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deviantART: by:Zaphy1415926 http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:Zaphy1415926&section=today deviantART RSS for by:Zaphy1415926 en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:02:25 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png Gone for the next week http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/28584182/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/28584182/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:00:39 PST
]]> *Zaphy1415926 Kiriban at 10,002 http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/28200262/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/28200262/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:43:16 PST

Commission info: [link]

Just like the title says, kiriban at 10,002 views. Send me a note with a link to the screenshot and I'll draw you a (single character!) chibi. C: (note: same rules apply to kiribans as commissions. c: ) Only the first person to catch it will get it.

Because just 10,000 is lame and boring. The addition of a 2 makes it much more exciting.

In other news, college is ~~SPARTAAAA~~ madness. It's crunch time. Three tests next week- oh wait I forgot one- four tests next week, two considerably large research papers due the week after, and of course a couple of essays in German for my professor who I think may be channeling the spirit of Hitler. And the usual slew of worksheets and whatnot. I also desperately need to be working on my art portfolio. I... don't think I'll be able to cling on to my scholarship this time around, which sucks... big time. If I'm lucky, they'll give me next semester to pull my GPA back up to over 3.5. I cannot wait for the next two weeks to be over. Unfortunately they will take a long time.

HOWEVER, for Thanksgiving my siblings that live out here are taking a massive road trip to Illinois to be with the rest of my family! Assuming weather cooperates, of course. But I'm definitely excited, I missed spending Thanksgiving last year with them. =u=

In other other news, y'all should commission me. What? The economy sucks and you have no money? Commission me anyway.

Anyway, my history textbooks are calling me. c:

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Story time C: http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/27983748/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/27983748/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:26:41 PDT

Commission info: [link]

So last night I finished my essay which was due today well before midnight, which was pretty cool. And then my room mate got sick and we had to take her to the ER. :'D

(she's okay, she thought she might have been having a bad allergic reaction to something she ate earlier that day that had peanuts in it, so we forced her to go to the ER... she really didn't want to go, but we didn't want her to like stop breathing in the middle of the night. Turns out though that she just came down with the flu. We dunno if it's the swine flu or not, but they gave her some really expensive medication and she's doing fine. c: )

As far as trips to the ER go though, it was pretty okay, only like 2 or 3 hours.

And they lived happily ever after the end.

Except for my room mate who is still sick.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Just a friendly reminder... http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/27914248/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/27914248/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:22:32 PDT
I just wanted an excuse to bump that tester journal off my front page, in part because I wanted to have that journal skin off and in part because I wanted to have that journal skin off so that I could try out my new journal header! :'D

Anyway, commissions of the drawing sort are still open! In fact, I think I'll re-post the information here. C: Yay chibis!

Charm commissions are: CLOSED atm :c

Drawing commissions are: OPEN
note: all commissions at the moment are digital

Chibi (on transparent/solid/simple background): $4
+$3 for every additional character

Chibi sketch (like [link]): $2

Examples
Quad: [link]
Human: [link]
Human (more recent): [link]

Fullbody (on solid/transparent/simple background): $7
+$5 for every additional character

Examples
Quad: [link]
Human: [link]

I do NOT do:
-yaoi
-yuri
-hentai
-shounen-ai
-shoujo-ai
-excessive gore
-etc, etc

I DO do humans AND quad.

I reserve the right to refuse a commission based on its content.

I accept payments through Paypal. If you would like a commission, note me with your reference/description and I'll send you my Paypal email. If that doesn't work for you, note me and we can work something else out. I'm also willing to negotiate.

Questions? Ask!

]]> *Zaphy1415926 It is times like these when I wish I knew CSS. http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/27517971/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/27517971/ Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:03:30 PDT

Skin by =jennyleigh

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Free stuff http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/27166404/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/27166404/ Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:31:35 PDT
LOOK AT WHAT I HAVE [link]

THIS MAKES ME WANT TO BUY A SUBSCRIPTION SO I CAN DISPLAY A THUMBNAIL

ALSO THIS MAKES ME TYPE IN ALL CAPS

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OH MAN ;A;

Okay so, I just accidentally saved over this huge project of mine. Good news: I have an earlier version of it saved, so THANK GOODNESS I didn't lose it completely. Bad news: I've been put behind on it several hours and those lost hours of work are tedious, tedious hours.

Also my school charged me 200 bucks I can't afford to give for a student health plan I don't need. But I harassed them for a bit and it should be all cleared up.

Man I've been updating my journal a lot lately. Sorry about the spam?

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Okay, now for the "free stuff" part.

I saw this on

journal.

I will give one free sketch *of one character only* for the first ten people who comment this journal.

But if you get a free sketch from me, you have to post this in your journal, too (bwahahaha)

If you're interested, then please comment. It may take a while, depending on how many people comment (which will hopefully, given my track record of these things, not be the full ten).

And please note that I don't do smut, nudity or partial nudity, or anything above a PG-13 rating.

1) 3tailed Kitsune
2) Strine

P.S. If you want a sketch you need to provide a ref, and I reserve the right to refuse to draw something based on content.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Problems with the Interwebs http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/26895478/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/26895478/ Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:38:04 PDT [link]
Drawing commissions and charm commissions are both OPEN _{_{you all need to commission me i don't care that you have no money you still need to do it anyway}}

So I just got to my apartment today, it's nice, my room mates are nice, everything's pretty cool except that I have no Internet. There's a jack on my wall but... it's a phone jack, what? And, of course, my Ethernet cable is no use there. I'll fix it up so that I have Internet (right now I'm on my room mate's computer), it just may be a while. Plus side is that I won't have any distractions from my latest project so hopefully that'll get done kinda soon... I'll probably just be absent from DA for a while.

