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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
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6:36 am - GODDAMNIT
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WHY DO PEOPLE ON THE WEST COAST HAVE TO BE SO GODDAMN INTERESTING.
Stupid timezones. Making me forget that I work in bleak and bleary NYC. And, um, making me forget that I have to wake up at 5:45AM EST.
For you West Coasters who are playing along, that's like roughly -34,322,349:00 Pacific Time. So you have to stop being interesting at -34,322,342:00 SO I CAN GET SOME GODDAMN SLEEP OKAY
Yes there is a time called negative thirty-four million o'clock. Uh, we do time different on the East Coast. Ever hear of a "New York minute?" Negative thirty-four million o'clock is made out of those.
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| Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
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9:50 am
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| Sunday, July 6th, 2008
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9:18 pm - WATERCOLOR RAGE
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THE BAD NEWS:
I just got watercolor ALL THE HELL OVER MYSELF. My favorite businessy presentable fashionable dress: COVERED IN MY NEW SAKURA WATERCOLORS. I got 15 tubes of semi-solid Sakura matte watercolor tubes at Kinokuniya, and I finally had a nice spell of free time to use them, and what did I do? I leaned right into my fancy little made-in-Japan palette, that I'm probably using wrong and upside-down since I don't talk moon language, and KAZAM: PAINT ALL THE HELL OVER MY NICE CLEAN FAVORITE SNAZZY DRESS
The good news:
Uhm, my dress, and all my others, are flat black. I could spill an entire buffet on it and you'd never know. I don't actually have any dresses that aren't black. Well, I have one. I just checked.
The great news:
These are the best dang watercolors I've ever used! They're so responsive and mixable. My Prismacolors and my Caran d'ache have their uses, but the Prismacolors can be so passive and translucent, and the Caran d'Ache are so inconsistent - I never know what to expect from one color to another. The Sakuras? Dang, they might be my new favorites. The pigment is really tight and the opacity does exactly what I expect it to do. No guesswork!
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| Saturday, July 5th, 2008
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6:58 am - malaaaaaaaaise
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Dear Livejournal,
WTF!? I woke up at 6:30 on a Saturday on a holiday weekend with the worst thundering headache of my entire life omg. I'm not even remotely hungover because I didn't drink enough to get a hangover.
I know, I know, some of you folks get migraines and my stupid headache is small potatoes, so this is more general bitchery directed at the universe. Srsly, wtf?
I wasn't going to update until I could upload some drawings for you folks, but I just felt so bitchy I had to shaaaaaaaaare.
I had some hard ciders yesterday. Yum. But I only had like three. And I should have stopped there. Because later on in the evening I had a cocktail with Southern Comfort in it, and: THERE IS NOTHING COMFORTING ABOUT IT. How can ONE drink make my head hurt so bad the day after? If I'm going to have the effects of a hangover, I want to at least remember being tipsy! I didn't even get that, SoCo? Screw you, SoCo.
edit: I forgot to add that a small dose of caffeine completely killed my headache and, ironically, allowed me to go back to sleep. I am a caffeine addict, hard.
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| Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
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8:01 pm - That interview meme...
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Five interview questions from ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) rucifer....
1) WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS YOUR GREATEST STRENGTH?
I'm pretty adaptable. I can wear a lot of hats and I tend to learn pretty quickly. The downside of that is that I learned early on that I could branch out and do whatever I wanted, largely due to the fact that my parents are 1) awesome and 2) a bit indulgent. have way too many interests. You guys know all about this. See #2.
2) WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS YOUR GREATEST WEAKNESS?
I have SO MUCH SHIT that I want to do with my life and it kind of distracts me into a tizzy sometimes. Like instead of plugging ahead and doing my boring paperwork, I'll want to daydream about my latest creative exploit. I know all creative types are like this, but for me the urge is so strong it can physically hurt.
This is weird because most of you know I'm a pretty serious and focused person when it comes to on-the-job stuff and future advancement. I was a BASKETCASE in college about turning in assignments on time. I just feel like my brain can't chill out and focus sometimes.
3) WHAT DID YOU DREAM ABOUT DOING WITH YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU WERE A KID?
I wanted to be a comicbook artist for the longest damn time.
4) IF YOU KNEW THAT YOU HAD ONE WEEK LEFT TO LIVE (IN PERFECT HEALTH, FOR THE SAKE OF THIS QUESTION) WHAT WOULD BE ON YOUR "THINGS TO DO BEFORE I DIE" LIST?
Oh god! Um, I would want to hang out with a lot of you. And make out with some of you. Kidding! Not. You know who you are. I would make mai-tais and do all the things I liked to do and be with all the people I loved if I could.
5) WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PET-PEEVE - AND I'M NOT TALKING THE GARDEN VARIETY HERE - I MEAN, WHAT SETS YOU OFF WORSE THAN AAAANNNYYTHING?
HAVING BAD GRAMMAR AND SPELLING WHEN YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER OMG. I know I have a colloquial tone when I blog, and I use neologisms like "srsly" and "WAT", so I'm not saying I'm awesome or anything, because I'm not, but at least try to use words CORRECTLY. Learn the difference between they're, their, and there! Learn the difference between it's and its! Learn the difference between you're and your! YOU GUYS IT IS NOT THAT HARD. Omg, nothing irks me harder than grammar and spelling errors that show obvious and willful ignorance of how the English language functions.
Typos? You get a pass; everyone makes typos now and then, and this is Livejournal, not a dissertation. Lolcat? You get a pass! NO RULZ IN LOLCAT, LOL. English isn't your first language? I should probably give you a pass, because English is fucking wack, but um, try anyway! Are you using a word that is somewhat exotic and not in your normal lexicon and most folks have never seen it written? I'll give you haaaaalf a pass, because you really should Google it before you write it.
But simple grammar and spelling shit that you should have known to pass the third grade? GET IT RIGHT. I don't care if it is "just the Internet!" or "Just my blog!" or "dis iz just da way I tipe! lol" THE WAY YOU WRITE MAKES PEOPLE PASS JUDGMENT ON YOU. Get it right. Or the Grammartscheese will strike.
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| Monday, June 30th, 2008
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10:44 am - RU'S MEME
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I GOT TAGGED FOR THIS MEME BY RUCIFIZZLE, MY HOMESLICE HOMEGIRL HULLABALLOO.
Thanks rucifer.
Another meme. YOU GUYS ARE SURELY SICK OF THESE. HERE.
What were you doing five years ago?
I was in college.
What are five things on your to-do list for today?
1) Coffee
2) Work.
3) More coffee.
4) Red wine.
5) Drawing.
What are five snacks you enjoy?
1) Tomatoes.
2) Kimchi. (IT IS SO A SNACK.)
3) Leftovers.
4) Grapes.
5) Cup o' Soup.
What are five things you would do if you were a billionaire?
1) Pay off my student loans.
2) Buy a bitchin' house.
3) Invest huge walloping sums of it.
4) Hire a cabana boy.
5) Start my own comics company.
What are five of your bad habits?
1) I'm a little bit of a slob. Not dirty, not food-encrusted slob, but sort of a "I never put my clothes or books or art supplies away but I always know where to find them" slob.
2) I play with my cuticles and hangnails to an extent that is sorta gross.
3) I pull out wedgies and pick my nose when no one's watching.
4) I am LOUSY at keeping in touch with people.
5) I forget to check my email accounts. With alarming regularity.
How many different places have you lived in? Name them all:
1) Huron, SD
2) Huntingdon, PA
3) East Brunswick, NJ
4) Old Bridge, NJ
What are five jobs you’ve had?
1) GNC retail salesbitch. (Ugh.)
2) Receptionist at an assisted living facility.
3) PC technician for my college for all four of my years there. I worked about 20 hours a week lugging big-ass Optiplexes all over campus, replacing hard drives and video cards and upgrading RAM and imaging disks and the like. It was rad.
4) Freelancer.
5) Junior Compliance Analyst for the legal/compliance team at a modest midtown Manhattan financial institution.
Tag! You're it if you...
1) Have eyeballs.
2) Have one or more legs.
3) Have ever accidentally eaten a bug.
4) Have ever on purpose eaten a bug.
5) Conduct respiration.
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10:28 am - arting update
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I GOT REALLY BIG PAPER, GUYS. I got these big-ass cheap piles of white BIG construction paper at the Michael's. (Shit is like 14"x20".) I have big pots of tempera paint. WHAT I SHOULD DO WITH IT. Why, tape a bunch of sheets together on the underside, tack the mess to a wall in the basement, and make a HUGE AND MESSY PAINTING? Goodness gracious, I'd never have thought of it THANKS FOR THE IDEA
I snagged a few boxes of honest-to-god henna at the Indian grocery on Saturday, but I think it's been sitting on the shelf since the Nixon administration, since the stain. Was. LOOOOOUSY. I might order some real stuff on the Intarnet-trons hyperspace cyberhighway-majig.
I need to scan some of the stuff I've been working on.
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| Sunday, June 29th, 2008
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10:37 pm - that meme everyone's doing
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Um, EVERYONE ELSE is doing this so I thought I would too. Click on the link below and you'll see a comment with my own username in it. Respond anonymously. If you click on the link and scroll up, you'll see the rules for this meme. Remember: anonymous!
