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If you want a pair of wings for YOUR costume, check out the merchandise!

[link]


Love,
Lotusii

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/18388452/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/18388452/ Sun, 18 May 2008 18:44:57 PDT
Getting closer and closer to the trip to China, and I'm very excited and terrified. I don't want to come back one-handed because I did something insulting by accident! XD

Very tired. Will update more later - Probably some time in late June.

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/17563890/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/17563890/ Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:15:59 PDT
RULES:
1. Put Your iTunes, Windows Media Player, ETC on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.
5.Put this on your journal.

1.If someone says, "Is this okay?" You say?
Page of Cups by enigma
(humming instrumentally is always a great answer!)

2.How would you describe yourself?
Ever Dream by Nightwish
(I do like sleep. Alot. Because I don't. XD)

3.What do you like in a Boy?
Adagio for Strings by DJ Tiesto
(I do like intelligent men.. this includes knowledge of classical things, but always the upbeat, modern attitude is good as well.... confusing!)

4.How do you feel today?
El Desposiedo by Zum
(yup.)

5.What is your life's purpose?
One Day I’ll Fly Away (Tony Phillips Remix) from Moulin Rouge, Vol. 2
(I do love to travel!)

6.What is your motto?
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke by Tex Williams
(I don't smoke... I do agree with his sentiment, however.

7.What do your friends think of you?
Moonlight Kiss by Bap Kennedy
(some sort of secret admirer club? Well I know for sure that Kaje would do me XD ^~)

8.What do you think of your parents?
Cannon in D, techno version by (originally) Pachelbel
(Yes, yes they do want me to be married off quickly...)

9.What do you think about very often?
Bill Clinton Twelve Days of Christmas by Rush Limbaugh
(only because Mom is a political conspiracy theory maker-upper)

10.What is 2 + 2?
5th Symphony Rave Mix by (originally) Beethoven
(HAH! I KNEW IT!)

11.What do you think of your best friend?
Just Like You by Three Days Grace
(ouch.)

12.What do you think of the person you like?
Song of Life by Leftfield
(no, I could never live without my lover!)

13.What is your life story?
Stoppin’ the Love by KT Tunstall
(again with the random secret admirers! Who are you?! Why am I stoppin' your lovin'?!)

14.What do you want to be when you grow up?
This Boy by Franz Ferdinand
(priceless. "Mom? Can I have a sex-change operation?")

15.What do you think of when you see the person you like?
Burned With Desire ( Rising Star Remix) by Armin Van Buuren
(Give it to me, lover... XD)

16.What will you dance to at your wedding?
Crystalline Green by Goldfrapp
(yes, that will do my family proud.)

17.What will they play at your funeral?
The Logical Song by Supertramp
(Bloody Well Right! (we knew it would happen with her obsession over plasma cutters))

18.What is your hobby/interest?
Forever by Goldfrapp
(Again with the travelling)

19.What is your biggest fear?
Starless by Crossfade
(actually I think everyone is afraid of being alone)

20.What is your biggest secret?
Because We Can by Fatboy Slim
(EVERYBODY CAN-CAN! I'll let YOU figure that one out.)

21.What do you think of your friends?
Bleed For Me by Saliva
(sorry kids, you all suck. XD yeah right i love you all )

22.What will you post this as?
i lathair De (in God’s presence) (Gaelic) by Maire Brennan
(I did, didn't I?)

TAG! You're it! ^~

~Anna

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/17140204/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/17140204/ Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:20:44 PDT
Good news, though.

I am in a jewelry exhibit in St. Petersburg, Florida, entitled "Neck-Lust and the Chocolatier". The opening is March 7th, so anyone near there should drop by! The event will be awesome. Also, there is a press gathering for the show titled "Necklust Uncovered", if anyone would like to meet many of the artists that submitted work.

Secondly, I will be accompanying my professor, Harlan Butt, and a team of artists from all over the USA to hold a symposium with artists and museum curators in China. The project is headed by Harlan, and created at the request of the Chinese government. This is such an exciting opportunity! CHINA!!!

So if anyone wants souvenirs, pipe up now or forever hold your peace

Also, if anyone is in the DFW area at the end of October, come on over to the Cora Stafford gallery and check out the combined senior show "We ARE Artists!" My friend Craig Vanderman (who can be easily found on myspace if you'd like to see his art. Hes VERY talented) and I, as well as a few other metalsmiths to be determined, are holding the combined show either the last week of october or the first week of november. Details will be posted later.

Along with this comes the notice that as soon as that particular show is over, I will pot photographs of the finished versions of the sculpture WIPs up, as well as pictures of the new sculptures in the show. More are coming, as well, because my part of the show ("Old Lamps for New") has a part two that will be displayed along with part one as soon as it is finished, along with two sentient beings representing each of the warring halves. This may take me into grad school but the concepts are there and goin strong. I intend fully to finish. It will be a great show, this and the finished show, and I will post more details later.

Much <3,
Lotusii

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/15772525/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/15772525/ Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:04:18 PST
Do NOT under any circumstances join the club "Enchanted Forest". The person responding to emails is an inconsiderate asshole with no respect in the least.

