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Also, having back surgery in a month. Recuperation will be long and horrible and very restrictive, so i don't know how much painting i'll get done at all in the next six months. I'll try to get something done during this time though.

]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/27133544/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/27133544/ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:11:30 PDT tattooing. My bitch of an old tattoo artist told me to go fuck myself because i didn't show up at her house at the right time. Good reason, huh? She also demanded back all the equipment she had given me, broken, and that i'd had fixed. Bitch. But anyway... I fnially got a bunch of my own equipment again and if you haven't seen me or my work up here it's because i'm tattooing. I'm learning. I'm learning quickly. I'm doing it a lot. It takes up a lot of my time.

Ok, and i've been a little lazy when it comes to scanning, but it takes me 1/2 hour to scan a small painting and much longer for a larger one, which is all i paint these days. So i hate scanning. Just be patient. Now i need to go massage some moisturizer into my healing tattoos.

(Oh yeah, once the tattoos heal and actually look good enough to take photos of, i will put them up here.)

]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/26857163/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/26857163/ Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:33:22 PDT
I know this is pathetic, but hey, it's a piece of collectable art that will be worth way more in a few years. I guarantee it. I've still got 3-4 paintings to scan and several more in the works. I'll post them as i get around to it.

]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/26362005/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/26362005/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:11:31 PDT
So yeah, i know following me can be boring but at least i don't clog up in the inbox with nothing but photos of my five cats, right? If you like my paintings, or photography for that matter, please do follow. I do get new things up now and then. I've been writing a lot too, but i'm wondering if i should start a seperate account for my writings or keep putting them up here? You tell me. Cheers to all and apologies again for ignoring this site more than i should.

You can follow me on Twitter to see the weird, random things i post and write in the middle of the night: [link]

]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/24276562/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/24276562/ Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:46:18 PDT [link] I'm not a Luddite or anything, i just tend to feel that if everyone is doing something, it's probably not worth doing. I was wrong this time. I can admit that.

]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/24099890/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/24099890/ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:32:59 PDT
Now i look at today's Daily Deviations and see a (in my not so humble opinion) crappy photo of a poorly-done scarification on someone's back. So what i want to know is how is it that someone is glorified by the site staff today for a second-rate version of something i was banned for several years ago? Am i the only one who thinks this is really messed up?


Two new paintings done. Need scanning. Will be up soon.

]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/23787500/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/23787500/ Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:16:58 PDT
I've had several friends lose close ones in various ways over the last few days. When it rains it seems to pour, if i may use the cliche. My condolences go out to all of you.

]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/23625924/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/23625924/ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:51:12 PDT Appalachian Dawn and Insomnia. I didn't get as good of a digital version of Insomnia as i would have liked and i need to mess with Appalachian Dawn a little to make it look more like the original. Anyway, they're there, so take a look. I've got three more in progress, two of which i worked on earlier today and are coming along nicely. I command you to look forward to them.

On a lighter note, i will be 30 years old on Friday. Yay for me. I realized just what that means when yesterday for the first time in my life i had a job interview with someone who was ten years younger than me, possibly more than that. That was an odd feeling. I like to think with age comes some wisdom. I'm going to go crack open my beer. Remember to always save some for the dogs. They love it.

]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/22895586/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/22895586/ Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:48:41 PST
-Insomnia - an acrylic painting, abstract, theme fitting the title. This one is almost complete. Just needs a few finshing touches.
-Atlas - An acrylic painting of Atlas, the Titan of Greek mythology, holding up the world. Finished a base layer, needs a few more, probably have this one done within a few days.
-Prometheus - Another Greek myth, another acrylic painting.
-Organic Fractal Series - A series of photographs depicting naturally created fractal formations. I already have a couple photos and several more in mind. I will be releasing these as a series when it is complete.
-Nature series - Most likely will be done in my gouache and india ink style, a series, probably three paintings depicting various scenes of natural beauty. This one is being done for a commission, so i'll be completing this one soon. I still have to talk more with the commissioner about exactly what she wants me to do.

So yeah, that's it for now.
Werd.

You should check out my prints shop while you're here, and check out these deviants too because their work is good.
]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/22749232/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/22749232/ Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:53:21 PST

1) How old do you wish you were?
27

2) Where were you when 9/11 happened?
In the mental hospital. I walked out from breakfast just in time to see the second plane hit the tower live and wonder if my father had gone into work that day at the World Trade Center.

3) What do you do when vending machines steal your money?
Usually start yelling at the universe in general.

4) Do you consider yourself kind?
No.

5) If you HAD to get a tattoo, where would it be?
I've already gotten half my sleeves done, a full thigh, half my back, and i'm going for eventually being covered cuffs to collar.

6) If you could be fluent in any other language, what would it be?
Mandarin, but i am fluent in Danish and get by in a host of other languages.

7) Do you know your neighbours?
Pretty good friends with most of them.

8) What do you consider a holiday?
Solstices and Equinoxes

9) Do you follow your horoscope?
Hell no.

10) Would you move for the person you loved?
The better question is would the person i loved move for me? I'm a nomad, been living here too long.

11) Are you touchy feely?
Don't touch me unless you want to be hit hard.

12) Do you believe that opposites attract?
In physics, sure. People? Never heard anything so absurd.

