http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:heart-of-winter&section=today deviantART RSS for by:heart-of-winter en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:51:28 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/26249662/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/26249662/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:56:23 PDT To be honest, last year was a really bad year for me. I was having a lot of problems in uni and in my personal life, and I just couldn't handle da as well. I don't really know why.

I can't promise that I'll be around much this year either (errr...seeing as it's already halfway through...) because everything is getting busier. But we'll see.

I wanted to pose a question (even though I know I'm unlikely to get many answers, if any. I just feel like asking.)
For people who work with self-portraiture: How do you feel about being the subject of your work? Of people seeing it?

I ask because I think that's one of the things I've found hard over the past 3 years I've been (admittedly infrequently) posting here. You see, I never decided I wanted to take photographs of myself. I do it mainly because I'm trying to learn more about photography, and don't have many people around to shoot. And I'm not really confident about my skills, which makes me...reluctant to ask people to come and model for me. So I wind up taking photos of myself. I certainly don't do it because I want to be told I'm pretty. I guess there's this guilty part of me that feels as though I'm fishing for compliments by posting self portraits, even though I'd never think that of anyone else who works with self-portraiture.

Right from the start, I've been really self conscious about having images of myself on the internet, for people to see. I think it comes from the privacy/safety/omgtheinternetisadangerousplace! part of me. So many times I've wanted to delete my whole gallery (well, anything with my image in it) simply because I don't want to deal with having pictures of myself out there for people to see. But it's part of my art.

I always mean to post more of my paintings, but...It's surprising just how hard it is to photograph them *right*. So many times I can't get the photograph to capture the essence of the painting itself, and just give up. (I shouldn't. But, you know. It happens.)

So yeah...I've just been caught between wanting feedback, wanting to submit more...and wanting to delete what's already on here. So my solution: Just ignore da and pretend it doesn't exist! Haha yeah that'll work.

Anyway, this is going nowhere fast, but I thought I'd share.

X Winter.

]]> ~heart-of-winter http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/18174644/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/18174644/ Mon, 05 May 2008 03:12:39 PDT I have petty much no internet access at home right now, and whatever I do have goes straight on uni work, so I'm afraid DA has been bumped down the priorities list, unfortunately. I'm managing to get on here every now and then to submit, but haven't been able to keep up with many journals or submissions. So I'm very sorry that I've been missing everything!
I'm still getting a chance to browse around at everyone's work (Usually at 3am, haha) but I only have dial up and it keeps screwing up when I'm trying to log in, so most of the time I don't get a chance to comment or anything. Once again, unfortunate, because I think that one of DA's strengths is the ability to give and receive feedback. Helps us all grow, after all
As far as uni goes...It's like having three jobs, as another uni student said to me. Job one is being at uni, job two is your job to pay for uni supplies and job three is all the time you spend working on uni stuff when you're not at uni. Leaving no time for anything else.

Um, anyway, take care all

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Anyway, I'm just popping in to make a quick complaint.
Well, number one, as I live in Australia, none of the bands I like really come here. And if they do, they invariably go to the east coast, and skip the entire western half of the country (Grrr, mutter, snarl).
Number two, when bands I do like actually come here, there's absolutely NO PROMOTION for them. Seriously.
I mean, even some of the massive bands. MCR, for example, I missed just because I didn't hear anything and I hadn't exactly been checking the net for concert dates every three days.

And I only found out about Fall Out Boy by chance, in one, teensy advert in the newspaper. And they'd been getting serious airplay (almost to an irritating extent) for months by then.
Although, to be fair, there were a couple of passing mentions about the concert on video hits or something...I think. By which time the tickets had been on sale for ages.

And now, both HIM and Nightwish (my most longterm, favourite bands) are both coming here, and, once again, I only found out by chance in tiny ads in magazines that aren't always widely available here. My friend who is an absolute HIM fanatic had no idea until I told her. I just wish that, for once, someone would promote these bands over here. It's ridiculous. There are people like me who have been dying for the chance to see the bands they love, who would never hear about these concerts except by chance or if they've been skulking around the net. I mean, I love HIM, but I'm not exactly surfing the net every week checking concert dates because I didn't honestly think they'd ever come here - and, mistakenly, I figured that if they did, it'd be easy to hear about. Wrong.

