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deviantART: by:anaria http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:anaria&section=today deviantART RSS for by:anaria en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:42:04 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png JAPAN! http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/25501125/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/25501125/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:29:43 PDT
The people here are extremely friendly and accomodating. I think it's because I'm a little American girl who obviously does not belong here, lol.

I am going to get some more sleep...but I'm here safely and will be taking a lot of pictures.

L<3ve Always,
Marie

]]> ~anaria that voice which calls to me and speaks my name http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/24710579/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/24710579/ Mon, 11 May 2009 19:46:15 PDT
I wish I could say that my life is full of adventure and wonder, but like most other people I've settled into a job (at least it's one I enjoy) that takes over most of my life. I don't even spend much time reading these days, I fall asleep with the computer on my lap or after reading a couple of pages of anything else.

Guess it's to be expected, working 50+ hours a week. I'm actually opening manager for the company I work for tomorrow, so I will be awake in just over 4 hours to be at work in 6.

Perhaps the everyday mundanity of it all is part of what inspired my decision last year, as I paid off the debt accumulated over the years -- I will leave the country at least once a year. It's the least that I owe myself.

Next month I will be spending ~1.5 weeks in Japan visiting a friend who has been doing the JET program over there. I'm super-excited about the trip. Maybe, just maybe, I will post some pictures. You never know.

L<3ve Always,
Marie

]]> ~anaria *smiles* Life is going well... http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/12173688/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/12173688/ Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:00:22 PDT
Life's been busy - work is going awesomely, I got a wonderful raise and they've been putting more and more responsibility on me - to prepare me for when I get into management. *grins* It's been exciting, I like to see how appreciated I am for what I do.

I'm working on getting a passport - my father is taking us on a week-long cruise in the western caribbean this summer, yay. *smiles* The passport actually is not required this year, we checked, but we're all trying to make sure we get them anyway.

Anyway...there's so much to say and so little time to say it...but even if I haven't been commenting as often as I used to, I have been looking!

ve Always,
Marie

]]> ~anaria Thank you! http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/11395690/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/11395690/ Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:02:05 PST thank you!

I wasn't expecting to sign on and see myself subscribed. Thank you again.

I need to get ready for work...I closed last night so I slept in until 10am...whoops. ('Course I didn't get off work until almost midnight and then travel time...I guess it makes sense.) I close again tonight, yippee.

L

ve Always,
Marie

]]> ~anaria *yawns* lazy day after moving...thank god http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/11347217/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/11347217/ Sun, 07 Jan 2007 08:32:11 PST so much fun. What was even more fun was having my car die as I filled up the gas tank before the last long haul down - apparently the cell of my battery shorted out right then - it wasn't even 1.5 years old, thank god I keep all sorts of warranty paperwork for my car in the glove compartment, right? So, yeah, life was an adventure.

I'm officially back in south Florida - I start at my new store tomorrow and that will be an adventure in itself, y'know? I have a feeling everyone is going to hate me because I'm just so freaking nice they'll want to strangle me, it's been like that elsewhere until people get to know me better. Whatever's clever.

I actually cried when I moved this time, I spent most of Friday morning bawling my eyes out. I'm really going to miss Gainesville, but it really is just time to move on.

So I'll be online more often - I have 9000+ deviations to go through (and you know at least a quarter of them will be deleted) so I'll be investing in a membership again, after I get my mother's house set up with something other than dial-up. This is killing me and I haven't even been here a full day.

L

ve Always,
Marie

]]> ~anaria Moving...again http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/10623543/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/10623543/ Sun, 05 Nov 2006 10:06:51 PST
So I'm moving back home to south Florida. I officially made the decision...oh, almost a week ago - and so I'll be home again the first week in January. Just enough time to get all my crap together (because I never even finished unpacking - a lot of it is still in the boxes! Yea for foresight!), get the work going on a good transfer (and possibly a promotion *crosses fingers*), and get the hell out of there!

Much as I love Gainesville, there are many reasons to leave. I'll be finishing up the last little bit of my degree at FAU, so whatever's clever there.

ANYHOW, so I'm excited. I'll be able to be online again on a regular basis!

And I'm going to get my mom set up with high speed internet - I think that might be my "rent" payment right there. Hmm...yeah. I think I can handle that.

I get to go to a memorial service today for my uncle's brother...

Oh, and I've been reading a lot lately. My friend Laurel and I went to Asheville, NC for a short vacation in October and we hit this wonderful, wonderful independent bookstore called Malaprops and I admit I'm totally in love. I limited myself to four books for myself...it was a very hard decision. Martin Miller's The Good Fairies of New York, Charles de Lint's The Blue Girl, Jeanette Winterson's Lighthousekeeping, and Jeffery Smith's Where the Roots Reach for Water all made the trip back with me.

Olgy, especially, get your hands on a copy of The Good Fairies of New York. Or I'll ship it to you and lend it to you after I get it back from Laurel. (it's brilliant, it really is)

I plan on reading more about Newford in de Lint's writing - he's one several fantasy awards for his work and I enjoyed his style immensely. Contemporary fantasy can be fun.

I had read and loved Winterson before Lighthousekeeping, but it was absolurely brilliant and I would read this book out loud with good friends or perhaps even someone special. The prose is simply gorgeous and it's a wonderful set of tales woven together into one. I lent this one to Kimberly, but I believe it'll be making its rounds.

Smith's novel is "a person & natural history of melancholia." It was a memoir about depression and what he did once the zoloft stopped working - Smith went off all the meds and fell into it. It was actually a very inspiring read, especially to someone who is a recurring major depressive (but refuses the meds). Towards the end he tends to focus on spirituality more and more - especially christianity - but the overtones didn't become unbearable and he did not have a magical conversion where all the problems in his life miraculously disappeared after he found faith.

[As an aside - the last book I finally finished reading yesterday. It's been being read for a couple of weeks now - my own episode has been bad enough where I read a couple of pages of anything and just go to sleep, but thankfully between work and good friends I haven't spent my entire life attempting to read and sleeping next to the book instead. Also, a lot of the book has got me thinking about my situation and where I was, and was a major catalyst in the final decision to finally move back.]

Reading-wise...I'm also working on Marie Antoinette, Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Pamela, The Divine Comedy (finishing up Purgatorio & soon to work on Paradiso), The Aeneid, writings of the Marquis de Sade, and I'm sure there are other works I'm working on that I've put down and will need to pick up again. I have the first volume of the Oz chronicles to consume, in addition to Marquez's Chronicles of a Death Foretold and poetry by Yeats.

See? I spend ridiculous amounts of time reading. It's wonderful.

I've also been learning how to play go, though since I'm moving I'm going to have to give Michael back all his equipment.

I really don't have many friends in south Florida anymore, and I'm too much of a novice to try to teach anyone myself. (let alone having time) It is a fun little game though. Another game I've taken up is mancala, which is just a lot of fun. I keep it with me in my car and it's easy to play and learn. Pretty colore... ]]> ~anaria sometimes I get so lonely I might die... http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/9710637/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/9710637/ Sun, 13 Aug 2006 08:07:11 PDT
My life is fairly boring. I wish I could update you, but it would go something like this: Working full time for the company I've worked for for the past three years. Spending my free time either reading or hanging out with friends. Planning on taking classes this coming semester. See, has anything really changed?

*shrugs* Oh well, whatever's clever, right?

L

ve Always,
Marie ]]> ~anaria oh how i wish to dream again http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/7600989/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/7600989/ Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:12:20 PST
So, life? Life is work. Work is good. I could actually be promoted soon - it's a very slim chance, but it's a chance nonetheless. If I'm not promoted this time around, I will be promoted next time. I'm actually looking into getting a second job - I have too much free time on my hands, so I think working more is a good way to solve that.

That or sitting in Borders for hours at a time reading...oh wait, I already do that.

Oh, I'm going to push my livejournal on my friends right now - do you really want to kinda keep up with me? I'm never online, but I do have a livejournal - [link] - and since I keep it as a paid account, I'll call from my phone and do random phone posts occasionally. Also, if you want to become snail mail pen pals, just note me your address and I'll note you mine back.

(I'm being serious about that too, though I'm a slacker.)

Anyhow, I need to get some things accomplished today - I've spent too much of it online and sleeping.

L

ve Always,
Marie ]]> ~anaria Merry Christmas! http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/7401709/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/7401709/ Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:20:56 PST If you knew how much I missed you (and how far behind I am...oi vey, 3000+ new messages...

)...well, then I guess you'd know how very much you're in my thoughts.

What's new, what's new...well besides working full time (I'll be officially put in starting next month? I better) and working on taking two classes next semester, I've been working on my writing a bit. Nothing particularly major, just some scene sketches really. I've also been working on an as-yet-unnamed venture with my friends Gus and Laurel, writing scenes to be illustrated later in manga form. It's a lot of fun actually - Gus is in charge of illustrations and Laurel and I are working on the writing, plot, etc.

I really don't know what else to say is going on in my life, besides massive amounts of reading...I loves me some reading. I do.

Anyhow, I hope I'll be online again soon.

Regardless, though, know you're in my thoughts.

ve Always,
Marie ]]> ~anaria hello hello http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/7231183/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/7231183/ Mon, 05 Dec 2005 16:48:37 PST
Anyhow, still trucking.

You're in my thoughts, remember that.

ve Always,
Marie ]]> ~anaria Devious Journal Entry http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/6969225/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/6969225/ Sun, 06 Nov 2005 07:35:28 PST Everything in this room is eatable. Even I am eatable. But that is called cannibalism, my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon by most societies.

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Good morning Starshine.

So, I'm alive. It's been an insane amount of time - I'm alive and relatively well though. I've been making a lot of changes in my life lately - maybe one of these days I'll come online and share what's going on.

I disconnected my cable internet - I'll be switching to DSL at a later date and time. But, since I don't have a landline, that means that I have no way of going online unless I use someone else's internet (not a huge fan of that idea) or go to campus or something like that.

