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[Jul. 6th, 2009|01:14 am] |
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Just to bump that last depressing post down...
here, have a Super Pony eating a slice of Sicilian pizza with garlic powder on it, at one of the millions of "The Original" Franks Pizzaria's in New York City ( this one was on 7th Avenue, near Central Park ).
~~Bee |
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| Silencing the Christians |
[Jul. 3rd, 2009|12:07 am] |
Has anyone else heard of this or seen the program? Apparently, it aired recently, around 8pm (primetime) just a few days ago, and the hour long program was based around how gays are trying to silence christians and keep them from having there own opinion. It was aired on NBC, and I have already sent them an email to let them know how distasteful a show like this is. I just wanted to share this, and hopefully get the word out about it in the hopes that others would send them emails as well. Here's a link to the youtube video (it's really quite insulting):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ootrp7KSZDg&feature=PlayList&p=A90520684B54A7D0&index=0&playnext=1 |
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| Ee, this could suck. |
[Jul. 2nd, 2009|04:33 pm] |
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This could suck for our little ShopRite.
While we're finally starting to cater towards the food wants and needs of the growing community, especially the growing Hispanic community, the local Walmart, the one up in the Mt. Olive Trade Zone shopping center, could hurt us something bad now.
That Walmart is still considered small, by the standards set by the HUGE Walmarts down south, but it's food section, according to the brochure I was given when I walked into Wally World today, is going to be larger after their renovations are finished in five days, and they're going to be including a produce aisle. NOT COOL for Netcong ShopRite.
And no, I will not "just quit and go work for Walmart". I'm not dealing with their bullshit and really, I don't feel like being treated like shit. And... I can't walk to that Walmart. It's a 4 mile up hill, a hill that has no safe area to walk on and is INFESTED with ticks. Can't even ride a bike there safely. If you don't have a car to get there, you're screwed, and I don't always have access to a vehicle.
I'm curious to see what our store manager and the CEO's are going to do to battle to keep our customers.
~~Bee |
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| Scrunchy Bear 01 colors |
[Jul. 1st, 2009|12:29 am] |
The finished colors for the Scrunchy Bear piece, commissioned by the assistant manager at the store I work at part time, for this weeks ShopRite brand ice cream sandwich sale display.
Original sketch was done in my sketchbook, tight pencils and brush and ink on 11 x 8.5 inch cardstock, scanned at 600 dpi into and colored in Photoshop CS3. Finished size is 16 x 12 inches, for the display.
Yeah, I know, I used *gasp* the bevel and emboss layer effect for the background oval, however, that's EXACTLY what the design looks like on the ice cream sandwich box, so I stayed true to at LEAST that.
Scrunchy the Bear belongs to ShopRite Supermarkets.
=Thumbnail teaser=
( =Clich here for full image= )
=Rough pencils, click here=
~~Bee |
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| Thoughts? |
[Jun. 30th, 2009|12:37 am] |
Florida Song
We were the last car let in
before they closed Alligator Alley.
80 miles an hour on an open road
and the Everglades were burning:
flame tongues visible in fits and starts
through fissures in the smoking pines as ash
plumes fell like fragile feathers
shed by a phoenix scraping through the refuse
of its previous life.
I don't know why it sticks with me--
the orange glow over water melting
toward a molten sunset, lights on now,
the red eyes of alligators flashing like brake
lights at the lip of the water's edge
while your stare burned a hole through the horizon
as we drove through this beautiful hell.
Memories. Often I want to put the torch to--
letting everything go black as we sit
in the silence of a stopped car,
listening to the heartbeat of the hazard lights,
our histories smoked over at last. |
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| jobby |
[Jun. 29th, 2009|08:08 pm] |
Dear Universe,
It's been a heck of a ride, and I have proved my capacity at sticking with shitty jobs and being miserable, yet responsible. Now the light shines down out of the clouds, and I am ready.
I need this job. I can do this job. I DESERVE THIS JOB.
PLEASE don't be the same cum-gobling thundercunt who keeps sending people with thrice my experience to inexplicably take jobs that are obviously beneath their level. I missed out on that academic press publishing position by a hair, so you owe me.
Time to let me use my writing and actually get paid for it.
Thanks,
Byron O |
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| Bagh. |
[Jun. 29th, 2009|08:02 pm] |
Tramadol, you suck.
450 milligrams and NOTHING. I am still in grinding pain.
My kingdom for a Vicodin. |
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[Jun. 29th, 2009|05:04 pm] |
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| In NYC on Sunday, at the DevART World Tour meet |
[Jun. 27th, 2009|10:31 pm] |
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If anyone needs me on Sunday, June 28th, aka TOMORROW, note that I will NOT be home from 9 am until late at night.
I will be at the NYC DeviantART World Tour meet in Central Park, meeting everyone else at the Bethesda Fountain.
I know there's a possibility of thunderstorms in the evening, but hey, I did Hershey Park in a DOWNPOUR, and really, that's what umbrella's are for!
