Bwah, can't sleep. :C I got 5 hours and then just woke up...couldn't get back to sleep. After tossing and turning for an hour, I got up. Getting a little tired now, hopefully I'll get a bit more sleeps before it's actually light out.

We'd all dissolve.

Best kitten video on Youtube? I think so.

Just thought that you guys should know you're the best. :) I really appreciate everything each one of you has done for me. Who knew you could meet so many awesome people on the internet?

Thanks for being there for me through all the hard times [and the not so hard times, too!]

<333

WHAT

I'm going out to a semi-formal party tonight, so..I brought new shoes, and....a hat.
BRB, GOING PIMPING

Yah, this medication really does make you dizzy. I think I'm getting over it a little bit, but it was really bad for a few minutes. Ugh. ;_____; I hope the side effects go away soon, this is icky. I don't know if I'll be able to draw while I feel like this.

All in all, a good day. :)

A while ago, Beau's cousins [I think they're cousins...relatives of some kind, anyway] sold his grandma's old house. The profit was split 5 ways between her 5 kids. Kate got $10,900. SERIOUSLY. Wow. So that was great news. She said she'd help us out a bit if we needed it when[if] we move. It's just a huge break and wow, so happy for her.

Beau and I went to Kalispell, watched Saw [which was pretty good, but if it had all been as gory as the first trap, I might not have been able to watch it! omg!] I really liked the merry go round trap, which I guess makes me morbid...it's not like I liked it LIKED it, I just thought that from a writing/artistic perspective, it was the perfect trap for those people. Almost poetic in a really grisly way. Just...made my heart skip a little to watch them go around like that. Yay tortureporn or something?
After the movie, we hit Wal*Mart and got my prescrip filled. It cost a bit more than I expected, but I kind of expected it, if that makes sense. We picked up some other junk at WM [like shampoooo I ran out this morning!] and then drove over to Costco. I love that place. We had samples and stuff. :D We got all the stuff Kate listed and then picked out a few things on our own. We actually have food in the house yay.

Then we ate Dairy Queen yay. I got a pumpkin pie blizzard and it was heavenly. I love punkins! :D

So yah, pretty much yay today. When we got home, I found a note from someone that wants to pay me an enormous [to me] amount of dollars for a few commissions. :3 And I did a little concept sketch and played around on LJ and stuff...ran hToC, hOK and hAN on WoW. Just had a fun day today.

Tomorrow, I don't think we have any plans. The dude should be sending Beau his stuff to work on, so he'll probably be working [and so will I!]. I started taking my meds tonight and so far, so good. :)

I hope you guys had as awesome of days<3

OH ALSO. I found out that the Dresden Dolls are playing IN KNOXVILLE on the 22nd. :oooooo If we are in TN by then, I AM SO THERE YOU GUYS. They are like my favorite band ever and I would be super excited to see them live. Holy crap. One side of me is crossing my fingers that we move soon and the other side wants to be here for one more Thanksgiving so we can say goodbye to all Beau's family that we won't see for quite a while.
BUT DRESDEN DOLLS YOU GUYS.
Live music is one thing I'm looking forward to if we move. Nothing comes here ever.

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It looks like I got my sleep schedule fixed up. :) I was up at 9...something. 9.15? I don't remember.

ANYWAY, we're going to Kalispell today. Pick up a few things Kate needs, some things we need including my prescription and if we have leftovers, we're going to see the matinee of Saw. :o Funzies. I wonder if the movies are as cheap in TN...

Gonna get back to work when we come home, I think. There is a raid scheduled for tonight, but that won't be until 6 or 7 so I should have 3 or 4 hours to do artings after we get home. We shall see.

lmao

10/10

I DUN THESE TODAY.

( Lots more behind the cut! )

I'm not even sure that's all of them...but I'm totally tired so I'm gonna hit the sack [sorry mazz! I'll sketch yours tomorrow. Didn't think colouring those sketches would take this long. :o]

Beau doesn't have to fly down to TN for the trial. ^^ They're going to send the work to him and pay him $12/hr for 2 weeks and then if everything's good...we move.

BUT OMG YOU GUYS HE DOESN'T HAVE TO LEAVE ME FOR TWO WEEKS YAY. Which on one hand, kind of sucks...since like. I wanted him to scout out houses and get to know the area a little bit before we moved. :P
I'm still going to be doing nonstop artwork as much as I would have with him gone. I am really REALLY determined to get all my art stuff gone by Christmas. I can do this, you guys. I just need to buckle down and focus.

I really hope this works out. I hate getting my hopes up, I really do, but it's hard not to.

Also, I have a lot of sketches ready to be scanned, so I might do that later on tonight. [dark_raven_wolf, your sketch in particular, I really like. :3 I'm excited to scan it!]

We couldn't afford to get down to Kalispell today so we might go tomorrow or the next day. Most likely Friday.

Rumors have it that there is going to be an Obama x-mas ornament. No offense, but does this mean that I can hang a black guy from my tree?

Yeah, I went there. I mean no disrespect. I just find it to be a bit of ironic musing on my part.

I do find it humorous that a president would approve something like that, though. I mean I think a presidential ornament would be just a tad on the tacky side, no matter which president.

Now, everybody calm down, and have some quaaludes.

My doctor was awesome yay. Gave me a prescription for Buspirone and said that when we move, he'll write me a prescrip for the take-as-needed kind [like Xanax or something]. Very nice of him to offer.
The Buspar possible side effects sound terrible, so hopefully I won't have them. x_x

He also wants me to get out of the house and experience life for some reason. :P Which will probably happen if/when we move, so I'm not too worried about that. And hopefully, being outside will make me less afraid of...everything. It's just been kind of a cycle...anxiety developed and made me not want to do things which made my anxiety worse and made me not want to do things.

