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Also, I went job-hunting today. Ew. Not much luck, but we'll see how it turns out.

Still haven't taken pictures of my sculpting assignments, but I will get around to that. Tomorrow, perhaps... or after my final on Thursday. It will get done!

]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/27523757/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/27523757/ Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:12:24 PDT Hopefully, I will have some nice stuff from sculpting to show you all - assuming that nothing blows up in the kiln. I am so very paranoid that something I have made will explode and ruin other peoples' work. ._. Well, here's to hoping.

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1. I heart Comedy Central.
2. I wanna move out of my house. D:<
3. I really need to study. Bleh.
4. I don't think gay marriage should be an issue at all - I have yet to hear a decent argument against it.
5. I don't really consider myself an artist, though I'd like to make a living pretending to be one.
6. I've wanted to be a vampire since high school.
7. I think humans are pretty bland - we should have have mutant powers like the X-Men.
8. I heart accents. But I also realize that the charm fades after a while.

I tag and every person who sees this post! 'Cept , who tagged me.

]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/23164519/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/23164519/ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:56:18 PST
In other news... I've had lots of good ideas lately, most springing from the fact that I haven't been able to sleep too well. I dunno why I can't sleep, I just can't. And I haven't been able to really concentrate on my work, or even get into art. It's a bummer, but I'm sure it will pass. I won't worry about it until I turn into some kind of nervous wreck or something. Luckily, that's not likely to happen because I'm not worried about it! See, apathy has its uses.

My current Drawing II assignment is bothering me. It gets into what I can only describe as the crafty side of arts and crafts. And my crafts never came out so great, they always looked like they were ready to fall apart if someone breathed to close. Bleh.

I've been noodling around with the Gimp, trying out a technique that feels a lot like the work I do in my Drawing class - which is good, I am most comfortable with real media and the methods involved. This technique hasn't worked out too well for me in CG just yet... but I think I'm making progress. At the very least, it gets me away from the very amateur-looking CG that seems to populate the internet. You know the kind. The kind where it looks like the artist was way too fond of the Dodge, Burn and Smudge tools. The kind with the squiggly lines that want to be straight. The piece where you think you're the shit when you first finish it, then you look back at it and go, "Whoa, which newb drew that?" Like this? [link] Yeah... I think I'll be deleting that soon. As soon as I can get this technique down and I finally have some new, good quality stuff to post. I'm working on it, k?

]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/21665183/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/21665183/ Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:20:04 PST Umm... Turkey Day is coming up! And most of the family won't have to work that day for once in a long time. It's not exactly my favorite holiday, but it's something to look forward to.
My boyfriend is going out of town for Thanksgiving, which kind of sucks - but he's going to see his family so I really can't argue with that. I just wanna spend more time with him. I just realized that tomorrow makes seven months for us.

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So... my last entry sucked. I can't believe the level of emo that went on there. I apologize. And the funny thing is, things are waaay different now. I'm going to college (though I don't know how happy I am about that), I finally have a job, and I've got a wonderful boy friend. Life is essentially the same, but I'm not so depressed. Depressed isn't even the right word for it, more like simply "blue". But life is good.
I'm almost done with Brisingr. It's a decent book, like the two that came before it. Though it was a little disappointing to find out that there is going to be a fourth book. The series as a whole is very... happily-ever-after. Bad things happen, but they always right themselves in the end or so it seems so far. It's not horrible, but it keeps the series from reaching that level of heart-wrenching emotion. Hopefully, I can find the time to finish it soon, I want to start on the Twilight series - despite all the fangirlism that I've seen. The fangirls scare me, but the books sound interesting.

Mayhaps I will find the time to draw something worth posting here some time...

]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/16936613/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/16936613/ Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:17:10 PST
After a while, every day is the same as the one before it. Life just jumps ahead another twenty-four hours and I have to look back that much further.
Yes, it's a bleak out-look. No, I don't care.

So, my birthday is coming up. Woop-dee-doo. I don't even remember the last time I had a real party. But, then again, I don't party like a normal person. Most teens, when they hit eighteen, just want to go out and get wasted. It's like some right of passage, but I'm not sure what to. To the next year when all you have to look forward to is college or work? Or both? Or maybe to the hang-over you get the next day. Either way it's like saying "This is life, get used to it". Beautiful.
My mom seems pretty upset that I really don't want to do anything, but I don't know what she expects from me. I haven't enjoyed what my family would call a real party since... since a very long time. I've gotten so used to nothing happening quite the way it should that I've just lost interest in even trying anymore. All I really want is a better way to deal with difficulty. I want things to be better again. Before college, before settling, before loss.

