I like how Cowboy Bebop doesn't draw black people like total caricatures, as many other anime have some weird tendency to do.

Eh, I figured Suzaku would be hot. Suzaku always gets the props. X3

Annnd speaking of Karma Slave... like I just said a few posts down, I'm going to myrtle beach for a week, starting next Saturday. Maybe I should do guest type things for KS? Anyone want to volunteer? XP; (Perhaps I should write some scripts like what Tengu the fabulous did and THEN ask...)

At some point some of you may have looked at Karma or my other art and thought 'Well, lyn can draw faces with a fair degree of not complete suck, so why do her bodies look so terribly atrocious?'
This is because, while I have been drawing since I was wee, I stopped really trying at the body at around fifth grade. But I kept working on the face. :3; Thus the gap.

New Karma. Again, cookies to you if you can name the song/band Sattva is covering. (and again, Sattva doesn't sing original songs because I do not delude myself into thinking I know how to write lyrics. While their album is composed of original songs, whenever I draw them having a concert they will always be in the middle of a cover =P) Also I'm shrinking the height/width size of the images. Hopefully they're still legible for y'all.

I have the next two pages sketched but not inked (and obviously not colored).

I am full of lethargy and bored. I thought we weren't going to Myrtle Beach for two weeks, but as it turns out we're leaving in just one. I hope that Malfactor doesn't kill himself while we're gone... A whole week alone. n_n sigh.

And although this wasn't a good morning, the rest of the day was okay. n_n I went over to Emiko's house, which is always nice. Her dog finally likes me, I think (she sat in my lap) and Zim was on and it was an episode I hadn't seen before (though not a NEW one, just an old one I'd missed)... and her mom makes a mean spaghetti. AND I saw the end of Final Fantasy 8. Yes, it was cute, and it was sweet. It's still my least favorite FF. =P

One thing I learned at the doctor (besides the fact that having three shots in one day SUCKS) is that I am quickly approaching my own personal weight limit. While I don't look or even feel different from some months ago, when I was lighter, the fact remains that I am approaching this limit. Therefore it is time to make a stab at reducing the sedentary quotient of my life and start exercising. Luckily I might not have to do it with just my mom. -_-;;

I might have to cut back on Coke intake too. ._. (i only have one a day anyway.. ._.)

I had THREE SHOTS TODAY. All in my left arm. I'm not sick but I'm not well. >_>

Although editing something you've already written is often tedious, difficult and frustrating work, the feeling of having made even a minor improvement to the original writing is always nice. Feeling that you've made a major improvement is, of course, marvelous.

You know, I like Tennessee. I like living here. Utilities are inexpensive, the water is good (trust me, this is important, especially if you've ever had California water on tap. UGH), it has a rich history, there's lots of green, etc.

But I do read the newspaper, every day. And this budget thing is fucking nuts. What the hell is wrong with these people? Do they WANT a state full of fucking morons? If they do, they are seriously working on it if they pass this BS. I am so SICK of the way education gets shafted in this country, especially in THIS STATE. It's like a fucking conspiracy. Jesus. Help us. ><

As for the Pledge of Allegiance being declared unconstitutional... I think it was only a matter of time. But I don't see any need to do away with it completely. Near as I can tell the only offensive part of it is the 'under God' bit, which as we all know was added later anyway. Actually I'm against doing away with it completely. Despite how sorry this country is sometimes (like, for example, with regards to our general education system), it is, in many respects, a damn fine country. People HAVE died to give us this place to live. I respect the US. I love living here, even if some of it sucks. But you know what? Stuff sucks everywhere, and in a lot of places it's worse.

I think saying the pledge--or at least, believing in the pledge (which in my opinion is not literally meaning you pledge TO THE PIECE OF FABRIC, but to the country--come on, I think it's figurative, using the flag as a symbol for the US)--is a way of showing that respect. But I don't think people of different religions, or of non-religions (like atheists), should be forced to include the Under God portion or made to feel ostracized because they do not want to.

