Four Words

2010-02-03T19:39:00.000-08:00

Moving. :]
Bye, blogspot. Fun times.

http://skejy.livejournal.com

New place, excitement to the max~

2009-08-13T09:40:00.000-07:00

Well, I don't know if I mentioned this before, but we've been looking for a house for me (and maybe later, my sister) to live in, in Orlando. And we finally found one!

I'll upload more later--including pictures.

But we're putting in funiture this weekend, and I get to unpack all my things from the dorm. I can hardly wait! :D

Okay, for reals, more later.

Senryus

2009-05-01T10:49:00.000-07:00

Head hurts from sleeping
Sun today too beautiful
Last exam today

Numbers hurt head more
Staring outside for relief
Sun still beautiful

Why is it that I
Am sitting, writing haikus
Test in two hours

AGHHH

Rawr. Works.

2009-03-29T21:09:00.000-07:00

Speech on Tuesday.
Persuasive...thing.
I believe I'm going to talk about the seal clubbing on the Canadian coast, and persuade my class to rally against it, and give our collected pot of money to HSUS, who films the hunt and brings the cruelty to public attention.

It'll be fun?

Oh!
And today I think I got a summer job. :D
My favorite thai restaurant said they're going to be hiring starting in May, WHICH IS WHEN MY SCHOOL YEAR FINALLY ENDS. Woohoo! Work! ^__^

IBC Rootbeer

2009-03-18T11:47:00.001-07:00

...it's my newest addiction. So, so yummy.
It's just a shame that it comes in those brown glass bottles.
Makes me look like I'm drinking beer. :I

2009-03-04T20:35:00.000-08:00

I got an A on my Economics test. :]
Also, midterm week is so t3h suck.

WATCHMEN TOMORROW.

I am tired.

2009-02-18T08:35:00.000-08:00

Seriously, all the time.

Well, the speech went well yesterday.
And the Dig. Media test went okay too.

Details later.

Also, new comic soon.

A Dream

2009-02-04T15:43:00.000-08:00

Last night I had a dream.
One of those weird sorts.

I was standing next to a table, with a girl sitting on the other side. At first I wondered who she was. Then I knew, she was Jessie. And I knew, she was not Jessie. The confusion I felt at this point was almost indescribable, and yet it felt normal at the time.

I was interrogating her, and at the same time we were chatting like old friends.

"Where were you last week?"

"I don't know. Driving, I guess."

I jotted down notes, and while I did we laughed about some of the latest gossip. Finally, I turned back to her and casually said, "Hey. You remember Kirsten? She died last week, in a car accident."

And suddenly things were different. She stared at me intensely, and then faded away. And I realized which short, skinny brunette it was I had been talking to. I'd always felt that she looked exactly like Jessie, but I hadn't seen her in so long... no wonder I didn't realize...

I can't remember the rest.

This was one of the saddest dreams I've ever had.
Rest in peace, Kirsten. You're living on in the hearts of your friends.

College Stress Kills

2009-02-02T21:05:00.000-08:00

...my immune system.
Too sick, too long. I hate you, flu.

I want to finish these.

Today was my "first" speech.

2009-01-22T14:39:00.000-08:00

Well, certainly not the first one I've ever given... This is the third speech class I've taken so far. Still, that same feeling of nervousness was back, like it was time for show-and-tell in pre-K! My hands were sweaty, my voice was shaking, and my stomach was knotted up. I thought I was over those feelings, but apparently not. Probably because of the unfamiliar audience?

Anyway, the speech was nothing ridiculous. A 30-45 second masterpiece about my favorite place. It didn't go badly. Everyone else was nervous too, and I made a few new friends through some common interests we expressed. The best part was finding a vegetarian in the class. Aha! Someone I can go out to eat with!

So I came back from Speech, feeling a bit of a high, which probably explains why it took me so long to notice the long line of cops and firetrucks lined up outside my building. Huh? I'm not allowed inside. It's freezing cold out. There's a fire in there? I can't go in? I don't mind. Maybe the heat will help forestall my hypothermia! :I Well, anyway. So I'm stuck out of my building for "a few hours" (is what they told us). I went next door to Jimmy John's, praying they had a least a few vegetables they could throw together into a sandwich for me. And it turns out, praying works. So now I am well-fed and my laptop has.... 2 hours of battery left, so I'll be entertained a while.

