For those who have friended me on this journal, please look up oblivionkeeper as that is my new journal. I probably won't be checking in here too much, so if you want updates, go check there. Or better yet, check out my DA account http://twilightfalcon.deviantart.com ...and I shall also try to update my ff.net account as well http://www.fanfiction.net/~literarymirage

Alright, that's all for now folks!

Yoinked from my buddy Jeff on deviantArt because I'm bored and because I can! ;P And because music makes me happy.

( Music Shuffle Survey/Meme )

Yoinked from dystocia because I was bored and because I can! :P

Your results:
You are Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy 72% Magneto 63% Dark Phoenix 63% The Joker 59% Apocalypse 59% Catwoman 59% Mystique 58% Riddler 57% Venom 56% Dr. Doom 55% Lex Luthor 52% Mr. Freeze 49% Green Goblin 46% Juggernaut 46% Two-Face 46% Kingpin 45%

You would go to almost any length for the protection of the environment including manipulation and elimination.

Click here to take the Supervillain Personality Quiz


So um...is it bad that this result kinda made me a little bit happy? Poison Ivy is shibby yo! And if I didn't have such serious self-image issues, I would SO cosplay her. And I would OWN it! Mwahaha.

( Equivalent Exchange! )

WOO BRAINS!

( my xmas stocking )

Yoinked from ari_vinodeluna. Because I can...the dayquil told me to!

*sigh* In any case, it looks like this winter is going to be one during which I am continuously sick. The laryngitis I had a couple weeks ago suck, and now I'm uber congested. blargh. I hate being sick!

I've basically finished the portrait commission for Tracy, and now I'm just waiting on the skull & feathers to finish up the dreamcatcher. Woot. Now I have time to work on my designs for ToraCon, and I'm also gonna make a couple dreamcatchers for the Anime Club Auction. Go me. ;)

Dude, Fruits Basket has totally eaten my brain. Damn you Furuba!! Is really good though, I highly recommend both the manga and the anime. Yaaay angst!

Oh man, Happy Feet rules! Went to see it Sat night with the fam, and it was much love. Emo penguins needs lots of love!! Yaaay penguins!

Ok, that's it for now.

No, I'm dead serious...the radio station we listen to at work plays this commercial for slinkies all the freakin' time. Honestly, wtf?

And apparantly, my muses have decided to attack me en masse, since ALL of them are throwing ideas at me pell-mell. Too many to sort out! Ack! I managed to write two, count 'em, two FMA fanfics last night in about an hour or so. Also, I was attacked by my art muse with ideas for ToraCon designs, as well as some fanart of this one fic I've been reading, Better Living Through Alchemy. Good stuff man, good stuff. I've also been working on the dreamcatcher for Yvette, and it's coming along pretty well. Woot!

Now I just need to get my Noble Treason muse to cooperate...either with art for it, or actual story ideas. I am bloody determined to finish the damn thing someday, even if it spells the end of me!

*sigh* I feel like I'm being torn in too many directions right now...too many ideas and images rolling around my head. It's terribly hard to land on just one thing when there are so many swirling around; and it's really distracting when you're trying to drive! If only I could plug myself into my computer and save all the things my muses are throwing at me for later use.

You are The Star

Hope, expectation, Bright promises.

The Star is one of the great cards of faith, dreams realised

The Star is a card that looks to the future. It does not predict any immediate or powerful change, but it does predict hope and healing. This card suggests clarity of vision, spiritual insight. And, most importantly, that unexpected help will be coming, with water to quench your thirst, with a guiding light to the future. They might say you're a dreamer, but you're not the only one.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Title: I Swear I’m Not the Devil
Rating: PG, maybe PG-13 for angst, dark themes and a smidge of swearing from Ed.
Word Count: 1136
Genre: Angst, pure and simple
Characters: Ed, Roy, Hawkeye; implied Hughes and Al
Pairings: None really, but there are a few that could be implied depending on the reader. It's like Where's Waldo?, only with lots more angst!
Spoilers: If you don't know about Hughes, then don't read this! Otherwise, nothing major.
Warnings: Umm...angst? And songfic weirdness. What can I say, I love a good songfic, since songs influence me a helluva lot. Thanks to for being my beta!
Notes: Inspired by the song Devil by Staind, this fic idea has been rolling around my head for months now. It only took me until now to finally write this! Uh, that's it I guess. Thanks to ebonykain for being my beta!
Summary: See notes above *points up* Also, involves Roy and Ed angsting to themselves and refusing to ask anyone, especially each other for help. And a smidge of Hawkeye being a bit angsty, but not really. *shrugs*

( Who will save me now? )

Yay for my muses returning! However, they have decided to gift me (and the world) with this crack!fic! Sorry folks!

