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Sorry to all the folks who were asking me questions about stuff...I will return to active status soon!

]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/16664751/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/16664751/ Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:24:43 PST
Things I am working on but am too lazy to post after spending 8 hours on the computer solving other peoples' problems:

- Finishing up those darn sketches (Whu? I didn't finish something? Preposterous!)
- Learning how to ink in GIMP (oh noes why is it so tedious?)
- A fanart of Willow from Buffy (...I have nothing to say that could justify this. I wanted it.)
- Big foam shields for my LARP (Gaff tape...it hurts my wallet.)
- Design for a dragon mask made from Crayola Model Magic (trying to figure out if I can varnish that stuff.)

In other news, the new M:TG expansion is named after my LARP! So if you happen to play Magic, I hear we're going to get credit in the rulebook for the Shadowmoor set.

I am reveling in several layers of geekery right now.

]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/16532262/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/16532262/ Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:10:07 PST _< I am so not on my game. Questionably punctuated entry follows.

The whole "mono will come back to haunt you, weak immune system lulz!" problem, I guess. I am hemorrhaging (haha I had to look up how to spell that) snot and all kinds of gross things I'm sure you totally wanted to hear about.

And yet I show up to work...why god why?, I'm sure my coworkers ask themselves as I spread germs.

Wow, all that and I'm not even taking any drugs! Hey wait...I have drugs! Yaaaay DayQuil.

]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/16366900/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/16366900/ Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:43:47 PST
So, things that have happened in the PAST YEAR (gasp!) since I actually updated this darn thing:

- Graduated (summa cum laude)
- Moved to Raleigh
- Got a job (Cisco)
- Got married (Kevin)
- Went temporarily insane and quit all my usual activities except pretty much eating and bathing
- Got mono
- Got over mono
- Started behaving like an adult kinda. Rented a house. Paid bills. Cursed the economy.
- Turned 21 (and I still don't drink any amount worth mentioning!)
- Started playing WOW

Yeah I know, WOW, and I said I would never fall for that. It's PRETTY! Catch me on Elune or Scryers if you wanna share my addiction...

And dear lord, I have 869 deviations to view.

Anybody still remember me?

]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/10711196/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/10711196/ Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:39:42 PST
Well, my birthday came and went. I'm 20 now, that's kinda weird. And contrary to popular belief I actually HAVE done some art stuff. I really need to get a new camera - most of the new things have been textile-related. I've painted a few custom polyhedral sets, and I'm about to start a featherworking project. No idea how that will go, since I've never done it before, but I have about 6 pheasants' worth of tailfeathers and down that are just BEGGING to be integrated into my much-planned, never-implemented bird costume.

But I know I at LEAST promised you guys some new art. One has been posted now; I wish I had time to work on more. I'm hoping once school is out for Christmas break I'll have an opportunity to show you all some of the new things I've come up with.

Sorry I've been such a bum.

]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/9666179/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/9666179/ Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:23:44 PDT
In the meantime I'm still busy running two separate RPGs (D&D and Serenity) and occasionally finding the time to do an awful doodle or two. Often I feel as if the RPGs are something I'm being held at sword/gunpoint to do...but if I don't run them, who will?

Mmmmmm, free time, what's that? *grin* ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/8857861/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/8857861/ Tue, 23 May 2006 19:43:57 PDT
I know what can fix this. A rockin' round of GUITAR HERO! Won't somebody rock out with me? Please? ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/8781190/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/8781190/ Mon, 15 May 2006 17:33:30 PDT
Feast next month! Glee! I need to get some pictures of Jade for that one. When I get done sewing my bodice and patchwork pirate coat (to match the skirt) I'll have to post some images under textile art. If they're any good. ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/8368857/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/8368857/ Tue, 04 Apr 2006 22:22:18 PDT
Hmmm...I wonder if anyone else is seeing a pattern...I only tend to do new art when I start a new RPG campaign. This time it was Exalted but expect some D&D stuff soon as well...and some LARP geekiness! Yay for me pretending to be a pirate!

ARRRRRR... ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/7944321/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/7944321/ Sun, 19 Feb 2006 14:45:27 PST DID IT FOR ME! It looks so awesome I can't even do it justice. Go. Look.

Colored awesomeness! ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/7910996/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/7910996/ Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:06:22 PST
I wish I even had time to color my picture of Sapheth. Sigh. Over spring break. It must be done! ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/7412069/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/7412069/ Sun, 25 Dec 2005 09:45:23 PST
And if your blood relatives are crazy, just remember: friends are the family you choose for yourself, so spending time with them is an option, too! ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/7323308/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/7323308/ Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:04:35 PST

Despite all my misgivings, I managed to make an A in my Calc II class and secure my spot on the Dean's List for another semester. Phew. I wonder, did it have more to do with me threatening my professor within an inch of his sanity ("Just you remember, I have two more classes with you before I graduate!"), or was it the fact that I walked in, dropped my 18-page final on his desk after FOUR HOURS, and said, "Well, unless I totally screwed it up, that's an easy A!"?