Really, would it kill anyone to at least decently promote bands that don't make the ARIA top 10 over here? Does Justin Timberlake really need any extra help in selling tickets? I think not.
I just hate to think that the Nightwish gig or the HIM gig might be half empty not through lack of interest in the bands, but because of lack of information. Let's hope I'm wrong and there's heaps of other longterm fans who managed to find out by chance like I did, or by being more vigilant than me and checking the net. Who knows, maybe I'm just looking in all the wrong places and the has been promotion elsewhere. But I just figure that it would be nice to give these kind of international acts some support for FINALLY coming here and give them a reason to come back. I mean, if there isn't enough interest, they'll probably just decide to stick to Europe where they can sell out stadiums, rather than playing in nightclubs here.

Okay, rant over.

Eep! I can't believe that HIM and Nightwish are finally coming here! I'm so excited! And incredibly glad that I just happened to pick up the magazines that I did

Oh, and I have to add my usual "I'm-sorry-that-I'm-never-here" part. But I really am. It's just hard, "real life" is keeping me busy at the moment. I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year! Belated, I know. I'm sorry :S

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]]> ~heart-of-winter http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/13210880/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/13210880/ Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:57:33 PDT Time for yet another "Winter giving excuses for as to why she's not here" journal. So here we go.
I just really, really want to apologize. I'm insanely busy, and I feel bad for not commenting on anything, or even giving many signs that I'm still alive. I am! I pretty much just log in to check that nothing urgent is going on (I actually have no idea what could happen here that would be so urgent, but meh).
Uni is insane right now. Within the past month I've had two long essays, two major projects due and my final portfolios last week, plus my Art History exam coming up. I can barely look at a computer, much less spend much time on one, and as for artwork, I'm not doing anything outside of my course requirements at the moment. I actually can't remember what I do for fun around here. *cough*
So, even though I've done a bunch of work for class, I don't know how much will end up on here. Most of it is process-type stuff, unfinished, has no particular purpose, etc etc. Other than the learning involved in doing it. But there are a few drawings and two paintings that I might upload, if I ever get time. Sigh.
So, yes. I just felt it was time to apologize again, and plus I'm sick of that animal cruelty journal because it makes me mad when I see it, and I don't have the time or energy for more stress right now.
I hope that everyone's going okay, and I'm sorry once again.

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]]> ~heart-of-winter http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/12786637/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/12786637/ Mon, 30 Apr 2007 05:27:39 PDT Basically, the police officers who were charged with animal cruelty after dragging a kangaroo behind a ute to move it had the charges against them dropped. The Prosecutor for Public Affairs (I think that's the correct title...) said that it "wasn't in the interests of the public to have the matter go to court"
Um, why not?
Spokespeople for the police department were full of excuses as to why the officers shouldn't be blamed, including "they were just doing their job" "they're not trained to destroy or remove animals" "they were acting in good faith" "they tried several other methods" "they were trying to protect people and property".
Am I wrong in thinking that an average human being of average intelligence will realise that dragging an animal behind a moving vehicle will hurt it? I don't think so. Any idiot knows that if you need to transport an animal, there are much better ways of doing it.
Besides, there was a wildlife ranger there helping them. Surely they could have suggested something better? Like, say, an animal tranquilizer which would enable them to move the kangaroo in a van? Or at least ON the back of the ute?
I accidentally saw some of the footage of the whole fiasco, (you know, the part where they warn you it's disturbing) and almost burst into tears. The poor kangaroo kept getting up and trying to hop along with the ute, but couldn't, even though the ute was going fairly slowly. Then it fell down and got dragged again, at which point I had to look away. Although I did hear a bystander on the tape say, "They're strangling it!"
You know, it really all comes down to responsibility. The police department doesn't want to admit that its officers did anything wrong. To be honest, I don't care if they were "trying". They should have known better, and because of their actions, the poor animal was put through a lot of pain and died. It doesn't take much intelligence to know that you just don't drag animals behind cars, and if those police really didn't know any better, like we keep being told, then do we really want people like that in charge of our public safety and upholding the law? I don't think so.
It just sickens me that no one takes things like this seriously. Just because it was an animal, it doesn't mean that you should treat it disrespectfully. I'd like to try dragging those responsible behind a ute and see how THEY like it.
Whoops, my vengeful side coming out there.

