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I'm leaving this account.
FREAKED OUT??
Don't be, I'm just moving to a different account. Why? Reasons will be explained later, and if they aren't, remind me on my new account.
However, I'm not moving just yet. I want to organize a few things first, mmk? When I /do/ move, I will let you know.
So don't freak out. :]

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[--Art--]
Requests, trades, or collabs only. No commission (till I'm eighteen, anyway).
-No, I will not draw you hentai (pornography).
-No, I will not take, "Make it a surprise" when you ask me for something. That's what gift art is for.
-I'd prefer you send me a note if you're going to request art from me.

Requests: (Closed.)
In waiting:
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Jarrod /
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Fey Wren and Ronad /
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Tengen Toppen Gurren Lagann /
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Ayanami Rei [Neon Genesis Evangelion] /

Trades: (Maybe.)
... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/15002071/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/15002071/ Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:59:17 PDT
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'kay, I got tagged by to do this. Basically, I type whatever I'm thinking here for fifteen minutes.
Be warned, however, that I have very strange thoughts, so read this at your own risk.
Some of you are gonna read this just to laugh at me. xD That's fine too, I accept being laughed at.

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Okay... so...
Ugh, the dog chewed up my headphones. Now I'm listening to the songs on my computer out loud, which is very... awkward? Well, for me and Chris. He thinks I listen to weird shit and it annoys him.
Well, whatever. He's reading now.
TWILIGHT IS WAY BETTER THAN THE CRAP HE IS READING. D:< YES, BITCH.
Edward reminds me of Tai~ <3
Dude, Anna and I talked about the book in the beginning of P.E. today. o o We were like, "OMG EDWARD'S SO CUTE". Then I go, "OMG TAI'S CUTER."

Egh, depressing song, CHANGING IT.
Screw it, no more music. >:[

Stupid dog chewed up my HEADPHONES. DAMN.
Now I gotta go find new ones. :/

Hahaha, "twenty-five-pound ring" is so funny, Chris.
TV? *brick'd*
Hm. Hungry.
I think.
Maybe?

Nyaaa, I wanna go to Washington.
AND SEE MEGAMI! 8D HI MEGAMI.
Whut.
Stupid cheerleaders.
Anyway!
Raiiiiin~
I want it to rain here. Stupid desert never gets any rain here... Blegh.
Ugly, ugly Vegas.

SCRAMBLED THOUGHTS OH GAWD.
Settled?
No, still scrambled.
Scrambled.
Scrambled.
Scrambled.
Eggs?
Bacon.
FOOD.
Hungry now.

I should read Twilight some more. >.> I've only gotten to about 100 pages and I already love the book.
IT'S HARD TO DO WORK WHEN YOU'RE READING SOMETHING THAT GREAT, ARRRRRGH.
Ew, I have Geometry homework. )x Icky.
I don't wanna do it.
But I have to.
Procrastinate?
NO, IDIOT, NO PROCRASTINATING.
Maybe.
NO.
Yes.
NO.
PROCRASTINATE BECAUSE I HATE MATH OF ALL KINDS.
No, I need to do homework.
But I'm not gonna right now.
Hahaha?
Ha.

Can't wait for winter.
Christmas time, specifically. WARM AND FUZZY FEELING~ <3
Around that time I'mma smother Tyler with... stuffs?
Clothes. And other stuffs. >.> Yeeeeah.
Egh, I don't wanna go to Arkansas around Thanksgiving! )x OR EVER.
Does anybody remember me being there this past JUNE? WHEN I WAS COMPLETELY MISERABLE?? ANYBODY?
YES. DAMMIT.
Hm. Need some more soda.
I NEED TO FREAKING DRAW SOMETHING BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE I JUST CAN'T DRAW TODAY FOR SOME REASONNN.
Meh. I'm probably annoying with the caps overload right now.
Don't really care though.
Hmmmm, suddenly exhausted.
More exhausted, anyway.

.....Wow, I have a really nice figure. o o
Like. Seriously.
I'm like one of those girls from anime, I've got a DAMN HOURGLASS FIGURE FOR A BODY.
Hoshit.
This T-shirt was annoying all day though. It was too... thin, baggy?
I dunno.
WHY MUST I HAVE A GOOD FIGURE? D:<
...Why am I acting like that's a bad thing?
Arm hurts. Take a break.

Egh, my hair is iiiickyyyy today. = = It would not cooperate at all.
It still won't.
Shit.
Blegh, Kitty is being annoying. Stupid TV.
...
KITTY'S GOIN' THROUGH MENOPAUSE, LOL.
Oh damn, mood swings.
IRRITATING.
Is that what I'm like?
Maybe.

Whopper?
BURGER KING.
Egh, Trevor. = =
JANNINA.
Still not talking to her. I really am not pleased with her right now. At all.
Stupid little bitch whore...
*FACEDESKFACEDESKFACEDESK*
GODDAMN IT I AM SO OPTIMISTIC AND YET NEGATIVE??? WHAT.
Geometry homework.
History test.
Chicken.
WHAT??
I'm hungry. Again.

JINGLE.
JINGLE.
JINGLE.
Cuff jingles. x3 JINGLE JINGLEJINGLEJINGLEJINGLE~
'kay, I'm done now.

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So what do you guys think of my insane mind? 8D

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[--Art--]
Requests, trades, or collabs only. No commission (till I'm eighteen, anyway).
-No, I... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14986557/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14986557/ Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:38:34 PDT
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Ugh, I got yesterday's chaos off my front page. Can we be happy now?
Probably not.
I got some sleep last night, but the dreams are still coming. *sigh* Whatever.

Today was... nerve-biting. All day I've been trying to draw something, anything, and nothing I put down on paper comes out the way I want it to. I haven't given up, but it is very irritating.
Too bad only Sara, another artist from lunch, understood what the hell I was talking about. = =

So... yeah.
I had an emotional breakdown last night after passing out and not eating much.
The reason for it was still affecting me today.
Whatever, I don't care.

Obviously I'm still very moody.

I REFUSE TO SUCCUMB TO ARTIST'S BLOCK AGAIN, DAMN IT.
...
'kay.

Yay for no homework.

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[--Art--]
Requests, trades, or collabs only. No commission (till I'm eighteen, anyway).
-No, I will not draw you hentai (pornography).
-No, I will not take, "Make it a surprise" when you ask me for something. That's what gift art is for.
-I'd prefer you send me a note if you're going to request art from me.

Requests: (Closed.)
In waiting:
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Jarrod /
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Fey Wren and Ronad /
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Tengen Toppen Gurren Lagann /
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Ayanami Rei [Neon Genesis Evangelion] / ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14972777/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14972777/ Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:07:43 PDT
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I'mma let you know ahead of time right now: I'm in a huge series of mood swings right now that it's not even funny. If it is to you, fine. Whatever. But now I've gotta go on a huge rant that means basically nothing to you, mmk?
Right then.

Woke up this morning feeling like crap: Headache, felt bloated for no reason, was very irritated because Mom woke me up while yelling at Chris (which is why his ass is now grounded from damn near everything he owns), not to mention I got practically no sleep because I had a nightmare festival last night that I had to "deal with" till I finally did sleep at four in the morning.
Quite irritating, wouldn't you say?

So, I've had a headache all damn day, and I thought that I was just dehydrated (somehow, albeit I've been drinking water like crazy for the past week), so when Chris gave me his whole water bottle at lunch, I thought that would help. It didn't, so I must be plenty hydrated and just have some kind of weird-ass random headache.
Feeling bloated has died down. Guess it was just one of those days where a girl feels fat. = = Wtf. I was very new to that today. S'never happened to me before.

Chris is grounded and I have to babysit him to make sure he doesn't get on the PS2 or i-Pod or anything like that. Thanks, Mom. I haven't had to do that since he put a hole in the wall last summer.

The nightmares have been driving me crazy as of recently. For the past five nights I've gotten little sleep, after summing it all up, all because of those damn things. I am fucking tired. Really, I am. Because of that, I fell asleep (or blacked out, nobody could tell the difference) at least three times in school today. In first period, I thought the room lacked air conditioning, when in all reality it was just me that was burning up. I told sensei about it, and when she checked my forehead (she's a mother like that I guess) she said it felt like I had a fever. Then right when first class was over, I fainted or blacked out or some shit. Apparently I woke up ten minutes after second period started saying something about fire and caffeine and a couch.
I nodded off in second and third period, but got through that nonetheless.

Fourth period was just as dandy as first. The P.E. locker room seemed more crowded than usual, so I felt claustrophobic and bitched a lot. We're currently playing football, and the only thing I'm actually good at is being center position. I managed to center the ball twice before just collapsing in the middle of the field. I guess I'd been asleep or something, because I had this weird ten-second dream that scared me awake again. Anna, whom I've been telling not to worry about me for the past few days just because I've been losing sleep, got an explanation on all this shit. - - Yet another person to be aware that something's wrong with me. I guess she understood it though. She didn't laugh or joke around, which was good, because I do not want to bitch at her.

So I was late to fifth period because of that. Yay. Well, since that class is horrifically boring, I fell asleep in short bursts quite a bit, only to have Chloe waking me up every five minutes to tell me about her damn book that she's reading. Quite honestly, I don't give a shit today if it's the most awesome book ever.

Lunch time, Chris gave me his water bottle before he headed off to his computers class. = = Yeah, I would have found talking to Anna (I know two of 'em, huzzah) and Alicia more eventful had I not been on the verge of just smacking one of them for being more insanely hyper than usual. I shouldn't complain about that though. Anna finally took notice later on in the lunch hour that something was wrong with me, and she actually ordered me to eat something. So she got Alicia to get some cookies, which I resisted for once, until Anna grabbed my shirt collar and yelled, "EAT, NOW." So, fine, I ate the cookies, bit by bit. I had no appetite, but if it would get her off my back, which it did, then I'd eat 'em.
I tried doing sit-ups afterward like Thursday. I only got to ten before I became exhausted. Then Anna ordered me to sleep. Didn't want to (recall the nightmares), but Sara made me use her lap for a pillow. So I did. For about two seconds, before the bell rang.
You can bet your valuable asses I was pissed.

Sixth period we watched something about how soldiers from Iraq suffer ps... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14957001/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14957001/ Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:05:22 PDT
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I got tagged again, this time by .
Eight more facts?... Let's see...

1. I love Tyler, with all I am, ever have been, and ever will be.

2. If I mommy you a lot, it's just because I'm protective and caring like that.

3. October (and the first few days of November) make me dark and creepy. Enjoy it, peeps.

4. I complain a lot and sometimes annoy myself because of it.

5. I am not like thirty thousand other girls out there. I do not know the names of each person in the music bands nowadays, and I do not obsess over them. I just listen to the music, damn you.

6. I have a huge appetite, yet I never gain a pound.

7. I suck a math. Who doesn't? Besides my friend Alicia, anyway.

8. I have more original characters than I can count.

There, some sucky facts.
Enjoy.

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[--Art--]
Requests, trades, or collabs only. No commission (till I'm eighteen, anyway).
-No, I will not draw you hentai (pornography).
-No, I will not take, "Make it a surprise" when you ask me for something. That's what gift art is for.
-I'd prefer you send me a note if you're going to request art from me.

Requests: (Closed.)
In waiting:
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Jarrod /
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Fey Wren and Ronad /
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Tengen Toppen Gurren Lagann /
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Ayanami Rei [Neon Genesis Evangelion] / http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14899860/ Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:07:00 PDT
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OI!

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GO VISIT HER GALLERY!
Seriously, she's got amazing artwork and she's not getting enough attention for it.
Some of my personal favorites from her are:
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I am as serious as a heart attack, people. Go see her, now. Comment, fave watch, the like. Just go look at her awesome work!

Yeah, I also put her as my featured artist for October. Bwaha. :]]]]

Also, I've started updating my LJ again.
--> [link] <--
:3

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[--Art--]
Requests, trades, or collabs only. No commission (till I'm eighteen, anyway).
-No, I will not draw you hentai (pornography).
-No, I will not take, "Make it a surprise" when you ask me for something. That's what gift art is for.
-I'd prefer you send me a note if you're going to request art from me.

Requests: (Closed.)
In waiting:
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Jarrod /
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Fey Wren and Ronad /
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Tengen Toppen Gurren Lagann /
- http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14875568/ Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:29:28 PDT
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The games have just begun...

Yeah, so don't get your hopes up, Mister Tai.
Lol, Jigsaw. The fourth "Saw" movie is coming out, and I haven't even finished watching the first one, let alone the other two. :/ I should get on that soon, 'cause it looks horrifyingly interesting.

Oi, it's Oreo's birthday today, so go wish her a good one!
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:]]]]

Speaking of which... it's already October. Wow, September went by quickly, I'd say. It's quite the blur to me now that I try looking back at it. It was, however, the best month of my life so far, as September 29th marked the one-month anniversary of my relationship with Tai, which I could say I celebrated yesterday... <.<
He knows. x3 He always knows.
Love you dearly, Mister Kitsune!

Hmm... October... I think I'd have to say that it's one of my favorite months, just because of how it affects me and the entire neighborhood... and other people as well. Each year I get into darker moods around October, so I'll probably be submitting darker, eerier art and writing, the like. Not to mention I get quieter this month, which freaks my mother out because she can never tell what I'm thinking (benefits me greatly). No wonder she hates October.
Hopefully Vegas will get colder by the end of this month, too. Last year it didn't get cold until mid-November, which I found highly disturbing. After going through a whole summer that sucked in ways more than one, I'm ready for winter to come around. As for Halloween... I've no plans this year. I'm probably not going to dress up or anything. Last year was my pathetic attempt to dress as an inu-gajinka, which I enjoyed, because I got to go around the neighborhood at last minute with Jannina the Pirate Wench (haha) and a bunch of other people. Amanda found it necessary to shove candy down the pants I'd been wearing, which was very awkward. This year I might just find something else to do, though.
...Like watch all the scary movies on TV, which Chris and I always love doing... >:3 Michael Myers, yo. Those movies never get old.

Thankfully, I have a day off this Friday, so that'll be my time to relax and get caught up on stuff.
Omg, I have stuff? You bet yer ass I have stuff.
Thursday, we have an assembly schedule, so the school day is going to be shorter than usual. Huzz-freakin'-ah. :]

*sigh* Also, I've decided that the people who've waited months and months to get their requests/trade art from me can hit me in the head if they comment here. I'm such a lazy ass, get busy, lazy again, stressed, all the lame excuses. :/ So sorry guys.
Yeah. Hit me please. *braces self*

....I just had a brilliant idea, but some of you might get a bit impatient with me about it.
Force me out of artist's block. Now.
Like, ask for a request or trade. Do it. I'm actually reopening them and I will do anything you ask me to draw for you, seriously. I need to get out of artist's block right now. I don't care what it is, just ask me for something. Anything.
So. Ask. Please. Kthnx.

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[--Art--]
Requests, trades, or collabs only. No commission (till I'm eighteen, anyway).
-No, I will not draw you hentai (pornography).
-No, I will not take, "Make it a surprise" when you ask me for something. That's what gift art is for.
-I'd prefer you send me a note if you're going to request art from me.

Requests: (Closed.)
In waiting:
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Jarrod / ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14828862/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14828862/ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:13:12 PDT
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I didn't bombard you guys with journals for once. That's how I see it, anyway. Really, it's just because I'm learning to update only when I feel it's important to me (and a bit to you guys, if it makes any sense). Sure, my journal can be used however I want it to, but after being flamed and harassed so many times on this site I've decided telling you guys about my personal issues just isn't worth all those immature idiots complaining to me about what I put on here anymore. - -; Make sense? If not, you're outta luck.

Anyway, I was hit with artist's block the other night, so... don't expect much art from me until that passes. We all know my blocks last about a week, maybe a tad more or less depending on what inspires me to keep trying.
Also, I'm going to be at my stepfather's place tonight until Sunday. Oh, joy.

I'm quite disappointed in my school and the staff working there. After first period was over today, I was just walking (tired, of course) along, trying to get to second period, and right when I pass this girl in the hallway, she starts screaming while she stands by her locker. Of course, everyone just has to look, including me, and it turned out she cut her hand quite badly with the scissors she was using (I've no idea why she was using scissors at her locker, I didn't ask). Yeah, she obviously bled, and yes, it obviously hurt. But guess how many people stopped to help her when there were no adults around?
Two. And those two were the only two to do something about that cut in her hand.
Those two people were me and this one other girl I've hated since fifth grade. Oddly enough, that girl I hate was the one I beat the crap out of when she wouldn't stop talking shit about me and my old friend Samantha.
So I was surprised when we actually worked together to help this girl who had cut her hand on scissors.
As I said, there were no adults around, so we had to get her to one. While I just stood there holding my jacket to her cut hand, she complained about leaving her stuff behind and her locker open. Obviously, the girl and I helping her didn't care, and we managed to get her to the nurse's office.
I must have cursed out fifteen people when they wouldn't move out of our way.
Yeah. So we got the girl to the nurse and they fixed up her hand, thankfully. The "rival girl" and I didn't say much to each other, except for:
"Wow, that was pretty bad."
"Mm-hmm."
"We're gonna be late for class."
"I hear ya."
"Beat any other girls up lately?"
"Just one. He was pretty wimpy."
Surprisingly, that made her laugh. Wow.

I was late to second period, but it was excused.
For the remainder of the day, I walked around with blood on my hands, fingers, and on my dear jacket. That jacket is in the washing machine now.
The girl found me going to sixth period and damn near glomped me into a wall, saying that I was "her hero" and whatnot. I happen to disagree. I was just helping her out when none of those other idiots would—that's the part that disappoints me. So much for being a "family-like school", Kim.

I shit you not on all this. If only Chris had seen me do it. Now he doesn't believe me. *shrug* Oh well.
I washed the blood off my hands already, too. I don't want Mother getting any ideas, or my stepfather.

Yeah. And I changed my journal layout a tad.

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[--Art--]
Requests, trades, or collabs only. No commission (till I'm eighteen, anyway).
-No, I will not draw you hentai (pornography).
-No, I will not take, "Make it a surprise" when you ask me for something. That's what gift art is for.
-I'd prefer you send me a note if you're going to request art from me.

Requests: (Closed.)
In waiting:
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Jarrod / http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14774920/ Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:56:40 PDT

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UPDATES

Well, I finally turned sixteen today.
I don't feel any different, 'cept a tiny bit, but it's barely noticeable.
I only got a few "happy birthday's" from people at school today, but believe me, it's better than nothing. :]
I'm unusually happy... like... Horrifically optimistic and hyper. How? The girls and I acted as if we were drunk and on drugs at the same time in P.E. today. We lost our basketball game against this one bitchy team, but we didn't even care because we were so hyped up on whatever drugged air we breathed. xD
Jannina sang "Happy Birthday" to me on the way home. Egh. Oh well. I'm just glad she remembered.
But damn it all, I feel so spoiled and it's making me a tad uneasy. Chris and our younger brother got me seasons four and five of Family Guy, to which I smothered them in hugs and Japanese thank-you's for about five or six minutes. My grandmother sent me a little stuffed bear, which is so adorable. x3 Okaa-san (Mom) got me a vase of sixteen orange roses, which surprised me when I came home from school today. Last month she got me everything else, like my new laptop, the black dresser and bedside table she completely surprised me with, and the Japanese-styled blankets/sheets. My ex-stepfather and his wife got me an awesome necklace, which has a pendant with the Japanese symbol for happiness on it. Kick. Ass.
Not to mention I've gotten a few birthday presents from buddies here on dA.
.....WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE SPOILING ME?? I'm not worthy. >.>

Well, to contribute to the birthday festivities, I had a girls'-day-out with my mother on Saturday and I went to the movies with Tai.
Fun. Fun. Freaking fun. <3

Stepping aside from the birthday stuff now, I've been trying to get my trades/requests done for you guys that are still waiting for them. I know a few of you have waited months (and I shit you not) for them, and I'm horrifically sorry that I'm taking so damn long, but I will get them done, trust me.