Anyway, back to packing! C:

]]> *Zaphy1415926 C: http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/26513300/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/26513300/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:54:25 PDT [link]
Drawing commissions and charm commissions are both OPEN _{_{you all need to commission me i don't care that you have no money you still need to do it anyway}}

The monitor resolution is fixed and it is nice and big again. C: Which makes me happy. Though the line of what I called 'dead pixels' is still there, and I found out that there are two and that they are just shadows from two internal stabilizing wires on this monitor (it's a Trinitron CRT, they're famous for the shadow lines). So I just have to learn to live with those. I'm getting really attached to this monitor otherwise though. I'll be sad to leave it.

Also the funeral went nicely today, it was very touching. c:

]]> *Zaphy1415926 First 14 to post get a feature + commissions open http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/26360838/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/26360838/ Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:14:27 PDT

I was featured in

's journal.

1- I will add the first 14 people to comment on this journal to the Promotional List.

2- For each of those 14 people, I will put their avatar and three deviations I like from their gallery on the list.

3- If I feature you, you'll have to do the same in your journal, putting me on the first place, completing this way the list with 14 people, HAHAHA!

1)

*Shihana

[link] - I've always admired the coloring on this one, as well as the way the figures flow. c:

[link] - I know you said you only spent half an hour on it, but the mood created by the grey tones works very well with the subject matter. Also, it's well done, no matter how much you deny it.

[link] - Good design on the mask and nice pose. I still like the bend of her right foot. XD

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]]> *Zaphy1415926 Do not read if grossness grosses you out D: http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/26156078/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/26156078/ Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:37:01 PDT
I was mowing the lawn

andand

I bumped a large-ish mushroom

and then the top fell off

and then underneath the mushroom cap was

A WRITHING MASS OF SLIMY WHITE MAGGOTS

and then they all slurped themselves back into the stem

and it was kind of cool

and also disturbing

but mostly cool

Commission info: [link]

To-do list

-panda charm earrings (done)
-Two Subeta chibi commissions (70%)
-Sasuke and Naruto holding hands for

(2%)
-Notebook promotional art for

(done)
-Art portfolio work, needs to be done SOON D8 (will probably never really be DONE, but in process)
-New "how to draw cats" tutorial because the old one is in DESPERATE need of fixing.(0%)

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Commission info c: http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/25622052/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/25622052/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:27:11 PDT

Charm commissions are: CLOSED atm :c

Pre-made charm: $4 - Available (check [link] to see what I have at the moment)

Custom charm: $4 and up depending on design - Available

On keychain (like [link]): add $.25

On earring hook (like [link]): add $.25 (if you commission two charms for non-pirate earrings, the second earring hook is free, though you do still have to pay for the second charm XD;

Drawing commissions are: OPEN
note: all commissions at the moment are digital

Chibi (on transparent/solid/simple background): $4
+$3 for every additional character

Examples
Quad: [link]
Human: [link]
Human (more recent): [link]

Fullbody (on solid/transparent background): $8
+$6 for every additional character

Examples
Quad: [link]
Human: [link]

I do NOT do:
-yaoi
-yuri
-hentai
-shounen-ai
-shoujo-ai
-excessive gore
-etc, etc

I DO do humans AND quad.

I reserve the right to refuse a commission based on its content.

I accept payments through Paypal. If you would like a commission, note me with your reference/description and I'll send you my Paypal email. If that doesn't work for you, note me and we can work something else out.

Questions? Ask!

To-do list

-panda charm earrings (done)
-Two Subeta chibi commissions (75%)
-Sasuke and Naruto holding hands for

(2%)
-Notebook promotional art for

(done)
-Art portfolio work, needs to be done SOON D8
-New "how to draw cats" tutorial because the old one is in DESPERATE need of fixing.(0%)

]]> *Zaphy1415926 JAFAX + One Piece http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/25554944/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/25554944/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:42:55 PDT

). Go to JAFAX. It's free. And I'll be there. It will be great fun. Only losers don't go. Unless you have a good reason. In which case you are not a loser at all.

At the moment, I plan on selling stickers, bookmarks, prints (not very many though), and of course charms. c: I will be doing sketch and chibi commissions, as well as a few custom paint jobs on charms (however, those are very very limited). I'm only going to be there Saturday.

In other news, is anyone else crazy enough to read One Piece? Spoilers ahead...
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[spoiler]
I was pretty impressed with Mr. 2 this last chapter. It's not like me at all to rant about a recent chapter of manga, but I have to admit, it had a lump in my throat. Even though Mr. 2 Bon Clay is possibly the most creepy character I have ever seen (second possibly only to Ivankov), he was so cool in this last chapter... and I hesitate to admit it, but I'm probably going to miss him. Unless of course he lives. Which, with One Piece, is quite likely. At least he won't die first if he is destined to live, though. One Piece only has one character that can come back to life once after he dies, and he's already died once. So there.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Charms FAQ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/25507752/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/25507752/ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:44:55 PDT
Q: What are these made out of?
A: Sculpey clay. ~Oborochann's tutorials are where I first learned to make them. I've modified my designs and the process since then to suit my style, as well as make them sturdier in my opinion.

Q: Aren't they breakable?
A: No, they're quite sturdy. The only things I would worry about would be the tails (try not to get them caught on anything) and the loops. The loops are stuck in pretty good, just don't go yanking on them and you should be fine. =u=

Q: What are you supposed to do with these/what do you put them on?
A: Key chains, earrings, cell phone charms, necklaces, anything you can think of.

Q: For custom charms, what kinds of things can and can't you do?
A: I can do just about anything, though once the design gets complicated enough, I'll charge more. Also keep in mind things that will affect the charm's sturdiness, for examples, wings may be easy to break.

Q: How long will it take to get here?
A: As long as the USPS makes it. Also for customs, please allow for a few days for me to make it.

