http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:bataleigh&section=today deviantART RSS for by:bataleigh en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:34:16 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/26315141/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/26315141/ Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:51:23 PDT I started a new job officially this week. I'm now a school technology coordinator at an elementary school in the city just north of us. I'm very excited about this and it will give me more time to create and work on art. The downside is I don't get to see my husband much through the week as our schedules are opposite each other. Things will work out somehow though.

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/24394151/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/24394151/ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:13:25 PDT so yeah...new stuff coming very soon. Huzzah!

Dingbat Creations on Etsy

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/24354760/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/24354760/ Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:32:52 PDT Also, I'm very lucky in that my lovely tattoo artist Renee is allowing me to display most of my jewelry at the studio ([link]). So, all of my stuff is available on Etsy ( [link]) and live in person in Berea. ^_^

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/24307934/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/24307934/ Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:46:07 PDT What else...Oh! My beloved husband is going to be joining the Navy at some point in the next couple of months. He's looking into the Cryptology program, which is right up his alley. It will be a trial for us both to be apart for that long, as the longest we've been away from each other in the past 4 1/2 years is a week at most. It will be hard, for sure, but I think it's a good thing for our future and he'll get training he'd be unable to get anywhere else.
On a making-stuff sort of note, Mum and I are combining forces to produce jewelry. We've a load of new bits and baubles coming in soon so hopefully I'll have new pieces to post soon rather than more tattoos. Not that there's anything wrong with tattoos, obviously...but I've not made any art in forever and my brain is twitchy because of it. (among other reasons...)

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/23229441/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/23229441/ Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:47:46 PST
So it's posted, I get a few nice comments from friends and a few random people. No big deal. I don't check my DA for a few days due to other obligations. I log on Sunday night and BAM I got a DD on the tattoo. I'm confused as hell. I have over 850 messages in my inbox and a note from the Moderator who awarded the DD apologizing for the rudeness of some Deviants. Now thoroughly confused I start digging through my messages and find an entire string of verbal garbage from someone who considers himself a national treasure as an artist. I mark it all as SPAM and go on. I find a rape threat, a "hope you get HIV" threat, more verbal diarrhea and more than a few "you'll regret that" messages. No, I won't regret it. I'm 27 years old. My entire back is tattooed, both shoulders are tattooed, my chest is tattooed. I'm married, gainfully employed, I own a house and I will be graduating with my 2nd college degree this December. I'm pretty sure I'm not a decrepit social failure just because I have 10 tattoos and stretched ears. as for the other threats, the 15-year-old kid who sent them has been reported to DA for harassment. That should cover the personal end of the debate. Personal attacks will not be tolerated. I'd like to think we can all act mature enough not to go there.

Now as to whether or not tattoos are "art" well...I call bullshit on the naysayers. "ART", as one jackass kept typing it, is subjective. It has different meaning to different individuals. Simple enough, non? Wrong, evidently. Just like religion people seem hellbent on impressing their ideas of what is or isn't "ART" on everyone else. Open minds should have open mouths but closed minds should not. I personally believe that tattoos are "ART". As a collector I can appreciate the execution of the "ART" as much as the end product. If you've never been tattooed or watched a good artist at work, I highly recommend doing so. Yes, there is blood and needles and yes, it does hurt BUT the process is worth seeing and understanding. I have researched methods of tattooing from all over the world, both historical and modern. it is something I LOVE and to have it torn down by my fellow "artists" is painful and uncalled for. You're not hurting my feelings, you're bringing down my belief in the "ART" community even lower than it already was. Stop being pretentious fucks for gods sake. Don't take yourselves so damn seriously. We all have to shit and it stinks so don't think you're any better than the rest of us. (As my Grandmother would say.)

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/22098365/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/22098365/ Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:11:46 PST
Finals are over, thank the gods. I did horrible this semester but next semester will be infinitely better as I'm moving to first shift at work. OMG a regular sleep schedule?!?! What will I do?!?

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/21813678/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/21813678/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:41:21 PST
My metals final is coming along nicely. Still a shit load of work to do on it BUT I'm working on it. Mum is going to help me rough cut the ash wood this weekend so I can start the carving. I'll do the filing, forming and prepping for enameling today in class hopefully. *fingers crossed*

I overslept today and was 2 hours late to work but I feel a lot better than if I'd gotten up at 8:30 instead of 11:15. The boss is on vacation so there's a little less intimidation in the office.

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/21751000/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/21751000/ Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:02:23 PST [link] and some Bigelow Pumpkin Spice, which is amazing! Too bad it's seasonal.
I finished the preliminary design for my chest tattoo to cover my lumpectomy scar. I need to go out and scan it. That would require moving...I'll think about it. Anyway, it's a clockwork heart and I'm pretty proud of it. I'm not normally a 2-D person but I'm happy with how this came out. We'll have to see what Renee the tattoo queen says about it's do-ability. I haven't been tattooed in almost 3 years now. I feel so lost! My Magtar and A-train are supposed to take me to Berea where Renee's new shop is so we can meet and talk about my designs. Exciting!
My parents are supposed to bring the desk for my new computer today. I'll finally be able to get my gorgeous machine out of the living room and make it more usable. It's been set up on top of the boxes it came in since I got it since I had no place to put it properly. I'm excited about getting to use my new baby and play WoW and Half-Life2 in a comfortable position (meaning not sitting on an ottoman with the keyboard on the tower and mousing on my knee)! It's a pretty blue box with blue LEDs and a temperature gauge on the front and a plexiglass side panel. <3 <3 <3

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/21635029/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/21635029/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:51:59 PST After the shower my brothers Ryan and Bryson and Bryson's girlfriend Kelli and I went to see The Dropkick Murphys in Lousiville. The opening bands were pretty good. I hadn't been out to a show of any sort in years...about 4 years actually. I'd forgotten how amusing the punk scene can be. How people can be categorized. I guess it's like that in any subculture but "punk" is one of the ones I'm probably most familiar with. There were the underage kids, the straight-edgers, the hipsters, the hardcore kids, the skinheads (not too many of those out last night), the metal-heads, the Irish music fans (who looked slightly put-off by mohawks and spikes), a couple of rednecks and some hippies. And me, nowhere in between any more. I used to fall somewhere in the hardcore/goth category. One day long ago. Now I'm somewhere else, not sure where anymore. It was rather strange to watch the crowd from the outside now. I have more ink than a lot of the people trying hard to show off what they had, I can identify bands on patches on black leather jackets from 20 paces and I know the best ways to get your hair pink, blue or orange. I guess I'm getting old? I still desire to dress up outrageously and go jump in the mosh pit but my budget calls for suits and dresses and my broken back calls for a bar stool. When did I become so boring?? Did I ever think this day would come? No. Call it Peter Pan syndrome but I never thought I'd be so lame. Not that I'm unhappy with how my life is now but it's just so strange. Recently my mechanic's jacket with leopard-print fur collar and my pin and patch collection suffered irreparable damage. Maybe that was a sign? An end of an epoch for me perhaps.
At any rate, the DM were BLOODY AWESOME and I'm so excited still that I got to see them live finally. I've been a fan since 2000 or so and I'd never caught them live due to living in BFE. The energy from the band was amazing. Simply awesome.

