I had yet another one of my dreams today… o.O;; I hadn’t been feeling too well (caught a bug or something), so I took a long nap. And this dream is the kind of dream that was so epic that I’m strongly considering including it in my webcomic at some point as a side plot to the main storyline. SO ANYWAY. 8D

The setting was some kind of Silent Hill-esque, rainy, gloomy city and I was seeing through the eyes of a lonely girl who had taken her own life, unable to cope with her wretched existence. However, because of her ultimately self-destructive deed, she was stuck in a sort of Limbo between worlds as a ghost. No one could see or hear her, (which wasn’t much different from what it was like for her in life) and to top it all off, there were demonic-like ghosts now looking for her, to punish her for all eternity!! …Or something like that.

So she was constantly on the run, moving from place to place to avoid capture. One late, foggy night, she had been sitting on the side of the road next to a convenience store, where one lone man worked. He stood outside, locking the place up, when she started to hum quietly to herself — And of course, he heard her! (cliché, much?) But before she could reach out to the man, the demonic ghosts had found her, and were coming to snatch her away. She made a run for it, trying desperately to lose them at every corner. She had succeeded for the time being…

The very next evening, she returned to the convenience store where she found the man humming her tune, searchingly and hoping. Bewildered, the girl approached, and joined him in song. They both shared this clinging moment of acquaintanceship, before introducing themselves to one another. Though he could not see her, he heard her melodious voice. For the first time in her life, she felt a great sense of belonging and comfort… If only she could have found that in life, amirite??!

So, she tells the man of her trials with the demonic ghosts that are after her, and how she is constantly on the move for fear that they might seize her into the fiery depths of Hell. He tells her not to worry; that he would find a way for her. And, wouldn’tcha know it… The two end up falling in love.

I woke up at some point as they were saying their good byes, because (again, wouldn’tcha know it) they had managed to catch her. All in all, it was a very sad dream. LOL. I woke up with a sense of eagerness… I really gotta get this printed into the plotline. What do you guys think?

I’m pretty sure this is one of my most… serious dreams, to date. o_O;; I fail @ telling it all serious-like in my blog however. Haha. I promise it won’t be presented quite so dryly if I include it in my works. I’m also more than a little interested in the inclusion of a little side-story like this, if only on the sole basis that it came to me in a dream… How cool would that be? Haha…

So yeah. Comments/Suggestions? ? =]

So yeah, my birthday celebration was probably one of the best I’ve ever had… Just something quiet with Alex. He took me out to a fancy restaurant, then back to his place for movies and cuddling, and he got me a white gold necklace/earring set with my birthstone set into the metal. It’s gorgeous. I was very overwhelmed ~ hehe! Xmas this year was really nice too; again, just something quiet with family. And I did a whole bunch of cooking. ^^

Aside from that, been playing a little World of Warcraft (I’m addicted again. grrr…), and FINISHED ANOTHER COMIC PAGE!!! XD The direct-link to the 5th page can be found HERE; but if you haven’t seen all of the other pages yet, then click HERE to visit the website’s comic archives. =)

I’m really excited with the progress we’ve been making, but now that the holidays are just about through, I’ll be trying to grind down extra-hard on my work. I’ve already gotten a $100 donation from a very generous sponsor; so with that, I will likely have merchandise out sooner than what would ordinarily be expected.

I’ll keep you guys posted. <3 ^^ My good friend Rihoj is helping me with a script right now that will allow people to subscribe to the comic’s updates, so they’ll have a notice in their email each time a new update goes up!!! Still a bit of coding to get done, but we’re almost there.

THANKS MIMI, FOR THE IDEA!!! ^__^ <3 haha, I’ve been thinking we probably need a better way to keep people up to date on when there’s new content.

So yeah! That’s what’s been going on. Thanks for all the support and kind words, guys. =))

See guys; I TOLD you I had a new project underway!!! XD And I decided to go ahead and launch it!! ^___^ It’s only 4 pages in at the moment (I wanted to wait until I had at least 10 but just couldn’t resist). I hope you guys like it! I’m co-writing it alongside my boyfriend Alex, who is going under the publishing alias as “AntiType”. I’m soooo excited!! I think this is one of my best works to date. Always room for improvement in the art department but I’ve most certainly come a loooonnggg way since my last comic projects! <3

We appreciate all the support we can get! I’ve even released both a MySpace and a Facebook group for this comic, so please look it up if you have either!! I’ll write more on this ASAP.

