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November 23rd, 2009

01:52 pm - Still sick, but now with pizza! ...No, sadly enough, my cold did not cause entire slices of pizza to come out of my nose. That would be both gross and awesome. I'm just having pizza for lunch. So okay, I'm feeling a lot better, sore throat's nearly gone and now I just have some lovely sinus drainage to weather out. We're working on our final animation project, it's coming along really well. I can't wait for the semester to be over, though. *needs a breeeeaaaaakkkk* Speaking of semesters, I should probably figure out when I'm supposed to register for spring. I already got an email with my registration date for winter (not attending), but nothing for spring yet. Peculiar. Anyway, I just hope I get the classes I want/need, and that my schedule won't be too hectic. At least I don't have to worry about that until February. Also Final Fantasy Symphonic Suite is still the best album ever, in case you didn't know that. *scrounges around for chocolate* Current Mood: okay

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October 31st, 2009

10:07 am - Malloween!! IT. IS. FINISHED. Grah. Yes. After months of planning and one crazy week of nearly-nonstop sewing (seriously, we pretty much only stopped for classes and sleep), my grandma and I finished my Jedi robes. And they are the BEST. THING. EVER. Seriously. So comfortable. We made the tunics, pants, obi, and leg wraps out of unbleached cotton, while the hooded robe is made of this lovely wool suiting fabric (which was a little on the pricey side, but oh-so-worth it). We even made a little pouch that slips on my belt that I can carry my cell phone, wallet, and keys in! It's a real piece of work. I'm so proud of it, and I'm so grateful to my grandmother for helping me out (my sewing skills are less-than-adequate for this sort of thing). So yes! I'll have pictures up on Facebook as soon as I can snag my friend for a photo shoot at the park! Current Mood: giddy

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October 23rd, 2009

08:07 am - Better! MUCH better! (If you know where I got that, you win the "I, Too, Watched Way Too Much Nickelodeon in the 90's" award.) So yeah! Feeling better! Just have a slight lingering sniffle and cough, but it's a vast improvement over the train wreck that was most of the previous over-a-week-ness. Also, I have come to the momentous and monumental and not-momentary (had to toss that last one in for kicks) DeviantArt decision to actually a) Not watch people automatically, no questions asked, when they watch me--only if I actually know them from real life or off-site or they're people whose art I'm genuinely interested in and b) Go through my current devwatch list and unwatch everyone who doesn't fall under the above criteria. (For the one person who reads these who's also on DA, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS. Your art is awesome and I'd never unwatch you in a million, billion years. I'm talking about the people whose stuff I delete on sight when it shows up in my deviation notices, and whose journal entries elicit eyerolls when I'm not also deleting them on sight. So no, not you.) Well, see there! Through judicious use of the Enter key, I've managed to fill up the "accepted length before I have to cut so I don't stretch out your friends page needlessly with pointless stuff" quota! As a final thought, WEEKEND. That is all. Current Mood: calm

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September 26th, 2009

08:35 am - Hip hip hoo-raisin! I'm finally done with that chapter of KotOR: Origins! *dances* My collaborator is doing chapter 5, which means I have at least a week of relaxation. And by "relaxation" I mean "getting everything else done". Which is a tall, tall order. Well, okay, I started whittling away at my to-do list yesterday, so that's good. I still have to remember to do another KotOR gag strip because apparently people like those. And I also need to do my drawing homework, which probably won't take long at all but I'm just procrastinating. Also I think Arai Akino is my new favorite writing music. That woman has the most relaxing voice in the world. (She's done a lot of work for anime--the ending themes for Outlaw Star, a fair bit of Macross Plus stuff, some Record of Lodoss War. She's got a pretty distinct style. You've probably heard at least one of her songs somewhere.) I've also been bitten by the writing bug. This is awesome. Is it weird that I get a lot of my writing inspiration from The Twilight Zone? That show was just way ahead of its time, really. I've got plans in the works for a new SW fic. Not funny this time (deepest apologies), but the concept is, I think, a fairly unique one and I'm looking forward to seeing how it's going to pan out. Current Mood: groggy

