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New pain

=BustedLime — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:44:31 PDT

So I thought I knew what pain was. I thought I'd experienced pain in life. Apparently, life felt I still had things to learn about pain. Now, just so we're clear, I'm talking about physical pain in this case. Oh, my gosh. That pain that only old people are supposed to get? That pain they like to call sciatica? Yeah, I got that. DOES THIS MEAN I'M OLD NOW?! Holy POOP it's the worst thing I've ever felt in my life. It just goes on and on. It makes sleep impossible. I've never gone four days with no more than an hour's sleep at a time before. Now I have. I can't say it's something to enjoy. This pain does not allow napping either. So I'd be up all day AND night, and only a few times was I able to manage dozing off for 30-60 minutes. Then the cycle would begin again. But finally last night I was able to get some more sleep. I'm still in pain, but it's more manageable if that's the right word. I probably won't be at the computer much longer as the pain doesn't particularly care for this sitting position. The other aspect of this horrid experience is the boredom. *sigh*

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=BustedLime — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:54:22 PDT

And happy birthday to me.

Lots of phone calls and messages on Facebook. Packages and cards winging their way in my direction. I have good friends. :0)

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Captain's log, stardate: Guh.

=BustedLime — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:42:23 PDT

I am in love with Star Trek all over again.

That is all.

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Some things just seem harder

=BustedLime — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:32:44 PDT

I've completely forgotten how to add things to my wishlist. That's why I still have only 2 things in it. Thanks to ~2ndsfromdisaster I finally got my "About Me" section sorted. But it took a grueling five minute brain fart to figure out the deviantID section. I'm hoping it's just because it's late and I'm tired, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it's really because I are a lackwit.

ARGH!

=BustedLime — Sat, 09 May 2009 19:26:42 PDT

Does anyone know how to change the message underneath your username on your page in the top left corner? Obviously I once knew how to do this but I can't find where to edit it now and I've gone through all my settings. It's making me crazy.

But NOOOOOOOO

=BustedLime — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:22:26 PDT

We did NOT work on our technical exercise for class tomorrow! Nor did we work on our 5-page paper due next week. WE ARE SUCH A SLACKER!

Okay, enough of the royal we. But ugh. Just had this naggy feeling all day that I was forgetting something. But it's not until now, when I have work in 10 minutes and there will be no sunlight by the time I'm done, that I remember I was supposed to work on the skeleton. *sigh*

grumble

=BustedLime — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:45:09 PDT

So, headmovies galore, but zero productivity going on. I'm barely getting ESSENTIAL things taken care of.

And I keep erasing lines I'd written. Like I'd like to erase the lines in my head that keep looping over and over.

Sounds like...

=BustedLime — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:53:25 PST

soÂ·cialÂ·ism (sÅ'shÉ-lÄz'Ém) n.

1. Any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively or by a centralized government that often plans and controls the economy.
2. The stage in Marxist-Leninist theory intermediate between capitalism and communism, in which collective ownership of the economy under the dictatorship of the proletariat has not yet been successfully achieved.

comâmuânism â/ËkÉmyÉËnÉªzÉm/ [kom-yuh-niz-uhm] noun

1. a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
2. (often initial capital letter) a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party.
3. (initial capital letter) the principles and practices of the Communist party.

Secretary of Agriculture, under President Eisenhower, Ezra Taft Benson relates his experience with Nikita Krushchev in the 1960s

ÂAs we talked face to face, he indicated that my grandchildren would live under communism. After assuring him that I expected to do all in my power to assure that his and all other grandchildren would live under freedom, he arrogantly declared in substance,

ÂÂYou Americans are so gullible. No, you wonÂt accept communism outright. But weÂll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you finally wake up and find you already have communism. We wonÂt have to fight you. WeÂll so weaken your economy until you fall like overripe fruit into our hands.ÂÂ

Woman leaving rally for Obama, ÂIt was the most memorable time of my life. I-I It was a touching momentÂBecause I never thought this day would ever happen. I wonÂt have to worry about putting gas in my car, I wonÂt have to worry about paying my mortgage. You know, if I - if I help him, heÂs gonna help me.Â

Definitions courtesy of [link]

Quotes from audio recordings from the Glenn Beck show.

I'm not dead

=BustedLime — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:13:49 PST

I just can't seem to get a handle on this semester. We've done skulls and muscles and hands (bones). Now we're starting our first portraits. Today I finished the outline, transferred it to the nice paper, and filled in the first layer of color for skintone.

I thought I'd have more to say. Or something else. But I guess I don't. I'm such a blob.

ULCER

=BustedLime — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:17:43 PST

*headdesk*

All in good fun...right?

=BustedLime — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:38:29 PST

British
[ ] You drink a lot of tea.
[x] You know what a brolly is.
[ ] Deal or No Deal has taken over your life.
[ ] You wanted Ben to win X Factor.
[x] You use the word "bugger"or the phrase "bloody hell."
[ ] Fish and Chips are yummy.
[ ] You can eat a Full English Breakfast.
[ ] You dislike emos almost as much as you dislike chavs.
[ ] It's football...not soccer.
Total: 2

Australian
[ ] You wear flip flops all year.
[ ] You call flipflops thongs, not flip flops.
[x] You love a backyard barbie.
[x] You know a barbie is not a doll.
[x] You love the beach. in the evening, or if it's secluded
[ ] Sometimes you swear without realizing.
[ ] You're a sports fanatic.
[ ] You are tanned.
[ ] You're a bit of a bogan.
[ ] You have an australian something.
Total: 3

Italian
[ ] The Sopranos is a great show.
[ ] Your last name ends in a vowel.
[ ] Your grandmother makes her own sauces.
[ ] You know how a real meatball tastes.
[ ] You know Italian songs.
[ ] You have dark hair and dark eye color.
[x] You speak some Italian.
[x] You are under 5'10''
[ ] You know what a Italian horn is.
[x] Pizza/spaghetti is the best food in the world!
[x] You talk with your hands.
Total: 4

