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2004-01-31 - 1:01 a.m. - workin... alot!
Well, it's the last day of the month... and all's quite on the internet front for me. No new website news, although I am hoping to finally post something in the toon portal sometime soon. Just little things like that here and there, get the current sites situated and more established before I start the new websites, which will be more specifically based around certain obsessions of mine (my "Crazy" sites idea is comming back, yay!) which have always included Lord of the Rings, Vampire Hunter D, Gackt, and (not so much after "Revolutions") The Matrix. There are a few others, but they're mostly anime and I'm thinking it'd be easier just to either bring back "Lady Saisana's Anime Archival Resource Library" (phew) or just section off a section of the Anime portal and send people to my obsessions through there. *shrug* Ah, it's still a planning/work-in-progress. As for non-online, that's where I've really been busy. School and possibly getting envolved in extra-carriclar (sp?) activities based in both theather and writing (I adore my English teacher!). I've also been sewing like mad, mainly cuse I havn't been sure untill a few days ago all the costume I wanted to be done by 2 weeks from now. Well, actually it's one week unless I want to be sewing in Virginia... which I don't! Then there's preparing for Katsucon itself, as well as the week preceding it, and figuring out how to best divide my time among friends and my parents. Why can't we all just live in one giant house? Oh yeah, now I remember. Crazy! No, not my parents... oh nevermind. I can't remember what else right now, the list is up stairs. Too much to remember, that's why I type stuff here and make lists thrown about the house. Oh, various things have gotten me thinking about costuming, and future sewing projects and what have you... I think I'm going to have to start a more elaborate "future/work-in-progress" section in my cosplay website, as well as a guestbook, because I know that's where all my traffic is. Oh well... nuff said, getting back to work on everything. Have a good January, hehe! Current Mood:  what are you looking at? i'm busy...
2004-01-29 - 5:53 p.m. - the end of the world
This is meant to be both humourous and serious, take it as you will... My friend Patrick and I have taken it upon ourselves to point out and state everything so out of the norm it the world, that it can only mean one thing... it’s one of the signs of the apocalypse. We’ve realized recently that to date, there have been at least 30 or 40 of these signs in our lives. And judging by the current world situation, I hate it when we’re right! For instance, recently I’ve been doing my school work ahead of time, so that I’ll definitely have it in when it’s due. That’s amazing for me considering I thought I’d never do homework ever except until the wee hours before it was due, or overdue rather. I’m even getting my own agendas done within reasonable time, which is actually getting them done at all. Cleaning, personal hygiene, sewing. All these, a definite sign of the coming apocalypse. Now there’s something in all this that you have to realize: I’m an atheist. (and no, not for the stupid reasons some people have of “god is dead” or “god hates me”... I simply do not believe in an omnipotent being in control of the universe, nuf said) So when I say “apocalypse”, I don’t mean raining brimstone and the second coming. What I’m referring to is the prophecies of Nostradamus, scientific reasoning, and the theories of chaos. The world is coming to an end, wether we like it or not. Planets will shift and collide, the universe will collapse in on itself, and suddenly energy will be so built up... BOOM! Everything will start over. It’s called the Big Bang people, look it up. What is the point to these ramblings-o-me? Well, I’ll tell you! Uhm... oh yeah! I’ve realized that the point of our “that’s another sign” recognitions isn’t to state the doom of our world as we know it, but to make sure we realize that things in this world are changing. I am becoming a more mature person, a more responsible person. That’s what that “sign” means. And I’m glad of it! The world may come to an end, but at least I’ll be happy, and I’ll know it because I pointed it out to myself. So, one and all, I encourage you... Find your signs of the apocalypse! Point out the things that show eminent doom is at hand, and realized that if your life ended this very moment, there’s at least something that you’ve done or noticed that has made it all worth while! Now that will be 50 cents for these words of wisdom, thank you! Current Mood:  wow, big boom, pretty colors
2004-01-27 - 11:16 p.m. - CosplayLab
I've been added to Cosplaylab.com, and I'm still editing my listings, but it's pretty much finished now, so enjoy. There's not much there that's not on my personal cosplay/costume website, less actually, but some different comments, and it give me a chance to be a part of another online community. :) Now I might as well throw out my "posting no test" policy. I just couldn't pass this one up with the answer I got, cuse it's soooo true!
