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Bee's Commission List [16 Nov 2010|09:35pm] Okay, this WILL be kept on top and updated on a regular basis. Last update: October 9, 2008 COMMISSIONS: pencils only -- $10 to $30 depending on how complex the piece is and the size. black and white line art -- $15 to $40 depending on how complex the piece is and the size. color -- $25 to $100 again depending on the complexity and size of the piece. S&H in the US is $1.75 *for 8.5 x 11 inch pieces* Outside of the US, contact me and we'll talk. Anything larger than 8.5 x 11, again contact me and we'll talk. DELIVERY CONFIRMATION ( aka tracking ) is optional for an extra $0.75 USD Limitations: Once a picture is inked, I cannot make changes to it. Please finalize your requested image when I show you the pencil stages. Full or partial payment MUST be sent before any work is started ( partial payment means that you, the customer, pay HALF of the amount due before any work is started, then the rest is paid after work is finished and before it's shipped out ) CUSTOM MY LITTLE PONY basic custom adult - starts at $20 basic custom baby - starts at $10 S&H for ponies in the US is $4.25. Outside of the US, it depends on where it's getting shipped to *I check with the US postal service website and get an estimate*. DELIVERY CONFIRMATION ( aka tracking ) is optional for an extra $0.75 USD What I need from you: 1) Name / email / mailing address 2) What medium you want 3) A detailed description of what you want in the picture, character(s). If you have a reference picture of said character, please provide it. 4) If it's needed by a certain date. 5) Payment: I can take money orders, checks, Western Union, PayPal, and / or credit or debit cards *credit and debit ONLY through PayPal.* NO CASH! I cannot stress this enough. Sending cash through the mail is NOT safe! Send PayPal payments to beechan2 @ yahoo.com LIST SO FAR, including commissions and small trades LaLuna *DA* - chibi kitty GW boys ( Millardo: MARKER PAINTING: 80% finished ) Laura "lovelauraland" Cranston - *MLP Arena and DA* - 5 original characters, 11 x 8.5 inch, marker painting, characters in a line ( PAID ) ( INKS: 75% finished ) Guillermo Bricero - *phone, email, etc* - 2 marker paintings of fursona, Boomer the de-scented skunk, to be turned into LJ icons later on, 8.5 x 11 inches Amber Brion - *Anime Festival order* 2 orders - 1) 5 chibi characters, color, no background with shadows, 11 x 8.5 inch, all playing with beach ball, and 2) Capt. Jack Sparrow arm-in-arm budybuddy with a shiinsengumi member, with Souji Okita hairstyle ( PAID ) Michelle "Boribaby" Walker - *DA* -  2 customized MLP, of her characters, Blossom and Brooke Nefidean - *DA* Chibi pheonix / firebird, with "Pheonix Perch" text. Digital colors, Illustrator Jennifer "Wildshadow" Shelley - *MLP Arena* - THIS SPOT RESERVED ( possible Kriticocious custom pony ) Melissa "HaroGirl" - *DA and email* - GW boys doing the Carmelldansen, still shot. Ginny "Firebyrd" Buhler - *email* - THIS SPOT RESERVED Jamilla "Whirl-Wind" Spronk - *DA* - customized MLP of her horse fursona, Whirlwind ( see if I can get an all white base. Repaint, rehair, sculpting the flower in her mane, and adding a ribbon ) NOTE: I don't list larger company based projects here. This list is ONLY for commission orders. ~~Bee 25 comments|post comment

