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                <title>I'm BACK, bitches!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:51:27 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ HOOYEAH!  Fluffeh, my gigantor computer, is ALIVE!  Best Buy's Geek Squad brought him back from the dead, and I'm totally back for more shenanigans!<br /><br />Okay, in truth, I never really left to begin with, but this means that I can at least post a few arts that I make on the computer.  Not sure if my all in one printer was just screwing up with the computer or not, so I'll have to test it later.<br /><br />But since they only had to replace the video card, they didn't have to wipe my system again.  So I don't have to reinstall a bunch of stuff again.  I still need to install some things from my previous wipe, but at least it's not square one.  Glee!<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Aside from my computer news, I have another story.<br /><br />It looks like my Grandma is coming to visit for Christmas!  My Grandma (on my Dad's side) lives in Texas, and I haven't seen her in a few years.  My Dad has been a little homesick lately, so he decided to invite her up here.  She bought plane tickets to come up on Christmas Eve and stay until the Tuesday afterwards.  It will be nice to see her, but I'm not sure what all we're going to do that week.  Grandma is kind of 'get up and go', while we're kind of homey, I suppose.  The only real downside for her visiting is that I have to sleep on the couch for a few days since we let her take my room.  I remember she came to stay for Christmas a while ago, and she ended up leaving hand lotion on my doorknob, which was kinda funky.  All this means that I have to clean my room, which I spent a few hours on today, but it hardly looks like I did anything.  It sucks, I've completely grown out of my room!  I need to get rid of some things, but I know it won't make much space. >.o<br /><br />Hope everyone's Holiday season is going well.<br /><br />||Remember, there are people less fortunate than we are, so in this season of giving, lend a hand if you can, and accept what receive graciously.||<br /><br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Holiday Wishlist Project</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:35:41 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ This is one of the best ideas I've seen here on DA.  Join in on the fun! :3<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />THE BASICS: write a Christmas/Holiday wish list. It can be any 10 wishes you'd like to have granted, no matter what they are. Possible or seemingly impossible. People look and grant the wishes if they can. It's not about "OMFG PRESENTS", it's about making someone else's holiday a little brighter by giving. Personally, I get more out of giving than receiving sometimes. It's just a good feeling to give.<br /><br />STEP ONE<br /><br />** Make a post in your journal. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fun ("I'd love a Snape/Hermione icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for _____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.<br /><br />** If you wish for real possible things, make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post, whether it's your address or just your email address where Santa (or one of his elves) could get in touch with you. In this case, you can always just note someone on dA for the sake of privacy.<br /><br />** Make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your journal, so that others can join in and participate to spread the holiday joy!<br /><br /><br />STEP TWO<br /><br />** Surf this forum (<a href="http://nayruasukei.deviantart.com/journal/forum/1384491/">[link]</a>) and browse the lists. Here's the important part:<br /><br />** If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.<br /><br />** You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.<br /><br />There are no rules with this project, no guarantees, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.<br /><br /><br />My Wishlist:<br /><br />1.  I wish that the Holidays weren't such a source for stress and anger, and that people would just be happy and kind to one another.<br />2.  I wish more people knew about Vieo Una, the story my boyfriend and I are still putting together.  ~<a class="u" href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/">Vieo-Una</a> <br />3.  I wish I had the money to just be put under anesthesia and have all of my teeth problems fixed.<br />4.  I wish I could go to Disney World and Epcot with my friends and family!<br />5.  I wish for gift art. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" />  I love gift art, whether it's of my own characters, or characters from an Anime/Manga I like (Such as Rurouni Kenshin, or Ghibli movies)<br />6.  I wish for Totoro related anything!<br />7.  I wish I could lose the amount of weight I want to lose already!<br />8.  I wish I could draw backgrounds.<br />9.  I wish I could drive.<br />10. Surprises are nice. :3<br /><br />Note me here on DA if you have an answer to one of my wishes. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />For anyone wondering why I haven't been posting art lately, my computer was still having issues.  We took it into Best Buy to have the Geek Squad repair it, and with twenty computers in front of mine, it might take a little while.  I also need to figure out what's going on with my all in one printer, since while my computer was going haywire, my printer decided that it wasn't going to scan or copy.  Not sure if the problem was related or not.<br /><br />I promise I'll have work up as soon as I can.  I might end up taking pictures of some drawings at some point so I can at least update my gallery.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles and Happy Holidays!<br />~SgL<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>System Recovery</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:53:08 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I've been having trouble with my computer for a bit, and a few days ago, it just sorta all went into a spiraling hellish whirlpool.  It seems the video card was dropped, and we can only start the computer in safe mode, since the monitor goes to sleep or gets a bunch of lines on the screen after a minute or so in normal mode.  We couldn't download the driver for the video card in safemode, and the unhelpful people in gateway's customer service chat made us go through a bunch of nonsensical processes before finally telling us to do a system restore.  Ugh.<br /><br />So, I'm gonna have to back up all my pictures onto some discs or the external hard drive that we have (not sure if the external would be able to install on my computer in safe mode, we'll see).  Most of my music is backed up, but I know there's some that I'll need to save.<br /><br />On top of that, I may have to get a new all-in-one printer, since it seems that the scanner and copier don't want to do their jobs all of a sudden.  This happened before my computer melted down, so I think it's something to do with the camera or whatever it is inside the printer that takes the image from the paper and puts it on the computer.<br /><br />Art uploads are on hiatus for a little bit until I get my computer in order.  I'll probably be doing a few digital pieces once it's back to normal, but I may only be able to take photos of my traditional work until I get my all in one back.  Both my computer and my all in one printer are still under warranty, so everything should be fine even if I have to replace them.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />On the art front, I've started playing around with artist trading cards, which are just fun little pieces of bristol paper (there's a few other kinds of paper, too) generally the size of a normal playing card.  You can see all sorts of these cards by bunches of artists for sale on Etsy.  When artist's trading cards are sold, they're called ACEOs.  I don't remember what that stands for, though. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" />  You can trade them with other artists, too.<br /><br />The ATCs are sold on art supply sites, such as DickBlick, and are about three dollars for a pack of twenty cards.  The shipping might be a little annoying though, so look in your local art supply store, or craft store to see if you can find them there first.  I got mine when ~<a class="u" href="http://tyrackwolfii.deviantart.com/">TyrackWolfII</a> went to the bookstore on campus of the community college and picked a few packs up for me, so I didn't have to pay for the shipping from DickBlick.<br /><br />I've been experimenting a little with my art lately, taking a break from what I draw all the time and trying to broaden my horizons a little.  It's kind of hard to push through the wall of habit, though.  Hopefully I'll be able to figure myself and my art out soon.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Features and Artician</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:18:17 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ First, features!<br /><br />I will add the first 14 people to comment on this journal to the Promotional List.<br /><br />For each of those 14 people, I will put their avatar and three deviations I like from their gallery on the list.<br /><br />If I feature you, you'll have to do the same in your journal, putting me on the first place, completing this way the list with 14 people.  (I don't have many watchers, but I will follow the rules.  First, I'm going to feature the person who featured me on their journal.)<br /><br />1:  Tohlee: <a href="http://tohlee.deviantart.com">[link]</a><br /><br /><a href="http://tohlee.deviantart.com/art/PEEENNNNNNSSSSSSS-91684471">[link]</a><br /><a href="http://tohlee.deviantart.com/art/WEETCH-100277731">[link]</a><br /><a href="http://tohlee.deviantart.com/art/For-Moony-86007049">[link]</a><br /><br />2: Heather!: <a href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com">[link]</a><br /><br /><a href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/art/Pleeeeease-50872621">[link]</a><br /><a href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/art/Denas-Outfits-102299199">[link]</a><br /><a href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/art/Bento-31-Otakon-129859944">[link]</a><br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Artician!<br /><br />I made an Artician account!  You can see it here: <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://sammigene.artician.com/">[link]</a>  Artician.com is an art website similar to DeviantArt.  Don't worry, I'm not leaving DA!  I'm just posting my artwork there in addition to what I post here.  Artician is a new, up and coming website, with lots of customization, easy browsing, and a wonderfully easy layout.  Take a look and join if you wish!  You can watch people just the same as you do here, as well as make friends.  So go out there and spread your art! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />~<a class="u" href="http://svedios.deviantart.com/">Svedios</a>' birthday was yesterday!  Woo, she's officially an adult!  No longer in that not-a-teenager-anymore-but-not-an-adult-yet limbo!  I just went into that limbo myself last week.  Go give her birthday hugs!<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />VU News<br /><br />I'm working on a CG piece now.  I'm not sure how happy I am with it, but it should be posted within the week.  It's just practice with my new tablet, after all.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Birthday Birthday</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:52:14 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/c/cake.gif" width="32" height="32" alt=":cake:" title="Have your cake and eat it too" />Hey, lookit that, it's my birthday today!<img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/c/cake.gif" width="32" height="32" alt=":cake:" title="Have your cake and eat it too" /><br /><br />I turned twenty around six this morning, I believe.  Goodbye, teenage years!  It's bittersweet to be in age-limbo where I'm not a kid anymore, yet I'm not old enough to drink.  Either way, I'm happy for today!<br /><br />Tomorrow, I'm having ~<a class="u" href="http://svedios.deviantart.com/">Svedios</a>, ~<a class="u" href="http://tyrackwolfii.deviantart.com/">TyrackWolfII</a> and ~<a class="u" href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/">Pixelated-Beauty</a> over for some funtime, Maryland crabs, chicken, cake, and hilarity!<br /><br />I was gone from Saturday until Wednesday afternoon in Salisbury, where I spent some time with ~<a class="u" href="http://svedios.deviantart.com/">Svedios</a> and her cousins.  We spent a few hours out at Ocean City, which took a while to get to since she had to return some shoes.  But we got lunch at Cracker Barrel!  Mm, delicious!  It was nice to go to Ocean City again, since I had only been there once.  This time, I stood on the beach to catch some waves on my legs as they rolled in.  For anyone who doesn't know, Ocean City has a pretty rough beach.  In the morning, before tourists are out, surfers are often riding the waves since they're pretty much perfect for the sport.  I also saw my first plane advertisements, where small planes ride by with a big lettered tail, advertising different hotels or restaurants nearby.  I was also glad to see the Ocean City carnival is still up and running.  There was talk of maybe shutting it down due to financial reasons before summer started, but it looks like they found some funding.  I've told my parents that if we can't go to Las Vegas for my 21st birthday, I want to go to Ocean City to visit that famous Purple Moose bar!<br /><br />I also went to Otakon this year, which was pretty fun!  We went on Saturday, the 18th of July.  There was lots of walking like always, but going to the Dealer's room and Artist's alley is always fun.  I bought prints from ^<a class="u" href="http://budgie.deviantart.com/">budgie</a> and :devlonemomo:, as well as =<a class="u" href="http://luciole.deviantart.com/">luciole</a> and *<a class="u" href="http://celesse.deviantart.com/">celesse</a> sadly, I missed *<a class="u" href="http://queenofdorks.deviantart.com/">QueenOfDorks</a>!  I was so sad when I found out that I missed her booth!  Most of my money went to prints, which is pretty surprising, since I usually spend it all on plushies!<br /><br />Next year, I might dress up as Gaz, and ~<a class="u" href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/">Pixelated-Beauty</a> might dress up as Invader Tak, both characters from the television show, Invader Zim.  My cosplay really depends on how much weight I lose, since I don't want to be too chubby of a Gaz. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" /><br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />I've been working on some charms to sell on Etsy.  I'm making charms out of the Little Girl series from my gallery, and I'll also be working on some accessory charms to go with them.  Such as a skeleton key charm, a crown charm, and a ribbon charm.  I'll be posting pictures of these as soon as I work everything out.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />VU News! ~<a class="u" href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/">Vieo-Una</a><br /><br />I've been working on some sketches recently.  I fancy one in particular, but I'm still not finished, or completely satisfied with the sketch.  Don't worry, I'll have some work up for VU eventually!<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/r/roseblack.gif" width="15" height="18" alt=":blackrose:" title="Black Rose" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Happy Summer?</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:35:40 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ No, I'm not really all that into summer. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" />  I used to look forward to it back in school, but right now, it's just the heated season I both despise, and almost like sometimes.  My birthday is coming up in August, and I'll be turning 20.  No more childlike shenanigans for me!  (Riiiight.)<br /><br />As for updates, I hope to be able to post a few things soon.  I just came up with a new concept, and I wanna have some stuff up as soon as my hand decides that it will allow me to draw.  I'm having a bit of a skill crisis at the moment, since eyes and other features don't want to turn out.<br /><br />I also found another one of those journal quiz things from someone I watch here on DA, so I stole it!<br /><br />Here we go:<br /><br />Rules: Answer each question, then tag 4 people if you want to. (I'm not going to tag anyone, just do the quiz if you feel like it!)<br /><br />LAYER 1: ON THE OUTSIDE.<br />Name: Samantha <br />Birth Date: August 7th<br />Hair Color: Dark red with brownish ick roots showing. (My dirty blonde went away after dying it black a few years back.)<br />Righty/Lefty: Lefty, bitches! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br />LAYER 2: ON THE INSIDE.<br />Your fear: Being alone in the dark, being alone for long periods of time, bugs and spiders, dental drills, losing people, etc, etc.<br />Your dream of the perfect date: I never really thought about it before, but maybe a trip to a nice restaurant(not necessarily expensive)and a walk around a park or visiting a few shops.<br /><br />LAYER 3: YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW.<br />Your thoughts first waking up: "Ugh, if I sleep any longer, I won't get anything done today."<br />Your best physical feature: Uhh.. my eyes?<br />Your bed time: Normally?  One-twoish in the morning.<br />Your most missed memory: Standing on the back porch of my grandparent's old house and looking just above the fence to see the lights of the 'city', which were just lights around the town and shopping areas, but it did look like a far off view of a city.<br /><br />LAYER 4: YOUR PICK.<br />Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi!  Though I don't drink soda much anymore.<br />McDonald's or Burger King: Burger King all the way!<br />Single or Group Dates: Both, really.  Depending on if I wanted the date to be intimate, or just have fun goofing off.<br />Adidas or Nike: Nike!<br />Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate.  Is there any other choice?  I don't think so. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br />Cappuccino or Coffee: I've never had cappuccino before, so I'll say coffee.  I used to like it kind of, but I'm afraid to drink it now because of getting a migraine after drinking some Starbucks coffee brownie drink.  Not sure if getting a caffeine addiction would be worth it, though. <br /><br />LAYER 5: DO YOU.<br />Cuss: Internet, yes.  Real life, yes, but I try not to around my parents.  I don't curse all the time, just when I feel the situation or conversation needs it.  People that curse constantly are a little annoying at times.<br />Take showers: Yes, showers. <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/h/heart.gif" width="15" height="13" alt=":heart:" title="Heart" />  Though baths in big, nice bathtubs are good too.<br />Have a crush:  I don't have a crush, I have a love! <img src="http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br />Like(d) school: For the most part, it was okay.  There were really annoying points, though.<br />Believe in yourself: I try.<br />Believe what goes around comes around: Yes, very much so.<br />Think you're a health freak: Uh.. not really.<br /><br />LAYER 6: IN THE PAST MONTH.<br />Gone to the mall: No.  I'd go if I could DRIVE!<br />Been on stage: Nope.<br />Eaten sushi: Ick, no.  I don't really like it.  Though, I'm sure I'd be okay if I found some I liked.<br />Been hurt: Physically?  Yes, lots of hang nails.  Owwie! T-T Emotionally, a touch.<br />Dyed your hair: Not in the past month.  Maybe I should soon.<br /><br />LAYER 7: HAVE YOU EVER.<br />Played a stripping game: o-o No..<br />Got beaten up: Nuh uh.  Unless you're talking about on something like SSBB.  Then yes.  I've been horribly maimed.<br />Changed who you were to fit in: I may have at one point to test the waters of different social aspects, but acting like myself is just so much easier.<br /><br />LAYER 8: GETTING OLD.<br />Age you're hoping to be married by: I wanna be married by thirty, but it doesn't really matter if it comes a little later or not.<br />Number of kids you're planning on having: One or two.  Preferably girls because I wouldn't know the first thing about raising a little boy!<br /><br />LAYER 9: IN A GIRL/GUY.<br />Best eye color: Blue or green.<br... ]]></description>
