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SketchBlog: [link]
Digi-Painting blog - [link]

I'm really just making the switch because I want to get more serious about my artwork. And though I get very few comments on my blog, it makes me feel better posting on there, as opposed to here. That, and it seems more professional to direct potential employers to my blog than dA. Because no offense dA, but man. All the ads and shit really makes this place seem less professional.

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]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/25282937/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/25282937/ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:26:56 PDT
So, in the span of an entire week, my computer dies on me (have to replace the motherboard with money that I, apparently, am just sprouting out of my ass), I lose my job before I even start working (I was supposed to work at my mom's job, but they then, 3 days before I'm supposed to begin working, decided to tell me that I can't work there any more because it's seen as favoritism, and if they can find me a place in another department, they'll do their part), and the loan company that I've been using to pay for my school's education has suddenly taken down the loan I've been using to pay for school, and I have no fucking idea if I'm going to be able to get cash to pay for this coming year. Fucking. Awesome. Needless to say, I'm obviously going to no be posting for a while, which is also kind of funny because I was just starting to feel like finishing everything I had started, of course, in time, for my computer to die on me. I'm now forced to use the house computer, which, even though it has photoshop and corel painter, I cannot finish anything since everything is on my dead computer.

So yeah, shit's kind of sucking right now. But then again, what else is new?

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/24628439/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/24628439/ Thu, 07 May 2009 01:00:05 PDT
I'm on vacation! And I'm doing the job hunt again. This summer's going to be way rougher looking for work because of the economy and all. Plus, it seems like there's way fewer people looking to hire for the summer. I don't even have my job from last year to turn to because everything's so shit (they're not hiring anyone, and they're even cutting back hours of the people who are there). So hey, let's hope I get something, because I could really use the money. I don't actually have many goals to reach for this summer other than keeping my own sanity (but we'll see how well that turns out, eh? b: ). My grades turned out fine and my life seems to have entered a period of tranquility, and god I'm hoping it lasts. There's many trips planned though to various places, most of which are pending my getting a job. And me being the persistent and stubborn person I am, I refuse to allow unemployment fuck everything up. I'm sure I'll find a job someplace, it's just going to be a pain until then. ... or at least very much filled with tons of WoW.

Oh, also? Wolverine sucked. So disappointing. The story changes they did gave me a headache. And is it just me or did it really feel like nothing happened in that movie for the first hour? Because it seriously felt like nothing happened for the first hour :\

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/23946882/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/23946882/ Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:01:20 PDT
There's absolutely no way I can even begin to wrap my mind around what happened. It was simply tragic, and there's no other way of putting it other than that. Their parents came home after police were called to the scene, and only one of their children survived. And watching the news clip of it was absolutely heart-wrenching. There's absolutely no way that anyone can comprehend the kind of agony that they're going through right now. And I think it's absolutely sickening that there are people out there who are using this as a fuel to their own falsely justified crusade. Why is it that this has to be correlated to the fact that the family was black? What purpose is that serving? And how is that even justified? Is it beyond people nowadays to try and think that maybe he was just sick? A crime like this isn't committed because of cultural influence. There's no rap song that says for you to go and decapitate your sister before she's going to celebrate her birthday, and the other who's trying to stop it. There's no black t.v. show that glorifies something like this. So why are people so quick to turn to racist train of thoughts? Is it easier to say it's because of racism, than to see it as a reflection of humanity?

Now, I didn't know him very well, and I am by no means trying to sweep under the rug what happened. But I'm 100% certain that it had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he was black. The sheer gruesomeness of this act is enough to point that he simply was not mentally well. This kind of thing is along the lines of a sociopath, which even the medical community says is not mentally stable (and is by definition not mentally sound). So why are people doing this? Why are people displacing the blame on something completely irrelevant? Saying it happened because they were black isn't going to bring those two girls back. Saying it happened because they were black isn't going to wipe away the tears of their parents who have to now bury 3 of their children, knowing that one of them was the cause of all the deaths. Saying it happened because they were black isn't going to mend the wounds of the only sibling who survived the attack, and is now forced to have the memory of its occurrence in her memory for the rest of her life. It's not going to change anything. It's not going to make anything better. All it's going to do is cause pointless chaos and take away attention where it's rightfully due - giving proper condolences to the Revelus family.

I hope that they get through this hard time as best as they possibly can. And that people who are stupid enough to blame it on something so irrelevant as how much melanin your body produces find something better to do with their time than to be racist ass holes.

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/22521468/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/22521468/ Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:26:21 PST
So I'm back in Canada with only having done barely half of what I wanted to accomplish over winter break. Actually, I was just one short of doing half, (6 out of 13, fuck it. I'll say I did half to make myself feel better). But the major things couldn't be done just because I was still broke (boo, didn't accomplish that). Turns out my summer job is suspending hiring anyone new even if they're short handed just because the economy is sucking so bad back home. Particularly in Massachusetts, unfortunately. So, what can you do? Nothing but enjoy not having to do any work what so ever, is what you do! Because to be honest, it's really nice not having to do anything, at all for a month. The last time I had a vacation that involved nothing/worrying about nothing was ... far too long ago. But hell, I tried to stay productive. However, all production of any new artwork had to be halted because the home computer just couldn't handle it (note: I had near panic attacks more than 80% of the time I even tried to color something because that thing lags/freezes so much). I think it's about 8 years old now. It still works, just was clearly not built to handle anything I do. So I just flat out stopped working on stuff until I got back to my real computer that can handle anything. *strokestroke* I will say one thing really good about that computer though, it really taught me the art of patience. Because there was sure as hell no way I'd lose all the work I did.

But my break was good, definitely wasn't long enough, but that's pretty much what's to be expected. At least there's only 3 months of school left (heelllll yeeesss) until vacation. Because sometimes I would rather be working in a job than working on school work ... most likely because I get paid for one and have to pay for the other.

My break was comprised of... baking a lot - Made home made marshmallows that turned out friggin AWESOME. Except I didn't realize that melted chocolate at a certain temperature will actually start to melt them, so some of them turned out a little funky lookin :< But I drizzled them with white chocolate to make them look more "artsy". Lulz. I also made home made cinnamon rolls at my mom's request. They turned out pretty nicely, though I should have really gone nuts with the cinnamon sugar. I also tried making a couple of my mom's recipes, particularly one called Boudain (probably not spelled right) which is a meat filled pastry. 'Sho good. Also made sugar cookies with homemade buttercream iceing. I made the colors kind of ugly so that people wouldn't go for them at the Christmas Party. ... Unfortunately that didn't deter them. At all. But all of this led to me starting to keep a little recipe book of everything I make. Hella helpful with baking stuff since I suck at remembering things like that. I also got to hang out with my friends a lot, well, namely Paula and Nick. Though I didn't get to see Paula as much as I would have hoped :< Ah well, there's still summer vacation!

It's also pretty nice to be back, mostly because my cat has apparently missed me like crazy and will not leave my side. Which is kind of annoying when he still wakes you up at 5 Am for affection except this time, he's way more persistent about getting a hell of a lot more attention. But it's cute to see him roll into a ball next to me wherever I sit.

And now for a Meme~
First thing you wash in the shower?
The pits. 'Can't be funky when you go out.

What color is your favorite hoodie?
Black. But I need to get a new one because the holes I made in the cuffs of the sleeves for my thumbs are unstylishly large now.

Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
Yus. Yus I would.

Do you plan outfits?
Nope. But then again, a lot of what I wear is pretty formulaic.

How are you feeling RIGHT now?
A little on the groggy side.

Who was the last person you kissed?
A friend :>

Person before that?
Mmmmm, let's not open that can of worms again.

What are you craving right now?
A good Italian sub. Another thing I did not get enough of during my break.

What comes to mind when I say cabbage?
Cabbage patch dolls. Those things are fucking creepy man.

Do you make prank calls?
No, but I should. Except I'm so not good at those kinds of impulsive things.

Do you sleep with any stuffed animals?
Does my cat Collins count?

Have you ever counted to 1,000?
I usually don't make it that high since the only time I'd do that is to get myself to fall asleep.

Do you bite into your ice cream or just lick it?
Lick it. Lick it rull good.

