http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:so-normal&section=today deviantART RSS for by:so-normal en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:02:26 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/28985108/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/28985108/ Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:52:48 PST
I got lost in two bookstores, tried to go home, and then realized that my journal was gone. It's fairly nice, as journals go - the front cover is metallic and textured, and the back is black - and there was a pen stuck between the pages.

I lost my keys today, too. I left them on the bus from Amherst center to UMass. I waited for that bus and got them back. There is one success.

On Saturday, I lost my wallet. It fell out of my shoulder bag somewhere between Talbot House and Mendenhall. There is another success - I went back to my room only to find an email telling me that someone had found it and was able to meet me later and return it to me.

I return to the art of losing. Elizabeth Bishop rings in my ears: the art of losing isn't hard to master. I've been doing a lot of losing lately. I've lost the tangible but what's tangible is so easy to recover. Keys and wallets can be replaced. Even the money - I lost $20 in the wallet confusion, but all of my ID and debit cards were still there. In the grand scope of things, it could have been a lot worse.

I'm losing control, for sure. That's not tangible. That's harder to get back. I'm losing my sense of self, something that I was really set in when I left Putney. I think Putney is really good at telling kids that they know who they are.

I've lost words now. I lost words about my trip to Denver, about the clouds I felt, about how I experienced a kind of death on the flight back home. I remember writing that. I lost words about desire and confusion. I remember the confusion - that will never go away. I wrote down some book titles - something about Art Education in the 21st Century, something else about DIY Sex Toys, something something about Trees And Folklore - I will look these up later. I always want books.

I've lost words about love and guilt. I have lost words about panic about panic, about the unapproachability of the spaces that I have found myself in almost every day lately. I'm still losing them. I will never remember all of those words - there were words about gender and about trying to define mine. There were words about my body. There were a lot of words about my body. Those words in particular were some of the hardest to lose; I don't know if people see this in me. I had been writing down a lot of specifics. I was going to write down more body words when I realized the little book was missing.

I return to old words. I return to old words a lot - these are some I wrote when I was sixteen, stuck in a space where I was trying hard to move forward. I did an ink piece inside this poem of a tide pool and every thought floating out to sea. I didn't paint the thoughts. I left an empty tide pool. One starfish rested, alone, on the underwater sand.

MORE THAN ONE

I lost my jack-in-the-pulpit;
my faith was gone almost forever-
and so was my rightness and spirit
sometimes. I waited, but I never

found the books I lost, or my insides-
or my inspiration. I lost my rhyme
and music; I lost the starfish and tides.
I lost control. I lost spare change (a dime

or two remain), and everything turned brown
or chunky beige or pink maroon
and smelled like apples falling down
and rotting. I lost the moon.

I lost my smallness and my study
habits. I lost my outlook (once)
awhile ago. My view is muddy
now. I know I lost every chance

I had to think about my friends
or my brother, gone in the abyss
of skateboarding and adolescence.
I lost my lunch. My first kiss

is lost to nobody. I lost my mind
(as always)- and lost my way back
home. I never thought I’d find
anything. I lost track

of the days– lost thoughts of time.
The minutes are gone, the hours spent
waiting to stop waiting; I know I’m
still so busy losing I can't think what else I’ve lost.

So here I am, returning to old words. I can return to old words all I want, and I realize that I still have them. I have a lot of them, especially lately, in the spaces where I've been allowing the nonsense to leak out of fingertips. I have been giving myself space to write badly and have thus been able to show up to the page.

I feel a little like I've lost a piece of myself. That happens a lot, though, and sometimes I actively partake in the act of killing pieces of myself. That"s okay. It's really okay.

Today I panicked. I panicked and called Bird. Watsky walked by afterwards, and she calmed me down a little. The bus people had my keys, so I waited and called my parents. My mother was so kind - empathetic, even - and tells me that I'm on the right track, and then my dad lit a candle an d said he hoped I would find it. I hoped to find it too. I called the bookstores. I got my keys back and went... ]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/28950894/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/28950894/ Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:14:16 PST
I have a lot of art stuff to do. It'll be fun.

I have a lot of family to do things for, too. Lots of stuff. Stuff stuff stuff.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/28698784/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/28698784/ Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:57:48 PST EDIT: OMG. WHO BOUGHT ME A SUB. OMG OMG OMG.
*passes out*
you're too nice to meeeee

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I've been promising that I would get this together, and it's hard, because there are a lot of things that I consider wanting but I always back out because of my strange issue with self-worth and what I feel I deserve. (I don't ask for things very often.)

But here it is, because people have asked (and by people, I mean Diane. Silly Diane. Ze can probably get close to anything out of me)

Art?
Any of my characters. They live [link] here.
Collages.
Anything beautiful. Anything you consider beautiful. Anything that explores beauty and selves is a gift.
I love ATC's. I like trading ATC's, too.
Livejournal icons! I have like 4 and I like to diversify. (100x100 size)
Words.

Tangible? Requiring money? (If you want to bother.)
Art supplies. Any and all.
BLANK BOOKS. BLANK JOURNALS. BLANK SKETCHBOOKS. particularly books with inspiring covers/quotes inside them!

& Books & Films
Wholphin Documentary vol 8- [link]

something on anatomy?

Other?
Gifts to the world! Donate to your favorite organization/charity. Write to a representative about something that matters to you. Make activist art. And then tell me about it. That's a wonderful gift.

......This is nonsense!
Contact me via note or neopound PM for my address.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/28103998/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/28103998/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:42:15 PST So I haven't been showing up, so I need to take a further unspoken hiatus from most of the internet. Don't worry. I'll still be here. I just need to think about school and writing right now. Don't expect too much of me; know that I still care about everyone I know here, and I'll be back come December.