13) Dream job?
You're looking at it. (Art, you dummy, not filling out questionnaires.)

14) Favorite channel(S)?
[adult swim]

15) Favorite place to go on weekends?
Home

16) Showers or Baths?
Shower. Baths are so unsanitary.

17) Do you paint your nails?
Sometimes. Not in a while.

18) Do you trust people easily?
I don't trust anyone.

19) What are your phobias?
People. Civilization.

20) Do you want kids?
Eventually

21) Do you keep a handwritten journal?
Never have, never will.

22) Where would you rather be right now?
Above the smog line.

23) Heavy or light sleeper?
One level lighter than light.

24) Are you paranoid?
See my personal quote.

25) Are you impatient?
ADHD...

26) Who can you relate to?
Nobody.

27) How do you feel about interracial couples?
Why is this even an issue or question?

28) Have you been burned by love?
I've been HURT by love.

29) What's your main ring tone on your cell?
Some jingly thing that came with the phone.

30) What were you doing after midnight last night?
Writing last night's entry in this journal.

31) What did the last text on your mobile phone say?
None of your business.

32) Whose bed did you sleep in last night?
Mine and my wife's.

33) What colour shirt are you wearing?
Red t-shirt over grey mock turtlneck.

34) Why is there no question here?
There is a question here. 'Why is there no question here' is a question.

35) Name three things you have on you at all times~?
Lighter, chapstick, phone.

36) What color are your bed sheets?
Blue.

37) How much cash do you have on you right now?
None.

38) What is your favorite part of the chicken?
The neck.

39) What's your favorite town/city?
Boston.

40) I can't wait till?
Guinaviere gets home from work.

41) Who got you to join myspace?
I object, your honor.

42) What did you have for dinner last night?
Hash browns and bacon.

43) How tall are you barefoot?
5'8"

44) Have you ever smoked heroin?
No, but i have freebased opium. That's pretty damned close.

45) Do you own a gun?
Nah, wife wouldn't like it, and there's nowhere good here for me to hunt.

46) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Gatorade. Keeps my electrolytes up with my mood stabilizers.

47) What is your favourite weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
My enormous encephalon.

48) Do you have A.D.D.?
I've got ADHD.

49) What time did you wake up today?
10:30 am

50) Current worry?
Everything

51) C... ]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/22724165/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/22724165/ Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:54:26 PST
We've got an inversion right now. For those unfamiliar with Utah, high pressure systems move over the Salt Lake Valley, and trap all the air, and smoke, and pollution, and everything nasty in the valley, where it can't escape, sometimes for weeks at a time. It's horrible right now. It gets worse every day. We're not supposed to get a good storm that would clear it out any time in the near foreseable future. I can smell the lake tonight. It's like a combination of raw sewage, dead things, and brine. I can't breathe these days. I pray it will end soon.

I got some messages from an old friend the other day. She's the only person from high school i still talk to on a regular basis. She's gotten back in contact with many of our old friends through Facebook. I still don't have an account there. I'm not sure i want one. I figure there's a reason i don't talk to these people anymore. My friend heard about my first fiance. She's married with three kids, at least, i think she's still married. Apparently her relationship status is listed as "It's complicated," whatever the hell that means. It gets me wondering if she married some douchebag. She hurt me really badly. I loved her a great deal, but in the end i just wanted her to be happy. It makes me sad to think her life might suck a great deal right now. I don't even know why i'm writing all this. I'm not sure anyone here reads this or cares or wants to know or whatever else. I guess i just needed to get this out there somehow. I don't have many people to talk to. This is the closest thing i have to a blog. Ah well. C'est la vie. If you're out there BJ and you read this, i wish you the best. I hope you can be happy.

You should check out my prints shop while you're here, and check out these deviants too because their work is good.
]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/22141391/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/22141391/ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:34:14 PST this insane Aqua Teen Hunger Force fan art by He gave me permission to use it. I don't have any photos right now, but hopefully i'll get more work done today if that all works out.

So aside from that, nothing. I'll leave you with the words of the immortal Krusty the Klown. Have a merry Christmas, happy Chanukah, kwazy Kwanzaa, tip top Tet, and a solemn and dignified Ramadan.

You should check out my prints shop while you're here, and check out these deviants too because their work is good.


Technically i'm a member of these clubs:
]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/21781679/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/21781679/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:05:33 PST The Battered Suitcase. She would like to feature me (well, my artwork) in an upcoming issue. They feature about three artists a month, showing a few of their pieces and information on the artist. It's a really cool zine and even if i weren't being featured i'd recommend checking it out.

I've already submitted the paintings that will be featured and i'll be in one of the next six issues (apparently they have a list of people waiting to go. That's how you run a magazine ). I'll be sure to post another journal when that issue comes out, but in the meantime i highly suggest checking out the artists they have feature right now and in the intervening months. Here's that link again - [link]

And remember, It's Christmas (or whatever winter holiday, if any, you celebrate) time. Prints and original artwork make good gifts, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more! If you are interested in an original piece of mine, shoot me a note on this site or an e-mail at jaalyn@gmail.com. If you're interested in a print (see, these are less expensive but still really nice, so buy a lot!), just check out my Prints Shop

For those waiting for new pieces from me, please bear in mind i've been working in much larger formats and i takes me much longer to finish a single piece as well as get a good digital version of it. I've also got a really bad back; that makes painting for long periods of time very difficult.