If you are a member of this club, contact the owner and tell them this. To have been a former owner of said club and to be treated with such a huge lack of respect and rudeness is an insanely huge insult to my person, and I would appreciate some support in this.

Don't support assholes and jerks! Down with the man!

Er... yeah. Anyhow. Send a note to the owner if you like, or boycott the club, or do nothing at all. Just a warning that if you email them with some sort of trouble you'll be treated like a mentally challenged individual.

Good day!

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/15576457/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/15576457/ Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:45:59 PST
Anna's Metalsmithing Bachelor of Fine Arts Gallery Exhibit!

Not as fancy as it sounds.

Time:

November the 26th at 6 pm.

Location:

Hastings Cafe in Denton

Map:

2311 Colorado Blvd, Denton TX

[link]

(^Yahoo Maps link^)

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/14727933/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/14727933/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:13:40 PDT
So I'm putting up a God awful picture of an abstract metal piece and a teaser of some things to come. Hopefully by the end of the semester you'll see what I've been up to lately. ^^

<3,
Anna

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/9938625/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/9938625/ Sat, 02 Sep 2006 08:57:21 PDT
It is GORGEOUS here in Firenze. We got an incredible appartment on Via Sant'Egidio , number 10. It is so gorgeous here I can't even tell you. I don't have enough time to upload a video and it would take too long for anyone to try and view it I think. Anyhow. Anyone who likes italian food and gorgeous places should visit here! You would love it.

I have to go, my time is pretty much up here at the internet cafe. We emailed a guy about getting wireless internet in our appartment but he hasn't emailed back yet, so let's all keep our fingers crossed!

Ciao, Belli!

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/9895639/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/9895639/ Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:57:14 PDT
Hello from Roma, Italia! I've been here two days and leave tomorrow for Florence. Don't have much internet time left so I have to make this fast -

I don't know how much internet access I'll have over here so we'll find out what works and what doesn't. I have a TON of pictures to upload, so I'll do that when I get the chance.

Gotta go, time's almost up.

~Anna

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/9096934/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/9096934/ Sat, 17 Jun 2006 14:16:47 PDT
You are allowed to have your OWN DAMN OPINION of artists!

You are free to equally like OR DISLIKE ANYONE YOU WANT!

Just because I don't like an atrist because I think their work is crap (and I have good reason to, in MY OPINION), doesn't mean you have to flame me because you think their work is genius (because you have good reason to, in YOUR OPINION).

We all have our likes and dislikes. GET OVER IT. You blasting me for not liking an artist certainly isn't going to change my opinion.

(This comes from the fact that I didn't like an artist's talk at a conference because in my opinion their slideshow of work had nothing to do with metalsmithing. And oh God, I'm so sorry I mistook the fur for being fake! I'm SO glad to have been corrected and shown that the artist kills animals for their non-metalsmith work. That REALLY changes my opinion.)

Ok, I'm done with my rant. That felt really good to get out...

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/8850174/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/8850174/ Mon, 22 May 2006 23:48:47 PDT


]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/8820718/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/8820718/ Fri, 19 May 2006 21:47:09 PDT
A TIP FOR TRAVELERS! If you need to acquire an international Visa, student or regular, there is a HUGE amount of forms and papers you have to get and fill out. Forget filling out forms, you have to have things from EVERYONE, no exceptions! It's ridiculous.

I'll be in Chicago starting Tuesday, if anyone wants to learn about metalsmithing, come to the Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference! It's on the Magnificent Mile.

And, it's official. I'm leaving for Italy soon, I finally bought my airline tickets. I can't wait! I actually make a stop in Toronto, Canada, for a few hours in the airport, before going directly from there to Rome. I've always wanted to visit Canada, I have to love a place that never gets hot. ^_^ If you're a Texan, too, you know what I mean. Let's all move to Oregon...

Anywho, that's about it.

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/8347221/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/8347221/ Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:41:00 PDT
I'll be out and about May 23-28, in Chicago, for the Society of North American Goldsmith's Annual Conference - the only place where I can see both my metals professors get jiggy with it on the dance floor. Scary, I know, and guess who'll have a camera? Bwahahahaha....

So, if you're in Chicago around then, drop by! It's the Mariott on the Magnificent Mile, somewhere near the Tutenkhamen (sp?) exhibition at the Feild Museum. It'll be loads of fun and well... where else can you see really kooky people get drunk? The kinds of people who make a tape and newspaper ball and entertain themselves for hours... imagine them drunk. So grab a camrea and come on down!

See you there, and don't forget the 10-100 pendants you have to make for the pendant swap!

PS- it's $70 cheaper to get in if you are a student member of SNAG when you buy the tickets.

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/8318214/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/8318214/ Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:55:28 PST
Too much work to do. That's all I have to say.

Buona notte.

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/7699670/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/7699670/ Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:29:56 PST
1. I'll be in Florence for the 2006 Fall semester, so for six months there won't be much activity. I don't know if I'll have internet access.

2. My last piece of jewelry from metals class is in the display case. I'll take a picture and post it when the prof gives it back.