Ahahaha, that's all I can really think of right now.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Apocalyptic dreams http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/25085085/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/25085085/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:01:25 PDT
It... it was actually pretty cool.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 RAGE AND ANXIETY http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/24844039/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/24844039/ Tue, 19 May 2009 17:33:08 PDT
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Random update way back here because I don't want to spam everybody who watches me with my rants. (9/8/09)

Okay. So. Basically I have a WHOLE LOT of homework. I have one 3 credit hour class in particular that is giving me more homework than any of my 4 credit hour classes in the past did. Free time? I have none. That little procrastination doodle was all I had time for. I couldn't even spend the time to make it look nice at all. You got wobbly lines and patchy coloring, no shading, it took me maybe 15 minutes total. I don't know what I am going to do. Is this what college is really like? If my professors are aiming to scare me away from my classes in the first week, well, they're doing a pretty good job of it so far.

And the worst part is, it's REALLY hard to make myself concentrate. I keep on pacing around the apartment, borrowing my room mate's laptop to fool around on the Internet (like I'm doing now), cleaning, doing laundry, even just plain zoning out when I should be working on my homework. I have a lot to do and I am not doing it. I just had a three-day (more like a four-day because Tuesdays I only have one class) weekend and I am still not even close to finishing.

I am finding it really hard to understand my German professor, too. I'm never really sure of what the assignments are exactly, and kind of have to guess at what she was getting at and hope I'm right. I may or may not have an essay due tomorrow and I don't even know what I'm supposed to write about for it.

And do you know what? I only have fourteen credits. That is the bare minimum I can take and still keep my scholarship and I don't even have time for a part-time job. Am I freaking out? Yes, if you couldn't tell. I don't know if I'll be able to keep it, I have to have at the very least a 3.5 GPA and I've been cursed with a professor who apparently doesn't believe in giving A's. I HATE that. I KNOW that learning things is important, but grades are pretty important too. I won't be able to afford school if I can't keep my scholarship. I'll have to take a year or maybe even two off to work, and how much will that have benefited my learning things? If you get GOOD GRADES generally it means that you LEARNED THINGS WELL. This is generally why people give scholarships for having HIGH GRADES.

Anyway, deep breaths and back to the grindstone. I can work through this. I know I can. I just don't understand why I'm letting a big work load get to me like this, I'm usually pretty chill. I feel way stressed out like this, which is definitely not normal.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 HEY http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/24765963/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/24765963/ Fri, 15 May 2009 07:22:04 PDT
HEY GUESS WHAT

I GOT

A JOBBBBBB

Even though it's only part-time and the max number of hours I can expect per week is 20... still. It is a job. And then if I also work during school and sell my blood plasma regularly, I can maybe afford to go back the year after next.

YAY ME

]]> *Zaphy1415926 On the subject of moving...+charms c: http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/24407993/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/24407993/ Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:32:00 PDT song story! So I packed my charms up all nice and tight in a box. I had my bottles of glaze and the little toothpick stands I use to dry them as well as all of the charms packed up inside a little 4x4x4 jewelery box, and that plus the pliers, the last bits of clay I had, the roll of wire, and four bottles of paint in another small carboard box, and that plus the rest of the paint all lined up all nice and neat inside a shoebox and duct-taped the shoebox shut 'cause it was a little bit over-packed. Inside a checked bag. Well. What I didn't think through at the time was that it probably looked suspiciously like a bomb. A lot. So I unpacked my suitcase and they had cut open the duct tape, rifled through (and disorganized the boxes D

and then sealed it shut with a piece of security tape that said "Transportation Security Administration: INSPECTED". So at least they sealed it shut again. But it was only the box. Last time they had gone through my luggage they left a note on top of my stuff.

Maybe when I go back to school I'll stick in a thank-you note to them for sealing it up again...

Also: for one, both the computers at home now run on Linux, and while I'm pretty sure it's still possible to install Photoshop, it'll be a while until I can convince my brother to help me with that, because I do not know my way around Linux at all. D: So no new art from me for a while. Also, I'm sharing a computer so I'll probably be a little more scarce around here. Sorry if I've left you hanging on a reply for a while.

Also, it's official, I'm selling some charms at JAFAX. Pre-made charms will be $3.50, and I'll be taking a few blank charms to paint while I'm there, and those will be $4.00+, depending on the complexity of the design. Buuut you can "suggest" designs for me to make now and then I can just "happen" to have them there at JAFAX and if you were to "happen" to want to buy that, then gosh golly gee it's a pre-made charm and then you'd only have to pay $3.50 for it. c:

Still looking at different methods of attaching the charms to things. I've found some affordable rings attached to connectors at Michael's, but they seem rather flimsy. I've found some not-so-affordable ones that are considerably less flimsy, but then I'd have to raise the price a lot. I'm thinking it might be best just to attach another loop onto them, any suggestions?

I'm also going to be looking at starting up a PayPal account and taking some commissions over the Internet, but I'm going to wait on really looking into that until after JAFAX.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Moving http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/24369701/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/24369701/ Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:06:04 PDT
]]> *Zaphy1415926 Random story http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/24157598/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/24157598/ Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:48:26 PDT
So the dream starts out pretty cool, like I said. I've got a neat bike and there's this cool trail that I'm riding it on. I guess I'm doing some sweet tricks and jumps and such, cause the trail like... forms a jump which leads onto a narrow (like 1 1/2 ft wide) trail that's up high on the edge of like a cliff. The cliff is right next to a river that's about the size of the Chippewa river, except a little deeper (and a lot cleaner and faster). You can also ride your bike in the river, like a little paddle-boat type thing. Makes no sense according to the laws of physics but good thing this isn't real life!

So I'm riding my bike and there's a couple random people with me that I'm making friends with, which is odd for me but whatever, and it's all well and cool (I think we stopped at a playground and played around for a bit) until I try to make a jump on the cliff-trail thing, miss spectacularly, fall into the river, get dragged down by the weight of the bike, hit my head on some rocks, breathe in a couple lungfuls of water, black out (blacking out in a dream what the crap?) and wake up in a hospital bed. Yup that was painful. One of those dreams where you can feel pain, doncha know. Yeah it sucked. Moving on.

So, little Zaphy fact here: my greatest fear is needles. Hate them, I can't stand even getting a shot at the doctor's. Yup, I'm a wuss.