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/21568321/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/21568321/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:25:02 PST ~Sliced my finger open with a band saw
~Broken a blade on said band saw
~Bent steel at 7:30 in the AM
~Gotten a tetanus shot for said incident with band saw (thanks Mum!)
~Finished a totem pendant
~Breathed though one nostril more than 90% of 3 days
~Played Trivial Pursuit with 2 of the smartest people I know and we won!
~Not adjusted to the Abilify as of yet. Maybe in another week...
~Contemplated quitting my job more than once but I decided I like my house too much to lose it over someone's power trip
~Snuggled with puppies x 1000
~Hung out with my Mum and Aunt Gloria and had fun despite being hungry and sick
~Snuggled with my husband (yes, that's still weird to say)
~Made sketches for my next major metals project. And MAJOR it is. I may be setting myself up for failure but I hope not because if it works out it will be bloody awesome!
~Officially changed my name.
~Rearranged the office all by myself! Woo! I hope the boys don't mind...
~Got a copy of the new D&D player's guide and read a good portion of it.
~Realized I'm still losing weight despite eating like a college student.
~Redyed my hair after the secretary said it looked funny. I like it better now but hate the motivation.
~Realized I love my in-laws (real and adopted) again.
~Missed my brother. I haven't seen him since the wedding more than 2 minutes in passing. However, we are going to see the Dropkick Murphys this weekend!!! w00t! He surprised me with a ticket last week. ^_^
~Finally posted some stuff on here and on ETSY that I've had made for a long time and hadn't gotten around to posting. I'm a procrastinator.
~Ordered a ton of wedding prints. They'll be in any day now...

Wow...and I thought I'd been a lazy-ass...What has everyone else been up to?

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/21355159/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/21355159/ Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:33:23 PST
I chopped off all my hair. It’s nice, I like the cut but I feel a little naked without all the length. I have to remember not to use a handful of shampoo and conditioner anymore and I don’t have to pull the bulk out from under shirts and jackets. I’m also blonde now too. Big change there, trying to get back to my “natural color”. It’s is SO tempting to dye it lavender…must resist temptation…

I started Abilify today to help with the stress and depression I’ve been trying to overcome. Only minor side effects thus far. A little trouble swallowing and I feel high. Having a cold doesn’t help that much I’m sure. So I’m a mouth-breather for the time being and I have an overwhelming urge to go home and watch cartoons in my pajamas. But I cannot. Responsibility calls, no…it walks up and slaps me in the face. This being a grown-up business is bullshit. I really wish I could go home. Being high at work is not cool. It’s the polar opposite of cool. Argh!

Our former foster puppy, Lily, was put to sleep Tuesday. She was attacked by coyotes and they did irreparable damage to her. She was such a sweet thing but at least I know she’s at peace now and not suffering. Emily, our friend and the rescue organizer, was very upset about the whole ordeal (of course) and I tried to comfort her via text message as much as I could. It is such a tragedy. It is just horrible to lose such a sweet little puppy (only 6 months old) in such a terrible monstrous way. Requiescat in Pace LilyBug.

In better news(?), I’m finally starting on my wood carving project today! I have some pieces of purpleheart, padauk, pink ivory, Indian ebony, and redheart to play around with. I’m hoping to create a bracelet and a couple of pendants for a cohesive series.


Also- Thank you my fellow Americans for going out and voting. No matter who you voted for (even though it pains me to say that), at least we were shaken from our apathetic spell and did what we could ot make a difference in our country. Thank you.

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/20870928/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/20870928/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:42:50 PDT
In other news our foster pup Lily is going to her new home in Cincy! She left our home last night and will be headed north soon. I hope to get some pictures from her new home. I know she'll be happy wherever she goes.

Also...my hair is no longer red. >.>

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/20780012/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/20780012/ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:12:19 PDT So...I have to try and contact the officer and see if we can clarify the report. As it is now I have to pay for everything. Fuck that and a bag of biscuits.

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/20729821/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/20729821/ Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:21:57 PDT
I give up. I've not even had the car a week and this happens. WTF? *sigh* I know things could be A LOT worse ut seriously? An old lady tore my bumer off, said it was my fault and wouldn't look me in the eye?

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/20518334/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/20518334/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:49:04 PDT TSU ) uniforms (representing the Good Doctor) and had our pictures taken a billion times. We met and got signatures and memorabilia from Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Tony Todd, Tom Savini, Michael Berryman and Victor Miller. All of them were awesome! Victor Miller, you are now my hero. This was my first convention experience and I loved it! Mags, Aaron and I are hopefully going to go to some more things of this type and spread the good word of Dr. Steel! Being in uniform made me feel more comfortable somehow.
Our group with Victor Miller: [link]

I got my new car yesterday. It's a 2003 Ford Focus ZX3 hatchback. So excited! It's bright yellow, affectionately being called Bumblebee for the time being.

My first bronze sculpture piece was invested last Thursday and burnt out over the weekend. I'm nervous. Fingers crossed I didn't screw up somehow.

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/20286580/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/20286580/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:13:36 PDT
Mum is adjusting to her new diet or lack thereof. Protein drinks and lots of water. She's on pureed food now, a couple of weeks before solids. She's so happy though and it's contagious. I'm happy for her and hope she can move forward with her life now, slowly but steadily.

We're learning to make roman chain and granulation/fusing. I'm going to make a sweater chain I think. We've to make 2 pieces for the granulation project and a length of chain so I'm going to combine the two and make something I've wanted for years now.
I'm making a half-mask for my first sculpture project (casting in bronze). Rather excited about that.

This little furball is stealing my heart.
[link]
Her name is Lily. She is our foster puppy and I'd love to find her a loving home since the boy says we can't have any more permanent dogs.


Find me on WoW
Sentinels-US Carota (Resto Shammy)
Shandris-US Batalyne (Orc Hunter) or Noirette (Undead Priest) ]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/20165632/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/20165632/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:36:06 PDT Mum is having Bariatric surgery Thursday. The Gastric Bypass procedure to be precise. We're all nervous for her as it will be an enormous change in lifestyle for the rest of her life. But, I think she'll do just fine. She'll be at the hospital right next to the surgery center I'm going to Friday so I'll spend the rest of the day after my surgery with her.
I've grown to despise my job. Not necessarily the job itself but several...elements...I have to contend with. To cut to the chase, I'm pretty sure my bosses hate me. Well, maybe hate is a rather strong term. I'm sure I come in rather low on their lists. The red-headed step child of the department, so-to-speak. I've been really down the past week because of my schedule. I should be excited about classes starting but instead I am full of dread. My work schedule is thus:
Sunday 1pm-9pm
Monday- (workout 10am-12pm) 3:30pm-12am
Tuesday-10am-3pm,(Class) 9pm-12am
Wednesday- (workout 10am-12pm)3:30pm-12am
Thursday-10am-3pm, (Class) 9pm-12am
The kink is that getting off at 12am and being back to work at 10am is tough, especially for someone with sleep issues and bipolar disorder. It's hard to get straight to sleep, I'm lucky if I fall asleep by 2 am (usually more like 3 or so) and I have to get back up at 8:30 am in order to take care of the dogs and get dressed for work, find a parking space, etc. A week or so of this and I may well be off my rocker, not to mention when the hell am I supposed to get studio time in? I can't exactly sculpt at my office desk now can I? I may very well just haul in my alcohol lamp and do wax work. If I had been moved to first shift (Like I've requested for the second year in a row only to be shot down for various not-HR approved reasons), I'd work 7:30 am-4:00 pm, missing only 30min. of work twice a week to go to class. Instead I have to pull 2 14 hour days a week to make up the difference. Not to be a fatalist, but this may well eat away at the last little bit of sanity I have. I give it a month before I'm visiting my shrink or drinking myself to sleep. (Ah...NyQuil...)
Also...planning a wedding on top of all this? *sigh* I'm even more masochistic than I realized.


