http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:StrixMoonwing&section=today deviantART RSS for by:StrixMoonwing en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:00:19 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/28780510/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/28780510/ Sun, 06 Dec 2009 06:12:08 PST
First off, I want to say a sincere apologize to everyone that has been waiting for updates whether it be story or art wise. I've wanted to update, but life has hit a few rough bumps for the last couple monthes. My sister's boyfriend (who's like an older, idiot brother to me) got into a car accident and had to get his left foot cut off, I've had to visit two out of state colleges (One in Savannah and one in Tennessee), I've started feeling out tons of college applications, FINALLY finished my art portfolio, been working on my career project for the last three monthes, and now all I have to do is finish the animation product by Thursday because that's when I have to present it to a panel of judges and give out a speech.

Well, now that the excuses are pooled out, it's time to get myself together and start updating again! Here's a list of upcoming stuff that should be posted in next day or two:

Character sheets for the characters of my Animated short: My animated short stucks and is more like a moving storyboard than an actual cartoon, but I do love the characters in it. There's only four characters- Cat, Feral, Otter, and Dog. The animation is a scene from a story I wroted years ago about why the cat isn't part of the Chinese Zodiac. I might post that up as well.

TFA Warriors Oneshot with Eternalscream: Yes, I'm going to finish that. The only problem is that it's about ten pages longer than I wanted it to be. I have a problem with overwriting. I might just split it into a two-shot thing.

Chapter 15 of TFA Warriors: I'll work on that one after the Eternalscream shot.^^

Just For Tonight (A TDM Duncan and Courtney Duet): I've been into the Total Drama series lately, especially since it's the TDA final (GO TEAM DUNCAN! ), and, as a fan of musicals, I'm really excited about the upcoming Total Drama,the Musical. I know that unless the makers of Total Drama kidnap Elton John, bring him to Canada, and chain him to a desk so that he can write kick ass songs for every episode, the songs are going to be crap. I just know it. I'm hoping that I'm proven wrong, but I believe that I'm not. However, I do want a duet between Courtney and Duncan (even though I believe that Duncan will be voted off pretty early, but he can still come back as an intern or something like Trent and Justin). After watching a special on class Disney animation and watching a preview on the music for "The Princess and the Frog" (which I cannot wait to see!), I literally came up with the idea for a song between the two and some of lyrics while was I trying to get to sleep in the middle of the night. I had to stumble in the dark for a pen and notebook to write it down before I forgot.

Well, that's all for now! Wish me luck on my animation!

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Anyway, anyone else dead-excited about the new movie 9? I've recently seen Ponyoand District 9 (a lot of 9s going around, huh?) , but this is the movie I've been waiting to see since ROTF first priemered. When I first saw the trailer, I fell in love with it instantly. THE MUSIC WAS F-ING AWESOME! Haha, sorry, I love a trailer with good background music to it. It really gets your blood pumping! I just wish it wasn't priemering on Wednesday instead of Monday so that everyone cne can see it on their day off. Oh well, I have a big Calculus test on that day so my mom might let me and sister go after school to see it as a treat.

Okay, so on the topic of updates. Due to schoolwork, I haven't been able to get much done, though today, even though I'm as sick as a dog, I'm going to try and finish chapter 13 of TFA Warriors. I did have half a chapter typed up before I realized that it was total BS and deleted it. Just Brian and August having a weird converation about August's sexuality and japanese songs that his sister gave him. For the insanity of the readers, I cut it out. It was just stalling the story. Anyway, Chapter 13 will feature a mix of both the humans, clan cats, Bloodclan, and Sari. I hope I can get it up to by tonight or tomorrow morning.

Remember my earlier journal entry about me needing to make an animation for my English career project. Well, since I don't have Photoshop and Gimp sucks at animating anything big, I'll probably just create chapter one of a manga I thought of last night. I wasn't going to go with the idea because I wanted my manga or comic to have an original plotline, but while listening to a song *the same song in the listening to thingy* and the idea came to me out of nowhere. It's kind of a based off the Greek story of "Cupid and Psyche" and a parody of the idea of shipping. When I'm done with the TFA Warrior chapter, I'll work on character designs for the story. I just hope when it comes time to present my comic to a panel of adults (probably a couple of teachers, the principal, and maybe a person from the school board) they won't get mad at the yorai and shipping jokes.

And, if that doesn't work, I'll try to spring for a decent animation program at Best Buy.

Anyway, that's all for now. Thanks for reading!

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Since I want to be an animator, I thought that I could make a small animated clip or something, but I have no idea how to do that on Gimp. I've tried looking for tutorials, but they're not really that detailed and they all seemed to focused on little smiley icons. It's cute, but not working for me.

If anyone is willing to maybe direct me in the direction of a good, detailed tutorial that will help me do some animation on Gimp it would be greatly appreciated. If I do good on this project, it might help get an art scholarship which I desperately need at the moment.

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*Note to readers: Math is excellent fuel for flames*

Ahem, anyways, but what I discovered yesterday on Youtube is one thing that really, REALLY grinds my gears.

Now, all you watchers are well aware of my TFA Warriors series, correct? If you don't, then why the hell are you watching me? That's basically all I post up. Shoo, go away all you non-knowers. Back on topic, on youtube, I found this video: [link]

Now, the graphics and music are great, but there's one little, tiny problem....

WHO THE BLOODY HELL GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO USE MY PICTURES WITHOUT EVEN ASKING PERMISSION?! FOR THE LOVE OF DEVIANTS! THE PERSON DIDN'T EVEN PUT A DISCLAIMER OR MENTION MY OWNERSHIP OF THE PICS AND THE SERIES IN THE CREDITS OR COMMENTS! THAT'S STEALING! AND DISRESPECTFUL! YOU DON'T SEE ME COPYING OTHER ARTIST'S PICTURES AND THINKING, "OOOOH, THESE ARE SO NICE! I THINK I'LL MAKE A VIDEO AND CLAIM IT AS MY OWN IDEA"! AAAARRRGGGHHHH!

*takes deep breath* Wow, that felt good letting out. But seriously, whoever you are, I don't appreciate other people that take people's art and idea and don't even give them credit for it. It's disrespectful to artists and writers everywhere. If you had asked, I wouldn't have mind if you did a video as long as you put credit for the pics to me. I've let others use my TFA pictures for videos before.

Anywho, for any fans of the TFA warrior series, like I said, I don't mind if you use my pics for videos or whatever, as long as you ask permission and give credit for the pics.

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......and at this very second, about half of the world is logging off or deleting this journal from their message boxes.

Is the other half of the world still reading? Good! Now back to the ever so important journal of mine!

Let me start by sincerely apologizing for the lack of deviations. As you know from my last journal, I'm into my second week of senior year at my high school and jeez, can you believe it? I already am tearing out chunks of my hair due to my Advance Math and Pre-Calculus class. Dante should have added Calculus class as part of the nine circles of hell; it especially doesn't help that by the time I get to class I'm starving and have to go to the bathroom. (this year I have second lunch so I have to wait until after Calculus for lunch) It's quite uncomfortable having to try to figure out the altitude of an isicoles triangle with a full bladder.

Anyway, like I was saying, I've been busy with schoolwork so I haven't had much time to draw or write much. I can't even go to my Taekwondo class because of the English and Caculus homework I have tonight. I've just made Red belt and I want to get to black belt before the end of the school year. I still have to get to my brown belt before that. My biggest fear is that I won't make it to black belt before I move out of state for college. I love the people in my Taekwondo class even if most of them are younger than me- it'll be weird having to leave them.

Back on topic, I promise I'll get some art done and my TFA Warriors story updated this weekend. I usually do my art on Saturday and write on Sunday. Be on the lookout- I might even have some new song lyrics posted up.

Speaking of pics, I'm hoping to get some Killer Bee pics done soon. I've been trading messages with a fellow Killer Bee fan and she gave me a few ideas. I'm probably going to divide my Killer Bee idea into four alternate storylines. Hehehe, I have a new Wasp/Bee larvae pic planned that some people will like if they enjoyed the cute larvae in "Killer Bee Offspring".

