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Yeah. Title says it all. GO WATCH.

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/26491548/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/26491548/ Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:49:34 PDT
Um, ShinRa went ok. Wasn't as good as last year. Lots of set backs, but we made it work. Things were silly, people had fun, that's all that is important. ^_^

And, seeing that a friend on here had gotten Copics at Jerry's on sale, I ran out immediately to get my own, since they were on sale. (I already owned some, but needed some more shades of colors...) I bought 8 markers and a (fail) case for them. The markers altogether cost about $39. Which for copics, is a GOOD price. I now have about 24 colors of copics. AND, BONUS!!! Jerry's is now selling REFILLS! That made my day even more, since refills are cheaper in the long run. Now I can use my markers more liberally, and not have major financial troubles because of it.

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/24399923/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/24399923/ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:47:28 PDT I'm cast as Queen Beryl. ^_^ YAY. I can't wait. If you are...I'd say 16+ and going to ConnectiCon, GO SEE THE MUSICAL!

Also, made another pr0n slash piccy of Dan/Rorschach. That's been uploaded to my YGallery account. (Same user name)

Hmmm. Need to make some non pr0n images. One will definitely be of Rorschach in a leotard. Oh yeah.

Need to work on the chibis for Connecticon. And anything else I can think of. Damn. I have no idea. I can sit there and do commissions again, but that is slow and few and far between. I might try to make a few new prints, but I sold ONE print last year. Fail. I should have a button making party with Bryan. He should still have the button maker, and I can redesign some pins.

So thats: Chibis, Prints, Buttons, Commissions, and possibly plushies from Jes. That isn't bad for the table. Maybe I will make one spectacular figurine that would sell for a lot. Who knows.

Also, I need to finish the ShinRa Script. Must make a meeting time to write it with my friends.

Adieu.

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/23745530/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/23745530/ Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:54:26 PDT
I have a thing for the geeky or gruff/unusual guys. So it figures.

I might draw some fanart and post it here, but right now the only fanart I have is inappropriate smutty smut smut. So it went to yGallery. XD

I didn't really need top post this journal, but I was sick of the old post being on my front page.

Toodles!

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/22275871/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/22275871/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:56:47 PST
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Check it out if it will let you...I THINK it is set to public, but don't know if you have to be my friend to access it. First AMV. ^_^

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/22199598/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/22199598/ Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:45:17 PST
Well, I had a decent x-mas, got some money, a new tablet pen, spent time with my BF's family on x-mas eve, then Mine the next day. I miss the bf, he stayed in his hometown.

With the exception of my sister threatening me bodily harm over and over (she's kidding...I think...) things went very well.

Peace out!

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/21823938/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/21823938/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:15:37 PST
Other than that, I'm doing a basic trace of a photo of me to make a line art ID...or something.

On the sculpey side of things: I've been gradually cleaning my bedroom, so I might actually start the Emo Cloud figurine at some point, now that there is space on my desk. I think I have enough sculpey as is, but I'm gonna have to check supplies first. ^_^

That's it for now, besides the usual doodles that never get posted on here. ^_^ ttfn!

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/21761478/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/21761478/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:52:18 PST
This isn't the first time this has happened. My wind chime has a history of ringing on it's own, with no draft. What makes it a little stranger is that originally, I'd hear it ring, but it wouldn't be moving. Two years ago, it was at it's peak. It was chiming every couple of minutes! I'd spend days working in my room alone with a constant tinkling sound in the background. It sort of became white noise, and I kind of ignored it, occasionally glancing around at it when it got a little louder than normal.

Really, wind chimes are very relaxing to me, and I had never been afraid of it. More excited at first, but for the most part, I left it alone. I just felt like a little fairy was ringing it. But a little after I began dating Mike, the chime stopped it's chiming. It didn't make a sound for about a year. I actually missed the sound.

On the morning of Oct. 27, that changed. It was about 3am...again, I was on Facebook and such, about to go to sleep, and the exact same thing that happened this morning happened, I heard the chime and the bed shook. THIS was mind boggling. My bed had never shaken before. I looked at the chime, and it was visibly moving. Only slightly, but before, as I had stated above, it didn't move, was only heard. So I sat there till it stopped, again, about 20-30 secs. My mind just kinda went, wtf? First thing I did was ask people on AIM if anyone else felt the shaking. CT is in an earthquake area, after all. (Albeit, very minor ones that most people don't notice.)No one else felt the shaking.