Find me on WoW
Sentinels-US Carota (Resto Shammy)
Shandris-US Batalyne (Orc Hunter) or Noirette (Undead Priest) ]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/20036636/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/20036636/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:25:34 PDT
Classes start next week. OMG so not ready. I never am.

Wedding planning? Not even going there...


Find me on WoW
Sentinels-US Carota (Resto Shammy)
Shandris-US Batalyne (Orc Hunter) or Noirette (Undead Priest) ]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/18463179/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/18463179/ Fri, 23 May 2008 12:45:00 PDT
Life hasn't been peachy due to the breakup of my dance troupe and ending a friendship of 5 years because of it. Recovering from that hullabaloo and heartbeak.

Posted a few flower pics I've taken in the past few weeks. Need to light a fire under my feet to get pictures of new jewelry...

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/17382029/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/17382029/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:37:40 PDT Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I've gotten a few pairs of earring prototypes made and tested out...now for picture takings! My Mum has agreed to be an ear model for me since looping standard earrings through my 00g holes doesn't give the right effect.

I'm also working on another amber piece of epic proportions. Should be done sometimes this week.

I spent a week on first shift and my body has taken issue with it. SAD+Bi-Polar Disorder+an ever changing sleep schedule=BAD

My meeting with the sleep gods was disturbed this morning by the news that my Boy has been working for the past two years (and 15,000 in loans) on classes that don't apply for the degree he wants and won't transfer over and the bloody head of the English Grad. Studies lied to him about it. She told him when he began 2 years ago that the courses would transfer once his program was finally created. Needless to say the sleep gods and I wish to find this woman and do horrible things to her. Things so horrible my lack-of-sleep-addled mind can't even form complete sentences about them. I hate this university sometimes.

I had fillings done last week and my mouth/face still hurts like the dickens. Two types of pain I have very little tolerance for: eye pain and tooth pain. Gods but it's annoying, feels like my whole face is swollen and throbbing. I've checked a mirror and it isn't but it sure feels like it.



^*^Bataleigh^*^
Prices in ze Etsy Shop are slashed! [link] Check it out!

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/17276543/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/17276543/ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:31:02 PDT [link]
Please take a look!
I've had some of this stuff for far too long and I need to make room for fresh work.
I'm really tired of looking at some of this stuff and the prices reflect this so take advantage.

New earrings will be posted this week (hopefully).

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/16981598/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/16981598/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:27:22 PST Updatery then.
-NYC was awesome, despite being sick. We drank a lot, saw the sites, bought some books and enjoyed the weather. It was warmer there than at home, thank the gods. I might post some pics in scraps.

-My semester, as it were, is fucked. Due to a paperwork mishap I am unable to enroll in my course, so I won't get credit for anything this semester. I'm still fighting it but don't' really have a positive outlook for the situation at this point.

-For the past month (since before the NYC trip) I've been having regular migraines. It became a daily thing and I finally couldn't take it anymore and went to the doctor today. Imitrex and Midrin are going to be my weapons in this battle against my brain. This is the first night I've been at work without a headache in weeks. Go Imitrex! I'm only slightly loopy which is good.

-Going to a little thing called TribalCon in GA this weekend. My dance idol, Jill Parker [link] will be teaching 2 classes.

-New shipment of beads came in! New stuff coming soon-ish on both here and Etsy [link]

-I bought a new little sketchbook yesterday along with my first set of prismacolor pencils and some new watercolor pencils. I'm excited.

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/16597988/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/16597988/ Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:48:50 PST insaneotaku and the English Honor Society/Honors program from Uni. I'm not a part of the program but they're kind enough to let me tag along. I get to spend some time with good friends and my boy and experience something we have little of here in BFE...a little thing called culture.

Also, Go check out this awesomeness:
[link]
A collaboration between ~queenelf and ~insaneotaku , two of my favorite peoples.

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/16445373/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/16445373/ Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:58:52 PST
The holidays were good. I managed to only have 1 near-nervous breakdown! That's down from one complete nervous breakdown last year. I still didn't get to spike the punch but I did manage to make a few jabs a Christianity without my religious family taking note. Lawlz.

Starting wedding plans. Yup, ~insaneotaku and I are planning on gettin hitched on Halloween this year. I have to get a mock-up of my dress made then decide what "nice" fabric I want to make it out of. Screw all that frou-frou white taffeta and lace sleeveless strapless corseted 10-foot train business. Well, maybe not the corseted part BUT I couldn't find a dress that wasn't sleeveless and/or strapless that wasn't on the Mormon-approved wedding dress site (yes, I really found that). So, I make one. With help and advice from a seamstress friend. I'm contemplating using this fabric: [link]
or this one:
[link]
or maybe this:
[link]
My mum's only stipulation is that it not be solid black. So why not throw some skulls in there for good measure?

I finally got my shaman to lvl 60 thanks to help from the boy and our guild. I know I'm a geek and I don't care.

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/15893635/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/15893635/ Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:31:07 PST
[link]

Final crit for jewelry was today. It went well enough I guess. I was about an hour short of being done with one project because I thought the crit was at 3 but it was at 1. Rawr. But I stayed after and got it finished and it will be graded tomorrow along with my other pieces. Next semester is enameling and I'm really looking forward to it. It's the only rotation I've missed so far. Last time around is when my back blew up and I had to bow out of classes.

I spoke with the health dept. about the poo. We have to clean it up on our own but they gave us some nice tips on what to do...like wash your hands a lot, wear gloves and use bleach. Profound. So, tomorrow I go buy a shit tonne of bleach and we'll start tackling the doom. Ugh.

Projects form this semester will hopefully be posted by the end of the week. I'm kinda excited to show some of them off.

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/15876932/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/15876932/ Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:55:29 PST And the best part? The city isn't going to help us clean it up. Or so they've said. I've got a call in to the health dept. to see what needs to be done. This is refuckingdiculous. I did, however, find a solution to future problems in the form of a backflow valve. I also love how the Realtor (who owned the house as well) had to know about this problem. The workers said this was a regular problem on our street. WTF?!? So, the weekend I was going to spend in the studio turned into shit. literally.
I went to the studio before work this morning and some cockass pulled the fire alarm so I lost a good 45 min of work time, which is precious to me now. Oh, and it was raining.
40 hours of work + 6 hours of class time + minimal sleep = not enough time to get done what I want to!

On a much less shitty note!!! I'm preparing to send out Yule cards this week. I don't have everybody's addresses so if you'd like a Yule card, message me with your address! I don't mind sending internationally either.

