[link] Click to feed a shelter critter <3 it's free for us, food for them!

OTHER EDIT:::
JOB SECURED! I can now work... and get that money stuff in exchange!
:::END EDIT

EDIT:::
I live again and will be attempting to slowly catch up. Right now I can't spend much time on dA, but don't worry, I still love you all and will be trying to leave a few comments each day.
Wish me luck, my dears. I am typing this from my new appartment in Milwaukee (yes, Milwaukee, not North Carolina- plans changed thanks to a few things like true love and my obsession with seeing through a real winter...) but have yet to find a job. Money is... tight. Very tight. As in, "I want nothing more than some ice cream right now but I can't afford to buy it" tight. But oh well! I'll survive this!
Life is a funny thing.
:::END EDIT


So then! A couple updates as to what's happening.

I have a bunch of unfinished drawings that I need to complete, depending on how they turn out some of them will be posted on dA.

Near the end of August I turned 21. How'd that happen? I don't feel 21...

Not long after, I bought a car- a 2006 Scion xB. I love the thing, it's like, the perfect car for me. Getting financing was difficult (it's hard being young, no one wants to loan you money) and now I'm having all sorts of trouble getting it registered and getting my plates (since I bought it out here in Yellowstone country- Billings MT, to be exact, and have to register it back on the east coast) so wish me luck.

I inherited an old Tandy computer. It's epic.

In a few days I move from Canyon Village (where I lived and worked this summer and last summer) down to Lake, where I'll work at the Lake Yellowstone Hotel for about a week. Why only a week? It's a long story.

After that, I get another adventure in the form of road tripping back east in my new Scion. But I'll be making a stop along the way to spend some time with one of my absolute favorite people, *beatlesfan931, whom I've been missing ever since we had to part ways in mid august. Among other things, we'll be going to a Decemberists concert- I'm really excited!

After that I have to try and find a place to live and a job before my savings run out. I intend to do this in North Carolina (South Carolina has taken too much of my soul away already, heh, so I'm going to it's far prettier northern neighbor), in a certain city that I'm very much in love with...

Life is a strange thing.





Deviants That Offer Commissions

If you're a friend of mine and you offer commissions and I haven't listed you here, please remind me to do so. Preferably, have a specific place where you list your prices and terms.

*kaikaku [link]
~Amelda-kun [link]
~StolenPearlDevotion [link]
*dragonoflightning [link]
*MetalSorcery [link]
~crimsonrevolver [link] (specific prices not listed)
~DarkAgePearl [link]
~lunarwings86 [link]

EPIC WIN ARTISTIC MASTERPIECES
1. =marinaneira

2. *beatlesfan931

3. *Amy--Louise

4. ~Shadows-Macabre

5. ~BrotherlyFluff

6. *dragonoflightning

7. ~Dark-Gumpa

8. :devgarciasiemssen:

9. *Seppukumaru

10. ~Kaminari-sama

11. ~crimsonrevolver

12. *kaikaku


I feature you in the order that you comment on this journal!
Because features are epic! Just do me a favor, since my net is slow, and give me the thumb codes for your three most recent works.

Okay then, so I've been not around much because A.) I no longer live in one of the employee dorms here in Yellowstone, but in a cabin (it's a long story, but lets just say that living in a cabin is AWESOME) B.) the fancy phone that was supposed to give me internet access from the cabin isn't working. C.) I'm currently braving the slow dorm internet to write this.

But Yellowstone is as awesome as ever- in fact, I put in an application to work here this winter, too Wish me luck with that, the job I want (the one I had last year, or, second choice, the one I have this year) is difficult to get in the winter, since they need far less of them. Fun fact! Mammoth Hot Springs and Old Faithful Snow Lodge are open in the winter! The rest of the lodging locations in the park close for that part of the year.

I've been drawing (mostly fanart), but not as much as I'd like to be. I have a few things finished that should be up sooner or later...

Oh, and I have no idea what I'm doing this winter if I don't get hired here (or at Death Valley, which is my second choice for winter work- I'd really rather stay in Yellowstone, though). If anyone has any suggestions, please share. It's tough being a college dropout. And if deciding what to do with my future isn't hard enough all ready, I get to look forward to having my two favorite IRL people (known to the internet as *Seppukumaru and *beatlesfan931 ) go off and do there own thing, leaving me lonely

And finally, I close with this stamp- as soon as I saw it, I knew I had to use it. Why? Because it's true --->

Deviants That Offer Commissions

If you're a friend of mine and you offer commissions and I haven't listed you here, please remind me to do so. Preferably, have a specific place where you list your prices and terms.