My grandma has breast cancer. We still need to get a PET scan done to see if it's spread - however, the tumor we know about is the size of a golf ball, able to be easily seen with a mammogram.

It's just kinda stressful right now. I just want you to know that I haven't forgotten about you.

I do plan on returning sometime, hopefully before the holidays.

L

ve Always,
Marie

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I'm a really big proponent of supporting artists via commissions. If you enjoy someone's art and they offer those, contemplate getting one if you can!

If you do nothing else from visiting this page, go see the art created for me - it's gorgeous!
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by =daggerpoint
"Red Corset"

by *Miserie
"Anaria for Anaria"

by ~Prinova
"Fairy Anaria"

by *teutelquessir
"The Stranger"

by =daggerpoint
"Harlequin"

by =ApocalypticAtsuko
"Anime Pin-up"

by *yoseimurasaki
"Mistress Anaria"

by *http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/6582097/ Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:55:50 PDT Everything in this room is eatable. Even I am eatable. But that is called cannibalism, my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon by most societies.

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I am alive and well. Sassy Little Shit makes random noises quite often.

I don't know what's wrong with her.

Been working a lot lately. Got overtime this week...with going home early two days. Good stuff. My raise finally went through, thank goodness. I was about to ask my manager what the deal was with it. (normally they don't tell you about a raise until it's already gone through and will be on the next paycheck)

I've been watching more and more of the Depp man with a good friend of mine, Laurel. We've seen Pirates of the Caribbean, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (many times...), Edward Scissorhands, Chocolat, Finding Neverland (my latest post...over a month ago...was from that), Sleepy Hollow, From Hell (actually I watched that with Gus Gus), Dead Man, Ed Wood, the Astronaut's Wife, Benny & Joon, Don Juan Demarco, and Blow, with Corpse Bride, Lost in La Mancha, and the Ninth Gate currently in queue. (I think Corpse Bride will be watched tonight.

)

I've needed eye candy in my life. I need more, actually...much much more.

Anyway, I'm alive. Work owns me (it does, just ask anyone - more than half my coworkers believe I'm full time

), school owns me (oh, the reading...lots of reading, it's fun though), Depp owns me (I wish...no, really, I wish

), Sassy owns me (or believes she does...she thinks the apartment is hers, I'm not kidding) and I've been extremely reclusive overall lately. Half the time my internet's down - the cable internet company is stationed out of Louisiana and...it's a trying time, to put it mildly.

But if I finally move my computer to the other computer desk (I own two, yes, I know - but the other one will hold all the electronic equipment! It will!), then when it's down I'd be able to sign online for free using the school's dial-up account...terribly tempting when all I get is a big ol' NO SIGNAL NO NOTHING.

I need a vacation. I really do.

L

ve Always,
Marie

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I'm a really big proponent of supporting artists via commissions. If you enjoy someone's art and they offer those, contemplate getting one if you can!

If you do nothing else from visiting this page, go see the art created for me - it's gorgeous!
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by =daggerpoint
"Red Corset"

by *Miserie
"Anaria for Anaria"

by ~Prinova
"Fairy Anaria"

by *teutelquessir
"Th... ]]> ~anaria How did I never see it before? http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/6288862/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/6288862/ Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:40:44 PDT Everything in this room is eatable. Even I am eatable. But that is called cannibalism, my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon by most societies.

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Finding Neverland is seriously one of my new favorite movies. So heartwarming...it's simply to die for. Really, it is.

And I'm not even thinking about my favorite incarnation of Johnny Depp as I say this, though I do say he is more delicious than ever in this film...but I guess that shows the type of guy I like, eh?

It's weird to think of Freddie Highmore (who played Peter in the film - also, he's the latest Charlie Bucket) being 13 years old.

Born 14 February 1992...13 years old. And currently 5 feet 6 inches!

That is 8 inches taller than I am! Just see for yourself... [link] Anyhow, yeah, he's absolutely adorable. I really think he's younger than that, but you know, I can't argue with them. And he has to be shorter than me...he has to! Or maybe just an inch or two taller - but according to that site, he's =nandesu's height!

Anyhow, the kitten is loving the fact that I've actually been home today to love on her. I was scheduled to work this morning (6am...

), but I ended up trading it for a shift on Tuesday to help a coworker out. 'Sall good either way, y'know?

Classes start on Wednesday. I'm still in the process of finalizing my classes. I got into the one class I really wanted to get into by looking at what else it was listed under - I'll need to petition to be transferred into the official other section of it because I need some of the categories of credits that it's under.

It'll be easy enough to convince them to do.

So, for sure for sure, I'll be in creative writing again and Faulkner in Israel. I'll most likely be added into Adolescent Literature by Cech and I'm trying to make a decision about what else to do.

I like only having classes on Tuesday and Thursday so that I can work all the other days anytime if I so desire...

Just some thoughts. I'm going to go watch deleted scenes and outtakes (again) because I love them. I do.

L

ve Always,
Marie

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I'm a really big proponent of supporting artists via commissions. If you enjoy someone's art and they offer those, contemplate getting one if you can!

If you do nothing else from visiting this page, go see the art created for me - it's gorgeous!
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by =daggerpoint
"Red Corset"

by *Miserie
"Anaria for Anaria"

by ~Prinova
"Fairy Anaria"

http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/6251253/ Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:01:24 PDT Everything in this room is eatable. Even I am eatable. But that is called cannibalism, my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon by most societies.

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Just wanted to let y'all know that I'm alive and well. Been working a lot lately - will actually be transferring to a different store in Gainesville, which will be cool.

Anyhow, I have work tonight so I should get going - ta ta!

L

ve Always,
Marie

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I'm a really big proponent of supporting artists via commissions. If you enjoy someone's art and they offer those, contemplate getting one if you can!

If you do nothing else from visiting this page, go see the art created for me - it's gorgeous!
(in order created - IE users, right click to open)

by =daggerpoint
"Red Corset"

by *Miserie
"Anaria for Anaria"

by ~Prinova
"Fairy Anaria"

by *teutelquessir
"The Stranger"

by =daggerpoint
"Harlequin"

by =ApocalypticAtsuko
"Anime Pin-up"

by *yoseimurasaki
"Mistress Anaria"

by *yoseimurasaki
"Anaria"

by *Miserie
"Another For Anaria"

by *redelf
"Bathing in Moonlight"

~anaria Thank you Jeremy! <3 http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/6121506/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/6121506/ Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:25:43 PDT Everything in this room is eatable. Even I am eatable. But that, my dear children, is called cannibalism and is frowned upon by most societies.

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I just wanted to thank Jeremy, aka =daggerpoint, for the wonderful icon he made me.

Oh, and I saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for the third time last night. I swear, it will be my last time going to the theatre... I've been working on downloading it until I can get my hands on a DVD - that should come out probably in November or so, right? Around Christmas time?

Too bad the versions out right now are just so...blah and uncolorful. I like bright colors.

And Johnny Depp, but that's a given?

Anyhow, time to get ready for work...I'm coming in half an hour early to help someone out.

L

ve Always,
Marie

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I'm a really big proponent of supporting artists via commissions. If you enjoy someone's art and they offer those, contemplate getting one if you can!

If you do nothing else from visiting this page, go see the art created for me - it's gorgeous!
(in order created - IE users, right click to open)

by =daggerpoint
"Red Corset"

by *Miserie
"Anaria for Anaria"

by ~Prinova
"Fairy Anaria"

by =teutelquessir
"The Stranger"

by =daggerpoint
"Harlequin"

by =ApocalypticAtsuko
"Anime Pin-up"

by *yoseimurasaki
"Mistress Anaria"

by *http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/6111741/ Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:27:47 PDT A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

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Everything in this room is eatable. Even I am eatable. But that, my dear children, is called cannibalism and is frowned upon by most societies.

In the process of downloading the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory soundtrack. After the second viewing, the movie is growing on me more and more. Sure, it's nowhere near what the original book nor the first Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie were like, but well...it's still damn good. It has its own category, and that's not a bad thing.

The whole $jark issue still isn't being resolved to my liking. Sure, it's understandable that people get let go of, even the founders of a company, however, not revealing the story and evading answering any questions does not help the situation any. I'm for the community - I love DA, DA is how I met =nandesu and had it not been for this site, I don't know that I would have ever met him. DA is also where I've made many wonderful friends, and even when I don't participate that much, I try to keep in touch somewhat.

I think =sohl put it best in her journals - this is being stolen from °jark and °matteo and that's why it's wrong. Credit going where credit is due is a necessary part of this art community that's intolerant of rippers and people claiming to create something they didn't.

Anyhow, Gus and I were supposed to hang out. I need to kick her off the phone and have her get her arse over here.

L

ve Always,
Marie

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I'm a really big proponent of supporting artists via commissions. If you enjoy someone's art and they offer those, contemplate getting one if you can!

If you do nothing else from visiting this page, go see the art created for me - it's gorgeous!
(in order created - IE users, right click to open)

by =daggerpoint
"Red Corset"

by *Miserie
"Anaria for Anaria"

by ~Prinova
"Fairy Anaria"

by =teutelquessir
"The Stranger"

by =daggerpoint
"Harlequin"

by =ApocalypticAtsuko
"Anime Pin-up"

http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/6075362/ Sat, 30 Jul 2005 07:47:52 PDT A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

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This will be a thumbnail intensive post.

So, shocked. Very shocked by the current proceedings. I don't know what's going on, nor do I think I'll be told anytime soon.

It's life, but I don't have to be happy about it.

Anyhow, I have a kitten now. Meet Sassy Little Shit.

Ain't she cute? She's ~7 weeks old now. She was a feral cat until just over a week ago, when my former roommate Carrie tricked her and brought the cute little kitten inside. Especially since in the area she was retrieved from, there had been dog attacks and etc. One of her sisters was badly crippled in her hindquarters from a dog attack, I think she may have had to be put down.

