http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:halogenimageX-2&section=today deviantART RSS for by:halogenimageX-2 en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:16:17 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/27383391/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/27383391/ Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:55:55 PDT
Jamie Stewart went on a solo tour earlier this spring, and David Horvitz went with him doing the usual photography project. I participated, and upon receiving my roll of film i decided that i would re-interpret every photograph on the roll before the summer was out. Although it took longer than i had hoped, i have finished the project, which can be viewed here: [link]

AND as an added bonus, David Horvitz posted a link on the Xiu Xiu site! [link] (september 22)

WOW they are so nice. I am ready for the upcoming spring tour.

I hope youre all doing well. I just wanted to post something new and exciting. : D

have a nice day

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/27316122/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/27316122/ Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:26:31 PDT
I have a favor to ask. I am trying to learn sound editing for my intro to film and video class at UTA and i was wondering if anyways would be interested in sending me some voice clips. I wont be using these in any projects anytime soon, im mostly just playing around to get to know how things work, etc. Recording my own voice gets super old and doesnt add much diversity... Anyways, if you would like to, anything from a single phrase to a couple sentences would be nice. I'll give you my email if youre interested. Actually, if anyone has some website or something that i can find voice clips (not necessarily music, i gots plenty of that, but also because its a different story) that would be great too.

school is going well, im just really busy but i get on here every now and then. homework and school duties keep me away, but oh well.

i hope everyone is doing well! have a good day.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/26716971/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/26716971/ Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:55:05 PDT
-I have moved
-I start school at UTA on august 24
-I might have a job as a cartoonist!

Currently i do not have a computer and so i am writing this from a public library computer. Im planning on buying a 13" macbook pro this saturday. i have little experience with macs so if anyone has any advice whatsoever, feel free to tell me!

Im preeeetty excited about school, since 28 of my high school credits transferred and im almost a sophomore! although im more excited about meeting new people and seeing what life is like outside of my very narrow experience.

As far as my job situation, i have little experience with cartooning, other than the occasional character doodlings i used to do as a kid. i think im pretty capable of it (because the job description isnt very demanding) but if anyone has any sort of reference materials, instruction books, comedic preferences or any other suggestions even mildly related to cartooning, dont hesitate to offer them.

I hope everyone has been doing well, im sorry i havent been very active lately. Ive been busy with leaving my hometown and getting ready for school. as soon as i get to my permanent school residence with my laptop and internet source, i will be on here as regularly as my schedule allows.

have a nice day!

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/24518838/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/24518838/ Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:55:18 PDT It happens to be my 18th Birthday.

I didnt realize until yesterday that it was my last day of being a kid, as today I am legally an adult. Isnt that sad? I feel totally different today. Not entirely bad. Just hopeful that this age doesnt suck.

Anyways, I discovered the magic of lottery tickets. Theyre pretty awesome.

I will be buying something from an infomercial soon. I am now "18 or older to call"!

Oh, and by the way, a swine flu outbreak during your birthday really sucks. They shut down school for like a week, but that means that graduation is postponed and we might be going to school in June. I am so ready for this to all be over.
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Besides it being my birthday, I havent really been very active on here lately because one of my friends left and im really sad about it. Im lucky to have so many other friends on here, but he was one of the reasons why DA was a really great community for me.

I recently watched Garden State (not bad) and Jin-Roh (pretty awesome) and I just got an iTunes card, so I will be buying some music very soon. If you have anything to suggest please do so, because otherwise I am just going to buy a crapload of Xiu Xiu.

I hope everyone is well! Please send me a message or drop me a note if you would like.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/23564068/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/23564068/ Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:23:04 PST
Jamie Stewart. Jamie Stewart returned my email.


woooooooooooooooow i am so happy i cant even describe it.

on top of this:
i am buying a sculpture from
i am selling a print to
please check out both of these people. they are selling their work and they really deserve to be rewarded for their efforts.

David Horvitz is an amazing artist, please check out his tumblr (davidhorvitz.tumblr) and his regular website (davidhorvitz.com). He has really inspired me to do more interactive art and things that are socially-oriented. I am working on some photographic things that i hope will pan out.

i would like to encourage anyone that comes in contact with this page or myself to try to be a stepping stone in developing art. i would like to be more involved in any kind of artistic community or movement. i dont think im really working hard enough to contribute as a person or as an artist. this doesnt have to be something long and drawn out, it can just be a conversation or a correspondance of pictures or something that makes me realize you are a human being.

im really having a hard time finding meaning in everything, and i think part of the problem is that im looking for meaning in everything. i dont want to be the kind of person who is so absorbed in myself that tries to relate everything back to my own cognition and experience. if you can in some way pull my attention to the external world, that would be ideal. i am always thinking about how i feel about what is happening and i am really tired of it.

i hope no one finds this pretentious. i am trying to do something really different and somehow i hope you reading this can look past how i am incorporating myself into this, and make yourself known. take this as seriously as you want to or ignore it. dont think im doing this as some serious artsy-fartsy thing; im trying not to be too weird. make this what you want it, if you want to.

thank you
have a nice day

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/23144325/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/23144325/ Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:08:48 PST
original thread -> [link]

that thread is poorly worded, now that i read back over it.

