• Guh another day I have to close D: I needs another vacation XD JUST so I can get work done and get my stress down a little bit. I am finally working on something...don't know when I'll have it done though..

• Art meme that tagged me in =3 so now I get to give this a try.

Oh and I'm only waiting for Paypal to do that deposit into my account so I can truly activate my paypal so soooooon I hope I can open commissions.

Your name?
Beth , otherwise known as Firebird

If possible, your age?
26 *soon to be 27*

When did you start drawing?
Started drawing when I was in 2nd grade of elementary school. And I started with drawing cartonny animals like penguins and giraffes.

Which hand do you use for drawing?
right hand

Which is easier to draw - male or female?
females. Cuz when I draw any of my male characters they end up looking girly. ...tis the reason I feel so bad for my Franklin character.. everyone keeps saying 'she' D:

Which is easier to draw - long hair or short hair?
Short hair now. With long hair I had to figure out how to get that wispy look right x3

Is it easier to draw the head facing towards the right or the left?
For some reason I find it easier to draw a character's head facing towards the left. Some characters I can have them look the opposite way.

Is it easier to draw the side view of the face or the front view?
Both can be easy, BUT it depends on who I am drawing. Firebird is a bitch to draw front view cuz of her hair, while Lumiere can be a bit easy to draw front view *side views can be tricky at times on him*

What do you have problems in drawing?
hmm backgrounds, hands and feet sometimes *just can't get it -right-*

What do you like to draw?
fanart, my characters, and Lumiere... lots of him

Are you a traditional artist or a digital artist?
traditional all the way. THAT shows the true work of the artist. I used to do some digital but that's letting a program do all the hard work for you :/ I find more challenge teachin myself to properly color a picture with Prismas :3

Where do you start drawing from?
I start with the head of the character for my OC's Now for Lumiere.. I start with that 'hair' on the top of his head then go from there XD

What is your worst drawing habit that you are aware of?
when I color backgrounds I scribble D: *teachin myself not to do that*

Any tips for coloring/shading?
thanks to =-ek- I would say when you are shading with markers you can lightly make a shade area with a light pencil so you know where your light sources are *or look up cell art of Evangelion to see how they add the shade things in XD*

How long does it take to finish a piece of art?
Well nowadays it will take a few days to weeks to even months now to finish work. Now if I took this quiz 5 years ago, I would have artwork done within a day, and that would be multiple pics. *sigh*

What music do you listen to while you draw?
None. I'm either at home with the TV on, or at a friend's house listening to them talk or play a video game

How long does it take you to come up with an idea?
Sometime hours.. or a good friend will tell me something to draw

Your favorite drawing utensils?
Mechanical pencils, sakura eraser or gummi eraser and prisma outline pens

Your favorite color/the color that you use a lot?
carmine red, yellow, and black

Your favorite style(s)?
uh.. whatever my style is?

What kind of artist are you aiming for?
Not sure. ...what am I? ....

Thank you.
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• I'm happy to be off today, its veryyy pretty outside.. and I'll be seeing some people later today.

Nothing really new going on with me. Just wanted to update this journal since I can.

Oh and I wanna feature this


OMG cute... we needz moar Lumiere fanartists on DA darnit! *well besides me of course*

Oh and feel free to have fun with the new poll I put up.. since I know a ton of people complain that Firebird does not get tickled...

*edit* well today is one of those days I wish I did not live with the family, dad says I"m fine with doing commissions online.. and mom still bitches about me gettin in trouble with the FEDs... and gave me a great explanation of how I'll be fine in the longrun...

Screw what my family says.. I'm gonna do commissions.. it's not like I'm solely gonna survive on the funds I make off of it.. it's just gonna go towards paying bills when me and Nick -ever- move out.

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http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/26500076/ Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:03:09 PDT

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• I am in big need of help. And my parents are worthless on helping me *instead they fucking bother me*

I need to know NOW about tax issues and tax claims when it comes to selling my stuff using Paypal. Since mom and dad are saying something about the government going after me if I'm making a profit and taxes are not coming out of it or something like that.


