Okay, this is without a doubt the hardest project I have ever taken on. That being said, if you guys have any advice, PLEASE HELP ME!!! lol.
Okay, well, I am manga obsessed. And, in ninth grade, my two best friends, Lisa and Jessica, and I decided to have a go at making our own manga. We spent the better part of two years working on the thing, editing and revising the story line. All three of us wrote it together, and it was my job to draw it. We finally had it all worked out. Then... CRASH! Everything fell apart due to the simple fact that I, ME, I couldn't draw it!! It wasn't that I didn't want to, I just COULDN'T!! My art just wasn't strong enough. Everything I drew was complete crap.
Every once in a while, I would attempt it again, as I got better. But each time, I had the same problem. Well, it's been about five years, and I finally feel like I might actually be at a place where I can pull it off. I've been locked in my room for days just trying to get the basic designs. I can draw well when I'm copying someone else's work, but that's all I can do. When it comes to drawing my own characters, it's EXTREMELY difficult. It sucks because I want to be able to draw this manga more than anything. I have a clear image in my head. But when I try to draw it, I mess up on everything. When I don't have a picture in front of me, I draw like I'm about 8 years old again.
Or maybe I'm just over thinking it? I don't know! There are just so many things that go into making a manga. Plus, I have to focus on things I'm not very good at drawing. Like hands. And feet. And clothes. And making sure the eyes are symmetrical. And I have a hard time getting the characters to look the same on every page. Not to mention, I suck at backgrounds, I'm terrible when it comes to perspective. AND! I can't draw people from the side!<-- This is a HUGE problem! URRGH! There are so many things I need to learn how to do. You don't realize how much is actually involved until you try to do one. But I want this soooo badly! I've been working really hard and it's just not coming together yet. Anybody have any advice?

So... After I quit my job, work called me and said they wanted me back. I was like HAHAHAHA! YEAH RIGHT!!! Then... I made the mistake of telling my parents that they wanted me back... When I went to work the next day (lol) things were, surprisingly, back to normal. There was no awkwardness like I thought there'd be. Nobody even acknowledged the fact I left. And they've even been giving me more hours. My boss didn't even seem mad. I guess they must really need me to stay. But even so, I'm job hunting. I had an interview at Michael's this week. (Fingers crossed). I don't plan on staying there too much longer. The first chance I get, I am GONE!!! Although it sucks that I had to swallow my pride and go back, I am grateful to still have a job.

Mark which things you have done, then calculate your score by counting the number of questions you marked. This test is out of 100 questions which means that the number you get as your score is also your percentage. Tag 10 of your friends, and re-post as "I do stupid things __% of the time."

1. [ ] Forgot to put the lid on the blender, turned it on, and had everything fly out
2. [x] Gotten your head stuck between the stair rails
3. [x] Broken a chair by leaning back in it
4. [x] Had gum fall out of your mouth while you were talking
5. [x] Choked on your own spit while you were talking
6. [ ] Had people tell you that you are blond when you're not, or had people tell you that your blond highlights are going to your head
7. [x] Been caught staring at your crush by your crush
8. [x] Have looked for something for at least 5 min then realized it was in your hand
9. [x] Tried to push open a door that said pull
10. [x] Tried to pull open a door that said push

Running total: 8

11. [ ] Have actually believed someone when they said that they knew how to make a love-potion
12. [x] Have hit yourself in the process of trying to hit something else
13. [x] Have tripped and fallen UP the stairs
14. [ ] Have actually exploded marshmallows in the microwave
15. [x] Have gotten gum stuck in your hair
16. [x] Had gum fall out of your mouth while trying to blow a bubble
17. [ ] Have had the juice from a mini tomato squirt out and hit somebody else when you bit into it
18. [x] Have had your drink come out your nose because you were laughing so hard
19. [x] Have called one of your good friends by the wrong name
20. [ ] Have skinned your toe because you were playing soccer or kickball with flip flops on or you were barefoot