Another thing.

DO. NOT. FEEL. BAD. IF YOU DO NOT. SAY. "HAPPY. BIRTHDAY." TO ME. MMK?
Kthnxbai. :3

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations, but I don't do commissions yet.
I do have standards, however:
1. I don't draw hentai.
2. I strongly prefer you not tell me to make it a surprise. That's what gift art is for.
3. I'd also prefer you send me a note to ask me for a request, trade, etc.

Requests: open | closed | CLOSED
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)
(Ronad and Fey Wren)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)
(Hendrix) [Gonna redo, try again.]
(Picked myself.)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
None

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FEATURED ARTIST
For the month of September...

Her artwork just blows me away. The line art, the coloring, just everything this girl submits is astonis... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14714046/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14714046/ Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:02:38 PDT

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And my world just crashed down on me again.

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations, but I don't do commissions yet.
I do have standards, however:
1. I don't draw hentai.
2. I strongly prefer you not tell me to make it a surprise. That's what gift art is for.
3. I'd also prefer you send me a note to ask me for a request, trade, etc.

Requests: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)
(Ronad and Fey Wren)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)
(Hendrix) [Gonna redo, try again.]
(Picked myself.)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
None

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FEATURED ARTIST
For the month of September...

Her artwork just blows me away. The line art, the coloring, just everything this girl submits is astonishing. Check. Her. Out. Now. I order you.

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They fought again this morning.
I'm sure you can all remember that I've said repeatedly how I don't tolerate that jackass yelling at my mother. If you don't remember and you've stuck with me for months on end now, you're living under a rock. Well, he did it again this morning, and I was truly pissed. He made Okaa cry. Sure, I get irritated with her, but my damning impulse to protect her kicked in and I was literally gnawing on the insides of my cheeks to keep from screaming at both of them. Why both? Let's see: We already know the guy is an ass from the start, but my mother is also a hypocrite. She's had plenty of chances (and still does) to leave this bastard, and she hasn't. She says it'll be okay, but it never is. So I was angry with her this morning, too. I didn't say goodbye to her when I got out of the car; I slammed the door right when she said it to see if she would get the message. It turns out she did, because when I got home after school she asked me over the phone if I was okay, and I told her I was sick of him yelling at her. And what does she say?
"Don't let him get to you, Shelby."
Fuck that. I'm sick of hearing that all the damn time. It's not me I'm worried about anymore! It's her! She's my mother, and even though I can get angry with her and go for days without speaking to her (or at least without striking a real conversation) and I can make her seem like a bad person, I still love her somewhere (where, I've no idea). She's just... I DON'T EVEN KNOW ANYMORE.
Now I wonder: Should I just give up on her? I was tempted earlier today to just call my stepfather (ex-stepfather, but he's still very close to us as family) because he told my brothers and me that all I had to do was call him when Mother and that bastard were fighting. But I didn't. So that's what I wonder, is should I give up on her. I really don't know the answer for it anymore.

*sigh* So yes, I was pissed this morning. The only person who bothered actually asking me what was wrong was my sensei (know that I only call my Japanese teacher "sensei"; it just makes sense). I didn't tell her much, just that I was very irritated, and I almost laughed because she thought she had done something wrong. It wasn't her though, not even close.
She was the only person who asked me what was wrong, though. Disgusts me a bit.

I was angry up until P.E. Now, we're currently in the lessons of playing basketball—a sport that I hate with all my being. We've been learning how to play it for the past week, and we actually started playing yesterday.
My team and I lost yesterday.
Today, however... *evil laugh* Today, we kicked so much ass that I actually blew off steam. *feels idiotically but triumphantly proud of herself*
I normally suck at basketball. Today was awesome, though. I accidentally traveled two times, and after those two times this little prep on the opposing team just started shouting it whenever she felt like it (luckily my pass "accidentally" snagged her in the head). It was all good, though.
So yes, basketball did help me blow off steam of being angry with my mother and her husband, though I'm still irritated about it.

Anybody watch "Ace Ventura" before? In sixth period, this guy named Chris brought the movie up (very random, as we were talking about HISTORY), and since the image projector was on, he started doing one of the hand gestures Ace had done in the movie. Then I walked up , made shadow glasses on my teacher's eyes and shouted, in the same voice as Ace made, "HI-HO SILVER, AWAY!" XD It was freaking awesome!

In other news...
I am fucking terrified about tomorrow. I don't know if I told anyone, but I have to get three shots this month, and my first one is tomorrow morning during my first period class. = = Now, at first I was just irritated that I was going to be late for school, but then two seconds later the real problem kicked in and I remembered: NEEDLES.
I don't think anyone knows how much emphasis I put on my fear for needles/injections. When I was about five, I had to get some shots to go live in Germany (thank you, Father; he was in the army). That was probably one of (if not the one and only) the most horrific experiences of my life. Five years old, and I had to get about three or four shots all at once. After the first one, you can bet I didn't sit still for... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14689543/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14689543/ Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:29:31 PDT

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Got this one from .

Choose twelve of your characters without looking at the questions below.

1. Jade (jaguar/reptile mutant)
2. Rumo (Selraptor/Krawk)
3. Sapa (dragon)
4. Karu (dragon; Sapa's son)
5. Vaun (Yox [my original species])
6. Norman (rock star OC)
7. Kalo (demon girl)
8. Bittersweet (dragon)
9. Dari (demon)
10. Kara (Trigun FOC)
11. Underfire (wolf OC)
12. Arjon (dragon)

1. Who would make a better couple, 4 (Karu) and 5 (Vaun) or 2 (Rumo) and 11 (Underfire)?
Wow, they're all guys! xD
Um... I'd say Karu and Vaun, just because Vaun is a quadruped and Karu is bipedal/quadruped.

2. 6 (Norman) and 12 (Arjon) are marooned on an inhospitable desert island with no food or water and only a single-shot pistol. Who gets shot?
Well, Norman is a regular human, and Arjon is a dragon.
Norman could shoot Arjon, but Arjon's scales are thicker than what most people assume.
Arjon could eat Norman, but Arjon's too good for that, despite his attitude.
Because of that attitude, however, I think Norman would shoot himself. xD

3. Would 9 (Dari) cheat off 3's (Sapa's) test?
Dari would cheat of EVERYBODY'S test!

4. 1 (Jade) and 7 (Kalo) duel. What is it over, and who wins?
Gawd, hell if I know what it's over, but I'd say Jade would win.
He's just kick-ass like that.

5. Walking home late at night, 2 (Rumo) realizes 8 (Bittersweet) is following him/her ominously. What do they do?
Well, since Rumo is HORRENDOUSLY paranoid, he'd probably turn around and start flipping out on poor Bitter. >: She's already mentally scarred, Rumo! Evil.

6. What might an accurate fortune cookie predict of 6's (Norman's) future?
...More rock-stardom. xD

7. What would 10 (Kara) be voted in the yearbook's "Most Like To..." section?
Kara Knives – Most likely to: Tame all bad boys in the world. ;D

8. How long does 1 (Jade) last in boot camp?
Pretty long. Jade's a tough hard-ass.

9. After a rough week, 4 (Karu) goes to the spa and gets the works. 7 (Kalo) walks in and sees 4 all mud-and-cucumbered up. What does 4 do?
Just stare and walk away, Kalo.
She does.

10. What is the first chapter of 9's (Dari's) autobiography titled?
"When the Greatest Person Ever was Born."
XD He's such a conceited twat.

11. 11 (Underfire) knocks 8 (Bittersweet) out of the way of a car and is hit and killed. Does 8 go to the funeral, or just send flowers? What do they do at the funeral/What kind of flowers?
Knowing Bittersweet, she'd probably go to the funeral AND bring flowers.
All she would do is cry, give some touching speech, and get multicolored roses.

12. What celebrity would 12 (Arjon) adore?
HA! Arjon hates them all.

13. 3 (Sapa) pranks 5's (Vaun's) house. What do they do?
Sapa: *throws a bunch of dead buzzards onto Vaun's home*
Vaun: OHMAHGAWD! D8 -angerissues-

14. 10 (Kara) and 2 (Rumo) are trapped in an elevator for two hours. What do they do?
Rumo would become emo and bitch about his life.
Kara's nice enough to listen and make him feel better.

15. Would 6 (Norman) rather go on an all-day shopping spree with 8 (Bittersweet) or 4 (Karu)?
Umm... Probably Bittersweet. Norman loves shopping with girls, even though he's got a boyfriend (Norman is bi), and he loves to dress them up to.
Sound familiar, Tai? ;3

16. 1 (Jade) and 9 (Dari) team up to storm the Dark Lord's citadel. A mysterious stranger, 6 (Norman), enters with 11 (Underfire) trussed up in a sack. 12 (Arjon) jumps out of a hidden doorway and attacks 3 (Sapa) because they think that 3 (Sapa) is actually 5 (Vaun) in disguise. What does 4 (Karu) do after they are knocked over by 6 (Norman) dropping 11 (Underfire) on thei... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14648081/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14648081/ Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:22:30 PDT

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Nine more days until little miss Rei turns sixteen.
Holy crap, I feel old.
...My birthday is on a Monday. .-. Ew.
Oh well.

My scanner is working. I just feel lazy all of a sudden.
Now I don't.
Now I do.
...Don't?
Screw it, I'm going to get my art stuffs and scan stuff in.
Hopefully.

This morning I awoke to an excruciating pain in my right leg.
Does that sound familiar to any of you that have watched me for a long time? It should. It's happened before and I know I complained about it in a journal last school year.
Yep, I did: [link]
Yeah. Once again, I stretched, and the same damn leg got the calf muscle scrunched up so badly I was jerked out of sleeping. Since it's happened before though, I didn't start shrieking or anything. Just laid there digging my fingers into that leg to massage the muscle where it belongs. >.<
OWWW.
I'm fine now though. No more limping, though my leg is still a little sore.

I'mma headin' off to the lake with Tai tomorrow~
S'gonna be friggin epic.

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations, but I don't do commissions yet.
I do have standards, however:
1. I don't draw hentai.
2. I strongly prefer you not tell me to make it a surprise. That's what gift art is for.
3. I'd also prefer you send me a note to ask me for a request, trade, etc.

Requests: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)
(Ronad and Fey Wren)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)
(Hendrix) [Half-way done.]
(Picked myself.)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
None

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FEATURED ARTIST
For the month of September...

Her artwork just blows me away. The line art, the coloring, just everything this girl submits is astonishing. Check. Her. Out. Now. I order you.

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IF YOUR LIFE WERE A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?
So, here's how it works:
1. Open your library.
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. For every question, type the song that's playing.
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button.
6. Don't lie.

Opening credits:
"Weight of the World" – Evanescence

First day at school:
"Figure.09" – Linkin Park

Falling in love:
"Thnks fr th Mmrs" – Fall Out Boy

Fight song:
"Bulletproof Glow" – Avion

Breaking up:
"Freedom/The Execution/Bannockburn" – Braveheart soundtrack

Prom:
"You Were Meant for Me" – Jewel

Life:
"Forgotten" – Linkin Park

Mental breakdown:
"I Write Sins, Not Tragedies" – Panic! at the Disco

Driving far away:
"Caribbean Blue" – Enya

Flashback:
"A Message" – Coldplay

Wedding:
"Easier to Run" – Linkin Park

Birth of child:
"The Celts" – Enya

Final battle:
"He Ain't the Leavin' Kind" – Rascal Flatts

Death scene:
"You'll Be in My Heart" – Phil Collins

Funeral song:
"Faint" – Linkin Park

End credits:
"In This Twilight" – NIN

Now go away. I'm self-loathing again.
[link]

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations, but I don't do commissions yet.
I do have standards, however:
1. I don't draw hentai.
2. I strongly prefer you not tell me to make it a surprise. That's what gift art is for.
3. I'd also prefer you send me a note to ask me for a request, trade, etc.

Requests: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)
(Himself) [Done, but it needs submitted.]
(Ronad and Fey Wren)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)
(Hendrix) [Half-way done.]
(Picked myself.)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
None

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FEATURED ARTIST
For the month of September...

Her artwork just blows me away. The line art, the coloring, just everything this girl submits is astonishing. Check. Her. Out. Now. I order you.

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~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14605701/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14605701/ Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:55:33 PDT [link]

I'll be updating there frequently, most likely.

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EDIT! Houston, we have contact with the scanner. :] Congratulations. /EDIT!

Once upon a time, there was a simple human girl. She loved art, reading, and writing. For years she lived her life by secluding herself away from others; her nose was always in a book, her hand was always sketching, and her mind was always thinking of what next thing to write down. She loved all that so much that whenever she was bugged even the slightest bit, she snapped at the person bothering her, and she soon became known as what they called "the mean emo bitch". Even with those insults, she found she was always in a better mood when she was by herself, and she became lonely—fast.
But then one day, she found friends. Real friends. Friends that accepted her for who she was and put up with her shit. Soon, those friends helped her become social again. She could draw, write, and read, but without snapping at others. She enjoyed life again.

You know. Until she started getting flamed and harassed and judged ridiculously by every fucking person that found her the dumbest/strangest/saddest/meanest/most immature person on the face of the planet. Then she got bitchy again.
Things have gotten better, but she can still shove her foot up your ass if you do something wrong and offend her.

Let's get to the point now.
As always, I tried to prevent from mentioning it, but this time I'm getting real sick of it.
I'm being flamed and ridiculed and harassed by stupid little brats on this site, but that's only one of the problems.

First:
I think deviantART's user block has a reason for being here, don't you? I do, for certain reasons. So, here's the deal (and yes, this is aimed for one or two people): If I block you, stay the hell away from me. I block people for certain reasons, got it? If you'd like to know what those reasons are, then fine:
a. If you're flaming me consistently and just won't shut the fuck up, then yes, I am going to block you to ensure that I'm not bothered by it anymore.
b. There are many people in the world that I consider to be disturbing and unusual. If your comments convince me to believe you are as such, then to be safer than sorry, I am going to block you. In this sick world today, I don't take chances.
c. I don't report people often; I will simply block them unless the situation is more than I can handle. Sometimes blocking doesn't stop people from harassing others. Blocking is my first option if you don't stop flaming me; if it somehow continues, I go to the Help Desk finally.
d. If I feel you could be a threat to my safety or the safety of a friend(s) of mine, then I am going to block you. As I said, it's a sick world, and I don't take chances.

My point? I've blocked quite a few people on deviantART for those very reasons. However, one person has taken it into mind to contact me on msn/aim to tell me to "unblock them". Um, how 'bout NO? If I block you, I had a good reason. Even if it's just that I felt you're a creepy person, I am going to keep you blocked. Deal. With. It. That's my instinct and that's how I follow it. It's not up to you.

Second:
If you don't like the style in which I draw in, just shut the fuck up and don't say anything. Don't come around to my page. Don't look at anything I have. Oh, wait! That option isn't open for the immature twelve-/thirteen-/fourteen-year-olds that have flamed me through notes, is it? No, instead it's: "Practice more on your damn art" and "Keep your day job" and shit like that. Well, you know what? Fuck off. Everyone has a different art style. Everyone uses that different art style. You have to deal with it; it's not up to you to decide what style I draw in, and I'll be damned if I let some stupid preteens tell me otherwise.
Go practice your English, kiddies. I can very safely say my art style, as crappy as it can get, was like heaven compared to what sort of chat speak you used to speak to me.

Third:
When I write shit telling how I'm going insane or I'm pissed off or feeling depressed here, don't say "lol" or "emo". It doesn't hurt my feelings (unless I'm horrifically far down the depression bar), but it does piss me off. Considerate? I think not.<... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14548373/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14548373/ Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:07:00 PDT

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I'm in a better mood now, mostly.
Last night I was at the movies with Tai, which was epiiiiic. That boy knows how to cheer me up pretty damn well. ^__^
We went to see "Balls of Fury". *waits for someone to laugh* ..... <.<
So anyway, yeah, it was pretty funny. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Why?

The word "shit" was used twice, if I remember correctly. A cop said it, and Christopher Walken said it... in slow motion. o:
Two lucky crickets were squished.
Chopsticks were stuck in places they shouldn't go.
Christopher Walken said the word "representin'".
"Tell your dead parents I said, 'Wassup?'" was horrifically mean, but it was so damn funny.
A certain someone nearly had a "heart attack". ;3

So far, all day, I've been working on getting through all the deviations and messages in my inbox. x_x Holy crap, you people must like me or something because I've got a whole bunch of them.
I need to get my scanner working, hopefully by tonight. I've got a few things to submit here.

Earlier I was worried sick about our oldest dog, Zeus. He's been acting strange lately, like chasing our cat, which he never did. He and Abigail were best friends beyond belief, and in the past few days he's chased her. So Zeus went to the vet today, which had me praying to whatever god is up there listening that he would be okay. Thankfully, he came home unharmed. He's just getting old and grouchy. *whew*

Sixteen more days until I'm sixteen... freaking sweet.
I'm not sure if I can say being fifteen was fun or not. I doubt it was.
While we're on that topic, I apologize for all the birthdays I've missed while my scanner's been out of commission. If I can, I will try to make those up and get your birthday presents drawn, though they will of course be late.
I'm just obsessively nice like that.

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations, but I don't do commissions yet.
I do have standards, however:
1. I don't draw hentai.
2. I strongly prefer you not tell me to make it a surprise. That's what gift art is for.
3. I'd also prefer you send me a note to ask me for a request, trade, etc.

Requests: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)
(Himself) [Done, but it needs submitted.]
(Ronad and Fey Wren)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)
(Hendrix) [Half-way done.]
(Picked myself.)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
None

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FEATURED ARTIST
For the month of September...

Her artwork just blows me away. The line art, the coloring, just everything this girl submits is astonishing. Check. Her. Out. Now. I order you... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14531625/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14531625/ Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:24:25 PDT
I'm fucking tired of this shit. Since the day I was born, my mother has taken a liking to prying her nose into business that's not her own. Lately it's driven me to the point of angry insanity, and I'm not dealing with it anymore.

Let's see.

-- Last night my mother had to "borrow" my computer, so I got kicked off it for a bit. When she thought I wasn't looking, she read all of my IM convos and then pointed out which parts "she didn't like". I don't give a fuck, woman. It's who I am. Deal with it.

-- I just got home from school. She called me and told me to bring the mail in. I did that. I looked through like she told me, and I told her she didn't have any mail. Know what she says? "I don't care. Did Marcus get anything?" IT'S NOT HER MAIL, JESUS TAP-DANCING CHRIST.

-- She's taken money out of my jar, so I've stopped accepting "allowances" since fifth grade. Deliberately.

-- Whenever I'm on my cell phone, she asks me who I'm talking to and how long I've been talking to them.

-- As I learned from Chris after school, Mother apparently gets on my computer every morning before I come downstairs and snoops around in my stuff. So I'm back to locking my username on my laptop to keep her ass out of it.

-- Mother also looks around on my phone to see who I've talked to. She even admitted it without thinking first when she told me to stop erasing my phone's history.

