http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:saturn9calina&section=today deviantART RSS for by:saturn9calina en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:09:30 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/28274550/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/28274550/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:42:46 PST
...and then life kinda got in the way.


I've moved back to Virginia, and I'm staying with my aunt and taking care of my cousin's kids while my aunt is a work. (my cousin is an irresponsible idiot). The move was the week before Halloween, and most of my art was packed up for the move.

Anyway, I'm waiting for my new computer to arrive and then I will post. My aunt bought me a computer for coming up to help take care of her grandkids. It's taking a while for it to ship for some reason.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/27660290/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/27660290/ Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:10:10 PDT
Okay, so some things are not working out.

Like, for instance, job junting in this crap economy is like dental surgery without anesthesia. Seriously, it sucks. And I have got to get a job.

Oh and climbing over the TV to get to the internet is a pain in the arse. So I will be uploading, before the month is out... as soon as I get everything scanned into the computer. Since this involves multiple rearrangings of furniture (scanner's in my closets, cables in a tote's box, computer's on the kitchen table, internet's behind the TV; and so on), it won't be tonight.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/26447894/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/26447894/ Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:30:50 PDT
Getting online is a bit complicated at the moment, and requires a lot of rearranging furniture and sitting on uncomfortable tile floor. The wireless router died somehow, and I have to plug into the modem directly, and the modem is behind the tv in the living room. So not fun.

Updating, will be sporadic, as usual. I have some stuff almost done (at least lineart wise), but nothing ready to post just yet.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/25820676/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/25820676/ Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:15:45 PDT
Oh., and other news... I'm moving again. Out of Ponte Vedra (rich, snobby, golf course infested... the Players are hosted here), and into Atlantic Beach. It's only a thirty minute drive or so to the new house, but it's back to civilization, and only about six blocks from the ocean. Which is awesome.

So, we hopefully will be in our new house by next week, and with cable up and running.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/25318614/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/25318614/ Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:11:28 PDT
Yuck.

Oh, and Trueblood took a serious left turn from the books tonight. Weird as hell. I mean, discrepancies are allowed in most TV adaptations, but there were some serious changes. I'm intrigued as to how the show is going to go.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/25211556/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/25211556/ Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:08:52 PDT
Okay, not real interesting, and not all that unusual, but honestly, once I read through all the comments and looked at the deviations in question, as well as new DA policy, it was actually pretty amusing.

On the subject of CRITIQUE, of all things.

Premise is thus (and I'm paraphasing):

One deviation simply stated to critique, but not to critique the artist.

The other, a rebuttal, stated critique, AND critique the artist.

#1 bans negative comments from his works. #2 points this out. And suddenly the seeds of internet spamming begins.

So, who's right? Well, neither, and both.

Why? Well, to start with, seems infancy and idiocy have reared their ugly heads, and the original point of both statements is now a pissing contest. That neither of them will win.

Second, as far as DeviantArt itself, the orginal point is already prettymuch lost. And was prettymuch pointless to begin with.

Now, I'm sure I'm not the only person around this place who's noticed that you have to have a subscription to patcipate in the new Critique section. Not that you can't in the comments, but I see it as a pretty interesting business move on the people who run this site. This is an artist's community, but allowing the millions of users free access and a place to post 'art' gets a lot of , oh there's not a nice way to say this, but GARBAGE. Thus, a 'serious' artist will pay a subscription to be able to click on that critique requested button, if they desire. And in order to critique a fellow artist, one has to be a subscriber too.

I see it as a logical business move, I really do. And hopefully more effective than other means of earning a useful summary of a deviations good and bad points, considering it's a blatant neon sign, and not a notice in the comment box. And an easy solution to not wanting comments on a deviation is simply to disable comments completely.

To me, it's a very simple thing. Certain things once only available to subscribers are now available to everyone, so I'm not particularly interested in critiques. While much appeciated, I don't really think I should have to pay for them. By posting, and not disabling comments, I allow for both positive and negative feedback on my art.

I'm not stranger to criticism. In fact, most of the time I'll be ready to point out the worst bits of my own art, far quicker and with more venom than others. I am in fact my own worst critic. But I also have a background in art, and Deviantart is child's play compared to being a painting major forced to take a class in sculpture (which was a lot like torture. I do not get most sculpture, and was very quick- and very loud- about not understanding or thinking someones so called 'art' is absolutely pointless). Hell, I had a hard time in the painting department just because I like anime.

But, in regard to the concept of critique as provided by the deviations I started this journal, it's a bit of a conundrum:

Art is an extension of the artist. Therefore, technically, in critiquing the art, you are critiquing the artist as well. However, a critique is meant to be an unbiased opinion of both the good and bad qualities of the art itself, and not a reflection of the artist as a whole.

So both deviations are technically right, in a sense.

It's the opinions and egos that start the wars.

Such a shame...

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/25097866/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/25097866/ Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:40:21 PDT
I'm not the most... balanced person in the universe. In fact, I'd have to say that I'm fairly clumsy. So it's not particulary surprising when I find I've reintroduced myself to the ground.

