I knew a lot had happened to me since my last journal entry that I've been meaning to come and write about, but reading my last entry just made me realize how much I have forgotten to write!

So...I have gotten to hang out with both Sarah and particularly Ruth the last few weeks. That has been really fun. And wow...just so much. I've seen Up twice, and absolutely love and adore it. I've also gotten a pair of ferrets. My Uncle Skeets is moving, and asked if I would take his ferrets for him. So now I've got two lovely little fuzzies who are about 3 years old, a boy and a girl. I've changed their names from Rodney and Roxie (Yes...horribly boring human names for ferrets) to Jasper and Ruby. I'm still getting ok hours at work despite my dread in my last journal entry. I'd like something a little more steady than 1 four and a half hour shift one week followed by a 3 four and a half hour shifts the next week, but at least I'm getting hours. I am worried that I'm still not going to have very much spending cash for anime expo this weekend, followed by Disneyland next wednesday, but I suppose I'll just have to swing it somehow. At the very least I will be able to go, and that makes me happy. Then I have to worry about paying for school somehow after that. If my job had never shafted me with crummy hours in the first place the last few months before I worked up the courage to ask, I wouldn't be so worried as I'm pretty efficient at saving money.

Today I hung out with Ruth, and we finished watching FullMetal Alchemist, which since she is both a history teacher, and a fantasy fan, I figured she would enjoy. She did, though she didn't like the fact that Winry got shafted. Quite personally, I'm not a big Winry fan so that doesn't bother me. I'm just happy Ed and Al were together in the end.

Last week I went with my friend Lanette to some fish stores, and to a bird store just for fun. I saw English parakeets (budgies they call them) for the first time, and was amazed. I've always been told that English parakeets were bigger than ours, but it turns out these things were bigger than lovebirds! I'd never imagined they'd be so large! They were quite cute! We also saw sharks at one of the fish stores which was very cool. I wanted to pet them as they were in what was formerly the koi tank, and quite easilly petable with only a sign saying "ask for assistance" really as the only protection barrier. Still...I didn't feel like losing a finger.

This past Sunday I was given a new calling as the music coordinater chair person thingy in my ward. This means everybody who is dealing with music at church has to go through me...yay. It's kind of scary to realize I'm in this sort of position as it means more responsibility than what I prefer to deal with at church, but fortunately it's in a creative department, and so shouldn't be too difficult. Most of my bases are covered anyways as I myself conduct music in relief society, I have a handful of piano players when needed in my ward, we already have a choir director who's willing to do his job, a music director for sacrament meeting who normally picks the hymns there, and an organ player to boot. So there's not much I need to do other than coordinate music specials in sacrament meeting, and make sure I have people to do their jobs which they already do sufficiently. Anything musically that needs to be done in Relief Society is already, and has been for a while now, my responsibility, and nothing that has been terribly difficult for me to deal with.

And I do believe that's everything that's happened in my life the last few weeks since my last update in broad strokes. Now I really wanted to get more into personal feelings, and that sort of thing when I kept thinking I needed to get in here and write in my journal, but I've got a headache tonight, and if I wait too long, I'll never write about anything. So it's more of a lazy update than anything. As for the two of you who responded to my last journal...you know who you are, thank you very much for your support, and you know I LOVE YOU GUYS! And we can all hang out at anime expo together this weekend.

The only thing I might have missed is that I got to go to the zoo with my sis-in-law, Jennifer (my niece), and Lanette. I don't remember if that happened before or after my last journal entry. I believe it might have taken place the monday after my last journal, and that was really fun. I love the zoo, and loved the animals, and want to go again! Lol! I wanted to cuddle everything there even despite the fact they'd probably rip my face off, and I pissed off a mandrill primate. Yes, it slapped the cage at me. I really didn't think laughing at its antics would hurt its feelings, but apparently it did. I might have made too much eye contact as well...who knows.

OH! And Ruth painted my toenails tonight. I've never painted my toes before as far as I can remember...so yeah! New experience!

So...last note for tonight, I hope I can finish my cat girl stuff I want to wear to anime expo this weekend. Yes, I'm gonna go as a Neko if I can finish sewing my tail, and figure out a way to attach my ears to my head. I was intending to have this costume ready for halloween, but it didn't happen, so I'm gonna use it at AX this weekend hopefully.