Still, there was a fire and a flood... No one was harmed, they say. But is my PS3 okay? D: *fret fret fret*

Persona 4 coughed up my soul, in the end...

2009-01-13T14:55:00.000-08:00

...unfortunately, now Little Big Planet has swallowed it.

It's so fun! Just exploring the worlds is fun, so I can't begin to imagine how awesome it's going to be making my own levels. :D Anyone else have LBP...? I want to play other people's levels!

Oh, games aside. Classes going horribly. Probably an over-exaggeration, but still. Missed an assignment already, but Prof. Korosy is so forgiving and is letting me turn it in late. Thought Speech was canceled (as mentioned in earlier post)... but it wasn't, so I missed the first day of class. Ugh! Now I'm in Digital Media, updating from this class again, because it's the only one with any decent wi-fi signal.

*pouts*

Also, meet Un-named Girl. She's a spunky one. I saw someone in the hall with this hairstyle and wanted to draw it, lest I forget what it looked like. Maybe one day I'll create a character with similar hair.

Going Back to Class Always Sucks

2009-01-08T14:57:00.001-08:00

Today and yesterday were my "first days" of the new semester. Yesterday it was cloudy and nice, and both of my classes were back to back, first thing in the morning. I was falsely optimistic. So much so, in fact, that I didn't feel the need to post anything about it. But today sucked. Today sucked a lot. And now I have something to gripe about.

Not only was it not cloudy today, there was no wind and it was 72F... or more, sometimes I think the weather chart is a lie. How is it so hot already?! So I walked across campus to Speech today, sweating all of the mousse out of my hair, to be welcomed by a big "class is canceled for the rest of the week" sign. Yay? That would've been a much better message to read VIA E-MAIL. Anyway.

So I went back to the dorm. Chilled for a few hours. Ventured out again to go to Microeconomics around 3. The sun was less blistering now, and the walk was shorter, so that was nice. I started feeling pretty good (which is a bad way to feel walking into a new class, I now think). The talk was sooo boring, and the professor could NOT stay on point. I found myself getting more and more frustrated over small things, until I had the worst headache I've had all year... maybe longer. Nargh. Now I am sitting in an Intro to Digital Media course... which I'm hoping I will love. But the headache is still present, so maybe not.

Finally, this is what I will look like tonight. :D
(stares at the picture for the rest of class)

Classes Start in Two Days

2009-01-05T14:35:00.001-08:00

...I've been both waiting for and dreading the day that classes would start back. Still haven't finished Persona 4 or Dissidia. I'll have some fun classes this semester... but, really, nothing's as fun as three weeks of nothing but video-games and presents. Plus I'll need to get a job. *huge sigh*

Christmas WAS fun, though. I got to see my older brother (Alex)... he's in his late 30s, and he lives a ways away, so it was a rare (and awesome) thing.

He was taking pictures like crazy all through the holidays, and he snapped a few of me and Wil. This one's my favorite... I like how Wil looks in blue. (Hehehe) I've got a lot of others like this, now that Alex has gotten himself a facebook. In fact, I'm not sure I wanted him to post quite so many pictures of me... haha, but I'll live with it. It's likely my friends & family won't change their opinion of me based on a few unflattering pictures.

...ugh, classes...

Stealing Lollipop's Lollipop

2009-01-03T11:10:00.001-08:00

Requested from Wilson.

Spent the evening at Panera's...

2009-01-02T21:32:00.001-08:00

Nope. No such thing as a free lunch. Or free wi-fi. You pay for your net service in glares and guilt.

Spent four hours at Panera tonight, just hoping to chillax and enjoy free internets for a while. My laptop battery ran-out after 4 hours, but it was a nice spree of just talking to everyone and guilting Kura and Jessie into doing things. I'm... not a good friend. >.>; But I am a happy person.

Also, today I discovered the Fennec, courtesy of Jessie. They are too cute. (Wil says: "Too cute to live. Put them down immediately." Which sounds terrible, so don't take him seriously. He's like a teddy bear.) Now I'm wondering if you need a permit to own one. I want it. One day.

