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deviantART: by:plawless http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:plawless&section=today deviantART RSS for by:plawless en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:09:21 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png Life is going to be busy! http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/26833881/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/26833881/ Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:13:34 PDT
1st Quarter (September - beginning of November)
Mondays
11:00 - 12:45 Seminar Letterkunde Welsh (Seminar Welsh Literature)
17:15 - 19:00 Hofcultuur in de middeleeuwen (Court culture in the Middle Ages)

Tuesdays
FREE!

Wednesdays
11:00 - 12:45 Seminar Letterkunde Welsh (Seminar Welsh Literature)

Thursdays
11:00 - 12:45 Hofcultuur in de middeleeuwen (Court culture in the Middle Ages)
17:15 - 18:00 Middelwelsh 3
(18:15 - 19:00 OudIers 3)
19:45 - 22:00 Medusa rehearsal

Fridays
FREE!

Specific events

Sept. 3
12:00 - 13:30 Celtic Feast!
14:00 - 17:00 Sword fighting!

Oct. 2 - 5
TAMLondon

Oct. 17 - 18
Fantastyval

Oct. 23 - 25
Medusa Rehearsal Weekend
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2nd Quarter (November - January)
Mondays
11:00 - 12:45 Arthur koning van verhalen (king of tales)

Tuesdays
FREE!

Wednesdays
11:00 - 12:45 Arthur koning van verhalen (king of tales)
13:15 - 15:00 Het handgeschreven boek (The hand written book)

Thursdays
17:15 - 18:00 Middelwelsh 3
18:15 - 19:00 OudIers 3
19:45 - 22:00 Medusa rehearsal

Fridays
10:00 - 11:45 Arthur koning van verhalen spreekuur?
13:15 - 15:00 Het handgeschreven boek (The hand written book)

Specific Events

Dec. 11
Medusa winter concert

]]> ~plawless Course schedule 1st semester of 09/10 school year http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/25190735/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/25190735/ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:01:10 PDT 1st Quarter
Mondays: 11:00 - 12:45 Seminar Letterkunde Welsh; 17:15 - 19:00 Hofcultuur in de middeleeuwen
Tuesdays: No class
Wednesdays: 11:00 - 12:45 Seminar Letterkunde Welsh
Thursdays: 11:00 - 12:45 Hofcultuur in de middeleeuwen 17:15 - 18:00 Middelwelsh 3
Fridays: No class

2nd Quarter
Mondays: 11:00 - 12:45 Arthur koning van verhalen
Tuesdays: No class
Wednesdays: 11:00 - 12:45 Arthur koning van verhalen; 13:15 - 15:00 Het handgeschreven boek
Thursdays: 17:15 - 18:00 Middelwelsh 3
Fridays: 10:00 - 11:45 Arthur koning van verhalen (spreekuur?); 13:15 - 15:00 Het handgeschreven boek

There was a last minute change since Middeleeuwse Wijsbegeerte is apparently not being offered in the 2009-2010 school year. It was replaced by Het handgeschreven boek (The hand written book), which will be covering medieval manuscripts. Also, the English version (Arthur King of Tales) was apparently not on offer, but the Dutch one was, and so.. I take Arthur koning van verhalen.

]]> ~plawless Alright, long enough.. http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/24464705/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/24464705/ Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:39:07 PDT
Art update: I have been doing none. I'm sorry. I need to pick up a new sketchbook to haul around with me, and hope that I will ever get free time.

Life update: I'll be a Dutch citizen by the 7th of May, after 9am. Which is awesome. Otherwise, my life is full of classes.

This last week my HD crashed and burned (not literally on the burning, thank goodness) so I have a new, bigger, better HD and have switched over to Linux. Yes, I have been 'converted', so to speak. I've been enjoying it a lot.

Otherwise, yeah, not much to say. No one really reads these anyway, so that's okay.

]]> ~plawless Stolen meme from.. http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/20358216/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/20358216/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:19:50 PDT

1. How old will you be in five years?
28

2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today?
My boyfriend. I was a bit of a hermit today.

3. How tall are you?
I'm.. technically about 5'7,75"/172,085 centimeters.. but I like to round up to 5'8"/172,72 centimeters.

4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?
Starting classes again! Oh, and the borrel next week with the Celts.

5. What's the last movie you saw?
Uhm, I can't recall.

6. Who was the last person you called?
My boyfriend.

7. Who was the last person to call you?
Uhm, my boyfriend again. What? Are you suggesting I need to get into contact with more people? I got a call from my FIL today too!

8. What was the last text message you received?
Well, shit, my boyfriend again. Before that it was google.

9. Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail?
No one leaves me voicemail.

10. Do you prefer to call or text? Email! But, otherwise.. text I suppose. It depends on the person and what it's about.

11. What were you doing at 12am last night?
Pretty much the same thing I'm doing now, browsing the 'net, lounging on the couch.

12. Are your parents married/divorced?
Married.

13. When did you last see your mom?
April of this year, when she and my father came to visit.

14. What color are your eyes?
That kind of depends. My boyfriend claims they're usually green, others have said blue, some have said gray. My (now expired) license said blue, I believe.

15. What time did you wake up today?
About 9:30 this morning. Amazingly early for me on a Saturday.

16. What are you wearing right now?
Boxer shorts and a very faded Woodstock '94 t-shirt.

17. Do you like Christmas songs?
I'm going with

here. Yes and no.

18. Where is your favorite place to be?
Gosh, that really depends. I mean, this country in general, because I really love it. The beach, because I love the salty air and the wind. Otherwise, who can argue with curled up on the couch in a nice comfy blanket on cold and miserable days?

19. Where is your least favorite place to be?
Anywhere I'm forced to be against my will.

20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere?
Well, British Isles are high on my list. Places of great historic significance (I'd love to see Italy and Greece and.. so many places..)

21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years?
Well, hopefully I'll have finished my schooling by that point. I'd like to think in a life not too dissimilar from what I'm doing now.

22. Do you tan or burn?
BURN!

23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
Depends upon when as a child, but for a long time I had a mild fear of the basement. I was absolutely convinced that something would reach through the stairs and grab me. I still kind of have that with all open stairs.

24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh?
I think something I read on a blog today. Probably something from Sarah Haskins.

25. Do you have an e-crush on anyone on DA?
Nope, no e-crushes here.

26. How big is your bed?
Huge. I can't remember the dimensions right now, but it has to be large enough for my 198 centimeter/6'6" tall boyfriend.

27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer?
I have both, but my desktop (Simeon) is currently packed away. Metis is my main computer resource right now!

28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on?
Totally without.

29. What color are your sheets?
Blue, though currently we have light blue undersheets with our oversheets being a yellow/orange pattern thingy.

30. How many pillows do you sleep with?
One per person.

31. What is your favorite season?
I don't know. They all have their charms.

32. What is the best way to waste time on DA?
Browsing through artists and finding random links across dA.

33. What do you like about winter?
The way it makes the indoors so much cosier for cuddling.

34. What do you like about the summer?
My birthday.

http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/19383745/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:56:52 PDT

Otherwise, there is still not much in the way of art from me. Language has become, recently, more of a focus. I don't think translations really fit in here. Otherwise, the only art I've been doing is playing my piano and singing. Nothing more tangible in the way of photographs or drawings. I'm sorry about that, and I may try to do something, but a lot of our stuff is still kind of packed away in the attic.

Oh! A notice to people in the US, on the east coast; Omnia, a truly awesome band for those into more folksy type music, is coming to the USA for FaerieCon 2008 on the 11th of October this year in Philadelphia, PA. Go check them out, they are really great live! (I'm seeing them again this year at Castlefest.)

Erm, yeah, anyway, the plugging is over. How is everyone?

]]> ~plawless Urm.. so it's been awhile.. http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/18206828/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/18206828/ Wed, 07 May 2008 05:08:14 PDT looking at my deviations.

I'm trying to catch up, I had over 3,000 devs to look through previously. Anyway, just checking in and letting people know I'm alive, I promise.

]]> ~plawless La http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/15026223/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/15026223/ Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:30:04 PDT Old Irish poetry at one of my livejournals, for those who are interested in that sort of thing.

]]> ~plawless The big post! http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/14025562/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/14025562/ Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:04:36 PDT posted about my day at Castlefest! There are pictures and videos!
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]]> ~plawless Castlefest! http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/13871466/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/13871466/ Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:00:35 PDT Castlefest on the 4th of August. It should be awesome. The only sure show I'm aiming to see is the Mediaeval Baebes at 19:00 and the burning of the wickerman. So, if anyone has suggestions, than give me a shout-out. elysiancherry, I am planning to stop by and say hi at the tent. However, I have never in my life played Munchkins, so don't expect participation.

What I hope to see? Some re-enactments, maybe the belly dancers, lots of cool stuff, and good music.

No plans yet for tomorrow, but I am giving a big ole shout out to a fabulous person. It's her birthday today!

, great friend, wonderful person (and a really skilled clothing designer and seamstress). She deserves some love today, because she's working on her birthday. She's also just really darn awesome. You couldn't ask for a better friend.

Today involved making my first batch of fresh lemonade in quite awhile (about a year). It happened because I went to the market yesterday with Ankie and got two large bags of lemons for Â1,50. Ah, cheap lemons, yum! I traded some lemons with Ankie for some paprika, as she got a large bag of paprikas for about Â1. Man, I love the market. (I also got some delicious cheese, I can't remember how much I paid, and 1/2 kilo of green beans for Â1).

Mark is hard at work today, having conquered the couch as he usually does to work on his laptop. I'm waiting to hear back from Utrecht, as I've sent off a copy of my colloquium doctum, so I should be all good for Celtic languages and culture. Maybe I'll hear back from them tomorrow.