Later I asked my mom, who often notices any tremors, and she said she hadn't felt anything (granted, she was asleep at the time)

Today, however, I know someone was up and about when I felt it shake, I heard them downstairs around the time of the incident. But when I asked, neither mom nor dad had noticed anything.

So...yeah. My room seems haunted. I have a few suspects. The "fairy" from before, or maybe Davika, my friend who died in July. I had actually visited her grave 9 hours before the first incident. If it is neither, and my room is shaking, I should probably be a bit worried, as I have suspicions about some shady people I know. But until then, I'm not too worried.

In other news: My boyfriend discovered my tablet pen, so I can work on digital art stuff again! Yay! I had told my sister to get me a pen replacement for christmas... ><; But I suppose I could always use a spare, and I'd be getting replacement nibs (which were lost within a few days of buying the tablet, despite having placed them in a zipped pouch in my laptop bag...go figure)that I never got a chance to experiment with. ^_^ I don't want to tell her to cancel the order, cuz knowing her, she already has the new pen...SOOO...yeah. ^_^ Extra pen still makes me happy.

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/21475905/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/21475905/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:43:49 PST
^_^ Haaaaappy.

In other news, the pen to my tablet has gone missing, so I am now waiting till christmas to get a replacement. Yeah, I suck. But that is alright, I'll just work on tradi artwork for a bit.


Also: BARACK OBAMA IS THE SHIZNIT!

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/20912922/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/20912922/ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:15:43 PDT
There. I said it. XD

Ok, not LOVE. But I'm damned excited about this guy. I might even feel patriotic if he wins the presidency, a feeling that I never felt even as a child. America? Fuck no. We're assholes. But Obama? You might find me at rallies, or actually thinking of joining a government institution such as the military. Though, does that count if it's only because this guy is in charge?

ANYWAY.

If Obama loses this election, I'm going to cry for a week.

If he wins, I'm hosting a HUGE ASS PARTY. I will be the happiest girl on the planet. Well maybe not, I'm sure there are more people who love him even more than I do.

And it isn't just his policies either. It's his demeanor.

Let's face it, George W. Bush has one of the biggest sticks of his ass the world has ever seen. I seriously can't trust a guy who is so insanely uptight all the time. He seriously is like a marionette. One with a broken string. I still don't know how he was reelected. He has a friggin PHONETIC TELEPROMPTER and he STILL can't say "nuclear". But most of all he can't seem to think for himself. At least not in interviews, or press conferences. He never says anything consequential. Just axis of evil this, and Osama that, and Weapons of Mass destruction that weren't actually there, but we decided to be paranoid and spend billions of dollars to attack daddy's old enemy despite the fact that it was doomed to massive failure. Seriously, the war is doing more damage to America than the tyrant it sought to quell.

Good Job Bush.

Obama has an open, airiness about him. He speaks, and :: gasps :: actually makes SENSE. The more and more I read up on things, the more suitable for the Presidency he seems. I think he is just the breath of fresh air this country needs. I want a guy in office who can friggin laugh for the sake of laughing, one who makes his own jokes, instead of being a joke. I think Obama has a better sense of what the people want and need. McCain...I don't think he gets it...and Palin is just plain stupid. Well, not stupid, but naive and looks to be as stupidly subborn as Bush. And holy shit, if McCain died in office...we'd have HER as President. That is possibly the scariest thing in the world to me.

Above all: I love Obama because he just makes me feel happy. Seriously, I just see his picture and I'm all, teehee! It's Obama! Yay!!!

I'm glad he is so close to the office. I'm trying to not be optimistic, as that usually proves disappointing to me. He IS in the lead in all the polls lately, which makes be breath easier. Still. I thought Bush was certain to fall four years ago, but alas.

I LOVE BARACK OBAMA~!

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/20305916/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/20305916/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:11:36 PDT
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Begining. Despite what I find to be an obnoxious title, the movie wasn't horrible. The music was pretty blah. The best song in it was probably the one the villainess sings. Ariel has like...one song, and it isn't very good. The only other time she sings ins "Shake Shake Shake Senora" Which I believe was played THREE times throughout. And it was proabably the best song in the movie. I'm a little sad that they couldn't make more than three (one was a very quiet lullaby, barely sung at all) short original songs for this, seeing as the ENTIRE plot was based on music having been banned from the Kingdom (which as I typed this, it sort of sound like it SHOULD be that way, but this is Disney, you expect music, and also, like I said they played "SSSS" THREE times. At least two of them could have been original.)

