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It's been a while since I've been around these parts thanks to my COMPUTER DYING () and then this one getting riddled with freaking viruses... Then my stupid school decided to block dA which is awesome. So, yeah-very sorry to those whose comments etc. from well over a month ago have only just been replied to now!

So much has happened over the time that I've been stuck without decent 'net access:

I turned 18

I quit school

Had my one year dA anniversary

I started drawing/painting again.

So yeah-I few milestones I guess.
MAN it's scary being 18... I'm a legal adult! Here in NZ that means that I can drink and buy alcohol, go to bars, vote, go to R18 concerts (hell yeh), smoke and buy cigarettes, gamble, watch/rent/buy R18 movies etc., and a whole heap of other scary things. I still feel like such a kid though! Meh-I'll get used to it.
Didn't do much for my birthday. Went out for dinner with my family which was nice. I kept falling asleep at the table though as I'd been up for at least two days straight trying to finish assignments...
Mum and Dad bought me a ticket to The Big Day Out! Mum kinda spilled the beans about that one though which, although spoiled the surprise, has given me loads of time to get UBER excited about getting to see TOOL LIVE! I really can't wait to go. I've been wanting to go for years now but it's been near impossible with school always getting in the way...

But that shouldn't be a problem anymore 'cause I'M FINISHED WITH SCHOOL FOREVER! Well, until I decide to go to Uni or tertiary. Which I -do- want to do at some point-but I need some time to catch my breath first. I'm sooo sick of school! The whole 24/7 thing where you get no time to sleep, socialise, be happy, do your own thing etc. drove me friggin' mental. I completely lost motivation and just stopped caring so decided to just give up and quit before I lost it altogether. So, yah-call me stupid for giving up when I had shit all to go but I really didn't need another breakdown. I'm pretty disappointed in myself about it but I don't know whether I could help it. Besides-try going to WCS and see how long you can stand it! Ha! Yeah-I suck.

But, with school out of the picture, I'm actually really happy again! I feel so free! It's been really hard to get used to the fact that I don't have any work to do though... I'm forever feeling like I should be off doing something rather than just relaxing and doing whatever. It feels icky but I should get over it soon.
It means that I've been able to get some drawing done... ]]> ~metal-maiden http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/10302125/ http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/10302125/ Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:26:57 PDT

You may have noticed that I POSTED SOMETHING! Yeah-9 months since I last did! Thanks so much for the positive feedback! Means a lot.

'Kay... I got tagged by *shoeshine159 so long ago that I can't really remember when, so I thought I may as well do it now. No time like the present! w00t.

No need to read it if you don't wanna-I won't bite ya.

Take care!

-Dani.




1) Name: Danielle Emma Greene.
2) Name Backwards: .emaN
3) Were you named after anyone?: Not as far as I know.
4) Does your name mean anything?: Wait... *Shenhua told me this a few days ago... Danielle= (female form of Daniel) 'God is my judge' or 'God has judged'.
5) Nick Name(s): Dani, D... But NOT DAN!
6) Screen Name(s): metal-maiden, MetalxMaiden, danidolphinone, Dani.
7) Date Of Birth: 10/11/'88
8) Place of Birth: Masterton, New Zealand.
9) Nationality: New Zealander/Kiwi.
10) Current Location: A chair in front of the computer, my house, Wanganui, New Zealand.
11) Religion: Not any at the moment.
12) Height: 5"
13) Shoe Size: About 5 or 6... He he.
14) Hair colour: Black with bright red streaks!
15) Eye colour: Brown.
16) What do you look like?: Scary.
17) Innie or Outie?: Innie.
18) Righty, Lefty, Ambidextrous: Right handed.
19) Gay, Straight, Bi, or Other? Straight as far as I know.
20) Best friends: Hmmm... Well, there's not much point in naming people I know in person 'cause pretty much no one here will know who I'm talking about; online? Lots of people...
21) Best friend you trust the most: Hmmm... Maybe Daranee...
22) Best friends {your sex}: Someone, that person, this chick...
23) Best friends of the opposite sex: Some dude, a guy, him...
24) Best Bud(s): Yeah-this is getting old.
25) Boyfriend / Girlfriend: HA!
26) Crush:
27) Parent(s): Mum and Dad.
28) Worst Enemy: Myself.
29) Funniest friend: Ayano, Jun-Hee, Daranee, Svenja, Tom... See-no one you know! Apart from a couple of people... Everyone online is pretty funny. The computer makes them funny.
31) Advice Friend: No one really...
32) Loudest Friend: Ha ha-Daranee. ~metal-maiden http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/9744340/ http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/9744340/ Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:16:08 PDT Time: 11:59pm
Mood: WTF?!
Listening To: Arch Enemy

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Okay... So I log into dA this afternoon while at school to try and get through some messages, click on my devwatch messages to look at some new deviations, wait for the page to load, but only to have all 250 something unread deviations all suddenly vanish... Whut zee fook?! I still have a bunch of messages but they're all community ones... What happened to my devwatch?! I found the fact that they all disappeared on me weird enough but the fact that even though it has been 10 whole hours since I somehow lost them all, I still don't have any appearing! I've asked people and visited the galleries of some of those that I watch and I know people have posted between then and now and NOTHING has shown up. I'm so confused... Seriously, DOUBLE YOU TEE EFF?
I'm going to the main desk...