[edit]

Also, if you're doing NaNoWriMo this month, add me here! [link]

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/27942423/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/27942423/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:51:35 PDT I can't stop thinking about:
- folklore & mythology
- mental illnesses
- writing
- nonsense
- anxieties
- re-delving

I am exhausted.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/27734843/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/27734843/ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:31:58 PDT It's been awhile. I stole this from Meep. I wanted to bump that months-old journal off my front page.

Rule #1: If you open this you take it.
Rule #2: You are NOT ALLOWED to explain ANYTHING unless someone messages you and asks.
Rule #3: Tag 25 random people. (That means you everyone who reads this.)

Answer: True or False
Q: Kissed someone on your friends list? True.
Q: Been arrested? False
Q: Do you like someone? True
Q: Held a snake? True
Q: Been suspended from school? False
Q: Sang karaoke? True
Q: Done something you told yourself you wouldn't do? True
Q: Laughed until you started crying? True
Q: Caught a snowflake on your tongue? True
Q: Kissed in the rain? True
Q: Sang in the shower? True
Q: Sat on a roof top? True
Q: Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? False
Q: Broken a bone? True
Q: Shaved your head? False
Q: Played a prank on someone? True
Q: Shot a gun? False
Q: Donated Blood? False

Last Person
1. You hung out with? My family
2. You texted? My friend Leigh
3. You were in a car with? My family
4. Went to the movies with? Idk.
5. Person you went to shop with? Idk.
6. You talked on the phone? Erin.
7. Made you laugh? Dad.
8. You hugged? Little brother.

Answer Truthfully
1. Sun or moon? Moon.
2. Winter or Fall? Fall.
3. Left or Right? Left-wing, right-handed.
4. Sunny or rainy? Sunshine.
5. Where do you live? Massachusetts. Or the Congo.
6. Club or pub? Club.
7. Are there 1 or 2 people who you can always trust and rely on? More than that! I'm lucky.
8. Do you want to get married? Probably not. I don't know if I'm meant for monogamy.
9. Do you twirl your spaghetti or cut it? Twirl, with both spoon and fork.
10. What time is it? 11:00. I'm going to make a wish in eleven minutes.
11. Are you afraid of commitment? No. Yes. Depends.
12. What is your greatest hope/wish? Too big for here and now.
13. Do you cook? Eggs or macaroni and cheese.
14. Current mood? Sleepy! And uncertain.
15. Color of underwear? Polka dots.

In the Last 48 Hours, Have You
1. Sang? Yup. We had a long car ride.
2. Listened to music? Yup. Long car ride.
3. Danced Crazy? Yup, for sure.
4. Cried? Nope.
5. Liked someone you can't have? I don't think so.

25 Firsts
1. Who was your first prom date? I didn't have prom!
2. Who was your first roommate? Clara Anllo. She was from Spain and probably on speed. I moved.
3. What alcoholic beverage did you drink when you got drunk the first time? I don't remember. I think it was vodka.
4. What was your first job? Camp counselor.
5. What was your first car? I don't have a driver's license. Awesome.
6. When did you go to your first funeral and viewing? My step-granddad. I was eight.
7. Who was your first grade teacher? Ms. Matos! ...She thought I read too fast. Now I read too slow.
9. Where did you go on your first ride on an airplane? When I was six weeks old. We moved to Tanzania.
10. When you snuck out of your house for the first time? I don't think I ever did.
11. Who was your first best friend? Jas. She's still around. I think she's in New Zealand.
12. Who was your first best Friend in high school? Greg! I miss him a lot.
13. Where was your first sleepover? Jas's house, fa sure.
14. Who is the first person you call when you have a bad day? Marta, maybe, or Bird. Or I'm online with Diane. Leigh, lately a little.
15. Who's wedding were you in the first time you were a bridesmaid or groomsman? I was a flower girl at my aunt's wedding. My dress wouldn't twirl.
16. What is the first thing you did when you got up this morning? stumbled upstairs for breakfast (I slept in the basement).
17. What was the first concert you went to? Juan Luis Guerra when I was 11.
18. What was the last concert you went to? Girlyman!
19. First tattoo or piercing? 9 years old, regular ears.
20. First celebrity crush? I don't remember.
21. Current celebrity crush? Kaki King. Ty Greenstein.
22. First crush? I don't remember.
23. Current crush? ELCLAQgaaaaah
24. First time you tied your shoe laces? I don't remember. Age 3 or 4?

Seven names you go by
1. Tree
2. Treacy
3. Tree-acy
4. C
5. Caitlin
6. Crunch
7. Caitlin Treacy Tree

Three things you are wearing right now:
1. all clothing
2. from the
3. men's section

Three things you want very badly at the moment:
1. reciprocation
2. understanding
3. peace

Three people who will probably fill this out:
I don't know?!

Two things you did last night:
1. Wrote part of a play
2. Argued sexual assault survivor rights

... ]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/26916160/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/26916160/ Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:08:27 PDT I miss music so much when I'm not in the thick of it. But I'm going to throw myself back in. And back to school soon. Sophomore soon. I'll see my mom in two days. My mom thinks everything will be fine. She's probably right. I'm having a conscience explosion, finding myself wanting to talk to my mom about all of everything. Help me, mom. You know. You know what to do, or you don't, but will you listen to me and support me as all of the words tumble forward. Mothers are wise in the way that makes me nervous to bring forth anything else. In the meantime, I've been neglecting the internet, half from being busy and half entirely on purpose. I don't want to get sucked back in. I've been really enjoying living instead. I have more words for myself this way.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/26777456/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/26777456/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:48:17 PDT currently am going through my devart inbox, poking, prodding, dealing.
camp is done. the sadness of leaving lingers a little. don't know if people quite realize what it is to spend all of two months immersed in something and then get cut off out of nowhere. not sure at this point. I kind of just don't want to be alone at this point.
I filled a journal, though.
and now have three blank ones. blank journals are a new kind of exciting that I have never really experienced.
wreckable.
gender, too.
all kinds of thoughts mishmosh.
I remain in limbo.
we'll see.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/25292102/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/25292102/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:30:22 PDT AT CAMP. Way limited internet access. Don't expect my usual comments-etc for awhile. For now, mostly working on catching up.