But falling off a bike- WOW.

I forgot how much that HURT. And I totally thrashed my right side, though I fell off the left side of the bike (still haven't figured that out). But I scraped up my leg, my side, did a number on my wrist, and somehow managed to hit myself in the eye with the handlebars. My glasses took the brunt of that hit, and thankfully they didn't break.

But the bruises just started to really show up today, and wow.

So notes to self:

- Next time, running into the van may be more favorable and less painful than hitting the ground.

- Do NOT try to rebalance the bike, it doesn't work.

- Next time, remember to bring a bag to put a book in rather than trying to carry it while riding a bike at the same time.

- Oh, and it would probably be a good idea to adjust the seat of the bike before riding it. Because the difference between someone who's six-two and someone who's five feet is A LOT when you're on your way to the ground and is a little disconcerting.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/23768761/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/23768761/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:03:12 PDT
But the alligators...

I like watching gators on TV. I wasn't real keen of seeing at least four of them swimming in the pond at the side of our yard. That's a bit too close for comfort. Even if the sign in front of the pond says "beware of alligators".

Yeesh...

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/23717450/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/23717450/ Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:00:08 PDT
Most of arts are incomplete for now, because I dont have the resources to do what I want with them, and trying to use my crappy version of psElements is a lesson in patience. Mostly, when it finally works the way i want, i'm ready to throw the computer across the room. Which is not a good thing, as this isn't my computer to throw.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/23091908/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/23091908/ Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:53:53 PST
so, everyone has been sick at my house lately...

And I'm ready to pull my hair out. My wonderful brother, has been driving everyone bananas. He's been coughing literally on cue, about every six seconds. Just one cough. At a time. Which is probably one ofthe most obnoxious things I've ever dealt with in my life.

Oh, and we finally got a dining room table, where I can draw again. Trying to draw on a TV tray or in my lap is a pain in the ass. So the table is nice. Even though I can't see the TV.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/22955660/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/22955660/ Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:06:57 PST
I have a little time, and since I can't do any digital painting right now, would anyone be interested in a real tutorial or two from me. About the inner workings of drawing or whatever.

If so, any requests? Ideas?











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Links:
my little used and rarely updated myspace: [link]
the rarely updated but sometimes interesting blog: [link]

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/22886814/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/22886814/ Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:21:56 PST
New Listism:

The Boondocks Theme - Asheru
Durch den Monsun - Tokio Hotel
Magic Dance (from labrynth) - David Bowie
La La Land - Demi Lovato
Gives You Hell - All American Rejects
Lucky (f. Colbie Caillat) - Jason Mraz
Decode (Acoustic version) - Paramore
Animals - Nickelback
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
Sweet Dreams - Marilyn Manson
Fall For You - Secondhand Serenade
Puppet - Thousand Foot Krutch
There For You - Flyleaf
Boats and Birds - Gregory and the Hawk
Anyone Else but You - The Moldy Peaches
Heaven's a Lie - Lacuna Coil
75 GIR Sayings - Invader Zim
Walking on Air - Kerli
Just Like You - Three Days Grace
Fences - Paramore
Castle Down - Emilie Autumn
Believe In Me - Demi Lovato
Kyle's Mom's a Bitch - Cartman
Should've Said No - Taylor Swift
Disposable Teens - Marilyn Manson

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/22593266/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/22593266/ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:13:50 PST
If it's anything compared to Warrick's final episodes, I'll probably cry.

+++EDIT+++

Sooo... CSI was good. Very nice ending of an era. I'm not much of a romantic, but it was sweet seeing the bug-obsessed workaholic Grissom turn in his badge to be with Sara. Not that he won't get to study bugs; but still, it was very nice.

I did feel sorry for Hodges, though. Hodges is one of my faves on CSI(That one was obvious now, wasn't it?), and he was very upset. It was cool to see him as a more three dimensional persona, instead of an arrogant smartass.

And the headway for Laurence Fishburne's character was good. I hate when they just dump some new face in a show to replace someone else. It's a bit nerve-wracking. This time, the transition was well written and executed.

All in all, I look forward to seeing how the new character will be integrated into the show. So far, I'm impressed.


Best Quote of the Evening:

"The bad guys will win more if you're not here..."
-Hodges, to Grissom.

Oh, and Eleventh Hour was interesting too. PCP-lined plumbing: that's a good one.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/22525695/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/22525695/ Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:13:58 PST
Well we finally moved into the place we'll be staying for the next few months, after some frantic scrambling to find a place to live. Sometimes things don't go exactly as planned.

But, we moved to our house, and it's nice. It's in one of those fancy 'gated communities' with the cookie cutter houses that people see on TV all the time. Which is weird, cuz I never really saw us living somewhere like that. But it's a place to live, and apart from sharing a room with my sister everything is cool.

A word of advice to anyone who ever wants or has multiple children, especially girls: don't put them in a room together. It's not a good idea. Too much jockeying for space.