I think I need to buy another PS1 memory card. The one I have now is nearly full, and whenever I want to start a new game I usually have to clear space for it. This is quickly becoming aggravating. Luckily I have money so perhaps I can purchase one. n_n

I'm about four hours into Blue's quest. I like nearly everything about this game except the massive amounts of leveling a person has to do to get anywhere. If the battle system weren't such fun, I would have torn my hair out in frustration by now. In fact, if you combined Okage's system (another game I love, though the battle system sucks) with SaGa's need for power, you would have the most ultimate torture ever. I think that should be a feature of hell: being forced to play a game with a system like Okage's, but which also requires the characters to fight tons and tons of battles to even have half a chance against the bosses. Truly it would drive men mad.

But, SaGa's battle is fun. I like learning new techniques and the spell animations. I especially like how Blue (who is not a nice man, [he said Emelia looked stupid ._. I like Emelia] but is a sexy man, so it's OK) sort of bends over backwards when he does a spell like MegaWindBlast, kind of like 'Mwarharhar, FEEL MY POWER, WEAKLINGS!' XD

Livejournal is strangely addictive. But I still loves my blogger. I don't know why it is that everything I set out to do changes wildly from its original intention though... this happens a lot in stories.

Best example is Claris. To be honest she's not really all that like me, not any more. Sure, she looks kind of like me (what with the brown hair and the glasses and the eye color), dresses like me (but she owns more shorts and t-shirts. My usual style of dresses and skirts doesn't lend well to wandering around monster-infested plains and being carried by flying angels n_n) and so on, but in terms of personality she lacks a lot that is me.

I am a very angry person. I become irritated and full-fledged pissed off very easily. Claris does not. She's also much more tolerant and nicer than me in general, though admittedly some of this stems from the fact that she has no spine. I have incidents of spinelessness, but for the most part I'm embarrassingly honest. Claris also has much more common sense than me, though when you're surrounded by illogical people and things, I expect you would be kind of forced to develop some common sense if you didn't have any. But I likely would have gotten myself killed by now. :3;

Holy crap, I haven't updated the shadowed garden in over a YEAR. I SUCK. I have to fix that.

Hey, it's another lady named Lyn! And her design skills kick ass (looks nice and it doesn't choke Malfactor. so rare these days).

I finally wrote out Necavi's history, in my LJ. Read it if you care, I don't know if I'll ever get to him explaining it in the actual story (though like I said, you never know). I had to do the second half twice because explorer crashed just as I was finishing the first time... Grr.

Meep. The email address sparrowsnest2@earthlink.net, which was on my mailing list, is not valid. Miss Kit, I believe that's yours...? ^_^;

Finished the Clarity chapter. Please read. It's only about 2000 words (I mean, the addition is only about 2000 words, the entire chapter is something like 7000), but it's one of the longest battle scenes I've ever written and it was agonizing to write.

I'm better now. Kind of. I still feel a little depressed but... I'll get over it. Thanks for the support, although you don't have to feed my angst if you don't want to. I appreciate it all the same.

Y'know, maybe I should close this blog and my LJ and only write in the news blog for updates....
i dunno, i'm just talking. i am filled with self doubt and loathing at this time. It's so easy to feel like nobody needs you and nobody wants to see you or talk to you, even if you JUST SAW AND TALKED TO SOMEONE... especially if it's late and dark and quiet and you're all alone in a room and feeling suddenly depressed and lonely. I don't know why I get like this. I hate it and I hate myself for doing it, but i... I just can't help it. but it helps to log this stuff so i hope none of you minds. i just feel really awful right now and i don't even know why (or maybe i do, but the trigger is so stupid i'm ashamed of it).

Silly Ghost, can't spell Hermione... X3 I couldn't pronounce it until I heard it pronounced on TV. It's the name of a Shakespeare character, and also, I think, a female variant of Hermes...which makes it even more apropos since he was the 'clever' god.

What amuses me are these people who are into Harry Potter and CLAIM they're into other fantasy, namely Lord of the Rings. But they can't wade through Tolkien's books, they were just impressed by the movie. I read all three LoTR books again prior to seeing Fellowship, and I liked them even better than the first time I read them. I laugh at their f33ble skillz.