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___________________{ I'm Back }

No.. Actually that is a little bit of a lie. I'm not actually back. Not actively so anyway. I've over the last few years been posting my art here, there, and everywhere for the individuals that they were intended for, and for family and friends. I've been avoiding posting them on dA because I really don't like the idea of people posting feedback, and myself just simply never replying to that feedback, and potentially not even reading some of it.

I just remember that annoying me a little when I was giving real genuine feedback to people, and taking some real time out of my life to say something, then it never being acknowledged...

Back the reality is, I love dA. It is an amazing community. And I would love to share my art with others from around the world. And it is so much easier to upload here and have a central hub for my work.

So I'm going to trial putting my work back on dA. For a time. If is isn't working how I'd like to hope, I'll be programming a site to hold my works. I will then post that link here, and more or less farewell dA (as a contributor) forever.


PLEASE BE AWARE::
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___________________{ I am not active }

As mentioned in more detail above, I AM NOT ACTIVE.

I APOLOGIZE for not replying to any comments that you post. It is LIKELY that I will not.

I WILL TRY. But no promises. My life is pretty insane now-a-days.


Ramblings::
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___________________{ Never Try and Jump When Sitting }

"The force of gravity can be likened to the force of free-will. When Gravity pulls, it pulls hard, gripping oneself to a particular point in space..."




A Thought::
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___________________{ To leave you Enlightened }

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. "
--John F. Kennedy

]]> ~quixotic-fx http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/14278002/ http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/14278002/ Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:26:34 PDT Recent News::
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___________________{ New Camera }

So yeah, I'm going hungry at the moment because I just splashed out on a new Digital SLR Camera. A nice Nikon D200 camera. For the lens I've bought a 18mm-200mm Sigma Lens. Really nice ^ _ ^

It's great, because it can do everything a film camera can do (excluding the chemical processing of the negetives.. = p But photoshop covers that), and a crap load more. Handles fully Manual, and a variaty of auto functions. But it's the manual that makes me happy.

So, many shoots planned for the future!


Recent News::
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___________________{ New Full-time Job at 'VTR' }

Decided it is time to move on from South Seas, and start making head-way in a career. So as of Monday I no-longer work there (full-time; will probably still hang around a few nights here and there - love the place)

Tomorrow (Thursday) I will be starting at my new job at VTR (Video TV Resources), a large Post Production house in Auckland. Handling a huge range of rolls. Great Rep. Most that go through VTR get really good groundings for their careers. Stoked. And the geeky toys that got that I'll be playing with is just awesome.

So yeah, happiness. ^ _ ^

For those of you who are Kiwis, you'll know Shortland St. That is one of the programs that I'll be working on, doing online editing.


Ramblings::
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___________________{ Never Try and Jump When Sitting }

"The force of gravity can be likened to the force of free-will. When Gravity pulls, it pulls hard, gripping oneself to a particular point in space..."


Shouts::
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___________________{ And such.... }


~Wilddandelion

Another of my models. Going to be doing a very gothic shoot with her in the future. Dependant on when we both find a good time for the shoot. She is quite busy with Uni, and I'm working 7 days a week, almost every week..

Will be a great shoot.


~MariyaGDnakovA

Yeah, I can't help but mentioning Mariya again. I owe her so much. Not just because she allows me to capture her beauty and personality on camera, but because she is the reason for me getting back into my art. She has reminded me and shown me what it's like to be passionate about something again.

Go check out her art, and share the love. = )

A Thought::
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___________________{ To leave you Enlightened }

"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. "
--John F. Kennedy

]]> ~quixotic-fx http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/13412832/ http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/13412832/ Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:05:00 PDT Breaking News::
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___________________{ New Account for Print/Stock }

Hey guys.

Following in =casperium's footsteps, I decided it would be a good plan to create a stock/prints account. I've been uploading prints previously, and it's been annoying me having dupes of everything.

So, introducing......... ~QFX-Prints-Stock!!!


Recent News::
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___________________{ Photoshoot in Hamilton }

Some of you will already know that last weekend I traveled down to Hamilton with Mariya Nakova, my favourate model, to do a photoshoot at the Hamilton Gardens. This was the most fun shoot - and challanging - I have ever done. We came out with over 500 photos, around 200 of which I very usable, and around 100 of those that are just amazing.