Don't worry. Still <3 you all.

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<sup>Finish art cards:
Exchange picture:
Mail-collab sketch [for Olivia-->Lynx]:
Mail-collab sketch [for Lynx-->Diane]:
Mail-collab shading: [receive from Lynx-->mail Diane]
Art card exchange picture [Meggie]:

Self-portrait:</sup>

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/25202422/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/25202422/ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:16:56 PDT Hi everyone. Nice to meet you. I've met you before, I'm sure, but this time, I have to tell you my name.

Hi, everyone. I'm Tree. You may know me as Skatey or as Caitlin or Treacy or something else entirely. That's okay. You can call me that. But know that I'm Tree. Hello, name. Hello, self. Self. Self. Self.

Other news. My art cards are done! Now I have drawn a full picture, albeit small, of every single one of my characters. That feels kind of monumental.

There is always more to do. For now, I'm going to listen to music and think about returning to familiar places.

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^{Finish art cards:
Contest entry [Kei]:
Contest entry [Meggie]:
Exchange picture:
Mail-collab sketch [for Olivia-->Lynx]:
Mail-collab sketch [for Lynx-->Diane]:
Mail-collab shading: [receive from Lynx-->mail Diane]
Art card exchange picture: [waiting for info]
Self-portrait:} *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/25137897/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/25137897/ Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:07:41 PDT My chill time in the Congo is coming to a close. Come Wednesday, I will be back in real-internet-land. Camp starts on the 19th, so I won't be around nearly as much as I have been. I hope I can finish at least a few important art-things before that all starts.

Not much else to say. I just wanted to help myself keep track of the artstuff I have yet to do.

I think I might have figured out my name. This is so tentative I don't know what to do with myself.

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<sup>Finish art cards:
Contest entry [Kei]:
Contest entry [Meggie]:
Exchange picture:
Mail-collab sketch [for Olivia-->Lynx]:
Mail-collab sketch [for Lynx-->Diane]:
Mail-collab shading: [receive from Lynx-->mail Diane]
Art card exchange picture: [waiting for info]
Self-portrait: http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/24984184/ Wed, 27 May 2009 17:23:42 PDT Man, summer vacation. I am reminding myself that I am having a good time.

I spend my days making art, hopping between things. My art cards are getting done! I have more to work on, too. Contest entries, finishing personal projects, fanart for my RL friend's fursona (squeeee!), and an exchange picture.

Lots to be done. I have no energy right now. Oh wait, it's 1:30 in the morning. Duuurh.

I don't know why I never update my dA journal.</sup>

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^{ART FEATURES: [link]}

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<sup>Art Card Progress
City/Modern Day - DONE:
Dante:
Luke:

Renaissance:
Rustica-
Kie:
Whis:
Ever:
Puntas:
Morgance:
Wanderers-
Tate:
Myrhna: http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/24939473/ Mon, 25 May 2009 11:04:22 PDT NO MOAR FEETURS. 10 is enough.

FEATURES
- Dragon's digital painting style is just the bee's knees.


- Meep has such a clever, unique way of expressing herself.


- Lynxiicakes draws such bright cheerful pictures. :3


- Vuh vuh versatile! Kned's poses are very expressive and relaxed, and her coloring is lovely~


- Really special, unique, beautiful characters from a really special, unique, beautiful mind.
http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/24791040/ Sat, 16 May 2009 17:08:14 PDT EDITOkay so I muxxxed around with ¢mindfuckx's CSS which is prob'ly really BORING of me but I have no idea what I'm doing. D:

I'll figure it out tomorrah.

---

Thanks to some confusions and switchoffs with Diane =ninetails390-pants, I've managed to acquire myself a subscription! Whoopee! I feel trendy.

I'll fiddle with my CSS tomorrow or Monday. I don't understand CSS at all but I want to play with it and make it pretty. Hmmm. Headers and footers and headers and footers. Thinking thinking

Art and flowers. I'll do a feature at some point once I figure this out.

...Yay! :'3




Yay!</sup>

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/24587615/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/24587615/ Mon, 04 May 2009 16:28:54 PDT is
my
birt day


yaaaaay

I'm old.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/24481671/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/24481671/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:30:42 PDT D'you like lovely art?

I love lovely art.


So here's what you should do...

Commission =ninetails390 so that she can buy supplies to make MORE lovely art. <3

[link] [link] [link] [link] [link]

<3333333

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/24215450/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/24215450/ Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:19:13 PDT I'm posting this here, because I know a lot of GLBT people and allies float around the website, and I'm trying hard to get the word out.

I don't know if you have heard about this but it's starting to spread around the internet and the Smith campus like wildfire.

[link]

Amazon has been removing the sales rankings from GLBT literature, classifying them as "adult". (Even young adult literature falls under this category. So do a few children's books- "Heather Has Two Mommies" being the most well-known example.) Amazon is making it so that these books are difficult to search, and also making it so that the top searches for the term "homosexuality" include "A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality", "You Don't Have to Be Gay", and "For The Bible Tells Me So".

If you feel like forwarding this to friends, feel free. If you feel like reposting, go ahead.

I'm just angry.

- Skatey

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/23873239/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/23873239/ Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:31:16 PDT So it's been awhile!

I'll do 10 features of 3 pieces each.

Post away me lovelies! Be sure to check out mes amies~ guh lorious art workss. Wish I could show thumbs. That's always fun.


