Hello! Long time no update...

I feel kinda bad, it's been almost two years since I've actually submitted anything worthwhile to my page...
It's partially because I haven't drawn much of anything (funny how life runs away with you, isn't it?), and also partly because my scanner is STILL tucked away in storage thanks to my overbearing, neurotic, bitch of a mother.

Matthew and I are working on getting our own apartment before the spring semester of school starts to get away from my aforementioned mom. Yes, she really is THAT bad. It's time to leave, oh yes.

Anyway, I'm finally pretty much done with my College Gen. Ed. classes and have plunged full steam ahead into the Digital Media and Graphic Design program's core classes.
I have three, 3-hour classes all on Wednesdays this semester. I'm at school from 8am-9pm. Two are studio classes, and the other is a crash course in Photoshop CS3 on the Mac. Fun times.
That being said, I will, hopefully, soon know how to color my drawings digitally and I'll actually have something to display here. Not to mention any interesting pieces I do for my other classes. So wait and see.

So that's about it for now. I'll catch up with y'all later

Hello, hello to those of you that still bother to watch my account (if any).

Yeah, I know I haven't submitted anything in almost a year and a half. It's also been that long since I've had time to draw anything, so there ya go. I feel bad about that, and for not being able to reply to most of the comments I get on anything these days, but I still try to pop in from time to time to see what's up.

As for news... Hmmm.....
Some good, some bad.

Good News: Still with my boyfriend. Going on 10 months, and pretty much engaged. Just too poor to buy a ring.

Good News: Made the Dean's List at Daytona Beach Community College for the Fall Semester. I am win.

Good News: For those of you that recall all the drama... ~Blade-Angel and I have finally reconciled. He apologized for all the crap he put me through, and we're on good, friendly terms again. Peace has been restored. That's not to say that it's at all likely we'll be able to hang out as buddies ever again (I doubt his Mom would allow it), but at least if we run into each other we won't be glaring daggers at one another.
He hasn't been on dA in forever, but I will attempt to rectify that.

Good News: I've finally caved in and bought World of Warcraft. Best mistake I ever made. I'm hopelessly addicted already.

Bad News: My boyfriend's Dad, Robert, suddenly passed away on the morning of January 21st. It's assumed that something in his stomach ruptured and he bled to death in his sleep. Matt's Mom found him in their bed, around 9am, after she'd gotten up, in a pool of blood. The funeral was in Gainesville, FL that Thursday. Everyone in Matt's family is holding up okay so far, but please keep them, especially Mom, in your prayers.

Potentially Good News: This is not set in stone, but Matt and I are thinking of working together with my Mom to start making plushies and figurines of NaJa and some of my other cute and cuddly creations. I've had a number of people here on dA ask if I make NaJa plushies already, and wanting one myself, thought if might be a good idea. We'll see what come of it in the coming months.

Anyhoo, that's about it for now. Hope everyone is doing well, and I will hopefully return soon.

Okay, so I figured I'd check in and let all of you know I'm not dead.

A quick run-down of what all's going on with me lately:

May 4th Finished my first year of college with a 4.0GPA.

May 21st Was officially baptized at my pastor's house exactly one year after being saved.

That's about it, really. Things with the new beau are going quite well, and I'm happy to report for those of you that witnessed the entirety of the last relationship mess I went through and its causes, that THIS one's parents absolutely adore me. r0x0r.

My financial situation as of right now is less than favorable, but I'm hoping that will improve soon.

I'm all set up for the beginning of year two of my college experience. I'll be taking Astronomy, College Algebra, and a Shakespeare Studies class.
Much fun will be had. No art classes this time, sadly. Maybe during the Spring semester...
I'm also looking forward to being able to join the Campus Crusade for Christ this time around too. My schedule in the Spring conflicted with the meetings, so I was unable to sign up.

So basically, I'm super-busy with work, church, and boyfriend this summer. Which leaves me no time for drawing, but I haven't felt inspired to draw anything in months anyway.

I don't intend to abandon my dA page, but don't expect to see anything new on here for a while. Especially since I had to move my computer from the office into my bedroom, and was forced to box up my printer and scanner and store them elsewhere, due to lack of space in my room.

Much love to all my stalkers and forgive me for my extended absences.

