Journal Entry:
Sun Apr 13, 2008, 11:56 AM So Some of you fine folks out there in internet land are probably wondering what happened to me. almost 3 weeks without dare I say I might have died?... Well that's not the case but close my pretties.
My motherboard died on me. Just up and quite so I decided it was about time for an update anyway. Got a new mother board, new Graphics card, new processor and upped the Ram for good measure. Well New egg sent all of the stuff cept the mother board in one box and the mother board in another. Both to my old address. The first box my friend Eddie just signed for and we were good the second he new i wanted it as soon as possible so he gave them my new address. Well that day UPS was being evil and decided to take it back to their shipping area to hold till I got there. This is fine i was told to come in before 9. I made it in at 8 to find that they had accidentally re packaged it to send back to new egg. So even though it was there they couldn't get it because it would cost them money even though it was there fault. So i call newegg to find out store hrs are 8 - 5... So i wake up at 8 and call them again ... 8-5 pacific time... so i wake up at ten and the lady is like... oh sorry you'll just have to re order it. So i re order it through FEDEX i am never using UPS again they can burn for all i care... and i hate their commercials. Anyway so it arrives on a Thursday right when it was supposed to and i thanked the fedex man and expressed my love for THEIR mailing service. So I finally get the thing together with the help of my friend James. But i have to go to work so i can't turn it on just yet. I come home that night super excited turn it on, load in the driver updates and it turns off and beeps at me. You have no idea how defeating that is. So the next day I call tech support... yeah i know I'm never doing that again. After taking their advice twice and haver two trips across town to buy parts that i didn't need from best buy I concluded that tech support is retarded and got fed up and took my tower into geek squad. Now i could have taken it to friends but at least this way with any luck I'll get a straight answer and much props to Best buy for a full return policy. So computer wise thats where I'm at. Fun huh when it's back up and running expect alot of new art I've still been drawning like crazy.
On to life update.
So I am no longer single... I know... I know... all you fan girls and guys who had secretly hoped to hook up with me have just been crushed but it's for the best really... It's not you it's me. But shes wonderful he's an artistic likeness of her.
We meet on Valentine's day. Started dating on Easter. We're a holiday couple
She gave me reason to freak because she said she had to consider my question and she said yes while i was helping her prepare an Easter meal... mainly chopping onions so yeah she said yes while i was crying MANLY tears from onions lol. But it's be a grand time and oddly enough she fits into my crazy family and her crazy family seems to love me... What would ya know lol.
I am also without the aid of my computer trying to work on a massive mural commission for a local eatery which I hopes pans out... I need to finish it fast. Working on more art for the adult circus.
[link] This time a t-shirt design. Also in the art life I am looking to get a new job working in the wonderful art field. Well it would be an 8-5 yay for structure in my life. But I would be working in the art department at this place where they make t-shirts. Something I've been doing for years. We'll see how it pans out. If not I've always got Carlos... yay... he said dryly.
Ok and further more I just threw one bad ass party for the after party of the Japanese Festival here at K-state. This year the school did not help us with funds and yet we were still able to get
[link] whom is a story teller and pretty much awesome Of course our yosakoi group was there. and some new performance groups from KU including a taiko and Asa group. All in all the day was just amazing. On a down note I was not able to raise the funds needed to go to Japan in time. So I will have to miss out this year. I will be opening up and or changing the commissions over to get a cintriq i think they are called the waccom with screens in them to help improve my digital coloring so all of you can see even better art from me.
Well thats my massive update I REALLY hope to be back up and running soon. I love and miss you all.
Oh fun side note... recently I had to learn a hard lesson about using reference material and or mixing and pulling stuff together to create isn't always creating but is using without asking. I made amends for my mistake and learned a valuable lesson from it. So recently when I was alerted in a rather rude fashion the the fact that someone had taken my art without permission I now know how it feels.
This piece I did for my friend Richard's mom's massage parlor was used for a college logo...
here is the fateful link.
[link]pretty familiar huh... I've sent them several emails all of which have not been replied to. And there in lies the difference. When i was called out based on a mistake I had made I immediately took it down and made steps to rectify the problem. I felt awful and even though i was naive to that sort of stuff when i created it. Am no longer so and I make sure to do all my own work... i learned my lesson.
Ok thats all folks..... See you hopefully when I'm back up and running.
Speaking of commissions I am currently working on a rather large one in a restaurant that's opening up here in town. I will be painting a wall mural there. This I hope will bring in a significant amount of money so that I can pay off most of the bills I have acquired over this semester aka credit card stuff. And get me Wii Fit... oh yeah. All in all it will allow me to better raise money for traveling. Once you leave the country you get a traveling bug for sure.
Or buy me stuff off my wish list on Amazon that I have posted below. It gets you art too. Either way I'll be really happy about it.