I'm going to be working on these for a good while, and be throwing them up when I can. = )


Recent News::
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___________________{ Freelance Job at Simply You }

Simply You is New Zealand's formost Fashion magazine. I've recently got my mitts in there with them as an editor for content going up on their website (SimplyYou.co.nz). It's great because it is extra money; work at my own pace (pretty much); and another foot in a door for my photography. I'm hoping to get some work for Mariya and myself out of this - and hey, me being me, I don't see anything stopping me, heh.

So hey, that's a real bonus.


Ramblings::
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___________________{ Freedom in a Field of Rice }

"Having only one step in a line of objects put forward into a small circle of faith and trust can leave people with a hope not unlike that seen in the days of war and strife..."

(My ramblings section should be fun... I'm going to just type 'whatever' for a while each time....... doesn't mean anything particular)

Shouts::
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___________________{ And such.... }


=casperium

Shouts out to Ali for somehow always being on dA. Every time I've returned, she's been one of the first to great! Man, I love Ali = ) Go give her a hug guys!


~MariyaGDnakovA

The one and only, Mariya Nakova. I wouldn't be back on dA for ages if it wasn't for this monkey being mean to me and making me slave behind a camera taking photos of her day-in-and-day-out. Love/Hate Relationship this is.

Blasted models!! *hugs* *hugs*


A Thought::
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___________________{ To leave you Enlightened }

"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world. Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for."
--Tom Bodett

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Hey Guys. Any souls out there still watching me? Gosh, it's been around 10 months since my last entry... wow. Thought I'd give an update as to where I'm at in life, and do a few uploads on some photography I've been doing.

Last you guys would have heard, I was at South Seas: Film and Television school studying. This was 2006. Everything going amazing. And barely having a life outside of 'the industry'.

Well, I'm kinda' still in the same boat now. Except now I'm not a student... Yeah.. I'm now hired by South Seas as an Assistant Tutor.

And it's awesome. I am still pretty much doing the same stuff I did last year, as far as interactions with students go - except now I'm getting paid, and don't have to stress over the weekly projects that get thrown at you.

The best part is I have another 120 friends, but they all let me play the 'tutor card' when I need to, and won't hold it against me.

Besides working at South Seas, I'm also working on meny outside projects. I've just done in the last week a music video for an up-and-coming band (Sonic Alter), which was great. Was Grip on that.

Also got a my own short films/features in production, and working with an extraordinary director on one of his shorts and his feature, as his Director of Photography/Editor/Assistant Director. (Nick King. Look out for his name in the future - I will place everything I own on saying he will be a big name in a few years. Also the cousin of Black Sheep Director).

Also, been getting back into my photography. I've got myself two models. Both of which are amazing. I'll upload two or three semi-processed photos today also.

Over and above all that crap, I'm doing well. Living day-to-day in a creative industry is the dream for me, am I'm living that dream. The hours are harsh most of the time, but it's something I enjoy, so it's worth it by far!

Still missing you guys all tonnes. Geez, I am. The only reason I'm here typing this is because of you guys. If you are reading this, pat yourself on the back - you are the people making dA such a great place, and you are the people that dispite not ever meeting in person, I can call friends.

Take care all, I'll try over the next few weeks to jump on and have a perve at what you all have been doing.

Dave. (aka, Cecil now)

]]> ~quixotic-fx http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/9799971/ http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/9799971/ Mon, 21 Aug 2006 03:09:48 PDT
In my last journal entry I was complaining how it had been so long sine I had been
back to dA, and that was after 3 or so months.. This time round it has been well
over a year since I have posted on dA. I have however briefly over the months
popped in just to check out the artwork from all my friends around here.

I hate not being active on dA. I miss everyone badly, and I miss the making art
and viewing other's art.

Well, I can't stay for long, so I'll quickly write a 'life-update'. I'm going to just do
a real brief summary of what has been happening with my the past while, because
it would take me a good solid day to say everything. Here I go!

Right. Last you guys heard I was working as a manager of a video store. Damn,
that was long ago. I become the boss for 3 months when my boss killed himself.
I learned even more from that; running the entire show. My boss didn't have a
will, so I basically took over everything until the courts could settle on who it all
went to. NZ law is crazy.