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                <title>Back from the Past.</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:04:11 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I just got back from visiting John in Illinois on Sunday.  I went there for a week and there was much fun!  I say back from the past, since Illinois is Central time, which is an hour behind Eastern time, where I live here in Maryland.  We went to a few places, an Easter Sunday brunch buffet at a nice place called the Hoffman House, to Mitsuwa, their Asian market which is a lot better than any around here, and to the mall, where I got some Cubs stuff for my parents.  It was a nice little vacation, and I had a lot of fun.  I'm glad to be back home though. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br /><br />In other news, it seems that my subscription expired.  Oh noes!  It doesn't really matter much though, since DA took away a lot of the things that made subscriptions worth while and gave the options to everyone.  It's nice to have such things as previews of art and journals in your inbox without the subscription, but I really think DA should have added some other things to the website exclusively for subscribers.<br /><br />I also joined Twitter today.  If anyone is interested, you can see what's up with me here: <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://twitter.com/SammiGene">[link]</a> if you follow me, I might just follow you back.  I'd like to get to know my watchers more!<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />VU News:<br /><br />There hasn't been much in the way of Vieo Una lately, at least here on DA.  That's mainly because of my laziness, though.  I'm gonna try and set up a schedule for posting things, whether they're finished or not.<br /><br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Growing up in the 90's.</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:29:49 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="sidenav"><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=39294">Tegaki Blog (Will be updated when new tablet is acquired.)</a><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://insert url here">...</a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="content"><br /><div class="title">And All That Jazz...</div><br /><br />YouÂre a 90Âs kid if...<br />Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯Â¯<br /><br />You remember watching:<br /><br />[x] Kenan and Kel; (And ALL THAT.  Yeaah!)<br />[x] Doug; (Nickelodeon's version was soo much better than The Disney Channel's!)<br />[x] Ren & Stimpy;<br />[x] Pinky & the Brain;<br />[x] AAAAAAAH Real Monsters!;<br />[x] Rocko's Modern Life;<br />[x] Animaniacs;<br />[x] Gargoyles; (I remember watching like.. one episode of it.)<br />[x] Hey Arnold!;<br />[ ] Out of the Box;<br />[ ] Bear in the Big Blue House. (I was too old for this one.)<br /><br />[x] YouÂve ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!"; (Of course I did!)<br />[x] You just canÂt resist finishing this: "In west Philadelphia born and raised...". (FRESH PRINCE, LAWL!)<br /><br />You remember:<br /><br />[ ] Step by Step;<br />[x] Family Matters;<br />[ ] Dinosaurs;<br />[x] Boy Meets World;<br />[x] Full House.  (I also remember Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Clarissa Explains it All.  Good times.)<br /><br />[x] You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons; (Yeaaah!)<br />[x] You remember reading Goosebumps. (I never read it, but I knew of the craze.)<br /><br />When everything was settled by:<br /><br />[x] "Rock/paper/scissors"; (I still do this now and then.)<br />[x] "Bubble gum, bubble gum in a dish"; (I didn't use this one much.)<br />[x] "Miss Mary Mack".<br /><br />[x] When kickball was something you did everyday; (Woo!  Four square!)<br />[x] You used to listen to the radio all day long;<br />[x] Just to record your FAVORITE song of ALL time on a tape. (I never recorded anything, but I had a few tapes.)<br /><br />[x] You remember Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis; (I had a Sega Genesis, and my friend had a Super Nintendo.)<br />[x] You remember The Original Game Boy; (I had one!)<br />[x] You always wanted to send in a tape to AmericaÂs Funniest Home Videos... but never taped anything funny; (Yes!  But it was more that my parents didn't let me tape anything.)<br /><br />You remember watching:<br /><br />[x] The Magic School Bus;<br />[x] Wishbone; (Wishbone is love!)<br />[x] Reading Rainbow;<br />[x] Ghostwriter. (<3!)<br /><br />[x] You remember when Yo-Yo's were cool;<br />[x] You remember those "WhereÂs Waldo" books;<br />[x] You remember eating Warheads and Splashers Gushers. (I always washed off the sour powder on my Warheads first.)<br /><br />You remember watching:<br /><br />[ ] Batman the Animated Series;<br />[x] Aladdin;<br />[x] Ninja Turtles; (A few episodes here and there.  Mom liked Donatello, I think.)<br />[ ] Ghost Busters. (I remember all of these, but I never watched Batman or Ghost Busters.)<br /><br />[x] You remember Ring Pops!!!; (Hellz yeah!)<br />[x] You remember when everything was "da BOMB!";<br />[x] You remember boom boxes vs. CD players; (I liked CD players better of course.)<br /><br />[x] Making those little paper fortune cookie things, and then predicting your life with them; (Every day.)<br />[x] You played and/or collected Pogs; (Someone I knew gave me a ton of pogs, but I never knew what to do with them!)<br />[x] You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere you went. (I had TONS.  But my favorite one was stolen from me in third grade.  The teacher had taken it away because it made a sound in my desk, and Mom came up with me to get it back from her, but it had disappeared.)<br /><br />You watched the original cartoons of:<br /><br />[x] Rugrats; (Ten years of awesome.  When All Grown Up came out, it just went down hill.)<br />[x] Wild Thornberrys; (Yes!)<br />[x] Power Rangers. (I watched Power Rangers, but not a cartoon of it. o.O)<br /><br />[x] All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand. (EVERYTHING!  So much love for Lisa Frank!  It went down hill, too, when they added those little diva girls.  Lisa Frank was only supposed to be rainbow animals, not people.)<br /><br />You collected:<br /><br />[x] Beanie Babies; (TONS.  My first was Mel the koala!)<br />[x] Pokemon cards; (Oh god. The first 151 were fine, but the hundreds after that was just too much.)<br />[ ] Carebears;<br />[x] Silver dollars.<br /><br />You remember when:<br /><br />[x] Everyone watched the WB;<br />[x] Everybody knew all the Pokemon by heart;<br />[x] Digimon was still on; (Eww, Digimon!)<br />[x] If you even know what an original Walkman is;<br />... ]]></description>
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                <title>Happy St. Patrick's Day.</title>
                <link>http://x8SukiChan8x.deviantart.com/journal/23748020/</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:23:37 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="sidenav"><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=39294">Tegaki Blog (Will be updated when new tablet is acquired.)</a><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://insert url here">...</a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="content"><br /><div class="title">And All That Jazz...</div><br /><br />Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" />  I'm not wearing green at the moment, since the only green shirt I have hasn't been washed yet.  Oh well!<br /><br />I'm part Irish, and always enjoyed this holiday when I was younger, but now that I'm out of high school, but too young to drink, there's not much for me to do! XD My parents don't really get into the holiday for some reason, so it's kind of useless for me to try and get them to do anything until I can actually do something rather than sit here in the house. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" />  If I could right now, I'd probably be wearing some of those shiny green mardi-gras type beads specifically made for this holiday.<br /><br />Okay, my boringness aside, I've decided to close commissions.  It seems that no one wanted any, which is okay with me.  I'm not that professional, and the economy is a little whacked-out at the moment.  Maybe I'll try some other time.<br /><br />ACK!  ATTACK OF THE HEARTBURN!  WHYYY?!<br /><br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://QueenOfDorks.deviantart.com/art/Irish-cutie-116186242"><img src="http://fc56.deviantart.com/fs42/f/2009/075/b/a/Irish_cutie_by_QueenOfDorks.gif" width="125" height="125" /></a></span></span><br />(This cute little bunny was made by *<a class="u" href="http://queenofdorks.deviantart.com/">QueenOfDorks</a>)<br /><br /><div class="feature"><br /><div class="title">Feature Presentation</div><br /><br />GAWK AT THE BEAUTY!<br /><br />My elf, =<a class="u" href="http://waywardnonnie.deviantart.com/">waywardnonnie</a> from *<a class="u" href="http://santas-workshop.deviantart.com/">santas-workshop</a> chose my anthro character, Cookie, to draw as a gift for me.  Cookie was made for my dear friend ~<a class="u" href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/">Pixelated-Beauty</a>'s comic, Chibi Universe.<br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://waywardnonnie.deviantart.com/art/Secret-Santa-for-x8SukiChan8x-108072563"><img src="http://th08.deviantart.com/fs39/150/f/2009/001/2/6/260096fee42c05e790a5edef07f945ee.jpg" width="104" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />My Secret Santa, =<a class="u" href="http://riingo.deviantart.com/">riingo</a> from ~<a class="u" href="http://santas-secret-elf.deviantart.com/">Santas-Secret-Elf</a> chose my half-dragon character, Titania, to draw as a gift for me.  Titania was made for the comic ~<a class="u" href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/">Vieo-Una</a>, created by my boyfriend, ~<a class="u" href="http://dcsoltari.deviantart.com/">DCSoltari</a> and I.<br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://riingo.deviantart.com/art/quot-Opaline-quot-107343262"><img src="http://th04.deviantart.com/fs39/150/f/2008/359/5/5/SS__Opaline_by_riingo.png" width="105" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> <br /><br /><div class="title">People to See</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br />Love<br /><a href="http://dcsoltari.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/c/dcsoltari.gif" alt=":icondcsoltari:" title="dcsoltari"/></a><br />Best Buds<br /><a href="http://tyrackwolfii.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/t/y/tyrackwolfii.jpg" alt=":icontyrackwolfii:" title="tyrackwolfii"/></a><a href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/p/i/pixelated-beauty.png" alt=":iconpixelated-beauty:" title="pixelated-beauty"/></a><a href="http://akiko15.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/k/akiko15.jpg" alt=":iconakiko15:" title="akiko15"/></a><br />Vieo Una Account<br /><a href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/v/i/vieo-una.gif" alt=":iconvieo-una:" title="vieo-una"/></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="feature"><br />	<div class="title">Stamps!</div><br /><b>FEAR MY WALL OF STAMPS!</b><br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://savagebinn.deviantart.com/art/Good-Art... ]]></description>
                <author>~x8SukiChan8x</author>
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                <title>Commissions</title>
                <link>http://x8SukiChan8x.deviantart.com/journal/23332917/</link>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:24:03 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="sidenav"><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=39294#">Tegaki Blog (Will be updated when new tablet is acquired.)</a><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://insert url here#">...</a><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://insert url here#">...</a><br /><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://insert url here#">...</a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="content"><br /><div class="title">And All That Jazz...</div><br /><br />Hey everyone.  I've got an announcement!<br /><br />I've been thinking of doing commissions for a while, and since I'm planning a trip to Illinois this April, I wanna see if I can get some money coming in.  So I'd like to ask if any of you out there would like to buy a commission!<br /><br />Edit:  I have now verified my PayPal account and can receive payment there.<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletred.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletred:" title="Bullet; Red" />What I wonÂt/canÂt draw:<br />-Anything sex-related.<br />-Giant Robots<br />-Super Muscular Characters (Such as DBZ-esque characters.)<br />-Backgrounds (IÂm just not that great with them.)<br />-Any fandom I'm not comfortable with drawing.  I'll let you know.<br /><br />I may add more to that list, but IÂll tell you if thereÂs something I canÂt draw.<br /><br />Anyhow, to the pricing:<br /><br />Traditional only!<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletgreen.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletgreen:" title="Bullet; Green" />Chibi<br /><br />Example: <a href="http://x8sukichan8x.deviantart.com/art/Cookie-SgL-114138079">[link]</a><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblue.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblue:" title="Bullet; Blue" />Price:  $10-15<br /><br />What you get:  An inked and colored pencil drawing of your character in chibi style.  The price depends on how complex the chibi is.  For example:  a multicolored multi-patterned anthro character will be more expensive than a simply dressed elven character.<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletgreen.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletgreen:" title="Bullet; Green" />Normal<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblue.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblue:" title="Bullet; Blue" />Sketch Price:  $15<br /><br />Example: <a href="http://x8sukichan8x.deviantart.com/art/Zeypher-SgL-113920675">[link]</a> <a href="http://x8sukichan8x.deviantart.com/art/Shaking-Pepper-Sketch-60622015">[link]</a><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblue.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblue:" title="Bullet; Blue" />Inked and Colored Price: $20-25<br /><br />Example: <a href="http://x8sukichan8x.deviantart.com/art/What-If-I-Said-65474071">[link]</a><br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletblue.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletblue:" title="Bullet; Blue" />Extra Characters: $5<br /><br />What you get:  A sketch or inked and colored drawing of your character.  Just like the chibi, the price for an inked and colored pencil drawing depends on the complexity of the character.  If you want another character in the drawing, it will cost five dollars for each extra character.  This only applies to the normal commission!<br /><br />Note:  Please have a reference.  If you donÂt have a reference, please describe your character in detail.  I can only work with what IÂm given, so please donÂt expect miracles if I have to take artistic liberties with your characterÂs outfit/colors/etc.<br /><br /><img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletred.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletred:" title="Bullet; Red" />Please note me if you're interested!<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/bulletred.gif" width="10" height="10" alt=":bulletred:" title="Bullet; Red" /><br /><br />Slots:<br />1. ~~~<br />2. ~~~<br />3. ~~~<br />4. ~~~<br />5. ~~~<br /><br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /><div class="feature"><br /><div class="title">Feature Presentation</div><br /><br />GAWK AT THE BEAUTY!<br /><br />My elf, =<a class="u" href="http://waywardnonnie.deviantart.com/">waywardnonnie</a> from =<a class="u" href="http://santas-workshop.deviantart.com/">santas-workshop</a> chose my anthro character, Cookie, to draw as a gift for me.  Cookie was made for my dear friend ~<a class="u" href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/">Pixelated-Beauty</a>'s comic, Chibi Universe.<br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow" ><a href="http://waywardnonnie.deviantart.com/art/Secret-Santa-for-x8SukiChan8x-108072563"><img src="http://th08.deviantart.com/fs39/150/f/2009/001/2/6/260096fee42c05e790a5edef07f945ee.jpg" width="104" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />My Secret Santa, =<a class="u" href="http://rii... ]]></description>
                <author>~x8SukiChan8x</author>
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                <title>Another Hack Report!</title>
                <link>http://x8SukiChan8x.deviantart.com/journal/23023458/</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:42:59 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="sidenav"><br /><a href="http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=39294">Tegaki Blog (Will be updated when new tablet is acquired.)</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="content"><br /><div class="title">And All That Jazz...</div><br /><br />Mkay, guys.  There's another hack thing going around, just thought I'd let you all know.<br /><br />If you receive this on your page:<br />"Hey. I think i saw your picture on this website/blog here CLICK HERE"<br /><br />DO NOT CLICK THE LINK!!<br /><br />It will lead you to a log-in page to get your log info (password included) so don't put anything in.  If you do by chance, change your password IMMEDIATELY.<br /><br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /><div class="feature"><br /><div class="title">Feature Presentation</div><br /><br />GAWK AT THE BEAUTY!<br /><br />My elf, =<a class="u" href="http://waywardnonnie.deviantart.com/">waywardnonnie</a> from =<a class="u" href="http://santas-workshop.deviantart.com/">santas-workshop</a> chose my anthro character, Cookie, to draw as a gift for me.  Cookie was made for my dear friend ~<a class="u" href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/">Pixelated-Beauty</a>'s comic, Chibi Universe.<br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://waywardnonnie.deviantart.com/art/Secret-Santa-for-x8SukiChan8x-108072563"><img src="http://th08.deviantart.com/fs39/150/f/2009/001/2/6/260096fee42c05e790a5edef07f945ee.jpg" width="104" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />My Secret Santa, =<a class="u" href="http://riingo.deviantart.com/">riingo</a> from *<a class="u" href="http://santas-secret-elf.deviantart.com/">Santas-Secret-Elf</a> chose my half-dragon character, Titania, to draw as a gift for me.  Titania was made for the comic ~<a class="u" href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/">Vieo-Una</a>, created by my boyfriend, ~<a class="u" href="http://dcsoltari.deviantart.com/">DCSoltari</a> and I.<br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://riingo.deviantart.com/art/SS-Opaline-107343262"><img src="http://th04.deviantart.com/fs39/150/f/2008/359/5/5/SS__Opaline_by_riingo.png" width="105" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> <br /><br /><div class="title">People to See</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br />Love<br /><a href="http://dcsoltari.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/c/dcsoltari.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondcsoltari:" title="dcsoltari"/></a><br />Best Buds<br /><a href="http://tyrackwolfii.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/t/y/tyrackwolfii.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":icontyrackwolfii:" title="tyrackwolfii"/></a><a href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/p/i/pixelated-beauty.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconpixelated-beauty:" title="pixelated-beauty"/></a><a href="http://akiko15.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/k/akiko15.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconakiko15:" title="akiko15"/></a><br />Vieo Una Account<br /><a href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/v/i/vieo-una.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconvieo-una:" title="vieo-una"/></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="feature"><br />	<div class="title">Stamps!</div><br /><b>FEAR MY WALL OF STAMPS!</b><br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://savagebinn.deviantart.com/art/Good-Artists-Are-108293302"><img src="http://fc46.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/003/4/4/44579c58577cd8a0c41893f800f120b8.gif" width="99" height="56" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://onnawufei.deviantart.com/art/Animal-Crossing-Addict-108408033"><img src="http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/004/7/f/7f7f1f2d2c89fbf25a29c5d2fb132b08.gif" width="99" height="56" /></a></span></span><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://x8SukiChan8x.deviantart.com/art/Tire-Puppy-Stamp-78776500"><img src="http://fc33.deviantart.com/fs29/f/2008/060/5/5/Tire_Puppy_Stamp_by_x8SukiChan8x.gif" width="99" height="55" /></a></span></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://becka72.deviantart.com/art/MonokuRo-Boo-Pig-stamp-56918563"><img src="http://fc30.deviantart.com/fs18/f/2007/156/e/5/MonokuRo_Boo_Pig_stamp_by_becka72.png" width="99" height="56" /></a></span></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://gadgetsguru.deviantart.com/art/Chocoholic-50973558"><img src="http://fc71.deviantart.com/fs15/f/2007/075/9/0/Chocoholic_by_gadgetsguru.gif" width="99" heig... ]]></description>
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                <title>Ultimate Fail-Spread the Word</title>
                <link>http://x8SukiChan8x.deviantart.com/journal/22989375/</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:45:23 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="sidenav"><br /><a href="http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=39294">Tegaki Blog (Will be updated when new tablet is acquired.)</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="content"><br /><div class="title">And All That Jazz...</div><br /><br />Apparently, DA believes that copyright infringement is alright, even if it's against the law.  Not "Invisible Artist Code of Conduct", but ACTUAL COPYRIGHT LAW.<br /><a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/69301/">[link]</a><br /><br /><a href="http://stop-tracing.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/s/t/stop-tracing.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconstop-tracing:" title="stop-tracing"/></a><br />I'm joining this group against this recent epic fail DeviantArt has made.  Tracing is good for practicing, yes, but it's not art.  It's rude to post in a gallery online, and it's copyright infringement.<br /><br />I don't have that many people watching me, but I figured that I would let you guys know about the failbus that just rolled on through.<br /><br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /><div class="feature"><br /><div class="title">Feature Presentation</div><br /><br />GAWK AT THE BEAUTY!<br /><br />My elf, =<a class="u" href="http://waywardnonnie.deviantart.com/">waywardnonnie</a> from =<a class="u" href="http://santas-workshop.deviantart.com/">santas-workshop</a> chose my anthro character, Cookie, to draw as a gift for me.  Cookie was made for my dear friend ~<a class="u" href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/">Pixelated-Beauty</a>'s comic, Chibi Universe.<br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://waywardnonnie.deviantart.com/art/Secret-Santa-for-x8SukiChan8x-108072563"><img src="http://th08.deviantart.com/fs39/150/f/2009/001/2/6/260096fee42c05e790a5edef07f945ee.jpg" width="104" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />My Secret Santa, =<a class="u" href="http://riingo.deviantart.com/">riingo</a> from *<a class="u" href="http://santas-secret-elf.deviantart.com/">Santas-Secret-Elf</a> chose my half-dragon character, Titania, to draw as a gift for me.  Titania was made for the comic ~<a class="u" href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/">Vieo-Una</a>, created by my boyfriend, ~<a class="u" href="http://dcsoltari.deviantart.com/">DCSoltari</a> and I.<br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://riingo.deviantart.com/art/SS-Opaline-107343262"><img src="http://th04.deviantart.com/fs39/150/f/2008/359/5/5/SS__Opaline_by_riingo.png" width="105" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> <br /><br /><div class="title">People to See</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br />Love<br /><a href="http://dcsoltari.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/c/dcsoltari.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondcsoltari:" title="dcsoltari"/></a><br />Best Buds<br /><a href="http://tyrackwolfii.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/t/y/tyrackwolfii.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":icontyrackwolfii:" title="tyrackwolfii"/></a><a href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/p/i/pixelated-beauty.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconpixelated-beauty:" title="pixelated-beauty"/></a><a href="http://akiko15.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/k/akiko15.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconakiko15:" title="akiko15"/></a><br />Vieo Una Account<br /><a href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/v/i/vieo-una.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconvieo-una:" title="vieo-una"/></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="feature"><br />	<div class="title">Stamps!</div><br /><b>FEAR MY WALL OF STAMPS!</b><br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://savagebinn.deviantart.com/art/Good-Artists-Are-108293302"><img src="http://fc46.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/003/4/4/44579c58577cd8a0c41893f800f120b8.gif" width="99" height="56" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://onnawufei.deviantart.com/art/Animal-Crossing-Addict-108408033"><img src="http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/004/7/f/7f7f1f2d2c89fbf25a29c5d2fb132b08.gif" width="99" height="56" /></a></span></span><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://x8SukiChan8x.deviantart.com/art/Tire-Puppy-Stamp-78776500"><img src="http://fc33.deviantart.com/fs29/f/2008/060/5/5/Tire_Puppy_Stamp_by_x8SukiChan8x.gif" width="99" height="55" /></a></span></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://becka72.deviantart.com/art/MonokuRo-Bo... ]]></description>
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                <title>Urgent!</title>
