http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:MisoSoop&section=today deviantART RSS for by:MisoSoop en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:00:25 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/28733511/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/28733511/ Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:40:43 PST
Anyway, lately I've been completely focused on Pride and Prejudice, since we have to read it for AP English. I'll admit that I started off the book not expecting to be very interested in it, but we're only supposed to be on chapter 10 and I'm nearly done with the whole book. For some reason, I'm enjoying the book, even if sometimes I have trouble understanding it because I can't focus on the excessively long, rambling sentences. I guess it's because the central romance is actually justified and believable (have I mentioned I really don't like romance?).

I think if Meyer wanted a proper conflict for her completely unbelievable romance, she would have been better off looking to Pride and Prejudice than her wet dream.

I'll probably end up watching the movie this weekend, or tonight even if I can find it somewhere, to get a better idea of everything that's going on by being able to really see the characters (I'm not that stupid that I really don't understand it, but sometimes seeing it acted out in front of you makes it easier to remember; at this point I won't remember any real details).

I'm actually using this journal time as an interval in my reading so I can focus. Poor Lydia is living with a man out of wedlock and I want to seem them find that idiot and set her straight. In fact, it's a wonder how different the times are because MY first thought was that he was going to kill her and leave her in a ditch like what happens all the time now. It never crossed my mind that it was just a scandal for her family that she was pretty much acting like a prostitute.

...Nice going, Lydia.

Edit// I'm now typing like I'm halfway in the 17th century. Someone shoot me.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/28647885/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/28647885/ Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:13:04 PST
I'm still incredibly tired all the time and I think it's because my sister got everyone sick, so I still feel no motivation to really draw or write (the fact that I keep putting off reinstalling my tablet isn't helping either).

But at this point, I don't care if people disappear (with reason or without), or if they don't show up like they said they would. I don't need them, I'll just float along to the next thing.

Like reading The Hobbit, or something.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/28606740/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/28606740/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:34:55 PST
Mostly because between all the laying around and random bouts of crying, I just don't have the energy. It's not really triggered by anything, there are just incredibly low points in my battle with depression, and this is one of them.

However, keep in mind that though I've been diagnosed for almost ten years, I've never written a suicide note, I've never cut myself and I haven't even considered suicide since sixth grade. I'm not giving out cries for attention or pity. I don't need them.

Just because I've been diagnosed with this doesn't mean I'm still not a normal person. It doesn't mean I'm 'emo' or 'goth' or that I'm trying to seem different or cool (God, I would never suffer through this just for the chance of being cool). It means I'm suffering from a disease, but I like to think I'm one of the few that has it under control, and without the help of medication. My severe episodes never last for more than a week at most. I know how to handle myself after so many years.

I decided to share this after a stamp I saw and after posted a musing on how quickly medication is doled out. Medication is USELESS without therapy. Medication is useless unless you're working to change the way you think, ESPECIALLY if you have depression or another mood disorder, or even an anxiety disorder.

Sometimes all you even need is therapy, someone that will help you rewire your thinking so that you aren't bringing yourself down. It's hard. Episodes still happen. But I feel so much better knowing that I'm not on meds. I'll take the artblock and lack of interest for a few days over being dependent on a pill to make me happy.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/28565079/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/28565079/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:56:44 PST
Normally, I would have had this whole week off, but because they're trying to make up for how late we started, we only get a four day weekend for thanksgiving, and we don't get any of the small national holidays off. At least to my knowledge.

It's just too much school, not to mention that I don't like most of my classes because of the people in them; I swear every class I have seems to have at least one or more people that I just can't stand, and it makes it hard to enjoy those classes.

Surprisingly, despite my complete lack of effort I passed all my classes for last quarter. I'm still not sure how I managed it, but I'm certainly not complaining.

Because I've been so tired, I haven't been drawing much. The last time I drew anything was on Monday, and that was a gift for a friend so I don't have it anymore. She'd never seen me draw anything before (in fact she had no idea I could draw), so I gave her a quick little portrait of herself.

But even if I had the art, I wouldn't be able to color it or edit it, because I still don't have my tablet installed or anything but Paint on my computer. Hopefully I can use this four day weekend to catch up on sleep and get my computer completely to what it was before.

The only bad part is that now I have to start listening to relatives harass me about what I want for Christmas (I think asking for Twilight to have never been written is a bit too much).

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/27957086/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/27957086/ Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:13:13 PDT
Plus, it's nice to have an updated computer, one that can hopefully handle Mabinogi and the Sims3 and not have a heart attack. It took awhile to get my computer hooked up to the internet, but I have all of my basics back.

On another note, the past week I've been very... moody. I haven't felt like talking to anyone or doing anything, and I've had a shorter temper than usual, especially concerning a certain person I talk to. Now, I know she has a deviantart, and I'm not sure if she reads my journals or anything anymore, but I wanted to extend an apology to her, especially after yesterday.

I want to explain that though I do get snippy, and I do get disagreeable and passive aggressive, It's not because I'm very angry with her (or anyone else if I snap at you at some point too). I go through time periods where I lose interest or my patience becomes shorter than usual, and I start to take things very personally.

I know it's a bit ridiculous, and at times it may even seem clingy, but I don't want to irritate anyone or cause them distress. For some reason, possibly because I've had trouble with friends before, I immediately get defensive if I get even the smallest hint that they aren't that interested in interacting with me at some point. I know it may be because they're busy, or want to do something else, but because I've had bad experiences with those situations I become passive aggressive.

I usually try to make it seem like I could care less about what they're doing, or I automatically try to make them feel guilty and I know it isn't right. But it's something I've grown used to doing, and even though it doesn't make me feel better (in fact it just makes me more frustrated), I can't stop it. I've tried, but even with the littlest prompting I snap.

So I'm taking responsibility for my faults and apologizing, even though in the back of my mind I still think it's justified... I don't want ruin anything. A terrible apology I know, and even though I'm frustrated and paranoid, it's not worth losing someone I've known for almost three years, maybe more.

I think we need to set time aside and just bitch about each other and figure out what to do to fix it, but... oh well.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/27799577/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/27799577/ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:59:14 PDT
::: ABOUT YOU:::
1.) I like: Eating... but it doesn't mean I'm fat.
2.) I like: Learning weird dances like Yaranaika, Tunak Tunak Tun, etc... but it doesn't mean I can do them. lol
3.) I like: Sleeping... but it doesn't mean I'm lazy.
4.) I like: having lucid dreams... but it doesn't mean they don't scare me. ; A;
5.) I like: being in Band... but it doesn't mean I'm a loser.

::: ABOUT YOUR FANDOM :::
1.) I like: Yomi... but it doesn't mean I hate Kurama for what he did to him.
2. ) I like: when guys AREN'T paired together... but that doesn't mean I'm against it.
3. ) I like: Chococat... but that doesn't mean I'm a girly girl.
4. ) I like: writing fanfiction about my fandoms... but it doesn't mean I write mary-sue romances.
5. ) I like: The Misadventures of Flapjack... but that doesn't mean I'm sometimes not creeped out by it, lol.

::: GENERAL ANIMOSITY :::
1. ) I do NOT like: rules that don't serve a real purpose... but that doesn't mean I'm an anarchist.
2. ) I do NOT like: talking to people... but that doesn't mean I'm a snooty bitch or a brooding emo/goth.
3. ) I do NOT like: ONIONS... but that does not mean I'm out the destroy the whole onion population.
4. ) I do NOT like: When my friends complain about guy problems... but that doesn't mean I won't help them.
5. ) I do NOT like: my nose... but that doesn't mean I'll ever get it changed.

::: FANDOM ANIMOSITY :::
1.) I do NOT like: TWILIGHT... but that doesn't mean I'll hate on the fans.
2.) I do NOT like: People that hate characters because they like a character the reader/viewer does... there's no exception to this. REALLY? GROW. UP.
3. ) I do NOT like: a series full of filler episodes... a long series doesn't equal a good one. Don't try to stretch it out.
4. ) I do NOT like: bashfics... really, you wrote a whole story to bash on a character and make them WORSE than they actually are?
5. ) I do NOT like: when people complain about originality... it's not the big picture, but the way it's painted that matters.

::: FRIENDS PLEASE & THANK YOU :::
1. )Marlene... we annoy each other sometimes, but I know that when the time comes, we'll be bitching about the same things.
2. )Cassandra... my fellow ranter and badminton champ <3
3. )Isaac... for letting me laugh at your efforts to roller blade.
4. )...for letting me rant at you, lol. I know I do it a lot.
5. )... for putting up with me for so long.
6. )My Mabi guild... for simply being amazing. ; A;

::: TOP LOVE :::
1. ) Zours
2. ) Halloween
3. ) Chriiiiistmaaaas
4. ) Being able to relax
5. ) learning new, mostly random things.

::: TAG A SUCKER :::
1. ) You
2. ) and you
3. ) AND YOU!
4. ) You too!
5. ) Sardines.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/27734937/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/27734937/ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:37:41 PDT
My mom doesn't help, she makes such a big deal out of the littlest things lately and I wish she'd just think and stop rambling every time she has a question. You don't need to give me a whole frickin' story, just tell me what's bugging you and get on with it.

I've also been down because I'm getting sick of school, mostly because I'm more irritable lately, which is caused by the fact that I'm having RP back-up and I'm getting anxious to move on with it already. Not to mention my fucking Halloween costumes, which i no longer have no passion for or confidence in.

It's incredibly frustrating. I've gotten so desperate to get something down I've started looking at group RPs -shudder-. And I can't tell my mom I've given up on the costumes, we've put a lot of money into them.

I've got a completely retarded concert this Wednesday, a football game Friday, and more bull shit in between. I relaxed a little when I was coloring earlier, but now I'm so irritable and anxious that I can't even play Hotel Dusk again, or any other game for that matter.

I just keep repeatedly clicking between dA, Gaia, Yahoo and Google and try to find something to distract myself. It isn't working.

-Gnaws hands off.-

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/27602959/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/27602959/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:01:31 PDT
YOUR BOY SIDE:

[X] you love hoodies
[X] you love jeans
[ ] dogs are better than cats
[X] it's hilarious when people get hurt and fall
[X] you've played with/against boys on a team?
[ ] shopping is torture
[X] sad movies suck
[ ] you own a XBOX
[ ] you played with Hot Wheels as a little kid
[ ] at some point in life you wanted to be a firefighter
[X] you owned a DS, PS2 or Sega
[X] you used to be obsessed with Power Rangers (DUDE, EVERY GIRL I KNEW LOVED POWER RANGERS. WHAT SHIT IS THIS?)
[ ] you watch sports on TV
[ ] gory movies are cool
[ ] you used to go to your dad for advice
[x] you have at least 1 trophy of a sport (Kay-rah-tay)
[ ] You used to play Yu-Gi-Oh .
[X] baggy sweat pants are nice to wear (Really, who made this? Girls wear these!)
[ ] it's kind of weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people.
[X] green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favorite colors. (This doesn't even have anything to do with gender!)
[ ] you love to go crazy and not care what other people think. (Also not gender specific! I'm starting to protest this survey.)
[X] sports are fun (Do you know how many girl sports there are? D<
[ ] you sometimes talk with food in your mouth. (Now guys are inherent slobs?)
[ ] you sleep at night with your socks on. (Like girls can't do this?)
[X] you have fished at least once (And girls can't fish either?)

TOTAL= 12

YOUR GIRL SIDE

[x] you like to shop (but it completely depends on the day)
[ ] you wear eyeliner
[x] you wear the color pink (Do you know how many guys wear pink? D< )
[ ] you go to your mom for advice
[x] you consider cheerleading a sport (Yes, I went there. Have you seen the shit they do? They're actually making them take things out because it's TOO DANGEROUS.)
[x] you hate wearing all black
[x] you like going to the mall (I people watch.)
[ ] you like getting manicures and/or pedicures
[x] you like wearing jewelery
[ ] you cried watching The Notebook (Lol. What be the Notebook?)
[ ] skirts are a big parts of your wardrobe
[ ] shopping is one of your favorite hobbies
[ ] you don't like the movie Star Wars (Booo. Boring movie is boring.)
[ ] you are/were in gymnastics (Um. Gymnastics was originally a sport for BOYS.)
[ ] it takes you around one hour to shower and get dressed
[ ] you smile a lot more than you should
[x] you have more than 10 pairs of shoes (mostly gym shoes.)
[x] you care about what you look like majority of the time (I'm a full believer that what you wear reflects who you are)
[x] you like wearing dresses
[X] you like wearing body spray/deodorant
[ ] you like high heel shoes
[x] you used to play with dolls as a kid
[ ] you like putting makeup on others
[ ] you like being the star of almost everything

TOTAL: 11

Boy - 12
Girl - 11

Pretty even. BUT THIS SURVEY IS COMPLETELY SEXIST AND INACCURATE. I don't recommend it.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/27308826/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/27308826/ Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:24:53 PDT
However, the basic design and where the details go keep changing, not to mention the ones added and taken out. And the fabric. D8

I think I've changed the designs about five times, and I still don't feel I'm happy with it. Gaaah! Especially when I come on here and browse... I see things that make me want to tweak my designs, and I have to stop myself, because we've already started cutting the fabric to certain patterns and such.