Current Mood:  cosplay crazy
2004-01-26 - 9:19 p.m. - Glass Head Memorial
Today is a sad, sad day... This morning at around 7:30ish am, one of my most prized posesions was broken beyond repair. My Glass Head.
It was bought for me by my mother sometime in the mid-90's at a Pier1Imports store (pre-christy alley comercials) and presented to me with much jubilee!
Many years of service it provided me, modeling a universal head size as I styled wigs and created head dresses. It never complained of being too rough with it, nor did it alow working pins to get stuck in it. Perfect for my non-perfect creation style.
And now it is gone from this world... Well, in a few hundred pieces. What happened was this... I was turning off my alarm clock, when I pulled back my arm from the clock, it knocked the head (with a wig on it) clear across the room. I let out a small yelp but it was too late. There was a low thud, then seemingly a few seconds later, a shatter noise, and the hair covering the mass collapsed as the shape came un-done. Only the neck and skull cap remained solid, the rest, dust. Tradjedy... has befallen me.
Alas I do not own a picture of it, however I found this random picture of someone else's on google, so here is a semi-tribute to it. Goodbye sweet head, you will be missed!
 Current Mood=  mourning
2004-01-25 - 11:03 p.m. - Wow!
Woah, been a roller coaster of a day (and yesterday too) for me... for stupid reasons but still my reasons. All entertainment based really. I find out details have been posted finally about the Star Wars Celebration 3 in 2005 (I elaborated on this in my travel site) but it’s not the happiest of news even though I’m extatically excited. Then I sit and wait for cosplay practice to be over back in Virginia... you know, I think the main thing that has helped me grow these past years into the person I want and am has been my participation and relation with the group in Virginia now known as The Dark Muffins. I don’t regret anything, good or bad, that’s happened within this group. It’s all been a lifetime of experienced I couldn’t of had without. And I thank them all for that. Even those who I’ve had rocky times with, no matter what it still goes back to those good times. Yuzaaah! Oh, and then there’s the Golden Globes. I’ve realized a few things today. One, it’s about freakin time Lord of the Rings gets recognized now that it’s technically a complete film. Congratulations on getting 4 for 4! Sooooo happy, now lets just hope it keeps going this well from LotR next month during Oscar time. Also watching the Globes I’ve realized something... well actually I already knew this, but now that I’m older it has a bit more gravity... I HAVE to start writing my stories and screenplays and novels because they’re all being written and produced into movies already. OTHER people’s movies! Crazy, I know, but true. Hehe, that’s kinda silly really, and I’ll probably never get a chance to let people see my work as I see it until I’ve achieved my Theatrical Costuming dream, but still, it all needs to be on paper. Oh, and the most important thing of all... Van Helsing looks awesome and I can’t wait for it to come out. However... I am extremely pissed and upset on the fact that now the live action Vampire Hunter D film will probably never get made because of its visual similarities to this new Van Helsing. Arg, Gr, Humph! My poor poor D, so overlooked, so copied. Oh well, I’ll just have to imagine it’s him when I see Helsing. Jackman wouldn’t have made a bad D actually now that I think about it. I mean seriously, check him out in that trailer. Man, I am pathetically obsessed with that fictional man... There is no help, there is no hope. I think that’s all, trivial I know, but it’s my life and I’m livin it. Weeeeeee! Current Mood:  a little crazy and totaly worn out
2004-01-24 - 2:16 p.m. - hyper active
Wow! I'm busy busy busy! Finished my two new sites, which are now listed at SWC. The Peter O'Toole fanlisting which is up and so is my Travel/Disney page. You'd have to see it to understand it. They both have a few things I wana do to them, but they're pretty much perfect for viewing now. Also, I moved the hosting location of the portals here to a different site, not really important, but I wanted to make room on one location, and it was also an excuse to clean out my oooooold SFG Cafe website. It's completely gone now, I feel kinda sad cuse it was a big part of my past and who I was... but I'm different now... more organized, so this is better :) As for non-website stuff, I've been sewing and schooling like a fellon! Ah, stupid Gellin... doesn't even rhyme... Anyway! I've changed my list of costumes to cosplay at Katsu (again!) now that I have a better idea of what's going to be happening there. Oh yeah, I also added a costume to the future page on my cosplay website. Everything is set up for that week though. I'm so excited. I get to see my friends, my parents, my dad's cats... and then I get to top it all off with cosplay and anime fun! I can't wait. Whooohoooo! Current Mood:  wide awake and hyper as hell
2004-01-21 - 7:29 a.m. - need to take a breath
Woah, I love my life! Had a great extended weekend, being crazy, driving and seeing friends... Now back to our regularly scheduled program. Now that I've been aproved I can announce it... I'm going to host the official Peter O'Toole fanlisting. I couldn't believe he didn't have one and I felt like making a fanlisting of my own, so I did, er... am. Look for it and my Travel/Disney (i sware it's almost finished) websites soon. Also... I CAN'T WAIT FOR KATSUCON!!! I'm so excited now, I can not be contained. Whoooooooo... Now I'm off to finally meet my theatre teacher. Hopefully he'll actually be there today. Current Mood:  a little skitzoid
2004-01-16 - 4:25 p.m. - school... weeee!