                <link>http://x8SukiChan8x.deviantart.com/journal/22867042/</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:26:48 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="sidenav"><br /><a href="http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=39294">Tegaki Blog (Will be updated when new tablet is acquired.)</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="content"><br /><div class="title">And All That Jazz...</div><br /><br />Copied this from John's journal.<br /><br /><br />"URGENT--- Currently someone is spamming DA with thousands of comments that say something along the lines of ""Rofl, this is relevant to your interests" " and there is a link! DO NOT CLICK IT! This is a phish/account hijack and people are being taken to a site where it is injecting code into the browser and hijacking people's DA accounts, it then sends out 1000s of messages from YOUR account on tons of deviations with that very link and text in it. Do NOT click on ANY link that ends with .php, at ALL. These comments can look as though they come from someone you know on DA! Please be aware folks!!! If you get said message, use the "Report as spam" function and delete the comment then in your message center!"<br /><br />I really hope none of us come across any of this.  If you do, just hit the 'report as spam' button.  Don't take any chances, guys!<br /><br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /><div class="feature"><br /><div class="title">Feature Presentation</div><br /><br />GAWK AT THE BEAUTY!<br /><br />My elf, *<a class="u" href="http://waywardnonnie.deviantart.com/">waywardnonnie</a> from =<a class="u" href="http://santas-workshop.deviantart.com/">santas-workshop</a> chose my anthro character, Cookie, to draw as a gift for me.  Cookie was made for my dear friend ~<a class="u" href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/">Pixelated-Beauty</a>'s comic, Chibi Universe.<br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://waywardnonnie.deviantart.com/art/Secret-Santa-for-x8SukiChan8x-108072563"><img src="http://th08.deviantart.com/fs39/150/f/2009/001/2/6/260096fee42c05e790a5edef07f945ee.jpg" width="104" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />My Secret Santa, =<a class="u" href="http://riingo.deviantart.com/">riingo</a> from *<a class="u" href="http://santas-secret-elf.deviantart.com/">Santas-Secret-Elf</a> chose my half-dragon character, Titania, to draw as a gift for me.  Titania was made for the comic ~<a class="u" href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/">Vieo-Una</a>, created by my boyfriend, ~<a class="u" href="http://dcsoltari.deviantart.com/">DCSoltari</a> and I.<br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://riingo.deviantart.com/art/SS-Opaline-107343262"><img src="http://th04.deviantart.com/fs39/150/f/2008/359/5/5/SS__Opaline_by_riingo.png" width="105" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /></div><br />~SgL<br /> <br /><br /><div class="title">People to See</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br />Love<br /><a href="http://dcsoltari.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/c/dcsoltari.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondcsoltari:" title="dcsoltari"/></a><br />Best Buds<br /><a href="http://tyrackwolfii.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/t/y/tyrackwolfii.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":icontyrackwolfii:" title="tyrackwolfii"/></a><a href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/p/i/pixelated-beauty.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconpixelated-beauty:" title="pixelated-beauty"/></a><a href="http://akiko15.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/k/akiko15.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconakiko15:" title="akiko15"/></a><br />Vieo Una Account<br /><a href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/v/i/vieo-una.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconvieo-una:" title="vieo-una"/></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="feature"><br />	<div class="title">Stamps!</div><br /><b>FEAR MY WALL OF STAMPS!</b><br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://savagebinn.deviantart.com/art/Good-Artists-Are-108293302"><img src="http://fc46.deviantart.com/fs41/f/2009/003/4/4/44579c58577cd8a0c41893f800f120b8.gif" width="99" height="56" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://onnawufei.deviantart.com/art/Animal-Crossing-Addict-108408033"><img src="http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/004/7/f/7f7f1f2d2c89fbf25a29c5d2fb132b08.gif" width="99" height="56" /></a></span></span><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://x8SukiChan8x.deviantart.com/art/Tire-Puppy-Stamp-78776500"><img src="http://fc33.deviantart.com/fs29/f/2008/060/5/5/Tire_Puppy_Stamp_by_x8SukiChan8x.gif" width="99" height="55" /></... ]]></description>
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                <title>Gothic and Lolita Bible</title>
                <link>http://x8SukiChan8x.deviantart.com/journal/22810207/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:31:07 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="sidenav"><br /><a href="http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=39294">Tegaki Blog (Will be updated when new tablet is acquired.)</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="content"><br /><div class="title">And All That Jazz...</div><br /><br />I recently went to Barnes and Noble, and began looking around at art books.  Mainly How to Draw Manga books, because I always seem to find one that has a few tips I could use.  This time, I stumbled upon the Summer 2008 Flower issue of Gothic and Lolita Bible <a href="http://www.tokyopop.com/product/1902/GothicLolitaBible/2.">[link]</a>  I've seen this book online before, usually on J-Box, where they sell the Japanese version.  I've been interested in Gothic and Lolita fashions for a while, and figured that I would go ahead and buy it, mainly to look at the modeled photos and candid snapshots of the Harajuku district.<br /><br />I found that the Gothic and Lolita Bible is what they call a 'mook'.  A magazine and a book together in one, having both articles, and lots of pictures.  TOKYOPOP translated portions of the Japanese version of the book, and transferred it to the English version, as well as adding American lolita stories, articles, etc.  So the balance is about fifty-fifty for content.  <br /><br />After looking through the book a few times, I began to look online at the retailers they noted in Japan that had multilingual sites.  All of the sizing is for only one or two sizes that are the most common in Japan, which puts larger people out of the loop of having name brand gothic and lolita clothing.  However, there is talk about Japanese companies becoming more interested in America as the love of gothic and lolita fashion rises.<br /><br />There are a set of patterns in the back of the book, as well as instructions within the pages so you can make your own outfit.  There are also different craft ideas that teach you how to make your own accessories, and even the ever-popular magazine test.  <br /><br />I ended up finding two places that make dresses to custom measurements, which is a good thing if I ever feel the need to buy a dress or jumper skirt for going to a convention or lolita event.  Yes, I've fallen in love with the style, even though lots of it is pink.<br /><br />Aside from looking through the book, I decided to go to TOKYOPOP's website to find the Gothic and Lolita Bible's area, to see if they had any blogs or information on upcoming events, just so I can get into the loop.  I ended up finding their profile <a href="http://www.tokyopop.com/GothicLolitaGirl">[link]</a> where it lists their blog, and videos about the Gothic and Lolita Bible.  Apparently, the quarterly mook just hit the stores February of last year.  I want to get the rest of the volumes for last year, and I eagerly await the first volume of 2009.<br /><br />If any of you, my friends, want to look for it in your nearby bookstore, I'd suggest looking in the art book section, rather than the magazine or culture sections, because the Gothic and Lolita Bible is labeled as an art book, despite it also being a magazine.  I just wish I could subscribe to it. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" />  If anyone is interested, I also made a TOKYOPOP account under the name SammiGene, so I could keep up with Gothic and Lolita Bible's updates.  You should too if you want to keep up with this cute craze.<br /><br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /><div class="feature"><br /><div class="title">Feature Presentation</div><br /><br />GAWK AT THE BEAUTY!<br /><br />My elf, *<a class="u" href="http://waywardnonnie.deviantart.com/">waywardnonnie</a> from =<a class="u" href="http://santas-workshop.deviantart.com/">santas-workshop</a> chose my anthro character, Cookie, to draw as a gift for me.  Cookie was made for my dear friend ~<a class="u" href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/">Pixelated-Beauty</a>'s comic, Chibi Universe.<br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://waywardnonnie.deviantart.com/art/Secret-Santa-for-x8SukiChan8x-108072563"><img src="http://th08.deviantart.com/fs39/150/f/2009/001/2/6/260096fee42c05e790a5edef07f945ee.jpg" width="104" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />My Secret Santa, =<a class="u" href="http://riingo.deviantart.com/">riingo</a> from *<a class="u" href="http://santas-secret-elf.deviantart.com/">Santas-Secret-Elf</a> chose my half-dragon character, Titania, to draw as a gift for me.  Titania was made for the comic ~<a class="u" href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/">Vieo-Una</a>, created by my boyfriend, ~<a class="u" href="http://dcsoltari.deviantart.com/">DCSoltari</a> and I.<br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://ri... ]]></description>
                <author>~x8SukiChan8x</author>
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                <title>Found this somewhere.</title>
                <link>http://x8SukiChan8x.deviantart.com/journal/22715780/</link>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:59:13 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="sidenav"><br /><a href="http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=39294">Tegaki Blog (Will be updated when new tablet is acquired.)</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="content"><br /><div class="title">And All That Jazz...</div><br /><br />I found this on someone's journal here on DA.  I can't remember their name though.  Sorry!<br /><br />But, here it is.<br /><br />1.- If I were a fruit I'd be... Probably an orange.  Or a tangerine, since they're shorter than oranges. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" /><br />2.- If I were a colour I'd be... Purple!<br />3.- If I were an animal I'd be... Probably a cat, since I'm kinda lazy. XD<br />4.- If I were a domestic appliance I'd be... A microwave.<br />5.- If I were a book I'd be... Hm..  I don't really know.  Maybe Alice in Wonderland? o-o<br />6.- If I were a clothing item I'd beÂ Fuzzy socks!<br />7.- If I were a jewel I'd be... An amethyst.  Yay, purple. :3<br />8.- If I were an object I'd be... An eraser.  Sometimes I can get rid of mistakes. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" /><br />9.- If I were a car I'd be... Um.. maybe a Chevy Cobalt?  They're kinda cute.<br />10.- If I were an element I'd be... Fire maybe.. since I get annoyed easily.  Usually if someone knows my ticks and bothers me purposely.  Like my parents.<br />11.- If I were a tree I'd be... A willow or crepe myrtle (I think I spelled that right.)  <br />12.- If I were a drink I'd be... Sprite.  Mmm.  Lemoney lime goodness.<br />13.- If I were an ice cream flavor I'd be... Chocolate peanut butter passion. :3  (Chocolate ice cream, with chocolate peanut butter cups, and chocolate covered cookies, with a peanut butter swirl.)<br />14.- If I were a person I'd beÂ Any person I want?  Um.. maybe.. o.o I dunno. Myself?<br />15.- If I were a planet I'd be... Saturn.  Pretty rings!<br />16.- If I were an insect I'd be... A lady bug.  Maybe a butterfly.  I think I'd rather eat nectar than aphids.<br />17.- If I were public transport I'd be... MONORAIL CAT.<br />18.- If I were a song I'd be... &#039<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/winkrazz.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";P" title="Wink/Razz" />ath of the Wind instrumental' by Nkaphuoc (The instrumental music that plays throughout the movie 'Totoro'.)<br />19.- If I were a movie I'd be... 'Totoro' or 'The Lion King'.  Both are beloved childhood movies.<br />20.- If I were a season I'd be... Fall.  Lots of pretty colors!<br />21.- If I were a flower I'd be... A Forget-Me-Not.  They're so tiny and cute.  <br />22.- If I were a job I'd be... A video game or comic artist? XD<br />23.- If I were a cartoon I'd be... The Hi-Hi Puffy Ami Yumi Show?  Great show.  Too bad it got cancelled. T-T<br />24.- If I were a place I'd be... The Harajuku district in Tokyo?  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harajuku">[link]</a> for those of you who aren't sure what the Harajuku district is. :3<br />25.- If I were a gift I'd be... A plushie!<br />26.- If I were a memory I'd be... One of those memories that comes back once in a while, and you think, "Where'd that come from?"<br />27.- If I were a city I'd be... Isn't this a little similar to the &#039<img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/w/winkrazz.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=";p" title="Wink/Razz" />lace' question?  I dunno, Tokyo?<br />28.- If I were a sense I'd be... Touch.<br />29.- If I were a game I'd be... Little Big Planet!<br />30.- If I were a candy I'd be... Reese's!  Mmm.<br />31.- If I were a time of the day I'd be... Whenever the moon shows up.  Even if it's that weird 'during the day' moon.<br />32.- If I were an invention I'd be... Useless, but something people using it could never live without again.<br />33.- If I were a body part I'd be... A pinky finger!<br />34.- If I were a country I'd be... Um.. well, I've already covered Tokyo in the city portion, so prolly Ireland.  Most pretty.  I wonder what city my Great Grandma lived in before she came here. o.o<br />35.- If I were a flavor I'd be... Chocolate!<br />36.- If I were a sport I'd be... Swimming?  I'm not that great with sports. Too much pain!<br />37.- If I were a smell I'd be... Chocolate, again.<br />38.- If I were a subject I'd be... Philosophy.  Because I come up with some crazy stuff!  XD<br />39.- If I were a flag I'd be... One of those signal flags. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" /><br />40.- If I were a building I'd beÂ A dinky one that will probably be taken over by a skyscraper later in the future. o-o<br />41.- If I were a month I'd be... October.  The weather is usually alright.  August, my birth month, is just too hot. x-x<br... ]]></description>
                <author>~x8SukiChan8x</author>
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                <title>TV Junk</title>
                <link>http://x8SukiChan8x.deviantart.com/journal/22379485/</link>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:59:53 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="sidenav"><br /><a href="http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=39294">Tegaki Blog (Will be updated when new tablet is acquired.)</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="content"><br /><div class="title">And All That Jazz...</div><br /><br />So, yesterday was the day my parents rearranged the living room to accommodate for the new plasma TV.  Our sectional couch that was once in the front left corner of the living room, backed against one of the two ways into the kitchen, is now in the back right corner of the living room, where part of it slightly blocks our larger window.  There isn't a place we can put it that would eliminate the blocking of anything, so we're good with how it is now.  We're also going to move our large corner TV unit from the back right corner to the front left, so my Dad can run wires from the back of the plasma, to the components inside the cabinet unit.  I'll have to bring my PS3 out whenever I want to play it, since the motion sensor is in the console, unlike my Wii, which has a sensor bar to put on top of or on something under the TV.  <br /><br />My Dad just took the TV out of the box to make sure everything was dandy, and of course, he left the box on the floor.  See, Munchkinz, one of our cats, enjoys boxes.  And this is the largest box we've ever brought into the house.  Bitsy, my cat, likes boxes too, but probably not as much as Munchie does.  It doesn't seem to phase the dogs.  They're more interested in the ton of bones we found under the couch yesterday.  Apparently, the two of them have been pushing them under there by accident.  About twenty bones were under there. <br /><br />In other news, I recently learned from my friend ~<a class="u" href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/">Pixelated-Beauty</a> that there was an Animal Crossing movie released in Japan.  I'm not sure how long ago it was, but she told me I could find it on YouTube.  So, I went searching yesterday, and found the twelve parts to the movie.  It's an adorable story based on the video games, with bits and pieces that shows the difference between the Japanese and American games.  For instance, the owl twins in the museum are named differently.  Anyhow, you should totally catch it if you get the chance.  I hope my Dad gets the TV hooked up soon.  I want to play my games! <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":P" title=":P (Lick)" /><br /><br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /><div class="feature"><br /><div class="title">Feature Presentation</div><br /><br />GAWK AT THE BEAUTY!<br /><br />My elf, =<a class="u" href="http://waywardnonnie.deviantart.com/">waywardnonnie</a> from *<a class="u" href="http://santas-workshop.deviantart.com/">santas-workshop</a> chose my anthro character, Cookie, to draw as a gift for me.  Cookie was made for my dear friend ~<a class="u" href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/">Pixelated-Beauty</a>'s comic, Chibi Universe.<br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/108072563/"><img src="http://th08.deviantart.com/fs39/150/f/2009/001/2/6/260096fee42c05e790a5edef07f945ee.jpg" width="104" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br /><br />My Secret Santa, =<a class="u" href="http://riingo.deviantart.com/">riingo</a> from *<a class="u" href="http://santas-secret-elf.deviantart.com/">Santas-Secret-Elf</a> chose my half-dragon character, Titania, to draw as a gift for me.  Titania was made for the comic ~<a class="u" href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/">Vieo-Una</a>, created by my boyfriend, ~<a class="u" href="http://dcsoltari.deviantart.com/">DCSoltari</a> and I.<br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/107343262/"><img src="http://th04.deviantart.com/fs39/150/f/2008/359/5/5/SS__Opaline_by_riingo.png" width="105" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /></div><br />~SgL<br /> <br /><br /><div class="title">People to See</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br />Love<br /><a href="http://dcsoltari.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/c/dcsoltari.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondcsoltari:" title="dcsoltari"/></a><br />Best Buds<br /><a href="http://tyrackwolfii.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/t/y/tyrackwolfii.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":icontyrackwolfii:" title="tyrackwolfii"/></a><a href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/p/i/pixelated-beauty.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconpixelated-beauty:" title="pixelated-beauty"/></a><a href="http://akiko15.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/k... ]]></description>
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                <title>Happy New Year!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:45:06 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="sidenav"><br /><a href="http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=39294">Tegaki Blog (Will be updated when new tablet is acquired.)</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="content"><br /><div class="title">And All That Jazz...</div><br /><br />So, with the year of 2008 coming to a close, I suppose I should reflect back and such.  My boyfriend came to visit me, and I went to visit him, we got Pebbles, my Dad went to the hospital to get a calcium bump removed from his head, we had that horrible heat wave when our AC broke in the summer, I went to Otakon with my boyfriend and my friend Heather, general nonsense, etc.  And today, our second windstorm!  Huzzah.  x-x  That means Christmas lights strewn everywhere, fallen trees, and perhaps some snow if it comes this way.<br /><br />I also got my new computer up and running yesterday with the help of my Mom.  I didn't realize how tall the new computer tower was, and it just barely fits under the shelf above my desk.  Had to squeeze it in there a little.  The new set-up gives me a little more room than my previous one, since my new monitor isn't being held up by a few books and can be pushed back if need-be.  Also installed my new webcam so I could make little videos, and talk to my boyfriend through Windows live.  Kinda weird that the microphone isn't working, I'll have to look into that.<br /><br />One more thing before I skedaddle.  PLAY LITTLE BIG PLANET.  I'm serious.  Best game of the year.  You will be addicted.  I've warned you. :3<br /><br />~SgL<br /><br /><br /><div class="feature"><br /><div class="title">Feature Presentation</div><br /><br />I joined *<a class="u" href="http://santas-secret-elf.deviantart.com/">Santas-Secret-Elf</a> back and November, and participated once receiving my assignment.  I posted my gift and noted it to it's recipient the day before Christmas Eve.  When I woke up Christmas morning and checked here, I found a note with my own Secret Santa's gift.<br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/107343262/"><img src="http://th04.deviantart.com/fs39/150/f/2008/359/5/5/SS__Opaline_by_riingo.png" width="105" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br />Much to my surprise, my Secret Santa had chosen to draw up a wonderful work of art, featuring my half-dragon Titania!  It's really, truly beautiful, and I didn't want to leave the computer screen for a moment!  <br /><br /></div><br />~SgL<br /> <br /><br /><div class="title">People to See</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br />Love<br /><a href="http://dcsoltari.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/c/dcsoltari.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondcsoltari:" title="dcsoltari"/></a><br />Best Buds<br /><a href="http://tyrackwolfii.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/t/y/tyrackwolfii.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":icontyrackwolfii:" title="tyrackwolfii"/></a><a href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/p/i/pixelated-beauty.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconpixelated-beauty:" title="pixelated-beauty"/></a><a href="http://akiko15.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/k/akiko15.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconakiko15:" title="akiko15"/></a><br />Vieo Una Account<br /><a href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/v/i/vieo-una.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconvieo-una:" title="vieo-una"/></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="feature"><br />	<div class="title">Stamps!</div><br /><b>FEAR MY WALL OF STAMPS!</b><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/78776500/"><img src="http://fc33.deviantart.com/fs29/f/2008/060/5/5/Tire_Puppy_Stamp_by_x8SukiChan8x.gif" width="99" height="55" /></a></span></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/56918563/"><img src="http://fc30.deviantart.com/fs18/f/2007/156/e/5/MonokuRo_Boo_Pig_stamp_by_becka72.png" width="99" height="56" /></a></span></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50973558/"><img src="http://fc71.deviantart.com/fs15/f/2007/075/9/0/Chocoholic_by_gadgetsguru.gif" width="99" height="56" /></a></span></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/38555145/"><img src="http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs12/i/2006/261/4/4/Stamp__D_by_Oyster_StarFish_Pup.png" width="99" height="56" /></a></span></span><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/23339724/"><img src="http://fc37.deviantart.co... ]]></description>
