Damn, reduced to 6 icons again...and why is this one of them? I might have to break and buy my paid account back again myself in a bit.

I've actually had a pretty busy past couple of days somehow. Monday I went down to Fort Worth to hang out with my dad for a while since both Father's Day and his birthday have passed since the last time, and ended up driving him down to Granbury, which always sucks. He did pay for an oil change for my car, and get me a couple things at walmart, but that is still a long and boring drive.

Last night I got talked into going to a midnight showing of Harry Potter because Shannon was complaining about not having anyone to go with. I also got talked into going to Marble Stone Creamery beforehand despite knowing that ice cream is never a good idea. I never finish it, and end up feeling bad about that. We got to the theater like an hour and a half early so I sat around playing The World Ends With You and complaining about the shitty music they played before they started the commercials. Apparently the theater feels the need to send people in to yell BASIC THEATER ETIQUETTE at us at midnight showings, which I can't help but feel is a little insulting, but then there was somebody dressed up as Dumbledore with a bathrobe in the audience. They tried to do this twice before the second guy was told we'd already been lectured to.

Trailers apparently make me wish I went to the movies more often. Well, maybe one or two of them out of a batch. Most of them remind me why I never do go. But Sherlock Holmes movie yes please? And while I still can't figure out how they manage to make whole movies out of children's books that can't be much more than 15 pages Where the Wild Things Are looks like it might be kind of cool. Also The Princess and the Frog looks like oldschool animation, and TOTALLY NOT CGI and I'm kind of excited about that, people who are no doubt whining about racism and/or political correctness be damned.

Uh yeah, there was an actual movie in there somewhere. I guess it was okay? I honestly don't remember the book that well so I only vaguely knew what was going on. I could tell a lot of stuff was getting left out, like they have to do, but it seems they also felt the need to put things in? Because I really think I would remember the part where the Burrow BURNED TO THE GROUND. And Shannon apparently got (silent) text messages in the middle of it from someone complaining about that. XD But out of the whole thing, you know what was the thing that made me almost wish I still cared about Harry Potter? Quiddich. Because I love watching those games, it's like, my favorite part of the movies. But I get better, and continue to not care. I still haven't read the last book. I'm told I ought to, but I've basically already heard all the major distressing spoilers, and hearing about the epilogue gives me flashbacks to season 2 of Digimon. It's like Rowling saw people's fanfic and said, "Oh yeah? Well chew on THIS!" then proceeded to crush everyone's fantasies of their view of happy endings with the CANONHAMMER. Shannon says she suspects she had a "people to kill off" dart board while she was writing the book. But yyyeah...maybe I'll try to read it eventually, but somehow just thinking of it makes me cringe a little.

After the movie got out I for some reason had a ridiculous headache, and naturally got home to find we didn't have any tylenol of any kind. So I just had to curl up in bed and hope it went away...which it did not do. I woke up earlier and STILL had a headache, so I tried to sleep some more. Aaaand it's still there now. wtf I don't think I've ever had a headache last this long. No idea what I should do about it, but it's really starting to annoy me. -_-

Today I'm supposed to go out to Movie Trading Company with Shannon. I've got a pile of movies and games in a bag I might be lucky to get ten dollars for. I'm not sure when we're going, since it's already like 1:15, but I really hope this stupid headache goes away by then. This is really ridiculous. x_x In the meantime I guess I should go find some food and maybe take a shower or something.

Doll type: Minimee Original Character
Skintone: Normal
Manufacturer: Doll In Mind

Owner: Ellie N.
Date completed: 8 July 2009
Materials: Faber-Castell Watercolour Pencil, Rembrandt & Schminke Pastel, Mister Super Clear Normal, Tamiya gloss varnish



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Updates:

1. Turns out mom didn't take my car? But I still have not gone anywhere.

2. Got some drawing done on that one project, did a little coloring on commission, but that's about it so far. Should be doing better, but I keep running out of steam.

3. Fell asleep again at about 10:45, meant to get up at 11:30, but did not do so until about 12 when the computer made the IM noise. Proceeded to roll over onto a cat. He was not so pleased.

