This Is My Fine Art

I love God. I just recently got back into it. I've been listening to Joyce Meyer on the internet every morning. Everything she says just makes so much sense to me. It's like... she preaches what I've always felt was correct despite the way I've seen people claiming to be christians would act. She's like a breath of fresh air. And I love her spunky attitude. She's a tell it like it is kind of person. And she uses her own life experiences when she preaches. She shows how a Christian should live every day life happy. And.... it's so simple compared to the way I'd had things burned into my head growing up. So... simple. I wish I could show everyone how simple it is and how good it feels.

Now yes... it's simple, but I never said easy. lol The Christian life isn't always easy, but the rewards are awesome. Sometimes God just surprises you with the huge bundle of freaking awesome happiness right when you least expect it.

My problem right now... is sometimes I'm scared to witness to people. I'm scared to talk about God sometimes. Why? I'm afraid of being persecuted... It happens so much. Non-Christians are alot of times just as bad as Christians. They attack each other with so much hostility.... I don't like being attacked. I usually duck and cover.

I don't openly talk about my faith or witness to people like I want to.... I don't want people to feel like I'm a Bible Beater so I keep my mouth shut and let them bring it up. Then I might say something. Even still I try to make what I say as open and kind as possible.

But I still fear being attacked....

Hmmm... I won't be here for the rest of the weekend starting tomorrow. I'm going to Ren (pretty_kozi's house. I'll be back late Sunday evening so I probably won't make another post until Monday.

Everyone be safe while I'm gone...

Something strange happened last night. I'm not sure if I was dreaming or what. I pretended like I was asleep the entire time. I really do think I was awake, though. I woke up because I heard my dad waking up Troy and telling him that he might have to take Dad to the hospital. I'm not sure why, though, but Dad was in a great deal of pain last night. In and out of sleep I caught bits of them talking. At one point Dad walked in my room and then left. I kept wondering if they were going to come to wake me or not, or if they were trying not to worry me. I laid in bed and prayed that God would ease my Dad's pain and that he wouldn't have to go to the hospital. No one ever came to wake me and everything eventually went silent and the lights went back out.

If you believe in prayer, please whisper one for him.

Aside from that little incident, I've just been thinking about and working on art. I seem to have slowed down a little, or at least I did last night. I think I might have gotten my jive back after some sleep. I didn't do hardly any artwork yesterday. I'm considering altering my style. I want it to be prettier, more elegant, and also more animated with expressions and what not. I'm thinking along the lines of some mixture between the art style of the animes Trinity Blood and Naruto. Those are definitely my two favorite styles of anime at the moment. I'm probably going to slowly move in that direction adding little elements from each as I go until I find what I like.

Speaking of art, this morning I've done quite a bit. I finally got the Sasori and Deidara picture transferred onto the computer and did a rough digital line art that I plan to clean up later. I also moved them around and corrected some anatomy problems that were driving me up the wall. It's still not perfect, but it looks better than it did when I scanned it. XD

I finished a pencil commission for miserikordi of her character Viren. It's just a simple full body front view, but I kind of like it. He's a pretty character. If I wasn't pressed to get so much other work done I'd color him.

And lastly I finished the next page of Sanguem Deus and got it posted on the website. It's up to 12 pages now. You can read Sanguem Deus at the following link: HERE.

Anyway, if you want to see the Viren picture it's under the cut or you could just view it on deviantART at the following link: HERE

( Viren )

Stay awesome everyone~

--Destinie

I killed a spider today. =O I can't see very well without my glasses, but while I was taking a shower I saw a grayish fuzzy blob on my shower wall near the curtain. I waved my hand at it thinking it was a fly, but it didn't move. When I leaned in to get a better look I could make out a brown body, eight legs, and black fangs. The first thought that went through my mind was brown recluse. I couldn't make out it's body markings, though. Wanting to be safe rather than sorry later, I went ahead and killed it. I had to hold my breath and count to three to gather the courage to smash it with a bottle of peroxide. I felt bad after I did it. =( I don't like killing things, but too late now.