In other news, my twin sister and I have really gotten into the anime series, Ouran High School Host Club. For those not familar, it's a hilarious and romantic anime show based off the still-running manga (which is quite good as well). From an artist fullpoint, the animation and art is marvelous in it- full of great expressions and bright colors. It's a much see....especially since Vic Mignogna and many others of the Fullmetal Alchemist cast voice the characters in it.

Point is, my sister and I have gotten an idea for a series of Ouran High pics and, if I can get the characters looking good enough, I'll post them up. My sister and I thought of it during a trip to the supermarket and were laughing the entire time because of the insanity and stupidity of it. (We also came up with a Fullmetal Alchemist idea, but we'll just see how that one plays out. )

Together, my twin and I usually come up with weird ideas to discuss. After last week's Taekwondo class, on the drive home, my sister and I started to talk about the topic of anime shows being made into live action movies.

Now, before you think or say anything, let my assure you that, when comes to animated shows becoming movies, I always prefer if they stick to keeping it animated. There's a certain beauty and magic that comes with animated films that live-action films just lack. I mean, look at what they did to Dragonball and Speed Racer! Augh! I'm afraid of what The Last Airbender movie will be like. I love the show to death, but I seriously don't agree with the acting choices. Really...THEY GOT A WHITE KATARA AND SOKKA?! Aang's the only one that looks like his character.

Of course, sometimes they can make it work. My sister and I were discussing that an Ouran High School Host Club movie(if they get good actors and plot), might actually work. Though, in my opinion, I don't think they'd do... ]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/26451408/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/26451408/ Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:55:33 PDT
Howwever, to my surprise, one of my friends has decided over the summer that she wants to try to get into Pratts in New York just like me. That's really brightened my day. Both she and I were really nervous about having to go to a different state all by ourselves, but now, if we both make it to Pratts, we'll at least have someone we know. We could even be roommates, which would be great. The both of us are going to work on our portfolios and applications together so that's one thing I have to look forward to.

Anywho, met a lot of old faces and some new ones today at school. Turns out, one of my Taekwondo classmates has finally become a sophomore and moved up to the highschool. That really was a big surprise to turn around and see his face.

My school schedule isn't a bad one this year. I'm actually pretty happy with it because, for the first time ever in school history, I have all my classes with my twin sister. For some odd reason, the school has always put my sister and I in separate classes. I guess they believe that stereotype that all twins are mischievous deviants that spend every second evilly scheming to do a whole switch-a-roo behind a teacher's back. Now where on earth would they get that ridiculous idea from?

Of course, come time for senior prank, we might just decide to live up to the expectation.

Well, back to the topic of classes. For first and second semester, my sister and I's schedule goes as follows:

English IV Honors: Aww, Mrs. West! There is no English teacher I would have ever preferred more than you. Yes, you and your park full of rabit raccoons and irrational fear of birds. As Co-President of the EPIC club and Carrier of the Writer's Stick, I salute you and all your awesomeness! I can't wait for a year of Beowulf, Hamlet, and listening to you lament over your dream of opening a coffee shop.

Family and Consumer Science:......Great....sewing pajama bottoms.....oh well, at least there's cooking. I wanna a cookie. Hope the cookie shop opens soon. There better be three cookies per bag instead of two like last year. That just sucked. If you pay a dollar then there should be three like in sophomore year. Wait...what was I talking about again? *looks up at topic* Oh yeah...that. Uhh...yeah....we learning about families....and consumer...stuff. Kay?.........I really want a cookie.

Advance Math Pre-Calculus: AAAAAAARRRGGHHHHHHHH! IT BURNSSSSS MYYYY FINGERSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! IT'S SO EVIL I CAN'T EVEN TYPE IT! AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! WHY THE HELL DID I EVEN SIGN UP FOR THIS CLASS?! I'M GOING TO ART SCHOOL! WHEN THE HELL WILL I EVER USE THIS STUFF IN REAL LIFE? AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! THE TEACHER EVEN SAID THAT TRIG WAS AN OUTDATED STUDY! AND WHO THE HELL GIVES OUT HOMEWORK ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL? WHY NUMBERS MUST YOU TORTURE ME SO? WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHYYYYYYYYYYY?!!! *bursts into flames and is reduced to a pile of ashes*

Business Computer Applications: Aww, there is no better way to finish off a school day than to just lounge around, typing up easy documents. As the champion typer at my school, this class will be a breeze. In a couple weeks, we'll even be allowed to make a slideshow presentation over anything we want. Haha, last year, a boy in my class made a slideshow over torture devices. I wish I could have seen it. Need to think of a good topic to beat that.

That's my schedule for the first half of the year. After Christmas break, here are my class. I have all but the last one with my sister.

Physic I: Ugh...is this really what a person needs first thing in the morning? I'm going to fall right back to sleep ten minutes into class. Plus, the teacher's a new one and I'm not exactually sure if he'll be able to handle the guys in my class. They just had to fire the old one! Really not looking forward to this class. But, alas, must universities require you take physics so here I stand...

College English 101: Again, I get to spend a semester with good... ]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/26196363/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/26196363/ Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:18:15 PDT

I've had so much fun this weekend and got all sorts of cool stuff.(Luckily, I had been saving up my money for this weekend, but I'll talk about that later.)

Okay, well, the entire thing started on Friday. Since the Hilton hotel (the place where the MechaCon was at) was booked, we had to stay at the hotel across the street. Haha, it was a life or death situation everytime I had to run across the street to get to the Con. Damn traffic was horrible.xDDD The room was pretty nice, though my sister, her boyfriend, and I hardly spent any time in it. My mom had a blast though.

Once we got to the hotel and made it across the street to the Con (without ending up as roadkill), the first thing we did was go to the Dealer's Room. Everything you could ever imagine that was Japanese and anime-related was there. It was so awesome! Lol, I've become addicted to this Japanese candy that's basically marshmallows filled with chocolate. Ohhh, those are so good. I also bought me some cute little ricecakes and this squid-flavored drink. No, I didn't taste it, nor do I have any desire to. My mom just wanted it as a decoration.

At six, the opening ceremony began which included a formal dinner of delicious good ol' southern gumbo. Well we ate, Garry Chalk (voice of many Optimus Primes) place guitar and sang and my sister and I were able to meet a ton a great people at our table.

There was a formal ball that night so before we went, we went to a ball dancing class which the Con had. It was great- we learned how to do the swing and waltz though I kept getting tangled in my dress and tripped and fall on my butt a couple of times. The ball itself was fun even though it was pretty crowded.

The last thing we did on Friday night was go to this special panel presented by Wendy Powell (voice of Envy from FMA) and some other voice actors. It was only for people 18 or older and for good reason. Good god....the stories they told. I'll never be able to listen to Envy without thinking of beer, markers, and porn toys. Trust me, you do not want to know. And even if you do, there's no way I'm repeating it on here. Though I will say that one of the voice actors gave a pretty clear definition on the differences between yaoi and yurei.

On Saturday, we headed to a special panel with David Kaye and Garry Chalk (two very famous Transformers voice actors) called "25 Years of Transformers". I did ask David Kaye about Transformers Animated and if there was going to be any kind of continuation of it.

He didn’t say whether or not the creators are making TFA season 4 into a comic series like the rumors are saying, but he did confirm me that the creators are working on something at the moment, though they’re kind of keeping it hush-hush. Transformers fans, just know that the TFA animators are planning something.

And then there was Vic...

Oh, Vic Mignogna, the Resembool Rangers salute you! Lol, yes, we finally got to meet Vic during his panel. He’s just as cute and funny as ever before. His girlfriend was there as well (she sat in the front row) and it was her birthday so he made all of us sing Happy Birthday to her. (Forgive me, Vic and girlfriend, I already forgot your name. I’m always bad with names!)

Well the panel with Vic was fun. Even though he didn’t say the famous line, we were able to make him say this in his Ed voice:

“From this moment on, Roy Mustang shall forever be known as CAPTAIN MINI-SKIRT!”