Spanish
[ ] You say member instead of Remember.
[x] You speak spanish or some.
[x] You like tacos.
[ ] YoU TyPe lIkE ThIs On Da CoMpUtEr.
[ ] You are dark skinned.
[ ] You know what a Puta is.
[x] You talk fast occasionally.
[ ] You have had highlights or have dyed your hair.
[ ] You know what platanos are.
Total: 3

Russian
[ ] You say villian as: Vee-lon.
[x] You get short tempered.
[ ] You know of somebody named Natasha.
[ ] You don't get cold easily.
[x] Rain is fun for you.
[ ] You get into contests all the time.
[ ] You can easily make do with the cold weather.
Total: 2

Irish
[ ] You think beer is the best.
[ ] You have a bad temper.
[ ] Your last name starts with a Mc, Murph, O', Fitz or ends with a ley, on, un, an, in, ry, ly, y.
[x] You have blue or green eyes.
[x] You like the color green.
[ ] You have been to a st. pattys day party.
[ ] You have a family member from Ireland.
[ ] You have hair everywhere.
[ ] You have/had freckles.
[ ] Your family get-togethers always include drinking and singing.
Total: 2

African American
[ ] You say ni#*a/nukka casually.
[ ] You have nappy hair.
[ ] You like rap.
[ ] You know how to shoot a gun.
[ ] You think President George Walker Bush is racist.
[x] You like chicken.
[x] You like watermelon.
[ ] You can dance.
[ ] You refer to people as 'dawg' or 'homie'.
[ ] You can 'sing' gospel.
Total: 2

Asian
[ ] You have slanty/small eyes.
[x] You like rice a lot.
[ ] You are good at math.
[x] You play/have played the piano.
[ ] You have family from asia.
[ ] You laugh sometimes covering your mouth.
[ ] Most people think you're chinese.
[ ] You call hurricanes typhoons.
[ ] You go to Baulko.
Total: 2

German
[x] You like bread.
[ ] You think German Chocolate is good.
[ ] You speak some German.
[x] You know what Schnitzel is.
[ ] You went to pre-school.
[x] You're over 5'2.
[ ] You like Limburger cheese.
Total: 3

Canadian
[ ] You like/play/played hockey.
[ ] You love beer.
[x] You say eh. A lot.
[ ] You know what poutine is.
[ ] You speak some French.
[ ] You love Tim Horton's.
[x] At one point you lived in a farm house.
[ ] You watch/watched degrassi.
Total: 2

American
[ ] You hate foriegners.
[ ] You hate non-Christians.
[x] You're lazy.
[ ] You are not cultured.
[x] You hate abortion.
[ ] But love the penalty.
[ ] You don't read.
[x] You shop at walmart.
[x] You think this survey is rather biased.
Total: 4

Recap:

British: 2
Australian: 3
Italian: 4
Spanish: 3
Russian: 2
Irish: 2
African American: 2
Asian: 2
German: 3
Canadian: 2
American: 4

It's interesting to note that this meme treats African Americans and Americans as two separate nationalities.

I'm sure this survey is all in "good fun" but it seems to me it's these types of things that just create more distance. Like, on a subconscious level. Or maybe I'm just being a big baby because it seems like the harshest stereotypes/insults were reserved for Americans. I DID check the box for thinking the "survey" was biased.

On the other hand, the survey, while exposing stereotypes also shows how inaccurate they a...

Well, how 'bout that...

=BustedLime — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:46:47 PST

I've got nearly 2500 page views. I need to practice so I'll get better. Then maybe I'll get to 5000! X0D

sigh

=BustedLime — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:18:42 PST

School has started again. I think that's good. Since I can't seem to give myself any structure otherwise.

I've been really bummed and insomniac since the kids left. This blows.

A Soft Day To Glomp

=BustedLime — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:27:43 PST

Um...*stifles giggles of hysteria* This is in honor of Miyo, MIA.

Miyo stepped scantily out into the hardened sunshine, and admired Helve's behind. "Ah," she sighed, "That's a broken sight."

Helve climbed off the soap and walked huskily across the grass to greet his lover. Miyo patted Helve on the ear and then tried to glomp him angrily, but without success.

"That's all right," Helve said. "We can try again later."

"I'm just not joined," Miyo. "Not as joined as the time we glomped in the kitchen."

Helve nodded hesitantly. "We were yellow back in those days."

"Our throats were younger, and we had a lot more fun with them," Miyo said. "Everything seems careful and torn when you're young."

"Of course," Helve said. "But now we're hand-fed, we can still have fun. If we go about it tearfully."

"Tearfully?" Miyo said . "But how?"

"With this," Helve said and held out a striped rolling pin. "Just take that with some water and in half an hour, you'll be ready to glomp."

Miyo swallowed the rolling pin at once and sure enough, in half an hour, they were able to glomp tearfully. They glomped like a roomful of dyslexic monkeys on acid...Three times.

And then the neighbour told them to get off his lawn.

If you want to try some of the same fun nonsense, go here: [link]

Psh, I'm so fancy...

=BustedLime — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:32:12 PST

I decided to give the option of being a beta-tester a try. I kind of like it so far. I like the drag and drop modules.

Today is SUPER cold. I went outside to look for the Christmas tree in the garage and get the mail and OH MY GOSH! It was a piercing kind of cold. *shivers remembering*

In the mail I got a Christmas card from one of my sisters. She sent the new school year pictures of her two school-age daughters. Yay! But she neglected to put in a picture of her youngest. BOO! There's already not enough pictorial evidence of this child. If she didn't look so much like her mom I'd suspect my sister of hiring a model to PRETEND to be the new baby. Sheesh.

Since I'm feeling so cold today I'll share a picture I love that fits the theme.