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                <title>Beta Testing!</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:51:20 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <div class="sidenav"><br /><a href="http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=39294">Tegaki Blog (Will be updated when new tablet is acquired.)</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><a href="http://insert url here">...</a><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="content"><br /><div class="title">And All That Jazz...</div><br /><br />Well, looky here at this!  I went and bought a new subscription, and found a fancy little CSS to use with my journal!  I've never used CSS in my journal before, so hopefully, everything will run smoothly.<br /><br />Anyhoo, how was everyone's Christmas?  Hope it was spectacular!  My big gift this year from my parents was a new computer.  It's not set up yet, but it's a monster. XD  Check out the FX series on the Gateway website.  Apparently, when Mom was at the store, she told the guy she needed something that would play the Sims2 and NEVER STOP.  The salesman proceeded to tell her that that puppy would play the soon to be released Sims3.  Talk about graphic heavy.  This computer I'm still using for the time being never would have run that game.  Oh.  I should mention.  The computer tower weighs EIGHTY POUNDS.  Give or take, but that thing is frickin' HEAVY.  It's got a bunch of doo dads and gadgets in it, AND you can add to it, add another hard drive, and supply it with extra video cards.  I'm definitely gonna have fun with this little cutie.  Well, big cutie.<br /><br />With it, a brand new 17" monitor, and a new all in one printer/scanner/copier that's compatible with Windows Vista, which I look forward to using.  It actually doesn't seem to be as scary as I once thought.<br /><br />I also have a feature to announce!<br /><br /><div class="feature"><br /><div class="title">Feature Presentation</div><br /><br />I joined *<a class="u" href="http://santas-secret-elf.deviantart.com/">Santas-Secret-Elf</a> back and November, and participated once receiving my assignment.  I posted my gift and noted it to it's recipient the day before Christmas Eve.  Today when I woke up and checked here, I found a note with my own Secret Santa's gift.<br /><div align="center"><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/107343262/"><img src="http://th04.deviantart.com/fs39/150/f/2008/359/5/5/SS__Opaline_by_riingo.png" width="105" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /></div><br />Much to my surprise, my Secret Santa had chosen to draw up a wonderful work of art, featuring my half-dragon Titania!  It's really, truly beautiful, and I didn't want to leave the computer screen for a moment!  <br /><br /></div><br />Have a wonderful Christmas, everyone!<br />~SgL<br /> <br /><br /><div class="title">People to See</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br />Love<br /><a href="http://dcsoltari.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/d/c/dcsoltari.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":icondcsoltari:" title="dcsoltari"/></a><br />Best Buds<br /><a href="http://tyrackwolfii.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/t/y/tyrackwolfii.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":icontyrackwolfii:" title="tyrackwolfii"/></a><a href="http://pixelated-beauty.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/p/i/pixelated-beauty.png" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconpixelated-beauty:" title="pixelated-beauty"/></a><a href="http://akiko15.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/a/k/akiko15.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconakiko15:" title="akiko15"/></a><br />Vieo Una Account<br /><a href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/v/i/vieo-una.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconvieo-una:" title="vieo-una"/></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="feature"><br />	<div class="title">Stamps!</div><br /><b>FEAR MY WALL OF STAMPS!</b><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/78776500/"><img src="http://fc33.deviantart.com/fs29/f/2008/060/5/5/Tire_Puppy_Stamp_by_x8SukiChan8x.gif" width="99" height="55" /></a></span></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/56918563/"><img src="http://fc30.deviantart.com/fs18/f/2007/156/e/5/MonokuRo_Boo_Pig_stamp_by_becka72.png" width="99" height="56" /></a></span></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/50973558/"><img src="http://fc71.deviantart.com/fs15/f/2007/075/9/0/Chocoholic_by_gadgetsguru.gif" width="99" height="56" /></a></span></span><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/38555145/"><img src="http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs12/i/2006/261/4/4/Stamp__D_by_Oyster_StarFish_Pup.png" width="99" height="56" /></a></span></span><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a... ]]></description>
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                <title>Cookie Making Fiend!</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:21:45 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Oh mah GAWD.  White chocolate chip cookies, "stamp" cookies, and puppy chow are the things I made today!<br /><br />I wanted to make the peanut butter cookies and peanut butter blossoms today, but I just didn't have the energy.  So, that'll be for tomorrow, along with peanut butter cup surprises, and maybe butter snowmen.  Cookies, that is, of course.  The only non-cookie I've made for the holiday is puppy chow.  I think maybe next year, I'll just make double batches of only a few cookies, instead of picking ten or eleven different ones.<br /><br />By the way:  "Stamp" or as the recipe calls them, Stamped by Design cookies, are made from chocolate cake batter, eggs, and veggie oil.  Ball them up, smash them down with the bottom of a glass, bake them, and push a cookie cutter just into the cookie while it's still warm, making an indentation.  Let them cool, then decorate with icing.  <br /><br />The woman that made them told the magazine that she thought these up because she was afraid icing-decorated cookies would stick together during shipping.  These stamp cookies deflate slightly inside the indentation of the cookie cutter, which allows the icing to sit inside of it, making for easier cookie stacking.<br /><br />The stamp cookies I made today got iced, all except for the candy cane ones, which I didn't have enough icing for.  However, when I iced them, the shapes from the cookie cutter got a little lost, and will probably need to be defined a little later with some detail.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Most Annoying.</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:21:19 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Oy.  So I actually wanted to practice coloring digitally last night.  I opened up Photoshop and went to play with the brush options.  Then, I played around a little to see what it looked like on the canvas area.  However, when I picked up the pen to my tablet to actually start something, I found that whenever I touched the pen to the surface, it jumped away from the area I was trying to paint on the screen.<br /><br />At first, I thought it was just the brush settings.  So I went to change them all back to normal.  No dice.  So I went to try and open a new document to see if that would help.  Again, the cursor jumped away, and ended up closing Photoshop.  I retried this a few times, and it all repeated.  So I decided to unplug my tablet, wait a bit, then plug it back in.  Nothing was fixed.<br /><br />With that, I unplugged it again, and let it stay unplugged all day until just fifteen minutes ago.  I plugged it back in, hoping that it would work.  Lo and behold, it had died.  Just died.  No little blinky light, no 'device has been plugged into usb' sound, nothing.  <br /><br />*Sigh*  It was a good little tablet.  Got the job done.  Not the best tablet, a bottom line Nisis with a pen that I lost the battery stopper to, which I replaced with a mechanical pencil eraser encased in a pencil grip.  Ghetto, yes, but it worked.<br /><br />I've thought about asking for a better one for Christmas, but three hundred bucks seems an awful lot for my parents to shell out after everything else.  Maybe I'll revise the list and make it much shorter, and add the tablet.  Eh.  We'll see.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />On a non-annoying note:<br /><br />I recently took a trip to Illinois to visit my boyfriend, ~<a class="u" href="http://dcsoltari.deviantart.com/">DCSoltari</a>.  I had a lot of fun there, stayed for a week.  We played a few video games, I met his crazy little dogs and his sleeepy looking big one.  Also met some of his friends, and his sister, who are pretty awesome.  <br /><br />Also had chinese food.  YAY chinese food!  (Yay, because I don't get it often here because my Mom has it so often for lunch at work, she doesn't want to eat it when someone else in the house gets a craving.  That, and most of the chinese places around here aren't that great.)<br /><br />All in all, it was a good trip.  I had lots of fun!<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />That's about it.<br /><br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Secret Santa Wishlist</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:28:06 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I joined the<a href="http://santas-secret-elf.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/s/a/santas-secret-elf.gif?1" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconsantas-secret-elf:" title="santas-secret-elf"/></a>Secret Santa!<br /><br />And to make it easier for whomever I get as a Secret Santa, I'm making a wishlist.<br /><br />I'd like a drawing of one of my following characters.  Your choice!<br /><br /><b>Before I begin, a note on the first two characters:</b>  These characters are mine.  The account is different from this one because I share it with my boyfriend.  We're creating a story that involves the first two characters here, and I don't typically post everything from that story on my primary account.  Thanks!<br /><br />1. Titania- <a href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/art/Mark-Up-68383131">[link]</a>  <a href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/art/Static-Cling-79149187">[link]</a>  (She's in the middle of this last picture. It's more of a color reference.) <a href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/art/Back-Talk-79065505">[link]</a>  Wing reference: (Top left.)<br /><br />A little info:  Titania is a bubbly half faerie dragon, with vestigial wings, rendering her flightless.  She loves shiny things and jewelry, as some legends say dragons do.  She has a brother, a full faerie dragon from the same clutch, named Oberon.<br /><br /><br />2. Sammi Black- <a href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/art/Playground-90291480">[link]</a>  <a href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/art/Times-90291167">[link]</a>  <a href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/art/Command-79276232">[link]</a><br /><br />A little info:  Sammi is a sassy, fire wielding tom-boy with a short fuse.  She typically wears oversized clothing, usually t-shirts and jeans, but at times wears the red tank top she's depicted in for that third reference.<br /><br /><br />3. SukiWebb- <a href="http://x8sukichan8x.deviantart.com/art/What-If-I-Said-65474071">[link]</a> (On the left.)<br /><br />A little info:  SukiWebb is a character I played on Ragnarok Online.  Specifically a few free servers, such as Devilish, and Earthbound.  She's an Assassin Cross.  I made a few alterations to the typical Assassin Cross outfit, which can be found here: <a href="http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/7145/wpap2004122827fe.jpg">[link]</a> if you choose to draw SukiWebb, feel free to take a few liberties with her outfit, as long as it stays the same colors.<br /><br />Thank you so much. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Another and another!</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:41:39 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Another one of these.<br /><br />1) If you HAD to get a tattoo where would you get it?<br />~Probably the back of my neck or something.<br /><br />2) If you HAD to dye your hair a color what would you do?<br />~Red.<br /><br />3) If you HAD to get a piercing (not ears) what would you get?<br />~Not my ears?  Maybe my nose, but I don't plan on it!<br /><br />4) If you HAD to change your name, what new name would you choose?<br />~I used to be into the name Sabrina, but I kind of like Charlotte or Paige now.<br /><br />5) Would you rather love one person or have many short relationships?<br />~One person.<br /><br />6) Would you move anywhere if you could?<br />~Anywhere?  Ireland.  Or England.  I don't know how to speak Japanese, so living in Japan would be complicated.  XD<br /><br />7) If you were given the chance to go to Paris, would you go?<br />~Maybe.<br /><br />8) If you were given 10 million dollars to keep, what would you do?<br />~I'd give some to my family and friends, and some to charity.  Then hold some in a savings account for the future, and use a portion for the present.<br /><br />9) Would you eat a live tarantula for $1,000?<br />~Hells no!<br /><br />10) What makes your bedroom unique?<br />~Um... My desk is built into the wall?<br /><br />11) What's your favorite season of the year?<br />~Fall.  Pretty leaves!  And it's not too hot or cold.<br /><br />12)Do you like cheese?<br />~Mmm.  Cheese.<br /><br />13) Are you the same person as you were at the beginning of 2008?<br />~Not as nervous as I was about my relationship. Most of everything else is the same, though.<br /><br />14) Anything exciting happen this year?<br />~I'm going to visit John in Illinois?  And.. well.. I always look forward to Christmas.  I dunno.<br /><br />15) Have you been involved with the police this year?<br />~Nuh.<br /><br />16) Are your best friends still your best friends?<br />~Of course they are!<br /><br />17) Got any tattoos or piercings this year?<br />~Nope.<br /><br />18) Had a haircut yet this year?<br />~Mhm.  A trim.<br /><br />19) Been in a hospital this year?<br />~Not for myself.  But we went to one to wait while my Dad got the calcium bump from his head removed.<br /><br />20) What woke you up this morning?<br />~Getting a wrong number phone call.<br /><br />21) What color shirt are you wearing?<br />~Black.<br /><br />22) Are you crazy?<br />~No, not really.  I act crazy sometimes, but not literally!<br /><br />23) Does anyone call you baby?<br />~Once in a while, John does.<br /><br />24) Regular Cheetos or hot?<br />~Regular Cheetos!  Delicious!<br /><br />25) How's your heart lately?<br />~Okay I suppose.<br /><br />26) Favorite fruit?<br />~Peaches.<br /><br />27) Are you scared of spiders?<br />~Yeah.  Not deathly unless they're touching me or too close to me.<br /><br />28) If someone doesn't like you, its usually because...?<br />~Depending, sometimes I'm generally not so nice, or impatient.  But usually because I'm overweight.  Some people actually think it's a bad quality.<br /><br />29) Do you wear the hood on your hoodie?<br />~I don't currently own a hoodie, but yes, I wear the hood now and then.<br /><br />30) Do you like being around a large group of friends, or two best friends?<br />~Two rather than a large group.  Everyone gets heard and it's more personal.  But hanging out with a large group now and then is pretty fun!<br /><br />31) Do you like roller coasters?<br />~Ohhh no.  Not me.<br /><br />32) Do you care what others think about you?<br />~Sometimes.  I go through spells of hating myself like a lot of people do.<br /><br />33) Do you think you'll be married in 10 years?<br />~I hope so!<br /><br />34) Are you afraid of the dark?<br />~I feel more comfortable sleeping in the dark when someone else is awake, or if someone is asleep in the living room.  Weird, yes.<br /><br />35) Like your life at the moment?<br />~I can't really complain.  It's a little dull, but things will pick up eventually.<br /><br />36) Where were you last night?<br />~At the computer.<br /><br />37) What are you wearing?<br />~My black t-shirt and a pair of black pants.  I haven't changed into my pjs yet.<br /><br />38) How late did you stay up last night?<br />~Until about three thirty.<br /><br />39) Have you ever lost a best friend?<br />~Not by death.  I did have a best friend that sorta drifted away when she dropped out of school.  Then she had a kid.<br /><br />40) Last time you wanted to punch someone in their face?<br />~This morning when that wrong number call came through and woke me up.  I keep getting phone calls from people asking for someone that doesn't live here. It's happened like seven times in the last month.<br /><br />41)Last person you said I love you to?<br />~Johnny.<br /><br />42) Describe your life in one smiley:<br />|o  (Snooooresville!)<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Letters of the Alphabet</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:55:55 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I saw this on *<a class="u" href="http://rynnay.deviantart.com/">Rynnay</a>'s journal, and decided to comment.  Here's how it goes:<br /><br />"If you comment I'll give you a letter of the alphabet and you have to make a journal and list TEN THINGS you like starting with the letter I give you."<br /><br />My letter is R.<br /><br /><br />1. Rain<br />2. Reading<br />3. Roasted Marshmallow Jelly Beans<br />4. Reese's<br />5. Red<br />6. Rurouni Kenshin<br />7. Raccoons<br />8. Rocks<br />9. Roses<br />10. Relax Bear (San-X character)<br /><br />Wow, that was kind of difficult.<br /><br />Any of you guys want to participate, go ahead and comment!<br /><br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Perhaps...</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:32:30 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Went to the dentist today, expecting to get another tooth filled.  I took two Xanax to try and calm myself down before I went, but when I was in the chair, I found that I was still freaked.  I got a second set of x-rays, and the dentist did an inspection of my mouth to figure out how many cavities I actually have.  I didn't count how many, but it was a lot, and he explained to Mom and I that there were a few that could need root canals if the decay was infecting the nerve.<br /><br />It turned out that I didn't get anything actually done to my teeth today, just the examination.  I was relieved. However, the dentist and his assistant printed out a treatment plan, pretty much saying what the priority teeth were, etc.  Of course, the prices were all listed.  The subtotal for everything over time would be upward to three or four thousand bucks.  x-x  Good thing it doesn't have to be paid all at once!<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />In other news, I ordered a new sketchbook from Dickblick, and it came in the mail today along with the bristol pad and smaller sketchbook I ordered with it.  I figured that getting bristol paper would be better for when I want to finish drawings with better quality than the standard sketchbook paper.  The smaller sketchbook, I got for color swatches.  I got the idea from a blog I found somewhere that mentioned writing color techniques down in a small sketchbook can be useful.  So, I plan to use mine for keeping color combos for characters, clothing, etc, so I won't forget them and have to find out over and over again.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Tegaki:<br /><a href="http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/uentries.php?u=39294">[link]</a><br /><br />Click if you dare:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX6e7sO1ss0">[link]</a><br />You know you love it.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Tegaki E.</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:57:14 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Woo!  Finally, a journal without a tag.<br /><br />I just wanted to let friends and watchers know that I made a Tegaki E account for doodles and such.  So if you're interested, have a look see!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=39294">[link]</a><br /><br />Also getting more dental work on the 25th or.. something I don't remember.  Just getting this back tooth filled.  It hasn't been hurting me, so that's a plus.  However, I'm going to take some Xanax before going to the dentist's.  Last time, I freaked out a little over the drill.  Apparently, getting a prescription for Valium or Xanax so you can go to the dentist's without freaking is common.<br /><br />In November, I'm going to visit John.  We're supposed to look at tickets to buy tomorrow night after Mom comes home from work and the bank.  It's been put off for a while because money has been a little tight, but it looks like I'll be able to go after all.  :3<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>'Nother one.</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:27:14 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Yeah, I filled out another one of these thingamajigs because I was bored.  When will I update?  When I get un-lazy.  T-T  Who knows when that'll be!<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />If you got married to your most best guy friend, would you be happy?<br />-Sure I would.  :3  I plan on it anyways because heÂs already my BOYFRIEND.  : D<br /><br />What did you do this afternoon?<br />-Uh.. lets see.  Lazed around on the computer, answering questions in the Sims2 forums.. Ate lunch, watched TV, all while talking to John.<br /><br />When was the last time you smiled?<br />-Uh.  Nao?<br /><br />Can you use chopsticks?<br />-Yus.  But if I use them too long, my hand locks up.<br /><br />Who was the last person you slept next to?<br />-Bitsy!  My cuddly wuddly kitty cat.  Actual person would be John.  Yay for naps!<br /><br />What do you order from taco bell?<br />-I donÂt usually go to taco bell.  IÂm not much for Mexican food.  But I like tacos..  Hm..<br /><br />Do you talk to the person you fell hardest for?<br />-IÂm talking to him now.  Unless thereÂs like..  some weird meaning behind that.<br /><br />Do you remember what you were like a year ago?<br />-Hm.. I had a lot of money from my graduation because my family were all, ÂYay, have money and stuff!Â  Too bad I spent it so fast..  I should have saved it for a computer or something like that.  I was also single most of the year.  T-T  But that got settled in August. :3<br /><br />Do you have unlimited texting?<br />-Nuh.  But I have more texting than usual on our plan.  For a while there I was texting a lot, but then I stopped because it was a lot of money. D:<br /><br />Ever cried because of happiness?<br />-Yeah.  And IÂve laughed until IÂve cried.<br /><br />Anything you're giving up on?<br />-Hm..  Not particularly.<br /><br />Whose pool did you last swim in?<br />-My Aunt Debbie and Uncle SkipÂs.  It was last year.  I canÂt remember if it was a get together or the week I was invited up there for something of a vacation.  IÂm not really into going up there anymore because my other Aunt Pat moved into her own place, and my cousin Ed moved out, taking his daughter Chyna.  So I donÂt have a little kid to entertain me or anything.  XD<br /><br />Are you planning on throwing a party this summer?<br />-No.  The majority of my friends went to college and are in different states.  T-T  I might have a girlÂs Halloween, but itÂs a very undetermined thought.<br /><br />Which girl's house was the last you spent the night at?<br />-Hm.. I havenÂt spent the night somewhere in a looong time.  It was probably HeatherÂs parents house when she lived there.<br /><br />What makes you laugh?<br />-LOLCATS YEY.<br /><br />How was last week?<br />-Uneventful.  Kinda boring.<br /><br />What could you go for right this second?<br />-Mmmm.. milkshake..<br /><br />What are your plans for the morning?<br />-Um.  Getting up and feeling all, ÂRar.. Sun.. Restroom.. Internet.. Food..Â<br /><br />Do you ever turn off your cellphone?<br />-Yeah.<br /><br />Do you like certain romantic cliches?<br />-Kinda.  But not the uber mushy ones.<br /><br />Where is your best friend at this exact moment?<br />-Um.. I dunno, at work? o.o<br /><br />Do you have a ceiling fan located in your room?<br />-Yes.  But it hasnÂt been used since the 90Âs because it wobbles a lot and I have a fear that itÂll fall.  I was at a relativeÂs house when I was younger, and one of my cousins and I were coloring while laying on the floor.  Then we moved to the table because our elbows were starting to hurt.  A short time after we moved, the ceiling fan fell on the spot we had been just moments earlier.  x-x<br /><br />What is the worst thing that has happened to you lately?<br />-Really bad toothache.  And Johnny getting sick.  Poor thing.<br /><br />What color is your car?<br />-Lawl, whut car?  MomÂs is like.. silver.<br /><br />What sounds are you currently hearing?<br />-Trailer music.  You know, the music you hear in the background of some movie trailers?<br /><br />Have you told anybody you loved them today?<br />-Yes. :3<br /><br />Do you miss anyone?<br />-I miss my friends that went to college, are working a lot, and moved out of walking distance.  OHHH I need to learn to DRIVE.<br /><br />Are you growing apart from someone close?<br />-Proabably.  D:<br /><br />Where was your default pic taken?<br />-ÂDefault pic?<br /><br />How much are you on the phone daily?<br />-Once or twice.<br /><br />Are you in a good mood?<br />-Eh.  Not good, not bad.  Kinda mellowww.<br /><br />Have you ever been in love?<br />-Yessss.<br /><br />Do you love your life?<br />-I have a pretty easy life, even though I complain a lot.  I donÂt hate it unless it throws something bad at me.  Like the tooth thing.  Other than that, itÂs a pretty sweet gig.<br /><br />Who do you trust with EVERYTHING?<br />-John.  And my friends.  Maybe my parents.<br /><br />What will you be doing in 3 hours?<br />-Probably st... ]]></description>
