December 2009
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I have a lot more to write, but since I get off work in about 10 minutes, I will have to write at a later time. I just want to take this short time to say that Resident Evil has the crappiest voice acting ever. For shame.
Oh, and Happy New Years!
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Adults and Video Games
When I told someone that my little sister was on break from college and that we were having fun playing video games and staying up late, I was told that I eventually need to grow up. For a small second I actually let this person make me feel very low, like I was less than what I should be. But after a while I started to think of my life, and I have to admit that I’m pretty darn happy. I...
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My dad got me a gift card to the playstation store so that I can download some games. I was thinking of downloading silent hill because it is still one of my favorite games, and it would be nice to have it on the playstation 3 since our playstation isn’t as easily accessible. I’m not really sure what else is worth getting. I looked at final fantasy, but I think only final fantasy 7...
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a blessed Holiday season. Mine was very pleasent and relaxing. We opened our gifts in the morning, had some salsa dip for lunch and subs for dinner and had an X-Files marathon. :) I got some new games, one being Fatal Frame 3, so that should keep me busy and inspired for a while. I also got lots of new books, and I got pastel pencils (or chalk...
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I guess I’m officially sick. This has gone from feeling like I have a cold to feeling like I am one step away from having pieces of my brain ooze out of my nose, eyes and ears. Gross. Unfortunately our Christmas dinner with my mom’s side of the family is tonight. I doubt I will be going unless I feel a lot better by the time I get off work. I drank my orange juice in the morning,...
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We had the first real snow of the year last night. I have a love/hate but mostly hate relationship with snow. Back when I was in college I loved the snow because it meant we could go sledding. And of course snow was fun when I was a child. Even now I love how beautiful it is when the first snow falls. But, after a few days when humans spoil the beauty, the once white snow starts to look like a...
Two more days and then I have a little vacation from work. I know I am wishing my life away by saying this, but I can’t wait until it gets here.
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I finished my second commission last night and handed it to my co-worker today. She loved it! If she only knew how badly I screwed it up last night, she probably wouldn’t be so impressed. This was the second drawing that I messed up and had to make the decision to start over. I’ve learned my lesson to never procrastinate on a drawing. This was a simple portrait, and I waited to...
To all those rude people that call my job, you can cuss at me, try to humiliate me, scream at me, berate me and I still won’t change my answer. You might as well just save your breath, and try to remember that I am only doing my job. It’s Christmas so do yourself a favor and try to enjoy life a little bit. You might be surprised at how good it feels to be friendly to a stranger.
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Weekends go by too fast. My weekend is almost coming to an end, but I have Monday through Friday off next week. I still have some Christmas shopping to do, I still have a two portrait commissions to finish and two portraits that will be given as gifts that need finished. So much to do, so little time!
My co-worker asked if she could extend her deadline for her portrait. She now wants it on...
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I finished my first portrait commission for a complete stranger, and it feels good. This is not the same drawing I was having a problem with earlier. That one I am still working on, and it is for a co-worker. The one I just finished was a commission from our Gracefully Inspired website. I asked the lady how she found our site, and she said she was originally looking for another artist, but...
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As expected, I’ve done a quick playthrough of Akira Yamoka’s soundtrack for Silent Hill:Shattered Memories. I like it enough that I might just buy the game new so that I can get the soundtrack. Who am I kidding? I probably would have done that anyway since I’m such a geek fan. :)
I haven’t really listened to all of it yet and haven’t listened to any of the songs...
I just witnessed a co-worker give another co-worker the Heimlich maneuver.
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I almost forgot that Silent Hill: Shattered Memories came out today on the Wii. I don’t have a Wii, so I’ll be waiting for the ps2 version, but I took a quick peek at some message boards, and so far there are no major complaints that I noticed. People seem to be pleased, at least for the moment.
One of the main complaints I’ve noticed is the game is short. What’s up...
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In regards to what I posted earlier, I decided to start over and fix the composition problem. I guess I couldn’t fake my way through the drawing this time. I knew it was wrong, and couldn’t stand thinking of how much better it would look if I would have done it the other way. I lost some time with the drawing of course, but at least I will feel better accepting payment for a...
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I’m sitting in bed working on a portrait commission for a co-worker, and it suddenly dawned on me that the composition would be a thousand times better if I flipped the paper horizontal instead of vertical. The bad thing is that it is too late to start over. Ugh. I wish I would have noticed this before now. I hope I can fake my way through the rest of the drawing and get a somewhat decent...
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Tonight I draw … and draw, and draw, and draw. I have to catch up on my drawings, so that’s pretty much all I’ll be doing for the next few days. I’ll slowly update my sketch blog as I take breaks from drawing the portraits I’m working on. I have 3 commissions to do and 2 portraits that will be presents. Maybe I’ll update this blog too during breaks because I...
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Since my last post was too depressing, I am writing another one that isn’t so personal and whiny. hahaha! Anyway, I haven’t had a chance to play the new Siren game in the last few days, but I really like what I’ve played so far. Oddly enough it makes me miss the original, but not because it isn’t a good game. I just think it does a good job of showcasing the original to...
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I’ve been hurt and pushed beyond my normal limits, and right now I’m just trying to numb myself because my anger is potent. It’s such a fine, delicate process; I can either numb myself too much that the anger sneaks in under the skin where it grows unnoticed until an emotional wound lets it boil out and I’m surprised that I didn’t realize it was there all along, or I...
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Our Gracefully Inspired website has been a work in progress for probably a year now, and it still is a work in progress. But, we are learning so much, and I am proud of us. We started our little business mainly because we are a group of friends that enjoy being creative together, and we combined all of our interests in a way that we can share them with others. We had no idea how to start a...