-- She just loves bursting into my room when I'm getting dressed. Every day. GOD. DAMN.

I might be paranoid or whatever you think, but I can't take this anymore. I'm tired of it. I'm making it stop. She needs to stay out of my business and worry about her fucking own. Because really, this is getting me angry. I came close to screaming at her last night after the shit she pulled.

fucking. can't. wait. to move.
fuckfuckfuck.

]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14517934/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14517934/ Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:33:07 PDT THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Rei
2. Jeff
3. Inu

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU'VE HAD:
1. ShellBAnd1
2. ReiBogatu
3. Reinukes

THREE THINGS YOU'VE DONE IN THE LAST 33 MINUTES:
1. Thought of Tai...
2. Checked my deviations inbox
3. Eaten

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My eyes. They've got quite a bit of personality, if I do say so myself.
2. Though it can get annoying, my throbbing impulse to "protect" those I love.
3. My varying moods... Makes me unpredictable at times.

THREE THINGS YOU DISLIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Worrying about whether I've screwed something up or not.
2. Displeasing those I hold dear
3. Being lazy.

THREE PARTS OF YOUR ORIGINS:
1. Irish
2. German
3. Scottish

THREE THINGS YOU'RE AFRAID OF:
1. Losing those I love
2. Dying, as depressing as this is. I'm just afraid of what I might miss after I go, and how my loved ones will feel after that.
3. Needles. >.<

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. Black T-shirt that has Stewie Griffin on it, saying, "I'd love to stay and chat, but you're a total idiot."
2. Jeans
3. Tai's cuff

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. I'mma count Tai. ;]
2. My guard. That is a large necessity at my high school, due to past happenings, so it's always up.
3. Music. Please. Thanks.

THREE IMPORTANT OBJECTS:
1. Tai's cuff
2. Laptop/cell phone
3. My collar (long story).

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS:
1. Linkin Park
2. Evanescence
3. Bon Jovi

THREE WAYS TO BE HAPPY:
1. Tai, Tai, Tai, and Tai again.
2. Making sure my friends and family are happy.
3. Draw

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1. "Tobira no Mukou" – Fullmetal Alchemist
2. "Sound Life (Rem)" – Trigun
3. "Inner Universe" – Yoko Kanno (Ghost in the Shell)

THREE NEW THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. See more of Tai. <3
2. Learn to drive, possibly get a car.
3. Pass tenth grade

THREE THINGS YOU REGRET:
1. Not being able to find enough words to describe how much I love Tai. >:
2. Not taking singing/violin lessons
3. Failing Algebra last year

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. True, real love
2. Trust
3. Happiness

THREE IMPORTANT THINGS YOU'VE GIVEN TO THE WORLD:
1. Horrific critique, even if it's not aware of my thoughts and words
2. Yet another soul to attempt corrupting
3. Reassurance, I guess... I dunno.

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in that order):
1. I absolutely adore Tai. <3
2. I plan on confusing my parents and grandparents by speaking Japanese.
3. I am a very easy person to take control of.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE IN THE OPPOSITE SEX:
1. Tai
2. has it
3. all.

THREE EMOTIONAL THINGS YOU LIKE IN THE OPPOSITE SEX:
1. Compassion
2. At least some humor
3. Caring

THREE THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T DO:
1. Play any instruments.
2. Figure out math
3. Think clearly for more than a few minutes

THREE THINGS YOU MISS FROM YOUR PAST:
1. A certain someone.
2. The 90's
3. Certain times of my life that I wish I could relive at some points

THREE GIFTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE:
1. That damning last volume of Trigun.
2. A kimono, maybe? 8] *coughFATCHANCEcough*
3. <.< >.> HavingTaiSuddenlyShowUpHere—WHO SAID THAT? o:

THREE REASONS WHY YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE:
1. Past happenings that build me to be a stronger, smarter person
2. My parents, in a way, even though I'm completely different from them
3. My love and friends. ^__^

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Drawing
2. Reading
3. Writing

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Be with Tai
2. Fix my scanner
3. Clean the house in case tomorrow happens. >.> I think only one person here will get what I mean.

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING:
1. Author
2. Manga-ka
3. Artist

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO FOR HOLIDAY:
1. Anywhere with
2. Tai and
3. my friends. <3

THREE CARTOON CHARAC... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14489451/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14489451/ Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:13:38 PDT My love



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Of course, I'm back from spending Labor Day weekend at my stepfather's house.
Thank. God.
I missed the anime con, but oh well. I had a better time with Tai and Chris at the mall anyway. ;] I can tell you this: Fun, fun, fucking fun.
Yesterday was indeed fun, but later last night I broke down just a little bit after saying my goodbyes to the kid friend of mine, Joey, who lives next door. Or, he did, until he moved today. It's good that he's leaving this neighborhood though, because his uncle is just terrible. He's moving back in with his parents, so it's all good, and I'm feeling much better. I will miss him a lot, though.

My second week of school started today (technically yesterday, but we didn't go on Labor Day), and I can safely say that so far I'm having a good time. I don't love school, but I don't despise it like I did before. I can actually stand the teachers and students this year; most of my classes are filled with nearly all the same kids I have in first and second period, so we're basically "one big happy family", more or less. That's what my English teacher said, anyway. O_o;

Hmm, if I could recall my day...

Japanese: Apparently, we were all supposed to open up a slideshow for homework over the weekend. Nobody did. Then sensei found out that it wouldn't have worked anyway, so we all got off the hook. I'm already behind a few pages in the textbook though, somehow, so I'm making that up ASAP. The fun part was when she turned some Japanese music on and I actually knew some of them. So why not sing along, hmm? ;3 Few others new the lyrics, too, and at one point Toshina just grabbed two random girls to sing with her (I was one of them, unfortunately >.< ), but Angela and I got all giggly and couldn't finish it. ^__^; Whoops.

English: I had to stand up in front of class for an assignment with Jay... ugh. At least I wasn't by myself, and surprisingly I wasn't the one who got embarrassed up there. Dominick bowed when he was going back to his seat, tripped, and then tumbled at least three feet across the floor. Poor guy. XD;

Geometry: Did work, as usual... Really, nothing goes on in there.

P.E.: Howgawd... XD Well, today was our first time dressing out, and here's how it went:
1. I find my locker and struggle endlessly with the help of Anna to get the lock unlocked. Didn't work.
2. I get help with that son-of-a-bitch lock. It opens.
3. I dress out. I swear, somebody in that locker room was whistling at me and Anna when our shirts were off. >.>;
4. I struggle this time to get the lock locked again.
5. Turns out the person whistling had been Toshina. XD
6. We do the usual P.E. stuff.
7. We have some free time towards the end before getting into the locker room, so I hung out with some other girls just chatting uselessly away.
8. When we were climbing down from the bleachers, Elle tripped on my heel. I fell forward, caught myself on one of the nearby bleacher seats, and froze there for a second. Elle ran into me from behind, nearly shoving me over, and fell between the bleacher seats nearby. Toshina backs up into me, nearly falls, but catches her balance. Anna laughs the entire time.
9. Changing out, I won against the lock of my locker again. Anna and I stood up on the bench shouting, "I/REI WIN(S)!" We got weird looks, thus feeding my satisfaction.
10. I watched one of the tinier girls try putting herself into her locker... and it was a top locker. She failed, but we applauded anyway. Then we left. :]
Long P.E. day, no?

Science: We did some very easy work. In that time, however, I found out that one girl seriously thought, and I shit you not, thought the moon was made out of CHEESE. Then we were discussing why we would need Caliber .45 pistols on the moon, even if we did crash-land and had to reach the mother ship on foot (part of the assignment), and it turns out the only reason we could come up with was a suicidal one. Don't shoot yourself in the head, Elle. Rofl and the like.

World History: We did three problems and that was it. I drew for the rest of the period.

So today was pretty good. School seems to go by fast nowadays, too.

Oh. Shit.
I have so many messages and deviations in my inbox... I will try to get to all of them, but... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14417457/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14417457/ Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:19:59 PDT UPDATES

Um. Hi?
Alright, people are still asking me about it, so here's my big repetitive heads-up:
My scanner still isn't working. I do want to submit what I've gotten drawn, believe me, but until the scanner works, nothing I've drawn gets put up here.
My mother isn't going to help me out with it for a few more days. Tomorrow she leaves to visit her parents, so we've been busy packing all day today. I'm not going anywhere, except for my ex-stepfather's house, so from tomorrow evening until some time on Monday (not sure when exactly yet), I won't be online.

School is still going pretty well for me. Honestly, it's turning out much better than last year, but I'd still prefer to get into the school where my second wife and lover attend.
Gasp, what lover?

He has pretty much said it for me already. I love him and he loves me back; he helps me get through the hectic days at high school, and even here at home where things seem even crazier; he makes me happier than I've been in what seems an eternity, maybe that's what four or five months adds up to when you're depressed. He's helped it go away now though, and I am honestly glad that I met him.

Love you with all my heart, Tai.

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations, but I don't do commissions yet.
I do have standards, however:
1. I don't draw hentai.
2. I strongly prefer you not tell me to make it a surprise. That's what gift art is for.
3. I'd also prefer you send me a note to ask me for a request, trade, etc.

Requests: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)
(Himself)
(Ronad and Fey Wren)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)
(Hendrix) [Half-way done.]
(Picked myself.)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
None

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FEATURED ARTIST
For the month of August...

I've been friends with Raven for a long time, and I have to say that now I'm very proud I met her. She's very sweet, kind—just one of those people you want to hug all the time. X3 She's also got great talent with digital art, and all her characters are just so original and well-designed. Pay her a visit some time. :]

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]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14387047/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14387047/ Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:41:35 PDT UPDATES

Sorry I'm bombarding my watchers with a plethora of journals, but my second day of school was much better than my first so I decided to post it up.

I got to Japanese this morning and immediately learned a few new words, and my sensei (haha, you get it) even taught us how to bow when she enters the room and tells us to stand. We tried it out, and it was freaking awesome. Later into the lesson, the teacher realized that it was "so quiet", and when she asked why, I heard the usual, "Ehhh, it's too earlllyyyyyy." I was, surprisingly, wide awake, and what's more surprising to me is that I actually got sleep last night. So we (the class and teacher) got into a small conversation about how we should get more sleep, how we were always tired in the morning, etc... and then soon I regretted standing up.
...Somewhat, anyway.
We were talking about being tired in the morning and whatnot, and I brought up a suggestion that we could make the class more exciting, if people wanted. The teacher thought it was a great idea, and then I suddenly feel someone grab at my waist from behind.
Then my pants start to get yanked down.
Luckily, I reacted quick enough to grab them and pull them up, and who should have done it other than... er... well, I don't know her name, but she's pretty open, so I know her well enough. She already speaks some Japanese, and I guess that's how she's becoming teacher's pet, but that's fine. It was funny!
So after I grabbed my jeans to keep them up and turned around then saw her, she backed up laughing with her hands up in the air defensively, saying, "What, you suggested excitement, and I assumed that'd be it!"
Fucking. Hilarious.
So the whole class got to see a brief glimpse of my Stewie Griffin boxers. <.<
One guy said he loved 'em, hehehe...

English class was horrifyingly boring. All we did was read the expectations sheet as a class, in which I nearly—literally—fell asleep. Chloe had to prod me several times to keep me awake.

Geometry, as usual, was uneventful, and though we went over expectations there as well, the teacher didn't read it word-for-word so nobody was bored to hell. I did, however, have a lot of time to work on Tai's picture, so that was good.
I just wish I didn't have to sit in a circle of annoying preps and wangsters in that class. = =; Oh well.

P.E. was the same as yesterday. Nobody listened to the teachers (it's not like we could hear them over the roaring vent system anyway) and I had more time to draw. All we did was sit on the bleachers.

Earth Science... yay. Just took a weird survey thing. The teacher's pretty cool though, and the class is pretty humorous, so I'm content with it.

I nearly got lost on my way to sixth period. >.> I actually find that funny.
I also find it funny that the teacher said "Damn it" twice, "crap" three times, and "shit" once. 8D I love it when teachers curse. In the funny way.

Then after school I went to counseling, and I told her something new that's been bugging me for a long time. Surprisingly, she gave me her opinion on it.
Isn't it funny when even adults agree with you on something wrong within a stupid, irrational situation? =__=

Anyway... Today was pretty decent, and I liked it.
Unfortunately, one of the minor things to ruin it is that even though my printer is hooked up and working, my scanner can't be found on my computer, so I'm delayed on traditional artworks submission for the moment. >.< I'm gonna have Mom help me look at it some time soon.

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations, but I don't do commissions yet.
I do have standards, however:
1. I don't draw hentai.
2. I strongly prefer you not tell me to make it a surprise. That's what gift art is for.
3. I'd also prefer you send me a note to ask me for a request, trade, etc.

Requests: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)
(Himself)
(Ronad and Fey Wren)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14367660/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14367660/ Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:06:22 PDT I didn't want to bring this up before, because I didn't think it was that big of a deal, but I'm tired of this. I've just had it.

You guys probably know I've gone out with a few guys, most of which I could never call good boyfriends. One of them, who moved quite a few weeks ago, just called me earlier to ask how my first day back at high school was. Normally, I don't like talking to my ex-boyfriends if they've made bad impressions on me even once, but I talked anyway and told him about it. Then this shit happened:

"Hey, let's go back out, okay?"
"Ugh, what the hell?"
"Or do you still have a boyfriend?"
"I don't."
"So then..."
"I'm not going back out with you."
"Why? What reason do you have this time?"
"Well, for one thing, you treated me and my family like shit, not to mention you've given me the impression that you're getting closer to becoming a stalker. This needs to stop."
"I've changed."
"Not that I can see. Oh, and let's not forget that you're halfway across the country from me, hmm?"
"So we can stay in touch over the phone and internet."
"I don't do internet relationships. They never work out."
"You don't know that."
"So all my other friends that agree with me are wrong too?"
"Your friends are wrong, sure."
"You know how much I want to fucking rip your eyes out?"
"What'd I do?"
"You're being a jerk. You're insulting my friends, you're hitting on me when you know I've already made it clear that I'm finished with you, not to mention your intelligence hasn't grown quite a bit in these past few years."
"Oh, please."
"Please yourself, idiot."
"So you don't love me?"
"I've made that obvious. And I happen to know you don't actually love me."
"Sure I do."
"No, you're just in it for the physical needs."
"That's not true."
"Yes it is. You even told me so."
"Isn't that what you wanted?"
"HELL no! Why do you think I keep talking about finding true love and all that crap?"
"Because you're scared."
"What the fuck, scared? Scared of what?"
"Of commitment."
"Bullshit."
"Then who would you 'spend the rest of your life with'? Have you found a guy yet? Or are you still 'sampling'?"
"I'm in love with someone else, you heartless jerk."
"Right now?"
"YES."
"Who?"
"None of your fucking business. You don't know him anyway."
"You can tell other people."
"I haven't told anybody who it is."
"Sure."
"Yeah, sure."

After that, I just hung up when he tried hitting on me again. -__- I also blocked him in all means possible on the internet, and I'm going to ask my mother if there's any way I can block him on the phone. I'm sick of his shit.

]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14367135/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14367135/ Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:27:44 PDT I'm so daring, whoooooo.

1. Post these rules.
2. Each person tagged post 8 random (hopefully interesting) facts about themselves.
3. Tags should write a journal of these facts.
4. At the end of the post, eight more bloggers are tagged and named.
5. Go to their home page and leave a comment telling them that they're tagged.

1. I felt... unusually lonely today at school, even when I was with friends or Chris...

2. Beneath my tomboyish exterior lies a hopeless romantic.

3. I'm searching for love now, in a way. I'm not going boy-crazy, but it's something that's always on my mind now. (Can you say "determined to find true love"?)

4. Music /equals love. LOVE, I say.

5. Hannah says I might be semi-clairvoyant. A tiny bit of me is starting to believe her.

6. A certain someone is pissing me off.

7. I have a very vivid imagination and I love to express it in many ways, mostly drawing and writing.

8. I love my friends like they were family, and I consider them just as much.

9. I love rain and find it sad that my home rarely gets any.

10. Cookies are sort of my "obsession/comfort food" (as well as cookie dough).

11. I can get pretty perverted sometimes.

12. I don't put up with people who harass my friends. Just don't do it.

13. I used to be a huge female gamer.

14. Memories /equal important to me.

15. I love using the term /equal a lot.

16. I plan on working harder with my art and writing now.

17. I am very open-minded and will give my honest opinions. If you don't like it, that's YOUR problem, not mine.

18. I've loved anime ever since I was seven years old.

15. I have an unusually high self-esteem.

16. Just because I say "I love you" to my friends doesn't mean I'm in love with them all.

17. I need to get shots next month... *shudders*

18. Number 17 reminds me that I fear needles.

19. I hide emotions quite well when I want to.

20. Zazie the Beast is an adorable little man~

21. I sometimes really do wish I had dog ears and a dog tail.

22. No "adultery" for me until after marriage.

23. Number 22 reminded me: Yes, I'm okay with marriage now.

24. I love the support all of you guys give me. :]

I tag no one.

]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14366403/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14366403/ Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:36:02 PDT UPDATES

Well, I just got home a few minutes ago from my first day back at high school, as a sophomore.
Glamorous? I think not. Remember that I absolutely despise my school now, after what happened last year, even if I do have better teachers and classes this year.

*heavy sigh* Wow, where to start?... Well, the instant I got to school, I called Hannah. I met she and her boyfriend Mitch upstairs to exchange hugs and the like. I also ran into Evy, whom I missed dearly over summer break, and she introduced me to her friend Megan. Then I met up with Nolan, but only for a minute or so because the bell rang.

Here's my schedule, and I have to say I'm completely satisfied with it:
First Period: Japanese I
Second Period: English II
Third Period: Intuitive Geometry (Blegh.)
Fourth Period: P.E. II
Fifth Period: Earth Science
Sixth Period: World History

Wow. Sounds like a busy schedule, really.
In Japanese, nearly everybody is obsessed with anime, and I met this really cool girl who talks Japanese already, even if only a few sentences.
In English, I was reunited with my friend Chloe, whom I haven't spoken with in over a year.
In Geometry, I suddenly remembered how to do the review Algebra equations without any help. I so fucking win at that.
In P.E., I met up with Elle, a girl I haven't seen/talked with since art in eighth grade.
In Earth Science, Elle was there again, but nothing really happened.
In World History, once again, nothing happened, but I do like the teacher.

I already have homework, but it's just that review Algebra worksheet, and it's not due until Wednesday. I've already gotten half of it done.
Which reminds me, Chris is complaining that he hates the school just because the English teacher he has (I had the same teacher last year, and I miss her) gave them all vocabulary homework that's due Wednesday. What the hell, he's gotta wait to get further into the year to really hate it.
At least he and I have the same lunch.
I dunno, though. Lately, Chris has been very annoying and childish and inconsiderate... Even when I stood up for him in front of Jannina today at lunch (when she said she didn't want him sitting with us on the bus, even if she was joking), he didn't even acknowledge I'd done it.

I guess this year might be better... I've got better teachers, better students in the classes, better classes themselves... Sadly, I barely saw any of the people I know. The only few people I saw at lunch were Tommy, Jannina, Chris, Amanda, Kelsie, and Kristi, and I only hang out with the first three, sometimes Amanda.
At least my bus buddies were still there. :] I missed Trevor so much that I nearly glomped him.

On other notes, I am feeling much better, and tonight Mom is bringing home pizza in celebration of our first day at school.
...Haha. "Celebration" indeed...