Mood: Violently Happy
Listening to: "The Sun Always Shines On TV" - A-Ha
Reading: InuYasha Volume 19 - Rumiko Takahashi
Watching: Die Hard

1. Sing the Batman Theme incessantly.
2. In the memo field of all your checks, write "For Sensual Massage."
3. Specify that your drive-thru order is "to go."
4. Learn Morse Code, and have conversations with friends in public consisting entirely of "Beeeep Bip Bip Beeep Bip..."
5. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
6. Amuse yourself for endless hours by hooking up a camcorder to your tv and then pointing it at the screen.
7. Speak only in a "robot" voice.
8. Push all the flat Lego pieces together tightly.
9. Start each meal by conspicuously licking all your food, and announce that this is so no one will "swipe your grub."
10. Leave the copy machine set to enlarge 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 99 copies.
11. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
12. Sniffle incessantly.
13. Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles.
14. Name your dog, "Dog."
15. Insist on keeping your windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."
16. Reply to everything someone says with, "That's what YOU think!"
17. Claim that you must always wear a bicycle helmet as part of your "astronaut training."
18. Declare your apartment an independent nation, and sue your neighbors upstairs for violating your airspace.
19. Forget the punchline to a long joke, but assure the listener it was a "real hoot."
20. Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with a can of Lysol.
21. Practice making fax and modem noises.
22. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc" them to your boss.
23. Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
24. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance.
25. Erect an elaborate network of ropes in your backyard and tell the neighbors you are a "spider person."
26. Finish all your sentences with the words, "in accordance with prophecy."
27. Wear a special hip holster for your tv remote control.
28. Do not add any inflections to the end of your sentences, producing awkward silences with the impression that you'll be saying more any moment.
29. Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears.
30. Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
31. Give a play-by-play account of a person's every action in a nasal Howard Cosell voice.
32. Holler random numbers while someone is counting.
33. Drum on every available surface.
34. Adjust the tint on your tv so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you like it that way.
35. Staple papers in the middle of the page.
36. Ask 1-800 operators for dates.
37. Produce a rental video consisting entirely of dire FBI copyright warnings.
38. Sew anti-theft detector strips into people's backpacks.
39. Hide dairy products in inaccessible places.
40. Write the surprise ending to a novel on its first page.
41. Set alarms for random times.
42. Order a side of pork rinds with your filet mignon.
43. Instead of Gallo, serve Night Train next Thanksgiving.
44. Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a "croaking" noise.
45. Honk and wave to strangers.
46. Dress only in clothes colored "Hunter's Orange."
47. Change channels five minutes before the end of every show.
48. Tape pieces of "Sweating to the Oldies" over climactic parts of rental movies.
49. Wear your pants backward.
50. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints by the cash register.
51. Begin all your sentences with, "Oh la la!"
52. ONLY TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
53. only type in lowercase.
54. Dont use any punctuation either
55. Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
56. Pay for your dinner with pennies.
57. Tie jingle bells to all your clothes.
58. Repeat everything someone says as a question.
59. Write "X - Buried Treasure" in random spots on all of someone's roadmaps.
60. Inform everyone you meet of your personal Kennedy assassination/UFO/OJ Simpson conspiracy theories.
61. Repeat the following conversations a dozen times: "Do you hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, it's gone now."
62. Light road flares on a birthday cake.
63, Wander around a restaurant, asking other diners for their parsley.
64. Leave tips in Bolivian currency.
65. Demand that everyone address you as "Conquistador."
66. At the laundromat, use one dryer for each of your socks.
67. When Christmas caroling, sing "Jingle Bells Batman Smells" until physically restrained.
68. Wear a cape that says "Magnificent One."
69. As much as possible, skip rather than walk.
70. Stand over someone's shoulder, mumbling, as they read.
71. Pretend your computer's mouse is a CB radio, and talk to it.
72. Try playing the "William Tell Overture" by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce, "No wait, I messed it up," and repeat.
73. Drive half a block.
74. Inform others that they exist only in your imagination.
75. Ask people what gender they are.
76. Lick the filling out of all the Oreos, and place the cookie parts back in the tray.
77. Cultivate a Norwegian accent. If Norwegian, affect a southern drawl.
78. Routinely handcuff yourself to furniture, informing the curious that you don't want to fall off "in case the big one comes."
79. Deliberately hum songs that will remain lodged in coworkers' brains, such as "Feliz Navidad," The Archies' "Sugar," or the Mr. Rogers Theme Song.
80. While making presentations, occasionally bob your head like a parakeet.
81. Lie obviously about trivial things, such as the time of day.
82. Leave your Christmas lights up and lit until September.
83. Change your name to "John AAAAASmith" for the great glory of being first in the phone book. Claim it's a Hawaiian name, and demand that people pronounce each "A."
84. Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.
85. Chew on pens that you've borrowed.
86. Wear a lot of cologne.
87. Listen to 33rpm records at 45rpm speed, and claim the faster speed is necessary because of your "superior mental processing."
88. Sing along at the opera.
89. Mow your lawn with scissors.
90. At a golf tournament, chant "Swing-batabatabata-suh-wing-batter!!!"
91. Ask the waitress for an extra seat for your imaginary friend.
92. Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.
93. Ask your coworkers mysterious questions, and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "Psychological Profiles."
94. Stare at static on the tv and claim you can see a magic picture.
95. Select the same song on the jukebox 50 times.
96. Never make eye contact.
97. Never break eye contact.
98. Construct elaborate "crop circles" in your front lawn.
99. Construct your own pretend "tricorder," and "scan" people with it, announcing the results.
100. Make appointments for the 31st of September.
101. Invite lots of people to other people's parties.
102. Wear "X-Ray Specs" and leer suggestively at other people.

