It's been way too long since I posted here, I've been really busy working on those pictures, and trying to gain some sort of focus on how to handle my employment situation. Still not done on either front.
The scariest thing about my employment situation is that, in going over my résumé, I discovered that it's so short I can fit all of the important information on a 2" by 3˝" sized card, in layman's terms, a business card. That doesn't bode well for my prospects of employment, but it means I can carry around my résumé with me at all times. I have decided on a course of action, but it's a last resort since I don't really like the thought of it. I did a little work as a hotel housekeeper and maintenance person back in 2000, but to only get minimum wage for that kind of work isn't worth the physical strain it puts on the body, so I'll only go back to it if I have absolutely no other options left open. Doing that kind of work would also mean much less time for my art, which I would hate to see suffer for not being able to develop it the way I want.
I know I promised pictures with this post, but I'm still not finished with them. I will try to have them up as soon as possible.
Comments:
Mamma Vash:
March 4, 2006 entry comment response
Or in this case, minimizing the file size of artwork.
I don't recall the session number, but I believe it's Ganymede Elegy that you're referring to with Jet and his former girlfriend. I know the episode, and just over the weekend of March 11 I was able to hear the song when that episode aired. I think I'll have to retake that quiz though, I was hoping for a tune with a little more bite to it than Waltz for Zizi affords my personality. Sure I like mellow stuff, but I'm not all sentimental and emotional when it comes to that inner soundtrack of my life.
March 8, 2006 entry comment response
Yeah, I had to take the time off to keep my sanity. I'd been having horrible luck replacing a universal remote control (I need it to run my TV the stock remote wore out three or four years ago), and I've had a lot of stuff on my mind besides that too. Now that I've gotten those demons under control, I think I'll be fine for a little while anyway.
On the idea of using my post title "Secrets Whispered in Midnight Rain" as the cornerstone to a poem, well, I can only say:
Softly, stealthily, melt into shadow,
Laughing, singing, dance in light.
Running, flying, commune with the sky,
Soaring, dreaming, wrapped up in the stars.
Splashing beat echoes turbulent heart,
Burden of guilt murmured within.
Have to fade into memories past,
Must disappear into liquid night.
All around the secrets of night are told,
in soft spirited voices, and sirens' song.
None hides from the whispers,
None hides from the truth.
Not one of my better ones, but the little poetry demon in me just had to get that out. See, the people around me inspire me in all sorts of ways without even realizing it.
Mysterious Rei
March 4, 2006 entry comment response:
That's all right, not many people play these days.
Outlaw Melfina
March 4, 2006 entry comment response:
It's tough to find a PC Chess game that's actually dumb-downable, which is important for beginners, or those people like myself who haven't played in a while and want to get back into playing. I did find a good program that, after tweaking the settings, is about an even match for me (our records are similar in wins, losses, and draws), but it's still not quite the same as playing a real person. Teaching Chess is hard, but learning it isn't. I think most people are afraid to learn Chess because it looks very complicated with all the different pieces and move patterns, but once you know that stuff, playing is a fun challenge. I used to be in the Chess club at my Junior High school, then for about two or three months at my High school (Interesting enough, we met on Thursdays), don't ask why I left, I'll just say the club and I didn't agree on some important things.
To be truly artistic, one has to keep a calm mind, which I've had a tough time doing lately. Sometimes it helps to put the art down and do something else. Now if I could only convince myself to pick it up again, that would be great.
I'm only sadistic to those who cross me.
I keep a couple Shakespeare plays on hand, Hamlet and Macbeth, both of which have numerous sayings that are part of the vernacular of the English speaking world, yet few people are aware of where they came from. Some modern variations of Shakespeare would have to include "be true to yourself" Which comes from Hamlet "To thine own self be true" and someone saying there's "a method to my madness" is also borrowing from Hamlet "though this be madness, yet there is method in it." Without modern variation (and morbid if understood in context) would be "Sweets to the Sweet." Romeo and Juliet has a lot of phrases that are in common vernacular these days too, but I don't know any off hand.
No one has a real idea how frustrated I'm getting with these so called retail establishments. If they'd actually carry what the customers want, the customers would continue to return to them. What I don't understand about the whole thing is why a store (like Best Buy, FYE, Circuit City, Suncoast, and Wal-Mart) will carry animé but not the soundtracks that go with the show. How is that good business? Don't they think that if a customer likes the show, chances are they'll like the music that goes with it too? That's right, I forgot, they don't think with their heads, they think with their wallets, and not very good to boot.
Well, I'm unique that way in my animé tastes, I seem to like the older stuff as well as the newer, and anything with Studio Ghibli's name on it is good, but I still haven't been able to find
Grave of the Fireflies which I hear is one of the best animated films of all time.
Princess Mononoke is one of those films that most people should see a couple times to get all the subtle nuances of the film, even I don't think I got everything from the few times I watched it. I recommend doing that for all Studio Ghibli films, I've watched
Spirited Away at least eight times and I still see new stuff in it every time.
Oh yeah, "Zankoku na Tenshi no Teize" ("Cruel Angel's Thesis") is a great tune, I like listening to that one too, but I have to tread softly when looking for that kind of thing online these days, my ISP isn't too forgiving on that front. Give my "Current Song" button a click, and hope it works, I think you'll like my current selection.
March 8, 2006 entry comment response
Who doesn't like to read a bit of juicy stuff about someone else? I would have written about what was going on, but I don't always have the best communication skills when I'm stressed out. I'm still out of sorts mentally to the point going into detail would only irritate me.
Caprice
March 8, 2006 entry comment response
Thank you for the continuing motivation, I do appreciate it. We all have those days, in my case, weeks, when things just don't really want to go right for us, and when that happens, the best thing to do is stop, walk away, and rest before letting them take over. After taking some time off, approach the main points and work at them one by one until all areas of chaos are under control. My demons are usually well behaved, but they've been acting up lately, so I had to give them my undivided attention for a while, and I hope I've taught them that they don't want to mess with me too much, I'll kick their butts every time.
"Whispers in the Midnight Rain" is actually a partial from the title of my previous post (March 4, 2006)
"Secrets Whispered in Midnight Rain" And to my knowledge it's my own. For my posts, I try to pick a random visual snapshot, something I see in my head, or can recall from memory, and turn that into a word portrait to set the mood for my posts. Ninety percent of what I use as lines for the titles of my posts are my own word portraits, but I do borrow once in a while, and try to credit them when I do. As you can see from my response to Mamma Vash, I liked the idea of poetically expressing that one line's atmosphere. I'm in love with that setting, a soft rain falling in the darkness of night, no thunder, no heavy wind, just the whispering, soothing rain. Many of my stories have at least one scene, if they're not completely set, in a soft summer night's rain. There's a supernatural, zen quality to that kind of atmosphere. The next time you're awake at night and it's raining like that, a gentle, light rain falling, put on a coat and go outside for a few minutes, open your mind, and listen, you'd be surprised what the rain will tell you if you only listen to its whispers.
Random Fact About Me:
I'm learning to play Shogi.
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