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But lately, I've been wanting to take some of my photos and actually print them onto canvas. Of course, then it occurred to me that if I'm gonna do that, I need to figure out some way to put my signature on the photo… even if it's just my initials. That's just something that stamps the pic and says, 'yeah, this one's mine :)'. I wouldn't say that I'm a glory hog or territorial, but I know that people will think nothing of stamping their name on another person's work, and that infuriates me.

Still. I'm not even sure about ordering prints on canvas. I've googles "Photoes"+"Canvas" and several services popped up. One place that I really like is Canvas Pop, just because they have a nice ordering process, and they allow you to see the work in space. Plus they let you specify unique measurements for your canvas. If you want a print that's 5x9 then go ahead and put that in and they'll print it for you. They are a tad on the expensive side tho…but I kinda expected that. Print Your Life is pretty cool too, but I find the only thing I like about their service is in their gallery under Grunge… It's just an intestine style. It's also interesting that they'll Avatar a pic of you… I should tell Jessica about that ^..^ Canvas on Demand isn't too bad of a place either….they allow custom measurements as well …and from what I can tell, they have Ty Pennington as a sponsor o..o Oh and lastly there's Photogonia,which offers a bunch of things other than just photo prints and canvas stuffs… there's like, tile sets and puzzles and keepsake boxes. All sorts of stuff.

…and with all that, is it any wonder I feel mixed about? I mean, there are so many options, I'm just not sure what to pick. I get so caught up in looking at options, that I forget entirely that I still am not sure about that whole signature thing -..-' I'm gonna try just scanning my signature into my computer as an image and then opening my photos with Corel Draw and placing the signature over a corner… see if that works.

The reason most of this quandary started is because Mom's birthday is coming up (Sept. 2 :3), and she mentioned a while back that she'd like to get three pictures of mine from Spring, Autumn and Winter and put them over her fire place. So, I wanna go over there and measure how high all those pictures would be (obviously they'd all be landscape style photos :]) and then choose three of my best prints.

…so that's my latest project. Not sure how far I'll get in it today, but I am working on that signature thing for right now… and gathering up prices on the websites that I'm looking at. o..o other than that, I really don't know what else to do until I'm actually ready to order so..yah.

I guess that's all for now. I'll write later, Sunshines :)

You Should Travel to India

You're a passionate, gusty traveler - and India's gritty urban centers won't scare you away. Maybe you'll take in the Taj Mahal, eat the best curry of your life, or attend a huge street festival.

What Asian Country Should You Visit?

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I’ve already paid all my bills, so I’m hoping to have a bit of spending money for movies and such.... I’m not sure. If I make the usual $300+ then $100 will automatically go into Savings, leaving me $200+. You know me with my money plans; if I don’t have a plan for my money, I’ll end up spending it all. I definitely want to get V for Vendetta, the four disc box set of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, and Lady and the Tramp because Disney has made it clear they’re pulling the last two back into the vault at the end of the month (and I’m buying V ‘cause it rocks my soxs). I already bought the special edition of Bambi the other day at Sam’s. I checked there for the other movies while I was there, but it’s cheaper at Amazon.com if you can believe that. So, as soon as payday rolls around I’ll make another Amazon purchase. But I was thinking of buying other things...maybe something other than movies >.>... Because we all known I need to increase my DVD collection...<.< Not sure. We shall see (I’m open for suggestions ^_^).

I finally got the chance to talk to Scamp Saturday. We musta been on the phone for about two and a half hours. It was fun just to talk and catch up. Without the computer and being able to post and send e-mails at any time, it feels like we haven’t been communicating properly. She said she would be writing me back soon and enclosing Lacey and Jade’s portraits to add to my Scamp Art© binder ^.^ That’s always really cool to hear.