Running total: 14

21. [ ] Have put a sticker on your forehead, forgot it was there, and went out in public with it on
22. [x] Have fallen out of a moving vehicle
23. [x] Have run into a closed door
25. [x] Searched for your cell phone while you were talking on it
26. [x] It has taken you longer than 5 min to get a joke
27. [ ] Have gotten your hair stuck in a blow dryer
28. [ ] Have gotten your hair stuck in a fan
29. [x] Tripped on a crack in the sidewalk
30. [ ] Said o'clock after saying how many min after the hour, example: 5:30 o'clock, or 6:15 o'clock

Running total: 19

31. [x] After someone told you that there was gum on the ground, you stepped in it
32. [x] Put on a white shirt even though you already knew it was raining outside
33. [x] Have ever walked up to a stranger because you thought they were someone else
34. [x] Ever been kicked out of a grocery store/off their property
35. [x] Touched the stove, the curling iron, a hot pan, etc when its on, even though you knew it was hot
36. [ ] Taken off your clothes to change into something else then accidentally put the old clothes back on.
37. [x] Wondered why something wasn't working then realized it wasn't plugged in
38. [x] Put the cereal in the fridge, or put the milk in the cupboard
39. [x] Walked into a pole
40. [ ] Wore two different earrings or shoes by accident/stolen someones shoes by accident

Running total: 27

41. [x] Took a picture of someone's eye with the flash on
43. [x] Gotten a ring stuck on your finger because you put it on even though you knew it was too small
44. [ ] Walked out of the bathroom (stall) with toilet paper stuck to your shoe without realizing it
45. [x] Went to go do something/go get something, then when you got there, you forgot what it was that you were going to do
46. [x] Picked up someone else's drink and drank out of it by accident when your drink was right next to it
47. [x] Fallen out of your chair while trying to pick something up
48. [x] Have poked yourself in the eye
49. [ ] Have gotten in the shower with your socks still on
50. [ ] Melted your hairbrush while blow drying your hair

Running total: 33

51. [x] Have done enough stupid things to make a test
52. [x] Have accidentally stabbed yourself with a pencil (That one goes with #28)
53. [x] Have sung the wrong verse to a song without realizing it
54. [x] Have given an odd answer to a question because you didn't hear the question in the first place and didn't feel like asking what it was
55. [x] Told someone you were the wrong age because you seriously forgot how old you were
56. [x] Looked into an overhead purposefully while it was on
57. [x] Got up early and got ready for school/work, then realized that you didn't have school/work that day
58. [x] Forgot your own phone number
59. [x] Have tripped on a cord after someone told you to watch out for it
60. [x] Have ever laughed at a joke that no one else thought was funny

Running total: 43

61. [x] Done the Macarena to the electric slide or vice versa (or to any song for that matter!)
62. [x] Said funner then had someone make fun of you for it
63. [x] Have repeated yourself at least twice in the same sentence
64. [x] Brought up an inside joke with the wrong person
65. [x] Didn't do the backside of an assignment because you thought that there wasn't one because you had already looked and forgot that there was another side
66. [x] Did more work than you had to on an assignment because you didn't read the directions
67. [x] Corrected someone's grammar/pronunciation then figured out that you were the one that was wrong
68. [x] Put something in a special place so that you would remember where it was, then forgot where you put it
69. [x] Put ice in your drink after the glass was full of liquid and had it splash out
70. [x] Told a lie then forgot what it was that you had said and got caught

Running total: 53

71. [ ] When wearing goggles, you pulled them away from your face and let go so that they would come back and snap you in the face
72. [ ] Forgot to make sure that the lamp was off before you replaced the light bulb
73. [x] Ran into a door jam
74. [ ] Told someone that you hardly ever do stupid things, then immediately did/said something stupid
75. [x] Told someone to watch out for something, then you were the one that ran into it
76. [ ] Have purposely licked playground sand
77. [ ] Have purposely and repeatedly flicked yourself with a rubber band
78. [x] Gotten so hyper that someone actually thought you were drunk when you weren't
79. [x] Have been so hyper you actually scared people
80. [ ] Put duct tape on your body then pulled it off to see if it would hurt