Juring this period, I got an email in November (2005) from Gerban Cath, School
Director of South Seas Film & Television School in Auckland - which as some of
you might remember from early journals I tried to get into the 2005 year course
but was accepted then thrown onto a waiting list due to them accepting too many
people.

Basically the email said that they were keeping a position for me open for the
2006 course intake if I wanted it still.

I did. I accepted. I quit my job. I moved. I began living again.

My intentions are to become a film director. But I decided to get my diploma in
Post Production (Editing and such). This is because computer related things have
always been easy to me, so I knew it would allow me to have tonnes of free time,
allowing me to focus on getting a large range of skills while at South Seas, and
being good at it all.

Which has been paying off.

South Seas is amazing. I have 120 friends there that are just like family. I am
meeting amazing people all the time, and getting amazing experiences on a daily
bases. You never know what will be happening next, and I feel like I'm going to
explode with excitement everytime I start thinking about the posibilities that are
in my future now.

I've worked on a few TV series, a feature-length film, a few short films, and a
couple of studio shows. And I'm still a student... I got to do AD`ing (Assistant
Directing - the person that controls the entire crew and everything). I have a
constant job every Thurday night on a TV studio show called Galleria as the
Vision Switcher, Studio Director, CCU Operater, Audio Recordist, and Editor,
all in one. I've done camera work for a number of documentaries. Audio on
a recent short film. And wrote and directed a short film called "John Rd.".

I have famous people I call my friends too, which is wierd when ever I think
about that they are indeed famous. A few examples that people around the
world should know::

Daisy and Lucy Lawless (Lucy is Xena:Warrior Princess, and recently been
acting on Battlestar Galactica as a Cylon Agent -- Daisy is her daughter).
David Blyth has ten feature films under his belt, and is the creator and writer
of Power Rangers.

I've also worked at South Seas, being the post-production tutor for the intro
courses (week-long courses giving people a taste of South Seas) and STAR
courses (same as intro courses, except for high-school students). I have
also been asked to keep doing them next year.

*Sigh* Sorry, typing all of this is getting my excited again.

Okay, I have fun non-stop, and that is what this industry is. It is damn fun.
Damn stressful. Damn well paying. Damn exciting. Damn long hours. Damn
Sexy Really...

I have been pretty much going none stop for a year with hours around 14-18
a day. It is long, but fun. So even though it is long hours, you are never
thinking during the day 'when is this day going to end', or 'how much long left'.

And the pay in this industry is rediculous (especially considering how fun it all
is!). And in New Zealand the pay is crap compared to the rest of the world,
yet it is still amazing. For instance, I'm in an entry level job (the Thurday
Night one) and that is paying NZ$30 an hour. To put that into perspective:

A year, this equates to around NZ$62,400. That is around the same as
someone that has a Masters Degree and 10 years work experience in many
other fields of work.

And I am in an ent... ]]> ~quixotic-fx http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/6429332/ http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/6429332/ Tue, 06 Sep 2005 05:59:23 PDT
How long has it been? Three or so months? Must be.

Now, don't get your ol' hopes up, I'm not going to be
staying around - I'm just passing through. I'm just
going to give you all a little update on my life and how
it is progressing. On Thursday (New Zealand Thursday)
I will come onto dA again to check a few messages
and do some browsing you all your new deviations
(well, not all... 523 New deviations since last visit)
and sending a few notes to a couple of people. I
may even upload a pick or two.

Onto the boring text:: My life.

Still loving every single minute of it - not a single
complaint. I am still working at the video store
("Glenview Video Ezy"), but a few things have
changed there. I'm now the Manager of that
store and I basically do everything there, from
ordering in movies, to managing the accounts,
to promotions, to store maintainence, and then
there is making sure the other four staff members
are doing their jobs (all new staff that I trained
myself). Even though there is a lot more work
for me now, and a lot more responcibility, I
really prefer it to how things were. And to top
it off, I got a nice pay rise too.

My sleeping habits are slowly normalizing. Now
I get to sleep at 00:30am and arise at 07:00am
as apposed to getting to sleep at 02:30 - 03:00
and arising at 07:30.