Oh, right, I got contacts last Tuesday. And I tore one just Saturday. Nice. 'S okay, I should be going back to get a replacement pair sometime in the next couple of days. Just when I got used to seeing myself without my glasses, I have to put them back on again. Now I feel weird seeing myself with them. Before now, I've never had that feeling. I'd been wearing glasses since the first grade, it almost never occurred to me what I might look like without them.

I've recently renewed my attempt at digital art... and I want to kick myself. It's horrible, having ideas greater then your talent. I have a beautiful picture in my head but I can't seem to get it out! It's like it's trapped. But at least I'm doing stuff again. I feel like thinking about college has me a bit more inspired to better myself lately. It's a good feeling, now if only I could actually attain that higher level of skill...!

]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/15351889/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/15351889/ Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:25:41 PDT Oh well, no biggie.
Hmm.... Senior year in high school. Still no car. Still no job (not that I'm in a hurry for one). Still no money. Not much has changed, except that fact that everything will change. It just goes to show you how much school doesn't prepare you for the real world. One minute everything is routine, the next its fend-for-yourself. Thats gonna be fun...
I'm not bitter, I promise.
I'm actually in a really good mood. I got to go to my first opera yesterday. How was it? See mood displayed above. It wasn't the absolute best, but it was pretty good - better then I had expected. Going out and doing things like that leaves me in a good mood for days, usually. When I get out on my own I hope that I'm able to go and see more operas and musicals and things like that. That along with a good book, some video games and my closest friends. I can't see why I'd need much more.

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On the up side I did a pretty big update today, hope it is to your liking.

]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9831647/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9831647/ Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:37:43 PDT My brain is happy because it is no longer rotting into mush and I am happy because I get to see my friends again. The only down-side is that I'm really tired, but it's a fair trade.
After deciding that there isn't enough good Sephiroth Fan Art anywhere, I attempted to draw some of my own. Not too long after, I decided to stop b'tching and deal. I think I'll clean it up or just try again from scratch.

Hmm, not much else to say...

Random Quote
"Untill I feared to lose it, I never loved reading. One does not love to breathe." - To Kill a Mockingbird ]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9656590/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9656590/ Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:33:30 PDT really coming back?! OMG! ::fangirl squeal::
Ahem, I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me... But, damn, I miss seeing him. I stopped watching WWE regularly after Jeff Hardy left and they screwed up Litas story line, but I can't wait to see him in the ring again. I miss seeing the Twist of Fate and I miss the Poetry in Motion and damn I miss the Swanton Bomb. Maybe Team X-treme will reform? I hope he comes back with his old entrance music. Talk about a shot of nostalgia.

]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9442274/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9442274/ Thu, 20 Jul 2006 21:29:53 PDT finally finished that book for my English class! I finished the quotes and the essay and now all I need to do is read one more book, but I think I'll give it a rest for a day or two... Not that I worked terribly hard on it. Then I'll just sort of cram it in a couple of days. If I enjoy the book then I'll devour it, no problem. Untill then, I'm going to read something that I will actually enjoy or maybe get some art or leisurely writing done... Or maybe I'll just be lazy and listen to MuggleCast all day (I am such and HP dork). ^_^

Ah-ha! I remembered it this time! ]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9414169/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9414169/ Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:41:56 PDT
Computer Shuffle
A little while back, my mom got herself a new computer... again. That makes number four. The first computer that we had, were is still alive, would be ancient by computer standards now. It was a desktop and it lasted the longest of all the computers we've had, having spent most of it's life not knowing what horrors await a computer belonging to a family of 6+. If there is a computer heaven somewhere (where socialy-stunted teens defrag and virus scan them every week and clean them every day) it is probably very thankful that it was a desktop and never met the same fate as its replacement, a laptop that now sits crippled on my desk.
Well, now that my mom has a new computer, the one before it sort of got passed on to me. It is awesome. It's got a nice big screen and it is mobile. Of course, like every one and almost everything in this house, it has issues. Issues don't usually bother me, but this one is a pretty annyoing one. Everytime I log onto the internet, the names in my Buddy List become sort of skewed, as if the computer doesn't know how to handel the text. Sometimes the web address won't show up in the search bar and the text on some web pages will only show up half-way or not at all, in some cases.
I was looking foward to using this computer, because I think it will handle Photoshop better then my other one.... but I really wish I could fix this problem.

Oh yeah, and this one has the bad habit of clicking on its own. -_-

Darn it, why do I keep forgeting this? ]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9399401/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9399401/ Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:38:41 PDT I spent four hours writing about How Magic Works in a story that I started in eighth grade.
I've been spending more time on Gaia, stimulating my brain.
And I'm almost done with my summer home work.