SO on this past monday, my independant school district called a public hearing. In this hearing, 6 people for the book and 6 people against the book gave speeches trying to make their points. The hearing began by prayer led by one of the parents against the book being in our school's senior english curriculum. Because she technically isn't an employee of the government, i dont think it's unconstitutional for her to lead us in prayer, but im still skeptical.

My town is somewhat small, i guess, so the room for the hearing was not big enough for the amount of press that his story had recieved. I got there early, and even then i didnt have a chair to sit in. Me and the people i went with tried to dress nicely so that we wouldn't be a detriment to our "cause".

The speeches were actually pretty coherent for the most part. Of course there was an over-zealous and misinformed performance on both sides, but thats alright because i think thats part of why i wanted to go.

there were two main points made by the group against having the book on the reading list for dual credit/AP senior english:
1) There was no parental notification or consent given for this book to be read by the students that had the option to read it. It is important for parents to give consent to any material that might be objectionable

this kind of makes sense, i will admit. Except that some of the kids in the class were (and are now) 18 at the time of reading the book. They dont even need their parents consent to drop out of school, right? As for the 17 year olds; in Texas, the age of consent is 17 years old. We can have sex but we cant read sexually explicit material? Uh, ok.
Anyways, my teacher sent out a note discussing the sexual and violent nature of the book WAY before we read it. Technically, we didnt have to show this to our parents, which i think my teacher should change. But there was AMPLE warning beforehand about the book and its content. Besides, there was another option. No one was forced in any way to read the book whatsoever.

2) This material is a) pornographic and b) unsuitable for this age group. It therefore has no place in a school.

Wrong. pornography = something made for the sole purpose of sexual arousal. If you read the book and analyze is, you will notice that the sexual parts have a role in the book other than being sexual. I wont explain how they are important, because if you're an adult and you can't interpret what an author is trying to convey to you, then how are you supposed to tell ME that IM too young to handle this book? s'all im saying.

i believe i discussed b) a little while ago.
Also, this book was read during the summer, which means that technically, it never had to touch school grounds. I'll touch on that more in a minute.

Those were the major points of the negative side. I agree that parents of minors should be notified for objectionable content, etc. but that's really the only problem with this situation.

The major points that the group for keeping the book on the reading list for dual credit/AP senior english were:
1) We are mature enough to handle this book

Meh, this is easily arguable on both sides. It really just depends. Most of the people i know that have read the book have handled it well.

2) This book was read during the summer

This probably sounds like an invalid point. But it is actually kind of integral to the Pro position. This was during the summer, so there was no day-to-day contact of students discussing the book. You didnt have to reveal which book you read, in fact. By the first day of school, our work with summer reading was way over. If you didnt want to, you in no way had to divulge any information regarding what you did for summer reading. At all. You therefore could not feel peer pressure into reading or not reading the book. This also means that the book never had to leave your house; it didnt even come on school grounds. One man against the book tried to argue that if a student was found with the book at school, it is explicit enough that it would be confiscated and the student would be reprimanded. Also wrong: the book is in our library, and even if it wasnt, theres a chance no one would even bring the book to school.

3) "When this book was assinged, me and my child/parent sat down and talked about the book/assignment together"

HEY THERES AN IDEA
if you're so interested in what you're kid is lea... ]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/23109475/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/23109475/ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:49:49 PST
I looooooove Frightened Rabbit.

Anyways, im writing a journal in response to a thread i posted yesterday regarding my school district trying to ban "Pillars of the Earth" from my school's Dual credit/AP english IV curriculum on the basis of sexual obscenity.

if someone has a link to the thread i posted, that would be nice so that anyone that hasnt read it can get in on this political jazz.

anyways, my school district had a public hearing today in which 6 citizens for the book and 6 citizens against the book gave speeches to the school board to support whether or not the book should be banned, and i attended.

i am pretty tired tonight so i will discuss it in detail possibly tomorrow or the next day. i am pretty busy tomorrow.

for various reasons, i will not disclose my school district, town, or any specific persons related to the book ban movement or the hearing itself.

if you dont care about this, then... well you dont gots to read it : D



i hope you all had a great day because today was pretty crazy for me.

also, does anyone have any links to some "Growing" mp3s? i am craving some new music from them.