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                <title>The big 100.</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:07:01 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ 100 Questions about me:  (Woo!  Another questionnaire.)<br /><br />1. How old will you be in five years? <br />24.  EGAD, IÂm gonna be OLD!<br /><br />2. Who did you spend at least two hours with today?<br />Johnny.<br /><br />3. How tall are you? <br />5Â1 Â½Â  YES.  One and a half, bitches!  XD<br /><br />4. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks? <br />Uh.. six weeks.. *looks at calendar*  ÂNothing, really.  IÂm looking forward to October, November, and December.  Halloween, visiting John, and Christmas.<br /><br /><br />5. What's the last movie you saw? <br />HmÂ  I honestly canÂt remember the last one I saw.  But I saw Atonement sometime before that.<br /><br /><br />6. Who was the last person you called? <br />JohnÂs house last night.  No one answered. >.o<br /><br /><br />7. Who was the last person to call you? <br />Mom. <br /><br />8. What was the last text message you received? <br />Jokes from Heather.<br /><br /><br />9. Who was the last person to leave you a voicemail? <br />Mom, probably.  I donÂt get left voicemail much.<br /><br /><br />10. Do you prefer to call or text? <br />Usually, text, because I donÂt really want to bother people with phone calls.  Unless itÂs John or my parents.<br /><br />11. What were you doing at 12am last night? <br />Watching TV and discovering new mods for the Sims2.<br /><br />12. Are your parents married/divorced? <br />Married.<br /><br /><br />13. When did you last see your mom? <br />Last night.  Both my parents go to work before I wake up, so IÂm at home all day without them.<br /><br /><br />14. What color are your eyes? <br />Grey blue-green.<br /><br /><br />15. What time did you wake up today? <br />Ten something.<br /><br />16. What are you wearing right now? <br />Green tee and grey pj pants.<br /><br /><br />17. Do you like Christmas songs? <br />Yay!<br /><br /><br />18. Where is your favorite place to be? <br />HmÂ I donÂt know, really.  I havenÂt been on many vacations just to be somewhere.  Vacations IÂve gone on usually led to some amusement park.  Cape May was pretty nice, though.  And staying in Williamsburg when we took a class trip to Busch Gardens back in highschool.  And Hershey, PA.<br /><br />19. Where is your least favorite place to be? <br />DentistÂs office.  Valium, plzkthx.<br /><br />20. Where would you go if you could go anywhere? <br />Ireland or Japan. :3<br /><br />21. Where do you think you'll be in 10 years? <br />Hopefully married and in my own house with Johnny.  Or at least living with him at his or my parentÂs house.<br /><br />22. Do you tan or burn? <br />x-x Burrrrn.  Even with gobs of sunblock.  Even if I wear a t-shirt when I swim.  I BURN.<br /><br />23. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child? <br />Just someone or something in the closet.  I was also afraid of thermometers.<br /><br />24. What was the last thing that really made you laugh? <br />Joven being a manwhore?!<br /><br /><br />25. Do you have an e-crush on anyone on DA? <br />Um.  Unless you count Johnny, no.  But Johnny isnÂt an e-crush. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":D" title=":D (Big Grin)" /><br /><br /><br />26. How big is your bed? <br />ItÂs a full, but it needs queen sized sheets, etc. because of the pillow top thingy.<br /><br /><br />27. Do you have a laptop or desktop computer? <br />I used to have both, but my laptop died.  Now my parents both have laptops and IÂm stuck with the old slow desktop. x-x<br /><br />28. Do you sleep with or without clothes on? <br />On.<br /><br />29. What color are your sheets? <br />Purpley blue.<br /><br />30. How many pillows do you sleep with? <br />Six. XD  I kid you not.<br /><br />31. What is your favorite season? <br />Fall.  ^^ Yay color.<br /><br />32. What is the best way to waste time on DA? <br />I dunno about the best way, but I always just browse, browse, browse.<br /><br />33. What do you like about winter? <br />In December, itÂs the holiday spirit.  At least when not in public.  XD  The rest of winter, itÂs being cozyÂd up with hot cocoa.<br /><br />34. What do you like about the summer? <br />Not much, really. <br /><br />35. What do you like about spring? <br />The flowers come out and you can open up the windows in the house without being deadly hot or cold.<br /><br />36. How many states/provinces have you lived in? <br />One.  Just Maryland!<br /><br /><br />37. What cities/towns have you lived in? <br />Um..  Prince Georges, Silver Spring, Prince Frederick, Lothian.<br /><br />38. Do you prefer shoes, socks, or bare feet? <br />Inside, I prefer to wear slippers or have bare feet.  Outside, shoes.  I hate the feeling of grass or concrete under my feet.<br /><br />39. Are you a social person? <br />Not really.<br /><br />40. What was the last thing you ate? <br />Pizza and a few teddy grahams.<br /><br />41. What is your favorite restaurant? <br />Johnny RocketÂs.<br /><br... ]]></description>
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                <title>Personal Veiws?  Oh My!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:26:22 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I found this meme on someone's journal.  It's pretty unique in itself, so I decided to do it.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />As a precaution:  I'm not looking to pick a fight, argument, or get flamed.  These are my own opinions, and since I live in America, I can EXPRESS it.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />-How old are you?<br />Nineteen.<br /><br />-Gender?<br />Female<br /><br />-Gender preference.<br />Mmm.  Guys.<br /><br />Your honest, balls-to-the-wall opinion on:<br /><br />-Furries.<br />Depending.  People who wear fur suits or paint their bodies because they believe they are this animal/character/etc, I think they're a little creepy in my opinion.  I don't mind furry art, unless it's the dime-a-dozen stuff you see with slightly altered colors of a canon character.  Which is annoying in any kind of art.<br /><br />I like certain types of furry art more than others.  I tend to look at more unique characters.  However, characters that are said to be 'half koala, half monkey, half horse, half chimichanga, hurr duh lalala~' are kind of annoying, let alone unrealistic.  Ones said to be altered genetically or by magic are a little more believable with sci-fi or fantasy plots, of course.<br /><br />-Fangirls.<br />Fangirls can be a little creepy and strange sometimes.  I'm a fangirl of certain things, I assure you, but when people go and try to alter all things in an anime/manga, movie, book, story, what have you, it's annoying.  And tired.  I mean, come on.  People work for years to put their hearts and souls into something, and then fans take it to stupidity and force everything to look raunchy.<br /><br />-Fanboys.<br />Same as above.<br /><br />-Yaoi.<br />I'm not particularly interested in it.  Sometimes it's completely hilarious upon making up a story to share with your pals, but seriously.  NOT ALL MALE CHARACTERS ARE MADE TO BE GAY FOR ONE ANOTHER.<br /><br />-Critique, regardless of art form or genre.<br />I appreciate it in normal aspects.  However, when someone gets the 'matter of fact' attitude, like they're anatomical or detail geniuses, I want to apply facestabknife. I also think it's hilarious when people who can't draw/paint/sculpt/etc. at all get on a teaching and 'you did this wrong, lol' spree.<br /><br />-Manga-style illustration.<br />I generally like it.  There are a lot of mary-sue copy cats out there that I see for fandoms like Naruto and such.  It's normal for a budding artist to start out that way, but it's a little much sometimes.  I like original characters.  <br /><br />-Manga-style illustration with a Western influence.<br />I think I'm a bit of an example of that.  My style isn't the most manga/animeish, or the most western.  It has it's own interesting appeal, but I'm glad I've yet to see Superman with giant anime eyes.<br /><br />-Rap music.<br />Oy.  Don't get me started.  I was born into a classic rock loving family.  I can't stand rap.  There are a few songs here and there that I can tolerate, but most are annoying to me.  <br /><br />-Mainstream pop music.<br />I used to be into all of it when I was a tween, but I'm not really much for it anymore.  Sometimes I find a particular song I like and snag it off of iTunes, but you won't see me jamming to Hannah Montana.<br /><br />I do enjoy international pop, however.  Such as J-pop and even that all around loved Swedish pop song Caramelldansen.<br /><br />-'GRRL GAMERS'.<br />Omg yay!  XD  There aren't only male gamers in the world, which is nice.  Sometimes a female gamer just needs another female gamer to gab with.  I wouldn't really call myself a gamer.  At least, not anymore.  I've become fairly particular about the video games I play lately.  Most of them in the Harvest Moon and Sims variety.<br /><br />-Women in general.<br />I'll say it like that Dove commercial does.  Girls/Women are under more pressure than ever nowadays.  Some of us need to chill and calm ourselves down.  We don't have to look like the billboard chicks to be beautiful.  We don't have to be skinny, tall, or tanned to a crisp, either.  Did we all forget about our souls?  We don't have to prove a damn thing to anyone.<br /><br />-Men in general.<br />Some men try to be too macho.  Some have problems comprehending that women can do more than wash dishes.  And some men are too stubborn to tell their families if they're sick.<br /><br />Then.. there's men that deal with things as they come, have open minds, and understand that people in general won't see them as less of a guy if they take a day off.  Those are the kind of guys I like.<br /><br />-World Politics.<br />Too much drama, not enough problem solving. x-x<br /><br />-American politicians, especially George W. Bush.<br />OMG ELOHEL MUST SCREW STUFF UP AND LEAVE MESS FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO CLEAN.<br /><br />-DeviantART.<br />Oh my GOD.  Enough of the half naked chicks, wazoo (VAGINA) and 'lul I'mma take peektur of muhself in bathrum meeror cuz I cn't use teh tiemrrr settin' shots.  <br /><br />I'm also bored with the... ]]></description>
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                <title>It's amazing, I can't feel a thing!</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:30:56 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ XD Anyone who's watched Christmas with the Kranks will know that line from when Tim Allen started poking his newly botoxed face with a fork.<br /><br />This is a little different, however.<br /><br />I went to a new dentist today.  I really liked the place.  Nice waiting room, clean offices and everything.  I went into one of the offices with an assistant who asked me a few questions, the usual stuff one would expect.  I told her I was there because on Saturday, one or a few of my teeth in the bottom right row were causing me pain.<br /><br />I had been playing an online game for about an hour on Saturday, and my tooth started to bother me a little.  I wasn't worried, for this happens from time to time to me, as you all probably know.  But after a while, the pain worsened, and I went into my bathroom to apply this soft brush gel toothache relieving stuff.  Sadly, it didn't work, because I couldn't get it into the area it needed to be in.  So, I went to get some ibuprofen.  <br /><br />By then, I was holding the side of my mouth while I got some water.  But then I realized taking the ibuprofen would perhaps make the pain worse because of the cold temperature of the water, which irritated my teeth.  I became frustrated with the pain and myself, and started to cry.  <br /><br />Mom understood the pain I was in because previous to getting dentures for her top row of teeth, she had problems with pain.  As a child she was taken to a dentist that offered lower prices for less novocaine.  With that deal, she felt most of the drilling, etc done to her teeth, so for the most part, she didn't go to dentists later in her life because of her fear.<br /><br />She said she would give me some Tylenol 3 after I ate something, since the codeine would make anyone sick on an empty stomach.  So I ate some ramen, and took a pill.  The longest half hour of my life later, the pain was gone.<br /><br />Today at the dentist's office, they went ahead and filled the tooth I said was causing the pain.  It was kind of cool because they used a white filling instead of the grey or silver kind, which made it look more natural.  The dentist even sculpted it slightly to give it a similar anatomy to what it had before.<br /><br />Leaving the dentist's office, I was all drugged up on the right side of my mouth.  Couldn't feel anything.  It was pretty nice.  The effect wore off after a few hours like it was supposed to, and I ate dinner.  However, while watching TV with my parents, I began to feel a dull pain in the same area again.  It seems that the very back tooth perhaps should have been filled first.  It was either causing, or adding to the pain I was feeling on Saturday.  The dentists knew it could have been either two teeth, but they decided to go with the one I believed it to be, since we couldn't afford to get two filled at once.  I've got another appointment next month.  Hopefully, the dull pain I was feeling was only brought on by the soreness in my jaw from holding it open and being pulled around a little. XD<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br /><br />~SgL<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Ouch.</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:36:22 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Back from taking a short break from the intarwebs!  XD  Actually, I've just been a little busy this past week, with John coming to visit, and Otakon.<br /><br />I turned nineteen on the seventh.  I didn't have a party or anything.  Mom just came home early and made a cake for me, and I got some birthday money.  It wasn't a big to-do, but I wasn't expecting one.  Nonetheless, it was a good day.  John got me two real wax battery operated candles that flicker realistically.  I'm afraid to light real candles in my room, so he thought getting the battery operated ones would work nicely.  They can even flicker blue!<br /><br />A few days before, on the fifth, flowers were delivered to my house.  John had ordered them and sent them here for our anniversary.  They got here on the right day, but when we found them sitting on the deck, they were wilted!  The fed-ex delivery guy doesn't bother knocking on the door, so my poor flowers had to sit out in the bad sun for an hour.  Luckily, after sitting in some water for a few days, they perked up.<br /><br />On Saturday, Heather, John and I went to the local anime convention, Otakon.  I bought a few plushies, a talking Sumomo figure, a Totoro music box, and a small collection of prints.  I got a chance to visit Budgie, Luciole, And Celesse's stands.  I don't know them personally, but it was nice to see fellow deviants and buy some of their great artwork.<br /><br />We spent about ten hours at the convention, and by the time we got home, we were pretty tired.  Heather went back on Sunday with her boyfriend, but John and I were unable to.  Besides, I would have died if I had to walk that place again.  My legs are still in knots.  Not as bad as they were yesterday, but it's still a bit difficult to get around.  I should be completely recovered by Wednesday.  I had a lot of fun, despite the pain afterwards.  Next time, I'll try and get a hotel room near the convention.<br /><br />John went home today, too.  I was kind of sad, like I always am when he has to leave, but I plan to visit him for his birthday in November.  Hopefully I can find a flight that doesn't cost an arm and a leg.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>China Grove</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:51:44 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Mwahaha! A music meme!  I got bored and stole it from a person I watch, *<a class="u" href="http://rynnay.deviantart.com/">Rynnay</a>.<br /><br /><br />1] Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.<br />2] For each question, press the next button to get your answer.<br />3] YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.<br />4] Tag three people.<br />I TAG YOU THREE! *points*<br /><br />All answers are set up like this~<br />Song - Artist<br />[ comment ]<br /><br />IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY?<br />What It Takes - Aerosmith<br />[Hm...]<br /><br />HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?<br />Small of Two Pieces - Clyne, Poon, Roque <br />[Hm.  I wonder what makes the other piece big. O.o]<br /><br />WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?<br />Evolution - Ayumi Hamasaki<br />[XD  Hilarity!  Yes, I like guys who don't act like chimps.]<br /><br />HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?<br />Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy - Queen<br />[O-o Wtf.  I'm not a guy.]<br /><br />WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?<br />Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles (Their Love album, hence the songs are put together.)<br />[I'm not sure if I understand.. XD]<br /><br />WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?<br />I Don't Want to Hear Anymore - The Eagles<br />[XD Sounds like me sometimes.]<br /><br />WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?<br />Here Comes the Sun/The Inner Light - The Beatles<br />[Am I some sort of goddess?]<br /><br />WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?<br />Lady Madonna - The Beatles<br />[They DO think I'm dramatic.]<br /><br />WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OFTEN?<br />Money Bought - Nickelback<br />[Hm.  Lately, I suppose I think of that!]<br /><br />WHAT IS 2 + 2?<br />Unknown Soldier - Breaking Benjamin<br />[Wtf why?]<br /><br />WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND(S)?<br />Back In The Saddle - Aerosmith<br />[o.o Sounds a little weird.  But thinking about it in a non-pervy way, they do pick me up and put me back in my groove when I'm knocked off.]<br /><br />WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?<br />Lust for Blood - Gackt<br />[o.o Sounds...really weird and kinky.]<br /><br />WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?<br />You Are Not Alone - The Eagles<br />[Awesome. XD]<br /><br />WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?<br />Without Love - Bon Jovi<br />[O_O NO!  I don't want to be without it!]<br /><br />WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?<br />Like You - Evanescence<br />[XD  Sounds kinda funny.  The song interprets it 'to be like you'.  Not sure I'd want to be entirely like him. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" />]<br /><br />WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?<br />I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing - Aerosmith<br />[Best.  Wedding song.  Ever.]<br /><br />WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?<br />Move Along - The All-American Rejects<br />[..There's a lesson in that!]<br /><br />WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?<br />Fast Company - The Eagles<br />[XDD I wouldn't.. call them that.  Especially with the song context.]<br /><br />WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?<br />China Grove - The Doobie Brothers<br />[Heeellz yeah.]<br /><br />Oh yeah.  I tag anyone who can do this. X3<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />In other news.  John flys in on Saturday!  Yay!  I also downloaded Firefox today.  I like it much more than IE, just like everyone said I would. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" /><br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Google Tag!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:05:50 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ I found this tag and thought it was funny, so here it is!<br /><br />RULES<br />Go to Google and type in your first name and the phrase.<br />Copy and paste the first sentence/phrase you get that makes sense.<br /><br />1. Type in: "(Your Name) needs" in the Google search.<br /><br />"Sammi needs to get her memory back."<br /><br />Wtf?  I lost my memory?  NOOO!  I need my memories~<br /><br />2. Type in: "(Your Name) looks like" in the Google search.<br /><br />"Sammi looks like a tragic drag queen, and sports a terrible southern accent."<br /><br />...I KNO, RITE?<br /><br />3. Type in: "(Your Name) says" in the Google search.<br /><br />"This here be my ship and if ye don't like it, ye shall walk the plank!"<br /><br />OMG yay, I'm a pirate!