I have also after many years found myself a
female willing to go to dance lessons with me.
AKA, I finally got the guts to ask someone...
What? It's hard for a guy to admit he wants to
learn to dance! Actually, I am actually still just
a little ol' shy boy when it comes to the female
gender. Well. more of the fact that dancing is
a very 'hands on' sort of thing, and I never
want to have a female feel I am breeching the
personal space. Just a thing of respect that I
have.

Anyway, I can't wait to start. We'll be gonig
to Salsa classes, which is just so schweet.
Very upbeat dancing, and so much damn fun
when you get into it (I went to a few classes
with my cousin a few years back). Bonny,
the young (few months older than myself)
lady that is gracing me with her beautiful
presence, is a fair bit shorter than that of
my 6-foot-2 self, so that should be an
interesting hurdle. To make my life harder,
she has also been to lessons before, so I
really have to work hard.

There is one awkward catch to the whole
'Bonny/Dance Lessons' thing, and that is
she has a boyfriend. I feel a little uncon-
fortable taking a female to something like
Salsa dancing because it is quite a hands-on
sort of thing, and the simple truth is most
guys would not be happy if their girlfriends
were being touched in ANY way by anyone
but themselves. That is fully understandable.
But hey, I asked Bonny if she would mind, or,
thinks I should ask her boyfriend personally
if he is happy for my to take her, and she
said there was no need because it is up to
herself.

Still feel awkward.

My walls are no longer white. They are layered
with posters. = )

Ah, and somehow a few days ago I was tricked
into sitting a practical test for my restricted driver's
license (Learner's License --> Restricted License -->
Full License). I managed to pass that with flying
colours, which was nice.

I got to see two of my friends from around the
world recently. Both came to visit New Zealand,
and both visitted me while here. It was kick-ass
to see them again.

Ah, and there is a funny fact that I am slowing
increasing my riches. I have always liked to
collect odd things (like the blue things in coke
lids; or suger saches; or empty M&M packets;
etc.,) and my money I am now gaining has
falling victim too. I pay what bills I have to,
and hold onto the rest.. I go and budget out
all the money into different things to spend it
on, but when it comes to me spending it I
just convince myselve not to spend anthing
at all. And so I watch ever week my money
increase, and I get a kick out of it everytime.

Damn it I am depressing = p

But there is one exception. And Ali, you'll
be so jealous about this. I do from time to
time spend some of the money on being
movies/TV series. I get them straight from
the distributors via work, and therefore for
next to nothing. For instance, Stargate SG1
Season 8 costs NZ$189.99 in the shops,
but I got i... ]]> ~quixotic-fx http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/5496111/ http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/5496111/ Sun, 29 May 2005 19:31:38 PDT my activity will make it look like I have left.

As you guys already know, I got a job recently. This was just
during the weekends. But I have basically gone in everyday
to cover shifts for everyone else. Now what has happened
is two guys got fired and I'm not working 7days a week. It
might sound rough, but I really enjoy it. Very tiring, but great.

The thing is, I barely get a chance to touch my computer (let
alone a Graphics program). So all I see that I can do is basically
tell you guys that I am leaving. I hope to pop in from time to
time, and perhaps upload another wallpaper or two, but I don't
except you guys to leave any comments or such because chances
are I won't read then for a few weeks.

I'll be giving up my title as Admin for both my groups too, so
that's a bit sad for me.

I love ya' all for your dedication to me (always putting up with my
lowzy activity), and I'll be visiting DA because of you guys,.

Best wishes,
Dallion ]]> ~quixotic-fx http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/5326069/ http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/5326069/ Wed, 11 May 2005 01:57:09 PDT Coke rules the world
UN gets bought out by Coke who own MTV
No more world.

Ignore that. It's a abstract poem.

I'm all better. I got better Monday last week more
or less. But I got some contract work straight after,
and then I also got a job which I'm training for (YAY)

It's at a Video store, so I'm over the moon. Details
another day.

I also got a client for my Web company, so that is
taking the spare time I have. It's not just a web
site though - I am actually doing programming
for the game and such. I'm being paid, so that's
good enough.

I expect in 2 - 3 weeks to have things become
easy, and time more readily avaliable. Until then
I am going to still neglet everything that I would
normally do to enjoy myself. As I have said before
and will say again, and even taught to the admin's
I have trained:: Real life takes priority over the
net life.