*kaikaku [link]
*Amelda-kun [link]
~StolenPearlDevotion [link]
*dragonoflightning [link]
*MetalSorcery [link]
~crimsonrevolver [link] (specific prices not listed)
~DarkAgePearl [link]
~lunarwings86 [link]

On Friday I'll be driving off to Yellowstone NP for my second summer of natureness, but before I go, I'll feature three thumbnails of artworks/writings of anyone that drops by this journal. Might as well have something pretty on my page while I'm away, right? EDIT: This is my last check of dA, so I won't be looking at this journal for a bit...

So then, it'll be a long drive, and once I get there, I might be without internet while I'm in training (for my job), if it's anything like it was last year, so it could be away from the web for a bit. I'll miss you people. See you soon

Art by Awesome People
=marinaneira


~Shadows-Macabre


~BrotherlyFluff


~TehResearchGuy


~Dark-Gumpa


~Blackout-Resonance


~beatlesfan931


*MetalSorcery


*dragonoflightning


Deviants That Offer Commissions

If you're a friend of mine and you offer commissions and I haven't listed you here, please remind me to do so. Preferably, have a specific place where you list your prices and terms.

*kaikaku [link]
*Amelda-kun [link]
~StolenPearlDevotion [link]
*dragonoflightning [link]
*MetalSorcery [link]
~crimsonrevolver [link] (specific prices not listed)
~DarkAgePearl [link]
~lunarwings86 [link]

EDIT: After spending the day resting, a few minutes ago she finally made a trip to her water bowl. In other words, she's drinking again I'll continue to keep an eye on her, but it looks like whatever it was that she ate has passed through her system. She's still sore from the collision, but my most pressing worry has passed.
Thanks all of you for your concern- when I posted this this morning, I was in a stressed panic and hadn't yet gotten all the facts straight. I appreciate your support and so does my precious Spontaneous. I've got to get to sleep now, but I'll rest easier knowing how much better she's doing.
I apologize for the drama! In a couple days this semester will be over, and then I'll be back to my usual dA activeness.
BTW, this link had some really useful info [link] (thanks, ~Dark-Gumpa!)


ORIGINAL ENTRY BELOW
Please keep my beautiful little cat Spontaneous in your thoughts- she's not doing well. The short version is that yesterday, while she was playing, she collided with a table [EDIT: she hit her shoulder, NOT her head] (I wasn't there when it happened, unfortunately, but according to my dad, there was a loud cracking sound when it happened). Then, she ate something she shouldn't, based on the remains it was probably a spider.
The end result of this is that she's been acting very, very strange and could possibly be in a lot of pain or discomfort. Keep her in your thoughts, and hopefully she'll recover soon.
My sweet kitty --->

Deviants That Offer Commissions

If you're a friend of mine and you offer commissions and I haven't listed you here, please remind me to do so. Preferably, have a specific place where you list your prices and terms.

*kaikaku [link]
*Amelda-kun [link]
~StolenPearlDevotion [link]
*dragonoflightning [link]
*MetalSorcery [link]
~crimsonrevolver [link] (specific prices not listed)
~DarkAgePearl [link]
~lunarwings86 [link]

Look! A club for critiques! Check it out!

Recent Line Pictures That Have Impressed Me


This morning I took my car (my smexy green '97 Toyota sedan- so what if it's slow, it's economical! XD) in for servicing. The dealer informed me that, since it needed a full servicing rather than just an oil change, it wouldn't be done until 4 or 5 in the afternoon. Well, I had class to attend and things to do, so I wasn't about to sit in shop all day, waiting for my car, so I walked back to my university. In other words, 1 hour 10 minutes while carrying three bags (one of which contained the heaviest of my three computers) on the side of a very busy road while the sky dropped small quantities of rain on me. If anyone doubts that I am hardcore insane, may your doubts be removed. I'll be doing the same thing again in a few minutes to go pick it back up.

In other news, I'm preparing for a major photography project for my photo class. For it, I went to the local junk shop and picked up a bunch of outdated junk (a nonfunctioning computer tower, a tiny analog TV, 8 track tapes, etc) to use in the pictures. While I was there, I found two awesome things- a vintage Nikon point 'n shoot camera for a buck and a half including case (it seems to work, but I won't know for sure until the film is developed), and the Cats soundtrack on LP for less than two bucks. Spiffy!

Ah, Nikons. I now have three... and I want more. Is that so wrong?
EDIT: Nikon #4, a n2000, is now mine. I can't stop. Nikons are addictive.

Deviants That Offer Commissions

If you're a friend of mine and you offer commissions and I haven't listed you here, please remind me to do so. Preferably, have a specific place where you list your prices and terms.

*kaikaku [link]
*Amelda-kun [link]
~StolenPearlDevotion [link]
*dragonoflightning [link]
*MetalSorcery [link]
~crimsonrevolver [link] (specific prices not listed)
~DarkAgePearl [link]
~lunarwings86 [link]