I've paid W for the tickets for the musicals we're going to. (Three of them, and it should be awesome). So, she should be able to afford rent and things.

Fresh-squeezed lemonade is full of AWESOME. Ugh, so good!

I have no idea what to write about now, so, later.
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]]> ~plawless Update? Update! http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/13823183/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/13823183/ Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:14:54 PDT other study in the same department, so we should have no problem letting her into this study.'

And hell probably froze over for a moment or so.

At any rate, I just have to send in one of the two copies they sent me. (They sent me the original, and two copies, so I don't even have to make my own copies, woo!) Then it should be reasonably okay. However, I did get the negative binding study advice for history, as I figured. Whatever, I have already reconciled with that.

Today, my Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book arrived at around 11 or so. (I think Mark was way more anxious about it arriving thanÂ I was. We had stayed up really late last night (stupidly), and I was just really tired. My main thoughts this morning? 'Mmhmm, book, right, sleep.. sleeeeep' ) Of course, once I was awake and it had arrived, I very much wanted to read it.Â I read a few pages, and then Mark forced* me out of the apartment with him to check out cars and take test drives. We stopped at the Opal dealer, and drove around for an hour, we ate lunch,Â then we went to the Toyota dealer, and drove around for an hour. We stopped by the Skoda dealer to see about making a test drive, but there were various things that didn't go right there, so we just went home. We got home around 15:30 or so, I believe, and I dove into Harry Potter (Mark wanted to read it too, donchaknow). I finished it around 20:30, so about 6 hours in total to read it.

In general, I thought it was a very good book. I don't have a particular favourite book, but this would be high on the list, I think, if I would try to rank them. No, it's not perfect, but what book is?

Anyway, Mark is now reading it and I'm looking forward to tomorrow and hanging out with my friends. (I almost feel sorry for Mark, surrounded by young, attractiveÂ girls...) We're all going out to catch Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and eat dinner and who knows what else. It should be fantastic. I have no idea if the conversations will be in English or in Dutch. It will probably beÂ a large mix and eventually we'll just break down to charades (and much laughter).

We have no idea when we'll celebrate my birthday withÂ Mark's family, maybe in late August. Who knows? I also don't know what we're doing to celebrate my actual birthday.

Other plans? Urm, hopefully Mark and I will be at Castlefest, although I don't know what day (or days) we'll be going. I really want to see the Mediaeval Baebes, as well as a few other musicians. Other than that, it just looks all around awesome. I go out with another friend to see a musical in August, and we have a welcome back party for Mark's brother. After that, I will hopefully be starting classes in September. October should be the beginnings of moving/house stuff. Yes, we should be moved and everything by November, if all goes well. Which means holidays in a brand new place. I plan on baking lots and lots of cookies for Christmas, as I will finally have access to an oven.

*No, he didn't really force me out of the apartment, he just said how much nicer it would be if I were part of the decision making process. I then decided that being with Mark and doing grown-up things was more important than Harry Potter. Because I'm saner than a lot of other people on the internet.
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]]> ~plawless Ramblings.. http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/13170739/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/13170739/ Thu, 31 May 2007 23:46:18 PDT BIG NOTE: I woke up exceptionally early today, with my boyfriend (hello 5am!), so this is a collection of whatever I'll be posting randomly to my lj today.

6:47am
Things I would like to see in a modern history book/article.

Disclaimer:
Views of history are always changing. Things are always debatable, until we get a time machine. Read this with the mind that the writer is going to be in some form or fashion biased and opinionated. The writer is a human. Deal with it. It may blow your mind, but very few things are straight facts and no one can write in a vacuum.

Ah, that would be a history book worth reading. Darn you historians! You are not the end-all, be-all of historical knowledge! Stupid school history books, always make it seem like things totallyfersure happened in one specific way. I found with my American history texts, they were especially biased and often came off sounding... well, like propaganda.

(by the way, this was totally spurred because of comments to this blog)

8:08am
From Harry Potter en de Vuurbeker by J.K. Rowling (duh), page 173

'Wat zit er in die doos?' vroeg hij [Ron] wijzend.
'Grappig dat je dat vraagt,' zei Hermelien, met een vuile blik op Ron. Ze haalde het deksel van de doos en liet de inhoud zien.
De doos bevatte zo'n vijftig badges, allemaal verschillend van kleur, maar met dezelfde letters: S.H.I.T.
'Shit?' zei Harry, die een badge pakte en hem bekeek. 'Wat moet dat nou weer voorstellen?'
'Niet shit,' zei Hermelien ongeduldig. 'S-H-I-T. Dat betekent Stichting Huis-elf, voor Inburgering en Tolerantie.'

I love this sort of thing. Honestly, shit in a children's book.

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]]> ~plawless Something like an update http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/13113509/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/13113509/ Sun, 27 May 2007 14:22:41 PDT my dutch journal a little bit more than this one. So, here's to give you English only people a chance to hear what's going on in my life.

Monday I went and visited Lush (this is the UK website) in Amsterdam. I felt really great, popping over from Utrecht to Amsterdam all on my own. Anyway, the Lush girls were incredibly friendly (I met a fellow UU student there, not history though). I ended up buying Rock Star soap and Trichomania shampoo, even though I hadn't really been planning on buying anything. I have just today used the Rock Star (it's bright pink and it smells like candy). I am quite satisfied. I smell delicious and the soap cleaned me very nicely.

Wednesday we went to the 19:00 showing of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. I post no spoilery things, but I have to say that it was fantastic. We ate a lot of popcorn, drank soda and then didn't eat any dinner. Ah, the joys of living on your own. Popcorn and m&ms for dinner!

Otherwise, on Friday, I went to Gouda to visit a bunch of houses. Well, technically only four, but it felt like a bunch more. Some of it was that I had an hour between each house, while each visit only took about 15 minutes, and it took tops 5 minutes to walk to the next house. I had plenty of time to get a feel for the neighborhood. Friendly enough neighborhood, I have to say. The first house I saw was small and would have required a lot of work. The person who lived there (apparently a teacher) hadn't bothered to do really anything to the place when he bought it. The bathroom was pretty much a closet. It had only a shower in it, and barely enough room for that. Tiny.
The second house had more space, still needed some updating but not nearly as much as the first house. It's still on the list, just in case my favorite house falls through.
The third house was fantastic. High ceilings, plenty of space, modern kitchen. A bit pricier than the other two, but so pretty. I definitely hope we get this one. It has plenty of space to have people stay over (so, yes, people from the US, you could stay in our house for cheaper than staying...anywhere else!) Hell, I'll link you to the pictures.. (Unfortunately, not many online. Maybe that's why it's still for sale?)
The fourth house? It tried to kill me! Nah, I went to check out the attic and the ladder fell out from under me. I ended up hanging from the opening to the attic for a few minutes while the real estate agent tried to get the ladder back together. I ended up leaning on it a little and then just hopping down, but damn, I'm still paying for that today. I really hurt my right elbow (both elbows really, but the right one in particular) and have a nice long bruise up my left thigh. He was all "I hope this doesn't make you reconsider this house!" and I said "of course not!" While, mentally, I was like 'the house just friggin' tried to kill me!' Nah, really, I just liked the third house more.

For now, I'm just enjoying a longer weekend. Mark only has work two more days at his old job left. Thursday he took off so that he can receive the rental car from his company, and Friday starts some introductory training. We should be calling real estate agents to get a second look at the house on Tuesday. Hopefully, it will all turn out.

Still waiting on the new cd from cadhla. I haven't gotten any confirmation of it being sent off yet, so, I just hope that that is what's going on. I really am looking forward to it, as her previous cd has conquered my 25 most played list and lives on my mp3 player. (Yes, I mean her entire cd has conquered my 25 most played list. Every single track.) I clearly need my fix. I had a dream the other night that I went to a local filking event and cadhla was there. It's kind of.. weird, to dream about people on my friends' list.

Hopefully, that will come soon enough (before my address changes, preferably!) and I can enjoy some new, fantastic music.
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]]> ~plawless Learning a new language. http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/13059420/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/13059420/ Wed, 23 May 2007 05:57:38 PDT thisÂ to talk about some of what it's like moving to a new country and learning a new language and just adapting.

When I first moved to the Netherlands, I spoke only a few words that were, pretty much, useless. "Lekker", "gezellig", and "ik houd van jou" were all I knew. I didn't understand a word. When you first hear Dutch it sounds like gibberish. One of the things that causes that is that Dutch is one of the fastest spoken European languages. They tend to get out the most syllables in the least amount of time. I remember having an easier time pulling out separate words when first learningÂ from French than from Dutch, even when Dutch uses more English like words! Also, Dutch uses sounds that are completely new to English speakers. Like English, Dutch borrows from everywhere. It was a trading country and you can tell that they've happily grabbed from other languages. However, it's annoying, especially when you're trying to learn correct pronunciation, to have a random French or English word pop up in your sentence.

Right, tangent, sorry. Anyway, coming toÂ a country that has a completely new language, youÂ either a) move into a community that has people who speak your native language (think Chinatown and the like) or b) you work your ass off to learn the language.Â If you go for choiceÂ A it's probably significantly easier because you'll have a support system and there are communities like that here for people. Chinese and Arabic language communities where it's not entirely necessary to speak Dutch more than absolutely, positively necessary. There are also companies that offer professional translators, and many required forms (for residence permits and the like) are offered in various languages. However, you won't really be able to get higher education that way. You won't get higher than working in the shops in your community, or working in a factory job where language skills are not a requirement.

