http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:elliannah&section=today deviantART RSS for by:elliannah en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:04:08 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/25783324/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/25783324/ Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:32:07 PDT
In other news...
My mom & I volunteered at Houston's Pride Festival a couple weekends ago. I stole my mom's camera for 80% of the parade, but the rest of the day I used my dad's old SLR.
Unfortunately, in my hurry to get downtown and enjoy the festival, I grabbed the wrong film...which means, CVS can't develop it.
And I don't have the time or resources to develop my own film..so I brought it to Wolf and they sent it out for me. It should take a couple weeks before I get it back, which is killing me. I would really like to see the results of the day.

I've also gotten offered two wedding gigs for this summer because of that wedding I did back in March. Apparently, due to my friend showing off her photos, I'm kind of being pimped out...but, it's exciting.
Technically, one isn't a wedding so much as it is a reception. Apparently, the couple already eloped. But, it's all the same to me...I get to get more experience under my belt.

On Friday, I was at a birthday party with a bunch of theater kids, and I very well may have a couple headshot gigs coming up from them since they'll be auditioning for things. Funny thing, I actually got called after the party by another friend from theater, and she asked if I could do her temporary headshots until she got some done by a professional. Of course, I can't turn down a friend...or, the experience.


I'm probably skipping town on Wednesday to go to my dad's to fish and hang out with my brother.

The next thing on my agenda, is working towards getting my own dSLR. Preferably a d80, since I was talked into it.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/24882244/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/24882244/ Thu, 21 May 2009 21:49:44 PDT It's been a crazy couple of weeks...getting ready to fly to California, my aunt from Tennessee visiting...going to Austin on a whim (OMG GREATEST NIGHT EVER..remind me to tell you guys about it.)

I still owe Club Photo one more feature of the third place person from the ID contest, but I'll do that when I come back.
For now, I'm doing this to get rid of the other feature since they're all on "one week" times.
Plus, to let you guys know...yes, I've been a horrible person and basically neglecting DA again...

I've been crazy busy, sorry.
When I get back from California, I should be back into the swing of things...there will be no more extended trips or family coming into town. (until August, when I may go to Alaska.)
Everything else will be just events of a few hours.


So yeah, summer's here. Huzzah!

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/24760182/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/24760182/ Thu, 14 May 2009 19:27:18 PDT held a contest to find themselves a Club ID.
I'll be featuring the winners.

In second place, was =SarahxJane

Check out her gallery!
Here's the winning piece: [link]

And a few other of her deviations that you should check out:

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(and yeah, I have no sub, so you have to deal with simple, ugly links. but I promise the art is good, so go look!)

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/24615352/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/24615352/ Wed, 06 May 2009 09:26:14 PDT held a contest to find themselves a Club ID.
I'll be featuring the winners.

In first place, it was ~suphafly

Check out their gallery!
Here's the winning piece: [link]

And a few other of their deviations that you should check out:
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(and yeah, I have no sub, so you have to deal with simple, ugly links. but I promise the art is good, so go look!)

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/23718804/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/23718804/ Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:20:06 PDT , is starting.
I'm going to post the details here, but here's the links to her journals on it:
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Here is a link to the website on the project: [link]

Table of Contents:
I. Summary
II. Project Specifics
III. How to Help Out
IV. Buying a Copy
V. Legal Notice
VI. Note from the editor

update - feb 20 - First of all, thanks for the great show of interest so far! I apologize for not getting back to everyone yet. I'm working a few news releases and detailed FAQ's. If you sent me a message, I will reply, just give me a few more days to work out some kinks.

Edit: please help spread the word about this project by posting a journal and linking back or reposting this entry! thanks <3




I. Summary

I'm excited to announce the first project of Art FTW, a brand new creativity-driven charity organization based on the belief that art is not conspicuous consumption but an essential element of life. Call me cheesy, but I really do believe that art is as close to magic as we can get :3

For our premier project, I (and hopefully other unfortunate slaves enthusiastic volunteers) will be releasing a full-color art book entitled "For you. For me." featuring contributions from artists all over the world. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to charity organizations and funds. Here's where I will beg shamelessly ask for your help. (man, you'd think that a college student like myself would be able to use the backspace button. tsktsk.)




II. Project Specifics

Before we get to the to-do list, here's some specs of the project that I've already decided on. They can still be changed if I suggestions of better alternatives.
Printing company: createspace.com - they offer much lower printing prices than lulu, blurb, or any other PoD company I've found to date.
Book will be 8x10 inches, paper back, perfect bound.
Number of Pages will be 60-100.





III. How to Help Out

These are the two ways to help out, please read the details of each task bef... ]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/23569943/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/23569943/ Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:31:13 PST
I know during the hurricane when I ended up there, I was on his really shitty computer and thing were just crazy with it. So I'll probably be long-gone for a week. GRR.

On the plus side, it's completely new territory. Hooray cameras!




]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/23478642/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/23478642/ Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:18:01 PST
I realized that I should have bought WAY more film by the time I went through two and a half (of my three) rolls during the ceremony alone. I forgot how much I absolutely love using my SLR, and I couldn't pry my mom's digital one away from her.
So, there's not really any pictures from my digital. Basically what I just posted. Maybe three or four more after that. You'll have to wait for my three rolls of film to be developed and scanned.


That's it. I'm tired, the wedding was fun, but hell...I didn't get ANYTHING done that I needed to this weekend. Oops. Tomorrow can (maybe) be homework catch up day.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/23367763/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/23367763/ Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:55:36 PST
You should all go check out the gallery of (which is frikkin' AWESOME anyway).
Oh, and while you're there, tell him happy birthday.

Here's some glimpses into his awesomeness:
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He definitely has a fantastic eye for everything, and his gallery deserves all the attention it can get.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/23202575/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/23202575/ Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:43:59 PST
I've spent the past like four hours on the computer, going through deviations. It's mostly the same five or six people.
....And I still have 140 something left (+30 messages). Heeeelllllllll.


Anyway, that's about it. I'm slowly making my comeback. Commenting, ing, and submitting. I'm actually getting my creative/motivated streak back. I like this.
....And I can't wait for my cousin's wedding at the end of the month! It's gonna be opportunities galore. (although mildly uncomfortable because mentally, I have disowned my oldest brother for being a complete a-hole. and he'll be there.)


Ps. Happy commercial suckers' day!

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/23157094/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/23157094/ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:06:10 PST

Anyway, my creativity wheels have been turning, and I'm trying to figure out how to work some things that I want to do. But, I need help...I just have a quick poll. Feel free to answer through commenting, or a note is fine as well.

What are your insecurities, fears, or perceived imperfections?
Some examples to get wheels turning...do you fear that you won't succeed in your life? Do you feel like everyone is always watching or judging you? Do you hate a certain feature?
Things like that.

Thanks in advance.


Oh, by the way, if you have the time...try to stroll by this journal and check out the project that is trying to take flight. Try to offer advice or whatever if you have any!

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/23014847/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/23014847/ Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:23:51 PST
~neverblue wrote this quick journal on the flat out shameless art theft occurring on the website.
The full version (also linked to in her journal) may be found here.