You should check out my prints shop while you're here, and check out these deviants too because their work is good.


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You should check out my prints shop while you're here, and check out these deviants too because their work is good.


Technically i'm a member of these clubs:
]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/20887246/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/20887246/ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:53:10 PDT Migraine headaches - I get these almost every day. They're pretty debilitating and when i have one i don't want to get on the computer much less paint. Back problems - Doctor says i have two or three slipped disks in my lower back. This also makes it hard to paint. I need an MRI to find out exactly what the damage is. We don't know yet or what caused it, though it is likely related to [link] Stomach problems - OK, i've had tons of medical tests over the years, but no doctor has been able to figure out why i do, but i vomit very regularly. Yes, gross. But it keeps me from doing lots of things i'd like to, including paint, and well, eat.

If you've added one of my pieces to your favorites or one of your collections or even just left a comment, i want everyone to know that i really do appreciate it. I don't have the time to always leave individual thank yous on people's pages, but i thank you.

I've got one painting digitized, two more to go. I'll try to get them all up today.

You should check out my prints shop while you're here, and check out these deviants too because their work is good.


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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/18629450/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/18629450/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:00:30 PDT
I've been painting like crazy. If you look at my gallery you may notice i've submitted three new paintings over the last few days. I've got several others in the works/almost done, so i'll have even more up soon. I'd like to try to get some new photos up but my inspiration has been lacking, other than the really sweet lighting i got on that macro shot the other day but that was more accident than anything. Ah well, i'll keep the paintings coming. I hope people like them.

Despite not bitching any more about underexposure (for myself) and overexposure (for crappy anime drawings), it is a subject that still irks me. Do what you can to combat this. Browse the site, browse specific galleries, leave comments and favs on the ones that show real talent. Help make this a site that celebrates good art and not quick pop culture sketches like it used to be. We can do it!

You should check out my prints shop while you're here, and check out these deviants too because their work is good.


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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/18580296/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/18580296/ Fri, 30 May 2008 16:40:01 PDT
I don't know how much more i can complain without repeating myself, but i'm sure i can't be the only one to notice this. I know good artists on this site. Do you have these problems? How can a painting i spent 50 hours on and someone else thought was quality enough they spent $450 to buy it from me get 20 views since i submitted it nearly a year ago and fucking Inuyasha drawings, regardless of how shitty, get 500 favs? This is not sour grapes. I'd love to get noticed every once in a while. Is is jealous, childish bitching? Yes. So fucking what? I have a valid point.

It's been two hours now and this site will still not allow me to submit my painting. You know i pay for this service. I pay money that could easily towards other things, like food and rent. I pay good money to be a member of this site and i am not even allowed to submit a work of art while hundreds are doing it around me. Thank you deviantART. And please don't ban me for speaking my mind.

You should check out my prints shop while you're here, and check out these deviants too because their work is good.


Technically i'm a member of these clubs:
]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/18260833/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/18260833/ Sat, 10 May 2008 17:05:50 PDT

You should check out my prints shop while you're here, and check out these deviants too because their work is good.


Technically i'm a member of these clubs:


]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/18119547/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/18119547/ Thu, 01 May 2008 15:18:12 PDT s and such, and you will get them in time. Please be patient with me.

Check out my prints shop too. You may find something you like, and i try to keep the prices low.

But just before i leave and while i'm still shilling, go check out these other deviants and clubs:


Clubs:


]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/17926629/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/17926629/ Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:27:16 PDT prints shop and buy something cheap, or buy something big, either way, support a sick artist!


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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/17578825/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/17578825/ Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:04:44 PDT
And then there were roommate problems of the highest degree, but she's finally gone. She tried to split town without paying us $500 rent she owed, but we got it from her anyway and she was very pissed about that. Now i suspect she's sending people over to our house to harass us. Two people showed up at our door late last night, one pounding on our door and refusing to answer when we asked whom it was. The second came to our door in a paramedic's uniform, was "looking for her" and would not leave until i said she was gone, i didn't know where, and closed the door on him.

Point of all this being, i haven't gotten any new art done until the last few days, and i only completed one painting. I'll be trying to get more done soon, and i'll be better about actually replying to people who leave me messages.

And i finally got a subscription to dA again. If anyone knows how to make easy use of CSS style scripts for these journal entries and would be willing to help me out, i'd appreciate it.

]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/16673334/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/16673334/ Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:35:52 PST Dispossession, and the story of what happened is in the description of the painting. It was an artistic exorcism of sorts. I had to get all the nasty shit in my head from that experience out onto canvas before i could really move onto my "real" art again.

The painting was huge, nearly 3' x 3' (1m x 1m), and i kept it hanging on the wall in my living room where i could see it every day. So i'm happy to report it's gone now. I sold it. Most of the details are boring, but it was purchased by a police officer who works in the Child Sex Crimes division, a hard job to be sure. Out of hundreds of paintings he was drawn to that one and decided he wanted to buy it. He came over one evening, got to leave with the painting, and i was $350 American richer. This makes me very happy. There isn't much more to the story.

