deviantART: by:Kurokari http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Kurokari&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Kurokari en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:20:33 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png MERRY CHRISTMAS! http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/29189794/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/29189794/ Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:01:50 PST GalleryPrintsFavorites


Merry Christmas everyone!

This Christmas season has been a very interesting one to say the least. I honestly enjoyed myself this year. :) Haven't done that in a few years due to some personal issues I rather not get into.

Got some awesome gifts which included a six month subscription which turned into a year subscription since I bought =Bluehog a six month subscription. :)

My other gifts included some Magic the Gathering cards and some Video games, which are awesome too.

I was going to make a Christmas picture this year but never got around to it. ^^; I might be able to draw one up while at the Aunt's house, but no guarantee since I usually end up having to watch my younger cousin while there...

Anyway, got some pictures that need submitting soon so you all might get a picture flood from me in the near future.

:XD: Merry Christmas!

]]> =Kurokari BIRTHDAY TODAY! http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/28771479/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/28771479/ Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:19:01 PST
Can't believe the tens digit changes today...yeah I turned 20 today. o_o

Anyway, today has been a good day. Mother nature gave me her normal gift of snow. Got to help out at my church with decorating for Christmas and I got a gift from my parents.

I can't believe what they got me though. I am in shock. They got me a PSP! Not just a PSP either, they got me the Dissidia Final Fantasy Bundle! I did put that on the list of things I wanted but I never in a million years would have thought they would spend that amount of money for my birthday!

In other news, I know in the last journal I promised a flood of pictures... I have been working on pictures, just haven't finished anything. ^^; At least I am working on stuff, right?

]]> =Kurokari Wootness! http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/28250478/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/28250478/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:28:34 PST
Nothing much going on... the end.

:paranoid:

I kid! I kid! XD

Well recently I decided to start watching a new anime, you can see in my watching status that it's an anime called Escaflowne. I've watched the first 10 episodes so far I like it. I can say it is one of those animes that not everyone would like but I like it.

The thing about all this that has me all happy is the fact that after watching it I got hit with a bit of artistic inspiration. I guess all I needed was a good dose of a new anime. So with that said I say, expect artwork from me soon cause my artist side isn't shutting up.

In other news, I logged on today to see the news about all users can use skins, COOLNESS! I was going to go and use the skin I was using when I had a subscription but it is so old that it's not in the journal skins category so I can't install it, so I decided to use a different one. I like it, two of my favorite things, dragons and roses, win, win! It even has different colors to use. Yes I installed all the colors so as long as this all users things stays in effect I will be switching the color every time. XD

Now some news for those who actually realize I have a website. My site has moved since Yahoo decided to close Geocities. So if anyone had a bookmark or anything with my site you have to update the link. The new link can be found on my profile page or right here.

My birthday is coming up in less than month. I can't believe it is so close actually, the year flew by this year. So if you want to do anything for my birthday it is December 5th.

Anyway, not much else going on, I will continue to post pictures of my floral designs and I will get pictures of my ceramics works once I get to take them home.

Bye for now.

]]> =Kurokari The Long Awaited Update http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/27159325/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/27159325/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:08:32 PDT
Well I said I would post an update so here it is.

College has started up again. I'm taking a floral design class this semester. I'll try and post pictures of some my works from that class. I am also taking ceramics class this semester so expect pictures of those works if and when I get to take them home. No writing classes this semester so no written works. I'm taking a Japanese class, I don't see much good coming from that due I have issues remembering things like foreign languages. ^^; Though I might just stick random Japanese in journals and such just for the sake of practice.

Anyway, enough about college. Not much else has been happening, I still have a lot of artwork to finish. The only problem is I haven't had the motivation nor the inspiration to work on anything. I'm going to try and work on some of the artwork during an hour break I have in between classes on one of my college days but no guarantee.

I can't think of anything else to say...

Short update isn't it? Gomennasai...

]]> =Kurokari Character quiz http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/27042790/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/27042790/ Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:26:20 PDT Bluehog because I am bored...

Rules:
1).Pick one of your FCs/OCs (Fan Characters and Original Characters)
2).Fill in the questions/statements as if you were your FC/OC
3).Tag 3 people at the end of the quiz


1.)What's your name?
My full name is Kairyuu Misora! Some people call me Kairy but me name is Kairyuu!

2.)Do you know why you were named that?
Yup! My first name means Ocean current. My last name means beautiful sky. At least that is what I have been told.

3.) Are you single or taken?
Single!

4).Have any abilities or powers?
Yup, I have some control over fire and I can do fun things with shadows!(Control over chaos element by my definition)

5.) Stop being a mary-sue >>
Mary-Sue? No, my name is Kairyuu, I told you that, remember silly!?

6.) Uh...if you were to get in a fight with a strong wrestler, do you think you'd win?
Uhh, probably not I'm not much of a fighter.

7.) Riiiight... Have any family members?
I did....but not anymore :( I'm the last of my race.

8.) Oh? How about pets?
No, but I LOVE all animals, especially the really cute ones!

9.) Cool, I guess. Tell me something that you don't like.
Mean people who hurt me.

10.) Something that you do like?
FOOD!

11) Do you have any activities/hobbies that you like to do?
EATING!

12.)Have you ever hurt anyone in anyway before?
Not on purpose but I have made some people say ow...