Do something about it, because this is total and complete b.s.
Again, spread the word.

I f'ing hate art thieves.
Edit 2: Looks like a resolution has been come to: [link]


By the way guys: Unfortunately, something like this is a nasty reminder to watermark your images. Thankfully, deviantArt will auto do that for you when you submit if you tell it to...but it doesn't stop the non-full sized images from being taken without a watermark. And that would seem to be *all* that people like the creators of this stupid game need to take it and run without crediting you.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/22948719/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/22948719/ Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:12:12 PST Plus something else that I'm not going to be flaunting about right now.

I've been going camera crazy lately, so I have a huge stockpile. Many from similar events.
I'll slowly be trying to get through my message center.

Also, something I would like to bring to everyone's attention.
This is me being a bleeding heart again. Please, please, take a look at this blog. Do whatever you can to help. Post the link in yours, send money, send items, something. But at least, please spread the word.

Please. Do something.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/20711004/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/20711004/ Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:53:43 PDT [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]

CHECK IT OUT. Look and read.
Post in your journal. I'm nowhere near Bulgaria, and I don't think anybody who watches me is either. If each of you posts this in your journal and encourages others to do so as well, it could really help.

/soap box.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/20539670/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/20539670/ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:26:36 PDT I'm sorry to everybody.
It's likely I'll just end up going through and ing things, but not really commenting.
Also, sorry if I don't go back and answer any comments or something either.


As many of you know, I'm in Houston.
Ike=bad.
No power, and it could be another week or two before we can get it back up. They're worried about the places that....well, aren't around us. We're less city than they're worried about, plus there's a power line they can't find or something by us.

My mom and I were out in West Texas, out by Abilene (I ended up bunking at my dad's for a couple nights while she stayed with a friend), so we weren't around to see the actual storm hit, though from my what my friends say...the storm scared the crap out of them. It sounded like a war going on outside with everything blowing out and transformers popping.

We got lucky, our place is okay and we have running water, just no electricity. (Oh my god..I'm seriously hoping to catch pneumonia or something so I can go to a hospital and get a hot shower.)

I drove around and got some aftermath pictures, but, who knows when that'll happen. Well, as soon as we get power back, obviously...but I don't know when we'll get power again, as I said.

Hope everyone is doing alright. Just saying that I'm not dead.

Also, please keep 's family in your thoughts/prayers/whatever you do.
They're in Galveston, and got it a LOT worse than I did in Houston. Everything in Galveston was basically leveled by Ike, and the mayor is pretty much telling everyone to not come home. It just...really sucks.
So yeah..any good thoughts are appreciated.
Or, if you can do it: Please donate to the Red Cross.
I wouldn't advise just donating money anywhere, because unfortunately people take advantage of these situations and steal your money for themselves. If you go through the U.S. Red Cross, I believe you can specify that you want your money to go to the Ike victims, and it's at least guaranteed that it's not just someone off the street ripping you off.

Thanks guys.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/19816388/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/19816388/ Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:42:56 PDT
A few updates:
-As one of my latest deviations suggests, my life's been a little hectic right now. This summer has been complete CRAP since I got home from Italy.
-I'm slowly but surely getting through my message center. (sometimes I wonder if I watch too many people..but I love my dA family. and I really don't. they just produce a lot )
-Just finished an AMAZING book, I recommend it to everyone (okay, make that two amazing books, but I'm referring to the more generic, appeals to everyone book). It's called Pompeii, and it's by Robert Harris. Check it out, it's really good. It's about the last days of Pompeii, and the ending isn't just lame like "and then everyone died. the end." and it's not cheesy either. But it's about the aqueduct failing (a sign of the coming eruption), and an Aquarius having to come from Rome to fix it. It's crazy, and he took a mix of myth, rumors, history, and stories from his head and put them all together. I just loved it. You got like this...real perception of Pompeii.
Also, I think it made the eruption hit me as "real" more than being in the ruins themselves. Formerly covered ruins are formerly covered ruins..but the fact that Robert Harris used some real people and created this story, it just kind of made me go "wow..". So read it. Seriously.
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-I'm going to be in an art exhibit. I have to go up to the campus on Monday to set it up, and then it opens on Tuesday. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. I'll see about getting pictures of my displays. One is definitely going to have a cool set up, and quite possibly another. I haven't attempted that one yet, but the first is definite.
-My history final is next Thursday, then I get a week off and I'm going back to school on the 25th. Yayy
-The gallery closes the week school goes back, and there's going to be a closing reception. I'm excited for that as well. My dad and his wife are coming to town, and we're going to have a joint birthday dinner with my grandma, and they're all going to get to see my exhibit. Big deal, seeing as how my dad won't come to town for much of my stuff just to come.

..That's about it. Like I said, I'm working on getting through everyone's deviations, etc.
GO READ POMPEII. NOW.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/19660742/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/19660742/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:21:25 PDT
A serious situation was brought to my attention by

Apparently, there is a predator situation popping up on the website, and although I try to believe that most people have a good head on their shoulders and won't give out personal information, I feel compelled to pass along a copy of the journal of the person who was the victim of this predator (thankfully, nothing serious happened...the guy was just really obsessive and harassed this user, and so was reported).

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"PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THIS! COPY AND PASTE THE CONTENT OF THIS JOURNAL INTO YOURS


No freaking joke. There's a predator stalking DeviantArt. And he's going under different names in order to hide his true identity. I was asked to copy and paste this to my journal. If you are a member of DA you MUST do the same!

Here is the copy from :devShigodioxin: 's journal:
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THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ! THIS INVOLVES YOUR SAFETY ON DA

I am begging you to read this, there is an online stalker (Jere1234,Caeruleum,Kyakuchuu, all the same person) who recently attacked a dear friend of mine,*Kays-elle-belle . DA has resolved the situation, but this situation is something people need to be cautious and aware of. He has been blocked but theres always a chance that he'll make another account. Im going to post what's in her journal and if you notice any patterns of similarity, please contact DA IMMEDIATELY. This guy has gone thorough great lengths to contact my friend such as making new accounts and pretending to be other people who he's not. If you would, PLEASE copy this entire message and let other DA members know about this threat. the more people know, the better chance users have of not becomming a victim. So please,read, copy and post this again so this information can spread and no one else gets hurt. There is safty in numbers and this sort of thing needs to be stopped!

Read on to see whats in her journal and if you have any questions, contact her here :deviconkays-elle-belle: . She'd would be more than happy to answer any questions you may have so this can be prevented. Please let this word spread.

:devkaysellebell: 's Journal from this morning-

"I am begging you to read this, it will explain the last journal and also warn so this won't happen to YOU.

Jere1234 IS
Caeruleum IS
Kyakuchuu.

This man is most likely a serial killer or sexual predator of some sort. Deviant art staff is handling this for me right now. The man originally added me as Jere1234 and then he notified me that he would be switching to Caeruleum. He asked that I add him. Thinking he was just some nice man who liked my artwork I said "Sure, why not?" On this account he began writing some poems about and TO my girlfriend Kayla, and I. I began to find this odd but being an overly naive and trusting person I was polite about it, commented the poems, thanked him, so on. He wrote a poem about a lifestyle choice that I thought he spent alot of time critisizing for being different than his own and I believe I posted a comment as simple as "Gosh, what have you got against that, anyhow?" The man literally flipped out. He not only wrote two journal entries condemning me and calling me things between immature and evil, but he also sent me notes telling me how "disappointed" he was with me. A man that I don't know in real life, have only talked to online for a few days, is "disappointed with me." He blocked me, and I blocked him back.

