Meggles' Presentation

Meggles' Presentation

I need a break from my journal, so I decided to tell you all about Meg's presentation! I was going to put this entry up tomorrow, but there's no better time like the present! ^_^

Last Friday my mom and I went to Bemidji to see Meg. It was the big presentation day and the roads were not happy. We made it safe and sound with not too much time to spare. Meg was lucky to be the second presenter and after Josh's. . . um. . . lengthy presentation it was Meg's turn! Woot! She showed her comencement thinger, bookcover, Buena Vista doodle and library stuff. My favorite piece that she presented was the Buena Vista logo. I am a sucka for blue and orange things. And the logo she used was all swoopy fun-ness. The B reminded me of skiing! Swoosh!

She did an excellent job! She told me in the tunnels going back to her dorm room that she didn't think she did very well, but she was awesome. Don't be modest Meggles, you really did a good job. ^_^ Meg has a bright future ahead of her and I can't wait to see the things she does with her mad graphic skillz.

Intern Journal

Intern Journal

Here I am in my happy, little apartment typing my journal for my internship. I have my introduction done and now I'm debating how I want the sections to be. I could do a date thing, a section on each major project, or go by first day-final day. I'm leaning toward a section for each big project I did. Yeah, that's what I'll do.

I have been in Hibbing for a long time and I was about to go nuts! I missed my bed, Chich, and PS2. I told Dad that I missed my apartment and he asked why. Pff, it's home! I know I've been here for a little over 3 months, but it still feels like home. I have the freedom to do whatever I want. You would think parents would understand leaving the nest. At one point they did it themselves and they must not have wanted to stay with their parents for long. I love my parents, but I love being in my own little place. Mom was telling me that since I owe them so much for sending me to college that if I get a job in Hibbing that I have to live with them. Um, no. I couldn't becuase I would go freaking bonkers!!! O_O *nods* Bonkers I tell you! I told Mom that I really don't think it would be a good idea for me to stay with them, but she insisted that it would be a good idea. I said, "Maybe for a couple months until I found an apartment." Oh no, that would not work! This is my plan, not to get a job close to Hibbing. I'm doing this for my sanity and my independence!

Other than that, nothing is really going on right now. I might go to Bemidji on Thurs. with Luke-san for my post meeting thing with Mark. I hope it goes well! ^_^ Thanks for taking me Luke-san! You're so sweet!

It's Been A Good Time

It's Been A Good Time

It's an odd feeling. I have only been here for three months, but I will miss this place, the people and my cube. *smiles* I have so many mixed emotions right now. Sadness fills my heart knowing that I will not have to come here next Monday, but on the otherhand I feel excited and curious. What is the future going to hold? Am I going to like my future boss/es as much as I like Margo and Chris? I hope so. The feeling of anxiety also creeps into mind because I literally have no clue as to where I'm headed. I am extremely grateful to have gotten this internship and in the summer I was feeling some of these same feelings. Worry lingered in my mind because I wasn't sure if I would get an internship. Well, I got one and it turned out great. Now the worry (I guess this is part of the anxiety) is back and now I wonder if I will even get a job. I admit, however, that I do feel more confident about my work and believe that, yes, there is a company/agency/whatever that would like to hire me. The feeling of happiness pops up everytime someone tells me good luck, or what a good job I have done. I'm happy that I did a good job and I wish them the best of luck as well.

Today Margo, Nina, Steph and I are going to go out for lunch. I was actually surprised at the mention of it yesterday. I was delighted and I think it will be a good way to begin the afternoon. I plan on spending my last hours here in the newsroom with the floor crew.

Margo told me to try out for the writer/producer position on the Iron Range. I talked to Chris about it and he told me that would be great and then told me to get an application. Well, I got the five page application right here and have it partially filled out. I need to get my reference info and all that good stuff. Honestly, I don't think I would have a chance of getting the position, but like Margo said it would be good for me to go through the interview process and then Chris could critique me.

This morning Tam stopped by my cubicle and gave me a card with a gift certificate to Grandma's. That was really sweet of her. She teases about being my slave driver and she was! *nods* No, she was one of the best people to work for here. I hope to use it with Mom, Dad and maybe even Scott, Steph and Austin! We'll see, but for sure I would like to use it when I'm with Mom and Dad.

My new resume is officially in the process of being made. I started working on the compass rose that will be on there. I have continents already made, but they are at 72 dpi and for those who don't know much about printing graphics, this is bad. I would like to have my resume printed at 150 dpi, or 300. I'll have to see what I did with those graphics. Maybe for some reason I did make them 150, or 300. I'll put my progress up on the net when I get farther along on the illustrations.

Well, *holds up virtual champaign glass* here's to my last day. *raises slim goblet and then drinks* Ahhh.

Shiny Chompers

Shiny Chompers

*opens mouth* Hee yay ar a hiny an kee! Idn hat huenduh? I hink ho. *closes mouth* *yawns* I had an early dentist appointment this morning and everything is fine and dandy. *nods* I'm kind of tired today because I had to get up at 7 a.m.! Ok, I know it isn't super early and most of you are already at work, but to me, that is a forbidden time for awareness and broccli. Sometimes for asparagus too, but we won't get into the sleeping habitts of vegetables. Fruit on the other hand, they are a crazy sort of bunch. They like being up in the morning and that is why we drink orange juice for breakfast. *nods*

I have decided, ok maybe it isn't written in stone, but I am thinking about making Maki the goddes of dental hygene as well as sound. For those of you not up to date with the crazy people in my head, here is who I am talking about. Maki is the goddess of sound in Maiestus. She loves to control the frequencies and if someone ever got rid of her Maiestus would be silent. She is sound with a body and a mind. And Sound prefers to have her body wear raver clothes and loves to have crazy hair, not to mention swanky tattoos. Ok, so why the waddlefuzz would I want her to have anything to do with dentists? Well, I got my teeth cleaned by a thing called a sonic scaler. It is a neat little gadgetroo that uses high frequencies to get tartar out of those hard to reach places. Wow, it works too! In my mouth my teeth are singing, "Sonic scaler goodness, it's good for us! Yeah, yeah, yeah! We're happy, we're shiny, we're clean! Whoo!" Isn't that the sweetest!?

Not all of my dentist visit was a happy musical. I did have my dramatic moments when the evil wisdom teeth showed up in the x-ray singing, "We are here to conquer! Fear us, or go bonkers! We are evil, we are mean. In the future we will make you scream. Fear the evil teeth of WISDOM!!!" I was once told that I didn't have wisdom teeth and I was happy beyond belief. However, the x-rays that I got today say I do and like my big brother I have two on the bottom and one on the top. *growls* Then there is my father who has them, but has never had them out because they don't bother him. One of Scott's wisdom teeth was turned sideways and he had to get it out. Mine, however, seem to look straight. Now, I hope I'm like my dad and I won't need them out. *hopes* I am going to see a surgeon *shivers* to see what he/she thinks of em'. I really don't want to have more surgery on my head. I don't want general anestesia because I'll get sick. It never fails, I always do and I am not looking forward to that.

Tomorrow is my last day at the TV station, so expect a sad entry. I don't want to go! Ok, it probably won't be sad, but maybe serious. We'll see.

Animating Day

Animating Day

Today I am going to start animating my 15 second spot. I'm so glad it is done. *smiles* I wasn't even sure if I would be able to finish it with all the extra things I had to do. I should be able to get into the editing bay around 11-ish. I hope all goes well when I get in there. I'm sure it will. The animations aren't tough, I think they will just be somewhat time consuming.

I hope Chris and I can get into the editing bay soon to get my demo tape finished. It's so exciting because I'll have commercials on there that actually are airing on TV! I hope this impresses possible employers. I really need to revamp my resume. Bill, a guy that I work with, has two neqhews that work in 3D modeling and 2D animation. He told me to give him my resume and he would give it to his nephews who could possibly give them to the right people. Bill is such a wonderful person to offer that and I will take him up on it. Whoo hoo, contacts in California!

I should really have put up the scenes for my 15 second spot, so you people could see them. Maybe I'll put the last two up, but not the first because I don't have Illustrator on this computer. Maybe I'll just wait until I get home to do it. It makes more sense to do it then. And then I can put all 3 scenes up. *nods* Yeah, expect those maybe later tonight.

Why Blogger, Why?

Why Blogger, Why?

Yeah, I finished up Allesandra's entry and hit the publish button. As a habit I always copy what I just wrote. Well, this time I forgot and blogger lost all that I had written. *sobs and swears* I am so upset! Grrrrrr! At least I don't have to rewrite the whole thing, or I would have to gnaw on blogger. Still, I lost a few paragraphs. Ok, ok, a good walk will do me good and I get to do that in a couple minutes. Damn you blogger!!! I'm calm, really. I guess I'll just finish it tomorrow. I can't do it tonight because my mind is tired of writing Ally's story.

Ok, off to home I go! *flies away*

Stuffed Weekend

Stuffed Weekend

Wow, can you believe it! Two weekend entries in a row! Well, this only means one thing, last week was a short one. Woot for holidayness! Lets see, I went home Wed. night and on Thurs. I did absolutely nothing. You're probably thinking, "Silly Kush Thursday was Thanksgiving. You ate turkey." Not true! I did none of those usual Thanksgiving things on Thurs. because I did them on Saturday. Scott, Steph and Boston went down to the cities to celebrate with Steph's family.

Friday I went to visit Kate and Mike. We played D&D and I DM-ed. I had fun, but Angie and Jon got into a minor argument, so they didn't play most of the game. At least they were kind enough to discuss things privately in another room. Kate and Mike had a blast however and Form Z (my god of obsession) was happy to gain Kate's character, Cammy, as one of his worshippers. The problem is, Cammy didn't even believe that Z was a god. Now she is collecting things like abc gum and sticking it on her platform shoes that she took from a harpy. She thinks the sticky gum will be useful. *nods* Nickolas, Mike's character, is worried about her because she seems to collect and then obsess over her findings. He desperately wants his servant back to normal. *laughs* That was a lot of fun. It's fun having quirky gods!