Now i have to unpack. Which is almost as annoying as packing.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/22200712/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/22200712/ Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:55:02 PST
Secondly, some info. As of right now, I will be leaving today to make the move to Florida. Since we aren't immediately moving into our more permanent home, I will be without internet for an indeterminant period of time. And unfortunately, I did not get a new computer for christmas (which sucks).

Third. A bit to say about the year in review:

It's been a real eye opener in a lot of ways. Things have been said and done that have ensured I will not miss certain people in my family after we move. I'm fairly sure they won't have a problem not missing me as well. Which I can live with. If I wasnt so used to constantly being insulted and degraded by those particular people, I'd probably be a lot more upset than I am. My mother was furious about what was said about me at dinner over Christmas. I just left the room. Personally, I would have rather reminded my uncle about his own children, but I didn't want to start World War Three at dinner.

Anyway, I'm ready for the move to be over. I hate that time frame when the house you live in suddenly doesnt feel like home anymore and the house your moving to hasn't become home yet.

As for the new year, I have only a few goals:

The first; obviously, is to get settled after the move. Secondly, I need to get my affairs in order. Get certain bills paid off, start paying off others. I need to save up for a computer and the programs I lost. I want to actually FINISH a drawing, something that hasn't happened in a while. And that's a decent start, I think.

Small steps.

So, I wish everyone a pleasant rest of holiday season, and good luck in the new year.

-Amanda.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/21990690/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/21990690/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:28:02 PST
not really.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/21799479/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/21799479/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:05:28 PST
I HATE packing. Absolutely despise it. When I was a kid, we moved house every two years, without fail. It sucked. Just when you get everything unpacked and put in it's proper place, you have to cram it in a box because you're moving again.

I had a nice reprieve from the agaes of nine to seventeen, when I moved again, since then, i've had the same mailing adress, but have lived in several different places between my parents and richmond, where i went school.

I've learned it's much easier on yourself not to aquire anything you can't make immediate room for, and to just leave everything in the box you packed it in.

Cuz guess what?

I'm moving.

Again.

To Florida.

The land of sun and sand and hurricanes, and mosquitos that will eat you alive and roaches the size of a cat. 'Scuse me, palmetto bugs (like i said, giant roaches. Ew).

Luckily, when I moved home, I never really unpacked anything except my clothes. But the house right now is trashed, filled with boxes and bags and things that need to be marked for storage, tossed, or sent to Salvation army.

And the Holidays?

What Holidays? I refuse to put up the damn Christmas tree, especially since moving day is the 26th. No point. But I will go to the endless supply of family functions that litter the month. A last goodbye, if you will.

As for why I'm moving- well, that's a bit more complicated. I've been out of a job since july. When we got back from vacation in August, it was uncertain whether or not my dad would get an extension on his TAD in Florida for another six months. Which he did; obviously, with the decision that once the six months was up, it would be a permanent transefer.

Seeing as I still live at my parents house, and I've had no callbacks to any job I've applied for since we got home, I don't have much of a choice but to go too. And given the way my family is, I have no reason to stay. My family is the biggest bunch of hypocrites I've met in my entire life. Because while everyone goes out of their way to ensure my two female cousins and their children get everything they want, my siblings and I hit a glass ceiling. Literally.

For example, it was expected for our family to go to my cousin Hannah's birthday party. It was expected that we buy her a gift. Despite the fact that her mother is the very same person we went out of our way to accomodate in September, and the one who caused most of the family to stop speaking to us. Oh, and my sister, whose birthday was a full month before Hannah's, she didn't get anything from anyone. Not even a Happy birthday phone call. But she isn't supposed to be upset about that, or she's a selfish brat.

So, am I happy about moving? A little. I have my fears, but everytime I list the reasons not to leave, they don't seem nearly as bad as the reasons I don't want to stay. Because in all honesty, I would never have left Richmond after I graduated from college.

But packing still sucks.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/21392628/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/21392628/ Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:35:14 PST

just wanted to get the other journal off my page, as voting and stuffs is over for the time being.

As for the results, they went well. Just as I predicted, actually.

In other news, well, that's about it for other news...

Oh, I've been watching True Blood. Can you say awesome!

Dude, I've like, had this thing for vampire stories forever, and wow... Alan Ball plus shmexy vampire characters equals awesome.

And there's only like four or five more episodes till Grissom leaves CSI... which sucks.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/21239860/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/21239860/ Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:28:00 PDT
Good lord, I've never seen so much drama here in the VA. Obama was in Norfolk last friday, VA Beach tonight, and McCain will be here Saturday.

But five days...

Until Hal- le- frickin'- lujah!

No more annoying campaign ads, no more ignorant fools blasting their mouths off to the general public, and all the idiots can gtfo out my state. Traffic's bad enough as it is without the hundreds upon thousands of people coming to listen to the candidates speak here.

Anyway, yes I am voting on Tuesday. No, I will not say who I'm voting for. It's no one's business but mine and the ballot I cast. As for my political persuasion, I'm independent.

But five days is a long wait for the annoying political slander ads to get off my TV and radio.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/20973378/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/20973378/ Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:38:47 PDT
Drama Drama Drama... Story of my life.

