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This past couple of weeks has been quite emotional for me. An idea for a painting popped into my head, and I can't get it out...so I set Nero (which I haven't worked on at all...) aside so I can attempt the other. And then there is the 2 different series, one in acrylic and one in charcoal. But I keep thinking, what's the point? I can't get passed my enviroment, and I end up on the computer, every time.

I guess is the point is to get some of this shit out of my head and gut before I explode. lol.

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Thing is, my color sense is still so undeveloped. It's like what I want to say through color is right at the tip of my tongue, but I can only speak in baby talk. lol. The thing about painting is, you have to do a lot of it before you learn anything, and as far as painting goes, I feel like I'm very behind from where I should be.

I finally started Nero, based off the ATC of the same name. It's kind of my practice piece for a series of very vibrant works I have in mind. Having two series going on at once will help me I think. I'll have the b/w one when I am in that mood and the color for the other.

Problem is, it's the same space I have to work in, and switches in medium does kinda take a lot of cleaning.

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Yesterday was fun. I went out to Cols. with my friend Cristal and we had Indian food and went supply shopping. I was proud of myself, I spent less than 100 bucks! I did break down and get a small Golden Open trial set and some ATC canvas. Just had to give them a try.

I still want to finish my saints series, and I have another set in mind as well...on a much more colorful level.

I am hoping that one of these days, the ideas about technique will meld into what I feel they might. I just need to DO MORE. That is really the key here.

Do more, complain less. That's the goal.

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I'll post as soon as I am done with them, and hopefully it will be soon. I didn't do much today. Spent the day sleeping, as I am still feeling rather whack. Stomach pain, abdominal tenderness and nausea in waves, and I woke up with slight vertigo this morning. Hopefully, I will get more done this weekend...and feel a little better. It's been weeks now, like I'm on the verge of getting sick, but haven't. I'm wiped, and worried, and jealous of anyone who has health insurance. It's not helping my anxiety knowing there is something wrong, and not being able to get help.

I need to start looking for a new job. I am going nowhere. lol.

In the meantime, just need to get these commissions done an collect enough cash to pay off my city taxes this year.

Sorry I don't have anything good to say atm. It's time to go back to bed. I have both jobs tomorrow, and afterward, maybe some painting?...who knows.

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2. Finish 2 commissions by March.

3. Finish the Saint series.

4. Treat myself like a human being.

5. Sketch much more.

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Look for more saints...and I really need to start Nero...and the commission.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/21105284/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/21105284/ Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:40:26 PDT [link]


Also, I bought my word processor. I am all ready for Nano this year. Whewt!

I have started another drawing in my "Faulted/Vaulted" series...that is a working title. "The Saint of Miss-Defining Success" (that is a definite title) I also finished 3 of 12 ATCs due for a swap in Nov. Yeah...I know, I'm such a procrastinator. Some of the themes are down right evil though.

And all I really want to do is these silly portraits....

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I would like to earn enough money to purchase a portable word processor, but I don't know how that is going to happen. Tied to my computer in my room, and with my wrists the way they are...odds are I won't make it to 50k this year, but I'm still going to try!

I started a new drawing [link]

It has nudity in it, so don't click the link if you are offended by danglies. It's from Arachnid13 stock, because he's awesome, though I've managed to butcher it a little.

I still sorta like it, I just need to figure out how I want to "finish" it.

Anyway, time to get to bed for a long day tomorrow. Hopefully I can finish up the drawing and be on to the next...or better yet, actually do what I NEED to get done, like ATC's and Debbie's drawing.



]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/20143538/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/20143538/ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:08:32 PDT [link]

Yes indeed. I've been up, I've been about, and I've been getting ready to "crank dat shit up" so to speak. Bringing out old work, finishing stuff maybe?

Feels so good to be connected again. It's like crack. Honestly though, I wish there was someone to share it with. I need my artist friends closer!! ...that, and I need to get out of my box. I actually brought my current drawing/sketchbook to work. I'd like to get used to sketching out in public. I guess I am just selectively shy? lol. I donno. Maybe I will go out to Cox Arboretum and sketch sometime before it gets too cold.

CRISTAL...we need another art date! You can bring the hubby if you can't stand to part with him for an evening...

I'm tired...but restless.

I wish I had access to the sculpture lab.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/20122205/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/20122205/ Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:35:35 PDT 's Survey that I stole from Limegreensquiddidle.

1. Why do you think so many marriages end in divorce?
Because it's an option. Because Oxytocin in the brain wears off...because people change and grow. Because people who are "in love" marry, and not people who "love"

2. What do you find attractive in a mate?
I have never really dated, so really I don't know what I like/need. I know what I am attracted to is a personality that has an intellectual bent. I tend to fall hard for introverted, bookish men, who sometimes come across as cooly logical and strong, but have quite the humanitarian in them as well. I fall for people who are very unlike me, except in a love for art and thinking and philosophy. I also LOVE people who make goals for themselves, and set out to reach them, and don't let themselves be dissuaded. That's some sexy shit. Honestly...a man that makes me feel like a woman, amid all of my loud ostentation and wackiness...

3. If you could let the opposite sex in on a little secret, what would it be?
Psssst, not all ugly women are desperate for anything they can get. That's a lie we need to dispel.


4. Would you change anything about your partner?
Don't have one.


5. Describe true love...
Love is putting another person's interest above your own. Love is not a completion, rather a complement and a companionship. Love is as God is...or ARt...it is indefinable as a constant, and will always be subjective.


