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I also head back to work after coming off a two week vacation. The job isn't hard but my respect for management wanes everyday. A little bit of competence and fairness on their part would be nice. All I can do is come to work and do my job to the best of my ability. But even then they make that a chore.

It feels like it's going to be a long week of adjustment, but I'll just have to stay positive. Yeah, positive.

For some reason I'm feeling really random tonight. Something tells me that I might have a hard time sleeping.

]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/14230676/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/14230676/ Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:25:17 PDT
I'm also not sure if I'll have any new artwork any time soon. I might focus instead on fiction. I guess time will tell. Although it's nearly time for school again. At least it's my last year at my university and then I'll be done with school. Now that's something to look forward too.

]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/9859994/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/9859994/ Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:13:51 PDT
Speaking of stress, my last few weeks of summer vacation have been quite stressful (as those of you who follow my LJ may know). Bad neighbors sabotaging our property, kids that run free with no respect for others and punks trying to steal my car/and or the parts on it. Even though a vacation from school was nice from academic stress, the stress of this city block was uneeded. To best describe it, it's like having a sword point pressed to your throat. There's open hostility and you have be on the defensive constantly. Ugh. Where's the love in Philadelphia now???

Moving on to something more pleasant...

For now I've decided to split my time between LiveJournal and DA. Being on DA more often will give me a chance to catch up on all of art on my watch list, and to hopefully upload some art of my own. Currently, I have 1,979 deviations left to view, down from nearly 2,200 last week. As for art, I still owe a few people some stuff and while it hasn't been done, they haven't been forgotten. One of the things I look forward to is finishing up any art trades or requests that I've taken on. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/9765054/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/9765054/ Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:01:49 PDT
As for the new DA, I kind of like it. Well as far as looks go anyway. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/5844960/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/5844960/ Tue, 05 Jul 2005 07:49:30 PDT
I'm definitely looking forward to Anthrocon '05 on Friday. Hopefully I will see some of you there? ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/4398736/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/4398736/ Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:29:18 PST

Anyway, the last week was pretty busy for me. After a nice long month break, I've returned to the university. Unlike last semester, I only have classes twice a week. It's nice for free up some time for myself and keeping stress levels low. The downside is, since class meets only twice a week, the homework is usually piled on heavy. Otherwise, it's not too bad.

I've once again taken 8:40 am classes, and I find myself groogy at times. My first class in Asian Religions, followed by Greek Drama and Culture and finally College Math. So far, I'm liking the Greek assignments. Reading Greek works is actually fun and I happen to get college credit on the side. I hope I can say the same when tests come around.

Other than college, the only thing else to happen here is the snow. On Saturday and Sunday morning, we got about 10 inches of the fluffy white stuff. It wasn't fun to shovel it, but it makes things interesting. Not that I have off from school or work, but I suppose it finally feels like winter now. It's hard to believe that 3 weeks ago I was able to stand outside in a t-shirt washing my mini-van. The Northeast has definitely had strange weather this year. Snow pictures can be found in my Live Journal:

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-Sketch nearly complete.
-Haven't started.
-Haven't started. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/4339717/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/4339717/ Mon, 17 Jan 2005 02:07:27 PST
If I was a networking internet connections guru, I'd probably understand what just happened. But, I'm not and I simply worked on a hunch. "What if I was being too hasty and not paying enough attention to my where my wires were connected?" The thought occurred to me as I was browsing Linksys.com's help page. So, I switched the wire going into my computer's ethernet card with the one going into my modem. In other words, I put the ethernet card in the first port and directly connected my modem to my router's WAN port. Was that the original configuration? Honestly, I don't remember because all of the wires were blue up until yesterday.

Oddly enough that didn't work at all, even after resetting the router and restarting my computer. I began to fear the worst until I directly plugged the modem into the shared Uplink port (which was previously unused even when the router was fine). Not only did that work, but XP detected what kind of router I was using and gave me access to the online configuration tool. When I previously used the router I had the address bookmarked. I'm not even going to try to make sense of it any further than this entry. All I know is that my router works, I can surf the net using it and I probably have a lot of reconfiguring to do.

