obliviousally_lj

"You know how sometimes people on your friendslist post about stuff going on in their life, and all of a sudden you think "Wait a minute? Since when were they working THERE? Since when were they dating HIM/HER? Since when???" And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you should already know?"

FIRST NAME
Alaina. My mom told me it's the first three letters of my dad's name (Alan) and the last three of her name (Tina), which made it pretty much impossible to find things with my name on it while I was growing up.

AGE
27. I'm old, yeah, but I don't feel it. Most people don't think I'm over 25, let alone that I've been out of school for almost ten years.

LOCATION
Kent, OH. Yes, I attend KSU. No the campus isn't haunted. Yes, May 4th is still a BIG DEAL here. But otherwise, it's a nice town and I'm happy to be out of the cesspool that is Warren, OH.

OCCUPATION
I do nude modeling for college art classes. It's a very, very part time thing (it's on assignment and when the instructors need a model), but I do like it. Otherwise, I'm desperately job hunting and trying to pimp out my art for commissions so I can pay things like rent and my bills.

PARTNER
I'm recently engaged to my long-time partner, Tony. We're pretty much doomed to be together forever. Tony recently got his name changed and most people who've followed me around the internet would also know him as TJ or Keeper.

KIDS
NEVAH. No, seriously. I am too selfish a person to ever have a child. There's illnesses that run in my family I wouldn't want to pass on, I don't like children, I've already done my parenting by raising my siblings, I'm lazy, I like my money for myself, I have enough trouble feeding myself most days, I don't like grubby hands on my things, I don't find the coo of a child to be endearing, if it screamed and cried I would likely sell it to the circus or eat it. So no. No children. Ever.

BROTHERS/SISTERS
I have one younger brother and two younger sisters. Currently, they're asshats and I'm happy to, essentially, be an only child again.

PETS
Four cats, one dog, a snake, two ferrets and some ratties. Yes, it's akin to a zoo.

THREE TO FIVE THINGS GOING ON IN MY LIFE
01. Job hunting.
02. Trying to keep my grades up.
03. Job hunting.
04. Job hunting.
05. Dumb roleplay bullshit.

PARENTS
My mom's the only one I talk to on a regular basis. I found my dad on Facebook (we haven't seen each other for over ten years), but we don't actually talk. I'm fine with this.

CLOSE FRIENDS
Tony, Angie, Krispy. :O

When you read this you're tagged! Take a picture of you in your current state, no changing your clothes or quickly putting on makeup. NO PHOTOSHOP. Show your F-List the Real You!



I am legit topless under that blanket. I just woke up from a ridic nap. Check out my sexy bed hair.

1. What is your name?
Alaina
possibly the sexiest person to ever walk the face of the earth
The best friend ANY girl could have. She is prettier than anyone you will ever know. She loves sleepaway camp ;; and has amazing fashion sense. She's hilarious...and you will most def love her.

2. How old are you?
27
the age all rockstars die at: jimi hendrix jim morrison janis joplin kurt cobain alexander the great james dean river phoenix brad nowell (lead singer to sublime) died at the age of 28 years and 2 days (2 days from joining the club)

3. What is one of your friends’ names?
Angie
Claims to be anti-social but is the exact opposite. Very beautiful and one of a kind personality. Has fun just about all the time and can make you laugh when you least expect it. Enjoys playing halo and can kick ass in Guitar Hero 3. Has amazing talents with her mouth and can do just about anything with it. Most spectacular/lovable person you could ever meet.

4. What should you be doing?
Cleaning
The act of shoving everything in a closet and calling it decent.
1.Action that people do when bored.
Involve taking a pile of junk and moving it to somewhere else in the house.

5. What is your favourite colour?
Purple
one of the key ingredients to Grape Drink,- Sugar, Water, Purple

6. Where were you born?
Warren
a person who survives through the toughest of situations and has the best friends ever. they can get some major booty whenever they want it and people line up around the block just to say hello.
Warren is possibly the best place to live in all of NSW, it has been described as the beverly hills of Australia.

7. What month were you born in?
April
A left-leaning, cultured, intelligent, down-to-earth chic that has tons of friends throughout the world. She's a lover of cinema and ethnic cuisines, has a witty sense of humor and is a great person to get advice from. She's the friend that is always there if you need her. She's also fantastic in the sack.
the month were the sexiest bitches are born

8. What day were you born on?
8th, Friday
Usually refers to an eight on an ounce. Used commonly when talking about drugs, especially Marijuana. Equals our to around 3.5 grams
A great feeling. Happy. No more shit for two days.
Proof that a lot of shit happens between Thursday and Saturday.

9. Who was the last person you talked to?
Tony
Someone who is very attractive, a real go getter. Always has many friends that are girls. Very funny, and most commonly is a hot Italian with a huge penis.
This is a noun used to describe a man with certain characteristics. These include mental and physical strength, the overwhelming desire to do the best he can in everything he does, including giving pleasure to his sexual partner, an over-sized penis and testicles, the ability to drink massive quantities of beer, and the total lack of fear in most situations.