Not long after I began to get several favorites and then a watch from the account Kyakuchuu. I noticed the similar style of poetry and similar interests but I hate people who make assumptions and I'd rather not be one of them, so I just figured it was another poet with similar interests. "Kyakuchuu" soon after began calling Kayla and I "muses" and writing poems about us as well. 2KL he called them-- and informed me that this meant "To Kayla and Ellie" There is a numerous list of them in his gallery. He favorited absolutely every work of mine with Kayla in it along side of me and also any of my pictures that showed my feet. (foot fetishist, obsessive personality: bad sign) He wrote me notes telling of his extensive admiration for Kayla and I, his plans for other poems about us, thanking me for being his "inspiration". All of this seemed very creepy, but I was always thinking, what if this is really just some eccentric old man m... ]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/19472830/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/19472830/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:56:52 PDT
My message center looms at me, but I just started up a summer class (history, of all things...it's major sink or swim, so I'm doing my best to swim..even if that means no dA until mid-August), I'm working a lot, and last weekend and next weekend are occupied with my oldest brother...who at best, I will see again over a year and a half from now.

I've felt incredibly guilty, but work has been very understanding..what with the month of study abroad, now me asking for two weekends off. Maybe it has something to do with one of the managers calling me probably the best GA we have...I do crap without being told (okay, mostly cause I'm a little OCD and the job consists of alphabetizing everything).

Anyway, that's kind of an update for you guys. I'm kinda taking a little hiatus kinda thing until I get everything situated.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/19331364/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/19331364/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:36:00 PDT Man, I hate having to learn a new website every year.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/19257035/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/19257035/ Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:02:20 PDT

I've had this friend who's been in the hospital for a lung transplant about 7 or 8 weeks, and his dad is a cop. Anyway, when my mom and I found out (through the dad who she met by this really odd small world coincidence at a gas station when she was complaining about cops), we set to raising money for the family because they're going to have some really bad hospital bills by the end of this, not to mention the gas their eating up by driving downtown (about 30 minutes) every day.

Anwyay, when the dad heard about my computer and having lost 4,000+ pictures, he told me that he knows a guy who he works with who has to recover files off of hard drives for evidence, and he'd be more than happy to get this guy to take a look at it.
His co-worker never looked at it. Well, kind of.
He took it into his office today, and is apparently an early bird, so he beat the computer guy there. While he was waiting, for the sake of curiosity, he decided to try booting up my laptop. It worked. Twice.
He booted it up a third time when the computer guy got there, and they put the files on his external hard drive. All 13 plus gigs.
Of course, it'll take them about 24 discs to get me my pictures, and I can't take their hard drive to get my stuff off because it has evidence and whatnot on it.
So I made the investment in a relatively cheap 320 gig external hard drive. (still like $100...eek).
But, I brought it home and my computer booted up. I'm coping my pictures right now.

Wow..I will get to be in the gallery at school in August.

Expect uploads as soon as I get through all my pictures, and all the messages I have on here.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/18869992/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/18869992/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:38:58 PDT
Too much to say. A picture is worth a thousand words...and I have none (I'll explain in a second).
The first three weeks were amazing. We stayed in an untouched, pure Italian town: Castellammare di Stabia. It's somewhere between Naples and Sorrento.
It was fantastic. I trekked to the top of Vesuvius and had a glass of white wine, slept on the floor of a house in Herculaneum, laid on ancient brothel beds in Pompeii, took a cable car up to Monte Faito (I am petrified of heights..especially cable cars) and helped dig up an ancient villa that was in Stabia.
But most of all, I made a family in Castellammare di Stabia. Two, actually. The staff of the place we stayed at, and the group I was with.

We left for Frascati (just outside Rome) last Tuesday, and it was incredibly depressing. Our last three days we wandered around Rome, and it was horrible. Rome is ugly and touristy. Not to mention that the place we stayed at REALLY sucked.

And to top things off? All I have are pictures of Rome.
My computer got the blue screen of death the day we got to Frascati when I went to upload my last set of photos from Castellammare di Stabia. At last count- about a week and a half before that day- I was at 4,000 files. According to "a picture is worth a thousand words," I should have 4,000,000 (and then some) for you all.
All gone.


I know one or two people who may be able to get them off for me.
Please, pray that I can get them.

Anyway, that's my depression explanation.
Not only did I find somewhere I absolutely was in love with, I have no pictures of it left...except a handful that were uploaded to photobucket.
I have no ones for deviantart, because none of my "artsy" ones that I liked were uploaded...mostly pictures of me so that my family and close friends could see.


I have a hundred + messages on here, and I'll try to get through them as soon as possible.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/18194358/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/18194358/ Tue, 06 May 2008 10:25:28 PDT
But, I was up at 6:30 and driving down the nightmare that is FM1960 (surprisingly, not scary..basically empty).

Soo, lots of good news:

-In my class with my really crap prof, I only needed 217 points our of the 400 possible left to pass with the lowest C. We got our group projects back- 170 out of 200 points- and so I only need 47 points between 100 points for attendance (I only missed like one day) and 100 points for the final.
Which is pretty sweet...I will not have to take this stupid class again.

-English final tomorrow..and that's it!!!

-I got The Host- the new novel by the amazing Stephenie Meyer.

-My 6:30 am wake-up time was still reallllyyy late to get the book in time to get the tickets to see her on Friday for a discussion/book signing, BUT, one of my awesome friends from theatre apparently got up at like 2:30 and went to sit out in front of Barnes & Noble...and you could get four books/tickets per person...so I passed her my $20 and she bought it for me.
I get to have three books signed by their FANTASTIC author.

Now, excuse me, I'm so tired I'm about to puke.
Nap time for an hour or so.

Oh, and my dog's been doing pretty well so far.
Half a week down; two months, and three and a half weeks to go of keeping him calm....

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/18147924/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/18147924/ Sat, 03 May 2008 11:37:41 PDT
I learned this the hard way with my cat last year. Regretfully, I have few to no good or recent photos of my cat from before she was put to sleep from Feline Leukemia a year ago.

Take too many pictures of everyone and everything you love; everything close to you. Constantly.

If you're religious, please keep my dog in your prayers. Everyone else, please send good thoughts.
He's under 15 pounds and hyperactive...supposedly he doesn't have a strong chance.

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]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/18068029/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/18068029/ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:30:02 PDT
Some features, from my s/Watches

1) ~DarthMeow:
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2) *fairiesnest
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3) *tourofnature
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4) ~neverblue
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5) ~FlamingNymp
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That's all I'm going to feature for today, and I highly recommend checking out their galleries if you have the time. I may not have picked some of the best things to feature (school comps/internet SUCKS and so I was kind of just grabbing the first ones I had ed before the browser crashed or something..it was also taking forever to load every page.)

