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Just wanted to get that old journal off my front page.

Hopefully I've have something to put up soon.

Hopefully, hopefully~


I'm still a member of

]]> ~nightcandle http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/11897776/ http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/11897776/ Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:40:27 PST
No mysterious thingie for me.

Sadness.

Not really. I was probably going to write crazy cracked up stuff like I always do when I get tagged to do a fill in the blank. Ah meh, if only my computer had been fixeded, then I could have done teh mysterious thingie. Ah well.

I shall console my aching, empty soul with bishie eyecandy now.

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Igotthecollector'seditionoffinalfantasysevenadventchildre nomfgIcan'twaitformomtosendittomeLASTORDERBIATCHES animatedfinalfantasycharactersSQU-WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEE!

Started playing Dirge of Cerberus this weekend. I want to slap Weiss in the face. Not sure why... probably stems from the same darkness that sits around hating poor sweet'n'innocent (*snicker*) Larsa.

Also found a sequalation to the War of the Spider Queen novel series. So far only Halisstra (and I guess you could count Danifae too) has appeared. If you ever hear a sonic boom that sounds vaguely like a 'YES!' than _character name withheld to avoid spoilers_ has made an appearance. *crosses fingers*



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Member of

]]> ~nightcandle http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/11603827/ http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/11603827/ Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:13:54 PST today. UnA seems like a most fascinating club, all I have to do is get off mine lazy arse and doodle somemore + lurk around the chatroom and stuffs.

Speaking of chatrooms... I should probably go join 's room, since it needs peoples and stuff.

I think I'll do that now actually...

]]> ~nightcandle http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/10965712/ http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/10965712/ Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:19:43 PST
I'm still doing it, I just need to get it out of sight, so the list I copied into my sketchbook can glower at me and say 'You must FINISH me! Or else I kill you. Slowly. With fish. And spoon. Rusted spoon. After I drag it for ten miles behind a snowplow/street salter. Mwaha.'

To further inspire myself - (if the threat of tetanus delivered via salted and asphalted eating utensil isn't enough <.< ) I offer this here:

"The first ten people to comment on this journal will be PLUGGED and ADVERTIZED in it. I'll provide your avatar/name, three links to my personal favourites of your artwork, and a small description of what makes your artwork so ~*~grand~*~.

However, as in all of these journal thingies, there is a catch - you must do this as well. :]

Ready?!

GO! *pumps fist forward*"

is the evil genius behind this one <3

Come to think of it... I'll be surprised like holy crap if ten people respond to this thing XD

Well, without further ado:

1) - Being armed with but a simple pencil and an assortment of pens, the world of colour was taken from my artwork;aAt least until Xellos began offering to colour other folks' work! His gallery doesn't just contain the works he's coloured, but some of his own personal writings and some of his art class projects, both of which are worth checking out!
~~ The Theif's Letter - The speaker's tone in this peice is absolutely captivating. It was all too easy to imagine this little scene playing through my head - duffel bag purse, cat food and all.
~~ Nazi Tai button - A collab between and this picture rules because Tai's sporting an SS uniform (which looked really-REALLY bombing despite being worn by well Nazis). I also like the colour scheme, and most importantly, the picture makes me smile when I see it (something about Twi'leks in SS uniforms enforcing a lockdown brightens my heart.).
~~ Shinmyou - This is a dinosaur with a gun. That's not EVEN the best part of this. This work is a sculpture, that means that this badass thing is sitting in someon's house looking Samuel L. Jackson cool!
~Honorable mention: Samari and Amee - My favorite of all the coloured work Xellos' done for me <3

2) - My GIRL! I could go on for ages about why she's awesomer than most. Though, for the purposes of this tag/journal I have to heap praise upon her artistries. As she herself says in her comment, she's not an artist in the sense that she attacks innocent paper (real or digital) with a variety of tools that leave an attractive stain on it, she's a poetess*! In fact, she writes some of the only poems that I 'feel'.
~~ Lament for a Darkfriend - Like I so eloquently put in the comment on this poem: me like! Me like! It took me a while to figure out why though. This poem reminds me of one of my favorite songs ever: Chrome by VnV Nation. It works for both the speaker in the song and the person he's talking about.
~~ Come Undone - I like this one for the same reason I like all of Luna's poetry, they're like raw unbridled fee... ]]> ~nightcandle http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/9681239/ http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/9681239/ Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:56:17 PDT 's journal 'cause it sounds fun and I could use the practice, like skippy-bad.

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the point of this challenge is to test and improve your skill as an artist. After 100 pics who wouldn’t be better. Please forgive me if this in any way excludes you from taking the challenge.

The rules

1.) Make 100 pics each pic having a theme listed below. Each pic should have ONE and only ONE theme to it, for it to count.