Sooo I'm in this hospital bed and it really, really hurts to raise my head up. Throbbing headache when I move my head and such. This nice-looking doctor lady/possibly man comes in and is all, "oh yeah, we had to put an IV in you" and I suddenly realize HOORAY there is a needle in my arm OH HAPPY DAY so I'm concentrating on not bending my arm so that the needle won't dig in deeper. Some other stuff happens that I don't remember and then these lovely nurses come in and they're all, 'oh we need to change your IV to your other arm'. So they put it in my left hand and I admit that I weep like a little girl at this point, and then they leave.

But wait, for some bizarre reason, they had to stick four sewing pins and a pair of scissors in my RIGHT hand and they didn't take them out! I must have justice!...in the form of me asking a lovely nurse lady to come take them out of me. So she does, and she's yanking the needles/pins out of my hand (I can feel them sliding past my bones at this point, one-it was about 1 1/2" long and it had a white head about 1/5" diameter-was stuck diagonally into the first knuckle joint of my ring finger and I feel it scraping against my bones as she pulls it out... yeah it sucked). So she's done with the pins and THEN she has to take out the scissors, which are stuck kind of sideways, beginning at the center of the back of my hand and ending about where my thumb begins, except for some reason the scissors(they had a bright blue handle) are stuck in there open, and she closes them before she pulls it out...

...And then I woke up in that position, with my right arm straight and my left arm bent, my right elbow and hand and left hand throbbing... yup. Crappy way to end an awesome dream.

:'D

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Check it ouuut http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/23756332/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/23756332/ Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:26:44 PDT
BUT HERE IT IS

[link]

Is that not

THE COOLEST THING EVER??

(on the second page THERE IS A PICTURE)

Even though it'll probably give me nightmares

FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK

I DON'T CARE IT'S STILL COOL

I sleep on the top bunk and there is about one and a half feet between my face and the ceiling and I will forever be imagining a giant centipede dangling down to chew off said face at night. I REGRET NOTHING.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Happy Pi Day! http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/23696029/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/23696029/ Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:39:56 PDT
Uh, that's it. I mostly just wanted to wish y'all a happy Pi Day!

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Rainbows and kittens http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/23332292/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/23332292/ Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:02:25 PST
In other news, I was at the bookstore, getting posterboard, when suddenly I found these little packs of ACEOs/ATCs. And I thought to myself, "what if..." and somehow one of them ended up in my purchase. So now I have 20 little blank 2.5x3.5" smooth bristol cards which I intend to fill up. Hopefully some of the art will be a little more serious and not just all anime. I need to get to drawing some realism so that I can get to be able to do a cartoony style out of choice, not out of pure habit.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Sulking http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/23312341/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/23312341/ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:06:25 PST
]]> *Zaphy1415926 Strange things happen to me at night... http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/22940103/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/22940103/ Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:14:13 PST
Nearest I can figure, some kid got a hold of someone's cell phone and started pushing random buttons, and it just happened to fall on my number.

Weirdest part is that I'm pretty sure that I've gotten a call from this number before. I didn't answer it, I got this voice mail with random background voices that were not speaking English. But it happened a while ago and I can't look it up anymore because it's no longer in my "recent missed calls" list. Curses.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 WORST nightmare EVER http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/22705812/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/22705812/ Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:26:28 PST
In it, there was a toilet, and it was clogged. Really. Badly. So here I am, the good little soul I am, with my little plunger, and I'm trying to un-clog it. And it was NASTY. Not going into details here. ;^; And I'd plunge it, and the toilet and the sink were connected or something because I'd plunge the toilet and crap would come up in the sink and then I'd plunge the sink and the crap would come back up in the toilet. 8C
Worst part? THE TOILET KEPT OVERFLOWING. AND I COULD NOT UNCLOG IT. No matter HOW much plunging I did. It just would not un-clog, ohhhh the CLOGGING the CLOGGING OHGAWWHH

;A;

NEVER
AGAIN
WILL I PLUNGE A TOILET

EVER

*sob*

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Decision made http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/22548553/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/22548553/ Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:24:46 PST
]]> *Zaphy1415926 Advice please? http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/22424583/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/22424583/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:43:38 PST
Anyway, it looks like a pretty tough lineup of classes this semester... so there'll probably be even less art from me for the next four months as I struggle to keep my scholarship, try to spice up my resume, and apply for jobs.

I need opinions: I currently have 15 credits of classes. Not much, except all of my classes are going to be pretty tough. I have...
Introductory Sociology 111
Environmental Biology 150
Biology 100 (which shouldn't be hard, except our professor
German 202 (our professor told us to expect 2 to 4 hours of homework every night)
Religion 122 (I don't know much yet, except that we will at least be required to read 30 minutes every night)(edit: Make that an hour or more...)

So, I'm looking at a minimum of 2.5 hours of homework every night, probably more... question is, should I take this other class, Introduction to Drawing? I'd really like to, and it would be a good class for me- as you can tell, my skills could use some improvement. Problem is, it's a 3 credit hour class, which would put me at 18 credit hours, the max that my university will let me take. That's a lot to deal with, and I don't really know if I'd be able to do it. On the other hand, it's only on one day, from 4 to 8 PM, and I don't know if there will be much homework, so it might be feasible...

I'm not going to drop any of my current classes- they're all filling part of the university general ed requirements. Soooo what do you think?

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Problem children http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/21980553/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/21980553/ Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:45:27 PST
Ummm... yeah. That's pretty much it. Sorry for late art-ness.

[EDIT] Never mind, they fixed it. Apparently there was just a problem with my Ethernet cable. I have internets again!

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Happy St Nicholas' day + rant http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/21845094/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/21845094/ Sat, 06 Dec 2008 09:32:03 PST
[rant] I really dislike online math homework. I keep on missing it. I really don't see what the point of having online homework is if there's also a written portion. I don't care if ditching the online portion would mean more written grading for the teacher, just give the same amount of written homework and then have it count for more. Bahh.