What follows is a compilation of random quotations I've accumulated over the months that I felt were amusing and/or thought, "OMFG That's horrible ROFLMFAO."
My apologies if any of these offend anyone. I have an odd sense of humor.

New additions will be listed at the bottom in bold. Enjoy.

~"I'm the Lord Jesus Christ. I think I'll get drunk and beat up some midgets." - Family Guy
~"I warsh myself with a rag on a stick..." - The Simpsons
~"That's not scary." "It is if you're a laser printer." - Futurama
~"Shiny Acetate Man Panties." - Frasier
~"Yo, Boo! You got me straight trippin'" - Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
~"It's like a koala bear crapped a rainbow in my brain." - Sealab 2021
~"It's all fun and games 'til someone gets SARS." - Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
~"He's a male bimbo... He's a Mimbo." - Seinfeld
~"Kiss my Shiny Metal Ass!" - Futurama
~"What a difference a gay makes." - Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
~"Those wings make your ass look SO Fierce!!!" - Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
~"We're on it. Like a hobo on a ham sandwich!" - Lee Jeans commercial
~"Let's make like a tree, and go." - Lee Jeans commercial
~"For every sprinkle I find, I shall KILL you!" - Family Guy
~"G'day mate. How's your bum for warts?" - Crocodile Hunter
~"Shut up, or I'll pop ya in the pooter 'til your butt bleeds!" - Lunar: Silver Star Story (outtake)
~"Yo Ho! Yo Ho! An alternative lifestyle for me!" - The Simpsons
~"Honey, those aren't children. They're packets of cream cheese." - Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
~"I'm a knife...Knifin' around...Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut Cut..." - Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
~"Stop eating my Sesame Cake!!!" - Congo
~"It's the Ohio State 'Dancin' Dumbass'!" - X Play
~"Master, sir, did you see my MAD SKILLZ?" - Xenogears
~"If I were a vacuum cleaner, and you were a vacuum cleaner too; we would SO get it on." - The Brak Show
~"A two-hit combo! With super-size fries!!!" - Rurouni Kenshin (Sanosuke outtake)
~"Soujiro, Usui, and Anji will stay here and fight the Battousai. I'm going out for a cappucino." - Rurouni Kenshin (Shishio outtake)
~"Bizarro I love you! Bizarro I love you! Bizarro! I'm helping! I'm helping you!" - Sealab 2021
~"Most VHS tapes made in that era were damaged in 2446 during the second coming of Jesus." - Futurama
~"The will to live is absolutely essential. ROCK ON, Kenshin." - Rurouni Kenshin (Hiko outtake)
~"Fool me 7 times, shame on you. Fool me 8 or more times, shame on me." - Futurama
~"I was taken advantage of because I couldn't move. I wanted to call it date rape, but my lawyer thought I didn't have a case." - Rurouni Kenshin (Shishio outtake)
~"Keep the umbrella, it's broken." - Rurouni Kenshin (Hiko outtake)
~"On a cold winter night, a god named Takanimako-wa..... Oh hell with it, his name was Steve..." - Rurouni Kenshin (outtake)
~"I have voluntary Tourrettes." - Robin Williams
~"The existence of flamethrowers proves that somewhere, someone once thought to themselves, 'Ya know, I'd really like to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.'" - somebody on AN forums
~"Please don't make me run, I'm full of chocolate!" - The Simpsons
~"We've got to get rid of those Furbies; they've turned feral." - The Simpsons
~"The forest... It's too quiet. What happened to the birds? The animals? ... I can't hear any fish!!!" - Rurouni Kenshin (Kenshin outtake)
~"It's all about the bling-bling." - Rurouni Kenshin (Saitoh outtake)
~"I hope you get run over by a parked truck." - Matt Heimerl
~"'Are you bringing any drugs into Jamaica?' 'Bring drugs INTO Jamaica!? That's like bringing Slim-Fast into Ethiopia.'" - D.C. Benny
~"You smell like dead bunnies." - The Simpsons
~"..........................................Baka." - Houshin Engi