Stuffs to see [11 Oct 2008|02:07am] [ mood | sick ] NASTY nasty "double me over and make me cry" stomach pains today. But that's it, ONLY pain, and nothing else! Seems every time my little niece comes up for a visit, she gets sick, and I in turn get whatever she has. Xx; But she's been suffering from some nasty poops and tummy pain. With me, it's JUST the pain, and nothing else, but it was enough to start me sobbing while trying to get ready for work early this morning, and while I was in the break room waiting to be able to punch in to my shift. The ONLY way the pain died down a bit was after I managed to take a few small bites from a cinnamon raisin bagels, and gently cracking my back every now and then while on register. Now I just have a nagging headache. Xx;; I can't win, can I? --- Anyway, art stuff to see. Vowed to get the marker painting done on the Milliardo kitty boy AND the inking on LLL's commission. All done! Through the pain and all! Hey, I'm a stubborn pain in the ass nowadays, and I'm DETERMINED to get through my commission orders, come hell or high water! ( =Millardo Peacecraft kitty boy finished markers here!= ) ( =Finished inks for LLL's commission here!= ) --- Oh, and I've created an account over on MangaBullet. Pretty much another place to spread my work out with, but we'll see how it goes. I haven't had a chance to really look around at others galleries or check out the forums just yet; only been a member for a day now. Now, off to bed. My head is effing killing me, and I'm about ready to reach in and rip my stomach out T^T. ~~Bee post comment

I vote Tom! [07 Oct 2008|11:44pm] Watched the debate tonight, and I have to say... if I had the option, I'd be voting for Tom! He was the ONLY person on that stage trying to stick to the rules that McCain and Obama agreed on! So yeah, I'm still officially undecided, but I will say that McCain's "that one" comment was very uncalled for and unprofessional. ~~Bee post comment

Blargh? [07 Oct 2008|01:43am] The suck of working a midday shift when you get out at 5 pm, when it starts moving into winter? You only have 3 hours of SOME sunlight left to get anything done before being able to sit and get to working on any artwork you need to get done, like cook dinner ( when it involves using jasmine rice, which takes ALMOST as long as brown rice to cook ), clean dishes, and actually eat said dinner. Recent projects haven't involved inking ANYTHING, so I'm a tad bit out of practice and a little slower than usual. Meaning I was only able to get 75% of my inking on the piece I needed to get inked done. So many tiny details, hand remembering how to ink smoothly and PROPERLY, and having to file the nails on my right hand down a lot, especially the pointer finger. Really, I don't know how ANY inker can have decent length nails and ink smoothly ^^;. I KNEW there was a reason why I kept my nails really short before, but hey, I had to get over the whole nasty nail biting thing. I see other amazing artists still work with longer nails, so why can't I? So I'll just have to get up early in the morning and finish inking that piece. I WILL be sticking to my painting schedule after work. In other news... it's funny how it took having to watch the first two dvd's of Avatar just to see the very first episode. I think I've seen ALL of book 1 just watching it on Nickelodeon, EXCEPT for the very first episode. Me likey! --- Oy, the kids are going to be here ALL DAY TOMORROW ( today ). I better have the Zune charged up and my earbuds ready and doors closed TIGHT so I can get work done while they're here. ~__~;;; ~~Bee post comment

Art da-dump! [06 Oct 2008|12:00am] [ music | " I Don't Dance" from HSM:2 is STUCK IN MY HEAD!! NOOOOOOO!!!! Please shoot me! ] Lots more unfinished WIP's here! NEW chibi sticker design roughs ( with new poses! Yes, I will no longer using the old boring stale pose anymore. From now on, I will be using one of my normal chibi styles and there will be different poses! After talking with Tammy about it, again, today, I finally decided to change the chibi's to fit MY style entirely now, and add some new life to them. ) Inked commissions, and a rough idea for a new vector print / poster challenge for myself. ( =So as Ziri would say, DOODLES GO HERE!= ) I plan on doing NOTHING after work tomorrow BUT inking a whole bunch of stuff, then starting the marker painting on the Milliardo kitty after work on Tuesday. I'm hunkering down this week, despite the distractions of my nephew and niece ( oh, I love my nephew and niece like crazy, but it is because of them that I have learned that I would NEVER be able to get any work done if I were to ever have kids of my own. Xx; I only plan to be the awesome auntie, and that is all. ). Now, time to hop into my jammies and crawl into bed. Sleeeeepy time. Gnight all! ~~Bee post comment