It's been chaos here lately. Like serious chaos. Cops called kinda chaos. And I hate it.

My mom decided to take in my cousin and her kids, because they were evicted from their house. And for the last three and a half weeks its been a disaster.

So my cousin decided to move out this weekend. And she did not go quietly.

Drama drama drama.

In other news, my computer is still dead. Unfortunate but, it's life. And I'm broke, so no new computer for a while.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/20605448/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/20605448/ Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:11:19 PDT
I went on vacation for the summer. Quit my job (I hated it) and spent two months in Jacksonville Florida. We stayed in a condo about thirty feet from the beach. It was wicked cool.

So anyway, back to the problem at hand. My wonderful, super-cool, totally awesome computer, uh, isn't so wonderful anymore. IT kinda died, and took everything with it. So, no more opencanvas, no more photoshop, and a good portion of my art is lost to computer chip heaven. I havent had a working CD-Rom drive in over a year, and as soon as i got the darn thing running again, the whole comp keeled over.

Right now I'm moonlighting on my mom's laptop, but I've got to wait to save up enough money to get a new computer.

Life seriously sucks sometimes.

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/16450990/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/16450990/ Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:17:50 PST
Yep, still alive. Barely.

Quick update cuz I havent been on my computer in almost a month, and holy hell, my inbox has exploded.

Other'n that, life sux, I'm sick, exhausted, and overall burnt out on everything. I've had the sinus infection from hell, been running a fever for a week and a half, and have had a perpetual migraine for the last three days. And despite that, Ive been going to work prettymuch everyday.

And I wont even discuss going to the doctor. I cant afford to go to the doctor.

Eventually, hopefully, my immune system will wake up and kick whatever's runnning rampant in my body out, or i'll have to face the inevitable and fork over some cash for some really good drugs to jumpstart the whole getting better process.

A better and less self-pitying journal will be posted once i have the energy to turn my computer on and cuss at it until it starts working properly. Right now i'm borrowing my mom's since it was already on.

Laterz...

And the quote of the day is:

Do not ask for whom the bell tolls...

It's probably the wrong bell.



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blog: [link] ]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/15483976/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/15483976/ Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:47:37 PST
So, today apparently was my day for random acts of stupidity...

I bought a wireless router for the house a couple of months ago, so we could connect the computers in the house to our internet connection. But the other cimputer crapped out on us, so I didn't set the router up until a few weeks ago when my mom got her new computer.

Seeing as we have three computers, i couldn't set up the third connection until I got a pc card for my laptop. (mom's came installed, but my computer is old). So my mom bought me one tonight. And I spent almost four hours trying to get the wireless connection to work.

Because I kept putting the wrong password in.

Actually, when i realized what I had done wrong, it was kind of funny. But it was frustrating as hell.

And the quote of the day is:

A useful expression for those high-stress days...

"Well, aren't we just a ray of fucking sunshine?"



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blog: [link] ]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/14733761/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/14733761/ Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:22:13 PDT [link]

I've broken down and set myself up a blog, so I can ramble incessantly somewhere that's not DA.

Which is probably not a bad thing. Especially since I tend to be full of repressed rage and I so want to rant, and I feel guilty ranting in my DA journals. Mostly because I KNOW I'm whining.

However, there are times when I need to write. Need to use the computer as an outlet for my fury, sadness, annoyance, whatever keeps me from picking up the nearest heavy object and maiming something. Or crying like a baby. Whatever my traumatized brain decides my reaction should be for the day. (As long as it's not a panic attack, I'm good. I HATE getting panic attacks.)

So, if anyone want's to read and experience the depths of my psychosis, click the link I will be placing in my journal, and take a look.

Disclaimer: saturn9calina is hereby relieved of responsibility of whatsoever the reader experiences in her blog. Any psychological trauma induced is the readers problem to deal with as they see fit. So long as there are no pichforks and tomatoes lobbed in saturn9calina's direction. Happy reading!

++EDIT++

Changed my journal CSS melikes it much better now...

And the quote of the day is:

"Tears abruptly streamed down Lee's cheeks as he enveloped Naruto into a crushing embrace which would have sent any self-respecting yaoi fanfic authoress running for her laptop."



blog: [link] ]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/14542390/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/14542390/ Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:31:00 PDT
done purely because i'm in a sleep-deprived, giggly, mood...

Excerpts from a recent fanfiction i was reading, thought i was going to die i was laughing so hard....

“They’re enemies,” Kakashi replied. Then he released and pushed her backwards in time for a monster to crash down between them, someone perched on its back. A massive one-eyed dog, similar to Kakashi with its eye patch, landed beside her on the ground, his hackles raised.

Tsume raised her fingers to her lips and whistled, the shrill sound startling the Inuzuka dogs from their fight. “Assemble!” she commanded. Kuromaru barked three times, each precise and even. The pack began to break apart into pairs, their cohesiveness growing immediately as their human mistress began to reassert their superior cunning.

Kakashi and Sakura stared.

“What?” Tsume asked impatiently.