...When we start finishing the bases of the costumes, I'll try to take pictures and see what you guys think.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/27235621/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/27235621/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:08:23 PDT
Random things will make me wonder just how adept I am at being social, and keeping up with relationships I've made. In fact, these thoughts haven't even crossed my mind almost all summer until today.

I know that some of you already know I frequent Gaia, and while I made friends there, there was a time when I stopped interacting with them for one reason: I didn't like the new 'regulars'. I hated how desperate they were for attention, I hated how they couldn't hold a conversation if they had an instruction booklet in front of them detailing every step to do so. I hated how everything they talked about was always centered around whining about how awful things were.

I let these people drive me away from a place I never thought I'd want to try and avoid, and it isn't until now that I realize that there's a huge chasm between myself and the people I had once thought I was close too.

There was a fall out that I was never told about, though I had always thought things like that would be shared with me; I don't receive the same warm welcomes that I used to, and they certainly aren't on the same level as others are receiving. It seems that everytime I go there, it's revealed to me that I have no connection to these people at all.

I'm not given the details of their problems, I don't know about there lives at home because it's never been shared with me and it probably never will be.

I feel as if I'm destined to be the permanent third wheel, and I'm not ashamed to say that this fact is something that hurts me enough to make me want to curl up and cry until I'm a raisin.

I can only imagine that it was my absence that caused this. I missed out on the chances to get involved, obviously... but it isn't a pleasant feeling to suddenly be handled as if I'm a stranger...

I know some people might wonder why I would get so upset about an online relationship with anyway, but it doesn't matter the origin of the relationship; a person is still a person, and people can still connect. And I'm reminded of this every time I see people joking or conversing or offering advice. I always feel distanced from it, and lately it's been hard to tell if it's because I really am considered a third wheel, or if it's only because I'm expecting to be treated as such.

I won't claim to be the best person for keeping up relationships. Sometimes I just don't want to talk or leave my house, and I've lost a lot of friendships that way. But it's also because I've convinced myself that I'm not really as close to these people as I thought it was and I feel that this new separation is proof of that.

I have no sense of "It's so good to see you again, where have you been?" It's only "Oh... I knew you once didn't I? Well, what ever."

As much as I hate being social, humans are still creatures that depend on relationships, and it still pains me to know that's how things have turned out... I have the feeling that I'll never be able to change that little mood to anything other than isolated.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/27101610/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/27101610/ Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:28:14 PDT
Two years... and you'd think you'd have seen more art from me, haha. As I look back on the artwork I have managed to put up, I can see the change in my style, and it's something I'm proud of, but I also notice that I haven't improved much in terms of drawing the body.

It's something daunting that I have to work on, and given that my senior year (which officially started today) is pretty much a slacker year, maybe I'll have time to practice. Maybe in another two years, my anatomy will be so good no one else will notice the mistakes unless they too rock anatomy.

Wishful thinking.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/26432531/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/26432531/ Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:07:58 PDT [link]

Dear Axe-Handler (please enjoy my reply to your own lovely letter to me, lol) :

I don't really know how to tell you this, but I'm in love with your sister. I think I realized it when I quoted Santa with George Bush and his Wife and I saw you pull the toupee off My Kid Rock collection. I'm sure you're scarred enough to understand that Extreme Home Makeover sucks. I'm returning your memories from the military service to you, but I'll keep your suicide note as a memory. You should also know that I never liked Oprah Winfrey imitations.

Your everlasting enemy,
MisoSoop

I now taaaag:





-Realizes she has almost no friends and stops the list there.-

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/26358201/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/26358201/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:02:26 PDT who stole it from someone else. lol.

1. Do you sleep in your bra?:
No, unless I take a nap somewhere. You should never sleep in your bra! D<

2. Do you enjoy drama?:
Sometimes. I enjoy watching it and hearing about it once in awhile, but if it goes on for too long I'm likely to just wonder why they don't suck it up and move on.

3. Are you a girly girl?:
No, not really. I mean, I dress like a female, but besides that, I wouldn't say I am.

4. Who was the last person you hugged?:
My grandpa. Like, last week. I'm not huggable. D:

5. Small or large purses?:
It depends. I have medium sized purses, with long enough straps that they aren't in my armpit, and bigger ones if I'm carrying more crap that day. It used to be those satchel things, but I kind of outgrew them.

6. Are you short?:
5'8"/5'9"
No. 8D

7. Do you like somebody:
No, I don't. I don't even have any candidates for this. D:

8. What would you do if someone smacked your butt?:
I'd be pissed. D<
Tell them off, maybe hit them, and storm away. Or pepper spray them if I have any.

9. Do you care if your socks are dirty?:
Nah, not really. I don't have very sweaty feet. They get dirty because I walk around in them.

10. Do you dress up on Halloween?:
Always and forever! 8D

11. Are you double jointed?:
Nah. I have enough trouble with my joints as it is, I don't need them to bend every which way.

12. Where is the weirdest place you have slept?:
In a hotel bathroom. I got very sick and went in there to you know... cleanse my system, and I fell asleep.

13. Has anyone touched/smacked your butt in the past 24 hours?:
No. Is the person that made this a whore trying to get her ass smacked? D<

14. Is there a rumor going around about you?:
No. Most people don't even know who I am, let alone have enough material to start a rumor.

15. Do you call anybody by their last name?:
Hell yes! Addante, Korenchan, Scez and Perry. Though the last two are shortened: Scezniack and Perroline. They're all guys, with rather common names, so everyone just sorted of opted to use their last names instead.

16. How many guys will read this just because it says "Girl Confessions"?:
You know, I'm not sure. Some guys couldn't care less about this stuff. Sometimes I don't even care about it, lol.

"X" Marks the Spot:
[x] I do wear make up.
[x] I have cried at a movie theater. (my eyes water up. I don't openly cry)
[ ] I can put mascara on without opening my mouth.
[x] I get jealous.
[ ] I think Johnny Depp is sexy.
[x] I love to laugh.
[ ] I like death/grind/black metal.
[ ] I like rap.
[ ] I like country
[x] I carry a purse.
[x] I’d be lost without my computer.
[x] I own a Spice Girls CD. (it's lost somewhere in this house, but I know I have one)
[ ] I own a Britney Spears CD.
[ ] I own a boy band CD.
[x] I get bored watching football.
[ ] I’ve never been called a spoiled brat. (Spoiled yes, brat no)
[ ] Guys are confusing.
[x] I’ve been called a bad influence. (which was totally unfair and uncalled for, the girl was already insane before I met her)
[ ] I have/had a piercing other than my ears.

Come on ladies, be truthful!
1. What color is your bra that you're wearing?:
It's 'nude'. You know, skin toned. lol. It's my fall back color, I try not to buy bright colors and stuff.

2. Do you prefer light or dark haired guys?:
I don't mind, really, as long as it looks good on them.

3. Are you currently frustrated with a boy?:
Nope.

4. Do you have a best friend(s)?:
Yes. And anyone that puts no for this is a sad, sad person.

5. Have you ever had your heart broken?:
No.

6. Have you ever thought of having cosmetic surgery?:
Sadly I have. I really hate my nose... I want to make the bridge a little smaller, but I don't want to go through the pain and trouble of getting it done.

7. Do you like your life?:
Sometimes I do. Sometimes I think I should get out and do things, but then I think of all of the people that are just surrounded by drama and problems because they do.

8. Has one of your friends ever stolen a boyfriend from you?:
No. But I've been accused of stealing someone else's, and they weren't even a real person.
I told you she was insane. D<

9. Have you ever jum... ]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/26342346/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/26342346/ Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:05:03 PDT
Well, I decided I would just go with, so after getting ready we got in the car and my mom mentioned that the flea market was in St. Charles this weekend, since it's always the first weekend of August. She's always mentioning this flea market but we never make it over there because she remembers too late.

So I told her we were going so we could finally say we went. That, and I felt like doing something with my day instead of waiting around for people to get online, lol (though I'm still waiting anxiously > w< ). The flea market is at the fair grounds in St. Charles, so it's pretty much all outdoors in this dusty, animal smelling place. Luckily, it was really nice out so it wasn't a miserably hot afternoon.

Most of the things there were things you would find at an antique store or a resale shop, and I've always been fascinated by seeing old things that belonged to other people. Not sure why. But I especially love looking at the jewelery. Sometimes it's things that you won't be able to find anywhere else, and I can safely say I found quite a few things that I might not have found elsewhere.

I wound up getting two necklaces, two bracelets, and one pendant that I plan on making into a necklace when I get a chain. I'm completely intent on getting pictures of them so I can post them here and show you guys, but I'd have to bug my sister and I'll have to wait to do that.

I'm most interested by one of the bracelets I found; I've never seen anything like it, and it was really cool, so I'm glad I had the money to buy it. I also got food, since I'm fond of it, lol. Some really good jerky and summer sausage, which I like to eat with crackers. My mom got a purse and some fabric for a great price too.

All in all, flea markets are a great place to go if you're a collector, or hoping to find something unusual or cheap. Though, not all of the pieces will be cheap mind you. Some bracelets I found, ones that I would have loved to have, were around $45, and some pieces go for much more than that because they're either so old, or so nicely made.

But if you want a good designer knock off bag for around $20, that's the place to go, lol. There were probably ten stands selling purses.

I had fun though, we were there for a few hours and my mom thanked me for the fun day, which made the day even cooler.

Not only that, but I got my first paycheck. $310 for two weeks of work. I'm rather pleased with it, obviously, and I plan on putting my first few paychecks into my savings, which has been getting a bit depleted since I've been shopping more. PLUS, Morning Musume came out with a new song. It's not my favorite, but Risa (my favorite member) looked awesome in the video.



]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/26108127/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/26108127/ Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:35:49 PDT
Now, while I may have been pretty active on other sites (Gaia, LOL. I'm addicted to zOMG), I haven't been doing anything art related, and the guilt I feel for that is horrible. I just haven't felt like working on any of my commissions or personal pieces, and I'm not quite sure why.

I know that it's mostly because I have no interest in the commissions as an artist, but for the personal work I really have no valid excuse. I suppose I'm just getting lazy and uninterested during the summer. I've had a few other things going on that have primarily been on my mind.

The very latest is, of course, work. Yes, work; I have a job! I work with my mother at a title insurance company. It's basically all paper work, takes almost no training... but she needs the help because she fired the only person that worked in the office besides my sister Kelli. But Kelli is going to have a baby very, very soon, so she won't be in the office for awhile. Thus, my younger sister Brandi works here too. It's not that enjoyable with her around, but it's money and I can't complain.

Kelli's baby has been the other distraction for me. For a very long time my mom would do nothing but worry about the baby shower, which stressed me out as well. I didn't want her to end up not finishing everything. She also took it upon herself to make all sorts of things for the nursery, and she's nowhere near done. So I want to try to help her with that, but I need to learn how to properly use a sewing machine for something that big (I've only made doll clothes).

Not only that, but I'm worrying about the Halloween costumes as well. I'm hoping that now I have a paycheck, I'll be able to put it towards fabric for them. I want to get them started early, at least in August.

But I also have summer reading that I'm supposed to be doing, and I haven't been doing so hot on that; I still have two plays to read, and I have to re-read Wuthering Heights and annotate it, as well as fill out the worksheets for all three. I have about a month or two to finish. So I have to try and dedicate myself to working on it at night, or maybe even during free time at work (it's very slow here).

On top of this, there are some very ... difficult problems with one of my family members, and it's really affecting everyone on my dad's side and us. It's stressful, and I can only hope that it blows over soon because it's very distracting and none too cheery.

I don't have any new drawings to post though, so I'll be trying to get the ones that are already on my computer done, with commissions as my first priority. However, my life outside of drawing will have to come first for now.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/25647464/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/25647464/ Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:33:20 PDT
I'm not sure if I'm going to line it traditionally or on the computer. I did some half-hearted shading, so I think I'll post it to my gallery, but I don't want to post it to the Pendeo-Club unless it's colored and looks good.

If only I knew a quick method of coloring! D8

In other news, I spend a lot of time browsing etsy for jewelery, because a lot of it is beautiful and pretty much one of a kind. My most recent purchase I made last night, of a necklace: [link]

I was a little hesitant because it's Twilight inspired (most of AzureTreasure's jewelery is), but I felt that since it has no obvious connections to the series, I could put up with it and buy the thing. I just fell in love with how pretty the moon was, and it wasn't obscenely huge like some of her other pieces. By the way, I recommend her if you've got a thing for victorian-esque jewelery. All of her pieces are beautiful to look at, but because of my own personal tastes, I didn't find all of them wearable.