Turkey Day (Saturday) was a lot of fun because I got to hang out with the family. We had a tasty dinner with all the fixings. ^_^ Mmm, turkey! Boston seemed to be too excited to eat, however. *laughs* "Sher! What Power Ranger do you want to be??? Can we play now? I'm done eating!" I also find this comment funny because it reminds me of Scott and myself. "Hey Sheri, what are you getting me for Christmas?" *tip* Yes, curiosity must run in the family. *is proud* I was kind of surprised to hear him ask that, but I found it very amusing! I then asked him what he was going to get me and he told me without hesitation. Apparently he is getting me a hot wheel (here's the funny part) for girls. *snickers* I guess I should expect a. . . um. . . pink, fluffy hot wheel under the tree that says To: Auntie Sher From: Austin. *laughs* What a kid!

Later that night I went to play D&D with Luke-san, Warumono, and Jae. I once again DM-ed, but this game didn't turn out the way I planned. I had fun, but I think everyone was kind of tired. PC's always surprise me. It never fails. If a party didn't end up surprising me I would begin to wonder. ^_^ Instead of going after the bad guy like I thought they would, they used their heads and had Marius get him for them. This is fine, but I'm not sure if it ended up boring for everyone. Well, it was amusing when Cassie turned Mar into stone, twice! He is so pissed off about that. *grins* Good work Cassie!

I was also lucky to get birthday goodies from Jae and Warumono. These are the goodies: an Orlando Bloom calendar (Mmm), Sherlock Holmes book (O_O *loves*), Ronin Warrior DVD (*Japanese accent* Samurai Troopers), and a cd with mp3's (. . . I shound like Sean Connery)! Yaaaaaaay, and thank you both very much! The Cain rap had me wheezing so hard that my mom asked what I was doing. I love the ending where Cain is singing, "Who let the barbarians out?" That is just silly and I loved every second of it!

Sunday I went shopping and then came home. I had a wonderful, relaxed weekend. *beams*

Pimp Lion, Elves, Vikings And Sponges

Pimp Lion, Elves, Vikings And Sponges

I'm hungry. Anyone else hungry? *looks around* Here eat this! *gives everyone pudding and dirty muffins* *breaks out laughing* Ok, ok! Dirty muffins is way too funny right now. I wonder if I should even be typing this entry at work because my cube will vibrate with my giggles. Eh, I guess I will anyway.

Let me start from the beginning. Meg came to visit me on Thursday evening and stayed until Sunday afternoon. Thursday night we just hung out in my apartment. Friday night was the parade. Rain decided to show up that day, so everyone was cold setting things up and I was lucky enough to help Tam with the party for the clients. Did I mention that it was inside! I was so thankful for that. Well, Meg and I were lucky because we got to whatch the parade from inside. Go my internshipness!

The crazy parade jokes now begin. I know that these will probably be really lame and you will most likely make this face. -----> O_o I will try my hardest to remember all the dumb ass things Meg and I giggled over. Picture a guy in a lion costume with two female lions walking next to him. This is where Pimp Lion was created. How could you not say he was a pimp!? He had two chicks! Hmm, we saw a bear guy with a girl and we figured they had something going on and I wonder if they were friends with pimp lion. We saw a dance group waving their mittened hands around and Meg called their mittens muffins! This is where dirty muffins came from. That was not the only missaying that evening. I have a tendancy to accidentally mix words together. Sometimes it doesn't quite work out the way I planned. For example, we saw that a float had a huge gift on it and the lid opened. I was so excited *starts to wheeze from laughter* I said, *tries to calm self, but can't* "Dude! The lid opens and poop, there's a person!" At that time I had a blink, blink moment. This of course had us going for quite sometime because niether of us are really mature. Then we saw a float that was supposed to be a bus that looked like a crate. I would love to have a bus crate! Wouldn't that be fun! Ohhh! We saw the green streetwalkers! No, they weren't hookers, but sweet, innocent children. They were basically the safety patrol and Meg couldn't remember what they were called and made up her own words to describe them. ^_^ The last thing I can remember is the one-sided camel. Don't forget that camels are snobs and this wooden camel probably didn't want to be painted on both sides. *shakes head* Silly camel, didn't he know that everyone needs two sides? The parade turned out to be a lot of fun and I'm glad I got to see it from inside, where it was warm. Heh heh, poor suckers who had to be outside. Also a quick note of pride, my graphics were used for this parade. They turned out really nice from what I saw on my tape. I was even mentioned in the credits. *nods* Please stop! You're making me blush! No applause is needed. *blushes* *grins*

Ahhh yes, Polar Express. It wasn't the best movie, but it had it's moments. Most of the characters were delightfully cooky and I really enjoyed that. I would have to say my favorite character was the extreme sports Christmas ghost hobo. Wow, does that guy have a long title, or what!? I thought promotions/graphics/news intern was long, but that guy, wow! Ok, now that I look at it we both have obnoxiously long titles, but on with the movie review! So yes, he was totally awesome. I think kids would enjoy it, but I wonder if the elves and Santa would give them bad dreams. The elves looked really weird and this isn't because I'm used to seeing elves like Legolas either. Seriously, these elves looked freaky! O_O And Santa, holy mouse buttons! For some odd reason they gave him a holy aura. O_o Um, what? Did I miss the memo that said Santa Clause was an angel? Ol' St. Nick looked pretty fake. Some of the graphics in that movie looked almost real and then some of it looked really bad, like Santa. I have to say that if you are an extreme sports fan you will probably like this movie. Don't look at me like that, I'm serious. The elves had mad skills in extreme sports and of course we can't forget about the hobo. There was also a Steve Tylor elf, which freaked the fluffy duckies out of me. *nods* It was weird. Yeah, this movie ended up fun because Meg and I were the peanut gallery. I love being the peanut gallery!

Saturday Meg and I went to the omnimax theater to see the Vikings show. I had a lot of fun seeing that and I even learned new stuff about my ancestors. Ok, I will have you people know that toddler hats do not fit on my head. Granted it almost did, but it didn't. A lot of giggling was heard from us as we picked up random objects and plopped them on each other's shoulders and said, "Glomp." I did this mostly because it made Meg double over. I love making people laugh themselves silly! You know, it wasn't all me. I think Meg is megnetic. *points* Look, I tried to make a funny! *laughs*

After the Vikings show we went to see the Spongebob Squarepants Movie. Ugh. That's all I have to say about this one. The most frightening experience in that movie was when David Hasselhoff showed up. Yeah, sorry David, but I didn't want to see closeups of your body while Spongebob and Patrick run up and down your body. Meg and I seriously thought at one moment Spongebob was going to grab David's leg hair to pull himself up when he was falling. I bet if they had the time and money they would have found a way to do that. This was so bad that there was nothing funny to make fun of. That is pretty sad when the peanut gallery is so shocked at the horrendousness that they can't find anything clever and immature to say about it.

Yeah, it was a great weekend. ^_^

This Is Where My Beauty Lies

This Is Where My Beauty Lies

Wow, this quiz I just took was so like me that I had to put it up. ^_^ It was pretty fun! I know Grace doesn't read this, but thanks for putting this quiz on your LJ!


J:

Your Beauty lies
in Dreams. Day-dreamer, creative and forever lost
in thoughts. You're a
dreamer, wanting more in your life than you have
now. Though you a lot of your
dreams never seem to leave your own mind. You've
created your own little world
inside that head of yours and you're most beautiful
when your mind is in
the clouds with sparkles in your eyes. You'd rather
be asleep than awake and
people find it hard to have long conversations with
you as you mind often
wanders and you aren't a big fan of reality. You
are long and almost child-like
probably with a great love for Fantasy or Science
Fiction. You're very creative
and most likely love to write wonderful stories or
draw and even sing, anything
creative that you can use that vast imagination of
yours. You're a bit of a
puzzle to people love to wonder as to what is going
in your mind.

Some Things
That Represent You:

Element:
Water, Wind Animal: Eagle Color:
Purples, Blues,
Pinks, Misty Colors Song: Imaginary by
Evanescence Expression: Blank Stare

Gemstone:
Rose Quartz Mythological Creature: Unicorn,
Fairy Sign:
Cancer Planet: Saturn Hair Color:
Strawberry
Blonde Eye Color: Violet

Quote:
"I lie inside myself for hours and watch my
purple skies fly over me."

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For Thanksgiving, I Thank Margo

For Thanksgiving, I Thank Margo

Thanks to Margo I will in fact have Thanksgiving and the Friday after off. I am so glad. She even told me that I don't have to worry about making the hours up. Thank you Margo, I really appreciate that.

I have a ton of stuff to write about, but right now I'm too tired. Plus, I am at work and have not hardly done any work. I just feel exhausted today. I really want to talk about last weekend because I had so much fun, but I guess you can wait to hear about bus crates, hobos, and David Hasslehoff. *points* Yeah, Hasslehoff, not Kaye. *shivers* Gives me the jibblies just thinking about it. *smirk*

I was going to type something else, but I can't remember what it was. Oh well. *slaps self to stay awake*

MGS 3

MGS 3

One of my favorite video game series has released a third installment. Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater is one of those game I have been waiting a long time for. *drools* I have to admit that the first one was better than the second one. However, seeing a naked bishie in Sons of Liberty was pretty fun! It was also fun seeing the strategically placed objects during the cut-scenes! *big grin* I wonder if they will have anything like that in Snake Eater. I mean, it gets hot in the jungle. ~_^

I, unfortunately, will not be able to buy this little jewel. I will probably have to wait until Christmas. I will beg and beg and beg my parents if I have to. "Mom/Dad, you don't understand! This game is the shiznit. You need to get me this game for Christmas. Plus, you got me the other two for Christmas when they came out. Please!? Pleeeeeeaaaaaaase!?" This seems a little childish, but whatever gets the job done I always say. Well, I wouldn't go to major extremes to get it. I guess begging on my knees and crying would be as far as I would go. I am 24, so I'm not sure if the crying thing would go over too well. I can hear my dad now, "How old are you?" *sighs* Then if I don't get it for Christmas there are other options. One would be to actually pay for it with money I hope to be earning soon, or slobbering all over Luke's copy and asking him if he really wants it back. I've talked about licking things to see if people would then give them to me, but I've never actually done it. I wonder if it would work? I could go to Game Spot and suck on the game and walk up to the counter with it in my mouth. Of course, I would be smart enough to have the UPC part in my mouth. I bet they would call security and I really don't want to find out what they do to people who literally drool on games.