Do you like anyone right now?
Yes, I do.

What do you think of crickets?
They sound pretty but they're bugs so they still gross me out. ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/22289053/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/22289053/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:11:43 PST


1) Was 2008 a good year for you?
God, no.

2) What was your favorite moment of the year?
Going to Dove Spa for the first time. ... And only time.

3) What was your least favorite moment of the year?
Getting my heart broken. Yeah. I think that takes the cake.

4) Where were you when 2008 began?
At Paula's haus!

5) Who were you with?
Paula and her familia.

6) Where will you be when 2008 ends?
Not sure. Plans are still pretty up in the air right now.

7) Who will you be with when 2008 ends?
Same as above.

8) Did you keep your new years resolution of 2008?
Yes. I think. I keep it simple to make sure I achieve it.

9) Do you have a new years resolution for 2009?
Yeah. It's the same one I make every year - grow to be a better person.

10) Did you fall in love in 2008?
Technically I was in love before 2008. But sure.

11) If yes who?
Someone.

12) If yes, do they know?
Yes.

13) Are you still in love with them?
Unfortunately there's no off switch.

14) You regret it?
Why should I? Shit happens.

15) Did you breakup in 2008?
Yes ):

16) Did you make any new friends in 2008?
Surprisingly enough, yes.

17) Who are your favorite “new” friends?
Most likely Kirsten and Kelly. <3

18) What was your favorite month of 2008?
December. Because it means that 2008 is ending

19) Did you travel outside of U.S. in 2008?
I guess going to Canada would count as going outside of the states. But does it count if I go to school there? I'll say yes.

20) How many different provinces and/or states did you travel to in 2008?
Ontario. ... Yeah.

21) Did you lose anybody close to you in 2008?
Unfortunately, yes.

22) Did you miss anybody in the past year?
Yeup. Which is a rarity.

23) What was your favorite movie that you saw in 2008?
Iron Man. And Dark Knight. ... Yes. Yes. They were smecks.

24) What was your favorite song from 2008?
I think at this point it's Single Ladies by Beyonce. Only because it won't stop playing in my head.

25) What was your favorite record from 2008?
Annuals - Such Fun!

26) How many concerts did you see in 2008?
None. Because I'm broke.

27) Did you have a favorite concert in 2008?
No :<

28) Did you drink a lot of alcohol in 2008?
Yeah. Which is a first. Normally I don't get sloshed so often in a short time period.

29) Did you do a lot of drugs in 2008?
Aside from the usual, no.

30) Did you do anything out of character in 2008?
Unfortunately, yeah.

31) Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
Yes.

33) What was the worst lie you told someone in 2008?
I think I was actually good about not lying. If this were about 2007... that'd be a different story.

34) Did you treat somebody badly in 2008?
No one that didn't deserve it.

35) Did somebody treat you badly in 2008?
Yeah. Yeah. ... Yeah.

36) How much money did you spend in 2008?
Nothing that didn't need to be spent.

37) What was your proudest moment of 2008?
Getting an A in storyboarding. 'Cause holy fuck whoa? Kinda thought my teacher would eat my soul.

38) What was your most embarrassing moment of 2008?
Not sharing it.

39) If you could go back in time to any moment of 2008 and change something, what would it be?
Oohhh man. How about listening to my gut more.

40) What are your plans for 2009?
Listen to my gut more.

41)What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before?
Throw parties! And get a pet! 'Cause I've always wanted one.

42)What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
I'd like to get my tattoo like I've been planning on doing for years now. And... Happiness. Yus.

43)What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
September 16th. D: Worst 21st birthday ever.

44)Did you suffer illness or injury?
Surprisingly enough, I haven't gotten sick yet. Which is weird because I always get one really bad flu.

45) What was the best thing you bought?
Huuu. I don't think I actually made any good purchases this year. ... In fact I don't think I even really bought anything for myself.

46) Whose behavior merited celebration?
I'm sure tons of people but I can't think of any right now.

47) Whose behavior made you appalled and disappointed?
Again, tons of... ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/21699053/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/21699053/ Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:28:05 PST
Winter break is rolling up, and as far as I can tell, I'm doing fairly well in my classes (other than painting D: but that's another story). So in 2 weeks I'll be heading back home for Christmas and spending my break in that good ol' lingerie story I worked in over summer. I needs the money.

I am thankful for...

+my family
+my friends
+my cat
+my sexy HP desktop
+my being 21
+free time
+my new found ability to be productive and procrastinate less
+a really good read
+coconut body butter
+good sushi
+good burritos
+good ethnic food in general
+air
+those one pair of jeans that fit perfectly
+ganja
+Alfons Mucha and John William Waterhouse
+SNES Roms

And the general fact that the persistant sinking feeling I had for a while is finally starting to go away a bit. It feels kind of like when you've finally come back up from being underwater for too long.

This winter break I plan on...

+Getting a septum piercing
+Getting my tattoo that I've been planning on getting
+Being not broke
+Getting my mom a really awesome christmas present
+Having a spa/bonding day with my mom
+Spending more time with my bros
+Seeing Paula!
+Seeing all of my friends from back home, period.
+Missing my cat ): Can't bring him on the bus with me.
+Officially finish cleaning out my dA gallery and getting more stuff up. Yay for traditional stuffs!
+Taking advantage of the fact that I'm finally 21
+Having a Christmas that doesn't actually suck.
+Visiting my dad's grave for the first time since I was 12.



Yay for evolution!

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/20939095/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/20939095/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:06:04 PDT
Anyway, yeah. Despite everything that's happened I can't help but see it the way I've seen everything else shitty that's happened, and that it's all pretty much unavoidable events in the road to life and the only thing that you have control over is how you choose to handle it and whether you decide to let it help you grow, or stunt personal growth. And I'm not a little bitch so I'm going to make the best of things. And yes, it's made me a little bitter.

On the good side, I have awesome friends who were patient with me and took good care of me. So I love them, to pieces. Even my friends from back home who couldn't be here physically with me were uber help. Also, it helped me come up with a new comic idea, or at least develop on an old one that never came to be. Will you see it? Lol, who knows. Choix Noir became so massive that it's almost impossible to post it up online, but I'm still going to be doing pages, and as chapters finish, post them on my blog. But knowing me I'll only post up every couple of pages. My hope is to actually print it and make it a physical copy. It just works better that way. The other comic though, Of Blood of Water, will most likely be posted online once I iron things out. Which, if anyone's been following, it took a good 3 years or so for me to iron things out of Choix Noir. But since Of Blood of Water isn't as massive, hopefully it'll only take half the time, hurhur.

Oh yeah, did I mention I got a cat? I'd post up pictures of him but it seems like I left my camera at home so I have to ask my mom to mail it to me. His name is Collins and he's 4. He's an all white short-hair. The first weekend of having him was an experience since I adopted him directly from his previous owner so he was incredibly hostile towards everything. And now, he wakes me up every morning with intense purring and licks all over my face. So it's a nice change. Though he has allergies, which can get a little ick sometimes. Especially when he sneezes right on me. But he's sweet and quirky. Well, incredibly fucking weird but those are the cats I tend to love more.

So yeah, words of inspiration and great insight, yada yada yada, shit happens, life happens.




Also, I have to say I'm a little disappointed in Ben Folds' new album 'Way to Normal'. I mean, it's good. But it's not bloody genius like all of his other stuff.

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/20525193/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/20525193/ Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:34:42 PDT
So yeah.

I guess I'll be seeing you guys when I see you.

dA sucks, btw. I'm getting a little sick and tired of copying and pasting the same entry over and over again to get it to work.



For anyone who's interested in seeing anything I do, just keep an eye on my blog(s) >[link] and [link] because I'll still be updating them with class doodles/random crap. Just not planning on doing anything complete for a while.

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/19939622/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/19939622/ Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:01:56 PDT

Step 1: Put your music player on shuffle.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 30 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Strike through the songs when someone guesses both artist and track correctly.
Step 4: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!
Step 5: If you like the game post your own.