There was another necklace of hers that I really loved, and one that seriously debated on getting, but it was more expensive than the moon: [link]

Previous to the moon necklace, I've only bought one other necklace a few weeks after my birthday actually, for about the same price, and I love it dearly: [link]

I nearly died when I thought I had lost it. D8

But if you have a paypal, I totally encourage you to browse Etsy if you haven't. I know a lot of dA artists also sell their jewelry there.

Hopefully I'll be able to get a camera that works properly, and I'll be able to do a room meme I want to do. Then I can show you more of the things I wear and such. 8D

I'm not sure why, but that's always something I'm very interested in sharing. I believe you can learn a lot about a person from the type of clothes they choose to wear, or find attractive.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/25628879/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/25628879/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:28:31 PDT 1. Answer the following questions and post it in your journal.
2. Tag all your watchers. (Add a comment to all of your watchers)(Only the active ones plz)
3. Post "You've been tagged. Read the rules in my journal entry." in the comment.


P E R S O N A L

-Real Name: Magen
-Nickname: Mag, Twig, Dig-Dug
-Deviantart Name: MisoSoop
-Country: US
-Gender: Female


F A V O R I T E S

-Colour: Teal or green
-Food: Mmm... I really love mexican food. Like, REALLY.
-Drinks: Fanta: orange, strawberry, grape, whatever, I'll drink it.
-Movie at the moment (1 only): Just one? ; w; Mmm... Kamikaze Girls, I keep wanting to watch it.
-Song at the moment (1 only): ...Make You Feel my Love by Adele. This was a really hard choice.
-TV Program (1 only): Right now, it's So You Think You Can Dance. Not as good as last year though, you can't beat Katee and Joshua.
-TV Channel (1 only): I've been watching the Travel Channel a lot.
-Book: AAAAUGH. It's a play, but I really liked the Glass Menagerie this year. My favorite book changes.
-Ice Cream flavor: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, always.

V E R S U S - What do you like most?

-Sweet or Spicy?: Make it hot, baby.
-White chocolate or dark chocolate?: Dark Chocolate. Sometimes I prefer it to Milk Chocolate too.
-School or Mall?: The mall. Cute things. 8D
-Desktop Computer or Laptop?: Laptop. I can't sit in one place too long.
-Ice Cream or Cake?: Ice Cream.
-Anime or Cartoons?: GOOD GOD, Cartoons. Anime has been pissing me off lately.
-PSP or PS2?: PS2. I don't even have a PSP, nor do I need one.
-Sony or Panasonic?: I don't have a preference.
-RnB or POP?: Pop. RnB bugs me most of the time.


D E V I A N T A R T

-What is your most favourited deviation in your gallery?: Hiei's Stand [link] . It also has the most comments.
-Who is your first watcher?: badcop69. Apparently he likes the ladies. > w<
-How many watchers do you have right now?: 22. Some are lurkers, or old accounts though.
-How many deviation/s do you have?: 124. I didn't realize I posted that much.
-In the moment, how many is your page views?: 3, 431.
-Whom of your watchers do you talk the most?:
-Are you a subscriber? No sir. =o
-When did you start using Deviantart?: April 7, 2007.

Pretty much anyone who reads this journal is tagged, because you're an active watcher. I'm too lazy to hunt you down.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/25595278/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/25595278/ Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:16:13 PDT . :3

Your name?
-Magen.

If possible, your age?
-17

When did you start drawing?
-I've been drawing since I was very young. I didn't start taking on my current style until junior high school.

Which hand do you use for drawing?
-My right hand.

Which is easier to draw - male or female?
-Female; I always find that a male body looks awkward after I draw it.

Which is easier to draw - long hair or short hair?
-I find my self drawing long/medium lenghth hair more often than short hair; I don't mind short hair, but I don't like the way it looks when I draw it.

Is it easier to draw the head facing towards the right or the left?
-I vary the way it faces, so I don't notice.

Is it easier to draw the side view of the face or the front view?
-I cannot draw profile views to save my life.

What do you have problems in drawing?
-Profile views, basic anatomy, lol.


What do you like to draw?
-I tend to stick to females. I also prefer to draw faces and hair more than I do bodies and clothes.

Are you a traditional artist or a digital artist?
-I mostly do digital now, because I haven't learned how to use my markers well; I think I prefer knowing that if I mess up the colors, I can just erase them.

Where do you start drawing from?
-I start with the head; depending on how serious the drawing is, I'll do the shoulders, then finish the face and hair, and do the rest of the body. Usually I draw the clothes instead of a whole base and putting the clothes over it if I'm just doodling.

What is your drawing habit that you are aware of?
-A drawing habit? Well, same with my writing, my paper is always turned at an angle.

Any tips for coloring/shading?
-Experiment with it; there's really no right or wrong way to color something. If you are experimenting though, I advise using a lot of layers if it's digital, or making copies of your picture if it's traditional.

How long does it take to finish a piece of art?
-It varies; lately, I haven't been able to 'finish' any art, if coloring and lining it will make it be considered finished.

What music do you listen to while you draw?
-Anything, really. Sometimes I don't even listen to music, sometimes the TV is just on.

How long does it take you to come up with an idea?
-Usually when I doodle, it's an idea I've done before. I don't always come up with many ideas, given that I don't do big scenes or backgrounds, or dynamic poses.

Your favorite drawing utensils?
-I've been sticking to Photoshop. I also prefer mechanical pencils, and my pentel eraser. I like Prismacolor and Prang colored pencils, and I use Zig Memory System markers to line traditionally.

Your favorite color/the color that you use a lot?
-I don't think I use specific colors a lot.

Your favorite style(s)?
-Lately, I've been preferring a very simplistic cartoon style.
-In other artists, I like anything that looks like it's all well put together, and proportioned somehow.

What kind of artist are you aiming for?
- I really want to be able to have a realistic style, that stil has a small anime touch like Clap.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/25498731/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/25498731/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:20:33 PDT
I had decided a LONG time ago that I wanted to do a deck of cards. My friend Marz kind of gave me a weird look when I told her that, and I'm sure you're doing the same. "Like in Alice in Wonderland?"

No. D<

We'll be more like the queens on the cards, but of course not as elaborate. I decided I wanted costumes that represent the suits, and I've managed to gt a design for the Heart. All of the suits will basically be the same.

Of course, because of cost I now have to keep an eye out for cheap materials, and if two more people decide to do it with me, they'll have to pay for the cost of fabric themselves, and if they can, have their mothers help sew the costumes.

I won't show the designs on here, but I'm very excited about it, and I'm hoping that since we have enough time, I'll be able to have a bigger role in sewing the costumes together.

In case you weren't sure, Halloween is a big deal for me,lol.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/25165180/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/25165180/ Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:07:34 PDT
Also, there's this new show starting called Nurse Jackie... yeah, she's basically a female House; a bitchy medical person that does drugs. I don't know how popular it will be, but I probably won't be watching it. I only need one bitchy hospital worker, and that's House. ;3

Also, summer might not be that active, because I have summer reading I have to do: Wuthering Heights, Antigone, and some other play I can't remember the name of because it's long. But it's by Ibsen.

Edit// I posted the picture. Not too confident with it, but that's okay.

I don't know if I ever mentioned this, but I really aspire to be like one day. That's the kind of style I hope to have: realistic, but still cartoony/manga-like. It'll take a lot of practice, especially with anatomy, my biggest failing. -Sigh.-

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/24947968/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/24947968/ Mon, 25 May 2009 17:32:10 PDT
It's not that I'm even BUSY. I just... I have no motivation to do anything. I keep telling myself I need to finish my comissions. I keep telling myself I need to start designing my Halloween costume. I need to finish the embroidery for my sister's baby. I need to draw something involving Fay. I need to DO something besides lay around, play Harvest Moon, and lurk on Gaia.

I think what I'm going to do is work on a comission tonight; my RP partner lost her inernet access, and I haven't felt like playing SIMS2 or Harvest Moon like I did before, so now is the best time to do it. Maybe then when I'm done I can just draw, doodle, anything. Anything at all.

But I know that I'll probably stop before I finish, and do something else... I'm determined to make it through though.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/24589043/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/24589043/ Mon, 04 May 2009 17:41:21 PDT
Last night, I tried to log into dA only to get a very annoying, very LAME ad from dA about getting Corel 15% off or something (I didn't care, so I didn't read). I of course clicked 'continue to deviantART', and what does it do? Take me back to the ad. Uh, double LAME. I left and came back, and tried a few more times. Epic Fail. I tried just browsing. This ad haunted me for like, ten minutes before I gave up.

Of course, desparate, I came back. The ad was gone, but I still couldn't log in. Though, it took me to the 'deviantart.com/loggedin=1' page, it still only left the blank spaces for my username and password. I even tried changing my password. No avail.

I tried using my sister's computer. Logged in with no problems. So now my computer is lame. After some trial and error, I realized that I can get on through IE. So Firefox and dA are working against me.

I don't know WHY dA is the only site doing this, but it's a little annoying. I wish I knew how to fix it, I don't like IE much.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/24520697/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/24520697/ Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:41:46 PDT
Mind, it's nothing super original. In fact, when I was surfing around looking at pictures of jellyfish, most of them were cute little things with cute little faces; I was originally going to just keep it as a realistic jellyfish, but I couldn't resist and added a face. Luckily, I can easily edit that out on the computer and make two versions when I color it. You know, if I ever get around to that.

But my sister and mom told me I should redo my room so I can paint this jellyfish on the wall over my bed. Right now, that wall is green, so I'd have to repaint it so it's blue if I was going to do that. And as much as I like that idea, I have a lot of pictures up there that just really wouldn't go with a blue wall with a giant (albeit adorable) jellyfish.

I think this is just an impulse thing (my mother is very impulsive); it would take a lot of complete redecorating of my room, and since I'm going to be 18 in the fall, I'm wondering if it's worth it. I mean, how much longer will I be in my room to enjoy it?

As much as I liked the idea and thought it was awesome, I'm not sure if I want to actually do it. A lot of my stuff is Asian themed, and the rest is pretty eclectic. Lots and lots of random pictures and stuff. Where would I hang that on a wall with a jellyfish? xD

Even now, I want to rearrange my picture set up and stuff. Baaah, just thinking about is frustrating. I wish someone would just come in and redecorate for me. TLC, maybe? They have tons of redecorating shit on there. At least they used to.

Anyway, I'll scan the picture sometime soon (meaning tomorrow, more than likely). As ashamed as I am by its lack of originality, I'm very happy with it.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/24447760/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/24447760/ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:43:54 PDT I should be working on commissions, but I can't be bothered...

I was going to color that picture of Athena too, but, again, who cares? D:

Too tired and distracted by school.

Sorry for lack of... you know, activity.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/24187789/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/24187789/ Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:38:01 PDT
I always manage to, somehow, find the pictures with outfits and designs so amazing... that I realize I could never begin to imagine such things. They are truly original, truly artistic. While my designs are all basic, nothing special or attractive... they're very plain.

I can never think of the clever detail that so many people seem to have the ability to think of. I can look at all of my characters outfits and I can tell myself "Something else needs to go here", but I can't think of it, or produce it.

But that's not really a skill you can just learn, is it?

It makes me feel ashamed by all of the praise I get from friends and family; I'm nothing special at all. My art would never jump out of a crowd of other pieces of art.

It's all very disheartening and not motivational at all... because I know that no matter how hard I try or practice, this is simply something that I don't have the ability to do. I can barely create a good color composition for a piece.

It makes me wonder if I had the ability to show more dedication, and if I had stayed in art classes... if I would understand this more, and would be able to put these skills to use.

I don't know what to do. I feel that I shouldn't spend time trying to learn how to design a better outfit until I'm better with anatomy, and for some reason, no matter how much I practice, it's simply something I can't accomplish. Even if I trace something to try and get the feel of how to draw it... it looks terrible (by the way, I would never post a traced artwork; I firmly believe that tracing and most vectors are things that shouldn't really be posted, because you did nothing of any real skill).

I may have made progress from my first beginnings as an artist... but I feel I've reached the plateau. I don't think I will progress any farther than where I am now. And I'll have to accept that. Drawing isn't my gift. Creativity isn't my gift... I'm only good at comprehending and learning; my memory is the only reason I could ever pass a test. Even if I haven't studied it in months, if it has something to do with words or facts, I can recall it immediately.

But I have no desires, no determination, no discipline, and no will to set goals for myself.