Arcade is GONE! O^O [04 Oct 2008|08:57pm] Well, my last reason for shopping at the Rockaway Mall... oh sorry, SIMON ROCKAWAY TOWNSQUARE MALL... is now gone. I wanted to take my nephew, Alex, to the arcade this evening to play some DDR, seeing as how my PS2 isn't hooked up and Dad's way wiring the damn living room deters me from even TRYING to hook it up ( and I'm usually really good at being able to hook things up, but damn, if his way of wiring doesn't confuse the hell out of even the BEST electrician Oo ). And because when Alex is home in South Carolina, he doesn't get a chance to play at all because the other kids HOG the game at his school. I promised him that he and I would play some DDR when he got here, and damnit, I'm determined to find a way to keep that promise. I do NOT make empty promises, especially to my little 5 year old nephew. We stop at the Dunkin D's outside, so I can get a bagel, as I hadn't eaten yet and was getting a little light headed AND I know that if I'm lightheaded and hungry when trying to play DDR, I suck. Alex, I buy a chocolate glazed donut, and then we head on our merry way into the mall, grab ourselves a bottle of water, and then start heading towards the Playtime Arcade over by the FYE store on the upper level. We go to turn the corner, I stop dead in my tracks and my jaws DROPS. The Playtime Arcade is GONE, and was replaced by some cheap ass high end dance supply store for spoiled little rich girls. Kind of like a Libby Lu for little dancers *LibbyLucoughcoughlittlewhoresintrainingstorecoughcough*. I still can't believe that it's gone, so Alex and I head down to Guest Services and ask the kids that are working there if, by chance, the arcade was just moved. They shook their heads, apologized and said that nope, it was definetely taken out, and as far as they knew, the mall has NO plans for ever putting another arcade in again. Yeah, LAME. Alex was upset, because he REALLY wanted to play. Little dude was jumping up and down like a little kangaroo when I said we where going to the mall to play some DDR, he was so excited T^T. He's been looking forward to it for near a month now! I end up taking him into the Disney Store, let him pick out a small Wall E toy, and treated him to two rides on those little kiddie rides ( and NO, he isn't spoiled, he's actually becoming quite the little gentleman. I didn't want to leave the mall without him having a LITTLE bit of fun while we were there T^T ). I'm finding SOME way of getting Alex on a DDR machine while he's here sometime this week. Talked with Jen, his Mom, my sis in law, and Ma, and tossed out the idea of going to the movies one evening this week to the AMC Theater just outside of the mall. I don't know what's playing, BUT... they have a DDR SuperNova machine in their small arcade. The volume is VERY low, but still very playable, and it will make Alex happy. Honestly, I think Simon Townsquare is trying to turn our beloved grubby Rockaway Mall into another Palisades Park Center Mall. In other words, a mall where NO ONE can afford the outrageous prices for something as silly as a damn tshirt. Oh wait, the other reason... they don't want whom THEY consider to be the "trouble makers" hanging out there. Dears, please, I've met some of those kids that used that DDR machine in the arcade, they are a good bunch of kids. They may dress in the punk or goth or grunge styles, and look like they shop nowhere but Hot Topic, but they are a good bunch of kids ( and, awesomely, some recognized me from the conventions I've been to! ). Personally, I would rather THOSE kids hanging around than the snippity Hannah Montana / High School Musical wanna be conceited little brats that YOU, dear Simon Townsquare, are trying to cater to. Anyway, yeah, my last reason for going to that mall is now gone. Though it takes a while to get to, at LEAST the Palisades Park Center Mall knows how to cater to EVERYONE's wants. Simon Townsquare, you ruined a perfectly good mall since the day you took over the place. Yeah, no places for little kids to have fun besides that sorry excuse for a "play area" where kids can't even RUN, the train under the escalators is gone, the play area in the McDonalds was removed, and honestly, not enough places for people to sit and rest. Plus... the new design for the food court is BORING. Too bleach white. The old flashy 90's Saved By the Bell design was FUN, with the funky colors and the cat walks. Now, it just looks like a damn hospital. Who was their design team? Sorry, but I get a tad pissy when people mess with the fun stuff from my childhood. I grew up with that mall, and really, it was a LOT more fun when I was a kid. More stuff for kids, more family oriented. Now, it's just boring and too damn sterile. ~~Bee post comment