That's it for now, and my next report will probably be after AX this saturday...if not later depending on how wrapped up I feel with real life. I REALLY hope we'll have fireworks here in LA this year for the 4th. I can't believe people in this city are willing to fork over money for a victory parade for the Lakers, but not willing to hock up a single penny for fireworks for our Nation's Birthday. It's really hard to stand up for Americans, and Californians...which I'm proud of being both, when my own people are a bunch of morons who are by no means the ideal standards for either of those titles. Thanks a lot guys...I really just can't classify myself into the same categories as idiots, so in my mind, you are stripped of both the title of American, and Californian. <---yes I realize that's far more political than I normally delve into. Lol! But let's be honest. I've never really liked human beings as a whole. I like people on individual basises, but the general masses are repulsive to me. Again, don't get me wrong, I celebrate human spirit, and the highest capacities we are able to obtain...you know, I love all the good stuff that people do, and admire it to its fullest, but I have a complete loathing for the other end of the spectrum.

Ok...so I rambled into some philosophical stuff on human nature, but I'm really done now. My next few updates will hopefully be more detailed, and a lot more fun to read.

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My Permanent Journal Intro/Disclaimer

Hi, if this is your first time here, then yeah, you're learning something new about me...if not, then you probably know me pretty well by now, and really shouldn't have to read this, but you might anyways just for fun, or because you're bored. This is all stuff concerning me artistic-wise.

Art Thieves
I don't like them, and they should stay away from me because I can be mean. Honestly I really truly try to be a forgiving kind person, but there are some things I will not tolerate. Do I try to handle them in a reasonable fashion? The answer is yes, but in some cases it's usually after I make a huge horrific fuss. So essentially, art thieves, or just thieves (people who steal credit, or don't give credit at all, out of maliciousness, for another person's achievements.) who mess with creativity in general had better not be stealing nothing here. Those are one of those things I do not tolerate, and if you push me, it won't be hard for me to get downright mean.

Styles And Mediums
I don't just draw. I write, dance, sing, play a musical instrument, and will gladly pick up on just about any creative outlet I can get my hands on. Drawing, story telling, and mostly character creation are my main three creative specialities. That is why I aim to run my own animation studio someday in my life. I cannot settle on just drawing a character, but I must create a history, and even a storyline for them as well. If my musical abilities were a little more up to par, I would even go so far as to write music for my own stories, AND even do the character voices if I could manipulate my vocal chords to change drastically! I'm very personal about it. This leads me to my next subject.

My Characters
Each and every one of them is an individual. They are my brain children, and if you have ever heard me having a conversation with someone else about one of them, you would think I was talking about real living beings that could live nextdoor to me for all you know. For all intents and purposes, I try to seperate myself from them enough to believe they ARE real living people, (or animals, elves, furries and various other things in the case of a lot of my characters.) Have I lost grips with reality? No, I'm just creating a seperate one in which I can retreat to. Thus I want you to remember, my characters have morals, and do things I would absolutely never do. My lifestyle is seperate from theirs. Yes, some of them do reflect some of my personality traits, just as a child will have habits and behaviors similiar to their parents no matter how hard they try not to. Some of them actually succeed too. The same is said of my characters. Example---> So, if Zorian is behaving badly, I don't want it as a bad reflection on me...anyways, he half belongs to Scott, but I'm sure Scott doesn't want to be thought of as being like Zorian either. Lol! Thus, that's why there's jokes about Zorian being our illigitimate brain child.

Swear Words
I don't cuss in real life...with the exception of three words, hell, bastard, and @$$. There's a few words I also use which some people may find offensive, but I don't really rate them up there with really bad words such as the F word. Have I uttered these horrible words?....your answer is yes, I'm guilty, but they are few and far between and usually nobody hears it. I try to keep my story telling as tasteful as possible. That's my style. Remember, my characters have morals I do not condone, but as a story teller, I will include some of their habits so you can become associated with this being I want to portray. In case you haven't noticed, my writing style consists of putting curse words in with symbols. For example...that @$$ up there at the beginning of this paragraph. It's quite obvious what the word is, but I sort of display it differently. The F word is done like this F*** or.....just a random curse word can be like this !#%&#!!!! Another thing I consider tastefully done is I will not hide the fact that characters have...intimate moments, but you will never see the actual intimacy written out by me. I will type up the scene leading up to it, but in my opinion it's nothing worse than a PG 13 rated movie. [Example (making up random names here): Bob kissed Julie tenderly whilst he layed her down stroking her hair gently, and they enjoyed one another's company.] Blah blah blah mushy stuff....yuck! It will most likely fade in to the next morning and then I'll move onto a MUCH MORE INTERESTING scene where they fight ninjas! Yay! Ninjas!

Final Note
I put all this stuff why? Because I don't want to scare people away lol! I have been teased for being very religious, and then recieved appalled expressions for some of the things in my stories, or funny thoughts, or scenarios I have. I simply wanted to explain it. I just want to point out another story writer who is of the same religion as me who has characters that behave much differently than what we're taught religiously: Orson Scott Card. Lastly...the bible isn't G rated either...so there!

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