I'm working on mew pieces as well. I've started a new piece as of yesterday with acrylics that will be somewhat abstract in design but very conceptual in execution and composition. This may take me a little while. I can do one of my gouache or watercolours in an afternoon or two but my acrylic paintings are much more involved from a technical standpoint and can take me a very long time, but i do hope to have it done soon so keep a look out for it. I'll try to get some watercolours and maybe some photos up before then, so please be patient. I know i owe many of you comments on your own work too which will be forcoming, i promise.

If you haven't been here before please take a look at my gallery and leave some comments, critical or positive. I just like feedback. And don't be scared to leave a here and there.

And just before i leave and while i'm still shilling, go check out these other deviants and clubs:


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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/16350088/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/16350088/ Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:39:19 PST
To beat the blahs i'm going to try to keep painting more regularly than i have been, though if you'd seen what health i've been in recently you would readily forgive me. I've done two paintings in the last two days, despite having a jackhammer going in my brain, and i hope people like them. (Ok, aside here, remember that scene in Amadeus where that guy who commissioned an opera from Mozart asks how it's coming and Wolfgang says it's done and then the guy asks where it is and he replies "up here" tapping his head? Ok, keep that scene at the forefront of your mind for a moment.) I've got a few composed inside my head that simply need to be put to paper, (See, now you know what i'm talking about!) and i hope to get them painted in the next few days. I mean, i know nobody reads this anyway, but if it catches the corner of your eye because you happen to be on my page, put me on deviant watch so you can see the new ones as i complete them!

]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/15905998/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/15905998/ Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:07:21 PST Dragonfly, asked about my technique that i've been using for a lot of my recent paintings, its symbolism, evolution, etc. So i ended up writing a mini-essay on it and i figured it would make an interesting entry for at least a couple of people. So here it is.

Ok, I started working with this style about nine months ago on an experimental basis, playing bright, undarkened straight-up primary colours against overlays of deep black and contrasting india ink. The idea was to make bright colours brighter than bright, if i may be redundant. My first two were The Spirit Dancers, purely an experiment of style, and still my most popular one, Koi, which was mostly stylistic in nature, though i wanted to play the themes of the water and the fish and their motion and "feel" against each other.

Next i took it to a higher level by using the colour and the india ink against each other symbolically, in Koi II - Balance. It was very much a piece of Yin and Yang, not just in the obvious design of the two fish but in playing the calmness of the water, the fish, and the colours against the chaos of the ink, which this time i had used much more freely and even fiercely.

The next few i did were experimentaly more than anything. I painted them to learn for myself what looked good, what techniques worked, which didn't, and how to improve the ones that did. If you look at the paintings in my gallery in chronological order you can see a progression. By the time i painted Solstice, i had pretty figured out how to get the ink to do what i wanted it to do. In that one the black and the colour are both expressions of pure joy and energy and are meant to work in complete harmony with one another (as opposed to the dichotomy of Koi II). In Koi III - Energy (my personal favorite in this series), i wanted the ink over the water and plants to convey a certain stoic fluidity while the areas over the fish are much looser and more energetic.

I've done some experiementation since then with mixing the water-soluble gouche pigments with the non-water-soluble pigments in the india ink, which you can see in Schism.

Then to come all the way back around to this most recent painting and the original question (You seem to be using this spiderwebbing pattern a lot- is there some significance to it, or do you just like it? They're more angular and splattery (yes, I know that's not a word) and but a lot of energy and movement in what would probably be a very calm piece otherwise., in this particular piece i played the black against the colour to create a sensation of flurry, of flight, of speed, of the movement of a Dragonfly. In the future i suppose i will use the two styles of pigments against each other as i see fit for the particular painting.

So that's it. Hope you found it interesting. Hell, i'm just happy if you read it all the way down to here. I'm trying to keep up to date on comments and such here on the site but the migraines have been really bad recently and it's very hard to stay at the computer for long. While you're here take a look at my gallery. Now that dA lets you categorize your gallery you can even browse by medium and style! So go look!

But just before i leave and while i'm still shilling, go check out these other deviants and clubs:
~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/15695110/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/15695110/ Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:04:37 PST and forgot to bring my camera, so the visit wasn't exactly a hit, but Thanksgiving dinner was good.

So despite not having any actual photos from the trip, i've been working on some slightly older photos from a session i did with my nephew Samuel a few weeks ago. I've put a few of them up. More will be finished in the next few days.

I'm also almost done with a new painting. I should finish it this evening, so i ought to have it scanned, up, and print-worthy by tomorrow. I know i've got a few people who watch my gallery, so i hoped they're well-liked.

Those of you to whom i owe comments on new art and such, they will be forthcoming. Please just be patient. I know i owe you a bunch of comments in particular, Webworm .

So if you're new here, go look at my gallery, and if you like it, tell me!

But just before i leave and while i'm still shilling, go check out these other deviants and clubs:


Clubs:


]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/15592890/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/15592890/ Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:06:43 PST
Now that i finished my painting Dispossession, i feel that it was the emotional exorcism i needed to move on, at least artistically. So new paintings will start showing up in my gallery again as well.