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September 25th, 2009

09:31 am - dolilop do wop Don't ask about the title, 'coz you'll NEVER KNOW BWAHAHAHAHA So life is coming at me so fast, I believe my mental state is quite akin to one who is driving in the wrong direction at the Indy 500. Nearly done with the last page of this chapter of Origins, and I got my first homework assignment from my drawing class last night, but thankfully I have until Thursday to do it, and it's not that bad (three full-page drawings plus some feet studies). Funny how things have a way of scheduling themselves like that. So I've got over half the amount in the bank now that I need for the bank to stop harping on me about "insufficient funds" (actually, they haven't done any harping, but I know the problem's there and I want to resolve it as soon as possible). The end is finally almost possibly in sight! Except, my iPod died. 8gig Nanos are about $130-$150 now, so I think as soon as I get the bank thing cleared up, I'm going to start a DA fundraiser for that (and maybe a new mouse, mine seems to be showing its age lately). KotORII is still fun. T3 is officially one of my new favorite characters. Too bad the Ebon Hawk's been stolen and T3 (and dear loveable old HK, but he's broken down at the moment) with it. Now I'm stuck trying to get it back with a crazy old Sith bat (whose sad attempts at rhetoric have NO EFFECT ON MY LIGHT-SIDEY AWESOMENESS LA LA LA I'M NOT LISTENING) and a total idiot who lets his hormones run out of control. Cannot WAIT to snag Bao-Dur. why is there no romance option with him Current Mood: busy

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September 24th, 2009

09:05 am - Title goes here. Almost done with this chapter of Origins, gonna start on the last page today. It's almost October, can you believe that? I can't. I'm excited to go down to San Diego for my sister's wedding. I've only been down there twice and it's so marvelously beachy. I had this crazy dream last night that I was in Canada visiting a friend of mine, and he was sitting at the top of some steps in a park, and in order to get to him I had to cross a busy street (and when I waved at the cars to thank the drivers for letting me cross, I accidentally made some gesture that's only offensive in Canada, which just made them angry at me and made them want to run me over), get through a hedge maze where I was being constantly attacked by rabid dogs, and climb up the staircase, which was steep, narrow, and extremely long. When I finally got there, I was exhausted, but then I couldn't even sit with him and I had to sit on the step below him. Oh, but then I got to pet a live trilobite! That was amazing. They have, like, the coolest eyes ever, no joke. I love those little guys. My breakfast for the past two days has consisted of Nutella on toast is this bad. Current Mood: awake

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September 22nd, 2009

08:14 am - Sooooo yeah. I can't believe my little sister is getting married in just a few weeks. THEY GROW UP SO FAST So I'm just kinda sitting here, chillaxing, eating breakfast, waiting around for stuff to happen I guess. Well actually that's not true, soon as I'm done with breakfast I have art obligations (that seems to be my favorite word to use to describe anything art-related I do) and at 10 I've got church stuff. Oh, and mustn't forget class tonight. FYI, I did actually get all of that stuff in my previous journal done (except for the comic pages, but that's to be expected). Why do I have such a hard time drawing noses? My conjecture is that I'm so paranoid about my noses looking like some so-tiny-it's-nonexistent anime-type nose that I unconsciously make them huge ol' honkers. Doesn't really help that I don't exactly have the smallest nose in the world. But I suppose that's too much information. Current Mood: listless

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September 21st, 2009

08:18 am - AGH, and also, HARGLEDEEBLOO Mmmmppphhh. Distressed. Distressed would be a great way to describe how I've been feeling for oh, the past few days now. I've got two pages left in the KotOR: Origins chapter I'm working on. Well, one and one-third page, I've got the rough for one of the pages done. Is it over yet? I mean, I love it and all, but...hard work, people. Especially when I've got school and a million other things on my plate. I still have to remember to spray fixative on one of my art class pieces before tomorrow evening. And I have to leave for school in an hour and a half. And I have to call some people for church stuff. Normally that sort of thing wouldn't overwhelm me, but I seem to be easily overwhelmed as of late. Also my appetite's taken a severe turn for the nonexistent--I practically have to force myself to eat, but nothing really tastes good any more and I can only eat a few bites of anything before feeling full. Anyway...on a more positive note, my collaborator actually bought me KotORII (to use as reference for all of the KotORII-related stuff in the comic...and also because she's a total sweetheart like that)! I've only played through it a little (gotta finish the comic first), but so far it's FUN. I kinda feel bad that I was subconsciously ragging on it before I played it, because despite the glitches and unfinished content, the core gameplay mechanics are pleasantly polished from the first game. This is getting too long, so...don't fake the funk, yo! *exit stage purple* Current Mood: stressed