Oh, and last night, we had horrid thunderstorms that kept me awake nearly all night. >.< I swear, there was one thunderclap that shot down right by my window and scared the fucking daylights out of me. I literally jumped up and fell out of bed.
Damn. Scary.

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations, but I don't do commissions yet.
I do have standards, however:
1. I don't draw hentai.
2. I strongly prefer you not tell me to make it a surprise. That's what gift art is for.
3. I'd also prefer you send me a note to ask me for a request, trade, etc.

Requests: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)
(Himself)
(Ronad and Fey Wren)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)
(Hend... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14351364/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14351364/ Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:16:45 PDT UPDATES

Before I say anything, I'd like to thank Wren () for featuring my picture of Akai in her journal. Really, that means a lot to me. :] Thank you bunches, honey~

I had a blast yesterday at the mall, hanging around with my brother and a few buddies. I'm not going to elaborate everything, but the basics were that we walked a lot, I tried on dresses for the first time in fourteen years (and, admittedly, I did like it a bit, as Tai said I would), and lots of other fun stuff.
Now I plan to drag everyone's asses back down there around Halloween, hehehe...

Sadly, right when I got home from the mall I was stricken with a skull-splitting headache, which caused me to just plop down into bed—after having a bit of trouble getting upstairs. Each step I took sent a huge pulse of agony into my head. For three days now, I've felt like someone hit me with the flat side of Rakuonsa (my sword, in case anyone's forgotten), in the face. Lying down didn't help much, unless "helping" means I remembered the dream I had the other night while resting. Apparently, that dream was the same one I had the night before as well. Honestly, it freaked me out, but I'm not as irked by it now as I was then.

School starts for me tomorrow... Joy. Like I said, Chris and I have the same home room, so I'll have to babysit him for that hour alone, and then he's going to have to sort things out himself all day. Luckily, I'm there to help if he needs me.
Though, knowing him, he'll probably get tired of me real fast.

As for the art I still owe, that will get done once the school year starts, believe me. Remember last year? I submitted so much stuff I think someone went crazy. XD So please have a little more patience. When I get them done, you can smack me with something. :]

I've been thinking of moving some stuff to my scraps, too. So today I'm going to go through my gallery and do that. I apologize in advance if something of mine shows up in your inbox twice.

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations, but I don't do commissions yet.
I do have standards, however:
1. I don't draw hentai.
2. I strongly prefer you not tell me to make it a surprise. That's what gift art is for.
3. I'd also prefer you send me a note to ask me for a request, trade, etc.

Requests: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)
(Himself)
(Ronad and Fey Wren)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)
(Hendrix) [Half-way done.]
(Picked myself.)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
None

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FEATURED ARTIST
For the month of August...

I've been friends with Raven for a long time, and I have to say that now I'm very proud I met her. She's very sweet, kind—just one of those people you want to hug all the time. X3 She's also got great talent with digital art, and all her characters are just so original and well-designed. Pay her a visit some time. :]

===================... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14300885/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14300885/ Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:31:07 PDT UPDATES

EDIT
Yes, I once again went "submission crazy" on you guys again, but I needed to catch up on getting things put up here. Now that I have, you can rest easy and wait for stuff I am working on now. :]

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I don't know what this journal is supposed to actually mean... I guess you could call it a random update about nothing. I'm still feeling depressed, no matter what type of mask I put on for people, and I still don't know why. Yes, I'm still going to counseling, but I've only been to a few sessions so far, and school is going to wreck my therapy schedules for a bit.
Heh, school... I despise that college-sized trash can of a high school. The only reason I find I ever go there anymore is because of my friends; they're what keep me going. ...Plus I gotta pass my classes. = =; I'm responsible like that. Blegh. Well, anyway, I go back to school this Monday, back to Hell... That'll be fun. Chris is going to be a freshman there, and unfortunately for the both of us my "protective big sister" instincts are already kicking in, before school even starts. I have no doubt that this year is going to be insane. Well, as long as he stays with me and the gang, he'll be just fine. Apparently he and I have the same home room, which I guess is good, but our school only uses home rooms once before forgetting about them. Now I just hope we have some actual classes together.
Yeah, I actually do love my brother, unlike all the other siblings at my school.

*sigh* I've been taking trips down Memory Lane lately... and quite honestly it's starting to hurt me again. Depending on which memories I go into, I either get sick, heartbroken, angry, or wistful. I can't change what's already happened, I know that, but there are times that I do wish things could have gone differently...
If you have any idea what I'm talking about, then you'll understand most. If you don't know, I'm sorry, but I'm not elaborating here.

Apparently I'm also not good enough for anyone in this house... I do chores the best I can, and if I don't do it the way my mother wants it done, I get yelled at. I ask her for help on something, and she gives me a loud, annoyed exhale. If I forget to do something, I get a lecture about how I have selective memory (which is not true, trust me). If I give my own opinion on something, I'm told to keep my mouth shut.
I don't know what's going on with Mom, really... I wish she would tell me, even if I'm the one annoying her. In the past month or so, I've trained myself not to raise my voice at her, unless she truly upsets me and I feel that's the only way she'll listen/understand (yeah, that sounded stupid). But even when I talk normally, even lower than that, she still snaps at me. I'm afraid to ask what might be annoying her now, because I'm just so tired of being griped at.

My internet connection still sucks after all. It disconnects me at the most random times now, so I was wrong to assume there was a pattern I could follow. I might have to stay off MSN for a while, because every time it disconnects me our conversations are interrupted, sometimes never finished. That's driving me crazy.
Once again, my scanner is uninstalled from my computer, and I still have things to transfer from my old laptop to my new one, though I'm starting to regret getting a new one at all, because all it's done is come up constantly with problems we don't know how to solve.
What do I have to look forward to? Well, I sort of want to get back to school, because staying here at home is starting to make everyone iffy with each other, but I'm heading to the mall this weekend with some friends and Chris. To those of you that are going, can't wait to see you there. ;]

Also, I've been getting a lot of things in my gallery faved lately, mostly stamps and my writing. Now, I'll admit my writing is pretty good, but stamps, people? Come on, I know they're cool to put in your journals and shout boxes and everything, but I've got way better work in my gallery than those stupid things. Basically, that disappoints me. :/ I put stamps up, and everyone goes insane over them. I put art that I spent hours on up, and they rarely get recognized, save for my closest friends. Yes, I am grateful I get any comments/faves at all, but this still disappoints me, a lot. It's begun to make me think I should just start scrapping whatever stamps I make, unless they're for a person.

Sorry I've been in such an art slump lately... I know I still owe people art from even months ago, and I am just so sorry that I've slacked off on getting those done. Lately I've just been submitting stamps and my writings, and I think some of you might be getting bored with that. However, I have started drawing again, so you can expect some stuff soon (though I still have to hook up my s... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14268656/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14268656/ Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:03:08 PDT UPDATES

Alright, yesterday was August 20th, so I'm eventually going to submit my version of Akai. If you still want to submit yours, that's fine, but I've lost that "zest" to see the other versions of him. I will still look, though.
Lately, in case you were wondering what's been going on, my internet has been very bad. I kept getting disconnected at the most random and absurd times, but now it should be fine. If it starts up again, I'll try letting you guys know.

So, since I wasn't able to connect to the internet for a few days, now I have an overload of deviations, messages, and even notes. Surprising. Let me answer those (while all the same commenting everything I can) and then I'll start submitting things again.

Oh yeah, and my scanner isn't working again. Guess who unplugged it because he was an idiot.

Also, Akai's gotten me inspired to do some writing. I might look into that a little bit.
Artist's block still got me? I'm pretty sure it does.

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations. I don't do commissions yet, however, as I have no way of paying someone else for art over the Internet and I can't accept someone else's money.
Even though I love making other people art, I also have my standards/rules.
1. No hentai material (in other words, pornographic).
2. Don't ask me to make you a "surprise picture". I want to know what you want me to draw for you.
3. Normally I'd prefer it if you sent me a note regarding art requests/trades/etc.

Requests: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)
(Hendrix) ~ It's already half-done.
(Picked myself.)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
None.

Oh, one more thing: You steal my art, I cook your ass.

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FEATURED ARTIST
For the month of August...

I've been friends with Raven for a long time, and I have to say that now I'm very proud I met a girl like her. ^^ She's very sweet, kind—just one of those people you want to hug until her eyes look as if they're about to pop out of her skull. x3 She's also got great talent with digital art, and all her characters are just so original and well-designed. Pay her a visit some time.

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]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14233554/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14233554/ Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:49:11 PDT UPDATES

I must have artist's block or something.
I can't get a damn thing drawn without screwing it up. I have all this inspiration that I want to get onto paper, and it's not working.
I refuse to sketch random crap. I want to actually finish something, push myself. But the more I push, the more irritated I get with myself.

I'm feeling an overload in my brain... You all should know by now that in order for me to be happy, my friends and family have to be happy. Even having one person I care about being miserable or upset in any way worries me, and right now there is no happiness. Not that I can see. My mother isn't moving us out after all, which angers me like you wouldn't believe, just because her husband's irrational behavior was "a side effect from the medication he's taking" and because "he's just going through withdrawals". Yeah, he used to smoke, but I don't consider that an excuse for what he did to my mother, what he said about my biological father. It doesn't bother me much that he said shit about me, it's my parents.
I hate him. I really do. And I swear if he ever starts another argument, even so much as snaps at her, I will target him, and I will not hold back. In no way do I mean that I will physically assault him; I'm better with screaming and arguing, and from the poor argument skills I've seen of him, I have no doubt that I can weave around his empty words with the ones I have. After six years of putting up with his shit, I have quite a bit to say to him.
Mother has, however, agreed that the next time they get into a big argument like that we are definitely out of this house.
But then... how can I believe that? She's said it so many times, and we're still here. So what am I supposed to believe from her? Her words are starting to feel meaningless to me, and though I love my mother and I am still willing to protect her, I am getting tired of hearing her broken record statements without seeing action to prove them.

I'm just swamped with frustration and exhaustion right now... I don't know where to put it all, and containing it isn't working for me.
I threw a bunch of stuff around the house today because I'm so tired of this. Sure, at first it was a pillow, but later on it was a damn shoebox, followed soon after by my i-Pod charger/alarm clock, and then I hurled my shoes at the wall.
My brothers just sat there and watched me, but you can guarantee that my mother wasn't pleased. I told her nothing, though. I just stormed away from her. I'm sick of this, all of it. I have so much to say, but a lot of it is just scrambled words and letters and I have no idea how to string them together. I want to say things to her, albeit I'm not sure if they'd be good or bad, but I just want to get. Them. Out. The problem is I don't know how, don't know what to say, though I know perfectly why I want to say them.
Sometimes, however, I wonder what good it would do me. My mom is only worried about making her third marriage work... She's just ashamed, thinking she doesn't do any good at staying married.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT. She's a great person nonetheless, but I don't... really approve of what she's staying with him for. It's stupid, senseless... She says she only wants what's best for us, but... she seems to be throwing that aside... I want her to be happy too, believe me, but...

*sigh* I don't know anymore. I'm exhausted. Tired of this. I hate the direction we've gone in and I want to go back.
I'm going to bed now. If you want to reply, fine, but I won't get back to you until tomorrow.
Oh, that is, of course, if my internet connection will stay STABILIZED. My mother's dumbass of a husband got a new adapter, which WE DIDN'T NEED IN THE FIRST PLACE, and now it's screwing up my entire connection.
Idiot. Instead of my computer being faster, it's now slower than before.



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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations. I don't do commissions yet, however, as I have no way of paying someone else for art over the Internet and I can't accept someone else's money.
Even though I love making other people art, I also have my standards/rules.
1. No hentai material (in other words, pornographic).
2. Don't ask me to make you a "surprise picture". I want to know what you want me to draw for you.
3. Normally I'd prefer it if you sent me a note regarding art requests/trades/etc.

Requests: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)

Trades: open | closed | ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14229438/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14229438/ Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:45:29 PDT UPDATES

Not much to say, really.
I'm back to being my neutral self as I've been for the past few weeks, but still worrying over things.

I finally got my scanner hooked up, so I should be able to submit stuff soon.
If I get off my lazy ass and put them in.
Got a new mousepad.
...I'm now obsessed with Zolf J. Kimbley from Fullmetal Alchemist. Because... I find him very attractive?
Hell if I know why.
What?

Nine days until school starts... I'm both looking forward to that and not. Why?
Well, my school is ghetto. Thank you, Kathy, for the correction. ;]
Summer is getting boring though. Feels like it's been forever since I set foot into public.
Hopefully next Saturday I'll be able to drag people to the mall with me.
*shot*

I still have a lot of stuff to submit after falling behind.
Just got through a lot of messages. You guys really give a lot of feedback.
I'm grateful though.

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations. I don't do commissions yet, however, as I have no way of paying someone else for art over the Internet and I can't accept someone else's money.
Even though I love making other people art, I also have my standards/rules.
1. No hentai material (in other words, pornographic).
2. Don't ask me to make you a "surprise picture". I want to know what you want me to draw for you.
3. Normally I'd prefer it if you sent me a note regarding art requests/trades/etc.

Requests: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)
(Hendrix) ~ It's already half-done.
(Picked myself.)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
None.

Oh, one more thing: You steal my art, I cook your ass.

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FEATURED ARTIST
For the month of August...

I've been friends with Raven for a long time, and I have to say that now I'm very proud I met a girl like her. ^^ She's very sweet, kind—just one of those people you want to hug until her eyes look as if they're about to pop out of her skull. x3 She's also got great talent with digital art, and all her characters are just so original and well-designed. Pay her a visit some time.

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...or the futon couch in my game room.

Things have calmed down a little bit, both with me and the arguing in my house. However, now I think I am going to be angry again, because my mother seems to be fine with how her bastard husband treated her.

So... after all the things I told her... after all the things she agreed with me, about him, she still thinks that he's beneficial in some way.
Fuckfuckfuck. Just fuck. I'm sick of this shit. She keeps going back to him, despite how he treats her, and now I'm just going to lose it again.

Maybe things aren't cool with me after all.
I'm just tired of this. I really, really want to kill the guy. He treats my family like dirt, and I won't tolerate it anymore. Next bad move he makes, he's an unlucky person.

Last night I tried staying up again, both because I wanted to decipher some of the dreams I've been having, plus I was afraid of having a new one. Unfortunately, I fell asleep anyway, on the damn futon.
You have no idea how uncomfortable that thing was. Now I'm sore. Let's see...
Where my right shoulder seems to connect to my neck, there's pain. My right hamstring is tight. My left knee has a sharp pain in it whenever I put weight on my foot (still, that hasn't kept me from getting up all day). The muscles in my upper back and neck are tightened, as well as the ones in my stomach and sides. Probably because I woke up curled into a tight ball and nearly dislocated my shoulder trying to get out of it.
Don't ask.

And I just got up from a nap. On my bedroom floor. You can imagine how much sore I am.
Plus I had loads of fun getting stabbed through the ribs last night and during my nap.
...Not literally. In my dreams, for those of you who are too literal.

Oh, and I apologize for the horrendous art dump yesterday. I was falling too far behind on submitting what I planned, so I kind of went a bit careless and just let it all out. I'll try to be more aware of how much I put up here next time.
I'm still a little behind, but I won't scare you off with a bunch of deviations.

As for getting art scanned in, it's still a no-go. My scanner isn't working right just yet. Until it is, I'm going to attempt drawing with my tablet, as horrific as I find it. Just don't expect anything too soon.

Turns out monsoon season is still up and about. Can't wait for that rain. When it gets here, it's outside I go to sit around in it.

This is to one person and one person only, personally:
If you've got something to say, say it to my face, coward. Don't sugar-coat it and hide.

....Ugh, stupid Naruto is on all damn day.
I wanna kill that childish bastard.

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations. I don't do commissions yet, however, as I have no way of paying someone else for art over the Internet and I can't accept someone else's money.
Even though I love making other people art, I also have my standards/rules.
1. No hentai material (in other words, pornographic).
2. Don't ask me to make you a "surprise picture". I want to know what you want me to draw for you.
3. Normally I'd prefer it if you sent me a note regarding art requests/trades/etc.

Requests: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)
(Hendrix) ~ It's already half-done.
(Picked myself.)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
None.

Oh, one more thing: You steal my art, I cook your ass.

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FEATURED ARTIST
For the month of August...
http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14204440/ Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:37:26 PDT UPDATES

1. How does the world see me?
Song: "From the Inside" by Linkin Park
Comments: Hmm... I think as someone who can't be trusted. The majority of them would be right.
*drums to the song*

2. Will I have a happy life?
Song: "Lucky" by Hoobastank
Comments: Possibly.

3. What do my friends really think of me?
Song: "Little Wonders" by Rob Thomas
Comments: Determine what you will from that.

4. Do people secretly lust after me?
Song: "On My Way Home" by Enya
Comments: I'm going to take that as a slim chance.

5. How can I make myself happy?
Song: "Lithium" by Evanescence
Comments: Oh my gawd. That's not even funny.

6. What should I do with my life?
Song: "Someday" by Sugar Ray
Comments: Hahaha, so true.

7. Why should life be full of so much pain?
Song: "Incomplete" by the Backstreet Boys
Comments: .............
Also, don't ask me why I have that band in my iPod. It's a very long story. I don't even like them. -_-

8. How can I maximize my pleasure during sex?
Song: "Given Up" by Linkin Park
Comments: Okay, um... That was pretty awkward.

9. Will I ever have children?
Song: "You Give Love A Bad Name" by Bon Jovi
Comments: Lol, what?

10. Will I die happy?
Song: "Blind" by Lifehouse
Comments: Guess not.

11. What is some good advice for me?
Song: "You'll Be in My Heart" by Phil Collins
Comments: Funny... I got that sort of advice yesterday.

12. What is happiness?
Song: "Have A Nice Day" by Bon Jovi
Comments: Lol, absolutely.

13. What is my favorite fetish?
Song: "Sound of Pulling Heaven Down" by Blue October
Comments: Uh... I don't know.

14. How will I be remembered?
Song: "The Celts" by Enya
Comments: .....Yay?

15. What is my current theme song?
Song: "Session" by Linkin Park
Comments: Quite fitting.

16. What song will play at my funeral?
Song: "Swallowed in the Sea" by Coldplay
Comments: Yeah, that'll make lots of people happy.

17. What will be written on my gravestone?
Song: "Hands Held High" by Linkin Park
Comments: Haha, maybe so. Talk to me personally if you don't get it.

18. How am I feeling today?
Song: "Reply" by Staind
Comments: This quiz must love me, because it fits.

19. Will I get far in life?
Song: "18th Floor Balcony" by Blue October
Comments: Possibly...

20. How do my friends see me?
Song: "Wild Child" by Enya
Comments: Haha, that made me a bit happier. ^__^

21. Where will I get married?
Song: "U + Ur Hand" by P!nk
Comments: I'm not getting married, and certainly not in a bar. O_o

22. What is my best friend's theme song?
Song: "Just Feel Better" by Santana and Steven Tyler
Comments: I have quite a few best friends, and that seems to suit some of them.

23. What is the story of my life?
Song: "Fix You" by Coldplay
Comment: True, in one way or another.

24. What is high school like?
Song: "Caribbean Blue" by Enya
Comment: HAHAHAAAAAA! Far from it! .....Or... once you listen to it enough, maybe it does sound a little right.