1. - paws!
[link]
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2. - I seem to like when you use brown o:
[link]
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3. - I love the way you do mooshy sentimental pictures.
[link]
[link]
[link]

4. - Everything you draw feels so fresh and kleen
[link]
[link]
[link]

5. - watching your art is like walking into a fairy tale. <3
[link]
[link]
[link]

6. - you draws the loveliest of interactions between characters!
[link]
[link]
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7. - unique style, and always interesting poses
[link]
[link]
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8. - always interesting and often hilarious scenarios when you draw
[link]
[link]
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9. - every medium you pick up has something new and different and beautiful (and often whimsical) about it in your art. i have great admiration.
[link]
[link]
[link]

10. http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/23203757/ Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:48:44 PST


<sup>LOVE IT.

...I want to make so much art all the time, now. What!

I'm becoming moth-rat. It's me.</sup>

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/23044119/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/23044119/ Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:20:07 PST Tralalalalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa no angst.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/22939957/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/22939957/ Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:06:11 PST this is what it sounds like when doves cry

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/22843542/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/22843542/ Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:15:50 PST Cross-posted from livejournal.

So this is amazing.
I'm a first-year student here, and they don't allow first-years to declare a major yet.
So because I'm not YET a declared art major, I couldn't get into the upper level drawing class offered here.

Uh, confusing? Okay.

Well, I need to be in an art class to maintain my emotional self. Read: Will go insane if I'm not taking art.

SO after much petitioning, I ended up in an upper-level printmaking class with my amazing professor from last semester! So here I am, in not one but two studio classes. So much free artistic rein ahhhh I love this.

Thus, my schedule is as follows:

Lecture: ART HISTORY: APPROACHES TO VISUAL REPRESENTATION
M W F 11:00 AM-12:10 PM
Lecture: SURVEY OF LATIN AMERICAN LIT II
M W 1:10 PM-2:30 PM
Studio: ART OF THEATRE DESIGN
M W 2:40 PM-4:00 PM
Lecture: ART OF TRANSLATION: POETRY,POLITICS,PRACTICALITY
M 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Studio: OFFSET PRINTMAKING II
T Th 1:00 PM-4:00 PM

AGDJHKSH I'm excited.

more art more art more time more art

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/22711563/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/22711563/ Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:13:18 PST
I want to shock myself. I haven't been doing that.

I feel really stagnant.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/22411771/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/22411771/ Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:40:21 PST I got my main account back but not my sides (hopefully by this I mean "not my sides YET")

yay, though.

I got chain frozen on neopets.

...stuff.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/21616324/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/21616324/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:12:07 PST I was looking at the DD's, again, and saw this - [link] ... and the description kind of made me angry.

"There's something about Child labour 1 by ~GMBAkash that makes me feel thankful for what I have, and wished I could do more. (Suggested by *serhatdemiroglu and Featured by ^estudio)"

I understand, yes, why they decided to feature the piece. But the description? COME ON NOW. "WISHED I COULD DO MORE?"

You can ALWAYS, ALWAYS do more.

...Or maybe I'm just an activist at heart. Disregard this. I just feel ventful when people look at a terrible situation and say, "Oh, how sad. Mm. Wish there was something I could do." And then they go on about their daily lives. If you really care, be a part of the movement...

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
-Mahatma Gandhi

/rant

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/21316810/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/21316810/ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:45:56 PST I voted today.

It's like being a part of history, really.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/21202680/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/21202680/ Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:59:09 PDT This is what college life is like:

To quote my grandmother,
"I was NEVER homesick, had the greatest time, never opened a book, learned to play Bridge, almost lost my scholarship, and decided to major in Phys. Ed. so I could just play games forever."

I will not be majoring in Phys. Ed. I can promise you that.

I will, however, be busier than ever for the next four years-- as I have been, in case you haven't noticed. There's hardly a lull; each day seems nuttier than the last. It's not all school; there are friends and student orgs (I'm secretary of the pro-choice organization).

My history class is like a huge live-action roleplay. My feminist history class is all about women and space. My Spanish comp class is fun and refreshing and makes me feel smart. My drawing class keeps me sane; right now I'm drawing a Descartes bust, and for entertainment purposes I gave it a handlebar moustache.

I love college. I'm swamped with work (and other things)!

I love you all. I'm still here, I promise; just less so. But that doesn't stop me from caring.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

I promise!

Don't forget about me, even though I'm quieter than ever lately! I'm still reading about all of your lives and looking at all of your art, and I'm trying to make time to keep commenting.

(My friend J. Poon just showed up in my doorway and handed me a mug of frothy hot chocolate. "I bought a hot chocolate frother at CVS today."

"What FOR?" I asked.

"...Come ON now. It's a HOT CHOCOLATE FROTHER."

Oh. Duh. Why didn't I think of that.)

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/20292194/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/20292194/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:57:30 PDT People need to stop telling people they can't do things.

...Speaking of doing things, I have a lot of things to do.

...That's all. I think. On the bright side, I got into most of the classes I wanted! And hopefully I can take Latin.

Cross my fingers.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/20182387/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/20182387/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:43:38 PDT So I made it to college and my tablet died.

It worked two days ago, and now it's just dead. COMPLETELY

SUCKSSSJDSHGL.

So needless to say you won't be seeing any digital art from me until I scrounge enough money together to buy a new one. If I can install my printer/scanner (but I can't find the installation disc?!!), then maybe you'll see art.

...KLSDFJ

oh well.

(SHITTY this had to happen just when I became a poor-er college student.)

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/20005337/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/20005337/ Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:39:16 PDT So I'm home
(kind of)
from camp.

It was amazing. I'm so happy I went. I directed two musicals (The Lion King and Annie) with a cast of kids who were all like 12-and-under (and did all the costuming AND set design MYSELF... and maybe I will post pictures for you?)

and I co-directed a play (Cinderella Wore Combat Boots) in which Cinderella wears combat boots

and I met wonderful people

and got really excited

and got really stressed out, more often than not

and kept in ridiculous touch with Diane, and her letters were often my favorite part of my day :3

AND NOW I AM BACK. Glad to be back.

