanna finish that and put it in. I gotta get my resume in order, research what's normal pay for this job, see where I'd need to live... ack, where do I start?! |
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| Resolutions |
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| 12:03pm 31/12/2005 |
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mood:  creative music: Auld lang signe (in my head)
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It's that time of year again! The time where you start with a clean slate and decide what you want to get done this year. So, here are my goals, big and small. By this time next year, I'll look back on this list and laugh hysterically at how unrealistic and optimistic I was.
-- Get a good job. As in one that I'm actually willing to stay at for more than a few months, not just one I can tolerate if I don't think about how much I hate working there.
-- Get out of debt. After being sick for so long, I need to make sure I pay back all those really nice people who helped me out through the year.
-- Finish making Emily's costume. A magical girl costume without any pattern whatsoever. I really hope I don't disappoint.
-- Make a short manga to submit to Rising Stars. I've started... sorta. There's a script! That I didn't write.... I need to get going on this one.
-- Finish one of my KiSS dolls. I've been really close to finishing one of these for so long, it's not even funny. I gotta stop coming up with new ideas and just pick one to see through to the end. And then actually do it. Besides, pixel art is fun!
-- Learn how to really cook. I know how to follow a recipe, I have some talent (from what I understand, smelling something and being able to tell if it'll taste good with what you've already got isn't something you can really learn), but I haven't really done much cooking, and I'm pretty clueless in the kitchen. It doesn't help that I don't really like to cook.
-- Clean my room. All the way. As in, go through all my papers and sort things and find a place for everything and all that. This kinda includes all the stuff that isn't actually in my room right now, just somewhere in the apartment, and the stuff that's still stashed at my parents place.
-- Get in shape. It's not a resolution list without this one here.
-- Save up properly for AX and have all my costumes done to the point that I'm happy with them before I leave for it. Um, this one is really unlikely. Never managed it before, and I really really doubt that I can get the money together for it this time. I don't think I'll even be going. But I can dream!
-- Get married. Speaking of dreaming.... ^_^; |
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| Health update |
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| 07:35pm 30/12/2005 |
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mood: mellow
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I should probably clear things up for those who haven't talked to me personally in the past few weeks. The infectious disease specialist knew exactly what was wrong when I first saw him. It turned out to be a parasite... okay, more like a huge colony of these parasites. He showed them to me with his microscope, it was scary how many I had. Anyway, he sent me home with meds. There was a few days of being pretty sick because of all the dying parasites, and some issues with how much of each med I was taking, but all that got resolved before too long. I have been feeling well for quite a few days now. I'm not 100% yet, but I'm so close that I'm not really worried about it. Even helped my brother move today. ^_^ |
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| Merry Christmas! |
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| 08:25am 24/12/2005 |
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It's christmas eve, I feel healthy, I've got family with me, and the only thing I'm missing is saying Merry Christmas to all of my friends. MERRY CHRISTMAS! This will be my first christmas with married siblings. Adam will be spending the actual day with his wife's family, Michael and Leah will be here. Spending any holiday with Leah is an interesting one, since her education in that area is severely lacking. She's still getting used to the idea that some christmas trees aren't fake trees. It'll be interesting to see how she reacts to all of our traditions. I'm going to miss having Adam right here. *sniffs* Oh well. He'll be here the following day so it's all good. I doubt I'll be online again anytime soon, so have a good holiday everyone! *hugs for all* |
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