10. What is one of your nicknames?
Ally
The girl who knows how to party lika rockstar
the perfect definition of an adorable being. could also be used as referring to someone as a princess.

Whew.

Last couple days have been busy busy.

Thursday, after class, we went to the LGBT meeting on the main campus. We expected something relatively eye-rolling, but we ended up meeting some nice folks and having a good lulz.

During the meeting, since it was the first one, we split up into two groups - people who've dated chicks and people who've dated guys. Angie and I were together, since TJ is transitioning and technically counts as a dude and I've only dated dudes before TJ, on the guy dating side. TJ went over to the opposite side because, well, he's dating a girl.

Essentially, aside from a few folks, it was gays vs. lesbians.

So we were all asked to write down a question to ask the opposite side. Anything, really, from sex, to what they like in a person. Whatever we wanted to ask. Then we picked out the best questions and asked them.

They ran the gamut from:

Have you ever use dental dams for oral sex?
Does anal sex smell?
What's so great about boobs?

Relatively typical questions.

Then.

Girl asks: "Is sex with a guy as boring as it looks in the movies?" to the straight girls on our side (of which there were about eight at the front, then Angie and I in the back).

Everyone on our side was like '....wut.'. And we all proceeded to try and figure out what exactly she meant and how sex with a guy 'looked boring'. I pointed out that, yeah, it's boring if you're having starfish sex. Or if you're a boring person.

She then proceeded to try to explain that she knows there's foreplay and all that, but how do you know when to do it. Tab B into Slot A. She also lamented that 'you just lay there!'.

Angie and I were all FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF and determined she was probably a virgin.

ALSO. Lesbians are catty bitches. TJ was over on the primarily lesbian side and they all huddled into little groups and pretty much ignored the two straight guys over there and TJ. The only one who had anything smart to say was one sitting in the front row. The rest of them were all just chattery and dumb and were being exceptionally rude when our side would try to answer anything.

When our side asked what the ideal trait in a person you'd want to date was, they almost all went 'tits and ass!' and TJ commented with 'personality'. The girl in front of him replied with 'SERIOUSLY??' and proceeded to state that she was shallow and wants a pretty girl with T&A.

It was HILARIOUS.

The gay dudes in front of us (and one straight girl) were laughing their asses off at Angie and I as we tried to clarify things the opposite side wasn't. They told us, at the end, that they learned more from the two of us than from the girls across the room.

The lesbians were just rude and defensive about almost all the questions, whereas the gay guys just answered them with no issues, sometimes throwing a quip or two in.

Will we be going back? Likely. The entertainment value is through the fucking roof.

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After the meeting, we heard that the Interbelt had no cover and this was the conversation that happened:

Ally: Even free cover can't get me to go to the Interbelt.
Angie: I know, right!
(after finding TJ)
TJ: So I was thinking about going to the Interbelt tonight since it's free!
Ally & Angie: HELL YEAH

Obviously, we are easily swayed. Regardless, the Interbelt STILL SUCKED ASS and we left and went to the Square, which is where Greg took us on Halloween. It was much nicer this time around and we played music on the jukebox and danced a lot. TJ started charging us a 'Lady Gaga Tax' and chatted with a nice gay couple while Angie and I were off being tards.

Afterwards, delicious Mr. Zubs deli and nomnomnom sammiches at 1AM.

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We had delicious Twinsburg buffet on Friday and then headed back home. Our furnace is still not working. This is, of course, to be expected. It's chilly in the house, but it could be a lot worse. We have a space heater in the bedroom and lots of fleece for the animals to keep warm with.

Picked up stuff for my art class today. I have everything and it didn't cost me TOO much. I have an assignment I need to do before Tuesday, as well. I also think I have a few writing things I need to do. I have to pick up books for class on Monday, as well.

Have to call my landlord on Tueday and see if he's done with the house. He said hopefully we'll be in there by Wednesday. I hope so, too. I'm glad he's getting things fixed up, no complaints there. I'm just anxious to get moved and all. Commuting to Stark from Warren is a huge pain.

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In other things, have this:

PRO:
1)I like when you draw _______________________.
2)I wish you drew more _______________________.
3)I wish you drew more fanart of these series/characters:
4)I wish you did more original art of these characters:
5)I love how you draw ________________________.
6)If you were to do a comic of/about I would be soooo happy!:
7)If I could get you to draw anything I'd get you to draw ___________________.
8)My favorite part of your work is __________________________.

CON:
9)I hate when you draw _________________.
10)I wish you drew less ___________________.
11)Stop drawing ________________!

OTHER:
13)When I think of your art I think ______________________.
14)If I had to describe your work I'd say ______________________.

Reply to this post, and I'll tell you one reason why I like you. Then put this in your own journal, and spread the love.

Post a picture in my comments that you think describes me when you think about what/who I am. No matter how surreal or plain. Give no written explanation. Just an image.

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Also, weird. I'm on campus updating LJ and it's pulling my last.fm from home. CRAZY.