I said earlier that there were some things I’d been stewing about lately. Well, after getting along so great with me and my parents, Dad and Mom brought up the option of Scamp moving in over here. Then they said it might be better for us to move into the A-frame house and live there. The rent would be reduced to $100 a month instead of the usual $400, but it still wouldn’t be a free ride. Of course, if we could both have jobs and such at the time, it’d be a very nice living. When I called, I talked about the A-frame with her, and she said even if it would be small, it’d still be nice. We already talked about how we want to decorate it. The bathroom/washroom would have the mermaid paintings and such from Pyramid Collection. The kitchen would have a dragon décor, beings as the kitchen represents fire and all. The living room would have the lotus decorations, because lotus is more soothing and peaceful and we see the living room as a room where you go for conversation or TV watching and such and you want that to be peaceful. My room, I want the fairies from Pyramid, just because Pyramid’s fairies look better than most. Scamp said she might save big time and decorate her room with swords and such from the Lord of the Rings section on the Nobles Collection. The only thing I’m not sure about is all the eastern art and décor I have in my room right now. I kinda don’t want to get rid of that, but I’m not sure if it’ll go anywhere in the house...we’ll see. It might-could fit in the lotus living room. The next thing I worried about was furniture. I can keep my bed of course. But chairs and such for the living room might be a problem. But I told Mom that, and she assured me that between garage sales and local thrift stores it shouldn’t be too hard to find some cheap furniture. All I really want for the living room is a few chairs and end tables next to those chairs. No coffee table...we’re both a bit klutzy and there’s very little room, so I can’t see having a coffee table. The only other issue would be the computer issue. I mean, we might-could fit a little computer desk in the nook behind the stairs where my closet would be...but after thinking about it, I thought it might be easier if we got Scamp a laptop (at some point), and then put my computer upstairs with me in my room, and got a wireless router that would transmit internet wirelessly to her lap top and she could use that anytime in her room and not be limited and have to either come up to my room (which would kill her, because those stairs are very verry steep), or go to the living room. Ideally...it might just be better if we both had laptops, if only because it’d save a whole lotta space =____=’ Chibi had a very nice Mac LapTop...I might-could start looking at prices now...But now I’m just over thinking everything. But, hell! It’ll be my first time living on my own...I think I’m entitled to over-react if I wanna.

Oh! I almost forgot! Scamp told me that Sev had wanted her to dress up as a peep for Halloween. And I was like “Oh! That’d be so cool if you modernized it! Like, get a sequin, sparkly, slinky dress in purple, and have a peep-chick head as a hat! Oh!! And then I could get a blue sequin, sparkly, slinky dress, and have a peep-bunny head on top!! And we’d be themed!!! That’d be so cute!” and she’s like, “Stop taking his side! You traitor!” I still think it’d be very cute...I can’t help it. I love peeps -.-

I suppose that’ll be all for now...the weather’s making it really hard to stay awake, much less concentrate on typing. I might try to write a bit again later if I can. Ja.

You Belong in New York

You're a girl on the go, and LA's laid back lifestyle isn't really your thing. You prefer a city that never sleeps, and people as ambitious as you are. Cultured and street smart, you can truly appreciate everything New York has to offer.

Do You Belong in LA or NY?

 

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However, I’ve no real intention of using this coupon. So I’ve decided to make this post detailing the whole thing if only for the benefit of whatever wiccan friends I may actually have here on LJ. If anyone wants to take advantage of the coupon I’ve gotten, by all means comment. I’ll hand it on over and at least someone will be able to use it. I hate letting things go to waste.

In other nerdyer news, I also received the 3rd and 4th seasons of Batman The Animated Adventures. Coolness to me. I can’t wait to watch them all, and since I’ve been feeling under the weather all damn week, it will be a nice diversion.

OK!...I’m off to eat something and conk out. Tootles!

Vulcan You scored 46 % Aggressivness, 26 % Technology, and 53 % Social Enlightenment!