Happy New Year!

2009-01-01T16:11:00.000-08:00

Yay! 2009!
No New Year's Resolutions this year. They're silly and I never keep them.
Instead, I'll just lay back with Poe and remember all the good things about 2008...

-I met Wil!
-I read 10 or 11 books.
-I finally get to live on my own.
-I met Uthara, Stephanie, and Tali.
-I learned about Psychology and Astronomy.
-I started learning Spanish.
-I got back into drawing.
-I changed my major...
-I got my Sanza. :)
-I played a lot of videogames.

...2008 was a great year.
Now to continue on in the same fashion.

Yay! Dissidia!

2008-12-30T09:23:00.000-08:00

Yay! I managed to get Final Fantasy Dissidia! It's in Japanese... one of the many languages I don't speak. So I don't understand the story, and it's been a challenge guessing at what equipment does what and so on. But the gameplay is pretty simple (and awesome), and it's been a lot of fun regardless. In case you're wondering about Dissidia, I'll explain a bit below.

There's three basic modes of gameplay: 1-player story mode, 1-player battle mode, and 2-player battle mode. The last two options are for short, 1-on-1 battles that last a few minutes. 1-player battle will put you up against a computer, and you're able to chose who you'll play and who you'll play against, what level they are, ect. 2-player battle mode is for when you're with friends (and, really, it's the best mode). Story mode is what it sounds like. Apparently the story isn't very interesting, but there's a different one for each character (the 10 main characters from the first 10 Final Fantasies.)

Also--yay! Christmas was awesome! The sketch posted above was uploaded straight from a new Pulse SmartPen. Hopefully I can work out the kinks and do something cool with this technology.

Persona 4 ate my soul

2008-12-20T19:37:00.001-08:00

...and all my free time.

Video games are my Achilles Heel. Thank god I got addicted BEFORE classes started back. Now it's just a matter of if I can survive without my PS3 and save file during the trip back home this weekend. Oh, Yukiko-chan, don't go anywhere, I promise I'll be right back. You too, Rise! And Chie! And Nanakoooooo. *sobs*

I feel like I should be studying... or increasing my knowledge SOMEHOW instead of playing video games. But, I can't stop. (Oh my god, I just said "increase my knowledge"... Now I'm measuring real life in stat increases?! This is getting bad.)

Also, I just finished reading Ender's Game. Really great book! Thought provoking and touching... exciting and original. Everything I'd heard about it was completely true. After all the hype I'd heard, I wouldn't have imagined the book could live up to it's fanbase.

So, now it's onto Ender in Exile... and maybe Ender's Shadow, because I like Bean. But, really, how am I going to find the time for all this? *sobs more* It's going to be weeks before I finish Persona, and then class will be back in session. Why isn't Winter Break longer?!

PS3! Rock on!

2008-12-14T21:53:00.000-08:00

I got my own PS3 today!
Well, Wilson and I co-bought it. But still. YAY.
We "had" one at my parents house, and we could... kind of use it. Sometimes. If they felt nice that day. But thank god, now we have one of our own!
Also: Persona 4, Civ. Revolution, Little Big Planet, and MGS4 replays.

Soon to come: Picture of the proud owners with their new "baby".
We still haven't decided on a name...

(runs off to celebrate)

Why "Four Words"?

2008-12-12T15:34:00.000-08:00

My online handle is "shi", or four in Japanese. Thus, "Four" Words are my words... not four words in particular. Okay, so now that's cleared up...

My name is Sara.
I'm currently studying the art of digital media. I love to draw. I thought for the longest time that I'd have to keep my hobby and my career separate from each other. It was only recently that I learned I could make decent amounts of money doing what I love.

So, this is me, embracing art openly, passionately. Over the next few years I intend to work my butt off, until my personal work is good enough for the career I want. I'll post all my work here, my doodles, and even rant here when I feel like life's weighing down on me. Criticism is welcome, and complete strangers should feel free to comment. Most of my online friends have moved on and forgotten me after my long hiatus--I look forward to making new ones.