-Dani.
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Mood: *Yawn*
Listening To: The radio
-Station: The Rock

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Oh-tay... At the mo I have a HUGE message pile up of 212 messages (112D, 17H, 1M, 6C, 72J, 3P, 1N) which is going to take me a friggin' long time to get through so sorry to all if I don't comment on your new deviations/journals for ages... Sorry too if you start to see comments from me on pieces you posted a few weeks back.
UGH-it's never ending...

-Dani.
]]> ~metal-maiden http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/8604996/ http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/8604996/ Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:14:28 PDT Time: 13:02pm
Mood: I don't quite know myself...
Listening to: The radio
-Station: The Rock
-Song: 'Dani California'
-By: The Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Think I'm weird yet? You will after reading this...

Okay, I think everyone knows how this one goes by now...
I got tagged by about two weeks ago but only got around to reading that particular journal a couple of nights ago... Damn journal pile ups! Anywayz's... As you can more than likely see, this is the '6 random/weird facts' tag. Rules are as follows.

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

Okay then... Only six?! That's a tough decision...

One: I am really short! Okay, I know that's not particularly weird as such, but it has been potentially LIFE THREATENING. *Dramatic pose* He he-well, so was the case once when I was five years old... I'd just started school and for P.E. classes we were having lessons in the swimming pool. One particular morning, we had to play Ring-Around-the-Roses in a huge circle. Unfortunately, 'they all fell down' right as I came to the middle of the deep end of the pool-being the shortie that I was (and still am), the water was more than well over my head. I wasn't a particularly strong swimmer at that age and panicked a fair bit-I had to be dragged out of the pool by a couple of the guys in my class before long... The school ended up emptying the pool slightly because of this, 'incident'...

Two:I have been unofficially diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). I am a complete perfectionist which is something that probably does more harm than good... I can never just DO something-I've gotta keep at it until I'm happy with it, which is sometimes never. Probably a good indication as to why I don't upload a lot of work onto this site... I have a huge amount of silly little habits that I have because of it too (most just too ludicrous to even bother listing). This 'problem' is getting progressively worse and worse and this is something that has been particularly evident over the last few years.

Three: I am basically nocturnal. A good indication as to why you'll often see comments etc. sent by me at around 3 or 4 am... Pretty much caused by the 'OCD' I think-my internal body clock is basically screwed as a result of staying up 'til the wee hours doing work etc. constantly over the last few years. I don't get a lot of sleep during term time (yeah, yeah-it's stupid to do, I know. I've heard it all before) so, come holiday time, I sleep for the majority of the first week and, because my body just isn't used to getting so much of it, I get a bit of insomnia and just can't get to sleep come night time. Sometimes I'm still wide awake at 6am! Yes, I'm crazy-I give you permission to say it.

Four: I'm a ranter! So, beware-do NOT get me started on people who STEREOTYPE,... ]]> ~metal-maiden http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/8145506/ http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/8145506/ Mon, 13 Mar 2006 02:57:16 PST Time: 11:58pm
Mood: Exhausted.
Listening To: Motografer
-Song: 'Down'
-Album: 'MTV2 Headbangers Ball (Disc 2)'

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Well, after being told to update my journal because my last one was 'getting a bit stale' (I must agree with you though, *shoeshine159...), here I am. Yeah-I've been a little slack on posting deviations it may seem... I'm thinking that with the way I'm going that I should really change from being 'a Deviant of Many Talents' to an 'Art Appreciator'. Or, even better yet-'PROCRASTINATOR'. Ugh-it's SO frustrating seeing all of the awesome stuff that everyone else comes up with and puts on show, when you've got hardly anything... I know I keep saying this but I've got SHYTE loads of bits and pieces that I've started around the place (it just seems to be the actual FINISHING OF THEM that's my problem...). Ha ha-I bet you're all reading this and thinking 'Jeez-enough with the SAYING that you have crap to finish and upload, how about we see some DOING of it! We want the hard evidence that you're just not providing, you stupid girl!'
Hmmm, I might see how I go but I'm in the middle of an art design assignment at present and have been doing a fair few sketches of random things-might put them into my Scraps at some point.
Anyways, life's been busy with school and all of the evil little strings that come attached to that hell hole, and I've got a mountain of work that's due this week so I'd better peel myself away from the 'ole computer screen and get my ass onto it.