Today I saw Brian, the audio guy, and he complimented me on my 10 second spot. *grins* He said everytime they see it everyone says, "Look, there's Sheri's spot!" I don't know if they really do that, but it was nice of him to say. That made my day.

I am feeling a bit tired today, but it's only because I have been having crazy dreams again. Two out of four of the nights I dreampt about my grandpa. I'm really not sure what to do. I'm not afraid to talk about it, I'm in a good mood when I go to sleep and these last two times I wasn't even thinking about him. I don't know why my brain thinks it needs to do this. I told my mom about these last two dreams and she actually seemed surprised by what I dreampt. I can't help feel that something bad is going to happen. Then I think, "They're dreams, don't be silly. You're working yourself into more stress." I never felt this way about my other dreams about him. I'm actually at a loss of what to do, or think. *points at last paragraph* And look, I ended this entry on a icky note. Bleh. It started out so nicely.

Wouldn't a grey waddlefuzz be so adorable??? I was thinking about it on the bus and Tipsi wants to turn people into cute waddlefuzz. She thinks Ijou would be a beautiful grey with a happy telepathic squee! She, of course, would turn people back, but she just wants to see what happens when they are waddlefuzz. Whatch out Kakashi! ^_^

Ph34r The Evil. . . Mouse?

Ph34r The Evil. . . Mouse?

Google images is a great place to find templates to trace. I was looking for a pic of a computer mouse at the angle I needed and found this. Curious because. . . duh, it's anime, I clicked on the picture. So. . . from what I understand, this cute little mouse was a bad guy that wanted some seed? And her boss was Sailor Galaxia? WTF? Ok, so she fails like all henchmice and her evil boss gets pissed off and takes her bracelets. This in turn kills her? Huh? *looks confused* I have seen many rediculous storylines and I have accepted them. This, however, is dumb. The stupider (*points and laughs* I made a word up!) thing is that she has to get a seed from inside Sailor Moon's body? A seed!? And this will allow her to rule the universe? *facepalm*

Kush: Marius, go ahead and put your stamp of stupidness on this one.
Marius: No.
K: What? Why not?
M: The chic shouldn't have had that much power, but she did the right thing by killing that mouse. Your henchmen should always do as you say and succeed.
K: Was that a pun?
M: Was what a pun?
K: Suc[seed].
M: That's stupid.
K: Thank you! Marius' Stamp of Stupidness approved for this anime!
M: You're really pissing me off today. *grits teeth*

Lets see, in other news Gin Ki-sama is going to be the official drinking Christmas tree! During the parade there is going to be a holiday party for the station's clients and my little fiber optic tree gets to be by the bar. Tipsi would be proud! Tam had asked me if I knew anyone with a small Christmas tree. I told her, "I do!" Well, now he is upstairs sparkling in Tam's office. He's so happy to be out of his box. I can't wait to put him up in my apartment! He'll be so pretty and make the atmosphere very relaxing! *snuggles Gin Ki-smaa*

Camera Crrrraaaaziness!

Camera Crrrraaaaziness!

Yesterday I got to get out of the office (Listen to me, "out of the office." Wow.) and go on a shoot at the Holiday Center. Bang, bang! No, no silly, with a video camera, no guns. However, having the actors pretending to have a shoot out would be kind of cool. They could dress up like Solid Snake, Sam Fisher, or even Garrett and take out the security guards! It would be the sweetest commercial channel 6 would ever create! I don't know how it would get people to shop there, but seriously, it would be stupendular! I mean, I would go shopping there just in the hopes of seeing one of those video game characters. *nods* Then I would try to find them (This would be a difficult task since they are masters of hiding.) and get their autographs!!! Snake might be easier to find because I would just have to look for boxes. I could even get myself a comfy box and then when I saw other boxes I could whisper, "Hey box buddy, you around?" If there was no answer, I would go on to other boxes. See, finding Snake would be a sinch! *snicker* "Box buddy." *snicker*

Yeah, I basically went to help Steph, a person I work with, with setting up lights and junk. I had a lot of fun! The first actor, Bill, was quite chatty. He told me that him and his wife, Chris' big sis, own an entertainment company and they do a karaoke show. Um, ok. Well, apparently he even has songs that he made. He asked if I had a computer at home and I answered that I did. He then proceeded to ask, "Do you download music?" O_o "Ah, yeah," I responded politely. Well, he wanted me to search for Willy the warlock on the Internet. Ok, I really don't think the music would be all that great, but damn my curiosity! So, needless to say, I'm going to download it to hear it. *sighs* Well, I hope he's proud of his shameless self promotion because it worked. >_<

Today I went around getting mug shots of people! Most of them were pretty good about it and everyone commented on my "nice digital camera." *is proud* *laughs* I even got a pic of Chris with his Superman cardboard cutout! I immediately thought of Meg and me taking pics of my cutouts. I need to make a picture story with Legi and Gandi. The title could be "Legolas and Gandalf do Duluth", or something dumb like that. *nods* Yeah, I'm pretty silly.

Can you believe the parade is only a week away! It's crazy! This also means that Meg is coming to visit is also a week away. I bought her grad present yesterday. *big grin* I know that she'll absolutely love it! I just hope it doesn't show up at my door when she is here. I will have to hide it under my coat, or get Al from Castlevania to hide it in his cape. Hmm, I could pretend like it is a gift for someone else. *looks at Meg reading this* Curses! Oh well, I'm sure I can hide it from her. *nods confidently* Heh heh, I've done it before, afterall. *thinks of Get Fuzzy book* *grin*

Here's one last crazy thing and then I'm done with this entry. I have finally met another person who is allergic to peanuts. Chris, I found out this week, like me is cursed to never eat peanuts. Steph and Margo mentioned it when Margo was talking about chocolate peanutbutter cake. Mmm, sounds yummy. I wonder if it's good? Have any of you had that flavor of cake before? I had never even heard of it. Anyway, I'm curious if he eats sunbutter. *snuggles her sunbutter* Well, that's all she wrote!

Carrots Hide In Doom Pockets

Carrots Hide In Doom Pockets

They do, I swear! *whispers* I have seen them. *stops whispering* Ok, for lunch I ate a turkey and broccli (woccli) lean pocket. The last one I ate, I swear didn't have carrots, but this one did. I would have brought my usual, (I think we all know by now what that is.) but once again I had to think, "Green skittles! Thwarted by green fuzzies again!" this morning. Darn my one person-ness. I can only eat half a loaf of bread. *sighs* And don't let the name "lean pockets" fool you because they should not be called that. They're simple to eat right? *clears throat* Well, apparently not when you are me. I think most people would say, "Yeah, those pocket things are great! No mess!" Um, no. To put it simply, doom pockets are messy and not easy to eat. They have a tendancy to drip cheesey goo on me. Not on the plate, oh noooooo, on me! And of course it didn't just happen once, no it happend three, or four times. As usual, I found this amusing and started to giggle at my spilling curse. Hey, at least I can laugh. However, I'm sure Bill and Steph once again thought I was missing a sandwich from my lunch basket. =P So yes, there are carrots in doom pockets. You'll thank me for this knowledge someday. You'll be on Jeopardy and the answer will be, "Carrots hide here." You then will think to yourself, "SW33T! I know that one because Kush put it on her blog!" Then your hand will move swiftly to the buzzer, "What is doom pockets?" Alex cheerfully would say, "Yes! Doom pockets! Sorry Ken, but your winning streak is over!" *cheers for you* Of course, you then would feel obligated to give me all your winnings because I'm the one that helped you win. *nods*

In reality, (The lean pocket thing happened, but the quiz show thing didn't and won't. I didn't want to confuse you. ^_^) Margo asked if I could make an illustration of packages for her. This is no problem and I have a really good start on them. This is keeping me away from my 15 second spot, but that's ok. I am happy to say that I know what I'm doing for my spot and it is well on it's way. After my packages I'm going to put my nose to the grind stone (Oooowwww. *rubs red, little nose*) and dilegantly work on it. Don't worry, I will put them up for you to see.

*goes back to work on STUFF!!*

I Need This Song!

I Need This Song!

At work I listen to a sweet little European radio station on windows media player. I believe it is from Spain. They have a french techno song that I would love to have, but alas, I don't know the name. ;_; *sniffle whiffle*

O_O Margo patted me on the back. *looks surprised* I showed her the kid and Rudy, and she liked it. She inquired how I did my shading. I told her that it was the dodge and burn tools. I then told her. . . Wait, before we continue that sentence I need to say a couple things. I tend to lose words when I'm talking. I'm not sure why, but I do. Simple, stupid words that most people do not ever forget. This was one of those moments, so I did as I usually do. I make up a word, or I insert another word into the sentence that sounds slightly silly. Back to the sentence at hand. I then told her that I use the "fuzzy brushes", not the hard brushes. *rolls eyes* This, to me, was hilarious and I broke out in a fit of giggles. She, I am pleased to say, found this amusing as well. She laughed out loud, and since she was in my cubicle, patted me on the back and said, "Fuzzy brushes, got it!" *laughs* That was cool.

I really wish I could stay here after my internship. It's such a nice environment. Granted, it is sometimes tough to wake up knowing you have to spend 9 hours of your day somewhere other than home, but really it is a wonderful place to work. Spending those 9 hours here isn't bad at all. I've only been here 2 months and I have learned so much and gained such confidence in myself. I hope my future places of employment are as nice with the same type of people. I'm really going to miss this place. *smiles*

Painting Fun!

Meg sent me the coolest thing! It is a painting doodledad at art.com! If you click on "thing", then you will see the painting I created. I would liked to have put Meg's painting up, but that is up to her if she wants to, or not. Thank you Meggles-chan!