I've been investigating that new diet site I've been looking at. It's really neat. It's called lediet.com. I can't afford to really be on it right now though because I'm not in a position to be able to control my food as much as it wants me too. If I was with Patrick I could. He doesn't mind my diet food. My family, though.... we're all picky when it comes to food. And we're all on different diets. Dad is on a biblical diet. I'm on a calorie/exercise diet. Mom wants to lose weight but she's not trying anymore. Troy can eat whatever he wants and get away with it. My mom used to be so freaking tiny. I wonder what happened. When she hit her forties she spread. Troy and Gina haven't though and they are in their forties now. I vow to never be overweight again. I just need to squeeze off 30 more pounds. =O

It's been raining all day here. Our workout equipment is in the barn, so I had to walk through the rain to get to it. I had a nice steady 30 minute bike ride while playing Phoenix Wright. ^_^ The DS really does help to pass the time. I burned a little over 100 calories on the bike. It makes me feel great when I'm able to get some exercise in. One problem I've encountered, though, is it would seem I have a weakened hamstring in my left leg. It makes my knee hurt like a mug while exercising. I wonder if I could put an ace brace on it.... Any suggestions?

After working out I came in to cook dinner. I got really disgruntled. This has to be the worst I have ever cooked. The meat was old and the potatoes... got sticky? I was confused by that. I've never had sticky potatoes. Okay, so the food wasn't that bad. I made mustard coated fillet of beef. I did everything like it said, but the mustard was too strong for my tastes. I'll cut back on that next time. Then I accidentally made mashed potatoes instead of potato salad because I'm awesome like that. Those tasted pretty good despite the fact that the potatoes were acting strangely. And then I heated up a can of collards. I saved the steak by putting a little honey bbq sauce on it to kill the mustard's bitterness. The steak meat was tough, but there isn't much I could do about that. >_O It overall wasn't horrid, but definitely not my best.

I got a little torn over what to do this weekend. I've been invited to another wedding, but I also promised Ren (pretty_kozi) I'd come be with her this weekend. Of course, I'm going to be with Ren. Patrick is going to the wedding party. I told him to tell everyone I said hi and that he better behave. lol I'm happy I get to go be with my Ren-chan this weekend, though. I'm sure she and I will have a good time. ^_^

Speaking of weddings, Patrick and I talked about months to get married tonight. I think it's funny that we talk about these things and we're not even officially engaged. What is up with that? XD November was mentioned and then May. Alot of people get married in May and he and I have been talking about having a beach wedding... so, that would probably be a very good month if we can squeeze it in. I'd love to get married in November, though. We've decided we're having red hibiscus as the flowers. =3 That will be such a lovely boquet~

Gosh I know I'm going to be getting married soon but the uncertainty around all of it makes me giddy and nervous especially since I don't even have an engagement ring. XD Patrick hasn't asked my Dad yet and... well.. yeah. >.> My family is real big on that. I'm sure he'll say yes, though. Mom is always dragging me to the wedding section of stores. XD

This post is getting long. I think I'll stop here. ^_^

--Destinie

Haha, I think Patrick was right. I did retain fluid, because I'm back to 146 this morning. XD I feel so much more satisfied since I've adjusted my diet again. I had a nice yummy bowl of Special K cereal this morning. Om nom nom. |D I got a good workout in yesterday on the exercise bike. I worked up a sweat. Then again, it doesn't help that our mini gym is in the barn out in the heat. XD

Mom came home from grandma's last night. It was just for the night, though. This morning dad took mom to the doctor for her check-ups, but when she gets back she's heading straight back to grandma's house. Since I know the majority of you don't know, my grandma fell and broke her ribs several weeks ago. Mom has been living with her and taking care of her and grandpa until she gets better. I think it's been a month already. Mom comes home at least once a week to get more clothes and say hi to us. When I can I go down there and visit for a little bit. I ask that everyone keep my grandma in your thoughts and prayers for her speedy recovery. *nods*

I tried a new recipe yesterday for dinner as well. It's called Garden Vegetable Lasagna. I thought... veggie lasagna? Would that even taste good? Apparently it tasted awesome (I liked it =3) because the pot was cleaned out. XD Yay healthy food~ I'll have to make it again sometime. I love cooking. ^_^

I started working on miserikordi's second commission that she bought from yesterday. It's of her character Viren. I hope to have that completed today. I also finished a piece for gatogirl12345 of her character Trekka last night. I had fun with the sky. You can view him under the cut. =)