[/rant]

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Sleep http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/21643259/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/21643259/ Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:35:56 PST
...It's been a LONG weekend.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 JUST AUGH http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/21414429/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/21414429/ Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:18:12 PST
In other news, thank you all so much for all of your faves! *bows* I really do appreciate every fave or even pageview that I get. Also, I really should re-do that cat tutorial. It needs fixin'.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 AUGH SPIDER http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/21169367/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/21169367/ Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:38:57 PDT
And I came and looked and it's this huge thing, just chilling on our windowsill, and it's black with orange spots (which, now that I think of it, was pretty fitting for Halloween time) and BLUE FURRY FANGS. IT WAS AWESOME.

...Except then we were afraid that if we left it alone, it would bite us and we would probably die. Because seriously. What not-poisonous spider has blue fangs?? So I caught it in a cup and a notecard and prayed that it didn't decide to bite me through the notecard because I would probably die. And THEN I went to chuck it down the toilet, and GUESS WHAT? It was a JUMPING SPIDER YAY.

...I have never screamed at a spider before this day. *ashamed*

This piece of Zaphy's life brought to you by Kellog's.

And for once that mood is fitting.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Kiriban and HAY http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/21006010/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/21006010/ Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:44:08 PDT
Anyway, update: I have a secret. :3 Can you guess what it is?

And also, go pay homage to ~Shihana, cause LOOKIT:

HEE. owo

And kiriban at 4,000 pageviews HAHA it's 3999 now CAN YOU CATCH IT? If by some miracle you can, I'll draw you something pretty.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Dreams and Photoshop http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/20346998/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/20346998/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:07:54 PDT

In other news, I had the most bizarre (and awesome) dream the other night.

It had Orochimaru and Naruto in it, plus some of my college friends I think, and other random people. It was awesome because Naruto was in the beginning and Orochimaru killed him before he got the chance to say anything retarded. It was bizarre because then Orochimaru was straight (what the crap???) and started, like... hitting on me or something. It was WEIRD. Then I woke up.

And

, I love you, your pictures made my FREAKING DAY.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Tablet situation http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/20197848/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/20197848/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:09:44 PDT
However, I don't have any sort of paint program. Except MSPaint, now that I think of it. I forgot to bring the program that comes with the tablet.

Soo I'm going to ask my dad if he can burn a copy of the CD and send it over to me, but if that doesn't work out, I'll be Photoshop-less.

There's always oekakis, right?

Worst case scenario, I wait till I come home for Christmas, then take care of it then. So it's only for a semester or so. c: Sorry people.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 CLAUDE http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/20019499/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/20019499/ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:37:25 PDT SDKGHRDKFLGKE
SKRRRRDRFRLNAHUMALAAAGURRBLARRRRFASNUMMMBAGORFANAHALUMBAHGUL.

CLAUDE

IS A TOBACCO HORNWORM [link] THE GREEN ONE EXCEPT BIGGER

AND HE HASN'T EXPLODED WITH THE BABIES OF HIS RAPISTS

NOR IS HE SWOLLEN WITH THEM

AND HE'S DIGGING

SGJURJSKFKFFYAY.

8DDDDDDDDD

]]> *Zaphy1415926 College and filters http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/19955987/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/19955987/ Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:28:54 PDT
Anyway, I've already rambled about this a bit but not in my journal, so to those who I owe art (AKA ~DizzieDummie and ~Shihana), things have been really hectic around here for a couple weeks. So I haven't been able to work on really anything till last night and today, and not for too long at a time. I'm leaving for college the 22nd, and I don't really know what my computer situation will be, i.e. if it will be able to handle Photoshop, if I'll even be able to bring my tablet out there, blah blah blah. I'm not even really expecting much fooling around time as far as art goes. So it's possible that I won't be able to finish the art I owe you until Christmastime, when I get home. I'm very sorry about that. OTL

And I DO NOT WANT to grow up. Oh man. And I'm freaking TERRIFIED for college. I do not want to have responsibility, I think I could do very well without it kaythx. I would love to stay a kid forever and be dependent on my parents and not have to worry about the big cold world. It's scary out there. ._. Mensch!

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Foxes and filters http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/19645580/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/19645580/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:13:08 PDT
Anyway, once again, my filter decided that my DeviantArt messages and my Deviantwatch were both made of PURE SATAN and blocked them... so again, I had to just delete all the messages. So again, sorry if I didn't comment/whatever.

And... what else. I'm leaving tomorrow for a couple days (going backpacking :'D)but I'll be back Thursday or Friday. My grandma has a couple days left... yup, that's it. c:

Cause I know y'all find my personal life so entertaining. c:

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Blisters and filters http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/19504026/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/19504026/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:08:19 PDT
It is very annoying.

Yeah, I know you all wanted to know that. To whoever reads my journal anyway.

So as to the filter situation, I finally just deleted all my messages and deviations(using my Wii), and now the filter doesn't block them any more. Buuuut I had to delete them all. So sorry if I haven't replied/commented/seen... something. If you're REALLY heartbroken that I haven't commented on something or that I may not have seen something, pop me a note/comment. I don't mind. c:

(Spoiler ahead, for those of you who have not and are planning to watch Full Metal Alchemist)
I've been re-watching Full Metal Alchemist. (Yeah, that's probably what inspired that fangirl meme- don't worry, I just had to get some fangirling out of my system. It has passed.) I just got past the part where Hughes dies. TAT Why do they always pick the most awesomest characters to get killed off?

OH AND YOU SEE THAT SPIDEY SENSE ICON? MY SPIDEY SENSES ARE TINGLING BECAUSE MY MAILBOX EXPLODED.

...Man, I really need to upload something finished.