Chris has seen the child and Rudy, and he likes them. This makes me happy. I'm going to put the finished one up. . . I should just do it now. *goes into Photoshopington to make it into a .jpg*

Done! The best thing I like about this illustration is the kid's boots. *nods* I think they turned out the best. I'm actually pretty proud of myself. If you told me in high school that I would be able to do that I would have laughed and said, "So, I'm going to make a stick reindeer and a stick child?" I would never have believed it. *grins* However, as nice as it is, if there is anything you see that could make it better please tell me. After looking at it for so long I don't see all the mistakes. Same thing as writing. *grins*

No Creepy Rudolphs Here

Well, I hope he didn't turn out creepy. Here is the final Rudolph that I made and if you scroll down you will see Rudy and the kid. Here's a contest for you. What gender is the child. If you answer correctly you will win. . . *thinks* some halloween candy and a hug from ME! Wait, I don't want to scare you away, so no hug and I promise I won't poison the candy. Not that I would. ~_^ The one thing I had problems with was the kid's crotch. Rudy's crotch turned out better than I thought it would, but I'm not sure about the kid's. Hmm. Well anyway, you know the drill. If you see somethin' that doesn't look right, or whatever you know what to do.

This weekend I did absolutely nothing constructive. I did get a few hours of Final Fantasy X in. *narrows eyes and looks at Yuna* You, my dear, have the most annoying voice ever! I know a lot of people would probably disagree with me, but she sounds so breathless all the time. She is the typical damsel in distress. I'm hoping she gets better, but I'm already 20 hours into the game and I really don't see a change. Then again, a lot can happen in another 40 hours. *hopes* Dagger, from FF IX, was way cooler. Too bad more female characters couldn't be like that. I know video games are mostly played by males, but come on. At least make her somewhat capable. One game I would really like to play is Lord of the Rings: The Third Age. It is like FF only with LotR characters. It sounds sweet! A lot of RPGs are turning away from the turn based fighting system and it makes me sad. I know Tycho from Penny Arcade has mentioned this, but I feel the same way he does. I personally like turn based fighting because it tends to be more relaxing. I sit there, take my turns and then the monster takes it's turn. After a long week of work, or a long day, it is nice to sit and hit the attack option. There of course is more strategy to it than that, but you get the idea. Yeah so, in conclusion I had a good weekend of relaxing.

Doofy Reindeer

Ok, Rudy looks kind of doofy to me. *shrugs* I drew a sketch of the scene and I should have scanned it in because it looks better. I don't know, I guess it looks ok? I'll describe what will be going on in the scene. Rudolph just gave a gift to a kid, who is not made yet. He is looking down at the invisible kid. ("Where'd you go kid? You didn't even say thank you for the present!") Don't pay any attetion to the coloring. However, if you think his body is weird tell me. *thinks of what to type* Oh! I forgot to give him eyebrows, so no need to mention that. Well, that's all for Rudy.

Boy, this week went really fast. It seems like it was just Monday. I hope my weekend doesn't go that quick because that would make me sad. Plus, there are things that I would like to get done. Fortunately, I don't have much cleaning to do, but I would like to work on portfolio stuff, 15 second spot stuff, and possibly even Rudy and the kid. We'll see. I'm also kind of itching to play some PS2. *snuddles controller* *growls at passerby* My controller! *hides it under her shirt and glares*

Well off to drawing children and eyebrows.

I Hope My Drawing Skillz Are Up To This

Well, Rudolph is done and people like him. However, Chris would like me to draw him giving a present to a child. *looks worried* I'm going to need a lot of help with this one me thinks. It will be a good learning experience, but I just hope I can pull it off. I have no clue as to how I should draw his antlers from the side, so if you guys have any suggestions they sure would be appreciated.

In other news my 15 second spot is kind of coming along. I of course tried putting the letters on the keyboard and was not surprised to see them pixelate and look evil. Fortunately, AfterEffects takes .ai and .eps files, so I think I will be able to put the keyboard in Illustrator at home and make it look nice. I was somewhat goofing off knowing that I would be putting internship time in at home. I could do it here, but they have Illustrator ancient on an archaic mac. Just to give you an idea of how old this mac is, they have Photoshop 4.something on there. *looks at suprised faces* Yeah, *nods* that was my reaction too. I'd rather do it in Illustrator 10. *huggles Chichiri* I love you Chich. *looks at time* Woot lunch!

A LOT Less Cranky

I am in a much better mood than I was yesterday. After my 14.5 hour day I actually don't feel that tired today. I actually didn't do all that much last night because there was enough people to do the work. I offered 3-4 times to look up numbers and stuff, but my services were not needed. *shrugs* Oh well, it was just nice to watch TV, talk, and hang out. I got home at 12:30 a.m. last night. Dave, a guy from work was very kind to drive me home. I'm glad he didn't have to go out of his way at all to bring me home. He only lives 9 blocks away from where I do. ^_^

I'm glad blogger is working now. I bet a lot of people were blogging about the elections. I'm not going to ramble on and on about it, but I will say that I was disappointed. I mean, sparkles are waaaaaaay cool and none of the stickers had them. *shakes head* Actually, I was disappointed in one other thing. Senator Kerry didn't win and I think America has made a big mistake. Most of you already know my views on Bush, so I will not bore you.

Yesterday I started working on graphics for my 15 second spot. Honestly, I still don't know exactly what I want to do for it, but I do know that there is going to be a keyboard. I showed Chris the beginnings of it and he was impressed with what I had so far. I really hope it turns out well. I think that is my problem. I'm worried about doing just as good, or better. This does not work well! I need to stop thinking about it and relax my mind, but I'm finding it difficult.

Kush: "Marius?" *tries to look cute*
Mar: *looks disgusted* What?
K: "Teach me how to meditate, please?"
M: "No! You know why? Because you had me meet some dumb ass named Bill, Will, Phil. Whatever his name is. He's insane and hyper! I hate him, so no I will not teach you to meditate! Plus, do you realize that you are a weak woman that doesn't deserve to be taught how to meditate? Do you also realize that you are just as insane as that stupid, little rainbow freak?"
K: *walks away to let him rant*

Yeah see, I don't know anyone else that could teach me to meditate in that fashion. I would ask Anubis, but he's busy with Sakura and Willow. Oh well, I'm sure I'll think of something. All creative people go through slumps like this. The problem is getting out of them.

Please Remind Me

Why the fuck am I here? I am sitting in my cubicle drooling. Ok, I am keeping my spit in my mouth, but so far I have just worked on what I normally do during the day. I think Margo might have me do something later, but I'm not entirely sure. Do you think she forgot about me? I have been here for ten and half hours and I have to admit that I am tired. I have been working in Photoshopington all day and I am sick of it. I never thought I would get tired of seeing Photoshop's layout, but it has happened because I can't look at it anyore! *beats head on keyboard* *gnaws on monitor* I guess what I'm saying is that I'm bored. I have a lot of energy and no way to get rid of it. *plays with sticker* I still wish these damn things had sparkles. Do they not know sparkles make me HAPPY! @_@

I have done long shifts before and they were never this boring. If I was kept for a long shift I always had something to do. Here I don't. I could still work on my graphics for my spot, but I'm afraid I will freak out and lick everyone, or something. That would not be a pretty sight, so I think I'll go play games on the Eeeeeenternet. *sighs* Please let me go! PLEASE!!!

I'm Staying Later Than I Thought!

*sigh* Well, I guess this means a 12-14 hour day for me. >_< Hey, anyone want to come to Duluth and see what exciting things happen at a news station? You could be the promotions/graphics/news intern for a day! To enter the contest simply come dressed up like me. What is the prize you ask? Well, you get paid with a free sub and the knowledge of TV stuff! Come, learn and have fun as the promotions/graphics/news intern!

Well, it shouldn't be that bad. I mean I do get a free sub for dinner and probably a beverage too. I'll be home before midnight, right? When do the final numbers usually come in? I mean, we already know who the world leader is and we all know Kerry is going to beat Bush, so I'll be home at 10:30 p.m., right? *starts to freak out* I'm not going to be here until 2 a.m.!!! That would never happen! They would let me go, right? Go home to my bed? To Green Blankie and Mr. Pillow? They can't keep a Kush caged, could they? Ohhhh the humanity!!! :_:

*laughs* Nah, it'll be cool. At least I know that I don't have to take the bus home tonight. Well I suppose, I'm going to read for the remainder of my lunch hour. When I have another break I may post again just for the hell of it.

Did You Get A Fancy Dancy Sticker?

Ph34r my stick3r! As you can see I have been reading too much Mega Tokyo. Anyway, I got a sticker that says, "I Voted." You do realize that I voted only to get the sticker. *nods* It's sweet circleness and white lettering would make anyone want to have it. You know what would make the sticker even better? Sparkles. They could put blue ones on the sticker and then it would be patriotic, er something. *looks at red dot* Yeah, sparkles would make it l33t. Or maybe it could be a scratch and sniff! It could smell like. . . TOAST! They could even have people vote for the new smell of the sticker next year! That would make voting way more fun and I think it would put a smile on people's faces. That, or they would go WTF?

So anyway, don't forget to vote for Kushrenada for World Leader and Jaeix for Nemisis. Not that there are any other choices. No one would dare run a campaign against ME, or Jae! Squee ha ha ha ha!

Operation Rudolph

I have been keeping myself busy with Operation Rudolph graphics. This keeps me away from my 15 second spot, but that can't be helped. *looks innocent* Am I putting it off? Umm, no. Anyway, I had colored the Rudolph they had, but Margo told me later it was just clip art. You have no idea how happy this made me. I mean, she did give me permission to make another one, but I felt bad changing something someone else "drew." Well, it turns out I didn't have to worry and decided to make a new Rudy. He isn't done yet, but I thought I would show you guys to get some feedback. I'm not the best artist in the world, so I kind of need the comments. Another little thing I would like to mention about him is that I don't know what to make out of his hair. I had originally thought of giving him a hat, but I thought I would try the hair thing instead. *shrugs*

I am not looking forward to tomorrow. *sighs* None of us at KBJR are looking forward to tomorrow. Don't get me wrong, it means the end of the dumb political commercials, debates, and we will (hopefully) know who our president will be. This makes me extremely happy, but tommorow is going to be super busy. Plus, I get to work late. How late? *shrugs* I don't know, but I plan to ask Margo when she comes in. It also means that I won't be able to make it to the polls after work, so I have to go before work. Yay for earlier mornings. *waves a flag with smiling sun* Eh, at least it should be interesting and my voteboard and other graphics will be on TV. *nods* That will be pretty cool.