2.) No time limit so have fun

3.) The main picture should be drawn but not limited to. for all fair purposes, people are allowed to use their paint programs and photo shop to create the pic.

3a.) pics should be of own artistic ability. You may not edit photos, or break any other rules set out in the Da etiquette policy. Your pics can be anything from sketches and doodles to great master pieces. Just have fun with it.

4.) The list below is to be placed somewhere in your journal for others to see that......
A.)You are in the challenge
B.)What you have completed

5.) make sure to update this list and check off what is done and make a link to the pic

6.) In the comments for your art work note if it is part of the list and what ONE theme it is.

Thank for creating this challenge

THE LIST............................
1. Introduction
2. Love link
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence link
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes (Next in line)
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family link
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation

This should give me something to do on this 12 hour shift of death and d00m.

]]> ~nightcandle http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/2783545/ http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/2783545/ Thu, 01 Jul 2004 21:30:12 PDT really like Carl Off's Oh Fortuna, such a lovely little Latin song (from an opera too, gotta love the opera). It's a thing of beauty, a song I knew but didn't really know until recently. (Isn't it funky how most of the music we know as commercial jingles or stock genre music is in truth lovely opera and classical?)

It's about Fate and Fortune, both fickle powers. Translated, the lyrics read as such:

O Fortune, like the moon of everchanging state, you are always waxing or waning; hateful life now is brutal, now pampers our feelings with its game; poverty, power, it melts them like ice.

Fate, savage and empty, you are a turning wheel, your position is uncertain, your favor is idle and always likely to disappear; covered in shadows and veiled you bear upon me too; now my back is naked through the sport of your wickedness.

The chance of prosperity and of virtue is not now mine; whether willing or not, a man is not always liable for Fortune's service. At this hour without delay touch the strings! Because through luck she lays low the brave, all join with me in lamentation! ]]> ~nightcandle http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/2684521/ http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/2684521/ Thu, 17 Jun 2004 18:12:59 PDT about ten-million years back...guess I'll actually do the sucker now (yay for long meaningless journals when I should be doing other things!)

Time started- 8:34 pm
1. Full name: Karin M. Bakke
2. Single or taken: Taken, bah who am I kiddin' heh heh
3. Nicknames: Boots, Nightcandle, Kay-win
4. Sex: I'm not sure anymore...j/k Female
5. Birthday: November 10, 1984
6. Siblings: 2
7. Eye color: Uhm, some shade between green and brown.
7. Eye color: Uhm, some shade between green and brown.
8. Hair color: A reddish-blondish-somethingish color
9. Shoe size: Whatever fits on my foot
10. Did your crush send this to you? Nope
11. Favorite place to shop? Waldenbooks!
12. What do you have pierced? Nufin
13. Do drugs? Does aspirin count
14. Favorite kind of shampoo? That Dove stuff
15. What are you most scared of? It changes every 3.8 seconds.
16. What are you listening to right now? Currently? Evanescence's Everybody's Fool
17. What car do you wish to have? One with four wheels that goes vroom! Actually I saw this one up in Columbia that was neat, but I can't remember the name >.<
18. Who is the last person you called? Me? Call? Phone? Never!
19. Who is the last person who called you? Call? Me? I think it was
20. Where do you want to get married? ....Outer space
21. If you could change anything about yourself what would you change? My right eye.
22. What is your favorite color? Red or black or green.
23. What is your favorite number? Any positive number with a $ in front of it.
24. Favorite food? Fast food
25. Favorite subject in school? History
26. Favorite sport? Equistrian (racing, jumper class, hunter class, dressage, roping it's all good)
27. Favorite animals? I love all the animals ^_^ except monkeys, I never could get monkeys.
28. Have you ever smoked? Tried it once
29. Have you ever bungee jumped? Sounds like fun...
30. Have you ever broken the law? ...Not intentionally.
31. Gone skinny dipping? Nope
32. Been in love? Aye
33. Made yourself cry to get out of trouble? Nope, don't think so.
34. A. What was the last movie you saw? Spartacus
B. On TV: Uh movie on tv or tv show or what? *is confused*
35. What is your favorite cartoon character? Lotor from Voltron (Voltron is anime though, but it looks like a regular cartoon )
36. Favorite breakfast food? breakfast? Oo count chocula cereal mmmm. I also like french toast, but I rarely eat breakfast (no time!!)
37. How tall are you? 5'4"
38. Do you sing in the shower? Naye
39. What is your sign? Scorpio
40. What is your address? I have a spiffy castle on Neptune, but I don't know its address
41. Righty or Lefty? Righty, been trying to teach myself how to be ambidextrous though
42. Chocolate or white milk? Chocolate milk, can't stand white milk.
43. DVD or VHS? Whichever is handy.
44. Mud or Jell-O wrestling? Kinky
45. Sunshine or rain? Neither!
46. Vanilla or chocolate? Chocolate
47. Skating or iceskating? Hmmm, do I want to leave butt skid marks on asphalt or on ice...?
48. Day or night? Night
49. Love or lust? Lust is fun...
50. Silver or gold? Silver
51. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds, they sparkly
52. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? My leg, j/k
53. Have you ever broken/sprained/fractured a bone? Not that I know of
54. What is your favorite color? Spork?
55. Favorite music artist? Do I have to pick a favorite? I liketh many
56. What color pants are you wearing? Black
57. Last 4 digits or your phone number? 8680
58. What is the last thing you ate? Pistachios
59. Where do you want to go on your honeymoon? The white house!
60. Pictures or home movies? I've never tried making home movies...so I'll say pictures.
61. What is the weather like right now? Summer-y
62. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex? That they are the opposite sex
63. What is your favorite song? The Mentos song *sings along with... ]]> ~nightcandle http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/2632109/ http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/2632109/ Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:10:38 PDT
I don't like the heat...heat is horrible. I'm more a cold person, but I've got it in my head that freedom=summer=godawful heat, and wouldn't like to mess up that train of thought. It's also nice that one can eat ice cream in the summer without people staring at you like you're a moron. I love ice cream all year, especially in the dead of winter...I don't care to eat ice cream as much in the summer. Now I've got a craving for Coldstone Creamery ice cream, heh heh heh.