13.)Ever...killed anyone before?
no! Me don't like killing.

14.)What kind of animal are you? >>
Animal? Uh.... *blinks* I'm not an animal.

15.)Name your worst habits.
Worst habits? I don't have any, Kairy all good! (<- So says she, she has a bad eating habit)

16.)Do you look up to anyone at all?
Yup, me best friend Kuro. She's so brave and powerful. I wish I could be JUST like her!

17.)Gay, straight, or bi?
Straight.

18.)Do you go to school?
Nope, my village got destroyed so me learn as me go on.

19.) Ever wanna marry and have kids one day? -w-
Me don't know. Never thought about that....

20.)Do you have any fangirls/fanboys?
Maybe, I am pretty lovable.

21.)What are you most afraid of? I promise I won't laugh.
Not having anything to eat or dieing.

22.)*snicker* Ok, ok. What color is your hair?
Bright red!

23.) Eyes?
Blue!

24.) What do you usually wear?
A long sleeve blackish shirt with the word "food" on it somewhere and blackish-blue pants. Oh and me blackish boots!

25.)Ok. What's your religion?
Religion?

26.)Do you wish this quiz is over?
Me hungry....

27.) Well, it's still not over. XD
:( Me want food!

28.) Anyways, where do you live?
I currently live in a small village with a bunch of other people who lost their home villages.

29.) What class are you? (Low class, middle class, high class)
None of that kind of stuff in my village, we all equal.

30.) How many friends do you have?
A whole lot! :D

31.) Wow. If you could change anything about you, what would you change?
I would like to be able to help more people. I always seem to mess something up when I do.

32.) If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it? And I don't want no cheap answer, ya hear?
I probably would buy enough food to make me full and then give the rest someone else.

33.) What is your thoughts on pie?
PIE!? YUMMY!

34.) Alright. What's your favorite food?
ANYTHING, I LIKE ALL FOOD!

35.) Favorite drink?
Anything to quench my thirst.

36.) What is your favorite place?
Someplace quiet with some place to rest and eat.

37.) Least favorite?
Anywhere dangerous.

38.) Are you still wanting the quiz to end?
Me still hungry!

39.)Yeah. Well, it's over. D:
Yay! Can I eat now!?

40.) Now, tag 3 people!
Don't tag anyone. Anyone who wants to can. :)

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Well that beat my boredom. I'll be posting a regular update journal in the near future, this was just something I did to fight my boredom. Bye for now.

]]> =Kurokari deviantART World Tour 2009 - New York http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/25617314/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/25617314/ Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:53:13 PDT
~Bluehog and myself travel about an hour to get to New York City for the deviantART World Tour meeting there. Unfortunately, if you look at the group picture when it is posted you won't be seeing me or ~Bluehog in it since we got delayed in the subway and missed the group shot.

Despite that we both had a lot of fun. It was definitely worth the trip there. Got to meet some new deviants (for which I stupidly did not write any of the names down) and got to talk to both $spyed and $Heidi. The soreness that are in my legs right now was also worth it. :XD:

~Bluehog and myself took some pictures while there. Some of them have been submitted into my gallery. The majority of them are in ~Bluehog's gallery.

Also the funniest, and possibly strangest thing happened. We were suppose to bring an apple for the group shot and while in route to the bus stop we realized we didn't have one. ~Bluehog's father made us a balloon apple to take instead. The funny part about all this is so many people came up to us and asked what it was and or if they could look at it. Everyone seemed to really enjoy the balloon apple. In the end we decided to give the balloon apple away to $spyed as a gift. What he plans to do with it, I have no idea all I know is when we gave it to him he grinned and said, "Sweet!" So I guess he was happy with it.

We also all got these for FREE!

That's all for now. (Man I miss my subscription, journal looks so plain now)

]]> =Kurokari College and an update... http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/24700264/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/24700264/ Mon, 11 May 2009 09:29:14 PDT







NEWS

It's been a while since I updated my journal so here we go.

My college semester is ending soon. Tomorrow to be exact. I am a little concerned about one of my classes but hopefully it won't be too bad. I know I did good in my other classes so yeah. It should all end well enough in the end.

I would like to say that I can now look forward to a stress free summer break but unfortunately that is not the case for me. I still have my job to worry about and I'm taking a summer course in one of my worst subjects. ^^; So yeah, stress will be lessened but not gone.

In other news, I have about 55 deviations to go through. I am LOOKING at every single deviation in my messages. So if I don't comment on something don't think I haven't seen it. Chances are I have and just couldn't think of anything good to say other than, "nice". So expect fave and runs to be happening.

I would prefer to comment on everything I just can't think of 55 comments. Once I get my messages down again I'll start commenting thing more regularly.


ARTWORK

*stares at the pile of WIPs* AH! It's growing! Why is it growing!?

Yeah, I went and started new pictures instead of finishing the old ones... so my pile of WIPs grew by a few. I REALLY need to finish some pictures. I just have a nasty habit of starting to work on something new when the idea hits and then I forget to finish what I had started earlier. ^^;

Fear not though, I will get all my WIPs finished....eventually.