I got to really go now. I thank you all SOO much
for the support. It actually makes me feel so
damn good.

Best wishes,
Dal. ]]> ~quixotic-fx http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/5144640/ http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/5144640/ Thu, 21 Apr 2005 02:29:27 PDT past couple of days - but seem to be somewhat
on the mend. I have been in bed the entire time,
and need to return there now. See you all in a
few days (hopefully not many).

(See Enji? This is why I never promise - you
never know what will happen. I'm sorry I broke
my promise) ]]> ~quixotic-fx http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/5074517/ http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/5074517/ Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:11:42 PDT <-<>---------------{::[> WELCOME (--
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Hey all, welcome to my journal! In here you'll find a crap-load of nothing, and a little of everything. I'm a typa-holic, so everything I say is normally quite long and detailed. Maybe it should be 'typo-holic'? My spellling isn't the greatest. Anyway, have a look around, and enjoy your visit to my world. I must warn you of my pet gaint man-eating sheep. Please do not feed him, it is both cruel to the sheep, and the smell is aweful.

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A serious title for my journal for once. Listen guys, someone very close to Enji (~Enjiru-San) has been in a bit of a nasty accident. Please, I'm asking you all to extend a warm hand out to her. Even if it's just a one liner on her journal or something. Give her some support, and if you can also your prays for both her and Josh. Thanks all.

Now to try and lighten up this journal entry, I'll get onto whats been been happenning recently with me. I visited my brothers lil' children the other day. Such cuties. :- ) I've been dying to become an Unkle, and those two granted me that. For some reason I feel proud about them. Maybe it's because we are related or something.

Yesterday I got to talk to Enji on Skype (when all things were still well). It's really nice to put a voice to the person I knew from dA. Makes the whole friendship thing a little more solid. Heh, we manage to talk for just over 4 hours. Didn't feel that long :- O. She manage to embaress me a good deal. I'm not really used to getting told my accent is 'HOT' (by her friend also..)and other odds and ends she said about me. But hey, a little embaressment was worth talking to her. She is a real fun and interesting person. If you ever get the chance to talk with her, you'd enjoy it too. Heh, and I dig her lite Indianna accent. It's just enough to recognise it, but not bad enough to be hard to understand.

I've also set off working on Atlantis. With all the work I'm putting into this I've decided making only one piece from it would just be a royal waste. I have three scenes in my mind, with a possible third. One of which is going to have to be a colaberation with Ali (* casperium) is she'll agree.

Anyway. The Atlantis series is being modelled (in Maya) after the City or Atlantis you see in 'Stargate: Atlantis'. It will have very simular qualities, but will be quite unique in all aspects too. The very first few stages of the model can be seen in my scraps. It's come a long way since then, and unfortunately despite my efforts I think still has a good while yet to go. I do have two Terragen scenes rendered (well actually about 13 just in case :- P) but for one of the pieces (first one) I am needed the help of Ali to create an underwater scene. (I'll let you know more Ali if you are interested. From what I've seen you already have everything you need to do this)

Yip, that's about it.

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::-> Currant Projects

)> Atlantis I
)> Atlantis II
)> Atlantis III
)> Atlantis IV
)> Terragen/Photoshop landscape/Waterfall piece.
)> devPACK: Minimilist I

::-> Other

)>If you ever want a Gmail invite, let me know. I have literally hundreds.

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~foxy-ev... ]]> ~quixotic-fx http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/5022274/ http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/5022274/ Thu, 07 Apr 2005 04:20:59 PDT <-<>---------------{::[> WELCOME (--
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Hey all, welcome to my journal! In here you'll find a crap-load of nothing, and a little of everything. I'm a typa-holic, so everything I say is normally quite long and detailed. Maybe it should be 'typo-holic'? My spellling isn't the greatest. Anyway, have a look around, and enjoy your visit to my world. I must warn you of my pet gaint man-eating sheep. Please do not feed him, it is both cruel to the sheep, and the smell is aweful.

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"Better is open rebuke than hidden love" - Proverbs 27:5

That's for someone I know here on dA. You'll know it is for you in your heart. And no, I'm not talking about me loving/rebuking someone. I really think it actually to everyone, and is very valid to a lot of people right this instance. You don't quite understand it's meaning? Think on it for a while. I'm still iscovering more about it.

