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I haven't drawn much lately, which is why I haven't really posted on my deviantART account.  I've been sewing much more, but not anything spectacular that I actually want to post and share.

To get back into drawing, I'm going to try to log into deviantART more.

So that's that!  Hello, are you all still alive? :D
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My subscription to deviantART ends on February 1st and since funds are low, I won't be subscribing again until I earn some spare money.  You should take this wonderful opportunity to spam my shoutbox before it disappears.  ^_~

I've been playing around with pencil crayons and did a still life that looks nothing like anything I've ever done before.  I feel like it should be hung up in a kitchen or something.  I also played with using pencil crayons on mylar plastic sheets.  Oh wow!  It changes the appearance of the pencil crayon so much, and it feels so smooth as you are applying the colour.  I coloured a drawing of a pear and the effect of the pencil crayon on mylar made it look like it was painted.  But then I ruined the drawing by making an intricate background.  Oops!

My studio art class was original for four hours every Thursday, but I switched to the Tuesday class with a different professor, missing the first class.  The class had eight hours of studio time and an unlimited number of home hours to complete a painting in gauche, but since I missed the first class I managed to get an extension of one week.  I used the studio time to draw from a still life arrangement of shells and spent an additional five hours at home doing the actual painting.  I really enjoyed it!  I enjoy the gauche paints, and want to pick up some more paints at some point.

I had meant to photograph the painting before I handed it in today, but I forgot.  I almost missed art class altogether but luckily my roommate noticed that I was still at home.  She knew the painting was due and when saw saw that it was still on the table, she woke me up, and even drove me to school because I was late.  She really saved me!  I'm not sure what happened to my alarm clock....

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My deviantart pageview counter has reached 20,000 hits.  Oh my goodness.  Thanks for looking, everyone!

My laptop has sure gone through a lot of issues in its short little life.

  • I lost its tablet pen and it took months of waiting before I replaced it because Gateway does not ship to Canada, and the stores that they told me I could order it from did not offer the product on their Canadian versions of their online stores.  The physical stores would not special order it for me either.  I eventually found a seller on ebay who did not list it at an expensive price.
  • I killed it falling down on an icy hill with it in my backpack.  The release button didn't work and I had to put tape over it to stop it from getting stuck shut.  But with time, this seems to have magically fixed itself...?
  • My charger broke and wouldn't charge it up.  (The replacement charger I bought on ebay is kind of mean too, actually.  I have to jiggle the part near the wall plug for it to work sometimes, even though I always pull the plug from the plug not the cord.)
  • I broke the quotation mark/apostrophe key.  It pops off constantly but luckily I can push it back in and it still functions as a normal quotation mark/apostrophe key.
    • I spilt my GRAPES on it, which were slightly wet, and caused my computer to not be able to turn on for a few days.  The touch pad was wonky but eventually started working normally.  The memory card reader never recovered from that strange incident.



I only bought it in August 2006. O_O;  My poor little lappy.  He went through another harrowing experience a few days ago.  I was in lecture, and my friend who was sitting beside me had her tea sitting between us on the armrest.  At the end of class, she stood up to leave and her elbow knocked into the cup.  Tea splashed all over the left hand side of my poor lappy. ;o;  (My jeans took most of the blow thankfully. Hot hot hot though.).  I immediately turned it and pulled out the battery.  I took my lappy home and let it rest upside down for 24 hours before testing him, and he thankfully worked fine. T^T  What a close one!

My friend was so worried and offered to pay the cost of any repairs which was very sweet of her.  Luckily that wasn't necessary and the lappy lives on.  

My lappy is immortal!  :D

I got paid from my job at the fabric store.  I was surprised because the amount I earned was larger than I expected.  It was inventory season, which involved weighing every bolt of fabric in the store.  Originally, Fabricgirls would be paid $8.00 an hour while Fabricboys would be paid $10.00 an hour.  It kind of really sucked.  It was expected that the Fabricboys would be doing more heavy lifting and should get more money, even though the Fabricgirls have to lift everything that the Fabricboys do when they weigh them on the scales.

The general system was that a Fabricgirl would run the scale.  A Fabricboy would bring bolts to the Fabricgirl, she would weigh it, and then give it back and he'd put it away.

I ran the scale in the Home Dec and Fashion section.  The fabric in the fashion section is a combination of Fall and Winter fabrics.  Has anyone lifted those wool blend bolts when shopping?  They're so huge and heavy! I know that the Fabricboys have to carry them for a longer distance, but the Fabricgirls have to carry the same bolts too.

There was talk among the Fabricgirls about how unfair this was but nothing was brought up to the manager about this at that time.  I finished my time at the store and went back to my regular old scholarly life.  Apparently while I was gone, there was a FABRICBATTLE.  (Okay, the girls just talked to the manager, which is slightly less epic.)  The result?  We were given our extra $2.00 an hour for the inventory shifts.  Yeah!  <3

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Wow, it's been a while!  I hadn't logged into deviantART for three weeks!  And even before that, when I logged in, I wasn't exactly keeping up with my messages.  There were hundreds of deviations and almost a thousand messages.  O_O  I started going through them, but some of them were so old.  I decided to just clear out and start new, so sorry if I didn't thank you for a comment.  Please forgive me!  <3

I haven't really been keeping up with any of my online life, like blogging.  I've decided that I'm going to restart my personal blog and remove all my old entries from public view.  I have stuff on it from the beginning of highschool, and having it hang around is kind of embarrassing.  I have an exciting idea for how I want to rework it, utilizing it more for the site's secondary purpose: a showcase of art and writing as it is completed, with a de-emphasis on daily noodle entries.  Who cares about such mundane discussion anyway?  [I ate toast for breakfast.  So exciting!]

My laptop is on the fritz and my poor photographs and in-progress designs are trapped on it.  I wish I had backups!  I'm really worried....

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Ahh, I'm so excited!  I finally was able to purchase my new camera because of a fabulous situation.  My sister was in the market for a new camera and she really liked mine, mostly just because I had that one.  "I want the same one that Angela has," she'd say all the time.  I thought the idea was really silly.  Why have two camera models exactly the same in the same house, ruining the potential for sharing the cameras for different purposes.

I proposed selling my camera to Laura, so instead of having the same one I had, she'd physically own my camera.  Mom loved the idea because she wouldn't have to teach Laura how to use it, and I'd be able to give her my memory cards.  The camera was around $700 when I got it, and Laura's going to give me $500 for it.  I would never have been able to sell my camera and get that much for it elsewhere.  I'm giving her all my accessories too though for free (like me newest $130 memory card which won't work on my new camera T_T).  

The $500 will really help offset the cost of the camera I purchased.  It's the Canon Digital Rebel XTi.  www.dpreview.com/reviews/canon…;^_^  I bought it as a kit so I have one zoom lense to start me off.  I'm in love with it already although I've only taken photos in my bedroom so far.  I hope that I can do a nature photoshoot soon.

Anime North is getting closer and closer!  I've been working on costumes with my partner in crime Mishler !  I think our costumes are super cute; we're being elegant gothic lolita ladies.  Ruffles ahoy!  I'm jealous of her umbrella making skills.  XD  *bows at her feet*

I forgot it was Mother's Day today!  =O  I'm going to make dinner for her tonight, so I hope she'll like it.  I'm thinking of making really tasty wraps. ^.^

What's new at Thought Bubble?


New item for sale: Family of Leafies - 7x5 Painting - $15.00 US!

New item for sale: Cheeky Cherry Cupcake - 5x7 Painting - $10.00 US!

New item for sale: Demon Angel Crush - 7 x 9 Painting - $20.00 US

Thought Bubble's website is now online!
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