1. (Somebody...) Told her that there was a place like heaven across the water on a 747, Yeah we're living in a modern world.
2. Bored holes through our tongues, so sing a song about it
3. Þú ert að fjúka langt upp í loft (Oh, I'm sure that's so not right.)
4. I will be the answer at the end of the line
5. If this is a question, is maybe a lie?
6. I can dim the lights and sing a song full of sad things, we can do the tango just for two.
7. Quit acting so friendly, don't nod, don't laugh all nicely
8. Run and tell all the angels, this could take all night
9. You're chattin to me like we connect, but I don't even know if we're still friends
10. I got a name that's hard to remember, it could be anyone scrollin down your t.v. screen
11. Faces I remember, I still see
12. She stays alone, never sheds a single tear
13. Krill-Edible oceans at their feet
14. Somebody's got a long way to go, you're not sittin by the phone no mo
15. Take a walk out the gate you go and never stop
16. Porcelain clouds and pastel sky, amethyst stars and diamond lightening
17. I've got wheels of polished steels, I've got tires that grab the road
18. Step One: You say we need to talk, he walks, you say sit down it's just a talk
19. The way I see it, he says, you just can't win it
20. Come in for a while, there is time and biscuits handmade
21. I woke up with bloodshot eyes, struggled to memorize the way it felt between your thighs
22. I've been waiting, I've been waiting for this moment all my life
23. I was sittin, waitin, wishin you believed in superstition
24. Give me a reason to end this discussion, To break with tradition, to fold and divide
25. I walked along the Avenue, Never thought I'd meet a girl like you
26. A long time ago, we used to be friends
27. Mystery the moon, A hole in the sky
28. I know so many places in the world, I follow the sun in my silver plane
29. I tell you how I feel, but you don't care
30. Come away with me in the night, Come away with me and I will write you a song


Thank you to David for finding song number one hahahah

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/19470818/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/19470818/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:05:02 PDT

Because I have no shame whatsoever, I outright declare myself a batman fan girl. Probably my favorite movie of the year. And probably will remain my favorite movie of the year because I'm not really seeing much else coming out this year that I want to see that could possibly top it. Well, actually, that's a lie. But still, it's going to be hard to be.

On that note, I've also realize that the only real super heroes I can think of that are wicked hot are Iron Man and Batman. And I swear it's not because they're both played by hotties. Or that Super-Man and Spider-Man just kind of annoy the pants off of me. Okay, well, it's in part due to that. But man, smart guys who are capable building gadgets that kick people's asses? See, that's hot. I don't need them to be able to hurl a thousand pound bolder across the planet. I just need them to stimulate me. With their mind!

Also, this movie makes me question my sanity a bit since the way I imagined Marius (the antagonist in my comic) was painfully similar to how they depicted the Joker. And these are also the kinds of villains that I tend to be attracted to.

Yup.


I like the crazies.

Commish spots:
1. Suzene ●●○○
2. " ○○○○
3. Tuesdayscat ●○○○
4. " ○○○○
5.Emperial [info pending...]

Waitlist
1.Emperial


Clubs
]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/19222576/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/19222576/ Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:11:37 PDT

My tablet died. Which is why I haven't uploaded anything at all lately and haven't been able to finish anything that I've been wanting to finish. I think the only thing that irritates me about it is that I was on the edge of finishing a lot of crap that I've been wanting to finish (Including pages for Choix Noir! OMGWTFBBQ! I've actually been doing it!). But of course the gods of fate have decided to put this little obstacle in front of me. So it's going to be a while (unfortunately) before I put up some new stuff and finish everything and actually get my gallery in the direction that I want it going in. I think this is the universe telling me to stop procrastinating and just get shit done.

So I'm going to try and weasel a new one out of a family member 'cause I can't afford to splurge on things right now. Even if it's a new tablet )':

Commish spots:
1. Suzene ●●○○
2. " ○○○○
3. Tuesdayscat ●○○○
4. " ○○○○
5.Emperial [info pending...]

Waitlist
1.Emperial


Clubs
]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/18416303/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/18416303/ Tue, 20 May 2008 14:11:39 PDT

Because I feel the need to do a little dance everytime I get employed just because job hunting SUCKS. I finally got a call back after weeks of job hunting and whoring out my resume like a cheap prostitute to a pimp. I'm ever so joyously happy to say that I am now an employee of Intimacy in Boston. The pay is great, the benefits are great. So I'm a happy camper. At least now I can relax and not stress about bill payments anymore 8D! So this is one item scratched off of the long list of summer plans. And NOW I shall finish all the artses. 'Cause sorry, I was in a complete financial screw over position and really needed to find a job really fast. Didn't happen as quickly as I would have hoped but at least it happened, thank god.

Also, I'm happy to say that I will be adopting a kitty this summer, too. Though 99.9% of all the cats I wanted to adopt a month ago have already been adopted, at least there's constantly new cats that need homes. ... Okay, that didn't sound as nearly as positive as it did in my mind, but you catch my drift. Of all the cats I wanted to adopt, there's still on there, which surprises me because he's a young one. But if he's still there once I get a good pay flow coming in, I'm gonna sweep him away. He's a gorgeous young all black long haired cat with pretty green eyes. He also looks a little pretentious but honestly, what cat doesn't?

Commish spots:
1. Suzene ●●○○
2. " ○○○○
3. Tuesdayscat ●○○○
4. " ○○○○
5.Emperial [info pending...]

Waitlist
1.Emperial


Clubs
]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/18120817/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/18120817/ Thu, 01 May 2008 16:39:51 PDT

School's out. Well, it's been out for the last week but it took me a while to snug back into the routine of being home.

I've got to make an outright apology to the people who've commissioned me. Because yeah, I haven't finished it. I keep getting right to the finish line, shit comes up, I get distracted, and with everything that's been happening, it's just been incredibly difficult to get anything done. I even (grunt) fell behind in school for a good while because of everything that had been going on. Luckily I managed to pull out with no less than Cs. Which is a bloody fucking miracle. 'Nor have I had the time to even finish anything personal that was beyond a 5 minute sloppy done dress design. I know this all sounds like a huge excuse, but that's really how things went down. I need to learn how to keep my personal life separate from business/school, because trying to deal with everything at once just does not work. Even when trying to take advantage of my school breaks, things just managed to blow up out of proportion. And I'm just really fucking sincerely sorry. And you guys have no fucking clue how much I appreciate your not flipping out on me. But to say the least, now that school's done and over with, shit's been cleaned up and I have free time before I start working, I'm going to be working fucking over-time to do things for you guys because I'm sincerely in your debt.

A quick gist of what happened? School was a lot of work. Men troubles. School got even worse. Men problems got even worse. School ended. Problems ended.

But hey, here's a tip to every guy out there.

We're women. We know how to play games. Don't try to act like you're not, we fucking invented them.

But hey! At least everything's cleared up. And everything's on good friendly terms. I'm going to have a boy free summer (kind of). Or at least just... Have fun. Because even when I tried to avoid relationships/emotional attachments, that just decided to blow up in my face. I'd be lieing if I said there's nothing in the works right now. But that's something that most likely won't evolve into anything until school starts again. ... eheheheh.

BUT YUS. No more talk about boy troubles. It's summer! It's time for fun! It's time to be productive! And I've got huge things planned for it.

To dos:
Get my commissions fucking done along with a million plus serious freebies for both because I can't believe you guys just haven't flipped me off yet.
Get a website going for choix noir. (Check out the blog I've set up for it! It has page previews going on! And Yes! I've managed to finish inking them. Just haven't posted them up there yet [link])
Get a job
Get monies
Get drunk/smoke up a little
RELAX. Because I deserve it after the last school year.
Find a really good Yoga place. 'Cause I miss my Yoga already ):
Try and get some personal artwork done. Like those Tarot Pictures? Bitches gonna get FINISHED up in hurr.
Not think about school

This summer will be sexy. I can feel it.

Commish spots:
1. Suzene ●●○○
2. " ○○○○
3. Tuesdayscat ●○○○
4. " ○○○○
5.Emperial [info pending...]

Waitlist
1.Emperial


Clubs
]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/17265485/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/17265485/ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:51:17 PDT

I don't like it when I make a fair attempt to go to bed early as a means of fixing my horrid sleep schedule/rampant insomnia, and then I wake up several hours early with my heart pounding nearly out of my chest and a serious need to vomit everywhere.