: )

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/22753005/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/22753005/ Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:49:37 PST
[link]

and by "prints", i mean that i have the original stencil and i can spraypaint it onto something and sell it myself, rather than go through DA, which seems a bit complicated. Plus, this way i can use different colors, and do specific backgrounds for each person that orders it. Custom shtuff.
But i should add that the telephone pole in the picture was drawn on there. no stencil for that.

Im thinking about it because i kind of need money, and this piece seems to be fairly popular in my gallery so i thought it might sell. plus its the only piece that i have a stencil for so its not like i canrecreate any of the others.

This isnt official; ive got school and art class and college preparation going on right now so i dont know if i will be too busy to process this as well. If youre interested, let me know, and if enough people are interested i will seriously consider it. Any specific colors that you might want i will have to buy because i have no spraypaint at my house (maybe i can use the spraypaint at school?) and i will have to buy the paper to spray it on. Any pricing will be discussed individually.

ok, that is all. let me know if you are interested. If you are, i kind of need to know ASAP while i have time to do this. Senior year and college crap are going to kick in high gear really soon and i wont have time.

thanks!

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/22300417/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/22300417/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:34:59 PST
Notable Dates:
January 3
February 12
February 28 (a thursday, to be specific)
April 10
April 19-20
April 30
May 20
The first day of summer
Weekends in June
July 17
July 18
July 30
July 31
August 8
September 6
November 15
December 17

Favorite Music this year:
Animal Collective
FrYars
Arcade Fire
Grizzly Bear
El Perro Del Mar
Frightened Rabbit
Hello Seahorse!
Casey Dienel
Final Fantasy
Lykke Li
Jenny Lewis
Taken By Trees
Tape
Tilly and the Wall
MGMT
The Smiths
Mogwai
The Pixies
The Octopus Project
Sigur Ros
Xiu Xiu

Favorite Movies:
A Scanner Darkly (way underrated)
Wall-E
Being John Malkovich
Paprika
Millenium Actress
Adaptation
The Squid and the Whale (freaking depressing)

This was a really weird year, but at least i had DA to count on.
Thanks for being an great art community and awesome friends.
Happy New Years! Lets hope 2009 will be a good one.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/22038085/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/22038085/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:25:05 PST
I was getting tired of my old journal, and i have some debatably interesting news, so i thought i would update.

I was recently voted the President of my school's chapter of the National Art Honor Society. Me! Voted! Now i have to plan stuff and try harder, so that kind of sucks, but it made me happy for a little while. Plus ive never been president of anything before, so now i can cross that off of my list of things that i am not.

Also, i am soon going to go see:
Andrew Bird
DeVotchKa
Lykke Li with Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Xiu Xiu
Broken Social Scene

i think theres like one other but who cares.

i am real psyched about these because i never go to concerts and, well... just look at the above list. Sure beats Muse and Lights, amirite?

I am finishing an art project tonight, which is turning out pretty well.

Also, in case you were wondering, because of my school schedule, i have been really busy, so i dont have time to take pictures of all the art we've been doing and format it so that i can upload it to the site (dial up connection takes forever) so this is why i dont upload things very often. But i have been painting and drawing a lot. at some point i will try to upload things more frequently.

The weather is great right now, so i am going for a walk.
hope you are all doing well.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/21518825/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/21518825/ Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:08:48 PST
Unfortunately, we got there late and didnt get to see Lights perform, but we did get to actually meet her, which was nice. she was very friendly and was wearing a headband, which is her trademark, or so im told. I really dont like her music all that much, but it was still really cool to get to meet a musician, especially a nice one.

So if you want to know what Lights is like, ask me. becoz we're bff nao.

also, does anyone like The Octopus Project or The Magnetic Fields?

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/20956640/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/20956640/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:25:02 PDT going to the National Portfolio Day is the biggest buzzkill on the planet.

A bunch of art prodegies(sp) that have been painting since they were 2 parading around their venus de milo's, and a bunch of fatigued art school representatives (art schools you arent going to anyways because you cant afford them) telling you that all the stuff you're really proud of is pretty lacking in overall appeal, and that you need to focus more on getting out of the habit of being a horrible artist really doest make for a wonderful day.

i got some good information and crap, but im sick of never being good enough for any kind of standard.
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on a lighter note, i got a lot of great music thanks to some internet friends (Maxy, Skulkey, Serial and all them)

i bought some comics yesterday, and i have to say i am fascinated! not by the ones i bought, they happen to suck, but by the potential awesome comics that are out there!
i got
Moon Knight - Issues 17, 28, 33 and 34
Deaths Head II - issue 7 or something
Next Men - Issue 4. this one has kind of a boring Roswell/x-files thing going on, but it was the most interesting out of the ones i got. 90's comics leave something to be desired.

any good comics suggestions (and places to buy comics from) would be much appreciated!!

ive got some great studio art pieces im updating soon! i dont know how soon, but within the decade or something like that.

hope you all have a great day.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/20599977/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/20599977/ Sun, 21 Sep 2008 10:43:29 PDT the ending song by Susumu Hirasawa was very nice too. I need to download some of his stuff.