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/15713501/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/15713501/ Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:18:31 PST
I had sinus surgery on 11/02 in hopes of fighting off some recurring infections. I'm still recovering (swelling and necrosis are just lovely...really...) and I think I might have another infection. I'm tired of hearing myself breathe and talk. I go back to the doctor next week for my one-month check in. We shall speeeek of these things. I can honestly say there's nothing worse than the smell of dead/dying tissue...until you realize it's INSIDE YOUR OWN FREAKING NOSE and you can't get away from it.

I'm about a month and a half behind in the studio due to illness and the surgery itself. I only have one of my 4 projects completed. I have 2 weeks after this one to get them done or else. I'm fearing the 'or else'. The one project I have completed is my Heathen's Rosary. I'll be posting pictures and the like as soon as I can remember to bring it home from the studio. The rest of the class has started glass bead making but my hands are still unsteady for whatever reason and I'm scared to give it a go. I'll have to get over that.

Work is...well...work. I've been doing some beading and wire work at night after everybody leaves. The results of that little surge of creativity (and desire to make some extra cash) will be posted over the next few days. I spent 5 hours at a craft fair last night with my jewelry and candles. I sold not one damnable thing. It probably didn't help that a table of home interior candles was set up in front of me, our table was in the back corner of the room and there were saleswomen hocking mass-produced gold-plated crap a few aisles over. I even tucked away my septum piercing and dug out a non-black shirt to wear! Oh well...at least I've got a stockpile of yule presents now, right?

Oh, anybody else play WoW? (silly question...I know) If you're looking for a PvP server, join me on Maelstrom. I'm Carota (draenei shaman). Our server is semi-overrun with social retards and I'd like some nice intelligent people to balance it out.

]]> ~bataleigh http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/14528075/ http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/14528075/ Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:13:21 PDT I'm.such.a.dork.

My Etsy Store!
Proof I'm Not Really Dead...perhaps just faking it...
MY very own MySpace

Class is going well enough. A few minor setback but nothing disastrous. My new mask project is underway!

Trav and I went on a little trip over the holiday weekend. I uploaded a pic or two from our journey, mostly in scraps but a couple deviations. We had lovely weather and despite being doped up on allergy meds, it was a great time! We ate at the original KFC (somehow it was better than our local one...) and tried not to act like tourists.

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Just an update:

Freyja is doing fanstastic. She's bouncing around like normal, chasing cats, etc. The hard part is trying to keep her from doing too much! Luckily, once I settle in to do some sewing she curls up in the chair next to my sewing table and naps. Thankfully my little ink blot is no worse for the experience and her chipper love-all personality has been untouched.

My grandmother is being released form the hospital this evening. Her poor swollen legs finally went down and her blood pressure came down significantly enough to allow her to be released. This makes me SO HAPPY!!!

I've been sewing like crazy and have finished 2 (decadent) ghawazee coats, pieced together a new cloak (needs trim and hemming), am half finished with a new 3-tier patchwork skirt and started a new belt. I haven't let myself buy any new fabric (this is helped along by there being no fabric stores in town any longer...thanks Hell-Mart) and will only have to buy some bias tape to hopefully finish things off! Hooray for a years-long fabric obsession and hordeing it all away until I neeeeeded it. I'll try to post pictures of these projects once they're presentable.

I've also decided to run a special in my ETSY store to try and move a few things out but more importantly, pay for Freyja's medical bills! Free shipping for the next 4 weeks (07/25-08/25) on ALL JEWELRY and PRINTS in the store. (Candles are just too heavy to ship for free, sorry guys!) Also, I'm open for commissions and they will be included in the free shipping offer! I will be gone 08/04-08/11 but I'll pick back up as soon as I get home.

A BIG Thank You to MsJ777 as well!!!

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http://bataleigh.deviantart.com/journal/13862949/ Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:41:20 PDT I'm.such.a.dork.

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This weekend was supposed to be awesome. My close friend (and kick-ass seamstress [link] ) Vicki was down to help our little group sew and to hang out. Friday night we had a great time out to Mr. Kabab for dinner and to Natasha's Cafe to see Rakadu dance (OMGWOWZ).
Our Saturday practice went really well and we were going to spend the rest of the evening sewing our little hearts out. I was digging through fabric and trying to plan out what I needed to get constructed.
Unfortunately my puppy Freyja decided to EAT A FRICKING QUILTING PIN. Vicki noticed she was chewing on something and when I checked her mouth I was pricked by the pin. I almost got it out of her mouth. It was between my fingers and she swallowed.
I couldn't hold on to it.
She didn't react at all and I immediately started scrambling. My friend Savy called our vet while I grabbed a phone book to try other vets. No luck. 4:00 on a Saturday afternoon and no vets were in or answering. I called Mum for advice but whe was at a loss aside from a trip to the Emergency Vet Hospital.
Finally Trav and I packed her up and drove to Lexington to the Animal Emergency Hospital. We were worried about it lodging in or perforating her stomach. Savy called ahead and they were expecting us. We went into a waiting room and did just that. We waited for 4 hours listening to country music. Freyja seemed completely unaffected by the entire ordeal and tried to lick the cats in a poster on the wall. The vet was in surgery but once she finished they did x-rays and the pin was right there in her little belly, just lodged in the lining of her stomach but luckily not perforating it. It became evident that surgery would be necessary to extract it. A gastrotomy to be exact. She was in the hospital Overnight Saturday and Sunday and I picked her up at 7:30 yesterday morning. I was so worried because she is my litte ray of black sunshine, really. She is so loveable and energetic and just to special to me. I didn't sleep much the two nights she was gone. I feel better knowing she's at home now but she has to stay in her kennell most of the time to make sure her staples heal up okay. They come out in 10 days. She is just as chipper and happy to be alive as ever and I'm the one still recovering.
Now to pay off the $2.178.00 bill for which we had to get a special credit account for...

Sunday started off well enough too.
Practice: lovely.
Sewing with friends: lovely.
Finding out your grandmother is in the hospital with heart problems: ass sucking.

So, I get to worry about my puppy and my grandmother. Granny is improving and will hopefully get to go home tomorrow.

WTF, universe? WTF?

As my beloved Meagan told me, "the wheel of the universe should now be on the up for you." I certainly hope so!

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Is anyone else here going to Pennsic War?

I'll be spending this weekend trying to get my garb up to snuff as I'm hoping to get a job at the coffee shop, Your Inner Vagabond, and we're performing for our camp at the leader's wedding. No pressure at all. Pfeh...
I still have stuff to unpack to FIND my SCA gear then repack it all for the trip up. At least I have next week to get the packign done!

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SO....
Evidently Biploar people are not supposed to take steroids. I'm not talking muscle-pumping steroids...nobody should take those. No, the supposedly innocuous kind they give you to keep your body from killing you.
Bipolar Disorder + Steroids = DOOOOOOOOOOOOOM.
Well...maybe that's a few too many OOOs, but the fact remains that they alter hte brains chemistry enough that Bipolar peeps can/will go into ' psychotic episodes '. For people with regular Bipolar I, this means Mania. For people with Bipolar II (*waves hand*) this means depression. So...no more steroids for me, no matter how much of my body is covered with poison ivy. Nope. Not no way not no how.