Haha, you gotta love him.xDD Oh, and he did mention that they might be getting Fullmetal Alchemist in english soon, but there might be some changes in the voice casting. *cough*Alphonse!*cough*

Yes, puberty does exist even among voice actors.

Next came the autographs!

I got David Kaye, Gary Chalk, and Vic to sign a page in my sketchbook... ]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/26124847/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/26124847/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:17:02 PDT
First off, today, at six PM, I'll be testing for my red belt in Taekwondo. I'm kind of nervous since I'll be testing for two levels and that means that I have to break two boards at once. Since I'm a more powerful kicker (I'm the best kicker in class) I've decided to place my two boards in my running jump side kick. I'll only be using one board for my elbow strike. On Tuesday I was able to break all my boards on my first try (which I need to do in order to go up two levels), but I'm still nervous on whether I'll be able to do it again tonight. Wish me luck on that.

In other news, I'm hoping to make twenty easy bucks tonight as well.

You see, also on Tuesday night, me and my junior Taekwondo teacher were bickering (which we do a lot over random stuff) over the famous J.K. Rowling. You see, he was proclaiming that J.K. Rowling was an athiest which is why lots of Christians and other religious people are angry at her and the Harry Potter series.

Well, of couse, being a big fan of Joe and having read the series about a hundred times, I told him off, saying that J.K. Rowling is NOT an atheist and was indeed a proud Christian that went to the Church of Scotland. (which is a fact)

Of course, him thinking that's 21 and the teacher and I, being only 18 and his student, he thought that he was right. Can you believe it? Well, of course, the two only boys in class backed him up. I put up an argument saying that the books contain many parallels from Christanity, especially in the seventh book, which includes Biblical verses on many of the gravestones and concept of heaven and resurrection, but he waved it all off saying that it was invalid and that he needed solid proof.

Finally, we both agreed on a bet. If I could prove that J.K. Rowling was a Christian then he'd give me 20 bucks and if he could prove that she was an athiest, then I'd have to give him twenty bucks. I agreed.

Of couse, he doesn't know that I don't even HAVE twenty bucks to my name, but that doesn't matter, since I have solid prove that I'm right. I printed out an entire interview with J.K. talking about her religion.

So, HA! TAKE THAT, MR. I KNOW EVERYTHING BECAUSE I'M YOUR TEACHER!

Okay, okay, so maybe I'm taking this too seriously. I can't help it that I hate being wrong.

Well, in other news, today I'm going to start packing for the MechaCon! IT STARTS TOMORROW! WOOT! YAAAYYYYYY!

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Ahem, anyway...My sister and I are coming up with a list of questions that we want to ask them. The main ones I want to ask are....

To David Kaye: "Since Transformers Animated is cancelled, will there be any other Transformers television series on the way?"

To Vic: "When will an English version of the new Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood be made and will you continue doing Ed Elric's voice for it?"

My sister wants to ask David Kaye what's his favorite Transformers ship.

If anybody else wants me, my sister, and her boyfriend to ask them any questions for you, then just say what question in a comment.

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But I'm even more excited because I just found out who's also going to make a guest appearance. Drumroll please? *drumroll*........VIC MIGNOGNA! VOICE OF EDWARD ELRIC! I love him! He's so hilarious, especially with the fans. Wonder if I can make him say the famous line in his Edward voice? ROY MUSTANG IS DEAD SEXY!...IN A MINI SKIRT! *it's a joke between fans of Fullmetal Alchemist. You can check it out on Youtube.xD*

So yeah, the MechaCon is going to rock. I'm just hoping that I can meet up with a couple of my EPIC buddies while I'm there. They've all graduated this year, so this will probably be the last time I see them for a while unless they drop by for a couple of EPIC meetings after school.

Speaking of which, I start school back on August 7 which is in about....shit, only three weeks? Where does time fly? Oh well, I'm kind of glad. This year is going to be my senior year and, even though I'm excited, it's also a pretty nerve-racking experience. The lecture our dick of a principal gave us at the end of last year didn't help. Of couse, he was much nicer than our previous principal, who, in my classes' freshman year, called us all into the gym just to basically tell us that we were basically the dumbest class he'd ever seen at our school. Thanks for the support, you jerk! When it comes time for senior prank, the class of 2010 will remember that fateful day in freshman year!

Ah, it's good going down memory lane.

Despite what my previous dick of a principal said, our class of 2010 is pretty smart. My chemistry Honors class were the best the school's ever had...of course, that means that this year we have to take physics. I am so not looking forward to that. The only good thing is that we saw a glimpse of our new Physics teacher and he looked like a total pushover. He looked as if he just got out of college. He better be ready for the terror my class is.

I believe that I also have drama this year, though I didn't even sign up for it. I wonder if it's possible to have that changed. After what happened in drama class during my sophomore year (which involved a case of sudden stagefright during the schoolwide performance) I'd rather not face that class again.....ever.xD

Probably the most important thing I have to work on this year is my college portfolio. I'm trying to get into either Pratt Institute in New York or Ringing University in Florida. I'm just not sure whether my work is what they're looking for or whether it's good enough. Really, I've seen stuff on Deviantart that make my work look like stick people! I'm good at drawing cartoons, but not at realistic looking stuff. Really, I tried to draw a realistic version of movie Bumblebee and it looked like...well, I won't go into details. (That's my biggest peeve that I can't draw any of the Transformers in their movie styles.xD ) It's just very frustrating thinking about these portfolios and about college.

My dad wants me to go to an in state college because they're cheaper, and, to be honest, that would be the easier choice. I have TOPs, which means I will be able to pay my way through the first couple years of college if it's in state.

However, the easy way isn't always the right way. None of the colleges around here offer much on animation which is the field I want to head to. Out-of-state is the only choice for me, even if it's the hard one. Besides, I always like a good challenge.


Jeez, it felt good to let out all those worries and frustration. I haven't updated my journal in a couple of weeks and thought this will be a good way... ]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/25560607/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/25560607/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:06:03 PDT ) and we'll be there for about a week. I'm not sure if my laptop will be able to get internet there, so I probably won't be submitting any new stuff until about Thursday or Friday. Just a heads up.

Jeez, I hope I don't get sunburn...

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IT....WAS....SO....WORTH...IT.

I loved it! Not sure if I loved it as much as the first one, but it was still epic beyond words. The entire theater was packed with fans and, luckily, I wasn't the only one cheering like a fangirl when the movie started. Time to list the Pros and Cons of the movie!

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First, the Pros....

-The battle scenes were epic, especially the last one in the desert with Bumblebee and that one Decepticon that had kidnapped Sam's parents. (forgive me for being fuzzy on the Decepticon names. It was hard keeping track of all of them.xDDDD )

-Wheelie....oh god....Wheelie. Did anyone not walk out of that theater without thinking, "Oh god, here comes the rise of the Wheelie/Mikela shippers..."? The little guy was pure win.

-Jetfire. He had a cane. Therefore, he wins. Period.

-The whole scene with Bumblebee, Sam, and android girl driving from the party. *plays Jaws theme*

-Every scene with Sam's mom. BROWNIES!

-Optimus Prime. I absolutely loved him in this movie (of course, I loved him in the first one too), but he just kicked so much ass here. The last scene with him standing beside Sam was my favorite. I just loved the moment.

-Skids and Mudflap (the Twins in case I got their names wrong) Wow....those two were definitely something. I was completely blown away by them. They had the entire theater laughing.

-Simmons and Leo- Such an unlikely addition to the team, but, surprisingly, it worked. I loved their funny moments together, especially Leo getting shocked and Simmons having to drag him away.


And now the Cons....

-Not enough focus on the original Autobot team. I understand that Bays wanted to bring in tons more Autobots and Decepticons, but we never really got to see much with the team from the first movie and how they're settling in to Earth. Even Bumblebee hardly got any significant parts and his moments were usually upstaged by the Twins. Hopefully, if there is a third movie, I hope that they focus more on each individual robot from the original team.