Anyways, i have recently been feeling pretty lame because i am about to graduate from high school, and i still have the worst music collection ever. its gotten better as the years have gone by, but my dial up internet has always inhibited me from exploring new stuff. I have a friend who lets me use his computer for buying stuff from iTunes whenever i have one of those iTunes cards, so i will be utilizing that as much as possible. the problem is, its really overwhelming when you have so much to choose from. so, i thought it would be great if anyone who wants to can suggest some specific songs or albums, so that whenever i have the opportunity to go buy music, i will know exactly what i want, which in turn will make building my music library a little easier. I know bands and such, i just dont know enough ABOUT them, so any specific suggestions you can give me would be great. or even if you want to just tell me about a band in general, thats cool too. im just desperate to broaden my horizons.

also:
-school is going well, im taking a studio art class which is the best evar.
-my job at the city pool ended because, well, its not summer anymore, so thats nice, though i wont be getting paid no more.
-i regularly blast OOIOO's "UMO" in my car just to see how the cowboys from school will react. so far it has been quite rewarding
-the economy is basically imploding, so we'll see if the next president can help us out of this hole we're in.
-its finally cooling off over here

hope youre all having a nice day.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/19991384/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/19991384/ Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:03:00 PDT
I think that im going to start putting watermarks on my pictures that i upload to DA, and im going to remove the option for people to download any of my pictures. I really dont want to do this, but im hearing more and more about people getting ripped off, or stolen from, and i dont know if that would ever happen to me, but I'd rather not risk it in the first place. Sorry, i suppose. :C

Im really ready for the summer to end. Im getting kind of tired of my job, and ive got two awesome art classes lined up for my senior year. Im very prepared to start my senior year. Im so glad to get my final year of public school out of the way. Plus school starting means fall is just about to begin. i am very ready for that.

i recently got Arcade Fire's "Neon Bible", which i really love.

also, i know i commented on this like 2 months ago, and im sure most people probably dont realllly care, but i am uploading a new series of like 8-10 pictures onto DA in just a few days. maybe a bit longer than that. but anyways, i really havent been slacking off, there are just many variables involved in getting artwork onto my page. the main variable is that i am the last person on earth to have a dial-up internet connection.

anyways, i hope everyone's sumer has been going well.
have a nice day!

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/19578871/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/19578871/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:23:09 PDT
Rules of the game
- Choose a singer/band/group.
- Answer using ONLY titles of songs by that singer/band/group.
- Tag 6 more people (let them know they've been tagged).

I choose, who else, but Cursive.

1. Are you male or female? - A Gentleman Caller
2. Describe yourself. - The Recluse
3. What do people feel when they're around you? - Making Friends and Acquantances
4. How would you describe your previous relationship? - The Game of Who Needs Who the Worst (it wasnt a dating relationship. you'd have to know the girl)
5. Describe your current relationship. - Returns and Exchanges (it isnt a dating relationship. you'd have to know the girl)
6. Where would you want to be now? - Vermont (couldnt find a better song for this one, but i wouldnt mind being in vermont)
7. How do you feel about love? - Bad Sects (laaawwl)
8. What's your life like? - Art is Hard
9. What would you ask for if you had only one wish? - The Ugly Organist (i would like to meet him/her? whatever)
10. Say something wise. - Theres a Coldest Day in Every Year

Tagging people is quite unpopular around here
(i tag Al Gore)

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/19327496/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/19327496/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:56:06 PDT
I would like to say thanks to everyone that has been kind and supportive. Ive met some really great people on DA, and i appreciate that all of you have taken the time to comment on the work ive done. Even if you havent, thanks for just being nice.

On an unrelated note, how 'bout that v6, eh?

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/18667629/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/18667629/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:15:35 PDT im not just lazyin around, im working on a new series of 5 to 8 pictures (named HAHAHA/whisper series) that will be finished relatively soon and uploaded to the site. JSYK im not in a slump or nothin

im interested in working on a creative collaboration with someone if you would like to try something new to advance your art skillz.