Can you believe I only have a month left here? Where has the time gone? I guess this means I should start working on my intern journal, other intern stuff, and look for a job. *growls at job searching* ^_^

Pumpkins And Skeletons

Happy Halloween everyone! ^_^

Pings Are Great, Most Of The Time

It has come to my attention that the third graphic on the web page does not show up when you first go there. There is a simple solution to this. Simply click the reload button and the name super will appear. ^_^

Christmas Parade Graphics

Behold, Christmas graphics! I said I would show you Christmas graphics and I have come through with my promise.

The first one is a bumper that might be used to say, "Stick around and don't change that channel Christmas freaks!"

The second is for Operation Rudolph. It will have logos from businesses who have kindly donated to the charity.

The third graphic is a name super to say who is who. For example, you would see a horse pulling a wagon with a HUGE wooden cell phone. The name super would pop up saying, "Who Wood You Like to Call Float" and then people "wood" KNOW what the float was! Aren't name supers spectacular?

In other news, (I think I should be an anchor.) Kush gets to work on a 15 second spot for the news 6 web site. (Ooo, I'm moving up in the world by a whole 5 seconds. Can you believe it!?) From what sources tell us, the ten second spot has been a big hit and Kush was authorized to begin plainning for the 15 second spot around 11 o'clock. Later on Kushrenada's Delusions, "wood" you cuddle a cow? That and more coming up next.

A Muse Fan?

O_O I think Chris, my boss, is a Muse fan. DUDE! I'm prettty sure I heard the song Dark Shines coming from his office. *nods* Isn't that cool!? *nod nods*

I mean how cool can one person be? He has role played for 20 years and likes Muse. I think he deserves a boss of the year award, or something.

I was thinking about posing an entry about my lunatic grandfather, but I have decided against it. I had this whole rant in my head, but I figure it isn't that important. There are more important things to write about, like Chris being a Muse fan.

Now on to the important things. . . .ummm. . . this morning I had a blueberry toaster stroodle with blue frosting. *nods* See? Important stuff! ^_^

A Beautiful Wedding

Kate and Mike had their wedding last Saturday. They have actually been married for almost a year now and finally got to have the celebration. To start the day they had a quick wedding ceremony and exchanged rings. After that they went around to mingle a bit before dinner. Dinner was superb! The place they had the wedding and reception served a turkey dinner. They had awesome mashed potatoes and stuffing! The wedding cake had black frosting, not surprisingly, with deep, dark red flowers. I thought it went with the rest of the decorations very well. The dark colors they had for the wedding added to the fact that it was an autumn wedding. I personally would like a fall, or winter wedding. Mom and Dad told me not to have a winter wedding because it gets so cold. They told me it was snowing on their wedding night, practically blizzard conditions and on Scott and Steph's wedding day it was freezing! I don't remember what the temp was, but I remember complaining about it. ^_^ It was a bit rainy on Saturday, but the warm atmosphere inside made it not matter. After eating the delicious cake they had a dance. I adore dancing and had a lot of fun. Mom and Dad had fun too. They always enjoy dancing and talking to people. I'm glad Kate and Mike's day turned out so well. I also wish them the best for the present and future, and I hope they live happily ever after.

I have to tell you about what type of cake I would have at my wedding. If my boyfriend person allows this. I don't see why not because it's not strange, it's neat! I would have the main cake be a sun. Then I would have all the other little cakes be the solar system that orbits our sun and, of course, the bride and groom figures would happily be standing on the earth. *nods* The tablecloth would have stars to add to the whole outerspace cake thing. *laughs* Outerspace cake! That slays me! *sighs* Yeah, that's what I want. We'll see because I'm sure it costs a wing and a nose.

I also got to see Luke-san on Saturday and we whatched Van Helsing. He was so nice and got me Castlevania for my PS2! Thank you Luuuuke-san!! Van Helsing is the freaking best! I need to get that movie. I showed it to Mom and said, "Hey Ma, this would be awesome to get me for Christmas." *snuddled DVD case* She agreed and we went to buy the stuff we planned to purchase. This purchasing things from a store took place on Sunday. I thought I should clear that up. Van Helsing was not one of the purchases, but I have a feeling I'll see it under the tree anyway! I wish I could have spent some time with Jae and Warumono, but time just wasn't permitting.

On Sunday I got to see my favorite little munchkin, Boston and I also got to see my favorite punk, my brother. Scott basically hung out with Dad and I got to play board games with Boston! I got to see Steph later and I finally got to give her her b-day money. Speaking of b-days, my Mom turned 60 on Saturday and my Dad will turn 60 tomorrow! Happy birthday parental units!

Charla was very kind and sent me a package in the mail! I was delighted to open it up and see a three and a half page letter! I love letters and was happy to hear everything is going great at her new job and home. I would also like to congratulate her on her new puppy! Now she doesn't have to go to a pet shop to get her puppy fix! *laughs* I can't wait to see little, Logan/Jake in December. I plan on writing her a letter to tell her all about my internship and thank her for the kitty picture frame she got me for my birthday. The card was cute too! Thank you Char!

There is some interesting news on the Grandpa front. Apparently, the people that bought the whore's house are now suing her. Isn't that sad? I was just heartbroken to hear the news. *shakes head* *sniff* Oh, so sad. ~_^

Fridays Are Wondeful Things

Thank God it is Friday. I haven't been having a bad week, but I'm tired. This weekend I won't find much rest because I'm going home for Kate and Mike's wedding. ^_^ I also hope to see a movie with Luke before I go to it. During this season, however, the movies aren't all that great. I was thinking maybe The Grudge might be an interesting one to go to, but I don't know. *yawns and stretches* Oh well, I'm sure we'll decide on something.

It's nice to go home, but I don't have my bed there anymore. I actually prefer to stay in Duluth. I love seeing everyone, but sometimes it's just nice to hang out in my apartment. I hope it turns out to be a nice weekend because it is also Mom's birthday. Dad's is on the 26th and I have no idea what to get them for gifts. I still have to give Steph her gift. I think it is just easier to give everyone money.

I have an hour and 15 minutes left. I should be working on my parade graphics, but I'm not in the mood. I basically have them done. I just need to decide on a cool background to put the graphics on. You wouldn't think that it would be a difficult thing, but it is. They used snowflakes last year and I think that is a wonderful pattern to have as a background. I may still use the snowflake idea and call it a done deal. I did want to make my own background just to say I made it. Hmm, I should put the name super up, so you people can see it. Margo likes it and I'm glad because I did work hard on it. Maybe I should just put all the graphics up at the same time. *ponders* Well, expect to see them sometime in the future.

I Know It's Not Funny

I know I'm psycho, but this is rediculous. The orange semi entry I know isn't that funny to anyone else, but I couldn't stop giggling about it during lunch. O_o I'm sure my co-workers thought I was a nut and a half. Picture me eating my sunbutter sandwich and giggling about "Vendomatic" and The Trucker Cop in my cubicle. I know it's not funny, but I keep laughing about it. I must have needed to laugh, or something. Yeah, it's sad when I get into a giggle fit. It's even sadder when I do it alone. *rolls eyes*

I would like to apologize for writing this stupid entry. I am in a giggly/rambly mood today.

Orange Semi Trucks???

Lately I have been having very surreal dreams and I remember them. *sighs* I'm kind of getting tired of remembering my dreams everynight. The latest dream wasn't all that strange, it was just different. I dreampt that I was cruising around Hibbing. I was by myself and it was a sunny day and autumn leaves littered the ground. I was enjoying my drive when I heard sirens. I decided to turn off the road I was driving on, and on to another so I cuold get out of the way of the police cars. The next thing I knew there was an orange semi truck racing toward me. The sirens were blaring and I realized that that was a police semi truck. My mouth gaped open in surprise. The semi truck wasn't normal either. Both the cab and the trailor were rounder than normal. It was as tall as a regular semi truck, but not as long. I stopped at a stop sign and noticed to my left that there was another semi truck turning to follow the other one. I sat their amazed as another one was coming from down the road I was on. That truck halted and the driver opened his window. I did the same. The driver asked if I had seen the other two, and if I did, could I tell him what direction they went. I informed him that he was going the right way and he left to follow the other trucks. I then woke up.

Now that you know my dream, now you can get this joke. *clears throat* *narrator voice on* Jimmy Flandinsky was a trucker who fought for justice. He became a cop, but didn't want to give up his big rig. *honk honk* Jimmy Flandinsky is, The Trucker Cop! Airing Tuesdays on SCK. *narrator voice off*

I'm in one of my humorous moods today because I was thinking of *narrator voice* The Trucker Cop *narrator voice off* while I was brushing my teeth. Then to top it off I saw a van that said, "Vendomatic" on it while going to work. *tip* You have no idea the will power I had to use to make myself not burst out! I have to admit that I snickered and smiled a huge grin, but I basically stayed calm. Then I pictured Jimmy Flandinsky DRIVING the Vendomatic van! *sighs* Can you believe I still didn't laugh out loud? I know that if one of you had been there, I would have been on the floor!

My Commercial!

Well, it is done and it is going to air on TV. When? I have no clue. Both Chris and Margo think it's great! I'm so glad I have a good piece to show in my portfolio! Margo thought it was "fantastic" and Chris kept telling me what a great job I did. I guess Kyle is going to bring the tape downstairs tonight. That means it could even air tonight! This ten second spot has raised my confidence in my work quite a bit. I can honestly say that I am proud of it and cannot wait to see it air on TV.

On the other hand, I'm working on Christmas graphics and I'm kind of in a slump with that. I cannot get into a Christamsy mood! I don't blame myself either because it is only October. Halloween is still a couple weeks away. Can you blame me for not being in a holiday cheer? *sighs* I think I have decided on a theme I would like to go with. I thought a ribbon for name supers and things like that would be good. Margo and Chris agree, but how do I make a ribbon a fullscreen graphic? I thought about having a mess of ribbons overlapping each other, but I think it would be too busy. I want a clean, simple design that won't take away from the text that will be put in during the parade. I also thought of having a close up of an end of a ribbon with wrapping paper as a background. I guess I'll sketch some more ideas.

Some Fanfic Writers Should Be Shot

I was nosing around the Internet today and found a Harry Potter and Gundam Wing fanfic. O_o I only read a tiny bit of it, but apparently Treize Kushrenada is a muggle that found out about the wizarding world. Harry's life is in danger because Treize wants to kill him. Also, Wu Fei has a thing for Harry and wants to save him. All I have to say is, "WTF?"