Enjoy!

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/18062431/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/18062431/ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:05:56 PDT Then I only have to take three of my five finals.

BUT: The Host comes out next week on Tuesday, I think, and I'm going to go see Stephenie Meyer next Friday. I will get up like two hours early to go to Barnes & Noble and buy The Host and get an armband for the Stephenie Meyer thing before they run our then seriously like, floor it to my final. Woo-hoo!

Too bad it's with a bitchy prof. It'd be better if it were like..my English or math final..

Oh! And my math final is multiple choice. Freaking awesome. I suck at math, but I've been doing pretty well with it this semester...and a multiple choice final will totally help me out. I'm a whiz with backward working problems with my calculator.

Except..I still have to write a research paper for my government class in place of my final. I've had like two or three months to write it..but, haven't started. No big, it's on a similar topic as a research paper I did last semester so most of the work is already done. Hooray for choosing your own topic!

This week I have to do a major group project...already turned my part in to my group, and it SUCKS because my prof sucks. Long story on that whole spiel, and I'm sure you guys really aren't interested. Then I just have to rewrite 4 papers and make a cover letter for a portfolio for English by Wednesday at noon. No big, and I've already done some of that. I can b.s. my way through it a bit anyway. Though, it's 160 points, and my prof said she's seen people go up a letter grade or fail with this. I don't need to fail an English class.
Wtf would be the point in my majoring in English then? I can't be lazy in one of my favorite subjects...hell, I think fixing grammar and spelling for people is fun!
Whatever, things are finally calming down. Major school things wise, I only have to worry about that portfolio and my finals now. Finally.

But, I've added much more stress. I've started redoing all my CDs of computer stuff. I have about 20 CDs of photos and random files and all that crap because I had to reformat my laptop so many times, as well as other stuff...and I can't find anything I need. So I'm putting all my pictures (at the moment) onto my computer to organize. Then I hope to gather all my writing, "artsy" stuff (ie crappy drawings), then scan my film photos. Damn, I have a lot set out for myself. And I feel like so little time to do it in to make me happy. I think I've spent about 8 hours working on that shit, and that's *just* digital photos, and not even all of the ones I have. I got through about 10 CDs, have 6 that I know of left, then however many that I have to find because I *know* I have them. Bahhhhhhhh
I'm just trying to kind of organize and delete the bad ones I know I don't need. Might as well clean out while I can, right? It will enable me to only use all the space needed...instead of adding however many more MBs because of pointless, deletable photos.

Anyway, it non-boring life news:
I bought this box thing at Barnes & Noble the other day by like, the Writer's Digest or something, and it has a book of 70 Mistakes Writers Make, and some cards that help you improve your writing and give you ideas to start writing. I'm hoping it'll make me get of my ass and finish some things or start new ideas. It's actually pretty cool and makes me feel like I'm in my creative writing class all over again. On some days my teacher used to give us sentences or something to get us to start writing or situations to start writing from...and that's what these cards do. It's neat stuff like having you write a 1,000 word thing, then cut it in half every time you edit it until it just all absolutely necessary things for the piece.
Cool exercises...and here I am getting my kicks from cool writing things again.

That's about it for my boring life. Hope you guys enjoyed! (ha)

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/17831566/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/17831566/ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:13:22 PDT
[link]

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Now WRITE.

Do SOMETHING about this crap, alright?
I'm going to write every one of my elected officials and complain (doesn't hurt that I was planning on writing about other stuff already).


---Back to putting off narrowing down my message center. Sorry guys, I'm swamped...but this was REALLY important.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/17646222/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/17646222/ Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:30:28 PDT
I've been up to my eyes in work between everything, and my message box is looming out over me (60+ things). I try to narrow it down a little every day.
I'll attempt doing hardcore looking at things hopefully today.


By the way, my communications teacher is a stupid bitch with a stick up her ass.
If there wasn't only a month of class left, and if the military wouldn't get all pissy with me, I would drop this class and take it again later with someone who doesn't give off this "I'm only doing this because I have to" attitude.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/17299470/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/17299470/ Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:48:52 PDT Bad news: My throat does hurt like hell, and I am officially in Ariel status(can't talk. at all.)
More bad news: Spring break. Wtf?? I have been up early every. freaking. morning. so far. No rest. And I planned on getting stuff done this week.
Good news: Super Smash Brothers Brawl. Nothin' else to say on that.

Major good news: Italy is happening. It's just a matter of getting my passport in on time >.>
I expedited it, it should be in sometime mid April. Should be.

Also, I'm not so sure I'll have anything to upload for a while. Maybe I'll find old stuff never posted.
Good news: a photo professor is going to teach us how to take amazing digital photography for while we're in Italy. And we're going to have our best shots put into a student gallery.
Bet you guys can't wait till June, huh? ha.

The end. Just thought I'd show proof that I am not dead....yet.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/17090526/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/17090526/ Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:48:06 PST *Illahie good thoughts, thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

She herself has acknowledged all the help which she has received from you guys..hence the following links.

The first link, ( [link] ) is a journal of hers from while the specialist had her ferret(Duncan). The specialist was nice enough to send her a video of Duncan eating and doing mildly better.

This journal: [link]
It's from yesterday when Duncan was finally able to come home, and a thank you, again, from her.

Lastly, there is is entry: [link]
It links to an entry in her livejournal where the thanks everyone, again, by name.

I am incredibly happy that Duncan will be fine, and that so many people have either spread the word, helped her, or sent encouraging words.
Thank you, everybody.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16990044/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16990044/ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:50:16 PST
A very talented friend of mine here on dA is at risk of losing her ferret.
To me, her situation hits home after what I went through with my cat. My mom and I were lucky enough to get a vet willing to cut the bills we owed, and hold a check for the remainder.
To anyone who has had a pet, you should know how much they mean after being with you for a good amount of time. They are no longer a pet, or just an animal. They are your friend, your family.
She is asking for donations to help pay for the bills. This whole situation is devastating.
This is the little guy you will be helping: [link]

If you can spare any money, please help. If not, she asks that you spread the word.
If you have $35($25 for it, $10 for shipping), she is offering this pendant, so that you are not just giving money: [link]


Here are her journal entries about it:
[link]
[link]


As my friends, I am asking you to- please- at least help spread the word on this.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16897673/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16897673/ Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:41:10 PST
Nah, this has nothing to do with V-Day. But, I will say that because of yesterday, Michael and I are never celebrating early again...yesterday sucked.
I threw myself down his stairs last night, and stayed home from classes today because I was so sore. My tail bone and neck are the worst. Hopefully I didn't crack anything..my mom says we need to keep an eye on it..
Because of staying home, I wasn't in my Comp & Rhet class to turn in my rough draft..which is ten points off my grade. I e-mailed a copy of it and an explanation of my absence to my prof with the hopes that maybe I'll get partial credit...but, who knows. Professors are frikkin' weird.

On top of that, some asshole took the magnet( [link] ) off my car yesterday. It was missing when I came out from class. I got that from the gas station like 6 months ago..so fuck if I'll get another one.
Man, I *love* redneck Texas. "If you don't agree with you, we'll call you stupid, lynch you, and take your shit! War and oil drilling ftw! Woooooo confederacy!"