Also, look these people up on DeviantArt.
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oh, and my job is still pretty fly

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/18491319/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/18491319/ Sun, 25 May 2008 08:45:49 PDT
yesterday was my first day of work at my city's local water park. its a small little water park with two different kinds of water slides, a small interactive water-covered jungle gym and a lazy river. the lazy river used to be really awesome and hella fast, but they had to slow it down a bit because small children were at risk of drowning. but its all good.

my job position is Customer Attendant, which just means that anyone that comes to splash station can bitch to me about anything, and i have to deal with it/do something about it. that sucks, but for the most part people werent so horrible, which is good. plus, i get paid 7 dollars an hour, so i dont really care what the customers problem is, because come payday, im getting like 300+ dollars. shweeeeeeet.

yesterday all i did was bagcheck. after people buy their admissions tickets (which went up this year because our economy sucks) they come to me and i have to rudely stop them and rummage through their bags for contraband. they cant come into the water park with:
-outside food
-outside drink, including water bottle, UNLESS its for their infant (wtf are you bringing your infant to a water park) or if they have a medical condition.
-cigarettes, or any kind of tobacco products.
-guns, knives, pepperspray (people tried to bring these things in here before)
-they cant bring their floaties/waterwings if they arent coastguard approved
-snorkels
-this weird kind of goggles that i havent dealt with before

so, naturally, all day i had to deal with people saying "WHY CAINT I BRANG THAT IN HAR" and "I AINT GON SMOKE MAH CIGS". you know, all that jazz.
again, 7 dollars an hour, i didnt really care. i was just like "sorry, its our policy, get over it".
plus, telling people that they cant have certain things in the park gives me a mild sense of power, which is fun. nothing really bad happened; everything went fairly smoothely. it was a good job for me to do on my first day.

it was really hot outside, which sucks, but im working at a pool so if i really need to i guess i can just go and walk through the water fountains that are throughout the park.

another thing i found out is that there is a fair amount of elitism between the lifeguards and the customer attendants. all the lifeguards stick together, and all the customer attendants stick together. like fucking rival gangs or something. i thought that was hilarious. whats even funnier about the situation is that we all know each other from school, so its not like all these people are strangers. i know just about everyone there. but as soon as we get to work, its like we have to be loyal to our respective groups. haha.

oh, AND i get free food. i can have 1 free food item and 1 free drink item during the day, every day. but after we close and the concession stand is all closed up, we can go in there and eat any leftover food for free. all of my immediate family gets into the park for free, but i dont think im going to tell them that.

so overall, it was a really busy day, but it wasnt so hard. it wasnt intimidating at all. the people i work with are really nice, and i get a break every hour which is great. i learned a lot, so the whole working environment isnt so foreign anymore.

if any customer attendant-on-lifeguard fights go down, i'll update you.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/17855214/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/17855214/ Sun, 18 May 2008 13:13:28 PDT
Things for you to look up on Wikipedia:
-Myxomatosis (almost every alt. rock band from the UK has written a song with this title)(this disease is very sad)
-Eugenics
-Warhol Superstars (specifically, Ultra Violet)(shes still alive!)
-Ethnocide
-Morning Glory Seeds
-Schizophasia
-Orson Scott Card
-Progeria
-Jabberwocky
-Xenotransplantation
-Solipsism
-Invalidation
-We Are The Strange (film)
-Mulesing
-Magic square
-Friedrich Nietzsche
-Also Sprach Zarathustra
-Word Salad
-Moya Lubov (film)
-Uncanny Valley (really interesting)
-UFO's (some interesting pictures)
-Asexual
-Trichotillomania
-Interpolated Rotoscoping
-Serial Experiments Lain (TV show)
-God is dead
-Pareidolia (fascinating)

You Should note the these are not neccesarily things that i approve or disapprove of. These are just things that i think that you should be aware of and know about.

Webcomics to look up
this is a list of webcomics you should look up. some of them are already popular, so perhaps you are familiar with them
-Married to the sea
-Toothpaste for dinner
-NatalieDee
-Where are the dogs humping
-Cat and Girl
-Xkcd
-Savage chickens (not quite a webcomic... but oh well)
-Teaching baby paranoia
-Dinosaur comics
-A softer world
-Wondermark
-Indexed (i REALLY like this one)

NEW: Websites you should look up. im sure youve heard of a few of these, but just in case you havent:
-Vectorpark.com
-Postsecrets.com
-Yourscenesucks.com (give it a chance, it is funny and pretty accurate)
-Bash.org
-Brainyquote.com

Also, look these people up on DeviantArt.
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they are all very nice, intelligent and talented people and i think they deserve your respect.

SUGGESTIONS WELCOME

I hope you have a nice day.