Sunday Adventure!

I had an awesome day! I got to see the beautiful fall leaves, shop and eat! I finally decided to get out to the mall via the bus routes. Can you believe I made it?! Ok, I didn't know it at the time, but when I got to the Holiday Center I should have just stayed on the bus becasue the one that picks me up here goes straight to the shopping area. *sighs* I'm such a dope. Anyway, I thought I missed it and went to have lunch at Subway. My original plan was to have lunch at the mall, but I "missed it" so I ate there and waited for the one to come at 1:45. No big deal, it was only a 45 minute wait. Well, I caught the bus and decided to go to Target. While I was on that bus I got to see some gorgeous trees! I saw one that looked like a Photobob gradient. A red to yellow gradient. *remembers tree and smiles* Then I saw one that had splashes of green, yellow and red. I'm glad I went shopping today because the weather was so much better than yesterday's. I think the colors pop out more when there is a blue sky in the background.

I made it to Target and grabbed some Halloween candy for the little children things. I also got bat garland and a skeleton/wraith guy to hang on my door. I would LOVED to have the talking skeleton, but he was $25. *is sad* His eyes glowed red and when I was headed down that aisle there were little girls saying, "Ewwwww! Look at that skeleton!" I'm evil, but I thought that was awesome! You can even pose him anyway you want and he stays! DUDE! Oh well, when I have a job I can get someting like that. I guess I should say a paying job. After looking at Halloween goodies I went to check out. I decided to walk over to Best Buy because they have anime, video games and STUFF that I love! I wonder if I could just live there. Pay rent eat the plastic that covers stuff. I don't know, I think I would make an awesome phantom of the Best Buy. I could wear a mask with a black, flowing cape! I would keep people out of my favorite ailes by drooling on things and growling. Hey, I do have my territory to protect. *nods* *dreams a bit*

Yeah, I made it to Best Buy and drooled on the anime, video games and computer games. Mmm, Sims 2, mmm. *snuddles* After the fondling session at Best Buy I walked back to Target and bought my milk and toaster stroodles. I should have walked to Best Buy first, but I wasn't sure if I would go, or not. Well, I'm glad I did. I grabbed some dinner at Target and caught the bus home. Yeah, no transfers for Kush Bear. Thank goodness because I hate waiting! I'm going to hang my garland and Mr. Skelie on my door now. Awww, he's so kawaii!

New Bloooooooog!!!

I have added a new blog for your reading enjoyment. I won't be posting much there, but a few other people will. ^_^ If you visit the new blog you will see a list of names that have decided to join in the the blogging revolution. One of them I practically had to beat to make him join, but he ultimately agreed just so I would leave him alone. *evil grin* Others will join in the future, but right now it is just the four of us. Those who have characters that know these characters, feel free to comment as those characters. If you don't have a character, but would still like to make your voice heard, hey, go for it. It will be a lot of fun!

How did I get the idea? Well, you will have to thank Jae for that one. One day, a long time ago, I was looking around on livejournal and found a murasaki journal. I think it is a wonderful idea, so I stole my nemisis' idea. ^_^ Thanks Jae!

D&D Is A Good Thing! *nods wisely*

Yesterday was a good day. At 11 A.M. I went to help with the Women in Leadership Luncheon. I was one of the people that got to take money and check them off on the list. I then got to tell them what table they would be at. It was fun to do something different during my day. After the five of us, who helped with registration, were done with our duty we went to Grandma's for lunch. Woot! Free lunch! I had a cheeseburger that was delicious. It tasted a lot better than my sunbutter sandwich. ^_^ After lunch I got into the editing bay and started working on the second scene for my ten second spot. Oh man, you should here the audio. The lady that does it is awesome. *envies her* I'm not sure if I have the right voice, but I would really like to try and get a job at a place like that. It would be FUN!!! Chris came to kick me out because he had stuff to do, so I said that was cool. The celebration of the 30th anniversary for D&D is on Saturday and I asked if he was going to go to Robin Goodfellow's. He said that he would like to because they are giving away free stuff, but he wouldn't be able to make it. I said, "Yeah, I think they're giving away free d20's." He looked at me and and asked, "Do you play???" I told him that I did and he told me that he has more respect for me! *laughs* He seemed absolutely thrilled that I played. See Mom, D&D has helped me in more ways than you could possibly understand.

D&D rant begins.

Honestly, I think D&D is the best thing I cuold have ever learned to play. It is a creative outlet that lets me escape from reality for a while. Some people might think that is a bad thing, but in all truth we all do it. We read books, watch movies/TV, anything that is a hobby that you enjoy is an escape from reality. I know I get a little obsessed about it, but who doesn't like to talk about a book they just read, or quote lines from their favorite movie. I have mostly seen good come from D&D. There are the lunatics who think it's cool to drink, or use other substances while playing, but most of the people I know are not like that. These lunatics I just mentioned give the rest of us a bad name. For some odd reason people like to focus on the bad. They never focus on the positve. For instance, my mother thinks D&D is evil because it involves magic and has demons. I honestly don't think God would see this as a bad thing. It is just a game and we don't actually cast spells. Plus there aren't always demons, or devils. I have more good characters than I do evil and I think it will always be like that. You do have to have some evil charactes because they make great villains when you DM. For instance, Marius is an evil character, but when you take a closer look at why he is this way you'd understand him more. You almost feel sorry for him. I could never have made him the way he is without playing him from level one. He probably would have been another cheap villain that didn't mean anything. However, some good/neutral characters feel bad for him and wish they could help him, but they know he could never be good. This is the emotion that makes playing worth it. The creativity that comes out of it is wonderful. I love to write and I would probably never be published, but this way I can see my friends' characters romp around in an incomplete world that I am creating. I get to see my characters come alive and interact with the PC's. People may think that I will grow out of this phase, but it has already been 5 years? I'm not sure if it has been 5, or 4. Anyway, I see this as a lifelong hobby. I have always joked about being in a nursing home playing with other D&D freaks. *sighs* Yeah, that would be cool. *pictures old people with D&D books and dice* Yup, it's a lifelong adventure.

I Remain A Fool

(I’m not the fool. Talia thinks she is the fool. I guess what I’m saying is, this is a Talia entry. If you are not interested in her thoughts and feelings then you should stop. If you are curious about her then read, read NOW!)

Fools make the same mistakes twice and I am one of those fools. Of course my mistake had good intentions, but I made it still the same. I feel hurt, confused, tired and I feel as if I’m going to crumble. I feel as if I’m always the one that needs saving. I hate that. First Saki had to save me all the time, my brothers save me, my parents tried to save me and they died because of it, and now poor Athriel has to put up with my ineptitude. The thought of running away has crossed my mind, but that would just leave to more saving. I’m so frustrated!

I guess I’ll start from the beginning so you understand how I came by these feelings. Athriel and I had just said good bye to our dear friends. We had decided to go on a quest for oranges. I thought a silly little quest would make him feel better. I know this is off subject, but I am very pleased to say that I sent a letter to Solude through air mail. From what I understand wind sorcerers deliver mail in Endrmia. I just hope he received it. We walked a while in Endramia and then decided to go to Maiestus. I think Athriel was glad for the change of scenery. We plane shifted and found ourselves in the Megalith Forest. I am familiar with this region and gave Athriel a couple of choices. We could have gone to the logging village west of the forest, north to the elven city named after the forest, or south which I am not all that familiar. He seemed extremely interested in the city of the elves, so we headed north. You see, most elves in his world, the Sidhe, are evil and cruel. I was happy to show him the peaceful Megalith Forest. We had so much fun there. You should have seen Athriel’s expression when he saw a gnome for the first time! A young entrepreneur, named Prisca, (I think that was her name because that is what was on the sign.) sold us a delicious pie and gave us odd looking juice that tasted quite good. Also during our wanderings in the city we came across my friend and colleague, Dr. Hatake Kakashi. I think he was surprised to see me, but happy. He told us great news of a gentleman who donated quite a bit to the hospital. I wish I knew his name so I could send him a thank you. We said good bye to him and Tipsi stopped us to chat. For some odd reason Ijou put it in her head that I would steal Kakashi from her. She is not one to beat around the bush and asked outright, “Would you ever steal Kakashi away from me?” I told her I would never do that. Other than that off the wall question we had a pleasant visit with her. Athriel seemed to be in better spirits here and that made me feel very good. We went shopping and found an adorable toy store. The shopkeeper had so many interesting toys. There were wooden swords and Athriel “attacked me.” I grabbed a stuff dragon and it protected me. See? I don’t even protect myself when I play silly games. Anyway, the stuffed dragon saved me from Athriel, but then turned out to be a horrible evil dragon. The dragon, controlled by Athriel, attacked me, but I saved myself by grabbing a teddy bear. I think I know what my problem is. I have damsel in distress syndrome. Anyway, we had a wonderful laugh and the shopkeeper even gave us candy. Lollipops are quite delicious. It is getting cold near the mountains and the night made it seem chillier. I shivered and Athriel put his cloak around me. I would have put my own cloak on, but I didn’t want to be rude. That was very kind of him. He is such a sweet person. He even held the door open for me at the inn. Every time I think of him and how kind he has been to me my. . . heart skips a beat and I smile. I am very fortunate to have him here.

The next day Athriel went to visit Meldronna in Andronikov. He left that morning and I went to find Kakashi. I figured since I was around we could get some hospital business done. I walked over to where his parents live and saw him rolling on the ground with a dark gray dragon with iridescent scales. Kakashi held a small red ball and the baby dragon tried his best to get it. Kakashi looked over at me and smiled as he threw the ball. The little dragon chased it under a bush. We made plans to meet at the tavern during dinnertime and talk about the hospital. I decided to head north to the Megalith Mines. It wasn’t too far from the city and I figured by flying I could save myself a lot of time. Treize, my brother, is there and I thought it would be a good time to see him. I didn’t want to do it, but I also intended on telling him about my stupidity with my wings. As I walked on the main road leading out of town something caught my eye. In an alleyway there were two teenage boys beating up a man in a long gray coat. One of the boys hit him square in the nose and the crimson blood started to flow. Drawing my great sword I ran over to help. The boys saw me running toward them and started to run. The beaten man fell to the ground. I had to make a choice, go after the boys and bring them to justice, or help the man laying on the ground. The groans from the beaten man made my choice easy. I had to help the man. This sounds like a kind thing to do, but this is where I made my mistake. Helping this bleeding, beaten man is something I will regret for the rest of my eternal life.