Chibi stickers up for sale! [04 Oct 2008|03:12pm] Made up some new batches of chibi stickers, now including chibi Sasuke! ( and a quick note... the next chibi I will be doing is Lelouch Lamperouge, from Code Geass ) Current sales here on my eBay shop, for anyone interested: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/beechan2_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZ ~~Bee post comment

To do list [29 Sep 2008|09:00pm] Short to do list for tonight 1) Shower 2) Re-wrap Jami's doujinshi's and get them ready for mailing in the morning ( SO belated in mailing eBay stuff out due to my hours from last week Xx; ) 3) Wrap Wildshadows commissions up for mailing in the morning 4) Ink LLL's commission ~~Bee 2 comments|post comment

Because I had to get the song out of my head... [29 Sep 2008|01:35am] [ mood | tired ] Because I had to get the song out of my head before I pull it from my playlist, and do the ONLY dance to this song that I can stand doing for more than 2 minutes ( and because it IS a fun routine ^^; ), ... I give you Bee doing the parapara routine created by the ever awesome Lex, to "Caramelldansen [Speedycake Mix]". ~~Bee 3 comments|post comment

These are NOT the only dances out there! [24 Sep 2008|08:16pm] [ mood | sick ] I'm sick with a cold, so I'm a tad grumpy today ( I WILL kick this cold by Saturday, though! ). Am I the only parapara dancer who is actually getting SICK of Hare Hare Yukai, Lucky Star, Night of Fire, and basically ANYTHING else by The Hinoi Team? Please, for the love of all that is good, people, please realize there is more to parapara dancing then JUST those routines! Night of Fire, Sticky Tricky and Bang, King Kong, I'll give you, as they were NOT created by The Hinoi Team. HT just revamped them and made them popular in the anime fandom outside of Japan. But... It seems like when people talk on this and that forum about dancing at cons, it's ONLY THOSE SONGS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO DO. You try to introduce them to other songs, oh, say like Ride the Tiger or Cat's Eye, or heaven forbid, the OLDER parapara routines, from back before HHY and LS were even known about in the US, and I notice a tinge of snobbery, as if it's almost an insult to even CONSIDER something other than Hare Hare Yukai and Lucky Star. Don't get me wrong, they're fun routines, though I can't say there is even much to Lucky Star, unless you learn the full routine from the last episode. But that's ALL I seem to see when I try to do searches for parapara routines. And it's not everyone acting like this, but the ones who aren't like that aren't speaking up. Why does it bug me? Because it's in massive overload. I'm glad people want to learn at least the basics now of parapara dancing, but dear God, there is more to parapara than those few routines. I could show you 10 gigs worth of routines that are NOT those ones! Beh, that's what happens when something becomes popular, I guess. People latch on to it and SUCK IT DRY for all it's worth *coughcoughNARUTOcoughcough*. Or really, do they want to start learning said dances only because they are dances from an anime? They are fun, but popularity can only go so far. ~~Bee 4 comments|post comment