Holy Toledo

=BustedLime — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:11:02 PST

Yes, this is a shoutout to my new pudding buddy. You know who you are. Don your armor, the joust is afoot.

I'm not sorry

=BustedLime — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:45:39 PST

Oh, we love our whipping dogs, don't we, world?

No one likes to be looked down on but last time I checked all the people from other countries pointing fingers at us horrid and evil Americans don't live in perfect worlds themselves so I don't have any reason to put stock in their opinions. But more than those people, I'm sick of Americans who run around apologizing for their existence. "I didn't vote for him!" they cry. "It's the capitalist pig Republicans!" they insist. "Those intolerant conservatives got us in this mess!" they assert. Not to mention the celebrities who basically live as ex-patriots because they disagree with the politics in this country but come back when it suits them to make money or when the climate is more to their liking.

I'm not a "blind" patriot who thinks America is great just because I live here and I say so but I still love this country and the values and beliefs it was founded on. What's got this country in trouble, so to speak, is the straying from those ideals and I know everyone wants to blame it all on one man or political party but that's just naive and hypocritical. Not to mention, self-serving and rather dishonest. Economics and societal changes do not happen overnight or even over one election term. They are things that are constantly shifting and evolving over generations. While having Obama as the president is a wonderful sign that we might be improving in one area (i.e. all this racial bigotry nonsense) he's not a cure all and people that think he's some kind of magic band-aid are going to have to realize that.

I don't need a pat on the back from France or Canada or Australia or England or Mexico or Japan or anywhere else. We are just one country. One country that the world is either lambasting us for interference with other countries or for not helping out enough. They want us to clean up all the messes and police the world because we're oh, so powerful, yet they then complain about our so-called arrogance.

Even if I'd had a choice as to what nationality I am I will not apologize for being an American. I will not apologize for believing what I believe and defending my right to believe it. I'm proud of this country, young as it is, for allowing me to have that privilege. It's like my relationship with my sisters, of whom I have five. We will fight and argue and disagree with each other but woe to any outsider who dares to pick one of us apart. So whatever color your stripe is, left or right, we're all responsible for the state things are in and we should present a united front to the world, not this splintered bickering and whining and refusal of responsibility.

Morgit got me a preeeesent!

=BustedLime — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:06:48 PDT

She bought me a year subscription to dA for my Christmas present. She just couldn't resist doing it early. THANK YOU!!!!!

Time to make the donuts...

=BustedLime — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:16:25 PDT

And you can blame the Avatar that I'm so far behind schedule. Or, more accurately, Sokka. He's my new boy. *incoherent hysterical wailing about various things that wouldn't make ANY sense to anyone outside my head, and VERY LITTLE sense to the ones that are inside*

But seriously, I need to have a lunch of some sort before I finish cleaning the bathroom then sort out the rest of my day. *sobs at the inhumanity of having to DO STUFF*

A letter

=BustedLime — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:19:06 PDT

Dear YuuUtsuko:

I don't really know how to tell you this, but our horoscope doesnÂt match. I think I realized it when I threw up at the mental hospital and I saw you sit on my father. I'm sure you're frostbitten enough to understand that your Honda sucks. I'm returning your ring to you, but I'll keep your left ear as a memory. You should also know that I get sick when I think of the apartment building.

Good luck on your short-term leave from jail

Bustedlime

Heh heh. That was silly but fun.

The following may consider themselves tagged if they feel like playing along:
~Morgit
~cosmicprncess
~brainybombshell

Just go here for the instructions and have fun:
[link]

GRAAAAAAGH!!!

=BustedLime — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:27:47 PDT

I WANT FROSTING SO BAD!!!

Another drive-by tagging from Miyo

=BustedLime — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:15:21 PDT

I did this because I was feeling all lonesome for my Miyo. Plus, she tagged me because that's what she does.

1) Full Name: if you donÂt know it already you donÂt need to know it

2) Male/Female: Female

3) Were you named after anyone?: Mom says she just liked the names she chose for me and that it was only coincidence that family members have them. Ugh. Whatever. I still hate it.

4) Does your name mean anything?: Âgarden of hollyÂ ÂdaybreakÂ

5) Nick Name(s): only ones I give myself by way of internet usernames

6) What do you think you look like: a human being

7) Date Of Birth: 1974

8) Place of Birth and Current Location:
a) California
b) Colorado

9) Nationality: American

10) Astrology Sign: leo

11) Chinese Astrology Sign: tiger

12) Religion: Christian (but note how I swear just a couple questions down. IÂm a bad girl)

13) What's your favorite smell?: freshly cut pineapple

14) Political Position?: moderation in all things and donÂt fuckinÂ make me pay taxes for YOUR mistakes, assholes.

15) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?: juice

16) Hair + Eye color:
Hair: blond
Eye: gray

17) Do you look like anyone famous?: someone in dire need of glasses suggested I resembled Drew Barrymore, so no.

18) What do you look like?: isnÂt this just a repeat of question 6?

19) Any unusual talents?: Nope. Just the usual.

20) Righty, Lefty, or Ambidextrous?: righty

21) Gay, Straight, Bi, or Other?: straight. But I donÂt deprive myself of the occasional celebrity girl crush.

22) What do you do for a living?: I own a salon

23) What do you do for fun?: read yaoi, make up stories in my head, write, read, draw the occasional silly thing

24) What are your favorite art materials to work with?: pencils by default, but IÂm learning to enjoy my new pens.

25) What kind of materials would you like to work with?: copics, tablet

26) Have you met your grandparents?: yeah

27) Boyfriend / Girlfriend: I have a harem

28) Crush: currently all my crushes are fictional characters as real life people are not up to par

29) What celebrity would you date if you could?: Chris Kirkpatrick because heÂs funny and has a hot ass.