~"Oh Mighty Yamses, we are weary of building your Great Food Pyramid. Let my pickles go." - The Simpsons
~"I feel like I was mauled by Jesus." - Futurama
~"I'm trying to give you cancer with my mind." - South Park
~"'Oh Bender, we love you!' 'Shut up, baby, I know it.'" - Futurama
~"Yo, brethren, what up with thee?" - Bruce Almighty
~"Ohhh... You silly monkey in da bush..." - Mad TV
~"Talketh to the hand, for the face doth not listen." - Woglinde on Xenosaga.com forums
~"My only hope is this homemade Prozac. Hmm...needs more ice cream." - The Simpsons
~"I can't be the best detective in the universe with coffee grounds in my shoe... Yeah, okay." - Lost Universe
~"I smell tuna." - Lost Universe
~"Why does the Universal Space Force suck so bad!?" - Lost Universe
~"My mommy thinks I'm cool." - The Simpsons
~"Now Kane, you're much too young for that bottle of hooch!" - Lost Universe
~"Fool!!! Killing you 10,000 times wouldn't be proof of ANYTHING!" - Rurouni Kenshin manga
~"It's a Fresh New Hell every day." - Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
~"I've always been strong, Potato-Face!" - Lost Universe
~"'Hey, Ace. Do you have any more of that gum?' 'That's none of your damn business, and I'll thank you to stay out of my personal affairs.'" - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
~"Quit bein' a bitch and pill me up." - Sealab 2021
~"Step aside, or I shall strike you down with my battered blade forged in corn oil." - Space Ghost: Coast to Coast
~"One's in danger of getting bubbles up one's whoops-a-daisy!" - Travelocity commercial
~"No, you don't wanna suck that one... That's the Potty Tentacle." - Sealab 2021
~"Freaking out on Ali-Baba drugs!!!" - Excel Saga
~"Paradise is kinda like Disneyland... with hookers." - Lupin III
~"I'm Rick James, BITCH!" - Chappelle's Show
~"'These jeans are a little tight.' 'Yeah, they're like a cheap hotel... No ball room.'" - Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
~"Strange things are a-foot at the Circle K." - Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
~"Me fail English? That's unpossible." - The Simpsons
~"An IQ of 167? That's unusual for a Christian." - The Simpsons
~"I can't believe it's not squalor." - Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
~"'Mooooooooom, Ben Affleck is naked in my bed.' 'Ooo, looks like the tooth fairy was extra happy with you...'" - South Park
~"She's probably with her friends, doing something religious; like bombing abortion clinics." - Tripping the Rift
~"Mel Gibson's 'The Passion of the Christ' grosses $200 million in the box office in it's first two weeks of release. I smell a sequel." - The Daily Show
~"Can I count to 3? For God's sake, I'm already shooting at a Fifth Grade level." - Family Guy
~"Tomorrow's forecast? A few sprinkles of genius with a chance of DOOM." - Family Guy
~"He puts my Hobochili in the mailbox." - Otimus on LiveJournal
~"Protons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic!" - T-shirt
~"Life isn't passing me by. It's trying to run me over." - Killswitchclick on LiveJournal
~"Caffeine-free coffee is like Ibuprofen-free Advil. Why bother?" - AisuFaia on LiveJournal
~"I'm a fan of Macross, NOT Robotech. You say Veritech, I say Valkyrie. You say Gladiator, I say Spartan. You say Spartan, I say Phalanx. Just so we're clear." - Ben Wright
~"Alright, sir. Come on back. I have a Sig Sauer that's just DYING to to give you a 40 calibur kiss." - Killswitchclick on LiveJournal
~"That toilet was DISGUSTING. It was not fit for Christian butt-cheeks." - Chappelle's Show
~"'Lovely traveling accomadations, wouldn't you say?' 'Oh, yes. First class and No class.' 'Hey, be careful with that joke, it's an antique.'" - Family Guy
~"Idle hands spend time at the genitals, and we all know how God hates that." - Aqua Teen Hunger Force
