Mirlin
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Homework, Homwork Everywhere!
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Hey y'all. I've been pretty inactive on dA for awhile. Almost a month ago, I moved into my university. I've been so busy with assignments after assignments. My hardest class is Engineering Graphics. I am terrible at technical drawing. And using the tools. And basically everything within that class. I can't understand what the teacher is teaching because he talks so fast and zips though all the steps that I can't keep up.
I am taking an art class also, which is a nice change. I haven't taken an art class since high school, what is it now, four years ago? I'm so old. lol Art classes in college are difficult. They grade on well your work is vs. how you've improved or the fact that you tried. It's actually kind of frustrating. I don't really know what to do for the assignments most of the time. I do something I like, but I don't know if my teacher will like it. I have to finish two drawing assignments related to line which is due tomorrow afternoon. I haven't even started them yet, because I suck at life. 
On a lighter note, I had my first exam in my Operations Management class. I studied for only a couple of hours today. I ended up getting a B as a grade, which made me happy. Most the class did as well as I did, but I am happy that I did as well as I did. Now that I know how the exams are, I'll know how to prepare better for the next exam. 
My Packaging Fundamentals class is probably my easiest class, since the majority of it is lecture and taking notes, two things I'm pretty good at, if that's really anything to be good at. lol On Tuesday of this week, we had to recreate an existing paper bag for our first lab. It's a lot harder then it looks. I was lost most of the time, but my partner seemed to know what he was doing. I felt bad because I wasn't as helpful as I felt I should have been. I hate feeling like a clueless freeloader. ;w;
For non-homework stuff, I joined the Anime and Figure Skating Club. I also attended the Comic club with my roommate, which I really enjoyed. We did a thing called a "Jam" I think, where we each draw one panel of a comic, and then pass it to the next person in our group who does the next panel and so forth. My group was really fun and talented. They both had very strong, definite styles, where as I'm all over the place. I don't have a style, just a bunch of random mediocre styles.
That's pretty much what I've been up to lately. I've been just a busy body. I am hoping to start posting more art soon. I've really gotten into a few other Anime that I'd love to draw some fanart for. I've been drawing a lot of Hetalia for along time, and I still love it to pieces. I just want more variety in my gallery. 
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How to not look like a D-bag
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I feel like this has always been a difficult thing for me. When someone does something they shouldn't do, I don't know how to honestly tell them without me looking like the evil mother hen, or something along those lines. It also makes it worse if they are young and/or possibly a bit oversensitive. Then, if they have their little army that will defend any of their friend's stupidity, it makes things worse, and well, I end up looking like D-bag when I'm not trying to be.
However, it's hard to ignore when they're doing something wrong either. I don't think it's good to smile, nod, and let it slide, because the person may honestly not know what they are doing is wrong. That's usually what I assume. I give them the benefit of the doubt that they honestly just don't know. It still makes it difficult though, because I'm not sure how they will react to it once I tell them.
I'm the type of person who likes to get along with everyone the best I can. However, I like be honest about things too, and when I feel a person is acting irrationally, I want to do my best to help them, and thus I tell them open and honestly that they're making irrational decisions. As a friend, I would rather have someone be honest with me, than always agree with me and never say anything bad because it may hurt my feelings or piss me off. I feel that makes a person a poor friend in general, if they aren't willing to talk openly and honestly with someone they call a friend.
I'm not a perfect person either, heck, I'm far from it. I do irrational and stupid things at times. I make bad decisions at times also. I pick fights when I shouldn't. It happens to everyone. We all do and think things that we regret eventually. Life is a learning experience. We are all going to do stupid things, but we also have the chance to learn from the stupid things we do. I also don't think it wrong to ask for and accept, or heck, even listen to someone when they're trying to honestly help you. You can choose to accept it or reject it, but I think the effort is somewhat worth it. It shows that a person cares enough about you that they want to help you, and I don't think it makes a person a D-bag.
NOTE: This isn't geared toward anyone in particular, it's just an overall life experience rant of how I feel about helping people at times.
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Updates n' Stuff
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I haven't made a journal entry her in awhile. I've been busy with college and other things, as usual, which is why I haven't updated with any new artwork and such, recently.
I recently joined the website called "Mangamagazine." It's where you can upload your own original comic/manga and such. People can become fans of your comics and you can follow others. It's rather neat. I haven't really uploaded much on there, as I still haven't thought of an idea for it yet. XP I joined because I'm part of a Manga creating group by the name of LIFT. I just joined out of curiosity, and wanting to see what it was like. I do enjoy the website so far, and layouts are pretty good too, comic wise.
I've also been avoiding facebook the last couple of days. I've just been so agitated and annoyed by so much on there, that it was driving me crazy, and I was probably driving others crazy. It seems so many on there are also that way. Just a bunch of grumpy and restless people. I wonder if it's the classic Spring fever that tends to happen every year around this time? I'm not sure. I do feel a lot better not being on there as much, if at all, which surprises me, considering how I'm practically on there 24/7 usually. I guess you could say I had a little bit of a facebook addiction.
