Wow, okay, so it's been a while since I have been very active on here... I guess art has taken a backseat in my life to World of Warcraft, family, and work. Who would have thought?

The big news in my life is that I got married on Sept. 25th. It was about as awesome a wedding as a wedding could be, I think. (I loved it.) We managed to throw it all together in just one week! (It helped, though, that I already purchased my dress last December). It was a very quick, simple wedding, followed by gluten-free cake! (yay for my new mummy!!) And I am still kinda in shock... we'd been planning this for over four years now, it was bound to happen, but I just wasn't so sure until it actually happened!! LOL.

And, all during this same time, my spiritual walk has intensified... for the first time in my life, I am slowly coming to understand a lot more of God's plan for me and my life. It's been a lot of work to get to the point that I am at now - it's been a lot of pain, and a lot of happiness - and it will be a lot more for me to keep going. With each step, I confront a new monster that has been conjesting my life and my spirit. I am scared... and also excited. I know that there is a lot awaiting me in the future (can anyone say Marine Wife?) and I pray that I will be ready for it.

I would really like to be able to say now that I promise to post more art and blah-blah, but who am I kidding? No one reads this crap that I post (and I don't really expect anyone to, that's the funny part), and I really have no intention of producing any art in the near future.

I have enough on my plate right now just getting through the day... art doesn't sustain me like it used to. Perhaps again in the future it might, but not now.

I've never really been one for the blogging. I've always had about the same reaction to blogs that David Duchovny's character Hank Moody on Californication had. Blah. However, I have recently joined a Yahoo!Group (EveryDayMatters -[link]) in hopes of relocating my sonofabitch muse (how dare he go and run off on me that dirty little bastard!). It was actually my fiancé's idea - join a group where I can talk to artists, do assignments, and be held at least a little bit accountable for completing them. (mainly because it has been months upon months and I still have not finished my trade piece for Rachael!)

So, here I am, member of a mailing list again and owner of a real life blog - and I am loving every moment of it! Seriously... I can hardly believe it either. lol. But the group is great. Very active. Sweet, funny, informative, supportive! And talented, inspiring!

In fact, today has been the first time in months that I have actually produced something worth showing! And not only did I journal, but I also managed pull out my camera and pop off a few. Yippee!

Hopefully, this will be something I can stick with. Then I might feel okay about getting a prints account and monopolizing off that damn popular pink photo that I hate. lol. ^____^

so, anyway, here's the bloggage: [link]

So, I'm still alive and kickin - amazingly.

I discovered a backup CD of all my goodies, so my art was not lost after all! YAY!

I decided to start a diet on New Years, although it was more of the right time in my life than a New Years Resolution. The timing makes it difficult for anyone to take me seriously, but I am on the second Phase of the Fat Smash Diet and doing well! I've rediscovered a few things I lost a long long time ago, like fruit and veggies and excercise. So now I am back to the figure I had in high school and still losing. Which rocks my socks!

I've also become a planner junkie. I got the 7 Habits planner from FranklinCovey and have been addicted ever since. It is really helping me take charge of my life! YAY!

Since one of my priorities is getting to RCAD, I have to compile a portfolio - so hopefully I will have some new artwork on here soon (hopefully). ... at the least a sketch-dump.

Yeah. Tons of fun.
My computer decided to break while I was in the middle of a WOW stretch and my video card pretended like it fried.

My fiance David, who doubles as the household network administrator and local computer genius when he's not being a totally smexy lover, decided to wipe my hardrive and tell XP to f-off and installed Vista. YAY! (yes, seriously. it's f-ing awesome.)

I technically have a backup dvd I burned a couple 'a weeks ago, but I am naked without my spanky programs to make pretty things. *weep* So, I dunno when I'll be able to do much of anything besides play WOW. *more weeping*

And this DOES put a HUGE hamper on the trade I had with Rachael...
grrrrrrrrr....


... and to top it off, it's my off week and I am in the strangest mood...


EDIT: AND, to top it all off dA decided to revert me back to some hideous avatar that I had and since I do not have any fanxy programs I am limited to paint and am using that damned Think Pink image!


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My sister:
My cousin:
My local friends:

My entire watch list: It is too big, so it has it's own entry.... oh, and it's not sorted. It's mostly random.

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*sigh* So, I'm still here, maybe. I keep hitting ups and downs. Work is good. Life in general is good. But things keep ending up on the down side.

The neverending quest to find initiative isn't going so well. I am not quite sure how to install such a thing into myself.

The evergoing quest to get to art school is almost to the point of abandonment. I just don't think being an "artist" is the right thing for me. I have more of a reoccuring passion to be an educator, and everyone seems to really be pushing me towards it. They say I have a natural talent for it... even my Meyers-Briggs peronality type is great for being a teacher. - and the prospect does appeal to me.

My mom thinks I should be a math teacher. She says that the "arts" are the "first thing to go" when a school cuts budgets. Supposedly they "keep band because of football" and that I would have job stability as a Math teacher. *rolls eyes* Not that I wouldn't have a problem being a math teacher, it's just that I have a hard time taking any of my mom's advice to heart.

Anyway, due to these recent developments, I am not sure if I even want to attend National Portfolio Day. My portfolio sucks giant ass right now.

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I'm supposed to be making a Jazz Dragon for Rachael, but I keep coming up dry... I dunno what to do. I was kind of inspired bythe Tymps song by Fiona Apple and thought of doing a skeletal jazz dragon - maybe kind of give it a strange New Orleans flare.... hmmm...

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Well, hands-down it seems that my photograph Think Pink is the most favourited piece.... and I am not sure what to think of it. It was a crappy shot that I colour manip'd on Photoshop... and I peronally don't particularly like it. I think it's one of those things where if you draw anime-anthro-gayboi-art then you're bound to be popular, must be the same for pink disco balls. *shrugs* Not that I really give a hoot about favs or pageviews. I'd much rather have a good heartfelt comment... but whatever... lol.


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IMPORTANT PEOPLE
My fiance :
My sister:
My cousin:
My local friends:

My entire watch list: It is too big, so it has it's own entry.... oh, and it's not sorted. It's mostly random.

[link]


CLUBS YOU SHOULD VISIT!