“Where’s your battle gear?” Sakura asked.

Tsume looked down. “What’s wrong with what I’ve got on?”

“Nothing,” Kakashi put in hurriedly. “Nothing wrong at all. Ouch.”

Sakura withdrew her elbow from Kakashi’s side. “You’re not wearing battle gear!”

Tsume sniffed and turned up her nose as she hopped from the monster’s back. “I’m not wearing anything.” She proudly posed, cocking her hips provocatively and jutting her chest out. She flashed a grin at the admiring whistle Kabuto sent her way from across the battlefield, and then started forward.

Sakura slapped a hand against her forehead. “Kiba’s mother. Right.”

“It wasn’t his father he got his brazen personality from,” Tsume muttered. “Besides, I look mighty fine for being fortysome years old.”

Kakashi blinked. “You’re not fortysome years old. You’re fifty-“ Sakura elbowed him in the side, again.

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Tsunade surveyed the damage, readying herself for another attack as soon as the summon came through. “Naruto, what sort of summon is this?”

“Ninja-cats.”

Tsunade choked. “Cats?”

“Yeah. Who’da thunk that Sasuke even liked cats?”

“Cats!” Tsunade watched in horror as Tsume wordlessly streaked by (how come she didn’t have to wear battle gear?), a small pack of… ninja-dogs following at her heels and barking out coded commands. “Oh shi-“

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“Are you a ghost?” And before Kiba could respond, “Just how come only certain people can see you, and why me? That alone was enough to drive me to the brinks of insanity!” She ignored Naruto’s pleading inquiries.

Kiba looked uncomfortable. “Well, see, it’s actually all your fault.”

She didn’t know if that deserved the dignity of a response. “Mine?” Ah, dignity, thy name is lost!

“Well, yeah. Did you know that Death is actually this really cute girl who flies on an oar?”

“What does-“

“So I gave her a wonderful kiss!”

Sakura’s demands stuttered to a halt as she tried to imagine Kiba doing anything so obnoxious. Sasuke actually slapped a hand against his forehead in exasperation. “You what?”

Kiba shuffled his feet. “And I might have, uh, felt her up. Maybe.”

“You what?” (“What’s going on, Sakura-chan? Neh? Hey, Sasuke?”

“But I had to go back and help you, so Death said fine, but the only people who could see me were the people I’ve been sexually intimate with. I don’t think she realized, ah, just how much I got around.”

Sasuke’s eyebrows shot up to his hairline. “Sexual? You told me that it was a medical prostate exam.” Naruto choked, but whether it was from shock or trying to smother sudden laughter was up to debate.

And the quote of the day is:

"Tears abruptly streamed down Lee's cheeks as he enveloped Naruto into a crushing embrace which would have sent any self-respecting yaoi fanfic authoress running for her laptop."

]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/14529688/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/14529688/ Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:06:35 PDT
[This is a rant. I don't have anyone to talk to at home, so I decided to put this here. I don't really care if anyone reads this or not, I just needed to get this off my chest before I lost my temper completely.]


My mom wrote me a note this morning that if I didn't find a job in the next eight days, i'm going to get thrown out of the house. I already knew that. Then she goes on to tell me that she wont fight my dad on this matter, because he's already told her he'd kick her out too.

Now, I'm up in the air about the last part. See, I know better than she realizes how my dad feels about my mom. If it weren't for my brother and sister, he'd have been long gone years ago. It doesn't matter that he cares about her, he's just tired of her shit.

My mom, well, she's a manipulative bitch. There's really no other way to put it. She will do everything in her power to make you do things her way, and make you miserable at the same time. She probably enjoys it.

So where does that put me? Well, I'm a horrible procrastinator, and I'm fed up with both of them. I think the only real reason I haven't found a new job yet is because they keep irritating the hell out of me, and because it pisses both of them off.

Back to the note. My mom knows how I feel about notes of any kind. If you write me a note and remind me to get certain things done, most likely I'll do them. However, if you write me a note basically yelling at me and trying to guilt me into doing something, I get pissed off. I absolutely loathe the 'As much as I love you..." guilt trip thing she tries to pull. Mostly because i could give a fuck whether she loves me or not. It has absolutely nothing to do with why she wants me to work. That part is really simple. It's my dad.

He likes me about as much as he like my mother. That said, he feels obligated to treat me with some semblance of decorum, but what he really wishes is that I would just drop off the face of the planet. Why, well I'm not his kid, would probably be the first reason, but also because I'm just as stubborn as he is and were too much alike to get along at all.

So, at first, he said as ling as I worked and took care of my brother and sister, I could stay at home. Which was fine. I got a job, and the Kids basically take care of themselves, I just have to make sure thay don't kill one another or burn the house down. But the hidden clause in the agreement was what made me move out the first time: Not only do i have to work and watch the kids, apparently I'm also responsible for keeping the house spotless and making dinner. And that doesn't work. It never has.

Then he decided to pull a fast one. I have to pay rent. Totally fine with that too. Except I lost my job the same day.