I don't like nightmares. Especially nightmares that have severed heads of children and people being beaten. D: I'm sure this speaks wonders of my sub-conscious.


So as a means of passing the time until sleep decides to over come me again, I'm going to make a little list of recommendations of various things from artists on dA to music to movies, shows, books, etc. I need to burn my brain out. And feel free to check out the people I'm also indirectly advertising as well with the use of their pictures. And for fair warning, I am no critic nor review-er. In fact when it comes to explaining things, I flat out suck. So just take my word for it.


First! Music:


The Bird and the Bee

I made my first discovery of them a good couple of months ago, back in November, when I first realized that the iTunes store gives you music recommendations. They're a musical duo made up of Inara George (lead singer, guitarist), and Greg Kurstin (keyboardist, everythin else-ist). They're music's wonderfully catchy, up-beat and if you're looking for something that's incredibly refreshing that has a nice mixture between catchy pop beats, some jazz/blues, and just for a flat out good time, they're definitely someone to look into. Not to mention their reminiscent of the 60s in a wonderful fashion.
[link]


Sufjan Stevens

For the longest time I've credited him with actually reviving my hope in Music. I've never heard a musician that was as talented as he. With the release of his album Illinois (which is probably one of the best albums ever in an incredibly long time), he's definitely made it clear that he's not like any other musician you'll ever come across. He's a wonderful mixture between an evident and advanced knowledge in musical composition and lyrical expertise. To say the least, he's one of the few musicians who can still make me cry.
[link]

Books!


Enchantment by Orson Scott Card

There's so much I can say about this book. It's been my favorite book for the longest time and I've yet to read anything better than it. It's a wonderful mixture between the somewhat cliche fantasy story line of a princess in distress and page-turning adventure. What sets it apart? It's focus upon Russian folktales and an insight to a different culture that's not often looked at.


Dreams of Terror and Death by H.P. Lovecraft

A book given as a gift from a friend, I, at first, definitely saw it as something I wouldn't be interested in, mostly because I am quite the person who's into the happy-ending when it comes to my readings. But on a rare occasion, I lend myself to like the darker materials. This book is a collection of short stories written by H.P. Lovecraft, an author known for macabre works. All the pieces are absolutely beautifully written and by far not something that people can come across often.

Shows!


Mythbusters

Seriously. If you don't watch this show already, there's something clearly wrong with you.

<... ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/17152629/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/17152629/ Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:34:03 PST

I don't want to do my still-life. So I'm going to fill this out instead 8D!

Pick 3 characters, and have them answer the following questions accordingly. (They may be original characters or not):
1. Tessa
2. Nadia
3. Mathis

1. Number one, what was your childhood like?
Tessa: It was good. Until the whole massacre thing. Then it wasn't so pretty.

2. Character number three, if you could go back in time and change one thing, what would it be? (It can be something regarding your personal history, or something that is in the history books.)
Mathis: Probably wouldn't be such a pansy ass and not run away from home.

Actual Mathis: Oh, Fuck you.

3. Number two, would you rather be immortal and eternally miserable, or live a mortal, blissfully peaceful life?
Nadia: The first is more likely, the second is not something worth humoring.

4. Say, character number three, how much do you weigh?
Mathis: I.. have no clue. Seeing as how I've magically gained a lot of muscle mass, I'm going to take a wild guess and say a bit over 200?

5. Have you ever loved and lost, number one? I'll bet it was your fault, wasn't it? Tsk tsk...
Tessa: Yeah, I have. And I'd really appreciate it if you didn't remind me of it.

6. Oh, no character two! You've just strolled into a department store to admire the lovely washing machines when a guy with a nylon stocking over his head runs in and holds the whole store at gunpoint! How will you save the day? (If you are a coward and do not wish to save the day, what do you do upon Stocking Head's arrival?)

Nadia: A quick twist of the neck. Clean and painless.

7. Number Three, tell your best "Yo Momma" joke.
Mathis: Uh. "Yo Momma" is so dumb that. she went up to the quarterback? And. Asked for her. quarter... Back.
[Tessa: Wow. Your delivery just sucks]

8. Who is the one person you cannot live without, character number one? Why? (Please don't say Oprah, please don't say Oprah...)
Tessa: I'd rather not say any names
[Nadia: Oh give it a break, everyone knows who you end up with]
Tessa: Fuck you Nadia! Like I was saying, I'm not going to say any names, but he's definitely someone who helped turn things around for me.
[Nadia: What exactly are you trying to salvage?]

9. Hey, number two, tell me one of your deepest, darkest secrets. To make you feel better, I'll tell one of mine: I don't have any deep, dark secrets.
Nadia: I kill people. But that's not much of a secret.

10. All characters: What kind of music do you listen to? Do you play any instruments? If so, which ones? (Yes...the kazoo counts. Your nose, however, does not.)
Tessa: I like the old folk Aengus folk songs. My mom used to always sing them to me when I was a baby. I don't really play anything. Except for singing? Sure. Singing
Nadia: I don't pay much mind to music. As long as it doesn't disrupt my business, I don't care.
Mathis: The local stuff is really good. Used to play a bit of the violin. But haven't really touched that in ages.

11. What is the most annoying thing in the world, character one?
Tessa: People? Yes. People. People is a good answer.

12. Finish the statement, number three: Art is...
Mathis: Dieing?

12. Finish the statement, number two: People are...
Nadia: I think what needs to be asked is why are there 2 number 12 questions? But to answer your question: Burdensome.

13. Finish the statement, number one: Imagination...
Tessa: Is wonderful!

14. All characters: Out of the three of you, who is the most outgoing? Reserved? Humorous? Stinky?
Nadia: Tessa's definitely the stinkiest.
Tessa: Well, I'm just sorry if my fur gets wet sometime. It's not my fault. It's not like I can magically make the rain stop.
Nadia: Someone's a bit sensitive.
Tessa: *grunt*
Mathis: All that aside, Nadia's probably the most humorous.
Nadia: I sincerely hope you were trying to be ironic.
Tessa: OH yeah! She definitely is! With her "Grr, I-am-so-much-better-than-you because I am one of the world's top mercenaries so don't mess with me because I think I'm so much better than you" expression that she's constantly wearing on her face.
Nadia: It's not my fault I am better than you.
Tessa: Oh right! Right! You're so much better than everyone. Ohh, look at me, look at me! I'm so much better than you that I have a huge pole up my ass to prove it!
Nadia: Maybe I should take the pole out of my ass sometime and beat you with it. How would that settle with you?
Tessa: Oh, I'd like to see you try! Like you could even catch me.
Nadia: I wouldn't need to cat... ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/17099783/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/17099783/ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:32:04 PST

I was just chosen to be apart of 's Project Designer, Cycle 7 competition. Totally wasn't expecting it at all, so I'm both psyched as hooha, and petrified at the same time xD; I'm up against some pretty friggin awesome designers. So I'm going to keep my head level and just hope I'm not the first one out ahahah. Say hello to my model Adrianna. [link]

Commish spots:
1. Suzene ●●○○
2. " ○○○○
3. Tuesdayscat ●○○○
4. " ○○○○
5.Emperial [info pending...]

Waitlist
1.Emperial


Clubs
]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/16981411/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/16981411/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:14:32 PST

taken from

1) Answer the questions below
2) Take each answer and type it into the dA search box
3) Take a deviation from the first page of results (may use ' popular' or 'newest' ) and post thumb (for subscribers) or link (non-subscribers)
4) You can't copy the persons answers who posted this before you
I am adding a new rule, and saying that you have to go check out all the art, because it comes from some pretty cool people!

1. The age you will be on your next birthday


2. A place you'd like to travel


3. Your favorite place


4. Your favorite object


5. Favorite food


6. Your favorite animal


7. Your favorite color
and

8. The town/state/etc in which you live
(wrong side of town though)

and



9. Name of past pet
): Never had any

10. A dream come true


11. Your nickname/screenname


12. Middle name
Don't have one ):

13. Favorite Smell

I love the natural smell a lot of guys have D:

14. Bad habit of yours


15. Your first job
http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/16808274/ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:12:44 PST

I made a sketch journal. Yay!