I wasn't thrilled with the music in the slightest. BUT, I did enjoy parts of it. Particularly the references it made to other movies, and also I VERY GHETTO seen where Flouder "breaks it down" in "SSSS", complete with gangsta style group shot. No Lie. I will post it soon. Another thing I enjoyed was a referrence the The Shawshank Redemption, involving a hole in the wall and a "big damned poster." It basically made me laugh and cry a LOT, so I can't consider it a fail movie.

So, in my opinion, TLM:AB gets a C+ rating...which borders on a C.

Watching this movie however, made me look at clips on you tube of the original. Then I looked at a link to a clip from Snow White.

I was re-surprised, as I have noticed it before, but I often forget about it, at the animation quality of Snow White as compared to modern Disney Animations. Actually, about the first half of animated Disney films have qualities that tower over the latter half.

Now, I know the picture might be grainy, but look at something: the movement. Take Snow White as an example. I am well aware that she prances like a weirdo throughout the movie...but think about live action films. There was a similar quality to their movements in those films. I see weight, and naturally fluid motion in the character of Snow White. And that movie was made when? 1937.

Looking at the motion in movies like The Little Mermaid, Aladin, and Beauty and the Beast, I notice a very different motion. Everyone seems more floaty. I can't imagine a human being truly moving like that. Everyone is just a little too graceful.

I'm not sure if they do this for modern Disney flicks, but I KNOW that in the early films, it was common practice to film actresses (I think sometimes they were the voice actors themselves but don't quote me on it) acting out the seen and filming it. The artist would then sketch the movements based on those frames.

I think it's all very interesting. I recommend taking a comparison look sometime.

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/19210686/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/19210686/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:14:45 PDT
Also, I have been insanely busy doing ShinRaCon artwork, as seen by the Reno and Cloud chibis I recently posted, so I haven't gotten any headway on the 100 challenge thing.

I'm a mess getting some prints together plus I have to make all the sephiroth chibis from scratch, because for SOME reason a ton of chibis went missing and I don't have all the bases I made LAST year. ;.;


SO MUCH MORE EFFORT NOW.

Oh well, at least Sephiroth has much easier hair than Cloud and Reno. That took hours. Seph should only take 1 or 2.

So people, get back to me on the portraits!

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EDIT: THE PORTRAITS CAN BE ANY WAY YOU WANT! NORMAL, COSPLAY, NUDE, WHATEVER!

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Courtney

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/18178553/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/18178553/ Mon, 05 May 2008 10:23:33 PDT
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--100 Picture Challenge---

Please make sure to copy whole journal (list and rules below this point).

The point of this challenge is to test and improve your skill as an artist.

The rules:

1.) Make 100 pieces each one having a theme listed below. Only one theme per piece!

2.) No time limit so have fun!

3a.) Pieces should be of own artistic ability. You may not edit photos, or break any other rules set out in the DA etiquette policy. Your pieces can be anything from sketches and doodles to great masterpieces. Just have fun with it.

4.) The list below is to be placed somewhere in your journal for others to see that...
A.)You are in the challenge
B.)What you have completed

5.) Make sure to update this list with a link to your deviation.

Now the good part. CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS. CHALLENGE ME.

THE LIST

1. Introduction
2. Love
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/16792697/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/16792697/ Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:17:33 PST
I really don't like the idea of working at another childcare center. Not that I don't like kids, it is just that I never know what to expect from them, and also i would have to learn a new set of regulations and procedures. Right now I'm in a pretty relaxed environment: I know all the kids by name (which can be difficult for me), I work with a couple of other people on site who are easy going and I have little to fear. Unfortunately the YWCA is really close to my house, which would save a lot on gas.

Meh. Anywho, I rather hope I get the Staples Job, just because it seems like I have a decent chance there.

Also, right now I'm a bit concerned about money. I need to fork over money for the Connecticon Art Table for Shinra, and I am stretching my budget to the limit. I am gonna fork over 75$ for it this month. And then I have to make sure I spend almost nothing. If I do that I MIGHT actually save a few hundred dollars. I want to not spend money anymore. It is my big life-changing goal for the moment, besides finding a job. Besides, I need to put forward some money to my parents who are paying for the insurance.