So what now? Well, I need a job, so i guess I better start looking for one. As for my parents. I dont really know what to do about them. Trust me, if i had a job that paid enough i could live on my own, i sure as hell wouldn't be sharing a room with brother, and picking up after everyone else.

And the full quote of the title is:
"If it weren't for you, I'd be a different person. Maybe even happy."

And the quote of the day is:

"Tears abruptly streamed down Lee's cheeks as he enveloped Naruto into a crushing embrace which would have sent any self-respecting yaoi fanfic authoress running for her laptop."

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BEGIN!!

The Books in Order From Favorite to Least Favorite:
1. Deathly Hallows
2. Order of the Phoenix
3. Half Blood Prince
4. Philosopher's Stone
5. Prisoner of Azkaban
6. Goblet of Fire
7. Chamber of Secrets

Number of Times You Have Read the Series:
1: 4
2: 2
3: 3
4: 2
5: 2
6: 1
7: 1

Favorite Chapter From Your Favorite Book:
Deathly Hallows- The Sacking of Severus Snape and The Battle of Hogwarts tie for awesomeness. Probably because there were massive squeals of glee for all the characters coming together for the final battle ("Percyomigoshyayfinally!!!" I believe was what I said out loud as I was reading...).

Five Favorite Characters:
Hermione
Fred&George (They count as one)
Ron
Luna
Snape

Three Least Favorite Characters:
Umbridge
Lockhart
Fudge

Favorite Member of the Trio:
Hermione Granger

Three Favorite Magical Creatures:
Blast-Ended Skrewts, Kneazles, Thestrals

Favorite Family:
The Weasleys. The Malfoys come in close second, though.

Favorite Villain:
Umbridge, she just has no scruples. One of those genuinely evil characters, she thrives on evil.

Favorite Death Eater:
Lucius Malfoy, because of *makani (How can you not share in her love of all things Malfoy?)

Favorite Non-Hogwarts Magical Building:
The Lovegood's House. I mean, it's a giant chess piece, how cool is that?!

Favorite Diagon Alley Location:
Flourish and Blotts, so many books. Fred and George's shop would be second.

Three Favorite Spells:
hmm... Accio (definately useful for finding things), Scourgify (cleaning spell, so awesome!), Confringo (the blasting charm, exploding things woud be fun...)

Three Favorite Potions:
Felix Felicis, Polyjuice, Veritaserum (can you say blackmail?)

Favorite Unforgivable Curse:
Cruciatus, probably the cruellest of the three

Favorite Department of Mysteries Room:
Time room

Biggest Surprise:
Dudley in the last book, it was unexpected, but a nice twist. Oh, and Fred, that was horrible.

Biggest Letdown:
Predictability. Especially in the last two books.

Favorite Mode of Transportation:
Apparation

Favorite Weasley: Fred and George hands down. And Percy. Stuck up, brown-nosing prat. I just luff him.

Favorite Order Member:
Tonks.

Favorite pet:
Pig, he was a riot. I like Crookshanks too, smart ball of fluff.

One Character You’d Bring Back to Life:
None of them. I mean, each character death served a purpose, even if they were sad.

Moment That Will Always Make You Cry:
I would have to say "The Forest Again" in Deathly Hallows. That Chapter is nonstop depression.

Favorite Hogwarts Room:
The Room of Reqiurement. How could it not be. I liked the Ravenclaw Common Room too. Very nice, and the entrance was cool.

Favorite Class:
Charms.

Favorite Teacher:
McGonagall

Favorite DADA teacher:
Remus Lupin, with Snape and Barty Crouch as Moody as close seconds. But Lupin seemed the most capable teacher out of the three. The rest were completely useless.

Least Favorite Teacher:
Prof Binns, I mean, History can be interesting. Umbridge and Lockhart for their incompetence, as well.

Favorite Non-Human Hogwarts Resident:
Peeves, of course. I always liked Peeves, but post Gred and Forge's Departure in Order of the Phoenix just made him even better.

Favorite Hogsmeade Location:
Madam Puddifoot's - wouldn't it be fun to go in and make fun of all the other people in there?

Favorite Triwizard Champion:
If not Harry, then Krum. I liked Krum.

Favorite Triwizard Task:
The Maze. A culmination of logic, intelliegence and danger. Very cool.

Which Character You’d Ask to the Yule Ball:
George. It'd be crazy.

Which Character You’d Like to Use a Love Potion On:
Hn. I wouldn't use it on anyone unless, well, It's be cool to use it to make Goyle and Blaise fall for one another... or Goyle and Lavender... (scheming thoughts... hmmm... )

Which Character You’d Like to Use Veritaserum On:
Lavender. Or Goyle. I'd really like to know exactly what's going on in both of their heads, if anything at all.

How Long You Have Been a HP Fan:
Since the first movie opened in theatres. I wanted to go see Fluffy, because i thought he was cool. Then I read the books and was hooked. ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/13095890/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/13095890/ Sat, 26 May 2007 01:54:52 PDT


positively annoyed...