Bad Things: My trial subscription already ran out. I kinda miss it.
I spent four hours Writing about How Magic Works.
And I hit "Enter" before I actually wrote anything in this Journal. lol ]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9375322/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9375322/ Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:20:12 PDT them not to go. Okay... your point is? I'm sorry, but I don't know these people and I don't really care for them; they don't need my help. Furthermore, I refuse to believe that a bunch of people I don't even know would help pay for my tuition as my father so vehmently says they will. It would be a nice guesture, certainly, but it would be wasted on me.
He continues to argue that I go, because I do not "have the understanding of an adult" because of my age. That pissed me off. To hear something like that come from a man who is drunk seventy percent of the day is irking. I wanted to yell and scream and break thinkgs... but I'm a good kid, I held my peace. Which is why I have to unload it all here.
I can't wait untill I never have to see him again.

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I also got a trial subscruption to DevART. I'd like to explore my new options but I don't want to get too attached because it only lasts for 7 days. I think it's been at least 3 so far.
I have the option to become a Beta Tester because of the subscription but I don't know if that will last after my trial has ended or cause some kinda glitch-like thing. o_0

I finaly finished one-third of my English Summer Assignment. Now, all I have to do is finish the journals for the Huck Finn book (which I find very boring T_T) and read another book from a list before my vacation ends. Then I'll be completely done. Yay!

]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9172598/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9172598/ Sat, 24 Jun 2006 20:17:24 PDT
Kind of an odd awakening. No, not rude, just odd. I heard some chirping as I lay in bed, which isn't at all uncommon, and my brian registered "Bird". It was kind of loud, though. "Bird. Pretty loud birdie, I wish he could keep it down." That's when I noticed two key things. First, the sound was way too close, although a window being open would have been a good excuse. Second, the bird was not so much chirping happily as screeching shrilly. Add in the fact that I have four cats and I think you can see where this is going.
Immediatly, I figured I should go help the poor thing. I know it's in a cats nature to hunt birds but bringing it in the house is crossing the line for me. I sat up and put my glasses on and the first thing I see is a little birdie sitting on the box fan right across from me.
Now that I look back on it, I should have probably said, "Good morning" or something. What else can you say in a situation like that? Alas, my brain was fuzzy and I don't think I completely believed that there was a bird in my room.
I grabbed a rag, picked up the tiny bird (he wasn't even as big as my fist) and, clueless as to what to do now, I went Mom.
Eventually, I let him go out the back window... only for him to end up in the house again. Talk about bad luck. We kept him in a box for a little while, just long enough for him to gain his bearings and start fighting back. Then, we let him go in the neighbors' yard in the hopes that he would get away before the cats found him yet again.

Late that night I got a couple of interesting sketches done. I only did sketches because I was supposed to be asleep, though. I plan to clean 'em up and post them here... eventually.
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June 24, 2006

Woke up to the sound of the telephone ringing. Went back to sleep. (Heheh) Woke up the the phone again, and this time I actually check it. For my effort the caller ID showed a name I hadn't seen in quite a while. It was a friend of mine who recently graduated and she invited me to go to the mall with her. Not much to say after that. We had a good time -- me, her, and another friend of mine. We always have a good time and it usually means I'll be in good spirits for the rest of the day when the three of us go out. I'd hoped to clean up those sketches today but I've been tired. 'S okay, though, it doesn't bother me because my day was pretty well spent. ^_^




[link] <~~ Interesting tale of a woman and her two birds who are currently sort of stuck in Japan because the USDA won't allow the birds into the US. Check it out and help her, please? ]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9108172/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9108172/ Sun, 18 Jun 2006 18:15:21 PDT "Night-night."
I plopped uncerimoniously into bed and my Muse (Demon, Mistress, Resident Nag, whatever) poked me. quite gently, she poled my brain and whispered, " You know, it is an interesting idea."
To which I replied, " Mmrrrph... sleep."
She picked up a stick and poked my brain once more.
"Pink ephalents and sparkly dots! Sketch them!"
"Later, sleep now." And I tried to empty my brain and puch the little harpy out through my ear.
"Do it now, DAMNIT!" She screamed, jabbing the stick into my brain.
"Meep!"
"Pink ephalents and sparkly dots, now!" She swilled my brain around with the stick, effectively waking Thoughts and Day Dreams who began to yabber and promt If Only to put in his two cents.
I wimpered and rolled out of bed; no rest for the wicked. It's not exactly the same as sketching my post-slumber vision but it will keep her at bay for now.

6/16/06 3:35 a.m.

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Just thought I'd post that for you to read. Anywho, I've been getting alot of sketching done and I'm about half-way through a digital piece that I have moderatly-high hopes for because I'd like to think I'm improving.
I did a sketch of Naruto yesterday to practice 3/4 view and it came out so good! I was pretty miffed though, because I couldn't post it as it was the same as the picture that I was using for reference... :sigh: I hope it will atleast be a learning experience that will keep with the rest of my work.