-Meh...for some reason, I didn't like the Fallen too much. I liked Megatron better in the first movie.

-The Avatar trailer. What the slag? IT'S THE SUPERBOWL ALL OVER AGAIN! Couldn't they have least shown Sokka, Zuko, and Katara?


Anywho, Cons set aside, it was a great movie.

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/24885882/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/24885882/ Fri, 22 May 2009 06:25:05 PDT GO CLASS OF 2010! Hear that world of careers? I am now one step closer to becoming an official cartoonist/animator!

Bumblebee/every cartoon I have ever made fanart far:.....NOOOOOOOOOO!!!-starts to scream in horror and panic-

....okay....anyways....

I'm so glad that school is finally over. No more workloads or pointless projects until August 7! However, in no way am I going to be a lazy couch potatoe over the summer.(much...) I have a lot of plans and goals set this summer that I want to work on. This includes the following:....

-Work on a college portfolio. I looked up what I needed to enlist in Pratts and I need to make a portfolio of a couple of written pieces and some artwork. It recommends not using fanart. (looks at gallery)...Damn it. I think I can just change the fur color on most of my TFA warrior pics to make it work, but I'll try and work on some more original pieces.

-Get me a job at Blockbusters. I'm going to work on an application on that day and if that doesn't work, I'll get one for the local RAve theater. I flat out refuse to work at fast food. The very thought makes me want to throw myself out of the nearest two story building.

-Become a somewhat decent driver. ........Okay, I suck at driving. I think I might have a small phobia or something. At least I now live in a better location for practice driving. I'm hoping to get my license by the end of summer. Until then, stay off the road while I practice.

-Get my book published. During freshman year, I entered a story-writing competition at my school and spent two monthes writing an awesome story about why the cat isn't part of the Chinese Zodiac (there is a real legend behind it and I just expanded it). Unfortunately, when I went to turn it in, my teacher told me that it was only supposed to two pages. THANKS FOR TELLING ME THAT TWO MONTHES AGO! Yeah, I still carry a grudge over that teacher. Hopefully this will make it better.

-Think of ways to improve the EPIC club for next year. Since I'm now the president of my school's creative writing club, me and my co-president are trying think of ways how to improve it. We didn't get much done this year because our president wasn't that organized and we weren't able to get in contact with one another. Hopefully, my partner and I can make it different this year.

-Raise money for 2010 Europe trip. Damn it, I have to work on those garage sell signs....

-Paint my Creative Writing teacher's classroom. WE'RE PAINTING IT YELLOW!

-Be the first one in line to see the midnigiht showing of TRansformers: Revenge of the Fallen. I'll fight anyone that gets in my way.

-Get my brown or black belt in Taekwondo. Schoolwork has totally messed up my practice nights for Taekwondo. Now that it's over, I can get back on track.

-Go the MechaCon. Yum, smexy David Kaye.

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Sorry, but it's true. At least in my opinion.

Anywho, the new episode was just plain full of epic awesomeness. I almost screamed out in frustration when the episode was over. List of things I loved....

-Bumblebee 'volunteering' for the scout mission. Lol, poor guy always gets singled out for the dangerous stuff. "WHY IS EVERYONE ALWAYS STARING AT ME?!"

-Arcee going into teacher-mode. This just raises the question on whether Cybertronians really do start out "children" when their protoforms comes to life and they grow overtime into their full models. I dunno, it just seems weird to image Arcee teaching a class full of Optimus-sized protoforms. I had imagined that they would start off small like Sari's protoform was. Anyway, I thought it was cute that she was talking like a teacher to the Decepticreeps.

-Bumblebee and Arcee meeting. Okay, the shipper inside me squealed at the possibility of Bee/Arcee. My sister and I had wanted Bee and Arcee to get together in the Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen movie, but thanks to that ass-hole Bay, it's not going to happen. (I love his movies, but honestly, did he have to crush our hopes with that interview? Let the shippers dream!xD ) I'm more Sari/Bee for TFA, but Bee meeting Arcee was a nice scene. It was sweet that he mentioned that Ratchet always talked about her.

-Optimus/Prowl's background story. Sentinel, you are a piece of shit, you know that? Finally, Optimus gets his history told! And it was nice to see how Prowl got on the team. Hehe, Bee and Bulky discovering him was hilarious.

-Optimus's whole flying experience. Oh Opty, you're killing me. This season has made Optimus shine so much. He has the best comedy parts.

-Lugnut/Shockwave catfight. Jealous much, Luggy?

And now, things I hated...

-No Shocky and Bee battle. (crosses fingers, hoping for one in next episode)

-Cliffhanger....AHHHHHHHH, THE SUSPENSE IS GOING TO KILL ME!

Anywho, this episode gets five stars.

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/24780750/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/24780750/ Sat, 16 May 2009 04:02:40 PDT
I send a sincere apology to all those waiting for any requests or just an update in my pics or stories. Despite there only being a few days left of school, the teachers have not loosened the workload at all. I have to finish a graphic novel, a letter, a short story, and a poem for Creative Writing by Tuesday; complete a Final exam study guide and Character Box thingy for English III due on Monday; and practically reread the entire Chemistry text book and work on the Final Exam study Guide for Chemistry. I'M GOING TO REDUCED INTO A PILE OF EXPLODED PARTS LIKE WASPINATOR BY THE TIME THIS WEEKEND IS OVER!

Anywhoo, I assure you that I have many pics waiting to be colored and by next weekend, I'll be starting to get them up. Again, only if I haven't been crushed by the work overload.

On a better note....NEW TRANSFORMERS EPISODE IN ONE HOUR! WOOT!

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Again, I'm grateful to anyone for all the support you have given me. YOU GUYS ROCK!

On another note, my family's moving to our new house this weekend. I GET A BIGGER ROOM!....AND THE COMPUTERS GO IN MY ROOM! SWEET! I'm like the only one that actually uses them, but still...YAY ME!

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....Hehe, I wanna snowcone now.

Anywhoo, Decepticon Air was a pretty great episodes despite Sentinel being Sentinel. Optimus really shined in showing off his leadership skills even enough for Sentinel to salute him in the end. Sari's performance in the episode has added evidences to my theory that Sari might have inherited some of the Key's abilities when she upgraded herself. Now we just need someone to get mortally wounded so I can finalize that theory.

Lol, Swindle won my heart in this episode. All his lines were pure gold. Optimus coming out of his compartment is sooooooo getting made into a joke pic. WATCH OUT SWINDLE! I'M COMING AFTER YOU LIKE I DID WITH BLURR AND BEE!

Swindle: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blurr/Bee: YES! Now she'll ignore us!

Yes, Cybertron is so, so screwed.

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Main reason why it was busy? Well, my dad came over for the weekend since my twin's and I's 18th birthday is on Monday (aka, tomorrow). We don't get to see him very much so much of our weekend revolved around spending time with him. On Friday my school got out for 4-H day, though I had to stay for a couple of hours to help work to make spending money for my Europe trip next summer. Then on Saturday, I had to work at the Arts Festival at my school for like six hours. Half of that was spent standing on the side of the road, dressed up as a cowgirl, waving a sign to advertise the Western-style play our school's drama class is performing. Talk about embarrassing. Some of those drivers just piss me off....seriously. If you're going to slow down and honk then at least stop and buy a damn ticket! TAKE PITY ON THE COWGIRL! After an hour of not selling a single play ticket, I got my sister's boyfriend to come help. We winded up just thinking of dumb things to yell at speeding cars (they can't hear us.xD ) and insane ways of selling the tickets; this including me yelling that if you buy a ticket then you can win a date with this handsome fella aka my sister's boyfriend (my sister wasn't there, thank goodness. ) and having my sis's boyfriend stand in begging position while holding the sign and making a sad puppy-dog face at people.

As you can guess, none of them worked. Zero tickets sold.

Then the last part of my work shift was spent selling nachos (not in a cowgirl dress). Luckily, our school had a band playing so I wasn't bored. The band's called "Leaving Brightside" and they're actually pretty good. All of the members came from around my school area and they actually have CD out and have been touring around some of the states.