It's because of this that I feel that I have reached my skill level, and that I have reached all I can attain. I will always be the person I am now; mediocre in nearly everything I do and think of, and lazy, unmotivated person that can never amount to anything great.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/24172111/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/24172111/ Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:32:13 PDT
I'm happy with it... but damn, I wish I could just draw anatomy the right way. Dx

It's a drawing of a newer character named Athena, who I'm hoping I'll be able to put to good use sometime soon. I really like her, but as of now she's only being used in RPing (which I think might actually be useful in terms of knowing how a character will react with their surroundings, if it's a lose RP).

However... (is this even the account your using now, I lost track, lol) mentioned that she's noticed I don't ever talk much about my OCs. Is that true?

It may be just from a general wariness of people stealing them from me somehow, but I've never paid much attention to how much information I give on my OCs. I know most of them are all in pictures in my gallery, and I've done a few random memes where I've used them... but are these things not enough? o ___o;

Are you all really that curious about my OCs? I personally have no problem sharing some information on them somehow, but I'm also afraid to give away too much because someone else may take the character and change a few things then claim it as theirs.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/24076344/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/24076344/ Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:28:00 PDT
Spending time with family, on top of having to share a bed when you aren't used to it, really seems to wear you down. The only reason I'm exhausted today is because the flight home left at 6, so I had to be up at four. I only had about two or three hours of sleep. I took a nap, of course when I got home (from 8-1), but I'm still a little out of it.

Everyone loved the pictures I printed out though, and I even drew (what I think is) my cousin a picture; she's an aspiring artist, it fourth or fifth grade I think, and she really enjoys it. She was a little disheartened I guess by the pictures I drew, but when she came back the next day she was showing me her pictures and asked me to draw something for her. She draw exactly the same way I did at her age, and I told her that, so that she'd know that I wasn't as skilled as I am now (not that I'm that skilled).

I'll probably start sending pictures down there more often. Especially since I know my Grandma spent most of her time looking at them.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23967915/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23967915/ Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:22:55 PDT
But they both held up to the ink; didn't fold or wrinkle, and the quality had me cheering and squealing. Some of them actually looked better on paper than they did on screen! 8D

So, all in all I'm very happy, and I now have four quality pictures to bring to my family. I may have to re-print a few for size (they didn't all fit the paper that well), but otherwise, they're all quality prints.

The reason why I only have four pictures (despite the extensive gallery. Lawl, not really) is because I either lost the files when my computer was wiped, or it would be too much awkward explaining (a lot of the pictures with Fay, Letta, Rika/Kurama...)

I was able to edit a few of my pictures to hide any unusual features the pictures had, but it wasn't many. I think she'll be happy. I'm debating on printing extra copies, but I don't know how long this ink will last. The pack of replacement ink is about 30 dollars (We saw them yesterday), and while that's not too obscene, I don't want to buy one just yet.

The Oklahoma trip... is a little in question now. We would have been there by now, but my mom had to work today, so we couldn't go. Her boss said he'd pay to let us fly, but flying to Oklahoma is REALLY expensive, which I think is a little weird considering it's not even an expensive place to go to, nor is it far away from anything. It's practically in the middle of the country.

So when mom gets home today, I'll know more of what's going on with that. If we can't go, I'll just mail the pictures and write a letter, but I'd be much happier if we could just go. It's nice and warm down there, and for some reason I can't get comfortable in my room anymore. I couldn't even sleep all through the night last night. Ugh.

Edit// Mom came home, and the flight leaves at like, 8 PM tomorrow. I'm pretty happy with it, because I won't really have to get up early and have the whole day to pack.

Brandi's pissed because it's another day gone.

In other news I'm sitting here with curlers in my hair, hoping that, for the first time, my hair will curl on BOTH sides of my head.

But we'll see. I had Brandi put them in, it'll probably suck, and I'll just have to straighten my hair. Which won't be fun, considering I fucked up my arm doing nothing...

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23919266/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23919266/ Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:31:10 PDT
It's finally Friday, meaning that Spring Break has finally started! It felt like it took forever to get here, but this week practically flew by. And I was very glad. The only draw back as that this means the band solos are getting closer. I'm tempted to ask Corey to just let me submit my final over smart music, because I can't play alone very well.

He'll probably tell me it's a learning experience. Baaaaw.

But the good news is I think that the trip to Oklahoma is definitely happening. I would be happier, but I feel guilty because my mom's making it seem like we have no money to our name (so I've actually been saying 'but it's expensive' a lot...). So I have no idea how bad our financial situation really is, or if my mom is just having problems with her own bank account (she's always been a bit of a crazy spender...).

I can't very well ask, either, because they always tell me it isn't something I should worry about, but I'm practically an adult now and I want to know if I should be thinking more critically of my purchases. Oh, who am I kidding, my dad and I are the only ones that ever think about what we're buying. And I'm probably the most aware of their spending in the whole family.

Another perk that happened was that John messaged me and we started talking again. John is my friend, Marlene's, ex, and we had gotten to be really good friends as well because I was always hanging out with Marlene.

But after they broke up we never really spoke much. I think the last time we did he was still annoyed with the whole thing, and to make things worse we were going to see her and others perform in the IMEA show.

But he messaged me on facebook, and actually had a conversation with me (and it only strayed to Marlene once). I'm not sure how much he really values my friendship, but he went out of his way to get a hold of me and said he missed hanging out with me, then suggested an IHOP excursion for the sake of having one, lol.

I don't know why though, he never really eats anything when we go because he's always broke or just ate. But maybe he will.

But that was a few days ago.

Today was pretty nice though. I was wide awake for once because I was able to get to bed earlier than usual, and it was a nice change.

There was a quiz in Chemistry, and since I had missed a day the majority of it was a subject I hadn't learned. BUT. Because I am apparently amazing at Chemistry, Mr. Oconner was just like 'Here's the notes, you could probably learn this if you look over it for a few minutes'. And I did. 8D

He said that if I didn't do well on the quiz I could just take it again when we get back from break, but I feel I did really well on the quiz. I was one of the first ones done.

Nothing else of particular awesomeness happened at school, but there was one 'supposed to be' sentimental moment. With all of the construction going on, school's been getting a little annoying, but they're starting work on the Oval, which is a circular drive in front of the gym and the school's first track, and the courtyard.

I'm more upset about the courtyard because it's nice to look at when you're walking through the hallways or just sitting in a class. But in Gym we had a last run around the oval (all the construction guys were kinda standing around like 'LOLWTF?' 'cause they had already started cutting into the pavement and had to stop pretty much).

It was probably the only time I had actually RUN around the oval.

But there was a more interesting event in the courtyard. In the courtyard there was a sculpture made of triangles, filled with cement and decorated with mosaic designs. I'm not sure when they found out, but it turns out the entire sculpture (consisting of four triangles joined together and I think three or four separate from the main sculpture) was a time capsule.

A retired teacher told someone about it, and when they broke open the cement there were all sorts of things inside; love letters, pamphlets from shows, some weird tool, a dollar bill, and all sorts of other things. They had put the letters and things in test tubes, sealed them, and put them into the cement before it dried.

Apparently there's something under the biggest part of the sculpture as well, which they haven't gotten to.

There had been rumors about the time capsule, but no one knew where it was. It so happened that because of construction they would have had to take them out anyway, but instead of taking them in pieces they broke them open when they found out what the sculpture was.

I thought it was a little disheartening because it was someone's artwork from 1985, but I guess they're going to take the time capsule items an... ]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23882555/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23882555/ Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:56:00 PDT
But I'm not supposed to be on the computer when I'm sick, so I'm not looking forward to anyone coming home either, lol.

Anyway, I got my printer installed, but until I get my desk more organized I'm not going to have it hooked up to my computer all the time; my desk is a little difficult anyway, it's not comfortable to work at it because it's so tall, and all of my chairs sit so low.

I'm hoping for a new desk one day, but one that is the same width and has a little cabinet and shelf like the one I have now does. It's really handy.

So yeah, just a small update.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23820171/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23820171/ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:01:08 PDT
And while that's good and fine for exposure to a new community around the world, it's not that great for family members, especially like my Grandma and Aunt who don't have computers.

I used to send art to my Grandma when I would write her letters, but I haven't had any to give her lately, because the finished products are on my computer. I could print them with the printer we have now, but it would look like crap.

So for awhile I was searching for a way to print my art work in a professional way. But I'll admit I wasn't trying very hard and didn't find anything.

Well, I went to my Aunt's house today (not the one without the computer) to drop off the picture I had to use in Thoroughly Modern Millie. After staying there for way longer than I wanted, she and my uncle gave me a printer he had gotten with his camera.

It was pretty much an extra, since he had already had a printer when he had gotten the printer. So I suppose that tomorrow I'll be testing this printer out to see how well it can print my pictures. I'll probably put it through hell with the most colorful picture I can find to see if it can handle it.

I'm really hoping that it works, I would love to be able to write my grandma a letter and give her a pretty picture to hang up somewhere. The last picture she got from me is horrible (from when I first started drawing in the 'anime' style). xD

I need to replace it fast!

Edit//
So, I get the thing plugged in, inked up, and sitting pretty on my desk, and find that it didn't come with a USB cord. Baaaah. They give me EVERYTHING but the USB cord, which is required for installing the thing to my computer. So I don't know if my computer will actually stop being the bitch it is, and let it install.

Sooo... maybe I'll be able to find a USB cord lying around. Plus, I want some better quality paper. > w<

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23803811/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23803811/ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:20:55 PDT
So here I am, making sure you know I'm alive and doing things. I mean, I know it hasn't been an obscene amount of time and I recently posted a picture, but I think it's good to actually leave some words, and not just pictures.

This week was the end of the 'End of the Quarter' week at school, and holy crap, did we go out with a bang. Perhaps the most serious injury filled day our school has ever had, lol.

I wasn't able to see these incidents, or get all of the details about them, but I know the 'gory' details. Because, hey, that's all you know for SURE, really. At least for the most part.

So, this morning, at the end of 4th period, there was an announcement saying that, for this passing period, students should try to avoid the Blazer Hallway. The Blazer hallway is basically one of four main drags on the first floor of our school; there's the Blazer Hallway, the Art&Science Hallway, the Cafeteria hallway, and the 'Office' Hallway that make up the little square of hell.

The Blazer hallway is the hallway that actually has the logo of our school on the floor, and a painting on the wall with 'Blazers' on it; this is where the catwalk (a small staircase that no fat person should ever be allowed on, only because two thin people can barely fit side to side), the locker rooms and the way to the music hallway are, as well as a one of two exits away from the cafeteria hallway.

So, it's VERY hard to cut the blazer hallway out of your daily route through the school. Some people I know weren't able to actually able to avoid it, but on to the main point.

Once I got to the band hallway using the secret route known by all music students (because we pretty much teach it to each other), we were able to see the fire truck and ambulance outside the band doors (aka, the doors by the band hallway that lead outside). So we were pretty sure that someone had gotten very sick, or had hurt themselves. It didn't take long for people to start guessing at what happened, and it got around that there may have been a fight and someone had gotten badly hurt.

We weren't really surprised, people fight. But they've never had to call an ambulance so I was a bit skeptical. I thought it was more likely someone fell down the stairs, or fell after some rough housing and hit a bench in the locker room.

Well, a little while later I had heard the actual, and more disgusting story: apparently it did involve a gym class (the rumor was a fight in the locker room), but it was an accident during, from what I heard, a game of Speed Away. A probably partially made up game that mixes basketball, football and soccer. And let me tell you, it's a very fast, very rough, very scary game, lol.

Apparently, things got a little rough, and someone broke his arm, or wrist... and it was bad enough that the bone went through the skin.

YES, DISGUSTING TO THINK ABOUT. UGH.

The other mishap was that there was someone with a 'bloody head' in the hallway during the passing period to 8th period. I figured someone had just been messing around and like... the side of their head was bleeding.

APPARENTLY NOT. A boy I talked too after school said he had seen the kid, and that his entire face looked like it had been pretty cut/beat up. He had no idea how it happened or who it was, but apparently that's all people know.

Anyway, I was freaking out about my grades a lot this week. I had no idea that they had gotten so low, so I spent a lot of time trying to scrounge up last ditch efforts to save my grade. And let me tell you, by last night, I was ready to jump off a cliff. But I pulled through.

I know I still failed APUSH though... I just can't keep my grade up in that class...

But another thing that happened to me was... well, my eye got weird. My contact or something started bothering me one day so I took it out and checked the contact and my eye. Nothing on or in them, but one part of my eye, from the cornea (? o wo) to my tear duct, in one straight line, had turned bloodshot.

So I thought, well, that's annoying. But it's now almost a week later, and it's still there. Not only that, but I woke up and the whole bottom half of my eye had turned pink. It eventually went away (leaving that same spot again), but now I'm getting sore joints, by ears hurt and I feel congested and tired all the time.

Allergies, I'm hoping, because I DON'T want to get sick for a week because of some pink eye shit.

Also, and this is concerning Gaia Online as well as people in general, I'm starting to get the feeling I'm too cynical/critical about people, because I'm annoyed with everyone all the time.

