I'm still waiting on that "important" thing to get finalized so I can discuss it.
On the job hunt note (not the important thing), I did find the source of funding for WorkForce West Virginia, and sent them an e-mail. They haven't had the decency or nerve to respond yet, that's why I'm posting their names here. Ross Innovative Employment Solutions (IES), a division of Ross Learning Inc. which claims "We enjoy an ongoing record of quality customer service. . ." funds AND administers the workforce programs here in West Virginia. Check with your state's workforce programs (Outside the US you probably don't have to worry about this, they aren't international) and find out if they're being influenced at all by Ross Learning Inc. If they are, tell your state officials if they want to keep your votes, drop the garbage and find a workforce investment source that works, and doesn't lie about its customer service. Remember, slander and libel only apply to false statements, and I'm telling the truth.
That out of my system now, I'll move on to pleasant things.
I'm going to be spending more time on my art in the coming days, hopefully I'll have a few pieces to share when I can scan them. I have been experimenting with a different way to color to go beyond the basic colored pencils that I've been using, and I think the results are good (you'll see it in the Sanosuke picture). I'll also be doing some work with my WACOM tablet, trying to get a hold on digital art, particularly coloring. Those are pictures I'll be able to upload more readily, if I feel they're good enough to try, but I can't worry about stuff that hasn't been created yet. Anyway, I do plan to be busy while my net access and scanability (is that even a word?) is restricted, and I'm setting a goal to have some art ready for upload when I get the main computer back online. If I'm going to try to make a livelihood out of my art, I'm going to need to throw myself into it full tilt.
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Outlaw Melfina
It's even better news for the artists, who will be getting a royalty payment out of this bit of news.
Actually, I'm still working on the logistics and details of being able to ship the CD overseas. I did promise I would try, and getting shipping costs figured out just isn't enough for me. Hopefully I'll be able to present something feasible here by the end of the year. I'm sure there is a simple solution, I just haven't seen it yet. Keep in mind that I'm just another member here, and anything I come up with wouldn't be an "official" solution.
Mamma Vash:
I hear that, I was pleasantly surprised by its depth and quality when I skimmed through the full version myself. It's become a valuable tool on my "shelf" in my continuing efforts to enhance my art style.
The news is important, but I don't want to reveal too much about it right now. I'm still standing by for one little thing to get finished up with it, then I'll be able to talk about it in full.
It's good to hear you'll get a job done that you'll be satisfied with the results. That means on less worry in regards to quality of work being done.
I have a small art kit I take with me everywhere, it's got a roughly 4"x6" pad of paper, and 12 colored pencils, I took one out (white) and slid a normal #2 pencil in it's place, so I'm usually good to go when inspiration strikes, though I hate to work in public areas. The last time I was sitting in the hospital waiting room doing some sketch work (My brother has issues with taking potassium suppliments that he knows he needs), just about everyone deliberately walked close to the chair I was sitting in just to look over my shoulders and see what I was doing. I think next time I'll draw up a freaky skull doing an akanbe just for laughs. I like the rain, it's very soothing to me, nothing beats a gentle shower standing on beach looking out at the Atlantic Ocean. I was born in Santa Barbara (California), but moved away when I was less than a year old, so I can't speak on the Pacific Ocean, I've never actually seen it when I was mentally able to appreciate it.
Well, I got my instruction permit when I was fifteen years old, the date on the permit (I still have it even though it expired) is 1996. In the course of the year that followed, I drove all told, 1 time, probably somewhere around 15 minutes, the most unsettling, uncomfortable 15 minutes of my life. That means I've known the fear for 10 years, though it wasn't until 2001 that I did the research and put the word "amaxophobia" to my experience, and I've not been officially diagnosed with this either, I'm just assuming based on my own research this is what's wrong with me.
Yes, being able to travel would give me a different outlook on employment, because I would be able to look beyond the barren local jobscape to areas of the state that might just have something to offer me, or even into other states that I live semi-near enough to be able to travel to regularly if I could.
"Fairs are for tourists." (from
Oliver and Company a Disney movie) The
Fates have aspired to teaching me the lesson that life rarely is fair to good people, and I'd like to think I'm a good person. Granted no one's perfect, and I'm the first to admit I've got a long way to go in that department, but I've learned the lesson, and probably deserve a bit of reprieve. Of course it's not a fair burden, but it's one I have to carry right now. Complaining about it won't make it go away.
I know my art is good, that's what the people around me say, and that's all I need. I don't talk about my art and writing from how I feel about it personally, I base my statements on what other people tell me.
In the Chamber of Commerce office building, second floor corridor, is a 3-D diorama in homage to "The Desert Wasteland of My Mind". Open the glass case and look in the water tower next to the "HO" scale train tracks. There should be a half dozen chocolate chip double fudge rounds in there, and the other half dozen is under the Old West style saloon, then there's the two dozen frosted chocolate chip cookies cleverly tucked into the coal mining section of the display (what you think the lumps of coal really are? Chocolate chips of course!). If they're not there, look for the big black with blue polka-dot house on "Dancing Inda" Street (second left off the southbound Crazy exit), I always keep a few cases of assorted cookies in my mailbox for the solicitors, but they won't miss them, they rarely come by anymore. Humor is what you make of it, and I've learned that NOT trying to be funny yields better results than having to think about "will this get a laugh?" Thanks for saying so about my sense of humor, I'd tell you I try, but, seriously, I don't!
My research points to two different single word "expressions", so I'd have to see them in context to be able to tell you which one is correct, but "sora" and "hora" are what comes up in terms of an exclamation, and I think that's what you were wanting. I didn't bother with the kana this time, too lazy to make it work on my end. Since you know someone from Japan (and I presume speaks the language) you might want to ask him (or her) which is the best way to say it in the context you want to use it. I do strongly recommend getting a second opinion on this one.
Oh, if you didn't notice, I finally retook the Bebop song quiz, I like the new result better, it's my featured quiz for the time being at the bottom of the page.
Anime Dreams!
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