People are stupid. Some are really, really stupid. Some should be shot to keep the general populace sane. I'd like to make a donation to the cause.

And the quote of the day is:

"Kindness is contagious. Now get the fuck away from me."



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positively annoyed...

I've found the only problem with being awake at four... five o'clock in the morning is that most people are asleep. Especially on a Saturday.

But here i am, yet again, just now starting to succumb to the idea of sleep. Of course, part of the problem is the fact that work had me totally wired. We didn't even get out of the store until 3:30, and people were still trying to order food.

Don't people know how to cook anymore? I mean, if you're gonna spend thirty or forty dollars on food, why not buy something that tastes good, that *cough*isgoodforyou*cough*. "Can I order ten junior bacon cheeseburgers, ten fries, eight five-piece nuggets with barbecue sauce..." (wtf?)

Seriously, it's one in the damn morning, and you should be home in bed asleep, not sitting in a drive-through ordering insane amounts of greasy food that tired, grouchy employees have to make because they work there. When they're trying to clean up so that they can get off work before four in the morning. We have lives too, despite what our boss thinks.

But tonight was fun, I don't think i've ever laughed so hard in my life. We were on the floor we were laughing so hard. Between the people in drive through, the various complaints (we all have our own set we use every time we work), picking on one another, driving our manager completely up the wall, and the crazy dude who works the grill at night, it was a riot. And most of us were suffering from sleep deprivation and lack of alcoholic intake.

Three tired employees, one tired manager, a crazy dude, no alcohol, and Wendy's on a friday night on a payday weekend does not equal the most oppurtune of situations. It was either laugh or be miserable. If we need to spend a couple of days in the loony bin to recover, so be it...

Must go find my "i love me" jacket. Y'know, I've heard they only keep you on suicide watch the first few days...

And the quote of the day is:

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."



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positively annoyed...

Just a quick update.

No, as a matter of fact i'm not dead, just lost... somewhere around here... where 'here' is exactly, i don't really know...

I'm having a serious case of the LAZY.Symptoms may include but are not limited to: serious-lacking-of-time-and-or-sleep, procrastination, work, sickness, and artists' block. The only medicine: downtime to relax and reboot my apparently overworked and undernourished imagination.

So, updates and whatnot will be wheneverly.

And the quote of the day is:

Cameron – “Could pain medication cause an orgasm?”
House – “I wish.”
- Distractions





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positively annoyed...

It was silly, I was bored, and i needed to update, so...

RULES!

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, Amarok, whichever you want, the list is long.)
2. Put it shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie.

MY LIFE'S SOUNDTRACK:

1. Opening Credits: The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani f. Akon
...well, it's cute, good opening song i guess...

2. Waking Up: Weil ich en Mädchen bin - ?
Love this song! It's reall peppy and fun and it would be awesome to wake up to... actually i'd probly listen to it and then go back to sleep, lol...

3. First Day At School: White and Nerdy - Weird Al
Dies laughing... hahahaha....

4. Falling In Love: You & Me - Lifehouse
Aww... it's a fitting song...

5. Fight Song: Walk On The Edge - Push it to the Limit - Corbin Bleu
It SOUNDS like a good fight song . . . it's probably more fitting for a training song, though

6. Breaking Up: All the Things You Said - TATU
... Alright....

7. Prom: Kidnap the Sandy Claws - Danny Elfman
Wtf? Well, it's better than the actual theme song we had for prom, which was 'Hot in Herre' by Nelly.

8. Life: Outside Looking In - Melissa O'Neal
Actually, It's pretty appropriate in a lot of ways...

9. Mental Breakdown: Angry White Boy Polka - Weird Al
breaks down into hysterics...

10. Driving Far Away: Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie
PERFECT driving song, for me at least, love this song...

11. Flashback: Dont You (Forget About Me) - Billy Idol
Serious Flashback, like to the year I was born...

12. Wedding: Mood Rings - Relient K
Hahahahah... very fitting...

13. Birth of Child: I'm a Believer - Smash Mouth
Hmm...

14. Final Battle: One Winged Angel - FFAdvent Children vers.
Sweet!

15. Death Scene: Prinzesschen von Lafee - ?
Beautiful song, would make an interesting death scene though...

16. Funeral Song: Whisper - Evanesence
Very nice, I could see it happening.

17. End Credit: Almost - Bowling for Soup
Totally awesome ending song, I like it.

And the quote of the day is:

Kitty: (after Kurt collapses) "Say something Kurt, please! Tease me, scare me, anything. Please don't be dead! Come on Kitty, okay, what would Wolverine do? I mean besides dice up, like, half the landscape?"
-X-Men Evolution, Episode: Rogue Recruit




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British novelist Evelyn Waugh once said, "One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilisation or it will die." Encarta editors picked a few more of their favorite words to nourish your vocabulary. Some of them you may even use!

1. Defenestrate: "throw somebody or something out of window: to throw something or somebody out of a window (formal or humorous)"

It is quite entertaining to defenestrate paper airplanes.