But SO SO SO glad I went.

...I'll be back next year if I have any say in the matter.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/18970367/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/18970367/ Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:00:53 PDT goodness gracious I keep forgetting this journal thing exists.

ANYWAY I'm leaving BUT FRET NOT MY MUFFINS. I'll be back at the end of august! I might even be on a little this summer to check on you and all your drama.

(WOW that sentence sounded condescending and it wasn't supposed to I promise)

So off I go to earn money by taking care of rich summer camp kids. It's gonna be a BLAST

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/18631210/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/18631210/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:44:34 PDT I graduated yesterday

everything is surreal

I might not be online much

I have a lot to do

etc.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/18405164/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/18405164/ Mon, 19 May 2008 19:05:01 PDT It's become so easy to hate what I do

and I hate that.

My exhibition is over. I'm a little overwhelmed by that.

I don't know. This isn't supposed to be venting or whining or carrying on.

I'm just sort of... dksjfaldsja;ldksjalsd?

I don't know.

It never goes away.

I want to make so much more art.

HAT IS GOING ON

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/18134684/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/18134684/ Fri, 02 May 2008 14:46:03 PDT o hai guise

so uh monday-friday I'll be gone. I'm going on a school-affiliated WRITERS' RETREAT. it'll be epic. fill me in if I miss any webdrama. :P

monday is my birthday. (ALREADY?)

...not much else to say.

5 OR 6 FULL INK WORKS LEFT. THEN NITPICKING. THEN DONE. HOJEEZ

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/17754348/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/17754348/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:40:28 PDT Miss Diane and I were on the topic of radical Christians and how ridiculous they are.

I have no problem with Christianity.

I have no problem with organized religion.

I have problems with organized religion butting into my life.

THE GOTH QUIZ.

Is Your Child a Goth? Presented by St. Mary's Church

Listed below are some warning signs to indicate if your child may have gone astray from the Lord. Gothic (or goth) is a very obscure and often dangerous culture that young teenagers are prone to participating in. The gothic culture leads young, susceptible minds into an imagined world of evil, darkness, and violence. Please seek immediate attention through counselling, prayer, and parental guidance to rid your child of Satan's temptations if five or more of the following are applicable to your child.

-Frequently wears black clothing. [naw]
-Wears band and/or rock t-shirts. [i have a couple]
-Wears excessive black eye makeup,lipstick or nail polish. [definitely not]
-Wears any odd silver jewelry or symbols. [silver infinity bracelet. odd?]
-Shows an interest in piercings or tattoos. [naaah.]
-Listens to gothic or any other anti-social genres of music. (Marilyn Manson claims to be the anti-Christ, and publicly speaks against the Lord. Please discard any such albums IMMEDIATELY.) [ahahaaa yes. marilyn manson isn't gothic, lolz]
-Associates with other people that dress, act or speak eccentrically. [pshwaaa yes]
-Shows a declining interest in wholesome activities, such as: the Bible, prayer, church or sports. [I AM NOT WHOLESOME]
-Shows an increasing interest in death, vampires, magic, the occult, witchcraft or anything else that involves Satan. [no]
-Takes drugs. [no]
-Drinks alcohol. [not anymore]
-Is suicidal and/or depressed. [let's not go there]
-Cuts, burns or partakes in any other method of self-mutilation. (This is a Satanic ritual that uses pain to detract from the light of God and His love. Please seek immediate attention for this at your local mental health center.) [no. but that second part makes me want to.]
-Complains of boredom. [duhduhduhduhduh]
-Sleeps too excessively or too little. [duhduhduhduhduh I'M IN HIGH SCHOOL]
-Is excessively awake during the night. [not excessively, but yeah]
-Demands an unusual amount of privacy. [...HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH]
-Spends large amounts of time alone. [nahhh]
-Requests time alone and quietness. (This is so that your chid may speak to evil sprits through meditation.) [YES]
-Insists on spending time with friends while unaccompanied by an adult. [NAWWW YOU THINK?]
-Disregards authority figures; teachers, priests, nuns and elders are but a few examples of this. [lol]
-Misbehaves at school. [lololololol. well I've broken rules before, but not MAJORWTF RULES]
-Misbehaves at home. [fah-shwiiiinggg]
-Eats excessively or too little [yeah sometimes]
-Eats goth-related foods. Count Chocula cereal is an example of this. [oh noes not the cereal]
-Drinks blood or expresses an interest in drinking blood. (Vampires believe this is how to attain Satan. This act is very dangerous and should be stopped immediately.) [oh good gravy]
-Watches cable television or any other corrupted media sources. (Ask your local church for proper programs that your child may watch.) [CABLE IS THE DEVIL actually no I don't watch TV but the internets are more corrupted]
-Plays video games that contain violence or role-playing nature. [lolol yeah]
-Uses the internet excessively and frequently makes time for the computer. [lol internet]
-Makes Satanic symbols and/or violently shakes head to music. [I had a failed headbang fest earlier today]
-Dances to music in a provocative or sexual manner. [er no]
-Expresses an interest in sex. [ha ha ha I'M A TEENAGER]
-Masturbates. [if you don't then you're lying]
-Is homosexual and/or bisexual. [lol yeah]
-Pursues dangerous cult religions. Such include: Satanism, Scientology, Philosophy, Paganism, Wicca, Hinduism and Buddhism. [buddhism is dangerous, clearly]
-Wears pins, stickers or anything else that contains these various phrases: "I'm so gothic, I'm dead", "woe is me", "I'm a goth". [that's not tacky at all]
-Claims to be a goth. [no sir]

If five or more of these apply to your child, please intervene immediately. The gothic culture is dangerous and Satan thrives within it. If any of these problems persist, enlist your child into your local mental health center.