If you are new to me, my art, or any of that, please do check out my gallery. There is a wide variety of media and art there. You might just find something surprising you like.

I was supposed to get a bunch of new ink on my sleeve tattoo project today, but my artist had to cancel for whatever reason. Now i'm going to a musical jam session over at my friend Mould's instead. Seey'all later.

But just before i leave and while i'm still shilling, go check out these other deviants and clubs:


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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/15481149/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/15481149/ Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:51:23 PST I mentioned in a previous journal that i'm working on a very (relative to my usual scale) large painting. I've completed quite a bit of work on it and wanted to show off the work-in-progress at this point. It's in my scraps, but you can view it easily by clicking this --> [link]

I will have a much higher-quality version up when i finally finish it.

EDIT: I have finished the painting at this point despite getting virtually no sleep for the past week or so. That and the nightmares when i do sleep have, i'm sure, fueled the grimness and macabre nature of the finished product. I've also been trying to get dosing right on a new medication that is a form of methamphetamine, so that's been a driving force (behind both the great deal of painting i've done and the insomnia). Sh*t, i'm rambling. Chalk it up to that stuff the doc is trying me on.

Ok, the image is up in my gallery now. If you haven't already seen it and for some reason are actually reading this you can see the painting here ---> [link] I will not make prints available. It's too grim and i don't think they'd sell anyway, but mostly i just don't have a good way of getting a good quality digital version of it better than the one i put up.

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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/15163859/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/15163859/ Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:16:23 PDT very large-scale painting at the moment, like it should measure about 6'x6' (2m x 2m) or larger when done, but i've barely just begun that. It will consume most of my artistic time for at least a few weeks i suspect but i am at least painting and taking photos again.

, our friend Sascha, and i drove up into Parley's Canyon (the canyon that comes down into the sort of Northeastern part of Salt Lake City, up by the University of Utah) this evening around sunset. I took a bunch of photos, but only a couple turned out how i really liked. I really should have brought my tripod, but i was skirting the edge of protected land so time was a little of the essence. Anyway, i'm putting up the couple of photos i got from that trip as well as a couple i got this afternoon.

If i'm slow about commenting on the art of friends and others i apologize. Chronic migraines have made staying at the monitor for much time excruciating. I will get around to it.

]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/14932027/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/14932027/ Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:37:34 PDT
-jaalyn Oct. 5 2007

]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/14456495/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/14456495/ Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:45:51 PDT done that to me. He told Guinaviere that the inside of my nose looked like corn flakes it was so messed up and shattered. If he hadn't operated on the day he did the hematoma would have grown larger and then gangreneous, completely destroying the inside of my nose. But it's done. I have a splint on the outside of my nose and two shoved up it affixed to my sinuses. I'm in a ton of pain still, though the doctor said it should only last a few days. I have enough pain killers to get me through tonight. I'm still in no condition to do much of anything including updating this; i am getting way worn down, so i'm signing off.

This is what started the whole mess
In the early morning hours of 9/1/07 I was viciously attacked right on my front porch. The following is the official police statement:

I went out to my front porch for a cigarette, preparing to go to bed around 1:30am. As soon as I got out, a tan/ brown jeep pulled up to the road right beside the walkway to my house and four people came pouring out. They all smelled strongly of alcohol and empty beer cans fell from the car (and later had to be cleaned up off the lawn.) I asked twice, "Can I help you guys?" But they didn't answer until all four, 3 males, 1 female, were surrounding me on my front porch. They demanded "Where's Cory?" I said, "No one is here by that name, will you please leave now?" They again demanded to see Cory. I again said there was no Cory here and they needed to leave. One of the males said "You don't have to be so fucking rude about it, i'm going to kick your ass for that." And lunged towards me. I went to push him away from me from the bottom step of the porch stairs onto my lawn to get them to leave and at that point all three of the males started to attack me. I was put into a choke hold and thrown to the ground. I was choked into unconciousness several (4 - 5) times. While the other two repeatedly struck me very hard in the face with fists, possibly weapons, and repeatedly stomped on my face with heavy boots. After choking me unconcious 4 - 5 times, the last thing I remember was a particular vicious and hard blow to my face and one of them saying "He's done" and then I blacked out again. I came to as they were driving away and I saw the 1st three numbers of the license was 910 on their jeep. I screamed for help until my wife heard me and called 911.


[Guin, John Lind's wife] woke up around 2:00am to John screaming "help me help me". I thought he was having an asthma attack and needed help finding his inhaler. The house was
all dark upstairs and it took me a second before I could see his smashed up face. The police and ambulance came shortly after and we were at the hospital until about 9:00am.

There is a picture of John. He's not doing very well mentally and we don't feel safe at our own home. He is in a lot of pain. You can see a boot print on his forehead and over his eye and ear. I think the boot is what broke his nose.

Thank You everyone for your support. John really needs all the love he can get right now.

Right after the attack: [link] The next day, cleaned up: [link]

(John again) I went to a nose specialist today. I have a septal hematoma and quaite a shattered nose. I have to go in tomorrow for surgery. I'm pissed off more than ever. The assholes who beat me nearly to death have claimed the whole thing was my fault and i was the instigator. I didn't start the fucking fight, but that's irrelevant anyway. They attacked my on my property for the sole reason of me asking them to leave. I'm pissed off, i'm in pain, i'm close to completely losing it, and fuck, well, that's about it. I'm just done. I'm just done. There will in all likelihood be a long period of time before i do any art or get anything new up on the site.