♡ the 『feel good』 anonymous meme ☆ﾐ
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12:32 pm - Seven Interests Meme
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Comment on this post and I will choose seven interests from your profile. You will then explain what they mean and why you are interested in them. Post this along with your answers in your own journal so that others can play along.
Chosen by sheepykins
1.dr bronner's soap
Okay, this shit is the shit. Ignore the crazy quasi-religious rantings on the bottle. Dr. Bronner's peppermint liquid soap is tingly and lovely as a body wash, it can be used as a facial cleanser, and in a pinch it can be used as shampoo. (Srsly! I've done it! It sucked after a few days, but it can be done!) It can also be used to clean delicates, it's all-natural and vegan, and it feels like a TINGLY COLD ICESTORM on a hot summer day. Love that stuff. It's the only bodywash I keep coming back to. I usually get mine at the Ricky's or the GNC, but you can also get it at Target now!
2.having a sit down
Because having a nice sit down is awesome? Um, I stand a lot so I like to sit sometimes.
3.kzinti
Perhaps Larry Niven's best-known alien sci-fi critters. The kzinti are like big kitties. They are obligate carnivores with elaborate societies. Also they're like big kitties. THEY'RE STRIPEY AND ORANGE. KITTIES
4. strapless bras (whyyyy?)
Because sometimes you have a strappy/strapless dress or a spaghetti-strap tank top and you don't want your bra straps hanging' out. Why not?
5. touga
Kiryuu Touga is MY. FAVORITE. CHARACTER in the Revolutionary Girl Utena sagas. ALL of them. The weird thing about Touga is that he is totally different In the manga, in the TV series, in the movie, and in the movie manga. In the manga he's kind of a jerk, but he's redeemable; he comes through in the end and it turns out he's not that bad. In the TV series, HE IS AN ABSOLUTE DICK but I love him anyway. (STEP OFF AKIO HE'S MINE)
In the movie, he's...some...kind of...memory. A really nice, good-looking memory who stalks around Ohtori's campus looking all dignified and regal and spouting out pithy bits of wisdom and having his ears cleaned by mean girls. But I think my favorite incarnation is him in the movie manga; he's sexy and kind and gentle and noble and he made me cry my eyeballs out. Also he's my favorite kind of bishounen: big blue eyes, long flowing hair, tall and kind of serious.
6. cheap red wine
Love the stuff. I have a thing for really spicy, tannin-y red wine. A lot of times, cheaper California reds will taste like jet fuel. Plus, cheap: Win/win.
7. hand lotion
This I think is actually an interest I saw on crystalsor's profile and I ganked it. I like hand lotion. It smells pretty. It makes your hands soft. I'm always fucking around with paints and inks and henna, so I'm constantly washing my hands, so my hands get dried out. Pretty hand lotion smells good and helps my dehydrated mitts.
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| Saturday, June 28th, 2008
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2:37 pm - WALL-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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RUN, DO NOT WALK, TO GO SEE WALL-E. DO IT RIGHT NOW. STAY FOR THE CLOSING CREDITS.
PIXAR'S. BEST. OFFERING. EVER.
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9:55 am - That Book Meme
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Here's that meme that's going around about those 100 books that are like, considered classy reading or something, and you bold all the ones you've read.
The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see.
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline (or put an asterisk next to...) the books you LOVE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who've only read 6 and force books upon them.
(NB: I asterisk'd AND underlined the ones I love. For like, clarity.)
( All the dang books I've read... )
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| Friday, June 27th, 2008
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9:37 am - Should I?
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Um, you guys, should I try to break into the romance novel industry? It doesn't pay well at all, but I want to dare myself to do it.
EDIT: I WENT TO BOOK-OFF AND GOT SHITTY HARLEQUIN NOVELS FOR $1. And manga. And bad fantasy. And like 800 other things. For like $20. Srsly. I love Book-Off.
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| Thursday, June 26th, 2008
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9:16 pm - 3 things meme
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Rules: Post 3 things you've done that you believe nobody else on your F-list has done.
1. I was 1600 miles from home, with nothing but a borrowed car, my savings, and my computer. I snagged a job in NYC. Today I work for lawyers.
2. Taught myself to play guitar, drums, tin whistle, bass guitar, and violin.
3. I have a false tooth in my mouth and a 2.5" titanium pin in my foot.
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9:17 am - c to the co to the cof to the EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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Coffee is so freaking delicious, you guys. God, I'm just having thundering epiphanies over my extra-strong, black as night, 16 ounces of tarry liquid speed.