Or you could just go to deviantART and see it here --> http://touchedvenus.deviantart.com/art/Trekka-92519558

( Trekka )

Lastly I worked on some stuff for Sanguem Deus yesterday as well. I should have the twelfth page of the comic finished and posted up at Sanguem Deus later today. And I finished the line art for a picture of Namir that I'm doing. I think she's such a cutie. =D You can see the line work under the following cut or you can just view it on deviantART here -->http://touchedvenus.deviantart.com/art/Hi-Mr-Turtle-Line-Art-92529750

( Namir Line Art )

And that's all for now. I hope you all have a great day~ <3

--Destinie

I would like to start off this post by saying... my Dad is watching television... with binoculars... >.>

I woke up this morning and to my terror, I've gained weight. After working so hard, in just a weekend I somehow managed to gain four pounds. I didn't even eat 2000 calories. I shouldn't have gained anything at all, but I did. Patrick says I'm just retaining fluid and it will all drop off in a day or so... I hope he's right. I panicked this morning a little bit and almost cried, but I got a hold of myself, because it's ridiculous to get upset over that after I've come this far.

So, instead of freaking out more I decided it was time to alter my diet. I think part of my problem is that my metabolism has slowed down because I've lost so much weight. I've also not been exercising and have just been trying to beat the weight with diet recently and that's not good. I started off exercising, but this last month I haven't been. Amusingly enough it's also been my hardest month. I've stayed between 149-145 this entire month so far.

Taking this into consideration, I'm putting exercise back into my diet. It has to be there. I can't avoid it. We have exercise equipment. I should use it. I'm going to ride the exercise bike and read a book/play the DS while I'm on it to pass the time. I have to get in at least 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise a day. I'm also going to work on some flexibility training and strength training. I really hope that Patrick can get me the Wii Fit. It looks like so much fun. I want to try the basic yoga it has on it.

The other thing I'm doing is I joined a health site and I'm reading the health tips and what not it has for young women. The site is WebMD. It's been very informative. I've also altered my eating. I've changed my calorie intake so that I'm losing 1-2 pounds a week instead of 2-3. I'm also eating six small meals instead of three big meals. And, of course, I drink lots of water. I'm getting some detox tea as well.

I've always been a health nut, but this year I've been more of one than usual and it's really paid off. I'm very happy that I've lost over 30lbs. I just want to continue until I get to that perfect size. My ideal is 120. =D I'll be there soon! I'm determined. ^_^

Alright, back to work for me. I've got a bunch of art I want to work on and some cleaning that I want to get done.

--Destinie

Cozette has been unusually loving today. She's been following me all over the house and she constantly wants me to hold her. She's been sitting in my lap while I'm at the computer. She cries and begs until I'll pick up and put her there. She hasn't acted like this since she was a kitten. She's currently seven years old. I'll admit, I'm really enjoying the attention from her, though. ^_^

Patrick seems to be doing better. I hope he wasn't just saying that so he wouldn't have to go to the doctor. He's been having these headaches off and on all week. It could very well be from lack of sleep, though. He hasn't been getting enough rest because he's juggling college and work. I don't like seeing my baby suffering like this...

Other than, I've worked on some more artwork tonight. I've completed the line art for the next page of Sanguem Deus. I've also got a rough sketch of a picture of Namir I'm working on. I think it's adorable and can't wait to have it finished. She's on the beach in a bikini waving at a turtle. I've called the picture "Hi, Mr. Turtle". *giggles*

The other picture I'm working on is a fanart of Sasori and Deidara. I haven't drawn those two in forever. I really like the sketch and can't wait to get it cleaned up and start coloring it. They are at a rave~ I've got them posed with glow sticks. I had alot of fun putting their outfits together. =D I'm thinking I'll call this picture "Rave Masters". ^_^

But that's all for now... Cozette is making my legs go to sleep. >_<

--Destinie

I have pictures! Yep, I have a few pictures from this weekend. It's just two of me and one of Patrick. The others I took of Melinda and Steven weren't good because they didn't want their pictures taken. XD

( Pictures~ )

I woke up today much later than I had planned to, so I'm behind in all the stuff that I would like to accomplish today. It makes me sad. =( It's because I didn't sleep well last night. And I went to bed later than I should. And I just haven't felt all that hot today.