Choice B is a lot more work, and I went that way. Technically, I could have done my required language course (teaching you the very basics so that you can see a doctor, or buy groceries) and then spoken English the rest of my time here. I've heard of people (English speaking immigrants) who have done that, simply refused to learn the language and made other people speak English. I didn't want to be that person. That person isn't usually well liked by the people around them. So I pushed myself some, and I learned the language. I've done reasonably well, thus far, but way back in the beginning it was tough.

I'm an outgoing person, for the most part, and when you don't know the language you suddenly become a lot more homebound. I was very dependent on MarkÂ (My boyfriend) to get around. I couldn't understand what people were saying and I couldn't respond. Public transport made me nervous (would I be able to understand it when they spoke the name of the stop I needed?) and getting groceries. I can remember the first time, after I could understand more Dutch, that I went to buy groceries on my own.
When you first learn a language, you learn scripts, the basic conversation for various simple things. When people break from the script, it throws you off. I didn't even have the handiness that people in this area speak loads of English. Help here would be more versed in German (because of the large amount of Germans who shop here) than they would be in English. I was buying groceries, and the person asked me if I would like stamps. I had no idea what she said, that wasn't part of the script, I was suddenly awkward and nervous and I didn't even know enough Dutch to say I didn't understand what she meant. I had to resort to English, and she didn't know it. I lucked out that the older woman behind me understood and knew more English. But having that happen, trying to do something simple and having something out of the ordinary happen when you don't know the language? It completely shuts things down.

One of the ways of working within a foreign language, and this seems to be the trend, is to think ahead of time and try to form the script in your head before you go to talk to someone. If the person makes some off hand comment, or tries to crack a joke, you end up looking like a deer in the headlights. They've changed it! What do you do?! What do you say?! What did they say?! You stammer, you try a small smile, but the expression on the cashier's face, or the person behind you in line, that tells you. Learning a new language makes you feel stupid. You sound like a child, or worse, like a drunk lobotomy patient. No human wants to go out often and put themselves on the line like that. It's a struggle to overcome how stupi... ]]> ~plawless Zombie much? http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12718051/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12718051/ Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:25:11 PDT Picture!

This was me all day. I had a 9:00 class this morning, which means the usual getting up at 5:30 or so. I, unfortunately, had not been feeling well last night, nor this morning, and I think it showed a bit today. Anyway, the picture above was taken with my cell phone whilst I studied in what I call 'the Red Room' at Drift 21. As I couldn't go home after my class ended at 10:55 (a little later than it was supposed) because I had a class at 15:15 until 17:00. Both classes were very nice, but Tuesdays.. they are killers.

So very tired. Someone remind me to post about my classes tomorrow? Thanks.
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]]> ~plawless What's that you say? http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12650561/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12650561/ Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:10:59 PDT Anyway, that plan was smashed when the NSÂ once again fucked things up on their own railway.

"11:31 uur Almelo < -- > Enschede Door een wisselstoring rijden er tussen Hengelo en Enschede geen treinen en rijden er tussen Hengelo en Almelo minder stoptreinen. Vertraging: 30-60 minuten. Prognose: * einde tussen 13.00 en 15.00 uur"

So, really, there are no trains between Enschede (my town) and Hengelo (next town over). As well as less trains between Hengelo and Almelo. The first sections of my ride would take 30-60 minutes. More than likely closer to the hour. An hour, people, for something that should take, tops, 20 minutes. On a commute that lasts for almost 5 hours on public transport, an extra hour each way kills me even more.

Fucking hell, can't these fuckers do their damned jobs? They better not do this when my classes start, or I will probably have a breakdown and just start beating anyone within reach. Hell, I'm feeling that way right now, because I'm just that tired of this. I'm tired of a lot of things, and I have a few sore spots right now that are sure to get me snarling at people.

And, yes, I really do have a schedule that gets me up at 5:30 two mornings a week, with one of those days getting me home only by, oh, 20:00.

, you shall learn how it feels. Yes, someone will share my pain.

Okay, so, plans were changed between

and myself concerning when she would come to visit. I will admit to having, at first, given up the idea that she would come visit at all (let's just say, I don't have a lot of good experience with people keeping their word about that stuff). Happily, we managed to reach an agreement that meant she would come and stay from MondayÂ May 7thÂ until ThursdayÂ the 10th. She'll be getting in a little later on Monday, but that will be made up for the fact that Monday is our Mexican night! The day we usually eat some form of Mexican food. I am planning on making up my Fabulous Wet BurritosÂ because they are delicious but make way too much food for just Mark and me. (I also promised her some Mexican food, and thus I keep my promise!) If it doesn't happen Monday, just from tiredness at coming in later (getting to Enschede probably around 20:00), then it will happen at some point during her stay.

Tuesday will have her being dragged out of bed around 5:30 with me, and being dragged to Utrecht. Unfortunately, she'll have about an hour or 45 minutes of hanging out in a strange city, but I don't doubt that she can keep herself occupied. I hope to get her all set up to do a tour of the Dom Tower, which opens for tours at around 10. I should have a break of about 15 minutes or so around that time, just in case she needs help with anything. Otherwise, I don't know, there's always the Hoog Catharijne, which opens at 9:30.. or, I don't know. We'll figure something out. Anything better than just staying in the apartment all day.

At 10:45 my class ends and we're free to do whatever until 15:15, when I have a lecture in the Bioscoop Catharijne. So, she can either sit through Who's Who in de Mythologie or she can catch a movie. She'll probably want to watch a movie then sit through a lecture in a language she doesn't know. Afterwards, it's the race for home!

Luckily, Wednesday I have no classes at all, so Mark is considering taking the day off and we'll do something more along the lines of our original plans. You know, visit KeukenhofÂ or go to the Efteling. Who knows, we'll figure something out. Something that may include a pannenkoeken restaurant.

Thursday is pretty clear until 15:15 again. I don't know what we'll do then either, besides the fact that if

Â rides with me most of the way towards Utrecht, she'd have to split off in Amersfoort to get to Schiphol, and then she'd be plenty early for her flight. Either way, there is still plenty of free time to... ]]> ~plawless Alrightie then. http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12533802/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12533802/ Tue, 10 Apr 2007 02:11:05 PDT After I hand in my essay today, I'm going to try and poke my head in some offices to see if any of the professors who graded the Medieval exam are in today. I hope to catch them and see if I can get some pointers for the upcoming re-test. After the re-test on Thursday I'll be completely free until about the 23rd of this month. I'm very much looking forward to that. It will give me a chance to do some stuff for me, and not feel totally guilty about it.

Also it will give me a chance to get some more cleaning done. Then maybe we will have a dining room table again instead of a pile of clutter, as well as some more visible floor, instead of boxes and stuff about houses.

I have also, just this morning, finally organised my school stuff. I gathered all my notes together into one big binder and have put my textbooks on a shelf, next to my various workbooks and readers for the courses. So that's taken care of and looks a bit better. Easier to find stuff as well, though there is some stuff that I wish I could print out and shove in with my notes. Like some of the notes that I got from other people via e-mail for Medieval History, that would be helpful. However, we are nearly out of ink and I don't think I should really print out 40 some odd pages of notes (the notes are about the textbook and the original sources we read).

Called my parents Sunday night to wish them a happy Easter. Of course, with the time difference it was Sunday evening for them, so it was no problem on their side. Had a good long talk, which is normal when you talk to my Dad. I wanted to call my sister, but by the time I got off the phone with my parents it was far too late and Mark and I wanted to go to sleep.
On a side note to the parents thing, I received a package from them just this past week that included an Easter card, pictures and a smuttysmutty book! I don't know if either of them read it, though I am doubting it, but I'm only 80 some odd pages into it and there has been lots of rather erotic stuff happening. (Only one case of actual sex though, the rest was all seductions.) It's not a bad book (Real Vampires Have Curves) although I am waiting for the plot to take off. Not as much with the simpering female, which is nice. So far, a good read. (I'm reading this and Harry Potter en de Gevangene van Azkaban. I know! Only two books! I'm slacking.)

Sunday, the actual day, was very nicely spent with Mark's parents and his aunt and uncle and their daughter. Mark has such a friendly family that going to these family events are quite pleasant. We had a brunch type thing with eggs and various forms of rolls and other stuff. Dinner was pork tenderloin, asparagus, salad, spinach and potatoes. I didn't touch the spinach, but the pork tenderloin was delicious with a bit of pepper sauce (specially made for me, the other sauce for the pork tenderloin was a mushroom sauce), and the asparagus was also delicious. I had two helpings of the asparagus! (This will shock my family, I'm sure.)
There was plenty of chatting and we watched Crimson TideÂ because it happened to be on.

Just an all around pleasant day. Monday was consumed by paper writing, though Mark got to play around with BlenderÂ for a change.

Tomorrow I hang out with W and F in Deventer, which I'm really looking forward to. I have no idea what we'll be doing, but it's sure to be fun, simply because hanging with W and F is always fun.Â Tomorrow and today will also be the studying thing again. I'm gettingÂ kind of tired with the studying thing, but this will be the last for at least a month or so.Â

DJ Porny - Me So Horny video
The song isn't that great of a number all on it's own, but the jumpstyleÂ (description in EnglishÂ orÂ in Dutch)Â in it is very interesting. I like to watch it on occasion because it makes me smile, so I though I woul... ]]> ~plawless Meme and schedule http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12425317/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12425317/ Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:51:22 PDT [01] Grab the nearest book.
[02] Open the book to page 23.
[03] Find the fifth sentence.
[04] Post the next 3 sentences in your journal, with these rules.
[05] Don't dig for a cool book. :/ BE HONEST!