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September 16th, 2009

08:06 am - Once upon a time, here's the sort of thing that happened. I've got homemade banana-chocolate-chip muffins and life is GEWD. School's going awesomely, again. In drawing last night we did more stuff with framing, which meant scaling, and as we all know I am perfectly miserable at scaling. Thankfully my teacher made a very good and valid point when he told me to focus more on the negative space...which actually turned out to help a lot. Kinda funny, he talked a lot about the negative space in the picture I put up for our review on Thursday (was it Thursday? All of the days of the week are sort of mixing together in one giant maelstrom of work and school nowadays). I hope he doesn't think I'm some sort of negative-space prodigy and now I have to spend the rest of the semester trying to live up to his unrealistic expectations. ...Yeah, I have really weird concerns. I don't really have much else to talk about. ( Cut for long and pointless rant ) Current Mood: aggravated

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September 14th, 2009

02:04 pm - Stuff happens! What do you do?! So guess what guess what guess what! My sister got engaged! We're all super happy for her, her fiancee's a great guy and they really make each other happy. They're getting sealed in the San Diego temple next month. Okay, so, besides that, not much else. I've been super, super busy with KotOR: Origins, which now has a spiffy new site put together by my collaborator! http://sites.google.com/site/kotororigins/home For all you non DA-ites out there. My classes are still going awesomely. I'm so glad art is my major. It means I get classes I enjoy. Also, you know how I've been big on the Gaia Online RPing scene lately for no real reason except sheer boredom? I finally got it into my head that I really need to not join non-lit RPs any more. The reasons are threefold: - Post quality. I tend to write prolifically and in great detail. Which means I don't think it's necessarily entirely a balanced RP when I'm laboring over five-paragraph novel chapters and the other people in the RP are dashing off glib one-liners in text talk. - Time between posts. This sort of goes along with the quality discussed above, as obviously it takes far longer to write a lit post than a non-lit post (unless you're an incredibly slow typist), but lit RPers tend to spend more time on their posts, meaning the RPs move more slowly, meaning if you happen to be a college student who's also shouldering a massive graphic novel project and you can't sit there refreshing the thread all day, it's quite a comfort to know that if you can't access the RP for hours at a time, you're not going to come back to find that three pages have been added to the thread while you were gone and your character is hopelessly behind on the plot. - General maturity of the other RPers. I have nothing against RPing with people who are younger than I, and I am fully aware of the fact that not everyone writes at my skill level. But I have seen far too many non-lit RPs that quickly devolve into either a dramafest or a powerplay war, and when your character is the only one trying to keep the peace and stay reasonable in a hurricane of 14-year-olds trying to one-up each others' characters, it gets tiring. Quickly. So, only lit RPs for me from now on. Current Mood: contemplative

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September 8th, 2009

09:30 am - Huh. I don't really have anything actually new to report. My grandparents kept saying they were going to come over this weekend and yesterday so my grandma could help me with my costume, but of course that never panned out (story of my life). For my birthday dinner on Friday we went to this crazy-amazing Italian place that nobody really knows about (because those are the best kinds). Seriously, best food ever. That's why I want to go back to New York, so I can scope out more places like that (and also roll around in Central Park). Lately I've been wasting a lot of my time with RPs on Gaia. I don't know why. Maybe because they're mindless enough to be a good distraction from work, but creatively stimulating enough for them to be fun, and reasonably useful writing practice. I've got to get to the bank today. You know you're poor when your grandpa gives you some birthday cash and the first thing you think is, "I have to get this to the bank so I'll be a little closer to not being under their savings account limit so I won't incur monthly fees!!" Yeah. Pretty sad. Also I still need to talk to the school about letting my loanmonster know that yes, I am going to school half-time, so no need to turn me over to a sever-your-toes type collection agency yet. Once again, loans = AAAAAAUUUUUUUUURRRRGGGGHHHH Current Mood: stressed

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September 7th, 2009

10:02 am - It's NOT the end of the world as we know it... ...And yet I'm still doing fine! Okay yeah that was lame. This new computer is AWESOME. SO much faster than the old one. Way more space. Brighter backlight even! Delicious. *noms* Progress on the costume is coming along...interestingly. I forgot how much work sewing is. Especially pattern cutting and all that. We keep running out of material and having to dash off to Wal-Mart to buy more...thankfully that's just across the block. Also we're having a hard time finding good material for the robe, nothing's really heavy enough (and if it is, it's not the right color). We're thinking of hitting L.A.'s Fashion District sometime to see if we can find anything good (and hopefully not end up going on a shopping spree of biblical proportions). I've been so busy this weekend--not really with anything in particular, just a bunch of little things that all add up to me barely getting any work done on KotOR: Origins. Also I went crazy yesterday and took a bunch of my own art and cropped/rescaled it for use as character portraits when I RP. Because I loathe using generic anime art found from a Google search. We'll see how well that goes, I guess. Current Mood: busy

