1. Send mail to
2. Start begging money off my friends to put toward a new tablet. (rather, a cheap pre-owned one that still works)
3. Get driver's license (only have a permit and I'm 21. Sad.)
4. Get second job.
5. Get new place to live.
6. Fix/replace hard drive (it crashed on me, finally. ;-
7. DRAW.
8. Finish art trades/commissions.
9. Make costumes.
10. Find time to nap.

PEOPLE. WHAT IS THIS?!
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH BLATANT ART THEFT ON THE FRONT PAGE?! WHY IS IT THAT WHEN I LOG IN I SEE SCREENSHOTS FROM ANIME WITH TEXT?! THAT IS NOT ART. NO. NONONONO. THAT DOES NOT BELONG IN YOUR GALLERY. OROCHIMARU BITCHING ABOUT BEING MICHAEL JACKSON IS FUNNY, BUT DRAW IT YOURSELF!
BASES. WHAT ARE BASES AND WHY DOES A PIXEL-TRACED IMAGE WITHOUT HAIR (WITH AN EFFING LINK TO THE ORIGINAL PICTURE THAT WAS NOT DRAWN BY THE DEVIANT IN QUESTION, NO PERMISSION TO USE) GET 500 FAVES AND TONS OF COPIERS?! ON TOP OF WHICH, "YOU CAN ONLY USE IT IF YOU FAVE" BUT YOU STOLE THE PICTURE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
This is stupid.

Just. Plain. Stupid.

It is taking every ounce of control I have to not type expletive after expletive in my frustration with these idiots.

I'm not going on a crusade to find these people. If I see it, though, I will rant. I will comment. I will go so far as to try and get the pictures removed if the artist defends them, and for good reason. This is not Photobucket, nor Flickr, nor MySpace, nor Sparta. This is dA.

If you can't abide the ToS, GTFO.





That said, I want a new Daft Punk CD for X-mas, since an old friend and I are no longer talking and she owes me one from several years ago, as well as a copy of Demon Diary Vol. 1 and a bullwhip. Don't ask.

Library manga contest is over and the winner was only 8! Good job, kiddo! He's all kinds of excited, and I can't wait to start working on it, since it's a pen-and-paper project. Something I don't need a tablet for...
Got a working sewing machine (VERY OLD), miss the hell outta Bibs and Sand, though she doesn't need me missin' her since she KICKS ALL KINDS OF ASS, single again (almost sad about it, too) and hopefully moving away from the drunken psychopath in the near future.
Life is one big convoluted mess of cherries. Some are rotten and stuck to the bowl so they won't go away without tons of scraping, and some are effing delish.

Dead.
I found the mouse for it and tried to turn it on. No go.

Need a new one, I guess... ;-;

Now I have solid proof that nobody likes my art enough to pay for it! XD
Fff, anyway....

Tips for shopping at GameStop this holiday season;

1. Don't. Wait until late January.
2. If you must go to GameStop, wear riot gear. Or at least kneepads and a helmet.
3. Bring pepper spray. Don't use it, just threaten ornery people with it. Like that old hag who wants a May-REE-oh game for XBOX360, taking up space and time at the counter with the manager or whoever could be selling you the crap you want.

*joking, all joking. Actually, here's what you need to do.

1. If you have coupons, BRING THEM. Seriously. Edge cards, too. It's a pain to look things like that up, and the cashiers will be hard-pressed for time and tired as it is. Take me, for example. Tomorrow I'm on from 5:30 in the morning 'till 2pm, maybe longer if they need me. We open at 6 for Black Friday. ;-;

2. Know what you're getting. Do research beforehand, because it's a pain to wait in line for X amount of minutes to ask a question, then go looking or need to ask another question.

3. Be patient. Please.

4. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD OR ALLAH OR THE NINJA TURTLES OR WHOEVER, THERE IS NO MARIO GAME ON ANY NON-NINTENDO SYSTEM. PLEASE INFORM YOUR GRANDPARENTS.

5. If someone in front of you is being an ass, say something. It's miserable enough working in retail without some crazy cussing up a storm about how we don't take original XBOX games or systems anymore(we stopped in February because Microsoft stopped servicing XBOXes), and how they want cash for their games anyway.

6. If something's coming out and you want it, RESERVE IT. This goes for all year. Not only does it guarantee you something you want, it's refundable, so if you change your mind, it's not a problem. The other great thing is that a lot of games nowadays come with sweet stuff for pre-ordering. It's usually only $5 minimum, it goes TOWARD PURCHASE (which is at least $5 you don't have to have when you pick it up), you get a phone call the day before it comes out and you get extra stuff.
It should sell itself, but people think it's a scam or something, or they're just lazy.
The downside to the reserve system is that, if an employee doesn't meet their "reserve quota" (which is important because the amount of games a store gets shipped is pretty much directly dependent on how many reserves it got), they get fired. Not right away, but eventually. So if there's someone you like or who meets your needs at the local GameStop, reserve with them. (We don't even get commission! There is no downside for customers!)

7. The Edge card is $15, 10% used games and accessories (that's $5.50 off your average used new-release game, which is more than a third of the card's cost), 10% added to trade-ins on everything but systems (which is usually more than you'd think), and comes with a year's subscription to Game Informer, which is not only a kickass magazine that sells more copies than TV Guide, but is also invaluable for knowing what is and is not crap (I've only personally disagreed with their reviews 2 times over the course of 3 years)...
And it's another sale employees get graded on, so....yeah. If you have one already, use it. It's percentage based.

8. Have fun. It's a video game store. No matter how hectic, it's primary purpose is to provide you with entertainment resources.

9. Keep your language under control. Employees sometimes get complaints because they can't tell customers to STFU.

10. Portal. Get it. It's awesome.

I'm taking donations. Fff.
I need a new tablet. Badly. So, if you send me money, no matter how little, I will send you a random sketch back. As long as you send me a stamp. ;-; I can't buy postage because I suck and the post office is a bazillion miles away from my hizzle.
Even if it's a penny in a tiny envelope. XD
All proceeds go to getting me a new tablet. Preferably a cheap, refurbished Intuos3. Only $400. I'll be working for it, too.

Note me if you're interested, and I'll send you my address. Upon receiving the donation, I will use the return address to send you stuff back. Every $5 gives you a bonus sketch, and $10 gives you a bonus painting by my roommate, Hiyo.

It's for a good cause! I can't gives more arts on dA without it! ;-;

Pwease?