THANKS




Journal Layout By ~lockjavv
]]> =Kurokari XD April Fools Day http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/24000058/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/24000058/ Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:30:57 PDT







NEWS

Came online to see if there were any April Fool's jokes happening online today before I went off to work and then college class later. What do I find? All the beta testers have little snowmen next to their names. :XD: Naturally I thought they were funny so I changed my member type to Beta Tester for today. Than again I have been meaning to change to beta tester since I got the subscription. I like testing new things out. So I might just stay a beta tester just to see what new things are coming out. ^_^ That and I get to have fun messing with the new stuff, which can be a bad thing... I have a past history of bugging if not breaking things I beta test. ^^;


ARTWORK

Those WIPs are starting to stare at me with this pitiful look that says, "Finish me! I don't want to be a WIP anymore." XD Ok, not really, but you get what I mean. I still have a few pictures I need to finish. I do plan to work on some things today. If all goes well I should have a few things to submit tonight, maybe tomorrow. We shall see. It all depends on how much I get done after I get home from class tonight.


THANKS




Journal Layout By *lockjavv
]]> =Kurokari Another tag and a mini update http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/23841822/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/23841822/ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:58:16 PDT







NEWS

Nothing new to report other than my spring break has ended and I am extremely lazy. I didn't even touch the Harry Potter book this week. I am starting to think this is a lost cause or something. It's not that I don't want to read it, I just can't seem to find the time to sit down and read. Every time I say I am going to sit down and read I get distracted by something else and never get around to it. It is most annoying. I really wonder how people can just sit down and read a book without being distracted by other things. *Looks at friends who love reading* HOW DO YOU DO IT!?

In other news, I've decided to extend my subscription for a few more months. I sort of like the subscriber features. Though they are few I do like them. I don't know how much longer I'll keep it but for now I keep it. Now if only I could beat my laziness and actually try and make my own css layout all would be good.


ARTWORK

Artwork, yes, you are all probably wonder about those darn WIPs I keep mentioning. Yeah about those. Still haven't finished any of them. Unfortunately, like reading I said I was going to do, I haven't even picked up a pencil to draw all week. My simple mind just kept being distracted by other things. ^^;


TAGNESS

Another one... just because I can...

1) Who are you?
I am Kurokari. Though that is just my online name.

2) Who tagged you?
:iconbluehog: BLUEY! :hug:

3) Pick one to three people to tag.
:iconlilrxox: :icondigitails: :iconkykiske20022003:

4) Sum yourself up in a few words.
Random yet shy artist and gamer

5) Sum up the person who tagged you and the people your tagging in a few words.
*Bluehog Random, Insane, and a awesome Friend

~Lilrxox Outgoing artist and friend
~DigiTails Strange person
~kykiske20022003 Nice fellow artist

6) How do you know the person who tagged you?
Bluey is a really good real life friend. :)

7) How do you know the people you're tagging?
~Lilrxox Been real life friends for YEARS!
~http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/23554611/ Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:11:16 PST NEWS

Nothing really new going on. I'm still trying to find time to read that harry Potter book. I will read that book if it is the last thing I do! My spring break for college is coming up in a little over a week so I should have more time to do things. I'll probably sit down and read it then.

The subscription is a bit fun. I like the no ads and being able to see 120 deviations when browsing. Makes finding things in some galleries a whole lot easier. Still haven't had a chance to fiddle with the CSS, but I do plan to. Speaking of CSS, I never knew we could CSS the collections in our favorite and galleries. That was a cool discovery. I'm using a premade one in my dragon's collection right now if anyone wants to take a look.


ARTWORK

Still have those darn WIPs to work on. Haven't gotten around to working on any of them, yet. Key word, yet! Knowing me I'll probably get to work on artwork during my spring break.


TAGNESS

I don't plan to make a habit of doing these
Tagged by :iconbluehog:

1. What does your deviantart name mean and why did you join this site?
My name is the name of one of my OCs. A while back I was trying to make a character that was just like me to represent me. That was Kurokari. At the time she had my exact personlity, but now-and-days I'm not like that anymore, but I still use the name Kurokari online regardless of that fact.

I joined DA back when a friend told me about it. At that time i had been on a different art site and that was just full of flamers and I was starting to lose my confidence in my artwork. So I came here to start a-new and haven't regreted it once...

2. What fandom where you obsessed with when you joined and what are you into now?
When I first joined on my old account it was Yu Yu Hakusho. Now and days I don't really know what I am obsessed with... :paranoid:

3. How many watchers do you have now?
20

4. Name 3 of your favorite artists on dA.
Too many to choose...

5. Do you comment, fav or both?
I mostly fave. I am known to do the annoying fave and run tactic. I do try to comment when I can think of something other than "That's nice"

6. Do you participate in clubs' contests here on dA?
Not really. I used to on my old account but not anymore.

7. What is your most popular deviation?
Most comments and views:


Most favorites (Three way tie!) :


8. What are you favorite non-anime TV-shows?


9. What are the things you wish you could draw better?
I wish I could draw hands and feet better. Oh and I wishi could actually draw a character in a pose.

10. Summer or winter?
Summer, hate the cold...

11. Rain or Sun?
Sun, you can do more outside as long as it isn't cold out.

12. What's your favorite type of music?
I listen to what I like it doesn't matter what type it is.

13. PC or Mac?
PC

14. A... ]]> =Kurokari Lookie here! http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/23369296/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/23369296/ Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:07:09 PST NEWS
Hello all. You probably all noticed the first big new thing as soon as you clicked this journal. I got a subscription. I was curious about the features so I just got myself a simple one month subscription to see if it is really worth the money.