Looking over that last sentence, I realize the punctuation leaves a little to be desired. Oh well, it keeps things interesting. Besides, like I always say, I'm going to change my name to "!" so when people want to get my attention they have to look right at me and look really surprised. Mnyahahaha.

Anyway, if you ask me, the school should do a little something more for those on the DL than just print their name in the paper. I'd settle for having a better dorm to live in. I may have a first-floor room but otherwise it's pretty crummy, 11:45pm fire drills included.

So. Maybe I can complete some more stuff over Christmas break! Keep an eye out, you may see some pictures of the costume's I've made surfacing here. No cosplay for me, I'm more into LARP stuff, but i'm completing a beautiful (simple) black robe and then it's on to custom bags and more rogue stuff for my LARP.

LARP LARP LARPitty LARP. Yay.

I hate the holidays. Not Christmas itself so much, since it IS one of the most holy days of the year, and I can't NOT celebrate Jesus' birth (even though the date is somewhat debatable due to the whole "let's take over the dates of pagan holidays!" thing--whoops, tangent, sorry), but the whole holiday atmosphere is just gak. ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/7199625/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/7199625/ Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:43:05 PST
Like work on my Serenity RPG campaign. Boy am I dying to run that thing. Soooo many cool ideas for the unsuspecting players! And it'll make a nice break from Exalted and D&D.

But first I have to get through the end of the semester.

Oh yeah, did I mention I got addicted to sewing again? I've agreed to make about 10 different outfits for my LARP friends...plus two wedding outfits that have to be done by next August. Not that I'm worried or anything. After all, I have all summer to work on them! Boocoo bucks for me...

Also, did anybody notice that I changed my icon finally? I'm really working on adapting my own drawing style for once instead of just drawing whatever. Blah. I need more time to be creative. Unfortunately the only time I seem to actually get anything done is when I'm supposed to be doing other things.

Like studying for my calculus exam! Argh! ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/6675521/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/6675521/ Tue, 04 Oct 2005 06:40:09 PDT
Is it weird that I dreamed last night I had a DD? Not that I have anything posted that's good enough, but the piece of art I had in my dream sure was.

Darn subconscious. ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/6446066/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/6446066/ Wed, 07 Sep 2005 22:15:08 PDT ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/6341230/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/6341230/ Sat, 27 Aug 2005 09:46:24 PDT
I'm trying to start up a D&D group on campus, but I can't find anyone to DM and I don't really have the time or experience to do it myself. I may end up joining the White Wolf group instead. I think I can handle a little Exalted. Maybe.

Off to do homework...wheeee. ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5888595/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5888595/ Sat, 09 Jul 2005 18:28:04 PDT
In other news, I went by myself to see Howl's Moving Castle last night. No amount of prodding could convince my boyfriend and I didn't want to drag him to another movie he'd hate (*shudders as she remembers the fiasco with the wonderful - but subtitled - "Hero"*), so I went to the art theater here and enjoyed myself throughly. I love Diana Wynn Jones but I'd never had the opportunity to read the book that they based the movie on. I think I shall have to go get it from the library now. Definitely going in the DVD collection when it comes out, at any rate.

It was kind of nice to get out by myself for a while. But now I must go work on a new submission. (I'm sure anyone who watches me is feeling a great disturbance in the Force right about now). Oh wait...no one watches me! Woohoo, free to commit evil deeds all the day long!

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Shifty eyes! ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5805899/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5805899/ Thu, 30 Jun 2005 20:51:08 PDT
Mood: Whee!
Listening to: Pink Floyd - "Comfortably Numb"
Reading: Stephen King - "Song of Susannah"
Watching: Pirates of the Carribean

Wheeee! FINALLY! Free one week subscription to DA...oh my lord I'm going to get addicted and have to pay for it. ^_^ Damn. Ok...off to play with DA subscription yummygoodness.

Footer. Footy. *wiggles toes* ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5667553/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5667553/ Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:33:52 PDT ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5543556/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5543556/ Fri, 03 Jun 2005 15:03:08 PDT
The big news is that I got a really good deal on an Intuos2 tablet and it arrived yesterday! Plugged it in, it worked great, but the tablet-to-screen gap is really working some funky mojo on my ability to coordinate right now. I'll have to practice a lot before I get any good. Expect some crappy digital-art scraps for a while. (On the other hand, I think I have enough 1337 5|
Ok. Off to play with the new toy. *Glee* ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5477542/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5477542/ Fri, 27 May 2005 13:45:35 PDT
: I Googled for about five seconds and found that most of this spam is taken from an actual book called Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini. It was released in 1922 and was made into a movie starring the venerable Errol Flynn. *salutes the master*

This is the bizarre message I found inside:

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So...I gather than this English seaman, Peter Blood, is having a little trouble getting the bounce back in his plank. I am intrigued indeed. This sordid little preview was rife with double-entendres. If it had been an advertisement for a book I would have run right out to Barnes & Noble and picked it right up!