My birthday’s on the tomorrow though, and I have a LARP game to attend later this evening. That being said, I probably won’t be working on anything until after that’s all dealt with. lol! I’ll just be spending that time with Alex. See you all after Xmas!! <3

So yeah, I’ve just been workin’ on TOPSECRETOMFG projects, minding my own business, when all’a sudden my good friend Ryan (programming/designing extraordinaire) decided one day that he was bored. In his state of profound boredom, he decided on a complete whim to redo my entire site. And I must say… I’m pretty stunned. <3

Everything is essentially in the same place, but with waaaayyy better coding and general organization! Also, my site now works perfectly and looks the same in every single popular browser. Ryan, seriously, I love you. Thank you so, so much!!! @.@;;; This was such an awesome surprise, and even more awesome that he popped it out simply because he was bored.

At any rate, I’m *semi* back from my hiatus-thingie, but as always, December is a pretty busy month for me because I have so much going on. Will try to post with another update really soon. I’ve got a li’l surprise in the works that I think a lot of you are going to enjoy… =))

<3 !!

I know I haven’t posted in a long time, and I’m sorry I’ve not been keeping up with my site as of late. I still have a lot of upcoming projects I am continuing to work on, and haven’t kept myself from them, to be released at some point in the near future. <3 My reasons for being MI.A. for a little while however, I assure you, have nothing to do with my previous post *cough*World of Warcraft*cough*…

I haven’t really been playing it much at all lately. A lot of things in my personal life are taking their toll and suddenly I’ve just become really busy. Thanksgiving was amazing. <3 I hope everyone else had a really nice time with family & friends too.

I’ll try to post again soon, when I can show my work for an in-production piece. For now however, I’m calling a hopefully brief hiatus on my blog. At some point I’ll be working on a new layout for my overall site as well. Any suggestions for that would be great. Thanks in advance, guys!

I’ll be back soon.

I’m currently at 50% completion for installing…

I blame it all on Karista and Justin for buying me a 2-month game card to reactivate my account, and Keith, for buying the new expansion for me… XD;;;

I guess it’s hard to kick an old addiction when you have addicted friends who just won’t let you quit!! LOL!!!

LEVEL 80, HERE I COME!!! *doomwiggles* <3

Have you ever woken up from a dream before, literally laughing, because it was that ridiculous and you knew it, even in such a groggy state of half-consciousness? I just had to roll myself out of bed to get this one down before I forgot it. Though I’ve already lost the vast majority of the events that took place into the recesses of my mind, the hillarious encounter I still remember in vivid detail.

I was at some kind of party that I’d thrown at my own house. It was open to pretty much everyone and anyone who wanted to come, and there was tons of food gallore; turkey, fruit wheels, sammiches, soft drinks, salmon, steaks; all of the yummy stuff you probably can’t find in a third world country! So anyway, all throughout the party, there were these two girls; one whose name I did not know, and another that went by the name of “Miranda”. They were both talking amongst each other quietly as they sat at one of the many food-covered tables… snickering and looking my way, every so often. I could ignore it at first, because 1.) I wasn’t sure if it was really me they were laughing at, and 2.) even if they were, it wasn’t that big a deal; granted, this was probably my conscious sensibilities seaping between the cracks of my mind and into my dream.

As time progressed, they continued to do this and I was getting more and more aggitated. I found Miranda to be particularly annoying, in part because she seemed to be more aggressively obnoxious in her mannerisms, and also just because she looked really prissy. God I hate prissy bitches… or at least I did in this dream..? Anyway, she was bleech blonde with really tan skin, her hair cropped short so that it barely brushed her shoulders. She had on a tiny white sweater, a pink t-shirt, and jeans. I was in the living room chatting with some guests, where I sideglanced to see if the two girls were still laughing to each and looking my way — and indeed they were.