I plan to fiddle around with the css journal layouts but for now I am using a premade one that is pretty cool. I know a little bit of css so I am hoping I can figure it out enough to make something that is at least somewhat cool looking.

In other news, yes as my reading status thing says, I am trying to finally sit down and read the last Harry Potter book. ^^; I've had it since it came out and still haven't read it. Man I feel stupid about that. Better late than never I suppose.


ARTWORK
So you all are probably wondering what happened to that promise to do more artwork, right? Well I haven't forgotten it, I do have a few WIPs right now. I just need to sit down and finish them all. So, yes I have been drawing just haven't been finishing anything. So expect a flood sooner or later from me.



STAMPS
Wee, I have a subscription so here are a few stamps I always wanted to use!
=Kurokari A New Year, A New Way Of Life http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/22351977/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/22351977/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:59:16 PST

New Year... I think this would be a good time to state a few things. Nothing too important, just a few things I have planned for this year...

This year I plan to draw more than I have in the past year.

I know I know, I have said that numerous amount of times but this time I seriously mean it. I have a different kind of motivation this time around and I have a feeling it will be the best motivation and possibly inspiration I've had in a long time.

What is the thing I speak of... :) I'm not telling. My secret.

Anyway, back to my plans, I also plan to be better at keeping track of my messages. I'm going to not be lazy about them. That doesn't mean you'll be getting more comments from me though.

Instead of letting my messages sit there until i think of a comment (And sometimes I don't even think of a good one) and then commenting, I am going to look at everything that appears in my message box, but only comment if I can think of something good other than "that's nice" or "Great job".

Well that is all I can think of, if I think of anything else to mention I will edit this journal entry.

Hope everyone has a happy and healthy 2009. :)

Friends
Clubs

]]> =Kurokari The Mocking Scan Gun... http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/22112882/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/22112882/ Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:50:48 PST
Well, I went on register like I was told to and got everything set up. My first customer comes and has a large item which is easier to scan with the scan gun then the main scanner. So I pick up my scan gun and try to scan the item. Instead of hearing a beep and the item ringing up I hear "na-na" and the item doesn't scan. I stare at the scan gun and then try again, "na-na". The customer looks at me and starts laughing. I look at her and say, "You heard that?" She responds by saying yes and that it sounds like it is mocking me. I start to laugh and agree.

She pays and leaves and I turn around to the cashier on the register next to me. I proceed to tell her what happened and she starts laughing. I then asked her if I should call one of the bookrunners over. She responds with, "Yeah, call over Joe and tell him that your scan gun is going na-na". I laugh and then the two of us simultaneously scream, "Joe!" He turns around and says, "what?" I look at him and say, "My scan gun goes na-na." He looks at me and responds by saying I have to be kidding.

He doesn't believe me so I tell him to come over and test it if he doesn't want to believe me. He comes over and tries to scan something, "na-na". He looks at the scan gun and then at me with the look of "I can't believe it just did that". I look at him and say, "told ya!" He then restarts the register and walks away after saying the restart should fix it.

So the register restarts and I get another customer. I turned around to the other cashier, "You think it is fixed?"
"Probably not."
So I try out the scan gun and.... "na-na"

So I finish up that customer's order and turn around to that cashier again (we weren't that busy it was the end of the day, that's how come we were able to talk so much) and we decide to call Joe over again.
So again simultaneously we scream, "Joe, the scan gun is still going na-na!"

Joe turns around and looks at us. He then comes over and tests it again, "na-na". He then pulls out the wire that connects the scan gun to the register while saying, "I'm disconnecting it, maybe that will fix it..." He plugs it back tests it again and... "na-na" he then proceeds to just throw the scan gun next to the register and walks away while saying, "i give up on that!"

Needless to say, that scan gun entertained me and a few customers. It was so amusing that one customer came to my line in a grumpy mood and ended up leaving in hysterics. She couldn't stop laughing.

So, yeah, that's the weird random event that happened at work. I seriously think the story is more amusing when told verbally, but you all get the basic drift, right?

Friends
Clubs

]]> =Kurokari Better Days Ahead? (+Shout-outs) http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/21346280/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/21346280/ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:11:17 PST
A few things in my life have changed for the better and things are looking up for me.

I found out that my workplace is closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas day so those two holidays are not going to be ruined. I would have liked to not have to work on Christmas Eve as well but can't have everything.

Also college life has been a big pain, not as far as the work load goes but the stress of the pressure. In one of my classes I am not doing too well in, but it is one class out of five. It also doesn't even count towards the credits for my major... I was only taking it because it sounded interesting... ^^; big mistake there.

My driving skills have improved a bit, which has made me feel a bit more confident in myself. Though my night-time driving is yet to be desired... it not that great, but my day time driving is good.

Another thing is that a bit of personal stress that I have been dealing with has been lifted off my shoulders...partially... it's still there but it is less. I am hoping that it will go away completely some day but for now this is better then nothing.

On another note, in one month it is my birthday. ^_^ Not anything too special. I'm only turning nineteen, the last teen year.

So yeah, my artwork is still going slow, but it's more that I don't have the time to work on it. I do have a few line-arts that need to be colored. I also have a few birthday pictures to work on... one that should have been done a few days ago and one for next month. I'm also considering drawing up the Halloween picture I had planned even though the day has passed already.