My friend Cassie and I joke that it's because we're almost seniors, and senio... ]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23685360/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23685360/ Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:55:14 PDT
I possibly made my grade worse in three important classes.

Yeah, this morning I had a quiz in Chem, a test in Math, and some sort of DBQ thing in History. The quiz/test, well... I had trouble understanding what the questions were asking, or how I was supposed to solve them. Specifically for math, I forgot how to do half of the problems on the test. GAH.

People that I was hoping would be absent just ended up coming in late.

Okay, so maybe this wouldn't be bad luck to some, but these are people that really get on my nerves just because of how stupid they are. And how they never shut up. And how they YELL conversations across me.

PLEASE. Just jump in a ditch. So you can not show up to school.

A fellow clarinet player had a mysteriously bent key.

Bad luck for someone else.

A freshman (a very nice girl that can play pretty well), discovered that she couldn't play a D or C. And after a long investigation we discovered the culprit was a key that was stuck closed. But we couldn't figure out how it could have happened. She hadn't dropped it, bumped it into anything, nothing.

Corey was able to fix it, but I don't know how. So it's still a mystery.

International Dance Fest = Epik Falure.

Not only was it boring, but there were several dances where it was obvious that some of the group didn't know what they were doing. One boy was apparently trying to learn the dance as they were doing it.

There were some dances where they all knew what they were doing, but they just weren't entertaining enough to run as long as they did (I had to watch one group run in a circle for like... FOUR minutes... 2 minutes wold have been enough to get the picture).

Then, for the next half, my class couldn't find our teacher. Her name wasn't even on the list! And to top it off, she had told us the completely wrong place the day before, so we had to hurry up to the balcony where she STILL didn't make an appearance until we were causing a traffic jam.

THEN, when the Hawaiian dance was on, the idiots in the booth caused the music to just... die. It was a little funny because the girls had just taken off their little skirts for their onstage costume change, and after getting hit in the face with a skirt, a girl's lei, like... exploded. Then it was a long time of awkward 'well, maybe the music will come back on dancing', before they realized, No, it really was fucked up good.

They were able to start the dance over and finish, but the lights were a mess on another part of the show too.

After the show was over, the teachers had the bright idea to herd about 100+ kids down one staircase and out one door, instead of letting us use both staircases to get out of the balcony. A two minute process took about seven.

Needless to say, I didn't go to see the show again.

Brandi pissed me off.

'Nuff said.

A black cat crossed multiple paths.

This was probably the most bizarre event of the day. When we got to our bus stop, there was a stray cat walking across the road, and two cars (one driving away from the cat had stopped for some reason) were waiting for it to get across. As the bus started coming to a stop, the cat just sits down in the middle of the road behind the car that should have been driving away, and yawns.

The car finally drove away, and it still just sits there. The other car starts turning around it, and it still. Just. Sits there. In fact, it looked completely bored. By the time we had all gotten off the bus, it had given itself a good shake, stood up, and walked back the way it had come. Which was right towards us.

The cat was an angry, shabby looking black cat, and I swear it was pretty much glaring at us as stalked back along the road. I nervously skitted around it, becaus... ]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23652147/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23652147/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:07:21 PDT
Which I am perfectly willing to accept.

Yesterday I drew a picture that I'm actually very happy with. It's a bust type shot, and it won't be colored, mostly because I don't want to actually line the hair, which is very curly (I mostly started doodling to practice curls, and it turned into a full blown art project). So, I was planning on scanning that today, but my evening got busy, so I won't be able too. Maybe this weekend.

Part of the reason I didn't have time to scan it in is because I forgot I had the practice AP English test today. It was at 6:00 to 9:00, and since my mom wasn't home until, probably 6 or 6:30, I couldn't use the computer, because it wasn't there. The good news is I did very well (from what was already graded).

Oh, on another note, I'm completely obsessed with Morning Musume. And if you don't mind reading subtitles (some of them seem wrong too, but the one that seemed right was removed from YouTube), look up Morning Musume Cinderella Musical on Veoh. However, since it's an hour long, you have to download the player thing.

Still, it's really amazing to watch, because it really shows the talent of the members beyond singing J-Pop.

ADDED BONUS, for all you YYH/Kurama fans. Risa Niigaki, the member who plays the prince, sounds a bit like Megumi Ogata, the woman who voiced Kurama in the original Japanese audio. At least, that's what I was reminded of.

But the music is done very well, and the acting, from what I can tell, is very good as well.

PS: Gaki-Chan is probably my favorite member, next to Ai, and they're both the stars of the show! 8D

Their singing is amazing, really. Go watch it.

It's late, I'm off to bed.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23384080/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23384080/ Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:34:28 PST
Luckily, she got my email and accepted it, so I'm going to be getting credit for turning it in. She was supposed to have someone else send me their paper so I could edit it, but I haven't gotten anything yet and the class is over in ten minutes.

Maybe someone didn't have their paper, or something. Either way, I'm feeling strangely... cool. Like, holy crap, I'm emailing my teacher and talking about an assignment. I feel old and college like.

Besides that, nothing has really happened today.

Yesterday, however, I had a really bizarre dream. See, there's this boy I see in the hallways sometimes that reminds me of Dally for some reason (except he doesn't look homeless). I have no idea what his name is, and I've probably only seen him twice this year, but I had a dream about him.

The dream was completely bizarre, I was in the girl's locker room, waiting for the bell to ring, but no one was changing and for some reason there were guys in there, along with this mystery Dally look alike. I remember what he was wearing too, lol. A red t-shirt and dark jeans. But his hair was shorter than when I had seen him last (and it looked a lot better, I wonder if he got a hair cut).

Anyway, in the dream, I didn't find it weird at all that he was in there, but he was being a bit of an ass, a lot like the other boys I know. He kept bothering me about something and laughing about it, and then randomly we were sitting on the locker room floor facing each other. He was still laughing about something, but I apparently didn't think it was very funny. I didn't feel angry with him though, more wondering what the hell he was getting at.

And, as in all dreams, something completely random and impossible has to happen, and this is one of the first instances it did: he said something and grabbed my wrists, and like, threw me over his head like he was a ninja. I landed on the floor but it didn't hurt, and I apparently found it amusing because I was laughing. Maybe because it was completely random.

But then I was standing by the doors again, and he and this boy who used to be in my gym class, Matt, were laughing about something. I got curious, and when I looked they were picking on this kid Justin. I only know him because he was in the play with me. Anyway, I watched for awhile before snapping something at them and dragging Justin off.

The Dally look alike gave me a look that seemed like a mix between annoyed and amused, but he didn't do anything to stop me.

So I end up leading Justin out of the locker room (and for some reason he's crying but I doubt he's like this in real life). I guess I was trying to reassure him because I kept talking and he was nodding a lot.

I lead him up the cat walk for some reason, but instead of coming out on the second floor, I came out on a floor that had the same layout as the upstairs media center, but it had a lot of windows.

There was some sort of meeting of like, foreign exchange students, and I remember being really quiet and sort of... James Bonding my way through to the other side of this shelf, which apparently was a class room, because my AP English teacher was sitting at a desk talking to this other Justin who was in my classes Freshman year and last year. He was kind of annoying but I liked talking to him.

Anyway, he was apparently getting on my Teacher's nerves, so I kind of carefully walked over and asked her for a pass. She acted really annoyed, and I noticed that at this point the Justin from the locker room was gone, but she still gave me a pass. I started walking off, but the Other Justin started walking after me and talking to me. I told him to be quiet because people were giving us annoyed looks. So he started whispering instead.

I walked past like, a glass wall, and on the other side was a little room with people standing around in line for something. Oddly enough Sara, my ex-best Friend's sister was there with one of her friends. She started talking about me, but I ignored her and walked to this little stair case in the corner and went down it, Justin following after me.

At this point, I came out in a hallway of the Junior High, by the front doors, and for some reason I was holding my car keys and had a purse. I noticed that my binder wasn't with me, and I walked to the common room, but Justin called my name and I stopped. He was standing by the front doors, holding one open, and he said something like, "Aren't you going to leave?"

I remember being kind of horrified at the... ]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23351419/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23351419/ Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:33:21 PST
I started coloring instead (really, I was coloring, then erasing, then coloring and erasing again), and then my mom peeked in and said that she and Brandi were going to run some errands.

Well, I did not want to sit at home with a internet lacking computer because I would have gotten very annoyed. I also went because she said they were going to the mall and I've been wanting to get the Sicilian Burger from Red Robin for like... weeks. And if you haven't had one yet, it's amazing. Probably super unhealthy, but amazing.

Anyway, the reason they had to go to the mall was because my sister needs new jeans. And the only place she can really get jeans is at Vanity because, believe it or not, my 14 year old sister is 6 feet tall. Not even kidding.

And if you didn't know, Vanity has a wide variety of lengths and waist combos that make it easy for us to find jeans that fit us well. It takes a lot of practice to get the right size though.

So, Brandi was trying on her millions of jeans and I mozied around and picked up a shirt and a little jacket thing and a necklace. And that was all I got.

Brandi ended up getting like, $200 worth of stuff. I have no idea how it happened, but I wish my mom wouldn't have let her get so out of control. She complains about her job always being in jeopardy, and then she spends money like that.

We went to lunch after that, and then I wanted to see Coraline, which was leaving theaters after this weekend. Luckily, our mall has a pretty nice theater, so we just bopped over to see it.

The 3-D was absolutely amazing. It wasn't all of the corny 'OH, IT'S COMING OUT OF THE SCREEN AT US' all the time. That actually only happened once that I can remember. But this 3-D had nothing to do with the two different colors, and it did a really good job of adding depth to such a beautiful movie.

I don't want to spoil it for people that haven't seen it yet, but I will say that probably the part that made me smile the most was the Mouse Circus. I won't say why, it just was.

I really liked the music for the movie too, I really hope there's gonna be a CD some time soon.

I was only really annoyed that so many parents brought like... really little kids to see this TWO HOUR movie, thinking it was gonna be something else. I was just glad that none of the kids started screaming or talked through all of it.

There were only two kids that talked, and it was actually about the movie and only for about a minute. I just hated that some little brat was sitting back there kicking my chair, and his mother, WHOSE LAP HE WAS SITTING IN, did absolutely nothing. So I was very tempted to turn around and tell her to keep her little shit in check or take him outside to run a few laps.

But, all in all, I really liked the movie, it was really fun to watch. And I didn't even mind that they added a character that wasn't in the book. Or that they changed Mr. B's name. I mean, Bobo is a lot cooler than Bobinski, but they made him Russian or something, so... there you go.

It was still an amazing, magical movie.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23262840/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/23262840/ Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:20:22 PST
Anyway, in order to celebrate and release the horrible over load of 'must-do-this' creativity, I lined and colored my latest submission. And I can't even begin to describe how good that felt. It's been a piece I've been wanting to do for about a month or so, and I felt so much accomplishment after-wards.

I still have my commissions to do, but I don't think I should force myself to do one piece of art when I'm itching to do another. I'll end up rushing it, and it won't be worth their money (and I'll feel terrible about it every time I see it), even if it's just Gaia Gold.

You never realize how hard it is to earn it until you realize that the average GaiaFag (aka, someone like me) can take upwards of four years to get up to 300k. Mostly because of stupid spending. But still, it's hard work, so I want to give them something that was worth the wait and the gold.

However, I've recently taken up another mini-project to take up my time and distract me from so much computer time: I've started cross-stitching. Again.

I haven't cross-stitched since elementary school, and I really enjoy it. It kills my index finger and the rest of my hand, but there's something satisfying in slowly filling in all of the spaces with thread and watching the pattern finally look the way it should.

I swear, I can cross-stitch for hours. I did for five hours today, and I didn't even realize it until The Daily Show came on at ten, and then I kept going for an hour before I remembered I wanted to shower (not that I was filthy, I just have to shower every day for peace of mind. I do not want to end up like Kelly, a greasy haired slob...). So now I'm letting my hands rest.

Anyway, the cross-stitch is the pattern on a bib, for my older sister, Kelli's first-born. She's not due until the summer, but I figured it'd be best to start working on it now because I get distracted easily.

Also, I'm thinking of buying more thread to make the stitches thicker, but it might be hard to go back over everything once it's done (and under the bib will be more of a mess than it already is).

I really like the pattern though: it's a pod of cute little happy peas, because Sweet Pea is a popular pet name with my family (along with peanut and lamb; is it a southern thing to give your child a pet name based on food, or is that everywhere? I hear in french calling someone a little cabbage is popular).

I'm a little disappointed that I can't make the stitches look like the result in the picture because the pattern won't really allow it; the picture was the design someone did by counting-cross-stitch (or something, I don't know what my mom was actually saying), which basically means that they were free to make the stitches as thick and tightly together as they wanted.