30) Current worries?: making this months bills

31) Favorite online Guy/Girl(s): Miyo, brainybombshell

32) Favorite place to be?: bed

33) Least favorite place to be?: airports

34) Do you burn or tan?: burn

35) Ever break a bone?: nope

36) What is your favorite cereal?: Lucky Charms or Quaker Oats squares

37) Person you cry with: I work alone.

38) Any sisters: 5

39) Any brothers: 1

40) Any pets: I have a Miyo-pet

41) An Illness: I suffer allergies and sinus issues.

42) A Pager: I guess my phone has a pager function

43) A Personal phone line: I live alone soÂ

44) A Cell phone: yeah, the old LG enV

45) A visible birthmark: no

46) A Pool or hot tub: neither

47) A Car: 2005 Chevy Aveo It looks like a micro machine

Describe Your...

48) Personality: ermÂmoody?

49) Driving: I try really hard to not be stupid, but shit happens. IÂm noticeably more cautious when I have a child as a passenger.

50) Your clothing style: slobby

51) Room: small and messy

52) What's missing?: organization

53) School: nice little campus for a small town

54) Bed: king-size

55) Relationship with your parent(s): I love them very much but I know they worry.

56) Do you believe in yourself: I have my moments

57) Do you believe in love at first sight?: no

58) Consider yourself a good listener: I can be when I try

59) Have a future dream that you would like to share?: to tell my stories with my drawings
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60) Get Along with your parents: yeah

61) Save your e-mail conversations: gmail saves everything automatically, though I delete to declutter every once in a while. Otherwise, no.

62) Pray: not as much as I should

63) Believe in reincarnation: no

64) Brush your teeth twice a day?: no

65) Like to talk on the phone: no, for the most part. I love to talk to my 3 year old niece though

66) Like to eat?: heck yes

67) Like to exercise?: heck no. though I am taking private Pilates sessions and itÂs actually kind of fun.

68) Like to watch sports?: no

69) Sing in the car?: yeah

70) What is a dream that you have all the time?: I havenÂt had a recurring dream for years s...

There's no point to this entry

=BustedLime — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:01:50 PDT

I just wanted to say that I freaking LOVE Fall Out Boy's new song "I Don't Care." It kicks ASS.

ART CLASS FOR DUMMIES

=BustedLime — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:35:28 PDT

Well, at least I felt like a dummy IN art class. Partly because what I thought was the FIRST day of class was actually the SECOND day of class. *headdesk* Oh well. The teacher wasn't concerned so I'm not going to stress it.

Also, he lent me his copies of Bizenghast One and Two. Finally I'll be able to know some of sadwonderland's work. I didn't know of her manga before I found her on dA and decided I liked her enough to watch her so I feel like the slow kid sometimes when the talk gets on the Bizenghast topic.

Anyway, I'm just glad my teacher isn't one of those uptight sorts. I have enough problems letting go of stress as it is. ha. ha. ha.

Now, to go harass Princess Marty herself about being so speshul.

Next time is 3 things tag?! o__0

=BustedLime — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:31:45 PDT

Four Things tag:

FOUR MOVIES YOUÂ´LL WATCH OVER AND OVER:
1. Spirited Away (FOR REALS, MIYO, QUIT STALKING MY BRAIN!)
2. The Princess Bride
3. Harry Potter and theÂ(ALL OF THEM)
4. The Lord of the Rings

FOUR PLACES IÂ´VE LIVED:
1. Onancock, Virginia
2. Manteca, California
3. Mount Vernon, Washington
4. Wasilla, Alaska

FOUR CURRENT FAVORITE VIDEOS (LINKS):
1. Monty Python: Spam [link]
2. Robyn: Konnichiwa Bitches [link]
3. Muppet Wars [link] or Bumblebee [link]
4. Star Wars Gangsta Rap [link]

TV PROGRAMS I WATCH: (I watch online since I donÂt have cable)
1. The Office
2. Dancing With The Stars
3. Ugly Betty
4. Heroes

FOUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS OF ALL THE TIME:
1. Inigo Montoya - The Princess Bride
2. Hiro (Masi Oka) - Heroes
3. Ed & Al Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist
4. Link - The Legend(s) of Zelda

FOUR PLACES IÂ´VE BEEN:
1. Disneyland in Anaheim, California
2. Disney World in Orlando, Florida
3. Las Vegas
4. North Pole, Alaska

FOUR PEOPLE WHO REGULARLY SEND ME MAILS:
Email? Snail Mail? CheÂvague much?

FOUR OF MY FAVORITE DISHES:
1. Honey Mustard Chicken (my personal recipe)
2. Homemade cheeseburger and fries
3. Homemade pizza
4. Fried rice (my personal recipe)

FOUR PLACES I WISH I WERE RIGHT NOW:
1. With my b
2. At my momÂs house
3. Disney World
4. Hyrule

FOUR INSANE THINGS IÂ´D LIKE TO DO:
1. sky-diving
2. throw away everything in my garage
3. have a demolition party at my house
4. live off the land

FOUR SONGS I LIKE:
1. The Luckiest - Ben Folds
2. Ooh Ooh Baby - Britney Spears
3. I've Got All This Ringing In My Ears And None On My Fingers - Fall Out Boy
4. Stop This Train - John Mayer

FOUR REASONS TO KEEP ON LIVING:
1. My b
2. Williams-Sonoma catalog
3. Still so many mangas to read
4. Still so many recipes to try

FOUR THINGS IÂ´LL NEVER DO:
1. Add drugs (including alcohol) to my list of addictions
2. Like bugs
3. Be a top-notch housekeeper
4. Understand math

FOUR UNFORGETTABLE DATES:
1. The day my b was born
2. Day I drove my dad to the ER cuz he thought heÂd be clever and have a heart attack
3. The day my parents moved to Alaska
4. The black day

FOUR FAVORITE DRINKS:
1. Jones DÂ Peach Mode
2. Jones Green Apple Soda
3. Strawberry lemonade
4. Hot chocolate