Well, first day of school, and yay! I'm really really liking this school. Small classes, great teachers, not bad schedules... the only thing is the next 2 years of math, but I think I'll get through it ok... hopefully. But happy day! And I think I'll get the week off that I want no problem, just got one more class to check with tomorrow that shouldn't be a problem since it's an at home video cource... and oh yeah, I have to meet my Theatre teacher, which cancled class cuse they couldn't be there. I'll have to wait untill monday for that last one, but from what I've been told about the class and attendenence, everything should still be ok. Weee!!! I'm so excited, and I had a small conversation with my english teacher about my experience and she talked about getting me published out side of class. Wow, I really really like this school. So I guess I'll just need all the luck I can get with math and I'll be a "profesional" in no time... er 4-5 years to be exact. Yay beans! Current Mood:  happy, happy, happy, weeeee!
2004-01-13 - 8:00 p.m. - crazy hair
You know if I teeze my current hair cut... it looks like a red headed Tim Burton-esque style. Oops. Actually I kinda like it. But I'm afraid of people behind me complaining of the blocked view, hehe. I'm kidding! It's not that big at all really. hehe I'm almost finished with my Travel/Disney page. Look for it soon in SWC. And I'm back to school finally friday. My books costed a ton even used, but I shoulda expected that. They're great books though (everything except math of cource). I love this year. Oh, oh! And oscars are soon. I'm going to have a "root for lord of the rings" party that night. Yay lotr! Current Mood:  not bad at all
2004-01-12 - 12:55 a.m. - Rose is a Rose
Ok, I swore I wouldn't post quizez here, but I can't help this one... for obvious reasons.
Your soul is bound to the Yellow Rose: The
Gentle."I've travelled through the land of
surrender and seen it all. I throw my heart
out and keep my head up, and now I travel
through the land of peace." The Yellow Rose is associated with friendship,
intuition, and fun. It is governed by the
goddess Hestia and its sign is The Intertwined
Rings, or True Friendship. As a Yellow Rose, you always look out for your
friends. You would much rather have strong
ties with friends than a single tie with a
lover and your devotion to your friends is
clear. You may have great intuition and be
able to read emotions clearly, but sometimes
you can seem distant yourself. What Rose Is Your Soul Bound To?
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2004-01-11 - 10:52 p.m. - making my sites
Not to make things complicated, or have ppl running around the web... I've moved all my other websites' links to the newly re-opened "Severed Wings Concepts" site network. There's my website listings, guestbook, and contact information. I'm really happy this has reopened cuse it makes it so much easier to just post site links there instead of a link to every one of my site in every one of my pages. Oh, and there's still some more websites that are almost ready. Again, from now on I'm not posting links untill sites are actually ready, not still being built. This is more a way to limit myself to actually create sites within my means. Oh, and I'll still post here whenever I update or post on another one of my sites, cuse that's what this site is for silly! :) Current Mood:  making beautiful html "music"
2004-01-10 - 5:07 p.m. - dave and carmen
I've always loved Dave Navarro, he falls into the category of type of guy I like more then any other. I'd describe him, but I don't wana freak anyone out... Anyway, when I heard he and Carmen Electra had married I was actually overjoyed. See, I'd seen a few specials on Carmen including her E! true hollywood special, and I really grew alot of respect for her. She's got a good head on her shoulders but still lets her wild streak get the better of her once in a while. I love that about her. So anyway... When I heard they were hanging and had then gotten married, well, I think they are the perfect couple and hope they'll be together forever. And now the whole courtship and wedding is being shown as a reality tv series... Great! I can't wait, it'll be much better then that idiotic "pop-music" couple's show. Uhg, I hate those two with a passion, soooo stupid. So aaanyway... Yay Dave and Carmen! Watch their show, "Till Death Do Us Part" on Mtv Wed, Jan 21st at 10:30pm...
ack, while typing this entry I was bombarded by pop-ups and crash warnings... uhg, I'm going to have to back-up my comp and re-format everything.