I have to follow the stamped pattern, which is just a bunch of very isolated and obvious X's, which gives it an emptier feel than the one you get from the picture. that's why I want to get more thread. Maybe instead of going over the cross-stitches, I'll just randomly stitch in the spaces.I wish the X's had been a little smaller though...

Anyway, besides that, I'm also working on my Junior Paper. I'm actually spending most of my time trying to find historical context from at least two different sources so I'll have five like I'm supposed to. And actually be able to make something longer than a paragraph when I get to the final draft of my paper.

Hopefully, when I gain enough interest, I'll be able to line and color those commissions. I think if this goes on for too much longer, I'll have to cancel both orders citing life and it's interfering ways.

In other news, I got a near perfect/perfect score on my practice AP essay, which is supposed to help us for the actual AP test. I'm proud of myself, but at the same time I feel guilty for being smart. I suppose that's a little strange.

But none of my friends have ever actually seemed to like me having an ounce of intelligence; I guess I inadvertently make it seem like I think myself as better than everyone else, but when it comes to test scores and logical thinking, I'm definitely excelling more than others in my AP class.

But I'm not proud of myself for it.

I can see how me mentioning getting a high score on something might be annoying, but why can't I be happy I accomplished something that not everyone can, without being considered a stuck up bitch?

I have to listen to my friends be proud of getting the attention of a boy, or getting a kiss from their crush, but they can't listen to me telling them about something I think is important? ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22913348/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22913348/ Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:28:29 PST . Because I'm bored. Yay. 8D
I decided to pick a character people have only seen in pictures.

1. What is your character's name?
- Jennifer Bartnett.

2. What is your character's name in another language?
- In another language? Le'see. Genevra, French. Means Tribe Woman. Was apparently based off of the ridiculous name of Gwenhwyfar, which is Welsh and means Free Spirit. I have no idea whether this has any fact to it.

3. How old is he/she?
- In this point in time, she would be... 38. In her story appearances she's 15/16, then she's 27 or so after.

4. What is your character's race/species?
- She's American, but her heritage is actually Dutch. She has no idea though.

5. Do they have a crush?
- She has had a few crushes; her classmate Matthew Tiery, who is now a good friend of hers, her crush-turned-boyfriend-turned-ex Michael Haff, and now Winston Snell, an engaged architect that she unexpectedly became friends with.

6. Do they have many friends?
- Jennifer has a lot of acquaintances. She has a handful of friends, and a sort of extended family. Her best friends, Dawn Linton and Matthew Tiery are both from her high school years.

7. What planet is your character from?
- She is from Earth. 8D
But her origins are in the Outsider's Universe (that's Fanfiction talk for you).

8. Does your character like to eat?
- She's not picky about her food, and she doesn't hate eating, but it's not something she's really crazy about to the point of being a connoisseur.

9. What's his/her favorite food?
- She likes anything spicy. But given that she grew up in Chicago, she has a soft spot for Italian Beefs and Polish sausage. Those are her fall backs if she can't think of anything else.

10. What's his/her favorite drink?
- It's not a drink exactly, but she really likes strawberry shakes/smoothies.

11. Is your character annoying?
- Her attitude can cause a lot of friction. She has a lot of smart remarks that embarrass people or make them upset (I.E. in response to a polite offer to take her purse while on a date, she asked if it was because he wanted to use her mascara. He didn't find it funny).

13. Is your character loved?
- She's very loved. She literally has two families, and a young man that constantly frets over her recently.

14. Is your character hated?
- She's gotten on the bad side of some of the dead. And of course, there are people in high school that she never got a long with. She's very careful not to make enemies now though.

15. Is she/he emo/goth?
- She never got into the whole fashion niche thing. She didn't really have enough money to keep up with any one fashion.

16. Is she/he straight, bisexual, or gay?
- Very straight.

17. Is she/he a virgin?
- No. She had a boyfriend and was in college. What do you think happened? Haaaa. She's abstinent now though.

18. Name 3 hobbies:
- Organizing/re-organizing, driving (which I still find strange, but), and avoiding spirits.

19. Is your character normal?
- Not at all. Jennifer is actually a medium; she sees and speaks with spirits, and sees and hears 'imprints'. She doesn't actively seek out spirits or tries to help people or anything. She actually tries shooing most of them away.

20. Is your character attractive?
- She's a pretty girl. She has very soft sort of narrow features.

21. How does your character handle emotions?
- She has an incredibly violent temper; one minute she'll be screaming and trying to punch you out, and the next she'll be crying. She's gotten a little better as she's gotten older, but she can still snap pretty easily.

22. Does your character have other forms?
- No, she doesn't. Though, I suppose with typical medium lore, to ghosts and spirits she looks like a blob of light.

23. Does your character overreact?
- Uh. Yes. Especially when she's younger, she was very dramatic and moody. Now she tends to be more quiet and acid like. Which is a little more intimidating. She has been known to hit things or go into a short period of hiding.

24. Is your character a criminal?
- No. Though, she may become a person with a minor criminal record depending on how the latest story goes.

25. Does your character go to school?
- She went to high school, then tried college to learn about the typical CSI/law enforcement stuff. However, she dropped out of college after realizing that she couldn't handle the crime scenes.

26. What's his/her IQ?
- I have no idea of an... ]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22870287/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22870287/ Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:52:57 PST do not click it!

I don't know what the virus does, but it can't be good.

Edit: More information can be found here, if you haven't heard about it.
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Just tell as many people as possible to not click the link!

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22664329/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22664329/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:28:01 PST

She deleted her gallery, and says that she'll be taking a break from dA. She'll come back, apparently. I'm still going to keep an eye on her deviations, and hope that she got the message when I told her about how giving proper credit can keep you out of a lot of trouble when it comes to editing and paint overs.

I hope to see some of her original works. She seemed to be fairly good with editing and paint overs.

So far, I'm sure that three pieces of her gallery are stolen (one is a popular image on Photobucket from years ago, and the other is completely different from the rest of her gallery. Like, she suddenly gained skill in weeks and was also found on photobucket).

The rest are IMVU avatars placed deliberately into digital art/photo manipulation categories. Whiiich IMVU avatars are not. She did do some minor editing to some of the avatars, but she's not giving any credit to the source, and is in effect claiming she drew everything by hand.

If you know where some of the original art came from, report it.

I don't know how to report something that she's claiming to have drawn but technically has no link. I guess it would be the wrong category? But where the hell do IMVU avatars go in the first place?

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22506385/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22506385/ Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:04:20 PST
So instead of waiting until finals week like I planned, I'm going to start working on them today, since the play rehearsal was pretty much canceled when no one showed up.

I should be doing the recordings for my final, but... I'm not in the mood to play my clarinet.

Edit// I started working on lining my commissions, and couldn't bring myself to finish. -Sigh.-

I did go through all that art that I had to sort, and I found a few pieces I may want to scan in some day (or finish); I mean, they're obviously old, but I'm happy with how they turned out that I think I should share them.

Maybe I should do one of those 'through the years' things. xD

One daaaay. When I'm super popular (Which means it'll never happen).

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22474811/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22474811/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:20:01 PST
I've been exhausted all this week, and I'm looking forward to the end of the week so I can at least sleep in a little before rehearsal on Saturday.

In terms of rehearsal, a lot of the kids in the production have gone to Theater Fest, and won't be back until Tuesday. There were actually only about seven of us in rehearsal today until more people showed up late (really late).

But I had fun in rehearsal today; it's nicer with a small group, we were a lot more comfortable and a lot of us finally got to learn our parts. It's just too bad that not everyone was there to learn and clean up the songs too...

The girl playing Miss Dorothy had rehearsal today too, and it was the first time that we really heard her sing; she can sing okay, but like we had guessed, she can't hit a lot of the notes she has to. It was a little depressing. A lot of us are expecting that everything will be a mess until Hell Week.

My mom come home awhile ago and handed me this CD that someone gave her at a loan/what ever closing. I'd never heard of them, and I'm listening to it right now. Gypsyfly, they're called. I guess they've been on the radio and stuff already, and they're hoping (according to the drummer and his dad) that one of their songs will be used to the Olympics.

They're not that bad, but I find the music a little boring. At least, it's not what I expected. It's very basic, really, but pretty good background music. I'm sure once they get bigger, their musical sound will change and evolve and stuff (they did the production and stuff themselves). It's a very clean sound right now.

Either way, I can't say I'm a huge die hard fan, but if other people are curious, you can look them up at Gypsyfly.net (I have no idea what's on this website, it's on the back of their CD case).

I'm getting a little bit of a headache and I'm hungry...

Oh, I'm hoping to work on commissions and requests possibly over the weekend or during finals week (half days and then a four day weekend).

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22398002/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22398002/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:58:46 PST
I don't even know where to being on clearing a way to get out, so I'm just gonna type this and wait for her to come back and save me. Maybe if I start whining and calling 'Come saaave meeeeh' she'll get back up here.

Oh, I hear her. 8D

Yeaaah, I'll be saved. Hopefully.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22394374/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22394374/ Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:01:22 PST

Rules:
Go to urbandictionary.com and type in your answers to the following questions.
Post the first definition it gives you.
Tag 3 people.




1.) Your name?
Magen: A sexy beast who has a perfect body, tits, ass, and evreything; very self-conscious about her looks, tends to believe the false statement that she is ugly, and flawed everywhere.
'You're so perfect, why don't you see it? You're a such a Magen.'

I edited the terrible spelling; this was obviously posted by a girl named Magen. xD

2.) Your age?
"17: The right age to start having sex, according to Chef on South Park
Chef: "The right time to start having sex is 17."
Sheila: "So you mean 17 as long as you're in love?"
Chef: "Nope, just 17."
Gerald: "But what if you're not ready at 17?"
Chef: "17, you're ready."

Lawl.

3.) One of your friends?
Marlene: A very beautiful, at the same time sexy and serene female possibly from Caribbean and Portuguese descent, mostly voluptuous, with dark hair, big brown eyes. Soft deep voice and very well mannered, can become emotional once in a while, most of the times extremely pleasant to be around, not in the last place because of her sense of humor. A complete heartbreaker!

'Hey dude, that Marlene drove me completely nuts, I can not stop thinking about her. She makes my heart pound and my Braulio completly duro como uma rocca!'

Dude. Why did she get a great definition? Lol

4.) What should you be doing?
Cleaning: (v) The act of shoving everything in a closet and calling it decent.
"I'm cleaning my closet."
"Where are you shoving all your stuff then?"
"My room."
"Ah."

That's usually the case; lol. But since my mom is helping me, I can't do that now.

5.) Favorite color?
Teal: Adj. A Green-like hue. Mix between Light blue and green. Designed specifically as die for automotive paint used on Chevrolet Cavaliers from 1988-1996. Also a popular tint for material used in the manufacturing of fanny-packs. Later popularized by the Philadelphia Eagles, whose primary fan base consists of Cavalier driving fanny-pack wearers.

"The teal fanny pack matched his David Akers jersey and '89 2-door sedan."

LOLOLOLOL.

6.) Birthplace?
I couldn't decide between my state or country. Lol.

The United States of America: The center of the world.

Anything not part of The United States of America doesn't matter.

Illinois: A state that feels more like a large city surrounded by farmland. Most people who live in this state feel that it is divided into two areas--Chicago and Downstate. Although the official state capital is Springfield, just about everything gets done in Chicago. In fact, some out-of-staters actually believe that the capital of Illinois is Chicago. Because of this, and many other things, most "downstaters" resent everything and everyone from Chicago.

Visitor: Where are you from?
Illinois Guy: I'm from Peoria, Illinois.
Visitor: Where's that? Near Chicago?
Illinois Guy: No, it's about 50 miles west of Bloomington.
Visitor: Where's Bloomington?
Illinois Guy: Oh, forget it. It's near Chicago.

> w>

7.) Month of your birth?
October: NUDY MAGAZINE DAY!
- what day is it?

- ...october...


(go watch billy madison)

This definition sucks ass. Actually, they all did.

8.) Last person you talked to?
Brandi: The act of charming and wooing opponents, with both demeanor and lust provoking attire, as a means of manipulation and distraction during competitive sport.

(Origin of the word is derived from the ever devious pro poker player, Brandi Hawbaker (a.k.a. the "Paris Hilton of Poker"). Notorious for her scandalous behaviour and revealing apparel.)

Despite Mike and Jake's attempts to brandi themselves during the beach volleyball tournament their team failed to win. Little did they know, the beautiful ladies they were playing against were all lesbians.

Haaaa.

9.) One of your nicknames?
Twiggy: A reference to a girl who is skinny, but in a trendy, sexy, model-type way. The term comes from the 1960s model, Twiggy

But we all already knew that.

I taaaag...

~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22384819/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22384819/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:39:18 PST
I mean, I still spent most of the day doing that, but around 3 or 4 I decided I wanted to clean my fuckin' room. Like hardcore cleaning. I was gonna ream that bitch. Srsly.