Anywho, after that, my dad took us to see "17 Again" which was pretty hilarious if not a little creepy at some parts. Then dad took us to get some birthday presents. I got me a new printer (I named him Shockwave) and an Itouch. My sis bought some clothes and a belly-button ring. (Yes, I'm more of the geek of the two.xDDD ) Then we went lasertaging which was really fun. You get really into the game when there's a bunch of people playing. I didn't know half the people on my team but I winded up leading them through a lot of the course. We still lost but it was great.

After that, dad took us home and I was finally able to watch the new episode of TFA. All I can say is that Optimus is truly the one and only Guitar Hero.

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Lol, my twin and I were laughing our heads off at this. It seems that Autobots can actually cry. My gosh, Sam you dumb-ass jerk! YOU MADE POOR BUMBLEBEE CRY! ASSHOLE! I'm guessing there's a wedding or something in the movie? I dunno what Mikela's deal was in the preview.xD Ooooh, loved all the action shots. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE MOVIE COMES OUT!

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Anywhoo, well, today I'm going to try and wrap all the four portfolios I have left to do. After that, I just need to worry about getting a new printer so I can print them out. My current printer/scanner(which I called Longarm) is busted. Longarm's scanner works, but his printer is broken. Yes, I name my computer devices. Some people name their cars (which I will probably do once I get a car) so I name my computer devices. They've all developed some sort of personality over the years. My laptop I call Nith Microshock and my old, ancient computer I call Snoozer Primer. Why? Because it has a habit of turning off on me when I use it. Okay, back to my Longarm printer problem. I'm probably just going to ask my dad for a new one for my birthday next week. I'll name that one "Shockwave".

In other news, reason why there wasn't any new pics up yesterday was because I was gone most of the day selling homemade cupcakes at a baseball tournament to help raise money for my nephew's team so they can go see the Baseball World Series or something like that. It's a big trip and they need help getting money. When I got home, I tried to finish a TFA Warrior's pic, but my laptop froze and I didn't feel like starting over when I restarted the computer. I'll try to get something up today.

Well, I saw "Human Errors pt1" yesterday! RETURN OF SARI! HECK YEAH! Heheh, I loved Optimus' and Bee's human forms. I swear, when I went to South Eastern College to take a test, I saw a guy that looked EXACTLY like Bumblebee's human form! All that was missing was the hat! He was dressed almost exactly alike in yellow and black! And he was African American as well. Even then, I couldn't help but stare at him in dumb-founded amazement because (even though Human Errors hadn't aired yet at that time) I still found him very similar to Bumblebee. So strange. Back to the episode! Eck, I didn't really like Bulkhead's human form mainly just because of the clothes. Prowl playing with the baby was adorable....just adorable. Both my twin (yes, she's finally watching the new episodes by her own choice now. ) and I were gaping in our seats throughout the entire thing. Oooh, I love the cliffhanger! Sari vs Evil Autobots! CAN'T WAIT! I had a dream last night that Bumblebee would be the first to be reprogrammed and he and Sari were battling....I remember what happened next. Oh well.

Speaking of Transformers, I finally got my mom to watch the Transformers movie with me for our usual Friday Movie Night (It's my job to pick the movies.). She wanted to see why I liked it so much. Now, she usually doesn't watch action/sci-fi/aliens movies, but she told me she loved it when it was over. She thought it would be like other "aliens trying to take over the planet" movies, but she loved all the humor and drama added in as well as the Autobots. She agreed with me that Bumblebee is totally awesome, but she liked Optimus the best. I sorta thought she would. Oh yeah, I'm going to make Transformer lovers out of my family yet.

Well, to wrap the rest of this journal up...ONLY EIGHT MORE DAYS UNTIL MY B-DAY! April 27th! Going to be eighteen! HECK YEAH!

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"List 20 songs in iTunes/Winamp/whatever you use, put it on shuffle and put "in my pants" at the end of the title!"

Weird, but here we go!

1.The Song That Goes LIke This in my pants. (XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD)
2.Apologize in my pants
3.Time of Dying in my pants (Jeez, that horrid way to go...)
4.Get Buck in here in my pants 0____o
5.Whatever You Imagine in my pants (.........okay, don't want to know)
6.On the Other Hand in my pants
7.What I'd say in my pants (Nothing good, my friends...nothing good)
8.Letter to Me in my pants
9.Graduation in my pants (Yeah, totally.XD)
10.Get Outta my way in my pants! (This is actually one of the more logical ones.XD)
11.Away from the sun in my pants (Place where the sun don't shine.xDDD)
12. Lord of the Rings- Two Towers in my Pants (...........wha?)
13.Heaven in my pants (xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD)
14.Main Titles in my pants.
15.Bubbly in my pants (Ew...)
16.Hypocrite in my pants
17.Songs about the Rain in my pants
18.Everybody in my pants (Heck no!xD)
19.As if in my pants (Well, this could actually make sense if used correctly.xDDD)
20.Set if off in my pants! *explodes*

Who to tag? I TAG EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO HAVE A GO AT IT!

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I won't be able to post up any pics while I'm there.

First off, she has no scanner (at least, I don't think. She's a teacher so she might, I don't know if it will work on my laptop).

Secondly, the internet doesn't work on my laptop while at her house and though I could use her laptop, her laptop is the Anti-Blurr. It takes FOREVER to load up anything or change web pages. I can still work on my portfolios (damn it...), but that's about it.

So, yeeeeahhh, I'll probably have to wait to Friday to upload anymore new pics. Sorry guys.

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/24222039/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/24222039/ Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:37:37 PDT [link]

The above link is a interview with Derrik Wyatt from the TFA production crew. Everyone is well aware of the rumors spreading around that this is the last season of Transformers Animated, but based off his answers in the interview, there seems to be a lot of dropped hints that this might not be the last season. For example:

Interviewer: Will we ever hear Wheeljack speak? Or see his alt mode?

Derrick: Not in season three.

Another question was whether Botanica (I think from Beast Wars) would be appearing, and he answered that he wanted her to be part of the council in Season 4.

Note that this is a very recent interview so...yeah....KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED, BEE-YOTCHES! TFA SHALL LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....For a least one more season....hopefully.........................SSSSSLLLLLLLLLAAAAAGGGGGG YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT:

Also....GOT A FIVE MINUTE PREVIEW OF HUMAN ERROR!

Linky MacLinkishson: [link]

Hahahaha, Bee's human appearance took me by surprise. Though it was a pleasant one. A big LOL for Prowl being merry and RETURN OF SARI! Something tells me all the Bee/Sari shippers are going to love this episode as well as its second part.

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Yeah, the list goes on and on. I have to admit, the drama has been pretty amusing to watch. (sorry all my Senior friends, but it's true.) I'll probably be going through the same late-minute panic as well.

Well, I'm proud to say that I've finally found my dream college- the college that has every thing I need to become a cartoonist, animator, and more!

PRATT INSTITUION, BABY!

I got a letter from them earlier this week and I've started to look for scholarships to help me get into it. It's one of the best art school in the country and plus....IT'S IN NEW YORK CITY! I've always wanted to spend time in the Big Apple. Oh, and the school colors are yellow and black (The Bumblebee fan within me squeals with pleasure...xD). Also, (according to Wikipedia) it's home to a large number of cats known as "the Pratt cats". I'm hoping that this is a sign that they allow pets in the dorms. It'll be good if I was able to take along my pet cat, Panda, with me since, odds are that my twin won't be going along with me. This will be the first time my twin and I will be separated. She doesn't know what college she wants to go to yet, but I'm guessing it'll be one close to home and to her boyfriend.

Anywhoo, I'm going to call Pratt on Monday and get some program and school info and maybe try to organize a summer trip up to New York for a tour of Pratt. Well, back to the portfolio business!