Money sucks.

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/16084357/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/16084357/ Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:01:14 PST
1) It told the General's side of the story. Woot!
2) Although it fucked with the traditional pairings, the new ones were FANTASTIC.
3) A.N.G.S.T.
4) Venus is amazing.
5) Zoisite is amazing.
6) Zoisite's piano is amazing.
7) Kunzite is still amazing.
8) Brain Cancer.
9) TURTLES
10) Nephrite working as a custodian.

I know there are more ^_^ but those are my main ones. Expect many Venus/Zoisite pairing fanarts soon!

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/15877307/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/15877307/ Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:20:39 PST
Here is the run down:
Drawings are about $5 for faster works. Detailed works are about $10.

Sculpey Figurines start at $25 and increase as the complexity increases. Example: Reno Figurine (well if it was slightly larger at least) would be fore about $20, but my Jack and Sally figurine :thumb29221334: would be at least $50. These are base amounts, and trust me I'm not making any profit off of these for the time it takes to make them. The Reno figurine took me twelve or so hours to complete.

So there you are. ^^ if you want to buy anything just let me know. I also have a larger quantity of chibi Shinra Figures, as seen with :thumb54743048: , then those are $5 each. ^_^

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/15711837/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/15711837/ Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:17:10 PST
]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/15409328/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/15409328/ Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:31:30 PST
She was the best kitty ever.

;.;

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/13810565/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/13810565/ Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:37:17 PDT
She isn't wearing schoolrobes, rather she is wearing her own wizarding clothes. So far I like how it is coming. ^_^

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/13783200/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/13783200/ Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:42:45 PDT
Further note: SnapeSnogger. I'm upset at her latest drawing, which may or may not be a spoiler. But there was no fucking warning on the title. As she is one of the most popular snape artists out there, it should be one of her duties to keep things like that from happening. Especially since she is so fucking anal about other people spoiling shit for her.

Ok, done with that for now.

^_^

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/13770163/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/13770163/ Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:04:27 PDT
Meh. At leat the ShinRaCon panel went fairy well. We went thru the script for it a bit too quickly but we ended up succeeding in getting the audience to participate (a la free inter-series melee) which was tons of fun. I sucks at fighting, but to be honest, a big sword vs an emr is not a fair fight. ^_^;

All in all I didn't have an extraordinary time at CTcon. A shame really, after all the work I put into it. It is my favorite event of the year and it was only about half of the fun it has been in the past three years.

I'm prolly going to do the musical next year. TheDrea has all but threatened me to do it. ^_^; I'm also doing it for purely selfish reasons. I feel like if I get into it againI might regain some of the friendships I....didn't really loose, but they have become detatched on account of everything. I really want to be important again.

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/13642555/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/13642555/ Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:33:50 PDT
I finished those Chibi Tsengs, as well as a troop of Rudes, and am finishing up some Rufuses and Turk Vincents. I have yet to complete 30 Renos, 30 Sephiroths, 30 Elenas, and 30 Clouds...all by wednesday. yep. five days to do all that. I'm gonna die. On top of that, I have to finish making my She-Ra Costume for Connnecticon on friday, and also I must decide on a song to sing for Connecticon Idol, since I joined when a bunch of other people quit and left my friend who organizes the event high and dry.

I wish I wasn't such a procrastinator. Not only do I have a ton of work to do, but I could have found more time to work on these things and not be in this situation. ;.;

On top of that, for some reason, every year, the world conspires to have every important event of the year in the end of June and beginning of July. i ended up taking a Lifeguarding Class, because it was being offered and I could use the certification. I passed by the way! ^_^ But that class too a lot out of my time. I was in the pool for three hours per day at least, plus a little extra time in the classroom for five days. It also seems like all of my friends are born in June and July as well. I have had cancel on EVERYONE lately. The only people I have been hanging out with that have been any fun, have been people who are also working on Connecticon stuff. I was at Drea's house til about 2.30 am last night painting the Rufus Chibis. to top all of that off, I have work this weekend, and won't have much time to work on Chibis, because on top of EVERYTHING, the New Britain Criterium Bike Race is TOMORROW. My father helps organize it. I have to help out if possible. Whether or not I go, I've already been affected by it. My house becomes chaotic and stifling the week before the race, and that has added to the lack of work on chibis. ;.;

So there you have it, I'm swamped and I'm comepletely losing sleep over this. Meh. I'm gonna pass out before CTcon begins.