I know this is a weird thing to blog about, but dang, this coffee is like magical today. I feel like it's opening up my neurotransmitters to NEW PLANES OF CONSCIOUSNESS OMG
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| Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
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11:54 am - The Anonymous Admission Meme
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I stole this meme from mrfantastico because I wanted to see what you people have to say:
"Every single person has at least one secret that would break your heart. If we could just remember this, I think there would be a lot more compassion and tolerance in the world."
Post anything that you want here, and post it anonymously. A story, a secret, a confession, a fear, a love, what you think of me, your parents, boyfriend, anything. Just make it honest. Make sure to post anonymously and honestly. Post as many times as you'd like. Then, put this in your LJ to see what others have to say.
Remember to post anonymously.
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| Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
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10:09 pm - Couple Study, part 2
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Another "couple study"?
Click for full-size
So Nella is the blue-haired lady and Zeke is the purple-haired lady if you're just tuning in.
Uh.
Nella and Zeke are not involved romantically, but as we've seen, Citronella is like the queen of inappropriate displays of affection, and she's really exuberant about it, and Zeke and Nella are best friends and Nella's always glomping all over everyone so whatever.
I'm trying to get better at anatomy and proportion, and now that it's a lot easier for me to fix my mistakes (yay fancy Kinokuniya art supplies that waft mistakes magically off the page by my sheer force of will!) I'm a lot less likely to get frustrated and give up and leave shoddy stuff in. Hopefully this will help me improve further.
To do Nella's pose, I eyeballed half of someone's torso in How to Draw Manga: Bodies and Anatomy. I guessed haphazardly at her upper half. I also used the "guess haphazardly" technique for building Zeke's skeleton, and then I fleshed out her flesh out around it.
FEET ARE THE MOST IMPOSSIBLE THING TO DRAW. THE END.
X-posted on my deviantART.
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| Monday, June 23rd, 2008
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1:07 pm - Sketchdump!
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Time for another sketchdump! I have lots more, but they need to be clarified a bit for scanning. I had a lot of time to draw this weekend and it was awesome.
Clicky on the shrink, shrank, shrunk thumbnail. And there's a BONUS of messy work-in-progress art, too, so you guys can see HOW SPASTIC I ACTUALLY AM.
( Some stuff I drew with my new and old art supplies! )
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| Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
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9:17 pm - OUT OF CONTEXT CHAT LOG PART #347384
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Joining me is my fabulous guest star taiki. Join me as I act totally ignorant about other parts of this country, y'know, existing. (PROTIP: I am horrible.)
taiki: mmm
MCDONALDS HAS SWEET TEA
OH MY GOD
tscheese: is it good? i keep hearing about it
i don't really like sweet, or tea
or, like, the entire concept of anything existing south of the mason-dixon line
BUT HELL IT'S NOT LIKE I'M PREJUDICED
taiki: hahaha
DAMN YANKEE
tscheese: yeah well I like having small, manageable bugs that die properly in the wintertime. and rudeness.
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3:34 pm - violin whinin'
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Confession time:
I haven't touched my violin in months.
Agh. I know. I'm bad, really bad. I bought this violin back in, like, January, hoping to enjoy another instrument to play. I really wanted to get good at it. I know it takes decades to really exceed as a violinist, but hell, I've played guitar for over a decade and piano for 20 years and flute and trumpet and tuba and bass guitar and keyboard percussion and orchestral percussion and set percussion. I can play ukulele and recorder and tin whistle like a mofo. I love instruments. So I figured I could teach myself to play this violin, which I named Corrine for some reason - I think because it sounds pretty and it kinda rhymes with "violin" and I'm a huge Crow Princess fangirl. Seriously, I can't even remember why I picked the name, but it stuck.
So, uh, I put Corinne the Violin away for a long time, because I just didn't...really think I had time to play with her. I draw a sporadic webcomic! I work in the Big City! I have to find time to exercise and eat and commute and Be A Grownup!
...Sigh.
But fortunately: as soon as I took Corrine out of her case today, and tuned her up and re-rosined my bow, she sang for me again. I was able to pick up exactly where I left off. My arms and fingers haven't forgotten what I learned in January and February.
Wish me luck, folks. I'm gonna try to be artistic and musical again, or something. Agh. It's so hard when the world demands that you do Grownup Things all the time, y'know?
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| Saturday, June 21st, 2008
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9:40 am - weekend...
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...Y'know how it feels when you wake up late, and your body has been expecting its first dose of caffeine for a good two or three hours?
And you slouch into that first cup of coffee, hot and fragrant and soothing, and the caffeine goes thundering into your awareness and there's that rush of pure satiety.
...Hi, my name is Tscheese, and I'm a caffeine addict. Happy Solstice, bitches. I'm going to spend it one or both of these ways:
1. Indoors.
2. Covered in SPF70.
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