Rice cooker bread attempt 2... MUCH BETTER! [23 Sep 2008|11:37pm] [ mood | tired ] My second attempt at making rice cooker bread... MUCH much better! But I still need to keep practicing. While it was still awesomely moist and fluffy and tastey, it still CRUMBLED apart like crazy. I can't try again this week, as I'm now out of flour and will have to wait to pick more up next week ( need to hold off on spending until AFTER Anime Festival ). So maybe a little less flour? I don't know. ANY CERTAIN BAKERS OUT THERE READING THIS HAVE ANY ADVICE?! Aaaand the cooking times... it REALLY depends on your rice cooker. The recipe calls for the bread to "bake" one hour on each side and then another hour again on the first side. With my rice cooker, it only took 20 minutes to "bake" on the first side, then about 10 minutes on the other side. PERIOD. Yeah, my rice cooker is awesome. ^_^ And no, I didn't take any photos. Pretty much as soon as I turned it out of the rice cooker pot, Christine and I tore that sucker apart, drizzling it with honey. NUMMY NOM. She was over again practicing for our parapara thing on Saturday at Anime Festival. Very last minute, I hadn't made plans to do anything BUT make bread tonight. Oh well, she needs the practice. Girl needs to focus if she's to get Night of Fire and Take It to the Top memorized completely by Saturday. Get off the dang cell phone, stop texting and praaaaaaaaaaaaactice. I'm off to bed now. I am BEAT, and I think I'm coming down with something. Better start downing lemon and honey tea, drinking even MORE water than I already do, putting the peroxide in the ears and gargling the stuff, and taking more zinc and vitamin c. I will NOT be sick for this weekend! ~~Bee post comment

Rice cooker bread attempt #1 [22 Sep 2008|11:25pm] Following the recipe provided in Yakitate!! Japan... UTTER FAILURE. I found another recipe for rice cooker bread online, with more detailed steps, and will attempt that version tomorrow after work. ~~Bee post comment

New rice cooker and another bread recipe [21 Sep 2008|11:22pm] I am in LOVE I bought a rice cooker / veggie steamer from Wally World yesterday for about $25. BEST INVESTMENT in a VERY long time! Cooking rice via a pot and stove proves to be mostly disastrous for me ( I can cook and love to, but rice always seems to elude both myself AND my mother ). For the longest time, I've been wanting to purchase a rice cooker, and have even had it on my Christmas wish lists for the past few years ( yeah, I know and you all know I love collecting My Little Pony, BUT that's NOT the only thing on my wish list, man! I DO cook and I AM an artist, ya know! ^^; ). I've only had it took days now, and I've been making good use of it. Cooked the rice for Tammy's naan dish yesterday, and today I cooked up some organic long grain brown rice with a pat of butter and a couple shakes of Nature's Seasonings for part of my dinner and as a healthy snack for Snickers, AND steamed up some fresh spinach over the rice in the steamer basket as well. It took a long time for the rice to cook, but oh GOD, that was the best rice I've ever made! And tomorrow, I have to remember to pick up a small can of dry yeast. I plan to make the bread called "Ja-pan #2", from the manga series, Yakitate!! Japan. Yes, bread baked using a rice cooker! This shall prove to be interesting! I MAY mix a little green tea powder in with it for a nice aroma. It's supposed to have a very fluffy kind of inner texture, which intrigues me. --Recipe direct from the manga-- Ja-pan #2 ( bread made in  a rice cooker, from book number 2 of Yakitate!! Japan  ) 1 ½ cup enriched flour 1 ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon dry yeast Slightly more than one ounce of milk 1 ½ tablespoons butter 6 ounces of water 1 ½ tablespoons sugar Throw in all of the materials ( into the rice cooker bowl ) and knead it thoroughly. When it’s no longer sticky, form the dough into a round shape. The first fermentation! Leave it in a warm place for 60 minutes, and it will expand in size. The next step is to pull out the excess gas that built up during fermentation. Don’t pull out the gas by pushing it – All you need to do is drop the dough from a height of about 50 centimeters ( about 19 inches ). After pulling out the gas, begin the second fermentation ( also for 60 minutes ), then put the dough into the rice cooker. Now, all you have to do is to close the lid and push the switch. Following the first cooking, turn it over and cook again. After the second cooking, turn it over again and cook it one more time. After you cook it three times, it’s done! Ja-pan 2 is ready to eat: with butter or as is. Now let’s make bread, everybody! ~~Bee 2 comments|post comment

Grrr... [21 Sep 2008|04:38pm] [ mood | pissed off ] Yeah, this I did not know. Any check deposits you make with Wachovia on a Friday afternoon doesn't get deposited until the next TUESDAY. FUCK! I had to call Wachovia to find this out. It does not say this ANYWHERE on their website. ~~Bee 3 comments|post comment