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/13122032/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/13122032/ Mon, 28 May 2007 07:14:05 PDT
I'm getting kind of creeped out by them tho. I look at them as they all stand there, looking disgruntled and staring at their phones, and in my head I can hear them all going:

Mine? Mine, mine, mine, mine~! ><;

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So yeah, I'm going crazy.

Oh well, at least production is speeding up now that I made a mold. I made 13 bases for the Tseng model, then complete 9. I worked from 6.30 to midnight on them. At this point it seems I'm just making minimum wage should they sell. Still, it will be worth it. ^_^

I have to make molds for Elena, Reno, and Rude next. I'm trying to decide how to go about them. Tseng needed his own mold, because his arm was going upwards, rather than downwards. I shouldn't have that problem with Rude. I'm going to use Rude as a generic base to work off of. But he won't work for all the characters. Elena needs a gun. Reno needs his EMR (how he is holding it is still under question). Rude just has his fists by his side, as with my Rod chibi that is already posted. Then I have to make Rufus Shinra, Cloud and Sephiroth and perhaps a Turk Vincent and Lucrecia. And a Hojo. Can't forget Hojo. :: does some quick math :: 10 chibis, times 30 equals 300 chibis. ^_^; I have my work cut out for me.

Off to make more molds now. ^_^ peace!

Courtney

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/13086937/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/13086937/ Fri, 25 May 2007 09:53:24 PDT
Skeletor: I don't like to feel good, I like to feel evil!
She-ra: don't worry Skeletor, Christas only comes but once a year.

XD

....wow the little girl in it is totally adopted.

NO. HE-MAN IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DRESSED AS SANTA CLAUSE.

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/13039939/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/13039939/ Mon, 21 May 2007 15:27:41 PDT
He is currently exploring his little tank. He seems to like the filter bubble thingy (especially now that I fixed it...at first a part of it came loose and it was making huge bubbles that scared him.... :_.

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/12961420/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/12961420/ Tue, 15 May 2007 09:13:28 PDT
Now my big thing is WHERE IS THE BIG REBATE FOR THE LAPTOP??? I sent in the reciept MONTHS ago and I'm owed about 180 dollars. meh.

So, yeah if anyone has ideas to sell stuff or anyway to make extra money, please tell me? Thanks.

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/12909178/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/12909178/ Thu, 10 May 2007 09:18:16 PDT
1) Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

2) Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3) Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4) Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5) Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britany Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6) Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7) Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9) Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10) Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.


Post this in your Journal to support Gay Rights! Americans deserve what Canadians Enjoy!

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Rod is posted on here, he was my prototype, There will only be a few of Rod tho, since he isn't well known.

I'm also taking up the task to make detailed figurines of the following FFVII characters:

1 Rufus and Dark Nation
2 Sephiroth
3 Lucrecia (with Turk Vincent or Hojo?)
4 Emo Cloud
5 Vincent
6 The Clones
7 Reno and Rude
8 Tseng and Elena

I know I won't have all of those done by CTcon, but I want to try and get at least three or four completed.

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I'm gonna retake classes and such, since I still need them to stay full time, so it's all good.

...

^_________^

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Now, I'm probably going to fail my Life Drawing 2 class. I NEED that class to graduate next semester. I have missed several classes and according to my teacher I have been late SEVERAL times. I guess 30 secs constitutes Late, even tho he hasn't started yet. Fucking hell. According to the attendance policy, I think I have an automatic fail if I have as many tardies as he implied. So fuck. The only thing I can do now is go talk to him and ask if there is any way in hell I can still pass this class. And if not, to see if he can help me bypass the registration system so I can sign up for it asap for next semester. (The computers won't allow me to sign up for it this term, because it will see that I'm currently taking it, and therefore am ineligible to take it again. So until the computers recognize that I have not earned the credits for that class, I can't sign up. I need to find a way to get around that.)

If I fail, but can sign up again, I won't care, since I have to go back next semester and I want to go full time, so retaking it only helps fill in my schedule. I just have to deal with a lower GPA, and I can deal with that. I think I'm going to do badly in ceramics as well, but zi don't need that to graduate, and I am not worried about it. Again, it was a filler class to stay full time.

I'm just praying that I can resign up for the class if I fail drawing.