3. Our next project is to center a piece around something we consider precious. I'm centering mine around Benadryl and Mucinex. >_> It's too much work to make something centered around an IV in three weeks.

4. Speaking of IVs. If I've got tracks in my arms the next time I see you, I'm NOT TAKING DRUGS! T_T It's the infusions, darn you. I'm no drugee... not publically, anyway. *cackle* caffeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeine......

There's not much to report lately... Grandpa's funeral was the 20th of January, so everything's kind of on the wind down since then, and the first week of school. I still have to send all my forms and my life's savings to API and the Lorenzo De Medici school in Florence, waiting for signatures on those things, then it's off to buy postage and pray the classes I want make, and that I still have enough to ship my saw blades, files, and sharp pointy objects to the appartment in Italy by Fed Ex or UPS or some international carrier.

Hopefully I'll have some money left over to buy myself a chunk of marble for class. kind of pointless to get to class and not have the materials. T_T I will take this time to thank Fast Fix for giving me $9 an hour thank you GOD, I actually think I have enough to be ok, AND eat.

Thank God for parents too. T_T

~Anna

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/7643504/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/7643504/ Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:49:00 PST
Well, I haven't posted alot of work since October. Mostly because, one, my ceramics class keeps all the work in the sutdio for several critiques, and you take all your work home at the end of the semester. Two, because my father's camera takes weird funky pictures color wise. Three, not much stuff is worth posting. Four, I didn't really have the time to post anything. Hopefully this semester will be different.

I'm going to post a few things that I've been doing, none of it all that wonderful, but still, it's there. I'm alive!!! I swear T_T

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/7242298/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/7242298/ Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:45:30 PST
Point one - If you actually want to talk to someone who stopped talking to you, don't try a couple of times and then think "Well I tried. They suck and they should do all the work to get to me". You try all visible means of contact and then you give up, and maybe they'll contact you if they want to.

Point two - You don't contact someone only to chew them the hell out or make their life miserable because they stopped talking to you, or be spiteful. Maybe they have a reason they weren't talking to you.

Point three - If they don't want to talk to you, LEAVE THEM ALONE! If you try every visible and concieveable means of contact, and they either don't answer, or block you from commenting on pages, or don't accept IMs from multiple screen names, they probably really don't want to talk to you. Stop bugging them, stop creeping them out, and stop making them think you're a stalker. Give it up, get a life, and MOVE ON.

Alright? Alright!

*mutters* Basta...

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/7231637/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/7231637/ Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:37:49 PST

o_O!

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/7187964/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/7187964/ Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:35:29 PST
Make a post in your dA journal. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

If you wish for real-life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you.


STEP 2

Surf around your friends list (or friends friends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:

If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.

You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.

There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.


STEP 3

The List:
1) I want to stop being sick. Period. A cold or two is ok, but besides that, NO MORE!!!!
2) That my brother's boss would give him the pay raise he's promised for five years, and that my family can stop supporting his completely.
3) That there would be more hours in the day.
4) That the metals department at UNT could get a new Vacuum machine dome.
5) That Southwest Airlines would extend the retirement age for its pilots, so my dad won't loose his job next year.
6) A kitty. T_T
7) Lead free enamel!
8) Dragon Fruit Juice. I can't find it anywhere anymore.
9) A goldfish. My tank seems so empty after Spaz died. Well... because it IS empty.
10) A cool picture... I love cool pictures... XD


Your turn!!!

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/6995080/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/6995080/ Tue, 08 Nov 2005 21:30:32 PST
I got a new job at a watch and jewelry repair shop, mostly to take in information and learn from the more experienced jewelers there, but $9/hr is a great perk, when working hours on end.

Work is picking up in class, more and more stuff is due. I have to order jump rings for making more chains. I'll be damned if I'm going to saw 700 jumprings from a splintered dowel rod when my hands are already dried and cracking from cleaning agents and cool, dry weather. I've never made so many samples in my life without actually making any pieces... well, besides the summer enameling class. Then we get this "themed" project.... I'd rather do something I deem worthwhile and beautiful, something I'd be proud to show people. Instead, I get a ton of smaples and a ridiculous looking project that I'm ashamed to show people for fear they'll think me a modern artist who splashes paint on the canvas and says "LOOK! It's ART!" No offense to any artist out there who I accidentally covered with that blanket statement.

That being said, eventually I'll post some pictures of the crapload of crappy stuff I've produced this semester. Some randome cups and pots and bowls in ceramics, and a bunch of samples and such from metals. Studio level metals next semester, woo! And my first sculpture class. How exciting....

I'm too tired right now to really care about much, except for how much I wish I wasn't sleeping alone tonight.

More updates later. For comission pricing, note me, or visit [link] .

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/6556115/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/6556115/ Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:43:05 PDT ........
........

I love October... o_o

Ok yeah I don't really have anything to say. Cels went for a total of $150, that's without the cut animeFEST gets. I can't wait for October, and halloween, and FALL for heaven's sake... I wish it were cold already. Why is it still so hot? Oh yeah, tropical depressions from hurricanes. Damn you, meteorology class... now I can't just complain my head off because I know the reason for things.