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]]> ~nightcandle http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/2541776/ http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/2541776/ Sun, 30 May 2004 10:10:09 PDT
Yesterday was a D&D day, yay! The character I'm running, Kirisstind, is just precious. It's fun to play him since he's a complete ditz, and one of two chosen ones (a fact that made the rest of the party -and the other chosen one- groan). He's a lovable little ditz though, and possibly the easiest of the bunch for the DM to persuade into doing anything. Surprisingly, Kiriss brings out the evil in the party, both the sorceress and the cleric either have plans to make money off him or already have. Kiriss' sheer idiocy makes him so special, I can see myself in a few years bragging about him to people who are gonna stand around and go 'eh?', heh heh. ]]> ~nightcandle http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/2521069/ http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/2521069/ Thu, 27 May 2004 12:32:00 PDT
Heh, I'm beginning to think that my life has a Trojan horse complex. Everytime I reach a high point, the metaphysical Greeks jump out of the 'Trojan horse' and cause havoc, it never seems to fail. It's irratating, to say the least. And the fact that almost all of them could 'o so easily be avoided makes me wonder if I have a spec of the intelligence the people in my life always attribute me.

I don't want to go through the rest of my life fearing that bad luck is always one step behind me. Becoming edgy to the point of not enjoying my successes when they come is like surrendering to despair. The best way to handle it at the moment seems to be climbing out of the hole I unconsciously dug, putting the shovel back in my pocket and going on with my life, leaving the hole there so I can look back on it and perhaps learn something from the whole situation. ]]> ~nightcandle http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/2354091/ http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/2354091/ Mon, 03 May 2004 19:36:22 PDT
I'm sure if I was to say that aloud at home I'd get a resounding chorus of "you're already crazy" from anyone present. Of course, they probably mean cool-crazy, that pop fashionable crazy that most people ages 11-googleplex like to call themselves and others while they're feeling jovial. I used to use that phrase myself, but lately it's starting to annoy me. It's just a slight annoyance, but hell, I tend to nit pick over my slightest annoyances.

The crazy I'm talking about isn't that funky crazy, it's the kind that wins one the prize of a funky coat with backward sleeves and an extended stay in farm most people describe as funny. Sometimes I feel that my own mind is against me. I might be imagining it, or I might actually have some screws loose, but so far I haven't let it take over the majority of my life.

I guess the best way I can describe these occurances when 'it' springs are as attacks. They feel like attacks, I pull up every single solitary little thing that could be read into and misconstrued into something bad and proceed to read into and misconstrue them. So far my mind just seems to want me to distance myself from organizations (I'll use that term to loosely describe a situation in which more than two people are involved). When I think about it, it's kind of like my inner introvert, or perhaps the sum of all my paranoia. Ignorance and higher reasoning usually set the beast off course, but I still have these lingering doubts. Do I set myself up for this kind of mental abuse? Most of the time 'it' tries to convince me that I'm wasting my time/ being ignored/ doing everything in vain and that I should pack up and leave before it becomes concrete evidence. Sometimes it *is* concrete evidence, I tend to get ignored sometimes, but I'm more or less used to it. If I let that bother me everytime it came up all the stress would put me in the hospital (a generic medical hospital) for an extended stay. It still hurts though, and trying to put on a happy-go-lucky face afterward (or hell through it) is like dragging myself out of a sea of rusty nails and fish hooks. But, a few laughs later and I'm usually off on my merry way.