Tasty OM NOMS [20 Sep 2008|08:56pm] [ music | C'Mon C'Mon - Def Leppard ] Not one of my own recipes, but it's OH so tasty AND healthy! This one, I give credit to Tammy ( Poniesyeah ). She made some up when she was over earlier today. Steam about one cup of saffron, chicken or wild rice in a rice cooker. Take one piece of naan ( an Indian flat bread ), toast it lightly in a skillet with a LITTLE extra virgin olive oil. Take the naan out of the skillet when it's done, and spread plain hummus and greek yogurt on the naan, then scoop some of the rice on it and cover liberally with fresh spinach leaves. Fold the naan up and NOM! Scoop the rice into a separate bowl for extra nomming. SO FREAKING GOOD, and so filling! ~~Bee 2 comments|post comment

AnimeNEXT 2009 is MOVING [20 Sep 2008|08:01pm] [ music | Be Yourself - Audioslave ] For anyone else going to AnimeNEXT 2009, HEADS UP! The con will NOT be at the Meadowlands Convention Center again, as it's become WAY too big. I received the updates email newsletter saying that AnimeNEXT 2009 will be at the Garden State Exhibit Center, in Somerset, NJ. Friday, June 12, 2009 to Sunday, June 14, 2009 ----  AnimeNEXT 2009 is Moving! Your favorite New York and New Jersey area anime convention is moving to a larger facility for the 2009 convention. We are moving to the bigger and better facilities at the Garden State Exhibit Center, http://www.gsec.com/ and the DoubleTree Somerset Hotel, http://www.doubletreesomerset.com/ in Somerset, New Jersey, less than one hour away from our former facilities in Secaucus. You can look forward to a larger facility with more meeting rooms and areas for more AnimeNEXT events, some great places for cosplay photo shoots and a beautiful new hotel. The recently modernized and renovated DoubleTree Hotel is our 2009 official hotel and features over 364 contemporary hotel rooms. King and Double rooms are available. You can check out more details about the Garden State Exhibition Center and the DoubleTree Hotel on the location page of the AnimeNEXT web site. ---- Somerset is a NICE area, but I can't attest for the hotel prices. I worked in Somerset one summer at the New Jersey Renn Fest, and would pass the Double Tree Hotel going to and from the Fair. It's pretty EASY to get to ( I take Route 206 to 287 to get there, as it's LITERALLY right of of 207. I love the drive, it's so pretty! ). Room rate, with the hotel discount, is $139 ( NOT BAD!! Anyone want to room with me? ). As far as food goes, here is what I can find: under dining under food under restaurants Movie theaters: my guess is that there is NO movie theater in Somerset. The closest seems to be in Manville. convenience stores shopping malls / centers / retail --- SO! Who wants to book a room with me at the Double Tree for the entire weekend? ^______^ ~~Bee 4 comments|post comment

Set! [19 Sep 2008|02:15am] [ music | Very Best of EuroDance ] 1 - Bought two tickets for Saturday at Anime Festival for myself and Christine ( gimme yer money, Christine! ) 2 - Finished the sketches for both Jolee Boutique sticker templates, laid them out and sent them out to Tammy. Won't hear back about anything until later today AFTER work. I am NOT going back on my computer before work. Getting as much sleep as I possibly can, even if it means getting a late start to work. 3 - I have the house to myself for the weekend! I am SLEEPING LATE on Saturday. Suck it! XP I MAY stop by the store and get some BBQ from the Partners in Caring event going on there, but we'll see. --- Bad note, I threw my right hip and lowr back out badly and twisted my right knee somehow. Yep, I've been limping all day long while working self check, and ALMOST had to limp home. Thankfully a friend of the family stopped me on the way and offered me a ride home. It would have taken me 45 minutes to get home at the pace I was able to make. It's normally only a 15 minute walk ^^;. And yes, I DID call home for a ride, but the 2 year old... I mean Dad, was having a pissy fit, which meant NO one was coming over to pick me up. Fun. And NO, there is no way in hell I was about to call a cab just to go one mile. Gotta clean up the explosion that is my work area now ( aka, my bed with the art desk on top of it ) ^^; And then, BED! Gnight sweets! ~~Bee 1 comment|post comment