GET COLDER, DAMNIT! I WANT FREEZING TEMPERATURES! >_>;

The Russians have a hurricane machine.... I shall have my revenge.... ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/6382962/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/6382962/ Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:04:00 PDT
So my toes ahve healed enough so that they only hurt when I bend them. They're still swollen though, that's a little annoying but oh well. Went to Progresso, Cozumel, and Belize last week! That was a BLAST, although I haven't stopped being seasick yet (it's 31 Aug, we got home 28 Aug).

ANIMEFEST IS FIRDAY!!!!!!! I'm excited, I love going every year. It's so much fun and just about the only time I can see old friends from High Shcool AND make money in the auction (I hope) AND act like an idiot AND wear clothes I would never wear in public usually HAHA! Oh, right... "costumes". *grin*

Anyway. It's at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dallas, Texas. Everyone should go, and everyone should bid on my four lovely cels. Yes. They should. Bwhahaha... Bid on my cels, bid on my cels! I command you! >_>

I need to scan in the other cel(s) I painted... waiting for one of kakashi to dry as I type this, there's one of Naruto and... well I haven't seen the episode but Bob told me it was a really good one, and the cel is so cute... Will upload them ASAP. TWO ONE PIECE AND TWO NARUTO CELS WILL BE UP FOR AUCTION AT ANIMEFEST! woo!

So go bid... >>

Arreviderci! ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/6072130/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/6072130/ Fri, 29 Jul 2005 21:37:41 PDT
I darn near broke two toes on Thursday the 28th. so... yahoo. On pain meds that make me act like a drunk, I've stopped taking them because I'd almost rather go through the pain than act so oddly. The dizziness and all that just isn't worth it. I'll go with ice packs, thanks.

Class is going well, it's alot of info to cram into five weeks, but I'm really glad they have the course available. Thank you, UNT! Only two weeks left.

Also... I'm going to Italy next summer with API!!!! XD I can't wait for that, awesome sculpture class, here I come! =3

On a side note... ignore this next part unless your name is RAJ.

RAJ: Yes, I got your email. Yes, I got your note on my front page. As great as your music is and as great a person I know you can be, I am very tired of your games, you always getting your way by talking me in circles and making me feel like total shit for denying you any little thing. I'm so tired of you making things into competitions. While I was talking with you, I always ended up depressed and feeling like dirt. I don't want to feel like that any longer. That's why I stoppped talking to you in November. That's why I changed my screen name. No matter how many emails you send I do not want to talk to you ever again. I'm not sorry for this. Go find someone else to talk down to.

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/5862523/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/5862523/ Thu, 07 Jul 2005 00:51:58 PDT 1. family problems. May not be serious to you but... mind shattering for me.
2. still sick.
3. problems with fall calsses.
4. it's summer and I still have too much to do.

Good
1. lost 32 pounds.
2. still alive and as well as can be expected.
3. cheese and crackers >_>
4..... still coming up with a #4.

Well the bad outweighs the good but we'll see how it goes. Si? Si, signori e signore.

I'm going to do a few sketches and see what comes out. A little rusty from non-practice, but who knows. need to get that commission done for Bob's mom, and one day I swear I have got to figure out how to make that ring I had a dream about. Well... that can wait I need some sleep. T_T

Night everyone. 3 am is the limit tonight.

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/5812531/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/5812531/ Fri, 01 Jul 2005 14:06:09 PDT
*update*

I got a few good strong sunburns and am still pale as a piece of paper. Good stuff.

Nothing else has happened, really.

oO;

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/5517179/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/5517179/ Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:23:26 PDT
Class is going well, the final exam is on thursday, our final project is due tomorrow... errr... today. 220am ^_^; I'll take a picture or scan the thing in, I really like it, it turned out well despite the fact that the enamel was contaminated with black specks (most of the enamel I was using was transparent, so that sucks) and that when I put the silver into the kiln, some of the cloisonne wire moved before it was tacked down to the molten glass. It still looks ok, though.

I just feel depressed right now so forgive me if I'm short with anyone. I have a piddly little reason for feeling so, and you may think it's stupid, but it's rather large to me, and I easily get bent out of shape about things. Anyway. I won't burden anyone with details. Just wanted to apologise beforehand.

Thank you guys, everyone, for being so kind and nice. I know you could all be jackasses if you felt like it, being nice takes an effort. You all deserve cookies... if I only knew where everyone lived, I'd bake some and send them. ^_^;

~Sera

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/5442420/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/5442420/ Mon, 23 May 2005 19:55:14 PDT Mood: AAAHHHHHHH

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHH

ok now that I've got that one out...

If you pray, please pray for me. This morning ferric oxide (acid) splashed in my eyes... the UNT clinic doesn't think that there's permanent damage, it's mostly in one eye, so it should be ok but it's a bugger... so if you would... I'd really appreciate it. Also, i go to the doctor on friday to see if I can get off my myriad pills sometime before I die. woo!