When I look back, it's a good thing that I can bounce out of these brief bits of misery, they could take over and consume my life. I just want them to end. Fighting to keep what I believe is my true personality up is a battle I don't want to fight. Sometimes I believe that not wanting to share my inner demons is driving force behind fighting 'it'.

I've got a pretty useful weapon though, since I despise talking about my feelings with a zealous passion, I turn to physical means to resolve them. One thing that helps when I'm feeling this paranoid is to get my mind in a drone like state and just ignore all input but one thing, and lately that thing has been Spider Solitaire. In my opinion nothing puts a person's mind on droll faster than any form of Solitaire, and in the droll I can think clearly, thus acessing the higher reasoning necessary to defeat my spats of insanity.

If I ever get into psychology I should study that - the effects of Solitaire on the mind. Should make for some interesting research. ]]> ~nightcandle http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/2124142/ http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/2124142/ Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:24:31 PST
Two days.

I can tank it.

I think...

It's so tempting to know that its *right* there.

So close.

But still two whole days away.

I get to go on an Easter egg hunt tommorow! Whee! Well more specifically the little kids in my childcare class are going on an Easter egg hunt. But, they'll need chaperones (a.k.a. another pair of eyes to help them look) and all I have to say to that is '*ahem* I volunteer' *raises hand*. It'll be fun! Too bad we couldn't give them plastic eggs with candy inside, those are always fun. You can shake 'em until people standing around you go crazy and then eat the candy and get a sugar high that'll drive everyone around you crazy. I'd be immune to it though, as this journal clearly shows - I've got a screw loose *pokes loose screw*. Hmm maybe if I rock my head side to side it'll start rattling...

Still can't wait for Friday. Friday is always good, and it gets even better with it being Spring Break. And Spring Break means I'm in the home strecth to the *Final Day of School* and Graduation!! Huzzah!

I've just gotta make it to Friday ^_^. ]]> ~nightcandle http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/1718898/ http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/1718898/ Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:23:47 PST
I've been in an off and on blah mood all week it seems. It bites, the blahs suck. My mentality now is like that Trapt song Still Frame, heh heh heh. Right now that song could be my theme song...

Today I've been more ticked then I have for at least a year. My emotions aren't my friends, especially this day's worth. The vice-principal at my school and some person I don't even know brought on the worst of 'em (I must be losing my touch, usually I don't let people like that bother me, but with my blahs I guess I'm loosing 'it'). I got so angry that I wanted someone to start something with me so I could kill them and take out my tension. I really should have waited to take a free day this week, I could use one now.

Most of the aggression is coming from the remarks made by the ones that sent me into a homicidal rage. My vice principle suddenly decided out of the blue that my long black coat wasn't appropriate for school and gave me a warning he said he gave me once o.O. As far as I remember the man hasn't given half a damn about my coat, and I'm no delinquient (I don't get caught anyways ^_~) so why *should* he worry. The answer probably lied with the second person that stoked my anger; some little anonymous person 'explaining' to her friend how I was going to come to school one day packing heat and kill everyone. As *if*, before I flew off my handle killing anyone was the farthest thing from my mind. I doubt I'll ever be the cause behind another Columbine, I don't even own a gun, nor do I have the means to procur one and enough ammo to kill my entire school. I shouldn't worry about such petty remarks but, if I were to make a comment like that I'd get jumped for being prejudiced. Life's just not fair...

However, I am sick of being civil with those people. I couldn't care less what they think now. I tried being respectful and kind to everyone. Some people deserve it, some people don't even deserve the time of day. I pity the next person that feels the need to compare me with a school-shooter. I'll show them just how bad it feels to be stereotyped based on their appearance, and if they attack me, they better be prepared to face my inner demon. ]]> ~nightcandle http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/649924/ http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/649924/ Tue, 22 Apr 2003 22:09:37 PDT
I had a bit of trouble getting into my account lately. I forgot my password (kinda stupid, but hey sh!t happens) and freaked out for a couple days trying to get my password sent to an imbox that was stuffed and yeah, I'm sure who ever's reading this gets the picture heh heh. I've been working on new pics one of which is already up yay! I need to work on an avatar though, *looks up at 'lil default icon* I must succeed!







Hee hee smilies! ....Well that pretty much lays out the general mood I'm in this wee morn. I need

]]> ~nightcandle http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/558185/ http://nightcandle.deviantart.com/journal/558185/ Fri, 21 Mar 2003 15:15:17 PST
I finally got around to posting a deviation, heh heh. I kinda forgot about doing it, I'd wake up and think about it and then promptly forget ^^. Ah well its the kind of person I am. If I think about doing something too much I'll forget about it *sigh*. ]]> ~nightcandle