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Much Loove

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I'm low in funds and I'm in artist.

These two combined = not able to obtain a subscription.

SO PLEASE STOP SPAMMING ME WITH *REQUESTS* to subscribe.

If I wanted to I would. I would if I could.

Thanks

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no, I'm not feeling sociable, the mood thing isn't working. I'm feeling very very sad.

]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/17850951/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/17850951/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:23:33 PDT Guess I'll have to choose wisely. I have an abundance in books and I was reading them non-stop until schoot started again for me in april. Now I work, work, study, study, sleep, go to school, eat, work, work, study, study, study. Just so you know, anyone out there, I haven't forgotten you. Actually I think about you all the time and I day dream about free time and the fun I could be having.

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I'm adding some new/old artwork that I didn't like a while ago, but I think its really cool now.

Much love

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The beginning starts like this:

Life is difficult.
This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths (as this was the first of the Four Noble Truths which Buddha taught, which was "Life was suffering"). It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.

Most do not fully see this truth that life is difficult. Instead they moan more or less incessantly, noisily, or subtly, about the enormity of their problems, their burdens, and their difficulties as if life should be easy. They voice their belief, noisily or subtly, that their difficulties represent a unique kind of affliction that should not be and that has somehow been especially visited upon their families, their tribe, their class, their nation, their race or even their species, and not upon others. I know about this moaning because I have done my share.

Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them?

]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/16937522/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/16937522/ Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:36:52 PST Stray Cat. Does anyone know what kind of breed this cat is?

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A boy is living with me now, and its very different just visiting your boy from time to time and then it is to actually live with them. The boy has a guiena of pig, named vivi, whom my dog guards 24/7 and leaves only to eat or use the restroom.

Its snowed here. Quite a bit actually, I want to go sledding on a really cool sled.

Still trying to figure out what I should do with my life. A nurse? A teacher? Graph designer? Freelance artist + "normal" job?

My doubts plague me immensely, more so than ever before. I am thinking its because I feel like everyone is too busy to talk to lately (friend wise) and sometimes I feel very alone. I used to talk to people alot, and that would be my therapy, as through talking I'd figure things out. I don't know how to do it now. Or way before I had as many good friends as I do now, I'd take my old dog Crosby on a walk and meditate while on the walk itself.

And that thing that happened in omaha recently, it was so close to home, for a few days life felt surreal.

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Its chilly weather out, a while ago, I accidentally plucked an impatient from the yard, I felt bad, its a flower btw, and so I put in a vase of water... a week later, it sprouted rooots!! So today, after leaving work, I set out to plucking my favorite plants growin in the yard and put them all in vases of water by my window.. I guess I'll see which ones can be hydroponically grown and which ones can't.

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I'm so tired!

I have a midterm philosophy paper to write
have to write a third draft english paper
and.. finish working on the photos that i took and send them out to the company who already paid me.

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La Vielle
by Becca De La Rosa
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There are things you don't do. You don't tell them your real name, first of all, and you don't come in barefoot when the carpet glitters with needles of broken glass like mica, and you don't ask them questions you can't already answer.

Your name is Cradle. This is all you need to know.

Beside the battered drum kit a skeleton stands at attention, a pink bow pinned to a crack in her skull. Her name is Window. She has come from the country with you, sitting in the back seat of your car with a shawl around her shoulders so she won't get cold. Her joints are stuck together with pins. Window can bend like a gymnast.

The girl singing with you this time is round like a Venus di Milo and you think her name is Allison. She's wearing a purple Lolita dress and long fake dreadlocks in her hair, fat Mary Janes, torn fishnet stockings. Her arms are tattooed with spider webs. She looks like a clumsy corpse who's been sampling glitter products in the make up aisle. You could betray her easily.

They expect something in this club, the same way they do everywhere. They
expect you to wear ra-ra skirts with thick petticoats and smeared vampire lipstick on your mouth, to play background to the singer's smoke-throat voice, so you do. None of the kids in this club know that you can play secrets with your bow. Your cello has a name, which is Tree.