Thank you

~Sera

PS - Website's changed! It's my journal now. [link]

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/5442412/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/5442412/ Mon, 23 May 2005 19:54:35 PDT
]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/5323471/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/5323471/ Tue, 10 May 2005 18:38:40 PDT I've never been to heaven.
I've never seen the face of God.
I've never been to hell.
I've never faced Satan.

I've always been alive, and halfway to well.
I know nothing.
I make huge mistakes and small blunders.
I am imperfect.
I am human.

Don't expect the world.
Don't expect perfection.

And most of all, never, ever believe a word I say.
Why?
Why is the eternal question.

Because I don't know myself.
If I don't even know myself, how can anything I say be true?
If I don't know myself, how can you know me?
How can you know why I do things?

Don't believe a thing I say.
I have too many masks I hide behind.
Not even my closest, dearest friend has seen the me behind every single one.


Just a simple reminder about my own as well as your own humanity. Don't take life seriously, please. It's too short.

And I'm going to come out and say it instead of tiptoeing around it constantly. Even though you might never see this journal. Say whatever you want, Raj. I'm never going to talk to you again. I'm tired of being depressed and self-depreciating. You probably don't even care by now. If this makes you mad, so be it. Nothing will change my mind. Don't ask me to explain, because no matter what I say you will find some way to guilt me into feeling bad about my descision whether my descision was right or wrong. Yes half of it is most likely my fault. I'm still sticking with my descision.

I feel free again...
I can breathe.

Bouna sera, signori e signore.

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/5207158/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/5207158/ Wed, 27 Apr 2005 19:30:27 PDT
So just one greivance to air this month, really, just an annoyance, that if a person wants to talk to me they should make some kind of effort to contact me, not just expect me to find them and do all the work. Sheesh. I have enough to do. Besides, maybe if I'm not trying to contact you that should be a hint.

Classes are almost out for the semester, thank God! It'll be my last semester of Italian and I'll have my minor! Yaaaay.... I went to see Kung Fu Hustle, and everyone should go see it, it's hilarious. ^_^ Then, let's see..... Howl's Flying Castle will come out in June. A book I'm almost done with is "The Geographer's Library" which is amazing, a book about some alchemy objects and a Baltic history professor with a questionable past, and a reporter trying to write an obituary who suspects murder instead of natural causes. I can't wait to figure out what happened!

Metals class is going great, filing is a pain but when has it not been? Making a pendant fo rmy final project, I'll scan in a picture when it's done.

HAPPY 21st B DAY BOB! (May 7th) ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4963416/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4963416/ Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:59:30 PST
Go tell them happy birthday ^_^

~evilmind2
~murraben

Give them money and giftart! Because I say so! Bwahahahaha!!! ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4949761/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4949761/ Wed, 30 Mar 2005 06:06:53 PST _< ), someone wants to commission a ring that's a replica of another ring n a game, and my old history teacher wants me to illustrate notecards to sell in her new store. God knows what of, she hasn't told me yet. Anyway, alot going on. Not to mention I still need to finish the kiriban I started. That one's going to take forever. >_<;

I read something quite interesting last night and just wanted to share it. I wish I had read it a very long time ago when I was talking to someone, but the time for talking with them is gone and all I have now are regrets for not having this reply with me at the time. Ah well. No use crying over spilt orange juice? It's a good quote anyway, not gonna waste it -

"What chance did truth, kindness and purity have against the sort of bravery that slashes with a sword and is not elevated above the mob by beauty of thought or character?"
~Alexander Maclaren

Hope everyone's having a good time right now and not getting too caught up in the rush.

Ciao ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4873803/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4873803/ Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:47:02 PST





Admin of:

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4494811/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4494811/ Fri, 04 Feb 2005 09:10:18 PST
Here's the worklist so far:

Kiriban for ~divineshadow
Comission for Tom's fiance
Erlking piece

Then ontop and before all that is school work. There's a bookmark project in metalsmithing that's going to take up waaaaaaaaaay too much of my time T_T

Still no word back from my old professor. She said she'd call me when she called her friend. Keep your fingers crossed! ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4461190/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4461190/ Mon, 31 Jan 2005 10:53:07 PST
Let's hope this works!

*nervous* ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4457594/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4457594/ Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:36:08 PST
I'll scan and update as soon as I get a chance to breathe. ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4214965/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4214965/ Sat, 01 Jan 2005 18:48:46 PST
Gift art to whoever hits or hits nearest to pagehit 3000! Just note me =3

Nothing much going on over here.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! ^_^ ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4180637/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4180637/ Tue, 28 Dec 2004 20:31:45 PST
Work is fun. There's no one in the store and most transactions are returns. We're having a sale to clear out the store but still no one comes in. oh well, I can play the games when no one's in there. It's kinda funny right now. I'm one of two girls working there, and the other girl just quit. So I'm working with a bunch of guys who are paranoid about being the cause of my getting sick again. So I get stuck behind the counter and am not allowed to go restock or anything. It was fun at first but now it's boring. I feel useless just sitting like a bump on a log. But I guess they're right, if I work I won't stop and I'll make myself sick again. We'll see.