(As you can see, this entry is HUGE and I’m not even done yet. I’m going to stop here and continue it later. Poor Tal and Ath. *sighs* Oh well.)

Broiled Cake Anyone?

So I said I would bake my cake for my birthday. I thought it would be fun. It was except for the little scare that I had. Did my kitchen almost burn down. Nah, but I did broil my cake instead of baking it. I learned a couple things making this cake. (I don't bake very often, so this was a good learning experience.) I learned that when opening the bag with powdered cake mix use a scissor. Don't sit there going "Nnnnnnnnah" because that can lead to a small disaster. Fortunately only a little powder fell onto my floor and table. The second thing I learned was, if you broil a cake, it's not a big deal and the cake still tastes cake-alicious! *offers everyone virtual broiled cake*

I had a wonderful WL Day! Here is my loot that I aquired. Meggles gave me a beautiful glass globe! It has a cube-ish stand and the globe spins! She was also kind enough to buy me dinner. Like I said, Mom and Dad gave me $40. I spent that on my 3 Saiyuki DVDs and I bought two fantasy novels. I bought Belgarath the Sorcerer and Homeland: Book 1 of the Dark Elf Trilogy. Scott, Steph, and Boston got me a turner (for turning hamburgers and stuff. I have one, but it's cheap and stupid.) They also got me the cutest kitty oven mit. I hung it above my sink and it adds a lot to that little area. They also gave me a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble. I bought the Savage Species book for D&D. I have wanted that book for so long and now I have it.

Yeah, it was a wonderful day. I knew the weather would be awesome because it always is.

Mmm, Voteboards Are Crunchy

Can you tell that I'm starving? I had breakfast, but apparently not a good one? *shrugs* Anyway, here's my crunchy voteboard. Any suggestions blah blah blah. You know the drill.

I guess I should say that the black boxes would be pics of people. It would be silly to have random boxes there, but it would make people think, "WTF?"

No Voice Work For The World Leader

*laughs* I didn't outright say to Chris, "Can I be the narrator of MY animation? Tee hee." I simply asked how the narration would be done. It seems that there are compnies that do this work for TV and radio stations. I find this extremely interesting. I'm really tempted to find these type of companies and try to get a job with them.

What? David Kaye Productions? Yes, I would love to work for you! I could do some graphics and voice work for you. Hmmm? How does that sound? *evil grin*

So although I do not get to narrate for my animation I did gain some valueable knowledge. Yay!

I'm Sorry Kenshin!

*looks sad, but you can tell I'm faking* *sniffle* I lost Kenshin last night. The two volumes that I wanted went up to a whopping $15 and $15.5! Can you Imagine? The thing that gets me is that they are USED! According to the seller the DVD's were in perfect condition, but still. I'm so sorry Kenshin, my "clumsy" samurai. I wanted to have you in my collection, but alas! *puts hand up to forehead looking as if I'm about to faint* *sighs* Good bye my love.

Well, I guess this means I'll have to get a D&D book, manga, or something else spiffy! Yay spiffericiousness! I bet spiffy things are shiny, and or fuzzy. Ooo. *eyes widen*

Awesome Day Of Happiness!

I don't know why school wasn't as enjoyable because I am doing the same thing. I don't know, maybe school and I just didn't get along, but I seem to be doing really well in this atmosphere. Margo and I finally had a meeting about my graphics and she liked them! I told her my thoughts on them and we had a good chat about stuff. She really seemed to like the banner that I made. ^_^ I'm so happy I came here. It was meant to be. I hope I can stay because I enjoy this. If I don't end up staying it is probably for the best because who KNOWS what's out there to be explored!

Chris did come back and I did ask him where my spot was. He told me and that is the end of that. I would work on it, but the editing bays are full. No big deal, I'm going to work on a vote board. Those are the graphics that tell you who is competing, who is ahead and what for in the elections.

I'm also happy to say that I am going out to eat tonight with Meggles-chan. I guess she felt like she needed to get away from school. Plus her parents are here because her mom is accepting an award for librarian stuff! Congrats Meg's mom! *waves Bev banner*

*bounces off to Photoshoppington*

Animation Lost

Ok, I just went into the editing bay to work on my cars, but I have no idea what Chris saved it as, or what he named it. You see, he had to show me how to do it first and I just Ctrl+s-ed it because I was more concerned with whether, or not I could animate my cars. I was so happy that my car moved the way I wanted and the fact that it was lunch that I saved and left. Yay me. Ok, this wouldn't be a problem if Chris was here, but he's not. *sighs* I was hoping to do that instead of news graphics. Are we seeing a pattern? I was going to go downstairs and CG, but I really didn't feel like graphics. I'm sure he'll come back and I'll tell Margo that I'm going to work up here. Yup, that's what I want to do. *nudges Chris* You can come back now, please?

Elections Are Just Around The Corner

I thought you might be interested in seeing an election graphic I made yesterday. It could be a background, or a wall. I'll have Margo look at it today and see what she thinks. What do YOU guys think? Well, if you want to see it click here!

Slightly Odd Lunch

Now I know what you are thinking, "What a dumb entry, I don't want to hear about Kush's sunbutter sandwich." Well, if you are still reading then you must be minorly interested, right? So this morning I'm happily spreading sunbutter on a piece of bread for my sandwich and I see some green. This I can assure did not make me a happy WL, so I threw the little bit of bread that was left. "Well, green skittles," I thought with a frown. (I didn't actually think this, but I thought green skittles would be funny because I had green bread and skittles is a funny word. I'm in one of those strange hyper moods, so beware!) Yeah, so I was out a lunch. I decided to bring a banana, apple, Little Debbie star crunch, and a juice bag. *yells* Go Dole-ah University Juice Bags! Whoooo! *waves banner* I didn't have my sandwich, but I did have an extra fruit. ^_^

Today is going really well at work. I thought of a cool idea for an election background and I started animating my ten second spot. I'm using Adobe AfterEffects and so far it's pretty easy to use. I had used it a LONG time ago at HCC and I hardly remember any of it. With my experience in Flash and knowing about keyframes makes it easy for me to move my little cars. I would like to narrate the spot, but I haven't asked yet. I should though because that would also get me one step closer to voice work. *twirls in chair* I'm going to ask Margo if I can just stay up in promotions and work on the election graphic. In truth, I don't want to ruin such a splendid day working on news graphics today.

Jae and I roleplayed a bit online on Monday night. Athriel and Talia are in Maiestus in the Megalith Forest, and no matter what Athriel thinks, Talia is having a great time with him. She was delighted to bring him to a new world with new things. He wanted to get away from Endramia for a bit, so now they are searching for oranges in Maiestus. You see, Athriel has never seen, or tasted an orange. Talia grew up with them because her grandfather had an orange orchard, so she has put it upon herself to find oranges. Unfortunately, they are not in the right region for finding such things. Oh well, that is the point of an adventure, right, you adventure. Fahkir Amour cannot WAIT to get into the game. He is dying to get his hands on Talia. Ooo, he is sooooo naughty!

Gah! Hands!

Why does the human hand have to be so friggin' complex? I hate drawing them! *stabs hand* *screams in pain* *people walk by with raised eyebrows as blood squirts from Kush's right hand* "Ya know it's a good thing I can regenerate, or you people would be in BIG trouble," Kush screams. *regenerates*

So yeah, I have put the lovely fleshous blob with a sleeve for you to admire. I would like to see more fingers, but I took a pic of my hand "pressing" a button. That was an interesting sight, I'm sure! Imagine me trying to take a pic with my digital camera with my left hand while my right hand poses. The button to take the pic is on the right side. *sighs* I probably looked like I was trying to do a strange yoga move with my upper body. I did, however, manage to get the shot of my ugly hand. Dang, I need lotion! Good thing Gavin reminded me that I forgot mine because now I have it. Well, the pic is below. If you have any suggestions on clothing wrinkles and the like please rant, or e-mail. Just to let you know, I have not shaded the sleeve yet. I'm not sure if I want to outline the wrinkles with black, or just dodge and burn. Thanks a bunch for the help! ^_^

Mad Shopping Skillz

I am so proud of myself. For my birthday my parents are generously giving me $40 this year. They usually spend $20 on us, but the last couple years they have given more. I'm so lucky. Anyway, the reason I say I have "mad shopping skillz" is because I am possibly going to get five DVDs for my birthday with that $40. Yeah, what can I say, I am the shizNEIT! O_O Did I just type that? Woa, that has got to stop. *clears throat* I plan to finish off the first season of Saiyuki. *nods* And I hope to win volumes 5 and 6 of Rurouni Kenshin. This way I will be able to buy the handy, dandy box sets that they are putting out. I won't be able to get them right away, but I am getting closer to finishing these series. *sighs* Anime is such an expensive hobby, but it is worth it. I WOULD have bought the entire Mirage of Blaze series if it was in it's box set, but that's not coming out until November 30! Hello, my birthday is mid October! Don't these people know what the World Leader wants? Geez! ^_^ But I can't complain because I am very happy with these DVDs. *nods* I hope I win the Kenshin DVDs off ebay. *crosses fingers*

Hula Fun For Everyone!

I thought you people might appreciate this. ^_~

Excitement Fills The Air

I'm excited and Chris is excited because the illustrations are turning out awesome! *bounces around* *twirls in office chair* *gets dizzy and stops* I told him that a friend mantioned a vent and he said that I could put it in if I wanted, but that much detail is not necessary. Hmm, shoild I, or should I not? I think I will just because I can't do much with it until I get pictures of hands. I need to trace a hand because the ones I draw are not satisfactory. I looked on the Eeeenternet, but none of the hands were in the position I wanted them. *curses under breath* Yeah, I'm happy.

I am coming home tonight. I wasn't sure until last night that I would come home. Mom wants me to look through some boxes filled with Kush things. Yay stuuf n' things. *giggles* Yeah, I forgot about that old joke.