Eeep, almost forgot! ]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9029322/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/9029322/ Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:46:11 PDT
Fox and Moonstone: 90% Finished. Add BG?
Dream Phoenix: Finish Coloring
Kali: Scanned, Ready to Color
Black and White: Scan to Comp. and Touch Up
Emilys Wolf: Redo Sketch
The Warriors Sun and Moon: Need to Sketch
The Mirror: Pending
The Closet Creature: Pending

Ooooh, coolness. I joined a club. ^_^ ]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/8868994/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/8868994/ Wed, 24 May 2006 22:49:40 PDT All of these messages were Watch, Journal, and Poll updates but it doesn't take much to make me happy. Anyway!
Very unproductive I have been. Been attached to Baten Kaitos for the last few days (beautiful game, by the way) and my last attempt at a tree did not go so well. The trunk and branches came out quite well and even the body of the leaves was looking decent so I was feeling quite hopeful. The actual shading of the leaves quickly quashed that feeling, however. ::sigh:: I will probably have to reference some techniques before I can tackle that one again. Curse you, O Mighty Leaf! We shall meet again!
Oh, Summer Vacation is here. Goody. If I was still in Elementary I would be ecstatic; no school means no homework, no bed-time, and I get to see my friends ALL the time, yay! But now Summer Vacation means summer homework and I see my friends much less often and don't even mention the Outside (the Light, it burns!!). And lets not forget Graduation which I absolutely must attend. It's not my Graduation and I wouldn't go if I had it my way but I can't get out of it because, first of all, I have to be there for Choir and second, some of my best friends are graduating and I just can't miss that. I've been dreading this for over a year now but I know there is no way around it. It's gonna be so different without them (I hope I don't cry). ]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/8676162/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/8676162/ Thu, 04 May 2006 20:12:32 PDT I got to be with my friends, I got to see a free show, and I came home to chicken and nori so I'd say it was a pretty good day. ]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/8611405/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/8611405/ Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:07:09 PDT I was cleaning the kitchen, like my mom told me to, and Sir. DrinksAlot decides he wants to help. I'm already peeved because cleaning is just not my thing and it never fails to make me frustrated. As I was trying to put a trash bag into the garbage can he grabs it and takes it outside-- it wan't even a quarter full! I said, "Why not just put it in the trash can?" but he took it anyways... So I slamed the dustpan I was using and I said somethings I shouldn't have. Then when I tried to get another bag he pushes me back talking nonsense and takes the bag away from me. A Few words were exchanged and then I went to my room, slammed and locked the door, and decided to share some of my lovely Slipknot music, quite loudly, just to tick him off.
It's been a little while since this happened and I'm calm now but I can still hear him ranting to my little brother* about one thing or another. I wish I could get out of the house or that he would just leave me alone. Fat chance of either one of those though. Oh well, I guess I'll live.

*Poor thing, my brother. The crazy old man likes to talk alot after he's had a few beers and he's probably had way too many. ]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/8549546/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/8549546/ Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:01:58 PDT Well, whether I'm waking up and the crack of dawn or the crack of noon the weekend is always a good thing. Especially after TAKS week.
I'm sure it's got different names else where but it's basicly all the same: That huge test at the end of the school year that determines whether you pass or fail and whether you will have to take the dreaded Remedial Classes next year. The worst part, however, is probably not the test it's self but the fact that they stick you in a room with 20 other people and you just sit there for the whole day. You get two 10 - 15 minute breaks and a half-hour for lunch but thats it. The whole thing is really mentally exhausting. Thankfully, I won't have to deal with that for a whole nother* year.

My best friend took me to see Ice Age: The Melt Down. It was pretty good although there were a couple of crude jokes in the beggining and, for me, sequals always fail to compare to the first. A few days ago we went to see Inside Man which was great. It was like Oceans' Eleven... but not. And today we are probably going to go see Silent Hill. ^^

Been having some issues with OpenCanvas. There are somethings I like about it compared to PainterEssential but then there are always a couple of bad points. The major one for me is that when I save pictures as .jpg, they get really fuzzy; it's very annoying.


*I'm pretty sure this isn't a word... ]]> ~LeelaTheMinion http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/8308498/ http://LeelaTheMinion.deviantart.com/journal/8308498/ Wed, 29 Mar 2006 19:43:48 PST Anywho, I plan to put more art but some of the stuff I have needs to be saved in a different format. I'll do that later, it's getting late and I should have been in bed more then a half hour ago.
G'night. ]]> ~LeelaTheMinion