25. How can I get ahead in life?
Song: "Bells of Freedom" by Bon Jovi
Comments: Er... sure.

26. What is the best thing about me?
Song: "Cross to Bear" by Staind
Comments: I'm not religious. Or maybe it's the fact that I don't care what people think. Or... something. I don't know.

27. How is today going to be?
Song: "Numb" by Linkin Park
Comments: Close enough.

28. What is in store for this weekend?
Song: "Forgotten" by Linkin Park
Comments: ...I'll forget about it?

29. How is my life going?
Song: "Hang On" by Smash Mouth
Comments: Hahaha...

30. How will I be remembered?
Song: "Runaway" by Linkin Park
Comments: Perhaps...

31. What is my signature dancing song?
Song: "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi
Comments: HELL. YES.

32. What does everyone else think my theme song is?
Song: "Walkin' On the Sun" by Smash Mouth
Comments: Er... okay, sure, whatever.

33. What type of men/women do you like?
Song: "Me and My Gang" by Rascal Flatts
Comments: Lol, that makes no sense.

If I were a celebrity:

1. What kin... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14188772/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14188772/ Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:55:27 PDT UPDATES

Okay... Thanks to the support and love from my friends, I've calmed down a little bit. I'm thinking a little more clearly now, so I think I can talk without emphasizing so much and without shouting. Music has helped, as well as typing out my emotions and thoughts into poetry form. I feel like doing the same by drawing, but I doubt that'll happen. Who knows?
As I said before, I'm going to finally explain the issue with nightmares I have. Those of you here on deviantART, and even people in my personal life, have gone this entire time (most of you, anyway) without knowing that I have morbid dreams, very frequently. So I think I owe you an explanation by this point.

They didn't start until around... I believe the end of eighth grade, so over a year ago. I began to have terrifying dreams, most of which didn't make sense to me. However, as time went on, I started to realize that some of those dreams meant something. Not all of them, but quite a few. Eventually they started to get too extreme, and by that point—just before ninth grade started—I started trying to figure out what every dream I had meant, because I could never tell what dreams actually meant anything. Unfortunately, I still don't know which ones those are, and since I can't remember all of my dreams, that makes it even harder. What I eventually realized also made it difficult is that I never know what the dreams mean until something similar to those dreams happens in real life. When I began to notice that, I began feeling more and more helpless, until finally I just gave up and waited for the dreams to become real life. Because of the facts that I never know which dreams actually do mean something and because I don't know which dreams or their meaning until they actually take life in reality, I can never do anything to prevent them from happening. Normally, what happens is usually very bad, and although I've had only a few good incidents similar to dreams I've had, I have become paranoid and worrisome about these despite that.

If you're still confused, let me give you one of the most influential dreams that I can remember vividly.
Weeks before my fifteenth birthday last year, I had one of those dreams. It wasn't gruesomely scary, but it did make me think. There was a single red car driving down a road, and although I couldn't see the driver I knew someone familiar to me was in the car (it was just one of those feelings you get during dreams, where you somehow automatically know something). For a few minutes it kept driving, until it went into a town where there was nothing but bars and giant beer mugs on both sides of the roads. Keep in mind that there were no other cars, no people. Well, as it drove on, the left side and front of the car suddenly crunched up, like something unseen were crushing it in an odd fashion. After that, there was nothing but blackness, but I could hear rapid beeping noises, and then a flat line.
Like I said, it made me think for a while. However, I began to forget about it sooner or later. Then three days before my birthday, I got a phone call from my friend Ash, who lived out of my state, that her cousin and one of my best friends, Jackson, had died.
Here's where you may be a little disturbed.
Jackson had been driving home the night he died when he was hit by a drunk driver. The driver that hit him died instantly, but Jackson suffered in the hospital until his death. It was only a few days after I got the news of his death that I remembered the dream I'd had, with the car and the town consisting only of alcohol-based symbols.
Did I tell anybody that? Only Ash. Why didn't I tell everyone else? Easy, because I didn't think anyone would believe me and my issues with these weird dreams. So I didn't say a word to anyone, not even my parents. And they still don't know.
For those of you that remember when I mentioned Jackson nearly a year ago, that's all of what happened. Now you get it.

If you need more convincing or still somehow don't get what I'm saying, I've got another one.
Anybody remember back in February, when I gave you word that Jackson's best friend Kyle committed suicide? Well, I had a dream similar to that before it happened, too.
Kyle was actually in this one, as well as Jackson. Kyle was distraught, though. He was lying curled up in a ball, in what I believe was his living room, just crying. There was dried blood on his face and his hands, in which by this point I believe was a metaphor for his suffering of dealing with Jackson's death. But then Jackson came in, and even though I couldn't see his face he was easy to recognize, because long before he'd died he had dyed his hair black with green bangs, so it was pretty obvious it was him. Unfortunately, he pointed a gun at Kyle and pulled the trigger, and then I felt happiness seep... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14185252/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14185252/ Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:44:24 PDT UPDATES

Wow. I can't believe this. Right when I posted those random 50 facts about me, I get word that Caleb is now (and probably has been for a while, I just didn't know it) trying to get over me.
Just... wow. I can't believe that. The night I called him when I broke up with him earlier that day, he sounded completely optimistic, as if he were unfazed by our breakup, and he's just now letting me know that he misses me?
Really, I don't know if I should be shocked or saddened again. In fact, I can't tell what I'm feeling. Apparently he's having nightmares about me, and it's freaking him out. Just like the last few dreams I've had, ones that I could remember, I was fucking suffering his dream, too. Confused? I mean I was bleeding. He flat-out said I was dead in his dream. I find that strange, considering in my dreams I get impaled with sharp objects, have my heart torn out, get mauled by otherworldly animals, and sometimes worse, but I never die. In my dreams, all I do is suffer, and most of those dreams actually mean something, indicate somehow that something related to those dreams will happen in real life. But by the time those certain dreams do come to life, it's too late for me to prevent them or warn other people this or that is going to happen.
I'll get to that later though.
My point is that I am once again stabbed with fucking guilt because I broke up with Caleb. When I read what he said, I started trembling, again, something that had stopped last Thursday. I just lost my appetite after reading his "news", which is bad, because I had just gotten back to eating correctly again. I feel like there are damn claws ripping into my chest, because apparently I don't deserve to have my heart, as some of my dreams and the guilt I'm having are so obviously trying to say. The animalistic bastard in me wants to claw someone's face to the point of unrecognizable.
So am I just fucking going insane lately? Is that my problem? I know I said that I worry about other people before I take care of myself, but I can't help Caleb. If I even so much as talk to him now, I lose all control of my emotions and fucking start to cry. I worry. I feel guilty, and when I push the guilt aside, I feel like a jerk that doesn't give a damn about his feelings.
Am I angry? I can't tell. Am I sad? I don't even know. I have a swirling torrent of mixed emotions spinning in my mind and it's making the walls of my sanity explode. I'm tired of this. I really am. I just want to be content with my life again, and none of this shit is helping. Counseling can only do so much. My father called me earlier to check up on me, and the one time I bother telling him anything troubling in my life, his advice sucks, honestly.
I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T FUCKING KNOW. Now because of all this shit piling up on my shoulders—Caleb and his feelings, protecting my mother and family, helping my friends, the MAIN unknown reason of why I'm depressed—I feel like I just want to go insane, seriously. In my throat, there's that feeling where I want to just start crying, but at the same time the desire to just fucking SCREAM is there, too. I can't lock myself in my room, because nobody—not even myself—can trust me by myself when I'm like this. Last time I did that, I accidentally hurt myself, but then I found out it helped me, so I did it again. That got me into trouble. I can't do that again. I can't distract myself with anything, because this crap with Caleb is BIGGER of a distraction and it's BOTHERING ME! I guess all I can do is hope that the oncoming rain falls tonight, because then I'll be able to sit outside curled up with my own self to just calm down. I can't do that if it doesn't rain, because then everything is chaotic and I can't think.

So what the hell do you guys think, hm? Should we just let me go back to being depressed, antisocial, starving, restless Rei, or should we convince her to try fixing this even though it'll be an even BIGGER screw-up? YOU TELL ME, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANYMORE.

As for the information on my nightmares... I'll get to that later. I am just so... fucking... crazy, right now, and I need a few minutes to get better. You can't see it, but I am shaking, a lot. Chris knows something is wrong with me because apparently "I'm breathing really loud" and I keep "looking as though I'm in pain".
If this gets any worse, I'm going to a damn doctor. I'm fucking sick of this.

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations. I don't do commissions yet, however, as I have no way of paying someone else for art over the Internet and I can't accept someone else's money.
Even though I love making other people art, I also have my standards/rules.<... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14184893/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14184893/ Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:18:02 PDT UPDATES

Okay, since the end of summer is arriving and I'm stricken with horrific boredom, I decided to just put random crap about me that you may or may not know here.
Get off your ass and draw if you're bored, Rei.
Right? You bet your ass that's right.

1. I am a tomboy, and I prefer to be a tomboy. Therefore I do not like the preppy girls you see all over the world today. If you are one, I suggest you watch yourself around me.

2. My negative-positive ratio is about 60/40, meaning that the number 60 is my negativity. If you're highly optimistic, again, watch out when you're around me.

3. Music is my life, believe it or not. Just because I don't know how to play a damn instrument (except for maybe the drums) like an expert doesn't mean it's not important to me.

4. I'm a general artist, meaning I'll draw just about anything that comes to mind. Anime, dragons, animals, people... anything but realism.

5. I forgot to mention... I want to play the violin. Damn it.

6. My all-time favorite color is black. I like all the other colors as well, but black rules me.

7. I am basically multiple people crammed into one person. Because of that, it has been known to other people that I am constantly called "confusing".

8. I am open-minded, so if I speak my mind and you don't like what I say, that's your problem, not mine.

9. I don't like kids. I don't plan on having them, ever.

10. I'm more scarred and twisted on the inside than you might be led to believe.

11. I have a throbbing impulse to help other people before tending to my own needs. I guess you could call me the "mom" of my friends, and sometimes my family.

12. I am an atheist. Don't talk to me about how you love religion, if that's true about you. It bugs the hell out of me up to the point where I want to smack your mouth off.

13. If you anger me enough, I can become a danger to society.

14. I daydream too much for my own good.

15. I always feel that there are not enough hours in the day for me to complete things.

16. I think I sing fairly well, but I'm shy to sing around other people.

17. I have an unusually high self-esteem. Try your best to break me down, but don't hurt yourself.

18. I have to have something on both my wrists, like a bracelet or something, otherwise I get paranoid that I'm "too revealing".

19. Oh yeah, I'm very paranoid, about the weirdest things.

20. Just because I'm skinny doesn't mean I don't have a huge appetite. I get it from my father.

21. I'm bisexual. Deal with it.

22. I'm closest to my brother Chris, out of my whole family.

23. I can become very protective over my family and friends. Don't harm any of them or you won't be a lucky person. Even making threats to them will piss me off.

24. I am entitled to my opinions just like everyone else, so I frequently give them, even when I'm not asked to. Call it a bad habit.

25. My "spirit animal" is a dog, preferably a German shepherd.

26. I love canines.

27. I love writing, but it's only thanks to Tai-nii that I've gotten back into full inspiration for it. Thanks, Tai. ;]

28. I'm tired quite a bit, because I can never get to sleep until 3:00 am, also because I constantly fear what nightmares I'll have.

29. That's another thing: I constantly have dreams, and most of them do mean something. However, I never figure what that certain dream means until after it's already proven its meaning, and by that time I'm too late to do anything about it (preventing it from happening in real life, for example).

30. I don't fully trust people unless I get to know them and I grow close to them. I don't give trust up to others that easily.

31. If you want to hate me, go ahead. I don't give a rat's ass (though you better have a good reason, otherwise you'll get a bad view from me).

32. Yes, I do say "I love you" to my closest friends. That doesn't mean I'm in love with them. You can love your friends, you know.

33. I say "hun", "dear", "sweetie", and "honey" a lot.

34. I'm very picky in general means, such as what I eat, read, draw, watch, and what kind of boyfriend/girlfriend I have.

35. I don't believe internet relationships work out, so I never attempt them.

36. I consider myself to be very advanced for my age.

37. Yes, I know I have talent; I'm even smart enough to admit it. Does that make me conceited? Whatever you think.

38. I hate makeup and I never wear it.

39. I'm a little taller than the average woman should be.

40. I use sarcas... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14150350/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14150350/ Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:00:25 PDT UPDATES

Okay, so the first part of this journal consists of a character quiz I got from *Riokri. The second part is me giving you a chance to feature you in my journal. So if you wanna get featured, I suggest you read ALL OF THIS. ;3

1. What's your full name?
Rei: I am Rei "Jeff Bob Roy" Bogatu! >8D
Keivrii: Princess Keivrii Mai-Tae. ^^
Kalo: Kalochun Arika. o_o
Rumo: Er... Aikirumo.
Sheru: Er... Sheru. .-.
Archie: Archaeopteryx. o_o Yah. Pronounce that, bitches.
Dari: I'M PRINCE DARIENNO OF TEH FUGGIN UNDERWORLD, BETCHES. >:K

2. What's your age?
Rei: I'm fifteen. I turn sixteen next month. :]
Keivrii: Old enough, but fairly young. ;3
Kalo: I'm actually 34 years old, but I'm also 19. Long story. Don't ask.
Rumo: Uh... I'm... 21. >>
Sheru: 17! :]
Archie: I'm over 65 million years old. o_o But still young. TAKE THAT, FEMALE HUMANS OF THE WORLD. I'M OLD AND STILL YOUNG. ....Wait.
Dari: I'm at least 806 or something... *shrug*

3. Height and weight, if known.
Rei: I am... 5'6". And I weigh... approximately 135 pounds. I'M NOT KIDDING. YES, FINE, I LOOK SKINNIER THAN THAT, WHATEVER. I GET IT ALREADY.
Keivrii: An inch or two taller than my Shin-kun. |3
Kalo: 5'11". How the hell should I know how much I weigh?
Rumo: Uhhh... 6'4".
Sheru: I'm only 5'6. D:
Archie: I'm... very big. DRAGON, HELLO.
Dari: I'm 6'2". FEAR MEH. >:K

4. What is your species?
Rei: I'm human. :3 ...Or am I? >o>
Keivrii: I'm a Kai, bitch.
Kalo: Demon. I USED to be human, but that bastard Dari did shit to me... -__-
Rumo: I'm a Krawk. 8D
Sheru: HALF-SAIYAN BITCH.
Archie: I'm... a prehistoric... draik... thing.
Dari: DEMON, ELL OH ELL.

5. Do you believe in love?
Rei: Yes. Now don't bring it up again.
Keivrii: I do. *slinks into a hug around Shin's shoulders* ;3 (Shin: Er... yes? o.o)
Kalo: Oh yeah. <<;
Rumo: Uh... I dunno... anymore...
Sheru: Yup. :3 *glomps Trunks-kun*
Archie: Yeah... but it died...
Dari: What the hell is love? O_o

6. Who do you like?
Rei: GO AWAY.
Keivrii: Shin-sama. Kalo: ..... << Nobody. That's who. (Rei: *cough*HAN!*cough*) ARGH, BITCH.
Rumo: Nobody. .-.
Sheru: TRUNKS. <3
Archie: She's gone now. *slump*
Dari: Miraaaaaa... =w= Muahahalol.

7. Name your best buddies?
Rei: I got a lot of 'em and I love 'em all! <333 I LOVE YOU GUYS.
Keivrii: Oh, let's see, I have so many... Umm *counts off fingers* Shin-kun, Trunks, Sheru, Gohan, Goten, Goku-sama, Bulma...
Kalo: *counting off fingers as well* Han, Mia, Rei, Riyu, Notai, Yuko...
Rumo: Um... I... I-I........ ;_;
Sheru: Trunks, Gohan, Keivrii, Shin-sama, Goten, Goku-san, Dende, Piccolo...
Archie: Azrheal, Ra... Shalezay... my brothers.... Tsugi... I miss them. ;-;
Dari: What the hell are buddies?

8. At what date were you born?
Rei: September 24th! 8D
Keivrii: Er...
Kalo: March 19th.
Rumo: Uhhh, I can't remember it...
Sheru: September 24th. 8D SAME AS REI'S.
Archie: February 21st.
Dari: Hell if I remember. |3

9. Favorite movies?
Rei: I have so many! Apollo 13, Forrest Gump, Of Mice and Men (with Gary Sinise!!), the Halloween movies (except number three, because that had NOTHING to do with Michael Myers!), the Alien series, Predator 1 and 2, the list goes on...
Keivrii: Movies? o_o I don't watch 'em much.
Kalo: I really don't care.
Rumo: I like horror flicks, like the Halloween movies, the Grudge (American and Japanese versions), 28 Days Later...
Sheru: Uh... a lot. 8D
Archie: I don't watch TV.
Dari: Who cares?

10. Do you consider yourself a sexy or cute person?
Rei: Cute, in one way or another.
Keivrii: Uh... well... Every time I'm around, I always get those weird looks from guys... O_o
Kalo: It really doesn't concern me.
Rumo: WHUT? o-o;;
Sheru: Cute. ^__^
Archie: Uh...
Dari: IMMA SEXY BEAST. >:3 (Rei: Jeez, what a conceited ASS.)

11. How would you describe yourself (in a physical and physiological matter)?
Rei: UNPREDICTABLE.
Keivrii: I'm pretty friendly all around, and I think several things are cute, but mess with me or my friends or family and I'll rip your fucking eyes out. 8]
Kalo: I'm stubborn and protective. Go away.
Rumo: Um... I'm sort of... emo... I guess... I cling to people sometimes... and scare them off...
Sheru: Um, well, Bulma calls me a delight to the world. O_o;;
Archie: I'm pretty friendly. I've gotten a little sad... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14141333/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14141333/ Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:20:58 PDT [link] READ THE FIRST ENTRY AND THAT'LL BE IT.

]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14127060/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14127060/ Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:24:56 PDT UPDATES

Alright, I finally got the CD's to transfer all my stuff from my old laptop to my new one. If I play my cards right, I should be able to finish that up by Monday or Tuesday.
I still have to figure out how to hook my scanner/printer up to my new computer.
Yes, I changed my avatar. Simple, but I like it. Hopefully it won't burn too many eyes this time.
I still have counseling this Tuesday. I have church tomorrow, which I'm not looking forward to. I guess Mom thinks that bringing me back to church will make me think about not being atheist. Unfortunately, no, that won't work. I don't believe in god, okay? Live with it, please.
I'm still very moody... depressed... irritable. Again, if I snap at you or anything like that, please don't take it personally. I'm just... yeah, depressed right now.
I have quite a bit of stuff to submit later on, so brace yourselves for that.
Also, I have featured my buddy Raven (~RavenSerpent).

I got this quiz from my Neko Kirei, . <3

The rules are:
1. Post these rules.
2. Each person tagged must post 8 random facts about themselves.
2. Tags should write a journal/blog of these facts.
4. At the end of the post, 8 or more persons are tagged and named.
5. Go to their page and leave them a comment telling them they're tagged.
(Does anybody even DO that last one?)

Eight Random Facts About Me
1. I'm a huge tomboy... of course.
2. I daydream constantly, forcing myself into my fantasy worlds because reality just flat-out SUCKS.
3. I am completely against internet relationships.
4. I am proud of who, what, and how I am. If you don't like me, that's just too bad for you.
5. I am open-minded, therefore I give my own opinions because I am entitled to them anyway. Again, if you don't like it, tough.
6. Just because I am depressed doesn't mean I'm emo. There is a BIG difference.
7. My spirit animal is that of a dog (inu).
8. I seem to become protective of my smaller/cuter/quieter friends whenever they're in trouble, which has deemed me the nickname "guard dog" in rare occasions.