[link]

I smell link exchanges.

Commish spots:
1. Suzene ●●○○
2. " ○○○○
3. Tuesdayscat ●○○○
4. " ○○○○
5.Emperial [info pending...]

Waitlist
1.Emperial


Clubs
]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/16380436/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/16380436/ Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:25:42 PST

Really. This is all I do when I'm up late and my insomnia holds me on a leash like it's bitch. D:

ANIME/MANGA NERD
['/ ] You watch anime. (Only when it's on and there's nothing better to watch, hurhur.)
[ ] You read manga.
[ ] You buy/collect anime DVDs or manga volumes.
[ ] You own some other form of anime/manga merchandise.
[x] You have referred to an anime character as 'hot' before.
[ ] You have cosplayed.
[ ] You have done so in public.
[ ] You have been to an anime/manga convention.
[ ] You have created/joined a fanclub for an anime/manga character.
[ ] You have created/joined a hateclub for an anime/manga character.
[ ] You have squealed when you found out somebody had the same name as an anime character you knew.
[ ] You enjoy drawing anime.
[ ] People you know know you as the 'anime' person. (In middle school, yeah. After that, no D: )
[x] You know that it is pronounced 'mahnguh' and not 'manga' like it is spelled.

ANIME/MANGA POINTS: 2.5/14


ART NERD
[x] You like art.
[x] You actually consider yourself an artist.
[ ] When using art supplies, the brand of them matters to you. (Only when I have the money. Which isn't often. hurhur)
[x] You have a favorite brand.
[x] You have asked for art supplies as a Christmas/birthday gift before.
[x] You give people your drawings as gifts.
[x] People actually ask for your drawings.
[ ] You are known as 'the art person' at your school. (kind of hard to and have only gone to art colleges lololol.)
[x] Instead of just 'brown' or ' pink', you'd be specific; it's 'sienna brown' or 'blush pink'.
[x] You have taken an art class outside of school.
[x] You have considered a career as an artist. (Yay Animation. D: )
[x] Your school papers are always covered in doodles.
[x] You have a favorite artist.
[ ] Your drawings have been framed.
[x] You carry a sketchbook with you everywhere you go.
ART NERD POINTS: 13/15


MUSICAL NERD
[x] You play a musical instrument. (saxamaphooooonne)
[x] You play more than one instrument. (yay for piano + gueetar)
[x] You actually really enjoy playing your instrument. (I miss my saxophone ._.)
[x] You've given your instrument a name. (Yeah. I was a band geek.)
[x] You've participated in an extracurricular activity for your instrument. (Yeah Jazz band~!)
[ ] You are known by what you play.
[x] You listen to classical music.
[x] You are wondering whether that refers to the classical music genre or the classical music time period.
[x] You have a favorite composer.
['/] All of your friends are from your band/orchestra class. (A good part of them?)
[x] You write music. (Every once in a while I blow the dust off Finale)
[x] You've had discussions with your friends about music; your favorite composers/instruments/musical time periods/key/etc...
[x] You have considered a professional career with your instrument.
[x] You are never nervous playing for other people. (Depends on the instrument. Piano and Saxophone, not so much. Guitar? That's another story.)
MUSICAL NERD POINTS: 12.5/14


VIDEO GAME NERD
[x] You play video games.
[x] You own more than 4 different video game systems. (Well, kind of? Technically I only have... 3 to my actual name but in terms of family? hohoho. The list runneth long.)
[x] You've had debates over which system is the greatest.
[x] You play video games every day.
[x] You have played a video game for over 10 hours. (Blame it on KH/KH2. D<
[x] You have songs from your favorite video games on your MP3.
[x] You love to talk about video games.
[x] You memorize the dates for when a new game is being released. (Only for the KH games. .. I swear)
[ ] People know you as the 'gamer' person.
[ ] You spend more time on video games than you do hanging out with friends.
[x] Your gaming system is in your room. (*pets PS2*)
[x] You have preferences when it comes to what company your game came from.
[x] You've had debates over which company is the best.
[x] You keep playing a game until you beat it.
[ ] It makes you angry when you found out somebody looked up cheat codes on the internet to beat their game.
VIDEO GAME NERD POINTS: 12/15

COMPUTER NERD
[x] You use the computer every day.
[x] You have an account/username on some sort of social website.
[ ] You go into random internet chatrooms.
[x] You spend at least 2 hours a day on the computer. (Only... ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/16216476/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/16216476/ Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:03:51 PST

1. What's your name?
Those who need to know, know D: I'm not fond of it, hurhur.

2. Did you change it in 2007?
Nope

3. Will it change in 2008?
No?

4. How old did you turn in 2007?
20 D:

5. Where did you begin 2007?
At my friend Paula's haus

6. Who were you with?
Friends and her family

7. Where were you when 2007 ended?
Same place I started it

8. Who were you with?
Saamee people I started with

9. What was your status at the beginning of 2007?
Single

10. What was it by Valentine's Day?
Single

11. What was it by summer?
Taken :B

12. What was it when 2007 ended?
Single D: Fuck distance, man.

13. What was your worst moment of the year?
Do you want a list? lololol

14. What was your best?
Uhhh. Huh. Probably getting my job since that was when things got gyood.

15. Have you kept your new years resolutions of 2007?
I never make any other than to better myself. Which I did somewhat.

16. What's something important you learned about yourself in 2007?
That I shouldn't let myself sit and wait for things to change

17. What's one thing you thought you'd never do but did in 2007?
uhhh. Things. ... *cough*

18. Where there any new additions to your family?
Nope, don't think so.

19. Anything you are ashamed of?
Not really.

20. What was your favorite movie that you saw in 2007?
Hot Fuzz, Knocked up, and Superbad just to name a few.

21. What was your favorite song from 2007?
Paris is Burning by St. Vincent

22. What was your favorite concert from 2007?
Thanks for reminding me that I didn't GET to see any concerts.

23. What was your favorite fashion trend of 2007?
Hippie Chic was in-Woowoo!

24. What was your favorite thing you bought in 2007?
My computer~ I think that's the only reason why I'm looking forward to school right now.

25. What bad habit(s) did you pick up this year?
Drinking. But I stopped that D:

26. What good habit(s) did you form?
Not procrastinating on my work any more.

27. Do you know anybody who got married?
Don't think so.

28. Do you know anybody who passed away?
Nope.

29. Do you know anybody who had a baby?
None that I can think of the top of my head.

30. Did you get lied to by someone in 2007?
Yes, that's pretty unavoidable

31. Did you treat somebody badly in 2007?
Probably, but they most likely deserved it D:

32. Did you get treated badly by someone in 2007?
Yes and no.

33. Did you go to any concerts/shows in 2007?
No. D:

34. Did you travel to anywhere in 2007?
Does Canada count?

35. Did you make any new friends in 2007?
Yus~

36. Did you loose any friends in 2007?
Yes, and I'm not one to make amends.

37. Did you have a best friend in 2007?
Yurp

38. Did you lose anybody close to you in 2007?
Not in terms of death but otherwise, yes. A few. D:

39. Did you purchase anything that was over $1,000?
Uhh. No.

40. Did you do anything in 2007 that you've never done before?
Haha... yes.

41. Did you move in 2007?
To school, yeah.

42. Did you have to go to the hospital?
No, but I probably should have.

43. Did you have any encounters with the police?
Other than border control? Nope.

44. Did you have a favorite night out?
Eheheh... yes.

45. What music will you remember 2007 by?
I prefer to not create emotional attachments to moments in time and connect it to music. It kind of kills the song.

46. What was your proudest moment of 2007?
Getting a job that I liked! WOO!

47. What was your most embarrassing moment of 2007?
My co-workers finding out about my relationship. Lolololawkward

48. What time would you go back to in 2007?
The summer.

49. Do you have any regrets?
Of course.

50. All things considered, was 2007 a good year for you?
It had it's ups and downs. Extreme ups and downs, but ups and downs no less.