Right. dA. I've got a confession to make. I can't do it.

"Huh?"

I can't get on top of all these deviations that were made while I was away that one week. I try to comment on all of them and such, but I'm not making a dent. I still had 78 to go through! Now if any of you have a good memory, I started off with 69.. So it's got worse.

So today I spent some good time openning every-single-one. I have viewed them all, I promise. I manage a couple of comments here and there, but way less that I feel is fare on you guys. Well, anyway, I marked them all as read and am now at 0. I just have to start over if I want to get things back to normal.

My Life. Nothing new to report. I've convinced Greyhound to let me use his digital camera so I will eventually have some fun with that. In case you don't know (I know you don't!), 'Greyhound' is what I call my dad. Take a while
guess why :- / He doesn't mind, and I don't mean it in a mean way, so all good.

I'm working on a few projects currantly. A scenic piece (inspired by *casperium). A Fractal (Apophysis - inspired by ~fission). And lastly my devPACK 'Minimilist'. I've done a lot of work on that, but there is heaps still I can do. I am also going to be trying out another fully brushed piece.

Oh Oh. I have finally settled on a 'Recommendation'! Scroll downward and have a read.


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If you ever want a Gmail invite, let me know. I have literally hundreds.

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This is where I put a list of who I consider to be really good friends with here on dA. This is not a list of my watchers, or people I'm watching. Also, there is no particular order.


~foxy-eva is who unknowingly taught me about the art form of poetry. I love her heaps for this. She is an excellent poet/lyricist, and great general artist too. And then there is her personality. She has such a loving and sweet, and and cute personality. Great person all round.


Heh, my old friend *casperium. What to say about her? She just kicks ass generally. Personality. Art. Star Gate fan. She's just great! Another one that I can't help but love. And she has some of the wackest looking space art out there (that's a real real good thing. It's refreshing!). I also think I recall her being promoted to... ]]> ~quixotic-fx http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/4921417/ http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/4921417/ Sun, 27 Mar 2005 04:12:12 PST <-<>---------------{::[> WELCOME (--
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Hey all, welcome to my journal! In here you'll find a crap-load of nothing, and a little of everything. I'm a typa-holic, so everything I say is normally quite long and detailed. Maybe it should be 'typo-holic'? My spellling isn't the greatest. Anyway, have a look around, and enjoy your visit to my world. I must warn you of my pet gaint man-eating sheep. Please do not feed him, it is both cruel to the sheep, and the smell is aweful.

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Possibly my most screwed up journal title yet - but I tell you the truth, it has relivance. I'm to tired to go into all the details now though, which is quite ironic because it has something to do with my sleeping habits getting messed up.

News, yes that's right, that's why I'm writing this..

Okay. I hit 200 page views, 10 favs, and 10 watches. That's about is for dA related chit-chat, now let's get onto the forever boring life of me (ooooo, I love this part!)

I've moved down to Hamilton after all. Funny thing actually. I was sitting in front of my 'puter at 3:30am on Thursday morning and needing to make a decision because everyone woke up. I was more or less not even thinking about the decision to move because I was concentraiting on completing my new website design I started 2 hours before. Suddenly, as my mind wondered but to the choice I had to make I get these words through my headphone (I was listening to Bic Runga) saying "Go to her you stupid boy".

... I made up my decision then and there..

See, it's so easy being me :- ) I love my life! God's my friend! I had pizza for dinner today! I am damn tired!

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This is where I put a list of who I consider to be really good friends with here on dA. This is not a list of my watchers, or people I'm watching. Also, there is no particular order.


~foxy-eva is who unknowingly taught me about the art form of poetry. I love her heaps for this. She is an excellent poet/lyricist, and great general artist too. And then there is her personality. She has such a loving and sweet, and and cute personality. Great person all round.