On the plus side, I didn't have a geography test. He postponed it for another like two weeks...random...

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16776780/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16776780/ Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:38:53 PST I was the only one to get it right. And he laughed and then lectured us.

"To get rid of the Pagan holidays that were there!"

And then he practically called Bush an idiot for saying that Afghanistans hate our freedom, and then went onto a rant of how if America even payed attention to the world around us we would've seen everything coming instead of being like "oh shit...people hate us? why???"

It was pretty cool.
And I only didn't answer one thing on this map quiz..and it's only because I never found it in the first place. But, I answered both the bonus questions...so I'll get like a 51 or something out of 50.
Woo-hoo boring.

Anyway, I've had to do so much crap this past week, not even funny. I'm not even done for tomorrow.
After tomorrow, things will be better. Tomorrow night, I will make an attempt at my deviations and messages, and maybe upload something.
Until then, enjoy good poetry.
We had to read this poem in English this week, and it kind of hit home. I love it.
[link]
If only I could send it to someone without causing crap.

Have a good weekend, everyone. Try not to fall behind, because when it all catches up with you, you'll want to kick your ass.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16617969/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16617969/ Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:19:55 PST **[EDIT]: So I totally freaking got my CD like 20 minutes before leaving for school. HOW AWESOME IS THAT??? I listened to it both on the way to and from school, and put it in my computer when I got home. Man, this was everything I hoped it would be. You have no idea how amazing this woman is. [/EDIT]**


The world will explode when Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs have children. Things will just have to balance out. [link]
They are both gorgeous, talented Broadway(and movie) stars.
On top of that, Idina writes beautiful lyrics.

This is brought about simply because I am so incredibly anxious for her new album. It comes out tomorrow...but I pre-ordered it the day after the "order not to receive by release date!" date. My fingers are crossed that it, by some miracle, will arrive tomorrow anyway. Wednesday, at the latest.

Anyway, on that study abroad thing..
As much as I'd absolutely love to do it, I've decided it probably isn't a good idea for me..because of the credits.
It gives you credit for two classes...one of which I'm taking this semester, and another I don't need. bahh...
Oh well...

Oh, look at that..the State of the Union Address is on TV. Wtf..some guy in my government class said it came on at ten tonight.
Oh well, not that I really want to watch Bush talk for however long.
...And cue Cheney looking like a smug a-hole in the background. Yeah...I'm changing the channel now and finding a summary on a news site tomorrow...it won't piss me off. XD

I'll try to have something submitted by the end of the week. I'm pretty tired of just these journal things myself. You guys deserve better than me rambling on about nothing..lol

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16556022/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16556022/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:08:49 PST "During the course of study, students will have opportunity to visit historic and cultural sites in the Vesuvian region including the Stabian Villas, Pompei, Herculaneum, Poseidonia/Paestum, Mount Vesuvius, Monte Faito, and museums in Naples including the National Archeological Museum and the Museo Capodimonte."

It will be 28 days long.

I *really* want this. But..it costs $2,750. By March 15th.
There WAS a financial aid program for this, but it's due November 1st the year before they go. So obviously, I missed that train.
I've calculated, and I think I can get all but like $600 or so by then. Maybe less than the $600. But I'd prefer to high-ball it.
I'm going to talk to my geography professor on Tuesday(because he is pretty much heading this thing) and see if they know where they're going next year. If it's somewhere I'd prefer(chances are slim to none. there's only like two or three countries in that list), then I'll wait till next year.

Anyway, assuming I'm going for this one, does anybody have any proposals of what I can do to get that last bit of money?
I've thought about homework/tutoring.
Or selling books. Buttttt, I got rid of most unwanted books around August because we moved...stupid me donated them to the library.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16437124/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16437124/ Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:51:44 PST I stayed because there were free t-shirts and free cake. Free stuff is amazing. The ceremony? Pretty lame.
There was this really long boring speech where they built up anticipation to the new logo. There were cameras and mics everywhere.
The district just changed its name from (deep breath now!) "North Harris Montgomery Community College District" to "Lone Star College System." Lammmeee.
(my english prof last semester said "personally, i was voting for the 'my little pony college district' ")
Anyway, after they finished the speech they grabbed some cords and a big sign flew down with the name and logo. It's basically the same thing we had before...a star! My question is, whose five-year-old came up with the logo?
The whole ceremony was a let down..and I didn't even get cake cause my class was like 30 minutes after the ceremony started, and I didn't have time to stand in line for cake after I fought the crowd for a t-shit.(lame t-shirt too, btw.) Though to compensate, the cake looked pretty crappy anyway. I think I'll buy one of those pre-made $8 sheet cakes at the grocery store later this week. Anyone near me wanna share?(alan, fallon, mick?) I'm a fatass, but I probably won't finish the whole thing by myself. lol

Well, that was my "exciting" news of the day.
And as for my lame submission of my desktop? I'm going to try to put up some real stuff later in the week...when I'm not dead tired or swamped with work. So maybe Friday night.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16395095/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16395095/ Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:20:28 PST
Anyway, this has been happening a lot. I try to sleep, lay there for a good thirty minutes or so, then write.
Oh yeah- apparently I've found my muse after over a year. Crazy, huh? Now it's just a matter of finishing this(I'm anxious to finish, but then again not) and putting it up. But, I refuse to rush myself. Anyway, a delayed writing won't mean much, hardly anybody reads on dA anyway. But it still makes me feel good to put something up here...ha.

I *really* want to save up for a negative scanner so I can get more stuff from what I did in photo/make use out of my dad's camera(which he actually let me keep despite cursing at me and sending me angry e-mails because I wanted my college account! omgwtfbbqsauce).
I've started rambling now. Ish.

Okay- so hopefully my classes starting won't screw me up and make me lose everything I've been working on for the past week or so...because school tends to do that. It throws me off and my brain is just like "wtf?!?!?!?!" and trashes everything.
I kind of want to lose my muse, for personal reasons(to be honest, it's this awful nagging thing in the back of my head), but it's good having it so I can write for now, I guess...
Mostly what I've been getting are little pieces here and there when I'm laying there trying to sleep but am thinking insane amounts, then I put them down and end up writing around it later.
Very confusing way to do it, but hey, it seems like it's working just fine.

Anyway, maybe I should try to lay down again...

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16337257/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16337257/ Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:31:32 PST
So, last night I was laying in bed at like 1am with a migraine, thinking about how a gunshot to the head would be better at that moment...
Okay, first off, no, not a suicidal comment. But that particular migraine lasted a good twelve hours(like so many that I get...), and my typical thought process when I get them is "damn! a well placed gunshot to the head would be less pain than this crap.."
I'm sure it wouldn't last 12 effing hours.
Anyway, so I started trying to think about other things(step #1 to falling asleep with a migraine when you've already taken two pills: try NOT to think about it), and ended up thinking about life.
And I don't know what the hell I'm doing, just to let you guys know. At this particular point in time, I feel like I'm at point A trying to get to point B, but point B is more like B1 to B16 and I have to pick one. And this is like..everything. So much for usually having everything together. Ugh.
..Man, what's up with these deranged entries on my part lately?