~St. Mary's Catholic Church

So my grand total is: TWENTY-TWO

...I AM GOTHIC

...End.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/17629441/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/17629441/ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:06:09 PDT JUST KIDDING

Uh, nothing else. Deviantart is dumb.

Poetic forms are hard.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/17183975/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/17183975/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:26:06 PST So things are okay. Weird, but okay.

It's been awhile since I last updated. I've noticed something- every time I get even a small break from school, I START PRODUCING PICTURES.

And I have three weeks in glorious (!?!?) HOT Guatemala. I'm going to be producing pictures. It's like the art block disappears whenever I leave school.

Or the schedule block. That must be what it is. I HAVE TIME TO MAKE PICTURES. ;o;

TO DO:
Scholarships?
2 Subeta Commissions for that foxlady.
Olivia the Chipmunk.
Short Story for exhibition.

VEG. I WILL ALSO VEG.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/16421531/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/16421531/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:37:12 PST I had an epiphany- my life is good. Damn good.

It's senior spring, and I have time for an escape now. This upcoming weekend is Winter Fun. Good times.

I don't update this journal enough anymore. If you have a livejournal, add me and I will add you back! Mine is currently set to "friends only", but either way my username is "createsunspots" (lolz).

Art to do:
NAKED TREE LADIES
Olivia the chipmunk.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/16034880/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/16034880/ Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:47:23 PST Wintertime sickies in Florida. (I kind of hate Florida.)

I don't know what to do for any of my Christmas gifts (for my friends). I have... oh, five to do. But they have to be five SPECTACULAR GIFTS. And I'm just not a spectacular person.

I got into college (yay). And I still need to draw an entry for that contest. Sometime. I think I have a little time. And chipmunks. I have to do chipmunks.

Oh blah blah blah. I'm happy, really I am. Just sickish and tired.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/15834279/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/15834279/ Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:47:10 PST ROARR RRRFGH

Wish me much leg breakage for the play that I am performing in less than a week.

Also I am done with (most of) my school work so I am going to make pictures I hope. I have not had time to make pictures in a very long time, except for this awful full-size crap thing for my advanced drawing class blah blah blah blah blah.

I find out from my first choice college whether I got in in FIVE DAYS OMG! D:

Gotta gotta gotta gotta:

- think up xmas gifts :< (dec 25th)
- olivia's chipmunk thing (dec 25~~27)
- dad's LOGOTIPO for corn island (tentative????)
- super contest entry (jan 1st)
- GET INTO COLLEGE?!~!!!>@>!>!>fjdh

death.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/15670500/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/15670500/ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:30:33 PST So everything's fine.

Yup. That's it.

STILL TO DO AGJHKJLH BEFORE DECEMBER eeeee!

- think up xmas gifts :<
- olivia's chipmunk thing
- dad's LOGOTIPO for corn island
- super contest entry
- MORE STUFF PROBABLY SDKJGHLDSK


death.

^{ihateguatemala}

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/15492426/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/15492426/ Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:59:30 PST ”You can ask me THREE questions.
No matter how crazy, inappropriate, or random they are.
I will answer 100% truthfully or as close to the truth as I can.

Now here's the dare.
You must put this in your journal.
See what other people will ask you."

Stolen from ~MeHae :3

AERGHGHHH MY COLLEGE APP IS DUE IN TWO DAYS D: D:

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/15379405/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/15379405/ Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:51:47 PST So um. Let's explode the other journal and have a fresh new one, since it's been almost a month.

6 months came and went. :> Yay! I'm still on my happy-cloud.

I'm obscenely busy with college things and with homework and also homework and also college things. But mostly homework and college things.

Applying to college is fun. I recommend it.

So hum.

All I have left to do is this

NEPAL SCARF COMMISSION for OLIVIA that's been sketched 2385 times over. But I can't make a chipmunk look enough like Olivia. Except that's what she is. TOTALLY. Small and fluffy and hyper and giggly and angsty and overdramatic and such. (This is my roommate, btw, not any famous Olivias. Although one could argue that she'll be famous someday.)

So I'm working on it. :< But blerbler. I dunno.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/15079481/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/15079481/ Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:58:42 PDT I've suddenly found myself in a pickle, worried and scared and upset for more than one person and it's taking quite a toll.

I'm afraid I have a new internet-addiction. It's a bad situation.

I'm such a livejournaler all of a sudden. Eeep!


To Do (in no particular order):
; Nepal scarf commission - Olivia [sketched]
; Bird commssion - Blythe [awaiting reference]

NOT TAKING ANYMORE ART TRADES FOR NOW. For the love of Christ.

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14923864/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14923864/ Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:27:04 PDT So let's show it off, eh?

Posted in *haipaa-shadou's journal, so now I get to do it yay!

The first fifteen people who reply to this journal and tell me that they want a spot will have me go through their gallery and pick my three favourite deviations, which in turn will be featured in this journal.

In return you'll have to post a journal like this. It is a funny way to appreciate others' work.

^_^


~DiamondXRanch:
[link] : the wings on this are just incredible.
[link] : the way the body curls on this is so lovely.
[link] : yum yum! Feathering. :3

=Intercate: (god his stuff is weird and trippy. there's a lot to look at.)
[link]
[link] (mature, but so haunting.)
[link] ...definitely not in kansas anymore.

~TaiaFox
[link] Yum so much hair. xDD
[link] The face on this one is just so lovely. :3 Ahhh I love how full the hair is.
[link] Just beautiful. <33 :3

~ninetails390
[link] - ...I cried when I saw this.
[link] - Chuuuu. :3
[link] - What a beautiful, bittersweet picture. Aqui's story = <3.

*liisake
[link] - WHAAT. This is hu-larious.
[link] - Just plain lovely. :3 What a nice moment.
[link] - Gorgeous colours, anatomy, adkafj;skj everything.