While I was in the shower I got to thinking... I really need a job. I'm looking into things where I don't have to deal with a whole lot of people. For instance, Data Entry and Hotel Receptionist. lol Patrick and I can't afford for me to be without a job until he finishes college. Now after that, well, money shouldn't be too much of a problem if he stays in the BioMedical Engineering field like he's talking about. Especially since we live in the developing capitol of BioMedical Engineering in America.

But yeah, I'm job searching again, but trying to be smarter about it this time than I have been. I know my strengths and weaknesses better than anyone else. I know what I can and can't handle. A whole ton of people (like in retail) isn't one of those things I can handle. I'm also a very very weak person so I'm not very good at hard physical labor. >_O Maybe one day I'll be strong, when I'm done losing weight I plan to start weight training. My arm strength is just far too pitiful for any human. XD I believe in taking it a little at a time, though, so here we go. =D

I got some cleaning done today. I didn't have to clean out my closet or car nearly as much as I have had to in the past. The closet is clean because well, I don't have much in it due to getting rid of a whole bunch of stuff. The car... my car is always clean. XD I found like two pieces of trash in it and I haven't cleaned it in a month.

After that I laminated some more commissions. I'm crossing my fingers that I'll be able to mail them off next Monday. I just don't have the money to do it right now, though.

Speaking of money, I'm hoping to be able to go spend some time with Ren this weekend. The only way I'll be able to do that, though is if Patrick's check goes through tomorrow and he's able to pay me back. I'll know for sure what I'll be able to do by Wednesday.

I'm concerned about Patrick. He's been feeling sick with migraines. I want him to go to the doctor, but he doesn't listen very well. He had to take off from work today. He's drinking some water, eating, and taking a nap afterwards. If he doesn't feel better after that he promised me he'd go to the doctor. I've prayed for him and left him in God's hands. I pray that you will do the same or at least keep him in your thoughts.

It is greatly appreciated.

Have a good day. =D

--Destinie

I have to say, I've had a pretty awesome weekend. I made it to Patrick's house Friday afternoon. I swear... he can't keep that house clean without me for nothing. And since I haven't been staying with him for long amounts of time like I used to it's just all gone to the dogs. =( The dishes aren't cleaned... stuff is stacked everywhere... dirty clothes all over the ground. He says it's because he works and goes to school and when he comes home he just wants to sleep or play around. I feel that if he'd just clean up after himself as he goes it wouldn't end up like this and he wouldn't have to do massive cleaning....

*sigh* I didn't clean up his mess at all. I was a little annoyed by it, but I love him... I just wish he was cleaner. That's all I really want him to change... I just want him to be cleaner. Everything else about him is amazing. Blargh...

Anyway, back to awesomeness. Steven showed up a little after I did and we went and ate Mexican. Then we came back to the house and the boys played Metal Gear Solid 4. I watched the cutscenes, but mostly spent my time playing Phoenix Wright: Justice For All! <3 I love these games. Though, I've only played this one and the first one. I can't wait to get my hands on Trials and Tribulations and the Apollo Justice ones. =3 And I will drool all over the Edgeworth one when it comes out.

Speaking of Metal Gear Solid 4, though... RAIDEN IS PURE UNADULTERATED LOVE! D8 That guy is hotness unrated. Patrick kept saying that he is more hardcore than anyone should ever be allowed to be. XD Every time I see him though, I think about in one of the older games where he was naked and flipping around with his hands over his crotch. XD

I've never actually played the MGS games, but I kind of want to. If only I was a more coordinated person with quicker reflexes. >_< I'd probably panic and get all squealy as soon as something ran after me. XD

Oh! Patrick has a new nickname now. Everyone feel free to call him this when you come in contact with him:

*cough* *ahem*

Patrick is now to be called my Sweetie Pie Princess.

