http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:gusdefrog&section=today deviantART RSS for by:gusdefrog en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:38:08 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/28519257/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/28519257/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:50:52 PST Kites and Crows at the Silvermoon Brewery tonight. It was a duo performance, but they went through a number of instruments, guitar, harmonica, banjo, accordian, xylaphone. Sweet voices. Very cool.

Hope all is well with everyone else, because I sure haven't been keeping up on reading journal posts or anything myself.

Oh yeah, it snowed!

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]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/24769137/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/24769137/ Fri, 15 May 2009 12:09:12 PDT
So weirdly, in the last few days, several people have asked me if I'm on facebook, which, I've had a log in, but never filled anything out, so... I've gone and filled some stuff out. Just a bit. Now what?

All you facebook experts.. guide me?


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I'm sure you've read these questions a thousand times, but, if I put together an art book, would any of you consider buying it?


Have you ever done one yourself? I guess it comes back to the question =pimpchimp asked me quite some time ago "What are you going to do with all these fantasy pictures?" I still don't know.


Have you ever bought one? I bought my dad several Frank Kelly Freas art books last christmas, but he's a famous professional associated with many interesting stories through cover work, so I think that sort of art book is not the same as a private collection ^_^. Though they were interesting to read, the comments from the artist reminded me very strongly of DA.


Anyway, what do you think on the subject? Please tell me.


]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/22855768/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/22855768/ Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:47:16 PST So if I missed something I was supposed to see in particular, I'm sorry.

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SNOW SNOW SNOW...... I want snow, I want to go sledding, skiing, make snowmen! I have my snowboots and gloves all ready.




Well, I guess it's just as well, since my stamina isn't very high right now, but still, we've had storms all week, but only a few non-sticky flakes have fallen in town.

The husband abandoned ship when the weekend hit (as usual) to go kill zombies (xbox) with his friends. I crawled out to listen to another band, this time "Freak Mountain Ramblers". They were very good. It's lovely to see experts at work, and I liked the eclectic mix of styles. It was an eclectic mix of crowd as well, I claimed a chair early on, and found myself rubbing elbows with young adults and white haired seniors while we watched people try to dance without turning it into a mosh pit.




Looks a bit interesting.
[link]

]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/19906297/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/19906297/ Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:48:16 PDT
-Choose a singer/band/group
-Answer using ONLY titles of songs by that singer/band/group
-Tag 6 more people--let 'em know you tagged them

Uhh.... this is hard, I know melodies not titles and names. *picks one at random from cd's so can see titles* Roy Orbison

1. Are you male or female?
Pretty Woman

2. Describe yourself.
Crawling Back

3. What do people feel when they're around you?
She's a Mystery to Me

4. How would you describe your previous relationship?
Walk On

5. Describe your current relationship.
You Got It

6 Where would you want to be now?
Dream Baby

7. How do you feel about love?
Falling

8. What is your life like?
We'll Take the Night

9. What would you wish for if you had only one wish?
My Friend

10. Say something wise...
It's Over

Now, who to torture....?
Well, I don't really do chain mail much, so I'm not going to fill out that part Sorry.
did the tagging this time.

]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/18276972/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/18276972/ Sun, 11 May 2008 16:36:41 PDT Recolor or modify the ones I've painted that were my drawings.
In whole or in part is fine, whatever you want.

It'd be nice if you mentioned me whenever posting the result.



Regarding the future of my artwork... ... well, the whole selling it thing is not going well since I really haven't got the energy to chase opportunities down and sit on them. Nor has anyone professed any interest in being my representative. Being more sickly this year has been rather depressing, and I've pondered posting up things that I did for my own interest as full size for free on my web site. At least then it'd be out there in the world? I have to decide what to do about hosting again next year anyway, so there will be changes coming up either way.


Can't change the mood on the journal . Odd. Maybe a browser conflict?

]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/17610401/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/17610401/ Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:08:32 PDT Nor artwork. But ... greetings all who read this

]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/15805213/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/15805213/ Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:00:39 PST

I'm still or again feeling quite sickly. Dug out a mix of bagpipes and steel guitars and generally songs that go thrumming through your body and played them too loud (poor neighbors.) I wish I were well enough to go see something performed live.

Since my thinking capacity and multitasking abilities have been reduced, music has been one of the things trimmed away from my life, not that I never listen to it, but it's now reduced to times when I only listen to music or watch something with music, instead of being something I listen to while I do other things.

I like all kinds of music, I think I'm a melody person, instead of rythymn or particular style. Except jazz.. I love live jazz, but recorded jazz makes my teeth hurt. Well.. I like softer things in general, I guess, there are some rap songs and some hard rock songs I love, but many others are too noisy for me to hear the tune if there is one.

Anyway, I love all of you musicians out there, the incredible or the mediocre, I can't imagine living without songs. I want to sing, or play, or listen.

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You know those nights when you look up from painting and it's morning? One of those

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The part no one knows how to answer...
Need Representative

I need someone who can make contacts, who can keep website submissions up to date, who can remember when it's been more than 6 weeks since contacting a publisher and it's time to send another letter or call again.

I would like to work with someone who could put me in the way of children's book artwork, work that encourages people, or find homes for previously finished works. Someone who likes talking to people.

What I can do: Draw/paint/illustrate approximately 10 hours a week. Keep you updated on my progress. Rework things that don't work for people who would like commissions without angsting (too much) over changes to "my" image. Expect 50% of any profit, after all, my work isn't doing much besides hanging around cluttering walls and dvds.

What I can't do: Go places much. Remember things very well (I can read though. ) Stay healthy and active very long at a time, so while I can usually say I'll do this piece within a week, I can't say I'll do it by tommorrow.

If you know anyone, or know anyone who might know anyone, please point them my way.

Thank you.
Kathi

]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/14911905/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/14911905/ Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:59:42 PDT I haven't been doing enough chatting or talking with people. Hopefully my friends are moving along through life happily.