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]]> ~heart-of-winter http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/12022804/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/12022804/ Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:30:06 PDT It was pretty good, except for one thing. One of the "cutting edge" galleries included some films in their exhibit. I knew I should be worried when I read a plaque outside the film room door that said, "The following footage may offend some viewers. The art gallery does not condone cruelty to animals."
Oh dear, right?
Right. Well, the film in question was some sort of experiment, in which a goldfish bowl (with a living goldfish inside it) was filled with lemonade. So, the poor thing was struggling around in the lemonade, and the people conducting the experiment siphoned out a little lemonade at a time until there was almost nothing left. At which point the poor fish was still flapping around feebly. (Yes, fish can flap).
Then, they filled it back up with water, which was horrible to watch as the fish now appeared dead and was being pushed around horribly. It just lay there, floating at the top, and just as I was thinking that it couldn't get much worse, they stuck a battery in, zapped it and it "woke up" and started swimming. At which point I was ready to storm out to the reception in disgust and make a complaint. I'm actually still considering making some form of official complaint, but I need to get my thoughts sorted out, so I don't sound like some teenage girl on a blog rant. (Which is probably what I sound like here, right?)
I know that a lot of people will probably say,
"But it's just a goldfish"
Well, in my opinion, it doesn't matter what sort of animal it is, they deserve to be treated respectfully. Next time, it could be, "It's just a mouse" "It's just a rabbit" "it's just a dog"
I don't care what the gallery says, the fact that they're even showing the film is condoning it. How many people will see it and think,
"Hey, that looks cool. You can drown a fish in lemonade, put it back in water, zap it with a battery and everything's okay. I wanna see if that really works!!!"
And I want to know exactly when animal cruelty became a legitimate form of artistic expression. I mean, I knew that "White Dot On White Canvas" was pushing it a little as far as the realm of "what is art?" is concerned, but this is just ridiculous.
Excuse me for the ranting, it's just that animal cruelty is one of the things that makes me extremely mad. They're completely helpless and at our mercy. Much like children, child abuse being the other topic that really upsets me too. But don't even get me started on that.
On another note, in South Australia recently, the RSPCA took 60 dogs away from a person, due to the fact that they were neglected and many had blood poisoning, which they had been untreated for. They were in such bad condition that all 60 had to be put down. And apparently another 60 puppies were seized and taken into the RSPCA's care.
And you know what? According to the news report I saw, the person responsible for it will go to jail for a maximum of a year. Makes me sick.

*cough* rant over. Sorry.

EDIT 19-03-2007
I've also heard about another thing that angers me greatly. Last year (I believe, at least, but it may have been at the end of 2005) here in Australia there was an incident where a kangaroo needed to be moved by some police officers. So, as one does, they decided to PULL IT BEHIND A CAR. Because I know that's the best way to transport a live kangaroo, right? Pssht. No surprise that the poor thing was traumatised. Oh, and died. Didn't see that coming. At all.
Anyway, the point of this is that the RSPCA quite rightly charged them with animal cruelty. And now, the police department (or at least some people high up within the police department) want the RSPCA's right to arrest revoked. They say it should be left to "people who know what they're doing."
Yeah, because those police officers knew what they were doing when they towed the kangaroo.
I mean, what's going to happen if there's no one to hold people accountable for mistreating animals? I really think that you need an impartial body to make these decisions, rather than it being routed through the police themselves. I have a nasty feeling that if they had been the ones in charge, this particular case would have been hushed up. But hey, maybe I'm just a cynic.

And on yet another note, I've seen something that makes me both happy and sad. I recently saw a report on an elephant refuge in Nigeria (please forgive me if that's wrong, it's extremely late and I'm extremely tired) where they're looking after orphaned baby elephants. The fact that these people are putting so much work into looking after them makes me so glad. I have so much respect for people who do things like that. Myself, I think I would have a break down.
The part that upsets me is the circumstances under which these e... ]]> ~heart-of-winter http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/11874777/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/11874777/ Sun, 18 Feb 2007 22:27:40 PST Unfortunately this one isn't any diferent. I've got a few things ready to submit, I just need to sort things out first (stock credits, etc). It's actually been really hard lately to sit down and find the time to do anything online other than the essentials.
Sooo...Big news! I'm off to Uni next week! Which partially explains how busy I am. I'll be studying Fine Arts, so I'm really looking forward to it.
I guess you may or may not know that I'm a very private person, so it's taken me a while to even say something like that, even though it's hardly giving away anything much (Hey, it's not like I'm telling you where I live or what Uni I'll be attending) Which also explains why my journals are never very personal. What can I say? I've been raised to be wary of the internet...
In the meantime, I apologise once again for my continued absence, I really need to get back into it.
Take care, hope you're all well
XoxoxoX Winter