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/24095878/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/24095878/ Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:06:21 PDT
1. Prologue
2. What's in a Name? (finished)
3. In Other Words (finished)
4. Look Who I Look Up To (finished)
5. Room Sweet Room (finished)
6. The Ultimate All-Purpose Excuse (finished)
7. Are You Hungry? (finished)
8. Telling Tales (finished)
9. Flashback (finished)
10. Remembrance of Things Present(finished)
11. My Own Lists of Lists (finished)
12. A Day In the Life (Almost done)
13. Lessons I learned After It Was Too Late
14. Free Choice Assignment (finished)
15. Epilogue

(stares at the large number of assignments remaining and whimpers) Most of them aren't that bad. The Ultimate All-Purpose Excuse was actually pretty fun. You have to write down your ultimate excuse for being late. Mine was a hilarious comedy of me teaming up with Bumblebee from the Transformers movie and the Jigsaw puppet from Saw to go on a mission to search and destroy Edward Cullen from Twilight so that New Moon wouldn't beat their movies in the box office. If you guys are interested in reading it, I'll post it up.

Anywhoo, as I was saying, until I get caught up on all these portfolios, I'm going to be slow on updating my usual stuff so please be patient. I might post up some artwork that I'm putting into my portfolio (mainly, scenes from the Ultimate Excuse and its sequel, A Day in the Life Of).

Also, I have an essay that I have to write for a contest that's due soon. Need to start working on that. (The workload just keeps piling up...)

But, there is a glimmer of hope! Spring Break is next week! I'll try to divide my time between working on schoolwork and updating my art and stories.

Oh, and my 18th birthday is on the 27th! Yaaaaaaaayyyyy! Goal for that? Try to actually become a decent driver and get my license. Seriously, I'm the worst driver ever. Even Decepticons would fear me behind the wheel of a car.

Well, that's it for this journal. Long story short, I'm going to be as busy as a bee for this month.

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If anyone is interested, PROM NIGHT WAS FREAKIN' AWESOME! Here's a little summary of how the entire day wents because, as you well know, getting ready for Prom (at least for girls) is an all day activity. I kid you not.

Saturday morning was the only free time I had that day and I spent that faithfully watching the new Transformers Animated episodes. Yes, not even on Prom will I forget Transformers. More on that later. After that, my sister, mom, and I went to a friend's to get our hair done. My sister, with her glorious mane of golden-brown locks,had it curled and put into an elegant ponytail-thingy. And me? I basically chopped all of my hair off.xD I liked the short-hair look. Hopefully, now people at school will be able to tell us apart now.

After that we went to eat lunch and then headed off to our grandmother's house to get dress and take pictures. Bumblebee was on my mind when I picked out my dress the month before. The dress I wore was a bright, Bumblebee-like yellow. As I said before, Transformers was never far from my mind. Everyone said that yellow fit me perfectly, though my sister's date said that I looked like a sunflower. My twin got, what I affectionately call "the big, red Moswco Circus dress". The Jet twins would be proud. I swear, it's so big and puffy, you can fit an entire circus there! I know, because I had to help her put it on! She looked lovely in it, but she didn't really appreciate the name. Oh well.

Next came pictures. Ugh, if there ever was a perfect torture....

Luckily, since I'm happily single, I didn't have to do couple pictures. I only took a few with my sister and then relaxed with my Ipod while my twin took pictures with her date.

Then it was time to actually head off to the Prom. My sister's date, (who I shall call Cor for the rest of the journal because I do not feel like retyping 'sister's date' for a hundred more times) was in charge of driving us in his truck. It was a tight squeeze, but we made it.

The prom was at the same building that we had our homecoming at, but this time, our school actually took time to decorate it for the theme "Enchanted Evening". I found it odd that like, every one of our teacher were there the moment we walked into the door. I was showered with compliments about my new hair and the yellow dress. (Bumblebee never fails....) While my twin and Cor when to go do whatever the hell that couples do, I abandoned my high heels and went onto the dance floor.

Yes, unlike about 98 percent of the student body at my school, I actually dance as school dances.

The other one percent is this girl named Aimee, another single deva who became my dance partner for the entire evening. I had never met her before, but when you're the only two dancing in the entire building, then you instantly bond.

Yeah, she and I were the dancing queens of the Prom. I love dancing and I usually don't have a partner because my twin hates dancing so I usually have to drag her ass onto the dance floor. But once I had a partner, we're were as unstoppable a duo as Bumblebee and Bulkhead.

I think we got our own page in the yearbook for our dancing during the song "All the Single Ladies!" But I think we made the principal (a Sentinel Prime wannabe) a little pissed when we danced to "Baby, got back". The rest of the teachers and students loved it.

When all the dancing was done and the king and queen were crowned, my crew headed off to the bowling alley to spend the rest of the next (to about 2 AM in the morning) bowling the night away.

Highlights of the Evening:

-New shortized hair
-Got to wear my cute Bumblebee-yellow dress
-Got a love confession (The feeling wasn't mutual. Jeez, I hardly even knew the guy, but still, it was kind of cool to hear that I do not scare all guys away... ]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/23869001/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/23869001/ Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:43:40 PDT
....IT'S AWESOME!

....And kind of creepy......

BUT STILL AWESOME!

.....Don't like Jetstorm's and Jetfire's voices......

BUT STILL F-ING AWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSOOOOOOMMMMMEEEEEE!

It's up on Youtube right now. Don't know how it got leaked, but it's there and it's no Rick Roll! Not going to post any spoilers. If ya wanna see it and would like to discuss it, just leave a comment or something.

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.....HE REALLY IS INVINCIBLE! HE LIVES! HE LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!! HIS SPARKS STILL SHINES!

.....at least somewhat. Not really sure. Opinions and ideas welcomed.

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First of all, SHOCKWAVE, YOU F-ING BASTARD! YOU KILLED BLURR! I HATE YOU! I HAAAATTTEEEE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SCREW YOU! GO TO HELL YOU ONE-EYED CYLONES! YOU ARE SO GETTING MORE PICS OF WASP AND BUMBLEBEE KICKING YOUR ASS! I WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU A STINGER THROUGH THE EYE, BUT OOOOOH NO, I'LL RIP YOUR SPARK RIGHT FROM YOU CHEST SLAGGER! YOU ARE DEAD, YOU WHINY LITTLE BITCH! Oh, and all those times I said that you were a cool villian? I WAS LYING SLAGGER!

-takes deep breath- Okay, I feel better now. Transwarp was definitely worth the wait! Everything about it (well, almost everything) was awesome! Lol, am I the only one that thought Perceptor's voice was horrible?xD It sounded like that disabled professor guy on Family Guy.

Oh my gosh, Sari stabbing Bumblebee was the most climaxtic part in the entire series. I literally stopped breathing. Heheh, you all know what teenager Sari means, right?

Teenager Sari + Teen bot Bumblebee = Lots and lots of shipping

Even a math failure like me can figure that out.

But honestly, you want to know what the best part of the episode was?

.....Optimus saying 'newb'. That wins, hands down.

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/23607568/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/23607568/ Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:25:22 PDT I've never been to any sort of comic/anime convention before so I'm really excited to finally be am to attend one.

First one is the LouisiANIME convention and it's taking place May 8-10. It's mostly going to be focused on different animes and Japanese culture in general. I'm so excited! VIC MIGNOGNA IS GOING TO BE THERE! I'll be able to hear his smexy Edward Elric voice! I CAN DIE HAPPY NOW!

On July 24-26, I'm off to the MechaCon....WITH DAVID KAYE MAKING A GUEST APPEARANCE! The voice actor of Optimus Prime...... My happiness had no end!

Anywho, drop a comment if any of you are going to those two cons! They're going to be a blast!

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/23318937/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/23318937/ Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:44:03 PST ) Now, normally, I'd be posting up about five new pics on a four day weekend, but, unfortunately, I have a Creative Writing project to work on that will take up most of my drawing time.

I'm actually very excited to work on it. My class has to create our own graphic novels (not really novels, more like something that's ten panels long). I'm making one that shows the first scene of my story, "Snorri and the Yule Cat". (Yes, I'm still drawing cats, just not TFA cats. ) It has humans in it too, I swear.xD I'll post it up when I'm done and I might even continue it if you guys like it.