What ends up getting done and what the future holds for me only time can tell. I hope that for once it will not turn out sour like most of my positive events do...
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Now for a bit of a bonus... a few shout-outs...

~Bluehog
A good friend of mine. I know him in real life. He does a lot of 3D work in Blender. He also has some animations. A lot of his works focus on the Sonic series, but what do expect from someone who makes awesome Sonic fan games. His dragon models are also really great considering he is self taught in Blender...

*Lilrxox
Another good real life friend of mine. I have know her for many among years. She used to mostly draw fanart but now-and-days you will find more original works since she started taking art classes in college. I have watched her art work improve over the years and I am proud to say that I helped her along sometimes.

~DigiTails
I know her in real life. Even though we don't really speak anymore I still admire her artwork a lot. She draws original art of her OCs. Most of the time the only fanart will be of her friend's OCs but on occasion a few Zelda fan-arts will pop up in her gallery. Her artwork is always nice to look at and you can always see some sort of improvement. She takes critiques very seriously so give her some when you can.

~unseen-characters
A fairly new club that is for all those unloved Original characters. This club is for the original characters that get ignored in the online community. Take a look around, right now there are no members, which is a shame since the idea behind the club s such a good one.

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Well that's all for now. This journal has gotten a bit long, so I am going to end it now. Everyone wish my luck in the future, I still need it. :)

Friends
Clubs

]]> =Kurokari Happy...Oh what was that holiday called again? http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/21256011/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/21256011/ Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:16:20 PDT
My Halloween has been killed, slaughtered, and blown up with a nuke!

I had work most of the day today. That's right no fun Halloween stories for me because I was stuck at a stupid Supermarket all day!

I look forward to Halloween every year! It is the only day of the year I can use my scary personality and not be bombarded with complaints and insults and other things scary people have to deal with on a day-by-day basis.

This year, however I had to be all nice and kind all day. No scaring people with my evil laughs, no freaking people out with my creepy "hiss" voice... NOTHING!

I had a terrible day! I am sick of work ruining everything!

All I got to say is if work ruins the next two holidays coming up then I swear I might just quit!

Oh yeah, one last thing, I did have a Halloween picture planned but worked ruined that plan too. SO no Halloween picture from me. So sorry to disappoint you all!

Friends
Clubs

]]> =Kurokari Chaos has begun... http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/20318334/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/20318334/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:02:38 PDT
I hope that this fact does not cut down on my activeness here, but as anyone can clearly see, I have not been that active all summer. I unfortunately did not draw much of anything over the summer. That’s not say I have not been up to other creative things. Lately I have been focusing most of my creative nature on the development of some characters and a potential story plot that has been nagging me for quite some time.

The characters are mostly for that plot, but talk about multi-tasking, I’ve been working on that plot, and its characters and at the same time I have been working on the development of other characters. Maybe I should focus on one thing at a time… might make things easier for me. XD Yeah right… me do anything the easy way >>

Anyway, remember that job I mentioned in my last journal? The job is going well; I got through my training pretty easily. I have had some interesting things happen at work, definitely some things that could make for an intriguing story. I am going to try and keep it while going to college. Though with the annoying 4 day minimum it is going to be a bit difficult. I am basically going to be going to work whenever I don't have class. I don't see how I am going to balance School, work, and time for myself...

I know I'll manage somehow. How exactly I don't really know. I don't really know anything anymore. My life is being thrown into a very chaotic state recently. I have much on mind in recent days, and well, all I know is I have to somehow get through everything. For once I do, I think I will be able to finally relax... the one thing I had plan to do this summer... the one thing I didn't do since I was too concerned with other things.

What those things are, well I am not about to become an open book to the online world. There are a few people, who I know in real life, that know what has been going on. They know what I speak of and I'm sure they won't go around telling the whole world about it.

That is all for now. Wish me luck... I'm going to need it more than most probably think...

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]]> =Kurokari Holy crap...! http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/19615273/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/19615273/ Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:01:33 PDT
Well let's see, my summer so far has been total chaos. So much for relaxing -_-

I got a job. Well actually I only got hired... still have to get through my training. So hopefully that goes well. It's nothing to major, just a cashier job. >> No pressure there... right?

let's see what else...

Went to a fair with a good friend of mine... that was chaotic but fun. We went on all the rides, including this one called the Zipper which I will never go on ever again. It was really scary. I mean, yeah it was an experience, glad I had it, but never again! Other then that it was a lot of fun. Got addicted to a ride called the Gravitron. We went on that 4 times. The last time being the most interesting. The operator was acting like a DJ trying to get the riders to clap with the song playing. Yeah that was interesting. Trying to clap while being under a force that is 4 times the force of gravity. ^_^

Other then getting the job and going to fair my life has been insane lately. Everything is just going crazy lately. I honestly don't feel like going into detail. The only thing I will say is that if I say anything to anyone that seems odd or strange, ignore it. My head hasn't been thinking straight lately. I've just been blaming the stress, seeing as with all the chaos that has been going around, I figured I haven't been relaxing like I said I was going to this summer.

Though I have to say, even though I type that now, I have to say the past 2 days have been pretty good. I mean with going to the fair and all. so maybe things will turn around for the better now. I really do hope so.

Well that's all for now. Cya.