I'll tag...

If you don't want to do this, that's fine, don't.

That's about it.

REMINDER!!
If you're coloring Akai's line art, you have until August 20th of this month. I'm getting impatient here, sorry.

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations. I don't do commissions yet, however, as I have no way of paying someone else for art over the Internet and I can't accept someone else's money.
Even though I love making other people art, I also have my standards/rules.
1. No hentai material (in other words, pornographic).
2. Don't ask me to make you a "surprise picture". I want to know what you want me to draw for you.
3. Normally I'd prefer it if you sent me a note regarding art req... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14107897/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14107897/ Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:48:55 PDT
What is wrong with full originality? Does it bother some of you people? Because lately, I've been realizing that two deviations, out of my entire gallery of over 200 deviations, are being faved and adored with schoolgirl-like comments.
These: [link] and [link]

I've been thinking about it, and I finally realized a possibility on why those two deviations are being faved and "loved" so much. There are artists out there on this site, whom I like to call "the wolf artists", that draw in a certain style to draw canines, like *Alcira and *WildSpiritWolf and all the others that are famous for their works dealing with wolves, dogs, foxes, etc. I looked at my line art of Akai more, and I realized... Yes, it does look something similar to the way those "wolf artists" draw their canines, and I'm beginning to think that's one of the reasons (maybe one of the only reasons, perhaps?) that those two deviations of mine are being faved at all.

Before you start coming down on me and telling me that I'm just paranoid and that I should be grateful my works are being faved and liked at all, let me tell you something: Those deviations aren't the only ones I have in my gallery. I am a general artist, guys. I draw more than just those two canines; if you don't consider the rest of my art "good" just because I didn't draw them in the style Alcira or those other "wolf artists" draw with, then there's something wrong with you. I have my own style, my own original style, which I realized barely ever gets faved or praised. No, I am not asking you to fave every single one of my art pieces. I am not asking you to become obsessed with my art.

I don't know. If you know what I mean, go ahead and say so. If you don't, then... I don't know, I guess don't comment or whatever. I'm a very paranoid person and this has just been bugging me for some time now. No, I am not sorry for saying all this, because this is how I feel, and posting in these journals is for that point.

Yet I'm getting the feeling that only a few rare people are going to get what I mean here. -__-

Yes. I'm still iffy. I'm depressed. Deal with it!

EDIT
Okay, as if things weren't bad enough... Now my scanner isn't installing correctly to my new laptop. Therefore, I won't be submitting things for a little while, and I had something to put up here now. )| I'm going to have to wait to have my mom help me out with this one...
Damn... I'm hungry.

EDIT 2
About half an hour ago, I just got done watching the very first (and the original) "Halloween" movie.
GOD. I LOVE THOSE MOVIES. Except number three. That one sucked ultimately.
Michael Myers is my favorite slasher film... slasher. <3 Always.
So earlier I was looking info about the movies up. And sure enough, Rob Zombie has made a remake of the movie I just watched tonight, and it comes out in theatres on August 31st. Like my friend Neko said, it's probably going to suck, not just because it's a remake, but because it's ROB ZOMBIE, HELLO.
If you like Rob Zombie, don't listen to me.
Dude... The only difference I see in this newer version is that they show what a young Michael Myers went through in his childhood, and I am SO eager to find out what all of it was.
Too bad the movie is rated R. Meaning I can't see it. T_T Crap.
But now I'm in a horror/macabre mood. So if my scanner starts working any time this weekend, I'll be posting some stuff up. If I get it drawn.
As for now, I am very:
-- Tired
-- Hungry
-- Moody
-- In pain. Damn you, pms.
-- Moody.
-- Hot (temperature-wise, morons).
-- Did I mention moody?

Since I AM obviously in foul moods, I apologize ahead of time if I snap at you or something. Don't take it personally unless you mean to upset me; it's just how I am right now.
Unfortunately, my irritation dies down every once in a while only to lead me back to depression. *sigh* Going in circles...

]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14093093/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14093093/ Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:35:37 PDT ....I'm not even kidding. I seriously did, with my mom. I was that depressed.
I'm not fully better yet. Just 2% better, basically, out of 100. Although I am slightly relieved; I got a lot of stuff off my chest.
At first my mom and I both stayed together with the same counselor. Mom talked most of the time, about how her husband has been treating her like shit these past few years and stuff like that, and how he's just making it worse. I agreed, of course, and when Mom left I even gave my own point of views on the guy. I talked about Caleb and our breakup for a few minutes, but that was it. Then I told the counselor a bunch about my relationship with my brothers, how Chris is the one I am more attached to and the one that always makes me laugh.
I only have an hour each session though. That's not enough for me to get everything out, but I get to see her again this Monday.
Tonight she wants me to write any thoughts down in a notebook and bring it to our next session. I'm honestly looking forward to that.
When I got home, Chris asked where I'd gone, and when I said, "Therapy", he froze and was like, "Seriously?" It was funny.
Didn't laugh though. ): That makes me sad. I laugh at a lot of things Chris says. It really upsets me that I can't laugh at the funny things he does.

In other news: If you're gonna color Akai, then get it done already please. Remember, y'got till August 20th before I submit the actual colored version of him.
Sorry. I'm still iffy today. Have been for a while.

In other news, my wife Megami has come home. <3 Much love~
I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss her. :3

EDIT
Change of plans, apparently. My counseling session has been rescheduled to this upcoming Tuesday, so I'll be gone for an hour at one point in the afternoon.

Another thing: I want to know who all is coloring the line art of Akai--
LOOK --> [link] <-- HERE!!
--so I can put a list down for myself. Again (and for the third time), you have until August 20th to get him colored, and then I'll be submitting my version.
I already know my wife *megami-no-yorokobi is coloring him her own way, but she's the only person I know of so far.
If you're going to color him, let me know when you comment here. If you're not, then say so.

]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14072822/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14072822/ Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:48:51 PDT I know what you're thinking: You'll get better eventually. Yes, I know that, but let's focus on right now.
I'm pretty depressed right now. I haven't let my mom know that I've cried, but she'll find out eventually. And when she tries comforting me, I'll cry even more. Somehow, she always pulls it out like that.
Caleb and I are still very close friends, though. I think right now I just need some time to be left alone, though. I've been pretty antisocial these past few days, save for the occasional "mm" and "'kay". I get hungry, but I can't eat. I get tired, but I can't sleep, not unless I just cry myself out to death.
Mom said I should call Caleb today. I was planning to, but right now I just don't feel like talking to anybody. Hopefully later...
I finally decided it hurts me so much because I really care about Caleb, and every time I worry or think about him being upset about this, it just kills me.
Ow. Here's some advice: Don't ever try to keep tears in your eyes by tightly closing them. It hurts.
For me, anyway.
I don't know if he took it well or not. What he said kind of... threw me off a tiny bit. Then again, I'm not sure if I want to know.

...I don't think I wanna love again after this, for a long time.
'just want to be left alone for a while. That's it.

By the way, I reopened my stupid myspace, therefore I'm stupid.
Don't ask me for it. I'm not giving it out. If you want to find me so bad, browse the site.

]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14063535/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14063535/ Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:18:57 PDT [x] You love hoodies.
[x] You love jeans.
[x] Dogs are better than cats.
[ ] It's hilarious when people get hurt.
[x] You've played with/against boys on a team.
[ ] Shopping is torture.
[x] Sad movies suck.
[ ] You own an X-Box or an X-Box 360.
[x] You own a DS, PS2, or Sega Console.
[ ] You used to be obsessed with Power Rangers.
[ ] You watch sports on TV.
[ ] Gory movies are cool.
[ ] You only go to your dad for advice.
[ ] You own like a trillion baseball caps.
[ ] You like going to football games.
[ ] You used to/do collect baseball cards.
[x] Baggy pants are cool to wear.
[x] It's kinda weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people.
[x] Green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favorite colors.
[x] You love to go crazy and not care what people think.
[ ] Sports are fun, too.
Total: 10/22
Now add the numbers up and multiply it by 5.
You are 50% male.

Alright, now that we've got that covered, how girly are you?
[ ] You wear lip gloss.
[x] You like to shop.
[ ] You wear eyeliner.
[ ] You have some of the same shirts in different colors.
[ ] You wear the color pink.
[ ] You consider cheerleading a sport.
[ ] You hate wearing the color black.
[x] You like hanging out at the mall.
[ ] You like getting manicures and/or pedicures.
[ ] You like wearing jewelry.
[ ] Skirts are a big part of your wardrobe.
[ ] Shopping is one of your favorite hobbies.
[ ] You don't like the movie Star Wars.
[ ] You are/were in cheerleading, gymnastics, or dance.
[ ] It takes you around one hour or longer to shower, get dressed, and put on makeup and accessories.
[ ] You smile a lot more than you should.
[ ] You have more than ten pairs of shoes.
[ ] You care about what you look like.
[ ] You like wearing dresses when you can.
[ ] You like wearing body spray/perfume.
2/20
You are 10% female.

YES!! I KNEW I WAS A GUY! >8D
Lol. I'm a dude. >> Wow.
It doesn't surprise me, really. I'm a huge tomboy.

]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14059726/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14059726/ Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:47:28 PDT List them below.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.
(Poor Tai is surrounded by the girls in this one. >> Oops...)

Basic Questions:
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Who have you known the longest? ~PsycoticHomocide
Who have you known the shortest? ~donuts3freak
Who is the youngest? ~donuts3freak
Who is the oldest? *megami-no-yorokobi
Are they only your friends? No, just the closer ones I have on deviantART.
Which of them were your childhood friends? None of them, but it feels like I've known ~PsycoticHomocide since I was five. x3
Who makes you laugh the most? Mostly ~PsycoticHomocide and *megami-no-yorokobi.
Have you ever been two-faced or betrayed by one of your friends? They're not on the list.
Who is the loudest? I don't know.
Are any of them ugly? No! D:<
How many boys? 1
How many girls? 5

ONE:
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Name a time that he/she made you smile? When she attacked me for saying that I hated FLCL. xD That was hilarious.
Name a time that they made you sad? Mmmm... She's never made me sad. o_o Ever.
Would you ever go out with this person? Well, yeah, sure, if she wasn't already TAKEN and she was BI. ...Or a lesbian. >>;; *bricked*
What was your first impression of this person? OMG FELLOW ANIME LUV'R LOLLLLL. xD
Is this person your best friend? One of the very few, yes.
Are they a boy or a girl? Girl, a very sexy one. ;D
Does this person make you laugh? Yes. :3
What word reminds you of them? Kick-ass. >8D
Do you trust them? Yes, I do.
Do you love them? Gee, I dunno, lemme check. >_> I LOVE YOU KITTY-PANDA!! <_< Guess so. :3
Would you/have you kissed them? Have I? No. Would I? Perhaps... >w> Lol.
What is your best memory with them? I have quite a few. <3
If you were stranded on a desert island, would you want them to be there? Even though I wouldn't want to strand any of my friends with me, yes. >.o; I could use the company. So... yes and no?

TWO:
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How old is he/she? 17
Do they live near you? Actually, she lives practically right above me. o_o
Do they ever get on your nerves? Nope! <333
What's your best memory with them? I'd say when she was doing a little script role-play last year (a looooong time ago) with me and Mar, after I'd first joined deviantART. n_n
Have you ever cried in front of them? In person? No. While we were IMi... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14046168/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14046168/ Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:38:06 PDT Over and done with:
Some of you know and are possibly involved with this whole "lost my best friend" ordeal, so you will know what I'm talking about here.
I'm just going to get to the bottom line: I'm done with the so-called "alphas" that I once had. Over the past few weeks, they both have become disrespectful to me and worst of all, one of my wives, even when we have said practically nothing to them. I have even been accused of being a "stalker" by one of them, just because I checked back on their deviantART to look at their art. Believe it or not, I did still find their art to be lovely pieces of work, even if I couldn't comment on any of it (because this person has blocked me, despite the fact that they have received no explanation from me on our situation whatsoever, so they know jack-squat about me).
However, now I am done with it all. I'm no longer checking back on the self-proclaimed "alpha's" (by the way, if the pack rankings are "just role play", why take the leader crap so seriously, hmm?) deviantART, even if their artwork is worth seeing. I am not going to try sorting this situation out with the best friend that I lost; she won't listen to me anyway, so what's the point? I am just going to move on with my life and think of better things, because this just isn't as important as I thought it was to me anymore. It's ridiculous. My wife and I have been accused of being "cowards" and "fakes", well, that's bullshit. This person doesn't know either of us, and they seem to be acting flat-out immature about this whole thing by calling us names and wrongly accusing us, because again, they don't know us at all.
That's about it. I'm just sick and tired of putting up with this crap, so I'm done. I'm moving on without that person I thought was my friend. End of story.
So enough of that.

Unsure art inspiration:
After my return from Disneyland, I'm feeling a whole bunch of art inspiration. Unfortunately, I'm just lazy, so I'm not sure if I'll be doing anything any time soon yet. As always, I will try, but I can't promise anything. I know I still have trades, requests, and such to get to, but please be patient with me.

Rei's turning sixteen:
In other news, my sixteenth birthday is coming up on September 24th, which means I'll be one year closer to dying. :] Yay? What really sucks about it is that my birthday is on a Monday this year, which I hate. Mondays always suck. *sigh* Oh well... Oh, and if you guys are planning to draw me any presents for that day, go ahead. I'm not like one of those uptight people who say, "Ewww, it's my birthday, don't draw me anythiiiiiiiiing." Really, that doesn't make sense to me. I love all the gifts you guys give, so don't hesitate to draw me something. If you don't make art for me, that's perfectly okay, too, I promise. Don't feel bad if you don't get anything done for me. Even the simplest "Happy Birthday" satisfies me and makes me happy.
Enough about my birthday. That's like... over a month away, so don't worry about it.

Backup on the life improvements:
Yesterday my mother had a talk with my brothers and me about how everyone is acting. She said that lately she's noticed some changes in my attitude (if you'll remember, I decided to start improving my life weeks ago) and she appreciates the help, but my brothers need to improve. I, personally, agree with her. Chris and Jacob have been very inconsiderate these past few weeks, as well as overly hyper, selfish, and lazy. So my mother decided that we're all going to start helping out around the house. She and I are on the same side, but Chris and Jacob, of course, are totally against this.
Oh well. They don't have a choice. :3 Plus we all need to start getting a long more anyway.
Another thing: School starts up for me at the end of August, meaning I'll have less computer time. I'll have even less computer time, actually, than that, since my mother has decided (like I have) that I am online too much and I need to find other things to focus on—like school, improving my art, writing, etc. etc. So, here's the deal: I will not be online/on the computer much during the school year, due to:
+ School. Since I'm going to be a sophomore, I'm going to have a lot more homework and possibly more projects to work on, and those come first.
+ Spending more time with my family. My mother has decided that (again, like me) we all don't spend enough time together, and we should start doing that so our family doesn't fall apart. Therefore some of my weekends will be taken up by that. :]
+ Since I'm turning sixteen, I'll probably be getting a job soon, especially since I need money to get those prismacolor markers I've been pining for, for about three or four m... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14042038/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14042038/ Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:37:47 PDT [x] I do my own laundry.
[x] I can cook for myself.
[ ] I think politics are interesting.
[ ] My parents and grandparents have better things to say than my friends.
Total: 2

[x] I show up for school/college/work every day.
[ ] I always carry a pen in my pocket/purse.
[ ] I've never gotten a detention.
[x] I've watched talk shows.
[ ] I know what credibility means without looking it up.
[ ] I drink coffee at least once a week.
Total: 2

[x] I know how to run the dish washer.
[x] I can count to ten in Italian/Spanish/French/German.
[x] Normally when I say I'm going to do something, I do it.
[x] Both parents trust me.
[ ] I can mow the lawn.
[ ] I can make kids laugh without being stupid.
[ ] I remember to water my plants.
[ ] I study when I have to.
[ ] I mostly pay attention at school/college.
[ ] I remember to feed my pets. (My mom always does it before me.)
Total: 4

[x] I can spell "experience" without looking it up.
[x] I clean up my own mess.
[ ] The first thing I do when I wake up is get Diet Coke.
[x] I can go to the store without getting something I don't need.
[x] I understand jokes the first time they are said.
[x] I can type fast.
Total: 5

[ ] I have realized that the weather forecast changes every hour.
[x] I have realized that no one will take you seriously unless you are over the age of 25 and have a job.
[x] I can read a book and actually finish it.
Total: 2

Mental age: 15. o_o Wow. That's how old I am now.

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01. Characters or people you love:
Wow, way too many...
From what’s on my mind right now… Vash, Knives, Marik—You know what, just way too many people.

02. What is your favorite color(s)?
Red, gray, black, blue…
…A lot.

03. What are the websites you’re signed into?
Neopets, deviantAaRT, Herupets…

04. If your parents ask you to clean the house or do the dishes, what do you choose?
Doing the dishes is basically part of cleaning the house, isn’t it?
Well, anyway, I’d choose the dishes, but I’d also help my mother out around the house. It's just nicer that way.

05. Do you watch TV?
Every once in a while, yes.

06. Do you wear some accessories, like rings?
No, not really, unless my rubber bracelets count.

07. Do you have some diary, book, notebook, etc. you write stuff in?
No. Just my laptop.

08. If you had seen an emo or knew one, what would you do?
It depends on the person.

09. What do you love to hug?
My friends and pets, most of all.

10. What is your favorite kind of music?
Rock, instrumental, classical, Latin, J-Rock...

11. What is your favorite food?
Cookies and/or Ramen.

12. What is your favorite dessert(s)?
Cookies... chocolate...

13. What is your favorite sport?
I don't like sports.

14. What are your hobbies?
Drawing, collecting manga...
....Ehhhh...

15. Do you like this quiz?
It's decent.

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If I were a month, I would be: Somewhere in winter, like December.
If I were a day of the week, I would be: Friday
If I were a time of day, I would be: Any time that's really early in the morning or any time at night, when it's DARK.
If I were a sea animal, I would be: ...A seahorse or a dolphin.
If I were a direction, I would be: Straight, even though I'm bisexual.
If I were a sin, I would be: Sloth or Envy, I think...
If I were a historical figure I would be: ....I hate history.
If I were a planet, I would be: Pluto, the ultimate outcast. (Yes, I know Pluto isn't a planet anymore. So?)
If I were a liquid, I would be: ....Something with caffeine.
If I were a stone, I would be: A sapphire—that's my birthstone.
If I were a tree, I would be: A pine? I dunno.
If I were a bird, I would be: A hawk.
If I were a flower/plant, I would be: A Venus flytrap.
If I were a kind of weather, I would be: VERY dark clouds, with pouring rain and a slight wind.
If I were a mythical creature, I would be: A naga with small feathered wings.
If I were a musical instrument, I would be: A violin.
If I were an animal, I would be: Just what my fursona is—a dragon/dog mix.
If I were a color, I would be: Variously-colored, depending on my mood.... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14032778/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/14032778/ Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:22:02 PDT It was fun. 8D
HAHA, YEAH RIGHT.

Quite honestly, it was more bad than good. Sure, I had some fun, but halfway through my mom's stupid husband decides to BAIL ON US JUST BECAUSE HE'S PISSED WITH THE FAMILY'S "ATTITUDES".
Except Caleb's. He had no attitude.
But lately, he and I have gotten a bit... distant.
More on that later in livejournal.