Title: Some Things Never Change
Rating: G
Word Count: 361
Genre: Humour, I guess...and fluff
Characters: Edward & Al
Pairings: None really...but I guess you could say Elricest if you squint really hard.
Spoilers: Not a single one!
Summary: Our favourite State Alchemist has a tendency towards conspiracy theories, as well as frequently forgetting where he last put his pencil.
Warnings/Notes: This is total crap! The plotbunny originally attacked me at work when I was really bored, after I couldn't find my own pen...because I had stuck it in my hair. I do that a lot, as ebonykain, my loverly beta, can attest! Pens, pencils, paintbrushes, they all end up in my hair, be it braid, bun or ponytail; and then I can't find any of them because I forget where I put them. >_>

( I can’t find my pencil. I know I had it when I left to go look for another book, and now I can’t find it. )

Why yes, I just so happen to want minions. *snerk* While driving home from work, I concluded that the next time someone asks me what I want for chrimmas or my bday, I'm gonna tell them I want minions. Just to see how they react. Mwahahaha.

The dreamcatcher is coming along well; I just need to redo 2 of the circles before I can work on the outer portions of it. I'll be sure to post some pics once I take some. I talked with a coworker of mine about it at work today, since he does a lot of commission-work himself, looking for some advice on what to charge for it. I don't want to overcharge, but I also don't want to undercharge. Seems like my initial thought of $100 + materials is reasonable. I can't wait to see the finished product, as I'm rather enjoying this project. Yes, I know it's weird.

The portrait commission is currently on pause while I get a better reference pic, and the client makes a final decision about the size she wants. I'll probably chat it over with her on Monday afternoon, and get a pic to work from. The pics she originally gave me were too small to be able to scan and enlarge to a work-able reference size. But it shouldn't take me too terribly long once I get that together, since I already have the necessary materials.

The same coworker I asked advice from today also said he'd email me some contacts that I could talk to about getting my dreamcatchers and possibly some of my original art out in the market. Hopefully I can start to build a customer base; that would certainly be helpful in regards to both my loans and saving up money for Cons next year. I'm gradually working on networking!

I also chatted with a woman who came into the store about a week ago about a local amateur photography club; unfortunately, it meets on Wednesday evenings, but I think I'll try to work something out. I'd love to get involved in something like that, and any chance to further my love of photography while possibly earning some cash from selling prints would be ab fab!

Working at keeping myself busy so that my SAD doesn't kick my ass this year, not always an easy thing to do. But it seems to be working...the fish oil capsules really do seem to help quite a bit.

Oh, I picked up this nifty 100 marker set a work, since it looked like it had some decent flesh-tones. Shall have to play around with that soon. Maybe try it out on some of the ToraCon designs I have in my head; must work on those this week. Also must work on kicking my muses in to shape, as they've gotten lazy and are starting to get fat from lack of exercise. Naughty buggers. >_>

( Anyroad, here are some random quizzes and such )





*HUGS* TOTAL!
give twilightfalcon more *HUGS*

Get hugs of your own

Yaaaay! Hugs?!

Mmm..sleeeeep...