*nods*

Be sure he knows I told you so. =D

Anyway, Saturday we ate lunch at Subway. I also took some pictures on Saturday. I was wearing my new skirt and corset. I loooove them. =D We then went back to the house and Patrick finish MGS4 and we watched that freaking two hour long cutscene. XD So full of happy gooey lovey emotions and shocking revelations! X3

Melinda showed up at the house around 5ish and we drove to Raleigh. We got in line to see Batman at the IMAX theater around 6:30-ish. The movie didn't start until 7 and we still ended up sitting in the second row from the front. >_< HEADACHE CENTRAL! The movie was still super awesome. Heath Ledger is the creepiest most awesome Joker to ever exist. Too bad he's no longer with us. =( My favorite scene is when he comes out of the hospital dressed like a nurse. XD OH GOD! AND THE PENCIL MAGIC TRICK!! Too hilarious.

If you haven't seen it, get to it as soon as you can. Definitely worth watching multiple times. =D

After the movie we went to a local Sports Bar so the boys could watch the UFC Fight Night. I just casually enjoyed myself and ate my dinner. I've never been a real big fan of any kind of sport, but I don't hate them. =) We eventually left and went home because everyone was tired and sleepy. XD

Steven left to go home early this morning before I woke up. Patrick and I hung out for a little today. We ate Japanese and got shared some ice cream from Cold Stone. Then we drove to Cary and went to the PetSmart. They had like five baby bearded dragons! They were so adorable. I wanted one. But we have Velcro already, soooo... XD

And now I'm home. It's been a great weekend indeed. =D

--Destinie

... I had this nice detailed post written... and my finger slipped and I lost everything. And it won't let me undo the mistake....

This makes me a little sad inside and slightly annoyed.

Anyway... I'm leaving and won't be back until Sunday evening. I'll be sans computer. Everyone be safe and cool while I'm gone.

--Destinie

So, I've decided to stick around on live journal. XD Or at least try to. =O Bear with me. I used to have such a hard core addiction here. If I work at it I can get it back I'm sure. =D

Anyway, update on my life and what not~ I'VE LOST 35 POUNDS! =D I'm back to the size I was in high school and it makes me feel awesome. I still want to lose about 26 more pounds to get to 120lbs. and I feel incredible. I'm really .... AHAHAHA... sorry, my cat is watching my screen saver on the desktop and every time the picture changes she jumps. XD She's so retarded, but I love her.

But, yeah... now she's stepping on my scanner and it just started scanning... nothing. =_=

*cough*

I took some pictures of myself Tuesday because I got a new skirt. I bought it from a girl in the UK, but she bought it from Japan. This skirt has travelled all around the world. LOL So, picture spam for you~

( Pictures )

I've also been steadily working on alot of artwork. I should be completely caught up by the end of this year. This has me really excited. =D I wish I hadn't ever let myself get this swamped. D= But, it's alot of fun stuff to do. I love art~

Most recently I finish a picture of Patrick and I dressed as Howl and Sophie from Howl's Moving Castle. Patrick really liked it. X3 Too bad he shaved his goatee yesterday. Now he looks like Godot from Phoenix Wright. XD It looks really snazzy on him, though. He said he was ready for something different.

Here is the picture I did, though --> Deviant Art: Shall We Dance

Yesterday I also worked on the next page of Sanguem Deus. Next year I hope to start posting pages much faster. We're currently at page ten and I'm finishing up page eleven to post today. By the end of this year I should have it at or close to 30 pages.

The only other bit of art I did yesterday was starting on the line art of Trekka for gatogirl12345. I'm going to finish that after I complete this update. The only reason I didn't finish it yesterday was because I was far too sleepy to work on it any further.

Moving on, Patrick went and saw Hellboy 2 without me last night! D8 I was very sad. He went with Melinda because she was bored. He told me he'd take me to see it because he'll probably want to see it again. XD I do hope so. I want to see it! I'll forgive him, though, because we managed to get tickets to go see The Dark Knight this weekend. That was thanks to Melinda. We have to pay her back for tickets. The theater is going to be packed, but I love hanging out with her and Steven is going to be there too and I haven't seen him in forever! I'm glad he's moved closer to us.

Speaking of Patrick, he gave me homework to job search. XD He and I need the money. There are multiple reasons behind it. The one I'm most concerned with is so that we'll be able to afford the wedding we want. We really really want a beach wedding. Of course, we haven't really looked at the prices too much. I'm kind of unsure where to start in figuring out how to put together a wedding. And we're too poor to hire a wedding coordinator. We're not even officially engaged yet. *sigh* One step at time, Destinie. One step at a time. XD

Anyway, so yeah, I need to do that today. It'll be nice if I can get a job quickly, but it will probably take about a month. That's how it usually is anyway.