Many people have asked how they can help. Unfortunately there isn't much anyone can do to help. If you really want to do something for me in this time of crisis, then i ask you to look at my prints shop. I have many small and inexpensive prints, plus magnets, postcards, etc. for sale in addition to the high-quality ones. Every little bit helps, especially now that we will be moving into a new house as we no longer feel safe in this neighborhood, my brutal beating... ]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/14272502/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/14272502/ Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:00:21 PDT s, and all sorts of other new and exciting things from me.

Now for some brief plugging/shilling.

Think about buying a print!(Or even a postcard or magnet. )

Want something orginal? You can look at my original paintings and drawings that are for sale here.

Don't want to or are not able to spend money? Then cruise my gallery a bit, leave some comments (kind or not, i honestly don't mind), then go check out the galleries of these other Deviants and Clubs:


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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/14272462/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/14272462/ Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:57:30 PDT s, and all sorts of other new and exciting things from me.

Now for some brief plugging/shilling.

Think about buying a print!(Or even a postcard or magnet. )

Want something orginal? You can look at my original paintings and drawings that are for sale here.

Don't want to or are not able to spend money? Then cruise my gallery a bit, leave some comments (kind or not, i honestly don't mind), then go check out the galleries of these other Deviants and Clubs:


Clubs:


]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/13281229/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/13281229/ Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:02:46 PDT original works can be purchased with the clicks of a few buttons. The online store can be reached by simply clicking here (unless i screwed my tags up), and following the link to the online store.

This account is most definately not to replace my gallery and account here on deviant art, but i hope the two can complement and promote each other. So if you're looking for prints, please check out my Deviant Art Prints Store, and if you are looking to buy any original pieces, please check out the above link. And now i'm getting off this bloody computer. I need a nap.

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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/13176335/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/13176335/ Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:19:35 PDT
So i'll skip ahead to the things that are good right now instead of being whiny and morose. I got nearly a full night's sleep last night, the first time in literally months. The doc gave me good drugs. If i hadn't been awakened by excruciating back pain, i might actually have gotten a full eight hours. We'll try for tonight.

I love Guinaviere. My wife is the most patient, understanding, tolerant, and caring person i know. I have no idea how the hell she puts up with someone like me, much less manages to stay married to me and hasn't kicked me out yet.

I love our new roommate Martine. Guin and i both love having her here. She's been a good friend of mine for years and to me is like the sister i never got along with. Plus, she's been a better roommate than one could usually hope for. While i'm giving props, Ben, my brother from another mother, i think he's pretty much the strongest person i know. I don't know how he works and schools as much as he does and still manages to make time for his friends. Elly, his fiance, my other "sister i never got along with," i can say anything i said about Ben about her too. They are both amazing people. Sascha man, you're doing awesome, and i don't think i'll elaborate more than that.

Um yeah, so for anyone still paying attention to this ramble, more art is on the way. I haven't been able to get much new art done recently, but i should have at least a photo or two and a painting or two up in the next few days for the two people who care.

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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/12820412/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/12820412/ Wed, 02 May 2007 19:22:03 PDT
Done and uploaded!1) A painting of koi done in a similar manner to the method i experimented with in The Spirit Dancers.

2) A giant (2'x3') painting of a giant squid, filtered through my reality interpreter a.k.a. my brain i.e. it will be an abstract yet not non-objective piece. I want to make full-size prints of it available.

3) Another giant painting, this one a vision of Hell that would give Hieronymous Bosch and Sir Frances Bacon nightmares.

4) Calendars! I will be doing at least two themed calendars that will be available from my Prints Store.

5) A painting i've already completed, just yet to scan, of... well. Just wait and see for this one.


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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/12757017/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/12757017/ Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:31:55 PDT
1) A painting of koi done in a similar manner to the method i experimented with in The Spirit Dancers.

2) A giant (2'x3') painting of a giant squid, filtered through my reality interpreter a.k.a. my brain i.e. it will be an abstract yet not non-objective piece. I want to make full-size prints of it available.

3) Another giant painting, this one a vision of Hell that would give Hieronymous Bosch and Sir Frances Bacon nightmares.

4) Calendars! I will be doing at least two themed calendars that will be available from my Prints Store.

5) A painting i've already completed, just yet to scan, of... well. Just wait and see for this one.


And while i've got your attention, check out these deviants' galleries too.


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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/12729631/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/12729631/ Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:56:34 PDT afford to move, should we even be the ones to get the house, and well, let's just say that my lifetime experiences have led me to rather identify with Tantalus of Greek myth. I feel like my purpose here on Earth is simply to be a plaything of God/the gods, whatever. Like i'm only alive to be fucked with. Bugger it all.


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The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, and taketh away, and taketh away, and taketh away... Cursed be the name of the Lord.

]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/12704496/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/12704496/ Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:49:56 PDT
The fact of the matter is it doesn't matter how many people tell me they like my work, it doesn't matter that people ask me for artistic advice and instruction both online and in the real world, it doesn't matter that i just sold an original painting or was even asked to do professional family portraits by my sister for her, her husband, and their new son, i still think i'm a talentless hack, my art is terrible, and the only reason i have a couple people who like it is that they are anomalies and must know shit when they see it.