Well, I have finally found a new group and game to game with. It makes me happy, since I've always had a group I've gamed with. Back in high school, it was a combination of Magic and Medieval/Ancient Warfare, then in college I picked up D&D, Vampire: The Masquerade, Call of Cthulu and a Marvel RPG. My new gaming addiction is FMA: TCG (Fullmetal Alchemist: The Card Game), based on the FMA anime. Woot for being a fangirl! But hey, the group I hung out with last night at the club meeting was all guys...brought back lots of gaming memories from high school, when I was the only girl in my gaming group. And damn, I had not realized how much I missed guy humour; it's awful, raunchy and usually gross, but for some bizarre reason I love it. Probably because I have the same kind of sense of humour! XD Woot for amusing boys with my weird-self! Not to mention some of said guys are quite cute...mwahahah for ulterior motives! But not really...I just need a group to chill with and be a fangirl with. All in all, last night was a good night, although work yesterday sucked a bit. Not because of anything in particular, it was just a really long day, and I was stuck lifting heavy boxes over my head in order to move them because the handcart wouldn't fit down the aisle in the storage room. >_>

Working on assembling the materials for the two commissions I have. Those shouldn't take me too long once I have everything gathered. I have basically everything for the dreamcatcher, but I realized that I need a better ref pic for the portrait I'm doing. I only have really small pics to work from (about 3.5 x 5) and the customer wants the final portrait to be about 16 x 20, so I'm hoping I can get a nice, clear 8x10 to work from. Once I have that, I'll just need to grid off the paper and a copy of the ref pic, and then I can get to work on it. Good times, good times.

Anyone interested in commissioning me? I'm totally open to commissions!

I also have been tossing around some ideas for ToraCon pictures...hopefully I can sketch those out before the new term starts in December. Woot for pics! I'm thinkin' I might try submittin' something to Connecticon if I come up with anything interesting.

( more quizzes/memes because I'm bored and my eyes are burnin' )

Woot for having a day off! Gods, it was nice to not have to deal with people. I am so sick of dealing with people, and yet, I still crave social interaction. Weird, no?

Speaking of social interaction, I finally gave in and bought a starter deck and 3 boosters for the FMA TCG (Fullmetal Alchemist: The Card Game) on sunday. >_> I swore at Connecticon when I saw it there that I would resist..but dammit, I miss gaming! I've not played D&D in over a year, and it's probably been about 6 years or so since I played Magic, but ah well. I'm planning on skipping Thursday night's showing at the Anime Club in favour of hanging out with FMA gamers (still part of the club, but not at the showing) and learning how to play. The website for the game has this nifty flash demo, but that's not the same as learning in person. Should be fun!

And 'o'shit, I just realized most of my loans will be kicking my ass in a month. Anyone wanna donate to the "pay of Sky's loans so she doesn't DIE" fund? Er..yeah...need a second job yo.

*sigh* Dunno if I'll be voting tomorrow. I really don't like any of my options, so I feel like I have no real choice, y'know? *shrug* We'll see.

Woot for DDR! Had my bro dig out his ddr pad and game for me while he was home over the weekend, and played for about an hour this afternoon. Good fun there, as well as exercise! Hopefully, if I keep doing that a few days a week, it'll help me get in shape, improve my coordination a mite, and hopefully work on loosing the tummy bulge o' DOOM. ^__^

( woot, more quizzes! )

So now that I finally have DSL, I have been able to further expand my music collection! *happy dance* Anyroad, that meant acquiring lots of yummy new j-rock music, which apparantly makes my muses immensely happy. I don't know know why, but for some strange reason, listening to J-rock seems to really fuel my creativity. I've had some ideas for pics rolling around in my head, including some design ideas for Tora-Con 2007. Woot! Now I just gotta work on my commish painting, and get some details on the possible commish dreamcatcher.

All I need now is to find a better paying job, and maybe get some more commissions! Figuring out how to make faux automail (for cosplay Edo-kun!) and how to build Aru's armour would also be helpful. Hmmm...*ponders*

And ew, my loans kick in next month. :( I can't believe it's been five months since I graduated already!! Madness yo.

Oh and everyone should go watch Hellsing because it kicks much arse. And the music is faaaaaaaaab!! It makes me happy. ;)

( woo quizzes! )

This past Thursday, the RIT Anime Club had a cosplay costume contest, which I of course dressed up for! As expected, I didn't win or anything, but it was still fun. Unfortunately, my camera died early on in the evening.