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but anyways:
perhaps i should apologize for my previous journal entry... im just getting really tired of having to deal with people and everything that they do. not that i am perfect, not that i even like myself the way i am, but i am just saying. having to deal with a world where everyone else is driving me crazy is not helpful. (i hope that doesnt sound too childish or immature, but i am really getting fed up)

i have a few projects lined up:

i am trying to revive and old piece that i started a long time ago: a paper cutout picture of pans labyrinth.

i am trying to get working on this one painting, but i am using these hideous 80's colors and i HATE HATE HATE 80's hotel abstract art (if you know what i am talking about).

i had this one painting i wanted to start, but i have no reason to do it anymore.

i have this huge piece of paper that i am going to try to draw on, but i wont guarantee that it wont turn out to be hideous in the end.

i randomly have these flashes of new images in my head at night when watching tv, so i will try to make those into paintings eventually.

also, it is getting close to the end of the school year, so that means my school is cramming all this new crap on me, and i am having a lot of homework recently. i also have to worry about UIL stuff, and applying for new classes and ALLLL this junk. i never have any time to rest, so that is why i am never painting anymore. :C

I have to go now because i have this stuff for english and chemistry that i have been putting off. i will be so so glad to be a senior next year.

i hope you all have a better day.
bye

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/17074917/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/17074917/ Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:29:26 PST
im not sure how much i am at risk of this mappening to me, but i would like to ask everyone to respect my work and not steal it and post it anywhere without asking permission and giving me credit. i work very hard to make my mediocre and cliche art, and i would like to given the respect that it warrants. i dont mind if you make it your background or anything, but dont rip me off plz. i hate watermarks, and i would really hate to have to put them on all the stuff i post.

if no one is interested in my art enough to steal it, then just forget we had this little talk.

have a nice day all of you.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/16803564/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/16803564/ Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:12:56 PST
last week, i got 3rd place overall in the glenrose invitational UIL meet. my event was Ready Writing. this week i got 4th place, and it was a much bigger meet! i am so psyched. im totally going to get into college.

im going to go see my high school's production of "bye bye birdie" tonight. i hope it doesnt suck...

after a short hiatus from painting, i have started up again. i am currently working on a POS interpretation of the placebo song "every me and every you", which is probably going to turn out ugly. but im going to get it out of the way just so i can get back into the habit of painting.

my friend from college is coming home for a bit and shes going to bring me some new music!

i should probably get back to whatever i was doing before this.
have a super day.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/16126947/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/16126947/ Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:40:45 PST
I finally updated all eleven of my newest deviations today. these are kind of like my presents to anyone who has watched me, or whoever wants to view my page. thanks for a great six months on DA!

i didnt really write very long explanations on each of the pictures, but thats because it took long enough to upload them, and the weather today was that weird hazy-lethargic sunny kind of weather. so i was kind of out of it. i will try to upgrade them and include any kind of interesting information under the deviation descriptions later. when i want to.

id love to hear what everyone got for Christmas, if you feel like informing me.

I got a new camera, some paints, some brushes, some rubber shapers, some canvas and a drawing board. there are other things, but those are the big ones.
oh, and i got Xenosaga I and II and i havent stopped playing them since.
tomorrow im going to see if i can buy shin megami tensei: digital devil saga and cubivore.

alright, thats all for now. i hope you all have a nice day.
bye

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/16029608/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/16029608/ Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:22:51 PST
Christmas is in a few days, just wanted to say that i hope you all have a good one.
or Hankkukahaka
or Kwanzaa
or Existentialism day or whatever

Happys Holidays!
if anything interesting happens, i would love to hear about it.

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he does multi-media assemblage pieces with great color and concepts. just great artwork. pretty much every time he does something new it astounds me. i saw that he only has 6000 pageviews, showing that he has not been very well recieved compared to his talent. really, go check him out and fav everything.
i think my favorite of his is "wireless". you should like it.

and my impossible to impress friend likes his stuff too... so its got to be at least pretty good. amirite?

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BTW, this guy needs a tad of recognition as well


he does various paintings and drawings... i dunno, he's just pretty good. i like most of what he does. so you shoud check him out.
he's been on here since like 2005, and i dont think he's been seen enough yet.
so... go see him.

enjoy your day. or whatever you do.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/14904104/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/14904104/ Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:04:09 PDT
i also got tired of my previous journal entry, so i decided to update.

i havent been working on anything for a long time, which is something i hate to admit. i am really too busy with school and everything. its the first year that ive had homework EVERY night, and that is not fun. plus ive been trying to read a lot of books, and just make sure that im not wasting my time. although, i guess i could be not wasting my time by painting... but i hadnt thought that far ahead. meh.

although, in art class we are working on self portraits and i am getting very very close to being done. once i get it graded and returned to me, i will try to post it, i suppose. im rather proud of it, even though it is a little off. its my first self portrait ive eer done before, though. i was hoping that my first self-portrait would be something more abstract or symbolic... but not so. oh well. anyways, thats all that im working on right now, and i will try to post it.
oh, and i have a painting that im attempting to get done, but im not sure that it will get any farthe along any time soon.

i have to go. new south park tonight. have a super day.