RIGHT NOW, HOWEVER, YOU MUST KNOW: I GOT A NEW LAPTOP BECAUSE MY OLD ONE IS BROKEN.
Or, actually, without an internet connection.
SO ANYWAY, I HAVE A NEW LAPTOP. IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE WIRELESS CONNECTION, BUT WE CAN'T GET IT WORKING.
Basically, I'll be taking a lot of time transferring all the stuff I had on my old laptop to my new one. Therefore I will not be submitting for a while. Blargh.

I have gotten through over the one hundred messages I had. Now for the 119 deviations. Oh boy.

And my brothers are being annoying again. Typical.

8D

]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13914513/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13914513/ Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:43:31 PDT Happy Birthday, Mom!!

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Today, my entire day will be dedicated to Mom, whenever she wants to hang out. ^^
We're going swimming later. :] Because our pool is actually CLEAN for once this summer! >o>

Marik still rocks, but Mom is the bomb. <3333

.......Mom Bomb. x3

Much love, Okaa-san!


=====EDIT=====

Well, we all went swimming today, and then after that we went to the mall. Mom and I got some more clothes/new outfits we found and liked. I also got the third volume of the 'Chobits' manga. <333
I am still obsessed with Marik, though. >w> Yumyum sexy boy.

I feel strangely optimistic today... I think it's because that I finally get to see my mother's happiness to its full extent today (because its' her birthday), and when she's happy, so am I. I feel stronger today than I ever have before (as far as I can remember, anyway), which makes me feel even happier. ^^ I did all the chores for my mom today, without any complaints whatsoever (not even in my mind; I was happy to know I was giving her a day off).
And my art inspiration is OFFICIALLY back. :] Be ready for multiple submissions later, people.

Marik = hot. Oh yesh. >o>

Quiz!

--Dracula--

[x] Blood intrigues you.
[x] You prefer night over day.
[x] Bats and wolves are your friends.
[x] You wish you could fly.
[ ] You despise mirrors.
[ ] Coffins don't bother you in the least. (After having two of my closest friends die and a family member, I don't think they're so 'appealing'.)
[x] Living forever sounds like a great idea.
[ ] You can hang upside down for long periods of time.
[ ] Garlic is your kryptonite.
[ ] You sleep all day.
Total: 5

--Frankenstein--
[ ] You owe a lot to your creator.
[x] Fire is scary!
[x] You are unpredictable.
[x] You are very tall. (I'm taller than the average grown woman is supposed to be, and I'm only fifteen.)
[ ] Little kids are more fond of you than adults. (Haha, no, I scare them.)
[x] Most people don't understand you.
[ ] Your speech leaves a lot to be desired.
[ ] You often look a little green.
[x] Fashion means nothing to you; it's like you wear the same thing every day.
[ ] You wish you had more friends. (When they come, they come; when they leave, they leave.)
Total: 5

--Werewolf--
[ ] You're quite furry.
[x] The full moon drives you wild.
[ ] You often wake up in strange places with no memory of the night before.
[ ] Silver repulses you
[ ] Dogs hate you. (Dogs LOVE me. Really, it's no surprise.)
[ ] You love raw meat.
[ ] You are pretty strong.
[x] Pentagrams fascinate you. (For some reason...)
[x] You feel kind of cursed. (In ways more than one.)
[ ] Some of your clothes are shredded and bloodstained, and you have no idea how they got that way.
Total: 3

--Zombie--
[ ] Your skin looks gray.
[ ] You rarely speak, but you do groan a lot.
[ ] Brains should be one of the food groups. (Ew. O.o)
[ ] Your clothes are ratty and tattered.
[x] You're alive, but you feel dead. (Only sometimes—depends on the mood I'm in.)
[x] Being near fire makes you uncomfortable.
[x] Guns scare you. (I love guns, but... don't use them around me.)
[ ] You're not very smart. (Beneath my clueless, idiotic exterior lies a genius, believe it or not.)
[ ] You have an insatiable desire to feed.
[ ] You lost your personality a long time ago. (Still got it, baby.)
Total: 3

--Ghost--
[x] You have some unfinished business to attend to.
[ ] You hang out in cemeteries (or you have before).
[x] You enjoy playing pranks.
[x] Sometimes people act as if you aren't even there.
[x] You want revenge. (For something that happened to me a long time ago.)
[x] Death surrounds you. (You have no idea...)
[ ] You feel lost. (Not anymore. I'm back on track again.)
[ ] You always have a chill.
[x] You like fog.
[x] You have strange dreams about dying. (...Voldemort stabbed my heart out. >> Ouch. xD)
Total: 7

Holy crap, I'm a ghost. o_o SWEET.

]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13908336/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13908336/ Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:18:04 PDT UPDATES

Today was my second full day during summer break where I actually stayed home, didn't go anywhere. Isn't that sad? *sigh* Oh well...

I should be smacked for this: I rejoined Neopets, but with a different account. However, I'm probably not going to be using it that much. Neo got really boring and it still sucks big time... I guess I was bored or something. I created Akai as a Lupe there, though, as well as one of my newer Egyptian characters, Kiram. My username is reinukes if you want to look me up or something, though there's practically nothing on there.
Really, I wouldn't worry about it.

Speaking of Akai, however—
Well, in case you don't look at any of the art I submit and you therefore do not know who he is, he is my newest fox character—Akai Hi Kit is his full name.
For those of you that do look at my art, you'll remember that I drew some line art of Akai (view it here: [link]). I just want to remind you that if you want to try coloring him, using the line art I submitted here yesterday, you can. Just please remember these notifications:
+ You DON'T have to shade it.
+ You can color him in either on MSPaint/Photoshop, or you can print it out, color it traditionally, and then scan it back in for me to see.
+ If you want to make a background with it, you may.
+ Remember to give me credit for the line art.

I also want to let you all know that I've already colored in Akai; I still want to see what you guys imagined his color scheme as, though, so I'm waiting for that. Even after I submit his colored version (which won't be for a little while, so you guys can still color the line art if you want), I'm hoping the people that said they would color him will show me what they got. I'm very interested to see what you guys imagined when you first saw Akai in the line art version.
Remember that Akai is also open for literate role-play (just to let you know ahead of time, I get very literate in role plays), so if you're a big role-player and you're interested, just send me a note. ^^

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The man I love:

The one person whose face I haven't nuked yet. ;]

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations. I don't do commissions yet, however, as I have no way of paying someone else for art over the Internet and I can't accept someone else's money.
Even though I love making other people art, I also have my standards/rules.
1. No hentai material (in other words, pornographic).
2. Don't ask me to make you a "surprise picture". I want to know what you want me to draw for you.
3. Normally I'd prefer it if you sent me a note regarding art requests/trades/etc.

Requests: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)
(Hendrix)
(Jacob and Slim)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
(Sort of)

Oh, one more thing: You steal my art, I cook y... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13893900/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13893900/ Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:58:15 PDT UPDATES

Well... Today was my last day of summer school. Quite honestly, it wasn't as exciting as I thought it would've been. My last moments in my session were spent with Hannah (my first wife), Soto (the newest 'wife' of my harem), Stephanie, and Nick, the funniest people I could ever ask to be my friends.
Despite the fact that Soto and I both got literally no sleep last night, all four of us (Stephanie wasn't in our class after the first session ended three weeks ago, but we saw her at break and after school) managed to laugh and have some fun while we still had a few hours together. During those hours, we formed our own group, which we now call the Emo Kitty Alliance, because for the past few weeks Soto, Hannah, and Nick realized that the little "kitten voice" I make is so adorable, and we've all become obsessed with cute kitties. So the EKA was formed. Basically, in order to show that Hannah, Soto, Nick, and I were in the EKA, I drew a little chibi kitty in red marker on their arms/wrists, as well as my own arm (though I also started writing a bunch of other crap in red marker on my arm too).
Why'd we call it Emo Kitty Alliance? Because at first, when we were using the red marker, we were marking our wrists in lines and pretending to cut ourselves—demented, I know, but it was funny. XD
We also got codenames, even though Hannah didn't really want one, but the boys and I gave her on anyway. 8P
Rei = Chubby Kitty (No, I'm not chubby. I just love imagining a tiny little chubby kitten.)
Hannah = Sexist Kitty (Long story. XD)
Soto = Darth Kitteous
Nick = Boba-Kitty (He and Soto are STAR WARS KITTIES. o: Sweet.)
XD Yeah.
Anyway... I already miss them. Even though I've only known Soto for a few weeks, he really grew on me fast. I've known Hannah for a bit over a year.
Now that summer school's over, I have more time for art and Internet and reading and a bunch of other shit I wasn't doing before. 8D But I am going to miss hanging out with my EKA pals.


PS: I currently have an obsession with Marik Ishtar of Yu-Gi-Oh!
He's hot. |||3

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The man I love:

The one person whose face I haven't nuked yet. ;]

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations. I don't do commissions yet, however, as I have no way of paying someone else for art over the Internet and I can't accept someone else's money.
Even though I love making other people art, I also have my standards/rules.
1. No hentai material (in other words, pornographic).
2. Don't ask me to make you a "surprise picture". I want to know what you want me to draw for you.
3. Normally I'd prefer it if you sent me a note regarding art requests/trades/etc.

Requests: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)
(Hendrix)
(Jacob and Slim)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
(Sort of)

Oh, one more thing: You steal my art, I cook your ass.

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FEATURED ARTIST
For the month of July...
http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13881104/ Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:11:00 PDT THE BASICS
Name: You will call me Rei.
Gender: Female
Age: I'm currently 15 (almost 16).
Screen name: I have quite a few different ones.
Birthday: September 24th (Less than two months from now)
Race: American (with Irish, Scottish, German, and English heritages)
School/Grade: I'm going to be a sophomore (tenth grade) this upcoming year.
Job: I don't have one yet.
Status: Taken, by my lovely Caleb. <3
Hometown: I don't consider this dump home.
Current town: Vegas... T_T Disgusting whore house.
Parents still together? No, not my biological ones.
Siblings: Chris, two younger brothers, and then one older brother, but only Chris is fully related to me.
Pets: Two dogs and one cat.
Smoker: NEVER!
Drinker: NEVER!!
Virgin: Um. Yah. O_o I'd like to keep it that way for now, too, thank you very much.
Orientation: I'm bisexual and proud of it.
Drugs: NEVER!!!

APPEARANCE
Hair color: Brown. It darkens in winter and reddens slightly in the summer, thanks to my Irish heritage.
Is it dyed? No, but I plan on dying it eventually.
Eye color: Brown.
Height: 5'6"
Style: I have no style. I dress however the hell I want.
Glasses/contacts/none? I have glasses, but I hardly ever wear them.
Freckles: None.
Body type: Slim/average.
Shoe size: 9½... and I am damn proud. >:3
Piercings: None.
Want more? I have NONE.
Tattoos: None.
Want more? I want NONE.
Braces? No, but I have to get them very soon.
Overall best feature: My eyes and long fingers.
Overall worst feature: Uh. I don't think negatively about myself, thank you.
Do you get most of your traits from your mom or dad? Both. I have my mother's eyes and eyebrows, but my father's long and straight eyelashes. I get my big butt (which I am proud of) from my father. However, I get my long legs and fingers and my 9½-sized feet from my grandfather (mother's side). Unfortunately, I have my father's large appetite and "square hips" (meaning the socket in my hips where the 'ball' enabling my movement is square-shaped, so as I get older that's going to hurt like hell).

LIKES/DISLIKES
Favorite colors: Nearly all of them now. O_o
Worst colors: Mostly pink or yellow, though I can sometimes tolerate it.
Favorite animal: Canines, mostly
Least favorite animal: I dunno.
Favorite flower: Sakura or red roses
Least favorite flower: I dunno... probably tulips.
Favorite food: Pizza, Ramen, or cookies <3
Least favorite food: Meatloaf... ugh.
Favorite junk food: Cookies or Hershey's chocolate
Least favorite junk food: Uhhhh dunno.
Favorite restaurants: Braum's
Least favorite restaurants: Nearly all of them.
Favorite ice cream flavor: Chocolate.
Favorite candy: Hershey's
Worst candy: "Goobers"... That is the dumbest word ever.
Favorite alcoholic drink: I hate them all. I don't have to even try any of them—alcohol is bad.
Least favorite alcoholic drink: All of them.
Favorite non-alcoholic drink: Dr. Pepper or Root Beer, water, Sunny-D...
Worst non-alcoholic drink: Uh... Diet Pepsi? I dunno.
Favorite genre of music: Rock, alternative, classic rock, Latin, 80's
Worst genre of music: Rap, all the way. T_T
Favorite bands/artists: Bon Jovi, Evanescence, Jet, Linkin Park, Avion
Worst band/artist: Gwen Stefani, Madonna, any rap artists...
Favorite song: I have too many.
Worst song: "Rich Girl" by Gwen Stefani. Well, that's only ONE of the worst songs out there.
Favorite radio station: 94.1, where I am.
Worst station: Rap stations
Favorite book: "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck
Worst book: Romeo and Juliet, if that counts.
Favorite type of movie: Comedy, romance, action, sci-fi, romantic comedies
Worst type of movie: Chick flicks
Favorite movie: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Of Mice and Men, The Longest Yard
Worst movie ever: Ghost Rider, War of the Worlds
Favorite TV show: Trigun, That 70's Show
Worst TV show: Ugh, too many...
Favorite season of the year: Spring/autumn (sometimes summer)
Worst season: Winter... It gets too cold here in Vegas. We live in a fucking desert, what do you expect?
Best friend: Jimenna...
~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13859752/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13859752/ Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:22:37 PDT UPDATES

Yeah, I've been writing a lot of journals lately. I'm just in a writing mood. Feel free to ignore them if you want, I'm just bored as hell here.
Anyway, here's where I whine: I really want a subscription. Unfortunately, I'm not old enough to pay myself, and it'd pretty much be very unnecessary (and probably rude) to ask someone else to just give me one. I'm more respectful than that. It's just a random fact to throw out there, that I want a subscription. I have a ton of journal layout ideas and I can't put 'em to use, which makes me sad. Oh well.
Anyway, I've joined ~RavenSerpent's upcoming contests, thus hindering my submission process a little more.
For those of you who have been waiting months for me to get your requests/trades done, I apologize greatly for the delay. We all know I'm very slow when it comes to finishing requests, trades, etc., but this is ridiculous to me. I need to get those done and quit making you guys wait. x(

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The man I love:

The one person whose face I haven't nuked yet. ;]

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations. I don't do commissions yet, however, as I have no way of paying someone else for art over the Internet and I can't accept someone else's money.
Even though I love making other people art, I also have my standards/rules.
1. No hentai material (in other words, pornographic).
2. Don't ask me to make you a "surprise picture". I want to know what you want me to draw for you.
3. Normally I'd prefer it if you sent me a note regarding art requests/trades/etc.

Requests: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)
(Hendrix)
(Jacob and Slim)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
None

Oh, one more thing: You steal my art, I cook your ass.

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FEATURED ARTIST
For the month of July...

I chose my fifth wife, Saki, for numerous reasons. I love her style of art, both on the computer and on paper, and her role-playing skills are just so amazing. Not only that, but she's also one of the sweetest people I've ever met, and without a doubt the most huggable. X3 Much love, sweets!

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CLUBS
The clubs I am in...

<... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13853130/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13853130/ Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:32:00 PDT Appearance
[ ] I am shorter than 5'4".
[ ] I think I'm ugly sometimes. (I don't, really. I take pride in what I look like and who I am.)
[x] I have many scars. (Mentally...)
[ ] I tan easily.
[x] I wish my hair was a different color. (Eh, sometimes.)
[ ] I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
[ ] I have a tattoo.
[ ] I am self-conscious about my appearance.
[ ] I have/I had braces. (I have to get them really soon.)
[x] I wear glasses.
[ ] I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free. (That's just stupid.)
[x] I've been told I'm attractive by a complete stranger. (That made my day. Technically, he was my classmate, but I didn't know a damn thing about him.)
[ ] I have more than two piercings.
[ ] I have piercings in places besides my ears.
[ ] I have freckles.

Family/Home Life
[ ] I've sworn at my parents.
[ ] I've run away from home.
[ ] I've been kicked out of the house.
[ ] My biological parents are together.
[ ] I have a sibling less than one year old.
[ ] I want to have kids some day. (Never.)
[ ] I've had children.
[ ] I've lost a child.
(Amazing how I didn't mark ANY of those.)

School/Work
[x] I'm in school.
[ ] I have a job.
[x] I've fallen asleep at work/school.
[x] I almost always do my homework.
[x] I've missed a week or more of school. (I had bronchitis, so I was bedridden for a week.)
[ ] I've been on the Honor Roll within the last two years.
[ ] I failed more than one class last year.
[ ] I've stolen something from my job.
[ ] I've been fired.

Embarrassment
[x] I've slipped out a "lol" in a spoken conversation.
[ ] Disney movies still make me cry. (That's not embarrassing. O.o)
[ ] I've peed from laughing.
[x] I've snorted while laughing. (I can't remember when, but I'm pretty sure I have.)
[x] I've laughed so hard I started crying.
[ ] I've glued my hand to something.
[ ] I've had my pants rip in public.

Health
[ ] I was born with a disease/impairment.
[ ] I've gotten stitches/staples.
[ ] I've broken a bone.
[ ] I've had my tonsils removed.
[ ] I've sat in a doctor's office/emergency room with a friend.
[ ] I've had my wisdom teeth removed. (Not yet...)
[ ] I had a serious surgery.
[x] I've had chicken pox.

Traveling
[x] I've driven over 200 miles in one day.
[x] I've been on a plane.
[ ] I've been to Canada. (No, but I wanna go to see Megami. )
[x] I've been to Mexico.
[ ] I've been to Niagara Falls.
[ ] I've been to Japan.
[ ] I've celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
[x] I've been to Europe.
[ ] I've been to Africa.
[ ] I've been to Disneyland. (I'm going next weekend.)

Experiences
[ ] I've gotten lost in my city.
[ ] I've seen a shooting star.
[ ] I've wished on a shooting star.
[ ] I've seen a meteor shower.
[x] I've gone out in public in my pajamas.
[ ] I've pushed all the buttons on an elevator.
[x] I've kicked a guy where it hurts.
[x] I've been to a casino.
[ ] I've been skydiving.
[ ] I've gone skinny dipping.
[ ] I've played spin the bottle.
[ ] I've drank a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
[ ] I've crashed a car.
[ ] I've been skiing.
[x] I've been in a play.
[ ] I've met someone in person from myspace. (Myspace is stupid.)
[x] I've caught a snowflake on my tongue.
[ ] I've seen the Northern Lights.
[ ] I've sat on a rooftop at night.
[ ] I've played chicken.
[x] I've played a prank on someone.
[x] I've ridden in a taxi/cab.
[ ] I've seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
[ ] I've eaten sushi.
[ ] I've been snowboarding.

Relationships
[ ] I'm single.
[x] I'm in a relationship.
[ ] I'm engaged.
[ ] I'm married.
[ ] I've gone on a blind date.
[ ] I've been the dumpee more than the dumper.
[x] I miss someone right now.
[ ] I have a fear of abandonment.
[ ] I've gotten divorced.
[x] I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back.
[ ] I've told someone I loved them when I didn't.
[x] I've told someone I didn't love them when I really did.
[x] I've kept something from a past relationship.