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]]> =Kurokari Graduation and more http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/19174573/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/19174573/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:18:43 PDT
I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL!

Yup, I'm finally out of high school, no summer reading to do, no CS summer assignment... actually no more Comp Sci in general! :w00t!:

...

As happy as I am about all that, I'm also at the same time quite scared... hence the alarmed mood. I'm glad to be out of High school, but at the same time I'm very scared... I'm never going to regular school again... now there is only college... the real world... o_o

So, yeah, with that realization in mind I haven't been sleeping. I just can't fall asleep. I never know what is going to happen anymore. My mind is jumbled between being happy about not dealing with the stress that has been High school and being scared and worried over not know what is going to happen in the future.

Especially since all the stress that built up over the years has caused a few of my friends have some odd feelings towards me. Some of them are scared of me, others don't want to be around me, and some are getting sick of my stressed out behavior.

The thing is, now no one wants to be around me, so I'm almost completely alone, which doesn't help me at all...

Fortunately one friend has agreed to help me out. I am very grateful to that friend. Since I know not everyone has abandoned me during my time of need.

But even with that in mind, I can't calm my mind anymore, I need...I guess I need everyone to just have a bit of tolerance...

This is more focused on those I know outside of DA...

Please just give me some time to learn how to vent... I'm getting help where I can, but it is not a lot, there is no professional help for me... so give me time.

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]]> =Kurokari A much needed update.... http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/18041455/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/18041455/ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:15:15 PDT
Ok so yeah last time I posted a journal I was talking about my broken finger... well it healed, it is fine, I'm using it to type this journal, so yeah no worries.

OK, now on to a much needed update.

I'M STRESSED OUT!
I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF EVERYTHING!

Yes, if you couldn't tell from the mood icon, I'm going crazy. I would have done the psychotic mood icon, but I'm not that far...yet.

Between the two senior projects I have and random stressful events outside of school, I feel like I am going to snap any day now...

I've tried most of the things that usually allow me to relax, but most of them, if not all of them are not working right now.

I feel like there is a ten ton weight on my back and shoulders all the time. I've been told my shoulders are really stiff... I think that's from the stress...

Most days I feel like I just want to curl up into a little ball and hope that someone or something will take the stress away.
(If anyone dares says something about having someone who cares about me pet my head while I'm curled up, because that calms a lot of people down, I will get pissy... I don't have someone who will do that for me at any given time... I just have someone who will do that if and only if they find the time to.... which is almost never)

If anyone was wondering what two senior projects I am speaking of, it would be my senior project for my Comp Sci class (yeah, I am still in that dreadful class) and my senior English paper.

Ok, most people will probably say so what to the English paper. Well you know what I say to you people... you try writing a 5-7 page report with no idea what you are doing, and have the burden of it being over 200 points. Yeah, there's the outline, the note cards, and everything else that goes along with a senior paper. My head is spinning just thinking about it all.

On top of that, as I said, I have the comp sci project I need to do. Use all the knowledge you earned over the four years in the program, do a little bit of research for a few advance stuff, and code an impressive program... and write a 5 page essay about the code, oh and make a powerpoint presentation with about 20 slides in it explaining the code.... O_O Yeah, ok, you've all heard my rants about that class so you don't even have to ask the problem with that assignment...

Back to me trying to relax...

I haven't been able to sit down to draw, which usually relaxes me, in over a month. Yup, no pencil to paper for over a month, not even a fricken doodle... NOTHING!

Other things I have tried to do to relax....
-Play some of my favorite video games (Fire emblem, Super Smash Brothers, Guitar Hero, Legend of Zelda, I even tried to numb my mind with a pokemon game)
-Write story blips (I don't have a plot, so I just write down random events with my characters)
-Just sit in my room listening to some of my favorite "calming songs" (Calming songs.... basically any song that calms me enough to fall asleep)
-RP (self explanatory...)
-Spend time with my friends (Again that should be self explanatory)
-Spend time outdoors (Biking, daydreaming, walking, etc)

Of those things only about two actually work, and of those two only one works every time.

So, yeah, this journal was really just an FYI to everyone, if I seem a little bit jumpy, this is why. No artwork for some more time... this is why. No comments from me, this is why...

You get the basic idea...

I just hope that once June comes, and I Graduate, I will be able to find a way to get my mind and body to recover from the stress... though based on past summers, I doubt that will happen... I've never had a relaxing summer... maybe that's why I'm going insane now... I've never fully relaxed once...

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]]> =Kurokari Snow day and news http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/17004873/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/17004873/ Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:11:22 PST
Yes, the first snow day of this school year, I was beginning to worry that there was going to be none this year....

So, let's see, last time I put up a journal I was ranting about a lot of things. I guess I should give an update...

Never got out of that class... apparently if I drop the course I fail for the year and that would hurt my GPA a lot. So I'm still there, teacher still doesn't teach. Got a freaking C in the class for the marking period and a stupid C- on the midterm ><

Enough about that...

I'm still not drawing or anything like I would prefer to. Still not in the right thought of mind I guess. I did draw the two birthday pictures I had to do in February, but that was about all I could muster up... So basically, I'm still on a creative break. I'm getting on and commenting a little bit more often, but i am still behind in journals and deviations.

Ok, now for the new news...

Well, this week hasn't been the greatest... today turned around, I'm hoping it means good things for next week...