Carrie was going to keep her, along with Scratch, but ... yeah, her current roommates weren't going for it and were going to make Sassy an outdoor cat. Nothing against outdoor cats, but I'd rather take her off her hands and keep her inside and taken care of. (and nowhere near in the range of the boys' shotguns

)

So, now I have a kitten. She's a total spazz. She enjoys finding all the hiding places. She spent the first day in the couch, after finding the slight tear in the lining near the top - she slinked on in there and spent her day among the springs. She also found a spot next to the dishwasher where she can hide. And I know she's trying to tear a hole in my boxspring like she did Carrie's, so that she can slink her way in there and hide as well.

At least I have motivation to finish cleaning and keep it clean. I want to be able to snag her from wherever she's hiding.

Oh, a comparison photo...

vs.

'Nuff said.

L

ve Always,
Marie

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I'm a really big proponent of supporting artists via commissions. If you enjoy someone's art and they offer those, contemplate getting one if you can!

If you do nothing else from visiting this page, go see the art created for me - it's gorgeous!
(in order created - IE users, right click to open)

by =daggerpoint
"Red Corset"

by *Miserie
"Anaria for Anaria"

by ~Prinova
"Fairy Anaria"

http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/6016003/ Sat, 23 Jul 2005 20:10:28 PDT A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

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Saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the other night...it was good, definitely different from the book and movie. (I don't care that some parts are closer to the book, many parts weren't

)

Finished reading HP & HBP, interesting...yeah, I haven't decided if I like how it'll end up. I think this was the first HP book I really wasn't liking all that much. Maybe a re-read of the series is in order, who knows?

All bow down and worship =daggerpoint.

Jeremy

Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous.

I'm very happy. I want to find a way to show Jeremy how much I appreciate the work he put into the masterpiece...I'll come up with something.

I'm really looking forward to fall classes. I really hate summer in Gainesville. It's so hot and muggy, ugh. 'Course, with =nandesu in Utah, they're in the 100s, 110s, which is...hellish. I really think that if we wanted to be baked alive, we'd take a day-trip to hell, not walk outside.

Boca, not quite so bad. I live a mile away from the ocean there... *daydreams* Ocean breezes are awesome. Having all the humidity and no breeze so ain't worth it. It's weird to think that it's been three years since I moved to Gainesville and I've never really gone home for a significant period of time since I left...

Carrie flatironed my hair today and it looked h0tt. It really made me want a flatiron, so I might snag one sometime this week...I need to go yell at UF's financial aid department since the loan money that's been due for ye long has yet to be dispursed. *mutters and curses and sends ill wishes their way* I'm fine at the moment, but I really don't want to overdraft my account when the rent hits it next month. I don't like paying fees unnecessarily.

Oh, waking up in six hours to be at work in seven is not my idea of a good Saturday night...but such is life.

And I have a kitten. She's terribly cute. Carrie convinced me to take her.

She'll be moving in by Tuesday.

L

ve Always,
Marie

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I'm a really big proponent of supporting artists via commissions. If you enjoy someone's art and they offer those, contemplate getting one if you can!

If you do nothing else from visiting this page, go see the art created for me - it's gorgeous!
(in order created - IE users, right click to open)

by =daggerpoint
"Red Corset"

by *Miserie
"Anaria for Anaria"

by ~Prinova
"Fairy Anaria"

http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5962547/ Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:48:03 PDT A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

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Sorry about disappearing. My computer screen was acting all fucked up for a couple of days so then I shut it off the computer for several days and just turned it back on today - and, *knocks on wood*, everything's working fine. GO FIGURE.

The screen was turning this pretty shade of blue and I couldn't see anything of what was on the screen. It was aggravating.

So, instead I read. I know, what a trend, eh? Finished Kushiel's Avatar, attacked C. Bronte's Villete, ravaged The Eyre Affair...I could go on to the next one, Lost in a Good Book, but instead I'll devour the newest Harry Potter.

I had overtime last week. I'll likely be getting overtime again this week. I'm trying not to this week, because I don't have manager permission at this time... I'll talk to them about it if I don't get out of work early tomorrow - I'll need to get out early on both Wednesday and Thursday (Tuesday's my first day off since last Saturday...oh, I'm excited, I was supposed to be off on Thursday but I'm a really nice person and came in and that's where the overtime came from) I figured I'd be out of there on time since I had to open the office on Saturday and Sunday (6am...yippee) but both days ran late because of the next person coming in late and blah dee dah dee dah.

I'm exhausted. I'm surprised I'm not burnt out yet. I'm desperately looking forward to some sort of vacation - I'm supposed to visit =nandesu in August but we haven't decided when that'll be so...yeah. I need to figure that out because of ticket prices and flight arrangements and all that jazz...

But that's my life. I'm still alive, I just haven't been around. I need to email Mr. Powell, yes I know, that's on my list of things to do...so many many things I get to do. Tuesday. Tuesday.

rays: Though I'm planning on watching a friend's kid Tuesday if she'll let me because that would be the best night for it...ehhh, whatever's clever.

L

ve Always,
Marie

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I'm a really big proponent of supporting artists via commissions. If you enjoy someone's art and they offer those, contemplate getting one if you can!

If you do nothing else from visiting this page, go see the art created for me - it's gorgeous!
(in order created - IE users, right click to open)

by =daggerpoint
"Red Corset"

by *Miserie
"Anaria for Anaria"

by ~Prinova
"Fairy Anaria"

by =teutelquessir
"The Stranger"

by =daggerpoint
"Harlequin"

http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5884704/ Sat, 09 Jul 2005 10:10:46 PDT A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

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All the world's a stage...and on that stage I am but a player.

Vacation, vacation, vacation...I haven't even updated my LJ about vacation, so feel lucky.

My uncle's beach house in Cape Hatteras is gorgeous...I wish I could find the listing but it's impossible to do so, I'll need to ask my dad for the link. Anyhow, huge and gorgeous house. We comfortably fit 26 in there, if that says anything...right on the ocean too, pretty sweet stuff.

My grandma is handicapped, so Michael and Janet designed the two beach houses to be handicapped accessible - including an elevator connecting the four floors. It's actually super convenient for handicapped folks, looking at everything all together...and gorgeous to boot. The two huge identical houses on the ocean each earn them $9000/week, and it's rented out all season long...they also have the Sea Biscuit in Hatterasman, a smaller house they saved up money for when they were first married, but it's still incredibly nice...we staye there years ago.

Anyway, I spent my vacation reading. I finished Roger Zelazny's Amber Chronicles, then I read Gregory Maguire's Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Philippa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl, and finally finished Robert Heinlein's Time Enough for Love. I also studied Business Law - the joys of taking online classes. Read out by the pool, in the little room on the fourth floor overlooking the ocean, in the hottub, in a screened in deck, by the ocean...it was nice and a terribly ideal vacation for me. Relaxing and spending time with family is always a good thing.

My grandma got a cold while we were there, which ended up causing her to have congested heart failure - but she didn't have a heart attack thankfully...she's always had a lot of health problems so...yeah. We were pissed that my aunts took her to the hospital (which is awhile away) without telling anyone until she was being looked at by the doctor - right before dinner, of course. That caused a whole bunch of drama that I really don't feel like getting into at the moment...if you'd like the particulars feel free to note and ask me. Grandma's doing better now, she's relaxing which is good - she ended up getting shipped up to a hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, which has a better heart unit which is good because she's had open heart surgery a couple of times. This all happened Thursday night and we were leaving Saturday morning...yeah, fun stuff.

My Aunt Janet has a niece named Jennifer who's a total sweetheart...she's 30 and a lot of fun to be around. The last couple of days, well, everything "must go" - so we were making some "must go milk shakes." This is Friday, mind you - and there were 3.5 two gallon jugs of ice cream left. When we were done, there was part of one left...yeah, a lot of ice cream. A lot of liquor in those as well. It went well, a lot of the adults had different types of spiked milk shakes and the kids ended up getting pure ones...though we did try getting my younger sister one some with bailey's in it, but then Jennifer added a wee bit too much vodka so dad's girlfriend let me know she shouldn't get it - and Dawn didn't want it when she saw how much Jennifer poured in. So we gave it to Carrie, Jennifer's sister instead, and just kept on making drinks...good stuff.

I need a blender again...I keep on forgetting that that was the one kitchen appliance which was Care Bear's...but unfortunately UF is being a pain in the ass about disbursing student loans. I need to call them up and complain Monday, since...yeah.

Anyhow, great vacation. We got down to South Florida in time for me to go to Cathy's baby shower - she's going to have a little girl around Halloween.

And she's so happy...I'm so happy that she's happy. (she helped raise me) My Aunt Dawn hosted the event since Cathy's mom passed away from lung cancer a couple months back...soon after Cathy found out she was pregnant, before they learned it was a girl. They get to name her the name the mom picked out though.

It took me -forever- to go through all those messages. 700+ for a week...geez. LJ was even worse though - I refuse to get caught up on that be... ]]> ~anaria Magic Knight Rayearth http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5729370/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5729370/ Thu, 23 Jun 2005 02:00:24 PDT A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

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MagicKnightRayearth

Thank you so much Gus Gus for letting me borrow MKR! OMG, it's so good.

I love the books and the series...yeah. The end of the first series got me...

Caldina's hilarious Gus. We need to watch this series again together soon.

My only problem with many websites is how uninformative they can be.

Anime can be particularly bad with it.

Gonna talk with =nandesu for a bit and then get some sleep.

for all my friends! xoxox

L

ve Always,
Marie

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I'm a really big proponent of supporting artists via commissions. If you enjoy someone's art and they offer those, contemplate getting one if you can!