PSA aside, my bench is finally set up in the new house and a few things have trickled out here and there. I've done a couple of commissions and a piece of two just because. I'm still trying to work around...er...Work...and I've had a blasted sinus infection for 2 months now. Stupid weather. Stupid state of Kent-allerg-ucky. Bleah. Maybe we should move to Alaska.

I'm trying to catch up on all of my messages here on DA. I had about 800 and something so I'm trying to go through them all. Wow. I feel special and neglectful at the same time.

I finally re-enrolled at EKU. I debated back and forth as to whether or not I was going to but I think I'm finally clear of the raging brain 'roids and I know I need to keep on with my art-stuffs. Quite frankly I get all icky in the head if I don't.

Right now my focus is on sewing in preparation for Pennsic. We're going for just the 2nd week but I need a whole new wardrobe not to mention a performance in our cmap for the leader's wedding. (No pressure there...) Go weight gain and moving! Speaking of which...so many boxes left to unpack...I have missing boots and underpants and this is a bad bad thing!

Oh...and I dyed my hair red with Henna. I'm quite happy with it and may be doing a few friends' hair as well.

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We close on the house tomorrow.

I'm almost back to myself. I had a horrible bout of depression to get over along with learning to eat now that I have to be gluten-free. Those sneaky bastards slip wheat into everything these days! Jeebus...So, learning to live as a celiac is interesting and educational.

I had to drop out of both studios for financial reasons but hopefully I'll be back in the fall. I feel so lost without creating things. I finaly realized that. I've been busy unpackign and trying to get things just so (unsuccessfully) and I haven't MADE anything. Well, no, I take that back...I did make a new dance belt. That is something. But not like I used to be able to do where I could sit down and just put jewelry together when I wanted. My 'bench' isn't set up yet. *sigh* Slowly but surely...

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I never ever thought I'd say this, but I am relieved to say that I have arthritis in my back. WTF, right? Well, the neurosurgeon I saw 2 weeks go said it sounded as though my already-damaged disk could be bulging again and it scared the shit out of me. I had MRIs done on Thursday and yesterday I went to my regular neurosurgeon and he was quite happy to tell me that the disk looks fine, or what's left of it looks fine. My pain is caused by some scar tissue that may have formed around the nerve after surgery and from arthritis, which is inevitable following the type of injury I had. So, on 2/20 I go for an epidural injection of steroids to help with the nerve inflammation and I hafta start treating the arthritis as best I can. Luckily, my aunt and uncle own a company that make what is supposed to be one of the best arthritis creams on the market (I spent some time doing computer work for them and the testimonials that were always pouring in convinced me of that.). I gotta remember to call and request they bring some my way next time they're down!

Needless to say, I am relieved to know my enemy now. I don't have to tread lightly in fear of rupturing hat disk again. I'm in no more danger than anyone else now, sort of. Should the disk bulge and rupture in the future, I'd still be screwed, but now that I'm cleared for the present I can work on preventing that. Treadmill and elliptical machines, ho! Oh, and I can finally jump back into dance!

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Some pics of the new house. Still a lot of cleaning to be done! Closing is still set for Feb. 15th.

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My back is being a pain still. I make it through work, then go home and collapse with my heating pad. Just another week until the MRI and hopefully some reassurance one way or the other. I'd like to know whether or not there's a chance of it exploding again so I can try to make adjustments to my life, work and other plans.

I'm looking forward to decorating the house...kinda like an artistic endeavour. I've a few ideas bouncing around in regards to wall treatments. I'll be making most of the drapes/curtains/window coverings since I found a great interior design shop that is going out of business and has wicked cheap fabrics (also there we got over $100 worth of wallpaper and trim for $18).

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House paperwork is progressing. We're supposed to close on 15th Feb. ACK! Trying to pull everything together...10 million papers to sign, 10000 boxes to start packing, phone calls to make...bills to calculate... At least we have paint colours picked out though!

Trying to adjust back to 3rd Shift is going...well? I'm having trouble sleeping during the day, of course, since I've been on first shift for a little over a month now. So, herbal teas before bed, along with the pain pills and muscle relaxers, I'm hoping it will help me out. Pain pills and muscle relaxers? Ah, yes...the return of the evil disk (the same one that ruptured a year ago last Saturday) that seems to want to go away. I go for an MRI next week to see if it's bulging or ready to rupture. If it should decide to explode again, I'll SOL and hafta sign up for good ol' Spinal Fusion. [link] Sooo....I'm hoping dropping the weight the doc threatened me with will help out and another trip to the chop-shop won't be necessary.

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Hope everyone had a nice Holiday, whatever it was you chose to celebrate this festive time of the year. I managed to NOT murder any of my relatives, so it was a pretty good holiday for me. (Not that I didn't want to, mind you, but I restrained myself.)

The boy and I had a good holiday, as seen here: [link]
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We got our septums pierced last Wednesday as a post-Christmas/Graduation/belated birthday celebration. I'm now at the itchy-healing stage and having to keep it flipped inside my nose for work gets old by the end of the day. However, noone has noticed it (other than the coworker I showed it to), including my Mum. I didn't want to ruin her holiday (it wasn't the best for her anyway) so she's only seen the boy's thus far.

I got a pair of these [link] for meself and couldn't be happier. I finally found some tall boots that fit my extra-curvy calves (that's a nice way of saying fat legs.)

Hopefully we will be moving by the end of January to a duplex with our friend since the house we're currently renting part of may be killing me. It's really old and I'm of the mind that there's some sort of invasive mold doom that has kept me sick off and on since I moved in 2 years ago. Also, it's tiny. So, we found a nice (HUGE) duplex and will hopefully be working out the details for that while I search for a house I can afford to buy that isn't in the 'bad' part of town or requires so much work we might as well stay where we are. Here's to driving around town writing down realtors names and numbers!

I'm stuck on first shift for the next few weeks. The labs don't start running full hours until the second week of classes, which will be Sunday night, 21 Jan for me. My body, however, has yet to make the transition from 3rd shift. So, I'm dragging in at 8 am (or shortly thereafter) and trying not to be grumpy or fall asleep since the boss-lady is around.

I'm also in the process of attempting to organize my jewelry supplies at home. It's getting ridiculous. I think I have a bead habit. I need more organizers so I can see what all I have without pawing through bags. It looks as though a small tornado hit my crafting table right now, but everything IS fianlly together in one space.

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So, thanks to I'm in on the Featurins'. Here goes:

For the first 10 people on my watch list who respond to this I will choose 3 deviations from their gallery to feature in my journal, BUT the rule is that they must then turn around and do the same--feature 10 people in THEIR journals. Simple enough, non?
I'll start posting the actual features once I get 5 people in on it so there won't be multiple-ultiple updates. I'll finish it up once I get more volunteers!

1.

This is EB's only deviation but it's still WOW. I'm not an expert on pixel art by any means, but this is just adorable!


2.

Just a stunning photo of a place I hope to visit one day. Lucky duck, you beat me there!

Another shot from Ireland.

Simple and beautiful. A nice use of B&W.


3.

I love the expressive lines of this piece.

I see this hood ornament almost everyday and it makes me giggle. This is a great picture!!