4. Have decided that illustration gig is not worth it. The lady wants to do a series of books, and won't pay anything...I would have to wait for the publisher to send 30% of the money to me...and seriously, isn't the illustration the bigger part of a children's book? So what's up with this 70/30 thing? It's probably not a really good idea for someone who hates kids to be doing children's books anyway. (Also, I do not really want to draw cartoon chickens encouraging kids not to date until they're old enough.)

5. Just did my sales tax thing from A-kon...I owe the government 24.22. Roughly, since I failed to keep track of exactly how much I made there...I got the main stuff, but I don't even bother counting the stupid moogles and bobombs anymore, I just kind of rounded to a nice number. I really want them to go awaaay. But they seem to have lost their magic. :(

6. Going outside to put the envelope in the mailbox reminds me why I never go anywhere. My eyes are still readjusting to indoor light.

7. My art history class is starting off brilliantly by providing the course information in a .docx file, which I am unable to open. Lovely. PDFs. USE THEM, BITCH. I still don't know if I need to order a textbook from somewhere, but it is implied that there is one without saying WHAT IT IS, and that's kind of important! Also, in the lectures section? All content from the SECOND art history survey class. As in, gothic-20th century. Also known as the TOTALLY WRONG PERIOD. I checked the orientation to make sure I was, in fact, in the right class, and it says the right thing in the first paragraph, but then proceeds in the second to break the class down into the other set. Maybe I should wait a couple days for the teacher to figure out what the fuck he's even doing. I can tell I'm in for a fun semester already.

8. I'm hungry. I don't know if we have anything that's easy to fix that I feel like eating though. Sigh.

9. Mr. M is upside-down and twisty and it's really cute. Max still thinks the clothes in my closet are an acceptable bed.

10. There is no 10.

11. ...yeah I'm just writing random shit now. I guess I should just go see about finding some food, and then get back to being productive. Urrrgh.

Sooo, would anyone like to renew my LJ subscription in exchange for arts? :D It expires on the 15th.

Got up at 6:30 for some reason and amazingly enough, am not tired. Funny what going to bed before 1 in the morning does.

Mom says she wants to take my car to work, so I guess that means I'm stuck here, though. Gonna try to be drawing/coloring all day, getting caught up on other commissions (okay there's only one real one and two gaia ones, which barely count), finishing up pictures for a little project, and hopefully drawing porn for the rabyuu celebration that is happening.

Oh yeah, and I guess my internet class starts today also, so I suppose I should pop in and see what that's all about. Siiiigh.

But right! Away to productivity, and maybe even breakfast eventually! ...yeah I should probably do that first, but watch me not. :D

So I've been poking around craigslist looking for art type gigs and stuff and generally having zero luck until someone finally answered one of my e-mails in a group message to everyone who replied. I'm pretty sure they wanted illustrations for a children's book.

Hi, I guess I needed to be more specific when I placed my ad. I already have offers from Dorrance Publishing to publish my book for $6,500.00. I DON"T have that kind of money nor is the book illustrated and it costs more for the illustrations. I am looking for someone who has always wanted to get something published that will work a deal with me for proceeds from the book at a 70-30 split. Not $25 a picture or page or $100 an hour. If I had that kind of money I would go with a publishing house. I need someone to help me get the book finished with illustrations so it can be submitted as a complete book. Both of us will be named in the book as well as both parties being involved in the publishing contract. This deal is for a partnership of sorts to get published. For all of you that are already published, congrats, but your prices are too high. If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please respond back and I will send you examples of what I drew as the main charachters and we can go from there.

I honestly can't decide if I should still try to work with this person for that. So, I get money IF the book sells, and until then I work for free? Somehow that doesn't really sound like a good deal to me, even if the percentage was more than 30. I guess I don't know how this kind of stuff normally works, but judging by the response, there are other people that do, and are charging money up front. Which only makes sense.

Maybe I should just go for it. At the very least it will give me something to do that's art related, and maybe it might get my name out somewhere? Though I don't want to end up being pegged as just a children's book illustrator. And it just seems like I could very well be working for nothing, and I don't know how to deal with people as a professional illustrator. I wouldn't even know what to tell them or ask for, since I'm only used to working with customers with simple, nerdy needs and no intention to use my art as anything other than a decoration. Urrrrgh, what do I doooo?