If you do nothing else from visiting this page, go see the art created for me - it's gorgeous!
(in order created - IE users, right click to open)

by =daggerpoint
"Red Corset"

by *Miserie
"Anaria for Anaria"

by ~Prinova
"Fairy Anaria"

by =teutelquessir
"The Stranger"

by =daggerpoint
"Harlequin"

by =ApocalypticAtsuko
"Anime Pin-up"

by *yoseimurasaki
"Mistress Anaria"

~anaria wtf shoutboard? http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5716305/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5716305/ Tue, 21 Jun 2005 17:24:52 PDT A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

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Updated my shoutboard to reflect new art created for me that's come in within the past few months...and now thumbnails are acting up? Wtf?

So I'm now going to post them as part of the footer in this journal until they act normal again on the side.

In other news, it's been a great day. It'll become a great night as well. I'm leaving on Thursday to drive home and then on Friday I'm heading up to North Caroline for a family reunion on the beach - so I'll likely be scarce.

ve Always,
Marie

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I'm a really big proponent of supporting artists via commissions. If you enjoy someone's art and they offer those, contemplate getting one if you can!

If you do nothing else from visiting this page, go see the art created for me - it's gorgeous!
(in order created - IE users, right click to open)

by =daggerpoint
"Red Corset"

by *Miserie
"Anaria for Anaria"

by ~Prinova
"Fairy Anaria"

by =teutelquessir
"The Stranger"

by =daggerpoint
"Harlequin"

by =ApocalypticAtsuko
"Anime Pin-up"

by *yoseimurasaki
"Mistress Anaria"

by *yoseimurasaki
"Anaria"

by *Miserie
"Another For An... ]]> ~anaria RandomRedux's 80s collage.../Redneck Jedi http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5660978/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5660978/ Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:42:10 PDT A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

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Jesse, aka *randomredux, is coordinating a collage with original characters dressed up in 80s tv/cartoon/movie themed outfits. Interested? Check out his journal.

I'm excited for the project, I'm looking forward to all the wonderful art which will be produced for it.

Then again, I am a *randomredux groupie...

ve Always,
Marie

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Just something I snagged from a friend on LJ and I wanted to share here...

You might be a Redneck Jedi if:

1 You ever heard the phrase, "May the force be with y'all."
2 Your Jedi robe is camouflaged.
3 You have ever used your light sabre to open a bottle of Bud Light.
4 At least one wing of your X-Wing is primer colored.
5 You can easily describe the taste of an Ewok.
6 You have ever had a land-speeder up on blocks in your yard.
7 The worst part of spending time on Dagobah is the dad-gum skeeters.
8 Wookies are offended by your body odor.
9 You have ever used the force to get yourself another Bud Light so you
didn't miss an interview with any of the Allisons on CMT.
10 You have ever used the force in conjunction with fishing or bowling.
11 Your father has ever said to you, "Shoot, boy come on over to the dark
side...it'll be a hoot."
12 You have ever had your R2 unit use its self-defense electro-shock
thingy to get the barbecue grill to light.
13 You have a confederate flag painted on the hood of your land-speeder.
14 You ever fantasized about Princess Leia wearing Daisy Duke shorts.
15 You have the doors of your X-Wing welded shut and you have to get in
through the window.
16 Although you had to kill him, you kinda thought that Jabba the Hutt had
a pretty good handle on how to treat his women.
17 You have a cousin who bears a strong resemblance to Chewbacca.
18 You suggested that they outfit the Millennium Falcon with a redwood
deck.
19 You were the only person drinking Jack Daniels during the cantina
scene.
20 When your light sabre opens, it plays a few bars of "Dixie."
21 You want to send your speeder bike to Orange County Choppers for
overhaul.
22 If you hear . . . "Luke, I'm your daddy ...and your uncle."

Heehee, that was awesome. Especially picturing Leia in daisy dukes...tee hee, how awesome is that image?

Well now you know, courtesy of Saki.

It was a shitty day at work for various reasons and I don't need to be yelled at by a manager when I'm RIGHT and it says WITHOUT COUPONS when I tell her someone will be off on the over/short list and she says that that's wrong and stupid and she's been doing this for a lot longer than I have. WELL LOOKAT THAT SHE WAS OFF. Anyhow, couple kamikazes with my Gus Gus helped make that better...now it's time to watch Card Captor Sakura and have her work on her character for the 80s collage...as I so fondly refer to him as "crotch guy." GI Joe theme and he's a hottie.

ve Always,
Marie

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Want to see some awesome artwork? Check out my ShoutBoard for some of the art created for me - commissions and gift art.

Many great artis... ]]> ~anaria 10K? http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5618021/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5618021/ Sat, 11 Jun 2005 11:37:01 PDT A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

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I've been lurking more and participating less. For that, I apologize.

I've been incredibly busy and working basically full time while dealing with schoolwork and trying to have a life. Emphasis, naturally, is on trying.

I had my friend ~fhqwhgus tied to me the other night. It was the local gothic club's lingerie party and she was wearing a nightie, so I bought a choker and one of those long chain leashes (we shortened it quite a bit) to keep her out of trouble. It was funny because of all the people who thought we were "together." If I'm emailed the pictures, I might share them with my friends on here because they should be hilarious, especially since I'm submissive. I'm a control freak when it comes to everything except my romantic relationships.

It evens out, I swear.

I have to work today and I really, really don't want to.

L

ve Always,
Marie

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Want to see some awesome artwork? Check out my ShoutBoard for some of the art created for me - commissions and gift art.

Many great artists on this site offer commissions. If you love an artist's work and want to support them, seriously consider commissioning them to create art for you.

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*yawns* I'm tired. I need to study for an exam tomorrow.

However, I had a good time celebrating my 21st. I'm going to miss =nandesu, it's been nice having him around. I'm definitely looking forward to the next visit.

Thank you again for the well wishes and the lovely presents. I feel very loved and adored.

I'll be sure to catch up with y'all later, k?

I keep on wanting to set Nefy on my lap, since he's a laptop...but for some reason, I don't think that would fly over all that well.

My clutz ass would likely drop him.

L

]]> ~anaria So the count begins.../David & Olgy rock http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5329619/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5329619/ Mon, 16 May 2005 10:34:01 PDT A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

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11 May 2005

9 days 'til my 21st. 8 days 'til = nandesu flies in.

I don't know which I'm more excited for...actually I do.

Which do -you- think it is? *grins*

Sorry I've been so scarce lately.

L

ve Always,
Marie

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*Artassassin is wonderful and I love him.

Love you David. Seriously.

David made me this:

A picture of my character Anaria, for my birthday.

It was such a nice surprise earlier when I got on DA. Thank you again.

ve Always,
Marie

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16 May 2005

Olgy made me one of the cutest pictures ever.

Inspired from "A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom," two playful devil girls are having a good ol' time.

I love Olgy, but that's a given.

I've beeen getting such wonderful presents lately from the people online, I feel speshul.

I need to let you guys know that I appreciate it, I really do...we'll figure out how.

3 and 4 days 'til =nandesu is in town and my birthday respectively.

I'm really looking forward to it all. I feel like it's my birthday already.

Love you all, seriously.

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Well life's been reading and work lately, which is nice. Today I actually hung out with ~SailorScorpio and that was a blast.

I haven't been seeing much of friends lately because I just keep myself too damn busy, y'know?

I've also been drinking massive amounts of cream soda lately. *frowns* Normally I stick with diet but I've been on a sugar kick...I do wish they carried a diet version of it, because I think it'd be wonderful either way.

Ta ta my darlings...know you're in my thoughts.

]]> ~anaria Devious Journal Entry http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5134279/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5134279/ Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:32:37 PDT A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

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So this semester's over. Definitely crazy to think about. *smiles softly* My last obligations took place today. (well, technically yesterday now)

Now to look forward to summer classes...correspondence of Latin I and later in the summer, an online "science" class. I decided I wanted to take Latin before I graduate in the spring, which is why I'm starting it this summer to complete the initial three-part sequence.

Rude people always bother me, whether it's in person or online. There are way too many rude people in the world. I deal with them more and more as I work in Customer Service more often. No, I won't sell you lotto tickets, tobacco products, or alcohol without a valid ID when I ask for it, I don't care that you have a beard. I knew plenty of 15 year olds with full beards, thank you. Go through a line and see whether someone else is willing to sell it to you, because you are NOT worth my job and possibly going to jail if you're with the police doing ID checks. And if you hand someone money in front of me, I am not able to sell any products of that sort to them without seeing your ID. Coordinate it ahead of time folks. Technically in places that sell liquor, anyone you talk to has to be 21 otherwise you will not be sold it at all; at stores in Florida that only sell lower-grade alcohol products (beer and wine), I luckily only have to see the ID of the person who's paying.

People are morons. Just because I'm a college student doesn't mean I'm going to be slack with college students.

L

]]> ~anaria *chuckles softly* http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5076438/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5076438/ Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:08:52 PDT A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

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Life is going both extremely well and a bit disappointing. I don't know, I've just been feeling a bit weird lately. *shrugs* It's the end of the term, the end of a good semester and now I know that I won't be having my favorite professor again before I leave UF and that's just weird, because I finally went back after sampling the wares and just realized that his teaching style is my favorite...Such is the way of life, after all. You don't know what you have until you lose it.

Oh, and all those people who spell "lose" as "loose," it makes me want to scream. Now I understand why Nicki constantly bitched to me about it when I was 15, but he made me learn, did he not? Oh, that he did... *chuckles* "Lose" is for "I'm going to lose this battle," while "loose" is for "Man, she is just a loose woman, lemme tell you..." and other variants to that effect.

So, in 6 days the =daggerpoint contest closes. I've enjoyed watching it and all the wonderful entries that have been submitted. ~redelf is drawing a picture of my character Stacia, I saw the pencil sketch and she looks awesome . If finished in time, *randomredux and *Miserie are creating C.S.G. (Alix) and Gina respectively. Both of those will be pencil sketches - *randomredux's is a commission, which *Miserie's is a participation prize for entering her contest. All in all I'm excited about it, even if they're not finished in time it makes for a good picture.