This was in the hallway on the 4th floor of Campbell for a while and I liked it in person even better than the photo here. Self-portraits can be a beeeeetch but this is fun and insightful at the same time.


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I hope everyone has a good holiday season, whatever it is you celebrate this time of year.

Personally, I celebrate being with family, be they good or bad. Okay...so they're not all bad...but the ratio of good to bad seems to fluctuate in the direction of the bad-ish year after year. Damn being jaded.

So, yeah, Happy Whatever to one and all!

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I cast 3 pieces yesterday. They all worked. I'm in shock.

Mr. Cephalopod is the only one I've taken pictures of yet. Critique tomorrow, then more pictures.

It took me the whole stinkin' semester to get a decent cast. Sheesh...

Oh...and...

I FINALLY GRADUATE SATURDAY! Everybody please be careful...it's a sign of the apocalypse...

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Just one week left after this. My arm is doing marginally better. I finally just decided to go ahead and do what I could and deal with the pain later. It seems to be working for now.

The semi-successful cast pieces have been posted. I'm relatively happy with them, all things considered. 3-5 more pieces to cast still.

I also posted my new tattoo projects in scraps. I'm trying to get to the shop Saturday. Now it's getting the time to go get them done...hooray for the holiday break coming up!!

Still 2 research papers to finish. Poop.

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First and foremost, go watch this:
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So it seems I'm developing carpal tunnel syndrome, predomintently in my left arm. Strange since I'm right handed and I figured that'd be the first to go. I'm guessing I use my left hand to brace stuff more and it takes the brunt of the vibrations and assault when I'm smithing, carving, etc. My ulnar tendon is inflamed and being an all-around jerk so I'm in this brace for at least another week until it calms down. If it doesn't I'll have to go to PT. Goody.
I IM'd with my massage therapist/reiki student/seamstress buddy in L-ville and she set me up with (or sent me the links to) some nice stuff to strengthen my hands/wrists/arms as well as some nice support gloves to wear when I'm working and on the computer. Hopefully it will all come in this week. Next time I make it up to visit she's going to show me some massage stuff I can do on myself to help with the pain. She's such a wonderful person to have as a friend. I wish she wasn't 2 hours away. She's go tme looking for some colloidal silver locally since I'm on my 3rd round of antibiotics (which are taking their toll on me as well) to get rid of the sinus infection I've had since late August. I'm going to try the health food store when I can make it over that way.

Some project are tabled for a bit while I get this hand mess straightened out. I'm attempting to sculpt in soft wax since it doesn't require quite as much oomph as carving. My smithing projects...well...I guess I'll have to wait a bit. Poop. I'm already behind. Nothing new there, eh? These hands are my livelihood and I've never really thought about how my life would be different if I couldn't use them to full capacity. A lot to think about.

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The almighty Shuffle survey!

1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesnt make sense. NO CHEATING!

1. How are you feeling today?
Wonder- Natalie Merchant
Well, I do feel a little out of place sometimes...

2. Will you get far in life?
Grace of God Go I- Flogging Molly
well, that's depressing

3. What do your friends see you?
2 wicky-Hooverphonic
I'm fragile then? I know. It's a weakness

4. What is your best friend's theme song?
Stars- The Cranberries
Yes, that's perfect.

5. What is the story of your life?
Power of Moonlight-Tiger Army
3rd shift is turning me into a vampire.

6. What was high school like?
Daffodil Lament- The Cranberries
appropriate.

7. How can you get ahead in life?
Out of Tune- Hooverphonic
hmmm...dunno bout that...

8. What is the best thing about your friends?
Heroes- David Bowie
Perfect!

9. What is in store for this weekend?
Pretty Girl (the way)- Sugarcult
er...no. just no.

10. What song describes you?
If you could only see- Tonic
Wow...that's depressing too.

11. To describe your grandparents?
Missed Me- The Dresden Dolls
I do miss them, but not in the way of the song...

12. How is your life going?
Wonderwall- Oasis
wow. alright.

13. What song will they play at your funeral?
Do you realize?- The Flaming Lips
I'm glad I'll be dead, otherwise I'd be crying since that's what that song makes me do.

14. How does the world see you?
Smells Like TeenSpirit- Nirvana
hahahahahaha

15. Will you have a happy life?
Learn to Fly- Foo Fighters
Appropriate.

16. What do your friends really think of you?
Lithium Flower- Yoko Kanno
I do feel like a ghost in a shell occasionally.

17. Do people secretly lust after you?
The Leaving Song Part 1- AFI
No, I repel them!

18. How can I make myself happy?
Refugee- Tom Petty
Not living like a refugee evidently...

19. What should you do with your life?
Love Song- The Cure
Love the boy and have flippin' awesome hair. I guess that'll work.

20. Will you ever have children?
Ode to My Family- the Cranberries
Life should be fun and taken if you can. Yup.

Well then. That was fun.

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I hope everyone has a fun-filled time at some point on Halloween! (I tried posting on Halloween but DA decided to go into maintenance...)
I slept through a good portion of it but had some fun once I rose from the dead. We watched 'Shaun of the Dead' and I took another nap before work. Yup...I'm getting old. I wore my blue kitty cat ears to work with my melodia pants and a fuzzy sweater. Yeah, a totally lazy ass costume but I can only get away with so much here.

I got accepted into the BFA program!!!

Actually, everyone who applied this semester made it in, which is awesome. Gah...so much work to do now. At least I'll only be taking 6 hrs. for the next 2 semesters. That will be a relief as I'll need the time to beef up my portfolio.

I finally go tmy new laptop for work. Pretty sweet. The video card is decent so WoW is much easier to play than on the old laptop. Hurrah!

New/old work to post as soon as I get PS loaded on this puppy...so sometime in the next 5 hours...

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My talisman has been re-cast, with some corrections and adjustments and...it worked! Some clean-up here and there, but it appears to be successful. I also cast a ring that worked out pretty well. Both pieces have been stewing in the pickle for a couple fo days now. I feel vindicated.

I've been playing WoW on my computer at work but the lag is so bad that I haven't been able to play my main on Moonrunner. So, I started a new one on Lightbringer and the boy and I have been goofing off around Teldrassil.

My BFA review is Friday (tomorrow?). I have to get everythgin set up today after metals class. I'm nervous but I think I have a pretty good portfolio. Crossing my fingers and my toes....

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I just posted the 2 pieces I 'finished' Thursday morning/afternoon. I made the spoon in about 2.5 hours and the pendant in about 30 min.