Sexuality
[x] I've had a crush on someone of the same sex.
[ ] I've had a crush on a teacher.
[x] I am a cuddler.
[ ] I've been kissed in the rain. (No, but if I can catch Caleb dur... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13852631/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13852631/ Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:33:24 PDT UPDATES

Out here in Vegas, it's officially monsoon season. For those of you who lack the proper vocabulary, that means it's going to rain, a lot. Now, for those of you that don't live out here... Vegas is a desert. It's very dry. It's so dry that we have droughts nearly every year... literally. In the past few years or so, our main lake has dried up over one hundred feet, so the docks have literally become cliff-like. It reaches about 120-something degrees here in the hottest days of summer. Due to this rat hole being nothing but dust and sand and more dust and some dirt, just a flat-out desert, we get practically no rain. I'm practically living on Planet Gunsmoke (from Trigun) here. So when monsoon season comes around at the end of July/beginning of August, you can imagine how damn happy I am for the opportunity of rain showers. Seriously, when it rains here in monsoon season, it literally pours. We get floods—a lot of them. So while I'm very happy that I get to see rain for the first time with my own eyes in months (again—literally), I also worry about my mother. Even if I can't drive, she does, so when it floods here I worry about her getting to work and getting home from work.
Anyway... in summer school today, while we were walking around that ridiculously huge track (though I have gotten used to it in the course of the past six weeks), I looked around at the skies as far as my eyes could see and I found that, yes, we are getting rain this week. I have no doubt about it. I wish I could have taken a picture of those clouds... They were practically evil-looking. They made me think they were going to eat us all. These clouds were so dark, and they nearly swallowed up the whole sky. By the end of my summer school session, I could even see the clouds despite the darkness. So isn't that saying something?
Well, it hasn't rained yet, but it has been thundering and there have been multiple sightings of lightning, just about everywhere. I can already feel the approaching humidity, and just earlier today I could smell the rain that was trying to escape in the mountains.
So... I'm psyched for that. I absolutely love rain, and I decided when it gets here I'm going to stand outside in it for all my friends that are huge-ass fanatics about rain.
What about my hair frizzing up? Tch, who cares? Well, apparently the preps at my school do. Nearly every damn time I said "I want it to rain" or "That rain better get its non-existent ass over here, lawl", I got a bunch of shocked and evil looks from the preps, because they were too damn worried about their hair frizzing up or whatever shit.
Dude, who cares? Their hair already looks like crap... and most of it's probably fake anyway.

*sigh* Summer school is almost over... By this point, I only have three more days, giving me this Friday off (finally), but I'm going to miss Hannah and Soto until school starts again. I really love them both, even if I just met Soto, and they've just brightened my summer so much.
...Hannah and I decided that Soto was our "pixie pimp" (long story), and Caleb got a kick out of that tonight.
By the way, Caleb made me laugh so hard. He was flipping out about how he'd gotten his first paycheck this past Friday, and he even showed me a picture on his phone with him holding it up and striking a ridiculously cute pose with it. <33333 I love that man.

Today I managed to get some art done in P.E., though. Can you believe that? What Soto, Hannah, and I found sad was that I got more art done there than I ever have this summer at home. Isn't that sad? But I am glad I got something done. I'm still working on it, and if I continue to work my ass off on it I should get it submitted very soon this week (if the rainstorms, thunder, and lightning don't hold me back, that is).
However, tonight I have finally decided that I will also start writing a new series. Yes, I know I've already made one or two attempts to do that, but this time I have more confidence than ever on getting it written... and written well. If you want the tiniest sneak peek as to what it is, one of my newer original characters literally came to me in my dreams back in spring break, when I was in Arkansas (after my mother's wedding). I still have to fix up some plots and add/take out a few characters, but I'm pretty sure I can get this done. So expect some of that later.

If you don't like Trigun or don't even know what the hell it is, I suggest you skip this next part.
Alright... Last night, I was on my stepfather's computer, browsing Google and shit like that for Trigun (as usual... typical of Rei, yes). You know what I found out?
Brace yourselves.
They are currently working on a... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13839599/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13839599/ Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:09:47 PDT UPDATES

Recently I decided I'd only put random shit about my life on my LJ, but since barely anyone ever reads it even if I do put the link up here, I guess I'll just put this random shit here for tonight.

My weekend was a bit fast, while at the same time it seemed... very slow. Thursday, my mother and her lazy, good-for-nothing (literally) husband left for Texas, just so they could check up on his mother. If you'll remember, she fell into a temporary coma that lasted only a few days when I was gone for my mother's wedding back in March, and then she was put into assisted living. Well, it's not my mother's job to check up on my step-grandmother, but hey, Mom's husband isn't going to check up on his own mother himself, so why don't they both go? -__- Well, that's why my mom was gone all weekend, and quite honestly I missed her.
As I said before, I had to stay over at my stepfather's house. I thought that it would be okay, since my mom and my stepfather's wife had both talked to him about making remarks about Caleb, but no. Instead, since my step-dad found he couldn't talk trash about my boyfriend, he and Chris both decided to tease me the entire time we were there, whenever I said anything. Luckily my mom said they were done being stupid around me from now on, but I doubt they'll even listen to that.
Anyway, I barely did anything over the weekend. I sat around playing my Gameboy SP, sketching (which I will put up tomorrow; I'm tired now), watching TV, checking my emails, roaming aimlessly on my computer without my actual internet, the usual crap that I do whenever I'm bored. So, basically, I got pretty much nothing done.
However, today I did see "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry", and dude, I officially love that movie. <3333 There were parts when I became angry and just started shouting at the theatre screen whenever people protested about how "being gay is wrong" and all that messed up bullshit, where thirty other people in the theatre joined in and we all started chanting things like, "Gay is the way" (like they did in the movie), or "Straight is boring", and a big one was "God is confused", because hey, if being gay wasn't how "God intended it", as people say, then why did he create gay people in the first place?
YEAH. TAKE THAT.
So yes, we probably offended about sixty other people in the theatre, but hey—get over it. I mean, I'm bi, so I have a huge problem with saying gay people are "wrong" or "immoral" and they're going to spend their rest of their lives in "damned eternity". What surprised me is that a lot of straight people were agreeing with the "straight is boring" part. xD I was like, "L.O.L PEEPS." Eventually we stopped though, 'cause we couldn't hear the movie. OwO;;
So today wasn't that bad. "Chuck and Larry" is my new favorite movie though.
What makes me sad is that we went to the same place that my group and I went last year to see "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" (which was, in fact, just shortly after I joined deviantART).
Damn... I miss them a lot.
That's about it on my weekend.

Art? Yeah. Working on it. Believe me.

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The man I love:

The one person whose face I haven't nuked yet. ;]

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations. I don't do commissions yet, however, as I have no way of paying someone else for art over the Internet and I can't accept someone else's money.
Even though I love making other people art, I also have my standards/rules.
1. No hentai material (in other words, pornographic).
2. Don't ask me to make you a "surprise picture". I want to know what you want me to draw for you.
3. Normally I'd prefer it if you sent me a note regarding art requests/trades/etc.

Requests: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)
... ]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13821747/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13821747/ Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:01:12 PDT UPDATES

Hey, guys.
Being that it's almost monsoon season for everyone here in the town of Hell, I've found that next week we might get some thunder/rainstorms and flash flooding, meaning I'll be forced to stay off the computer when I start seeing lightning. If I'm online and a wire outside my house gets hit, I might not have any Internet, or my computer at that. Imagine: deep-fried laptop. That would suck.
However, for right now, I will try to get all the art I owe people done before then, though I can't promise anything. I've been rather lazy and busy lately, not to mention over this weekend I'm already constantly being pestered by my stepfather and his "must-ask-fifty-questions-in-one-minute-and-butt-into-the-kids'-business" wife, so I'm barely getting anything done. T_T Fuck, can't they just mind themselves and go watch TV or something?
*sigh* Well, one of the upsides is that a few days ago I found my 'Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories' game for my Gameboy Advanced SP, so I've been playing that a bit. Quite honestly, I love it. Too bad I can't really kill Donald Duck, though. That guy's an ass. -__- Chris and I wanna cook him.
I only have one more week of summer school left, though technically it's four days, since we apparently have this Friday off from school (if what the staff are saying is correct, anyway, and knowing them, it probably isn't). I'm gonna be a little sad to leave, really. I was able to spend a majority of my summer with my first harem wife Hannah, and thanks to her we met our amazing wife/husband, Soto. ^^ He's pretty awesome. So even though this was the worst summer of my life, I can't say some good things didn't happen.
So yeah, anyway, I'll try to get some art done and I'll submit it Monday (since I have no scanner at my stepfather's house and my mother doesn't return home until Sunday night).
Peace!

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The man I love:

The one person whose face I haven't nuked yet. ;]

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations. I don't do commissions yet, however, as I have no way of paying someone else for art over the Internet and I can't accept someone else's money.
Even though I love making other people art, I also have my standards/rules.
1. No hentai material (in other words, pornographic).
2. Don't ask me to make you a "surprise picture". I want to know what you want me to draw for you.
3. Normally I'd prefer it if you sent me a note regarding art requests/trades/etc.

Requests: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)
(Hendrix)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
None

Oh, one more thing: You steal my art, I cook your ass.

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FEATURED ARTIST
For the month of July...

I chose my fifth wife, Saki, for numerous reasons. I love her style of art, both on the computer and on paper, and her role-playing skills are just so amazing. Not only that, but she's also one of the sweetest people I've ever met, and without a doubt the most huggable. X3 Much love, sweets!

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CLUBS
The clubs I am in...

http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13788859/ Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:46:13 PDT UPDATES

I didn't find out until last minute, but it turns out that I will not be online starting Thursday night (tomorrow) up until this Sunday night. I may be able to get on for a little while Saturday, but that's it.
Where am I going, you may wonder?
Where else? My stepfather's house. T_T
Alright... here's the deal. My step-dad doesn't like Caleb. It's nothing personal towards my boyfriend. It's just the fact that I have a boyfriend. My mom and stepmother have both talked to him, however, and my stepfather has agreed to lay off my back about Caleb. That's the biggest problem. The second problem, which is completely small, is that I'll be over without any internet most of the time.
Oh well. It'll give me a chance to catch up on my art.

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The man I love:

The one person whose face I haven't nuked yet. ;]

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations. I don't do commissions yet, however, as I have no way of paying someone else for art over the Internet and I can't accept someone else's money.
Even though I love making other people art, I also have my standards/rules.
1. No hentai material (in other words, pornographic).
2. Don't ask me to make you a "surprise picture". I want to know what you want me to draw for you.
3. Normally I'd prefer it if you sent me a note regarding art requests/trades/etc.

Requests: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
None

Oh, one more thing: You steal my art, I cook your ass.

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FEATURED ARTIST
For the month of July...

I chose my fifth wife, Saki, for numerous reasons. I love her style of art, both on the computer and on paper, and her role-playing skills are just so amazing. Not only that, but she's also one of the sweetest people I've ever met, and without a doubt the most huggable. X3 Much love, sweets!

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CLUBS
The clubs I am in...



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]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13775782/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13775782/ Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:34:36 PDT UPDATES

Sorry for updating so goddamn much on useless things... but I have been hit with such a big inspiration that I'm going to do something about it. Y'know, like actually get off my ass and draw. o_o That would be great.
However, I've also found my Kingdom Hearts game for my Gameboy SP (I got the SP a few weeks ago when I was in Arkansas; I didn't keep updates while I was there so I never mentioned it), so I'm gonna be playing that every once in a while as well.
I might change my fursona again. I'm sorry, but I just can't seem to be satisfied with all the ones I come up with. = = Oh well... At least it gives me stuff to draw.
Summer school is about a week-and-a-half away from being over. x3 Yeshhhhh...
And then later on, it's off to Disneyland with my family and the man I love.

Later peeps.

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The man I love:

The one person whose face I haven't nuked yet. ;]

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations. I don't do commissions yet, however, as I have no way of paying someone else for art over the Internet and I can't accept someone else's money.
Even though I love making other people art, I also have my standards/rules.
1. No hentai material (in other words, pornographic).
2. Don't ask me to make you a "surprise picture". I want to know what you want me to draw for you.
3. Normally I'd prefer it if you sent me a note regarding art requests/trades/etc.

Requests: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
None

Oh, one more thing: You steal my art, I cook your ass.

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FEATURED ARTIST
For the month of July...

I chose my fifth wife, Saki, for numerous reasons. I love her style of art, both on the computer and on paper, and her role-playing skills are just so amazing. Not only that, but she's also one of the sweetest people I've ever met, and without a doubt the most huggable. X3 Much love, sweets!

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CLUBS
The clubs I am in...



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]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13763306/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13763306/ Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:16:36 PDT .

1. You are not alone. You are walking in the woods. Who is with you?
Mmm, Caleb... <333

2. you are walking in the woods. You see an animal. What kind of animal?
The first thing that came to mind was a fox. o_o Or... maybe a deer.

3. What interaction takes place between you and the animal?
It runs away from me. 8D

4. You walk deeper in the woods. You enter a clearing, and before you is your DREAM house. How big is it?
OMG ummmmm...
I imagine it's pretty big, but not too big. A decently-sized big house. Y'know what I mean?

5. Is your dream house surrounded by a fence?
It is now. XD

6. You enter the house. You walk into the dining room and see the dining room table. What do you see on AND around it?
Hmm... A nice red tablecloth, with about eight chairs. o_o Big table.

7. You exit the house and a cup is on the ground. What kind is it?
....A tiny little bowl-shaped cup? o_o???

8. What do you do with the cup?
Clean it and put it on MY HEAD. 8D
.....Or Caleb's head. >>

9. You walk to the edge of the property where you find yourself standing at the edge of a body of water. What kind of body of water is it?
A small pond. Eh.

10. How will you cross the water?
........Go around it? o_o

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1. The person you are walking in the woods with is the most important person in your life.
(Wow, I got that right. o_o)

2. The size of the animal is a representative of your perception of the size of your problems.
(....Varying?)

3. The severity of the interaction you have with the animal is representative of how you deal with your problems.
(My problems run away? O.o What?)

4. The size of your dream home is a representative of the size of your ambition to solve your problems.
(^__^ Yay.)

5. A lack of a fence is indicative of an open personality. People are welcome at all times. The presence of a fence indicates a closed personality. You'd prefer people not drop by.
(OMG RLY?)

6. If your answer did NOT include food, flowers, or people, then you are generally unhappy.
(Awww. Oh well.)

7. The durability of the material with the cup is made of is representative of the perceived durability of your relationship.
(Uhhhhhh... ????)

8. What you did with the cup is a representative of your attitude.
(RANDOM AND WEIRD YAY. 8D)

9. The size of the body of water is representative of the size of your sexual desire.
(o___o .....That's actually... pretty accurate? I dunno.)

10. The way you cross the water is representative to how easy or hard you expect your life to be.
(Dx Argh.)

]]> ~ReiBogatu http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13756297/ http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13756297/ Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:34:55 PDT UPDATES

Once more, I apologize greatly to the people who are expecting art from me. I've been busy, some things have been slow, and I'm still trying to organize some things here and there. I need to practice drawing people in anime form (still), so I've planned to do that, as well as anthro characters.
For those of you I am role-playing with, I'm terribly sorry that I've been making you wait. I know my "life improving" has probably irked you in some way or another, but I promise I will get back to you on our role-plays the minute I see that I'm satisfied with how things are going in my life.
As of now, I am currently in a mood for drawing Kalo, one of my characters, and any other characters she is associated with (like Han, Mia, Notai, etc.). I will probably get a few drawings of her done first before doing anything else.
......Except eating. >> Right now my stomach is growling loud enough that my brother can hear it, which is unusual. I really should eat (don't worry, I will in a minute), because I feel like I'm about to pass out. XD
Oh wait. That's not funny?
<<
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Well, to someone in the world it is. XD
I'm also going to try planning an outing for this upcoming weekend, to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I'm not entirely sure on who I'll be taking yet, but I know Chris is coming with me (we were originally supposed to go yesterday, but I was too tired and I wasn't in the mood—worrying about Caleb all day will have that sort of effect). I'll probably invite Hannah, Kat, Nolan, and Caleb too, but I'm not fully sure just yet.
Anyway, my art inspiration is slowly rising now, so expect some more things. I mean it this time. ^____^;;

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The man I love:

The one person whose face I haven't nuked yet. ;]

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ART STATUS
I take requests, trades, and collaborations. I don't do commissions yet, however, as I have no way of paying someone else for art over the Internet and I can't accept someone else's money.
Even though I love making other people art, I also have my standards/rules.
1. No hentai material (in other words, pornographic).
2. Don't ask me to make you a "surprise picture". I want to know what you want me to draw for you.
3. Normally I'd prefer it if you sent me a note regarding art requests/trades/etc.

Requests: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
(Jarrod)

Trades: open | closed | MAYBE
Waiting list:
(Cheru/Mika)

Collabs: open | CLOSED | maybe
Waiting list:
None

Oh, one more thing: You steal my art, I cook your ass.

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FEATURED ARTIST
For the month of July...

I chose my fifth wife, Saki, for numerous reasons. I love her style of art, both on the computer and on paper, and her role-playing skills are just so amazing. Not only that, but she's also one of the sweetest people I've ever met, and without a doubt the most huggable. X3 Much love, sweets!

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CLUBS
The clubs I am in...

http://ReiBogatu.deviantart.com/journal/13734460/ Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:44:43 PDT
[ ] Skipped class?
[x] Liked a boy/girl?
[x] Hugged someone at school?
[ ] Started a rumor?
[ ] Gotten detention?
[x] Cried in school? (I'd found out that my friend Kyle died.)
[x] Made new friends?
[ ] Gone to a dance?
[ ] Been to a pep rally?
[x] Watched a football game? (My first night with Caleb. <3)
[ ] Watched a soccer game.
[ ] Watched a baseball game.
[ ] Watched a volleyball game.
[ ] Watched a tennis match.
[ ] Watched a basketball game.
[ ] Watched a track meet.
[ ] Watched a wrestling match.
[ ] Watched a lacrosse game.
[ ] Fought/argued with a teacher.
[x] Got a 100% on a test.
[ ] Walked from school.
[x] Been driven to school.
[x] Got dropped off at school.
[x] Heard a rumor about yourself. (Tiny one... It went away really fast.)
[ ] Had something illegal at school.
[x] Missed school when you weren't sick.
[x] Failed a test.
[x] Made up some lame excuse for homework not being done.
[x] The teacher believed your lame excuse(s).
[x] You like one of your teachers as a friend.
[ ] Crushed on a teacher.
[ ] Hit on a teacher.
[x] Hated a teacher.
[ ] On student council.
[ ] In a club.
[ ] Got a scholarship
[ ] Got an award
[x] Fallen asleep in school.
[x] Gotten in trouble for falling asleep in class. (Well, sort of. She kinda just scolded me for it.)
[x] Had your phone go off in class. (It vibrated, so nobody even noticed or heard it.)
[ ] Had your phone taken away.
[x] Lied to a teacher.
[x] Laughed so hard you cried in class.
[ ] Eaten lunch in the bathroom. (WHOA, dude, not in OUR bathrooms. O.o)
[ ] Like your yearbook picture.
[ ] Missed more than a week of school at once.
[ ] Enjoyed school. (Overall, it sucked.)
[ ] Excited for summer. (I'm obviously taking this kind of late, but I hate this summer.)
[x] Taking summer school.
[ ] Have a summer job.

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