Anyway, Monday, I get out of the car and close the door on my finger. Hurts like heck and throbbing. Put ice on it, it then stings. OW!

Tuesday, the finger swelled up, and was really warm (I think that is called being inflamed or something). So during school I put ice on it and the swelling went down. I volunteer my time somewhere on Tuesdays, and I went there, had a good day helping out. But my finger ended up swelling up again while there. My mom takes me to the doctor afterwards to get it checked. The doctor says nothing is broken or fractured. Gives me note to get me out of Physical Education for about a week, puts my finger in a splint so I don't smack it, and sends me on my way.

Wednesday, My finger is still hurts, but I figure it is because I banged it up pretty badly. School was it's normal annoying self. I get home and go onto the computer to play some computer games online with a good friend of mine. We are playing one of the C&C games, on voice chat, talking keeping my mind off the pain in my finger, when my mom comes in and tells me the doctor just called and told her I have a fracture in my finger. Great my day just went from good to bad ><

Thursday, my mom tells me I might have a doctor's appointment later in the day, check my cell phone before leaving school. This checking of the phone is because I also volunteer on Thursdays and go home with my friend to go to her house since I volunteer with them. So the day goes by normal, I'm still a bit upset about my finger, but whatever. The end of the school day comes, I check my phone, no message. I'm all happy because I love what I do where I volunteer. So I get on my friend's bus and to her house. We walk in the house and my cell phone rings, it's my mom. She proceeds to tell me I did have a message on my phone. I tell her there wasn't one when I checked, I'm not on the bus. She gets annoyed and says, alright I'll come get you. She comes and gets me and I can't go to volunteer since the appointment is right n the middle of it. They pinch my finger I say ow, they give me another splint thing and tell me to come back next Thursday.

So yeah, I basically missed out on something I truly enjoy so a doctor could pinch my finger tell me where it is fractured. And now I have to miss it again next week because the latest appointment they have on Wednesdays (the other day I could have come) was at 1:30PM, which is when I am in school and the latest I could get Thursday was somewhere around 3:00/3:30PM. So I'm pissed about that.

That's all the news I have. Hopefully starting with this snow day, next week will be a lot better...

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]]> =Kurokari A break and a rant http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/16348399/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/16348399/ Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:28:30 PST

Anyway, on to the subject of this journal.

I'm taking a break from everything!

As you all have noticed I haven't really been drawing. I did complete my Christmas picture but other then that nothing. I do have some pictures that need completion, but that's going very slowly...

School has been a pain in the a** lately. About the only thing that has me not wanting to stay home everyday is the fact that one of my best friends is in most of my classes... but slowly even that is wearing down thin.

I've been so stressed in school lately that I believe my friends are starting to get really pissed at me, they've been somewhat distant from me, not telling me anything until after yelling at me for something stupid like asking for help for the up coming math test.

What is stressing me out in school you ask? Well, it be my classes. Oh and one teacher...two teachers... anyway, for the past 3 years I've been taking computer science classes in my high school. Freshman year was difficult... but tolerable, since the teacher was ok. Sophomore year comes and the teacher changes. This guy doesn't know how to teacher, I start failing almost every test and I fear my grade every time a report card comes. I then find out this teacher curves his grades so much that you could completely fail a midterm and end up getting a C with the curve. Junior year, same teacher same problems, just somewhat worse due to the class being an AP course and we had to have AP practice all the time ><

That bring us to this year...

It's even worse then last year. I have no idea what I am doing and now I have some senior project that needs to be done by the end of the year... and this isn't any old project, these projects get shown to the higher ups in the school. Basically the projects reflect the status of these special classes (Comp sci classes are special classes in my school, you have to sign up for them and have good grades and junk. They could drop the Computer science "academy" at anytime).

I want out of that class, the thing is I fear giving up too easily and I also don't want to listen to the other students from my class saying junk like "Hey how come you got out of this messed up class and we are stuck here" I mean I could just turn around and say "because I went and tried to leave" but that's just too mean for me...

Ok, and well yeah that comp sci teacher is really starting to annoy me. For pete's sake he gives the class a test and he never taught us the stuff on the test. WTF!?

So yeah, until I get this whole thing straight out, and I'm not longer trying to rip people's heads off I'm taking a break. No drawing, no writing(for those who know me on fanfiction), no reading, and no commenting.

NOTHING!

I'm just going to sit at home and do what ever the hell I feel like it.
Why?

You need to ask, I thought I just explained it...

What is that not a good enough reason...?

Ok fine there's also the fact that I am tired of people's crap. People telling me what I should and shouldn't do and forcing things on me. I'm sick of doing everything for everyone else! This is my time for me!

For those who know me in real life. I'm not saying I won't be talking to you guys or seeing you guys but just you have bear with me a bit. I might seem snapping and junk. But know I will see you guys, heck you all know I need my friends around or I would just get worse. So yeah, Bluey, Digi, and Lilr please just deal with me, help me along... you know I would do the same for any of you if the roles were reversed.

So yeah, what I am saying in a nutshell, is don't expect much from me. If I do comment some art that doesn't mean I'm back it just means I'm trying to keep my messages under control.

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]]> =Kurokari What the... http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/16047231/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/16047231/ Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:01:00 PST
Well yesterday I was going to one of my friend's Christmas party and well, never got there. Kinda got into a accident on the way. Bluey, Digi, their sister and myself were in the car.