Homeworld: Vulcan   The Vulcans are a highly evolved, peace-loving people who value logic over emotion. Vulcans are also known for being extremely stoic and always strive for honesty. As a Vulcan, you make an extremely good friend. Your friends can always rely on your honesty and you are very diplomatic. There is a danger, however, that you could become emotionally distant and you may find it difficult form relationships. However, once you have, you are very loyal. You value knowledge for its own sake and are probably well-educated.   OTHER CATEGORIES   Ferengi   Vulcan   Romulan   Human   Klingon   Cardassian   Borg   Android/Hologram   Like this test? Then don't forget to rate it!!   Want more? How about some shameless self-promotion? I've also written other tests - check them out! You know you want to...   The Trekkie Test   The Do *YOU* Remember The 90's Test   The Capitals of the World Test   The Australian Trivia Test

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 42% on Aggressivness You scored higher than 2% on Technology You scored higher than 48% on So.Enlightenmet

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Beware, for I am: Moody

Hello, Mina. How is everyone? I’ve been great. Tonight, I finally nailed down the months in which my Dragons will be ‘born’ (March, June, September & December). I’ve also figured out which lines I want going where. I’ve yet to actually nail down a gestation period, and as such I can’t exactly pinpoint when said dragons are fertile, but at least I’m making progress ^_^ Dear God, someone help me =)= ...

You Are A Rowan Tree

You are full of charm and cheer. You light up a room. And while you crave attention, you do it without ego. You are an interesting mix of contradictions - and very unpredictable. You are both dependent and independent, calm and restless. You are passionate, emotional, gregarious, and (at times) unforgiving.

What's Your Celtic Horoscope?

ENOUGH with the horoscopes! I’ve had enough of birthdays today! /whine

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OMG! Caramel Reese’s are the best candy in the world (for now at least).

Oh! How do you like my background? Cute no? It’s my jelly fish. I figured it was about time I personalized this journal somehow, and what screams MM more than her patented Jellies!

Ok...time to stop with the “Genki-des” routine. Today has been...something. I’m not quite sure what yet. Mom and I woke up early, neither of us feeling very well. We went to church, and when I went to go to the bathroom (second time that morning) Mom was in the halls. She said she’d had diarrhea all morning. Which, startled me since I had been having it too. We assumed it was yesterday afternoon’s taco bell and left it at that -.-

We came home. Mom went lay down, but I got on and tried to make some custom CDs with Musicmatch. I don’t want to lug my huge CD carrier all the way to work, so I’m trying to improvise by ripping the tracks of all my CDs and then taking the songs I really love and burning them to a custom made CD. It worked well for the first one. Then Musicmatch froze and I got tired of waiting for it. I played some City of Heroes and leveled Blackened Senshi. She’s level 4 now. I’m loving her and her sisters. Their powers are really cool...especially her and Golden Senshi. Golden’s a sniper with arrows, and nine times out of ten she’ll have her target drop dead before it runs over to attack her because she can shoot from a distance and fire quickly. After I’ve got everyone on Victory up to level 5, I’ll move back to Infinity and work on my girls over there a while.

After watching Extreme Makeover: Home Edition tonight, I think I’ve got a bit of inspiration for a Christmas gift from Reiko and Chibi. I’m not gonna give anything away now...but it’s definitely something that will require a lot of time and work. We shall see.

I’ve also decided that I want to grow my hair out and cut my bangs so that I actually have bangs. I love Rory’s new hair cut from Gilmore Girls and she’s got her hair long, but short bangs. Mom pointed out that Rory has a none-too-small forehead like I do, so the look would probably work for me. And it’s gotta be better than the torture I’ve been putting myself through lately with this hair! I swear, I’d shave it all off if I could. I told Mom that and she was like, “Well, you could. There are nice wigs you can get now.” And I was like, “The whole point of shaving your hair off is that you don’t have to worry about having hair to fool with. Fooling with wigs cancels out the purpose.” Guys have it so easy...

In other news, my Twin and I have been corresponding via e-mail. Not much, but more than…well…the last two months of drought. She says she quit playing MMORPGs (World of Warcraft being her fav) due to her financial status, but once she’s got regular income, she’ll get right back on the RPG horse. I mentioned that after my three month subscription to CoH expires, I’d be more than happy to try WoW. An unpleasant side effect is that now I’ve become ravenous for WoW info. I want to buy the strategy guide and find out about the races and classes and how one plays and skills and roles and all those things. /glares at Jen-Twin-san Stop laughing! You created this monster; it’s your beast! Dammit! /sighs oh well...