"De natuurwetenschap vormde geen bedreiging van geloof en openbaring. Zij was juist nuttig en zinrijk, want zij bood langs een andere weg inzicht in 'Gods werken, zijn Almagt Goedheit en Wijsheit'.
Deze optimistische visie maakte eerst opgang in dissenterse kringen, en werd verbreid via de nieuwe tijdschriften die door vooral doopsgezinden opgericht werden, zoals de Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen (1760), een algemeen-cultureel maandblad dat tot 1876 zou blijven verschijnen." - Land van kleine gebaren: Een politieke geschiedenis van Nederland 1780-1990; Remieg Aerts, Herman de Liagre Böhl, Piet de Rooy, Henk te Velde

Yeah, the meme is fulfilled by a school text. Ah, land van kleine gebaren, how you have travelled with me these many weeks.

My schedule for the coming two weeks.
Monday (2 april):
*studying for modern history exam
*work on essay for world history
Thursday Evening (5 april):
*modern history exam, 19.00 - 22.00; Jaarbeurs hal 5
Tuesday (10 april):
*hand in essay for world history before 17.00 at Drift 10
*study for re-test
Wednesday (11 april):
*study for re-test
*meet W and F to hang in Deventer for a bit
Thursday (12 april):
*study for re-test
*Re-test for Medieval History; 19.00 - 22.00, Educatorium

(Tuesday 3, Wednesday 4, Thursday 5Â (during the day), rinse and repeat for the studying). Sometime, either Sunday 8Â or Monday 9, we're going to Mark's Mum's place to celebrate Easter.
Also, at some point, doing some cleaning and picking up my books for the next quarter. Really with the cleaning, as we're going to have to find a new spot for the boxes of books behind the couch, so that things can be moved around and

can have a spot to sleep. Also the other, normal things like hanging with Mark, enjoying some of the nice weather, getting groceries and so forth.
I'm personally hoping that I'll see my schedule for the next quarter and it won't look like the way it looks now. which is:
Mondays: 9.00 - 10.45: Eigentijdse geschiedenis hoorcollege (MU)
Tuesdays: 9.00 - 10.45: Eigentijdse geschiedenis werkcollege (KNG 29); 15.15 - 17.00: Who's Who in De Mythologie (CATH 1)
Wednesdays: No Classes
Thursdays: 15.15 - 17.00: Who's Who in De Bijbel (THETA)
Fridays: No Classes

Though, looking at my schedule now, I should have from the 13th of this month until the 22nd completely free, which is good. Gives me plenty of time to get cleaning done and all sorts of stuff. I hadn't even realised that I had that time off. Kind of awesome.

Anyway, time to get to lots of reading and studying and, hopefully, writing. Also, breakfast.. or brunch, or whatever it is by now.
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]]> ~plawless Pain like wow http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12332072/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12332072/ Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:34:10 PDT god does my shoulder hate me sometimes.)

But, seeing as how I couldn't really lift my bag without pain, and yes, I need my bag for class, even if it is only a lecture, I couldn't really get to class. Mark was very late to work today, as he got most of the way to Almelo then remembered he was supposed to get the car re-certified in Enschede, so he drove all the way back and then had to get on to the train. There are problems with the train that, now that I think about it, probably would have caused me to be so late for my class as to make it pointless for me to go. (Very few trains to Hengelo, no trains to Almelo. This, by the way, has only occurred to me now, so. *shrug*) In any case, I stayed home and read. I'm here, on the computer now, enjoying the lack of pain, contemplating getting food and drink before I become a cannibal, or a zombie.

Anyway, earlier this week, Mark surprised with belated Valentine's Day gifts. He got me the special edition of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and a My Little Pony, by the name of Brights Brightly (I prefer her Dutch name, honestly, Morgenzonnetje)! It's awesome to have a guy who, while maybe not understands, but enables my love of strange things. The only thing that would have made this more 'me' is probably something horror-related, particularly zombies.

Click to see pictures!
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]]> ~plawless Dear Netherlands, http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12244821/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12244821/ Mon, 19 Mar 2007 12:12:33 PDT
What is up with that? Seriously. Week before spring, it's total spring weather, week of spring we're.. back to winter? What the hell? Was there some sort of mix-up? Did I miss the weather memo?

I'd like to, politely of course, request that you go back to the spring pattern, please.

Thanks,
Tric
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]]> ~plawless Follow the yellow brick road.. http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12177720/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12177720/ Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:06:17 PDT The Wiz in Utrecht. She had gotten a discount on some really good seats, so 40 later I was signed up to see The Wiz on Tuesday, the 13th. Mark encouraged me to go, saying he'd work late and that the company would feed him.

So, I set it up to meet F at the Deventer station and ride with her to Utrecht, via public transport. We grabbed dinner at Burger King before the show. It was loads of fun all around. It was great to hang out with F more, though I wouldn't mind getting together with W again so we can also catch up. The Wiz was also very good, and had some great humour in it. Yes, it was all in Dutch. I'm looking forward to getting the soundtrack from W, as she said she'd send me a copy of the soundtrack that she picked up.

All in all, it was a really fabulous night out, chatting and laughing with friends, watching a flashy, funny musical, eating junk food. I looked good, F looked really good (she got complimented on her skirt at one point by an employee at the Burger King, and I told her that was really translated to 'You have hot legs!'). We found out we have some overlap on our schedules, so I may have a travelling buddy for after Friday classes again! Yay! Anyway, the show ended around 22.15 or so, and we just missed the train back that leaves around 22.20. So, taking the 22.50 train, direct to Enschede, I got home around 0.30. Not really early, but earlier than Mark though I would be. Earlier than I thought I would be as well. Still, Mark and I woke up late this morning, and we had to rush out to get to where we needed to go.

I don't know about other plans coming up, tonight is simply going to be the two of us at home. We'll probably have chicken madras for dinner, which is good, I very much enjoy it. Mark still owes me for Valentine's Day, but I'm sure he'll deliver eventually.

The other day we checked out more houses in the Gouda area, as well as some spots in Rotterdam. There are definite possibilities, Mark just needs to contact a real estate agent to start looking into this for us. We also need to tell the real estate agents in Deventer that they can stop looking. This all has to be done before June 1st, which is when Mark starts his job.

Still can't believe it's only Wednesday. I want it to be weekend already! I don't want to go to an early class tomorrow! Ugh!
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]]> ~plawless Some Dutch music http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12113595/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12113595/ Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:37:34 PST
Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, meneer? - Ik gaf mijn lief klein Madelein

Ik gaf mijn lief klein Madelein
Ik gaf mijn lief klein Madelein
een keten van smaragd
Omdat ik mij gelukkig voel
wanneer zij naar mij lacht
Maar sinds ik haar de keten gaf
Gaat mij het lachen moeilijk af
Gaat mij het moeilijk af
Ik gaf mijn lief klein Madelein
een beker voor de wijn
Omdat ik mij tevreden voel
als zij het maar zal zijn
Maar sinds ik haar een beker schonk
Heeft ieder glas een droeve dronk
Heb ik een droeve dronk
Ik gaf mijn lief klein Madelein
een kussen van fluweel
Omdat ik haar gedachten ken
en haar gevoelens deel
Maar sinds ik haar het kussen gaf
gaat mij het slapen moeilijk af
Gaat mij het moeilijk af

Ik had mijn lief klein Madelein
maar al te graag gekust
Dan dronk ik nu een vrolijk glas
dan sliep ik heel gerust
En lachen was een kleinigheid
mijn liefde was total bereid
mijn liefde was bereid...

I gave my sweet little Madeline
I gave my sweet little Madeline
a necklace of emerald
because I feel happy
when she smiles at me
but since I have given her the necklace
It is difficult for me to smile
It is difficult for me..
I gave my sweet little Madeline
a goblet for the wine
because I feel satisfied
If she would also be
but since I have given her a goblet
is every glass a sad drink
is it a sad drink
I gave my sweet little Madeline
a pillow of velvet
because I know her thoughts
and share her feelings
But since I gave her the pillow
It is difficult for me to sleep
It is difficult for me

I had my sweet little Madeline
all too gladly kissed
Than I drink a happy drink now
Than I sleep very deeply
And smiling was a small affair
my love was already prepared
my love had been prepared...
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]]> ~plawless Updating http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12101900/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/12101900/ Thu, 08 Mar 2007 05:10:03 PST Stepmania. I greatly enjoy stepmania, and I can play ddr songs on it, so it's all good. I can also convert my songs to stepmania files so I can dance to my own music. It's also really great about getting me to do some moving around and bouncing when the weather outside is frightful and I'm a lazy bum. Winter has made me very lazy and I think I've gained a little bit of weight. I hate that, so, must exercise more. Tonight I did a little over an hour of dancing around on a mat in front of my computer. I've also upped my walking to and from places.
Also trying to cut down on the snacks. Which, luckily, isn't too hard. I don't really eat that many snacks to begin with.

Mark has a new job, he'll be starting June 1st. It's in Rotterdam and the plan is for us to move, hopefully, to Gouda. It may not be the greatest place, as we will have to rush things a little and find some place, but I'm still hoping for a little upgrade in size, so that people can stay over. But this is all good news for us, as Mark should be happier at this new job (it gets him a lease car, amongst other benefits) and it's closer to Utrecht (about 18-20 minutes by train, maybe 40 minutes in total?), as well as Amsterdam and other major cities in the west. (Which means,

, that getting to our place would be a lot faster. Schiphol to Enschede is a little over 2 hours by public transport. Schiphol to Gouda is about an hour and 11 minutes or so by public transport. An hour shorter!)