Went to go see "Meet The Fockers" today. Unless you want to be horny at the end of the movie or want to be bombarded by sexual references, don't go. If you don't want that kind of humor, it isn't really funny. It's also really politcal as well, showing the extremes of both sides. I really thought politics should be left out of movies... but it was ok. Not quite like the first movie, the first had more design to it. Sex and politics, I don't get it. Ah well. Che sera sera. ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4172780/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4172780/ Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:45:05 PST
I don't think it will ever go away. I want to be able to get up and around again and do stuff I normally do instead of waste away in bed doing nothing of any value.

Eating's been a problem as well, I've lost fifteen pounds being sick. Which would be ok but I still don't have an appetite back. A piece of bacon, toast and a pretzel was all I ate today, and that's the most I've eaten since last week. Ah well, it'll go away soon enough, si?

Got some stuff done in spite of everything, at least, brushing up on Italian for next semester (our new workbook doesn't have the answers in the back, dang it!), drew and inked a few pictures, etc. Little stuff. I miss being online for hours though. I have no one to talk to right now ;_;

Drop me a line if you're bored...

Ciao ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4021150/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/4021150/ Wed, 08 Dec 2004 17:28:22 PST
I had this great idea when I was driving to school to go for my last critique. I don't remember the name of the song I heard but I'm guessing it's "Clowns" and I know it's by Tatu. This vivid picture popped up into my head and I've got it all dow, but damnit the picture in my head is a perfect watercolor and I haven't the first clue how to do a watercolor painting. I don't even have a nice litle bottle of that stuff you can paint onto the board to keep certain parts unpainted and rub off later, and for that matter, I have no idea what kind of paper to use!

Got alot to learn over this Christmas break, this picture's gonna bug me until I do it right. Just like my self portrait. Bwahaha, it's up here but I'm not telling you which one it is. They all are, kind of, but it's my baby I swear it'll never be finished. that and my poor, poor Erlking picture. That picture gives me a headache every time I look at it.

So, buon Natale a tutti, amichi mia! Ciao =3 ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/3999539/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/3999539/ Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:46:56 PST
But since I'm awake I'm updating this journal since I took a leave of absence.

So, while listening to how I can make money without spending money through real estate (infomertial), I will fill everyone in.

I didn't do so well in one of my classes on an exam this semester and my parents decided to have a little experiment since I still live with them for sake of no rent and free food. I was to not use to computer so my grades would go up. Sure enough they did and so now I can use the comp again. Not to mention the fact that I need the internet and a computer to write end of term papers and do research - that helped their decision a little. These aren't all the reasons that happened, of course, but I don't need to go into detail here.

If that wasn't enough during the last few weeks until finals. I went to the optometrist and got a new pair of glasses. I happened to ask her a question about my eyes and she diagnosed me, then gave me a lovely eye ointment to "lessen my symptoms". SO I blind myself for a week's worth of nights with gauze to keep the nasty stuff in place. a few days later after that week - da dada daaaaaaa - I'm temprorarily blind. It's not that I can't see, it's that every time I open my eyes, they're so light sensitive it's like someone decided to fill the air with needles, or shards of metal. So needless to say I complained, and now it's better, I happen to be one of the, oh, 2% who happened to have an adverse reaction and I now have chronic light sensitivity. You'd think I could see better in the dark right? Nope, blind as a bat. XD

So, as I suck on my finger before realising I have silver dust on them from "ring" (check gallery), I realize that it;s been kind of a sucky month or so. There are a few other things but I'm sure you want to hear something happier than my ranting. so...

Happy Early Merry Christmas!

Hope that explains my absence, I promise I'll put some stuff up soon, I'll do something over the break.

Ciao, amici; buon Natale! ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/3675881/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/3675881/ Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:25:17 PDT
Work has been good, I've gotten a few commissions but nothing serious, and in this economy there's no way I can find a real job instead of freelance. I've been looking for a year, no one is hiring!

So now the email is supposed to be fake and I don't know what's going on with it but whatever it is I'm still very insulted by the implications. I know I'm not the best but I'm not that bad. Sorry to go on and on about it but things happen that you don't forget so easily. I still have my suspicions about who did it but there's nothing to prove it so I can't exactly say much. Though I do want to say that some things can't be made right by saying "oops, sorry". And I don't mean the email. Like I've said. Even in the long run some things still sting, especially when false.

Well hello and welcome back to ~morcrist ! We missed you, girl! When you get a break come visit! =3

I'll put up some pictures of the things I've been working on in metals up ASAP. My father took the camera on a trip to see my baby neice this week. ^_^

WELCOME TO THE WORLD, MADELINE QUINN!!! Born Oct 18, 11am! ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/3614623/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/3614623/ Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:23:31 PDT
I dont think you art is very good - I'm sorry to say.

In fact you need lots more practice.

Have you thought of maybe giving it up and trying to do something
better for
yourself ?

I don't mean to be rude, I can help you in fact.

If you want to learn something look at my art,

[link]

I hope you have learnt something.

Aslo read my poems about my dad they might help you.

Some people get upset when I tell them, so I hope you understand if I
block
your address.