I went to the studio directly after work to finish these for the crit that afternoon and finally got home around 1pm. Mum called and was going into one of her 'spells' and told me to call her back in an hour. I told her I'd call back in 30 min. since she told me not to drive out. I called Dad to tell him what was going on and 30 min. later I called and she was okay, made it to bed, etc. I told her I'd call back in another 30; she said okay and started snoring. I called later, no answer. I called again and again and again. Finally Dad answered. She was unresponsive and he'd called for an ambulance. I drove to the hospital and waited for their arrival. It was at least an hour before we could see her. When I finally got to go back; she was in and out of a coherent state, mostly out. There was an activated charcoal kit on the table next to her bed. A myriad of tubes and wires were covering her body. Her lips were dry so I gave her some water and wiped the charcoal from her face. Her nose was bloodied on one side: obviously they'd attempted to or successfully pumped her stomach for some reason. ( I found out later they thought she'd tried to OD on 'street drugs'...what a farce!). Doctors and nurses came and went, checking this and that. They kept tryign to get her to 'wake up' and keep her eyes open, which is a damned-near impossibility when she's like this. Over the course of the evening, she was bombarded with smelling salts (ammonia inhalents) 7 times. They decided to ship her off to the stroke unit in Lexington (30 min. away) to make sure she hadn't suffered a stroke. Well, they ended up sticking her in the ER up at UK as well where she got to share a curtain-cubicle with a man who had OD'd on Loritab and Heroine before being picked up by the police (who were on guard by his bed). The doctors at UK decided Mum hadn't had a stroke and sent her on her merry (or not so, really) way about 1 am Friday. So, we're back to square -1 as to why these spells happen. She's fully aware of what is going on around her, she just can't respond. It's perplexing and frustrating. She's supposed to go see yet another neurologist this week. I'm thinking it may be time to explore alternative medicines.

So, consequently, I didn't make it to my crit so I don't know if my professor has any feedback on these pieces. She's only seen the cast bits. I guess I'll find out Tuesday...
This week has GOT to be better than last week with the running out of investment, the sickness/headaches, the hospitals, etc. Nothing else is allowed to go wrong, dammitall!

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So the 2 flasks I had sprued and ready to invest are still sitting in the studio sans investment. Why? WHY??? Because some dingleberry in my class wasted what would have filled at least 2-3 medium flasks. I went in this morning after work to find that the investment container was empty and then I found the bowls of investment sitting on the sink. I was ready to murder...someone...anyone...I didn't care. I decided to go ahead and sprue what I had ready anyway. I discovered there were no matches to light the oil lamps with. So...I lit a torch and turned the gas flame down as low as I could to light my lamp. NOT my choice of lighting implements but I was desperate. I got everything sprued and ready to go whenever the next box of investment comes in. We've gone through 2 50lb boxes of investment already this semester (for a class of about 12). It royally pisses me off. There's so much waste I just wanna strangle some of my classmates...no one in particular that I know of. If they would at least own up to their stupidity I wouldn't be as grumpy but any time it's brought up in class there's an akward silence. ARGH!!!!



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Dear Everyone,

A friend of mine in Cincinnati devotes most of her free and not-so-free time to rescuing animals from an untimely demise in shelters and from other desperate situations. I've asked her what I can do from down here and here is her request: ANY Purina brand foods UPCs called "Purina Weight Circles" (her vet can get MAD rebates on these!!!) and any old blankets, towels, quilts, etc. that you would otherwise toss out or relegate to the car-cleaning pile. Almost anything can be salvaged and used to keep the little ones warm in the winter while a good home is found for them.

Susan (Amma Kaa) travels all over the East coast rescuing and delivering animals to their new homes. She also blogs daily about her rescues! Her blog is here:
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So...if everyone could please do me a favor and
1) save your UPCs (Weight Circles) and send them to me and I'll forward them on to Susan,
2) save any old blankets, sheets, etc. and if you're close to me, let me know. If you're far away, please consider donating them to your local shelter or Humane Society!!
3) forward this info along to anyone you know who might care and be willing to help!

Susan has invested her time, money, and most importantly, her soul, into this endeavor. Every little bit helps!!!

Thanks everyone!

If you can't help out this rescue, please look into your local Humane Society or chapter of the ASPCA. Winter is always the hardest time of year to get pets adopted out!

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Perhaps I spoke to soon.

I attempted to cast my talisman today. All 100.4 dwt (5.5 oz) of it...took 15-20 minutes to smelt the metal...only for the investment to crack at the base (opposite the crucible). I ended up with a lumpy 5.5 oz sterling silver coaster. At least it didn't fling itself unto the ends of the earth, right? So, said coaster and the few bits that did go flying are now sitting in the pickle instead of the talisman I spent 20+ hours carving. Poop.

Now I'm even more behind as I'm supposed to have 5 pieces cast by next Thursday and I have 2. Yes, TWO. Sooo...that means I've got to get at least 3 more pieces ready to cast by next Wednesday.

I just wanna go to sleep now...

*NB- I scanned my other 2 cast pieces and put them in scraps for now. They're very rough and havent' been cleaned up/finished at all.*

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We have success! The milkweed pod came out quite nicely and I've another piece to cast today. I don't have to give up metalsmithing now! (not that I really would have...)

Lots of finishing to do over the fall break...5 pieces due a week from today and none anywhere close to...started...poop.

Things are looking up for the most part. Aside from being sick for a month now and starting my 2nd round of antibotics and running a fever off and on. Hehehe...nothing like holding a torch over the crucible whilst feverish...Once my body is well, I see an upward swing for things!

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There's so many cool pieces that have been sumbitted in the "Artisan Crafts-Jewelry" section in the past few days! I'm impressed...I've a ton of stuff for inspiration. Seeing all these great pieces have me thinking in several directions:
1. I can't set stones to save my life. It's horrible and something I'm actually ashamed of soooo...that's on the top of the 'to-improve' list. I can't build a prong setting. Period. I suck at it. Bezels are so-so but can stand a LOT of improvement.
2. My casting abilities had better improve or I'm going to just give it up. My pewter sand casts are sub-par; I spent 3 hours trying to cast with so many mistakes that I can see I made...it's frustrating. I haven't been patient enough with myself in realizing this a totally new set of skills I'm learning and it won't be perfect the first, second, or even the third time.
3. I've been lacking in creative inspiration. I think that is definitely related to:
4. It's definitely time to refocus my energies, especially in my art. I've been having some pretty deep conversations with myself, trying to redefine the path I want to take spiritually. I realize that spiritual apathy is dangerous for me so I need to tack(no nails) down something for myself. It's a very personal thing to me, but I need some definitions and paths to follow. I think once I can get my head around refocusing my artistic and spiritual energies in the right directions I'll feel a lot better. I'm sure getting rid of this (now month-long) upper respiratory infection would help matters too. Damn.

Well...just one more hour at work. I cast in silver again this coming evening. Here's hoping for improvement!

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I was preparing my beetle for investing today only to discover someone had used the last of the investment powder and not notified our instructor. She found out today and had to order more, so it will more than likely be next week before I can cast in silver again. I suppose it's just as well since I'm still futsing with mr. beetle, but it puts me 2 flasks behind on centrifigal silver casting. A good opportunity to catch up on my pewter pieces, non? Cuttlebone and sand-casting to come! Whee! I think I'm going to sand cast my D-10.
Oh! We have a master now; a cute little long-haired syrian (aka teddy bear) named Hazel. She's slowly getting adjusted to us. I tried to get a pretty swank cage for her but now I want more attachments! She's taken to sleeping upside down in the tube, which is adorable. Ok, everything she does is adorable. I've never had a hammie before! Totally new experience! Thankfully, the wheel that came with her house is very quiet; it sounds like a light rain falling on our air conditioner for some reason. Better than a squeeeeeaky wheel! The cat is trying to figure out what is up there and how to get to it. No luck on that yet, thank goodness, but she has managed to leap to the AC unit upstairs. This means she somehow climbs the railing around the spiral staircase and jumps to the AC unit that is the window at the top of the stairs, a good 15 feet from the floor below. I'm afraid she's going to get hurt but there's little hope in dissuading her until she figures out it's a bad idea herself. Stubborn little bugger.