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September 2nd, 2009

09:42 am - Ever read a fanfic so terrible... ...It makes you wanna throw up? Just because of how badly written it is? Seriously, thirteen-year-old girl author, please use spell check. Or actually learn how to spell. Grammar would be helpful too. And your lack of prosaic skill makes me itchy. OH SO ITCHY. Anyway. For some reason I've been wanting eggs for breakfast every morning. I can't fathom why. Maybe because I recently stumbled upon the idea of the makeshift (a.k.a. healthier) Egg McMuffin and it's really good. Yeah, that might be it. School's going awesome. We were GOING to have our first model yesterday, but apparently they had to evacuate because of the fires around here (yep, they're close and we can totally see the smoke and it's awesome), so...we did stuff with the model skeleton instead. Which was fun anyway. I really need to get my paws on a digital camera so's I can actually take pictures of the stuff we've been doing in that class. Because some of it turned out pretty well I guess. But we do have a model booked for tomorrow, and I'm nervous as all get-out for no apparent reason that I can possibly fathom. Sometimes I think my brain needs something to go crazy over or else it'll...go crazy. My brain is so messed up. Current Mood: intimidated

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August 19th, 2009

09:06 am - And so the war waged on... ...Between myself, and the California school system who wants to eat everyone's money. So, guess what, turns out that not having to pay out-of-state fees because BYU is a private school means that I'm not a California resident any more. Please tell me I'm not the only one who sees the ridiculousness of that statement. Anyway, there is ONE way for us to get out of having to pay non-resident fees: show them my high school transcripts and diploma. So today we're going to my old high school (which recently moved onto my college campus--how weird is that?) to fetch my transcripts, and then we can FINALLY get this train wreck a-rollin'! Seriously, I feel like everything in the world is conspiring against me going to school this semester. Not that any of 'em are gonna stop me. *puts on pair of aviator shades and rides into the sunset* Current Mood: recumbent

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August 18th, 2009

09:08 am - Okay...okay. I finished that one picture I was working on, and not a moment too soon, because I'm now swamped with more KotOR: Origins stuff (not my turn to work on it yet, but I have a picture to do for a contest). Nice how God has things work out like that. Going in today to try to sort out the crazy "non-resident" thing--wish me luck. I'm fairly certain all I need to do is tell them that I didn't apply for residency at school (because I didn't) and they'll drop that extra $900. Yeah, ridiculous. So, funny story, I recently got in touch with the author of one of the few webcomics I follow (a totally hilarious KotOR spoof), and we've actually been holding up a pretty good conversation. Usually I expect restraining orders around the second PM or so. If someone asks me if I have Facebook, am I to take that as a sign that they dont want to smack me in the face with a two-by-four? So anyway, no telling, but as a gift for not sending hitmen after me yet, I'm going to do a series of pictures of the comic's original characters drawn semi-realistically (in the comic they're melon-headed Flash conglomerations). We shall see how many assassins show up at my window. Current Mood: cynical

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August 17th, 2009

09:39 am - Smells like college spirit! If that's anything like the way my campus smells, then ewwww. Do not want. People need to learn to not smoke, seriously. Ummm, so yeah. Hit me like a brick that I've got school a week from today. AND OH BOY AM I EXCITED For serious folks. This is gonna be awesome. I can assure you with total confidence that my skill level will rise something-8-percent!! Ummmm so oh yeah, I went and saw Ponyo on Friday. Kinda funny because my mom and sister totally decided to go last minute, and I jumped in at the last second of that last minute, and we ended up missing the previews and probably about the first two minutes of the film, but I dislike previews anyway so it's okay. What a gorgeous movie it was. The animation was absolutely lovely, so much care and attention was put into everything. I really enjoyed the underwater scenes, so much work must have gone into those. The character motions were so fluid and natural, it was a joy to watch. And I really loved the inclusion of various prehistoric marine life--what an awesome touch for those of us who are total nerds and into paleontology and still have dreams about riding dinosaurs. Also, Joe Hisaishi delivered up another stunning score--I think it may even be some of my favorite work yet of his, but then again I could just be biased because those theatre speakers make EVERYTHING sound awesome. So in conclusion, I don't think I can ever go back to watching Ghibli movies on the small screen ever again. Anybody have a home theatre I can borrow? I've got fake palm trees!* *Idiot does not really possess fake palm trees. Current Mood: groggy