And before I end this post... Ren? *poke poke* Do you have any of GazettE's music? I was going to ask if you could burn me a CD and give it to me next time we meet up. The internet here is waaay too slow to download anything. I tried to download some off of Horus-Goddess last night and it just wasn't working out. =(

I'm out~

--Destinie

Dear Lord, someone hit me. I really miss LJ. I wish I could make myself post on it more often. I think the reason I stopped was because people just don't respond, so I get bored really quickly....

Just out of curiosity, how many people are still here?

If you are give me a wave or something. I need a reason to come back. =P

--Destinie

I'm such a dork. It's been a little bit since I've "crushed" on a new fictional character. I've been playing Suikoden V. I'm at the part where you finish all you side quests and what not before finishing the game. And now I'm going to babble a little bit about my "crush."

( Spoilers )

Haha okay, I'm done. XD

--Destinie

Good news, Patrick isn't in jail. We got it all worked out. *wipes sweat*

I got frightened badly yesterday, though. I think I almost had a severe panic attack because I let myself get too worried and stressed. I love Patrick and if anything bad happened to him I don't know what would happen. I wish I didn't have my mother's health problems. So, we went to a wine, coffee, and chocolate shop in Raleigh yesterday. We had already finished the court stuff and we were relaxing and laughing. I ordered a cafe white chocolate mocha, and while I was waiting I had a sharp breath taking stabbing pain shoot through my upper left chest and shoulder all the way through to my shoulder blade. I went from smiling and laughing to holy crap what just happened this hurts like hell. I felt tears swell up in my eyes and I forced myself to sit down in a nearby chair. I think I scared Patrick because I got really quiet. After a few seconds the pain went away but I ached all over. I told him what happened and all I could think of was that the stress I had suffered earlier had finally caught up with me and my body was having a delayed reaction. If that would have progressed I would have been begging to go to the hospital. Strange, I've never had a pain quite like it before, though. It was something new. If it happens again, I'll probably get it checked out, but just keep me in your prayers.

Patrick and I also had a really serious heart to heart last night about our future. I don't want to go into details, though. I've made my decision and I told him exactly where I stand and what will happen. I told him that the only way he'll be able to solve his problems is if he quits repeating the same steps and mistakes over and over again. He needs to break out of it because he's beating a dead horse and knows that method doesn't work. I offered him a new method and well... I now I have to wait. The decisions and things we're going through are important to our future.

It hurts me.. but Patrick comes from a broken home, and I have always had my family together despite the hardships. Both of us were raised well and never really had wants for much because we were provided for. Our parents love us both and spend time with us. But that one minor difference of one having both parents under one roof and the other not... has actually caused some problems in certain situations.... there is fear.... there is stress... there is uncertainty....

But life is full of uncertainties and we have to just jump in sometimes and hope for the best.... and I'm a firm believer that two people working together can survive better than one person by them-self.

Hmmm...

I'm going to hound some banks for a job today. Wish me luck.

--Destinie

Grrr... Patrick makes me want to kick him sometimes, but I love him anyway. He stresses me out when he does things like this. D8 He didn't pay for a ticket from forever ago. A couple months back he got another ticket. He hasn't paid for either ticket and on top of that he missed his court date. I think I'm going to bang my head on a wall somewhere. I keep reminding and reminding, and it's like it does no good. :(

We're going up to the courthouse today.... oh god I hope everything goes smoothly. This has got me pulling hair. They have every right to arrest him, but hopefully they won't. It is only two speeding tickets afterall. *sigh*

Be positive, Destinie. Be positive.

ARGH!

Feeling down? Need a good laugh? Come watch Patrick and I making fools of ourselves at the following link: HERE.

I promise you won't be disappointed. 8D

--Destinie

( One Day He'll Regret Everything He Ever Said To Her )

Ah, I'm a head of myself. I have new watchers here and many of you don't know my situation. I'm twenty-three years old, and I still technically live at home. I say technically because half the time I'm with my parents and the other half of my time I'm staying at Patrick's place. lol Patrick gets charged $15 a month extra because of me. XD Now, I know some of you are thinking, "Why don't you just move in with Patrick? You're already practically married!"