I guess I should go ahead and take my pills...If I don’t, I won’t get to sleep till 11, and that does not bode well for one who needs to rise and function at 6 a.m. So, later dudes.

View, Table View, Standard View! /sigh I had to say that before I forgot again. I reopened DreamWeaver today, only to find that it was restarted too. Just like everything else that restarted on my computer, all the settings had been cleared, and it was back to square one. No, web sites, no nothing. I’ve really gotta just make a chart that details site names, locations, passwords, all of it, because this is just too frustrating! And it wasn’t letting me fool with tables again. I finally figured out (again) that you have to go to View, then Table View, and select you want the Standard View thingy in order to be able to work with tables and layers freely.

Well, as everyone can see from my previous post, I posted the preview of the next EQ Saga chapter from work. I’m fairly proud of this one. Probably because I wrote the first half of it right after Katrina hit and then the rest of it all flowed out within the last week. The whole first scene where Moirai’s agitated and hot and sweaty is all really me, sitting in my house, with no AC, hot as hell, sweating like a pig (assuming pigs sweat), and cranky like a sweat-soaked cat! I wrote the whole first scene while we were waiting for the power to come back on. I used my inability to focus on the big picture (deliberately immersing myself in my own agitation so that I wouldn’t have to think of how horrible that hurricane he been), and put that all into that scene. And by golly! It worked! I’ve heard people say it all the time, “Use what you’re feeling at the moment and put it into the story. It makes the best scenes because you’re feeling what the character feels, and it ends up coming of more real.” I never actually believed it. And it worked! Son of a gun...I’m so gonna have to remember it.

The trick is learning when and how to turn it off. I mean, I don’t want to put too much of myself into my story...it’d be way too boring then. It’s learning to think in and outside of the box. Although most of the time I do agree with Tucker. “Hey, the box is there for a reason. I like thinking inside of it. I feel safe in there.” That’s one of the best lines ever, and I quote it whenever I can get half a chance ^.^

Work was huge today. In the end it didn’t seem huge, but it was. I typed up about 5 documents in all. Doesn’t seem like much compared to the 2 + 2 dozen I did a few days ago, but when you’re typing up 5 documents that all have to be proof read and check and re check by 3 different people...it turns into a whole-day event. But it’s like I say, work is never hard it’s challenging. Sometimes, the challenge just hurts my brain a little. But over-all, I love my job.

So...I’m looking at screencaps for City of Villians right now. It looks pretty fun. But I’ve already got City of Heroes and EQ 2 at my disposal. If I’m gonna play a game, it’ll probably be one of those two. I mean, think about it. You pay $45 at least for the game, then you have to pay monthly installments. I have two games like that, that I’ve already paid for...might as well just do those. Of course, I can’t really, because I still don’t know what the hell is up with my Moter...I call it my Moter because CoH thinks it’s a Router and it’s really a Modem that’s servings as a router. As soon as Mom get’s the phone bill in, I’m calling Bell South. Till them, I’m left to wonder why in God’s name they make online games that can’t get past these things. Honestly. Didn’t the tech guys think of this?

Still debating over whether or not I should get a laptop. Arguably, I can always use it. It’s not like it’d be a bad idea. The pros include having a backup for everything on my computer, being able to be on the computer and work on stuff even when the desktop can’t because it’d be plugged in, and establishing a line of credit by paying it off in monthly installments. Of course, I’d want to be able to pay as much as I could as quickly as I could, but that’d still be credit. But...I’m no where near actually saving up enough to think about it yet. So, I’ll put it off for a while longer. I’m tired.

I’m gonna go watch my old Alice Through the Looking Glass movie till I get too tired to function. Goodnight.

You're a Disney Fan!
You're above average in the world of Disney.
If you study harder and take the test again,
I'm sure you could be an elite fan in no time.
You're working your way up to the best.
Just remember that Tinker Bell is spelled
in two words and that Anastasia is not a
Disney movie and you should be fine.


What type of Disney Fan are you?
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