Can someone PLEASE HELP ME. I really want a paypal account so I can actually do comissions.. but then if I want a commish done.. about 99% of the artists here use paypal..and its not fair to me since I can only mail money and thats not safe

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

-edit- I really want to thank everyone for their input here. I'm gonna see if I can get my friend over so she can get me started on Paypal and also convince my parents that I'll be fine XD hehe wish me luck

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• Well before I forget..I want to give out a little feature to since he was nice to feature me in his recent journal.
sooo



*I chose three because they were just soo awesome! Not to mention it did help inspire some drawings that I have done *

Next on the list is this meme I yoinked..from somewhere

ABOUT YOU…
[Name] Beth
[What time is it?] 12:24 am ..I should be sleeping o.o
[Relationship Status] Engaged
[Parents Still Together] Yup
[Sibling(s)] My older brother
[Pets] Stuck with a dog.. and I can only be allowed to own fish since I still live with the folks D:

FAVORITES…
[Color] Yellow, black and blue
[Number] nine
[Animal] Penguins *fell in love with them the very first time I watched Marry Poppins*
[Book] Don't read books, but if we are talking mangas.. I'm gonna say Chibi Vampire
[Flower] Roses

DO YOU…
[Have Tattoos?] No, but for some reason I would like one...
[Cheat on Tests?] Not to my knowledge.. I usually don't
[Like Roller Coasters?] I used to be afraid of them.. now you can't get me off of them!
[Wish You Could Live Somewhere Else?] There are times I do wish that... Maryland is kinda boring...
[Clean?] Uh yes!
[Own a Cell Phone?] Sure do!

CURRENT…
[Hair] very short dark brown hair
[Playing] in between Animal Crossing City Folk, Little King's Story and Fable 2
[RePlaying] was replaying Pikmin 2 but as you can see I trail off of games
[Believe There is Life on Other Planets?] Eh.. give me some more proof! :3
[Hate Yourself?] if depression hits me hard I do...but at times I feel fine about myself
[Collect Anything?] in the past.. Beanie Babies and Sonic comic books... now.. I'm on the hunt to find and collect as many Lumiere merchandise I can find
[Like Your Handwriting?] YES

LOVE…
[First Crush] Josh.. then he like disappeared
[Believe in Love at First Sight?] Not really.. got stood up twice D:
[Believe in "The One"?] I do now :3

ARE YOU…
[Sarcastic] I can be if you piss me off
[Shy] Heck no!
[Talkative] Heck yes!

WOULD YOU RATHER…
[Pierce Your Nose or Belly Button?] *shudders* I'd prefer another ear piercing..but for this quiz... my nose. *i have tummy fat D:*
[Be Serious or Funny] Funny!

WHAT YOU WANT…
[Where do you want to live?] hehe Pittsburgh so I'm close to AC ...other than that.. I can't think of anything else
[How many kids do you want?] guh maybe one....
[What kind of job do you want?] anything with computers... even a nice office clerk job or something

LAST TIME YOU…
[Bought Something] bought a manga about 4 days ago
[Gotten Sick] Last February.. BAD cold
[Sang] In the car today
[Felt Stupid] I think yesterday at work...
[Missed Someone] don't remember
[Gotten Drunk] 2 weeks ago http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/26464961/ Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:15:32 PDT

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• Had a pretty crappy day yesterday. I kinda wish customers would learn to stop acting like childish asses and respect associates who try their dang best to help D:

Other than that, this month and the next few months are gonna be busy.

I have 4 birthdays to deal with this month.
My birthday comes up next month, not to mention me and Nick's first year of being engaged is poppin up then.
In October I am going to 's AND 's wedding. So no FurFright for me this year *next year is a YES*

And I just need to keep my sanity..thats all x3

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http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/26380564/ Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:46:56 PDT

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• Just updating journal since I hardly update. Eh I guess I must have scared off a lot of you from my commission prices... Well that and I did not get as MUCH feedback that I thought I would from that past journal. :/

My mood is okay.. not the best. This week has already been a bit annoying... and its the weather that is killing my sinuses, not to mention I am gettin sick of living in the house with the family.. they are slowly driving me insane.

Nothing else new to report. As per usual no NEW artwork cuz I'm slacking.. and still no Paypal account yet... I am trying to figure out which account to get that I can use it to BUY and RECEIVE money :/ So not taking commissions until my HUGE list is done.