Fortunate for everyone most of the damage was to the car. The car is pretty much beyond repair but we are ok...

The details are pretty blurry, but all I remember is we were driving up a hill and when we got over the hill the traffic just stopped. The next part I don't remember since I blanked out. The next thing I remember is that the airbags are out, and Bluey is yelling for us to get out of the car...

Digi and myself were in the back of the car, Bluey and their sister were in the front. Ironically enough the two who were in the front are less injured then the two in the back. Bluey has a few scratches on his arm. Their sister bite her lip. Digi and myself well... bruises from the seatbelt. Stiffness in the back and the neck. Digi has more bruises then stiffness and I have more stiffness then bruises.

We ended up spending most of our time in the hospital yesterday. Not fun. No broken bones and no head injures, thankfully.

Oh yeah, I'm not posting this for the drama. I'm just posting this up so that you all know that I might not be doing artwork as often as I had planned to. I'm going to try my hardest to finish my Christmas picture but that might it for some time. So please be understanding.

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]]> =Kurokari Whoa! It's an update! 0_0 http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/15707140/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/15707140/ Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:46:47 PST
Yes, wow, haven't updated since June. You are all probably wondering what has happened to me. *looks around hopeful* You have been wondering right.... right!?

Anyway, nothing much has been happening. Summer break was pretty boring, nothing too remarkable happened. September came and I went back to school... Towards the end of October I had a wonderful time at Digi and Bluey's house scaring some innocent vict- I mean children on Halloween.

Then that brings us to the present month of November... Nothing much except school is frustrating me a lot. Three months of school and I already want to strangle two of my teachers. One is a teacher I've had for three years straight! I haven't liked him since the first year >< The other teacher is my gym/health teacher. I just don't like her... she's annoying... she's the Cheerleader "coach", enough said right?

Along with school frustrating me I've had a few things outside of school give me problems. Though I find no need to talk about any of it. Minor little things that will pass with time. Ranting about them would be a waste of time really.

I know I haven't been too active art-wise. Worry not I haven't stopped drawing. For the most part I just haven't had time to draw much. Hopefully next month I'll find some time to draw more often.

In other news... my 18th birthday is coming up really really soon. December 5th to be exact. I'm not demanding anyone draw me a picture or anything for my birthday, but it would be really really nice. :)

Well that's all I have to say right now. Good day.

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]]> =Kurokari School's Out... Summer Break! http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/13412800/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/13412800/ Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:00:39 PDT
Well I haven't posted a journal since February, so I figured it was about time I gave an update... and what better timing then my last day of school?

So yeah, school's out for summer and that means....
No, not more free time to draw.... unfortunately it means summer assignments and time to draw, lol... ^^;

Yeah, I have to read two books for English. Also I have to do outlining and computer programs for my Computer Science class.

Don't worry, I'll be drawing and writing up profiles and such along with my summer assignments. Heck, I have about three months to do everything... it's not like I have anything planned for the summer...

Yeah I'm one of those people who have no life over the summer... :( All my friends have something to do and I get stuck at home with nothing to do... it totally sucks!

Well, hopefully one or more of my friends will surprise me and they will "drag" me along with them during one of their fun filled summertime adventures....

Well that's all for now. Everyone... enjoy your summer....

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]]> =Kurokari Snow Day! http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/11810508/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/11810508/ Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:34:05 PST

Well actually...*looks outside* it's not a snow day it's a.... hail, sleet, frozen rain, slush.... oh forget it I'll just call it a snow day! lol.

Anyway, I hope to get some drawing done.. or those of you who know me from fanfction... I might write some more of my stories. Either way something fun will get done today.

So, yeah... not much else to say except I'm glad to finally have a snow day.... I needed it... School has been getting stressful lately.... ^^;

Well bye for now!
(Oh yeah... Happy Valentine's Day... not that it's a great holiday or something...)

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]]> =Kurokari Clubs and gifts http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/11662756/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/11662756/ Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:10:42 PST
-!-Animation Clubs-!-
:iconanimators-guild:

-!-Art Clubs-!-
:iconunseenartists: :iconwe-are-original:

-!-Couples Clubs-!-
:iconanti-yyhicc:

Also temperately this is where I will list gifts and random drawings for me...

:icondigitails: Just sittin' - Birthday

:iconbluehog: Kurokari Birthday Card Gift

]]> =Kurokari My Friends http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/11565086/ http://Kurokari.deviantart.com/journal/11565086/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:30:59 PST
-!-People I Know In Real Life-!-
:iconbluehog: :iconlilrxox: :iconcelestial-yorda: :iconlordxalren: :iconxaioyu: :icondigitails: :iconkateandkit3:

-!-Online Friends-!-
:iconquikchangesilver: :iconchampion-of-whatever: :iconkaidona: :iconcosmoscanine: :iconsniper-kitty: :iconnyiana-sama: :iconmiffix:

-!-DA Friends-!-
:iconkykiske20022003: :iconothello-3d: :icondragongirl91: :iconensatsu-kokuryu: :iconmaeix2: :iconmahadosknight: :iconsuperdemon-inuyasha: :iconagaave: :icon360-free:

-!-People I Devwatch-!-
:iconmisaki-chi: :icontori-ohki: :iconnathie: :iconvixen-t-fox: