Rants of a Anime Artist

Commissions are open again..

I need $800 USD - at least - to get my mother her christmas gift: A new canine companion.

I've been looking at puppies all over the place, and the cheapest found is about 800. So, Commissions are open, my pentablet has been replaced so Digital Colored are open again as well (and hopefully they'll look better again!)

Prices:
Pencil Sketch - $15
Inked - $25
Colored (Pencil) - $35
Colored (Digital) - $45
Paintings - 8"x10" -$60 (larger paintings are negotiable)

Extras:
Original Copy - $5 for Shipping
Matting on Original - $10

I know someone out there is bound to ask, so I figure I'll nip it in the bud. Also, I will likely be doing sketches for people's Chrys[t]mas gifts this year, no promises on when the delivery will happen considering school and everything else going on around here.

Everything I want this year has a purpose, and hopefully I can get some of the major pieces parts so I don't have to scramble the funds together closer to Sept to get this stuff!

Item 1: http://www.cosplayhouse.com/shop/shop_goodsview.asp?g_code=20081224854110
Measurements to get it are:
Height: 5'4"
weight: 198 lbs {YAY! I lost weight!}
waist: 42
chest: 49
hip: 48
Shoulder breadth: 21
Sleeve arm: 27 [ they want from spine to wrist]
Inseam: 28

Item 2: http://www.cosplayhouse.com/shop/shop_goodsview.asp?g_code=20081224857163 The wig. XD

Items 3 & 4: http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/31XS3Y69TNGBU/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_wl The contact lenses and the vampire fangs. XD

There are other things on the Amazon wishlist I would be geeked to have too, otherwise they wouldn't be there. but still. The pieces for the Seras Victoria costume I REALLY want.

On another note.... You're likely wondering what the hell "Chrys[t]mas" is. I have officially changed the holiday from Christmas. I was talking to a friend and could not for the life of me type Christ. I kept typing Chrys, So I changed the holiday name. *nods sagely* .... Chrys was ecstatic. O.o

Do NOT get a bank account through PNC. I've had one for years, and I will be closing it in the next week.

5Dollars overdrawn. That's it. I transfered funds in to cover it. Didn't get hit once. Not even twice. Three times? No.

I got hit with FOUR DAMN overdraft charges. FOUR!

Then I'm informed that the "Available balance" - Which is equal to your "Ledger Balance" Minus any pending transactions - is no longer that. Now it's an "Adjustable Available Balance"..... Which means it can differ from $0.05 off of your actual funds to being over $500 different!

This is a croock of shit, and I'm closing my account. Word of advice to any of you.. Don't bank with PNC.

You Are Riding Boots

You are very sophisticated. You have refined tastes, and you don't fall for cheesy trends. You are naturally chic and stylish. You can pull together a great look in no time flat. You don't need a lot of flash or bling in your life. You prefer the glamour of the understated. You treasure wisdom. You are attracted to ideas and things that have stood the test of time.

The past week has been interesting.
Tuesday, last week, we were at fencing practice. It's COMMON KNOWLEDGE around here that mom just had surgery on her leg. This ... this.. Amerika-jin no make grabs mom's foot by her toe [of the leg that just had surgery], pulls up.. and SHAKES HER LEG. WTF is wrong with this guy!? Mom yelled at him and he proceeded to try again! .... read further for the concequences of this idiot's actions...

Thurs/Fri, don't remember which, I went with a couple of friends and saw Wolverine - GOOOOOOD movie, Gambit needed a bigger part in my opinion.

Saturday, I hung out with the same friends at a Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament. The kid I beat I was ready to deck. There's a difference between playing Yu-Gi-Oh! and playing Duel Monsters. Duel Monsters is the card game in the anime.. We are not IN the anime.. and that kid is NOT Yugi Mutou/ Yami no Yugi. I swear, he almost hit someone like 2 or 3 times with the way he was drawing his cards. Then he's got this superior attitude about everything and proceeded to give me a really dirty look when I beat him... In two turns. {Tributed Sorcerer of Chaos [ATK: 2300] and Dark Magician [ATK:2500] to summon Fog King [ATK: Combination of tributed monster's attack -> 4800]} So I won at a full 8000 HP Gauge, while he hit a bit wooping 0.

Since no one knows his name and he wants to be in the anime, I have dubbed him "Weavil" {Yugioh fans should get the reference}.

Sunday was blah. Same friends came over and hung out with me at my house.

Monday sucked. While everyone was out having fun.. *I* got stuck cleaning. XP
The only bright side is that the living room can now be occupied by my friends - Chrys is in a power wheelchair. No school due to Memorial Day.

Today.. started interesting enough. Get to class, take a final exam that is NOT what our teacher said it would be - No one was happy. Finish test, hand over, get progress report..

Found a big fat 0%-F next to one of my homework assignments. In "Intro to PC" .. an F?! On an Assignment!? WTF?!?!?!?! Suffice to say, I'm NOT happy. If I get less then a 90% as my final grade, I WILL be talking to the Chairman of the Dunmore ITT Tech. Mark my words.

I get home. Mom goes to Doctor's appointment to get her stitches out. HA! yeah right. Thanks to that make last tuesday, her incision reopened and she's stuck for another 2 weeks. Not only did it reopen, but it's inflamed and possibly infected! The @$$hole!!!!! UGH!

And people wonder why I don't like dealing with humans..

Some may remember me talking in the past about how I got fired from Walmart on March 14th, 2008 and how mom got injured at work five days later. How for a year doctors wouldn't listen to her and couldn't figure out what's wrong with her leg...

Well...

At the 1 Year and 1 month and twenty day mark {give or take a day or two}.. two days before the full moon and three before Mother's Day...

Mom had her surgery to fix the Paraneal Nerve Intrapment that has been on her MRIs since April of 08. The injury that doctors have completely ignored.

Thank you, Dr. Laporta, for helping my mother!

And F*** You, DoL, for screwing with her surgery dates.

For the first time in 9+ months, mom can move her toes AND her ankle. The pain in her foot and, minus the pain from the incision, her pain over all has DRASTICALLY decreased.

At the rate of her healing already, we predict she'll be on the Battle Field at Pennsic War THIS YEAR!

Maybe Next year I can drag her off to Anthrocon and the world can meet Mother Nature. ;) Yes, my mother had a fursona.. scary, huh? {Look up http://dellie-dolile.tripod.com }

Anyways, I'll keep the world updated.

I need to get all the data together so I can put together a packet to send to Mystery Diagnosis or Diagnosis X...

Colds suck.

That is all.

thank you.

Feb 26th... is it really 2009? sheesh.

Guess I need to update here.

Next week is the end of my second quarter at ITT Tech.  So far, I'm looking at Honors. Not as good as the Deans list that I had last Quarter, but it's still good.

This past weekend I went to New York with the CDD class, Ms. P was a hoot. Learned quite a bit about my teacher that I hadn't expected - she's a D&D Vet, an Anime fan, A true goth, and a pagan-turned-agnostic. It was interesting to see how she seemed to *relax* in NY. It was amazing, then again, the students who irritat her weren't there.

The only CJ {criminal justice} students who went were myself, Amber, Suzette, and two students from another CJ quarter.

We rode the subway, so I got to see the inside of Grand Central Station, Time Square, the HEART of New York, Rockerfeller Ice Rink, The St. Partick's Cathedral, the MOMA, and then we found ourselves down in Noho {North of Soho}.

We had lunch at the Europea Cafe in Time Square, then had "dinner" at Miro Cafe somewhere down in one of the shopping districts. Not the best food I've ever had, but the Strawberry smoothie was good...

Met back up at quarter til 7 near the MOMA to come home. Watched "The Beautician and the Beast" on the bus on the way back.

all in all it was fun.

Watching Amber was amusing, I swear if it had been raining, we would have brought her back in a body bag. Constantly looking up with her mouth open in awe. It was amuseing. *snicker*

Yes yes ... I know, it's so frightening!!

It's Horrific!!

It's.. it's...


Oh come on, it can't be THAT bad - I'm only licensed to drive now without someone else in the car.

Yep, that's right. I got my driver's license today! Yay me!!

people like picking on me about it though. my driving isn't the worst out there.. I mean, come on.. I PASSED!! It couldn't be THAT bad....