51. What's one of your resolutions for 2008?
To better myself.

52. Do you think 2008 will be better or worse?
Hope... ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/16084271/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/16084271/ Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:55:53 PST
Year after year I've been overwhelmed with that Christmas spirit, in love with the Christmas miracle and gift giving but I feel as though the older I get, the more bitter and cynical I become. Well, I don't feel that way, I am that way. And I don't think it's really helping that I'm going through an incredibly rough time right now either that seems to happen around this time, though typically I tend to pull myself out of it. But not this time!

Anyway, I'm not going to be a grinch and soil the name of christmas because of my own problems. I hope everyone has a fantastical season and gets everything they could have ever dreamed of.

<3.


Commish spots:
1. Suzene
2. "
3. Tuesdayscat
4. "
5.Emperial

Waitlist
1.Emperial

I'm closing them off until I get what needs to be done. D: sorry to anyone who's interested.

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/15504712/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/15504712/ Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:53:05 PST
Sketches - $10 (add $2 for additional characters)
Line arts - $15 (add $5 for additional characters)
Flat Colored CGs - $25 (add $8 for additional characters)
Full Shaded Pencil Sketches - $55 (add $10 for additional characters)

Prices are subject to change from case to case, though that's pretty much what each flat price is. The only time I'm likely to change the price is if you ask for something incredibly detailed and complex (like crazy ornate armor or something). And even then, the price is only likely to go up to a max of $5.

I do pretty much everything and anything minus mechas, furries and blatant porno. Artistic nudity, however, is an a-okay with me.

I'm not really offering full blown out CGed pieces because I'm in a transitional period of changing my coloring technique. However, if you're seriously gung ho about it, under special circumstances I'll accept one full CG piece. But be for warned, the cost will most likely be hefty (talking at least $75) and it will also take a long time to do. But if you don't mind the wait and what not, I'll do it.

Also, just because your name's first on the list doesn't mean you'll be the first to get your piece. I'm likely to get the things that take the least amount of time (sketches and line arts) out of the way first, and take more time with the flats and shaded pencil pieces. Mostly because of the program I'm enrolled in right now. But I will do my absolute best to provide each work in a completely professional and timely fashion. Spots, however, are on a first come first serve basis. Though I hold the right to deny any request (which isn't likely to happen, but still).

So, anyhoo, I hope my prices aren't crazy or anything. I've spent the last few years of my life trying to avoid taking commissions, but right now I'm in a situation where I, unfortunately, have no other means of getting money. Unless I were to turn to drug dealing or something, but that'd be bad, so I'm going about this the squeaky clean route.



Spots
1. Suzene
2. "
3. Tuesdayscat
4. "
5.Emperial

Waitlist
1.Emperial
2.
3.



Also! my wonderous friend Cass is going through an incredibly rough time right now. Please visit [link] and help her out~

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/15230067/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/15230067/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:49:23 PDT I managed to go in right on the start of this whole strep throat bit and finished part of my project. Now I just have to get better before Saturday Morning to go and finish the rest. @_@

BUT. This post isn't so much about my whining and cursing the Strep Throat gods. I'm planning on taking Commissions. I've been asked by a couple of people to do them for a while and I didn't because it wasn't something I was very interested in doing. But now, I'm broke. And I need money. SO COMMISSION TIME IT IS. This isn't the Commission info post, but more like, the, I want pricing feedback because I've never done this before. D: And also a way to see how many people would be interested in general. Cause that'd suck to take commissions and only get like. 1 person asking xD; I'd be offering up mostly pencil drawings, but they'd be full complete shaded works. Then there's of course the quintessential Line Art and Flat colored pieces. But I'll only be taking a small number of those. And then the whole full shaded piece will be first come first serve cause I'll most likely only be taking 1 of those for every like. 4 pencil pieces xD;

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/14888243/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/14888243/ Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:43:24 PDT
1. Pick one of my characters, any one.
2. I will tell you the origin of his/her/its name.
3. I will tell you five random facts surrounding his/her/its creation (if I can remember).
4. I will tell you his/her/its favourite colour, book, band/song/album, and/or movie. Indicate which ones.
5. I will give you a brief summary of his/her/its backstory, if you desire. Indicate yes or no.
6. You may ask me up to ten questions about the character (I have the right to refuse to answer any due to spoilers).

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/14655068/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/14655068/ Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:42:09 PDT
That works best if hummed to happy birthday melody. >>

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/14451877/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/14451877/ Sun, 02 Sep 2007 07:15:13 PDT In case ya'll forgots and even care, I'm now attending Sheridan College, and going to be in the BAA Animation Program. I've got a pretty hefty schedule going on but I'll still make time to update since I have that nifty little invention called a scanner.
The trip up here kinda sucked. Nothing like taking a 6 hour detour through Quebec due to faulty directions (even though the ones *I* Printed out were perfectly correct! Of course those are the ones to be disregarded). We left at the awesome time of 5:30 AM and didn't get here until midnight. Yaaay!
I miss my friends and my beaux D< yada yada. Booo. Booo. Fucking Boo. They'll all be visiting, so I'm dealing.
P.S.
WOOOO I CAN DRINK

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/14033265/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/14033265/ Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:01:54 PDT YAY!

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/12826793/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/12826793/ Thu, 03 May 2007 11:01:22 PDT 's dA journal. I thought the concept was pretty kewl so I'm stealings it!

Bands you should check out:
Sufjan Stevens - I've just recently re-found my love for him and in all honesty, his album Illinois is probably number 1 on my favorite albums list. Which says a lot considering how incapable I am at picking favorites when it comes to anything. He's currently working on a 50 States project, doing an album based on every 50 states, which though I love him, doubt he will finish, but if he does, can't wait for Massachusetts!
Sigur Ros - Normally I wouldn't outright recommend them to people because they are kind of an "acquired taste", but after their last album Takk..., I find them to be much more new fan friendly. If you're looking for something distinctly different yet still incredibly enjoyable, I'd recommend checking them out. They're an Icelandic band, with the vast majority of their songs in Icelandic, with the exception of a few that are in a made up language they call hopelandic (I think, arhar), so don't really expect to understand everything. Unless you're like me and like to neurotically look up lyrics for everything. If you're looking for particular tracks to take a taste of them out of, I'd particularly recommend "Sæglópur", "Heysátan", and "Hoppípolla". All of which are my particular favorite tracks off the album. Oh yes, their album also takes slot number 2 on my all-time favorite albums list.
Paolo Nutini - He's a recent discovery for me. He's from Ireland and all of his songs have a nice little kick to them (of sorts). He's very good chill music.
Jump, Little Children - My all time favorite band. Discovered them X amount of years ago and am still a crazy fan of them even though they've now broken up due to personal reasons (families starting and what not). If you want to listen to a voice that will instantaneously make you melt paired up with absolutely wonderful and pretty unique melodic structures, they're the ones to go to.


Songs you should hear:
World of A King by David Mead
Talk Show Host by Radiohead
Winter's Love by Animal Collective
Writing to Reach You by Travis
Split Needles by The Shins

Books you should read:
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
I'd list other books but the lot of my favorites are old school classics that mostly everyone's read.


Manga you should read:
I don't read mangas no mo.


Shows you should see:
Heroes - The first show I've ever watched that's made me scream before. In a good way.
Mythbusters - Uh. Kickass. 'Nuff said.
Scrubs - By far one of the best comedies ever made. D< Boo with it being almost over!
Any of VH1s I <3 the [Decade]. Particularly I <3 the 80s and I <3 the 90s as well as their second parts. Mostly because those are the decades I remember best <8D

Movies you should watch:
Hot Fuzz - Don't expect another Shaun of the Dead. But do expect to almost pee your pants.
300 - Yeah, yeah. Of course this is going to be on my list.
Le Fabuleux D'estin D'Amelie Poulain - I can watch this movie all day and not get sick of it. Probably the best feel good movie you will ever see in the course of your entire life.

Games you should play:
Scattergories
Monopoly (DUH)
Scrabble

Foods you should try:
Hmmm.. This is quite the toughy. I'll get back to you when I can think of some good stuff.

Drinks you should try:
Will get back to you once again on this one.