Alright, in other news...
I messed around with my class schedule tonight, and I'm going to take five classes. What the HELL am I thinking? Hopefully it won't destroy me. Michael is taking three. Three. He is in one of my classes because the stupid school messed something up and his payment didn't go through so they dropped EVERYTHING he had. WTF.
Well, this means I could screw myself over because I don't have a safety net right off the bat. I like those. Yayyy meeting new people! *sarcasm* I don't do that well, surprisingly.
So my classes- Composition & Rhetoric II, Government II, World Geography, some speech class?, and one of the pre-Algebra-ish classes.
I dropped the art appreciation class I had signed myself up for...I'll look for something better next semester.
Of course, I signed up for some classes that had "TBA" teachers, that now show who they are..and apparently some are terrible. Specifically, my Comp & Rhet teacher...but I guess I can handle that, 'cause English is my strong point.
Except lately, with all my "your welcome" comments to people.
I hope my government teacher doesn't suck like the one I had last semester...
Annnd, I'm going to get my books tomorrow...woo-hoo.

Okay, now that I've rambled on about absolutely nothing to you people....
I'm out.
By the way, check out some good reading. Good reading is...good.

Ps. Have I ever mentioned how much I absolutely hate my poetry? Well, I do. It's alright while I'm writing it, but then I'd like to do nothing else but take a lighter to the paper. I mean, I think I've permanently liked *maybe* two of the poems I've ever written.
But seriously, if it weren't for the fact that I like to keep everything I've written just for the sake of being able to go back and be like "wow..that's shit" or to watch the progression of my writing, I'd have a nice little bonfire to keep me warm one night.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16261589/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16261589/ Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:36:40 PST this AWESOME giftart.


I'm pretty sure I featured here back in September when I did like 10 people...

Anyway, amazing art and sense of humor. Her stuff is classic. Trust me- I wouldn't have been watching her for so long if it wasn't lol

Check it, immediately! *ImageC0rrupt3d

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16242281/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16242281/ Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:26:24 PST Damn, I feel emo.

Seriously, this one is more of a tired bitchy mood, rather than a really...off/confused/upset type thing.

Didn't get to sleep because I was busy looking out for somebody else, then I had to get up at 7 am to help out another friend.
However, because of last night I am in the process of jotting down a few jumbled thoughts, that, once I get them all together, may end up creating an almost cheesy poem.

As semi-crappy as last night may have been, it was one of those nights that I love.(oh, btw, this is where we insert semi-real blogging on my part that is almost completely not dA related at all)

Now, I have this personal code of ethics when it comes to my friendships. I love putting my friends on pedestals because I love and respect them.
In some of my stronger ideas about my friendships...there's gift giving. I love getting my friends random gifts. Holidays and birthdays give me all the more reason to give them random gifts, too.
I do not expect my friends to do the same. They can forget my birthday for all the want, but I have a calendar that has all the birthdays of almost all my friends that I've known that dates back to ten years. People I don't even really *talk* to anymore are on it.

Then, there's my strongest belief with my friends: being there.
Now, I don't like going to other people when I need them because I feel bad, but I've had so many people(some I hardly talk to, even) who tell me everything. Confidentiality goes with that.
Anyway, I must say something, though. Some of my closest friends are just that because of what they've done.
Yes, I get sick of them, and I expect them to get sick of me. I have gone a year without talking to best friends, but the second something happens where we need each other, the other one is there.

This concept was heavily demonstrated last night by someone I'm not really on speaking terms with anymore because of how they act.
I called them, and within like ten minutes they were at my house to keep me company while we did some looking out for another friend.
It didn't take much. We've had falling outs, and we've gotten into half-bitch matches, but they were there for me in an instant.

It's things like this that make me appreciate my friends more.
I am used to being used for help after long periods of no contact. To be on the other side of that table, it helped make that point stronger in my head.
I love my friends.


Yes, that does include you guys on dA in some weird way. No, you are not going to be able to drive to my house in ten minutes to help me. But there is a very strong community here, and I appreciate it.
Man...it's hard to believe I've been on here for almost four years. Thanks guys...it's been great.
Four more years, at least? Definitely.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16221566/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16221566/ Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:57:01 PST and 3 comments. Wtf?


Good news, I'm feeling better thanks to semi-venting last night and a little bit of writing.
Bad news, I'm feeling better. Which means that it's likely I won't have much writing to put up. Not that I like being all messed up and whatever, but hell, it's become the only time I write whole pieces, or finished unfinished pieces.
Good news: I have three finished things. Two are up, the other on is the WIP I had up(it's gone now). There's a tiny section missing between where I left off and the end, but I thought of what I want there. So it's just a matter of typing a few things up now and getting that on here.


And in celebration of literature, I'm going to feature a favorite thing of mine from a few writers. I have no idea how many, because some of the people I started watching for their writing have up and left dA.


1) "A Talk"- [link]

2) "Explosion"- [link]

3) "Anything for Her"- [link]

4) "Because Sometimes"- [link]

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16190010/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/16190010/ Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:25:46 PST
Your art, your literature, your relationships, your life...your year.
To better shots, better ideas, more opportunities.


And now, I'm off to find something to do.
Maybe I can find some place to get some things out that are really bothering me.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/15943445/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/15943445/ Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:59:33 PST It'd be another part of these other two stories I wrote before in creative writing that are terribly out of order...but maybe once I write more I can piece them together properly.

Anyway, I sat down to start working on it some more last night 'cause I only had a paragraph or so. And I couldn't write. So I pulled out my binder that has everything I've written so I could read the previous two stories on this character...I figured it'd help me write something new if I "got back in touch" with them, so to speak.
Well, I was completely floored when I read them, because I don't remember them being any good. Reading them made me feel like somebody else wrote it. And now I'm scared to work on this one, or make it about the same character in the chance that I'll completely destroy it.
It will probably take me forever to put up on dA, 'cause I'll probably tear it apart editing-wise for a while.

In other news, my photo teacher posted our final grade, I got an A. Yay grandma!

The end.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/15821391/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/15821391/ Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:23:01 PST
At the moment, my desk is very messy...which means I have to lift off loads of crap to get to my printer and be able to scan.

I need to clean it. Maybe I'll do that tonight/tomorrow. Then I'll start scanning and uploading stuff.

I also started kind of writing something for the first time in a while...we'll see if I end up actually working on and finishing it.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/15785826/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/15785826/ Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:48:00 PST Unfortunately, now that I have it, I've discovered I can't do the one thing I really want to do with this program...and it's incredibly frustrating.

In that class, we learned how to take a color image, turn it to black and white on some separate layer, then erase the b&w layer to bring out certain parts of the picture into color.
Does anybody know how to do this? 'Cause I keep playing with it, trying to remember, but it's really irritating me, so I'm gonna stop.

A million thanks if anyone knows. <33

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/15761639/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/15761639/ Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:06:21 PST
Me.
Hopefully the mat board will fit in my scanner, if not, it'll be fun getting the picture in there and flat.

Though....I suppose since they're only taped in, I could take them out for like five minutes to do that.