Heh, my old friend *casperium. What to say about her? She just kicks ass generally. Personality. Art. Star Gate fan. She's just great! Another one that I can't help but love. And she has some of the wackest looking space art out there (that's a real real good thing. It's refreshing!). I also think I recall her being promoted to Admin of *Apophysis. I like my friend Ali :- )


Another one of my friends from a good while back. We started doing space-related art around the same time and since then have always helped each other out in whatever way we could no matter what type of art each of us may start doing. She's really talented, and is just a bundle of potential. That's my faery for ya'

~quixotic-fx http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/4864833/ http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/4864833/ Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:27:07 PST <-<>---------------{::[> WELCOME (--
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Hey all, welcome to my journal! In here you'll find a crap-load of nothing, and a little of everything. I'm a typa-holic, so everything I say is normally quite long and detailed. Maybe it should be 'typo-holic'? My spellling isn't the greatest. Anyway, have a look around, and enjoy your visit to my world. I must warn you of my pet gaint man-eating sheep. Please do not feed him, it is both cruel to the sheep, and the smell is aweful.

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I'm still loving every aspect of life. Stressful times as much as the happy times. Yes. Yes.. Life is definately a Gaint Ball of Qwelness.
(qwel - a derivative of 'kewl')
(kewl - a derivative of 'cool')

Got myself a few more pageviews while I was 'away'. It interests me how the only reason I got pageviews while been active is from (mostly) my name being mentioned by people on dA, or comments I've made. I noticed that especially with ~backgrounds. It's damn new, but people are spreading the word causing more and more hits.

I also got myself 69 new deviations from people I'm watching. Too many. I'm real sorry, but I'm not going to comment on them all. But I will make sure to at the very least view every single last one. The exception being with ~foxy-eva's deviations though, because I just can't help myself commenting on her amazing poetry and songs.

~backgrounds is just kicking off. I hoped/thought it would be populour, but not as populour as it is already by this time. Damn brilliant I say.

~inner-space is at a point now that I am liking a lot. I have three Trainee-Admins working now, and so far they have performed amazingly. It was a real relief (and I know in the future it will be too) for this past week or so when I wasn't active to have those guys there running IS by themselves. And even qweller is the fact that although IS is my baby I don't feel worried to leave it in the hands of my Trainees. Awesome I tell ya'

I'm in a hard position at the moment is my life. I am considering moving back down to Hamilton (1h30min from Auckland). There isn't much holding me up here in Auckland, but it's still a hard decision. To put is plainly, it would be very beneficial in some respects. I'd have to ditch my company - although that's alright because I have only barely started it - because Hamilton doesn't have a good market for Web Developement. But I would be close to work (no matter where I get a job); living expenses are cheap (conpared with Auckland); I'd be back within walking distance of a number of good friends; I can easily get qualifications through my dad's work for free (or cheap in some cases); and I can return to a really good Church called Gateway - because I have not found a church in Auckland yet that I feel confortable at.

So what's stopping me? My brother. I really appreciate suggestions/advice from friends and family, but I especially appreciate what my brother Robert (I have 2 older brothers, and one older sister - all married) says. It was something as simple as with saying he feels I would be taking a step back to move back to Hamilton. He recognises that there are more reasons to move back to Hamilton that there are to stay in Auckland, but it's a case of me needing to always walk forward in my life.

It's funny, because I know I can because well established as far as a job and living happily is concern if I go to Hamilton, and if I stay in Auckland things will just be.. shit (for lack of a better term). Yet now I'm spending hours on end trying to work out what to do because of a little statement my brother made.

Aw well, it's a good learning experience at least! :- D

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http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/4804242/ Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:20:53 PST
I've been away from home since Saterday, and
will be until this coming Sunday. I have limited
access to the internet, and as such will not be
doing a lot of commenting for the time being.

Cheers,
Dal ]]> ~quixotic-fx http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/4716310/ http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/4716310/ Thu, 03 Mar 2005 02:12:32 PST <-<>---------------{::[> WELCOME (--
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Hey all, welcome to my journal! In here you'll find a crap-load of nothing, and a little of everything. I'm a typa-holic, so everything I say is normally quite long and detailed. Maybe it should be 'typo-holic'? My spellling isn't the greatest. Anyway, have a look around, and enjoy your visit to my world. I must warn you of my pet gaint man-eating sheep. Please do not feed him, it is both cruel to the sheep, and the smell is aweful.