When the set is over Allison descends into a crowd of admirers and you bring Tree and Window over to the bar, where a kid with a fluffy mohawk says, "What are you drinking?" and you don't answer. "Take it easy," you tell Window and Tree, and push yourself off the bar stool to find a bathroom. Window and Tree can take care of themselves.

The bathroom wall is a blackboard. Chalk hangs in a bucket on a chain. You sit on the floor and close your eyes, because it is hard sometimes to be what you are, whatever you are. This is not one of the things you need to know.

The blackboard wall says, _There is no love_.

On the dashboard of your car there is a stack of yellow papers. They are drawings of medieval torture devices from old books. You love medieval torture devices, though you couldn't say why. There are hundreds of them. The cages to catch your tongue. The racks to make you taller. Pyramids of stone that you are lowered onto, with pulleys and chains. In the old pictures the victims always look so peaceful, serene Buddhas in bondage, their faces turned towards you. Look what I feel.

Someone bangs on the bathroom door. You flip the lock and smile at the girl with the vinyl-red platform boots until she squints. "Hey, I heard you," she says. "You were really good. And that other chick was amazing. How does she get her voice to sound like that?"

"She freebases heroin," you say, and slide past.

It's time for you to go. Window looks disapproving of all this black lace and
crinoline, and a boy with black fingernails is about to tip his cigarette ash into
Tree's mouth. You lead them out of the bar, around the back, into the smokey
parking lot. Your car doesn't have a name. You roll the top down, to feel air on
your face, and so Window and Tree can cool down, although they're not
complaining. Skeletons and cellos make good company.
#

Some things you know about Window.

She made her way to your doorstep on her swinging limbs. You found her there
and asked her in for a cup of tea, and when you were both seated at the table you noticed the knobs of ice glittering in the notches of her spine. Her grin was a cover for hypothermia. "You're chilled to the bone," you said, and though you could keep a straight face, Window smiled and smiled.

In bad weather a sparrow lives in Window's rib cage. His name is Matteo. Window is in love with mirrors. Her pelvis is shaped like the body of a violin, hazelnut-brown, smooth and hollow. Sometimes Window's smile is so sad you can hardly look at her, and you think she's done something she shouldn't have done, that she made a choice and it was the wrong one, and maybe she's cursed, and isn't the best travelling companion after all.
#

You drive all night. You like this, the way streetlights blur together and squares of light slide over you and Window and Tree. The man on the radio talks slowly and his voice sounds like insomnia and coffee grounds. From time to time the others doze, but you don't need sleep. It's one more thing you have betrayed.

Once you spent all night listening to cello music on someone's vintage Victor
Credenza, and when the music stopped you listened to scratches on the record... ]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/12545161/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/12545161/ Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:01:02 PDT [link] this guy skeletizes things and um.. yeah.. its cool, wikid and it creeps me out at the same time. More than once, I felt sick to my stomach.. wow. I'm not dissing you man, if you read this, I'm just taken aback.

~Chris

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that's why i've been absent as of late.

]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/11762539/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/11762539/ Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:05:45 PST wishing for things to be easier, but if they were easier, what would feel good? what would be gained? How do I self sustain?

http://www.wasteyourlife.net/

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still thanking god for good friends.

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I'm craving cigarettes so bad, that was my coping mechanism.. and I am trying to refuse the temptation, though, it is very strong.. and if they were in reach.. I think I'd smoke one..

taking guitar lessons.. it cheers me a bit. i would like to practice my flute some more and buy some flute music.. music that i create myself seems to raise my spirits to some untouchable level..

all i can say is: Thank god for friends.

]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/11457873/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/11457873/ Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:16:35 PST [link] Someone purposely misunderstood the directions to create art instead of furniture.

[link] Knitta, please! No, really, its an awesome website about real renegade knittas. They knit signs, lamp poles, subway hand rails, trees, etc..

[link] "frogs" appear within the wave of a mouse, and disappear into the great beyond before you least it expect it.