<br /><br />4. Type in: "(Your Name) wants" in the Google search.<br /><br />"Sammi wants her belly rubbed."<br /><br />o.o... Really now?<br /><br />5. Type in: "(Your Name) does" in the Google search.<br /><br />"Sammi does the bichon bark and wave."<br /><br />Bichon.. bark and wave?<br /><br />6. Type in: "(Your Name) hates" in the Google search.<br /><br />"Sammi hates veggies."<br /><br />O_O  So true..  I could spaz.<br /><br />7. Type in: "(Your Name) asks" in the Google search.<br /><br />"Sammi asks: Boxers or Briefs?"<br /><br />..Indeed I have asked that!<br /><br />8. Type in: "(Your Name) goes" in the Google search.<br /><br />"Sammi goes flying."<br /><br />In November, yes, I will be. X3<br /><br />9. Type in: "(Your Name) likes" in the Google search.<br /><br />"Sammi likes to jump."<br /><br />o.o..  Jumping+squishy=weird.  Nu thanks.<br /><br />10. Type in: "(Your Name) eats" in the Google search.<br /><br />"Sammi eats 5 scoops of ice cream and her sister eats 8."<br /><br />Mmm.. Ice cream.  Wait.  When did I get a sister?!  NO ICE CREAM FOR HER!<br /><br />11. Type in: "(Your Name) wears" in Google search.<br /><br />"Sammi wears some of her creations."<br /><br />Well, sometimes I do. XD<br /><br />12. Type in: "(Your Name) was arrested for" in Google search.<br /><br />"Was arrested for Theft over $300.00 by shoplifting merchandise from Wal-Mart."<br /><br />OMG nu!  I'm innocent!  I've never stolen anything!<br /><br />13. Type in: "(Your Name) is happy about" in Google search.<br /><br />"Is spazztastically happy!"<br /><br />(I couldn't find a proper one.)  Why, yes!  I AM!<br /><br />14. Type in: "(Your Name) is" in Google search.<br /><br />"Sammi is the coolest!"<br /><br />Helllllz yeah. XD<br /><br />15. Type in: "(Your Name) reads" in Google search.<br /><br />"Sammi reads all the mail."<br /><br />XD  I hardly get mail as it is.<br /><br />16. Type in: "(Your Name) plays" in Google search.<br /><br />"Sammi plays with bubbles."<br /><br />Sometiiiimes. X3<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Right now, I wish the month would end already.  I'm excited for August to come because not only is my birthday in the first week, John is coming to visit again, and Otakon is coming up.<br /><br />John is going to be visiting from the 2nd to the 11th.  Our anniversary (the day we got together, we aren't married)is on the 5th, and my birthday is on the 7th.  What's between those two days?  My parent's anniversary! XD  Yes, on the sixth, they got married.  I forget how many years ago.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/a/animesweat.gif" width="19" height="19" alt="^^;" title="Sweating a little..." />  The three days after my birthday is Otakon's run in Baltimore's Convention Center.  John, my friend Heather, and I will be going on Saturday to have some fun.  I just wish this month would be over so all this fun stuff can happen!<br /><br />It'll prolly be here and gone before I know it, which is the sad part.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br />~SgL<br /><br /><a href="http://www.TickerFactory.com/"><br /><img border="0" src="http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/d/4;51;2/st/20080809/e/Otakon%21/k/efd2/event.png"></a><br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Bentos!</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:38:00 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ My subjects, one and all!  (Pfft.  Like I'm some sort of queen.)<br /><br />(Oy, even with this new layout, DA can't figure out their stupid journal mood error.)<br /><br />I've started making bentos, as you all can see. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" />  However, I lack most of the tools and little doodads that go along with making them.  That's why you've only seen star and circle shapes in the boxes.  Those are the only two cookie cutters I have at the moment that aren't Christmas shapes.<br /><br />Once I have enough money, I'll get some tools and stuff from ebay.  I'll also visit the grocery store this weekend to pick up some bento-friendly foods.  Such as the rainbow goldfish crackers.  My bentos need a little color!<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />I've also been getting into DA member contests lately.  *<a class="u" href="http://bento-club.deviantart.com/">Bento-Club</a> has one that I entered, as well as *<a class="u" href="http://raincookie.deviantart.com/">RainCookie</a> cross your fingers! ^^<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />That's about it.<br />Toodles!<br />~Suki<br /><br />Now, disperse, and go do whatever it is you peasents do.. (XD) ]]></description>
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                <title>Strange Wrong Number?</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:06:04 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ My subjects, one and all!  (Pfft.  Like I'm some sort of queen.)<br /><br />(I can see DA still hasn't fixed the journal moods.  I'm groggy/slightly freaked right now.)<br /><br />I woke up about 2:30 this morning to my cell phone ringing.  Naturally, I thought it may have been John, since we usually talk at night.  However, before leaving for work, he said he was going to try and catch up on sleep.  Aside from that, it's an hour before he gets home.<br /><br />The guy on the phone sounded kinda out of it, as if he just woke up too, or was stoned. O.o  He started asking, "What you doin', girl?"  I told him he had the wrong number, and hung up.  He called back, and asked again, I told him I was SLEEPING, and he actually went on to ask, "What for?  What you gotta do in the mornin'?"  That was annoying.. I told him I didn't know him, and hung up.  He didn't call back a second time.<br /><br />Probably over reacting to it all, but it just scared me a little.  Any of you guys had strange wrong number phone calls before?<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />~Suki<br /><br />Now, disperse, and go do whatever it is you peasents do.. (XD) ]]></description>
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                <title>Surgery, Air, Photos.</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 08:04:15 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ My subjects, one and all!  (Pfft.  Like I'm some sort of queen.)<br /><br />(Really getting annoyed with this non working emotion thing.  I'm relieved, not excited.)<br /><br />Okay, the title seems a little extreme, but you'll understand in a moment.<br /><br />Yesterday, my family and I went to PG County Hospital for my Dad's surgical appointment to get a lump on his head removed.  It was non-cancerous, and was actually only a calcium build up that became solid.  Kinda like sometimes how people get a little bump on the center of their wrist where the blood vessels are, only those aren't solidified.  <br /><br />Anyhow, we left the house around eight in the morning so my parents could get to Magnolia/New Construction to pick up their paychecks.  I went inside with my Mom because she's always got some sort of good candy in her dish or stashed in a lock drawer for stocking the dish later.  So I stocked up a little. XD  <br /><br />We left the shop and went to the hospital, and got a little lost trying to find the short stay area.  My Dad was admitted in after about an hour and a half, so Mom and I waited, and went outside once or twice so she could smoke.  After about forty-five minutes, he came to meet us in the waiting room, already having gotten dressed, and ready to go.  The surgery was a success, and the only thing left in the lump's wake is an ugly wound with stitches. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" /><br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />We also got our air back on yesterday.  It started raining pretty hard when we were going home.  It stopped for a short time, then started coming down again, so my Dad and the AC guy had to stop working for a little while.  Then the air finally came back on, and they ran a new wire to the thermostat.  Now it works like a charm!  I'm so thankful that we finally have air conditioning again.  I felt nauseated all day yesterday.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Last but not least, I got the energy to upload some pictures of Pebbles to my photo/sketch blog.  You guys can find it here <a href="http://webofsilk.blogspot.com/.">[link]</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br />~Suki<br /><br />Now, disperse, and go do whatever it is you peasents do.. (XD) ]]></description>
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                <title>No Air Conditioning?!</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:00:17 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ My subjects, one and all!  (Pfft.  Like I'm some sort of queen.)<br /><br />(First of all, don't think I'm excited about this! XD  DA's emoticon moods won't let me change.  Stupid thing.  My real mood is "bummed out".)<br /><br /> Yes, our air conditioner just up and started blowing room temperature air instead of cold air.  We thought it was froze over, so we would periodically turn it off, then back on a few minutes later in hopes it would help.  For a short time, it did.  But, it turns out that one of the parts went bad.  The guy that my Dad's work sent over (Magnolia Plumbing also does heating and air conditioning) determined this after about two hours of looking around in it. He's not sure if they have the particular part in the shop, so we may have to wait a few more days. x-x<br /><br />  Mom made the less-than-intelligent mistake last night of telling me that it was only gonna get warmer in the next few days.  So, I got a little upset because I was all kinds of miserable from the heat.  Also the fact that I have to keep two potty happy poodles from piddling on the new carpet.  I can't take them outside for more than ten minutes because of the heat, and Pebbles can get through the temporary fencing we have, so I've gotta keep a good eye on her, because she's very curious.<br /><br /> However, Mom doesn't like it when I get upset over something I can't change like this, and goes on her "Do you think I want to come home to this?" stuff.  She gets to go to work, where there's an abundance of air conditioning.  She's not directly living in the heat at home until she gets in later, when it's just starting to cool down.  -.-  But I digress.<br /><br />  I do want to thank my boyfriend, John, for dealing with my bitchyness, complaining, and whining for the past two days.  It means a lot to me that I have someone to rant to when everyone here at home has a problem with me being upset.  <br />~~~~~~~~~~<br /> In other news, I'll be posting photos of Pebbles and some other things on my blog when we get the air back.  We moved the desktop into my room so we could get rid of the desk, and I can't open the windows in there.  So it's a little too warm to inhabit right now.  I had to sleep on the couch last night! XD  The past few days, I've been here on Mom's laptop in the living room, where we have a few fans running.  Hopefully, the heat won't override the air circulating in them.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br /><b>VU NEWS!</b><br />I've been drawing some regular pictures, and those will be updated when we have the printer/scanner hooked back up to the desktop.  (I'll also update here when that happens.)  John and I have been working a timeline for the first few volumes of Vieo Una to keep the story organized.  <br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br />~Suki<br /><br />Now, disperse, and go do whatever it is you peasents do.. (XD) ]]></description>
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                <title>New Member of the Family.</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:19:12 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ My subjects, one and all!  (Pfft.  Like I'm some sort of queen.)<br /><br />We brought home a little bundle of fluff today!<br /><br />  We left the house and drove about forty-five minutes away to the breeders of the puppies, and chose the toy over the miniature.  The breeders were very nice, and they had named the mother dog Cricket.  <br /><br /> After we got the little black ball of fuzz, we went to the only full service Dairy Queen we know about around here (which we found today).  The puppy likes chicken tenders!<br /><br />  Dairy Queen was good, and I got a Blizzard for the drive home.  Along the way, we stopped at Petsmart to get some puppy food, and some food for our other pets, as well as a few gates to keep the puppy from getting out of the kitchen during the night.  After all, we're getting new carpet tomorrow.  (I know, seriously, who gets a new puppy the day before you get new carpet? XD)<br /><br /> We got home and introduced all the pets to the new puppy, and went through names.  My Dad thought of Pebbles, and that's what stuck.  I would have preferred to call her Maggie, but they didn't seem to like the name.  So Pebbles it is.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />I'll be posting some pictures of the new puppy and updating some other things on my blog, which is under my website on my front page profile.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br />~Suki<br /><br />Now, disperse, and go do whatever it is you peasents do.. (XD) ]]></description>
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                <title>Puppy?  Where?!</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:01:57 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ My subjects, one and all!  (Pfft.  Like I'm some sort of queen.)<br /><br />So, after Mom caught an ad in the paper for toy poodles, she got the idea to get one, and ran it by my Dad.  He didn't seem all that keen about it at first, but then thought that perhaps we could breed a boy with Lacy once he was old enough.<br /><br />  Mom called the house that had advertised the puppies, and asked about a boy.  The boys had already sold, but they still had two girls.<br /><br /> And after a begging look from me, we're picking up a little girl from the people's house tomorrow.  Lacy's going to have a little sister.  This is the first time we'll have two dogs at once, so let's hope we can handle all these guys.  I also hope I'll be able to name this one.  Mom's named all the animals except my guinea pig, and I think it's time I got to name one. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" /><br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br />~Suki<br /><br />Now, disperse, and go do whatever it is you peasents do.. (XD) ]]></description>
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                <title>I got bored.</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:16:52 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ My subjects, one and all!  (Pfft.  Like I'm some sort of queen.)<br /><br />I was reading someone's journal, and found this, so I hijacked it. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" /><br /><br />-Personal Info <br /><br />~Name: Samantha G. L.<br />~Height: 5'1"<br />~Weight: o.o;  Does anyone really need to know? I don't think so.<br />~Birthday: August 7th, 1989<br />~Birthplace: Baltimore University Hospital (Maryland)<br />~Current Location: Southern Maryland.<br />~School/Grade: Graduated from high school.<br />~Zodiac Sign: Leo.<br />~Chinese Zodiac Sign: Snake.<br />~Righty or Lefty: Lefties rule! :3<br />~Haircolor: Uh.. XD  Originally dirty blonde, right now it's a mix of black, brown, and reddish hues from their previous dyes.  It'll soon be dyed a gingerish red.<br />~Eye color: Grey.<br />~Skin Color: Pasty, slightly red at the cheeks.<br /><br />-About Me<br /><br />~What's Your Family Situation (Parents, Siblings, etc): Married Mom and Step Dad (I don't know my real father much at all.  My Step Dad raised me, though.) No siblings.<br />~Any Pets: Yus.  Four.<br />~If So What Are They: Two cats, Munchkinz and Bitsy, one dog, Lacy, one guinea pig, Piggy.<br />~Favorite Relative: Uh.. I guess my Aunt Pat.  She's pretty cool.  Mom doesn't like her sometimes, though.<br />~Least Favorite Relative: I don't really have one. o.o<br />~What's Your Heritage/Race: Irish/English/German (In order from highest percentage.)<br />~Political Affiliation: Ew.  Politics.<br /><br />-Love and Sex <br /><br />~Sexuality: Straight<br />~Are You In A Relationship Now: Yus. :3<br />~If So, With Whom: Johnny. <3<br />~For How Long: Nine months and.. about twelve days. XD It'll be a year on August 5th.<br />~Are You In Love?: Of course I am. :3  I wouldn't be in a relationship without love.<br />~Do You Have A Crush On Anyone: No one but John. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" /><br />~Ever Had A Crush On Someone Of The Same Sex?: Uh. No. O-o I'm straight, and that's all I'll ever be.<br />~How Old Were You When You Had Your First Kiss?: My age now.  Eighteen.<br />~Virgin?: >><br />~If Not, How Old Were You When You Had Sex For The First Time: <<<br />~Was It Enjoyable?: XD Uh.  Um.  Let's just say there was something different that happened.<br />~Where Do You Most Like To Be Kissed?: o-o; I believe only Johnny needs to know that.<br />~Best Love Quote?: Uh.. I don't.. have one.  At least I don't think I do.<br /><br />-Your Friends <br /><br />~Best: XD Frannie, John, Heather and Hannah.<br />~How Many Do You Have?: I don't have entirely too much, but a good amount.<br />~Love Them All?: Of course I do. :3<br />~Any You Wish You Were Closer To?: All of them, really.  Especially the ones who moved out of state for college. T-T<br />~Oldest?: Hm.. Well, John, really.  But out of my other friends, Hannah.<br />~Newest?: Hm..Prolly Angie. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" /><br />~Pen Pal?: Don't have one.<br /><br />-This Or That <br /><br />~Boxers or Briefs?: I'm not a guy, but boxers look better. XD<br />~Thongs or G-Strings?: Neither.  Ew.  Put on your big girl panties, and deal with it.<br />~Shorts or Pants?: Pants.  Duh.<br />~Shoes or Bare feet?: Shoes.<br />~Books or Movies?: Movies.  I'd prolly read more if my eyes weren't screwy.<br />~Night or Day?: Night.<br />~Dark or Light?: Dark.  Light buuuurns.<br />~Mountains or Beach?: Mountains.  But here in Maryland, I can go from ome to the other in less than a day.<br />~Snow or Sun?: Snow.  It's pretty to look at. <br />~Pepsi or Coke?: Pepsi.  It's better.<br />~Guys or Girls?: Guys.  They've got.. Yeah. XD<br />~Swim or Surf?: Swim.  I don't know how to surf.<br /><br />-For Or Against <br /><br />~Gay Marriage?: I don't have a problem with it.<br />~Abortion?: I'm against it as a birth control method.  If a girl got raped and became pregnant, or a similar event happened, that's different.<br />~Bush Getting Re-elected?: Against.  He's already ruined this country enough.<br />~Suicide?: Against.<br />~War?: Against if it's over something stupid.<br />~Pants?: For.  Holy crap, people need pants.<br />~Clothes In General?: For.  Nudists are.. freaky.<br />~Penises?:  o.o  Does this mean guys?  As long as they don't have a superiority complex that they're so much better than any female alive.<br /><br />-Favorites <br /><br />~Color: Purple.<br />~Number?: Um.. Prolly eight.  Turn it sideways, and it's infinity. ^^<br />~Holiday?: Halloween, Christmas, it's really a toss up.  Christmas now, because we don't get many trick or treaters on our street. T-T<br />~Season?: Autumn.  Yay colors!<br />~Movie?: Totoro. :3<br />~Book?: No favourites.<br />~Magazine?: Uh.. Newtype maybe?<br />~Food?: Pizza. XD<br />~Drink?: Orange soda.<br />~TV Show?... ]]></description>
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                <title>Of Cons and Laziness</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:36:37 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ My subjects, one and all!  (Pfft.  Like I'm some sort of queen.)<br /><br />Otakon is coming!  <br />  August is gonna be a great month.  John is coming to visit again in August for our anniversary, my birthday, and Otakon, which all fall in the same week.  I'm really excited about it.  <br /> I've had a few people ask me what I want for my birthday, but just like any other present giving holiday, I never know anymore.  Not like when I was a kid and knew exactly what toy I wanted.  Nowadays, I can't usually figure something out, or give a rough idea, such as 'anything to do with the Cheshire Cat', which leaves parents and friends to guessing. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" /><br />  Otakon should be pretty fun this year, especially since I'll have my boyfriend there for the first time.  Sadly, he had to miss his convention, ACen this year.  I just hope he'll have fun at Otakon like I do!  Like the previous years, we're going to have to leave by six to get a good spot in line.  We might go both Saturday and Sunday, I suppose that depends on how tired we are.  But on Sunday, we'll be able to go in later, since we'll have our badges, which allow us to get into other entrances of the Convention.<br />~~~~~~~~~~~<br />On another note, anyone who's been paying attention to me, or the ~<a class="u" href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/">Vieo-Una</a> account will have noticed a lack of updates.  The reason?  My laziness and lack of inspiration.  I have a few drawings I could upload right now, but I just don't feel like it for some reason.  However, I'm sure I'll get over this procrastination and update soon.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br />~Suki<br /><br />Now, disperse, and go do whatever it is you peasents do.. (XD) ]]></description>