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]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/14677076/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/14677076/ Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:13:23 PDT if you havent been to their tour so far, they used this neon piano with LED lights that light up when the lead singer presses the keys. and they had these giant balloons that they throw into the crowd that have confetti in them when you pop them. and gigantic tv screens. augh, so amazing.

the opening bands were Immigrant, who i thought was alright, and juliette and the licks, who were pretty bad. but juliette lewis is kind of famous, so that was interesting to see her in person. she wore hardcore tight leather pants. :\

anyways, that was my weekend. my ears are still buzzing. i will probably have to paint something based on this event.
see you later.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/14565044/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/14565044/ Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:13:41 PDT
also, i just got some gamecube controllers for my wii so i can play GC games. are there any good suggestions besides the obvious first-party developed games? has anyone played cubivore? its supposed to be rare-ish, and my local game store has it. its spensive though.

i think im going to go paint.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/14531718/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/14531718/ Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:31:14 PDT
The first five people who reply to this journal get put up here, along with three of my favorite deviations by them.

The catch is: You have to put this in your journal as well, so no cheating. When you make your entry to have to have at least 5 places.

feel free to capitalize on this shameless plug of your own art. DO IT.

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]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/14459412/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/14459412/ Sun, 02 Sep 2007 17:08:13 PDT
im reading "the poisonwood bible" and i think its quite good. The character that sometimes writes things backwards and in palindromes, adah, fascinates me the most. shes so pessimistic sometimes, it makes me feel happy. otherwise, the book is mildly uninteresting because its just about a missionary family that goes to the congo. The father is basically a Christian radical who is crazy, and thats one of the central elements of the book. its written pretty well, but i get bored of things too quickly. i am going to finish the book though, just so i can get back into my old school-time routine of reading books. i used to try to read a book a day, and the books would be at least 100 pages long. thats not really a big deal, but it still made me feel proud. i once read 4 books in one week, and they were all at least like 150 pages.

i think i will write a list of recommended books.
I, robot- so much better than the movie. nothing like it.
Life of Pi- this one isnt so amazing, but i still like it
The perks of being a wallflower- a must read. no seriously, one of my ult fav books
The westing game- a rediculously smart murder mystery.
The pigman- a kind of cheesy but relatively charming book about pseudo-charity. you kind of have to read it to understand. its pretty short.

i cant think of any others. ive read more than that, but im rarely ever impressed with a book. that list was compiled over the course of several years. but anyways.

oh, also, read death note.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/14290093/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/14290093/ Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:57:40 PDT i think im just giong to drive around town all day tomorrow, and hope my parents will pay for gas once i run out...

i cant wait to go and drive wherever i want whenever i feel like it.

woot woot.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/14211099/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/14211099/ Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:28:34 PDT
i was tagged by Reanimated-Theories.

The rules are:
1-post these rules
2-each person tagged must post 8 random facts about themselves
3-tags should write a journal/ blog of these facts
4-at the end of the post 8 more persons are tagged and named
5-go to their page and leave a comment telling them they’ve been ‘tagged’
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im not so into these kinds of things, but im flattered that somone would tag me, so i will do this.

1. i cut my own hair
2. i wear glasses even though i dont need them. its just fun.
3. i shop at goodwill for old people clothes that are fly.
4. i collect textbooks.
5. i can read katakana and hiragana, but i cant translate them into english.
6. i can read/write shorthand.
7. i constantly have an inner monologue going on in my head. like in "scrubs".
8. i once made a spoof on the "lord of the rings" trilogy using beanie babies.

i wont tag 8 people, because i doubt that they would do it. plus, i dont know how to do that things where you make the persons avatar show up. anyways.

i tag!
Serial-Lain
Amadixfaith
PyroJesus
becomexclaire
J-Jammer

mmmmmmkay. hope yall's liked it.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/14181792/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/14181792/ Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:34:03 PDT
i decided that i would write an angry journal entry and see how many people i can get to hate me. heres a list of things that suck!

if you dont like repetition or are looking for something interesting, then just ignore this and go back to watching naruto or making your crappy fanart.