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=candlegirl http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/26239484/ http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/26239484/ Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:52:56 PDT

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• Paypal is now available for me to start commissions. Keep an eye on this page when I start opening for commissions

So here is my price list for both drawings AND badges. Prices are in US dollars.

artwork
-inked work *10$ example: [link]
-traditonal colored *15$ example: [link]
-digital color *20$ example: [link]
- any of above/including background *2$ example: [link]
- any of above/additional characters *1$ extra example: [link]
( to better explain, if you wanted me to draw a picture traditional colored with 2 characters and a bit of a background it would cost about 19$ ...if same thing but a digital work instead it would be 24$ )

badges
-small boxed version *inked 5$ colored 10$ example: [link]
-half body cut out *15$ example: [link]
-full body cut out *20$ example: [link]

Rules
As of right now I cannot draw the following:
-comic strips *I suck at them*
-adult content *I WILL say no*
-humans *I'm not VERY good at them*

Payment
Paypal please! faichan.bmk@gmail.com

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http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/26094417/ Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:58:03 PDT

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• edit... Speaking of commissions.. go help out !!! She is offering some great commissions for some nice prices! Plus.. it will help her afford a trip to Fur Fright! *pokes you towards her direction

Ah just making a new journal since the last one was.. well pretty long.

I want to make a goal on gettin that owed work list done... only because I -really- want to start making commissions which will REALLY help out once me and Nick move out *hey fundings help when we get our new place*

I did make a price list.. I'll put it up when it gets close to the time I can actually do them.

Now I still don't have a paypal..but I want to know if there is any other good payments out there I could possibly use UNTIL I set up one? *mail cash...money order...* Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

eh.. was a bit disapointed in the response of my last Lumiere pic :/ I guess I should add more to it so it can actually STAND OUT... so I'll be workin on that too.

Another thing.. for some stupid weird reason I set up a Twitter account.. you can see my Twits *lolz* at the top of my main page here. Oh and feel free to follow me if you are on it. I'm CandlegirlBMK *because I could not get Firebird Faichan OR Candlegirl x.x*

Ahh gonna get to bed soon, I'm gettin tired x3

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http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/25916288/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:28:19 PDT

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• Yea I'm doing this.... AGAIN.. cuz I went and commented on 's journal =3

Sooooo...
Da rules:
1- Be one of the first 14 people commenting on this journal entry, and I will add you to The List.
2- For each of those 14 people I will put their avatar and three deviations I like from their gallery on the list.
3- If I feature you, you'll have to do the same in your journal, putting me the the first spot, completing The List this way with 15 people.

edit Gahh sorry for taking forever to finish the features. Beenworking all day shifts and I was gone on Saturday at DC *will post on that later* so now all the features are filled.


1. *since she featured me*


2.


3.


4.
http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/25885386/ Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:24:38 PDT

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• This is considered awesomesauce...

[link]

I'm on freaking WikiFur... WIKIFUR! but...its kinda lacking with info isn't it? lol well at least whoever made this did say about what I draw

But.. hey its an honor to see myself in that site.. x3 good thing its not ED o.o"

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http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/25834247/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:47:45 PDT

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• Okay so it's a week late overview of Anthrocon... well I had to work once I came back from my trip, but thankfully I am off today and tomorrow.

And another thing.. the day I come home.. I had a HUGE fight with my fiance about not being home for our anniversary and other things... but we settled everything.

And real quick. I will not be attending Fur Fright 09 or Anthrocon 2010 because of weddings I am a part of I may be able to attend Fur Fright 2010 if things work out okay.. and I MAY be able to go to Anthrocon 2011 ...as long as my wedding does not fall on it.

Okay well here is a summary of the trip.

Thursday July 2nd
Me and drove to PA which took us about 5 hours to make it to Pittsburgh *we had a few rest stops on the way*
Upon arriving at the Westin we went ahead and relaxed a bit in the Zoo where I met up with then eventually me and Liz went to front desk to get our room *and of course again I had issues with my credit card so I thank Amanda for puttin a down payment JUST to get us in XDD*
I think so far I met a fair amount of furs that day, and of course after we unpacked I decided to fursuit and wander the Zoo for a few hours *ran into Vitani, Caspian and some others* and got photos taken of me too :3
Also ran after me x3 At that time we all went to go get our badges *I'm still in suit too* In the evening we had Subway for dinner, and I hung out at the Zoo for the rest of the evening and drew a lot of stuff. OOO and I got a gift from