[link] torsos toss a ball around with permanently gripped hands.

[link] this little dancing egg serenade just makes me smile, in some dorky thought-provoking? way.

[link] this is just weird.. and disturbing on some levels.. By dragging the mouse in and out of the box, you'll be able to repeatedly and viciously torture a pink teddie bear. I showed it to my sister.. and she was like oh my god, that's awful!

[link] little odd sheep thingys, counting them helps you fall asleep.

]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/11393182/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/11393182/ Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:53:09 PST dead decay rot, all that can be seen is the beauty not the begot

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Little boy carries his gameboy with him around the world! He's too busy gaming to even wonder about stonehenge!

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I. Back Flip II. Smellyvision- Autumn Leaves II III. Suburbian Drooling Box

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I. S.O.P - THE BEST FRIEND II. The T-SHIRT DESIGN PROJECT XVI III. New Brand : EMO WEAR

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no man, defines who you are

greys anatomy

dreams are more than just a little flower, dreams are powerful, dream now, act now.

commerical

clothesswap.com

u-exchange.com

blossomswap.com

if it don't make dollars, it don't make sense

cowboy troy

0ct 23rd 06

life is nothing without a dream
october 29 06

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no good deed goes unpunished?

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I want to swim away but don't know how//sometimes I feel like I am going to fall into the ocean.

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The difference? The guy who did a large paralell of crime knew someone famous. Someone famous showed up at his trial... thus he was let off easy. wtf.

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Happy hallow~een.

For some awesome halloween music, check out my friends myspace page via [link]

I found this link: [link] and I think its the coolest thing since PostSecert.

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A lot of things have blown my mind recently///here is but one statement, but do you believe it to be true? I heard someone once say that "to be friends, you need something from that other person."

Then a friend left me with this: don't remember where i heard this but it came to mind when i read this: "being friends with someone is knowing all their faults and still liking them anyways." and for a smallville quote ala lex luthor: "a person is not the same as who they were the last time you saw them. they are the same as who they have been the entire time you have known them." very true

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]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/10157081/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/10157081/ Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:41:05 PDT jason.aminus3.com/image/2005-10-20.html, I like this guys photography.

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I haven't been able to find a suitable job. Paying back the loans looms high over my head. But this new guy I've met, my new bf. He says stuff like try, try again. Never give up hope. If you really want it, show them you want it, just keep going back, be dedicated. I'm like.. wow. Why do you believe in me so? I'm not that special. But his heart is so kind.

I went to Trenton Neb., four hours away from my hometown, Lincoln. Two of my good friends are moving there soon with their liddle babeh. They have offered me a room if I would so wish to move down there and stay with them. Course I'd need a job to help pay the bills.. plus I'm not sure what graphic arts work I could possibly pursue in such a small town. But the more I think of it, I want to do something that involves people. I want to help people. I'm not sure how to turn this boat around, but I shall try.

Then if I can make it up today, I am going to go to Omaha; to see old friends, introduce new ones to old ones, and drop off myowgirls coat. sorry it took so long.. ]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/10028820/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/10028820/ Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:04:48 PDT
He was buried today ]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9992067/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9992067/ Wed, 06 Sep 2006 18:54:50 PDT :brokenheart: ]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9969619/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9969619/ Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:10:39 PDT

He's a beut
Croc hunter... dead
Devaintart search 'Steve Irwin'
Deviantart search 'Crocodile Hunter" ]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9943644/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9943644/ Sat, 02 Sep 2006 18:23:36 PDT hard. Anyway, I'll update with some photos in a bit. But you should def. check out these artists, they are the shit:

Yellowworm
Digitalgrace
graffit
Ivensgrol ]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9904601/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9904601/ Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:41:15 PDT job, and I was wondering if you knew how to be
more descriptive than just saying:
"Dell Optiplex GX110 Desktop PC, P3, 667hz, 10g hd" ? Thanks.

See here: [link] How could I make that more interesting, more likely for ppl to buy? more views? ]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9743229/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9743229/ Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:47:18 PDT Perhaps I can be good in graphics as I keep working on it, because I have only known graphics for no more than two years.