~"Bling Bling. Who's there? Oooooooooooooh... It's Peanut's money..." - Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law
~"'Where'd you get the money for all this?' 'Selling pot..........holders. Made of hemp.'" - Sealab 2021
~"If I got smart with you, how would you know?" - T-shirt
~"Thou shalt have no other search engine before Google, for thy Google is a jealous Google, and will bug your computer!"
~"We have enough youth, how about a fountain of smart?" - ~marcelokronberg
~"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me!" - ~self-indulgence
~"'You went to Catholic School for 12 years, so why aren't you Catholic?' 'I...went to Catholic School for
12 years...'" - Jimmy Dore
~"The reply button is your friend. No matter how much you stand him up, use him, abuse his emotions, pig out on his ice cream after your "boyfriend" that he told you was scum dumps you, and neglect him...he'll always be there. For you." - `eskirinabsolute
~"I'm off like a prom dress!" - Quatres_Star on LiveJournal
~"Trespassers will be shot. Survivors will be shot again." - Sign seen on someone's fence.
~"Jesus is coming! LOOK BUSY!!!!" - bumper sticker
~"Bart! You're no longer in Sunday School. Don't swear!" - The Simpsons
~"Jesus saves! He clips coupons and shops at Wal-Mart!" - bumper sticker
~"My gravy hurts, please pass the testicles." - Kevin Medina
~"I have animal magnetism. Whenever I go outside, squirrels stick to my clothes." - T-shirt
~"Note to Self: Do not eat pink insulation. NOT cotton candy." - T-shirt
~"Every time you speak 1337 God kills a kitten." - ~Neomage
~"If ignorance is bliss, then you must be blessed with a permanent orgasm." - ~GarradAM
~"If you're too open-minded, your brain will fall out." - T-shirt
~"A wise man once said, 'I don't know, ask a girl.'" - T-shirt
~"Reality and I had a fundamental differing of opinions. We're currently undergoing trial separation." - ~Ice-Princess
~"So there we were, talking about masturbation, and a spelling-bee broke out." - *sacking-jimmy
~"Love is like Super Mario 3; there's all these different levels... Except you don't have to fight Koopa at the end." - ~junglechink
~"I think I'm going to make an anime series starring Jesus, as he tries to make a living rapping about evolution, while confronting his own homosexual urges." - `Swordgleam
~"And now, I'm going to dress as a Southern Belle and snort Captain Crunch." - Lee Sydnor
~ "Move your ass before I shove my car up it!!!" - ~Blade-Angel during a fit of road rage driving home from college in Daytona Beach.
~"It's an enigma, wrapped in a mystery, and sauteed in question sauce." - Jeremy Elbourne
~"Trigonometry is the educational equivalent to a running faucet." - Me
~"Your food stamps will be stopped effective today because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances." - South Carolina Department of Social Services
~"I'm going to stab you now, with bullets." - VG Cats
~"It's the hot dog highway! Beep Beep!" - Kids Show
~"My horse's name is Taco." - Lee Sydnor
~"You've got talents like apple biznallance." - Matt Heimerl
~"God forbid it had to have a force-field around it" - Matt Heimerl while trying to open his Saran-Wrap covered sandwich at lunch.
~"I can use my Mom's drapes to make a Jenova costume!" - "Lab Created Diamond"when asked what he was cosplaying as for our Halloween Party.
~"Hooray for boobies! ... So how's the Bible reading going?" - ~azurevision
~"'Your Neutralness, it's a beige alert.' 'If I don't survive, tell my wife, "Hello."'" - Futurama
~"'Scalpel! ... Blood-bucket! ... Priest! Next patient!' 'Jeez, Zoidberg, leave some for the enemy to kill..."' - Futurama
~"I'm'a make you some cous-cous pancakes!" - Lee Sydnor
~"I'm busier than a three-legged dog trying to bury a turd in a frozen lake..." - ~jkrende
~"My uterus is telling me to go get chocolate now... so I shall be right back.. damn uterus.. X_x" - Sporflefruit on Livejournal