azuriazyfire

Tomorrow I will be 21 years old.

Go me.

Computer works again.

Thank fucking God.

So, um.. who's playing around with the Spore Creature Creator? There is a free version available for those who just want a taste. Even the demo is amazing.

My Sporepedia name is Azuria. Share yours!

I like the Berserk manga.

I mean, I really really like the Berserk manga. You could say I love it.

Does this make me instantly manly?

Yesterday I turned in my two weeks at Petco. I'm moving up to bigger and better things, it seems.

Sad to leave? Perhaps. My coworkers were surprisingly awesome and all of us got along swimmingly. It was nice to be surrounded by cute little animals on every shift. I've seen more puppies in the last 9 months than I've seen in my entire life, I wager.

But working about two days a week at $7.25 an hour bites. Also, people are generally incredibly stupid when it comes to their pets. Going online and researching what would be best for your pup? Hell no! I'll just feed them Pedigree that costs $5 more than at the Target down the strip. What does it take to care for a Bearded Dragon? Who knows, I'll just buy crap by the reptile supplies and throw it in a tank and hope for the best.

Perhaps I'm acting a bit elitist, but I hate selling any reptile to people. Mostly because anybody who is really passionate about herpetology would NEVER buy a pet store animal. They're overly expensive, you don't know where they came from, and they most probably contain mites and/or intestinal parasites. We have a local reptile show here every few months. Breeders are plentiful online.

Also, I want to shoot myself when people (mostly rich looking women -- I live in a rather wealthy area) come in with their little backyard-bred in-style dogs. Screw you, Puggles, Bugs, whatever the fuck they come up with next. No good breeder in their RIGHT MIND would breed these. They're made entirely for profit. Real breeders breed for the betterment of the breed. They show or work with their stock and breeding is never considered a business. Plus, hey. Pet-quality puppies from quality breeders will almost always be cheaper than crap backyard-bred pups. Also, go to the shelters. We have awesome local shelters with awesome doggies. Oh, and local Greyhound adoption! How can you resist?

Anyway, enough bitching.

I'm moving on to a job that will eventually lead into my career. Yes, I'm becoming a Nursing Aid. I go in for my physical on Tuesday and my orientation starts on the 7th. I'll work at the same hospital my mom works at, so that's a bit odd. Oh well, save on gas I suspect.

I'll be working nights. Three days a week, 7pm to 7am. Not bad, I think. At $10.75 an hour, I'll take it! It's hard work, that's for sure. But I think I'll do fine. Hopefully.

After working there for so long, they will pay your way to Nursing School. I am sure as hell taking them up on that offer. It's just a matter of time now.

Wish me luck! :D

...I draw in Paint. My mouse is only sort of broken.



Why yes, I do like Half Life 2.

Come on Valve, hurry up and release Episode 3!...it about 15 months. >>

I'm officially 20!

Yay.

So, it's my birthday on the 31st and I have no idea what to do.

I'll be 20, so it's not like I can do anything I couldn't do last year. But I hit 20, so it should be a big deal, right?

I can't drink because the migraine meds I take make me sick if I down more than half a bottle of Mike's Hard Lemonade. I seriously lack male friends who aren't gay, so there goes anything sexy. I don't really stay in touch with my high school friends anymore, mostly because they either turned into raving feminazi bitches or alcoholic slutbags. And the guys are just being manhos with their new found homosexuality.

So it's just me and the family. If that doesn't wreak of fun, I don't know what does.

Any suggestions?

Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! In January I gave cavortingmonkey a wet willie, then I took it back (-5 points). In November I helped kosiah across the street (6 points). Last week I put money in plutospawn's expired parking meter (14 points). In June I bought porn for xenzen (10 points). In September I saved a busload of nuns in Angola (326 points). Overall, I've been nice (351 points). For Christmas I deserve an XBox 360! Sincerely, AzuriaZyfire

Write your letter to Santa! Enter your LJ username:

...does it count if I write a text adventure and not a novel or some such?