I have come up with an adventure for Mersh (I'm not sure if that is spelled correct.), Tamali, and Vaeldin. I'm pretty excited about it. I keep thinking about Allesandra and what a cool charcter she *hopes* will turn into. She can be snobby, but she has a good heart. I'm not sure what the party will make of her "situation," but I think she'll fit in alright. I wish I could type about plots, charcters, and THINGS, but I can't because people read this blog that will play it. Ahhhhhhh! Needless to say, Mom is going to get an ear full going home. I know she'll kind of listen to my geeky ramblings. I'd say lets play this weekend, but I don't have all of the first part planned out. I don't even have Allesandra rolled up. Hmm, I could do that tonight when I get home to Hibbi-town.

Did anyone watch the debate last night? I have to say four words, "Kerry kicked Bush's butt!" I only watched a little bit of it, but from what I saw, Kerry was a better speaker than Bush. I almost pitied Bush for saying, "Um, ah." The only thing Bush could say about Kerry was how his opponent flip-flopped on issues. Bush accused him of voting for something about the war and then changed his mind. Kerry said that he did make a mistake, but President Bush made the mistake of going into war with Iraq. I was glad to see Kerry standing his ground and Bush crumbling under the pressure. I hope other Americans saw this as well and get it into their heads that we need a new president. Well, that's enough of my political rant. Off to visit Photoshoppington, Count of Pixelvania. ^_^

Dashboard Of DOOOOOM!

Ok, I have a slight problem. I think some of it is due to laziness. I could put a little somethin' somethin' near the steering wheel, but I want your opinions. Let me explain the scene. I want the radio to be the main focus, but I think adding a lever for windshield wipers would be nice. The three knobs you see below will be the heat/ac things. I'm not done with those. I also do not have a time on the radio because I need to unzip the digital font I found. However, this computer does not have WinZip. I would download it onto this computer, but we just got an e-mail saying not to download stuff from the Internet unless you have permission from some office. Do you think I broke that rule by getting that font? Meh, oh well. Ok, not worth my time to get such silly permission, so I will have Chich unzip it for me. Anyway, the pic is below. If you have any other ideas, or concerns about anything at all please rant, or e-mail. Thank you. ^_^

Good-byes And Hellos

*sighs* So much has happened since I have entered a journal entry. Sheri calls it blogging, but it is a silly word. Lets see, the last time I left off I talked about my puzzle.

I will tell you all a little bit about Solude. We found out that he had daughters about 5,000 years ago. Unfortunately, they were frightened of their father so much that they found him to be a horrible person. I could never think that of my father. It's so sad. In the middle of our adventure we also found out that he had saved a girl from being raped by some men. I always believed that he was never evil, and I still stand by that thought. He went to Khammaris University, known for it's secret rooms and passages, and opened up a library that no one even knew about. He destroyed the library with a big explosion. I believe he destroyed the library because he didn't want the people in the present to make the mistakes he and the High Men did in the past.

Now I shall talk about our visit to a certain kingdom full of hate, literally. Trugaard was in a grievous state due to civil war. We came across some soldiers and the leaders seemed to remind me of something. Finally, it occurred to me that these men were possessed by the ideal Hate. Murasaki, (this is why in the last entry "Old Flame" was in the title) my ex-boyfriend and still dear friend, had been possessed by Hate himself. I had no idea how to help these poor men because I had helped Saki get rid of Hate inside him and put it in his sword, Chouzan, but that was a special circumstance. Also while in Trugaard we had heard that the princess of the one side was going to be assassinated. I tried so hard to get in and see her. Eventually, we found out that it was her that had spread the rumor of her supposed assassination. She wanted to run away with her lover, who happened to be the prince of the opposing side. Meldronna was ecstatic to hear this love story. The prince and princess wanted to get married, so they could end the civil war. Meldronna was more than happy to help them succeed in this endeavor. The civil war stopped in Trugaard because the now king and queen were married. However, both generals of the different sides were still possessed by hate. During this time while we were watching the king and queen to protect them, my old friend Saki stopped by to drop off Athriel's trumpet. Athriel is apparently a trumpet archon. I was happy to see that Gloriendal did know that Athriel was around. I think that was one of his fears. Anyway, Saki came with pleny of gusto. When I say this, I mean he came to Trugaard upset that he had to do a chore for Gloriendal and showed it by using every four letter word known to the planes. *smiles* He's such a goof. I think Athriel was stunned by Saki's interesting choice of words while delivering his trumpet. I couldn't help but laugh. He heard me laughing in the other room and asked Athriel who the "chic" was that was laughing. Athriel told him it was me, so I went to say hello. It was good seeing him. I explained to him about Hate possessing the generals and he decided to help. Meldronna called upon the ideal Love and she assisted us in freeing the generals. After all this was done we stayed a couple days at the castle.

One night while we were resting I toiled with my chain once again. This time I thought if I just persisted I would get it off. I took out my bone saw and started moving it back and forth. I know it seems strange that I would have a bone saw, but it is something a doctor must use from time to time. It was painful to continue without stopping, but I had to persist. I started feeling a little dizzy and the sound of the saw scraping on the chain was deafening. I continued, feeling weak, and then I think I blacked out.

The next morning I woke up on the floor. I felt stiff and pulled myself up. As I did this I didn't hear the tingling of my chain. I looked at my ankle and it was gone! I was so overcome with joy I squeeled with delight and ran out of my room. I hugged and thanked everyone in the party for helping me. One thing confused me, however. Lord Max said that he would give me a flower, an asiatic lily, and a new rank in the angelic forces. I did not receive any of these things, but I figured he was still working with the Ruby Kingdom. I thought maybe he still needed to help in picking a proper queen. I blew it off knowing he would get around to it.

We headed toward some mountains where we heard Solude was residing. No one could tell us much about the mountains because they were full of monsters. We also came across some villages that were abandonned. There was mildly acidic slime on the ground, so I think it must have been an ooze, or some abomination. We made it to the cave where Solude was building a strange contraption. Athriel was so upset at what he saw and ran straight for Solude. The rest of us followed in hot persuit. Solude's maids and butler decided not to let us pass. Solude was heading toward the machine that he had made. Athriel caught up to Solude and tried to stop him by getting between Solude and the machine. Solude seems to be extremely strong and hit Athriel. This caused Athriel to fall back toward the machine. The strange contraption started to hum as I tried to stop Solude from harming Athriel. I should have known to go get Athriel and not bother with Solude since he was so strong because he threw me like a ragdoll. Fortunately I had my wings out so I don't think I was hurt as much as I could have been. Solude hit Athriel once again and the machine lit up and continued humming. Meanwhile, Guava and Meldronna fended off the maids and butler. Athriel was splashed with some liquid by Solude, which I now realize must have been acidic. This is what surprised me. Solude grabbed me and started to run. I fought him as hard as I could to get to Athriel, but Solude was too strong for me. I think I even wacked him with one of my wings because he told me to stop it. The maids and butler ran as well. Athriel was disappearing and Meldronna went to help him. This made me more upset, but Solude would not release me. Fortunately, Guava had made it to safety. Then there was a thundering boom. I was shocked. Solude released me from his grip and I was horrified to see that Meldronna didn't make it through the explosion. I was also saddened to see that Athriel had vanished. I was angry with Solude because he had made the machine that killed Meldronna and made Athriel vanish. I had to know what the machine was meant to do. Solude said that it was a time machine. Then we all heard footsteps coming into the cave. I looked over to see an angel with bloodstained wings, dark brown hair covering part of his face, and red armor. I at first didn't recognize him, but then I realized it was Athriel. He had changed. He walked over to a. . . piece of Meldronna and true resurrected her. I was happy to see her again, but saddened to see Athriel in such a state. Athriel told Solude that he wasn't able to stop what Solude had meant to stop. Solude fell to his knees sobbing. What Athriel tried to prevent was Solude killing his daughters. From what I understand, his daughters were going to die anyway and he figured it would be more humane to kill them himself. Unfortunately, I think he has been living with this grief ever since he awakened. Solude and his accomplices teleported away and left us all alone in the cavern.

I think we were all so stunned about Athriel living through 5,000 years of Endramia's history that we didn't know what to say. Even Guava was speachless and he is usually the witty one. We rested in Trugaard before we headed back to Ijou's. That night Max came to visit me in my room. We had a long talk about my chain. Apparently I did not figure my puzzle out. Guava had come into my room after I passed out and took the chain off my ankle. I know he meant well, but I was shattered to hear that I hadn't accomplished my goal. I was also terrified to put a chain back on. Max had graciously found me another chain and gave it to me. That night I knocked on Guava's door. I needed to talk to him about it. I told him how I felt and that I'm sorry that I had lied to him when I didn't want people to know I was an angel, but I wish he hadn't lied to me. I still think of him as a wonderful friend and I would never give up his friendship over something like that. I told Guava to have a good night and left his room feeling sad. I had to get the chain on and I figured I would do it myself. I was very greatful to Athriel for offering to put it on. I know it hurt both of us and that was very kind of him.

We made it to Ijou's and he activated my painting. He told me that Max had visited him and told him that the painting would not work. It purified my left wing, but my right wing is still. . . well, poisonous.

Athriel and I said good bye to our dear companions as they went back to their own worlds. I stayed in Endramia because my quest is not over. Something would have happened if I was meant to go back to Maiestus. Athriel offered to join me on my journey and I graciously accepted.

I have to admit that when I first realized it was Athriel in the red armor it frightened me. Seeing Athriel hide his face also pains me. I wish that acid had never hit his face. Because Athriel hides his face can't help me remind of Lord Majiko, who is also serious. At least that's how I've seen him. This was not the funloving guy I remembered from just a couple of days ago. Five thousand years had made him so serious that I'm not sure I should joke with him. However, I think I will just to see if he needs to laugh. I want to see that dazzling smile again. *laughs* Maybe I should ask Dr. Kakashi's girlfriend to give me some pointers on making people laugh. I hear she is quite the comedian! Another thing I would like to do on this journey in Endramia is find Solude again. I never did say thank you for saving me even when I did not want to be saved. That was very kind of him. I regret feeling angry toward him, now that I know everything turned out alright. I guess this is the end of this adventure. I wonder what will happen next in my quest for being a better angel?