During breaks, I'll try to squeeze in some typing time to work on the next chapter of TFA Warriors. I'm not going to completely leave out some TFA in my weekend. If I finish my comic early then I'll try to color and post up a quick TFA pic.^^

Anywhoo, Happy Mardi Gras everyone!

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Ahem, instead, Zuko shall be played by Dev Patel who is well-known for being in the teen series, "Skins" and in the movie "Slumdog Millionaire". I'm kind of neutral on whether I'm for him or not since I haven't really seen any of his acting. Hopefully, he'll live up to the badass-ness that is Prince Zuko. He won a Taekwondo Championship so that alone gives him props in my book.

Anywhoo, hope you guys enjoy this new tidbit of information.

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/22936021/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/22936021/ Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:26:38 PST
FINALLY!

I mean, jeez, what the slag? I've been going to the movies for MONTHES just to see the previews and see if I could see a Transformers movie trailer! And now, just five months before it comes out, they're going to start showing it! Oh well, go watch it. Even if you hate football with a passion (like I do), go suck it up and see it. Even though I don't like football (I don't mean soccer), I have to admit that the Super Bowl shows great and amusing commercials.

BTW: My all-time favorite Superbowl commercial is the cat herding one. I tried putting up a link but it won't work. If you want to see, just go to Youtube and search for "cat herding commercial".



]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/22907580/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/22907580/ Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:56:49 PST

It's going to be great! June 3 of 2010, my friends and I are going to fly and spend the night at New York City and then we're off for twelve COMPLETELY SLAGGIN' AWESOME days in London and Paris! I JUST WANT TO SCREAM! I've never left the US before and my twin and I will be the first ones of our family to ever go to Europe! Once again, let me say this........

THIS IS SO FRICKIN' AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/22667634/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/22667634/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:19:52 PST

It's a video mainly about Bumblebee, Optimus, and Sari and the problems they're going through at the moment and it uses the song "If Only" by Fiction Plane. Hope you guys enjoy it!^^

Here's the link: [link]

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/22615877/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/22615877/ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:20:46 PST SARI'S BUZZING BUMBLEBEE FACTS!

Yeah, the idea has been buzzing around in my head for the last couple of days. It's basically just a new series of pics that involve Sari trying to teach Bumblebee about the cute, winged insects that he was named after. However, if you know as much as I do about the mythology, life, and behavior of bees, then you would know that some lessons are better left unlearned...especially by Bumblebee.

Expect the first pic of the series to be up probably next week.

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/22458176/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/22458176/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:16:26 PST
-shakes head in annoyance- However, today someone has seriously started to get on my nerves. This one person (again, you know who you are) kept commenting on my pic "A Peaceful Night" multiple times, only stating, I quote "get rid sari". Nice grammar.

Now, when I saw this, I sent a polite reply stating that I respect that she/he might not like Sari, but I do and I'm not getting rid of her in my pic because she's part of the team. Instead of letting it go, I got multiple more comments from the same person, none of them commenting my picture at all except to say "get rid Sari". Very mature.

Listen, I thank you for favoriting my pics, but if you're going to leave a comment, leave one that actually says something about my pic, not one that merely shows how much you hate a character. Sari is personally one of my favorite characters and that's the reason I put her in my pics. If you can't respect that then don't leave a comment. I don't go around posting comments about how much I hate the characters in people's pics. You have to respect an artist's decision and appreciate it for what it is. That's what being a good art lover is all about.

I thank you for reading and hope that you will actually listen and consider my words.

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/22360695/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/22360695/ Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:56:25 PST . Here's the rules....

1. Post these rules.
2. Each person tagged must put 8 random facts about themselves.
3. Tagged ones should write a journal about these facts.
4. At the end of the post tag 8 more deviants
5. Go to their page telling them they're tagged.
6. No tagging back


Okay, here's the 8 random facts about myself.....

1) I come up with ideas by rocking really fast in a rocking chair or pacing back and forth all while listening to an Ipod.
2) My favorite snack is a glass of milk and nestle Crunch bars.
3) My favorite characters in shows are usually the funny, underdog guys. (like Bumblebee and Beast Boy.xD)
4) I get obsessed with weird stuff way too easily.xDDDD
5) I love animated shows/movies and always will.
6) I'm a current purple-belt in Taekwondo.
7) I love singing out loud when I'm alone in the house.
8) For some odd reason, I hate Edward Cullen and Bella Swan with a deep passion.

Now to choose the victims!










]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/22257895/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/22257895/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:56:13 PST I'll try and write a character list when I get a decent amount of warriors for each clan figured out. Enjoy the story!^^

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-takes breath and calms down- Okay, had to get that out.xD Ahem, the reason I'm excited is because I live in one of the southern states where it doesn't snow AT ALL. Never in all the years I've lived down here have I seen snow covering the ground. I lived in Missouri for a short time and loved the snow, especially at Christmas time. But since I moved back here, I haven't had a white Christmas since.....

BUT TODAY IT SNOWED! IT COVERED THE GROUND! IT COVERED THE TREES! THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS SNOW WHITE! WE HAD A REAL LIFE SNOWDAY! WE HAD A SNOWBALL WAR WITH THE NEIGHBORS!IT WAS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/21843486/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/21843486/ Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:15:46 PST

Now, normally, I don't ever remember anything about what I dream about, but these have been crystal clear and while some were just plain-ass weird, some were pretty cool and I might make a fanfic about them if you guys are interested.

Okay, on Monday I had a dream about the future Bumblebee (or Goldbug) going into the past in order to capture Barricade (who looks really, really cool animated.xDD) who's stolen one of Wheeljack's time machines in order to go back in time under Megatron's orders to make sure that he gets the Allspark in the first place, but a mistake happens and both Barricade and future Bumblebee land in the present time. Future Bumblebee is found by the Autobots and Sari, but they're disappointed to find that future Bumblebee is not at all like the present Bumblebee. (In short words, he's a complete jerk who's only focused on finding Barricade). However, his soft sides comes out when Sari almost gets killed by Barricade and he has to safe her. When Sari's safe, future BBB yells at his past self about not being fast enough to protect Sari and Ratchet finally realizes why the future BBB is so bitter- Sari isn't alive anymore. Future BBB explains to Optimus and Ratchet that in the future, Sari is killed by Barricade because BBB couldn't make it in time to save her and that's why he's so focused on capturing Barricade. In order to save typing space, the dreams ends with Future BBB having an awesome battle with Barricade and he finally is able to forgive himself when he sees his past self use all of his speed and power to save Sari during the battle. Finally, when Barricade is captured and Future BBB is ready to return home, he gives his past self one last word of advice about protecting Sari and present BBB vows to always protect her. It ends with Future BBB arriving home and seeing, to his complete surprise, that present BBB had kept his word after all.... Man, I am such a sap.xDDDDD But this dream had me in a good mood all Monday morning.xDD

Tuesday's dream was another time-travel dream like on MOnday, but this time Bumblebee and Sari are sparkmates (but don't tell the present Autobots, though Prowls has his suspicions throughout the episode) and they're chasing after a Con that had stolen something very valuable from the future (which is revealed to be something called a life cube which is like an Autobot in curled up baby-mode that scans its parents when ready to be born). The teams finds out that future Bumblebee and Sari are sparkmates when the life cube scans them and transforms into a sparkling version of Cheetor. (Messed up, I know, but my brain has weird logic while I'm asleep.xDDDDDDD) The future BBB and Sari erase the memories of their past selves before they leave so that they don't remember a thing, even though the rest of the team do and decide that it's best that they don't know.xDDD

Wednesday's dream was really, really cool. It involved Wasp kidnapping Sari and the rest of Bumblebee's team and when Bumblebee arrives to save them, he tells Wasp the truth about the entire thing and askes Wasp to let the rest of his team and Sari go because the situation didn't involve them at all and was only between him and Wasp. Wasp (who's being all evil and insane) tells BBB that he plans on having revenge on Bumblebee but letting him feel all the pain that WAsp had to feel when BBB destroyed all his dreams and took his life away, not by killing him, but by destroying all of his friends and letting him feel how horrible it is to having everything dear taken away from you by someone. Wasp says he'll start by killing Sari, but Bumblebee attacks him before he can even lay a hand on her. Bumblebee says that he doesn't want to fight him, but he will if means protecting his team and Sari. Then this leads to a climaxic fight that's too cool and awesome to even type into words. If only I was able to animated the fight from my mind!xDDD Both Bumblebee and Wasp kicked-ass in it!xDD It ends with Bumblebee winning and freeing his friends, but Wasp escapes, but not without leaving Bumblebee a warning that he will be watching and that Bumble-bot better watch out because there will come a time when Bumble-bot will be all alone...with no places to hide...no team to protect you....no key to heal you...and when that time comes, Wasp will be there to make sure Bumble-bot go offline for good once...and for all. MAN, THIS DREAM WAS SO AWESOME!xDD

Thursday's dream was a favo... ]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/21661513/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/21661513/ Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:15:23 PST _<

Ahem....aaaaaanyway....

