http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Sindae&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Sindae en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:28:46 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/27653473/ http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/27653473/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:54:42 PDT
I suppose an update was in order, given that I last did so in June. Uh, let's see... I did go to see The Ring Cycle and it was pretty damn amazing. Just totally beautiful both musically and visually. It does drag on a bit at times, but definitely worth it overall.

I may be playing D&D again, with a mostly new group, so I'm rather excited about that. It's been close to a year I think since I've had a real campaign. Yay for nerds!

I have intentions of commenting on the stuff I've missed, and hopefully submitting more art (and ones that take more than half an hour, unlike the last two).

]]> ~Sindae http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/25355652/ http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/25355652/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:35:23 PDT

Sorry, I'm excited. I was talking to a friend of mine back in Seattle and somehow we got to talking opera, of which I'm a big fan. I mentioned at some point that I'd always wanted to see The Ring Cycle (aka Der Ring Des Nibelungen) by Richard Wagner, and he said they're performing it at the Seattle Opera in August and there are still tickets for sale. After some squeeing and jumping about, we bought tickets and are going to see it 17th-22nd.

Now, if you don't know, the Seattle Opera is one of the best in the country, and pretty much world renown for their Wagner performances in particular. The opera itself is like 17 hours, and spread over four performances (technically separate operas but one continuous story arc). I'd been to the Seattle Opera a number of times when I lived there, but never managed to see this, partly because it's awfully expensive. I just spent over $1000 dollars on tickets.

If you want to know more about the opera, the Wikipedia article is a good read. In the meantime, I'll be spending the next two months jumping about in anticipation and also pondering what to wear.

]]> ~Sindae http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/25036943/ http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/25036943/ Sat, 30 May 2009 16:58:10 PDT
What's that? Oh, the title. Yes, I was considering doing a series of environmental type paintings, sort of a bad then good depiction. What do you think of that, bad idea, boring, awesome, who cares? I don't even know if I'll stick with it if I attempt it anyway, but it's a thought I suppose.

In other news, I've been playing Jade Empire again. I forgot how good this game was, the combat is so fun and the story is great. If you don't know, it's sort of a wuxia style RPG in a fictional oriental setting heavily reminiscent of early late imperial China. It's not anime based at all. Last time I took the "good" path, this time I'm being evil and wow, there's a lot of options to be a total jerk. Fun!

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And by everyone, I mean the perhaps two people who will bother to respond to this after so much inactivity. I'm hoping to be more active now, though I can't promise I will, and I can't promise I'll try, but I'll try to try.

As you may have noticed, I submitted two things today, the result of endless slaving and hard work... Or maybe a few hours sitting in front of the computer while eating pecan sandies. Still, I'm sure you're amazed by my perseverance.

So, rather than talk about myself, which is certain to be dreadfully boring, how have you been, and what is the most awesome thing you have done since October. Besides, you know, getting to talk to me.

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Hopefully sometime in the not too distant future things will slow down, and I'll be back annoying you again. Anyway, that's about the extent of this journal...

]]> ~Sindae http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/20036048/ http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/20036048/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:30:35 PDT
Anyway, I went to my brother's wedding in Fort Worth Texas, I was the best woman, or whatever you call it. The wedding was ok, but the guy forgot my brother's name...twice!

The new relatives, and the bride, all seem nice. I've never met any of them before, since he's only been with this girl for six months (and they live pretty far away). There was about 40 of them, and only three of my family that came.

The highlight of the trip, though, would have to be the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. They had a fantastic impressionist and post impressionist exhibit there from the Chicago Art Museum. The paintings were simply amazing. Can't really tell you more, but it makes me want to go to Chicago to see their museum, which apparently has even more impressionist stuff.

]]> ~Sindae http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/19551529/ http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/19551529/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:42:44 PDT susanm1981 is forcing me to do this, so...

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Rules of the game
* Choose a singer/band/group.
* Answer using ONLY titles of songs by that singer/band/group.
* Tag 6 more people (let them know they've been tagged).

I chose the Beatles, because they're awesome.

1. Are you male or female?
She's a woman.

2. Describe yourself.
Sexy Sadie.

3. What do people feel when they're around you?
I want to hold your hand.

4. How would you describe your previous relationship?
All you need is love.

5. Describe your current relationship.
We can work it out.

6. Where would you want to be now?
Back in the USSR.

7. How do you feel about love?
You've got to hide your love away.

8. What's your life like?
Think for yourself.

9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish?
Something.

10. Say something wise.
Tomorrow never knows.

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I'm not tagging anyone, but it is fun to do. Especially if you have near encyclopedic knowledge of music. And yes, those are all Beatles songs, even "Something."

]]> ~Sindae http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/19480686/ http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/19480686/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:40:28 PDT
So, I'm taking a few requests, only concepts though, don't ask me to draw specific characters because I find that dreadful. So if there's a landscape you'd like to see or something else, though I can't promise it will be any good if it's not a landscape, just ask. And tell me if you want it realistic or impressionist.

]]> ~Sindae http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/19445131/ http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/19445131/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:54:10 PDT for the sub, and for being a good friend.

Well, I found the headphones for my mp3 player and hooked those up to my computer, so now I have music until my cat eats those too. I found her chewing on my monitor cable this morning.

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I feel like I don't try at all, nothing in my gallery took more than a couple hours to do, some of them less than an hour. I don't say this to brag, just that I wonder what I could achieve if I was able to focus more.

So tell me, do you get what you want to out of your art, and is it worth the time invested?


Oh, and in other news, I've been playing 4th edition D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) lately. It's very fun, I'm the DM, which means I make the game world and run all the characters and the bad guys, while my friends adventure in the world I created. So far I've got about 100 pages written for my campaign, and it's only been out a few weeks.

]]> ~Sindae http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/18428586/ http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/18428586/ Wed, 21 May 2008 10:19:06 PDT [link] It's really fun to play, so I might be wasting most of my free time for the next week or two on this. If you want to come play with me, I'm on the Zug server.

]]> ~Sindae http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/18258668/ http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/18258668/ Sat, 10 May 2008 14:13:49 PDT
Hi! My name is Liz and I'm 25 years old. I just graduated in April with my doctorate in population genetics. I've spent pretty much my whole life in school, and now that I'm finally free I rather miss it. Not that I'll ever stop learning, since I'm employed as a research scientist, but the loss of structure is kind of sad.

Um...other stuff about me...I like books and video games, I have a cat who I adore. I minored in art when I was an undergrad, but I forgot most of that stuff.

I can't really think of anything else to write, as I'm not much for self promotion. Ask me anything you want though.

]]> ~Sindae http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/18173053/ http://Sindae.deviantart.com/journal/18173053/ Sun, 04 May 2008 22:36:28 PDT
I don't really have much to say, except thanks to for giving me a subscription! She's totally awesome. And sexy, can't forget sexy.

Oh, yeah, and I'll be out of town until Friday, so you'll have to live without my forum spamming.

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