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                <title>A Second Visit and a New Comic</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:06:26 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ So, my boyfriend left yesterday after another week long visit.  He got to meet more of my friends, and we spent a lot of quality time together.  Sunday was my Dad's birthday, so I made a cake, which dissapeared in less than three days.  Monday, we went to the Holocaust Museum in D.C.  It was really crowded, and hard to see some things because people in line just wouldn't budge until they read everything and mushed their kid's faces against the glass to force them to read too.  (I exaggerate the mushing of faces, but I overheard a man telling his kid to read whenever they came to something that had letters.)<br /><br /> My friend Hannah came over one night, and we played a few rounds of Wii Sports, and introduced her to Dr. Tran, whom you can find out about as well on YouTube or Lonesausage.com.  Wednesday, we paid Heather a visit, where we munched and played SSBB, which both her and I failed at against the boys.  It's kind of scary.  Our boyfriends are like.. twins.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br /><b>!News!</b><br /><br />  John and I have decided to begin work on a small practice comic before we jump into the gigantic project that is Vieo Una.  This comic is based on ourselves and our friends, all of who will choose their names.  It's set a bit in the future, just by a few years, where John's character is living with mine, and he owns a small bar/grill.  My character will be a freelance artist, coming and going as she pleases.<br /><br /><i>Note on the characters:</i>  They are exactly who they're modeled after, they look like us, act like us.  The only thing that's really different is names, and the fact it's a few years in the future.<br /><br /> We have yet to figure out a name for the short comic, so I'm asking for suggestions!<br /><br />  Whenever this comic gets under-way, it will be uploaded to this account.  John and I decided that it wouldn't really need a joint account, since it's much smaller than the Vieo Una project.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br /><b>VU NEWS!</b><br /><a href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/v/i/vieo-una.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconvieo-una:" title="vieo-una"/></a><br /> Not much to report yet again.  While John was here, I showed him a few new works.  There's one I'm particularly proud of, so I'm gonna have to get off my duff and upload them to the Vieo Una account.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br />~Suki<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Tied Troubles</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:31:41 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ So I woke up this morning, my tongue incredibly dry from the way I sleep with my mouth open.  It didn't take me long to notice the pain in the tip of my tongue.  Naturally, I thought it was an acid bump from eating a lot of acidic foods lately.  However, I didn't feel the bump that would usually be there.  <br /><br />I went into the bathroom, and took a look in the mirror, lo and behold, I found a tiny cut on the tip of my tongue.  I brushed my teeth, and later used peroxide mouthwash stuff or whatever it was to clean it up.  Wouldn't want it to get infected.  Weirdest thing ever.  I don't know how it got there, but I'm pretty sure it has something to do with my mouth becoming dry at night.  Either that, or I bit it really hard and somehow got a vertical cut. O.o<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />Anyhow, enough about my tongue.  On Saturday, John's returning for another week.  :3  We'll be visiting a few memorials in DC as well as the Holocaust Museum.  Other than that, we'll be kicking around the house and goofing with my friends.  Hopefully, our new cat, Bitsy, won't have much of a problem with him.  But, Bitsy's pretty friendly with everyone else, so I'm sure he'll be alright with John.<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />VU NEWS!<br /><a href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/v/i/vieo-una.gif" width="50" height="50" alt=":iconvieo-una:" title="vieo-una"/></a><br />Not much to report in VU at the moment.  I'm working on some concepts at the moment, but I refuse to post them until John sees them in person. :3<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />And, UGH.  This April Fool's Mudkip thing is annoying as crap.<br /><br />Toodles!<br />~Suki<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Updating In Vieo-Una.</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:42:23 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Sketch Blog: <a href="http://webofsilk.blogspot.com/">[link]</a><br />~~~~~~~~~~<br /><b>VU NEWS!</b><br />I've updated a few pictures over at the Vieo-Una account.  Quite a few, actually. :3 I'm happy that I've been productive lately.  At least in the way of Vieo Una.<br /><br />Here's the thumbnails for the new stuff:<br /><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/79276232/"><img src="http://tn1-4.pv.deviantart.com/fs25/150/f/2008/066/9/c/Command_by_Vieo_Una.jpg" width="103" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/79149187/"><img src="http://tn1-1.pv.deviantart.com/fs28/150/i/2008/064/2/d/Static_Cling_by_Vieo_Una.jpg" width="77" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/79107142/"><img src="http://tn1-4.pv.deviantart.com/fs29/150/f/2008/064/a/e/Sketch_Pile_1_by_Vieo_Una.jpg" width="149" height="150" /></a></span></span> <br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/79070454/"><img src="http://tn1-5.pv.deviantart.com/fs30/150/f/2008/063/8/6/Glassed_by_Vieo_Una.jpg" width="105" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/79065505/"><img src="http://tn1-4.pv.deviantart.com/fs28/150/f/2008/063/e/0/Back_Talk_by_Vieo_Una.jpg" width="150" height="107" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/79018970/"><img src="http://tn1-2.pv.deviantart.com/fs26/150/f/2008/063/d/f/Attractive_Anger_by_Vieo_Una.jpg" width="142" height="150" /></a></span></span><br /><span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/78864423/"><img src="http://tn1-3.pv.deviantart.com/fs28/150/f/2008/061/f/5/Glassed_by_Vieo_Una.jpg" width="99" height="150" /></a></span></span> <span class="shadow-holder"><span class="shadow"><a href="http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/78862913/"><img src="http://tn1-1.pv.deviantart.com/fs29/150/f/2008/061/7/a/Falling_by_Vieo_Una.jpg" width="121" height="150" /></a></span></span><br />~~~~~~~~~~<br />That's about it.<br /><br />Toodles!<br />~Suki<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Sketch and Photo Blog!</title>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:42:40 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ This entry's strange phrase:  Deep fried pickle cannon balls off the port bough!<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />So, this is just something basic.  I've made a sketch/photo blog!  Now you, my friends, will be able to see some photos and sketches I haven't posted here on DA because I either don't like the quality, or they aren't really art.<br /><br />Here it is:  <a href="http://webofsilk.blogspot.com/">[link]</a><br /><br />Don't be shy to comment there. :3<br /><br />Luff you all!<br />~~~~~~~~~~~<br />Toodles!<br />~Suki<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>A Little Bit</title>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:55:45 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Well, my boyfriend John was here for a week.  It came and went too quickly for me!<br /><br />  I was pretty nervous when we went to pick him up at the airport.  More afraid that we wouldn't get along.  But it turned out to be a great time.  For the first few days, we laid around the house, watching TV, goofing off, such things like that.  On Thursday, we took a trip to the nearby Lotte Plaza Asian market, and grabbed some junk food.  However, the place had a foul odor to it because of the fish tanks in the back of the store.  It wasn't as good as I expected it to be, and instead of eating food in the little court there, we went and ate at Chick-Fil-A.  (He hasn't had that since he was working at the other mall during the holidays.  They don't have any in Illinois!)  He bought me a really cute pair of earrings at the market, and I've been switching them back and forth with the hoop earrings he bought me near Christmas.  He also gave me a necklace and ring.  They're really nice, and I love them!<br /><br /> Friday, we had a small ice storm, so we didn't really go anywhere, but Saturday was the day out.  That day, my parents took us to the Double T Diner for brunch, where we got a seperate table from them, and had a little date.  Then we drove out to Sandy Point, a little beach near the Bay Bridge that opened up to the bay.  He'd never been so close to the ocean, so it was a first time thing for him.  :3  Then we went out to DC, where we took a bit of a driving tour, just to let him see the nation's capitol.  Got some pictures in front of the Whitehouse!  Then we went across the bridge to drive around the road near the Pentagon, and snagged some Krispy Kreme donuts hot and fresh.  The day ended at Smokey Joe's restaurant, where I got a bit of a stomach ache after eating too fast.  XD<br /><br />  Frannie came over today to meet him, and we played a little Katamari Damacy and Persona 3.  He also met my Pop (Grandpa)  and his wife, Margaret.  I was expecting Pop to be a little embarassing because I finally have a boyfriend, but there was a little too much going on to do that.<br /><br /> When we said goodbye at the gate, I was pretty sad, but cheered up a little when Frannie and I decided to take over the world.  Though we're saving Nebraska for John.  <br /><br />  I got a phone call a little while ago.  John landed safely in Atlanta, where he had a layover.  I'm sure he's on the plane to Milwaukee now.  Then there's the long drive home.  Poor guy has to open at work tomorrow!<br /><br /> I'm gonna miss him, but he's going to try and get another flight down here in June.  Hopefully, he'll also be able to afford to come to Otakon in August.  We have our one year anniversary in the same week as my parent's anniversary and my birthday.  XD  That'll prove interesting!  I'm also really happy that my parents like him.  It's one less thing for him to worry about.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~<br /><b>VU NEWS!</b><br />Not too much in this department.  I got a little doodling done, and a concept for a character named Simon.  He's sleepy all the time because he's a workaholic.  XD  Also got a little sketch of a short comic, where Sammi socks Joven in the stomach!<br />~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />Toodles!<br />~Suki<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Receiving a Visitor!</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:37:23 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ This update's strange phrase: Piggies fly among daffodil spores and butterfly knots.<br /><br />In five days, I'll be receiving a visitor.  My boyfriend will be flying in from Illinois to visit for the week.  Squee!  I don't really have much planned, since we're having a little bit of a transportation problem.  XD (That being that I'm unable to drive, and my parents are at work all day.)  But I'm sure we'll still have fun with bumming around the neighborhood.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" />  <br /><br />I finished cleaning up my room over the weekend.  Thank god.  I can finally see my floor!  I also rearranged two pieces of furniture, switching my dresser and my vanity.  All that's left to clean is my bathroom, and the guinea pig cage.  XD<br /><br />I've also recently got a new sketchbook.  It's spiral bound, and has a composition book marbling on the front and back.  Pretty interesting.  As for art stuff, I've sort of been taking a break from the majority.  I do have a few sketches worthy of being scanned, but I'll prolly wait until next week.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br /><b>VU News</b><br />Not much going on at the moment.  I've drawn a few things up, mainly little sketches, and a few things to do with the newest characters, Titania and Oberon.  Mainly Titania. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" />  I'll prolly make an update on the ~<a class="u" href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/">Vieo-Una</a> account next week with the rest of the gallery.  <br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br />That's about it for now.  I'm starving!  Lunch tiiiime.  <br /><br />Toodles!<br />~Suki<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Eight Names</title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:15:20 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ Mkay, so I was bored, and was looking at Endling's journal, and decided to steal the little eight names thing from him.<br />
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1 . YOUR REAL NAME:<br />
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~Samantha Leeland<br />
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2 . YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus izzle)<br />
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~Samizzle [Whaa?  That's kinda... ghey sounding.]<br />
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3 . YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (fav color and fav animal)<br />
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~Purple Cheetah [Sounds like I need to make a grape-flavored cheese puff. O.o]<br />
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4. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)<br />
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~Leesa  [WOW.  That's more normal sounding than the other names I've heard of.  I don't like Star Wars anyhow. XD]<br />
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5. YOUR SUPERHERO NAME: (Your 2nd favorite color, and favorite drink}<br />
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~Red Sunkist [O-o;]<br />
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6. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, first two letters of your middle name, last two letters of your first name then last three letters of your last name)<br />
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~Aegehaand [That's not difficult to pronounce! /sarcasm]<br />
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7.YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (both parents middle name)<br />
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~Mae Rodney  [Funkkay..]<br />
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8. YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pets)<br />
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~Black Munchkinz  [Hey, there's something accurate!  I am a munchkin. XD]<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Another Survey!</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:45:13 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ 1.) Full name:<br />
Well, most of my friends that read this know what it is.  That's all that matters. :3<br />
2.) Male/Female:<br />
I'm pretty sure I'm female.<br />
3.) Were you named after anyone?:<br />
Some woman on a sitcom.<br />
4.) Does your name mean anything?:<br />
'Listener' is the definition of it in name dictionaries. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" /><br />
5.) Nick Name(s):<br />
Sammi, Sam, Suki, Suki-chan, Sammich, Shorty, Midget.<br />
6.) What do you think you look like?:<br />
Whaa?  Hm.  Well...  I guess I look like something made of flesh, muscle, and bone.<br />
7.) Date of Birth:<br />
8/7/89<br />
8.) Place of Birth and Current Location:<br />
Baltimore, MD > Lothian, MD<br />
9.) Nationality:<br />
American.  Irish/German/English bloodline.<br />
10.) Astrology:<br />
Leo.<br />
11.) Chinese Astrology:<br />
Snake.<br />
12.) What's your favorite smell?:<br />
Hm.. Well, I'm partial to chocolate icing.<br />
13.) Political Position:<br />
Whichever side can fix everything and make the country right again. <br />
-_-<br />
14.) What do you prefer to drink in the morning?:<br />
Chocolate milk!<br />
15.) Hair and Eye color:<br />
Originally dirty blonde hair, but I dyed it a few times, so it's black/red/brown/blondeish now.  My eyes are blue-green.<br />
16.) Do you look like anyone famous?:<br />
Erm.. not really.<br />
17.) What do you look like?:<br />
What do I look like?  I guess a marshmallow. :3<br />
18.) Any unusual talents?:<br />
Um...not that I can really think of.<br />
19.) Right, Lefty, or ambidextrous?:<br />
Lefty!  ^^<br />
20.) Straight, Bi, Gay, or Other?:<br />
Straightness.<br />
21.) What do you do for a living?:<br />
Nuffins yet.  I kinda like just kicking around the house.  It would be kinda nice to have money though.  But it's difficult to get a job without a driver's liscence!<br />
22.) What do you do for fun?:<br />
Doodle, write, play video games, bug John.<br />
23.) What are your favorite art materials to work with?:<br />
Pencils, colored pencils, markers.  I'm horrible with CG. XD<br />
24.) What kind of materials do you like to work with?:<br />
o.o Isn't that kinda.. the same question as the last one?<br />
25.) Have you met your grandparents?:<br />
Yus.  Well, all but one.  My grandpa on my Dad's side died, so I never got to meet him.<br />
26.) Boyfriend/Girlfriend:<br />
Johnny.  :3  He's teh <3.<br />
27.) Crush:<br />
Well, I had a crush on my boyfriend before he was my boyfriend. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" /><br />
28.) What celebrity would you date if you could?:<br />
Eh, there's no one I could really see dating in the celeb world.  Sure, there's eye candy, but they're prolly hard to be around.<br />
29.) Current worries?:<br />
Learning to drive, and planes being grounded on the day that John is supposed to fly down here to visit in February.  You never know what kind of snow will fall.<br />
30.) Favorite online Guy/Girl?:<br />
Well.. I guess it's always been John. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" />  Ever since we met five-six years ago, he's been my favorite person to hang out with online.<br />
31.) Favorite place to be:<br />
Curled up in bed. ^w^<br />
32.) Least favorite place to be:<br />
Outside when it's really hot.<br />
33.) Do you burn or tan?:<br />
I buuuuuurrrrrrn. T^T<br />
34.) Ever break a bone?:<br />
Nope.  I hope I never do, either.<br />
35.) What's your favorite cereal?:<br />
Reese's Puffs. :3<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Updating Problems</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:17:02 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ This updateÂs strange phrase: Morning butterfly showers followed by mudslides upon dusty bar-tops head towards the west-coast today.<br />
~~~~~~~~~~<br />
 Mkay, so I havenÂt exactly been in the updating way lately, and the outlook for the next one isnÂt in the near future.  My printer/scanner/copier was taken out of the living room for the time being, mostly to make room for holiday decorations on the end table it used to set on.  ThereÂs a slim chance that I may update sooner than the end of the holiday season, for if IÂm feeling productive enough, I may scan pictures on our second machine and place them on disk before messing with them on my own computer.  However, I donÂt expect this to happen.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/a/animesweat.gif" width="19" height="19" alt="^^;" title="Sweating a little..." />  <br />
  But not to worry.  I will at least update with a Christmas picture drawn up with photoshop.  ItÂll prolly be horrible looking, but IÂll have to make due with what I have.<br />
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VU News!<br />
<br />
 Because of my predicament, the ~<a class="u" href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/">Vieo-Una</a> account is in the same boat as my own gallery, and wonÂt be updated until the printer/scanner/copier gets hooked to my computer again.  Kind of a bummer because IÂm nearly finished with a few new sketches.<br />
  One is based off of a popular album cover, another is a collection of Âschool photosÂ of the cast.  The less-finished sketch is a seasonal picture featuring Sammi and Joven.<br />
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ThatÂs about it!<br />
<br />
Toodles!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Nooooo!</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:48:54 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ This update's strange phrase: And lo, they spoke of pig's ears tied with eyelash wishes and dental floss as they remembered their ancestors.<br />
~~~~~~~~~~<br />
T^T  Looks like I let my subscription expire.<br />
<br />
Oh well, I'll eventually get a new one whenever I get the money.  Then there'll be a normal looking journal. XD<br />
~~~~~~~~~~<br />
Toodles!<br /><br /> ]]></description>
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                <title>Requesting Back-Up!</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:24:55 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalheader.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a><br /><br />This update's strange phrase: "Lawn mowers running over a plain of peanut-butter swirl banana ice cream does not a gopher make."<br />
~~~~~~~~~~<br />
Hiya, guys!<br />
<br />
So, here I am again, spamming my friend's message boxes with another journal.  And to those who read, thanks!<br />
<br />
Anyhow, if you read my previous journal, I rattled on about my escapade of recieveing a Wii as an early Christmas gift.  I'd like to ask my friends what games they've played and like!  (Even if they don't have a Wii, of course. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" />)<br />
<br />
Here's a list of what I already know of:<br />
~Wario Ware Smooth Moves (Input from John)<br />
~Sonic and Mario Olympic Games (Input from Frannie)<br />
~My Sims (Me)<br />
~Carnival Games (Me)<br />
~LoZ: Twilight Princess (Obtained)<br />
~Sonic and the Secret Ring [or sumfins like that...](Input from Frannie)<br />
~Super Smash Brothers Brawl (Input mostly from John)<br />
~Trauma Center: New Blood (Input from John)<br />
<br />
Just leave a comment as to what games you found/find interesting!<br />
~~~~~~~~~~<br />
Onto art matters!<br />
<br />
Well, guys.  It seems I'm in a slump again.  I can't seem to find anything interesting enough to draw, and I'm looking for suggestions again.  Now, I'm not really into fanart, so anything original that comes to mind, throw it at me.  Anything at all.  It can be an inspiring word, for Pete's sake!  (I really don't know anyone named Pete...)<br />
~~~~~~~~~~<br />
Toodles!<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalfooter.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a> ]]></description>
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                <title>Half-A-Giganto Survey and a Story</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:45:39 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalheader.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a><br /><br />This update's strange phrase: "Let the beetles come, the hairspray doesn't mind!  I swear!"<br />
~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
 Before the survey, I'd like to take this moment to say, I NOW HAVE A WII!  Just today, my Mom and I were looking at them on the internet, and we found a site, PandorasCube.com that was selling a basic Wii bundle for $499.  <br />
  Then we noticed where the store was located.  Just about thirty to fourty-five minutes away in College Park.  At first my Mom was skeptical, but eventually decided to go ahead and reserve one for pick-up until the weekend, when her and my Dad's paychecks were in.  <br />
 However, today, they went to pick my Dad's paycheck up early, because they didn't think that there would be anyone working on the weekend that would be able to give him the check.  So they went and got it while I stayed home and watched TV.  <br />
  They came back with a bag that I assumed was from Radio Shack, since my Dad had talked about grabbing something to do with a small sattelite for one of our direcTV boxes that hasn't been working.  Lo and behold, they asked me to read off the serial number from the 'sattelite dish', and when I looked into the bag, there was a Wii!  ^^  <br />
 An early Christmas gift that I've been waiting to get.  (My parents bought me the Twilight Princess game for the Wii last Christmas in promises that they would buy me a Wii when they became available.)<br />
~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
1. Do you snore?<br />
Apparently, I do. o-o;<br />
<br />
2. Are you a lover or a fighter?<br />
Depends on the situation.<br />
<br />
3. WhatÂs your worst fear?<br />
Losing anyone close to me, and some other stuff I dun wanna talk about. >>;<br />
<br />
4. As a kid, where you a lego maniac?<br />
For a very short time.<br />
<br />
5. What do you think of ÂrealityÂ tv?<br />
It's way out of hand.<br />
<br />
6. Do you chew on your straws?<br />
Occasionally.<br />
<br />
7. Were you a cute baby?<br />
The best looking baby in my family EVAR.  The only cuteness that will ever surpass mine will be my future children. :3 <br />
<br />
8. Is the single life for you?<br />
Not anymore. ^^<br />
<br />
9. What colour is your keyboard?<br />
Black and gray wireless ftw.  Keyboard.  Ha.. haha. >3<br />
<br />
10. Do you sing in the shower?<br />
I used to when I was younger.<br />
<br />
11. Have you ever sky-dived before?<br />
Helllll no.  The most I've ever done and will EVER do, is sit next to the window in a plane and watch the clouds go by.<br />
<br />
12. Any secret talents?<br />
I can move the second toe on my right foot left and right.  Is that a talent? XD<br />