By this point, I’d had enough. I waltzed right over to them and with an angry swing of my left hand, I batted the open fruit wheel off the table and onto the ground. I then slammed both my hands on the table, looked Miranda dead in the eye, and asked what was so damn funny, to which she replied, “I just hate you!” with a sneer.

“Oh, really?” I ask.

“Mm-hmm!” was her response, with an exaggerated nod and a mock-smile.

I lashed out with my right hand, slapping her hard across the face with a closed fist. She gasped in surprise as the hair on the left side of her head was knocked to the right side in a cowlick with the force of the blow. I waited a short moment for retaliation. Both girls just stared at me, speechlessly — the first time I’d seen them quiet over the course of the evening.  When a returned swing did not come, I simply told them both to “Stay tha fuck away from me or my sistas from the hood would bust a cap in they ass,” then I rambled on as I walked away with things like, “Bitches be trippin’ up in this shit, yo” and “Dis be how we do sucka what’cha gon’ do son” etc. etc. Basically, I think from that point on my I.Q. was meeting a steady decline. It was pretty awesome.

After I got done being very, very ghetto and pwn, I later found out that they up and left. I sure showed them.

…And that’s about when I woke up. I really should change my diet or something… XD

The costume I ordered to be professionally made finally got finished and all situated; just in time for Halloween!!! Despite all the hassle involved in getting the costume finished, it turned out to be an overwhelmingly huge success. It was SO exciting!! I walked around my neighborhood with a few friends and all of the little kids that saw us were shouting “Peach! Peach!” and it was really cute. I’m so happy it made their Halloween special. One little girl even gave me a hug. <3 ^^

After walking around for a bit around the neighborhood and then winding down to some Super Smash Bros: Brawl, we went downtown, since there was a lot going on. Every couple of seconds, someone would shout out of their car things like, “The princess is in another castle!”  and people walking the streets would stop to take pictures. It was a LOT of fun! I think someone even whistled at me… Which was, er, kind of embarassing… >.>;; rofl

But yeah! Take a look at the photos in the gallery. ^-^ They’re all up now. Enjoy! <3

I just took The Writer’s Mary-Sue Test to see how much of a “Mary-Sue” Vigana is! She is my beloved original roleplaying character, as most of you who come to read this blog are aware of.

For those of you who aren’t aware of what the term “Mary-Sue” implies where written works are concerned, it’s basically how ridiculously and unrealistically (and annoyingly) perfect a character is! Those types of characters are referred to as Mary-Sues. Here’s what the test said about Vigana:

“Vigana Videl is suspiciously similar to you as you’d like to be. She may be popular, or she may not, but no matter what she’s impossible to ignore; she stands out… just the way you always wanted to. She may have sometimes thought that she was special, or destined for greater things, but probably dismissed the idea as a fantasy. She’s had more than her fair share of hard knocks, and probably spends more time than she ought moaning about it. And you’ve been sparing with the free handouts: whatever she gains, she’s worked for.

You may have let yourself get a little too close to Vigana Videl. Maybe she’s you as you wish you were, or maybe you’re just afraid no one will like her and are trying to give her a free ride. Have some confidence in your writing! Vigana Videl is a good character. Give her room to be herself before you stifle her.”

Score Breakdown
She’s Got My Nose — 13
Yo! — 12
I’m Destined For What? — 8
Angst R Us — 17
Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child — 7
Total: 57

I found this test to be pretty damn accurate, even where the negative aspects are concerned. xD;; If any of you out there enjoy writing, you should totally take the test and see where your characters fit on the scale. I’m relatively pleased with the outcome I got for Vigana. ^-^ hehe, so I guess this means she’s not as Mary-Sue as I thought she might be! Yay!

Though 57% is more than half… So I still count that as being kinda up there. LOL! Ah well. xP

I had a Halloween party a couple of days ago. I put the finishing touches on my Poison Ivy costume at the very last second, and the party turned out to be a great success! It was such a good time. A few of the pictures are up in the gallery right now, so go check ‘em out!