Projects:

Set up hp pavilion dv6325us with Ubuntu 7.04 for 64bit AMD and Intel computers after contacting tech support about how it crashed so hard that sometimes even its Vista blue screens of death would crash to unreadability. After about 2 hours they had given me a series of tests to do and instructions on reseating the memory. (I won't go into the details of the preceding two hours, suffice to say, for once I was not impressed with HP support.) The tests all came back fine, Vista was still Vista, crashes sometimes if you close the lid during shutdown and it tries to go to sleep at the same time (even if you tell it not to) and other fun tricks, and they don't provide downgrades or upgrades for Windows, so... on to Linux based systems, I'll miss some of my games. That's about it.

The details: To boot the install cd I had to interupt the startup by pressing F6 and adding " noapic nolapic" which I got from [link]) but my computer hasn't got quite all the fancy stuff they had. After that the install ran perfectly smoothly. On first boot I discovered that the wireless wasn't working, I spent a long time looking for the right set of drivers, finally these instructions at [link] worked. I had downloaded the driver onto another machine and copied it over, so I skipped that step. And I feel ZERO guilt about using a windows driver, least they can do for selling a system that crashes it's own crash catching system. Everything else seems to work fine, all the media buttons, and even most of the remote buttons. Card reader reads, usb detects. I haven't written a dvd yet. I had a bit of trouble figuring out dual monitors, I don't think the x driver it defaulted to was quite right, because it cloned just fine right up until the window manager started . I wound up using Envy [link] . I did install the restricted movie codecs [link] . Again, I read that it's possibly illegal to install them where I am, but I bought a computer with the software from these companies pre-installed to read dvds I have already purchased. It's not my fault they partnered with Microsoft.

Because of it's newfangled 64 instead of 86 based architecture I had a bit more trouble when I got to the internet. Well, when I wanted to get fancy and run java games and watch flash video [link] worked for Java, for flash I wound up using a script from [link] (the one that says flash only). I tried many other things for each, starting with the official documentation, but these are the ones that worked.

Oh yeah, and I told Gimp that my Wacom pen was a screen stylus so I can use all it's pressure sensitivy .

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Need Representative

I need someone who can make contacts, who can keep website submissions up to date, who can remember when it's been more than 6 weeks since contacting a publisher and it's time to send another letter or call again.

I would like to work with someone who could put me in the way of children's book artwork, work that encourages people, or find homes for previously finished works. Someone who likes talking to people.

What I can do: Draw/paint/illustrate approximately 10 hours a week. Keep you updated... ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/13812052/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/13812052/ Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:50:35 PDT

Projects:

Vesparia's been and graduated.

Turning my website coding and arrangement search engine friendly. They pick up my front page and weird little side pages from my library section and that's about it usually. I'm thinking that since I'm dealing mostly in pictures this could be the impossible dream, but I keep trying.

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Need Representative

I need someone who can make contacts, who can keep website submissions up to date, who can remember when it's been more than 6 weeks since contacting a publisher and it's time to send another letter or call again.

I would like to work with someone who could put me in the way of children's book artwork, work that encourages people, or find homes for previously finished works. Someone who likes talking to people.

What I can do: Draw/paint/illustrate approximately 24 hours a week. Keep you updated on my progress. Rework things that don't work for people who would like commissions without angsting (too much) over changes to "my" image. Expect 50% of any profit, after all, my work isn't doing much besides hanging around cluttering walls and dvds.

What I can't do: Go places much. Remember things very well (I can read though. ) Stay healthy and active very long at a time, so while I can usually say I'll do this piece within a week, I can't say I'll do it by tommorrow.

If you know anyone, or know anyone who might know anyone, please point them my way.

Thank you.
Kathi

]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/12743321/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/12743321/ Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:11:06 PDT techpixie.net

I need an artist representative.

I know, I should be putting money into it, chasing around, going to shows. I would if I could. It seems to be one of those catch 22 things. If I could do all that to represent myself, I wouldn't need the representative.

I wonder if my artwork will outlast me?

]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/12234920/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/12234920/ Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:01:28 PDT
So, I probably missed alot, probably missed some important things, some wonderful things, and a few dead boring ones.

I bet you can guess I haven't been doing well. Since I haven't been here. I haven't really been doing badly either, just not well. I've reached the point where it looks like I'll always be on medication, unless some miraclulous change happens. But alot of people were there far ahead of me and seem to be getting on ok. So I'll keep working on adjusting.

Not been doing much of anything for artwork. Lacking something... Not inspiration really, I have ideas and things, just lacking the whatever it is that gives me the energy to fight my body to get them down onto paper or pixel. I'll work on that too .

I hope you've all been doing well, I see you've all been improving and changing while I've been missing.



]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/11185673/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/11185673/ Mon, 25 Dec 2006 08:25:20 PST



Merry Christmas or the best of the season to you if you don't celebrate christmas! I hope you're all having a joyous time.

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dAmnIllustrious
Sometimes I visit, sometimes not. I try. ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/10994985/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/10994985/ Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:06:52 PST




I have joined the masses. Well, anyway, my spouse has taken a job with a cable company and so TV has come to our house. ... in general, it's worse than I remember. But strangely difficult to look away from, kind of like a traffic accident.

Of course, there are worthwhile things on, concerts, documentaries, movies. But the first thing I went to peer at was the Anime. The horror. I don't know if it's because I've been able to watch anime in japanese or if it's just really THAT bad. Even of shows that I've never seen or heard of before, the english dialogue is... not right. Beyond the problems of matching the dialogue to images timed for another language, it's too loud, too fake. It makes me feel like there's not enough emotion behind it, but I think it's really that there's too much being forced into it. A gasp becomes a screeching sob, that sort of thing. Like a film movie being dubbed with a stage play. The dramatics and techniques just don't fit.

After all of that, the one that I found most comfortable was Avatar the Airbender. I wish I'd been watching it earlier, as the story seems quite progressed. It's actually so much different than the other anime, that I'm not positive it is anime and not cartoon? It looks like anime though.


For the rest,
I'm not exactly sick, but I haven't been feeling well either. I haven't done much... or shall we say any? artwork. Or much else. Many thanks to everyone who's given me a favorite or left me a comment. Sincere appologies to everyone who has been posting artwork, journals and everything because I just haven't been able to bring myself to be social and respond or comment on anything.

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dAmnIllustrious
Sometimes I visit, sometimes not. I try. ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/10426896/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/10426896/ Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:28:00 PDT



It was fun, next time I hope we only try for one area to explore!

It's freezing here. It could snow at any time.