6. What do you think are the "current" pressures put on your own gender? (by media, society)
She must be hot to be accepted and loved, and not too vocal about her opinions, lest she be considered an opinionated bitch or feminazi. She must always have a man, or else be in search for one, because if she is not, she must be a lesbian. She must be perfect.


7. What do you think are the "current" pressures put on the opposite gender? (by media, society)
He must be forceful and assertive, and if he is not, they call him gay. He must not cry or show too much feeling...especially in social situations. He is also required to constantly be seeking companionship, and of the best "quality" he can find, because friends judge him based on his choice.

8. How much do you really care what others think of you?
It oscillates between a lot, and fuck everyone. I want to be accepted for what I am, true...but part of me knows that not everyone will, and I have to get over that. Certain people I want approval from, others I know will never "get it", so I don't seek to try. Hate me for what I am, but don't assume I am something I am not.


9. If you could change just one point of view of society on a whole, what would it be?
I would lessen the amount of greed in society. We all want so much, and we appreciate so little. If we shared with our fellows, there wouldn't be hungry people and homeless...but humanity is so selfish. I am guilty too, most of us are. With less greed, we could support the world, decrease wars. It's all really about respecting each other like we respect ourselves.


10. If you could give this world a huge wake up call, what would it be?
Life isn't short. It's the longest god damn thing you have to experience. Make it worthwhile.


11. Where do you think money originated from, and why do you think it's so popular?
I'm sure one could find those things on the internet.

12. Describe your perfect job... or if you could, would you rather no job at all for the rest of your life?
I'm reposting from the Wench boards...because this question was just asked over there. I would not like to be jobless. It gets really boring...

I'd like to have a job where I can be at the initial creative input of any endeavor...costuming, designing, etc...

And I'd love a job that constantly changes. One project done? Great...off to the next. I would probably need someone to help me FINISH things I start, because starting is the most fun.
I want a job where I get credit for my ideas, good, or floppy.
I want a job where I can make my own hours, because it's based on deadline, not 9-5. If I take a day off one day, and then have to work 24-7 the next in sheer psycho procrastination terror...so be it. I want that to me my choice.

And a job that gives me enough time and money to do the art I want to on the side. I have realized I don't want to really make my living off of my work in that way. I just want to do it. Most times, I couldn't even care if people see it...I just need to do it. My ultimate fear is painting for... ]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/20035570/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/20035570/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:33:21 PDT
I think I am putting the idea of the costume to rest this year. I don't have the time or money to make it. I'll keep the stuff around for next year though, at some point that bastard's getting made.

I have a full week planned. Tonight hanging with friends, tomorrow...maybe going to monroe (but my car...ick), Thurs going to the Oregon District to see a band with Mom (after working both jobs), Fri off to a club?...

Going to be a busy week. Guess I should get some gas.

I'm still debating on whether or not I should get that book from Lulu. I know I can't afford it, but I want it so badly! lol.

Anyway, off to work for me. Wish me luck. HOpefully this morning and afternoon will go fast. I really need it to.

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I can't remember which ones they asked to put in, honestly. I know Indigo, because I saw it in the preview.

So, it's due to be available through lulu.com, for about 35 bucks, on Sept. 7. All proceeds go to good charities!!

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It's a mixed blessing. It's wonderful, but it hurts at the same time. I mean, I'm not creating at the moment...so that piece of me is dormant. It's almost like the worse case of sexual tension ever - but it's with art. lol. I NEED I WANT I DESIRE, but I don't just do. Art/Sex/God/Art...it's all the same really. It's all human. Without release, we are all doomed to be balls of tension.

I look back on my work here, and it's boring. Most of the pieces are images from a time past, and my present isn't being created because of fear. Every time I talk about it, it brings it sharply into focus, like picking a scab.

On the upside, plans are in gear for the costume project. I found a pattern I think will work perfectly for the main part of it, though I might have to invest in even more fabric. lol. The pattern calls for 11.25 yrds. Yeah, I'm serious. And that is just the over robe part, I also need to create a chemise and bloomers for the underthings. Maybe that is what I can make out of the muslin I already have...

Anyway, tomorrow is an early day. So I am off to sleepies. Night...

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/19394301/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/19394301/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:16:17 PDT
News on the art front. I bought a canvas for Nero. I've sketched it in...now the fun part starts. But not yet, because I am painting my room tomorrow. Wish me luck, I'll try to post WIPs in scraps if I remember.

Anyway, I need to get going. I have to straighten up the room and then head out the door to a friends...and then get up at 8am. Egads...I'm tired.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/19299896/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/19299896/ Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:42:03 PDT
I'll post it in scraps for now.

Other than that, I've been really thinking of how to manage my time better so I can do some ACEOs and start selling them on Etsy. The goal is to try to make some money off of my work at some point so I can ditch one of the jobs.

OH yeah, and I am going to see KANSAS on SATURDAY!!! Whoooo. Pray for no rain, please please.

That is all--

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I am planning on starting over and trying to keep up with them. o.o

Thank you for all your wonderful comments and favs. I will be posting more soon, but I had to scrap all that has gone before. It was just too overwhelming.

That being said...I really do need a website. Something professional, where people don't have to log in to see "mature content".

Also, I just wanted to say...we do art for ourselves. Make art yours, and love it the best you can. In the long run, nobody really cares that much but you.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/18622585/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/18622585/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:18:45 PDT
Work and working on the house is consuming all my time. Hopefully after the garage sale, etc etc...I'll feel like working on stuff agian.