To-do:
Shihana b-day pic (which I am seriously considering just redoing at this point)
Copper Kid for Freya
Something original... ._.;;

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Explosions and filters http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/19353892/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/19353892/ Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:03:30 PDT
I won't be able to make the graduation party tonight, for those I know in real life that happen to look at this- sometime at Girl's Camp I picked up a nasty sore throat which looks like strep (with the red and white spots all over my throat), feels like strep (every time I swallow it kinda feels like I've got thumbtacks lining my throat), but, apparently it's not strep- we went to the doctor's yesterday to get it checked out, and the little 10-minute test came back negative, and we're waiting on a throat swab culture- thing. Soooo I don't know how contagious it is, but don't want to risk spreading it, cause it basically sucks.

In other news, sometime while I was gone, my Internet filter decided to block both Facebook, my DeviantArt messages, and some of my friends' profiles on DeviantArt and Subeta. Among other various things that have nothing to do with "Adult" or "Dating" material. Seriously, it's getting worse than BESS or Dansguardian. Sooo I still can't reply to basically anything. Sorry if you've commented and I haven't gotten back to you, I'll have to go on my Wii- and typing on that thing is a pain.

I am also lamenting the loss of my brother's shiny new monitor. He finally got the rest of his computer and assembled it, so bye-bye, beautiful 24-inch LCD flatscreen. ;A;

That's about all in the Life of Zaphy(DID I MENTION MY MAILBOX EXPLODED?!), I know you all love to listen to my endless blathering about my life. [/sarcasmplz]

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Gone http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/19247747/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/19247747/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:14:51 PDT
]]> *Zaphy1415926 Hokay okay okay! http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/19098431/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/19098431/ Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:33:08 PDT

If you post, I will

a) Tell you why I friended you
b) Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etcetera
c) Tell you something I like about you
d) Tell you a memory I have of you
e) Ask something I've always wanted to know about you
f) In return, you must post this in your journal.

And I still don't have a historical character that I can come up with seven random facts for. Help me out here, Freya! I feel like there is one... but I can't think of it! Surely there was something in Crazy World/ The Loony Bin/ The Horde/ The Notebook!

]]> *Zaphy1415926 TAGGED. http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/19039397/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/19039397/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:19:35 PDT

List 7 random/weird things about your favorite historical figure. Tag [NO] more people at the end of your blog and link to theirs.
(Haha, watch me break the vicious cycle of tagging!)
1)BUT FREYA I DUN HAVE ONE.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Whoa. http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/18801268/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/18801268/ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:49:50 PDT
Anyway, I'm out of high school now. owo Go me?

To-do list:
Sakaku art trade: Shading
Shihana art trade: Linearting
The Notebook: Still no.
Various memes: Working on and off when I need a break.

I'm trying to get a job (I had an interview two days ago at Mickey D's- yeah, I know, best place to work... I just need a job so that I can go to school. MAN the job economy SUCKS over here) and basically, I'm spending the summer with friends, since I'll be traveling over to the other side of the continent in a couple months. Still need to register for classes. Huh. Wonder how that's going to work out.

Graduation was long and boring, but I suppose I'll look back on it with fond memories. It's hard to believe that I'm done- this means that I have to stop being a kid sometime soon and start being independent. Crap, like that's ever going to happen.

Anyway, despite me needing to become independent, I still have some chores to do around the house, so off I go! ouo

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Three days. http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/18599776/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/18599776/ Sat, 31 May 2008 20:20:08 PDT 1) Sakaku art trade (Status: coloring)
2) Shihana art trade (Status: linearting)
3) THE NOTEBOOK (Status: No.)
THEN I can do my fun stuff. Riiight?

Three more school days for me. I have two more final projects to finish up, one last Calc test to take, my German logs to do( that were due last Friday), and a piano concerto to perform. Also 4 or 5 pieces to pull together for the art fair. And a flash animation to finish (it's nothing special; Flash is a beast), a CD cover to pull off, and some tutorial I can access at school (AKA not of dA) to find and use. All of this by Wednesday. Shoot. I really am loaded up. Why am I sitting here typing when I should be working?! Back to the grindstone!

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Heyyy, guess what ELSE? http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/18310692/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/18310692/ Tue, 13 May 2008 18:44:42 PDT
Sorry for not being here recently, AP test, college housing (and I STILL do not have a place to live), scholarship application (oh CRAP I need to finish that), grandparents not doing too well, basically, life happened. I'll be back eventually, still popping in to check for messages. Not responding to journals or deviantions right now, I've got about 300 each. I may just end up skipping them altogether, sorry to everyone who might actually care.

I'm loaded up with final projects, have 14 days of school left, so I'll be gone for a while. Hopefully we can recover the files, hopefully they haven't been corrupted.... blah blah blah. You get the picture.

Happy May. ;3

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Kayso... http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/18017549/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/18017549/ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:06:34 PDT
]]> *Zaphy1415926 HAI. http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/17665298/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/17665298/ Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:38:49 PDT

]]> *Zaphy1415926 BRAWL http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/17266247/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/17266247/ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:16:25 PDT
So Friday night I had Orchestra Festival.... then Saturday afternoon, Band festival.... then Saturday night, I figured, "Eh, I'll just do it tomorrow- after all, my dad came home with two movies and watching them with the family is a good thing, right?"

And then my big brother came home at midnight with Super Smash Brothers Brawl. Need I say any more?

So basically, Brawl ROCKS. Pit is awesome. I really like Meta Knight, too. And I'm excited to try out the rest of the characters, too. We only just got Marth.... then we went and played online. xD I want Snake. owo

]]> *Zaphy1415926 It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/17144795/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/17144795/ Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:50:49 PST
]]> *Zaphy1415926 QUIZ TIEM http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/17043951/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/17043951/ Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:51:06 PST
1) Answer the questions below.
2) Take each answer and type it into dA search box.
3) Take a deviation from the first page of results - you may use Popular or Newest - and post thumb (for subscribers) or link (non-subscribers).
4) You can't copy the the answers of the person who posted this before you.