To those of you going to the parade and other Pride events going on through out the day, TAKE PICTURES! I WANNA SEE! I'd go with you if it weren't for the meet, but hey, the Pride parade happens every year. The NYC DeviantART World Tour meet is a once in a lifetime event, and I reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally want to meet other artists, meet Spyed and Heidi ( find out what's going through their minds when it comes to DeviantART ), AND hit up Central Park again. I LOVE Central Park. And dude, it's another excuse to be the food geek that I am and go to the Whole Foods, nose around and look at and sample the tastey goodness that I can't afford to buy outright. ^^;
~~Bee |
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[Jun. 27th, 2009|05:19 pm] |
This year, I've been REALLY good about not purchasing My Little Pony things. At the MOST, maybe 5 of the new Ponyville line and the large Pinkie Pie ( to be used as a bait for my next BIG custom ).
But these beauties came out recently, and... well... yeah, pre-ordered.
The 2009 My Little Pony Fair peacock exclusive
and the Junko Mizuno designed pony. Of COURSE, Hasbro hid the boobs on the girl in the butt symbol, but everything else seems to be spot on, according to Junko's original design.
I've also asked my sister to ask her hubby to see if he can get his paws on this years San Diego ComicCon exclusive pony, the "two face" pony.
The hero side:
The villain side:
~~Bee |
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[Jun. 27th, 2009|05:03 pm] |
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Doesn't your life feel more complete already now that you've read that? |
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| dealing with being gay |
[Jun. 27th, 2009|02:28 pm] |
So obviously this is a journal created specifically for posting this. My real journal is long deleted. But I have a problem so I thought of you.
I can't accept being gay. I thought I did, thought I was ok with it, I even came out. To my parents, to people at school. Everyone took it well, no problems, no harassment, nothing.
But soon I'll start going to university and I'll be in a big unknown city. I never had friends before, so I want to try and be more sociable and meet some people. But if they know I'm gay, they'll avoid me, possibly ridicule me too. No one really likes gays here. In my high school people knew me longer so they didn't want to make problems, though they hated me for being gay too. These new people won't be like that.
So I can either get back in the closet and fake being straight to get equally fake friends or I can be open a lonely and maybe only hang out with a couple of gay people and their fag hags. And even that would be acceptable if the gay scene actually existed. Even in the fucking capital city, there's only 2 gay bars. That get raided all the time and have thugs waiting outside to beat people up. And no one cares.
Moreover, I realized that none of the gay people I know, though I do only know them online, are happy. They're all depressed, anxious, drink a lot or do drugs. And they live in more liberal countries. It doesn't appear to me like gay people can ever be truly happy. Being gay just doesn't feel right. If it was really as natural and healthy as they say, then why is there so many mental illness amongst gay people. Why do we engage in high risk behavior like barebacking and group sex? Why does every gay guy I know take drugs? Every gay man I know is fucked up.
Even the culture in liberal countries is. In their twenties gay men act like teenagers, in their thirties like adolescents and when they turn 40 they turn into sleazy trolls cruising for twinks to fuck.
This isn't the life I want for me. I want to be normal and have a family. I want to love somebody and not just have sex. But it seems like that's impossible for gay people.
So I am thinking about reparative therapy. It works in some cases, right? Maybe it will work in mine, maybe I'll be normal. And if not, I could have myself chemically castrated. I can claim to be a pedophile and afraid I might hurt children. The doctors would do it then. |
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| RIP Michael Jackson ;~; |
[Jun. 25th, 2009|07:37 pm] |
AP Source: Michael Jackson dies in LA Hospital
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY and DERRIK J. LANG, Associated Press Writers Nekesa Mumbi Moody And Derrik J. Lang, Associated Press Writers – 9 mins ago
LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted "King of Pop" who emerged from childhood superstardom to become the entertainment world's most influential singer and dancer before his life and career deteriorated in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. He was 50.
The person said Jackson died in a Los Angeles hospital. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.
The circumstances of his death were not immediately clear. Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m., Capt. Steve Ruda told the Los Angeles Times. The paramedics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center, Ruda told the newspaper.
Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.
His 1982 album "Thriller" — which included the blockbuster hits "Beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" — remains the biggest-selling album of all time, with more than 26 million copies.
He was perhaps the most exciting performer of his generation, known for his feverish, crotch-grabbing dance moves, his high-pitched voice punctuated with squeals and titters. His single sequined glove and tight, military-style jacket were trademarks second only to his ever-changing, surgically altered appearance.
As years went by, he became an increasingly freakish figure. His skin became lighter and his nose narrower. He surrounded himself with children at his Neverland ranch, often wore a germ mask while traveling and kept a pet chimpanzee named Bubbles as one of his closest companions.