I have to work on my time management as much as my money one. o.O

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About a day after that, I realized I had three tarot designs due for a group project at [link]. It had totally skipped my mind.

So, if all goes well, those will be posted soon, they are due in May. Pray they go quickly. I'm hoping to get two finished this "weekend" on my days off. I have a pretty solid design for the Heirophant, so I'm going for that one first. They are all in the "Zetti" style...but it's more like Bam-zetti. Not my usual style, but fun. I just don't know if I pull it off as good as some others do.

Ok ya'll. I'm off to work. Later.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/17456264/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/17456264/ Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:06:32 PDT
So far...so good. I'll post WIP's maybe.

So I'll call this my trial piece, but I am excited about working out the costuming. I'm using inspiration from the film Ninjinsky.

Can't wait to continue working on it. Wish me luck!

FYI, tiny hands in clay are hard as hell to do. o.O.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/17372187/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/17372187/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:17:24 PDT
Tonight, I was in the shower, and a name from the past popped into my mind. It happens like that every so often. I've never really forgotten him or his work.

So, I search, and find he has a site now, and is creating lovely lovely things with delicious palettes...

...and it makes me remember the art inside of me. The art inside that has been put into a little box because I don't feel the freedom he, or other artists feel...the freedom to make mistakes and make art without fear.

Over the years, my body, my mind, and this town, have become a three-fold prison to my soul it seems. And I've let it happen. Above all else, I know I need to learn that I am the only one who can save myself from my own mentalities.

Oh, but I do miss hanging out with artists.

I miss art. I wish he'd come back and love me agian like he's loved me in the past...passionately and without fear.
....but I have to open up and love first.

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I'm a Box Office person at a comedy club. After the interview, they even comped us tickets to a show...which was so fun!

This weekend Bruce Bruce is in town, so I'll be thrown to the wolves. lol. I hope I can do the job well, and they like me, because so far, I like them.

After the interview, and before I knew I had the job, I decided I wanted to get out my acrylics and paint. It's been a long time since I've started anything worthwhile...full size or whatnot. I hope it continues.

On the downside, I had to start my week of hellish pain yesterday, so I'll be struggling through all the aches and sickies that come with that my first week of work. ( I get bad...as in little Bambi poop and puke...yeah, not fun)

I mean, come on, the bartender let me taste test the drink special of the day while I sat at the bar with the custodian, who seems like he likes to start a little trouble, lol ...everyone seems so personable!! They are like a family there. It's wondermous.

So....pray I pass all my quizzes and I do well. I think I might actually have a job I like once I stop bieng so freaking nervous.

LOL...and everyone keeps apologizing for saying Fuck. I'm like...trust me...I don't fucking care. lol

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/16647514/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/16647514/ Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:59:17 PST
I've been doodling on the project I'm not allowed to call the Eden project, so I just call it...Project. Or 2pi...but that's my own symbolism. lol.

I might take a few shots of the sketch pages at some point, if I can decide which gallery I want them in. (Or DA will allow them in)

So that's life ala me. I'm off to doodle and contemplate things...toodles.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/16404206/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/16404206/ Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:41:03 PST
I've been addicted to Rock Band. Yes, I have. Damn you Skruff.

That, and I just got a new job, where I have to get up at ungodly hours, hours I used to spend blissfully cuddled under my electric blanket and dreaming of....well maybe that should remain private...

BUT, Summer is bringing about a collaborative project twixt me and two friends. I think it has the potential to kick ass, if they kick me in the ass to get anything done.

I am finishing up a few more ATC trades, and then hopefully will focus back on other work. The day seems to go by so quickly lately, and I rarely have the gutso to do anything worthwhile.

Life is at a plateau. I hope Imanage to build up a small mountain before I dig myself into a hole.

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You know, it seems that everytime I try and update my journal, it doesn't let me.

I haven't been doing much lately, mostly ATCs, agian.

I have a commissioned Dragon portrait in progress, It's gotta be a quicky, because it's for a coworker's son, and his b-day is coming up quicklike. I hope it turns out well, and they like it. Oh, and I have started to experiment with ARtrage agian, since Painter keeps crashing, and working digitally is so fun. and cheap. and cheap.

Did I mention it was easy on the pocket? lol.

I'm not out of art supplies yet, but the digi stuff keeps crap out from under my bed.

I'm looking for a new job, enjoying my new found car freedom, but getting repeatedly lost and wasting a TON of gas. haha. ouch.


OK, also, it is 3am, and I have to be up soon. I'm going to bed. Toodles.

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OK, I've tried to update this journal twice, but it hasn't taken.

Lemme 'splain some things.

Nanowrimo is almost finished, I'm on about 35k, which is a bit behind schedule, I need to kick it up a notch in the next few days.

I'm driving now, the car got started, still waiting to hear about the headlight part so that can get fixed and I can drive at night.

I've ONLY done a few ATCs and such while doing the Nano and trying to have a social life.

I got lost the other day and ended up 40 minutes away from home on some highway headed to Jamestown. I think I made it there before I found an exit where I could head back the other way. lol But while I was lost, I found a Wal-mart and picked up Cranium for the fam to play today. Mom tells me...."you got lost and deciding to go SHOPPING??" Hehe, yeah, that's me.

My last Taco Bell check can't cover my 3 bills due before the next payday. AKA, if anyone out there wants an original, or a custom ATC for 10 bucks, let me know!

Alright, my buddy boy should be here for coffee at anytime. You folks have a good'n.