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Reflection
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dAmnIllustrious
Sometimes I visit, sometimes not. I try. ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/10204138/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/10204138/ Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:01:29 PDT



I called that gallery I was applying to today, (Mirror Pond Gallery, Bend, OR) to see what had happened with my artwork. It had been a week and a half. I don't know why they hadn't called me. The lady said that they prefer "more traditional work" the faeries just "don't fit in". I may pick up my painting and pictures any time. She didn't even have any other gallery suggestions when I asked, and ignored my question about providing paintings with different subjects. She suggested rather dubiously, that I could ask at gift stores.

In other words, nope.

I don't know, I guess other than being out the money to prepare the pictures with framing to their specifications and whatnot, it's no different than any of my other local gallery contacts. Just took awhile longer. Still, I think they should read their own submission page reguarding rejections again. It makes it sound like you'll get all kinds of helpful information from your rejection.

"If you are not accepted it is reasonable to ask why and find out if you could try again later. If the jurors feel the work isn't something that would sell at Mirror Pond Gallery, we will most often try to suggest places we think would be a better fit. What may seem like a rejection is generally done with the artist's best interest at heart. In the end it usually works to the artist's advantage by perhaps pushing them to increase their skills, find a gallery better suited to their particular style or challenge the artist to try again. As hard as it is for the artist to hear a rejection, it is equally hard to be the bearer of tough news but the gallery manager wouldn't be doing you a favor by accepting your art and then simply "warehousing" it. After all, you want your work to reach the right clientele so that it will sell, sell, sell!"

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Health wise: So so. Not getting better, not declining noticibly. New kind of pain medication. Seems to cut off the pain, but I feel the dizziness and vertigo worse. Hard to tell if the medication is adding to it, or with the lack of pain, I can just notice it more. Family is doing well for the most part.

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"Always look on the bright side of life... de dum... de day.. de dum... de day"

Vacation ahoy! I mean.. real vacation.. like.. we're going away for a whole week! We're going to California (I know *gasp* a whole state away. ). But! We're going to Disneyland, and I may get a chance to visit another potential gallery *grips approval of open submission with attached full submission forms in little paws* in LA! If my work can't find a niche in LA I think I may have to give up this whole artist idea .

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Sometimes I visit, sometimes not. I try. ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9983889/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9983889/ Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:01:17 PDT



Mood: Disoriented

This weekend my husband and I ordered a new loveseat (small two-person couch for you foreign types from the other side of the country or other countries). I think it's the first brand new furniture I've ever purchased. And the display model was so cool! A glider rocker recliner, with split seats so that one side can rock and the other stay still even.

The walker is working out ok for the most part. It's nice to not have to cling to someone all the time, and people don't bump into me accidently as much, either that or I don't notice it as much, because I'm not in so much danger of keeling over. I do feel kind of silly since I don't think I look like I need the walker when I've got it to steady myself on. Only when I don't have it and I'm falling over because I get a wave of vertigo and gravity plays games.

I've had another gallery rejection. This one gave me at least a "talented amateur" rating though. On the other hand, they also said my work's not polished enough. I guess that means I need to somehow modify my style so that the roughness I can't help looks more intentional? Wish me luck though. I'm applying to another local gallery in two weeks. And I'm working on a more "classical" rose faerie to submit, hoping that if I give them something more bland, they'll be less shocked by my others? I've decided the other two pictures will be and . But by all means, if you have a suggestion to make on the merits of another of my pictures over those, please speak up!

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dAmnIllustrious
Sometimes I visit, sometimes not. I try. ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9827766/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9827766/ Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:20:35 PDT



Mood: Disoriented

So... I hadn't realized I vanished with so little said.

Anyway, my spouse had his thyroid out last week. Turned out that one of the nodules was cancerous, they found in the biopsy afterward. Not sure why they bother checking after they remove the whole thing? But they do.

I stayed over night in the hospital with him and then had my own doctor appointment the next day. And was pretty active in general trying to make sure he breathed deeply often enough (very important when recovering from the anesthetics, at least, the ones used here) and drank enough. And generally nagged him, or so I'm told.

You can guess with my current health levels what happened then? I slept for about two days and have been very gradually crawling back up to a survivable level. It feels like we've been really active, even though I haven't done alot. My sister's birthday was yesterday, and we spent most of that with my nephew. We have more doctors to visit, so they can bill us for money we don't have.

So anyway.. this week I hope to get back to doing some pictures, but don't hold your breath.

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Vist this emtpy chat for fun . ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9708438/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9708438/ Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:42:02 PDT Mood: Disoriented

Just a smattering of my favorite favorites on DA. Some of the ones I ALWAYS like, you know? No way I could fit them ALL in one post, so I may do this again sometime.







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So? What would an elephant look like wearing a snail shell? Huh? Huh? ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9658295/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9658295/ Wed, 09 Aug 2006 02:25:06 PDT

Mood: Disoriented

Thanks for looking.

I know, you've already read a dozen journals on liking or not liking of the new DA v5, so if you don't want to read any more about it... skip this.

When I first logged into it, it was aweful. So many things weren't working, and it's HUGE. I usually run my browser at around 800 pixels wide and have things all squashed and running off the page. Fortunately firefox is a flexible browser, so to a limited extent I can adapt it.

Some of the things they've fixed already, like you can now see who favorited (edit: sometimes) and the lag seems to be reduced at least, and a few other little things that used to be broken links.

Some things at the time of this typing are still broken.

Like I can't see any of my favorites that are scraps . I'm not even sure if adding to favorites is working properly. There was this awesome goat and sheep illustration that I tried to favorite, and it showed up once, and is gone.

I think everybody knows something is wrong with category browsing, newest doesn't work for instance.

And views aren't being shown on deviations. Please drop a note if you've seen my latest , even if you haven't got much to say.

And yes, I did submit a one thing that didn't seem to be listed to the bug report forum thing. But I don't think there's a lot of use in spamming them with copies of the others.

:sigh: I used to love change. Now it's another chore. And I wish that they'd been able to clear more of this up during their beta testing. Some of the new features look promising.. but I don't like having so many of the old ones broken.

Anyway, that's my impression of the new DA.