I'm wearing my rainbow Chewbacca shirt.

Yah I thought I'd be fine to go to my dr. appt. but I'm on the verge of freaking out right now. :( It's stupid.

I know I've said it before, but I mean it this time...I'm taking a few commissions right now and with ANY luck at all, they WILL be the last I will take until...indefinitely.

( My awesome really long explanation about money. )
( I'm making a cut for silly reasons. )
So if you read all that, or if you didn't, I'm thinking about taking some $15 busts on. I'm not going to open a specific amount of slots since I'm not expecting much interest. Anyway, if you guys would like one, let me know.


If you click on them to make them bigger, they're actual size. 600x800px, 300dpi. You can pick an expression and I am happy to do specific clothing/hats/other props.

I'll also take on some "simple" ref sheets for anyone who would like an easy/cheap ref for their character. It's basically a coloured sketch to show your character's markings and body type. I can put more info [age/height/weight/whatever] on them than is shown in this example:

They cost $15-20 as opposed to the $35+ that my inked and ginormous refs are.

If anyone is interested in something aside from a simple ref or bust, you can ask, but I make no promises I'll accept. :P For example, I'd rather not take on any fully coloured/shaded big high res pictures right now because they take so long and those kinds of pictures already constitute half my backlog by themselves.

I will have all of these done by the end of November. First paid, first finished. If I don't get them done by when I say I will, I will refund you in full and still do the art. At least that will motivate me. ;)

And no matter what happens, I am going to force myself to have -everything- done by the end of December. Hopefully before Christmas as a gift to myself. Having this stress off my back would be the best present ever. :P

I love this house :)
really, it's like, fuuuu my housemates are the best ever.

Beau might not have to leave for another couple weeks. :3 Apparently there's some convention or...class or something going on in Las Vegas that the bosses have to do, so they may wait until afterward to fly Beau down. We'll know for sure tomorrow.

I'm crossing my fingers he'll be here long enough for us to see my parents and grandparents [visiting from the Philippines]. They're going to drive up to Missoula [which is about halfway between our place and my parents'] and stay in a hotel/pay for us to stay at the hotel, too. :3 My brother lives in Missoula and my grandparents wanted to visit everyone if possible. But I can't go down if Beau is gone, so hopefully he'll still be here.

AND if we can ~con~ some money out of Beau's mom [or if I can get some, which is...fairly unlikely, but possible], we're going to try to go down to Kalispell on Wednesday after my doctor appointment to buy Beau some shirts and stuff. Our friend told us he just wears jeans and polo shirts to work there. Beau looks great in polos, but only owns 2 or 3 of them, so we want to pick some up. Maybe some other nice button-downs. Should be able to find some cheapish ones. :)

Thanks for all the comments and encouragement on the last entry guys<3

Alright, now that something has happened, I guess I can tell you guys what's going on. I really didn't want to "announce" anything until we were sure and we're still not extremely sure, but it's at least looking good.

Beau -probably- got a job. A pretty good one. A friend of ours hooked him up at the place where he works. They had a phone interview and Beau is going to fly down for a 2 week trial. I guess if they like him, they'll send him back to pack. If they don't, they'll just send him back. :P

BUT it's fairly promising and it looks alright. If he does get the job after the 2 week trial, we will be moving. To Tennessee [the job is in a suburb of Knoxville]. Which I am really anxious about. I will most likely attempt to procure some kind of anxiety meds [hence the post I made a while back] that will help me function while we move 2300 miles.

We're not sure when he's leaving, but probably soon. I'm going to see what I can do about getting all my commissions done in the two weeks he'll be gone. I doubt I can get them all done, but I can probably take a sizable chunk out of them. We'll just have to see.

Since we met, he and I have never been apart for even nearly this long, so I'm kind of apprehensive. I'm sure I'll live, though. Someone's gotta stay here and take care of the kitties.

And needless to say, if we do move, I'll be a lot closer to a lot of you, but please don't pressure me into meeting for a while. Unless I do get anxiety meds and they work some kind of miracle, I will probably be really freaked out for the first while while we get situated and whatnot. And I'll most likely start attending the cons over there, so that should be funzies.

Anyway, thought I'd let you guys know. Cross your fingers.

Edit: Got a doctor appt. Wednesday morning to talk about my anxiety. Maybe I'll end up medicated. :P

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I'm actually not very satisfied with how this comic, which I've been trying to portray into comic form for TWO YEARS, turned out. There is just so much more to the story, but explaining it all would make this like a five million panel strip. I failed to point out that I got bitched out by the manager the next day. He said there are "Judgement calls to be made", although he specifically told me if I gave out any toilet paper I'd be fired. Then there's the part where my fellow staff members trapped me in the front desk office. Hard to explain that part.

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...that if LJ can help save_dave's home, we can help Ali Vatter.

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:)

Can we get some steam on this? :D

It is Dia de los Muertos!


Apparently up here in Missoula, they have some big festival today. I wish I was down there to see it. Kind of jealous of my brother. :P
But at least I get sugar skulls and candles and things in WoW. haha

So I went to a Halloween party last night. Wore the coon mask, got fucked up, did a bunch of crazy shit I don't remember doing.

Last weekend I went to Oklacon, an amazing outdoor furry convention. My homegirl Lacrimas picked me up and we went with Anjel and Puppy. Did a bunch of jamming, played a song with Sub Level 03 at their show, rocked out with an amazing flutist named Lanovran...



...And this Wednesday is my 22nd birthday, which last year was the most traumatic experience of my life.