Changes have been made in Utrecht. We had, previously, a response class that had well over 100 people in it. They have split those down into smaller groups of about 60. However, that means that my schedule has changed. I used to have this class from 15.15 until 17.00 on Tuesdays, now I have it at the same time on Fridays. It's bizarre to have a free Tuesday, and annoying to have Friday afternoons vanish due to class and travel. Also, I think a lot of my fellow students aren't bothering to show up for it because it's on Friday.

Mark has been working late a lot this week. We had dinner together on Monday (tacos), and that was the last meal we had together. He isn't home yet, though he should be heading home now. He hopes he won't be working too late tomorrow, but doesn't know.

I miss singing, and having a piano. Really, very badly lately. I haven't seen anything for choirs that are asking for any singers. The only thing I've seen for a choir is asking for, of course, more male voices. BAH. Just rub it in my face, why don't you? (I've always had a strong belief that many of the best vocal parts are the male parts. I did, in fact, sing tenor for a bit when I was much younger. Far more interesting than singing the alto sections.)

Anyway, Mark is home, time for House!
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]]> ~plawless [Insert witty title here] http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/11981852/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/11981852/ Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:57:23 PST
So many things going on with the University. Though I haven't heard anything recently. At any rate, to give you an idea, the class that I'm a part of is the first year of a great number of changes. These are not helping the students, these changes. Want to know how you can tell? Only about 30% of my (several hundred) fellow students passed the Early-Modern Times test. No, I was not part of that small group of people who passed. A small number passed the Ancient History test, and I had heard vague rumblings that the Medieval history exam will probably also have the majority not passing.
There are other changes, as well, but you can guess that I'm not entirely thrilled with it all. It doesn't help that at least one of my professors has problems replying to e-mails, despite the fact that he's also supposed to be my mentor.

Tentative plans have been made for my friend who's studying in England to come visit some time in April. I'm really looking forward to that, though it does mean loads of cleaning. I'll not get too detailed, but the apartment is truly a mess and something needs to be done. It's why I've been having so many cleaning urges, but everything feels so cramped and we haven't been feeling well, so. Yeah, the boxes do not help. It feels like it wouldn't be worth it to even start.
Don't worry,

, we'll clean it thoroughly enough for your visit, I promise.

Other things I've been thinking about: changing my icons. I'm tired of my icons, and some I almost never use. I want them to, in general, reflect the mood of the entry. At least for the most part. Any suggestions on that, or on themes for icons, or something along those lines wouldn't be too bad either.

Sorry, my brain is kind of fuzzy. Our sleeping schedule is bizarre lately, so last night we got to bed around 5 (am) and I woke up around 16 or so (I think Mark woke up a few hours before that, but stayed in bed reading). Mark has been reading the series he was sent for Christmas from S.M. Stirling. He's on the final book, so apparently he's enjoyed it well enough. We had a really good meal though, with steak (marinated in salsa), cauliflower and these little potato balls. Very delicious.

Oh! Very old news, but I though I should share it. So, people in New York, you are familiar with the grocery store Shop Rite, yes? It only has stores in five states (New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware) and so one can conclude it's not a huge chain. Well, guess what I found.

On the shelves of Edah, a grocery store here in the Netherlands, I found a drink mix from none other than Shop Rite.

surprise 1

surprise 2

On sale, as you can see, for 2,99

It was a momentary Twilight Zone feeling, as I had never thought I'd see anything from Shop Rite in the Netherlands. Crazy, crazy world! (Photographic evidence obtained because I wasn't sure anyone would believe me otherwise. And yes, we bought a container of the pink lemonade mix).

I'm going to leave you with that little mystery.
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]]> ~plawless What have I been up to? http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/11667834/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/11667834/ Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:37:05 PST Tristan and Isolde (I hadn't seen it before) and Ocean's 11, which I've seen a few times and enjoy every time I see.

Wednesday involved reading Medieval history stuff and then retreating to the bedroom with the laptop and a book. I read Cell by Stephen King (which I finally bought on Tuesday before heading to Deventer) and watched chick flicks while curled up in bed. Today, I woke up far too early for my liking, because I just couldn't get to sleep after Mark left, and getting up. Now, it's writing this and later I'll do some more studying and probably grab a shower before I head out.

Had nightmares again* about missing my exam. This one, very weirdly, involved me being a part of a series of pageants or something and the pageant overlapped when my test would start. I started freaking out because I had to do both but the test doesn't allow you to come in late. I think there was a devil or something was in it as well. I don't know. Just some dark presence that apparently really loved my singing. In any case, I always rocked the talent section, but for this one I showed up in my brown cloth pants and my huge sweater with a hood, and I hadn't even decided what song I was going to sing. I was even deciding it as I was walking up to the stage, and I didn't really care. I just wanted to get it over with and get to my test before it started.
That was when I woke up the first time, with the whole alarm thing and Mark slowly getting up. After that, I kind of dozed, but no real sleep.

From the looks of it, I will have another 9am class this quarter. I can feel my spirit and will draining from me just typing that. Damn it, I hate 9am classes. If I want to even get remotely ready and out the door on time I have to be by at least 5.30 am. Augh.
My schedule, thus far.

Monday: Modern History - Lecture 11.00-12.45 (Bioscoop Catharijne-Catharijne 1)
Tuesday: No idea, probably the work group or whatever for Modern History. But it's not up on the website yet.
Wednesday: World History - Lecture 11.00-12.45 (Educatorium-MU Uithof)
Thursday: World History - Workgroup 9.00-10.45 (KNG29-022 dr. mr. F.W. Lantink)

And if anyone recognizes that last name by World History, you get a cookie from me. If you don't, it's fine. That is my supposed student advisor. The fellow who has not answered any of my e-mails about taking important exams in English. He's a nice guy, but this is making me really dislike him. (Because, really, it's not nice to ignore the people you're supposed to be advising).

But, fun thing, I only have to go to the Uithof once a week, it seems! Yay! The Bioscoop Catharijne (Cinema for non-Dutchies) is right in the same building as the train station. Annoying thing will be trying to get to Kromme Nieuwegracht 29 for the World history group at 9 in the friggin' morning.

screencap of a site that helps find ways via public transport

Now it will probably go faster not taking the streekbus, but do you see the commute? Agh! It's a killer.

Hmph, anyway, more tomorrow (or later before I leave for the exam, who knows).

*I had nightmares before my previous exam for Early-Modern Times (Vroeg-Moderne Tijd). It involved me being unable to make it to the test, in a variety of ways. One involving me saving a young Asian boy from dying. The boy could, apparently, speed up himself (and anything/one touching him) to go faster than time. So when he and his.. grandfather(?) asked what I wanted as I reward I said for the little boy to get me to my test on time. The majority of that dream had involved me pleading for the little by to please focus and get me there before my exam started.
It was bizarre and I don't recall having those sorts of dreams before. Admittedly, now my 'on-time' fate is in the hands of public transport for about 2 hours. I think this would cause most people to have nightmares about being late. What's really funny about this is that I had already planned to be about 2 hours early (test starts at 19.00, was planning on being in Utrecht at 17.00), so it would have to be one hell of a del... ]]> ~plawless I'm a horrible poster http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/11589627/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/11589627/ Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:48:50 PST Other news, Mark has turned 29 and has stated that it feels just the same as every other year. We still haven't mailed out the Christmas box (I'm sorry family!) and I have a new phone. See? View 1 View 2
Samsung ZV 40, a good phone so far. Nice camera (as seen in a previous post) and just all around good for me. Got it with a 2 year subscription with Vodafone. It has triband, so I should be able to use it in the United States when I go visit.
Have been reading a series of books sent to me by my mother. The SpellSong Cycle by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. is a series I started back when we visited my parents at the end of 2005/beginning of 2006. I didn't get to finish it, so my Mom said she would send me the series when she found it so I could have a copy of my very own. Well, she has done that and I'm reading through (and very nearly done with) the second book of the series, The SpellSong War. I really enjoy this series. Which reminds me to say that the majority of our books are still packed away in boxes. I hate this, it's bothering me more than it should, but I want my books out since we haven't even gotten to the serious part of 'moving'. Especially now that Mark is considering changing his job and might not be working in Almelo, which means we won't be moving to Deventer. Yet, we are still going to look at houses next Friday. Either way, I want Mark to be happy in his job (he's getting frustrated at work because they refuse to listen to him) and I want to be closer to Utrecht so that I won't grow more likely to snap and start randomly beating people.

Fantastically, one of my friends from High School is doing a semester abroad in England, just across the channel! I'm thrilled that one of my friends will finally be that much closer to my time zone and to me. There are vague (very vague) plans to meet up and have her stay with us for a few days. I really hope that happens, because I have not seen her since the summer of 2004. She sounds like she's having a blast so far (we'll see how long it lasts, as she's only been in England since the 25th) and I wonder if she'll note a difference between difficulty levels of English vs American Universities. I certainly think Dutch Universities require more from their students than American Universities. We shall see. At any rate, it sounds like she has a lot to look forward to, and I'm eagerly awaiting being able to talk to someone on a more.. normal schedule.

On the subject of friends, I'm going to be hanging at F's house on Tuesday, which I'm very much looking forward to, and I've been talking a lot more with W (nearly everyday over MSN). There are vague plans with W to get together and watch musicals (I have a musical buddy! Yay!) and I'm not entirely sure what I'll be doing at F's house, but I'm sure it's going to be loads of fun. It's just great to have friends to chat with who are actually in the Netherlands and share a lot of my interests. It's still not the same, as F is about 45 minutes away by train (she lives in Deventer) when in the US I had friends who were just minutes away by car or bicycle even! Still, I'm not going to complain too much, because these people are awesome. Also, if friends come over here, no worries about parents.