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Health status: I'm tormenting my family with scheduling a few days of sleeping laying down soon. They're not looking forward to it because this practically paralyzes me for hours afterward and makes me... well.. not quite here for longer. But sleeping all the time sitting up is driving me crazy. So when that happens I either won't be around much or I may just seem.. very off. Like you could tell, no?

I'm probably getting a walker soon so I can be a little more independant. I thought I'd get one for like.. my 80th birthday or something.. not in my early 30's.

Other than that, no change really. ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9529155/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9529155/ Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:28:07 PDT

Mood: Disoriented

So, I got a new graphics card. Spouse.

And then I spent hours and hours trying to calibrate my colors all over again. I never realized how much I depended on just the right balance of contrast and darkness to be able to see the differences between similar shades.



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Reflection
A room I made, very quiet and empty place mostly, I'm going to try to lurk a bit more.

dAmnIllustrious
The old crowd, the new crowd, and sometimes a very thin crowd.

AnimeArtists
o_o What more can I say?

DigiBrush
(full of help with artwork issues) ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9480465/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9480465/ Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:20:01 PDT Mood: Disoriented

Unprintable words.

MRI, EEG, everything looks withing normal tolerances. There's no reason for me to be doing worse suddenly.

Lovely.

Next I get to go visit a psychiatrist, because maybe it's all mental. I don't really mind visiting a psychiatrist. They're a little nuts , but not all that scary in my experience. Which isn't much, I admit.

Unfortunately I can't think of anything other than the stress of being unwell all the time that could possibly be causing me enough mental fatigue to make me unwell. I suppose it's possible I could be caught in one of those vicious cycle things... But really, wouldn't I feel about 5000 times better when I'm really happy then? I mean... I still do have things that make me really happy.

Even the neurologist said he expects most likely they'll send me back in his direction. The problem is apparently, they're just out of things to try.

Which means I'm stuck like this indefinitely. Will I ever be able to sleep laying down in bed without extreme discomfort/pain and increased debility? Or engage in bouncy physical activities withough my head feeling like it will pop off or split in half? Which, if I dwell on that too long, I WILL have lots to tell the psychologist.

So...

I need to work on coloring more, I've got more lines than colors lately. I think I was having difficulties coloring digitally that I wasn't noticing conciously, because I changed my pentool nib and suddenly it seems much more fun again.

Does anyone know of any really slow moving frogs?

My entries will never win because this little character entry will obviously pwn? them all [link]

And now I think I will waste the rest of the day buiding pyramids in Pharoh. It's such a slow.. mind numbing.. endless sort of game.

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Reflection
A room I made, very quiet and empty place mostly, I'm going to try to lurk a bit more.

dAmnIllustrious
The old crowd, the new crowd, and sometimes a very thin crowd.

AnimeArtists
o_o What more can I say?

DigiBrush
(full of help with artwork issues) ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9426413/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9426413/ Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:22:06 PDT

Mood: Disoriented


Thanks everyone for your support and kind thoughts.

I thought I'd post an update on what I know, I hope it's reassuring . I don't mind if you skip it.

The doctors don't have a clue how brains work. <-- no change then.

My shunt (which drains off excess fluid from brain and spine) is probably NOT functioning currently. <-- Ooo... sounds like something to fix to me.

My cerebrospinal? fluid pressures are not dangerously or lethally high. I think. It probably means that having a bit of my skull removed WAS as effective as they hoped it might be for preventing the need for the shunt to keep me alive. I wish I didn't FEEL half dead then .

I'm having difficulty with balance, coordination, memeory, speaking (verbally). <--- Well, yes, I have been for the last two years haven't I? Off and on anyway. But this is like... 3 or 4 times worse than my "worst" days. Ooo... still sounds like something needs fixed to me.

My head feels squishy. I don't know that it's always pain exactly, but the squishy discomfort prevents me from laying down. <-- Not medically an issue? Okaay... sleep deprivation will be eventually, not from not sleeping, but from not staying asleep, either that or I'll adjust to sleeping sitting up eventually.

In review, I'm in for long, boring, painful, irritating ping ponging through the random probing that brain doctors do when they know you're "not in any danger" but that something does seem to be wrong. Maybe you're depressed? Any big life changes recently? Have you changed your eating habbits?

So, I'll be here, some of the time, or not. Surviving as usual, just with not as much fun.

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Reflection
A room I made, very quiet and empty place mostly, I'm going to try to lurk a bit more.

dAmnIllustrious
The old crowd, the new crowd, and sometimes a very thin crowd.

AnimeArtists
o_o What more can I say?

DigiBrush
(full of help with artwork issues) ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9412085/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9412085/ Tue, 18 Jul 2006 02:02:29 PDT

Mood: Disoriented

Feeling worse last few days. Very difficult to speak, typing is easier. Hurts to have any pressure against my head. Bet you can imagine how well I've been sleeping.

Been to hospital and back. Family got told to bring me back if they can't wake me up, because that's when they'll be able to justify emergency measures. ( And then they wonder why we're not optimistic? Especially when the doctor mutters something about "if you notice in time".)

Neurosurgeon's sending me to do a few more tests, mostly sounds like " no idea why you're feeling worse, you'll get better, or you won't."

I know, I only post when I feel bad. When I feel better I'm too busy doing stuff or painting or something.

If I die (not that I'm expecting to, but times like this I just can't help that morbid part of me that wonders) I'd like to somehow leave all my pictures where they can be viewed. That's probably hoping for alot though. Sorry, just wanted to say it though.



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Reflection
A room I made, very quiet and empty place mostly, I'm going to try to lurk a bit more.

dAmnIllustrious
The old crowd, the new crowd, and sometimes a very thin crowd.

AnimeArtists
o_o What more can I say?

DigiBrush
(full of help with artwork issues) ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9342202/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9342202/ Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:49:37 PDT

Mood: Disoriented

I had this idea for doing a large picture with all kinds of edible plants from this area... But I'm lazy, it sounds like a lot of work, and would anyone even truly enjoy it?

I think I'm finally over that cold/flu!

But other health news is not so good.