~Tavanaka
[link] - ilu owl
[link] - far too silly
[link] - SHINEE

~eruanna-lancaeriel
[link] - So lovely :3
[link] - I love the pose and character design and concept. Heeyum.
[link] - adksfjadsk gorgeous background

~SDBlaine <333~
[link] - I saw this in person and it's amaaziiinggg
[link] - hahaha you mobster :3
[link] - lovely lovely!

~ShineyShane
[link] - friggin awesome colors.
[link] - really cool image and lovely concept
[link] kyaaaaa so cute.

~serrengaet
[link] - shiny
[link] j... ]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14840903/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14840903/ Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:15:57 PDT adkjdfakfsljl too much work to do.

i'm still writing silly poems.

To Do (in no particular order):
; Nepal scarf commission - Olivia [sketched]
; Kiriban - ~Dead-dream fursona [thinking]

NOT TAKING ANYMORE ART TRADES FOR NOW. For the love of Christ. D:

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14816522/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14816522/ Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:36:47 PDT I love Jean Valentine's poems, her beautiful little words that don't make sense to anyone. Beautiful.

Jean Valentine understands my poetry. I brought in the second sestina to creative writing this morning, where we had a poetry workshop with her. The same sestina (I called it "angel, i tried,") that Chris Bagg told me needed a lot of work. The poem that he didn't like.

I read my poem today in front of everyone and I almost cried. I had to take deep breaths before every line break. No one knew what it was about (thankgod) but even Zoe Tarmy told me that it was good. Jean told me that it was 'marvelous' and 'a wonderful poem' and that it 'lends itself perfectly to the form'. She was so enthusiastic and she smiled a lot, but genuine smiling, not fake at all...

When she signed my book this morning, she smiled and said, "I remember you. Keep well; keep on writing." And then she gave me her e-mail address. Told me to keep in touch. Jean Valentine! The National Book Award winner of 2004. The poetess. A brilliant, charismatic woman. Jean Valentine.

I'm still star-struck. And I ramble and blather all throughout everything.

...And then I got to my drawing class and found that my box got stolen. My box of everything that was art supplies, all my ink and all my charcoal and graphite pencils and conte and my expensive brushes and my chamois cloth and my everything everything everything.

Ugh, what a crap end to an otherwise wonderful day.

To Do (in no particular order):
; Nepal scarf commish - Olivia [sketched]
; Kiriban - ~Dead-dream fursona [thinking]

NOT TAKING ANYMORE ART TRADES FOR NOW. For the love of Christ. D:

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14787816/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14787816/ Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:46:51 PDT This morning I was so sick and sniffly and congested and blah.
I missed class yesterday, and it doesn't feel anything like Tuesday today.
General blah.
...I'm conflicted about things, but I'm afraid of people's reactions.
So I won't.

But I feel better now. So much better.
I love you all.

To Do (in no particular order):
; Nepal scarf commish - Olivia [sketched]
; Kiriban - ~Dead-dream fursona [thinking]

NOT TAKING ANYMORE ART TRADES FOR NOW. For the love of Christ. D:

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14595306/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14595306/ Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:29:17 PDT Thank you all for your replies yesterday. I didn't really expect a bunch of sympathetic friends to all go YAY YOU WIN but it felt really nice. I wanted to erase that gross piece of vent off my front page and replace it with something nicer, level-headed-er, and generally less angsty (because I can't stand pointless devart angst. *hypocrite*).

So I'm over it. Well, for the most part. I guess my akjdsfhalsj journal from yesterday warrants a bit of explanation, though, so here's the low-down in case you care.

I got booted from my chorus because the new sponsor decided that I wasn't good enough. Boo-hoo.

Angst over because I've decided to be over it.

END.

(Also, The Path is this HEINOUS piece of so-called literature that I'm reading for my obsetax class. GROSS. In case you wondered.)

...on the bright side(?), I'm now in the play, which is a crazy Italian 19th-century (??) slapstick mess.

...Sigh. It's the same feeling as getting dumped. Or, you know, similar.

To Do (in no particular order):
; Uber-large and elaborate trade - ~ninetails390 [coloring]
; Nepal scarf commish - Olivia [sketched]
; Kiriban - ~Dead-dream fursona [thinking]

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14581309/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14581309/ Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:57:06 PDT i am a bucket yes. a bucket of FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL. and I had a panic attack in front of everyone and I hate the path and I'm an idiot apparently for wanting something that I already had but got snatched out of my hands before I even had a chance to react.

and scene.

(but talking to lyssa always helps. thank god for small favors. <3 I love you.)

To Do (in no particular order):
; Uber-large and elaborate trade - ~ninetails390 [coloring]
; Nepal scarf commish - Olivia [sketched]
; Kiriban - ~Dead-dream fursona [thinking]

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14507917/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14507917/ Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:03:36 PDT
SOMETHING WONDERFULLY EXCEEDINGLY AWESOMELY WONDERFUL HAPPENED.

In addition to me being at school, life is perfect. Life is perfect. :3

To Do (in no particular order):
; Uber-large and elaborate trade - ~ninetails390 [coloring]
; Nepal scarf commish - Olivia [sketched]
; Kiriban - ~Dead-dream fursona [thinking]

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14428841/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14428841/ Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:33:59 PDT
Took gold in Bori. That was a nice surprise, considering I didn't think I would place at all.

Working on college stuff.

And I'm stiff all over.

Nothing else to say hahaha. Say - anyone know how to get your own music on neopets petpages? I'm at a loss here, having never done it before.

To Do (in no particular order):
; Uber-large and elaborate trade - ~ninetails390 [coloring]
; Nepal scarf commish - Olivia [sketched]
; Kiriban - ~Dead-dream fursona [thinking]

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14332390/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14332390/ Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:24:13 PDT
[link] <-- vote Bori.

Gold in quiggle and fourth in uni. Ohwell.

Umm.