So I called my mom in to help. xD

I seriously can't focus or be motivated long enough to clean my room, especially when it needs it this badly; seriously, I don't really mind a little mess, and I was starting to lose my mind from how messy it was. It was literally just mountains of crap that I threw to the side so I wouldn't have to deal with it at the time.

(Also, at 1 in the morning, can you start to see how my train of thought changes? It's like I get stupid and outrageous. Like Britney Spears)

Well, It still kind of looks like that, but I've gotten a lot of stuff put away and set aside to be sorted through tomorrow. And I'm seriously gonna vacuum my floor it needs it. Lol.

But I'm hoping being in a less cluttered room will help me feel better. Not only that, but I found a lot of pictures and sketches, and notebooks with random writings in them that I found really interesting. So I guess, if I get around to it, you'll get to see some 'vintage Miso' stuff.

AKA, some old crap that turned out kind of decent. Lol.

I don't think I've improved by leaps and bounds but there are differences in my style now that weren't completely there before. But I'm probably the only one that will notice them. Because that's how it goes.

Shin-Chan's oooon. Finally! It hasn't been on in forever (I really get a kick of hearing Hiro and thinking of Hiei, albeit a much less gruff Hiei, lol. "What, is she on crack?" "Spontaneously combust, spontaneously combust...") LOLOLOLOLOL.

Alright.

I'm done. Pft. > w>

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22377498/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22377498/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:02:36 PST w>
I was indirectly tagged by

1. How old did you turn?
I turned 17. I had a total head trip when I realized 2009 was when I would turn 18 and I would be graduating by 2010.

2. Did you have a party ?
I had a joint party with my cousin. I hate parties, really, which is why I didn't have a sixteenth birthday party.


3. What school did you go to?
I still go to my local high school. The year isn't over yet. > w<


4. Tell us about something good that happened:
Something good... oh! I got a car. o wo
Well, it's a 'family car', but it's really mostly mine.

5. Tell us about something that you shouldn’t have done but enjoyed doing:
Huh... I enjoyed defacing official Twilight property to get a rise out of others. xD
Oh, and I mouthed off to a hall monitor. Twice. A long with a bunch of other people. I think I got that habit from John.


6. Did you change much?
I'm getting more outspoken, especially in band. Something about being a Junior is making me feel invincible. Which I know I'm not but... hell, Corey doesn't care.

7. Are you happy with who you have become?
No. I'm very unmotivated and lazy, and I have no dedication to almost anything I do. I'm very mercurial with what I'm interested in and feeling like doing.

8. Did you fall in love?
I fell in love with Flapjack and Chowder. ;3
But seriously, no, I didn't.

9. Did you kiss anyone?
No.

10. Did you have sex with anyone?
Oh, of course. Just like every other teenage whore. Can you tell I'm lying? The human body is disgusting, I'd have to be pretty wasted to have sex.

11. Did you go on any holidays?
No, not this year. The band trip is the next school year, so we'll see then. xD

12. Did you go on any camping trips?
Nope. I've never been camping.

13. Did you see any movies at the theaters?
Hm... no, I haven't been to the movie's in a long time. I WOULD have gone if Half Blood Prince hadn't given up it's fall spot for a summer one (to Twilight no less, ugh).

14. Tell us a song you were hooked on:
Holy crap. Recently, Forget About the Boy and Gimmie Gimmie from Thoroughly Modern Millie, Untouched by The Veronicas, The Dance by Charlotte Martin... definitely those.

15. Did you go to the beach ?
No. I don't really trust the water anymore. Being in a big open place like that where I can't see what's under the water really scares me. I'm afraid of running into a big fish or some sort of weird fresh water shark or eel. I'm terrified of eels, which is why I'll never go in the ocean. Yeah, not sharks, Moray eels. -Shudder.- ;___;

16. Did you get really dressed up for any thing?
I went to my Aunt's party that I had to get dressed up for. And I always have to dress up for band concerts and field trips and stuff... but it was nothing overly fancy.

17. Tell us some inside jokes for the year:
"Paint me a rainbow, Botan."
"Mr. Hodges, look, you're such a good dancer. -Boogie Boogie-"
"Sing from your colon!"
"You all have to pretend you're old Asian women for a minute. Okay? Good."
"You're craaazy clarinets, you're just craaazy. You craaazy."
"My milkshake ... brings all the boys to the yard. And they're like, it is better than yours. Damn right, it is better than yours. I could teach you, but I'd have. To. Chaaarge."
"Jefferson deserves to be on the twenty because he's a beast."
"Because it's my house. The house where I live. I live in my house, and I want to go there. Where I live. In my house."

There's a lot. Lol.

18. Tell us the funniest thing that happened?
I can't think of the funniest. Like, ever. I've been laughing a lot. Lol

19. Tell us the saddest thing that happened:
My sister watched the Twilight movie. And so the obsession begins...

20. Tell us something that really made you smile:
A lot of things on the internet.

21. What did you do for Christmas?
The same thing every year. Open presents at home in the morning, then mosey to the grandparents for dinner and to open more. And to eat Styrofoam. Don't ask. It's polish and I can't spell it.

22. Did you get what you wanted for Christmas?
I didn't ask for much, so yeah, I did. I got a lot of clothes and stuff, which is good because the clothes I have had been running small for awhile.

23. What are your plans for New Years?
Since New Years passed already, I can safely say that I had no real plans. Eat dinner with the family and that's about it.

24.... ]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22186807/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22186807/ Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:48:58 PST
Now, I need to start the lines for another commission I've been given, and the lines for a gift (luckily they're both chibi). I can also start coloring the commission I've already finished the lines for. I think I may go over the lines with the pen tool on PS7, which will take longer, but look nicer.

Then I'll start coloring. Luckily she picked an easy coloring style (burn and dodge). I may end up doing the lines at my grandparents' if I can manage to get some references with me. I could print them out, but given that the printer is insane, that'll be hard.

Of course, I have until four before I have to actually be anywhere, so if I have time, I'll start the commission lines.

I think doing a chibi style is really good for me to get into the swing of things and earn a little virtual cash at the same time. It's not as stressful for me, and it takes less time to draw, giving me more time to focus on coloring.

Too bad my first commission didn't pick a chibi style, it would have saved me a lot of trouble.

Christmas morning also turned out to be pretty good. The first gift I opened was the new iPod nano, which is a pretty purple color. I'm really happy, my current iPod nano is a used one, with the guy's ex-girlfriend's name scratched out. It did it's job pretty well, but I really wanted a nicer one.

Since it's already kind of beat up, my dad asked for it, so we'll have to set up iTunes on my mom's old computer, more than likely.

I got two pretty bracelets, and a lot of makeup that I have no idea what to do with. Some nice new shirts and sweaters, and for some reason bermuda shorts (I don't know, my mom works in mysterious ways). I also got a nice new robe and slippers, and a cute purse.

I got a new snow globe too, and the DCI 2008 finals on DVD, as well as a fancy thing so I can play my iPod in my car through my speakers. Wirelessly. Faaancy.

My mom and dad were very happy with their gifts too, which were mostly clothes.

Brandi, of course, was happy with her haul as well. I'm just glad that I have a place for everything this year. Still, I'm going to get my mom to help me clean up my room and get it organized again.

I think I have to learn to let stuff go and get rid of it, I have so much old stuff that I just won't get rid of.

I'm kind of excited to see what I'll get at my grandparents', though it'll probably be money; I'm still wary about Twilight showing up in someway.

I hope everyone who celebrates Christmas is as happy with their gifts as I am with mine; stay safe, don't get too wasted, and have a nice dinner. I know I won't be, but that's okay (sandwiches for dinner, really...). Lol.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22075468/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/22075468/ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:08:36 PST
I haven't been very active because I was pretty stressed with school, and haven't been into the mood to draw. Not to mention I've been having trouble with a Gaia Commission.

I've been doodling small things in math, but that's about it. My room is pretty much littered with attempts at the same pose.

Anyway, today was actually pretty boring, because my internet can't be on while my mom is working. Because she messed something up and her phone needs the internet to work (I dunno either). EVEN THOUGH she has a cellphone that takes all of her calls at the same time.

So I wasn't able to talk to anyone until about five or six, and by then, no one was really on.

Oh, and I've also been out of sight for awhile because of things going on after school: rehearsals for our school's production of Thoroughly Modern Millie (I auditioned for dancing, but they gave me a singing role), and basketball games for band. I also have to do recordings for band for finals, and I've been having trouble getting a good sound out of my six year clarinet...

But the most stressful thing has definitely been Millie and the recordings. The recordings I explained, but Millie I haven't talked about on here.

Thoroughly Modern Millie is a really amazing musical, but so far, things have been a little... crappy for us.

The choreography for ensemble is still a mess because there's a communication problem between the dance instructor, music teacher, and director.

She has all of the voice parts mixed up, so I'm having trouble singing my parts at the right time, because she has me doing choreography for something that isn't my part to sing.

I'm hoping that'll get figured out.

I have rehearsal tomorrow, but it's for act two, so it's going to be terrible again. Not only that, but it's four hours long. Ugh...

Hopefully I'll be able to leave early.

Then I think about drawing that commission without wanting to rip out my hair.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21729446/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21729446/ Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:03:05 PST
Yes, me, the artist, has some things she'd rather be doing with her time when it comes to drawing.

My annoyance is doing lines. I haaaate doing lines with ink, or on the computer. They take so long on the computer, and if I do it with ink, I make a mistake and have no real way to fix it.

There's so much potential to just ruin a whole picture that it makes me nervous and my hands get all gross and sweaty and clammy.

However, I did line some art I did yesterday, and it turned out pretty good (there's also some style experimentation going on).

Now that I'm in a drawing mood, I have to try doing the commission I have for a Gaia Online member. She picked a pretty hard pose, and I have pieces of paper laying around with failed attempts at it. xD;;

I may be asking for more than the 10k limit at this point. 15k at least, really. She asked for a normal style, full body, dynamic pose (and of course I'll color it).

I've decided that this shouldn't be cheap. I'll have to negotiate with her. Of course, I'll lower the price if she doesn't have much gold.

I'm not heartless.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21688550/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21688550/ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:48:50 PST
I think I've realized why so many people have been saying Twilight is 'changing things'. And all it's really changing is how people look at teenage girls/older women as a target audience to sell things to.

There have been a lot of articles on Twilight and how it's made an impact, and the main, underlying idea was that suddenly people are realizing the power of girls with money and an obsession, especially in the case of the movie.

It said nothing about it being some sort of 'literary triumph' or how it's introduced a new style or genre. No, it's saying that it's insanely popular and makes a lot of money from convincing teenage girls and women that fell in love with Edward, thus being amazing.

And yes: not the book, but Edward. I doubt that there's a large majority of the fans that liked the book for the book. A lot of my friends admitted, and I might have mentioned this, that if Edward hadn't been in it, or if he hadn't been written that way, they wouldn't have enjoyed the book half as much.

Actually, you can just about put any of the male characters in there for 'I wouldn't have read it if he wasn't there' story.

Maybe if I liked corny romance, and fantasizing myself in that corny romance, I would have liked the book more.

Anyway, I think that's part of the reason why I find the praise Twilight gets annoying; it's not as amazing as everyone thinks. Stephanie didn't bring anything new to the table. Thousands of mediocre fanfiction writers do the same thing almost every day.

The only thing Stephanie has done was tap into the fantasies of young women/women/random guys with a hot guy and a blank slate to project themselves onto, and make money, thus, suddenly showing what a great market women really are.

I can only imagine how much more they can generalize my demographic, and what crap they'll shove at it because of it.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21632707/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21632707/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:29:26 PST
I bet John would think it was hot. Since he said my last one was. To his girlfriend, aka my best buddy. OMG, AWKWARD, LOLOLOLOL.

They broke up now though, so it's okay. STOP MOPING JOHN.

Anyway, I'm going to finish drawing Seri's birthday present, two days late -shot-, and start the commission I'm dreading.

She picked a hard pose, I'm thinking I should up the price from 10k in gaia gold to 20k in gaia gold.

DRAWING ANATOMY IS SRS BSNS. And then I have to line, scan, color it. GROSS.

Seri, your gift will be drawn on the computer, if I can.

I'm really bored right now, and irritated. There's nothing going on! And RP Buddy keeps disappearing or shows no interest in anything that isn't related to zOMG.

If by chance she reads this (which she probably won't, she doesn't watch me), I don't hate you, I just wish you'd give me more of a warning if you're just going to suddenly, you know... NOT BE AROUND, because your parents can't function without you.

Straying to a new topic, I find it really annoying when parents expect you to do everything while they sit there and watch TV. I don't really do much but keep my room clean, because we have hardwood floors and a broken vacuum cleaner.

But I get really annoyed when my parents are all 'Do the dishhesssss' while they sit there and watch TV and eat potato chips or something.