But my symptoms of disorientation, memory loss, and balance and coordination seem increased. (ICH and Chiari) I'm writing this down here because if I still feel this way in a week, after I've been well for awhile, I think it's time to go back to the rounds of doctors and spinal taps and such. Bleh... I haven't got the energy for it. But anyway, if I mark it here, I might notice after it's been a week. Otherwise I tend to wonder how long it's been, a few days? A few weeks? Months? They all become the same.

has been diagnosed with two nodules in his thyroid, he's getting a biopsy and has been having other kinds of scans for the last few weeks. For some *strange*(sarcasm) reason, he's also been lacking in energy and enthusiasm this summer.

On the plus side, it looks like about 10 tons of paperwork might finally be paying off and SS might actually give out some money in the near future instead of more paperwork. Then again, that could be too optimistic. Already there are more delays.

Hmmm... what else? I'm still playing with the idea of animated dryads. It takes alot of thinking to work on though, so I don't very often.

may be producing a story for more drawings of her red panda character. Time will tell us.

I drag out the group comic stuff to draw on once in a great while, but I don't know, it seems kind of lonely... not a lot of inspiration to work on it.

I have that sketch to rework some for and and then color still. See... I keep telling people I'm lazy.

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Reflection
A room I made, very quiet and empty place mostly, I'm going to try to lurk a bit more.

dAmnIllustrious
The old crowd, the new crowd, and sometimes a very thin crowd.

AnimeArtists
o_o What more can I say?

DigiBrush
(full of help with artwork issues) ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9245310/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9245310/ Sat, 01 Jul 2006 19:55:53 PDT



and did I mention



I guess it's been awhile since I've been actually ill, not just dealing with my standard not wellness. I feel awefull, too hot, too cold, I spilled cold tea on myself and it BURNED... I swear. o_o;

*dies*

So I'm going to lurk in chat, look at anime, stare blankly.. you know.. standard get well remedies.

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Reflection
A new room I made, very quiet and empty place mostly, so I'm able to lurk there when I'm not up to more exciting chats.

dAmnIllustrious
The old crowd, the new crowd, and sometimes a very thin crowd.

AnimeArtists
o_o What more can I say?

DigiBrush
(full of help with artwork issues) ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9226962/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9226962/ Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:57:42 PDT

Nothing much to say, but since I've been back for more than a week, I thought my journal shouldn't keep saying I was going away.

Not feeling so well, but then, I've been doing too much, sort of one of those vicious cycles.

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Reflection
A new room I made, very quiet and empty place mostly, so I'm able to lurk there when I'm not up to more exciting chats.

dAmnIllustrious
The old crowd, the new crowd, and sometimes a very thin crowd.

AnimeArtists
o_o What more can I say?

DigiBrush
(full of help with artwork issues) ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9002897/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/9002897/ Wed, 07 Jun 2006 19:56:33 PDT

Probably about a week, maybe a bit less, starting Saturday.

Other thoughts:

I WILL draw/paint for money . Well.. I imagine most people would.

If it's mine (not a collab or something like that), and you want to play with it, color it, chop it into bits, feel free. . If you get rich off it, at least tell me how.

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Reflection
A new room I made, very quiet and empty place mostly, so I'm able to lurk there when I'm not up to more exciting chats.

dAmnIllustrious
The old crowd, the new crowd, and sometimes a very thin crowd.

Illustrationshare
It's still there, but.... abandoned mostly.

DigiBrush
(full of help with artwork issues) ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8922861/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8922861/ Tue, 30 May 2006 17:24:34 PDT

with Halls (I can't believe how few people seem to have viewed these pages).

with (strangely enough) Go-Bee!

with The Retriever .

with Fish and Chimps (website).

with Lost the Lead (also website).

with the Adventures of Action Jack and also elite gamer. You dormant artist you.

with Fatty comics and various shorts .

guidlines. and new one, Ninja flip flop.

with Ravenwood (in full color no less, crazy lady ).

with Lullaby. The detail.

with.. self comics? I don't know if they have a group name come to think of it.

I can't keep up on what series, and I think they're mostly teasers posted on DA.

the gory ones.

... also somewhat dormant seeming.

with InsertCoin , although he seems to have moved on to Adventures in Education.
~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8858447/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8858447/ Tue, 23 May 2006 20:55:12 PDT

You all know, well, if you've been watching me any length of time you know, that I'm fighting memory and cognative issues, and I've been gone alot, and I have times I produce something every day and times when I don't produce anything for a month...

I've decided that alot of this trend is poor management on my part, so I'm going to really crack down on the number of things I'm trying to keep up with for awhile.

What I'm going to do on DA is heavily reduce the amount of people I watch.. well for deviations at least. I don't want to.. I watch so many amazing and wonderful people! But I think I need to. So I'm going to try it. So if you have something you especially wanted me to see, and I don't seem to have been by to see it, please send me a note or if you see me in chat beat me over the head with it!



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Reflection
A new room I made, very quiet and empty place mostly, so I'm able to lurk there when I'm not up to more exciting chats. ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8846349/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8846349/ Mon, 22 May 2006 15:44:43 PDT



Rules:

1. MUST (!!) answer EVERY SINGLE question.
... ok.. I guess.
2. Be HONEST.
.... once I lied about eating a cookie?
3. Pass onto 6 of your DA friends. ^^
... no chainmail is only for battle.
4. Have fun and let us grow together as a community ^^



