Nothing is coming out quite the way I want it, but I don't feel like just shoving all my ideas down a trashcan, so, yeah.
Lots of shit in my scraps, if you care to look at the wreckage.
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So feel free to ignore this journal post.
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My new icon is courtesy of

Yeah, scanner works. It didn't blow up in my face, either!

That's always a plus.

So, as usual, you will see my typical outbursts of art. Yay?

Also, we were finally dragged into seeing the Twilight movie over at my house and, woe to me, my lil' sister seems to love it. D: Of course, she's only seen the movie, which is better than the book. I like to say this because Cullen comes off more as the psychopath he is and we don't have to see Bella's insistent whining. Always a plus. Still, it wasn't that good a movie, and it was only becuase me and Sev were making fun of it the whole time (just to tease poor Lil' sis) that I didn't just get up part way through to go do something more interesting.

The person they chose for Alice was definitely cute, at least, which made me happy. Since the first book, she had been one of my only favorite characters, if only for her fucking awesome backstory. (I'm still extremely disappointed in Meyer that she didn't go SOMEWHERE with that. I mean, really. Missing out on something as cool as a insane seer stuck in a mental hospital while her doctor crushes on her? All for a pair of morons (one abusive and one just plain stupid) who can do nothing but abuse one another and fake 'true love'? Ugh. )

But you know who really made us drool? James. (I'd say I was surprised, except I'm not, really. XD Why do I always fall hard for the bad guys? ) It didn't hurt that he was so very nearly shirtless, either. Oo la la.

So yeah. Our experience on this end with the Twilight movie. I can haz those 2 hours back, plzkthx?

Also, I'd just like to say I'm disappointed with how troll standards have fallen these days.
:/
I have a couple people bitching about a picture I did for a mod once on Gaia Online, which is really quite ridiculous. One of them is very obviously a troll, but they're just so boring and unimaginative, it's pathetic. If I'm going to have trolls, they should at least be interesting, goddammit!

Anyway, that's all for today. Pfft, it seems like everytime I post in this journal, I have something to bitch about. XD

As is per usual, I'm spending my summer with my mum and siblings in Vegas. Unfortunately, unlike last time, I don't know if I'll be able to scan anything onto here. That means you won't be able to see any of my new junk until I get out of here, most likely.

So that's that.

Also, for those of you that care, I've deleted that silly little Elric vs Cullen thing that's been in my gallery. Seriously, it didn't deserve all the favorites that it got, it's really quite ridiculous. I mean, there were so many things in my gallery that weren't just a tiny bit of white with text on it, and people actually faved that piece of crap? It wasn't even a proper stamp, for crying outl oud. But yeah, anyway, it's gone now. I don't want people coming to my gallery for that, I want them here for the shit I actually draw. :/

Anyway, that's all for today.

Alright kids, this will have a bunch of stuff, some fangirling, some self-pimping, and some ranting.
I'm just a regular jack of all trades, ain't I?


Ok, let's start off on a light note. First of all:
Latest chapter of Fullmetal Alchemist.
ALPHONSE. FUCK. YES.
-swoons-
I've always liked Al, but never before have I been squealing with insane delight over anything he ever did.
That was reserved for Envy, and later pride.
But 92.
Just... Shit. Damn.
The more Hiromu Arakawa writes FMA, the more I fall in love with her and her characters.
It's also the more that Envy's place as my favorite character begins to look as if it'll topple. XD
Seriously.

Speaking of manga, I don't know if any of you have ever read Skip Beat, but it's a fantastic and hilarious manga. It's a Shoujo, but it's filled with so much humor and drama and DAMN.
Get to One Manga right now and read it, because the latest chapter was all drama and it just sent shivers up my spine.

That's all the fangirling you'll get from me today.

Now, I've started to get into fanfiction again, well, writing in general. Anyway, I've gotten accounts started up on both fanfiction.net and livejournal.com.
Yes, I know that FF.Net is often referred to as "The Pit". (Honestly, it deserves the nickname at times. -le sigh!- ) However, my damn inner optimist is being oddly persistent again, so here we go!
I go by 'trilies' on both sites, so feel free to look me up! If you won't comment on here, at least swing me a hello over there!

Now, for the rant. I saved the worst for last.

In case you weren't aware, Stephen King, the "King of Horror" himself, was recently in an interview. He was asked about Stephenie Meyer. He said, quote, "Both Rowling and Meyer, they're speaking directly to young people... The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good." Unquote.

Now, I could kiss King right there. The only way that could have been any better was if Neil Gaiman had said it. Excuse me while I squeal in delight over the mere mention of his name, I recently read The Graveyard Book. Damn. Anyway.

I first saw it on Yahoo and was delighted. After all, hardcore Twilight fans are always going on about how Antis such as myself can't say Twilight sucks (even though it does and we have plenty of arguments as to why it does) because WE have never written a book that's sold really well. Now, here we have some one who HAS sold millions and millions of best-selling books! Hallelujah! That ought to shut them up, right.

Wrong. At some point along the way, I see a news article that allows comments. ([link]rofile_sodaFeed) I'm bored and really should be doing something like writing my multichapter fanfic that I've resolved to finish if it kills me, but hey! I look at the comments anyway.

Sometimes, I really just want to smack humanity. I fear that if I quote any of the comments there, I will lose braincells, so go and take a gander yourself.
Anyway. Just somethings to get off my chest.
Directed towards some of the fantards on there, and those that aren't:

YOU DUMB FUCKS. ARGH. You are so lucky I do not know you in real life, or I doubt I would be able to restrain myself in smacking you upside the head.

If you cannot type correctly, then I doubt you even know what good writing is. You wouldn't recognize it if it bit you in the fucking face. Learn to type, and I will be willing to listen to you. You should've learned this in KINDERGARTEN, ARGH, FUCK.

You have also probably never read his books. DON'T TRY AND PULL THAT. I know, because I, to my great misfortune, have Twilight fans in my classes. Want to hear a quote? "Tee hee, I've never even picked up a book not for class besides Twilight and Harry Potter!" DUMB ARGH, HOLD ON. I need to hit something, I swear. I hate stupid people, and I hate stupid people who are CONTENT with being stupid.

KING IS NOT JEALOUS. THAT EXCUSE DIDN'T WORK THE FIRST TIME, IT SURE AS FUCK AIN'T GONNA WORK THE 354,643,987 TIMES YOU USE IT. ARGH. [/capsrage] No, seriously, why the hell would you think that!? Do you know how many books King has sold? Four times more then the population of Australia. Somewhere around that number, anyway. Guess how many of those got awards or were turned into movies? Guess how many of those movies got awards? A lot more then Twilight has or ever will get!

Face. The. Facts. Smeyer is not a good writer! People have their own opinions! THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY. WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH HERE. ARGH.

I swear, sometimes, my faith in humanity just plummets. I need a guy to randomly buy my sodas for me for no real reason other then the kindness in his heart so that'll come back. (True story. I had just biked up, like, five freakin' hills and was thirsty. Went into the local Quick Check to get some sodas. The guy in front of me knew the cashier and was joking with her. Somehow, by the time I got up, she had said that he should buy my drinks for me, and I joked that he could go right on ahead. I didn't think he would, but he did with a grin and the comment that he saw me biking up those damn hills. I made it the rest of the way home feeling considerably lighter. We need more random friendly guys who buy random drinks for poor tired teenagers. )