On top of everything, I'm far behind on my capstone and on my design work. I'm less concerned about design. But capstone is a major problem. I have a mental block about it. I'm supposed to do costumed portraits. But I can't seem to concentrate on it. At my most recent meeting with my adviser, we talking about self expression and how the Capstone was suppose to be the art that was "you". I think the idea of costumed portaits, although I'm into costumeing, has little to do with my own style of work. So I'm casting it to the wayside for now. My friend suggested doing personifications of the five elements: water wind earth fire and spirit. (yeah, that was way to captain planet)
I'm goning to work on that, in my typical anime illustration style. It is more me after all, and I'm going to incorporate the coloring techniques I have used in those Nude pictures of the man that I have up already. Lots of contrasting colors for shadows. Sooo, yeah. I'm hoping this works, and she likes them. :: crosses fingers ::

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/12161896/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/12161896/ Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:15:35 PDT
ok, so I got a laptop. My friend made it possible to dual boot it with XP and Vista on it. All is well on that.
Now, there is a rebate with this laptop. $180 worth. I can't find it ANYWHERE. I had cut out the UPC, and put it an the receipts into a white envelope. Now I can't find the white envelope. I need to send this shit ASAP or loose my money. FUCK.

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/11972147/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/11972147/ Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:19:32 PST <; I can't even play the sims on my new laptop. It is still an XP game.

You know what? I think they should make laptops that can use two OS. Then I wouldn't have to choose one and then have to wait a year for the proper programs to be released.

So, I have a spiffy new laptop that can't run any art programs. The plus side is that it isn't crashing on me while I talk to friends online and such. And the memory is big...if unused at the moment. I really do like it, don't get me wrong. I just wish the the transition from one laptop to another was smoother.

Does anyone know a good art program for vista? One that won't burn a hole in my pocket?

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/11696449/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/11696449/ Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:55:00 PST
Since the very beginning of the year, one person has struck by a car and died, another went into a coma, then there was ANOTHER car accident (in which person received a concussion, a broken rib, and two bruised ribs).

NOW a very good friend of mine has had her life seriously threatened twice by two separate people in the span of three days. One of which I might kill on sight, since I see him at LEAST once per week. But My friend asked me to hold back, for she plans to scare him shitless in return. If that doesn't work, I fully plan to open a Good Old-fashioned Can of New Britain Whoop Ass on him, and any of the pussies still protecting him, just to get their free rides to the diner on Thursdays. Then go to the police myself, and have him arrested for his actions. That is if I don't actually kill him. No, I'd rather maim him severely till he is BEGGING for me to kill him. As far as I'm concerned right now, he is a disease on society that must be eradicated for the good of mankind.

I know another incident happened with the authorities recently with some friend, which they gave no details about to me.

All this in slightly more than a month. Life fucking sucks.

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He came home, ans is currently at work. Go boy, go!

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People need to learn to give a little more information. I'd be happy if she didn't have information, and just told me she didn't know anything else. All I have to go on is: We have a problem, Josh is in a coma.

:: worried ::

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SO now I'm burning some flowery incense and omg oil is so much stronger than anything else I have tried. I LOVE IT. :: inhales ::

I'm terrible. I know most people wheeze at strong incense smells, but here I am leaning over incense sticks inhaling the smoke. With the oil I don't have to do that, it's AMAZING. ^^

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Damnit. I knew my friends were jinxing it. 2007 barely starts and a new person dies. This time, the last friend who's best friend died in a drunk driving accident, his OTHER long life friend, was struck and killed in the wee hours of Janurary 1, 2007. WHY GOD? Is it just 2006 giving us all one great big bitch slap as it died?

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/11273091/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/11273091/ Mon, 01 Jan 2007 10:46:03 PST
"This year is gonna be awsome," so says my good friend J-squared, "Or so help me I'm gonna punch a random guy in the face."

Yes. Let us look at a recap of all the crap that happened this year:

The Bad:

I lost a friend.
I got into a car wreck, and injured a friend who was in the car with me.
...EVERYONE had car trouble. Meg's car's breaks failed twice in about a month. In second Break failure incident, Meg's old back injury from an accident the year before was refractured. Jess's decided to smoke and heat up crazily, and Ryan's occassionally won't start.
People died. One person's Grandmother, another person's 25 year old cousin dropped dead randomly. Another friend's best friend died in a drunk driving accident.
People had money trouble. Which the car failures DID NOT HELP! Friend got a job, lost it right away after grandmother's funeral, and subsequent Bronchitus attack. Pneumonia, working while sick, and with fractured backs.
Meg was attacked be a rabid cat.
One friend fell down the stairs and crcked his head open and needed a leg brace (another unemployed friend...yay more hospital bills...Actually I think there was at least one ER visit every other week...if not more in the last few months of 2006...)
People generally going crazy.