And then if I'm busy and can't get to it, they let it SIT THERE, and bitch at me, instead of getting off their asses and doing it themselves. JUST PUT THE DISHES AWAY, YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING.

They're excuse is always 'Oh, well I work all day'. And my reply to that is;

"Dad, you work until 2, then spend the rest of the day on the couch staring at the TV. THAT'S IT. YOU DON'T EVEN MAKE DINNER, AND WHEN YOU DO, IT'S MEATLOAF OR WARMING UP A HOT DOG."

"Mom, you work from 9 to six, usually. And I get it that people are morons and your job is stressful, but don't come home acting exhausted when all you did was sit in your office, watching TV, taking phone calls, filling in the blanks, and eating lunch.

There is NO WAY, you are too tired to take the dishes from the dishwasher and put them into a cabinet."

I however, wake up at 6 after staying up late to do homework, go to school for 7 1/2 hours, struggle to learn new concepts, sit in a terribly uncomfortable chair until I get to band, which is just as stressful because the room is full of Morons that can't shut up, and Snotty bitches that need to STOP SMILING ALL THE FUCKING TIME.

Then I get to lunch, WHICH IS CRAP BY THE WAY, and deal with more annoying fags until I go back to the band hallway and enjoy myself for half an hour, until I have to go to gym and run around until I'm all gross and sweaty and my legs itch.

Oh, and when I get home at like, 4:00, I only have hours of homework to do because I'm and IDIOT and didn't drop APUSH when I had the chance.

WHICH REMINDS ME.

I need to sing my Chorale. D<

Yes, I realize I sound like a petty whiny bitch, but really. Why am I the only one capable of putting away a dish? Why can't they do it once in a while?

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21598366/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21598366/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:05:46 PST
School hadn't even started before I had people laughing, high fiving, looking at me in horror/confusion, telling me that they hated me, stopping to tell me how awesome I am/where I bought the shirt, and telling me that I needed to change because I was offensive.

A lot of Twitards, however, that had reacted badly to my shirt's premiere weren't as heated in their hatred for it today; a lot of them had gone to the midnight show, and surprise surprise, told me the movie was disappointing.

How did I know? xD

Anyway, I was surrounded by all sorts of Twilight t-shirts, with Edward, Edward/Bella, Alice, Small Edward/Bella and logo, and even the very same shirt I used as the base for my creation.

To be honest, I didn't so much wear the shirt to cause a stir so much as I did to help me keep my sanity today; sure, I had to answer the typical 'But why' question, and a few of the people were surprised I had a point and wasn't just hating to hate.

But, I don't think I would have been able to make it through the day without my silent statement on my shirt (and it certainly staved off any questions about the movie toward me). I'll admit I have started getting less irritated hearing about Twilight, but it is still a little irksome and I would have been in a terrible mood without my life raft. :3

English was awkward though because almost every girl was reading/had read the book (even my teacher), and they ALL sat across from me, with my shirt screaming in their face.

xD

On a more serious, but equally joyous note, :iconxSeri" got old today. Happy birthday~! Expect a gift. ;3

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21540697/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21540697/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:04:37 PST
I might even go so far as to wear it to the movies, but I don't know if I'll be able to sit through the movie with out laughing madly. I laugh when I'm being devious.

My AP English Literature and Composition teacher has actually been wearing a giant Twilight pin with Bella, Edward, and the movie date on it for two weeks, and I saw a boy with the same pin. Not only that, but everyone's carrying the books and wearing various shirts from the show.

[Wiggles in excitement]. Waaah, I can't wait.

In other news, I took a shot in the dark and signed up for auditions to be in the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie being put on at my school.

I signed up for dancing only, mostly just for fun, because I didn't want to embarrass myself singing. Not that I can't sing, but it's not good enough to be in a musical. And I can't act that well either.

I'm hoping the dance auditions are like A Chorus Line, where you do it in groups. Luckily, a lot of my friends are also doing the dancing, some of them with no dance experience, and none of the Orchesis girls have signed up yet.

So I'm only intimidated by dancing in front of judges and messing up. I haven't actually danced a routine since Liz's cotillion/quinceanos. So I know I can memorize routines, I just don't know about this one...

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21516908/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21516908/ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:20:06 PST
Like, I don't even want to talk to people.

Or write this. I really hate people. I really do.

Also, I watched Wall-E yesterday. It was a really beautiful movie, and I was kind of annoyed my mom thought it was boring.

I think she was expecting stupid humor for kids, and got a beautifully done political message instead. Tough luck Mom. I'm glad Wall-E wasn't all stupid humor.

That doesn't mean it's boring or any less of a movie. >/

I don't know if younger kids would have found it entertaining though (because we train our kids to be sheltered and stupid. And obese. Knock it off parents, you're not helping your kids).

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21460910/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21460910/ Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:03:40 PST
I actually drew a picture, that I'm kind of proud of because the anatomy isn't hideous. I'll be scanning it in pretty soon, but it'll just be a clean sketch (that I might shade a little).

And it's risky. =o

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21444646/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21444646/ Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:03:31 PST
I get very unmotivated around that time, and don't feel much like socializing or working with others in school, and I get very sensitive.

Suddenly, everything seems horrible; I feel out of the loop and unwanted, or start over thinking my relationships (or lack there of) and life.

All in all, it's a very horrible time, ha. I don't know how much I'll be able to get done creatively.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21193099/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21193099/ Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:35:10 PDT
There's an amazing teacher at my school, Mr. Miller, that had a son, Liam, that had been diagnosed with a brain tumor when he was one. So for the three years I've gone to school we've done charity walks for his family and the hospital helping him.

We had a charity walk for Liam last week.

He stopped breathing on Friday. He died Saturday morning. He had recently turned three.

We were all pretty shocked, since we had seen him pretty recently and he seemed to be doing well. In a rather snap decision, a friend of mine spread the word to everyone to wear green, Liam's favorite color, in honor of him.

So, at school today, it was pretty much a sea of green except for some confused freshmen (and teachers, they didn't get the message).

Another teacher sent Mr. Miller a text about what the students had organized and took pictures. It made me feel really good.

We're all still worried about how Mr. Miller is doing though.

]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21151741/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21151741/ Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:18:19 PDT because I have nothing better to do right now.

Fill in the space with an X if you've seen At Least 1 Episode or read At Least 1 Manga of the series

Action and Adventure
(x) .hack//SIGN
( ) Airmaster
( ) Battle Arena Toshinden
(x) Bleach
(x) Blood+
( ) Burst Angel
( ) City Hunter
(x) Cowboy Bebop (Hell yes)
(x) Dragonball (Hell yes)
( ) Flame of Recca
( ) GetBackers
(x) Inu Yasha
(x) Lupin III
( ) Mai-HiME
(x) Naruto
(x) One Piece
( ) Tenjou Tenge
(x) Trigun
( ) Saiyuki
(x) Yu Yu Hakusho (Hell yes)

Total here: 11/20

II. Comedy and Parody
( ) 2×2 = Shinobuden
( ) Adventures of the Mini Goddesses
( ) All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku
(x) Azumanga Daioh
( ) Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
(x) Di Gi Charat
( ) Dragon Half
( ) Excel Saga
(x) Fruits Basket
( ) Galaxy Angel
( ) Here is Greenwood
( ) Kodomo no Omocha
( ) Kyou Kara Maou!
( ) Midori Days
( ) Pani Poni Dash
( ) Project A-ko
( ) Ranma 1/2
(x) Tenchi Muyo
(x) Those Who Hunt Elves
( ) Urusei Yatsura

Total Here: 5/20

III. Drama and Miscellaneous
( ) Beck
(x) Full Moon wo Sagashite
( ) Gankutsuou
( ) Genshiken
( ) Glass Mask (original or new)
( ) Haibane Renmei
( ) Hitsuji no Uta
( ) Honey & Clover
( ) Kaleido Star
( ) Last Exile
( ) Le Portraite de Petite Cossette
( ) Monster
( ) Paradise Kiss
(x) Princess Mononoke
(x) Read or Die OVA
( ) Speed Grapher
( ) Twin Spica
( ) Weiss Kreuz
( ) Wings of Honneamise
( ) Yakitate!! Japan

Total Here: 3/20

IV. Ecchi/Mature
( ) Agent Aika
( ) Cutey Honey
( ) Ebichu
( ) Golden Boy
( ) Grenadier
( ) Hand Maid May
( ) He Is My Master
( ) Iketeru Futari
(x) La Blue Girl (It was part of an episode, okay? I ran when I realized what it was, lol)
( ) Lingerie Senshi Papillon Rose
( ) Mahoromatic
( ) Mezzo Forte
( ) Miyuki-chan in Wonderland
( ) My Dear Marie
( ) Najica Blitz Tactics
( ) Negima
( ) Puni Puni Poemy
( ) Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend
( ) Wicked City
( ) Yumeria

Total Here: 1/20

V. Fantasy and Supernatural
( ) Angel Sanctuary
( ) Aquarian Age
( ) Berserk
( ) El Hazard
( ) Final Fantasy Unlimited
(x) Fullmetal Alchemist
(x) Howl’s Moving Castle
(x) Magic Knight Rayearth
( ) Mushishi
(x) Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
( ) Record of Lodoss War
( ) Scrapped Princess
(x) Slayers
( ) Tales of Eternia
( ) Trinity Blood
(x) Tsubasa Chronicle
(x) Vampire Hunter D
( ) Violinist of Hameln
(x) Vision of Escaflowne
( ) X: TV

Total Here: 8/20

VI. Historical and Alternate History
( ) Anne of Green Gables
( ) Basilisk
( ) Barefoot Gen
(x) Chrono Crusade
( ) Grave of the Fireflies
( ) Fire Tripper
( ) Kaidomaru
( ) Legend of Condor Hero
(x) Millennium Actress
( ) Nadia - Secret of Blue Water
( ) Ninja Scroll
( ) Otogizoushi
( ) Peacemaker Kurogane
( ) Porco Rosso
( ) Rose of Versailles
(x) Rurouni Kenshin
( ) Samurai 7
(x) Samurai Champloo
(x) Samuri X
( ) Steel Angel Kurumi
( ) Victorian Romance Emma

Total Here: 5/20

VII. Kids and Family
( ) Angelic Layer
(x) Astro Boy
(x) Beyblade
(x) Castle in the Sky
(x) Detective Conan
(x) Digimon
(x) Doraemon
(x) Hamtaro
(x) Kiki’s Delivery Service
(x) Kimba the White Lion
(x) Monster Rancher
(x) My Neighbor Totoro
(x) Pokemon
(x) Samurai Pizza Cats
( ) Sazae-san
(x) SD Gundam Force
(x) Sonic X
(x) Speed Racer
(x) Spirited Away
(x) Yu-Gi-Oh

Total Here: 18/20 (A few of tehse are thanks to YouTube and curiosity)

VIII. Magical Girls and Boys
(x) Cardcaptor Sakura
(x) DNAngel
( ) Earth Girl Arjuna
( ) Erementar Gerad
( ) Hime-chan no Ribbon
(x) Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne
( ) Magic Users Club
( ) Magical Girl Pretty Sammy
( ) Magical Stage Fancy La La
( ) Mahou no Star Magical Emi
( ) Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
( ) Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
(x) Ojamajou DoReMi
( ) Oku-sama wa Mahou Shoujo
( ) Pretear
(x) Sailor Moon
( ) Saint Tail
(x) Tokyo Mew Mew
( ) Ultra Maniac
( ) Wedding Peach

Total Here: 6/20

IX. Rom... ]]> ~MisoSoop http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21095838/ http://MisoSoop.deviantart.com/journal/21095838/ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:04:51 PDT
I literally become furious and disgusted anytime I see the book, a t-shirt, anything related to the movie, what ever.

To appease my smoldering hatred, I've decided that I will buy a t-shirt, something akin to this: [link]

And I will wear it everyday if I have to.

If that doesn't work, I will buy an official t-shirt and fabric paint, and WRITE 'I HATE' with a little carrot in front of Twilight if I have to. It's actually what I would prefer (because there's nothing more pleasing than desecrating something officially related to the book).

This book has made me ashamed of my age group and gender; are the majority of us so brain dead now that we can't recognize a bad book when we see one?

Well, I will stand out from that brain dead, gum smacking, superficial crowd! My t-shirt will scream what I can not without getting sent away somewhere!

Viva la Rebellion!

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My shorts for the costume are finished, the cape is finished and needs to be attached to the hood when that's done. My mom is still working on making the shirt (I was too stupid to do it).

Once it's all put together, I'll start adding the details, and when the mask dries I'll paint it. I'll ask my sister to loan me her camera (or I could just buy my own) so I can post the WIP pictures somewhere. Just so there's the 'before and after' sense to it.

Also, I really want to see the Tinkerbell movie. xD

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