Big change!

Some odd notes. I'm afraid that I'm getting worse at explaining the differences between the Netherlands and the United States as I've been in the Netherlands for what feels like forever. However, the Dutch have some funny eccentricities. Such as on the train. Now, I ride the train quite a lot in my normal schedules. In fact, I ride public transport for about 5 hours or so every time I go from our apartment to Utrecht and classes. (Yes, I really want to move to someplace closer to Utrecht.) Anyway, as Mark has pointed out in amusement, the Dutch have a particular way... ]]> ~plawless I was tagged.. http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/11359246/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/11359246/ Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:20:32 PST

tagged me, horrible girl, and I hadn't updated my journal since March 2006. I should at least update this thing every now and again. Though, really, if you want to know what's going on in my life you'd best read my livejournal.

The Rules

The 1st player of this "game" starts with the topic "6 weird habits/things/hates about yourself" and people who get tagged MUST write a journal about their 6 weird habits/things/hates 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 dev page comments and tell them to read yours...

1. If I can see the volume number on something (like my mp3 player), the number has to be either an even number, or a multiple of five. I get antsy and end up changing it soon after if it isn't.

2. As Dutch is my 'second language' (I took five years of French in high school, but I'm pretty darn rusty, so it's been demoted to kindasorta third), I have a bad habit of mixing Dutch and English together. Doing so creates very odd sentences, because I sometimes just shove English or Dutch words into my sentences. "Sweetie, could you get ketchup van de koelkast?" "Dear mevrouw".. etc

3. A habit I picked up from my Dad, I will very happily start giving a 'lecture' of sorts on the subjects that interest me. Mainly history. Unlike my Dad, I'll only start giving a lecture like that when it comes up more naturally in conversation.

4. I have very eclectic music tastes. My music tastes include just about a little bit of everything. Apparently, this can be disconcerting when I put on my play list, because you can hear musicals followed by heavy metal, to 40s, to classical, to foreign (Japanese or others) to .. any number of things. The fact that I can usually name the song and sing along with little to no problem seems to surprise my boyfriend.

5. In addition to using Dutch in my language, I have a pretty expansive English vocabulary which includes some more.. antiquated words. (If anyone doubts I actually talk how I type, you need only have a conversation with me.

) Mostly from the 40s and 50s, I admit. Such as 'nifty keen' and 'the bee's knees'. I'm constantly surprised that other people can have an understandable and coherent conversation with me. (Yes, I do often have to define things for other people. I don't mind.)

6. Leave me alone long enough, bored enough, and I will start dancing. I will also start making random noise to go with it. I am a total geek. I'm aware of this.

Now, I tag

]]> ~plawless Peeeeple http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/6538112/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/6538112/ Thu, 02 Mar 2006 08:34:30 PST Journal gets quite a bit more updates. Well, reasonably more.
Also..
Comics! Don't know if I want to put them up here, which means I probably never will.

Alrightie! Done!
Buh-bye!

-The Management

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Links
~My LJ is Here

~Browse through the people I watch

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]]> ~plawless Bah! http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/6312864/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/6312864/ Wed, 24 Aug 2005 06:03:05 PDT
BUGGERS. *grump*

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~My LJ is Here

~My Art Journal is Right Here -- Daily Doodles, etc.

~Browse through the people I watch and my great friends

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]]> ~plawless Devious Journal Entry http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/6232286/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/6232286/ Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:32:34 PDT
I've cleaned up the browse list, so there shouldn't be as many empty/non-updating galleries there. It's still filled with some extraordinarily cool people, so I highly suggest you check them out.

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~My LJ is Here

~My Art Journal is Right Here -- Daily Doodles, etc.

~Browse through the people I watch and my great friends

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]]> ~plawless Woah http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/5696236/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/5696236/ Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:11:56 PDT
I'm amazed.. :blink:

Thanks people!

]]> ~plawless Hey! http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/5101434/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/5101434/ Sat, 16 Apr 2005 06:47:50 PDT
Oh, and don't forget my kiriban!
2,500.

]]> ~plawless lalala http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/5015050/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/5015050/ Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:54:35 PDT ~

I just got tired of reading the previous journal entry.

Next kiriban:
2,500

Catch it and request a picture!

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~My LJ is Here

~My Art Journal is Right Here -- Daily Doodles, etc.

~Browse through the people I watch and my great friends

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]]> ~plawless Devious Journal Entry http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/4252174/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/4252174/ Tue, 15 Feb 2005 12:29:34 PST
I should, hopefully, start classes soon. I have a meeting to assess.. various things, next Monday.. and then we'll see.

]]> ~plawless Art! http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/4108074/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/4108074/ Tue, 21 Dec 2004 06:15:35 PST I'll hopefully be uploading a new bit of art soon, I just have to scan it in. Scanned! Whee :-D
~~It's not yet finished, but I guess a work in progress can be shown.~~ Finished, or that's how I'm calling it. Go ahead and check all of 'em out.

Just because I want to be absolutely sure you all know who the picture is from, I'm linking to the model here.

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An announcement to whomever watches my journal.

It takes too long to update DA. I will still do so with the occasional work of art, but my pencil stuff only gets scanned in on occasion, and so I will upload it to my art journal. Right Here

But, just letting you all know, that it's too much of a pain to go through the several steps of DA's submitting process.

Thank you!

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Links
~My LJ is Here

~My Art Journal is Right Here

~Browse through the people I watch and my great friends Here

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]]> ~plawless Happy Biiirthday http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/4085483/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/4085483/ Fri, 17 Dec 2004 03:39:09 PST HAPPY BIRTHDAY to

on her 19th year alive.

Hope you're having a splendid time!

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An announcement to whomever watches my journal.

It takes too long to update DA. I will still do so with the occasional work of art, but my pencil stuff only gets scanned in on occasion, and so I will upload it to my art journal. Right Here

But, just letting you all know, that it's too much of a pain to go through the several steps of DA's submitting process.

Thank you!

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Links
~My LJ is Here

~My Art Journal is Right Here

~Browse through the people I watch and my great friends Here ]]> ~plawless Updating http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/3785839/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/3785839/ Mon, 08 Nov 2004 14:36:25 PST
It takes too long to update DA. I will still do so with the occasional work of art, but my pencil stuff only gets scanned in on occasion, and so I will upload it to my art journal. Right Here

But, just letting you all know, that it's too much of a pain to go through the several steps of DA's submitting process.

Thank you!

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Links
~My LJ is Here

~My Art Journal is Right Here

~Browse through the people I watch and my great friends Here ]]> ~plawless 2000 http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/2380530/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/2380530/ Wed, 19 May 2004 09:04:10 PDT Just leave a comment on this post (not on the main gallery page) or a note with either a copypaste or link to the screen capture of you hitting my kiriban and I'll try to do whatever picture you want!

Edit: Why, yes, I am a ditz. I saw my hits nearing 1,200 and for some reason that was transformed to '2,000'.. I'll leave up the above journal entry, only because it will keep everyone well informed as to when the next kiriban is that will be giving away a picture..

Art to Do
Something with wings for

-- I'm so sorry, Bri. ;_; With all that has been happening lately, I haven't done any art. Not even tiny doodles. So, I'll try to get yours done as soon as possible, but I'm afraid it will probably take awhile. :/

I'm sorry!

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~My LJ is Here

~My Art Journal is Right Here

~Browse through the people I watch and my great friends Here ]]> ~plawless 1,111 hits http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/2153077/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/2153077/ Sun, 02 May 2004 21:43:29 PDT
Also, I have been doing art. I have some gigantic school pieces I have to photograph, and other things that I have to scan in, but I'm currently without the time. As soon as I have the time and energy to spare, I'll be posting and flooding you all with images

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Art to Do
Something with wings for

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~Browse through the people I watch and my great friends Here ]]> ~plawless Hmm http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/2112039/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/2112039/ Wed, 31 Mar 2004 18:43:15 PST Your 36 deviations were viewed 430 times, with 409 fullsize views.
Overall, people left 113 comments and added your deviations to their favourites 3 times.
Your most commented deviation was Redrawn - A woman's back with 9 comments, while your most favourited one was Woman's Back with 1 favourites.
Average comments per deviation: 3.13
Average favourites per deviation: 0.08
0 Favourites were given for every 10 Comments
Every 7 days you upload a new deviation, and you uploaded 36% (13) of your deviations on Saturdays, while your favorite time of the day during the week to upload is at 12 AM with 5 deviations.
Your busiest month was December 2003 with 11 (31%) deviations.

Stats provided by ~micahgoulart @ Ingenial.com [link]

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~Browse through the people I watch and my great friends Here ]]> ~plawless Art to Browse http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/2112011/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/2112011/ Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:27:16 PDT UPDATE: August 15 - removed dead/empty/moved galleries.

Friends and Family

Sculpture

Cartoons

... ]]> ~plawless Updateyness http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1981440/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1981440/ Sun, 28 Mar 2004 09:21:29 PST However, art is currently going slow because I have a lot on my plate at the moment. Hopefully, with Spring Break coming up I'll be able to post some new stuff and get some more stuff done.

I have some ideas that I might be able to do over spring break, which thrills me.

Otherwise, yes, that's it..

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While I might suck monkey balls at art, these people certainly don't! Browse through them! FAV DAMN YOU! FAV THEM!! GRAR!