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I ordered an ergonomic keyboard for nanowrimo this month. It finally came, but the fookin n and M keys are not touchie enough. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't and it's worse on my had, and slows down y typing to have to double check, and hit a button way harder.

ARg, I thought this was going to help me. This sucks. Back to the drawing board and the flat keyboard I guess.

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I kinda forgot to post here that I got my drivers license on Halloween.

WHOOOOOOT.

OK, that's ...about it.

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Hey folks, a quick update.

Why haven't I been updating?!

Well, for a while I had major issues with my hurting wrists and hands. No comp, no drawing. I did however, watch lots of movies and read 3 novels, all of which were great. Or was it 4? I can't remember now. Ha.

ATM I am trying to keep caught up with my ATCs and swaps at [link] .

I have a drawing that I started, but haven't finished sitting on my easel... [link] ... and I am planning a suprise for someone for christmas, and working it out has proven to be a pain in the ass because I don't have the supplies or money to do what I want, so I have to settle for what I can do. Odds are, they aren't reading this, but I'm keeping it quiet anyway.

And what's my latest excuse? Nanowrimo. Yeah. Basically, I've signed up to attempt to write 50k words of my novel during the month of Nov. I was gonna crap out of it, till a friend joined too, and now we are both in it for the long haul. Well, for a month at least.

I'm gonna need an ergonomic keyboard pad. lol.

OH yeah, that, and driving lessons, hospital visits, cleaning house, packing...etc.

It's been a busy couple for me.

Hopefully soon I will be back up and running with some new work. I plan on finishing the one on my easel, and have several more in mind, as well as turning "Nero ATC" into a full size painting.

But I think I have to buy paint for that...so we shall see.

Much love to ya'll who have been watching me, and supporting me and faving my work. *squeezes*

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Cross posted from the Wench Boards. This made me laugh so hard, I just had to share it with everyone I know.

Here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational which once again asked
readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding,
subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.

The winners are:

1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject
financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

2. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you
realize it was your money to start with.

4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

5. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright
ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign
of
breaking down in the near future.

6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of
getting laid.

7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.

8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person
who doesn't get it.

9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

10. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.

11. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)

12. Karmageddon: It's when everybody is sending off all these really bad
vibes, and then the Earth explodes, and it's a serious bummer.

13. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
consuming only things that are good for you

14. Glibido: All talk and no action.

15. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they
come at you rapidly.

16. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance per formed just after you've
accidentally walked through a spider web.

17. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your
bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

18. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the
fruit you're eating.


The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly
contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common
words.

And the winners are:

1. coffee, n. the person upon whom one coughs.
2. flabbergasted, adj. appalled by discovering how much weight one has
gained.
3. abdicate, v. to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. esplanade, v. to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. willy-nilly, adj. impotent.
6. negligent, adj. absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a
nightgown.
7. lymph, v. to walk with a lisp.
8. gargoyle, n. olive -flavored mouthwash.
9. flatulence, n. emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run
over by a steamroller.
10. balderdash, n. a rapidly receding hairline.
11. testicle, n. a humorous question on an exam.
12. rectitude, n. the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. pokemon, n. a Rastafarian proctologist.
14. oyster, n. a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism, n. the belief that, after death, the soul flies up
onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. circumvent, n. an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish
men.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/14766093/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/14766093/ Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:05:18 PDT

Yay! The wedding went well. We got a bit lost, and mom freaked a little bit, but all was good in the end.

I am going to post a few of my fav. artzy shots here when I get through with them. I know some I will use as references. Muahahaha. Then a few others I might put in scraps. Who knows.

I have some editing to do on some, and some I actually want to digitally paint for them.

Maybe I'll make them a DA calendar for 2008. HAHA.

Ah, so glad it's over. No more stress.

AH, love. It's so sweet, I'm suprised my teeth didn't all fall out on Sat.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/14604087/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/14604087/ Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:03:04 PDT

OK, I just had to share this funny story with you all.

A friend of mine at work is now going to my old college, and they have my sculpture "Exquisite" displayed there.

So she was sitting down near it, and a guy sitting nearby remarked that it was like porno for fat chicks. Of course, Ashley spoke up that she knew the artist...and he was all like "Well...I didn't mean it in a BAD way..."

LMAO.

I so wish I could have been there.

OK, on the art front, I am cleaning my studio now...indeed, yes, I am ...and I plan on starting on a charcoal drawing tonight! Whhoooot. So unless I collapse, it will get started.

Speaking of which, I must continue the cleaning exploits.

PS...I LOVE THIS WEATHER!!!

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/14572478/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/14572478/ Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:30:02 PDT

Hey yall.

Just wanted to give a quick group thanks to the folks that have been faving my work. Sorry I've been too busy/lazy to reply.

Mom is getting married this month, and we've been out running around on pretty much every free day I have.

She's stressin' lots, but I think everything should go pretty smoothly. Dress is bieng altered, sister made her a boquet...all is going well. I'm kind of excited! Mom's getting married in a castle!

Too bad that the groom can't drink before hand...it would calm his nerves. But they said they won't marry you if you've been drinking, which makes sense I guess. lol

I bought a big ass 4g card for video taking. What a load of change that was! But I did it anyway because I really want to capture SOMETHING that they can remember it by. I am the primary photographer for the wedding ceremony itself since my sister is going to be standing with mom.