I should know this isn't the case. But no matter what anyone says to me or what i tell myself, this is still how i feel.

But now to attempt to shift my gloomy ramblings in a different direction, i will still be adding more art soon. I've been painting, drawing, attempting to get a few decent pieces done and scanned. It's such a longer process than hitting a shutter button a few times and then just plugging a camera into your computer and cleaning up a little the ones you like. A painting or even a drawing i consider not too shitty can take me days or even weeks and weeks to complete, followed by scanning it piecemeal and attempting to fit the seams together properly in photoshop. So my point being, drawings and painting will be coming fewer and further between than i usually do with photos, but i hope the wait will be worth it to some.

Now go click these icons and see what real talent looks like.


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(Everybody hurts, sometimes. -REM )
(I hurt all the time you insensitive fuck. -jaalyn)

]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/12566565/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/12566565/ Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:35:14 PDT Buddha painting and wished to purchase the original. We settled on $400 plus shipping costs, and i think we are both very satisfied with the deal. I'll be shipping the painting to him tomorrow. So i'm VERY excited that i've sold my first painting, very excited indeed.



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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/12018889/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/12018889/ Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:03:42 PST
I apologize to anyone to whom i have been rude or otherwise uncouth recently. It's hard to be civil when you feel like Hell.

Now let us never speak of this vacation again.

I'm trying to keep the photos and other works coming.

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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/11811775/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/11811775/ Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:06:56 PST
On the lighter side of things, George W. Bush is an EVIL man and will burn in HELL for all of eternity for the things this wanna-be dictator has done. I just saw his press conference and it literally made me scream. I hope he gets a long, painful, terminal case of dick cancer. Cheney is even worse. I can't believe i live in this fucking country. To non-American deviants, i'm sorry our president is such a megalomanical power-hungry prick. Most of us don't support him. To the secret service, i'm hoping GOD takes out Bush and Cheney, not a person. Of course if God exists he's a sick son of a bitch and i hope i see him when i die just so i can spit in his fucking face.

Desinent homines tum demum stultescare quando esse desinent

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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/11546909/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/11546909/ Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:52:38 PST
As for those who actually read my journal:
Ok, so i'm not really as upset about all the shit i was ranting about in my last journal entry, although it's still getting to me, i'm not going to get all bent out of shape right now. Take the drugs the doctor gives you and everything will be alright. Ok, those don't work. I guess it's the holistic stuff that helps.

Instead i'm going to become a hypocrite and start pimping myself as an artist and start posting more fan art (gods help me). If you can't beat off join the frenzy, right? Is working hard to promote myself selling out as an artist? I don't know anymore, but i think i need to do it.

Anyway, i've been making many more prints available of my art, as well as making them available in different and smaller formats for lower prices in my Prints Shop. Really, please, check it out. You might actually like what you see.

Spending a couple of dollars on a small print, magnet, postcard, whatever to help out a starving artist is good karma!



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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/11433234/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/11433234/ Sun, 14 Jan 2007 10:34:59 PST
I cannot be the only one who has noticed this. Now granted i don't spend hundreds of dollars and all my time promoting myself and my art to the elitist crowds (here and otherwise). I'm an artist, not a businessman. I spend any time i have available working on my art, expanding my skills, experimenting with new techniques, new styles, actually PUSHING myself artisically... I spend almost an entire month working on a painting, or spend an entire roll of film to get two or three shots that i think are worth putting my name on (despite comments to the contrary from aquaintences), and i will get all of 2 views at all while some 13-year-old kid's crappy pencil drawing of fooking Inuyasha is viewed by thousands and hundreds of s. I don't submit tons of shite just to have a big gallery to get more people to come to my page. I work on what i believe to be quality, not that that matters in any artistic community.

And i'm sure anyone reading this (not that anyone will. No one ever looks at my art or my page) will just dismiss my pissed-off rantings as nothing more than sour grapes. Well fuck you then. I'm not complaining about good artists getting recognized. There are many many artists here who deserve every bit of recognition they get. I'm complaining about those who DON'T deserve it, who get it by appealing to the lowest common denominator, saturating their galleries with shit to trick people into thinking quantity=quality, or simply having friends in high places.

I will not sacrifice quality of art for quanitity. I will not cater to the anime/faerie/whatever crowd just to get my art noticed, and i will certainly not kiss anyone's ass just to promote what i know is quality.


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P.S. This rant is not necessarily just about DeviantArt, but artistic communites as a whole, whether online or in the real world.

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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/8112722/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/8112722/ Thu, 09 Mar 2006 13:39:17 PST Guinaviere and i finally got our place together in the Sugarhouse district of Salt Lake City (for those of you that means anything to). We're still unpacking, but we're here finally, the two of us and our five "children," our cats, Delirium, Domina, Frodo Van Gogh, Inspector Gadget, and Buttercup. They don't all get along fantastically, but Buttercup (despite the name, he's got a Y chromosome) and Frodo are good buddies, and although Domina, Frodo's mother, is not happy about the fact that he still tries to suckle sometimes (they had been apart for months, but i guess old habits die hard), and Buttercup occasionally tries to mate with Del (neither has the equipment, but there seems to be a cat in heat in the area, and BC only got snipped last week, so the lingering testosterone seems to be driving him nuts, no pun intended).