Gone

Cartoony:Anything from Anime, to Disney to Comic style

~plawless Because. http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1776087/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1776087/ Wed, 03 Mar 2004 16:27:09 PST .< . Anyway, 700 is also gone by, but maybe I'll be able to toss up a picture. At least a thank you to those of you who have commented on my stuff!

I also hope to set up the list below into categories (realism, cartoony.. etc) based on the majority of the artwork produced by the artist.

And while I might suck monkey balls at art, these people certainly don't! Browse through them! FAV DAMN YOU! FAV THEM!! GRAR!

http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1726245/ Mon, 26 Jan 2004 00:05:04 PST
Once I've settled into all that, art will be possible once again.

I'm afraid I got little to no art done over winter break because my boyfriend was visiting and.. well.. he's very distracting and I was willingly distracted. Not that I didn't do my own fair share of distracting.
I did do some art, so I will try to get around to scanning it.

I'm still aware of things I have to do (such as that 500 hits picture >.< ... soon or it will be the 600.

Edit: Well, I've missed the 500 mark. I've now reached 600 hits. I'm tossing this one up for grabs! You want a picture and you get 600.. or 601 if you miss the 600th, you get a free picture!

Edit: (01/26/2004 3:03am) Uhm, 602 page views, and no one has claimed anything yet. E-mail, or a note or comment here is all that's needed...

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My LiveJournal
To Do
Tracy Sadi's Art Trade.
Connor - As I see him. ]]> ~plawless 500 hits http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1529187/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1529187/ Sat, 13 Dec 2003 19:41:14 PST
Any suggestions are welcome, if you have anything you particularly wish to see me draw (or rather, mess up -.-; heh), just leave a comment.

CHRISTMAS ART GIFT LIST - (thus far as I can figure out what to draw)
-Ryn = Orlando Bloom/Legolas< /strike> An Elf
-Evie = An Elf(*sigh*)
-Kat = Something feline, might as well stick to the nickname!
-Christina = Gothyness! I'm thinking vampire/russian aristocrat
-Katie = something pretty (I haven't gotten past that..)

Side Note: I can't seem to draw celebrities. I just spent the last hour or so trying to even get one eye to match Orlando's eye. Why, dear god, WHY must I not be able to draw celebrities?!?!

If you want something, e-mail me with your request/gift idea and I'll see what I can do. If I think it's possible, I'll ask you for your mailing address!

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My LiveJournal
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Tracy Sadi's Art Trade.
Connor - As I see him. ]]> ~~~plawless~~ ;_; http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1519256/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1519256/ Fri, 12 Dec 2003 14:52:44 PST
Probably because I don't do fan art (ever, never tried it.. never felt the urge).. or.. something.. I don't know..

Ahh, well, I shall remain the lowly and unknown arteest Tric. Ever onward shall I strive with my pen and paper! Beware my papercuts, for I shall squeeze lemon on those tiny slices in your flesh! Bwahahaha!

Urm, I mean.. agh, I don't know what I mean >.<.. it's 6:10 am and.. and that's it.

A reminder of my LiveJournal So you can view those doodles that I don't put here in DA..

And.. Still to do *sigh*
Tracy Sadi's Art Trade.
Connor - As I see him.

AND: Somehow I managed 3 replies to one comment in here. Darn computer! If you had just shown that the first one had made it I wouldn't've kept trying! *thwap*.. ah, well.. triple the flavour, triple the Tric! ]]> ~plawless Argh! http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1477130/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1477130/ Mon, 01 Dec 2003 17:16:42 PST
Because when I go to view new deviations or upload my own, it says that the file can't be found on this DA server...

What's up with that?

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1. Trade art for Tracy Sadi
2. Connor - as I see him ]]> ~plawless uhm http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1468009/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1468009/ Sat, 29 Nov 2003 19:27:03 PST must finish!). I'm debating if she wants colour or not, and I think either way, I'm going to end up colouring it. In photoshop more'n likely.
And lastly.. Connor, a great friend of mine (even though he can be quite the annoying elf), asked me to draw him as I see him. This should be interesting, since I only know Connor on-line and have long since forgotten any details of what he looks like. Which almost makes me feel bad but for the fact that even if he were, in reality, a hideous deformed hunchback he'd still be a great and wonderful friend! Luckily, he says I can take my time with this one, and to do it after everything else.

Also, for art I have to do, I need to catch up on old still life homeworks for my Intro to Drawing class. So, I may end up settling down one free afternoon, breaking out the charcoal and just doing still lifes. Boring as it may end up being..
I'm not overly fond of charcoal ahh, there, just had to say it.

My own small, personal projects are somewhat on hold, though when I get a free minute I work on them, and of course I doodle.. It's hard to get my hand to -not- doodle.
My livejournal, where I'm shoving all those doodles

But there you go, that's what's going on thus far with the art.

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[x]- Art trade with Tracy Sadi (sketching)
[x]- Kimmie's B-day gift (I think I'm done with it)
[ ]- Connor as I see him. ]]> ~plawless uhm http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1316061/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1316061/ Thu, 27 Nov 2003 06:07:22 PST must finish!). I'm debating if she wants colour or not, and I think either way, I'm going to end up colouring it. In photoshop more'n likely.
Still... utterly stuck on what to give my dearest Kimmich for her b-day, and it's long passed.. *sigh*. I will think of something.. though it may become more of a christmas gift than birthday gift.
And lastly.. Connor, a great friend of mine (even though he can be quite the annoying elf), asked me to draw him as I see him. This should be interesting, since I only know Connor on-line and have long since forgotten any details of what he looks like. Which almost makes me feel bad but for the fact that even if he were, in reality, a hideous deformed hunchback he'd still be a great and wonderful friend! Luckily, he says I can take my time with this one, and to do it after everything else.

Also, for art I have to do, I need to catch up on old still life homeworks for my Intro to Drawing class. So, I may end up settling down one free afternoon, breaking out the charcoal and just doing still lifes. Boring as it may end up being..
I'm not overly fond of charcoal ahh, there, just had to say it.

My own small, personal projects are somewhat on hold, though when I get a free minute I work on them, and of course I doodle.. It's hard to get my hand to -not- doodle.
My livejournal, where I'm shoving all those doodles

But there you go, that's what's going on thus far with the art.

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[x]- Art trade with Tracy Sadi (sketching)
[x]- Kimmie's B-day gift (I think I'm done with it)
[ ]- Connor as I see him. ]]> ~plawless Errr... http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1290284/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1290284/ Fri, 24 Oct 2003 02:16:44 PDT Still have no idea what to draw for Kimmich, but I will draw something! Maybe something that I can play with my watercolours with... hmm.. dunna

Edit: I cleaned up my gallery quite a bit. If I didn't like it anymore, and it had no comments and very few views then it went.

Anyway..
(borrowing the nifty concept of boxes from ::lotusmoon:: )

[ ]- Art trade with Tracy Sadi
[ ]- Kimmie's B-day gift
[ ]- George's 300th hit picture
[ ]- Connor as I see him.
[x]- Karen's Picture ]]> ~plawless Arting http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1230344/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1230344/ Fri, 10 Oct 2003 23:40:41 PDT
ah, well.. here's the list thus far
To Do
1.Kimmie's B-day Gift (her b-day is Oct. 3rd)
2.A 300th hit pic for George

Done
1.Karen's picture ]]> ~plawless LJ and so forth http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1225118/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1225118/ Wed, 01 Oct 2003 17:02:36 PDT Well, I've finally gotten a Live Journal so, I won't be posting my life here, in this journal, any longer. I'll just make notes about art projects and so forth.. though I would suggest checking out my LJ because that's where I plan on putting doodles from the day and so forth..

I'm going to try to keep this to just good/finished stuff now.. (ha ha) ]]> ~plawless 'Meet my friend Jack...' http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1192805/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1192805/ Sat, 27 Sep 2003 14:04:19 PDT September 22, 2003
Well, I forgot to update my journal last week, even though I said I would. Doubt anyone missed it, but.. never know.

I started working, and it's the most fun I ever thought I would have working. There's nothing better than making little children scream and run in terror. (Yes, I am an evil person.. joy!)
What's not fun is standing for 7 hours straight, with little to no movement. It kills your legs. It really, really does. I could hardly move my legs after that for awhile. It hurt. But, even that.. and the headache that accompanied screams and flashing lights, was worth it. We'll see if I can handle doing that for three nights in a row. I think I will be able to, since it wasn't until the last three hours or so that I started to actually notice time was passing.

In other news, I'm not a happy camper. Not at all. Hormones are goin' all nuts on me for, um, female reasons, and that always fucks up my already emotional, insane self. God Dammit! I want the emotions to stop! .. err.. besides the sadistic glee I have in the thought that I might have aided in little children screaming, crying and possibly having nightmares.. I want to keep that....

September 27, 2003 5:00pm
I'm writing a quick add on right before day number two of work this weekend. I'm free of my parents for a week (wee!), and work is going great. I love scaring little children, almost making them cry. It's great.
I have been doing art, not just Oekaki. I have to scan in the doodles from english class (the prof is an asshole, more on that later), and I should take some digital pictures of my gigantic still life charcoal works from my drawing class. Proof that I work in other mediums! I'm not brave enough just yet to show the crap I've been trying to do in watercolour. Let's just say I need more practice.. mmm.. and maybe a few tips? Any helpful suggestions?
Well, I have to go get dressed in all black to go to work and get bloodied and beaten and scare children, teens and adults. .. WHAT FUN!!! :-D ]]> ~plawless <witty title> http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1163096/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1163096/ Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:40:54 PDT
Been feeling really down lately. Really down. So, be amazed that my gallery hasn't been flooded with crappy, angsty pictures because I've also been drawing with my tablet an awful lot. Luckily, something restrained me from doing anything more than my not crying picture. Lucky viewers..
Even going out with friends to the Rennaisance Faire did not eleviate my .. down mood. Usually going out with friends gives my mood a great boost.