I just have to make sure I've got a ton of batteries!! And I am bringing both cameras. The Konica is working on some kind of a fluke, so I love that cam, and will take it, but will back it up with the Canon. I haven't decided which to take the video on. *sigh* Konica's is better...but if it decides to die on me? OMG.

And I have a tripod. Yay!

OK, enough about that...people are getting sick of me talk about this silly wedding. I just want the best for my Mom and her man, because I love them both soooo much.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/14231488/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/14231488/ Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:33:15 PDT

For a few, most of my updates will be small, and in the form of ATCs, you know, those trading card sized things artists make then trade for other ones?

As some of you know, I've been fairly bummed, and doing these helps to keep my brain occupied, they are cheap to make materials-wise....and I enjoy them. AND they don't take up a lot of space.

I feel less pressure when i am doodling around on these little canvases. They make great ways to study for bigger work too...though my next couple pieces are finishing up a few commissions, and then I want to do a b/w piece in charcoal.

My house is in dissarray...I've got crap everywhere, and half of my art stuff is packed up...so no larger acrylic paintings for a while, until I get settled into my new home...where ever that may be.

I still don't know what I am doing with my life.

Currently, I'm sitting here eating and drinking myself into oblivion. I need a life, really really badly.

Anyway, that bieng said, enjoy the mini art. I may start posting them all in scraps...I haven't decided yet. Toodles!

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/14072710/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/14072710/ Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:39:24 PDT

So, I'm feeling pretty crappy atm.

I mean, there are several reasons, but among them is this:

About a week .5 ago, I dropped off a CD of my work with the owner of the local coffee shop. There was a mail on Craigslist stating they were looking for artists, and when the store was going up, I was having visions of surreal coffee figure drawings up in a coffee house... Like Sunflowers, and Milkweed, Trial etc...but all in coffee. ^_^.

I've wanted to do that for years.

Well, it was horrifically embarrassing, and took a lot of guts for me to drop of that CD. I even had some older work on it, just to show some of the coffee stuff...my use of color...and my black/white.

He never emailed me back. I went in today, and he didn't mention it. AT ALL. That's almost worse than a polite rejection by email. lol.

I feel....odd, because part of me knows I could do a kick ASS series for a coffee shop setting, but I guess I need to look for someplace more quirky and less yuppie. Or maybe it's because I had a lot of my fantasy illustration stuff in there too...love to be judged because of that.


Mom tells me I don't have enough confidence in my work...but on the other hand, tells me that a lot of people don't like the stuff I choose to do, but if I did subjects people would like, and not be disturbed by...they'd notice.

I've had to come to terms with the fact that people like that I can make things for them, but they don't like what I choose to make when I let loose myself. They like that I can make images...but not the images I make.

This is sad for me, because my art, a good chunk of it...pieces like Sunflowers, Milkweed, Trial, Pigs, etc...are a part of me. They are personal to me. When someone says they like those pieces I feel connected...I feel validated and appreciated. The other ones I just make for the sake of feeling the materials/image practice...complements on those don't effect me as much, they just don't...I'm detached in a way. They are the pretties...fun candy, but not meat.

So, bieng the sensitive person that I am...I think people don't like my "truer" art, because they don't like me, or who I am, or how I see things. I feel when I speak with my hand, people notice, but when I speak with my soul, I get ignored.

Why can't I seperate that?

When I went into the coffee shop today, I saw a landscape hanging...I took a glance, but wasnt' compelled to look further. I think it had green and red in it. My first thought?

So THAT is what they are looking for. *sigh* Thats not me...

...and it probably never will be.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13971281/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13971281/ Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:43:30 PDT

I just watched a movie/documentary about a truck driver who bought a painting at a thrift store and is trying to get it authenticated as a Jackson Pollock.

It was fascinating, honestly. It dealt a lot with the strangness of the art world...and that authentication in the art world is different than in science.

I'd suggest it to anyone.


I think it did something to me. Like I realized that I just want to make art...and fuck the art world. lol. You create for the sake of creating...you create your work. Fuck everyone else.

I don't want to jump through those hoops. And I don't want to be so afraid of those hoops that I stop making work, and die inside. I feel best when I am letting things out.

Speaking of which, I need to get this room cleaned up so I can start my next project.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13894298/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13894298/ Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:42:50 PDT

I just uploaded 2 pics that were over 1k by 2k pixels, but it says 1. not big enough to make a print and 2. won't let me expand to 600 px. size.

wtf?


I sold off my renaissance bodices on the wench boards so I could get a new one. Well, technically, I sold 2 for 75, and traded the other one (my bad ass, expensive as hell Moresca pirate bodice...*sobs, moans, cries*) for one slightly larger. (Hey, I still have my Moresca equinox though, right???) I'm not thrilled with the fabric on that one...because I'm not a huge fan of brocade, BUT, I needed something that would fit. I mean, what is the use of keeping the things around that don't fit, even when you love them?

I am hoping mom might want to take a trip to Devlyn's to see the one she has available in my size. It's a berry color with brown trim...sounds more "me" than a Navy blue brocade...although, I don't know if I can justify using the money to buy yet another bodice....I donno. I can't decide.

I'm nervous about sending the bodice out for trade. It's not like...I get the money, it goes through, and I send it...we are trading, and pretty much just sending the stuff at the same time. When did I become so mistrustful of others?

Who knows, maybe I'll fall in love with the blue when it gets here, and not feel the need to splurge on something more "swaggertoes".

We are going to dress piratey one day, and wenchy the next WHOOOT. I can't wait to start putting outfits together!

I hope we have fun, and my anxiety about travel goes away a little bit.