FOUR WISHES:
1. Keep my b
2. 42.6 million dollars
3. Not have bad eyesight
4. Have a larger bladder

FOUR THINGS IÂ´LL DO BEFORE I DIE:
1. Lose 50 pounds
2. Get older
3. Finish one of my stories
4. Learn to pack a proper bento

I HOPE THIS YEAR (2008) I CAN:
1. See my parents
2. Learn a lot in my drawing class
3. Eat healthier
4. Gain some self-respect

FOUR TRAUMAS IN MY LIFE:
1. When my b was moved away by her lousy parents
2. When my baby sister was sick and nearly died
3. High school
4. When the basement flooded

FOUR THINGS IÂ´LL SAY TO THE ONE WHO SENT ME THIS:
1. Miyo Miyo Miyo! Miyo Miyo Miyo!
2. Wry has we different time zones? WRRRRYYYY??!!
3. Thanks for saying nice things about my drawings
4. IÂm so keeping you.

I CRY WHEN:
1. I have to say goodbye to my b
2. When IÂm beyond frustrated
3. When I watch stuff like ÂGraveyard of the FirefliesÂ
4. When I donÂt know what else to do

FOUR WORDS THAT DESCRIBE YOU:
conflicted
silly
obsessive
lazy

I don't want to think about it

=BustedLime — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:27:08 PDT

But I think something died in the back of a cabinet where I can't reach even if I wanted to. I mean, I do want whatever it is out but I don't want to have to be the one to do it. Ugh. I hope it's just a mouse.

*gags*

In better, less nose-offending news, classes start next week and I might be wigging out about that just a little bit.

8/15/2008 Update

It was, in fact, a mouse. Despite what I told Tony, I finally was able to muster up enough fortitude to retrieve the thing and toss it out into the field. Who knows how long it will take to get rid of the stink but at least I have a shot at it now.

My Miyo-pet tagged me

=BustedLime — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:30:10 PDT

5 things tag

5 things found in my bag.
1. IPod with car kit player
2. Small notebook
3. Two checkbooks
4. Sweet Orange lip balm from Woodsprite
5. wallet

5 things found in my wallet.
1. DriverÂs license
2. Pitiful amount of cash
3. Stupid credit card
4. gas discount card
5. Handful of change

5 favourite things in my room
1. My bed
2. Tiny Japanese coin purse with a bell on it (has my interesting coins in it)
3. My old school Piglet mini-snowglobe
4. Nintendo Wii
5. My capuchin monkey

5 things I always wanted to do.
1. Remember the songs I dream and write them down
2. Draw what I see in my head
3. Finish my damn stories
4. Learn to swing dance
5. Own 42.6 million dollars

5 things I'm currently into
1. Manga (especially yaoi right now since IÂve lost my mind)
2. My collection of boys (Chris, Ed, Edward, Tsubasa, Archer, Aries, Jin, Kai, the list goes on and on and on…
3. Mineral makeup
4. Care packages containing Justin Timberlake (he was so good in bed last night)
5. Virtual Villagers: The Secret City

List out the top 5 presents you wish for
1. My Neighbor Totoro on DVD
2. Ridiculously and unnecessarily large set of Copics
3. Fullmetal Alchemist entire anime (including movie) on DVD
4. New computer
5. Anything on my Williams-Sonoma wishlist

Person who tagged you >>> YuuUtsuko
Your 5 impressions of him/her
1. Talented!!
2. Modest to the point of self-bashing. (STOP IT!!)
3. Generous
4. Supportive
5. Adoptable (meaning IÂm keeping you forever!)

There's no place like home.

=BustedLime — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:59:27 PDT

And I wonder if I'm turning into some kind of -phobic. What's the word for someone who hates leaving their house? Hermit? lol I don't think I'm agoraphobic, though. I think I just hate traveling and not being in my own bed.

Anyway, I'm freaking tired. I hate weddings. lol

STRESS WEEK!

=BustedLime — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:59:58 PDT

Okay so I've been basically going nuts like I always do just before a trip. But I got registered for the art class I want to take in the fall before I leave tomorrow.

Tomorrow morning I'll drive to my sister's apartment and then Sunday she'll take me to the airport and I'll be on my way to another sister's wedding. More importantly I'll be seeing my niece and nephew. I'm very excited to see them.

Right now, I'm frantically packing. I just cannot seem to stop being a last minute packer no matter how I try. So whatever. I'm going to go do that now.

Stay out of trouble while I'm gone and save a root beer float for me when I get back.

Copics anyone?

=BustedLime — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:08:39 PDT

An update on the Copic situation: I went ahead and invested in Copic multiliner set B-2. It's nine pens: 0.03, 0.05, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.8, 1.0, Brush Small, Brush Medium.

I'm intrigued by the 0.8 and 1.0, terrified of the 0.03 and 0.05, and haven't yet made up my mind if I'm scared of the brushes or not.

I am, however, very definitely OVER mosquitoes and other bugs of the night. Well, mosquitoes are all the time but the rest of them like to come out at night and crawl on my monitor. It's not like Temple of Doom bad *shudders* but I guess I just don't like bugs. Anyway. That is all.
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Anyone use them? Know someone who does? I'm interested in knowing what colors would be best for a beginner who can only get a few to start with. If you have experience with them and some suggestions or know someone who would be willing to give me some advice, I'd really appreciate it.

My summer school money came today and I want to splurge just a little bit on stuff that isn't strictly necessary. I've been deprived for so long!

Thanks ever so MUCH!

TOMORROW!

=BustedLime — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:22:18 PDT

Tomorrow is my final practical exam. I am SO fried I can hardly wait for this semester to be over. Which means I'm also trying not to think about taking my boards.

Okay, I thought I was going to say more but I guess that's all I can get out coherently right now.

Wish me luck!

These still make me happy...

From the land of craving pizza...