Anyway. I go to look at this *GREAT* gallery of his and... whoo! nothing to sniff at but nothing to give him such authority as to tell me that I should quit art.

While it's out there, does anyone else think I should quit? 'Cause I wanna know now before I finish my last year of Art School. Yes, I promise I'll put my sculpture pics and things up here when I get them back from the school board.

~Sera ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/3027838/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/3027838/ Mon, 02 Aug 2004 15:40:02 PDT
IF YOU WANT CEL ART -

Any character, all I need is a name, the series name, and a pose idea. As long as I can find pictures for the series on the internet or you send the pictures to me, I can do it. =3
Price will be determined on the piece. If you want a little bitty cel then it's going to be cheaper, if you want a large one with many characters naturally it'll be a little more expensive.
I'll send you the piece when I recieve the check or money order.

Commissions are greatly appreciated!

~Sera ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/2913611/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/2913611/ Sun, 18 Jul 2004 19:19:22 PDT
Anywho.

I have very little money due to textbooks and animefest - I was really hoping to make some money from selling art there but due to classes I can't arrive early enough to reserve space... not even get space at the first come first serve after all the reserves come and set up. Long story short if you want to buy anything at all on my site, it's for sale.

Hopefully I'll save up enough money to get to Italia next year... my senior year God help us all, I'm moving to CA. I HATE CA but the fact is to intern at Industrial Light and Magic you have to live in CA. So I get to move, wohoo... anyone wonder where the money's gonna come from for this? because if you know, I'd like to know too, let me in on the secret.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR OVER 1600 PAGEVIEWS!!!!!!!

Kiriban set for 1765. ^_~

Ciao ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/2744391/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/2744391/ Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:07:14 PDT
It's late... or should I say early? 2 am.. anyhow, that's been my bedtime for a good while now.

KIRIBAN is still set for 1500, so claim it or forever hold your peace! I will do any form of art for you, including photography. Though probably not nude photography. Trust me, no one wants to see that. Even I don't T_T

Now for the part where I brag on very talented people. GO VISIT THESE ARTISTS!!!

~dinosaursgorawr
*mistressofspam
*zachlost

I promise I'll put up some of my art stuff soon. Summer session one is getting out next week so I'll put stuff up then. I hope....

Ciao
~Sera ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/2415895/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/2415895/ Tue, 18 May 2004 21:57:22 PDT
Well now that summer is finally here I'm working full time on major projects. Here's the lineup:

"Erlking": this is in a sad sad state. I really need to work on it and it's getting done asap.

Bob's costume: Yes I sew! I'll post a picture. It's supposed to be a Yuske costume from the anime Yu Yu Hakisho.

Room: I'm currently deep cleaning my room because I've become disgusted with the fact that it's starting to look like something from "Clean Sweep". I wish they'd do it for me. But the point is, I'm cleaning it so that I can paint it up. This'll probably take until the end of summer.

Kiriban: I haven't worked on this yet because it hasn't been won. EDIT: No one claimed 1,111 so the next one is coming up at 1,500!

ALSO!

My Birthday is June 22! I'm so excited, because I'll be home for the summer in an EMPTY HOUSE! Relaxation time! I am sooo looking forward to it.

So enough for updates. I hope everyone is haveing a great summer so far!

Ciao!
~Sera ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/2360481/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/2360481/ Tue, 04 May 2004 17:55:17 PDT
Well, Class is out! Summer is here -finally-.

In celebration of that AND 1,000 pageviews, whoever gets pageview NUMBER 1,111 gets a KIRIBAN!!! YAAAAY!

Rules: You must show me a screenshot to prove it, and then tell me how to take a screenshot ^_^;

So, to wrap it up, here are my current projects:

Contest piece for EF: coloring in process

Gift for NightKrawler: lineart will commence just as soon as he tells me what he wants

Kiriban: Not won yet!

Comissions: NONE! If you want me to draw a picture for you, I'm open now! I really want to draw stuff, so send along the requests! ^_^ But hurry up before I start charging, I need $$!

Ciao!
~Sera ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/2077174/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/2077174/ Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:30:58 PST
I'm not gonna be here for a while because of two things:

1. My Desgin 2 project.

It's for a contest and the more I think about it, the more complicated it gets. It's worth the wait though. I'm going to probably put a pic of it on so you may not see it here. Most of my class work goes there, but so far I've yet to get any of it back. I have very slooooowwwww teachers.

2. My big pencil drawing.

This thing is huge. I'm tellin ya. But it's gonna be awesome. If you haven't read "The Erlking" by Van Goethe, go read it, it's the best poem in the world. EVER. This drawing is based on that and is going to take a very long time.

Anywhoo, that's what I'm up to. Tom, I'm still working on your pic, don't worry. ^_^;

Have a great day. Yay for sculpture! ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1946310/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1946310/ Thu, 04 Mar 2004 18:43:52 PST
Request from Tom: concept finished, inking in process.

Kiriban for yukisoma: finished.