It's 3am, and I am rambling. Time to sleep. Toodles.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13876341/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13876341/ Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:53:31 PDT

Lots of old B/W drawings I still like up in the gallery now. I'll be adding more later...I'm tired of uploading.

I also uploaded the original sunflower triptych, but put it in scraps.

I think I need a nap.

Zzzzzz

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13865572/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13865572/ Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:16:21 PDT

Hey folkies. I've updated my gallery with some older work from my college days. (I took the pictures with hopes to sell them somehow) Figures and STill life and the like....the ones I still like parts of that is. Some are just. ...o.o... And most I trashed. Maybe I should move them to scraps? What is your feedback on them? Keep, or scrap?

I have more things I need to photograph tomorrow. More Coffee stuff, and drawings I've wanted to re-photograph before I lose the chance to.

I love having my camera back.

On a crazy note, I'm going insane trying to find stuff to sell at this garage sale. See, I figure no one wants junk...but really, nobody wants to pay for the non-junk, so I'm torn. lol. Arg!

Also, I'd really like to go back to painting in oil...just to see what I can do now. *sigh*

16 days till vacation!!!

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13845186/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13845186/ Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:53:46 PDT

I got my camera today. Overall, I'm very pleased with it so far!

It came with a really neat program called Photostich. I can stich photos together to make panaramas or whatnot.

(See, the..omg, I have to clean my house, one in my scraps. ) Really, I do. In fact, I HAVE to get something done about it now. I've got stuff everywhere from diggin around for garage sale stuff and whatnot. So toodles. More pics coming sooonnnnn! Horray!

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13827559/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13827559/ Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:35:03 PDT

Reason Number 14 I need to learn to sew.


covet covet covet!!! [link]


OMG! Somebody make me one! lol. That is the coolest thing I've ever seen...I'd so wear it.

I had a lunchbox sorta like that once. Wore it out, and when I threw it away, it hurt me deep inside.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13815552/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13815552/ Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:02:00 PDT

Found this bit of clay animation on YouTube, and I have to say, it is one of the cooler things I have seen in a while.

It may be animation, but way to creepy for kiddos. I found it very entertaining, and I LOVED the masked character....that thing might give me mild nightmares.

[link]

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13801381/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13801381/ Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:19:09 PDT

I ordered my digital camera the other day, so soon I'll be able to take pictures agian. For DA, ebay, and craigslist! HOrray!

I got a little bit of flack over making the decision to buy the camera. It's "frivolous" and an "unessicary" expense. *sigh* So I guess maybe it was a bad decision.

Some random lady on the wench boards made me feel a little shitty about it, but ya know, it's my life, right? I know I blow a lot of money in a vain attempt to make myself happy, or sell shit that never sells.

Bieng without my camera was like bieng without a couple fingers.

So instead of saving that money, I used it to buy a camera.

Now I'm justifying aren't I?

Anyway, so by Monday, I should be back hooked up to the digital borg. ^_^

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13742356/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13742356/ Sun, 15 Jul 2007 09:03:29 PDT

The last several days I've done nothing but search the internet for the best price on a good, yet budget digital camera. I've been comparing reviews, blah blah and so on and so forth.

What a pain in the _____.

I can't even take pictures of the stuff I'd want to sell off on craigslist or whatever until I get a friggin cam. And the more I think about it, the more I think it would really suck to get on vacation and then have no way to take photos. So, I found something on Amazon (of all places). Newegg's SD card cameras in my price range are mostly Kodak easyshares. I HATE Kodak software. It's slow, cumbersome, annoyingly set up, and screws up the computer. My mom found this to be true on her newer computer even. I've been using Picasa instead, which is freezing lately for some unknown reason.

Anyway, I've noticed something odd. Reviews. Reviews for things are either very positive, or "it sucks and is crap and I hate it". There seems to be no middle ground. Why is that?

I'm wracking my brain here trying to make a decision. This is something I am not good at...making definate decisions about anything.

OK, I'm done rambling.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13702495/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13702495/ Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:24:51 PDT

I spent the day working on that Dragon pic. for a coworker, doodle doodle sketch sketch. I'll try to scratch out another webcam pic tomorrow.

Spent a lot of money on eating out. Seriously, I really need to learn how to shop.

Watched 2 movies. Mind the Gap, which I liked. It was sort of like Crash, on a less intense level. And...Bridge to Terabitha.

OK, so Bridge to Terabithia was supposed to be my happy hippity kiddie fun fantasy show. Who cried? Bambi did. A lot.

My bike, after I put the WD 40 on it, is now making MORE noise than before and I donno where the hell it's coming from. *shrug* ARG.

And, I shopped around online for a Digital Camera, used, whatever...something to take photos with on vacay, would be nice...but I guess I'm dreaming too big.

Can't have my cake and eat it too.

Oh, and I just found out I go into work at 3 tomorrow...that means I need to sleep. Toodles!

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13683801/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13683801/ Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:18:59 PDT

I was talking to a co-worker today about our current frustrations with our job at Taco Bell Corp.

She mentioned wanting to have a crew meeting with crew/managers/ and the RGM to explain communication problems, etc...and mentioned that this job is not our carreer. Then she stopped, and said "Well, this is sad to say, but this is your carreer. It's you, art, and taco bell." I said I was done talking, said bye, and hung up.

And now, it's an hour before work, and I'm balling my eyes out because some kid thinks Taco Bell is my only choice for a carreer move. It just solidifies in my mind that people look at me, 27 years old, and assume that I'm uneducated, and ignorant, and belong in fast food for the rest of my life.