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A fair bit has changed in the last two days. I've hit 100 page views. Funny, I was averaging 4-5 page views a day before I took my role as Admin at ~ inner-space over again and started ~ backgrounds up. Now I am getting between 18-21 a day :- |

~backgrounds is off to a great start. I got a few members, and a good number of submittions going. I really need more people to join though, and a little bit of avdertisement. But slow and steady is good too :- )

~inner-space is more or less fully revived and showing it's stuff again. Getting amazing numbers of new members. Just going well
:- D

I'm a sucker for punishment. I have all these time consuming jobs I'm doing now at dA, and what do I go and do? I start a company up in real life. :- S I've been struggling to get a job because of lack of official experience. I've been applying for pretty high-profile jobs though, so it's understandable they want someone with experience. I'm not willing to apply for anything less simply because I know I am capable of so much more. So if I can't work for someone, I'll work for myself. I won't go into details unless you request them, but I will tell you 'what it is'. It is a company that does web design and administration for new and small businesses. I've got one under my belt already (and another from 6 months back that I did for free), so I'm off to a good start there.

As far as my career as a Film Director goes (ultimate goal), I am still persuing it. Writing scipts and such. These coming holidays I will be the assistant director of a short film, and acting in parts. I'll also do some of the camera work. Then the holidays after these I will be directing and acting in another. Perhaps camera work, but that's not confirmed.

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This is where I put a list of who I consider to be really good friends with here on dA. This is not a list of my watchers, or people I'm watching. Also, there is no particular order.


~foxy-eva is who unknowingly taught me about the art form of poetry. I love her heaps for this. She is an excellent poet/lyricist, and great general artist too. And then there is her personality. She has such a loving and sweet, and even cute personality. Great person all round.


Heh, my old friend *casperium. What to say about her? She just kicks ass generally. Personality. Art. Star Gate fan. She's just great! Another one that I can't help but love. And she has some of the wackest looking space art out there (that's a real real good thing. It's refreshing!). I also think I recal... ]]> ~quixotic-fx http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/4698210/ http://quixotic-fx.deviantart.com/journal/4698210/ Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:16:35 PST <-<>------{::[> JOURNAL (--
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Hey all, welcome to my journal! In here you'll find a crap-load of nothing, and a little of everything. I'm a typa-holic, so everything I say is normally quite long and detailed. Maybe it should be 'typo-holic'? My spellling isn't the greatest. Anyway, have a look around, and enjoy your visit to my world. I must warn you of my pet gaint man-eating sheep. Please do not feed him, it is both cruel to the sheep, and the smell is aweful.

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First off, let me tell you to expect random journal titles. The all have some meaning though. For instance, the currant one is me changing the lyrics of a song.

Next in line is to tell you all something. I have started up a new deviantART group called 'BackGrounds' (or BG for short). I started ~ backgrounds in hopes of supporting the wallpaper artists of dA and to have a place for everyone (including non-dA members) to go to find themselves high quality wallpapers. More information can be found there.

I have also resumed my roles as Aministrator of ~inner-space now that I am back at dA and settled in. Heh, I bet non of my watches had any idea I actually am the big cheese of a group here at dA ;- )
I don't want you guys treating me any different though. If you do, I will feed you to that pet of mine I has telling you about above.

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[..] Daily Deviation
[..] Daily Deviation for a Colaberation

[..] 10 Watchers
[..] 25 Watchers
[..] 50 Watchers
[..] 100 Watchers
[..] 150 Watchers
[..] 200 Watchers
[..] 300 Watchers
[..] 500 Watchers
[..] 750 Watchers
[..] 1000 Watchers

[..] 10 Favourates
[..] 25 Favourates
[..] 50 Favourates
[..] 100 Favourates
[..] 150 Favourates
[..] 200 Favourates
[..] 300 Favourates
[..] 500 Favourates
[..] 750 Favourates
[..] 1000 Favourates
[..] 2000 Favourates
[..] 5000 Favourates
[..] 10000 Favourates
[..] 50000 Favourates


[X] 10 Page views
[X] 25 Page views
[X] 50 Page views
[..] 100 Page views
[..] 150 Page views
[..] 200 Page views
[..] 300 Page views
[..] 500 Page views
[..] 750 Page views
[..] 1000 Page views
[..] 2000 Page views
[..] 5000 Page views
[..] 10000 Page views
[..] 50000 Page views
[..] 100000 Page views

(I've got a feeling I going to be around dA for a while ;-D ) ]]> ~quixotic-fx