Name- Kathi Ann Hurlburt Day ... my mom claims Kathi Ann means "Pure Grace"
Birthday- February 18
Birthplace- Burns, OR
Current Location- Bend, OR
Eye Color- Well.. one is sort of brownish green and the other is sort of greenish brown, sometimes it looks like I have one green and one brown, sometimes they're about the same color.
Hair Color- Brown, of that odd no color shade so I don't know if I have any grey yet.
Height- 5'8.5"
Right or Left Handed- Right... mostly.
Heritage- Agricultural and clan based I guess. Mixed definitely.
Shoes I Wore Today- What shoes? I only wear them when I have to mostly.
Weaknesses- Chocolate, kittens, recrimination.
Fears- Landing, forgetting, touching a dead pet (I don't know why, if I'm planning to eat it, I don't mind, but if it was a pet, it's harder than touching my eye to put in a contact... which takes me about 15 minutes. I've even unfortunately had to hold a pet while it died, but touching one that's already dead, to pick it up... ).
Perfect Pizza- Homemade.
Most Overused Phrase- Ummm...
Your Bedtime- Varies.
Pepsi or Coke- Burnt sugar in bubbling acide laced with caffine, my favorite! Either that means.
Mcdonalds or Burger King- ... I guess McDonalds?
Lipton or Nestea- ... I don't like instant tea. >_< My favorite tea is white pear right now.
Chocolate or Vanilla- Chocolate.
Cappucino or Coffee- Yuck!
Do You Smoke- No, I'd die.
Do You Swear- Sometimes.
Do You Sing- Yes, to the sorrow of others. But not too much in public.
Do You Shower Daily- Depends on the time of year? I get really cold after I shower, even when the shower was very warm.
Have You Ever Been In Love- Yes.
Do You Want to Get Married- I am.
Do You Believe in Yourself- I think I used to more, after I figure out what's left of me I may more again.
Do You Want to Go to College- I've been a couple years, if I could afford it and remember everything again I'd love to, but...
Do You Get Motion Sickness- When I'm sitting still and playing a game that moves a lot or when I'm reading in a car. Something about having the eyes and body not agree about if I'm moving or not.
Are You a Health Freak- Er... no.
Do You Like Thunderstorms- Yes .
Do You Play an Instrument- Not currently. But I have.
In The Past Month Have You Drank Alcohol- ... I don't think so. Usually a glass or three a year. No, wait I did take a sip of my sisters freakish mixed fruit drink on Mother's day, so yes.
In The Past Month Have You Smoked- No, I haven't caught fire.
In The Past Month Have You Been On Drugs- Only a prescription version of Alieve.
In The Past Month Have You Gone to The Mall- Er.. if you can still call it a mall. They tore it down and rebuilt it all to be more like outdoor plazas.
In The Past Month Have You Eaten a Box of Oreos- No... but I could eat an oreo after reading this question?
In The Past Month Have You Eaten Sushi- No.
In The Past Month Have You Been on Stage- No.
In The Past Month Have You Been Dumped- No.
Do You Work- No. ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8780803/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8780803/ Mon, 15 May 2006 16:55:56 PDT

Well, some of you may have noticed I've been missing. It's ok if you didn't though. Seems like it's been a busy time for almost everyone I know at all.

First I found out that I probably am about as well as I'm going to get in the short term (a short term made up of years.) So my flaky memory, shaky fine motor control, my never knowing if today will be a day I can live like a normal person, or a day when I need help identifying socks to put on... well, it's indefinite.

I think I'm adjusting... but ...well, it's going to take awhile to figure out how to live this way forever. Somehow for awhile seemed... easier to adapt to? Silly, nothing's changed really. I guess I'm not good at living in the now.

Then I was sick, again, there's this flu/virus thing going around. What fun.

Then, my grandma passed away last week, in her sleep they think, a sad thing for those of us left behind, but she'd have been happy. Her own mother just died last year, and the last few years of her life were very painfull and lingering, and she told me afterward that she really, really didn't want to end up like that.

She was about 80 years young. A much more active and healthy person that I am. She put in a huge garden every year, made jams, jellies and preserves, ran her own little snowblower up and down her driveway, and worked "part time" (about 60 hours a week some weeks from stories I've heard) at the local library in LaPine. And that was just her daily lifestyle in recent years.

I used to measure how much I'd grown by the buttons on her shirts. Until I somehow became quite a bit taller than she was. I don't know.. alot of random stuff I remember. The sad thing is, I hardly remember the last few times I saw her. When I think about that I start crying, but really, I had many years to enjoy her, a good deal more than my younger sisters and cousins, so if I'm missing the more recent stuff, it's not like I don't remember her at all or anything.

K

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Reflection
A new room I made, probably be a very quiet and empty place I expect, so I'll be able to lurk there when I'm not up to more exciting chats.

dAmnIllustrious
Such nefarious characters as PSOWILL, Daystorm, Spotlight and Raven207b can be found lurking around here sometimes.

Illustrationshare
It's still there, but kind of empty and a bit of a atmosphere yet. Last I dropped in anyway.

DigiBrush
(full of help with artwork issues) ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8605397/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8605397/ Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:59:02 PDT

Too many pretty pictures to look at. Too many that make me laugh. I've viewed over 300 deviations in the last few hours and I still have over 500 waiting. I might just zot them and start over again soon.

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Reflection
A new room I made, probably be a very quiet and empty place I expect, so I'll be able to lurk there when I'm not up to more exciting chats.

dAmnIllustrious
Such nefarious characters as PSOWILL, Daystorm, Spotlight and Raven207b can be found lurking around here sometimes.

Illustrationshare
It's still there, but kind of empty and a bit of a atmosphere yet. Last I dropped in anyway.

DigiBrush
(full of help with artwork issues) ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8316754/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8316754/ Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:45:16 PST

Claims to have tagged me to list 6 weird things about me.

You mean, there are things about me that aren't weird?

>>>>
Rules : The 1st player of this "game" starts with the topic "6 weird habits/things about yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a journal about their 6 weird habits/things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 6(or as many as you know ) people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "you are tagged" in their devpage comments and tell them to read yours....
>>>>

Except, I don't tag, or pass on chain letters, or any of that, so while I'll fill it out for you, others will have to spontaneously volunteer or something.

1. I don't belive that inanimate objects are alive, but I commonly say things like "this book lives on the top shelf" or "those socks live in the little basket".

2. I have bobbly antenna on a headband.

3. I'm not bothered much by blood, gore, gushing wounds, but needles scare me.

4. I have a hard time telling right from left, which makes it easier to read backwards or use my left hand instead of my right if I need to. (Except for writing because that comes out backward. >_>.

5. People who don't give a *bleeeping bleep* about what anyone thinks refuse to tell me dirty jokes or swear much in my presence.

6. I wish I had fuzzy hamster-like pj's. .

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Reflection
A new room I made, probably be a very quiet and empty place I expect, so I'll be able to lurk there when I'm not up to more exciting chats.

dAmnIllustrious
Such nefarious characters as PSOWILL, Daystorm, Spotlight and Raven207b can be found lurking around here sometimes.

Illustrationshare
It's still there, but kind of empty and a bit of a atmosphere yet. Last I dropped in anyway.