These people don't understand what STUCK is? The only think I want is the ability to control my own life, but I feel stuck. STUCK in fucking po-dunk ignoramousville OH. STUCK in my own fat ass body. STUCK in my mother's house till we sell it. STUCK at Taco Bell because I can't get anywhere else, and they pay the best of the fast food crap jobs. Not like any other place has wanted to hire me, no matter how many applications I put in. STUCK not having a degree, not because I am not able, but because of the transportation and money issue. STUCK not getting my lisence because I have to rely on everyone else to help me learn to drive, etc. STUCK in my own irrational fears and moody circular thinking. STUCK in the mentality that I'm so fucking STUCK in every area of my life that I can hardly breathe.

Bieng me, where I am...may not look that bad to some, but I'm in my own personal hell, and it becomes only more so as life goes on.

And now I have to wipe the tears away and go pretend like I like making tacos for fucking rednecks and stoners.

When what is unknown becomes preferable to what is known to be true...that is when people decide to go the first route.

Thank god I have a tad bit of sanity yet.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13663570/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13663570/ Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:50:19 PDT

Yay! The pirate map went over well, apparently they liked it! ^_^

I don't have a picture yet, howevah. Sorries.

So, since I want to go on this gorsh dern vacation next month...if you want something in my gallery...make me an offer. If it isn't already sold, I'll consider it.

I'll consider any commission work as well.

I know lots of you are poor like me, and I probably sound stupid. I'm actually desperate enough to try Ebay agian, though I hate it with a passion.

Anyway, I'm off to bed, or, of to doodle. Who knows.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13608683/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13608683/ Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:48:14 PDT

OK, well, I was really excited about going to the GLMF in August with Mom and Donna and Stevie. But...the money. It's 130 bucks just for the hotel and a weekend pass for faire.

I have 29 hours of vacation time. Thats...about 180 bucks after taxes or so. And 50 bucks isn't gonna go far for three days of food and fun at faire. (hell, food and water will run me 15 a day....just AT faire, no counting the road trip. I drink a lot...)

So, what to do? Skip the faire and use vacation monies for something more useful, like a digi cam?

I just feel, maybe because I feel like shit...that this trip would be uber frivolous at the moment, and maybe I should spend my time/money on something more lasting.

If I go to the faire, but have no money, it won't be as fun. I don't even have a camera to take pictures with.

*sigh* I need a nap.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13556676/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13556676/ Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:56:36 PDT

OK, well, I went to the house where I was supposed to do the treasure map mural, but the granite of the walls is WAY to rough to paint on effectively....plus....that's a lot of money on walls, I'd hate to mess it up.

So...I'm making the map out of canvas. Then she can hang it up on the wall. With some piratey hooks or nails.

So...lots of experimenting on staining and burning the canvas...to burn, or not to burn...that is the question.

And how to keep the edges from fraying....should I try to make it look like paper, or love the fabricy-ness of it?

Any suggestions?

I'm so tired....*yawn* goooodnighties.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13526546/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13526546/ Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:16:27 PDT

Yes, yes I am.

I called into work today...and it was covered, so they wouldn't let me work the last part of my shift after I felt better.

So, in order to make up hours, I agreed to come into work for a split shift. 11-2 4-10 WTF? Lunch and Dinner on a Fri night?

So yeah, bummer that. I do need the hours though, and Sat. I get to get up early and paint a mural! YAY!!! I'm doing a pirate treasure map on a playroom wall. I should be able to do it all in one day. I sure hope so.

Moods have been wonky. I haven't been working at all...some watercolor doodles and that is it. I do the most work when I am happy, and I have not been happy or content lately...no matter how hard I try, I still feel useless, and everything I try to draw is crap. I haven't even been experimenting with Painter.

So I've watched movies. Sling Blade was good, Happy Feet was cute, and Delicatessen was BIZarre. French movies are always, at least the ones I've seen, a little off kilter...with lovely color. ^_^ I guess that is why they intrigue me so much.

I also watched Joe's Apartment, which made me laugh, and I have a couple more waiting to be watched tonight.

So, off to find dinner and the couch. Toodles.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13482361/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13482361/ Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:05:39 PDT

I had a scare with my computer last week...as it, lots of noise...stopped using it.

I think it's OK now, got it running and whatnot, but I'm always afraid of spending too long on it, which is why I haven't been on DA a whole lot.

Or anywhere for that matter.

Plus I have to clean my basement so my washer and dryer can be moved down there. Imagine....having a washer and dryer agian! YAY!!!!! I'm so fooking excited. I hope everything goes smoothly. I bought a set from a friend about a year ago or so...but could never find anyone who could help me move it till now. ^_^

OK, I am off to get ready to face the day as best as I can.

Later taters.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13272468/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13272468/ Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:52:49 PDT

OK, most of you know I have my new addiction...my wacom graphics tablet and Painter IX software.

Odds are, you'll be seeing more digital work until I get the hang of things.

I'd like to get a few things straight.

1. I'm not "selling out to the machine made art world"
2. My work is my work, on screen, or on paper.
3. I would like to experiment, have fun, and explore new ways of making images and expressions without the added pressure of feeling like I'm "copping out". I've never really liked most really digital work...I prefer the stuff that looks like paint. Ergo...painter, and not photoshop.

And last but not least: I haven't thrown my brushes away people! I'll most likely be uploading a bunch of digi stuff because it's new, and exciting to me...but that doesn't mean that I've crossed over to the dark side never to return. lol.