2. Garbology: "study of waste materials: the study of a cultural group by an examination of what it discards"

Garbology might be a good career choice for dumpster divers. Recycling may make the job of future garbologists extremely difficult--they'll have less to study.

3. Digerati: "computer experts: people who have or claim to have a sophisticated expertise in the area of computers, the Internet, and the World Wide Web"

Not too long ago, computer expertise was considered nerdy. These days, many people strive to be among the digerati.

4. Antipodes:
1. "places at opposite sides of world: places at opposite sides of the world from each other, or the areas at the side of the world opposite from a given place"
2. "opposites: two points, places, or things that are diametrically opposite each other"

One could say that Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli and Warren "Potsie" Weber are antipodes.

5. Hallux: "first digit on the foot: the big toe on the human foot, or the first digit on the hind foot of some mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians (technical)"

The ballerina had her hallux insured for $10 million!

6. Otiose:
1. "not effective: with no useful result or practical purpose"
2. "worthless: with little or no value"
3. "lazy: unwilling or uninterested in working or being active (archaic)"

Will e-mail render traditional letter writing otiose? Let's hope not.

7. Cullet: "glass to be recycled: broken or waste glass returned for recycling"

Don't forget to take the cullet out to the curbside, and be sure to put it next to the trash, not in it.

8. Pellucid:
1. "clear in meaning: easy to understand or clear in meaning (formal)"
2. "transparent: allowing all or most light to pass through (literary)"

The police officer's warning was pellucid: Drivers must go the speed limit in the school zone.

9. Borborygmus: "stomach rumble: the rumbling sounds made by the movement of gases in the stomach and intestine (technical)"

If you lay your head on someone's stomach, you are likely to hear borborygmus.

10. Expropriate: "take away something belonging to somebody: to take property or money from somebody, either legally for the public good or illegally by theft or fraud"

The thief's goal was to expropriate the ladies' jewelry.

11. Abhorrent:
1. "repugnant: arousing strong feelings of repugnance or disapproval"
2. "incompatible: incompatible or conflicting with something (literary)"

The odor in his apartment was abhorrent.

12. Masticate:
1. "to grind and pulverize food inside the mouth, using the teeth and jaws"
2. "grind to pulp: to grind or crush something until it turns to pulp"
Be sure to masticate thoroughly before swallowing.

13. Paradigm:
1. "typical example: a typical example of something"
2. "model that forms basis of something: an example that serves as a pattern or model for something, especially one that forms the basis of a methodology or theory"
3. "set of all forms of word: a set of word forms giving all of the possible inflections of a word"
4. "relationship of ideas to one another: in the philosophy of science, a generally accepted model of how ideas relate to one another, forming a conceptual framework within which scientific research is carried out"

The heiress who has become famous for being infamous is the paradigm of celebutantes.

14. Disseminate: "to distribute or spread something, especially information, widely, or become widespread"

Some publications may not want to disseminate rumors, but many tabloids make it their primary business.

15. Promulgate:
1. "declare something officially: to proclaim or declare something officially, especially to publicize formally that a law or decree is in effect"
2. "make known: to make something widel... ]]> ~saturn9calina http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/8418660/ http://saturn9calina.deviantart.com/journal/8418660/ Sun, 09 Apr 2006 14:36:09 PDT

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Snagged this from =Gravytrain128


Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle.
Say the following questions aloud, and press play.
Use the song titles that come up to answer each question.
NO CHEATING.


How does the world see me?
"Savin' Me" - Nickelback

Will I have a happy life?
"Perfect" - Simple Plan (guhh... guess not...)

What do people really think of me?
"We Are One Tonight" - Switchfoot (hmm...)

Do people secretly lust after me?
"If I Were You" - Hoobastank (again hmm...)

How can I make myself happy?
"Cash Machine" - Hard Fi (falls over laughing...)

What should I do with my life?
"Hold Me Down" - Motion City Soundtrack

Will I ever have children?
"Rock n' Roll Queen" - The Subways (wtf?)

What is some good advice for me?
"Hate Me" - Blue October (apparently i'm emo today...)

What do I think my current theme song is?
"Konstantine" - Something Corporate (alright... i'll agree with this)

What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
"Lonely Day" - System of a Down

What song will play at my funeral?
"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" - Panic! At The Disco

What type of men/women do you like?
"Speak" - Godsmack (uhh... ooookay)

What is my day going to be like?
"El Mañana" - Gorillaz

Why am I here?
"Makedamnsure" - Taking Back Sunday

What will people remember me for?
"The Gift" - Seether

What song will I get stuck in my head tomorrow?
"Dani California" - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Are there people outside waiting to take me away?
"Monsters" - Matchbook Romance (haha, just the title in association with this is funny)

What will this year be all about?
"Rough Landing Holly" - Yellowcard (wow...)

hmmm....

this was interesting.... feel free to steal this...

and the word of the day is: CONTEMPORARY
DEFINITION: (adjective) modern; from the same time.
EXAMPLE: I prefer old-fashioned furniture rather than contemporary styles.
SYNONYMS: current







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