I need to go get ready for the day...it'll be a late night.

L

]]> ~anaria ~*hello*~ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5037196/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5037196/ Fri, 08 Apr 2005 19:25:51 PDT A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

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It's Friday night and I'm reading Milton down in South Florida.

Life is grand, lemme tell you.

]]> ~anaria Beta testing... http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5023665/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/5023665/ Thu, 07 Apr 2005 08:49:31 PDT A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

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I have to say, I've enjoyed the little things thus far about beta testing for DA. Want to participate? Go under your settings and click "Beta Testing."

I don't know how Beta Testing'll be for free users, but subscribers definitely have some awesome perks.

Still busy-busy. Work's been extremely busy and hectic lately. Just letting you know I'm still alive and here.

L

]]> ~anaria calmer now... http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4996723/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4996723/ Mon, 04 Apr 2005 10:52:46 PDT A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

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Well we'll see what happens with everything with DA - I know they're looking at and taking things into consideration. The legalese, while it can mean one thing, also can mean another.

And the other thing is what DA's been all about for awhile. And so long as they don't abuse it...well, I'm here, whether or not I decide to have my writing up. Right now it is - the second I get a whiff of abuse from any party, it'll be removed.

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On to happier thoughts...I went to Sears to go pick up a bra or two because I was hurting. No, really, they all like to fall apart all at once - besides two really cheap bras that I got because I was desperate, all of my bras didn't have underwires. Ugh. Anyway, so I'm there and everything is on SALE. Yes. Normally I spend easily $30 a pop on a decent bra...I got 9 bras for under $160. So that's between $17-18 each...not bad, especially since they're all actually high quality ones and it won't be like I'll be going back and forth everyday between two of them.

I know you really didn't want to know all that, but I was excited and wanted to share.

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Looks like the whole scholastic drama's been settled. Oh, and I have a new roommate moving in for a month - I get to meet him tonight, it'll be interesting. *fingers crossed*

L

]]> ~anaria *blinks*... http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4992349/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4992349/ Sun, 03 Apr 2005 21:08:13 PDT A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

I've never been so tempted to just leave the site.

Deviant Mobile is sketch - this is something which should have been mentioned MONTHS in the making to gauge people's responses rather than sending out a little email what, 6 days before it's released? I don't even have a great gallery unlike many others, but can you picture the exploitation of the more popular deviants on the site?

And who's making money off of this anyway? Seriously.

The new submission policy, however, is what takes the cake. I'm really tempted to remove my gallery. I don't have anything that's of any worth to me, though, when it comes to images, so those will likely stay.

My writing, however...any of the writing that I'm seriously working on...I'm about 95% sure that I'll be taking it down before I agree to any sort of new submission agreement. I have a livejournal dedicated to hosting my writing... [link] so I guess if you have a livejournal and you'd like to see my writing, add that account...I guess I'll actually update it because of my disappointment in dA right now. Oh, and it's friends only too, so please be sure to leave a comment on the one public entry letting me know who you are.

The switch'll be official Apr. 7th, unless something drastic happens to dA and they realize that this was a really stupid move.

L

]]> ~anaria *whispers softly* http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4962012/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4962012/ Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:05:11 PST A Dom needs a sub as much as a sub needs a Dom.

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I've been very inactive lately. Life's tossed some curve balls at me that I've needed to handle.

I thank you all for your love and support.

And congrats to *variations on the DD she got today. I was excited when I saw it. I love it when artists get the recognition their art merits.

L

]]> ~anaria Happy Easter http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4928165/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4928165/ Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:51:17 PST I know I can stop the pain if I will it all away
if I will it all away...
~ Whisper, Evanescence

Happy Easter. I hope you had a good one.

Mine could've been better. Why do I say that? Well my dog Bear, who's a 13-year-old golden retriever, yeah, he's not doing well...so we're doing the humane thing and putting him to sleep tomorrow. *smiles sadly* I tried to sleep on the floor next to him last night, he was crying so much from the pain...and yes, he is on medicine.

So I'm wearing my glasses because my eyes are just...shot. At least they aren't bright red anymore, but those damn salt deposits burn. Even with putting in eye drops, go figure. *shrugs*

I don't feel bad for him, because I know it's best. It's just hard.

My friend Petra, ~the-fragile, posted some art that rocks my socks. Check it out:

I especially love the first one, I may ask her to make it a print because I'd love to own it, it's just so...pretty. *smiles softly*

I'm going to skidaddle. Happy Easter again.

Take care my darlings, you're fondly in my thoughts.

]]> ~anaria My feet look like a paler version of themselves... http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4884559/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4884559/ Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:52:54 PST Of course, I'm notoriously bad about killing stockings in a short period of time, especially considering how much I spend on them...heh, these ones were only $5. And they have a cute little frill on top. They're almost opaque but not quite - I can see my skin through the material.

I need to work on my legs though - I've been slacking on my biking. Gotta get working on that. The place I live right now doesn't have a gym...its main downside...so if I want to do a real workout I either need to invest in a gym membership or go to the school gym. *frowns* I'm weird though, I like working out at 1am, 2am, 3am. And I can't get on a set schedule with the gyms here because my work schedule changes so damn much...so I just need to use my exercise bike more often, use it when I'm reading again.

I almost wish it were higher so that I could use it while I'm on the computer. *chuckles*

I must say, though, anyone who's watching me may as well watch my scraps because I post most of my work there. I'm a writer and I look at my writing as works in progress - the scrap section is there in mind to have pieces which aren't considered "finished" be worked on, improved. Input on those works is always appreciated.

And not just a "this is good, I like it" - what do you like? What parts of the story do you wish there were more of? I want an advanced critique...because I want to improve. Because I know the direction I want my writing to go but I can't get there without other's input.

Just a thought. I wish *crimsonmegatron /*therobotdevil hasn't been so absent lately - I know he'd do a good job of reading my work and giving me input. And the people who have been putting in your input, I do appreciate it - you're doing a great job.

Got some criticism on "Felicia Burt" in class today and I know some great ways I'm going to work on it. I also have another story I started working on. We will see, we will see.

L

]]> ~anaria Reformatting some submissions/FRIENDSLIST http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4823110/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4823110/ Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:04:48 PST

Just some fyi stuff. So if it's popping up in your watch - I'm sorry, you can feel free to ignore it!

ve Always,
Marie

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edit 17 March 2005 11.48pm
I am changing around my groups on this account again. It's gotten to the point where the categories I set up just aren't working for me right now.

So if you get a notice that I'm watching you, I was likely watching you ALREADY and this is just switching where you are in my setup.

But yes, your art is wonderful enough for me to continue watching.

,
Marie

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Want to see some awesome artwork? Check out my ShoutBoard for some of the art created for me - commissions and gift art.

*ApocalypticAtsuko is currently accepting commissions. Her prices are reasonable and she produces quality work. Check her out.

*tattereddreams is also offering commissions. Her prices are extremely reasonable. ]]> ~anaria Disappearing for a bit... http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4777512/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4777512/ Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:11:29 PST
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ve Always,
Marie

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Want to see some awesome artwork? Check out my ShoutBoard for some of the art created for me - commissions and gift art.

*ApocalypticAtsuko is currently accepting commissions. Her prices are reasonable and she produces quality work. Check her out.

*tattereddreams is also offering commissions. Her prices are extremely reasonable. ]]> ~anaria you could have it all my empire of dirt http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4742119/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4742119/ Sun, 06 Mar 2005 10:58:05 PST
For example?

Favorite songs include:
Hurt - Nine Inch Nails
Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins
Vow - Garbage
When I Grow up - Garbage (I like revenge what can I say?)
Everybody Knows - Leonard Cohen

The first four have been favorites for years though...back from when I was suffering bouts of depression. For a long time, I didn't feel happy, I didn't feel sad, I just felt numb and empty. And so music that affected me, that made me feel, I absolutely loved it.

And when the only thing you can feel is depression, well, then that's the music that affects you.

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I remember May 17, 2000. I was a sophomore in high school, still fifteen - my birthday would be in three days. It was the night I saw Trent Reznor in concert, where we were in row D (but A&B were closed off, so second row) on the left side of the stage, close to him without being squashed in the mosh pit. (not for nothing, if you're 4'10", you can't see anything in mosh pits - know from experience) And he sung and played beautiful music to us for 2.5 hours, wooed his audience with his creation and made us fall in love with him...he ended the concert with "Hurt" though, and I saw so happy and so filled with emotion that I actually cried with how much it meant.

There was a time when I would have done anything to have Trent Reznor sing a song for me. And when I say anything...I mean anything. He could have stabbed me with an HIV infected needle and made it so that I could never enjoy the pleasures of another person, and I would have let him and loved him if he just sang to me...

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I'm not fucked up like that now, btw. It's been a good five years and I have sorted myself out and gotten out of the depressive funk of all those years. I've fought for my happiness and it has made me appreciate it so much more than those people who take happiness for granted.

But I think I should let happy music have the same affect, nevertheless. I still will pull out the cds I've burned to give myself different feelings, different themes - most of them are, let's actually feel something today, or, I'm not having a good day the world suck ANGST. It's interesting, because while I am a slightly jaded person, I don't have rose colored glasses when I stare at the world, I know at the same time that it's not so completely crappy as I believed it to be for all those years.

It's why I relate to so many of the different forms of art on this site. I can see a good portion of the spectrum and appreciate what it meant for the artist to create this image.

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I can keep on rambling along this frame, but I'm just going to stop. I am. Have a lovely day and take care!

*tattereddreams is also offering commissions. Her prices are extremely reasonable. ]]> ~anaria Who-the-what-the-HUH? http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4733796/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4733796/ Sat, 05 Mar 2005 10:13:53 PST

Jessica's offering commissions. *blinks* *tattereddreams is poor, like most of the folks on DA, and whoring out her art to help herself live.

Check her out, her art is beautiful. She's a greatly varied artist as well, so she's offering both traditionally created and digitally created commissions.