Hannah montana sucks.
the suite life of zack and cody sucks.
high school musical one and two suck.
the disney channel has no one with talent, and it sucks.

iphone sucks
ipod sucks
apple is monopolizing the market for mp3 players and is becoming a corporate giant and therefor sucks.

tofu and sushi are not good. they are soy byproducts and uncooked fish with seaweed. they suck.
japan is not awesome, it is merely another country in the world that does certain things better than we do. it sucks.
anime is usually boring/repetitive/horrible drawn/pathetically unoriginal/super repetitive and it sucks.
jpop and other forms of japanese music are disgusting. people of japanese origin rarely have musical talent. the only good japanese music is the music done by comoposers. everything else sucks.

emo and "punk" bands like MCR, red jumpsiut apparatus, and the used are HORRIBLE. they suck.
new pop music from vh1 and mtv sucks.
rap, r&b, and hip-hop are just recycled ideas, and new food-themed euphemisms that refer to sexual acts that are rediculously boring. it all sucks.
p diddy, r. kelly, and jay-z are not moguls or business gurus. they are merely people with stage presence who have fooled others into believing that they are good at what they do, and have gained a huge following. they suck.

status symbols are sickening and everyone uses them. they suck.
our country is filthy, materialistic, wasteful, crude and obsessed with paris hilton. we suck.
you spent your time reading this whole list. you suck.
i failed my driving test today and almost got in a wreck. i suck.

i hope you all learned a lesson.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/13930546/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/13930546/ Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:25:34 PDT
well, im working on sketches and trying to do some very original work, but its hard. im focusing on completely new ideas this week (although im also finishing old pieces, so there will be a mixture of the two)

also, i have gotten custody of several of my old pieces, and i will post them as soon as i get to a computer with an SD card slot in it. i think you will enjoy them. everyone, that is.
i hate pronouns.

to top it all off, how about a list? everybody loves lists!

the 7 deadly sins
7. hannah montana. no talent, so dont pretend.
6. any anime that a 10 year old has ever come in contact with. and most anime shown on adult swim. and most anime. and japan.
5. myspace. tom is a communist
4. canada
3. avril lavigne.
2. anyone who knows the name of avril's new cd.
1. anyone who has ever kept up with anything relating to avril lavigne.
-1. the disney channel.

if anyone finds a 12 sided die, please tell me.
my D&D set is missing a few...

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/13887262/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/13887262/ Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:02:24 PDT if anyone has any suggestions of what i should paint, please tell me. i am in a slump currently.

i would have posted more stuff this morning, but my little brother was updating his myspace.

seriously, how many more 13 year olds need to be on myspace?

call me.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/13759513/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/13759513/ Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:32:00 PDT also, please forgive my photo quality ahead of time. im not sure if i will ever be able to post better quality because my computer is so slow, and i have no access to a faster computer. but anyways... I will try to improve every aspect of this page over time.
im working on a portrait of Gloria Vanderbilt based on a photo i found of her. It is being painted in oil, (which i am not very good at) so its more like practice than anything. also im working on an acrylic piece that could turn out badly. im not on a very good painting streak here.
but whatever. we will see how they go. ive got lots of other projects in the planning stages, plus ive got my previous work (50+ paintings/drawings) that i will try to retrieve from my friend and photograph. ive got a lot of work to do.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/13744629/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/13744629/ Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:10:48 PDT
My parents are on a cleaning crusade throughout the house. Its rediculous. Every sunday they make us (and they participate too) clean the house. Really, its pointless because we keep the house so clean that it only needs the work every few months. I just tell them i clean my room, and then i wait until it really needs it. I think the last time i really dusted my room was like seven months ago. im such a rebel.
Cleaning bores me so much. Its stupid; once you finish it, all you have to do is wait a while and you have to do it again! why dont you just put it off until you REALLY need to clean? take care of more important things like getting your work done, or bettering yourself through education, read a book or something!
Cleaning is just low on my priorities. BFD

ya'll have a good'n. hyuck.

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/13719295/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/13719295/ Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:27:41 PDT since im so new to this whole thing, ive been clicking "random deviant" for the past hour or so, and ive been intrigued and enthralled just about evry time the page changes. a few of my favorites so far are sphilr and iarart. although i am upset at the overwhelming amount of trashy fanart (even if its khII art, no matter how much i love it...) i am surprised at how many genius creators there are on this site! its amazing. huzzah.
im still searching. and still attempting to get photos on my page, but whatever. i'd like to meet lots of new people and see lots of new work. im really excited.
if anyone would like to share work or comment on my stuff (as soon as it gets on here) that would be great. im just trying to become a contributing part of Deviantart.com

]]> ~halogenimageX-2 http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/13709972/ http://halogenimageX-2.deviantart.com/journal/13709972/ Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:47:10 PDT Ugh, i have dial-up internet so i wont be able to upload any pictures until i can get to another computer (that has dsl or something) and load them from there. I also need to paint some more, but im not sure what to do. If you have a suggestion of what i should do next, i might try it (if its interesting).
it is so hot! geez, texas sucks.
I have to go set up for the garage sale were having tomorrow.

"if anyone needs me, i'll be in the anger dome!"

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