For the first three people that reply to me and re-post this challenge, I will send you something. It might be something I've made, or something cool from my hidden stash, it might be a mix CD, or a rubber duck, a book I think you will enjoy, or something else that is awesome. Whatever it is, I promise that I will get it to you in 365 days or fewer. The only thing you need to do in order to participate is to be one of the first three to reply to this, AND post this very same thing on YOUR LiveJournal - cause it's fun to give people stuff.

Enjoy!

MY CAR.

Just copy/pasting the note I wrote on my Facebook...

You may or may not know Todd Goldman. Basically, he is an "artist" that creates those oh-so-"funny" t-shirts and stupid crap you find at Hot Topic, etc. His website is http://www.davidandgoliathtees.com/

As it turns out, the man has been plagarizing a handful of artists and been making good money off the plagarized pieces. He's made up to $1000 on lithographs of the plagerized pieces and who knows how much in merchandise. It has been said here and there that he has infact made millions off of original pieces.

A few artists he has blatantly plagerized from are Roman Dirge (Lenore), Dave "Shmorky" Kelly (webcomic Purple Pussy, now does art for website Something Awful), and Jhonen Vasquez (Invader Zim, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac). He has gone so far as to TRACE the art of Dave Kelly. Not only has he plagarized art, many "internet phrases" he claims his own. It also seems he has gone so far as to GoogleImageSearch various pictures to copy. Just look at his website and be agast at all the familiar material.

Oh, and let me tell you, it gets worse...

Many people emailed Goldman direct from his website, calling him on his plagarizing. Goldman then sent out autoreply emails that contained pornographic pictures originally done by Dave Kelly (It was later reported by Kelly that these were not drawn by him). PORN! He did this, claiming that Dave Kelly was a "pedophile furry porn artist" (which he isn't). As many artists know, when you need to make money, you'll take any commission you'll get your hands on. Case in point for Kelly here. Kelly no longer does these pornographic commissions, deciding he didn't want to draw such filth ever again. Can't blame him.

Of course, a lot of the people that got this email were underage, so he got into a bit of trouble over that, but the lawsuit still hasn't begun.

The news outlets are just starting to get onboard with this issue and a court case will probably come of it.

Please pass this around the art community, or any community for that matter.

For more info, check out the main forum on http://www.SomethingAwful.com

Aza doing a meme? Inconceivable!

Reply to this post, and I will...

1. Tell you why I friended you.
2. Associate you with a song/film.
3. Tell a random fact about you.
4. Tell a first memory about you.
5. Associate you with a character/pairing.
6. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
7. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours [if it pertains].

Go to it!

Pictures of new kitten: 4 days and counting.

(She has to stay a little while longer at the pet store/adoption place because she has ear mites and is almost done with treatment!)

I guess I'll just give a virtural rundown!

She's half-siamese, half-something else. Blue eyes, cream colored with gray ears and a tail. :3

Also, we're going to try out Softpaws instead of declawing her.

http://www.softpaws.com/

Anybody have any luck with these with cats? Or dogs? We might get some for my golden because he keeps scratching up our faux leather seats in the car, the big lunkhead. ^^

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Dear God Harry is hot.

Hell, he doesn't need magic. He can just kick Voldemort's ass.

Mine is 7934 0271 9853 7479.

So, my fellow friends with Wiis, what are yours?

Woo, I'm 19!!

I can now offically drink and gamble in Canada!!

In the US... well, I can do the same stuff I've always been able to.. woo?

Apparently, the falculty at good ol' PCI is insane. Well... more insane then I thought. What did I get when I opened up my inbox this morning but this lovely video... It's truely horrifying. I really feel bad about the student council kids who got roped into doing it...

Enjoy!

http://www.pcistudent.com/NewYearTouchVideo2007.wmv

( my xmas stocking )