So kids, the lesson is: don't read spam. It lowers your IQ, you better beliet it. ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5472641/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5472641/ Thu, 26 May 2005 21:41:17 PDT
Also, courtesy of the wonders of eBay I just bought a new Wacom Intuos that hopefully will be arriving within a week or two. Which means updates! I swear!

I just spent four hours playing a 13-party-member game of D&D so I'm going to go try to calm down now. Ack. ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5296945/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5296945/ Sat, 07 May 2005 20:39:30 PDT
Spent all day today at the local Renn Faire, rampaging around with a Viking and a Scotsman. I kept waiting for someone to ask me 'Cake or death?' but I had to settle for pestering the cast members instead. And befriending the blacksmith/leathercrafter, who promised to get me a good deal on baldrics and sword belts when I finally get my pirate costume ready. He also gave me a custom hockey-skate lacing hook. Yay! ^_^

Off to work on websites. I need to post some new art...aaaaaagh...oh well, next week sometime maybe. ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5289376/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5289376/ Fri, 06 May 2005 23:00:38 PDT
This probably has something to do with the fact that I've felt kind of sick all day. Ickity ick.

Tomorrow is the Renaissance Faire, though! Wheeeee! I get to dress up and yell at people on Old English and it's LEGAL! ^_^

Also, I LOVE this emoticon. ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5269668/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5269668/ Wed, 04 May 2005 22:43:01 PDT
I thought today would never come. I swear, as long as I live, I will never take 20 hours in one semester again, especially if said hours involve any form of calculus. Bleaugh.

That said, I believe it's safe to say that I got a 4.0 and made the Dean's List again. Assuming that my English Lit teacher is kind to me on the 10 and 20 page papers I turned in today, of course. He seemed to be in a magnanimous mood (our final exam consisted of watching Spaceballs and Muppets From Space , so maybe that will give you a hint of what he's like on a good day).

I believe I set a record for the fastest turnaround time between getting out of school for the summer and getting a summer job. I left campus at 1:30 and by 3:20 I had been hired on the spot by a rheumatology center in town. Not as much per hour as I was hoping for, but it was the difference between getting a job NOW and submitting my resume to a temp agency and MAYBE getting a job in a few weeks. (And the job includes half-days on Fridays and no weekends! Woohoo!) I start tomorrow.

Crap. That means I need to go to bed. ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5215203/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5215203/ Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:52:40 PDT
I just noticed: every time I leave a comment on a deviation or on someone's homepage, I either misspell or omit some crucial word. I must look like a real idiot. Either that, or I make a lot of people laugh in confusion. ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5196020/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/5196020/ Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:33:19 PDT
I should return to normal DA activity in about two weeks, assuming I have a job by then.

That means posting new stuff! Wahoo!

Until then...

d/dx f(x) = n(x^(n-1)) ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/4885116/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/4885116/ Tue, 22 Mar 2005 19:52:37 PST _<

Oh well, maybe things will go a little better tomorrow. In the meantime I'm off to finish watching Indiana Jones! ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/4874816/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/4874816/ Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:35:36 PST

School is back in session. Spring Break definitely wasn't long enough. I dug through my old sketches and found a few things I'd like to post, but they're all going in the scrap bin for now. Nothing is really good enough to count as a deviation. Not to mention that I don't have access to my scanner right now - OR my camera interface cable. Left it at home. Darn.

I do have some pictures from my England trip that are pretty good. I'm by no means a professional photographer, but I like to think I've picked up a few things from...er...places. Ah, who am I kidding, I'm biased. Anyway we'll see if I can dig through my 500+ England pics and find something soon. I did find the B&W version of my "After the Summer Solstice" but then Adobe decided to crash and darn it, I don't feel like digging again. I'm just too lazy to write things down while they're still important.

Anyway I'm supposed to be writing a paper but I believe I'll post at least one thing before I do. ]]> ~JollyPirate http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/4850025/ http://JollyPirate.deviantart.com/journal/4850025/ Fri, 18 Mar 2005 22:20:33 PST
In case anybody is curious about me: I am not a professional artist, nor do I intend to become one. I just doodle and sometimes the doodles come out OK. Later in the semester I'll be posting some pictures of my pottery experimentation, too. (I think I'm better at that than doodling, really. It certainly seems easier.)

Thanks to everyone who has already (!) viewed my stuff and commented. I feel so special! ]]> ~JollyPirate