The Good:

I met Ryan! :: huggles her gay life mate of DOOM! ::
Ryan met me and all my friends, thusly finding his boyfriend and living down here in CT with us all.
I got a job..a crappy one, but a job.
Jess got her job back with raise.
Rachel got a job at Boarders Books and Music.

(Both Good and Bad: Cosplay Musical at CTcon!!!)

Wow.
Short list on the good. 2007 better be fantastic. Or you might see me in jail with Jes after accousting some poor old fart on the street.

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I am not a happy person.

At least, not as much as people seem to think. I spend my free time finding ways to make myself feel insinificant. If I start feeling like I'm special in anyway, or that I am capable of anything, my mind automatically shoots itself down, yelling at myself for having any hope of being anything important.

I have these nagging thoughts in my head that go, if I paise myself for anything, then I'm being a self absorbed egotist. And it doesn't stop wit jus my own thoughts. Granted I feel happy if people compliment me...but not for long. And sometimes compliments make me feel worse. Most of the time I have a split second of "Oh! Am I really special?", and then right away I go into, "No I'm not. Don't get a big head. Besides, tey are only saying that because they are your friends, or they just pity you in you own worthlessness.

I always feel like I'm in the way, and useless. I have nothing interesting about me that matters. I fucking suck.

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;.; Poor car, it served me well...

So...here is the scoop. Apparently some guy from Rhode Island spun out three or so cars in front of me, and one car stopped, then another car hit that car, and I was next in line. I felt really bad, Drea had already been in an accident this month, and started spazzing immediately. Nate and I took it surprisingly calmly. Whipped out our celled phones, and called people. I look back and laugh now, because once I saw Nate had beat me to calling for help, I dialed, not my parents, as would suit the trend, but my friend Ryan...Oo;...to tell him that I would not be attending his party later that night, as that was the reason for my traveling that day. Then I called the parental units. My father took a moment to yell at me for not sounding more disturbed by it than I was. I think it is one of those things where, it is so big that you can't really get upset, or you will just break. So, not being one to panic in the face of a situation like this, I just went on my merry way, dealing with the cops, refusing treatment until Nate and Drea were checked out. My car was towed to a local place, and I went in on Sunday to get anything I had left in there.

All three of us are experienced typical after car crash sympthoms--stiff necks, arms legs, bruised chests from seatbelts, and then our individual individual injuries are thus: Drea and I hit our right knees on the dash board, hurting her already crappy knee, and giving me a cut and nasty bruise on mine. Nate hit his head on the back of my seat. i can only assume he was leaning over his Sidekick (cellphone, blackberry thingie) when it happened. He has a big goose egg on his forehead.

Well, that is my story for now, tune in next time for the inevitable legal battle that will probably try and suck me dry.

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/10194546/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/10194546/ Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:42:55 PDT
Sooo, yeah, there is my random journal entry. On a side note, I'm still not sure why I'm getting as many pageviews as I am....Oo; Not that it is a lot to begin with. ^^ I'm done rambling now!

]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/10037101/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/10037101/ Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:36:46 PDT ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/10024958/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/10024958/ Sun, 10 Sep 2006 06:26:08 PDT ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/9054600/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/9054600/ Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:03:10 PDT ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8886843/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8886843/ Fri, 26 May 2006 19:28:51 PDT
If you haven't looked it up, look it up. I'm only a bit upset cuz I think I heard that my favorite character will die in the last book...;.; Typical "Favorite Character Syndrome."