1. The age you will be on your next birthday:

[link]

2. A place you'd like to travel:

[link]

3. Your favourite place:

[link]

4. Your favourite object:

[link]

5. Favourite food

YES)

[link]

6. Your favourite animal: (I love all species of bird. It's hard to choose one)

[link]

7. Your favourite colour:

[link]

8. The town/state/etc in which you live:

[link]

9. Name of past pet:

[link]

10. A dream come true:

[link]

11. Your nickname/screenname

I STILL HAVE TO DO THE OTHER HALF OF THIS)

[link]

12. Middle name

after me grandma ^^)

[link]

13. Favourite Smell: (NUMMY ;w; )

[link]

14. Bad habit of yours:

[link]

15. Your first job

technically, I wasn't an employee, I was an independent contractor, but it still counts. ;A

[link]

16. Favourite Movie

isn't it everyone's? =w=;

[link]

17. What are you doing right now?:

[link]

18. What's The Weather Like?:

[link]

19. Favourite Sport:

[link]

20. Favourite Music/Style/Band:

[link]

]]> *Zaphy1415926 HP Deskjets FAIL at life. >[ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/16858737/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/16858737/ Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:52:47 PST
So the paper says I need to also send in contact sheets. So I have Photoshop Elements 4.0, which I figure can do contact sheets, right?

WRONG.

So I go and spend like an hour downloading the trial version of Photoshop CS3 off of the Adobe website, during which I crap out the drawing excersize and quick figure out my unweighted GPA.

So (all of these paragraphs are beginning with 'so'... XP) Photoshop's done downloading, I've got it installed, and I quick pop out the contact sheets, put them into the folder I'm burning onto this CD and then I need to print these contact sheets in color.

So I've got this antique HP Deskjet 750 or whatever, and I'm trying to print these things out on that (it's our only color printer). I need to get to the post office and send it overnight by 5:00 and it's like 4:30, plus it's snowing pretty wickedly outside and I'd need to add extra time to get there. And this Deskjet is going chug-a-chugg-a-chugg, taking its precious time printing this thing out, and it gets done and GUESS WHAT.

The printer is out of ink.

So I couldn't send my crap yesterday, and I'm going to send it today after I use the school's color printers. I hope it gets there on time.

But crap, that was really annoying.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Dear BYU... http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/16629954/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/16629954/ Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:36:42 PST
Basically, I suck. And I need you to give me money so that I can suck less.

Savvy?

Sincerely, me

Sorry for the frequent updates. I'll try to stop spamming your inboxes. ITS JUST SO FRUSTRATING RAWR

...but I finally have an application for the Art Department on the way! ^^

...now if I can only get in. ;m; NEED TO DO OBSERVATIONAL DRAWINGS

CAUSE LEWIN SAYS THEY'RE IMPORTANT

*scribblescribblescribble*

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Oh for the love of... http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/16619046/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/16619046/ Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:33:15 PST
And then the math department at BYU gave me a letter. They're like, "Congratulations on your high ACT score on the math section. Now you should major in math." HA HA HA they're funny. I suppose if I don't make it into the art program, that's a good back-up plan? No way am I doing a double major. I mean, I could do math if I had to- I did get a 35 on the math section of the ACT, so I could probably pull it off.... but then again, standardized tests are.... standardized tests. :c Not the most difficult thing to pull off. I guess I'll just have to see how I do on the AP test.

NOWAIT
I know the perfect solution.

MARRY A RICH GUY LOL.

In other, more depressing news, President Gordon B. Hinckley died last night. I'm happy that he's able to rest now and he's with his wife, but I sure will miss hearing him speak at General Conference. I loved his sense of humour especially. But I'm rather looking forward to the ordination of the new Prophet and counselors. It'll be the first time in my memory that a new Prophet was called (I waslike. Three when President Hunter died). So there's some exciting things coming up in the Mormon church. ^^

]]> *Zaphy1415926 Post-exam non-stress http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/16549199/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/16549199/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:07:13 PST

And now I'm done. >:3 No more high school exams EVER.

....but now I'm-a hafta go through college exams. >:C

]]> *Zaphy1415926 :3 http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/16390885/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/16390885/ Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:13:42 PST
]]> *Zaphy1415926 :D http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/16140031/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/16140031/ Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:30:56 PST
I've been accepted to BYU! So it's official; that is where I will be heading off to next year.
I'm... not entirely sure how I could possibly cram my remaining excitement and utter elation into words right now, so I guess I'll just leave it at that.

*happygrin*

In other news, I just got back from Texas, and it was GREAT. Dude, the animals. Were awesome. My aunt and uncle have this Akita, Beowulf. He's about 150 pounds of BEARDOG. His head only comes up to my waist, but he's about twice as thick as I am. We can sum him up in the words I heard my uncle yelling from across the house: "BEOWULF, DON'T CHEW THE T.V.!!"

Then there's Spot, the crazy tabby cat who couldn't care less if you dropped him on his head. He's pretty small, but there's a lot of stupid crammed into that tiny body. We have another sentence that I overheard my uncle telling Spot very... expressively from across the house: "SPOT, DON'T PUT YOUR TAIL OR ANY OTHER PART OF YOUR BODY IN BEOWULF'S MOUTH!"

There's Sioux, the pretty little orange tabby cat who stayed pretty far away. She'd roll over to expose her belly and meow like she wanted you to pet it, then, once you fell for it, would clamp down and not let go. The cat did not like being touched.

The outside cats were Eta, Joejoe, and Blue. I saw Joejoe's back once as he sprinted away. Eta was a little black cat who would would creep up to you inquisitively and peer at you from afar, but not let you even get close to touching her. Blue was part Siamese- white with a bit of a light tabby pattern on his hindquarters and blue eyes, very strongly built- but he was a big sweetie. If you sat down, he'd climb into your lap (which made me kind of nervous 'cause I didn't know if he had fleas) and beg to be petted. Then, once you stood up, he'd wind around your legs until you went inside the house.