I could never give up the feel of charcoal and the smell of paint. It's like crack...but safer...and a tad cheaper. Well, it depends on the paint really. lol. ....at least it's legal!

OK, that bieng said, IM HAVIN FUN!!!!

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13122679/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/13122679/ Mon, 28 May 2007 08:24:17 PDT

I have been completely MIA haven't I?

In truth, I haven't done much but doodle lately...as life and art have seemed pointless. That's just part of my cycle I guess. I have a few things I know I need to work on/finish.

Lately, all I have been doing is playing a lot of Puzzle Pirates, because 1. It's brainless and 2. it's addicting.

I'm even thinking seriously about entering one of the fan art contests...just to get me off my artistic assissitude. lol.

So hopefully I will become productive soon my friends...as soon as my heart cares to beat again, I promise. Ya'll have been doing some fabulous work! I've been looking, just lax on commenting.

*huggles to all.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/12933557/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/12933557/ Sat, 12 May 2007 19:22:04 PDT

Wow, I haven't been doing anything in a LONG time.

I've gotten re-addicted to things like sleep, Puzzle Pirates, and sleep, so my art happenins have only been sketches. I have something on the easel now, and a couple projects, but haven't started them.

I just wanted to let everyone know I am still alive.

*checks pulse* Yep, still breathing.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/12776582/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/12776582/ Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:38:19 PDT

I'm feeling much better today than I have for the past 3 days. I got up early to do the dishes even. I'm coughing and sneezing more, but I guess that is good...means all the gunk is coming out.

Anyway, I've told myself I need to get my studio space cleaned up so I can do some sculpting at some point. The day is going quickly though...pretty soon it will be work time.

I want to do another animal portrait...but what's next? I did a goat...what about a lion, or tiger, or crow...I donno. One of them will speak out to me here in a few, with a personality I can humanize. ^_^

And I'll delve back into coffee. yay!

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/12661052/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/12661052/ Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:29:26 PDT

Work today sent me in to such a tizzy I actually pre-called off tomorrow. Yeah, that bad. I've realized I can't stay there much longer, or I will quit, and have nowhere to turn. Sooo...I have to earn some money to take adult driving classes. They are expensive, so I am easing my way back onto ebay, hoping I can sell some stuff there.

I started off with 2 of my ACEO minis..."Dragontoes"
[link]


and "Sprout" [link]

Here's to takin' a dive down the rabbit hole and seeing where it leads.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/12644317/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/12644317/ Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:17:43 PDT

I just covered a piece I started on board with a layer of clear colourfix primer. I want to see how it works if I do undercolor, then prime then paint more. I think it might add an interesting depth. We shall see.

I plan on working on it tonight after choir, while I watch movies.

I don't post WIPs here all that much. I prefer to use my blogspot. [link] I find it's easier because I can post straight from Picasa. ^_^

I did get some stuff done today, so that's good, and the day isn't over yet...but I am about spent, tired tired. I went to bed at 5am, and got up at 10...and have been going since.

OK, off to singing...lalalala.....

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/12637507/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/12637507/ Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:26:02 PDT

I am in desperate need of a responsibility day...as my friend Chris calls them. I realized today, that through procrastination I am now late on filing city tax and paying the school district. OH, yes, and there will be blood...mine.

So, there's that, and then contacting Cassano health care place about my 600 bucks worth of bills I shouldn't have, because the clinic was a sliding fee clinic, but the social worker never called.

Then there is getting my driver's permit agian...which means finding my study book and going over it agian. I was told I can get tags and insurance on a car even if I don't have a lisence....so I might have to look into that, so I can have the Saturn for practice when I need it....and paying a monthy insurance fee might get me in gear.

Then I have to make a decision about the driving lessons....whether or not I want to put even more money on my credit card. That way though, I don't have to rely on anyone else. It would mean going into debt on the hope of finding a better job and bieng able to pay it off. *sigh*...it's a big one.

Anyway, off to play boggle...toodles.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/12599207/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/12599207/ Sat, 14 Apr 2007 23:12:46 PDT

...every once and a while you'll start off with an idea, but you aren't sure how to do it, so you just kinda start doodling and the doodle looks like eh...not what you imagined, but you want to paint...so then you start adding color and it looks like total horse shiiiite...

...and you wonder...should I continue? Am I just wasting paint, or does this do dad have potential?

That's what I'm wondering right now.

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/12592777/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/12592777/ Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:16:24 PDT

Yep, continuing on with the minis...and thinking about finishing up/retouching some work that I never finished. I donno, we will see.

Work last night was insane. INSANEly busy. Friday 13 lived up to it's name.

Hopefully I'll have work to post tonight after I doodle and watch movies and be lazy all day. ^_^

]]> ~Swaggertoes http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/12503506/ http://Swaggertoes.deviantart.com/journal/12503506/ Sat, 07 Apr 2007 23:42:39 PDT

So, I think I have a plan for my next project. I went out with friends today, and now I feel like rutting up some old imagery agian, and maybe doing a frog. has got me wanting to do a frog now....just for fun.

I've been having a lot of fun with the fru fru fun fantasy imagery and topics I've been playing with. It's a nice break for the heavier ideas I can't seem to put to paper just yet.

My best friend called me about doing another mural for her son's wall. I'm kind of excited about that.

Other than that, work has picked up a bit, more hours, more money, more stress. But I'll survive, especially if it means I can buy more acrylics. ^_^

OK, now off to bed. It's been a late night, and I work early.

]]> ~Swaggertoes