I splurged on t-shirts last week because a Threadless was having it's $9 sale on 09/09/09 and I figured I would take advantage of it because t-shirts at the mall are almost $20 a pop, so I can get two for the price of one, essentially. I have a hard time paying over $15, TOPS, for t-shirts. I also grabbed that amazing Unicornsaurus shirt from Teefury AND two grab bags ($5 a shirt? HELL YEAH) so TJ and I can pick and choose and if we have stuff we don't like, well, I suppose we'll see about trading or something. I'm also waiting on a tee from Woot, as well.

Yeah, yeah, I know the Flowers In The Attic shirt is trite and cliche and overdone blah blah blah. I've always really liked it, though. Soooo... Also, I had someone recognize the Keyboard Cat shirt and I was all FUCK YEAH. I also have codes for money off Threadless stuff, so I should see if anything I'm wanting has been re-stocked. :3

BUT GODDAMNIT TJ CAN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT NOT HAVING T-SHIRTS ANYMORE :E

I'm waiting for the Halloweek stuff from Design By Humans to go up because I WANT THIS SO BAD IT'S NOT FUNNY.

I also got TJ's little Comedian Kubrick in the mail today and the stuff I ordered from celesse! Ponwan stickers = EXCITE. So cute.

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Oh cool, the people on the corner are REVVING THEIR FUCKING TRUCK ENGINES AT ALMOST 10PM BECAUSE THAT'S COOL AND EVERYONE ELSE ON THIS OTHERWISE QUIET STREET SURE WANTS TO FUCKING HERE THAT.

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- Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper.
- Explain in no more than five sentences why you're using that wallpaper!
- Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on!



TERRIBLE YELLOW EYES HELL YEAH. I love this image so hard. I want a print or something. Also FFS SO MUCH SCHOOL STUFF. You can also see where I FUBARED my class schedule and I need to go fix that now.

Also, I believe I totally forgot to even mention this when I got the letter.

I was accepted to KSU. Which, I guess, isn't really that big of a deal, but everyone else thought it was. So I'll run with it.

Now...to see if I want to rush for summer courses or just wait until fall classes. D: D: But I have to schedule my COMPASS test first. D:

Speaking of, I had a horrid nightmare that I was required to take come calculus test or something and I was flipping out and almost crying because, fuck if I know how to do calculus or even remember what I may have learned in school.

Is this fear of failure rearing its ugly head? It could be. And I don't much like it.

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In news that isn't my brain being a retard.

Tiki Con Cleveland is this coming weekend. I need to call Dawn back and see when she needs us up there. My money is pretty tight now that Anthrocon is over and I'm waiting on callbacks from jobs. But, we'll see. We're gonna staff at least one day, I'm sure. But it's just a pain in the ass to get there and back (because I don't think there will be staff lodging anywhere. there isn't a 'con hotel' because this was so quickly planned.) three days, but we can probably do it for two. I'll have to give Rob a call and see if he's staffing as well. Perhaps we can car pool.

On the up side, I'll have some free Moo cards I ordered if I want to give any away. I should have gotten some with my human art on them, but it didn't even dawn on me that I'd probably get them before the weekend anyhow. :/ Lame.

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I need to redesign my website. And write up a new commission page since FA's is STILL DOWN for absurd reasons and I accidentally overwrote my old one with the last layout update I did.

The only other place I have commission info is on my artblog. But I'd like something more professional looking. Also, something that has my updated commissions I offer, since traditional badges are only going to be at conventions now.

I'd also like for the Furtopia FTP to be working again. I know they moved/fixed/upgraded/whatever the servers, but I STILL can't connect and I FUCKING HATE the web FTP because it's slow as balls.

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Squeeji and Elliot left this morning. The house is strangely quiet in comparison to the noise and mayhem it held the last week. I'm still tip-toeing around quietly because I think people are sleeping and such. But just TJ is snoring downstairs.

I also discovered I have a bag of Angie's markers, as well! D: So I'll have to get those back to her at some point in the future.

We all determined if we're doing AC next year, we're pre-registering and shit. D: Especially if the price of admission might be going up. There's also been talks of a Dealer's table, since it's only $75 (as of now) and that includes admission. But, as usual, I'd want to get some kind of merchandise together first. I hate relying only on commissions to float me money-wise. And, I'm not STUCK behind a Dealer's table, we can swap out and give each other breaks.

So we'll see. It's too early to plan that far ahead still.

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Go to http://quotationspage.com/random.php3 and browse the random quotes until you find five that you think reflect who you are or what you believe.

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), quoted Kansas City Star, June 5, 1977

It is hard work, but there is happiness in it.
- Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.
- Vaclav Havel (1936 - )

Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don't put off being happy until some future date.
- Dale Carnegie

A person has three choices in life. You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can tread water and let the tide sweep you away, or you can swim with the tide, and let it take you where it wants you to go.
- Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Northern Lights, 1993

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I think I'm going to get dressed and take advantage of the beautiful morning. Walk downtown, take some pictures, return some library books and just get out of the house for a little bit.