I'll add to this as the week goes on, because otherwise I forget details of the days.. or, y'know.. whole days.. whatever.. ]]> ~plawless Oekaki and sh..tuff http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1145756/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1145756/ Wed, 10 Sep 2003 19:55:22 PDT First off, paid my speeding ticket ($160!! gah!).. yeah, that was a big chunk of change.
My left rear tire went flat.. again. Didn't pay for it to be fixed this time, because it was the garage's mistake..
Urm.. school is going very well (if a little dull at time, but.. hey.. it's class *shrug*) Already made some acquaintances, which is nice. Always good to have people to hang out with during class.
A friend of mine is sending me a wacom tablet.. if it gets here in the next day or so I hope to do a picture for y'all in thanks of 200 visits to my DA site (it's nearing it.. wow.. never thought it would get here so fast ).. as I somewhat missed the 100 marker.. and the 50.. *sheepish smile*.. But I'm greatly looking forward to the arrival of the tablet (Many many humongous big thanks to my friend for that!!)
Notice: Due to uncontrollable circumstances (stupid fucking company), the tablet is not coming. I still thank my friend for trying.. and swear if I meet up with the bastards who run the company, I may castrate them.
I've found I like Oekaki, and I may do some more of it, because it's fun and nice. So.. expect more oekaki pictures..
Oh.. been getting money from my college, nifty huh? yeah, I'm happy
AND, I've been hired as an actor at The Headless Horseman's Haunted Hayride... Dress Rehearsal is tomorrow night (Wednesday) and I start working the 19th of September. I'm looking forward to some fun times (and extra cash.. wee, the extra cash!)
Urm.. that's all I can think of at the moment.. I'll update again when stuff happens..
09/10
Alrightie, well, I currently have the money to buy a tablet.. but I'm hesitant as my friend is still searching to buy me one (sort of.. belated b-day gift)..

And.. I HATE DRIVERS!!! I am always being tailgated by some asshole when I'm doing the speed limit to five miles above the speed limit. OR, I'm right behind an idiot who cannot find the fucking gas pedal. When I drive at night I keep getting blinded because these morons don't seem to understand that their BRIGHTS are fucking bright.. grrrr.. I lost two sodas in my car today. A can of coke.. half spilled in the little dip where you can put cups because some ass hole was almost harassing me behind me. The other was a King size Cola from Burger King and ALL of it spilled on the floor of my back seat because I was almost hit pulling out because.. god forbid.. anyone SLOW DOWN. GRRRRRRRR.. I now definitely understand how people develope bad cases of Road Rage.. because of all the IDIOTS that somehow get licenses when they clearly do not know how to drive.

Dress Rehearsal was fun I'm going to enjoy working in the Laboratory of the Headless Horseman's Haunted Hayride. Worth the drive over, methinks.

Anyways, must eat and do other things.. I'll try to get the 200 hit picture done as soon as possible, honest. ]]> ~plawless Week One has Come and Gone http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1110164/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1110164/ Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:22:39 PDT
Anyways, started my classes, moved from Writing (remedial english crap) to College English 101.. and College English is just like my old frickin' high school english classes. I mean, the whole class is about writing essays.. I would think, from the fact that I wrote three damn essays to get into the school and into the class, that I know how to write a fucking essay.. grrr..
Otherwise, it's great. My acting class is so much fun, I'm loving the two choruses I'm in and even Algebra doesn't seem like it's going to be too bad. Art looks like I'll actually learn a few new things and have fun doing it, which was what I was hoping for.

I went to the courthouse, about the ticket. Turns out I only had to send the yellow copy in with my plea. Well... I had misplaced the yellow copy of the ticket, but I got to write it on a slip of paper. 3-4 weeks and I'll get more information on that.. At least I added a little humour to the evening of the people there. Said 'good luck' to them as I left, which seemed to crack everyone up. Well, I mean.. what else do you say to a half dozen people who are waiting to appear before a judge for various reasons?

Yeah, that's what I thought, y'all don't have a clue either
So I think my 'good luck' was as appropriate as nervous, rambling me could get. But I'm glad it's going to be delayed, as I'll more than like (WE HOPE) have a job by then, and I won't be scraping through pockets and everything for money for the ticket (I'll actually know how much I owe on the fine as well). So.. things are looking up, somewhat . Yayness!

More art will appear when I get into my routine and have some more free time.. ]]> ~plawless The Beginning of the End http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1092969/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1092969/ Sat, 23 Aug 2003 20:50:04 PDT not looking forward to this. Then I most definitely will have to buy books for my classes. Hopefully, however, they will not be too expensive *crosses fingers*.

No art recently, between car troubles (low, almost completely flat, tire.. grr, still don't know what caused that, figure it's a slow leak.. double grr) and everything else going on I find myself without the time.. or without my sketchbook. Which sure teaches me.. I'm carrying it with me from now on, no matter where I go.

warning: mushiness

And a big thank you to a very good person who was there for me this week when I needed support the most. Even though that person probably won't read this, I want to say it someplace public. This person is amazing, and I'm very grateful.

So, in a week or so, I should be back to what I consider 'normal'.. and with a more steady job, I hope. I truly want my own apartment.. hopehopehope.. *sigh* ]]> ~plawless Crap http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1081861/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1081861/ Wed, 20 Aug 2003 00:23:13 PDT
I want to scream.. and not just 'scream'.. I want to scream at some people.. I want to bare all of me and just find out what's burying itself into me. Whatever has infected me, burrowed itself so deep, and mutated into something that I can't consciously face.

and I am so tired.. tired of my insomnia (oo.. pun there, isn't there?).. tired of so many other things. I don't care if this sounds angsty.. because right now, even though I know people have some worse problems than I have, I don't care. I want my problems fixed.. not by anyone else.. I want to be able to fix them.. and I'm still fucking clueless as to how to.

Well, enough mindless, angsty raving for now. I can't think straight enough to put together coherent, sensible sentences anymore... ]]> ~plawless What happened to 6am? http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1073341/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1073341/ Sat, 16 Aug 2003 23:55:33 PDT So, though I have been up to all hours (including 6am when I used to ponder, muse and contemplate), I have not felt the desire to try and put my thoughts down. In fact, several times I opened up my journal to put something, and just.. no words would come.
I don't know how to describe what I've been going through, as it's, for the most part, all internal b.s. that I deal with. And knowing that this is open for everyone to read, I was hesitant to move too quickly to post feelings that may only last one night.
Also, I doubted anyone was interested in reading angsty-sounding trash. I hate it myself, and try to avoid it when possible. Well.. maybe not in my art at times.. *cringe, sigh*.
But what I'm feeling now I've felt for a little while, and it's starting to annoy and almost worry me. This 'distracted' feeling isn't wholly mental, as it feels like something is wrong with me physically, but I can't pin it down. Though mostly it's indescribable, being far too vague a sensation (and probably why it annoys me so much). Maybe it's because I have to find a job and prepare for college starting as well as deal with my speeding ticket?
I at least know my concerns there.. I'm very concerned that I may not have the money to pay my ticket, and I don't know what penalties come with that, or how much the ticket may end up being.

Ah, well.. if I'm not feeling better after all my stressors have passed (or.. those three major ones.. or two of those three major ones), then I'll try to make an appointment with a doctor.

Art wise.. I've drawn some things, more practicing real life because I am sorely in need of it. I'll try to scan them in when I feel more up to it.. Honest, I will... ]]> ~plawless alive http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1060051/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1060051/ Mon, 11 Aug 2003 22:44:23 PDT
not up to putting anything else..

maybe another time ]]> ~plawless 'Pack up your troubles.......' http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1044788/ http://plawless.deviantart.com/journal/1044788/ Thu, 07 Aug 2003 05:30:54 PDT
Well, I felt queasy and my head ached, so I napped for six hours yesterday afternoon/evening.. and as a result, I feel a little better. I let things get to me too much, and I really, really, wish I didn't feel anything at all.. It sucks to speak to someone, have them say something that seriously hurts and not be able to do anything about it.
I think I need to art more and let this stuff out.. :/

Either way, today is the day I have to be productive. I have to do laundry, and straighten up the house some more.. listen to a guy from the army (no, I don't plan on joining up.. he hoodwinked me into agreeing to listen.. at least he has to drive to my house and I don't have to get lost trying to find that place.) And why is it that you can't *69 any army recruiter? The guy didn't leave a number, and when I tried to *69 him, I couldn't get through.. it makes it very hard to cancel meetings like this.. -.-
I also have to pack, as I'm going to be travelling Friday, after dropping the dogs off at the vet. Poor puppies will have to be kenneled, but at least the vet knows they have to be put together or they truly are a -pain-. But hopefully being around other dogs will get these two out of their shadowing slump.. though I must admit, it's nice to have an entourage

I'm both looking forward to my trip and dreading it. I'm hopeful that getting away from the computer for the weekend, and just not hanging around, wallowing in various bad emotions, will help. However, I wish it would be for better things than family. I dislike my family.. tend to be outcasted from them, and instead of being on the computer, wallowing (where I might have a chance of breaking my mood because I also have such wonderful friends here), I will end up alone in my room wallowing down in VA.. blargh..
Maybe I can convince someone to take me over to Baltimore.. hrm.. if I had money, that would be nice...

Ah well, maybe I'll get some art done this weekend... ]]> ~plawless