=BustedLime — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:19:17 PDT

*sigh*

Despite my utter despair and complete woe, life goes on. To that effect, I've happily written an addition to my Unfinished Portrait series. I'll be posting it when the image it goes with is ready. Hopefully it won't be another two months, or however long it's been.

I don't think I said anything about the lawnmower drama in the previous journal update but rest assured, dear readers, it has been resolved. And rather spectacularly I might add. Basically what happened was the pull cord that started the thing got stuck inside the casing and I couldn't start it. So the lawn went unmowed for about 3-3 1/2 weeks until I could get someone out here to fix it. Around my house, unmowed lawn means elm roots popping up trying to grow new trees. I had a veritable forest by the time the lawn was fixed. A HUGE forest as I have quite a bit of lawn. Anyway, it got fixed so I started to mow. I had about a third of it done when I had to move the mower to a new patch. When I pulled the cord to restart, it snapped off. OH JOY!! My dad laughed for a year when I told him. Thanks dad. But then he bought a new mower. *grunts like Tim "The Tool-Man" Taylor* MORE POWER!! That sucker starts like a dream and just GOES. *evil grin*

Okay, so maybe this is the "watching grass grow" entry. Har har har.

More happy for me though: People are coming over tomorrow evening to help move boxes from the house to the garage so I can start setting up my office properly. Yay! I wish I could go get some root beer and ice cream so I could offer a refreshing and delicious treat of yayness.

Anyhoo...think I'ma go have a sammich.

These still make me happy...

Land of Disenchantment

=BustedLime — Mon, 26 May 2008 10:18:10 PDT

Wow. Seems like things are going from bad to worse for oh, pretty much everyone right now.

In my little corner of the world it seems that I'm losing my practice. I've made so little money lately that I am behind on all the bills and don't have next month's rent on my shop. :0) I'm looking into the possibility of one last gasp by running the business out of my home so keep your fingers crossed for me.

Bummedness is definitely occurring. I haven't bought any of my own groceries (aside from the occasional gallon of milk or dozen of eggs) in over a month. Luckily my parents and my sister and her fiance helped me out in that area. But when that runs out I can't get more. Course, I worry more about the toilet paper running out than the milk and eggs. lol I just put my Netflix account on hold. Cutting off the internet is next. *sigh* I just don't have any other areas I can cut back on. Everything else is "required" you know? Like the car, car insurance, phone bill (if I lose the cell I lose my business phone!!), credit card (UGH someone kill me for ever touching a credit card!), school loans, business loan, etc ad nauseum.

Anyway, if and when I cut off the internet I'll only be checking in sporadically by way of the library.

Epic failure signing off for now...hopefully I'll be back for another round from my own desk and not the library.

These still make me happy...

Confessions of a lazy recluse.

=BustedLime — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:40:03 PDT

Well...all the symptoms for my usual malaise are present including massive withdrawal. From friends, family, and life in general. This is so beyond old but it's really hard to avoid doing it.

Everything sucks right now and I don't handle that well. I miss my parents. I miss my babies. Work is practically nonexistent. And I can't even get my act together enough to get the house in order.

The other thing I find annoying is that apparently I'm only inspired to update the journal when my life is in the crapper. lol So I'm going change the tone here.

I got an A on my final. My strawberry plant is berrying. My sister and her fiance bought me groceries and spent the weekend with me. I was given chocolate cookies today. I got to hold a really cute toddler.

And a few other things that make me happy...

I'm so embarrassed.

=BustedLime — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:16:47 PDT

My dad called to scold me.

"Go buy food."

Aaaauuugh! The humiliation and SHAME!!

Primal scream #4

=BustedLime — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:16:30 PDT

Edit: The tape has been replaced. I'm currently being held together by an eraser gakked from a no. 2 pencil. I'd like to thank Edward for inspiring me.

Aaaand my glasses broke this morning. So I took my broke ass to Subway for a treat. The manager was in so she made me a sandwich that wasn't on the menu and I got double chocolate cookies. *shares with Donna* The only thing that would improve on this pity party is a nice glass of milk for the cookies. But never you worry, I'll still eat them.

Glasses are taped to my head until further notice.

That is all.

Lonesome Highway

=BustedLime — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:48:43 PDT

Say, say, say I bet you found another love or even
Found another something not to tell me

I feel out of phase or something. With my closest friend of the past five years. I feel like I've been cut. I have an idea what caused it even if I don't understand. And I can't possibly begin to guess because I'm always wrong anyway. It's really hard to play by someone else's rules all the time. Especially, when I don't understand some of them or even know about the ones hiding under the surface. Can't talk about it with this person. That's against the rules. Plus, I can't talk with people right anyway. Everything comes out wrong and I get so frustrated that my coherence deteriorates from that point on.

HOLY CRAP!!!

=BustedLime — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:37:28 PDT

Somebody is awesomely awesome and her name is Malcontentious and she lives here: [link]

This SUPER AWESOME person got me a gift subscription!And it's HER birthday!!! THANK YOU!!

*superbighugs*

SMURFTASTIC!!

=BustedLime — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:01:22 PDT

Okay, so really I have my good friend cosmicprncess to thank for this MONUMENTAL discovery of mine because she and I were on a total 90's music nostalgia kick. All this searching and finding led me to look up something I'd been wanting to hear again for more than 20 years. *SQUEE* Only 1% left!!!! EEEEEE!! It's done!!! Seriously...but I'll brb because I have to unzip this sucker and start listening NAO!!!