Because of my lack of facebook, recently, I've had a lot more time to do other things and actually get things done. I'm also much more peaceful and in general, overall happy. Now that I'm enjoying "my time off" on there, I feel scared to go back on there. I don't want to feel that way again. The sad thing is, it's probably the only way I can keep in contact with most of my friends and know about cosplay meetups and such. I only have so few of people's numbers, and not all can text/call me. Very few use e-mail anymore. All my group related stuff is on there. I have no choice but to use it. *sighs*
I recently joined the website called "Mangamagazine." It's where you can upload your own original comic/manga and such. People can become fans of your comics and you can follow others. It's rather neat. I haven't really uploaded much on there, as I still haven't thought of an idea for it yet. XP I joined because I'm part of a Manga creating group by the name of LIFT. I just joined out of curiosity, and wanting to see what it was like. I do enjoy the website so far, and layouts are pretty good too, comic wise.
I've also been avoiding facebook the last couple of days. I've just been so agitated and annoyed by so much on there, that it was driving me crazy, and I was probably driving others crazy. It seems so many on there are also that way. Just a bunch of grumpy and restless people. I wonder if it's the classic Spring fever that tends to happen every year around this time? I'm not sure. I do feel a lot better not being on there as much, if at all, which surprises me, considering how I'm practically on there 24/7 usually. I guess you could say I had a little bit of a facebook addiction.
Because of my lack of facebook, recently, I've had a lot more time to do other things and actually get things done. I'm also much more peaceful and in general, overall happy. Now that I'm enjoying "my time off" on there, I feel scared to go back on there. I don't want to feel that way again. The sad thing is, it's probably the only way I can keep in contact with most of my friends and know about cosplay meetups and such. I only have so few of people's numbers, and not all can text/call me. Very few use e-mail anymore. All my group related stuff is on there. I have no choice but to use it. *sighs*
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Devious Journal Entry
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'Ello, lurkers and watchers. I haven't written a journal entry in what seems forever. Any who, all I can say is that there is not really much going on with me, other then school, really. I've been having a terrible artist block lately, hence why I haven't submitted anything since I don't know when.
If you decided to come here wanting to know why I'm not an admin anymore the Hetalia critique group, it's simply because it was too much for me, and just the feeling that no matter what I did, no one seemed to care, no one ever gave me feedback or even spoke to me, which hurt my feelings. So, I just decided it was best to leave and not worry about the group anymore. I didn't want to lose anymore sleep over it. I do wish the the Founder and other CoFounders luck.
For real life stuff, I'm still terrified that I'm not going to be able to get a hotel room for Anime Detour. People keep saying I'll room with them, then change their minds unnoticed without ever telling me a thing, which causes me to get confused and leave me in an extremely awkward and uncomfortable position. It makes me uneasy. It's embarrassing, but I was crying about it last night. All I want is good Detour with little to no problems, yet it seems more easier said than done. I'm going to probably have to do everything on my own once again, since I'm the only person I've found I can trust that I know will pull through.
Sometimes, you really can only rely on yourself. It's the only way I've found to prevent myself from getting hurt by others.
If you decided to come here wanting to know why I'm not an admin anymore the Hetalia critique group, it's simply because it was too much for me, and just the feeling that no matter what I did, no one seemed to care, no one ever gave me feedback or even spoke to me, which hurt my feelings. So, I just decided it was best to leave and not worry about the group anymore. I didn't want to lose anymore sleep over it. I do wish the the Founder and other CoFounders luck.
For real life stuff, I'm still terrified that I'm not going to be able to get a hotel room for Anime Detour. People keep saying I'll room with them, then change their minds unnoticed without ever telling me a thing, which causes me to get confused and leave me in an extremely awkward and uncomfortable position. It makes me uneasy. It's embarrassing, but I was crying about it last night. All I want is good Detour with little to no problems, yet it seems more easier said than done. I'm going to probably have to do everything on my own once again, since I'm the only person I've found I can trust that I know will pull through.
Sometimes, you really can only rely on yourself. It's the only way I've found to prevent myself from getting hurt by others.
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Traditional Art
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While digging through my closet, I found a lot of traditional art stuff. Paint brushes, markers, watercolors, colored Pencils, Canvas boards, watercolor paper, you name it! Because of my recent findings, I want to try and do some more traditional art, especially with watercolors. I just love how watercolor looks. 
Now, if I can just get myself to not worry about wasting my watercolor paper. I should also see if I can find my Prisma colored markers. I haven't used them forever either. I hope they still work!
Anyway, hopefully all my watchers can expect some of that coming up next for my next submissions. I'm really excited for this like you won't believe! Call me weird, but I love the feeling of paint on my fingers and getting all messy. It just feels so awesome and amazing.
Now, if I can just get myself to not worry about wasting my watercolor paper. I should also see if I can find my Prisma colored markers. I haven't used them forever either. I hope they still work!Anyway, hopefully all my watchers can expect some of that coming up next for my next submissions. I'm really excited for this like you won't believe! Call me weird, but I love the feeling of paint on my fingers and getting all messy. It just feels so awesome and amazing.
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