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Slept for 13 hours today, after being awake from 2am-12am. It was crazy crazy. Feeling better though.

L

*tattereddreams is also offering commissions. Her prices are extremely reasonable. ]]> ~anaria home again... http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4725214/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4725214/ Fri, 04 Mar 2005 06:56:06 PST
It's good to be back in my world and element again. It's been too damn long. Been running around like a decapitated chicken again, go figure.

Utah was great. It was good to see my family when I got back. My teeth are awesome. (went to dentist) I decided to drive back today rather than yesterday, so I was on the road by 3.30am after topping off my tank and grabbing breakfast.

Been awake since 2.20am. Couldn't go back to sleep. My sleep schedule is fucked up. Couldn't go to sleep until after 11pm, was trying since 5pm. It was pouring anyway, I wasn't going to hop on the road yet.

And I've been productive. I'm so happy about that really, you have no idea. Already been running errands and getting things accomplished before work.

The only problem is that I miss *nandesu , it was nice having him around. But such is the way of life.

I've been refocusing on my goals lately. I'm really happy about that, about being productive and back to where I had been before I got sick. But I know what I'll be doing for the next year and taking it all from there.

I need to get running over to work soon - take care!

]]> ~anaria having fun :) http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4696061/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4696061/ Mon, 28 Feb 2005 18:49:41 PST nandesu.

I've missed hanging out with him.

Staying alive though. And I'm extremely relaxed - very important to a good vacation. Haven't been this relaxed in...a long time. A couple of years, perhaps?

L

]]> ~anaria alive + kicking somehow http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4660160/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4660160/ Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:22:49 PST
*yawns* I'm really tired right now. No, really, I am.

Was working on homework all day yesterday after I got off of work at 3.30pm. Yes, I worked eight hours bright and early in the morning...and then didn't go to sleep until 4. Woke up at 7.30 and apparently decided it was a good time to stay awake, because I couldn't go back to sleep.

I won't be sleeping much tonight either. I'm going to be hopping on the road early in the morning to drive down to South Florida to be there extremely early before my flight leaves. I need to finish packing, I need to finish doing laundry.

I need to finish a lot of things, I admit it.

With that in mind, don't look for me all that much over the next couple of days.

You're all wonderful but life does come first - and life's been kicking my ass, and it'll hopefully get better with this escape to Utah to visit the ever-so-wonderful *nandesu, because I really need a break and I can't think of somewhere else I'd rather be right now. Out of Florida, away from the world. Books and good company with me.

L

]]> ~anaria Olgy is AWESOME!!! http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4617817/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4617817/ Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:53:19 PST *yoseimurasaki, seriously. She did these two amazing gift arts of my character Anaria and they're just super cute and playful.

I just can't get over how much I love these. *gushes and

* She is too cute.

Wow. So that's my night. Eight hour work shift (though I got some awesome Cuban food on my break

) and I come home to Olgy's adorable art. Life is awesome.

What's even awesomer is that I don't work tomorrow. I'm in shock about that. Still.

L

]]> ~anaria Happy Valentine's Day :) http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4577128/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4577128/ Mon, 14 Feb 2005 07:23:40 PST

I hope everyone has a wonderful day - and remember, love isn't just the love of a significant other, but love from the folks around you.

I made it safely back to school last night, if you couldn't tell.

Got back in ~11.20pm - about the time I left on Thursday.

by *daggerpoint

I need to get running to work, but Happy Valentine's Day again!!!

]]> ~anaria you're all that I have http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4565398/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4565398/ Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:44:52 PST Million Dollar Baby so when I was hanging out with my friend Andrea, we did just that - thinking that it could be a comedy.

Nope. Not at all.

It was good though. Definitely something to think about for days to come. There are two sides to euthanasia, one being the right to die...the other being the right to kill. And there are times it's difficult to see both sides, with the emotional arguments placed on pro-euthanasia arguments.

It's not something I'm going to discuss in my journal; if you comment trying to say your thoughts on the matter, I won't respond. I'm merely saying there are two sides that need to be considered and judged accordingly, that it's not a cut and dry situation.

*KittyBoom, ~the-fragile and I went to Cheesecake Factory last night, it was delicious.

I also went to the local mall *laughs* with my friend Kim, and I ran into ~jade1yn there at the tea store. It's been eons.

And I got two dozen krispy kreme doughnuts for free from my friend Andrea after the movie and dinner, because she's a supervisor and can do whatever she wants really. It's awesome like that.

Heading back to school tomorrow evening, I believe...it'll be good, it'll be good.

L

]]> ~anaria Let me show you the world in my eyes http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4547359/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4547359/ Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:31:38 PST let me put you on a ship
on a long long trip
your lips close to my lips

I must admit that DA is much more interesting than adverbials and adjectivals.

let my body do the moving
and let my hands do the soothing
let me show you the world in my eyes

I'm also terribly fond of this song, if you can't tell.

I'll be heading down to South Florida again tonight, after class. It'll be a late trip, to put it mildly. Hopefully I'll be home by 3am.

It's been a long and productive day, btw. In addition to various other errands, I got my hair cut. I know there aren't any pictures of me, so you don't know what my hair looks like anyway. *laughs* It was almost to the bottom of my back though, and I hacked several inches off the length and got it angled in the front. Not really my thing *shrugs* but it's cute nonetheless. It was about time to do something to it without just hacking it all off and starting all over again. Maybe I'll just dye it the next time I get the urge...

Anyway, much loving to all of you. I likely won't be on much this weekend, but hopefully I'll get to gallavant a little bit with Miss *KittyBoom and the ever beautiful ~the-fragile.

Also, it's *randomredux's 21st birthday. Go give Mr. Powell many birthday wishes.

Ahhh...21. I'm looking forward to being able to buy my own bottles of wine. 05.20.05. *smiles softly*

L

]]> ~anaria let them eat cake... http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4532736/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4532736/ Tue, 08 Feb 2005 19:17:55 PST
So that number has tried calling me SIX times tonight, each time I miss the call just as I realize it, or I'm in class.

It looks like it's a phone card - who the hell is trying to get in touch with me? Tried calling back but it was busy. (the response you get with phone cards normally...)

All I know is the situation is making me feel ill. I called my family - no one there is trying to get in touch. I'm really at a loss.

Stress, it's a killer. I've already cracked my back 20 times (no joke) because of all the stress heading straight to my back. And it already needs to be cracked again.

HOWEVER, I made a Lady Baltimore Cake for my creative writing class and that went over very well. I was happy with it.

I make hideous cakes but they come out delicious.

Anyway...take care.

L

ve Always,
Marie

EDIT - to those who search for 800-707-9509 on Google, since I've gotten several emails about this.

The people calling you are from the Professional Career Development Institute. It may have been just an idle click of your mouse, but someone said you were interested in their programs and gave your number to them. Might have been you, might have been someone else.

They will try to get you to just enroll over the phone. Always, and I repeat ALWAYS, insist on having the paper information in front of you before you do decide to register for the programs, if you are genuinely interested. Anything you do on the phone with them is being recorded and a verbal contract is a binding one nevertheless.

DO NOT, and I repeat, DO NOT email me about this. I didn't mind answering a couple of them, but the swarms of email I've suddenly gotten about this number is what has prompted me to edit this entry since I know the information now. DO NOT email me accusing me of being affiliated with them and threatening legal action if I don't stop calling you. I AM NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, I WAS GETTING PHONE CALLS JUST LIKE YOU WERE. JUST ANSWER YOUR PHONE AND TELL THEM YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED, IT WILL STOP THE PHONE CALLS.

If you still feel the need to email me (because God knows someone will), please try NOT to sound like a moron. I have no idea why the hell you're emailing me. The only reason I'm opening it is because I get emails from a lot of different people and it could have been something important.

Hope this has been helpful to you Google-ers. If I still have problems with y'all, I can and will take down this entry. Thank you, have a great day.

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Want to see some awesome artwork? Check out my ShoutBoard for some of the art created for me - commissions and gift art.

*ApocalypticAtsuko is currently accepting commissions. Her prices are reasonable and she produces quality work. Check her out.

]]> ~anaria it won't bite...until you pay for it, at least ;) http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4504537/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4504537/ Sat, 05 Feb 2005 15:07:36 PST
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Went to a local Rennaissance Festival today...it was quite disappointing...and the locals scare me. We were only there for two hours.

Got a metal rose that's scented with rose perfume and a really delicious glass of fresh squeezed (as in, right before my eyes for my glass...which was cool) lemonade.

I was looking at the floggers.

Found some I really liked, actually, but they didn't take Lady Visa or the Master of the Card...cash only and the ATM was acting up. (don't like walking with a lot of cash on me, for whatever reason) However, I'm going to a better Rennaissance Festival this coming weekend down in South Florida, so I figure I'll pick it up then...this is a present and I want it to be a nice one, good handle, good strips of leather, not too short and not too long...just right. Found one that was "just right" for $40, which is an amazing price considering a lot of the crap other places were selling for $100+...I didn't ask if they'd be at the one next weekend but you never know, they'll either be there or in Tampa. And there's many more vendors at the one next week. I wanted to pick it up this weekend so that I wouldn't have to stash it in my trunk, but stash it in my trunk I must.

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Last night I was terribly bored and decided to see how far along I could get toward getting a "free" apple 40 gb ipod - and up until the last page, well, I was fine. Last page has four offers: Vonage, Direct TV, a new Discover card, and Orexis (a pill for male sexual enhancement). [note: the links are just the sites, not all the info that's carried by my offer, but only up there in case you're really curious, which I doubt but you never know]

Okay...Vonage isn't offered in my area. Direct TV? Ehhh, I could do it but is it really worth it for how infrequently I watch tv? Especially since my roommate took the huge tv to her boyfriend's place. Discover card...do I really need any more credit cards? Male sex pill...wouldn't do any good for me. *chuckles*

So the only two I could even do are Direct TV and Discover. *frowns* Oh well.