On Saturday, I learned my lesson; I made sure BOTH sets of batteries for Laughlan (my camera) were charged and good to go. The Music Night/Dance Party was wicked fun, and I'm so glad I went! I'm wicked tired and sore, since my ego demanded that I keep up with the younglings, but it was so totally worth it!! I took lots of pics, so here they are, assembled into a nifty filmloop!


Just click on it to make it bigger!

Woot for dancing my arse off!!

Yeah, so DSL is FINALLY available where I live!! And my bro and I managed to convince my mum that it was a good idea. So we're gettin' hooked up this Friday! WoOt!! *does happy dance* I will finally have high speed internets! Now I just need to get a scanner, and all will be right with the world! Well, that and a bigger/additional hard drive for all of my shite.

Erm yah...maybe writing in this late at night/morning isn't such a good thing.

Anyroad, we've had quite a few people quit/get fired at work, so we're kinda understaffed right now. I'm just really hopin' that my store manager doesn't toss me on cashier, because I may very well have a panic attack. I do not know how to manage it, since I only had about 30mins worth of training on it my first week, and that's it. And I'm definitely still looking for something else...preferably something that has benefits, since I kinda don't have any health insurance right now.

In other good news, I'm planning on going to the RIT Anime Club's Annual Music Dance/Halloween Party this saturday. Should be a good time! I'm dressin' up as Duo from Gundam Wing and my bro is dressing up as Tuxedo Mask from Sailor Moon since I didn't have time to make anything terribly elaborate. Finding the wig for Duo was way harder than I would have thought possible. Apparantly, almost nobody has hip-length brown wigs! Finally wound up buying a "Fiona" (as in from Shrek) wig, cutting the ears and tiara off, and I'm gonna cut some bangs for it too. It should work though, in any case. And it makes me wicked happy to dress up as one of my fav charas, even if my mum does think it's weird that I wanna dress up as a guy. Pfft, she doesn't understand the long-cultivated love of Duo I have! :P She also thinks I'm nuts because I want to dress up as Edward Elric for Tora-Con and Connecticon...hell, she thinks Cons in general are weird/waste of time/money, etc. *sigh* Ah well. Cosplay and the construction/planning of costumes makes me happy, and helps me deal with the stress of work and trying to find another job.

I also have a new outfit for the Feast of the Seven Deadly Sins in the works. I bought the material and pattern, but I think the interfacing I got is too thin, so I'll probably have to get some other stuff. *shrug* Ah well. I'm also debating buying some faux fur trim from work to put on the hems of said dress. We shall see how it goes. I'm hoping to mostly work on it myself-- that includes tackling mum's sewing machine. I'm determined to master it, so that I can make my own costumes and whatnot without driving her batty.

Grar. Anime eats your brain yo.

And I totally haven't been getting the pettin's I'm used to getting. I needs my ithilgwath!

A*hem...yeah, I'm still alive. For the most part anyroad. But in any case, I've not been around very often due to the combination of work and a crappy 'net connection. Most nights/days I'm just too damn tired to fight with a 31.2 Kbps connection. Stupid feckin' computer is being a bitch.

Work is going well for the most part, although I'm not doing much hands-on stuff when it comes to framing; all of the mat-cutting, framing and whatnot is done at another site and shipped to our store. So basically, I get stuck as a sales-wench and general stocking bitch. *sigh* It's most annoying...but what's even more frustating is my neurotic store manager, his ocd and the instability of my schedule. It's really starting to drive me quite batty! Plus, I'm only getting around 26 hrs/wk, which really isn't enough for when my loans kick in. So I'm on the lookout for either a second job or just a new full-time job. I'm even debating substitute teaching *gasp* or the possibility of going for my masters so I can work/teach at a college *double gasp*, crazy as that sounds. I want to actually have weekends off and holidays as well. Not to mention a better paycheck. Grar. This whole finding/acquiring a career really sucks, especially when I don't really know just what the fuck I want to do. I just know that I've had enough of working in retail, stocking shelves and dealing with antiquated computer programs that DON'T bloody work.

Any suggestions of careers or whatnot are welcome...I'm too damn burnt out to think of anything except that I do NOT want to go anywhere NEAR any sort of major metropolis...I fuckin' hate cities. Too damn many cars/people/etc.