So aside from the cats bickering a little, being still unemployed, my newly broken toe, the ongoing constant illness of mine, and Guin and i both being exhausted as all Hell, things are going ok.

I'll be updating the A² Designs shop today or tomorrow too, so please check that out.

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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/7458844/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/7458844/ Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:00:53 PST
Guinaviere and i got engaged Christmas Eve in Telluride, Colorado on the gondola at the top of the mountain.

I took lots of pictures in Telluride. I'll start posting them here as soon as i get them developed.

I have a prints account now. One print is currently available; i'm working on getting high enough quality scans of others that i can have more prints approved in the next couple of days.

Building websites for father's new company and Iris Piercing Studio here in SLC. Hope to move into web design full time. Full-on Flash version of the Iris site coming soon.

Guin and i will be looking for a place to move in together at the beginning of March. We haven't decided exactly where to live yet.

I'm enjoying customizing my own cell phone right now, so i'll be submitting a few mobile phone wallpaper deviations in a row, both some new ones and mobile versions of older pieces.

Don't forget to check out the A² Designs shop!

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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/6928284/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/6928284/ Wed, 02 Nov 2005 11:15:34 PST

UPDATE: As it would seem some people actually read my journal (total strangers an ocean away showing concern for someone on the internet? Wow. ), i figured i'd give a little update. While i'm still feeling pretty shitty, it's much better than i had been over the past two weeks now. Thank you to those of you who showed concern. I'll see about getting some comments on all y'all's work.

]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/6873011/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/6873011/ Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:27:54 PDT
Yup, those of you who have me on watch have probably already seen the first announcement, but i did decide to go with a different company for my shirts as they are less costly, better quality, and offer a better selection of what i can put my design on. Their server was down for a while last night too, but seems to be back up. So i encourage everyone to please at least take a look and see what i have so far. There are a limited number of designs up right now, but i'll be adding a bunch more in the upcoming days and weeks.

Visit the shop HERE.


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]]> ~ObiJohnKenobi http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/6818402/ http://ObiJohnKenobi.deviantart.com/journal/6818402/ Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:08:37 PDT

1. My tongue is surgically split. It was done with no anesthesia with a cautery scalpel. Yes, it hurt extremely badly, and no, that's not why i did it you pervert.
2. While i try not to be one of "those people," my cat Delirium is the most important thing in the world to me.
3. I'm obsessed with languages, linguistics, etymologies, linguistic anthropology etc.
4. Going further with that, i speak Danish and English fluently, and am also currently studying and/or somewhat familiar with Japanese, Russian, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Latin, German, Dutch, and Greek.
5. I am übergeek. If there is something someone can be a geek about, i'm a geek about it. This includes Star Trek, computers, tabletop role-playing (think AD&D, Shadowrun, etc.), language, Tolkein, Star Wars, general sci-fi, general fantasy, Shakespeare, et cetera et cetera.
6. English is my second language. Danish was my first, but i am highly out of practice with it.
7. My favorite colours are black and royal violet.
8. My wardrobe is mostly black, but also includes smatterings of bright colours and even pastel pink and baby blue.
9. I used to be heavily into the goth scenes in a couple of cities around the US, but finally realized just how f***cking annoying goths are.
10. I'm very into body modification. I have about 25 hours worth of tattoo work, have had a total of over 45 piercings (only a couple now though), plus numerous other modifications most people consider more "extreme." I don't do these things for the sake of anybody but myself. Anyone who says otherwise can kiss my fat ass. "I never wanted to be different. I just wanted to be me."
11. I am both a rather spiritual and religious person, but i think organized religion (or putting that much power in the hands of any one entity) is an extremely bad thing. However, i also believe everyone is free to believe whatever the hell they want; just please don't force your beliefs and morals on me. I don't do that to you, please extend me the same courtesy.
12. I love children, and not just with ketchup.
13. I am a practicing theological and philosophical Taoist, though my beliefs also incorporate aspects of Zen Buddhism and Northern European Paganism (but call me Wiccan or a witch and i'll knock your teeth out).
14. I practice martial arts. I train in Lissajous-do, Filipino Kali, Jeet Kune Do, Brazilian Jujitsu, and some Wing Chun Gung Fu. Due to my own illness, serious injuries, financial difficulties, and then my sensei's injuries, it has been some time since i could train, but i will begin training again in the next couple of weeks now that my sensei is healing up a bit.
15. I spent February of 1996 in Russia on a student exchange trip in high school. The previous October, my host student spent the month with my family in the States.
16. I have seal hunted in Greenland, where my uncle lives. I did not club baby seals, but hunted full-grown adults, and for food, not sport.
17. I attended three different high schools in three different states. Freshman year in Virginia, sophomore and junior in Connectict, and senior in Massachusetts.
18. I attended three semesters at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia, between 1997 and 1998.
19. I was raised LDS (Mormon), and even went on a mission.
20. I usually cop out by the end of lists like this.

I'm tagging Ulverwolf.
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