My stomach hurts. I've been sick in one way or another for the past week and a half. Ew.

I have so much crap to do, including asking for recommendations from all of my summer program people and... well, it's a mess. I'm tired and I don't want to apply to college..~ (just going to college would be nice, minus all the application crud).

To Do (in no particular order):
; Kiriban - ~Blobbing [redoing again D: ]
; Uber-large and elaborate trade - ~ninetails390 [coloring]
; Nepal scarf commish - Olivia [sketched]
; Kiriban - ~Dead-dream fursona [thinking]

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14214833/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14214833/ Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:27:14 PDT
[link] <-- vote uni/rant.
[link] <-- vote quiggle.

Although your picture is a cartoon, it is a cartoon of a horse more than any Neopets character. Actually saw your board and asked a couple others to view it and they also agreed that although the picture is obviously well done it is not a picture of a Uni and therefore cannot be accepted.

I saw the post too about style and the name. Your name is fine on a picture as long as it doesn't have a URL, copywrite, or trademark near it then its fine, so no it wouldn't have to do with that but it seems everyone was trying to help.

Amanda

Um well. Well then well then.
Obviously something is wrong with this picture, considering the number of unis that get passed that look more like horses than mine ever has or will.
something's up.

END.

i'm still angry. but it's a website so i should get over it duhduhduhduh.

oh and i got more shots today. ewww.

To Do (in no particular order):
; Kiriban - ~Blobbing [lining]
; Uber-large and elaborate trade - ~ninetails390 [thinking]
; Nepal scarf commish - Olivia [sketched]
; Kiriban - *Dead-dream fursona [thinking]

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14186217/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14186217/ Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:58:03 PDT Um I'm really lame in that I'm so bad at working on art that I owe people. But on the bright side I'm gonna enter the BC on friday. On the notsobright side I had a physical today and now have three holes in my arm due to long shiney needles. Ew ew ewww.

Love. Lovelovelovelovelove.

Hmm, I wish some circumstances were different. And that Lyssa was back from Europe.

To Do (in no particular order):
; Kiriban - ~Blobbing [lining]
; Uber-large and elaborate trade - ~ninetails390 [thinking]
; Nepal scarf commish - Olivia [sketched]
; Kiriban - *Dead-dream fursona [thinking]

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14024692/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/14024692/ Sun, 05 Aug 2007 06:10:31 PDT I'm back.
Yay.

...what a mess.

To Do (in no particular order):
; Kiriban - ~Blobbing [lining]
; Uber-large and elaborate trade - ~ninetails390 [thinking]
; Nepal scarf commish - Olivia [sketched]
; Kiriban - *Dead-dream fursona [thinking]

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/13354392/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/13354392/ Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:05:34 PDT Stiff neck is not fun. :<

I miss my Putneykids. ): But I can't wait til Sunday (when I'll be taking a two-month hiatus from the Internet in exchange for a wonderful time at summer camp). I love you all. :3

I'm sorry I haven't gotten on my kiribans/gimondo art trade. D: I'm a lazy/busy bum. Come August, I'll be sure to do... something about that.

To Do (in no particular order):
; Kiriban - ~Blobbing [lining]
; Uber-large and elaborate trade - ~ninetails390 [thinking]
; Nepal scarf commish - Olivia [sketched]
; Kiriban - *Dead-dream fursona [thinking]

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/13194688/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/13194688/ Sat, 02 Jun 2007 21:09:36 PDT ...time for an update.
So, here we go. I finally got a livejournal after much poking and prodding, but it's not pimped yet. Once it is, then (perhaps) I'll post it. ;3
In other news, graduation is tomorrow! And, while I'm not graduating... well, I'm going to miss my seniors. My wonderful seniors (unnamed right here and now).
I'm going away, though-- probably won't be around too much until August.
Hiatus or something. Call it what you will - I'm just going to call it summer vacation.

Love you all. I'll get back to my kiribans and the art I owe people as soon as I can. <3

To Do (in no particular order):
; Kiriban - ~Blobbing [lining]
; Uber-large and elaborate trade - ~ninetails390 [thinking]
; Nepal scarf commish - Olivia [sketched]
; Kiriban - *Dead-dream fursona [thinking]

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/12938591/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/12938591/ Sun, 13 May 2007 07:20:42 PDT I'm back, yay hooray. Don't really want to talk about the trip. (There was a creepy man with a pedo-smile named Joshua. He made me twitch.)

No further discussions.

Back home (at school that is) with the girlfriend. <3
Reaaally tired again. Already. Blaah~~

Sleep. Much sleep is needed.
Feck, I have work to do too. >.<

On the plus side, woot woot at kiribans. :3 Delicious ~Dead-dream caught my 5k. I'll make my next kiriban 10k or something.

To Do (in no particular order):
; Kiriban - ~Blobbing [RE-sketching AGAIN]
; Uber-large and elaborate trade - ~ninetails390 [thinking]
; Nepal scarf commish - Olivia (chibi & animal) [sketched]
; Ref sheet - Kuychi (personal/Diane) [thinking]
; Kiriban - ~Dead-dream fursona [thinking]

]]> *so-normal http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/12871795/ http://so-normal.deviantart.com/journal/12871795/ Mon, 07 May 2007 04:33:55 PDT No, no, not forever.
Just for a week on a silly school camp trip thing.
I'm not looking forward to it very much at all. >_> Mostly because of of the people on my trip. Blaaah~

I'll see you all in less than a week. I love you all. Thank you for the (overwhelming) number of sweet birthday wishes~~ :3

To Do (in no particular order):
; Kiriban - ~Blobbing [RE-sketching AGAIN]
; Uber-large and elaborate trade - ~ninetails390 [thinking]
; Nepal scarf commish - Olivia (chibi & animal) [sketched]
; Ref sheet - Kuychi (personal/Diane) [thinking]

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