Current Mood:  not amused but glamourous and content
2004-01-10 - 2:41 a.m. - working on severed wings
I think I'm going to re-open the actual Severed Wings Concepts Network. This site has gotten big enough, and I've started enough other sites where I think It's close enough to ready. It'll still be a work in progress, and this will still be my main site, but this way it can be back out there... my "net-baby". Expect a link for it to turn up by Sunday or Monday. I'm really glad too because to me it's established that "Severed Wings Concepts" was what I like to call just about everything that comes from my creative side, including websites. I know I've already posted the title for "The Projects", but for some reason I just don't feel like my sites are complete without the SWC network. Oh well... I'm also working on a little non sci-figal project that I want to post there as well. Ah, now it just seems like I'm babbling. So I'm going to go to bed! Current Mood:  shockingly happy and creating
2004-01-08 - 5:32 p.m. - back to school
Well I'm back in school. Woah, freaky. Been a loong time comming, but I'm back! I love this school I'm enrolled in too. They've got great programs, and wonderful prices. Very affordable. It's all cool here :) Pretty sweet setup on my classes too. Well, accept for one... I did terribly in the ACT test on math, so I have to take 2 semesters worth. Ick. But after that there's none required for my major. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I'll be in math, Intro to Theatre, and English Composition (Yay!). My fourth class is a video at home cource where the only times you meet is for orientation and exams, and it's Philosophy. Sweet! I think everythings going to be fine this year :) Happy 2004 everybody. On a little better note, sorta, I'm almost 100% better alement wise. The imodium ad seems to be dooing the trick. However I don't think I'll ever fully recover from this sensetive stomach thing, so I'll have to watch what I eat from now on. Oh well... Diet Time! Current Mood:  hungry for apples and learning
2004-01-07 - 9:17 p.m. - it's all good
Well... still feeling much better. And v. well rested. I'm ready to take my test tomorrow. I got to talk to my mom and my dad respectively and I feel alot better. My aunt called me too and made me feel better too. It's always nice to feel you're loved and cared for. Everythings working out and everything so it's all good. Just like I said I've added a few more fanlistings in most of the categories. I've also added a comic listing. I really like this new layout, so i'm gonna keep it this way for a while :) Now I'm off to bed so I'll be rested for the ACT tomorrow. Wish me luck! Current Mood:  much better and happier, thank you
2004-01-07 - 4:29 a.m. - I'm better, you're better, we're all better
Well... Woke up in agony again, but this time my cousin/roommate Abby sugested I try Amodium AD. She said she and her mom swore by it, so I said what the hell, went to walgreens again, and tried it. Amazing. I havn't felt this good in days. Still not perfect, but atleast I have some kind of releaf! Haleluweejiua!!!! It'sa miracle. Also, I've been kinda hyperactive since my naping and salvation, so I just changed the format for the fanlistings. Since this page was getting extremely image intensive, I knew I couldn't add any more fanlistings untill I figured a new system. I mean, with the fanlistings, and the portal pics, and the bjork-moods, just too much for most computers and was taking too long for even my computer to load it, when the pics are saved directly on my compy itself. Crazy! So I've organized them into sections and each has it's own entry page. Oh, and I also changed it so instead of a menu for all the entries, there are links to each month's page at the bottom of these entries. Scroll down and you'll see. Ok... now I'm off to update my current fanlistings and find new ones. Yay for modern medicine! Current Mood:  hyper and better
2004-01-06 - 12:26 a.m. - still not better
Well I'm not any better. I just woke up in agony. Four days and this stupid off and on sick feeling won't go away. I went to webmd.com and they recomended mylanta and vitamin c. I love walgreens. It's my new favorite place. Open 24 hours with milk, eggs, and orange juice, and a better selection of drugs then my usual 24 hour stores. Hopefully this remedy will work. Thank you Walgreens! I looove you! Current Mood:  still sick
2004-01-05 - 1:52 p.m. - stupid test shedule