Friday July 3rd
Sketch left early so he could get an Artist Alley table.. but me and the girls woke up later so we can get ready for the Dealers Room. And of course I suited up again, but my suit had a hole in the shoulder O.O I reallly want to thank for fixing it for me *you are a life saver!* So me Liz and Amanda and Zak went and hung out outside the Dealer's Room *the line was looong* And the usual had photos taken of me! *lol when the line actually started moving, one guy stopped the line to take my picture, his friend behind him said that it was his fault and said I'd run after him and tickle him as punishment!!!! lol I died when I heard that*
Dealers Room was huuuuge! Did not buy anything but did a ton of looking. Got a few gifts from more friends I re-met there
Friday night I went to the rave out of suit FUUUUUUN! Oo and finally I got to met

Saturday July 4th
10 year anniversary this day. I made a sign for it so I could carry in the parade. So I first went to the dealers room early to buy stuff for once x3 until it got close to noon, so I had to head back get my suit and take it to http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/25762667/ Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:27:59 PDT

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• Well I'm back home from the Anthrocon trip. It was fun :3 I'm a bit tired to explain a LOT about the con. ...I will say that I did have more people recognize me from either my suit, past cons of AC and FF, and the New Years Furry Ball. I DO have 2 vids that were already put up that has me in it in my Fursuit.

[link] at 9:08 you see me

[link] at 6:29 you see me

If you can see.. I'm holding a sign that says "Its our 10 year anniversary! I love you Nick! Happy 4th of July" I was very happy that a fair amount of watchers congratulated me or cheered :3

I have to get to bed. I'll explain more about the AC trip by then.

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http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/25667154/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:51:18 PDT

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• Today is my last day until me and my group leave for Anthrocon! I gotta pack today and just try not to freak out XDD

Oh and for those who are coming to Anthrocon... if you see me on the 4th of July please wish me some congratulations. Cuz on that day it will be me and my fiance Nick's 10 year anniversary. Unfortunately Nick will not be attending Anthrocon this year due to work and school...and money, but I think it would be a nice thought if he knew that some people congratulated us while I'm there. ..Plus you can see my engagement ring

Another thing, if all goes well today I'll be making a few copies of prints that are gonna be free handouts X3 ..and so far from my poll I think that 3 are gonna be prints
[link]
[link]
[link]

So I'll only have a few of each cuz I don't want to kill my friend's printer XDD

Okay I gotta start packing, then I have a few things I gotta do. I'll pop on later when I'm at my friends if I need to reply to anything.

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=candlegirl http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/25624447/ http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/25624447/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:49:20 PDT

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• Well its crunch time. And here is my list of things I gotta get done before Wed night x3
- go to bank, get money, pay car bill x3 -DONE
- get some toiletry travel stuff at Rite Aid -DONE
- get markers and find tiny springs for Sketch at Micheals...? -DONE ..could not find springs
- get a bunch of glosticks at Dollar tree :3 -DONE
- clean my fish tanks -DONE
- get all my art portfolios together x3 -guh still working on this
- wash clothes -DONE
- see liz one day so we can get snacks for trip -DONE


And I have enough time to make a second badge for myself, which I have drawn last night! Heh its a very cute tickle badge! wooo!

• Well I'm off, I gotta get myself together so I can go shopppinnn x3

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=candlegirl http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/25581187/ http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/25581187/ Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:38:56 PDT

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• It figures that a ton of things go wrong right before a trip X3 This past Monday I accidently slept wrong so now my muscles on the right side of my shoulder/neck are all strained. Thursday it was at its worse to the point I could not get out of bed o.O" but thankfully its healing up today

• Today I'm going to a family cookout with and her fiance. ..Should be soon, but I gotta wait for her to text me x3

• Only have 2 badges to color then I have to laminate all of them I'm pretty happy I'm gettin them done! ..I think I'll have time to make one more for myself x3

• Oh and I changed the 'features' down there.. Its now my 'little black art book theme' x3 I really need to fill up that art book o.o

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• ....OMG ANTHROCON IS A WEEK AWAY!! OMGRAHAFJDFA;DKFJ *ahem* okay had to get that outta my system. So yes, obviously I'm very excited for this trip. After the crud I've been through I need this trip. Oh and great news! The rest of the badges I owe, I just need to color 4 more! So.. I think I may have just enough time to make another one for myself ^^"

• And yes I did hear the news about Micheal Jackson today Although one thing did offend me today, one co-worker today was all like "I hate the guy" ..wow have some RESPECT please? Despite the fact he did some weird stuff, heck he had some AWESOME music AND music videos *The Earth Song, Thriller, Do You Remember The Time are a few of my FAVES* So it was pretty sad to hear he passed

• ..is it sad to say that for some reason I like watching children shows like "Yo Gabba Gabba" and "Blues Clues" ^^" I kinda keep the Noggin channel on in my room a lot x3 I"m such a dork XD

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http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/25455477/ Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:43:33 PDT

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• Well thankfully I'm doing much better. I seriously want to thank those who came by and comforted me in my last journal. It seriously meant a lot to me. So for now I pretty much have no one to hang out with after work. I've pretty much just chill at the house when I come home from work. Eh I'm used to it.