Commissions are still at a null and void point, aside from the one confirmed commission for one of the parents of the kids my mum watches. Gotta get working on that... >_> *shifty eyes* It won't take me long to do, it's just...doing it, y'know? I'm such a damn slacker. And I haven't worked on Noble Treason in months, although I did scratch down some notes at work a couple weeks ago. And got scolded for doing so bc my store manager spazzes if you stand still for longer than 5 seconds...and goddess forbid you should actually talk with a coworker when the store is bloody empty. The man has serious OCD yo.

Well, I'm damnably tired and it's almost time for Heroes (even if it is a rip-off of X-Men, it has a well-written script) so I'm callin' it a night.

oh! and a quiz for good measure:

Neopagan You are 50% experimental, 68% feral, 72% spiritual, and 20% square!

Congratulations! You're a Neopagan. Well, maybe you're not precisely a pagan, but you have a deep love for primitive nature, and a strong sense of the spiritual. You feel the beauty of the wild around you and feel choked in the city. The hippie world needs you, because you bring together the beauty of the wild and the magic of the heart. If you believe that opposites attract, you probably find yourself around Ravers. If you are more inclined to enjoy the company of those with similar attitudes, then other Neopagans, as well as the Faerie-child, Treehugger, and Full-blown Hippie are for you. The other categories are Alternate/a>, Mystic, Feral and of course, the Non-hippie

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 52% on experimental You scored higher than 91% on feral You scored higher than 90% on spiritual You scored higher than 37% on non-hippie

Link: The what kind of hippie are you Test written by pragmaticdreams on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

Well, work has been going fairly well for the most part. Sometimes I'm rather bored with it, but ah well. At least it's something to do, some experience gained, and some money earned, I guess. I just really need to look for something else, bc working at AC Moore part time just is not going to bring in enough money to pay off my college loans when they come a'knockin' at my door. *sigh* Why does it have to be so damnably hard to find a job that pays well? And lets not even bring in the matter of benefits...

Oh, and

So I had to get up early (for me anyway) and start training at AC Moore this morning. My shift started at 9a and went until 5p...and woah, long day yo. Spent most of it organizing and putting up the moulding samples and then watching these boring ass movies about custom framing. Ye gods, what is it with informational training videos being absolutely awful? Honestly, it wouldn't hurt the creators to at least take a little bit of pride in their work. Anyroad, it's looking like I'm the youngest one at the store so far, which is an odd experience for me...I'm usually among the middle or oldest in most places. Ah well, it's all good, as the others seem pretty nice...although I get the feeling I really can't be terribly obvious about my paganism. *sigh* Oh well, I'll survive...it's not like I flaunt it in peoples' faces anyroad. But I think it's going to be an interesting job, although I'm not sure how I'll do with the whole selling actual orders...never had to do that sorta thing before, ya'know? *shrug* We shall see.

In other happy news, I found out that I can, indeed, become a card-carrying member of the RIT Anime Club...because I need SOME outlet for my inner geek! And because I need somewhere to socialize with people of similar interests. Work is great and all, but not the same. I miss my clubs from high school and college; I need to interact with peoples. Plus, they have a convention in the Spring that I want to go to...maybe I'll be able to build my FMA outfit by then. I just need help with the hooded jacket, and also figuring out how to make the automail. *rubs chin* hmms...yay for 20% employee discount at AC Moore's! I win!! *Almost Famous clacky hands* So uh...yeah. Gotta find $13 for membership dues and then...woot for being a fangirl. *shifty eyes*

yessss...my evil plan is working. or something. I don't know.

Yeah, don't ask...not terribly coherant at the moment...maybe I should sleep...