DigiBrush
(full of help with artwork issues) ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8088354/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8088354/ Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:34:57 PST

Over 6000k
Thank you all. I couldn't think what ~B34R could be talking about when he said I had over 6000k, and then I came here and ~WilliamAcorn Had left me an on the number post! Heheh, awesome! And I've been on DA for almost a year now too.

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HEDD SPACE with

Lines to Color such as from

Illustrationshare "weekly" contests. (Still going? Maybe.)

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Reflection
A new room I made, probably be a very quiet and empty place I expect, so I'll be able to lurk there when I'm not up to more exciting chats.

dAmnIllustrious
Such nefarious characters as PSOWILL, Daystorm, Spotlight and Raven207b can be found lurking around here sometimes.

Illustrationshare
It's still there, but kind of empty and a bit of a atmosphere yet. Last I dropped in anyway.

DigiBrush
(full of help with artwork issues) ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8079183/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8079183/ Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:40:43 PST

I'm having one of my more forgetful days, I started this off with a plan for what I was going to put down, and now I have no idea, so anyway, I'll just muddle through.

Reflection
A new room I made, probably be a very quiet and empty place I expect, so I'll be able to lurk there when I'm not up to more exciting chats.

dAmnIllustrious
Such nefarious characters as PSOWILL, Daystorm, Spotlight and Raven207b can be found lurking around here sometimes.

Illustrationshare
It's still there, but kind of empty and a bit of a atmosphere yet. Last I dropped in anyway.

DigiBrush (full of help with artwork issues)

]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8079177/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8079177/ Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:25:18 PST

Testing images again.

]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8021228/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/8021228/ Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:34:28 PST My sister heard that I had considered asking for a DA print account for my birthday, and not being a DA veteran, got a little confused, and generously bought me a whole year of DA subscription.

Not quite the same, but much appreciated.


My site: techpixie.net

Chats:
dAmnIllustrious
Illustrationshare
DigiBrush (full of help with artwork issues) ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/7823638/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/7823638/ Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:18:59 PST Done.. for now. But nothing left that I know of that requires finishing, I mean, it's operational, but not perfectly like I imagined.

So... I'll get back do doing some of that making pictures stuff here soon .



[link] <-- the link to it for the lazy .

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Edit: Not done for now. For reasons beyond my control. Evil web services.

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New chat: dAmnIllustrious ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/7637856/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/7637856/ Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:53:24 PST I got triggered off by an innocent compliment from on my latest piece. And then I thought, he didn't deserve that it was directed more at the world in general.

So here you go, world in general:

I think fantasy has a bad name and even here on DA fantasy is the "just shove it all in there" category. Puck is part of the old fantasy stuff, the "grandma said that if I go near the old well a monster will get me" kind that we "reality" oriented people don't see much anymore even though that tale was effective in keeping small children away from said dangerous well and generations might have believed it. The closest I can think of to "real fantasasy" stuff right now would be UFO's. Most people don't believe in them, but they're based on flickers, shadows, imagination and fear, and who knows? They COULD be.

The other kind of fantasy is like my fat faeries, or snap dragon, silly stuff, hey, I made this critter and stuck wings/tail/horns/body parts that do not belong to it, isn't it cute?

Chat in 's chatroom. ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/7609692/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/7609692/ Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:19:04 PST Fatty's Contest with ~fattyfattybowler

HEDD SPACE with ~ScribbleMonster

Lineart of Characters by =scarmander

Angels with ~gusdefrog and ~trigger63

Illustrationshare "weekly" contests.

Illustrationshare chat main account, with a monthly contest.

Darn.. I know I should know of more to mention here, but I can't think. Oh, and anyone can color or play with my deviations and scraps except for the collaborations, then you should as the other participant's permission. ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/7254876/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/7254876/ Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:24:12 PST
>_> You know what this means... *select all delete select all delete for 800 deviations, 100 and some odd journals and notices* ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/7030896/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/7030896/ Sun, 20 Nov 2005 17:34:09 PST Eh? What?

*is found spamming the "select all" and "delete all selected" buttons repeatedly*

Sorry, I felt like that stack of 500 was looming over me about to topple at any moment.



____________________________

If anyone should every have a crazy impulse to color any line art or whatever that I have, feel free! I have lots of lines in my scraps and I can even send you line art/sketches for things I only have posted finished. I also expect that anyone who wants to can use the pictures freely. But if you get rich off them.. somehow.. tell me how and share .

The reason for that little rant is because of a few unpleasant things I've read about art theft.

Right.. ...so the moral is BE FREE little ones! Frolic, romp, ramble and play!
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Chat [link] ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/6714911/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/6714911/ Sat, 08 Oct 2005 18:42:02 PDT

Mood: Sick again *dies*.

Well, a one week DA subscription. Thought I should put it to use, display another photo. Umm ¬_¬, stuff.

I'm surviving.
I hope you are all surviving too. Having fun'd be nice as well. .

I had a thought, but I lost it.


P.S. Oh yeah! Uh.. >_< I'm slowly working my way through the around 1000 messages and deviations I had let build up. Not commenting on as many as I maybe ought. But just wanted to let you all know that I AM viewing them. Might delete the journals though . It's kind of overwhelming.



]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/6559683/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/6559683/ Tue, 20 Sep 2005 23:29:44 PDT
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I guess 4000 snuck past while I was sleeping.
Thanks all!


]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/6397577/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/6397577/ Fri, 02 Sep 2005 13:28:27 PDT Deviant ~gusdefrog has 64 new messages

Fuzzy, dizzy, clumsy, naseous, . Not feeling well.. don't seem to be getting better very fast, kind of thinking it's not exactly just a cold or if it is a cold it's causing shunt/pressure complications that are mucking with my head.

So um.. this is why I'm not lurking in Illustrationshare and or doing anything constructive. Doctors .

]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/6274494/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/6274494/ Sat, 27 Aug 2005 15:52:49 PDT

Mood:
Music:
Ideas: eh.. um.. I had one.. once.

Ooops. I guess I've been overdoing it a bit, so I'm supposed to cut back on my activities and walk more and rest more. (Hey wait, isn't walking an activity? Oh well.)