Ciao.

-Dani.
]]> ~metal-maiden http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/7928460/ http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/7928460/ Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:52:53 PST I'll now be known as *metal-maiden (with the groovy little asterisk ['Groovy'?! Looks like my inner hippy is attempting to spread some flower power ]) until the 25th of February. I'd better make the most of it-one week comes and goes so fast. So, yeah. I'm pleased. He he.
Ugh-I have the school athletics competition tonight. It's against the other houses within the school. I have to run in a 4x100m relay and do an 800m. Ah well... I'll get over it! Hmmm, I'd better start getting ready actually-we have to meet down at the track by 4:30pm and it's 3:45pm already!
Just thought I'd share that with you?


-Dani.


]]> ~metal-maiden http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/7504760/ http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/7504760/ Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:35:37 PST Mood:
Listening To: The radio
-Station: The Rock
-Song: 'I Stand Alone'
-By: Godsmack

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Well, there are those photos I said I might put up. Yay. All taken in Fiji. Add a nice summery touch to all those in the middle of winter at the mo. Heh. Hmmm, I guess that's all I have to say for now. Yay for me. Whoop whoop whoop.

-Dani.
]]> ~metal-maiden http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/7485487/ http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/7485487/ Mon, 02 Jan 2006 04:03:02 PST Mood:
Listening To: The radio
-Station: The Rock
-Song: 'Stinkfist'
-By: Tool

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Well, I'll -hopefully- be putting some more pieces up sometime. I just need to figure out how to get my useless camera to work again... I've got some random photos that I took a while ago that I might upload sometime too if I feel the need.
Also, I've just started Julia Cameron's course (through her book 'The Artist's Way') which was recommended to me by a friend, so that might help me get my lazy arse into gear and get some more stuff done too. I've got loads of ideas for some pieces that could be interesting... It's just getting around to actually doing it that I'm finding hard. It's not that I'm at all busy-I've done shit all these holidays. I spend my days moping around the house out of utter boredom, annoying my younger brothers for the hell of it and doing dishes every now and then. Jeez. And you know what about the most exciting part of my fuckin' New Year's Eve was? Going to the supermarket with my Mum. I mean, that's just sad. I'm so pathetic. And such an outcast.
Sorry to those that actually bothered to read this-I'm just ranting. Yip-just another one of those pathetic emo rants of melancholy that are stupid and of no meaning...
I'll shut it now.

-Dani.
]]> ~metal-maiden http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/7261271/ http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/7261271/ Fri, 09 Dec 2005 02:18:31 PST Mood: (I'm drinking a black V-feelin' really buzzy!)
Watching: The Osbournes
-Episode: The one where Ozzy falls off the motorbike while in England
Listening To: The radio (somebody slap me-I must be dreaming)
-Station: The Rock ( No-you don't say?!)
-Song: 'Hell's Bells' -AC/DC

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Just a quick note as no one seems to bother to read the long ones (I know this because, well actually, no-I'm not going to say. One would know if they had actually read the last one... ). I just wanted to show those that read this this AWESOME piece that I stumbled across: [link] . There's only one word to describe this picture: perfection! It's quite an old deviation but you may have already seen it. For those that haven't, take a closer look-your first impression may be wong, it isn't what it seems... There are also links on the page that show the stages of the picture's development-that's also worth a look if you're interested.
Anyways, I promised to keep this short so I'll be off and out of your hair...
Over and out.
-Dani.
]]> ~metal-maiden http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/7174542/ http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/7174542/ Tue, 29 Nov 2005 07:29:34 PST Mood:
Listening To: The radio (as usual)
-Station: The Rock (as usual also)
-Song: 'Sober' -Tool