With that problem solved, what am I to do with my older router that still works but is a little beat up? ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/4328825/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/4328825/ Sat, 15 Jan 2005 17:50:01 PST
However, one problem wouldn't go away; my ethernet card. The activity light always remained a solid orange while the link light remained off. If I removed the router and plugged the cable back into my modem everything would light up. I tried with both routers (apparently the one I'd replaced was still good, the wires were bad) and got the same results, no activity lights. I tried a variety of solutions that included upgrading the routers firmware (didn't work), resetting it, and shutting off my computer. However the problem remains, and that leads me to ponder four things. Either:

1. My ethernet card has issues (but I'm able to connect without a router).
2. I need to replace all of my wires with R45 ones.
3. Both routers are damaged.
4. I some how messed up my file settings when dealing with constant outages (thanks to my ISP) last week.

Because I'm clueless now, I'll probably give tech support a call tomorrow or on Monday. I'm glad I can still connect to the net, but my mother can't with her laptop now. Luckily she doesn't use the internet much, but still the network was fine last week... And I can't believe I wasted three hours on this problem. I could have watched a movie and some downloaded anime, or I could have played Xenosaga... Anyway, I should probably finish dinner and hop on TBL chat before it becomes later than it is. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/4322319/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/4322319/ Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:05:36 PST
One my highlights from today includes finally beating Fire Emblem. I've been playing for more than a solid month and I'm proud to say that my hard work has finally paid off. The game was so addicting that despite it being a simple GBA RPG, I played it more than Xenosaga on my PS2. In fact, I put Xenosaga on hold just so I could finish Fire Emblem. The last two chapters of the game were fairly long as I had to battle through about 8 high powered bosses, including a large fire dragon. But compared to the 5 before the last and final boss, the dragon was easy. The ending had some nice twists although it was a bit of a cliff hanger. It makes me curious about the untranslated Fire Emblem games (in the US we got what was actually the sixth installment of the series). However, I hear there will be a game coming out for the GameCube, I hope it's a continuation of the GBA's story.

Other than that, I'm not looking forward to the fact that I have school on Tuesday. With luck, maybe I'll actually start a few drawings that I've promised. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/4314789/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/4314789/ Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:14:12 PST
-Haven't started yet.
-Haven't started.
-Haven't started.

I hope to update this list with progress soon. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/4204240/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/4204240/ Fri, 31 Dec 2004 16:23:29 PST
Finally some time to sit down and write.

Other than playing Fire Emblem for a little while, I've been busy all day. I did a variety of chores around the house and a few outside, including cleaning the van. Since it hadn't been cleaned since June, I decided a good washing was needed. It took about a half hour to scrape off the numbers the city and towing place had written on it and to clean away the dirt and dried leaves. Once that was done, I was able to dry it. It's not brand new, but still looks pretty decent. I also brought a radio/CD player off my friend for about $100 (yey for that spare money I had in my savings account), who will probably come over and install it tomorrow.

I also went out with my mother to get the oil changed and gas in the tank. Other than it being a long line for some reason, the change went well. The van seems to be in pretty good condition, although the battery may need replacing very soon. The ride him was a little dull without a radio and I can't say I really enjoyed the chat. I'm just getting tired of being hounded about the novel and how if it gets published it'll make everything right overnight. Last time I heard, the process once started takes at least a year or two, and that doesn't include editing. How I can convey that to my mother, I don't know. But if I'm working such things as video games, forums, LJ or chatting with online friends, it seems to be a waste of good time. As if I'm not busy enough. Anyway, time to move on, before this entry becomes a rant or something.


In about five hours, 2004 will be officially over on the East Coast. It's been an interesting year to say the least. I've learned much, I've gained much and I've lost some. All in all, I'm ready to ring in the new year. But before looking toward the new, one should reflect on the old...

The most memorable thing of 2004 will be my Grandfather's death. It was about 10 months ago that he passed away and we all traveled to South Carolina to bury him. It only seems like yesterday when it happened at times. I don't think about Grandpa all the time, but whenever I think of my grandmother or visit her house, I can't help but think of him. Ever since I was a small child, he was always over there. I even remember when I was about 5 or 6, he took me to run errands with him. While it was rather boring, there was something fun about being with Grandpa. I know he wasn't the best man and did terrible things in his past, but he did enough right that I can still find fond memories of him and so can others. I hope you're resting in Peace up there Grandpa.