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]]> ~heart-of-winter http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/11319321/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/11319321/ Thu, 04 Jan 2007 22:25:18 PST I just realised I've been offline for over a month, which I must apologise for. Things were so busy leading up to Christmas that I barely even looked at my computer. And unfortunately, I'm still going to be pretty busy for awhile, so sorry if I'm absent heaps.
Anyway, I'm looking through all my messages now, it'll take me a while to get through them, but hopefully I'll be able to reply to everything soon!

Uh, not much more to say really...Take care all!
Xoxox Winter

]]> ~heart-of-winter http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/10418703/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/10418703/ Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:26:45 PDT
So hopefully I'll get a chance to comment on everyone's art/journals soon, it's just very difficult with how slow my compuer's going these days. I know, I know, blame the computer, huh?

On a separate note, does anyone have any idea why the Taste Of Chaos 2 CD was banned in Australia? My mum actually had it in her hand today and was trying to buy it for me, but they said "Oh, sorry, it's been recalled due to the artwork not meeting Australian censorship laws, so we're not allowed to sell it to you."
I'm just wondering what on earth the artwork was. It's just Chaos! The concerts were last week and everything, but I missed them *sob*
I wonder what exactly was in the artwork for it to be so offensive. (Again. It's really bugging me.)
Mum came back from the shops and said "one of the CDs you asked me to get has been banned in Australia, and I was like "Wha..?"
Honestly, I spent ages trying to figure out what CD it was before she told me, because most of my music isn't very conroversial. So. I'm curious, haha

Anyway, take care everyone xoxox

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]]> ~heart-of-winter http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/9766508/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/9766508/ Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:05:36 PDT
Sorry about the doubling up of the journal

FAVOURITES:
Favourite Color: Black, white, red, pink (okay…I know two of those are shades )
Favourite Food: Noodles, pasta
Favourite Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean
Favourite Sport: Uhm…horseriding?
Favourite Day of the Week: Saturday
Favourite Season: Winter *points to username* hehe
Favourite Ice Cream: Chocolate

CURRENTS:
Current Mood: Pretty neutral really
Current Clothes: Black skirt with white petticoat, longsleeved black top and red sleeveless top with a cartoon of a rocking horse and the word “rock’n”, plus black stockings, boots and a black scarf. Sorry, long list
Current Desktop: Trapped in My Dreams wallpaper by [link]
Current Time: 2.51 pm
Current Surroundings: Computer, Table, Walls, Ladder (don’t ask) Rocking Horse
Current Annoyances: My inability to go on the net for any less than 2 hours. Honestly, log on to check my emails and 2 hours later…
Current Thoughts: Just thinking about the different things I have to get done today

FIRSTS:
First Best Friend: Michelle
First Crush: Can’t remember
First Movie: Star Wars
First Lie: No idea
First Music: First songs I loved were “Hazard” by Richard Marx and “Losing My Religion” by REM. The first band I loved was Savage Garden

LASTS:
Last Drink: Water
Last Crush: Haha I can’t remember that far back
Last Phone Call: My Mum, probably
Last CD played: “Dear Diary: My Teen Angst Has A Bodycount” by From First To Last

HAVE YOU EVER:
Have you ever dated one of your best friend: Nope
Have you ever broken the law: Nope, I’m a good girl
Have you ever been arrested: Nope again
Have you ever been on TV: Possibly, like when news stations were randomly recording at my school, but I don’t really know
Have you ever kissed someone you don't know: Nope

THINGS:
5 things you are good at: Art, academic stuff, making/designing clothes, playing piano, reading
4 things you've done today: Cleaned my room, hand washed some clothes, rearranged my poster collection and…Surfed the net
3 things you can hear right now: The TV, my typing, my budgies talking
2 things you should be doing about now: Cutting out my dress pattern, getting something for lunch
1 thing you do when you are bored: Listen to music