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I did my first silver casting yesterday (which still feels like today since I've not been to bed in the interim). While not a complete bust, I'm not overly elated with the results. I carved the piece from a really hard wax that seemed to be closer to a commercial plastic than an actual wax. My prof. assured me that it would burn out fine as she'd seen it used before. I had 4 stones set in the piece: 1 ruby and 3 tiny sapphires. The actual process was fine and metal did flow throughout the whole flask as needed. Unfortunately, the wax didn't burn out as intended. despite being in the kiln for almost 6 hours, it evidently left a residue inside the investment that more-or-less pitted the metal. At first it seemed to be a smooth surface with a faint green residue on it, but after scrubbing for a bit and pick at it, the 'residue' proved to be sunken into the surface of the metal and once removed left a pitted surface that reminds me of barnacles. One of my sapphires is AWOL, the other two were flooded with silver and the ruby came out decently. I'm inclined to think the problems may be a combination of the funky-ass wax and poor investment, given that the stones didn't work out as well as I had hoped. So, it rests in the pickle pot for tonight. I'll reevaluate tomorrow and see what I can come up with. The texture will probably grow on me eventually. Note to self: photograph waxes before investing...
My next flask will be all organics; some different seed pods, holly leaves and a nice-sized beetle that we found dead on our porch a while back (I'm thinking he'll make a nice pendant or spoon handle). I've also got a wax calla lily spoon in the works. I might do 2 organic flasks for next week so I'll feel like I've accomplished something (and I'm 1 flask behind...). I've also some catching up to do on my pewter pours but I'm less apprehensive now that I've smelted silver. It was so pretty to watch!
I'm on the hunt for some stones for my talisman project. I've got my eye on a nice black star sapphire and a black diamond. It will be costly, yes, with silver up to $15/oz but I've always wanted a personal amulet embued with some sort of arcane powers that only I know of.

Just a few more hours and I can finally sleep for more than 4 hours...ah...the weekend...

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Mood: discombobulated

I started my new job Sunday night. From here until eternity I shall be on guard in the all-night computer lab on campus. I'm the in-betweener this week; my regular hours are supposed to be 11:30 pm-8:00 am. A challenge, indeed. My first class isn't until 1:00 pm so I'm hoping I can just catch sleep whenever possible between classes and work.

Casting is going pretty well. Actually...I haven't CAST anything yet...I've just been carving and spruing. I'm supposed to cast on Thursday in silver for the first time. I'm behind on my pewter casts (sand and cuttlebone) ...so ...uh... yeah...that'll get done soon. Right...I'll just keep telling myself that. Soon.

I think work would go by faster if I could play WoW. Ok, I know it would. I mean, there's only 1 student in the lab right now. I could totally get away with it...hrm...

OH!! I'll be graduating with my BA in art this December and I've decided to continue on and get my BFA in jewelry in the Spring. Since my new job pays for 6 hours every semester and I only need 9 to complete the BFA, I decided it would be a good thing to pursue. Then on to graduate school for the MAT in art teaching (also paid for by the new job). Things are looking way up right now! The new job covers health insurance (thank the gods), offers dental insurance, life insurance, retirement, paid credit hours and I'm making a great wage. \

Now if I could find some way to carve wax in a computer lab and not screw something up...

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Mood: thoughtful...

Painting is posted. Pictures aren't that great. I'm thinking it needs a background. I NEED IDEAS, PLEASE!!!!!

Students start moving in on campus tomorrow. This means my quiet days in the lab are over. *sigh* Stupidity returns en masse.

I'm not really looking forward to classes starting next Tuesday. At all. I'm completely unprepared, FinAid is still up in the air, and I'm hoping to hear back about a position I applied for within my department. If I should happen to get the full-time post, I'll have to drop a few classes. I might even have to push my grad date back (again...sigh...) but I think that's a fair compromise for hella-more money and HEALTH INSURANCE (of the not-$450/month-variety). I really hope I get this job but I'm not goign to hold my breath or anything. I don't want to get disappointed like after my last interview. Argh.

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Mood: thoughtful...

So I'm still trying to get used to v5.0 or whatever. I'm a little disoriented but I'll get used to it eventually, I hope.

I spent the past 2 weeks doing inventory of at least a million dollars worth of laptops and peripherals for the IT department. Wow. I learned a lot about FileMaker and barcodes...highly interesting stuff! I should have made a barcode of my birthday...darn.

A little behind on making jewelry...gotta catch up...I've just been too tired after work to do much of anything and I had a wedding to go to last Saturday that as an all day affair (3.5 hour drive each way...). School starts next week and I'm nowhere near ready.

Finally finished the painting that's been staring at me for...too long...now. I don't know if I like it or not; I'll give it a few days to grow on me. According to the boy..."It's a creepy ass rabbit. It's the kind of rabbit your mom puts at the foot of your bed and thinks it's cute but later you wake up and it's on your chest waiting to eat your soul." He's probably a little more than right. I'll attempt to take pictures since it's too big to scan...

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Mood: Elated
Listening to: Golden Years-David Bowie

Wow...I've gotten lots of and nice comments on the henna. I've met some super-amazing artists who've commented on my work. I wish I'd taken more pictures! I worked from 9 am until I ran out of sunlight that day. Hopefully the next event (Simple Days in Indiana) will be just as productive.

Still working on new bejewelments...as always...

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We're celebrating the boy's birthday tomorrow! Yeah!!!!

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Sorry to overload everybody with Devs. I finally got around to cataloguing most of my old drawings. Most of them are in my scraps but a few were decent enough to be devs. Welcome to my past!

Also some new photography, mostly callas since I have a special place in that-space-where-my-heart-would-be for them.

ALSO, I finally got around to posting henna pictures from the last SCA event. Another one is coming up next weekend, so expect more henna in...oh...another month...

Working on some new jewelry pieces to hopefully post in the next few days.

I need to kick myself in the arse and get to drawing more. Making jewelry and taking pictures won't get me an apprenticeship.

Back to lurking in the galleries in search of inspiration...

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A little inspiration anyone? Just a few of the people who keep me going "Wow. I kinda suck...time to work harder!"
Check out:
Behydezell...beautiful illumiations. I'm completely awestruck.
Ashleigh-Michelle...amazing watercolour+sharpie art! Sound a little different? GO LOOK!
TarynHeart...beautiful photography. Check out the 7 deadly sins set!
QueenElf...Great CG comic-style work and graphite sketches. Also super sweet IRL.
The incomparable MsJ777...one of the most inspiring people I've come to know on DA. Hey...she's a bellydancer too! What's not to love???
InsaneOtaku...Poetry, Prose...what can I say...I'm in love with him.
Sithean...One of the many reasons I want to move to the UK. Mad photo skills.
Crudity...Amazing figural work, comic-style work and soem hawt-as-feck sketches. Wow.

Like I said, these are just a few of the many people here on DA that inspire me and keep me from giving up on this whole art thing!

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