HP Artists Club ID contest: not begun as yet. ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1824864/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1824864/ Tue, 10 Feb 2004 21:03:38 PST
First off, I'm sorry for the Kiriban thing, I know it posted about a million times. Devart was acting up when I tried to post it sooo... yeah, sorreh

Second off, #450 was not claimed, so I'm a posting a new offer for whoever is number #550 on my page.

#550 GETS A FREE ART PIECE OF WHATEVER THEY WANT!!!

c'mon, is my art that bad?

Thrid off, I have a bunch of school art that I'm getting back and thinking about posting. But I don't want to post it here because I got this for unobstructed-by-school-art. So I'm thinking of making a new account. Be watching, I'll post it when it happens, if it happens. It'll probably be much better than my doodles here - this stuff isn't for a grade! X_x

That's all for now. If you want to come see my art in real life, I'm entering a student contest gallery showing at UNT. From Feb 20- March 4, the art will be up. Email me if you'd like to know more. (anni_girl_316@yahoo.com)

~Sera

~***EDIT***~ I did create a new account, it's . I'll be posting stuff there whenever I get it back from my professors. =3 ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1752787/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1752787/ Tue, 27 Jan 2004 19:09:19 PST
If you visit my page and you see that you are #450, note me! You have won a picture! Tell me what you want and what medium. I'll do pencil, colored pencil, CG, photomanipulation, or arcylic if you're lucky. But don't ask for marker, I'm not rich enough even for prismas, much less copic *cries*

~Sera ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1635711/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1635711/ Mon, 05 Jan 2004 21:37:26 PST
Now that I have some brushes up, I don't want to have them stolen. I've been hearing alot of rumors lately about stolen brushes so here are my terms of use. They're the same as because she made the art into a brush. Please don't give us a reason to report you.

------TERMS OF USE------

1. If you use my brushes link back to me! For new people please type : iconlotusii : without the spaces, or : devlotusii : without the spaces. DO NOT link me in a title of the deviation, or otherwise only by doing as I asked. NO exceptions, this HAS to be done.

2. Please send me a note, leave me a note on my userpage,or a comment in this post with a link to the work they where used. I must be notified when and where my brushes are used.

3. Not to be used in a print that is been sold without my permission

Failure to comply to these terms of agreement will result in a yourself facing a deviation copywright policy violation. And you will probably have to put up with me nagging you until you follow through with removing the post or crediting me.

Thank you very much!

~Seraphim ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1595956/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1595956/ Sun, 28 Dec 2003 19:05:45 PST
For all of my friends at Liberty, I salute you for your coming second semester effort. My seniors, good luck, Lippe is passable.

To my friends at UNT, I hope I see you in Drawing or Design II! I had a great semester with you last time. Good luck in the semester to come!

~Lotusii ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1473964/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1473964/ Mon, 01 Dec 2003 02:23:11 PST
Christmas break is almost here!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited, I'm going to draw and hopefully PAINT christmas pictures, because I want to get into the art show at AKON, because, guess who is going to be guesting there?! Scott McNeil! Remember that auction picture? huh? do ya? ^_^ He signed it!! yay! >^^<

anyways, I need to go and work on my portfolio crap and study Italian.

Good luck to you Heather and Laura, Mandi, and Chibi! I know your midterms are close. Heather, Laura, MRS. LIPPE DOES GIVE HINTS IF YO UASK DURING THE TEST AND SHE KNOWS YOU"VE BEEN STUDYING YOUR BRAIN OUT! so make it a point she knows you're studying your brain out and really trying. I believe in you guys. It's the last stretch, go for the gold! ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1168400/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1168400/ Tue, 16 Sep 2003 11:23:42 PDT
Go look at these awesome pages!!!

]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1166415/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1166415/ Mon, 15 Sep 2003 19:32:54 PDT
Some of you do not seem to know I have some prints available, and since I am indeed a starving college student, it is my job to inform you. *ahem*

I HAVE REALLY COOL POSTERS FOR SALE!!!

Alavu ^_^ ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1087318/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1087318/ Thu, 21 Aug 2003 20:33:10 PDT ! Go see, go see ^_^ You'll enjoy. I'm doing a commission for my friend's charrie Avious... he's hot... *drool*

Anywhoo, I'm open for trades or commissions ^_^ They're free for a limited time only ^_~ When I get good I'll fine.

Stats:

Clarence-Mcgraw Trade : Finished

Avious Commission: Sketched ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1072607/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1072607/ Sat, 16 Aug 2003 18:14:48 PDT _O: Oh well.

I'm still working on my art trade with and I just need to find a pencil sharpener that won't break my prismas. Those are really hard to find by themselves. I'm getting really annoyed with all the pencil packs I have to buy just to get the right sharpener! I'll get some coffee while I'm there....

~Lotusii

PS - this is me right now, I d on't know why. too much time on the comp... my eyes are bleeding! ]]> ~lotusii http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1066697/ http://lotusii.deviantart.com/journal/1066697/ Sat, 16 Aug 2003 17:58:30 PDT
I'm now trying to finish an art trade with and it's inked! Just need to make the scanner work >_>;;;

Anyone else wanna trade? I have some free time opened up finally ^_^ ]]> ~lotusii