Baaah! Stupid... mofo... daaarnittt! I went to take the test and it was the wrong damn test. And it wasn't even my fault, that I know for sure. Oh well... rescheduled for thursday. More days of worring. But I'm actually glad I didn't take it, cuse I was sleeping erratically last night and my truck skid really bad on the way there so I was sweating and shaking like crazy. Hope it'll be better for me in 3 days, would ya? Thanks! Current Mood:  freaked but better
2004-01-04 - 12:06 a.m. - Heaven's Burning
I just finished watching a movie on IFC called "Heaven's Burning". It's an Australian production with both Aussie and Japanese characters, staring Russell Crowe and Youki Kudoh (Snow Falling on Cedars, Blood: The Last Vampire). I won't tell you the plot of the movie, you have to see it to find that out. I just wanted to say how much I adore this film. It's like something I'd write (but not in science fiction or fantasy form). It had romance, tradjedy, depth, satire, suspence, and an ending that grabs you by the gut. Anyone who's heard me talk about some of my stories knows what I mean by that last one. An ending that you can't believe or don't want to believe, and yet and ending that you can't get out of your head. That's my kind of ending, are real ending where there are no unanswered questions, no loose ends. The End! Current Mood:  soul gazing
2004-01-03 - 2:44 a.m. - older entry modification
There are two problems I was begining to notice about this page being my main website... 1)It's waaay too image intense for non-broadband web browsers and 2)The entries started to get... numerous
I havn't decided what I'm going to do about number one yet, but actually I don't think I'll change it, cuse I like how there's a set lenght to the page this way, and also most people have broadband anyway nowadays. If you don't and your reading this, then your actually on the site long enough for the page to load and shouldn't really be worried about it.
As for the entries... I utilized the "older entries" option on diaryland and just spent the last hour reposting every entry in a different page for each month. The link is at the bottom of the entries, but it may move. Each month has it's own page, not each entry, so if you select one entry by date and title, it will give you all the entries of the month it was posted. I figured that would work for now! Current Mood:  thinking of a million things at once
2004-01-05 - 2:21 a.m. - illness and jackasses
I figured out whats been making me sick. I'm very very nervous and worried about school and my ACT test tomorrow and everything else that has to do with finally going back to school. I dunno why I'm this worried, but it's enough to make me physically ill. But I know deep down it'll all be ok. Besides, it's a community collge, how hard can it really be to get in. I think the bigest sub-concious thing effecting me is I just realized that this is the first time in my live I'm living in a place where my parents aren't within 5 miles of me. This is definately not the end of the world, but the beginning of a new one. God I'm a pussy! (*internal voice* SUCK IT UP!)
In the mean time, I finally saw "Jackass Gumball Rally 3000". The 1 hour special that's the only Jackass I've never seen. Looooved it! Kicking ass at an over 3500 mile race at speeds up to 150 miles (but most spent at a dead hault while waiting for passage through each border). Ah! Nothing like a buncha sexah jackasses to pick me up. Here's a pic from a good 2 or 3 years ago I've had saved. Enjoy!
 Current Mood:  worried... worried
2004-01-02 - 9:13 p.m. - cosplay katsucon
Happy New Year! It's about time. I thought 2004 would never come! And now there's so much to look forward to. Just now they had the Video Game Countdown for best video games on MTV, and number 4 was the Final Fantasy series. However, instead of showing a montage of the game like every other winning game, they showed footage and information about Cosplaying. OMG! It was great. It was mostly of some convention in newyork, and I recognized the girl who showed them around cuse she had just been on an episode of "Room Raiders" and talked about cosplay and goth and all sorts of stuff up my ally. Aaanyway, it was really great to see it and how they painted we costuming geeks in such a wonderful light, instead of insulting us. And it also made me look forward even more to this up and coming Katsucon. As they said in the special, it's an enviroment where you know you're surrounded by people with the same interests, and that it's almost like visiting your extended family. For me, it's exactly like that. And I miss my family, so I'm coming home soon! Current Mood:  eagerly awaiting to cosplay
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