I recently founds some old sketch books of days gone past and took photos of my drawings. Word to the wise tho, I was going through some ugly times, so the sketches.. they aren't my norm. ]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9715865/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9715865/ Sun, 13 Aug 2006 17:16:21 PDT ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9663033/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9663033/ Wed, 09 Aug 2006 11:12:10 PDT ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9390528/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9390528/ Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:28:26 PDT
Is this choice ever made of the completely conscious? ]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9380647/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9380647/ Fri, 14 Jul 2006 22:55:30 PDT
-- Mike Shionda ]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9152240/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9152240/ Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:52:52 PDT ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9003017/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/9003017/ Wed, 07 Jun 2006 20:09:40 PDT ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/8960076/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/8960076/ Sat, 03 Jun 2006 14:11:41 PDT ! All my teachers gave me smiles.. I'm surprised.. how much I will miss the people I never thought I'd miss.. kim guyer, mr. grutsch, ms. apel, mr. fritz.. but then I have the numbers, myspaces, deviantarts, addresses, and emails of those friends of mine who are like family to me. Friends whom I will miss, but will keep in touch with.. its so crazy. I actually wore heels! Crazy. First time in muh life I wore heels and they looked good! Yeah! I also had a sweet outfit. hmm.. life is good. yeah. so tired now. only got five hous of sleep. i think i'm goona go take a sleep for a bit. I have a mile wide smile.. on my mind.. Anyway, besides the bogus prayer bits, it was all good.
Much <3 ]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/8901828/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/8901828/ Sun, 28 May 2006 12:27:16 PDT ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/8895664/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/8895664/ Sat, 27 May 2006 18:53:10 PDT Opportunity and Be O.K. ]]> ~Porterish http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/8886396/ http://Porterish.deviantart.com/journal/8886396/ Fri, 26 May 2006 18:31:44 PDT
I had laughed and not believed when you spoke of getting covered in little ticks. But my laughing gave me karma, as I walked through the forests of fontenelle yesterday with a friend of mine. To our great dismay, half-way through the forest path we found ourselves covered in nymphs (baby ticks) and large adults. ha! Figures, right>?

Anyway, fontenelle left an impression as always. I rescued a large snapping turtle stuck near a railway track. It made a large impressive hallow sound when I picked it up. Its tail was near two feet in length.. its claws took me a back a bit. Its little claws were an inch each. Its skin grey as the deviant art background. But it had moss growing on its turtle shell and its shell felt of hard paper mache. But it weighed plenty, it drooled and wet as I removed it from the tracks to a nearby marsh. I've heard that a wild turtles bite contains many possibilities of bacteria and a bite could incur many vicious possibilities of sickness. So I was hoping to god that its neck couldn't encompass its shell and reach back to bite me.

We left fontenelle forest early that day due to having no tick repellent. The ticks were thicker than mosquiters. I got back to my apartment and removed my clothes only to find my legs still covered in nypmhs, the inner parts of my clothes, on my socks and in my shoes! Crazy! I refused to wear my shoes. Eventually, my clothes were clear of ticks, and I got the rest of my stuff from my near - moved out apartment, and got into the car. I thought it was also interesting that I was so thirsty, I got out of my parked car and walked barefoot into a convenice station. The clerks had no care in the world, just a little curiousity, got hella lot of looks from customers, tho. ^_^ Wish I could walk barefoot everywhere.. like Shakira in South America.

Got home and realized I had to live little nymphs still clinging to my skin and unforantely attached. They were getting rounder, redder and larger by the minute. Finally, my dad figured out how to remove them without smashing them, since apparently, nymphs are the worst and hardest to remove without infection. Figures. But he got them out alive and well. Currently, the ticks are residing in my fridge in a bag with a wet paper towel to keep them. Why, you may ask? Well, incase I develop any diseases within a month or so, the doctors can go dissect the tick and see what exactly plagues me.

Hope your lives are goin' well,

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