However, I will have a Gameboy Advance SP coming out evenutally. I'm thinking of giving it to *nandesu's nephews, I think it would be good for them.

Especially since it's apparently backward compatible? So then the other games they have for the older gameboys could be used with it...it'll be a long while before I hear from them, I know how those sites work, but the requirements were done.

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Oh yeah, you know how everyone always advertised those "free 20 gb ipods"? Well, that company is now doing both those and a $250 iTunes gift certificate, the latter of which I'm working toward. If you'd like to help me out and were thinking about ordering someone special flowers for Valentine's Day via 1-800-flowers.com, or just were curious yourself, please click this link. [link] If you do it through that link, I then get credit for it...I need five "referrals" to be able to get it. *shrugs* If you do, though, let me know that way I can thank you.

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Check out the commission *daggerpoint did for me as a present to * ApocalypticAtsuko -

This was done to thank Amber for the excellent work she's been doing on the commission for me.

I think her character Atsuko looks stunning.

A thumb to part of the commission Amber did is actually in my shoutboard. She's accepting commission work right now, so if you like her style, her prices really are extremely reasonable.

... ]]> ~anaria busy busy http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4432601/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4432601/ Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:00:16 PST
For my Milton class, I got my first assignment today - read the first four books of Paradise Lost, note the use of the word "higher" and its variants, decide how the repetition helps the text, write a paper on it (at least five pages; most likely more - normally no less than seven pages is adequate). Can't use any outside sources except for a dictionary. Time to do it? One week.

Paradise Lost is extremely...thick poetry, to put it mildly. That's 100+ pages of loaded english poetry, deciphering what all is going on, deciding on how high's repetition functions, and ... yeah. It's an exciting challenge, but since I'm scheduled to work 27 hours this week, in addition to other school work, I'm going to be ... very busy.

What other coursework? One I'll enjoy - I need to have finished a story by Tuesday to share with the class. I'll also need to critique others' offerings and complete the reading in a timely manner. (for once - not in the hour between Milton and Creative Writing) I'll also need to do busywork for Grammar, which is alright - it doesn't take long; I'll just actually have to make sure I do it.

So, yeah. If you don't hear from me...I'll likely be working on Milton or actually working, or maybe even in class. (though I only have class on Tuesday and Thursday, so...yeah - if it's before Tuesday, it'll be one of the first two options)

L

ve Always,
Marie

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Want to see some awesome artwork? Check out my ShoutBoard for some of the art created for me - commissions and gift art. ]]> ~anaria *chuckles* http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4367525/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4367525/ Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:57:53 PST
*stops watching DAJ*

There, that should put an end to such nonsense.

*sighs*

Anyway, classes are going awesomely. It sounds like I'll be going to New York City this summer, to actually see shows (if I don't see Phantom of the Opera while I'm there, I may have to hurt myself - so I'll be ordering my ticket for that when I get my plane ticket.) so that's terribly exciting. My friend Cassie and I were plotting it out last night.

I'm emotionally worn out and it's not even 1pm yet. I just got a doozy of a year spread from my friend Kim...so I have to see what can be done to change that particular path. Why do I always get these really crappy years that I have to try to change?

Hmmm, class...gotta love it.

L

ve Always,
Marie

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I don't care what sort of financial situation I'm in when the DVD comes out, I'm getting it. I'm going to even pre-order it. (which I only do for some disney DVDs)

Gorgeous film - the actual film and choreography (sp?) were drop dead amazing. (omg, the masquerade scene

) The settings were gorgeous, and the actors' voices were quite wonderful. Not quite up to the original cast production, but who can compete with Sarah Brightman? Seriously.

I would've gone for the Phantom myself, rather than Raul. (sp?) Some for my own personal preferences...however, in general, even with the "deformed" face, the Phantom was much more attractive.

L

ve Always,
Marie

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Want to see some awesome artwork? Check out my ShoutBoard for some of the art created for me - commissions and gift art. ]]> ~anaria Devious Journal Entry http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4314328/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4314328/ Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:57:53 PST
School is going well, stressful, but well. All the stress is going to my back though, so it's just so stiff and blah that it sucks. I need to get someone to walk on my back soon.

Of course, being frustrated doesn't help either.

'Sall good, I'll get over it. Or I'll kill some random person. One way or the other though (most likely the former), it'll pass and I'll be my normal, happy self again. It doesn't take much to get me back to a normal, happy state - it takes a lot to get me frustrated and not much to bring me back.

Writing with a headache doesn't do any good. Writing when you're not in a good mood doesn't either. I'm really doing quite well, I just feel crappy at the moment. Venting is a good way of getting rid of it.

ve Always,
Marie

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If you do nothing else from visiting this page, go see the art created for me - it's gorgeous!
(in order created - IE users, right click to open)

by *daggerpoint
You can even buy the print, mouse pad, coffee mug, or postcards through

! YAY!

Thank you again Jeremy, I love my sexy pin up girl.

by *Miserie
This is so adorable, I absolutely adore it.

Give Jackie some loving.

by ~Prinova
How can you not love her face? Seriously.

Thank you for the gift art ~ Prinova!

by *teutelquessir
This is the finished commission I won from *brianne333's art raffle, which also happens to be available for you to buy as a print if you'd like.

I love how *teutelquessir took a general concept of mine and brought it to life - thank you again!

by *daggerpoint
I asked Jeremy to create an image to make me smile when I was going through a rough time for a little while, and though life has gotten signific... ]]> ~anaria Home again, home again, clickety click http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4288057/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4288057/ Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:07:25 PST nandesu got me into that...(the title - it's a line from the movie Bladerunner) Now everytime I come home again, I just have that line go through my mind... *chuckles*

Oh well. I'm back. I have so much homework I need to work on right now. (don't always give off student vibes, eh? it's weird, isn't it?)

ttfn.

L

ve Always,
Marie

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If you do nothing else from visiting this page, go see the art created for me - it's gorgeous!
(in order created - IE users, right click to open)

by *daggerpoint
You can even buy the print, mouse pad, coffee mug, or postcards through

! YAY!

Thank you again Jeremy, I love my sexy pin up girl.

by *Miserie
This is so adorable, I absolutely adore it.

Give Jackie some loving.

by ~Prinova
How can you not love her face? Seriously.

Thank you for the gift art ~ Prinova!

by *teutelquessir
This is the finished commission I won from *brianne333's art raffle, which also happens to be available for you to buy as a print if you'd like.

I love how *teutelquessir took a general concept of mine and brought it to life - thank you again!

by *daggerpoint
I asked Jeremy to create an image to make me smile when I was going through a rough time for a little while, and though life has gotten significantly better since then, I didn't change the theme of the commission because something to make you smile is always a good thing. Never disappointing, Jeremy created Harlequin - isn't it divine?

Thank you Jeremy, I love it, and it definitely makes me smile.

~anaria reminiscing... http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4273873/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4273873/ Sat, 08 Jan 2005 22:51:54 PST
I'm a packrat, I have problems throwing things out.

It's always interesting what you come across though. Spurs old memories. Some of them will be shared with various parties at one point or another. *smiles softly*

I found a lot of things I kept from my bastard ex...the one who destroyed me all those years ago. *smiles softly again* The rose from Valentine's Day, when we went to the Melting Pot and the local arcade...the beaded choker he gave me (the boy did have some good taste, I'll give him that much...) and which was the only necklace I was allowed to wear for a long time...the mother-of-pearl looking box and the trio of dried red roses I got on my sixteenth birthday...I actually took pictures of the two together, tonight. I found the pictures the two of us took together, just hanging out or when we were all dressed up for various school functions...it's crazy to think of him being engaged [again] and actually having a date set...getting married next December, best of luck to the both of them. Hopefully, he's become a better person than he used to be...

Of course, today's just a strange day. I have a cd I burned playing...but I always burn with a specific thought or theme in mind...this one was from when I was seeing my best friend and realized that I was starting to care for him...it's a good cd, it's just weird to think of it all. *chuckles* It's weird to think it's been more than a year and a half since I gave another friend to him. It's weird to think of the fact that everyone's friendship is still strained from the situation, when I don't care for him like that anymore...I'm not trying to get back with him...it hurt too much the first time, I'm not one for second chances anymore with certain situations...the bastard ex taught me that was a bad thing to do.

Then again, it seems most of my real life relationships have been strained lately. Take, for instance, the fact that I'm in south Florida for a couple of days and I call people and they either don't follow through with what they say or they just don't call back when you leave a message. I came into town the celebrate family birthdays, so from this point in I don't have free time to spare; sometimes people need to think a little more before thinking they have all weekend long to get back to someone. And this isn't even including the friendships I have at school...the most of which are terribly strained. *shrugs* I don't make time for a lot of people and I admit it, and I feel bad about it but there's only so much I'm willing to do about the situation. I'm also very much a one-on-one type of person - I like to spend time and talk with one person, or I'd rather just be by myself. Lately, I've been by myself more and more often - it's a trend I've seen for months now. It's my fault, and it's others, and frankly it's how the ball has bounced.

I may seem callous and cold at the moment - memory lane does some weird things to me. Some paths shouldn't be tread all that often.

I'm thinking of going home less often. I'm trying to figure out how I can work it so as not to offend my family. However...I know for awhile at least, I'll still come back fairly often...my dog Bear is definitely an incentive.

He's been lying by my side this entire trip, whenever I've been home...such a good old boy. *smiles sadly* He's thirteen now, so he likely doesn't have too much longer to go...I honestly don't know if I can handle having another dog of my own, I'm much more attached to them than I am to most people. I was devastated with Lady and it'll be the same way with Bear...

edit 01.10.2005 3.21am
I'll be heading back to school tomorrow and that'll be good for me...being back home has been nice but it's driven me pretty insane...switched out the one camera for a different one...so now my manual is a Cannon A1...lots of fun. And I borrowed my sister's scanner...since it's not like she ever uses it anyway...so maybe I'll actually post something...though that's still doubtful.