One my best memories from 2004 will definitely be Anthrocon. It was my first year there, and it hopefully wont' be my last. I finally got to see the Adam's Mark Hotel before they closed it, and I got to go to my first convention ever. I meet quite a few online friends there and made new friends. All in all, the convention was everything I wanted it to be. While I had no one to personally go with, I had quite a bit of fun as a lone husky. I'm definitely looking forward to returning to Anthrocon in 2005.

Had a pretty good time making new friends in real life and online.

My spring classes were actually a blast when compared to my fall classes. Speaking of classes, 04 was finally the year where I found a major that might result in a probable career. I never saw myself as a journalist, but it seems like the most interesting field of writing to go into now. After all, what good is college if they don't train you and give the skills you need to succeed? If I don't fully like writing for journalism, I could still always try my hand at writing fiction on the side.

2004 was also the year where I brought my first vehicle, hoping to be able to drive it soon. Things never worked out as such, especially in the last few days. However, the start of a new year brings many new opportunities.


This year we're trying something new, and we'll be in church ringing in the new year. I'm not sure what the service will be like, but more than likely, it'll be enjoyable. So, I should probably head off to enjoy the rest of my night before we have to go. I'll still probably be on AIM when I get home. So I hope everyone has a Happy New Year!

(Actually, I just found out as I was writing to my DA journal that we won't be going to church after all. My mother's too tired to go. So it's another year at home, since I really don't feel like going out to party.) ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/4204179/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/4204179/ Fri, 31 Dec 2004 16:20:41 PST
Now that some of the excitement and busy stuff from the holidays have died down, now I can sit back and actually post. So here's how the past two days went:

Christmas Eve
I was pretty busy on Friday. Because I went to bed early, I ended up getting over 8 hours of sleep. When I got up, around 8am, my mom permed my hair. After that, I got dressed, wrapped presents and did a few chores. Because it was fairly cold outside, I waited until the afternoon before going outside. I stopped at the nearest store and picked up a few last minute gifts. I then went home and wrapped more presents. Oh and I even got Pardo's card and Thornwolf's conbadge in the mail. Around 7pm, I started cooking for tomorrow. I also made some cookies (which didn't turn out well, because I don't really bake such things), turkey and cut up materials for my mother.

Around 9pm, I began to feel pretty tired, so I went to room to rest for a while. I managed to watch the anime I had taped weeks ago on TV. When I got tired of the anime, I took a short nap. I then got back up to help out with a few extra things around the house, including putting a new seat on the toilet and doing the dishes. Around midnight I was able to hop on AIM and chatted for a while with friends. I went to bed around 3am, but the neighbors decided to throw a late night party and had music blasting all night. Surprisingly no one called the police for disturbing the peace, so I didn't get to sleep until 5am. Just to block out the music, I had to put on a pair of ear huggers. Next time, if no one calls the police, I'll do so myself. Loud music is one thing, but at close to 4am is another.

Christmas Day
Got up around 9:30 that morning, so I wasn't well rested at all. I didn't feel like getting up, but my mom insisted so we could start opening presents. I dragged myself out of bed headed downstairs and we exchanged wrapped presents. My mother was annoyingly curious about what sent me, so I opened that first. (My stuff will be listed later in this entry, with pictures) I then had her open a few surprise gifts that I got her. Including a new skillet set and sugar-free chocolates (which taste pretty good). We decided not to go to breakfast and I ended up doing dishes again for she had finished cooking what we were going to take to my grandmother. Once the dishes were done, I decided to rest a bit longer and watched more of Full Metal Alchemist and The Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex on tape. After a while I got up and played Fire Emblem for a bit. Some where in between that resting, I did give the dog a good bath.