----

Aside from that, I do have other things I could put up, but I'm trying to work on my last English paper..yay research papers! Funny thing, I asked my brother for help since he knows all about the topic I chose, and guess what? He had to write a similar research paper in his education class....so we traded links, and he sent me a copy of his so I could use some of his sources and blah blah blah.


One week and one day left of school. This week won't really be anything, which is great. Except for photo...everyone will be scrambling because our final is due Thursday.("why come in on the final day when you could be studying for a class that actually needs it??")
So technically, I really only have one final, and that's for government. In English, we're just going to write basically a rough draft paper of some topic he'll give us that day. And he'll grade it as a rough draft.

That's about it. Congrats if you made it through my rambling.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/15508212/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/15508212/ Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:21:06 PST
Sooo, I know I posted this, probably a year back...but my boyfriend has a deviantArt account. It is located here: [link]

Why am I bringing this up again?
Well, because I have hijacked it, of course!

He never uploads anything of his(partly because Wal Mart owns his soul), so I have raided his room and gotten a stack of spirals.

They have lots of writing and doodles in them. Most of the doodles will end up in his scraps, only cause I think dA will get pissy if they're not, but yeah...check those out too because they're actually kinda really cool and good.
And! On top of that, he's in photo with me. Soo, he'll have photography on there too.


I'm at his house right now, so there's just some writing, butttt, when I get home, there will be more of his stuff. So check it out! And critique if you feel like it. ^_^

Oh, and I promise I'll try not to neglect this account while I'm doing all his stuff, too.
No guarantees though. He has a year and something worth of stuff to catch up on.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/15497292/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/15497292/ Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:43:49 PST
Most of the pictures that were taken for my photo class are crooked. I have a hard time making them straight on the paper in the darkroom, and then it's just as hard for me to scan said crooked picture of the straight sheet of paper. So I apologize for that.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/14922662/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/14922662/ Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:04:12 PDT
I'm going November 1st, and it's at 8.
I am SOO excited.
This is just about as amazing as getting to go to Wicked.

I mean, sure Spamalot was awesome, but I didn't really care if I saw that or not...I only went 'cause it was a Christmas gift to Michael.


^_^

Annnddd, I really need to upload more of my pictures for my next photo project.
I'm going to be printing more today...they're from the cat walk. I hope they're not too terribly dark...

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/14823902/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/14823902/ Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:31:04 PDT *faeriesnest, I'm going to feature 3 works from 10 of my favorite people to watch(not including her. but you should DEFINITELY check out her gallery. it's really cool). Soo, check them out. I don't know how to do the whole html markup stuff to give you thumbnails, so you'll have to bear with straight links.


1) For the Bleach addicted...~Sekra
"Imaginary Wedding Bells": [link]
"Hair Fettish": [link]
and "Curiosity": [link]
Most of them are funny whether you're into the show or not. It's hard to pick three from the gallery..they're all hilarious.


2) Then there's the multi-talented *ImageC0rrupt3d
"Pie Rats of the Caribbean": [link]
"Thanks for the 10k View": [link]
and "We're Armed and Cute": [link]
Again, hard to pick.
Her gallery has stuff for pretty much anyone.


3) Next is probably one of the first people I became addicted to here at dA(though she's under a new name now). She's an incredible photographer, and an even better writer...you should buy her book. Totally worth the like $8.=WanderingErato.
"This is how I feel.": [link]
"Fading Brake Lights": [link]
and "Squirrel Worries": [link]
Everything in her gallery is worth taking the time to read. <33


4) There's *Illahie who makes wonderful corsets & celtic things for commission.
"Donaghadee Harbour": [link] (the one photo I'll feature from her. I love it.)
"Celtic Fox Ring FINISHED": [link]
and "Jazmyn's Corset": [link]
She has really pretty celtic jewelry and drawings throughout her gallery as well. Some especially neat ones(refering to the drawings, here) of animals.


5) I recently discovered ~silverhawthorn and he's pretty much awesome in capturing life in his photos. Some of my favorites:
"Simplicity": [link]
"Caught": [link]
and "Little Bear II": [link]


6) =Royks edits the colors in his photos, but it makes them look that much more remarkable and...romantic? I guess is what I want to say.
"Love": [link]
"Time": [link]
and "Country side": [link]


7) *DeadlyDonna has incredibly cute and spontaneous pictures of animals.
"Giraffe 4": [link]
"Cheetah 1": [link]
and "Rainbow Waterfall": [link]


8) ~fallont22, is a great photographer with a love for photoshop...and her guitar...and rock.
"the beatles.": [link]
"American Flag": [link]
"Bridge": [link]


9) Pretty sure that *ThePrincessZelda is one of the... ]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/14772881/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/14772881/ Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:34:00 PDT
Sooo, long story short, I feel like crap and would like to ask for help on my next photo project.

I have NO idea what to do...what to theme it around...
Help...please...I want to blow this thing out of the water. I am so passionate about this...but now I feel like I shouldn't be allowed to have a camera.
I got maybe four good shots on my last project...and even those were a weak attempt. I thought I had something good coming for the theme and everything, then it just seemed to turn out to be some sort of lame thrown together thing.


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....anybody?

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/14676079/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/14676079/ Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:03:31 PDT
...So I'm trying it.
It'll probably just be the same stuff as in this gallery...so not worth watching unless you use stock.

If you're interested... [link]
I've only put up like five things so far....
Yeah...

And I'm totally going to be in this "multicultural music event" at my college on October 5th. EXCITING.

The end.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/14627133/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/14627133/ Fri, 14 Sep 2007 06:50:36 PDT
Anyway, I'm in English with a terrible writer's block on my stupid essay prompt, so I decided to clean up my gallery a bit and move some things to scraps.
And by going all the way from the beginning of my gallery to the end(or would it be end to beginning? what would the earliest piece be?)
...okay, I started on the first page and went to the last. The point is, I've realized how I've grown in photography. It makes me happy.

Also, anyone know anything in my gallery you think is more of a scrap piece? I've moved most of the ones I think are, but I'm also biased to what I like...so I want real opinions.
I won't be offended(lie. i will if it's something i love. just kidding...)

Welllll....that's it. And stupid essay prompt's suck. I want the same one as my boyfriend...he gets to write about an interesting pet...bahhhh

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/14621829/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/14621829/ Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:37:34 PDT I have three new pictures up because of this. It was all I got done today...and I have to have ten prints.
....I have one class day before this thing is due. Luckily, I have the film developed, so maybe I can pick them out and just work on printing most of them on Tuesday.
Though, I've shot two more rolls that I'd like to develop in case of pictures I can use...

Anyway, for those real/experienced photographers watching me....advanced critique strongly encouraged.
Tear me apart if necessary.

Really though...thanks to those who are good at this stuff and help me out.


I should have more prints next week.
Well, I will...but no telling if they'll be up. That's the "should have" part.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/14413934/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/14413934/ Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:00:30 PDT The fact that I'm taking photography.
I'm excited to learn. And use a real camera for it. Instead of my cheap digital that's more for like...documenting your life. Not capturing art.(though it has served me well, i'll give it that much.)