I need to sleep now...I've been awake for way too long.

I still have a lot of homework I need to finish tomorrow night as well...it'll be awesome, AWESOME I swear.

L

http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4249306/ Wed, 05 Jan 2005 19:53:02 PST

Today is ~fhqwhgus's birthday. Gus is now 23 years old - we went out yesterday to the Japanese steak house to celebrate since I just worked from 10.30am-10.00pm today. (I was scheduled until 8pm, but such is the way of life.) It was good, though, we hung out with her boyfriend Vincent and their current roommate Sean - and later in the evening, we also hung out with Kirin (Sean's brother and the other roommate). (Gus, I can't spell names, am I spelling them correctly?) Anyway, Sean had never been to a Japanese steak house before and so he was fascinated with the show and the sheer amount of food, which was actually enough to make him full.

(that boy can eat) So, yeah, Japanese steak house, and then we were nerds and watched "Rupan the III" - the third movie, I think? The name dates back to when the manga artist was suing the company for making the anime since they hadn't bothered to buy the rights to it, whoops...So, yeah, it was good to see the Gus and stuff.

It'd also be good to see more pageviews/comments on her work. Seriously. She's like me, where she posts a lot of work to her scraps - she's also an anime artist, so if you don't like anime, well...you probably shouldn't go looking.

Classes are going awesomely thus far. I love them.

And life is going well itself. I'm driving down to South Florida again tomorrow night after my Advanced Grammar class (which I'm still determined to get into), I'm dropping off my coworker Mr. James at Stuart on the way down - and I think I'll pick him up again on Monday when I return, though it's tempting to just leave him down there. *laughs* Kidding, kidding. But, yeah, it'll be good - my father's turning 43 on Sunday, and my Aunt Celine and Aunt Dawn are turning 31 and 41 on the 12th and the 13th respectively. It was just a good time to go, since I didn't take much time off for the holidays.

Anyway, I'm going to finish catching up here, and then I do believe that I'll be doing some homework tonight. *shock and awe*

L

ve Always,
Marie

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If you do nothing else from visiting this page, go see the art created for me - it's gorgeous!
(in order created - IE users, right click to open)

by *daggerpoint
You can even buy the print, mouse pad, coffee mug, or postcards through

! YAY!

Thank you again Jeremy, I love my sexy pin up girl.

by *Miserie
This is so adorable, I absolutely adore it.

Give Jackie some loving.

by ~Prinova
How can you not love her face? Seriously.

http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4211735/ Sat, 01 Jan 2005 11:59:46 PST
Happy New Year.

Sorry to have been scarce lately - in between the holidays and my internet acting up, I haven't even been able to come all that close to the computer. Or it would work for half an hour to an hour and then mess up again...my cable internet provider was having issues and it wasn't pleasant. So much to catch up on...and this is only one site, not including my LJ...

Been working a lot lately, which is nice. What's not so nice? Opening at work for the second year in a row. Next year I'm asking to not be available so early because I don't need another messed up new year.

I had a feeling it was going to happen, but still...

School starts again on Tuesday. I'm excited, yet again. I'm in an upper division creative writing workshop, a Milton class (the professor is a genius, I had him for Medieval English lit), and I'm trying to get into an advanced grammar course. We will see, we will see.

Hummm...what else to say? I got my commission from *teutelquessir during the time I've been gone and it looks amazing in person. I will attempt to catch up with all those messages within the next few days - thank god for large thumbnails, eh?

Anyhow...2004 wasn't the best year. It wasn't the worst, but it wasn't the best. I'm looking forward to 2005, with the hopes of it being a much better year. Regardless of whether it's better or worse, it will determine much, of that I am sure.

Take care.

And send ~KittyBoom some loving, today's her 21st birthday. Talk about everyone celebrating with her, eh?

ve Always,
Marie

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Thank you again Jeremy, I love my sexy pin up girl.

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This is so adorable, I absolutely adore it.

Give Jackie some loving.

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How can you not love her face? Seriously.

Thank you for the gift art ~ Prinova!

~anaria merry xmas/she will have music wherever she goes http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4131841/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4131841/ Fri, 24 Dec 2004 14:36:24 PST MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

2. *daggerpoint is awesome.

- you should totally check it out.

3. I wore bells on my shoes at work today so I JINGLED ALL THE WAY. It was awesome. I'm driving down to South Florida tomorrow and I'm heading back on Sunday, I'm terribly excited.

4. ~KittyBoom is the shiznit - love ya babe.

I'll bring down the canon goodness and maybe we'll see what pops up, eh? Though we're both busy beavers...

5.

was having issues with my attempting to get someone a print account. It was terribly obnoxious. However, instead I did other random acts the other day - so keep a lookout in case it was you.

6. My non-

friend Audy gave me a print from my wishlist and she is absolutely amazing and I love it.

7. I'm fighting a cold and I feel like I'm losing.

rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
she will have music wherever she goes

8. Last year when I drove down, before the wonderful thing known as the prepaid toll system, I made a point of putting on my elf hat with the bells whenever I came to a toll plaza. I don't know what I'll do to spread some Christmas cheer to those folks at all this year since I won't be stopping. Oh well, at least I'll wear my santa hat - it's styling, yo. I got compliments on it today as well.

9. I made chocolate chip cheesecake squares as a Christmas present to my coworkers and I've never felt so loved by them.

Yeah, I'm going to have to post the recipe so people can write it down for themselves.

10. Have a very merry Christmas, again.

If you don't hear from me, I'm sorry, but you're all in my heart. Have a wonderful day and take care.

L

ve Always,
Marie

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Thank you again Jeremy, I love my sexy pin up girl.

http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4098692/ Sat, 18 Dec 2004 21:33:15 PST Geez, being tired and out of it doesn't help any with actually looking around online. Sorry to have been scarce lately.

The excerpt from the last journal was missing the letter "e," btw. The book was originally written in French by Perec without using the letter e, then somehow it was translated into english using the same parameter. Amazing. Absolutely amazing.

My roommate graduated yesterday. That really, in the grand scheme of things, doesn't mean much since she starts grad school in a couple of weeks - but she's done with all the bullshit she had to do for undergrad. She has this awesome research position here and it's great to see her getting her life back together. I'm proud of her.

I'm terribly fond of wine, as anyone who knows me realizes. (I'm also fond of coffee and tea, and just drinks in general) Anyway, so last night when we were at Bonefish celebrating her graduation, her father got a bottle of BlackStone's 2002 Merlot - cost $30. Delicious wine, totally worth the money. However, at the grocery store today, I got a bottle of it for $10. Go figure.

This merlot is just amazing, I

it. Also had a bottle of Yellow Tail's Shiraz and opened up a bottle of Yellow Tail's Cabernet as well - my friend Meredith made me dinner, it was a relaxing evening hanging out with her family. But, three bottles of red wine? Meredith has never had a dark wine before, so I decided to initiate her the best way possible - buy a whole bunch and have her try and compare. The shiraz is gone; the cabernet is with them; the merlot is with myself (some in a glass next to me).

Anyhow...I'm alive. Sorry to have been so inactive lately, the holidays do it to everyone though. I'll be driving down to South Florida to celebrate the holiday early on Thursday, so I don't expect to be online much after that for a couple of days.

Do take care.

Best wishes to all of you.

ve Always,
Marie

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Thank you again *daggerpoint, I do appreciate it.

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This is so adorable, I absolutely love it.

Give *Miserie some loving.

<... ]]> ~anaria parabola... http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4021767/ http://anaria.deviantart.com/journal/4021767/ Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:37:29 PST God, what a world it is! Strung up for saying a word out of turn! Slain for a sigh! Go on, attack anything you want! A bus, a train, a taxi-cab, a postal van, a victoria! A baby in a pram, if such is your fancy! A body in a coffin, if such is your fantasy! Nobody will stop you. Nobody will know. You can go on barging through a hospital ward, lashing out at this man writhing in agony or firing point-blank at that man with chronic arthiritis and no right arm. You can crucify as many phony Christs as you wish. And nobody will mind if you drown an alcoholic in alcohol, a pharmacist in formol, a motorcyclist in lubricating oil.

Boil infants in cauldrons, burn politicians to a crisp, throw solicitor to lions, spill Christian blood to its last drop, gas all shorthand typists, chop all pastycooks into tiny bits, and circus clowns, call girls, choirboys, sailors, actors, aristocrats, farmhands, football hooligans and Boy Scouts.

You can loot shops or ravish shopgirls, maim or kill. Worst of all, nothing can stop you now from fabricating and propagating all sorts of vicious rumours. But stay on your guard, don't trust anybody - and watch out for your back."
- A Void, Georges Perec, translated into English by Gilbert Adair

Now, besides the fact that you're lacking context, what is weird about the text above? Think long and hard about it.

Want a clue?

"...a sort of parabola, not fully confocal in form and fanning out into a horizontal dash - akin to a capital G in a mirror."
- again, A Void, G. Perec

And it's not fair to google this. Seriously, it won't be hard to figure out, just think of that last clue - a capital G in a mirror - but which way is the mirror facing? Which way is the mirror image? It doesn't say and doesn't matter, so flip it around a couple of times. And then re-read the passages and see what you can make out of that. And THEN if need be google it.

On a side note, I finally finished Journey to Ixtlan today and it was quite the read. I'm going to have to read all of the books at one point or another - I just have a long reading queue at the moment.

I'm exhausted as well. I've been up since 5.30am and I haven't been able to relax enough to take a nap. I'll likely crash soon.

L

ve Always,
Marie

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! YAY!

Thank you again *daggerpoint, I do appreciate it.

by *Miserie

This is so adorable, I absolutely love it.

Give *Miserie some loving.

by ~Prinova

How can you not love her face? Seriously.

Thank you for the gift art ~ ~anaria