<br />
13. WhatÂs your ideal vacation spot?<br />
Ireland or Japan. :3<br />
<br />
14. Can you swim?<br />
Yep.  Haven't for a while though.  I dun like getting suntanned.  I don't tan.  I BURN. ><!<br />
<br />
16. Have you seen the movie "Donnie DarkoÂ?<br />
Eh?  Darko?  Where's he dark? o.o???<br />
<br />
17. Do you give a damn about the ozone?<br />
Fuck yes I do.<br />
<br />
18. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?<br />
46,853 is my guess.  Wait.  CHOKKIT?  DID YOU SAY CHOKKIT?! Mmmm..<br />
<br />
19. Can you sing the alphabet backwards?<br />
To an extent.  Then I get all discombobulated like most people.  WTF is the deal with that shit?<br />
<br />
20. Have you ever been on an airplane?<br />
Yus.  A few times.  Usually to visit my Grandma in Texas.  But the last time I went was to get to Las Vegas for a small family vacation and my step brother's wedding.<br />
<br />
21. Are you a single child?<br />
Yus.  How sweet it is.  Kinda lonely sometimes, though. XD<br />
<br />
22. Do you prefer electronic or manual pencil sharpeners?<br />
Electric.<br />
<br />
23. WhatÂs your stand on hunting?<br />
Damnit, I hate it.  If someone hunts for pure sport, SCREW THEM.<br />
<br />
24. Is marriage in your future?<br />
In five years. ^^  (At least the engagement. o.o)<br />
<br />
25. Do you like your handwriting?<br />
Kinda.  Unless I get to the bottom of the page in a journal, or any other kind of writing book because it becomes horrid. XD<br />
<br />
26. What are you allergic to?<br />
Pollen, excessive amounts of dust in the air, 'gangstdurrs', whiny brats.  On occasion, I tend to sneeze quite a few times and get small, barely noticeable rashes from being around animals I'm not familiar with.  Such as a guinea pig or hamster that isn't mine, and who's dander I'm not accustomed to.<br />
<br />
27. When was the last time you said 'I love you?'<br />
A few hours ago. :3<br />
<br />
28. Is Tupac still alive?<br />
Just getting out of just another Highschool of wannabes has told me that this guy's been murdered.  Apparently, his killer hasn't been arrested because no one wants to 'sni... ]]></description>
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                <title>Baby Birthday Bash</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:09:47 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalheader.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a><br /><br />The Strange Phrase of this update: "Tuesday is Chimichanga rotation day"<br />
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 Well, tomorrow, I'm attending a birthday party for my baby cousin, Cadence.  She's turning one!<br />
<br />
See what a cutie she is:<br />
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<br />
  My parents and I went out today to get her birthday presents.  My Mom got her a doll that teaches little ones how to dress up, my Dad got her a pack of stuffed animals labeled with numbers, and I got her a fairy mushroom house playset.  I can't wait to see the little one tomorrow. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" />  I promised Chris and Leah that as soon as Cadence was potty trained, I could start babysitting her for them whenever they needed it.<br />
<br />
 In other news, my boyfriend is away from home for about six weeks, working at another mall for the holiday season.  There's good money in the plan that he, his boss, and a co worker have.  It's also the way he'll be able to pay for the flight to come down and see me in February. ^^  The only downside, is that we aren't in contact as much as we're used to.  Plus, he's been bored on the slower days, and working from open to close every day is a bit tiring for him.  But, he seems to be doing alright so far.  Good luck, Johnny! <3<br />
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VU NEWS!<br />
<br />
  Eh, I haven't done much in the way of VU lately, aside from a few doodles of Joven, Sammi Black, and Titania.  Not much to say in that department for now.<br />
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<br />
Toodles!<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalfooter.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a> ]]></description>
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                <title>I'm average!</title>
                <link>http://x8SukiChan8x.deviantart.com/journal/15421996/</link>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:04:51 PST</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalheader.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a><br /><br />Mark down what you've done, and see what kind of an influence you are!<br />
<br />
1. Smoked. [] (Ewww no.) <br />
2. Consumed alcohol. []<br />
3. Slept in the same bed with someone of the opposite sex. []<br />
4. Slept in the same bed with someone of the same sex. [x] (Sleepovers, HURR.)<br />
5. Kissed someone of the same sex. [] <br />
6. Had sex. [] <br />
7. Had someone in your room other than family. [x] (Uh.. It's called friends. XD)<br />
8. Watched porn. []<br />
9. Bought porn. []<br />
10. Done drugs. []<br />
TOTAL SO FAR: Two!<br />
<br />
1. Taken painkillers. [x]<br />
2. Taken someone else's prescription medicine. [x] (Had a horrid toothache.  It was half a vicodin. <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/letters/=p.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":p" title=":p (Lick)" />)<br />
3. Lied to your parents. [x]<br />
4. Lied to a friend. [x]<br />
5. Been to rehab. []<br />
6. Done something illegal. [] (Not that I know of.)<br />
7. Cut yourself. [] <br />
8. Hurt someone. []<br />
9. Been to a club. []<br />
10. Seen someone die. []<br />
TOTAL SO FAR: Six!<br />
<br />
1. Missed curfew. []<br />
2. Stayed out all night. []<br />
3. Eaten a carton of ice cream by yourself. []<br />
4. Been to a therapist. []<br />
5. Snuck out of the house. []<br />
6. Dyed your hair. [x]<br />
7. Received a ticket. []<br />
8. Been in an accident. []<br />
9. Wished someone to die. [x]<br />
10. Been to a pub. []<br />
TOTAL SO FAR: Eight!<br />
<br />
1. Been to a wild party. []<br />
2. Been to a Mardi Gras parade. []<br />
3. Drank more than four beers in a night. [] <br />
4. Had a spring break in Florida. []<br />
5. Sniffed anything. []<br />
6. Wore black nail polish. [x] <br />
7. Wore arm bands. [x] (Not sure if this means wrist band things or armwarmers, but whatever.)<br />
8. Wore t-shirts with band names. [] <br />
9. Listened to rap. [] (Ewww no.)<br />
10. Owned a 50 Cent CD. []<br />
TOTAL SO FAR: Ten!<br />
<br />
1. Dressed Gothic. []<br />
2. Dressed prep. []<br />
3. Dressed punk. []<br />
4. Dressed grunge. []<br />
5. Stolen something. []<br />
6. Been too drunk to remember anything. []<br />
7. Blacked out. []<br />
8. Fainted. []<br />
9. Had a crush on a neighbor. []<br />
TOTAL SO FAR: Still ten!<br />
<br />
1. Snuck into someone else's room. []<br />
2. Had a crush on your friend. [x] (He's my boyfriend now! ^^)<br />
3. Been to a concert. []<br />
4. Dry-humped someone. []<br />
5. Been called a slut. []<br />
6. Called someone a slut. [x]<br />
7. Installed speakers in your car. [] <br />
8. Broken a mirror. [x]<br />
9. Showered at someone of the opposites sex's house. []<br />
10. Brushed your teeth with someone else's toothbrush. [] <br />
TOTAL SO FAR: Thirteen!<br />
<br />
1. Consider/considered Ludacris your favorite rapper. []<br />
2. Seen an R-rated movie in theater. []<br />
3. Cruised the mall. [] (Eh?  I've.. been to a mall, but only to like.. three stores per visit.)<br />
4. Skipped school. []<br />
5. Had surgery. []<br />
6. Had an injury. [x]<br />
7. Gone to court. []<br />
8. Walked out of a restaurant without paying/tipping. []<br />
9. Caught something on fire. [x]<br />
10. Lied about your age. [] <br />
TOTAL SO FAR: Fifteen!<br />
<br />
1. Owned/rented an apartment. []<br />
2. Broken the law in the police's presence. []<br />
3. Made out with someone who had a gf/bf. [] <br />
4. Got in trouble with the police. []<br />
5. Talked to a stranger. [x]<br />
6. Hugged a stranger. []<br />
7. Kissed a stranger. []<br />
8. Rode in the car with a stranger. []<br />
9. Been harassed. []<br />
10. Been verbally harassed. [x]<br />
TOTAL SO FAR: Seventeen!<br />
<br />
1. Met face-to-face with someone you met online. []  (Not yet. I will in February.  Hiii Johnny!)<br />
2. Stayed online for 5 hours straight. [x]<br />
3. Talked on the phone for more than 4 hours straight. [x]<br />
4. Watched TV for 5 hours straight. []<br />
5. Been to a fair. [x]<br />
6. Been called a bad influence. []<br />
7. Drink and drive. []<br />
8. Prank-called someone. [x]<br />
9. Laid on a couch with someone of the opposite sex. [] <br />
10. Cheated on a test. []<br />
TOTAL SO FAR: Twenty one!<br />
<br />
-If You Have Less Then 10..write [I'm a Goody Goody.]<br />
-If You Have More Than 10..write [I'm still a goody goody.]<br />
-If You Have more Than 20..write [I'm average.]<br />
-If You Have More Than 30..write [I'm a bad kid.]<br />
-If You have more than 40..write [I'm a very bad influence.]<br />
-If You Have more than 50..write [I'm a horrible person.] D:<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalfooter.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a> ]]></description>
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                <title>Rain rain rain.</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:07:53 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalheader.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a><br /><br />Well, it's been raining for about three+ days.  We've kinda needed it, though.  Our area's been going through a pretty bad drought all summer.  I think my Dad passed a cold onto my Mom and I after working in it. XD<br />
<br />
I like the rain, I like standing out in it, I love the sound.  I also like to curl up beneath a blanket without the lights on while it's all grey outside, and the rain makes the larger window in our livingroom look like a waterfall.  Hot cocoa is a plus.  Mmm.  Cocoa. :3<br />
<br />
Also, to anyone paying attention, there might be Studio Ghibli fanart coming your way.  I've been on a Totoro kick for a little while, and finally drew up a simple shape anatomy for him that makes sense to me.  I might draw a bigger version of the simple shapes so others can use it too.  <img src="http://e.deviantart.com/emoticons/s/smile.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":)" title=":) (Smile)" />  Other than that, I've drawn up a few bust shots of a couple of my friends.  So expect those when I get un-lazy.<br />
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
<br />
<b>VU NEWS</b><br />
<br />
There's a new character in the mix.  I've recently created a half-dragon character named Titania, and her companion, a fae dragon by the name of Oberon.  Titania is going to be the bubbly, slightly annoying character competeing with Sammi Black for Joven's affection.  Total opposite of Sam.  Where Sam is cold and off-putting, Titania is warm and compassionate.  Titania is also more predictable, and is very much an open book when it comes to her past.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalfooter.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a> ]]></description>
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                <title>Character Memes?</title>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:22:09 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalheader.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a><br /><br />1.) Choose up to three characters:<br />
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~Sammi Black<br />
~Blaine Black<br />
~ (I may add another character later.)<br />
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2.) Describe, in full, how your characters would react to being dropped directly into Spain's annual "Running of the Bulls".<br />
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Sammi~ "Where'd the beef come from?!  I'm NOT barbequeing anything today!" Followed by rampant running and random screeches.<br />
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Blaine~ "HOLY fuck!  I swear I had nothing to do with it!"  And he'd run off and try and find somewhere high enough off the ground to wait it out.<br />
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3.) What sort of animal might your character want as its companion, and why?<br />
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Sammi~  "Either a cat, or some sort of large bird.  They're both kinda smart, and they don't bother you too much.  They take care of pests too."<br />
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Blaine~  "Prolly a snake.  They don't eat much n' 're easy t' take care of n' tote aroun'."<br />
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4.) What sort of school subject would / has your character excell / excelled in?<br />
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Sammi~  "Most things to do with literature.  Any class I didn't need to talk much in.  Couldn't stand mathematics."<br />
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Blaine~ "..Hm?  Oh.  Uh.  Sorry.  Fell asleep again."<br />
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5.) What made your character decide to do what he / she wanted to do?<br />
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Sammi~  "My Dad and my life before school and during months of break forced me to learn at an early age that nothing is given to you.  You've gotta earn it."<br />
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Blaine~  "Findin' a stable place to live wasn' easy after the folks went haywire.  But it's best to find a place with family."<br />
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6.) Drink of choice?<br />
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Sammi~ "..Right.  Not twenty one yet.  AHEM.. *Cough*vodka*Cough* "<br />
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Blaine~  Tequila.<br />
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7.) What's your character's pet peeves?<br />
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Sammi~  "Being told what's best for me, and being treated like a child."<br />
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Blaine~  "I don't like bein' snubbed."<br />
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8.) An outfit they'd never wear; but probably look good in!<br />
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Sammi~ A flamenco dress.<br />
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Blaine~ A tux.<br />
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9.) Pick an overture for your character / entering themesong.<br />
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Sammi~ 'Get Over It' by the Eagles.<br />
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Blaine~ 'Flat on the Floor' by NickelBack<br />
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10.) Any last words?<br />
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Sammi~ "...Shoo."<br />
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Blaine~  "Mhm.."<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalfooter.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a> ]]></description>
                <author>~x8SukiChan8x</author>
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                <title>To be or not to be. I SWEAR, I'M STILL FEMALE</title>
                <link>http://x8SukiChan8x.deviantart.com/journal/14990316/</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:53:21 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalheader.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a><br /><br />Your Boy Side<br />
[x] You love hoodies.<br />
[ ] You love jeans.<br />
[ ] Dogs are better than cats.<br />
[x] It's hilarious when people get hurt.<br />
[x] You've played with/against boys on a team.<br />
[ ] Shopping is torture. <br />
[ ] Sad movies suck.<br />
[ ] You own an X-Box.<br />
[x] Played with Hotwheels cars as a kid. <br />
[ ] At some point in time you wanted to be a firefighter.<br />
[x] You own a DS, PS2 or Sega.<br />
[x] You used to be obsessed with Power Rangers. <br />
[ ] You watch sports on TV. <br />
[x] Gory movies are cool.<br />
[ ] You go to your dad for advice.<br />
[ ] You own like a trillion baseball caps.<br />
[ ] You like going to football games.<br />
[ ] You used to/do collect baseball cards.<br />
[x] Baggy pants are cool to wear. <br />
[ ] It's kinda weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people. <br />
[x] Green, black, red, blue, or silver are one of your favorite colors. <br />
[x] you love to go crazy and not care what people think. <br />
[ ] Sports are fun.<br />
[ ] Talk with food in your mouth.<br />
[ ] Wear boxers <br />
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Total =10<br />
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Your Girl Side<br />
[ ] You wear lip gloss.<br />
[ ] You love to shop. <br />
[ ] You wear eyeliner <br />
[x] You have some of the same shirts in different colors.<br />
[ ] You wear the color pink.<br />
[x] Go to your mom for advice.<br />
[ ] You consider cheerleading a sport.<br />
[ ] You hate wearing the color black.<br />
[x] You like hanging out at the mall.<br />
[ ] You like getting manicures and/or pedicures...<br />
[x] You like wearing jewelry.<br />
[ ] Skirts are a big part of your wardrobe.<br />
[ ] Shopping is one of your favorite hobbies.<br />
[x] You don't like the movie Star Wars.<br />
[ ] You are/were in cheerleading, gymnastics or dance.<br />
[x] It takes you around 1 hour to shower and get dressed<br />
[x] You smile a lot more than you should.<br />
[ ] You have more than 10 pairs of shoes. <br />
[x] You care about what you look like.<br />
[ ] You like wearing dresses when you can.<br />
[ ] You like wearing body spray/perfume/cologne.<br />
[x] You wear girl underwear.<br />
[x] Used to play with dolls as little kid.<br />
[ ] Like putting make-up on someone else for the joy of it.<br />
[ ] Like taking pictures of yourself with your cell phone/camera when you're bored.<br />
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Total = 10<br />
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HOLY CRAP.  Matching scores... WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO!?<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalfooter.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a> ]]></description>
                <author>~x8SukiChan8x</author>
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                <title>Eight Random Facts!</title>
                <link>http://x8SukiChan8x.deviantart.com/journal/14480927/</link>
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                <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:25:00 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalheader.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a><br /><br />Here's how it goes:<br />
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* Each person tagged must post 8 random facts about themselves<br />
* Tags should write a journal/blog of these facts<br />
* At the end of the post, 8 more persons are tagged and named<br />
* Go to their pages and leave a comment telling them they're tagged<br />
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(I actually stole this from John.  He didn't tag anyone, so I just decided to do this anyways.)<br />
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~~~<br />
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1. I'm easily distracted.  Usually by shiny or glimmering things.<br />
2. My pet Guinea Pig (named Piggy) is going bald!<br />
3. I have a freckle on the middle finger of my left hand.<br />
4. My favorite Disney movie is The Lion King.<br />
5. I have a huge love for skeleton keys.<br />
6. I can become rediculously paranoid at times.<br />
7. I cannot sleep without a noisy fan rattling in my bedroom.  But I can somehow sleep anywhere else without that sound.<br />
8. I have a hoard of old sketchbooks. (30+)<br />
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I'm not gonna tag eight people.  Just one!  <a href="http://tyrackwolfii.deviantart.com/"><img class="avatar" src="http://a.deviantart.com/avatars/t/y/tyrackwolfii.jpg" width="50" height="50" alt=":icontyrackwolfii:" title="tyrackwolfii"/></a> has been tagged! ^^ OH NOES I BROKE RULEZES.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalfooter.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a> ]]></description>
                <author>~x8SukiChan8x</author>
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                <title>Taking Tabs</title>
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                <pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:27:22 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalheader.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a><br /><br />So, as you can see, most of my work lately has been centered around the ~<a class="u" href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/">Vieo-Una</a> (also known as VU) storyline.  Mainly tidbits of doodled characters that will eventually become more organized.<br />
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Fellow creator ~<a class="u" href="http://dcsoltari.deviantart.com/">DCSoltari</a> and I have been hard at work with VU's storyline by putting together settings, finalizing character designs, etc because we plan to make it a <b>Web Comic</b>.<br />
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Now, John (~<a class="u" href="http://dcsoltari.deviantart.com/">DCSoltari</a>) and I are planning to put together some sort of website for VU, but that doesn't mean we won't continue to update things on the ~<a class="u" href="http://vieo-una.deviantart.com/">Vieo-Una</a> account here on DA.  <br />
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<b>~~~</b><br />
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Aside from VU, I haven't really been doing much drawing, mainly because of a lack of inspiration, so I've decided to go out on a limb and <b>take suggestions</b>.  I'd like to do a lot of different stuff, that being things with lots of <i>color</i>, as well as things in <i>monochrome</i>, and <i>themes</i>.<br />
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So, give me suggestions of things that you would really like to see (even buy if I'm inclined to make it a print...) anything at all, I'll take into consideration.<br />
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<i>~Ciao!</i><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalfooter.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a> ]]></description>
                <author>~x8SukiChan8x</author>
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                <title>Eww. Legal. XD</title>
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                <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:34:29 PDT</pubDate>
                
                <description><![CDATA[ <a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalheader.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a><br /><br />Mkay, so it's my birthday.  <br />
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And I'm eighteen, and that means I'm legal.  But I'm already bored with it.  <br />
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I thought I'd just let people know.  Those that pay attention, that is. XD<br />
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Ta!<br />
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PS: I'M OLD!! XD<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c298/XLookingGlassX/Pics/journalfooter.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></img></a> ]]></description>
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