Around 2, I finally got dressed and walked the dog. Then around 4pm, we changed and headed to my grandmother's house. Because we were a little early not many people were around. Just my two aunts, and my grandmother. To pass the time I played with my GBA SP, unless I was needed for an errand. I ended up trying out a small plate of food, as it was ready. Then later on, when I got tired of Fire Emblem, I decided to eat dinner. Before I ate, I popped in my Bringing Down the House DVD for everyone to watch. The house filled up a bit more by then. A few of my cousins, one brought her new fiance and her young baby and my mom's boyfriend, Paul came. It felt a bit strange to see my cousin with a baby and getting married since she's a bit younger than I am. It's not unusual though as everyone lives out their lives differently. My mom passed a rough copy of the novel I wrote last year (for NaNoWriMo) to my cousin John (jr). Probably hoping he'd help fund my publishing efforts since he's and NBA player and has a little extra money. O_o; Despite the turnout, the house wasn't nearly as busy as it used to be in past years.

While I watched the movie, everyone exchange presents and what not. Finally, close to 10pm, we finally left as my Uncle John came over. When I got home, I went to TBL chat, though it was a little slow. I found myself disappointed that there wasn't anything new airing on Adult Swim. Finally, around 2:30 I went to bed.

And because everyone's probably curious, here's my christmas stuff. Honestly, giving was just as much fun as receiving. Until money started to become a problem. ^_^;

-A hard cover sketchbook and wolf pack blanket (This is what cwtyger sent me. Just thought I'd pass that on, since policho asked me twice already.)
-Seven bottles of bath and shower gel
-Xenosaga
-Pokémon Leaf Green
-Sawuga stickers (and yes, goldeagleradar not only do I like them, but I've seen the show a fe... ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/4092503/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/4092503/ Sat, 18 Dec 2004 00:55:40 PST
NaNoWriMo went pretty well. I ended up reaching 50K on the 29th [link] and finished my novel at a few words shy of 58K. The writing contest and college got a little stressful at times, but I managed to make it.

Speaking of college, I'm finally on Christmas break. I don't have to return to the University until about January 18th. I plan to make the most of this break, after Christmas. I'm not sure if it will turn out that way, but it never hurts to plan.

I do have a few pieces of artwork and fiction on my hard drive. But they still remain unfinished. I should probably upload to keep my gallery from collecting dust. Heh.

Oh, I also saw Balto 3 when I got out of school. I ordered a VCD from Asia (making sure it had an English track) and saw the movie that way. It makes me want a high quality DVD all the more now. Yeah, I though the movie was pretty good. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/3721921/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/3721921/ Mon, 01 Nov 2004 05:34:17 PST
If you're totally lost to as what Nanowrimo is, visit this link: [link]

If you want to see my progress, check my Live Journal: [link] ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/3661959/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/3661959/ Sun, 24 Oct 2004 09:57:35 PDT
I've not drawn a thing since August, but I have been doing some writing. So expect a little fiction soon. I'll also try to keep my DA journal updated at least once a week. But as usual, all of my journaling can be found in my LJ. That's updated at least once a day. [link]

I'd better get back to chores and homework first. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/3298563/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/3298563/ Mon, 06 Sep 2004 08:32:56 PDT
I am glad to have gotten through last week. It really got started on the wrong foot. First the stolen artwork issue (which was resolved by DA), then going to school. My first week of school involved a lot of discomfort. It's not much more than that, because on the grand scale of things it wasn't that important. It just boils down to me not liking math and having a hard time with it. In addition to that, I ordered my books on-line, and because of the wait, I fell behind in my assignments. Once I get caught up and adjusted to going to school five days a week (usually I don't go more than three days) I'll be just fine. I also have all the help I'll need with math, I just need to seek that help out.

Overall, this summer was a pretty good one. I was busy in May, relaxed in June, and went to my first convention in July. I didn't draw or write much, but that can always be done later. It's a shame to see another summer gone by, but at the same time I feel as if I'm moving forward with my life. I think I'm going to like my journalism class, and if I do, I'll probably take up that as a major. After all, I can't waste all of my college life not knowing what I want to do.

I'm also glad today is Labor day. No school, no work. Just some time to relax, and catch up with work. Speaking of which, I should get going. I've still got math and journalism homework to do. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/3242780/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/3242780/ Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:55:28 PDT
This club owner, , used artwork that , and drew for me. The artwork itself was stolen from Silver Style, here. [link] Sometimes I'm tempted to pull down the gift section, but why should I let the actions of others ruin the gift that friends have given me. If she refuses to take down the icon, I'll report her to DA. Any help on the matter would be appreciated.