Places you should eat:
Finale - Yeah. Shameless advertisement! But it's a really good desserterie. Probably some of the best desserts, if not the best desserts, I've had my entire life. If you're ever in the Boston Area and want a discount, look me up D;
Fire and Ice - An All you can eat Buffet located in Harvard Square. Just. Smexiful.

Places you should go:
Boston. End of story.


People you should meet:
Of course you should meet me! /shameless plug
And then various professors I've had thus far, like my Anthropologie Teacher from last year. He was british. And had mutton chops! I do believe that's enough to be said.

Things you should do:
Try to fulfill at least one of your dreams, even if it's a little one.
Take Chances
Get a job you really enjoy! And be sure to be working with people you also really enjoy, because it makes the days between Friday and Payday go by much faster.

Things... ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/12537287/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/12537287/ Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:35:01 PDT
]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/12169557/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/12169557/ Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:55:47 PDT
Had My interviews, brother ended up in the hospital, got job and started the day right after I found out my brother was in the hospital, though in in danger of losing it because I've been last 3 days so far because Public Transportation decided to add itself onto the long list of things within this universe that really just want to make my life just a little bit harder, but I talked to my boss, who too, agrees, that public transportation sucks, and that he'll find a way to help me keep the job because he likes me (not in that way, since we had a very strong bonding moment that involved oogling over the the godness that is Jake Gyllenhaal). Corel Painter decided to stop working on me, why? I have no clue. So I got Corel Painter X, which too, is not working for me 90% of the time. I've now 'downgraded' to oC, which is a really big bitch to deal with because I'm so used to Corel and all the wonderful things that has to offer. Not saying oC isn't great, it's just different, and right now, different isn't really helping me finish the millions of drawings I have to have done which I should have had done months ago but was unable to do so because I was too busy working on my portfolios for programs that, one of which, rejected me, the other is deciding to make me wait even longer to only find out most likely that it, too, rejected me. Though, yes, ironically, I got accepted to my last last back up programs that I didn't really want to apply for but only applied to them on the off chance that I wouldn't get accepted to the major programs I was applying for. HA. Apparently I have a bit -too- much faith in my own abilities. So add on the stress of family life, my complete inability to time manage, an extremely deep and dark hole that I like to call my artists block that is most likely only being fueled by every other stress in my life including it, and my apparent love for procrastinating that, yet again, is screwing me over as we speak, and you get an extremely prolonged period without updates that will occur even further until something decides to just give me a god damn break.

I think it's safe to say that Optimism and Stress Management are not my strong suits.

On a good note, 300 is good. Very good, so good that I can't even describe how good it was without going into a completely ditzy state.
If you like staring at many attractive almost naked men, Gerard Butler's Butt, lots of nudity (whoa, boobies), incredibly awesome fight scenes with pretty graphics, and a movie composed entirely of One Liners, then you'll love it. I know I did 8D

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/11882929/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/11882929/ Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:17:38 PST [link] They want to train me to be a Hostess too? *shrugs* I just had plans to work the bakery counter but whatever xD; As long as my weekend nights are free, I don't really care. Yay for having my own source of income!
This also means my thinking of doing Commissions for actual money won't happen D: Unless there's people who -really- wanted something, which I doubt, but in that case we can talk and arrange things :d

Current Artses To Do List:
Animation Portfolio
- Finish 2 drawings
Finish Breedable stages for Aude
Do drawings of Maxem for Taichou
Finish Peacock Corset

And betwixt all of this, go to work, do my russian, and put my new years resolution of "Take Initiative" into effect.

I know I'm missing something. And I'm sure I won't remember until it's too late.

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/11209186/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/11209186/ Wed, 27 Dec 2006 07:31:39 PST
And now I'm off for a job interview. Hopefully I'll get it ~

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/10896916/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/10896916/ Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:13:50 PST
Might. Might not be updating for a while D: Portfolio crap to do. YAY For having to re-apply to college. Let's all do the 'I really don't want to go through this horribly depressing and frustrating process again' dance!

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/10820104/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/10820104/ Thu, 23 Nov 2006 07:44:29 PST
]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/10613133/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/10613133/ Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:19:18 PST
Oh Yeah. The Departed Kicks ass. Go See it [/shameless advertisment]

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/10404842/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/10404842/ Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:39:45 PDT And now I go to see the departed. Which takes place in Boston. Because Boston is awesome! Yaaay boston!

]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/10138522/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/10138522/ Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:05:14 PDT ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/10085148/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/10085148/ Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:09:35 PDT
Anyhoo. I'm all older like now. Well technically I'm not really 19 until 8:33 AM this morning but PSssht, who's counting. Anyway. YAAAYY, after a shit-tastic week I've got a nice little day planned out (hopefully). WOOOooooo. Happy Birthday to me! And yay for random emotes! (interpret emotes whatever manner you wish.) ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/9886280/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/9886280/ Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:28:21 PDT

1. Introduction
2. Love
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/9572204/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/9572204/ Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:46:08 PDT
God, weather here is getting so rediculous. I don't know how hot it got today since I pretty much sat myself infront of the air conditioner all day, but tomorrow it's supposed to get over 100*F. Not only that but we've been getting some serious freak storms lately. One of which actually knocked out the power to half my town. During which I was driving around with one of my friends who gets an insane enjoyment from possible danger. I, however, was clinging onto the dashboard as well as my seat belt.
Anyhoo, so, production on my comic has stoppd. Which sucks. Because right befor the "incident" happened, I had started making complete maps of the countries and world that it takes place in. Oh angst. I did manage to upload them onto photobucket prior to it happening though. So I might upload them here. Or something.
I've re-started my college search for the Winter Semester, attending MassArt for one semester, taking evening classes and working during the day. It's funny because once you actually get into college, you forget how absolutely mind-wracking and emotionally draining the process is until you're placed in an unfortunate situation where you have to re-apply. And seeing as I've changed my major from Visual Arts (Drawing) to Theatre Production (Costume Design), I'm having an even harder time trying to find a relatively close school that has a good program for what I'm studying. Though I'll admit, it makes me kind of happy because it means that I have an excuse to go to school out of the country, but my mom won't allow that. Good lord, I want to travel. I'm starting to get that traveller's itch I got around this time of the year last year, again. Though I feel a lot more driven to actually do it now because I feel like I need to start clearing my head. That, and to be honest, I feel so fixated on starting my career that part of me just wants to start applying for long term internships left and right instead of going to school. But I know the latter won't work out. So I suppose it's sticking to the safe route for me.
But, hey! If anyone knows of any good schools that have really, really good Theatre/Movie Production programs then, like, whooa, suggestions are totally <3 It's even awesomer if they're in the general North-East area. Cause that's all like, where I am.
I also should have realized that, wow, getting hired for a job is really, really, really hard. And significantly harder than it looks. I've gone the entire summer without getting a call back, but I don't blame them since I didn't know if I was going to be here this fall and not many people want a temp. So I've started the job searching process again. Hopefully someone will call me back. I've got my particular eye on a Bead/Craft store located in Harvard Square that's hiring. Hopefully they'll call me. I'm hoping really hard.
Upon all other things, which this has absolutely nothing to really do with anything, I've been debating whether or not I wish to get a tattoo. Not a tacky one, of course. For I am not a tacky girl. Just an angel on my right shoulder blade in Art Nouveau style in rememberance of my dad. I've already done some tattoo artist shopping and found the absolute most amazing tattoo artist. If you have any real respect for art, you'll check out his gallery ([link]). His stuff is more like paintings than tattoos in all honesty. The shop's located about an hour away or so. Give or take. So we'll see. Still haven't come to a total conclusion yet. All things considering how I'm a complete pussy when it comes to physical pain. Or rather. Needles, more so than anything.

Survey to kill the angst!