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Ugh-I have another exam tomorrow. Spanish to be specific. Ah well-I can't really complain, it IS my last exam and as soon as it's over I've finished school for the year. Besides-Spanish is easy. I probably should have spent more time studying for it but I really can't be f**ked-I've had to spend the whole weekend doing end of year stuff at school and now all I feel like doing is relaxing. And GOD, how disorganised the weekend was... They kept changing the timetable around and we daystudents (oh yeah, I go to a boarding school where I attend as a daystudent and the boarders live in one of six houses-kinda like Harry Potter really...) didn't find out about any of these changes 'til the last possible moment. First I had to do my Drama exam on Wednesday morning. It had THE stupidest questions and dragged on for three whole freakin' hours. Jeez. Then on Friday I had to get into my uniform and get down to school for an assembly that took all of 20 friggin minutes. What a waste of flippin' time. I had planned to spend the Saturday in Palmerston North to go shopping for a drum kit, but NOOO, the school just HAD to make every student in the Goddamned school have to attend an 8:00am roll call just to do a house/school clean up. GAH! (Well, actually, I have a little confession about that... I was woken by my Mum as she left for work with plenty of time to get up, have a shower, get dressed, get to school etc. but I kinda sorta fell back to sleep and didn't wake again 'til about 12pm... So, ya, I missed the clean up. But shh-don't tell anyone. ) Ha! I'm such a rebel. I wouldn't normally mind having to go into school over the weekend as we have classes and then sport every Saturday morning anyway but that was (well would have been as in my case...) just a complete waste of everyone's time. If the school had actually stuck to its original timetable then I would have been able to carry out my plans to look for that kit after the morning duties but then I had to go to sport. I would have just skipped it but there was this big regional athletics meet down at the track and I was down as one of McNab's (my coach) officials. Besides, I haven't bothered turning up to any training sessions since I went on study leave for the exams which started nearly three weeks ago, so I didn't think that skipping another one just to go shopping would have been the wisest of decisions... I was already 'In his bad books' as he had told me. But, GRRR-he had put me down for something called 'wind sprints'. Now, I had absolutely no idea what the hell that meant, what time I had to be down at the track, nor where I had to go to do whatever the heck it was that I had to do for it. Turns out the job consisted of me having to press a button on this stupid machine that measures the speed of the wind, then reset the machine before the next race started. Pretty easy sounding job huh? Try doing it in the strong wind and rain and THEN it's just a lil hard. So yeah, I was nice and SOAKED for the house dinner I had to attend that evening. The next day was worse-another 8:00am roll call before a 'special' assembly to farewell one of the teachers and the 'Associate Headmaster' (he's this really grumpy guy that has somehow managed to acquire the nickname 'Digger'-he's pretty scary but I think he looks a bit like Santa Claus...) then heading off to a two hour school prizegiving ceremony. How fun. Ah well-at least it wasn't four hours like some of the ones they've had in the past I guess...
So yeah-that was pretty much my weekend. Ah well-at least enduring all of that shit means that I'm now free from all things to do with school for the next eight and a half weeks. Well, once this stupid Spanish exam is out of the road anyway...
Hey-to anyone that actually managed to read this entire essay of a journal entry, send me one of these to congratulate me on being so bloody boring. I owe you a pat on the back for enduring this.
Time for sleep. Nighty night... ]]> ~metal-maiden http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/7129395/ http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/7129395/ Thu, 24 Nov 2005 05:43:07 PST Mood:
Listening to: The radio
-Station: The Rock (of course)
-Song: 'Paranoid' -Black Sabbath

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I swear I nearly did this to my computer today: GAH! The stupid thing has been mucking me around something shocking and it still has NO SOUND. Grrrr... Mum had to go into the computer shop today to get a USB extension cord and while in there she told the technicians that we've been having problems with the sound card and that they didn't seem to have installed one when we got it fixed after it crashed about a month or two back. They just told her to "make sure the speakers are plugged in properly in the green hole and turn the sound up." God-why is it that some people that 'have experience' in certain areas (in this case computers) always assume that the person asking for a bit of help are complete technologically illiterate retards?! I mean, sure-we probably DON'T know quite as much as them about computers and such but I DO know that the speakers ARE plugged in, ARE in the green hole and you CAN'T turn the sound up as there is no way to access the volume control because THERE IS NO FREAKIN' SOUND CARD INSTALLED! (Or so my computer keeps telling me...) AHHH! Jeez-why couldn't they just admit that they'd made the mistake of not inserting a sound card and get us to bring it in so that they could fix it? But NOOOO-they 'know what they're doing' so that means that they just CAN'T be wrong! "Nah-there should be one already inserted in there. Have you tried turning the volume up?" For Christ's sake-we're not that friggin stupid! I've looked through the troubleshooting several times now and I still can't get the stupid piece of shit to work. That's why I just about through the damn thing outa the window! Meh-I'll get over it, eventually...
Hmmm, seeing as you're probably bored shitless with reading this meaningless rant about computers and technicians, I think I'm gonna head off and scan some more random pictures I've found lying around and upload them.

CONGRATULATIONS! You have just wasted approximately two minutes of your life by reading this crap. Have a nice day.



-Dani.
]]> ~metal-maiden http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/7103224/ http://metal-maiden.deviantart.com/journal/7103224/ Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:55:54 PST So, after having been shown this site by a friend about a month or so ago, I finally decided to join and see just what the hell deviantART is all about. So far I've really enjoyed looking around the site and can't wait to upload some of my work-just as soon as I can find some actually worthy enough to be put up next to all of the amazing pieces I've seen so far... So many talented people... Oh God, look-I'm starting to sound cheesy now. Ha-cheese. What a funny word. And bib. And spoon. And spork. He he he! Just hilarious! Okay-now I'm starting to sound just a tad crazy... Oh well, it's not like anyone is gonna read this anyway so who cares what I write?! Eh, this is getting boring. I'm gonna hit the sack. Over and out.
-Dani.
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