And thanks to for the heads up! ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/3080576/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/3080576/ Mon, 09 Aug 2004 07:19:26 PDT [link] this isn't showing up for me at all. Is it my computer, or does DA still have bugs? Because I find that I can occasionally go directly to the user's page and see the icons, other times nothing loads. Weird.

I was also having a problem seeing journals at all in the messages center of DA. However, that problem seems to be fixed now.

Don't get me wrong, I like this new version of DA, but I don't like the bugs. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2888939/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2888939/ Thu, 15 Jul 2004 13:16:07 PDT [link] ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2786356/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2786356/ Fri, 02 Jul 2004 08:35:37 PDT
I also can't believe Anthrocon is in one week. And my vacation from work starts this Monday. It's going to be an interesting vacation to say the least. I've never been to a convention before. I'm a little nervous, but at the same time I still need to take the first step. Since I live in Philly, I have less than half of the expenses of most con goers. The downside is, since I have no car yet, I'll still be taking the bus or getting dropped off.

-_-;

(And is it just me or DA a bit slow in displaying everything today?) ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2769993/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2769993/ Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:25:13 PDT
IE is still my default broswer, so I'll probably make frequent use of them both. Can anyone tell me if Thunderbird is worth installing or not? ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2769764/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2769764/ Wed, 30 Jun 2004 07:45:25 PDT
Posted here because LJ is in Read Only mode. That and I need to take better care of my DA account. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2739140/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2739140/ Sat, 26 Jun 2004 06:27:12 PDT
Maybe I'll finally have that half of the art trade with done. Then I can move on to other things, and get back to drawing. But, ack for the moment I have to get going. Saturday morning stuff to attend to. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2731385/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2731385/ Fri, 25 Jun 2004 06:52:52 PDT [link]

Now, to the real point of this journal entry:

It is just me or does it seem that now that school is out, online thieves have a lot more time on their hands? Just this week alone I've come across four sites that have stolen things from either myself or friends. It could be directly linked content from my Balto website [link] , information stolen word for word, or gift art that I had up on Silver Style, where they made my fursonia into their personal character. It's just frustrating all around. I've had some success with e-mail, and the rest calls for tightening the security on my site. That means disabling right-clicking and preventing hot-linking with .htacces.

I'm not sure what I can do about the art thieves though. I'd like to prevent it from happening. Even if it was gift art that I didn't draw, it's still my character. I'll see how it all works out. Luckily these people stealing from me, also want me to link to their sites, so I already have something over them.

Anyway, back to being on hold on the phone. It's amusing how when typing up a journal entry, being on hold isn't so bad. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2715756/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2715756/ Mon, 21 Jun 2004 23:28:15 PDT
I've also got a bit of unfinished artwork and unedited fiction on my hard drive. Hopefully I'll get around to finishing, and uploading it soon.

I also have an art trade with to finish coloring. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2444950/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2444950/ Mon, 17 May 2004 00:02:14 PDT
So, hopefully I'll have new artwork uploaded more often. Hopefully. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2395593/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2395593/ Sun, 09 May 2004 21:49:08 PDT
For now, I've added some stuff to the scraps sections. I'm also debating if I should use it just for unfinished stuff or if I should upload photos there too. Ah, I'll decide later, after the final. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2254805/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2254805/ Mon, 19 Apr 2004 10:03:50 PDT ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2021460/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/2021460/ Tue, 16 Mar 2004 02:36:26 PST
Knowing me, I'll probably fall asleep in class. ]]> ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/1969861/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/1969861/ Tue, 09 Mar 2004 12:12:06 PST ~silverhuskey http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/1877194/ http://silverhuskey.deviantart.com/journal/1877194/ Fri, 20 Feb 2004 10:25:53 PST
Also, I haven't given up the notion on getting into VCL. I just want to go there when I truely do have new artwork and furry fiction to show off.

Lunch sound good right now, I go get food. ]]> ~silverhuskey