I'll tag...whoever watches me and whoever wants to. Not like it's compulsory or anything though

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Member of ]]> ~heart-of-winter http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/9766374/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/9766374/ Thu, 17 Aug 2006 23:43:13 PDT from
Needed a new journal entry and I liked this one

SEVEN THINGS YOU WANT TO DO:
1. Buy a tablet so I can mess around with photoshop more easily…I hate using the mouse, it feels so…unnatural when you’re trying to draw ~_~
2. Stop spending so much time on the net and actually accomplish something today
3. Finish the calico mock-up of my dress pattern
4. Finish the proper version of my dress
5. Get bright red streaks in my hair, but it's not a good idea as I'm jobhunting…
6. …Get a job so I can buy all the Jack Skellington stuff I found at the shops yesterday
7. Learn how to play "Our Lady Of Sorrows" by My Chemical Romance on guitar...Not gonna happen though

SEVEN THINGS I CAN'T (OR WON'T) DO:
1. Be intentionally cruel to people. Not to sound conceited, but nastyness doesn’t come easily to me.
2. Any sort of animal cruelty.
3. Listen to hip hop /R&B/ Rap
4. Kill anything. Well, to be honest, I have to kill things like spiders sometimes, but I feel guilty for ages afterwards.
5. Exercise. Every time I do I get sick (as in, sick in bed sick) within a week and I stay sick for about a month. Damned immune system.
6. Sing in front of people
7. Catch public transport

SEVEN THINGS I SAY THE MOST:
1. Um
2. Like
3. Damn
4. Whatever (I'm starting to sound like a ditz here...)
5. Hey
6. Mmkay
7. Hmm?

SEVEN MOVIES I COULD (OR DO) WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN:
1. Pirates of the Caribbean
2. Mulan
3. Peter Pan (the one with Jeremy Sumpter, not the cartoon)
4. Any of the Harry Potter movies
5. I Robot
6. Underworld / Van Helsing (Hehe cheating and putting my fave vampire ones together…)
7. Corpse Bride / Nightmare Before Christmas (I almost think of them as one sometimes...)

SEVEN VIDEO GAMES THAT THE STORY JUST GRABS YOU:
*cough* I’m not much of a gamer, so this is basically just a list of the games I've played…*cough*
1. Yoshi's Island
2. The New Super Mario Brothers
3. Donkey Kong yay for retro-ness
4. Super Metroid
5. Metroid Prime
6. Eh, stuff it. All of the metroid games
7. Yoshi's Story


SEVEN SONGS THAT YOU LOVE:
Only seven? Not fair! Okay, just the first faves that come to mind then...
1. Wicked Game by HIM
2. Tainted Love by Marilyn Manson
3. Kiss Me, I'm Contagious by From First To Last
4. Ankomst by Leaves' Eyes
5. Ghost Love Score by Nightwish
6. Cemetery Drive by My Chemical Romance
7. Damaged by Plummet

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6 Weird Facts About Me

1. I'm terrified of spiders, but very curious at the same time. As in I’ll sit there and watch them or take a photo or something…o_O”
2. I still haven't lost some of my baby teeth
3. My hair used to be dead-straight, now it's curly. Like in long spiral ringlets
4. I'm terrified of scary movies/tv shows, etc, and yet watched almost the entire season of supernatural, plus The Others when it was on the other day…*makes confused face*
5. I don’t drive
6. I refuse to catch public transport * see “what I won’t do” above *

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Member of ]]> ~heart-of-winter http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/9497599/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/9497599/ Wed, 26 Jul 2006 05:43:29 PDT
Isn’t it funny that when you go to the shops with your friends you look down at the girl with black jeans and studs but smile at the girl wearing a mini with a t shirt that barely covers anything?

Isn’t it funny you can change your music taste to impress a guy but when it comes to a girl who likes her own music and her own style, you give her a mouthful?

Isn’t it funny that a guy can get away with being a gangsta but the emo gets a mouthful from everyone

- Are you laughing?

Isn’t it funny an emo can be quiet all through the week but gets more shit from everyone than the girl who sleeps around and sells her virginity?

Isn’t it funny that you don’t mind your friends drinking, smoking but the minute someone mentions emo music you can give them a lecture on melodramatic teenage outcasts?

- I’m not laughing

It’s so funny that you and your friends can make a girl’s life hell and not know anything about the silent battle she might be fighting.