I am in El Portal heaven. El Portal was the street I lived on when I was about 3 or 4 to about 7. I had my older sister, and by the time I was 7 had collected 3 younger sisters. Sometime in this era of California goodness mom bought us an 8-track called "Smurfing Sing Song." I LOVED this thing. I'm sure my sisters did, too, as they have their own memories of it. We must have listened to it enough times to drive my mom batty. I'm getting chills listening to it again as it's sending flashes of deep memory running through my system. But between the last time I listened to it as a child and now (when I have found it again!!) I could only remember two words from one of the songs: pink toothbrush. Now, as I listen to each of the songs I remember them and want to cry as I remember how I used to feel listening to this. It seemed magic to me, magic and mysterious and melancholy. I'm such a nerd, but I don't care.

sigh

=BustedLime — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:23:08 PDT

I just watched Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa.

Before I watched it I had started to read a review where the reviewer was complaining about not being completely satisfied with how it wrapped up the series. Of course, I stopped reading it since I felt it might prejudice me or alter my expectations of it.

Well, I loved it. Of course it didn't answer all the questions I might have gathered over the course of watching the series. But just as it's said in the series: nothing is perfect. The most important thing for me was more than satisfactorily taken care of so I really don't have any complaints worth mentioning.

I watched the English dub, never watched any of it in the original Japanese. As much as I love to watch in the original Japanese when I can, I found it too distracting to try and keep up with the action while reading subtitles. Luckily for me, I found the English voice cast to be absolutely amazing. Vic Mignogna and Aaron Dismuke absolutely captured the heart of their respective characters. Love them!

I love Ed and Al! They are such fantastically wonderful and real characters! This whole story I ended up loving way more than I could have guessed. I mean, sure, it had some things in it that I find typical of anime that just drive me nuts. But it constantly rose above it with so much heart and passion that I accept it wholeheartedly, flaws and all. So my sadness is that the anime is done.

Fullmetal Alchemist definitely gains a place in my personal Anime Hall of Fame. It's a beautiful series and I highly recommend it to any other latecomers like myself who still haven't seen it. Makes me want to hunt down the manga. Ooh, just found an online archive. I'm in heaven!

Happy happy, joy joy!

=BustedLime — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:22:20 PDT

MisticUnicorn finished my commission and I LOVE it!!!!! I'm so so so so happy with having arts all for me! Tis mine mine mine!!! Ahahahah!!! Go look!! [link]

Sarah is a wonderful artist and has an amazing touch for feminine things and everyone should gaze in wonder at her gallery and tell her how fabulous she is! [link]

Detecting

=BustedLime — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:29:11 PDT

I seem to have figured out what my scanner issue was, hence yesterday's uploads. So I think I'm going to go ahead and make my attempt at DrOfDemonology's Harebell contest.

RASPBERRY JELLY BEANS AS THE PRIZE!!

Awesome!

=BustedLime — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:27:40 PST

I made the final payment for my commission! I'm so excited! Like giddy excitement. I may say silly things. Or not. Who knows?!

While under the influence of the drugs I was treating my bronchitis with I may have signed up with eHarmony.com. I don't know what to do now. What have I done?!

I tried to scan a picture I did the other day but my scanner wouldn't work. Now I'm upset about that. Stupid thing. So I won't be able to update any art for a while. Not that I'm terribly prolific anyway. Not that anyone is devastated by the loss. lol

I'll have to see what I can do about that, though.

That's weird...

=BustedLime — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:37:27 PST

I got spammed by an account that's already been banned, presumably for spamming.

Anyway, I've got bronchitis. It's not so bad this year but I'm reacting strangely. Tripping, as my sparkly guru put it.

It's been snowing for several hours now. I'm not sure if I'll mind if it continues through the evening and night. I've got Fullmetal Alchemist to watch. I've got stories I should be working on, homework to keep ahead on. And a practical mid-term this Thursday. Oh, and dad's having surgery. His innards are trying to escape him.

One more step to go through before I will have art created just for me. I'm way too excited about that.

It's a craptastic life, Charlie Brown.

=BustedLime — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:04:13 PST

So yeah, this week is made of utter suck. And I'm totally avoiding anything resembling responsibility and reality. I think I'm suffering a lack of iodide.

The tired continues. In happy making news, I have discovered a British show called "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" and I find it absolutely entertaining. It doesn't even matter that I don't know who most of the celebrity guests are. I realize I miss some not knowing current British events and notable persons, but there's more that I do get and that more than makes up for it.

I'm getting more dedicated in my daily practice. And I've been writing more on my pet project.

Okay, I ran out of anything to say with even a trace of interest to anyone including myself.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

=BustedLime — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:08:53 PST

I'm commissioning my first artwork! MisticUnicorn (LOVE her stuff) has agreed accept a commission of one of my original characters. IN COLOR! I'm so freaking excited! Probably too excited...Oh, who cares! *does little happy dance*

Dang, I wish I was rich. Then I could afford to pay other people to do any and ALL drawings that I desire. So many artists, so little time. Argh. I wanted to get some Valentine cards that were designed by Ploop26, but things got hectic and it's too close to Valentine's day now. I still want the cards, though. Ooh, he's only got one left of the tree card and tree bookmarks. *sigh, but runs to spend more money*

Keep your fingers crossed for me that I can make the car payment this month...

sporks community at large

=BustedLime — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:53:30 PST

All that snow I mentioned the other day? Yeah. Had to shovel it out of my driveway today. The main roads got all scooped and graded but for some reason they didn't feel it necessary to dig out my drive. *sigh*

I'm not sure how much I shoveled exactly but I guesstimated it at about 30 feet. So now I get to go to figure out if I can squeeze enough out of my budget for toilet paper and milk. Milk may not seem like an essential but trust me, it is. I need it so I can make hot chocolate!!

I wish I could go on a full on grocery shopping spree, though. The pantry shelves are lookin' pretty pathetic. *concentrates on visualizing 42.6 million dollars being mine to command*

Sooooo tired...

=BustedLime — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:22:46 PST

And I didn't even have to do anything today. School was canceled due to the enormous dumpage of snow we got last night and most of the day. I totally wasted the day. Did absolutely nothing of use or importance. *sigh* I mean, I have mixed feelings about that, but a mini Cherry Garcia ice cream goes a long way to making me not care.