Tiiime for Some Campaaaignin'! [18 Sep 2008|12:26am] I am NOT going to be able to get this song out of my head ^^; ~~Bee post comment

Zip codes and paying for gas with a card? [16 Sep 2008|11:47pm] Wow, okay, apparently this isn't something that's new in other states, but must be here in New Jersey. Day off from work, which only means day off from ShopRite, not Bee-Hive Studios stuff. I had to go out to pick up two new cans of Rust-Oleum Crystla Clear Enamel spray from Home Depot over in Succasunna for my stickers and keychain, and drop off some packages in the mail. However, being that Dad took the car into PA today, I had to take the van of doom... which he has a BAD habit of NEVER FILLING and leaving it to me to put gas into. Hey, it wouldn't be so bad if it was the car, as I drive the car more than I do the van. The van is a death trap on wheels, so I drive the car when it's available to me and put gas into it. I don't like having to put gas into a vehicle I RARELY use. Anyway, I digress. I couldn't get to the Hess Station to fill up, as there has been a road crew and the gas company working on laying new gas lines in the center of Netcong, which is right next to the border between Netcong and Stanhope. They had crew vehicles blocking the entire southbound side of route 183 between Stanhope and Netcong, where the gas station is, causing a horribly dangerous blind spot for ANYONE trying to get out onto 183 or over to the gas station coming out from Main Street in Stanhope. So I gave up on the Hess Station and decided to hit up the Valero on the Netcong Circle. Blarg. Charging extra for using a card of any kind. Dude, that's why I like Hess. One flat reasonable price. Anyway, I ask the attendant to put $20 in the tank and hand him my debit card. He puts my card in and then asks me for "the code for where I live". We were BOTH a bit confused. I've never heard of a gas station asking for one's zip code before, and he seemed just as confused, as after he swiped my card, he stood looking at the pump screen for a moment with this puzzled look on his face and that's when he asked me me for my zip code with that confused undertone I hear every day at work. Must be something new that no one else he works with told him about. I can understand the reasoning behind asking for a zip code, preventing use of possible stolen cards, etc., but I've never heard of it before, and it kind of threw me for a loop for a moment. I know some stores use it, but I have never heard of a gas station doing it. And supposedly, it's pisses some people off. Some using the excuse of, " I don't know my zip code" ( I'm sorry, but I think it's kind of pathetic if you've lived in an area for a while and you don't know the zip code of the area you live, ESPECIALLY if you send mail out on a regular basis. Why do you NOT know your ZIP or area code?! ). Yeah, of course I had to Google it and see what was up before I typed up this entry. I'm the curious nosey kind of person, okay? I did some nosing around online, and saw some things, people bitching, how dare these gas stations make them stand outside or sit in their car for an extra two seconds to punch their zip codes in, blahblah. *shrugs* Whatever, I just think some people like trying to find things to bitch about. Oooooo, I could go on that subject about a certain customer at my store... never happy, finds the STUPIDEST things to bitch about... wish he would STOP coming to self check and bug someone else. Soo... is this something new? I see from various things on Google that's it seems have started in 2007 in other states, but is it really so new? And if not, why haven't there been any news reports on it? ~~Bee 5 comments|post comment

WIPs and new project information [16 Sep 2008|08:50pm] [ music | "Lean on Me" on dvd ] More commission WIP's, for Laura "LoveLauraland" Cranston and Melissa "Harogirl". ( =WIP tight pencils go here!= ) Inks to come soon! ---- In other news, these next few days are going to super busy. I'm getting assigned to another super quick turn around project for Jolee's Boutique and Jolee By You through EK Success! *SQUEE! ^W^* So yeah, till Friday, unless I'm working at ShopRite, my butt is staying glued to my art desk. Deadline is Friday. I did say super quick turnaround, didn't I? ^^; ~~Bee post comment

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