On a brighter note: Warner Bros. Japan branch is making, not one, but TWO Death Note live action movies. WHOOT WHOOT WHOOT! The trailers looks ultra creepy. But its a creepy manga. I'd be scared shitless if I had to go against someone who could kill me from halfway across the globe with a mere stroke of the pen. ]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8828095/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8828095/ Sat, 20 May 2006 17:50:55 PDT ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8713587/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8713587/ Mon, 08 May 2006 18:11:12 PDT
I seem to like the name Shin way too much. I think it will be one of my future children's names. I name characters Shin or Shinta ALL the time...I luv Koyamada AND Sawada Shin...I think its an all around cool name. ^^ Shin. Say it. It rolls of the tongue. >XD Although, I might just be partial to S names in general. Saitou, Sanosuke, Samanoskue, Sorata, Sayo, Sayuri, Shiori, Sadako, Shouhei, Shouta, Shunsuke. I like S names. ]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8693935/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8693935/ Sat, 06 May 2006 18:35:14 PDT
Also, my new obsession with Gokusen has not been a lonely one, as Skye wants to go to CTcon as Shin, and so I will go as Yankumi. XDDD YAY! We will make an odd pair, as I am much taller than Skye, and Shin is supposed to be taller than Yankumi.....lol

Oh well. People will have to use their imaginations. And figure out a creative pose for pictures that hides that little fact. XD Most people won't even know who we are anyway. :: ]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8584112/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8584112/ Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:28:59 PDT
I will be posting fanart for this show soon. I have found that, although not really my style of anime drawing, it is actually really easy for me to draw, so I might actually start incorporating some of this style into my own work. ^^

I have one picture of Shin I'm working on on my pc, but I may post some of my sketches that I have in y notebook in my scraps. ^^v

Unfortunatley, this new obession I have over this anime has greatly affected my schoolwork. I think I lost a few points on my final grade now...meh.

Oh well. All obsessions begin to dwindle at some point. I hope that it will at least tone done a bit soon. I really like it, but honestly, it sucks to be so distracted. Off to try and do some watercolor homework now. ]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8430378/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8430378/ Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:26:55 PDT
In other news, I got a job working at Torrid in Merriden Mall. I'm sooo nervous. Tomorrow is the first day I have to be dressed nicely for the job. And I'm terrified that I will get yelled at for not being stylish enough. I get a employee discount there, but I won't be able to use it until tomorrow night, so I have to find a suitable outfit before then.....which I DON'T have. Grrr... I have half outfits, not whole ones. At least none that are acceptable. Meh. I did buy new shoes, but they won't do much good with the outfits that I have. Merrr. After tomorrow I will be fine, cuz I will have bought lots of clothes from them. ]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8134615/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8134615/ Sat, 11 Mar 2006 21:02:57 PST ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8134601/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8134601/ Sat, 11 Mar 2006 21:00:53 PST
I will see how things work out once I have a working password. if all goes well, the adress will be a much simpler [link]. Meh, this takes forever. ]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8131730/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8131730/ Sat, 11 Mar 2006 14:57:04 PST Grrr....I just hope it comes out alright.

Looks like Grapevine won't be getting worked on for another few days at least. Grrr, I'm such a procrastinator...I bought Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire yesterday...so I spent some time watching that today. When I should have been drawing. Oh well. I'm also going to a comedy show downtown tonight...but I might leave early, just so I can get some work done.

I hate being a Gemini...I'm constantly ADD about things. Stupid split personality. ><

I also signed up on Y gallery. Lol, I don't put any dirty images on there though. (I find many of the things on there HIGHLY disturbing...but at least I can post some stuff on there that would be banned here on DA. Right now I only put Grapevine Tangle, Shinta, and my Mistletoe Kiss pictures on there. I have to draw more shonen-ai so I can put more stuff on there. I really, really need to work on drawing people kissing. They always come out retarded looking, one person's head bigger than the other, someone's nose relocating to their forehead...heh, migrating noses. XD

Well, that's all I guess... ]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8071623/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8071623/ Sun, 05 Mar 2006 06:33:33 PST
I have updated Grapevne twice in two days! Yay for me! Six pages altogether when you include the prologue...I think I'm gonna redo that sometime...it really does suck. I think by page ten, the plot will really get rolling. If not ten, then maybe twelve. ^^

Also, I have signed up at comicgenesis to post my comic there! Yay! A proper comic site to post at. It might not be the best one to use, but hey, it works. I'm just waiting to recieve my password ok from them and I will be able to post.

I hope to get more reviews on it this way, since people will actually be looking for comics and stuff on there. I think I'm going to work on a cover page of sorts for it. I think that would be nice. Make it feel a little more professional.

^^v ]]> ~YorikoSakakibara http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8071574/ http://YorikoSakakibara.deviantart.com/journal/8071574/ Sun, 05 Mar 2006 06:25:51 PST ~YorikoSakakibara