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August 14th, 2009

12:50 pm - iTunes survey thing Taken from...well, you know who you are. This should be interesting, eh wot? Okay, I'll stop pretending to be British. Open up iTunes and fill out this survey, no matter how embarrassing the responses might be. How many songs total: 667 songs How many hours or days of music: 1.1 days Most recently played: None (I don't play music on iTunes, I just use it for my iPod) Most played: None (See above) Most recently added: Long Long Journey - Enya - Amarantine (re-added a few tracks from that album to my iPod since I haven't listened to them in a while) Sort by song title: First song: The Abduction From the Seraglio: Durch Zartlichkeit Und Schmeichein - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Mozart: Operatic Arias and Duets Last song: 20th Century Fox Fanfare - John Williams - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Sort by time: Shortest song: 20th Century Fox Fanfare - John Williams - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Longest song: Binary Sunset (Alternate) - John Williams - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Sort by album: First album: ABBA: Greatest Hits Last album: (blank) (Yasashii Yoake from .hack//SIGN--the source I got it from didn't fill in the album information) First song that comes up on shuffle: Town Life - djpretzel, Geoffrey Taucer - Chrono Trigger @ OCRemix.org Search the following and state how many songs come up: Death: 6 Life: 16 Love: 13 Hate: 0 You: 11 So in conclusion my music collection is horribly nerdy and I must be summarily shot out of a cannon. Skewl starts a week from Monday! Wewt! Yes you have to purposely misspell things it's cool now. Still binging on RPs. Current Mood: relaxed

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August 12th, 2009

11:28 am - CLASS GET So yes. I am super jazzed, hyped, excited, and other synonyms. I got BOTH classes I wanted/needed this semester. Flash Animation and Drawing II (which is where they start the anatomy stuff!!) *excitement, excitement* The oooonnnnlllyyy problem is that, for some reason, the school system still regards me as a non-resident, so we have to get down there and get things sorted out before I have to pay the non-resident fee (which is $900, how ridiculous). So yeah. I don't think I've ever been this excited for school in my entire life. Not only am I finally going to learn how to animate in Flash so my friend and I can do some totally awesome collabs (he's a Flash programmer), but I am finally going to get that bottom-up training in anatomy that I've needed for so long. C'mon, the 24th! I'm awaiting you with open arms! Current Mood: giddy

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August 11th, 2009

09:05 am - Service Unavailable, NEWB! That's what my college's registration system shouted at me this morning! Because open registration started today. So... I guess I gotta wait a few hours. But yeah. So I went in to the office finally and my theory was correct: I am already in the system and just needed to wait for open registration. Also I think in the interim I'm addicted to forum RPing and Tetris is this bad. But I'm in this one Final Fantasy VII RP, and the creator needed people to play canon characters, so I was like "Sure, I can play one, so long as they're not exclusive to Advent Children because I've never seen it" but they were like "Oh, that's too bad, 'coz I really needed somebody to play Kadaj... *puppy eyes*" so I was like "BAGH FINE" and that's how I ended up writing a resurrected Kadaj with an existential crisis and thinking it's the most awesomely fun thing in the world. I really need to finish Life Day Carol before the semester starts. I'm almost done with it, honest. Also my comic hiatus might end soon, but oh well. 'Twas a good break while it lasted. Current Mood: busy

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August 8th, 2009

07:56 am - C'mon, school! School's still giving me a hard time. I still haven't gotten that confirmation email. I tried to call them, but got lost and died in a phone tree jungle. Emailed them a few days ago, but haven't heard anything back yet. Went in to the office yesterday, only to find out that for their summer hours, the office is closed on Fridays. But one thing's for certain: I WILL GO TO SCHOOL THIS SEMESTER. I don't know how. But I WILL. I have put off a formal art education for far too long, and it shows in my work. That's why I never refer to myself as an artist (besides, you know, that being incredibly uppity). I never received the schooling, the training. I have no idea what I'm doing save for a few tidbits I gleaned from high school and independent art classes over the years. And quite frankly, I am ashamed of myself for waiting so long to start my education. This is just inexcusable. I did nothing but goof off those three-odd years after I graduated high school. And now I'm getting old and my back hurts and my eyes are growing dim and I basically wasted my life. Current Mood: depressed

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