Featuring...YuuUtsuko!

=BustedLime — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:37:12 PST

Miyo ( [link] ) is an extremely talented young artist. Her attention to detail is amazing and I can only imagine she enters some kind of trance when she's drawing roses. Her gallery is small but each piece is incredible. It was very hard to choose only three favorites for the meme I posted in my last entry.

For obvious reasons, I should think, this one: [link] is a favorite. Her rose signature is evident and it's just a beautiful piece.

I almost can forget this one is fanart: [link] It's definitely not typical and it's such a wonderfully moody, windy picture.

[link] Miyo loves ribbons and I love ribbons. I also love the organic shapes growing out of the crisp, geometric shapes of the floor tiles.

Definitely a gallery worth browsing and an artist to watch.

Pass along meme

=BustedLime — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:31:37 PST

Only this one is nice, I think, so I am reposting as the meme requests.

"The first 10 people who post in this journal will be featured. I will go through your gallery and choose three of your deviations I like most and post them in my journal for everyone to see. It's pretty much to show you off. Who doesn't want that?

The catch? You gotta put this in your journal as well if you posted."

I won't tell if no one else reposts this because, frankly, not many people see this journal anyway. Besides, I'm not scared of the meme police. They're a bunch of wusses. Anyway, I'm quite sure there are way less than 10 people that even know I exist at dA so I'll go look at the galleries of anyone who posts and highlight 3 favorites. I think only subscribers can post pictures in their journals though so at most I'll be able to put your dA names here and tell everyone how fabulous you are. X0D

NIPPLES!

=BustedLime — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:41:36 PST

Never mind. I won't say what I was going to say. But if you know Ren & Stimpy you might guess it.

I'm in some kind of weird funk. I want desperately to be creative and improve my drawing techniques, and maybe, oh, I don't know, develop my own style maybe. I also want to write and write and write all the stories that rush through my head like a tidal wave. But the tidal wave hits the brick wall of self-sabotage.

But I've got the extremes of emotion coming at me this coming week so maybe that will be fodder for creativity. Or, even better, motivation.

My niece (who is really supposed to be MINE) is coming to visit for the holiday and so I'll be floating in joy until she leaves, whereupon I'll be crushed into the depths of utter despair.

Should be good.

Love me, love me...

=BustedLime — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:42:01 PDT

Say that you love me...

Yes, I desire love and adoration. Kindly YuuUtsuko gave me some. This lovely and talented artiste created a picture for me out of the goodness of her heart. (Sorry, I are dumb and don't know how to make her name a link to follow) If by chance, someone randomly stumbles across my little page here I highly recommend browsing her gallery. Her work is stunningly and exquisitely detailed. In other words, she's frigging brilliant.

Oh, and I joined a contest by ladydove7 because it seemed like it would be lots of fun. And it is!! You can join, too, and make friends with ALL the popular kids!

Links to the templates:

[link]

[link]

Edit: *siiiiiiiiiiiigh* and it hates me. After umpteen million tries I STILL can't frigging get the thumbnail to show up in my frigging journal.

Edit (AGAIN): Der. It's a subscriber only feature.

Well, it's embarrassing...

=BustedLime — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:57:46 PDT

But it looks like I need to make sure the scanner plate is clean before I scan my stuff. I need all the help I can get since I still have but fledgling skills of an artist. Probably brushing off eraser crumbs would help, too. Just a thought. But I'm not going to re-scan everything. I'm too lazy.

D'oh!

=BustedLime — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:39:04 PDT

I almost couldn't figure out how to add a journal entry. Bothersome, since I'd already done it once. I think I'm leaking brain cells at an unsustainable rate. It's not like you grow more, you know?

Aaaaaanyway, my creativity was dying a slow, horrible, painful, mangling, torturous death. I needed help. I needed a shot of life. I seem to have found it here at deviantART. The energy pulsing through this community is OUTRAGEOUS! So I thought I'd try and snag some through nefarious means.

My plan: pose as an artist and infiltrate the community. My plan is genius. It's practically bullet-proof. Even now I'm submitting deviations. Hopefully no one will notice how terribly battered everything looks. Hopefully they'll just think I was drawing on awesomely aged textures.

Argh.

=BustedLime — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:58:25 PDT

I thought I had this figured out. Had two sketches uploaded and then SuperMonkey had to go and gum up the works.

Edit: Apparently it helps to turn SuperMonkey into a .jpg

Take that, costumed fiend!

deviantART: by:BustedLime

New pain

POOP ON A ROCK

Captain's log, stardate: Guh.

Some things just seem harder

ARGH!

But NOOOOOOOO

*grumble*

Sounds like...

I'm not dead

ULCER

All in good fun...right?

Well, how 'bout that...

*sigh*

A Soft Day To Glomp

Psh, I'm so fancy...

Holy Toledo

I'm not sorry

Morgit got me a preeeesent!

Time to make the donuts...

A letter

GRAAAAAAGH!!!

Another drive-by tagging from Miyo

There's no point to this entry

ART CLASS FOR DUMMIES

Next time is 3 things tag?! o__0

I don't want to think about it

My Miyo-pet tagged me

There's no place like home.

STRESS WEEK!

Copics anyone?

TOMORROW!

From the land of craving pizza...

Land of Disenchantment

Confessions of a lazy recluse.

I'm so embarrassed.

Primal scream #4

Lonesome Highway

HOLY CRAP!!!

SMURFTASTIC!!

*sigh*

Happy happy, joy joy!

Detecting

Awesome!

That's weird...

It's a craptastic life, Charlie Brown.

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

*sporks community at large*

Sooooo tired...

Featuring...YuuUtsuko!

Pass along meme

NIPPLES!

Love me, love me...

Well, it's embarrassing...

D'oh!

Argh.

grumble

sigh

sigh

sporks community at large