Well, it has to do with the fact that it would kill my mother. Patrick and I are not yet married and she wants us to be married. She keeps saying she hopes she lives long enough to see our children. But due to us being Christian it is highly frowned upon for two people to live together unmarried. Of course, I'm not getting into that, though. Just understand that's how it is viewed in my house. Don't try to reason with it. My parents and their views will not change.

My mother stresses enough on her own. I'm staying home until I can afford my own place or until Patrick and I get married.

Heh... something even funnier, my brother is in a similar boat except he's 41. 8D Our parents just can't get rid of us it seems. XD

Well, I'm feeling better after that rant. Sorry to make your ears bleed. =)

--Destinie

w00t! Tonight is the lock in at the church. I told Patrick it's probably going to be nothing but the adults there. LOL I mean really, I don't think there is going to be a good turn out. I can cross my fingers and pray, but that's about it. Even still, it should be fun with just us. I only hope they have the heat on.

Oh, and did anyone else notice the new nifty adult content filter they've added to Live Journal now? I think that's simply wonderful. <3333 I don't have to worry about young people seeing naughty stuff by me, if I ever write anything like that. lol

Anyway, yesterday I got some more cleaning done. I've finally got my books all up on my shelf. They look really nice up there, but I still have some more book shelf cleaning to do on the bottom shelf. I also cleaned out my chest of drawers yesterday and got rid of some clothes I no longer want. I'll probably send them off to the clothing pantry when I get the bag filled up.

Want to see something cute? My dad sent this to me yesterday. It made me squee.

( Love Me Please? )

I also finished up another sketch yesterday. It's of another Sanguem Deus character. His name is Captain Eaben Tagus. You can see him under the cut.

( Read more... )

I hope you're having a good day~

--Destinie

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO seki_yumizu!!! <3333

I got lots of cleaning done yesterday. It feel so much nicer in here now. I also got about five loads of clothes washed. w00t~ Now I have something to wear. lol

I'm still doing the devotionals, but I decided that it would be best to just share when I have something to say or add rather than trying to force the thoughts and what not out of myself. I'd lose interest if I kept doing that to myself.

In other news, I've decided to quit pursuing the art.com job. They have just recently changed some things that had been the reason I was interested in the job. And it looks like they really don't need much help anymore. At least, this is what Patrick told me since he's the one who has been helping me job search. I mentioned trying the new Game Stop store we just got with the Super Wal-Mart, but Patrick was against it because he said they wouldn't pay me squat. He mentioned something about taking me to a temp agency. I dunno. We're also getting a Best Buy down here and they pay very nicely, except they just started building it. So, that's not doing me much good right now. Wal-Mart is going to be my last resort if I can't find anything else. My brother and my sister already work there. >_<

Patrick says that on his next day off he's going to take me looking and what not. So it's all good.

Deviant Art is having server issues right now, as some of you who post art over the may have noticed. We have IT working on it, though, so no worries. Other than that, I'm really loving the new gallery system we've recently put over there. It's nice having folders to organize the artwork. It also makes for easier viewing. I love Deviant Art <333

Speaking of art, I have the other two sketches of the five free ones that I gave away finished. Plus, I did three Sanguem Deus sketches yesterday as well. They include Namir, Sapphirine, and Orsiv. You can check them out under the cut~ I love comments ^_~

( Sketches )

I also received two gift pictures yesterday in return for two of the free sketches I gave. I didn't ask for these, but they wanted to give them to me. It made me feel good. You can see the two pictures below. One is of Scarlet and the other is Sapphirine. ^__^

( Gift Pictures )

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're having a good day~ <33

Destinie

So, I offered five free sketches on Deviant Art last night. I honestly wasn't expecting them to get filled up as quickly as they did. It was humorous. I might start doing this once a week, because I think it's good practice and opens me up to different things sketching-wise. For crying out loud, I drew a burly dwarf! XD Totally different from my norm.

Either way, I've only completed three of the five. The one that is colored is because it's her birthday, and she's been a real good interwebz friend to me. So without further ado, here are the three sketches.

( Grimmjow, Modi, and Myrmidon )

Enjoy ^_^

--Destinie