So, my art submissions will slow down. My comments will be fewer, and my lurking.. uh.. yeah.. well.. I haven't been getting a lot of that in anyway because I've been to busy. Maybe lurking is rest, that's it rest = lurking.

To those of you who write instead of make pictures, my appologies, but I may no longer be viewing many of your deviations. Some people (you know who you are I suspect) have already noticed my lapses in reading. But they're going to become more structured because it's one of the areas I'm having difficulty with, sustained concentrationm, working memory? (*-* Hey wait, I thought it was all supposed to work), and multitasking are my weak spots, so I'm only going to choose one thing to read a day. All the books I haven't finished.



Some favorites
[link]
[link]
[link]

Chat where I lurk --> [link]

~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/6152730/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/6152730/ Sat, 06 Aug 2005 19:23:25 PDT but exhasted!

We're moved! And I tormented the internet company by sitting on their front desk waving their modem at them and pointing out that I could browse google from the internet line that "isn't hooked up yet". anyway.. we have interent after only one week!

And there are hummingbirds next door! They're so cute!!! I saw them in the flowers and didn't realize what they were at first because I've never seen live ones in the "wild".

Hurray for having enough space to unpack.. er.. unpack.. I think I hear someone calling my name. *hides*

Everyone, it'll take me a few days to catch up but I'll be seeing you around again .

Chat where I lurk --> [link] ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/6060619/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/6060619/ Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:20:10 PDT Kathi

* is a Lurker
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Bah.. I was going to save this journal entry for Sunday but here goes anyway. Moving again I bet none of you that read this didn't already know that. Move in day is Monday or Tuesday. It'll be cool though. I'll visit the library until I get interenet. I have a giant non-digital painting planned.. I don't know if I should say what of in case I turn chicken and don't do it.

Chat where I lurk --> Illustrationshare

Perefim would like people to look at his contest, since he wants to run it by mail and is located in the US, and has an entry fee... eh.. .. but just in case you're that sort. [link]

____________________

is no longer a staff member of ? Sad.
Worse are the rumors of politics and finance afoot.
]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5991788/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5991788/ Thu, 21 Jul 2005 01:10:52 PDT

I just can't begin to tell you how frustrated I am with my recovery right now. Progress is progress I guess.. but sometimes you try do something.. that reminds you of what you used to do.



Sorry friend. ]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5851515/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5851515/ Tue, 05 Jul 2005 21:26:20 PDT

Mood: Sick again *dies*.

Busy, busy weekend. Ok.. nevermind the weekend bit and substitute lately. We have our application in at the nice appartment downtown. Simon has another year in the US. (Hahaha the government stamp in his passport looks so fake .) And we took the nephew to 3 parks a parade and a festival for the 4th of July. So of course, now I'm sick. My middle sister gave me her cold . Again.

I just wanted to let everyone know that I have read ALL the journals on my list, and commented on none of them. The same for the latest deviations, I'm looking, I'm just not saying much. I'll do better when I'm not .

And this is my last journal with pictures. It's been so fun while it lasted. Thank you once again =Damster. It was great!

shesakillah - ( but evil plots take time.)
till-all-are-one - collab with Raven207b on our comic panels.
Fooray - birthday belated of neccessity.

... there's something I've forgotten. Speak up!



]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5794544/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5794544/ Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:35:31 PDT

Mood: ...

It's been... not fun.. let's say. Lately that is.
Apartment hunting, government forms, therapy sessions, family. Nothing too unusual... just not much fun.

^-^ Sorry if I'm falling behind a bit on projects.

shesakillah - ( but evil plots take time.)
till-all-are-one - collab with Raven207b on our comic panels.

... there's something I've forgotten. Speak up!



]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5707170/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5707170/ Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:29:02 PDT

Mood: I forgot the words.

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So let me take this time to list my current prospective projects.

shesakillah - ( but evil plots take time.)
till-all-are-one - collab with Raven207b on our comic panels.

... there's something I've forgotten. Speak up!

.. and one more blank canvas. I must get me more of those, they are kind of fun!



]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5671090/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5671090/ Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:18:15 PDT

Mood: Forgetful.

Weekly round with the nice folks at the hospital who monitor my memory retraining progress tommorrow.

"Happy, happy, joy, joy.."

I saw the entire Ren and Stimpy collection on sale, but not only did my spouse refuse to purchase it, he threatened to burn it.

My sister bought me two pretty new stretched canvases. Now I just need a great idea for what to put on them. This will be my first non-digital painting project for the last year . I like to do mythical paintings. But I also would like to have it be a fairly simple image for my first one. *thinks hard*

everybody.

Ok, except for you non-huggers.

]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5644917/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5644917/ Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:31:43 PDT

Mood: ? .. ?

Surviving. Avoiding chores and tasks to have time to play.



]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5592276/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5592276/ Wed, 08 Jun 2005 19:04:05 PDT

Mood: Eh? What?

If anyone should every have a crazy impulse to color any line art or whatever that I have, feel free! I can even send you line art/sketches for things I only have posted finished. I also expect that anyone who wants to can use the pictures freely. But if you get rich off them.. somehow.. tell me how and share .

The reason for that little rant is because of a few unpleasant things I've read about art theft recently.

Right.. ...so the moral is BE FREE little ones! Frolic, romp, ramble and play!

*wanders off to play with that polls thingy*

]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5544833/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5544833/ Mon, 06 Jun 2005 10:34:52 PDT
Flew a kite a bit, swam in the hotel pool, and went out to dinner on Saturday evening. Visited the Oregon Gardens on Sunday. A little dissapointing. If you're garden hopping I'd give my vote to the Japenese Gardens in Portland instead.

Now home again. And off to Dr.s appointments for the afternoon. Then we have to decide what we're going to try to do about our living arrangements, since it seems my family has decided they are not going to be the ones to adapt.

Footnote:

Photos

And I can show them here because I got a present!!!! =Damster!

]]> ~gusdefrog http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5065673/ http://gusdefrog.deviantart.com/journal/5065673/ Sun, 07 Aug 2005 10:32:37 PDT so I thought I'd update this with a new group.




For every smile.


Many of you have suffered my evil plots. So I thought I'd torture you with the results of one. And if you don't know what it was, or don't remember it, I'm not going to tell you.




Are they not lovely and talented?


^^ ]]> ~gusdefrog