Isn’t it funny that you can call emos, punks, goths the retards but still manage to get through your day without an inch of guilt in your heart.

How can you call a girl a poser, how can you say "you're emo" or "attention seeker" without spending a second trying to figure out why there are cuts on her wrists and why she spends her lunchtimes crying instead of laughing with her friends

- Keep on laughing

Isn’t it funny you can say and do all this without any idea of what is going on in this persons life

without knowing her situation with her friends

or her family

or her Life

Brave isn’t going up on stage and stripping

Brave is not saying a speech

Or dumping your boyfriend

Brave is

Going to school on mufti day and not for a second caring what the whores around you are saying about your clothes

It’s listening to your own music and being proud of it

It’s going through every day with the things people say to your face and behind your back and you still keep quiet

Brave is knowing that tomorrow isn’t a bright and happy future

It’s another day of bitching and dodging rumours

- Laugh if you must, but it is NOT funny.

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I'm really not trying to attack anyone, but I have to admit I agree with a lot of the points in there.
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Member of ]]> ~heart-of-winter http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/9433019/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/9433019/ Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:58:16 PDT Sooooo, I'm about grade three but started at grade one to make things a bit easier. (Oh yes, did I mention I hate playing in front of people? Insanity again.)
Anyhow, I had my exam about 2 weeks ago, and at the time I thought it went okay. I mean, I made a couple of mistakes because I was nervous, but I figured it wasn't the end of the world. I was expecting a B, but hoping that at a stretch I could get an A, as I'm a major perfectionist (which is usually quite stress-inducing, believe me)
I got an A with honours! I was soooo surprised when my piano teacher told me. Seriously, I was hyper for like 2 days.
I hope you won't think I'm boasting or anything, it's just that I'm always convinced I'm not doing well enough (due to the perfectionist streak, no doubt) and to have proof on a little piece of paper that yes, I am doing well, means a lot. Stupid, I know, especially since it was only a first grade exam and not that difficult, buuuuuut...I can't help it!
So if anything I say seems strange, just know that it's due to the natural sugar high, kay? Okay then
Take care all

Oh, and big big hugs to and for all their support. Thanks so much!

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Member of ]]> ~heart-of-winter http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/9060522/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/9060522/ Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:29:06 PDT

Oh, and while I remember, does anyone know how to put club avatars in journals? Do I need to put it in manually eevry time? Thanks for any help

Member of [link] ]]> ~heart-of-winter http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/8976705/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/8976705/ Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:36:57 PDT ~heart-of-winter http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/8925150/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/8925150/ Tue, 30 May 2006 21:43:33 PDT I've got the year off before I start Uni, and I thought, "Oh good, I can get a job, earn some money, etc"

WRONG!

Instead, I'm more interested in catching up on the art I've neglected for ages and designing and making clothes. Plus trying to teach myself photography (properly, not just the happy-snaps I'm used to), guitar and taking my piano exams. *sigh* kinda hard to motivate myself to get a job when it's so much more fun to do almost snything else.

Ah well, I'm sure lack of money will motivate me soon enough!

XoxoxoX ]]> ~heart-of-winter http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/8793111/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/8793111/ Tue, 16 May 2006 21:32:38 PDT Thanks so much to everyone who's left me a comment, faved a piece or just taken the time to look, it means a lot
XoxoX ]]> ~heart-of-winter http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/8434053/ http://heart-of-winter.deviantart.com/journal/8434053/ Tue, 11 Apr 2006 01:56:24 PDT It's a bit annoying through, most of my work is actually traditional art, but I can't submit it as my scanner doesn't pick up the detail and photographing my work hasn't turned out either. *sigh*
And, while I'm complaining/making excuses, I can't do much photomanipulation either as I don't have a tablet OR a proper mouse. I've got this track-ball mouse thing, which is esentially a round ball set into a plastic base. You move the ball around to move the mouse on the screen, but with the way it's set up, it's literally impossible to draw curves, you can only do straight lines. And there's only so much you can do when stamping brushes and using the bezier tool.
So, that was just meant to explain why my gallery is coming along so slowly, I'm restricted to photography only and can't photomanipulate much. Sigh.
Anyway, hopefully I'll get around to buying a decent mouse and I can get on with things!
XoxoX Winter ]]> ~heart-of-winter