And then there was Bell. Who waslike. A tiger in kitty form. I caught a glimpse of her, tail poufed, teeth bared, claws unsheathed, as she attempted to rip Uncle Chuck's arm off and ran away... and that was it. And that's pretty self-explanatory.

And my grandma has a Doberman, Honeygirl, who is as sweet as her name is. And it was great. And I've blabbed on enough now. So I'll go check out enrollment now or something.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 c: http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/15802512/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/15802512/ Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:51:51 PST
]]> *Zaphy1415926 School kills my inner child. http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/15669367/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/15669367/ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:08:26 PST
RANT TIEM.

>: No drawlink time. I've already ranted on this. Basically, all I'm clinging to now is the hope that second semester, things will all get better and suddenly I'll have TIME. o: That whole "second-semester senior" thing.

And I'm failing Calculus. I took the course because it was the last math course I COULD take, and I wanted to not feel lazy about my schedule. I also kind of enjoy math, it makes me feel smart. All logic dictates that I shouldn't be taking the class. It's 12.4 AP Calculus BC, the hardest math course you can take without going to the community college for a class. I don't need it. I'm going to be an art major. Has nothing to do with math. It's a hard class. It's screwing my GPA over. I could switch to 3-D instead. But my pride says NAY. I started it, I want to finish it. I don't want to wimp out. I'd feel like a quitter, a loser. But here's one math class that I'm actually trying in. We just finished Chapter 4. The first test on Ch. 4? I didn't study so hard, just memorized formulas. D+. The second test? Tried a little harder, studied the night before, did a couple review problems. Lower D+. The review test? Multiple choice with a penalty for wrong guesses? Spent the weekend holed up in my room with my Calculus book. Worked through a good amount of the excersizes in my head. Studied the harder review problems. 27%. 7.5 out of 28. Wait, I took the MML, so I get 2 extra credit points. 9.5 out of 28. And that actually made me HAPPY. I go into the class while we're looking over the test, hear those kids that act like total IDIOTS talking about how the test wasn't so bad, yeah, you know those kids that act incompetent but are secretly geniuses? Yeah, those ones. Makes me feel idiotic. Stupid, incompetent. Here's a math class that I'm not failing because I'm just too lazy to do the extra work. Here's a math class that I'm failing because I actually seem to not get it. I'm always doing something wrong, taking the derivative in the wrong spot, making stupid algebra mistakes. I don't know if I just need more practice taking derivatives and arranging the problem, or if I'm just incompetent. Now we're getting into integrals, the things that I hear have more than one way to do the problem, but there's only one right way, one way that will solve the problem correctly. Logic dictates that I should drop the class, pride dictates that I should stick with it.

And my MP3 player broke. :c Just decided to stop working one time as I was skipping tracks. But, there seems to be a warranty on it, so there's still hope.

Eh. Maybe after cram week, it'll get better.

]]> *Zaphy1415926 People keep throwing bricks at me. ;m; http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/15611040/ http://Zaphy1415926.deviantart.com/journal/15611040/ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:53:49 PST

who, by the way, is freaking amazing and yes I am in the process of doing zee art trade. <.<

RULES:
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesnÂt make sense. NO CHEATING!
4. Tag 5 people.
5. Bold the questions and with the answers, give your own comments on how it relates to the questions.

How are you feeling today?
la. la maladie du sommeil (Rah Xephon soundtrack) [la la laaaa la laaaaa]

Will you get far in life?
Embraced Empathy (Dear to the Heart)-Hemophiliac

How do your friends see you?
Ahead on Our Rave (On Our Way)-FFmusic DJ [cause my life is one giant RAVE]

Will you get married?
1/3 Pure Heart Emotion (From Rurouni Kenshin)-Siam Shade [so I only get a third of what I COULD? D:< ]

What is your best friend's theme song?
Extreme Ways (the ending theme of the Bourne trilogy movies)-John Powell [EXTREME.]

What is the story of your life?
mp3_ssbdl (It's the Kirby theme song) [Evidently I go around eating people and stealing their looks.]

What was high school like?
Too Much Fighting (Fanfare)-Another Soundscape [...Not really, lulz.]

How can you get ahead in life?
Berlin Foot Chase- John Powell [By running people down and KILLING them. In an extreme manner.]

What is the best thing about your friends?
Braveheart Medley -my high school band [;w; cause they're all so strong of heart >w<]

What is in store for this weekend?
Super Drive (From Gravitation) -Yosuke Sakanoue [<.<]

To describe your grandparents?
Final Fantasy VII- Aeris' Theme

How is your life going?
The Drop (Bourne Supremacy/John Powell) [So fitting.]

What song will they play at your funeral?
Suco de Melancia (Costa del Sol) -Red Tailed Fox/OCRemix [.......]

How does the world see you?
John Philip Sousa (one of those marches) [As an old, bearded, OCD man!? D:]

Will you have a happy life?
Renga- Wolf's Rain

What do your friends really think of you?
Sleeping Wolves - Wolf's Rain [...I sleep all the time?]

Do people secretly lust after you?
Carpe Diem - Yellow Generation [....Considering what the chorus goes like, I don't even want to think about it.]

How can I make myself happy?
Short Skirts (Tifa's Theme) [NO. DEFINITELY NOT.]

What should you do with your life?
Lonely Rolling Star- Katamari Damacy [Lulz.]

Will you ever have children?
Hungarian Rhapsody- Mozart [o____O]

Umm. Umum.

I tag:

annnnd.... your mom's face. |3

In other news, my oldest brother showed up (unexpectedly) for Thanksgiving! It was an AWESOME surprise! I'm so happy right now- that means we have everybody back except my brother on a mission. Ah, well. It's still awesome.

And I've been watching Naruto. For the sole purpose of knowing what I'm making fun of when I get around to making fun of it. Skipped the 100 or so episodes of filler and graduated on to Shipuuden. Don't get me wrong, it's plenty entertaining (as long as I don't have to sit through the ear-grating terrible voice acting on the dubs), but.... oh there is just too much to make fun of.

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