• Anthrocon is no more than a week away, and I'm almost done on the badges I owe. I only have 6 more to finish up and I may make another one for myself since I have a much better idea for it.

• I'm back into the Animal Crossing game for the Wii, I'm TRYING to catch a tarantula.. but its soo rare to find... but I did catch a hammerhead and a shark X3

• Nothing else new.. except I got my haircut today

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http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/25399698/ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:00:42 PDT

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If this month could get any worse then it did. The 'group' I used to hang out with.. well I pretty much kicked myself out of it. You all remember the girl that bitched me out all because I voiced my opinion about my hardships? Well because of that arguement my one GREAT friend had to get mad at ME and pretty much saying that I should not have said anything back at her.

WHAT THE FUCK!?

So what.. you want me to let her step all over me and say such rude responses all because of how I"m feeling about my issues? Well fuck that. I no longer want to be part of a group that judges like that.

This is why I truly and deeply appreciate and her friends. They care for each other. And it just sucks that I can only see them once in a while.. And I hate to say it but Nick is NO help in this.

I'm sorry but right now I'm just miserable, god.. my freakin hands are shaking because of all of this crap. I just want my damn vacation and I just want to have a GOOD time.

Times like this I seriously want to jump off a damn bridge..

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http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/25381476/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:09:01 PDT

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Woot! I found this Meme over at FA *hey I was only there cuz I was given a link to a very nifty gift * So I want to give this meme a try...

Anthrocon Meme

Anthrocon 2009!

Where are you staying?
The Westin Hotel *i reserved SUPER early*

What day are you getting there?
Me and my group are leaving Thursday early morning..so give or take the traffic..and as long as we don't miss any turns.. we should be at the hotel by 1pm...

Who will you be with?


Do you do free art?
I may if I have time, and when I do it will be in the ZOO area of the Westin.. Just look for a group of people at a table with a Lumiere plush on it XDD

Do you do trades?
I may.. as long as I'm not busy XD

Do you do commissions?
well right now no. I still gotta figure out payments..prices.. etc

Do you have prints/CDs?
I'm not a dealer this year... I was thinkin of prints but no one has asked me for any specific ones

Do you do badges?
I do.. but the ones that I'm making now will not be the ones I can do THERE. If I find my old supplies I could possibly do the hanging name badge kind *trades are appreciated*

Can I give you lots of money?
Uh you don't have to..

Will you have Art in the Art Show?
No

What is your gender?
female

How old are you?
26

Are you taken?
well OBVIOUSLY you're gonna see a ring on my finger.. so I'm taken

Can I touch you?
uh ask first please ^^" ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM FURSUITING Its flippin hard to see in that suit and if ya come up from behind or the side..expect me to jump cuz it will scare me o.O"


Can I hang out with you?
If ya want to then feel free. Just ask.

How can I find you?
The Zoo during the evenings, gonna try to go to all the raves, Dealer's room, Fursuit Parade! *look for the RED bird in a fire tanktop and holding a Lumiere plush.. trust me ya CAN'T miss me* and just wandering around

Other cons I may go to:
uh no others this year I want to go to FurFright, but I'm the Maid of Honor for 's wedding which is in October... oh and I'm invited to 's wedding which is in the same month

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=candlegirl http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/25344903/ http://candlegirl.deviantart.com/journal/25344903/ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:03:21 PDT

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Yup new CSS. But for the interesting news.

• Me and Nick have been talking about some stuff, and we have decided if all goes well by the end of this year we may be able to move out on our own Here's the better part. If all of this goes well, we may go ahead and set a WEDDING date either for 2010 or 2011 OMG YAAAAAAAAY

• Badges are coming along nicely, I still need to buy more self laminating paper x.x But hey.. I'm gettin there!

• And this was an excuse to make a new journal since my past ones were kinda.. bad ^^"

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