In 2005, he was cleared of charges he molested a 13-year-old cancer survivor at Neverland in 2003. He had been accused of plying the boy with alcohol and groping him. The case took a fearsome toll on his career and image, and he fell into serious financial trouble.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the hospital as word of his death spread. The emergency entrance at the UCLA Medical Center, which is near Jackson's rented home, was roped off with police tape.
In New York's Times Square, a low groan went up in the crowd when a screen flashed that Jackson had died, and people began relaying the news to friends by cell phone.
"No joke. King of Pop is no more. Wow," Michael Harris, 36, of New York City, read from a text message a friend sent to his telephone. "It's like when Kennedy was assassinated. I will always remember being in Times Square when Michael Jackson died."
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I honestly don't give a damn about what ANYONE else here reading this journal entry thinks about him, I've been a fan of Michael Jacksons since I was a little girl, and I will ALWAYS love his music ( though his dancing in the "Blood on the Dance Floor" video was pretty bad ^^; ).
Say what you want, but I'm sad about his passing.
I was in the middle of working on the rough sketch for Amber's maid commission and watching, "The Exorcism of Emily Rose", on dvd when I got the text from my friend, Christine, just 5 minutes ago, and I had to check Yahoo News to read about it myself. We're both MJ fans.
MJ, you shall be missed. I have my Zune with my Michael Jackson playlist going and the portable stereo pointed out of my window, blasting his tunes, in a sort of tribute.
~~Bee |
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[Jun. 25th, 2009|05:04 pm] |
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Doesn't your life feel more complete already now that you've read that? |
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| Blarg? |
[Jun. 25th, 2009|03:44 pm] |
Is it odd that my two day headache ONLY went away after I finally had some coffee?
I haven't had any coffee in about two days, or caffeine period, and it just figures that when I don't allow myself to have it, I get a headache. But after having a cup of hot coffee this morning with breakfast and a can of Starbucks Doubleshot Energy & Coffee when I went to pick up my paycheck, my headache has gone away.
Hello, my name is Debra, and I'm a coffee addict. XP
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Stopped at Petsmart and picked up a can of doggie deoderant and shed control doggie shampoo for Snickers bath today ( my furry chicken shit needed a bath BAD. Black labs, even after baths, still have that oily furry dog smell simply because of the oil in their fur. Water dogs. XP
Saw the betta fish they have on display, and the more I see them, the more I want one. But I REALLY need to research on them before hand. They're not like the pigs for goldfish I used to have, and don't need as much space as goldfish do, so one would be okay in the tiny space that is my room / studio space. But there is all the water treatments and special foods and such. And deciding on which shelf to keep it on that my cats won't be tempted to jump on. We'll see.
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May be going into NYC on Sunday, depending on my work schedule.
Supposedly the Pride Parade is happening that day, and Luz, Spiral and some more of their friends will be going to. I do want to see what the parade is like, but that's also the rain date for the NYC DeviantART meet in Central Park, which I also REALLY want to go to. I could get some VERY much needed critiques and advice at the meet, and meet up with several other artists on DA that I admire.
So I don't know which one to go to. ;~;
I'm leaning more towards the DA meet, to be honest. How often do the actual OWNERS of DeviantART actually hold a major meet in NYC? Never. So this could be a once in a life time chance.
~~Bee |
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[Jun. 25th, 2009|12:00 pm] |
Can't get enough of rollercoasters. What a great way to exercise your ability to be present, and enjoy an anticipated moment. I would like more practice. Soon.
Sigh. |
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| Disney / Pixars UP, and the insane line for Transformers on premiere night |
[Jun. 24th, 2009|08:54 pm] |
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Went to see the latest Disney / Pixar movie, UP, last night.
VERY very very good movie! Shereen, you were right, I was tearing up within ten minutes of the movie starting ^^;.
Fantastic story, great story telling, I LOVE Dug... Dug is ADORABLE!!
And squeeky voice for Doberman... lol!
Though I don't know if I was more amused by Up, or the INSANE line that was wrapping around the Rockaway AMC theater for the midnight showing of the second Transformers movie. I arrived there around 8:30, and there were only a few people at the beginning of the line already. Up started around 9:05, and by the time I got out of the movie and went outside, the place was PACKED! It looked like they had everyone on staff there, security all over the building, kind of like their version of Black Friday.
My friend ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) i_am_slrearth started working there a few days ago, and last night, it looked like she was stuck on line crowd control. Thankfully, it didn't look like people were acting like asses, but I still felt bad for her ^^;. That place was FILLED with teens! I think I would have gone honestly insane.
The thing I got a serious kick out of were the amount of yellow Camaroes I saw there! Yes, there were at least 6 Bumblebee's at the theater. Sadly, no old school Bumblebee VW Bugs ;~;. Sorry, but I still prefer VW Bug Bumblebee. I love this new Camaroe one, but VW Bug one was BEYOND adorable.
I think I'm going to wait another week or so until I go see it. I couldn't stand being in an over crowded theater room. Slight claustrephobia...
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