And I need to get a scanner yo...I've been sketching a bit the past few days, and taking digital pics just does NOT work. Especially not when I want to play with said pictures in Photoshop. *hugs and pets Photoshop CS2*

Ooooo shiny! *wanders off*

YESH! I am finally employeed! While at the Fiddler's Picnic on Saturday with my mum's family (I <3 my mum's fam, they make tons of nummies) A.C. Moore called and left a message at home, wanting me to call back for an interview. Now understand that I've gone to a handfull of interviews this summer, all of them resulting in NOTHING. Bastards. So anyroad, all my aunts wished me luck with finding a job, assuring me that they were certain I'd find something soon. Well, I wasn't able to call the woman from AC Moore back until today (monday) since we didn't get back until late Saturday, and then all day Sunday was spent moving my bro into college (ye gods! I can't belive he's in college! I feel ooooold!!). Called this morning after plucking elderberries from their branches, since my aunt Ruth had gotten some for me, and set up an appointment for 3:45p today. Got there earlier than even I expected to, since traffic actually wasn't too bad, and found my way back to talk with Genna (who called and interviewed me). She was quite impressed with my application/resume (it was one of those weird online thingies), and immediately offered me a job! Since nothing full-time was really available, she gave me the option of working either part-time or temp, but I opted for part-time. As soon as something full-time opens up, she said I would probably be able to get that. As for the department in which I will be working, I'll be in the Custom Framing dept, which is pretty darn nifty. Computers AND fun toys to play with! *smirk* It's also one of the better paying jobs they have (better pay than cashier or stocking), so that's really good. No benefits, unfortunately, but not even full-timers get benefits, and to be honest, I wasn't really expecting them to have health benefits. Ah well. In any case, I go in for training on Sept 7, at 9a, although most of my shifts will be 5p-9:30p, which is peachy keen with me. I like those hours! And even though it's not full-time, Genna said that I would probably end up working more than the normal part-time hours, and at least it's a start! I'll finally have monies for doing stuff. I just hope I can finagle to have the weekend of Octagon Fair off so that I can drive down to Elmira/Binghamton to visit/bother people. *_^

So yay! I have a job now! ...yes, I am odd. I'm happy to be working. I can't stand just sitting around doing nothing, it drives me absolutely bonkers. And who knows, I may be inspired to write/draw more. Which reminds me, I need to work on the painting that one of the kids' mum's commissioned. Should be fun. Mostly, I'm just waiting until the brats start school so that I can tape up the watercolour paper and work on it without them bothering me.

Woot. Life is looking up a bit.

Did I mention I love the vibes of the Fitzpatrick clan? *hugs aunts and cousins*

So I survived Senior Week and graduation. Yeaaah, that was interesting. Went from melting to cold and rainy in a single week. *sigh* Now I'm home and the search for a job has begun, and not with a helluva lot of luck. Damn this area having very little available!

I also spent most of last week deliving telephone books...close to 800. *falls over* That was completely exhausting, and probably not one of my better ideas. But at least I'll have some monies so I can go to Connecticon with ebonykain. Still have to figure out an outfit for said Con...I'd love to make the Tayledras mage outfit I designed, but I'm not going to have the time/money to make it. *sigh* Ah well, I'm sure I'll figure something out! If all else fails, I'll wear my skirt suit, style my hair in a retro curl thing, and say I'm Lois Lane! :P

As for the photos I've been promising to post...yeah, I'm still working on editing those buggers, and then I'll get to upload them. Gods damn, that is going to suck, since I have dial-up internet. >__< Damn my being a photo-fiend! I took approximately 1400 pics on my trip! And then I have the pics from Julia & Mat's wedding, and graduation. AAAAAaaaergh.

( So instead, I have quizzes to post )

http://home.epix.net/~mhryvnak/theyfightcrime.html and everyone should check this site out!! Entirely too much fun!

Apparantly, it's too hard for Elmira College to grasp the concept that I am a double major. They apparantly did not remember that I am an ART major as well as an English Literature major, and was consequently left off the posters for the Senior Art Show, and likely they neglected to save me a spot. So at best, I will have to put my stuff in the general student art show. However, I am going to fight to have a spot on the Senior Show, since I AM an art major and I AM a senior. Just because very few art majors double major, doesn't mean it can't be done!! Hell, a couple years ago there was an art major who doubled in psychology!! >.< So I get to drive 2 hours down to school and fight with the art department. joy. All because everyone forgot that I'm an art major while I was away on my trip. Fucking hell.