My photo teacher calls me a Nazi Communist, though, because I said the iPhone was a useless piece of crap, and a waste of money.
He's pretty cool.

Tuesday I'll process my first role of film. Could've today, but I wasn't sure how to read my meter yet...so I didn't take a practice role. And, then we were given the option to take pictures during lab time, then practice processing...but Michael's work was stupid and scheduled him for 4:30.
Photo gets out at 4.
You give us 20 minutes to get home, minimum, then he has 10 minutes to get ready & go to work. Which, I don't think would've happened.
Soo, we left early instead[we were given that option also] so he could make it on time.

Anyway...I already did a practice role to make sure my camera works. It should be done around 8...I did 24 hour processing. But, maybe it got out early? I dunno how it works.
Annnd, I finished a role of film to process in class. It was cool. I took pictures of my dog, pretty much, and played with different shutter speeds.
I'm sure those will look awesome.
He was digging at and trying to attack my other dog underneath my comforter...so they were pretty much action shots. And I tried moving my camera a bit when the shutter speed was longer...cause my photo teacher showed us some old & famous photos of stuff like that...
Maybe I'll magically end up with something good. That'd pretty much be awesome...considering it was a play role.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/14302540/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/14302540/ Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:20:00 PDT Well, Tuesday.

I took almost 300 pictures & videos.
Don't worry, most of those are not going here.
Some will, however. Sight seeing provides excellent things to...see.

Classes start next week; Monday.
I have everything for my camera now.
My dad couldn't find his flash unit, so he bought me a new old one on Amazon.[does that make sense?]
Last night, I bought batteries for the camera, and rechargeable batteries for the flash.
Considering Energizer had the rechargeable pack of four AA's for like $12 at Wal-Mart, and most packs of eight AA's were like $5...I decided rechargeable is better in the long run anyway.

I forgot to pick up film...I'm hoping the camera itself works.
Charged the batteries and tested the flash this morning, so that's all good.

But there was a battery in the camera last night when I looked at it.
It wasn't too bad, but a little bit corroded.
My mom doesn't think my dad's ever used the camera.
She bought it for him one Christmas. So it's roughly 15 or 10 years old, but new.


Anyway, I plan on getting film today and testing out a roll before next week.
And, hopefully uploading the few pictures I really like up here within the next couple days, too.
By couple, I probably mean like 10 or 15. Didn't really count as I put them in their own folder.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/13763844/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/13763844/ Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:23:30 PDT
I don't know the name of the parts well, but I'm going to try my best?

Now, my mom says it is called a "35 mm camera"...but the lenses[long parts you attach to the front, i'm assuming i've got that one right?] are incredibly long compared to what I've seen, and they have multiple things written on them. They have two different mm sizes on different parts: one is like 55 and 75, and the other is like 52 and 200...

Without either of these attached to the camera, it doesn't look like it will work very well with taking pictures...something seems VERY wrong with the camera.

Do I need to by a 35mm lens or something?
Like I said..my mom wasn't really any help. She just said it was called a 35 mm camera...but the book I have doesn't have that ANYWHERE. It just says it's SLR...
Plus, there are pictures in the book of the camera with an incredibly short lens attached to it- one like a third of the size of the one I have that says 55mm on it.

I'm going to get pictures of it in my scraps in a couple minutes, if that will help any of you answer me.

Yay being an amateur?
But hey, you gotta start somewhere.

Thanks soooooo much.

Edit:
Here's some links to the pictures

[link]

[link]

and

[link]

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/13227160/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/13227160/ Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:56:04 PDT
The photography course requires a 35 mm SLR camera, which has been easy for me to find.
Unfortunately...I have NO idea how to pick one...and suggestions? Cause if it were up to me I'd just go for the cheapest one probably...

I'd like something that would last me, 'cause this IS something I enjoy doing. I assume though that most of them would last pretty long, especially since they're all a couple hundred dollars, and they're supposed to be professional or whatever...

But yeah...I'm looking at these cameras online, but I have no idea what their descriptions are meaning when they talk about it.


Thanks for the help guys.

Edit: So I just realized there are digital & film of these??[my dad made it sound like just film] My course thing doesn't specify which[just that it has to b 35 mm SLR]...so I guess I'll just wait until the first day of class to find out, and then buy one.
So if you guys know anything about either film or digital, I'd appreciate knowing how to pick from either. Thanks again!

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/10383991/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/10383991/ Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:51:44 PDT Gallery=cleaned out.
Scraps=cleaned out[kind of, for the time being]
New stuff=submitted. Well, the writings, anyhow.

Rehearsal tomorrow at 9am 'till 8:30. Bleh. Oh well. Possibly shower and sleep time? I believe so, yes.

Remember, keep an eye out for that new deviant I posted about. Still has nothing up yet, but yeah. ^_^

Later all.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/10374205/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/10374205/ Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:04:58 PDT
I plan to weed through my gallery next & scrap stuff.

The last thing on my list right now is submitting new things.


Tired. Goodnight.

Ps. New to devArt: http://corythrowed.deviantart.com/

He has nothing up yet[just joined yesterday], but he writes really good poems.
Remember to check out his page sometime[not now] in the future to see if anything is up.




"There is no wrong! Only desperation, and I would have it! I want to live forever with you."
-Queen of the Damned

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/10237048/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/10237048/ Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:05:45 PDT I attempted to post a blog there, and I thought it did post..but apparently not.

Grease is over now, and I'm just trying to sort everything out.
Mostly, I've been catching up on sleep, and what we've been doing in half of my classes(literally: Anatomy & Physiology, Economics, and English) the past six weeks.

This weeked I'm trying to focus on cleaning, because my room has become a terrible mess, and I'm so behind on laundry. I've started wearing shirts that I haven't worn in forever..
I think it's the first REALLY free weekend that I've had in a while.

Hopefully everything won't be so much of a mess(room AND school) soon, and I can come back, upload some stuff I've done(writings and photos), and clear out my message center...
The next play has already started, but Mr. Pruett- our Tech Theatre teacher- is directing it, and he's intent on working us legally because we're students first....which means I'll only be at school for two or three ours every afternoon, and my entire weekend won't consist of "eat, rehearsal, sleep, repeat."

Hope all of you have been doing well.

]]> ~elliannah http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/9924011/ http://elliannah.deviantart.com/journal/9924011/ Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:27:10 PDT I am Ms. Lynch in Grease, ps.

I may have to quit work.
It's not like she's even freaking putting me on when I can anyway. Ugh.
I don't need the job that bad. It was just to save money to get Michael that gift...that I'm not stating because of the fact that he has a dA himself. But it's epic. And he will kill/love me for it.

I WILL get to commenting journals and submissions, and replying to comments, but at the moment I'm still trying to get a hold of everything.
I'm sick, and it sucks. Lack of sleep.
I broke down three times during school on Tuesday, and almost did two or three times the same day on top of that. I am NOT having fun.

I am in Creative Writing this year, though, so you may see more from me.
I plan on submitting a prose thing I wrote for class in a minute. Only because it's already typed up since I have to read it and turn it in tomorrow. Yeaahh.

Hope things are going well for all of you, and that I get back asap. ]]> ~elliannah