LAST ....
person you talked to? Probably.. my brother.

thing you touched? My.. keyboard?

person you talked to on the phone? David-o

person you IM\'ed? I'm not actually sure actually. I haven't really talked to anyone online in a while

time you went to iHop? Oh god. My Senior Year of High School. It was a Techie bonding thing.

book you read? Probably the Chronicles of Narnia. Decided to re-read them.

movie you watched? Amelie/Kill Bill 2

game you played? Goonzu Online. Some free RO ripoff game. Not bad actually.

time you went to buy fish? Probably hasn't happened since I was a kid and always went to markets with my mom. That kind of... slowly stopped as I got older.

kind of flooring your feet touched? Carpet

Dont fear the random!

what cell phone provider do you have? Cingular Wireless. Oyah baby, Oyah

ever licked a 12 volt battery? I don't remember which one's a 12 volt, but I did used to do that a lot when I was a kid. It made my tongue tingle. And don't act like... ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/9333734/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/9333734/ Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:46:41 PDT
Anyway, I'm doing a lot of technical work for my comic right now, so I'm going to be slowing it down with the updates. Doing a whole friggin world map and country map and getting full blown written sheets on each character and different races and everything in preperation to getting my site up. Maaann, I told you all that I was getting serious about this comic. I'm even surprising myself.
On an even lighter note, I'm feeling the most light-hearted I've felt in months. Yaayy~ Joy to the world and all that jazz. ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/9293968/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/9293968/ Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:53:54 PDT
on a side note, in a failed attempt at biting my friend esther's leg, she just kneed me in the mouth.

I'm a little hyper. HEEHEEHEE ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/8931659/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/8931659/ Wed, 31 May 2006 15:08:12 PDT ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/8657525/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/8657525/ Tue, 02 May 2006 23:15:50 PDT Today, I received a phone call from one of my close friends from home. She told me that a girl that I knew, an acquaintance if you will, had been murdered and her body was found burned to the point that they couldn't recognize who it was without doing proper testings before hand. I'm still kind of in a daze about it and it hits me every now and then.

Anyway, this is post is more of an asking for people to give their prayers and best wishes to the family of Dominique Samuels, even if you don't know her. There's absolutely no reason why in the world that anything of this short should be happening to anyone, and let alone someone's family have to go through this. ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/7804606/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/7804606/ Sat, 04 Feb 2006 23:46:19 PST It's the start of the new semester at my college and I'm excited for my new classes, partially why I haven't really been uploading anything really worth while. That, and my concentration has been altered. I've taken a great interest in Silkscreening and plan on making that my art concentration during my years at school. It's fun, and it seems to give me this weird level of inspiration that I haven't sensed before (wow, that sounds really lame when I re-read it). It's not to say I'll give up drawing, seeing as that's a big part of silk screening, kind of, but I think I'm going to be focusing more on it.
The other two classes I'm taking are Anthropology Classes, one is called Culture and Personality, the other is called Sexuality in Western Culture. I've also discovered my love for Anthropology, it's interesting and fun and interesting, and fun. And interesting. Yeah.
So. expect silk screen and intaglio prints in the near future. And a few big projects I've been working on for a while. Digital paintings and what have you.
... Yeah. ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/7417960/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/7417960/ Sun, 25 Dec 2005 21:25:26 PST ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/6920643/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/6920643/ Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:11:03 PST random<.

). I've never owned a pet before
). I have a strong fear of heights, though ironicly enough, I want to travel a lot
). I've wasted 18 hours of my life to watching the Fellowship of the Rings (seen it 6 times.)
). For some reason, I can't help but begin laughing if someone makes a tickling motion in my direction, even if they aren't touching me. Damn ticklishness
). Oranges are my favorite fruit
). The only piece of jewlery I ever wear is a necklace my mom bought me when I was in the 8th grade
). Everyone I've met in person has called me "Milli Vanilli" at least once in the time of my knowing them
). I've never read the entire Chronicles of Narnia, but I like to read The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe over and over again
). My favorite winter hat is of a dead fish I made 3 or 4 years ago with one of my best friends (: It still rocks all socks
). I have a bad habit of talking too much when I'm nervous
). I don't like music snobs
). Dancing in the rain and jumping in puddles still makes me giggle like a 5 year old
). I'm currently addicte to playing the Sims 2
). My normal reaction to being upset with someone is to push them away, but I'm trying to stop that
And lastly, just for kicks
). I think boy shorts are the most comfortable underwear-type things on the planet ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/6796045/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/6796045/ Mon, 17 Oct 2005 20:45:30 PDT
It's officially Autumn.


good night. ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/6515924/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/6515924/ Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:16:22 PDT ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/6391489/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/6391489/ Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:46:14 PDT

WOO! ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/5973340/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/5973340/ Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:57:54 PDT 1. Milly
2. Miri
3. Dork

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. PokemonFreak87
2. AnimeGirlPower
3. XoPandorasBoxOx

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Mine eyes
2. Mine Hair
3. Mine ... hm. Lips

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. Mine Cheeks
2. Mine Scars
3. Can't think of another

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. Haitian
2. German
3. Some Asian that my mom still can't remember where D:

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Lightning/Thunder
2. Bugs
3. Heights

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. My Tablet?
2. My CD Player
3. My stove

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. "Egg-Zellent" T-shirt
2. Green/Yellow Zippy-Uppy-Thing
3. Hair Band

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS:
1. Jump Little Children
2. Gorillaz
3. OK Go

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS:
1. C'Etait Ici by Yann Tiersen
2. Cayman Islands by Kings of Convenience
3. Warning Sign by Coldplay

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. Fun
2. Love and Affectioné
3. Comfort

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order):
1. I Heart Cooking
2. I have never been out of the Country
3. I don't know how to swim
(A Cookie to the person who guesses it right!)

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE PREFERRED SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU
1. Eyes
2. Hair
3. Smile yay

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Cooking
2. Drawing
3. being lazy?

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. Find out who my Roommate is
2. Get Money C:
3. Travel

THREE CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING/YOU'VE CONSIDERED:
1. Costume/ Set Designer
2. Being Head of my own Theatrical Design company
3. Veterinarian

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Europe
2. Europe
3. Europe

THREE KID'S NAMES YOU LIKE:
1: Niamh
2: Wyatt
3: Shea / Shey

THREE THINGS YOU WANT BEFORE U DIE:
1. Have kids
2. Start my own Theatrical Design company
3. Have no regrets

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY:
1. I like video games. No, I love them
2. I read comic books
3. I have a fairly perverted sense of humor

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A CHICK:
1. I love skirts like there's no tomorrow. Especially when they're long and flowy. They make me happy
2. I giggle and blush when I talk to/am around a guy I like. I can't help it, I just do.
3. I'm more empathetic and emotional than people probably think I am. Typically if someone I care about is sad or hurt I'll most likely get as upset as they are just over the fact that they're upset. But when people are happy, I'm happy C:

THREE CELEB CRUSHES:
1.- Gerard Butler
2.- Diego Luna
3.- Viggo Mortensen
Aand so many others ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/5881937/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/5881937/ Fri, 08 Jul 2005 23:22:23 PDT I got my new tablet though C: Working on my first drawing in a while. Woohoo.
It's been raining so much lately, kinda depressing but Sunshine should be coming sometime soon. ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/5515915/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/5515915/ Tue, 31 May 2005 20:49:48 PDT I'm officially attending SUNY Purchase, my top choice school. And I got my scheduling today. I'm so excited yet, not at the same time. I have 3 four hour long classes. That's going to fusking rule.
Except, not, because they're at 8:30 in the morning aandd..my brain simply does not function that early in the day. I have a feeling Caffeine and I are going to be best friends next year.
On a side note, I'm graduating this Sunday, with Prom this Friday. I'm most certainly excited for them. I'm making my prom dress,...still haven't finished it. Probably will upload pictures of it when it's done. But ..yeah. Nice little update of what's going on with me.
No new uploads of course. I've been drained of any real form of creativity (with the exception of my prom dress). D: Art Dry spells are AWESOME ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/4654681/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/4654681/ Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:41:59 PST 1. a movie:
2. a book:
3. a musical artist, song, or album:

(B) I want everyone who reads this to ask me three questions, no more, no less. Ask me anything you want.

(C) Then I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends to ask you anything. ]]> ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/4624414/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/4624414/ Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:28:42 PST ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/4330173/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/4330173/ Sat, 15 Jan 2005 21:04:07 PST ~cerene http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/3377260/ http://cerene.deviantart.com/journal/3377260/ Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:15:02 PDT ~cerene