Since I've had an account on Youtube and Livevideo for about two years(and mostly just watch and favorite videos on there.xDD) I've decided that since I have a ton of video ideas and want to go into film as a future career, I should start practicing now by making some videos of my favorite shows like TFA, Avatar, TT, ect. Simple right? Except that I have one tiny little problem....

...hehe, I have no idea where to download any episodes or clips.

So that's kind of where I need the serious help.

If any one here has made Youtube videos before and knows a reliable site where I can download episodes of shows like TFA, Teen Titans, DP, Avatar free without viruses then could you point in that direction? Your help would greatly be appreciated.

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/16162996/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/16162996/ Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:31:32 PST
As usual, I was making me some waffles for breakfast and when I had just poured myself a glass of milk suddenly, of all things, a mouse....that's right A MOUSE....suddenly came running (more like leaping) across the counter in front of me. I screamed of course, (out of surprise, not fear. I LOVE MICE! ) and my mom and her friend came running into the kitchen to see what was wrong.

I told them about the mouse and showed them where it was. It tail was sticking out from behind the napkins so it was easy to find. We were about to try to catch it when it suddenly leaped away from its hiding spot and made a majestic jump into the air.........

.....right into my glass of milk.xDDD

Milk splattered everywhere, including on myself as well as my mom and her friend. Before we could blink an eye, the milk-covered mouse went running back behind the freezer.

Never had me, my mom, and her friend laughed so hard in our entire lives. Really! Have you ever heard a mouse leaping into a glass of milk?!xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD It was so cute!

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/15649173/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/15649173/ Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:52:39 PST
..............................SKIPPER SOKKA! Lol, I'm getting way to amused by this for my own good.xDDDD

Ahem, anyway, I got Sokka, Katara(otter), Aang(flying squirrel), and Toph(mole) down, but I'm having some trouble with the rest of the characters. Let me know what kind of Redwall creature you think a character should be.

Zuko: Wildcat (?)
Azula: Wildcat (?)
Iroh: Wildcat (THEY'RE FAMILY, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?)
Appa: Big bird of some kind....swan maybe.
Momo: .....Cricket?xD
Ty Lee: Ferret (Come on! Have you seen how many ways a ferret can bend it's body? It's like it's boneless!)
Mai: Weasel? Rat? Fox?
Jet: Squirrel (he just screams it)
Longshot: Hare
Smellerbee: Hedgehog (look at the hair)
Duke: Mouse
Pipsqueak: Badger
Sneers: Mole
Long Fei: Fox
Suki: Squirrel? Otter?
Yue: Otter
Zhao: Wolverine?xDDDDD (read Rakkety Tam)
Bato: Otter
Hakoda: Otter
Haru: Hedgehog
King Bumi: Mad as a Hare!xD
CAbbage Merchant: Hedgehog
Earth King: Badger
Foaming Mouth Guy: Mouse
Master Pakku: Otter
GranGran: Otter
Master Piandao: Badger
Teo: Mouse

............I have too many otters.

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/14887470/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/14887470/ Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:51:48 PDT ! Thanks!

Okay, since I'm new at this I guess I'll just post the rules first.

1. Post these rules.
2. Each person tagged must post 8 random facts about themselves.
3. Tags should write a journal / blog of these facts.
4. At the end of the post 8 more persons are tagged and named.
5. Go to their page and leave a comment telling them they're tagged.

Eight random facts about myself:

-I love anime and some cartoon guys...especially the funny ones since, even though I'm shy and quiet, I have a great sense of humor.
-I love writing or drawing comedy stuff.XD
-Drawing anime or manga owls is my speciality.
-I'm a bookworm.....and big one. Really, I've been voted the most well-read out of my entire school.
-I'm a super-fast typer....my typing teacher can't even type as fast as I can.
-I'm a constant daydreamer. I daydream about books I want to write, drawings I want to draw, shows I want to create...you can usually tell if I have a big smile on my face.
-I get obsessed with random stuff. Like the Chinese Zodiac.XD
-I like mice and rats. I've often been told that I have a mouse-like face and that's the reason my avatar has mouse-ears.

Now to choose my victims.....



Hope you enjoyed it! Again...THANKS

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/14729742/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/14729742/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:27:57 PDT

In other news, next week is my school's homecoming week and possibly the best week of the whole school year, especially since this year's theme is movies! Last year's was music which was okay, but still movies are better.^^

The highlight of homecoming week, besides the parade and dance, is Character Day, when we get to dress up as our favorite movie characters. Who am I going to be? ALPHONSE ELRIC OF COURSE! Okay, so I'm a girl. So what? I'm going to be the only Elric at me school! That's so cool! Besides....there is no way on earth that I'm going to dress up as Tinker Bell or any other Disney Princess like the rest of the girls at my school. I have a little more steel than that, thank you very much.

Oh, I can't wait for Homecoming week to start!

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/14619611/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/14619611/ Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:02:43 PDT
I'm never been so disappointed at Blockbuster's poor collection of anime.

The people at Blockbuster finally told me that I would be able to buy it at their website. I've never bought anything off the internet before, but since there was no other choice, I did it and got an email saying that I'd get in about three to five business days....so far it's been about two weeks and today I finally watched the last episode of FMA.........

NOW WHERE THE HECK'S MY FMA MOVIE?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If I have to wait one more day I'll snap. Okay, I admit...I can be impatient sometimes. But COME ON! THIS IS FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST WE'RE TALKING ABOUT!xD

On a happier note, I'm now the official comic artist for my school's newspaper! :woot:

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/14459678/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/14459678/ Sun, 02 Sep 2007 17:31:28 PDT

It took me two days to finish, but I've finally completed my first ID on deviantart. Not only that, but I've also figured out how to use Gimp...well....the basics of Gimp anyway.XD It's going to take me forever to get the hang of it. I'm so glad that I'm finally done with the picture. Coloring and shadowing took forever to do, plus I've been sick all day so that didn't really help. But I finished it! What a relief...

Other good news, my twin sister's crush finally...FINALLY...asked her out to Homecoming. Jeez, the two of them are so clueless. Everyone at school can see that they are crazy for eachother. Just like Danny and Sam.XDDDDDD I'm so happy that my sis has finally gotten her crush as a boyfriend. My sis and I are like Ed and Al...always looking out for eachother.

Wait, that reminds me.......

I'M STILL DATELESS FOR HOMECOMING!

Hahaha, oh well. I'm not really looking for one. I'm single and liking it!

]]> ~StrixMoonwing http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/14094264/ http://StrixMoonwing.deviantart.com/journal/14094264/ Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:36:34 PDT gave me this idea and told everyone part of it to spread it around, so here it is!

The first ten people that reply to this journal, and ask to be featured, will have the wonderful opportunity for me to browse through their gallery and pick my three favorite deviations, which will be featured either in this journal or a new one.

To qualify, you must post a similar journal entry to this one. It'll give everyone a great opportunity to build a more widespread community and see brilliant art we've never gotten the chance to see before.

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