Running total: 57

81. [ ] Put tape on someone else's hair then pulled it off
82. [x] Put a clothes pin/hair clip on your lip, figured out that it hurt, then did it again
83. [ ] Sat and wondered why men's dress shirts have a loop on the back
84. [x] Made up a code name for someone so that you could talk about them to someone else and no one else would know who you were talking about
85. [x] Have gotten a hairbrush stuck in your hair.
86. [x] Used the straw to blow the straw wrapper at someone.
87. [ ] Shaved your tongue because you thought your taste buds looked funny
88. [x] When at a restaurant, you used your spoon to fling stuff at people
89. [x] Have flung forks at people in a restaurant
89. [ ] Tripped and made the waiter drop the food.

Running total: 63

91. [x] As you are writing, you move/moved your head back and forth with your pen/pencil
92. [x] Have drawn finger puppets on your fingers then named them
93. [x] Have wrapped someone in a roll of toilet paper
94. [x] Have used somebody else's toothbrush without even realizing it wasn't yours
95. [x] Have started telling a story and forget what you were talking about or what happened in the story
96. [x] Read a whole book but during the whole book you weren’t even paying attention
97. [x] You have spelled your own name wrong before
98. [x] When lying in bed you look for pictures in the texture of the ceiling
99. [x] Have used your calculator as a form of communication in a class
100.[ ] Have popped a balloon in your mouth

GRAND TOTAL: 72!! ... well, that's not exactly encouraging.

I also tag anyone who wants to do this.

So... I am officially jobless.... yeah. I quit my job tonight. Ugh... I feel bad for doing it, but enough is enough. Plus, I have enough saved to pay my bills for about four months. If I can't find a job in that amount of time.... then, as my signature states, "we are deep pickles." lol.
See, the thing is, I specifically told them I couldn't work on Halloween. It's a huge event for my family. We run our own haunted house. So, I've had the day off for months. We've been planning it for over a year. A lot of work went into it, you know? Then, today, my boss started jerking me around and said I had to work after he already told me I didn't have to. So, a coworker, Janice said she would work for me. He said no. Then, Danny offered to work for me. Again, no. So, I suggested Teena and Janice switch shifts to cover me. No dice. It was ridiculous. It was like he just wanted to see me work just to be a jerk. My poor mom was so upset. This is really important to her. I mean, you should have seen her face when I told her they wanted me to work. So, I basically told him that I wasn't coming in whether he liked it or not and if that meant I had to quit, then I quit. So, he paid me and I left. And that was that.... The thing is, it's not like I liked my job that much, but I don't want to use up my savings because I was planning a huge Christmas surprise for my mom. Sigh. Oh well... Hopefully something else will come along soon.

There's this game where you turn on your mp3, put it on shuffle and put the first part of the first 30 songs down no matter what it is. Then people try to guess the song and artist. It sounded like fun. Yes, I'm a dork. And I have nothing better to do. So, here I go.


OKAY, HERE ARE THE ANSWERS SINCE ONLY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE EVEN GUESSED. SNIFFLE. JUST KIDDING.

1. Black dress, with the tights underneath. I got the breath of a last cigarette on my teeth.
DON'T TRUST ME- 3OH!3

2. I watch how the moon sits in the sky on a dark night shining with the light from the sun but the sun doesn't give the light to the moon assuming that the moon's gonna owe it one.

PLACE FOR MY HEAD- LINKIN PARK

3. Somewhere there's speaking, it's already comin' in. Oh, and it's rising at the back of your mind.
EVERYTHING YOU WANT- VERTICAL HORIZON

4. In fields where nothing grew but weeds, I found a flower at my feet, bending there in my direction.

THE GOOD LEFT UNDONE- RISE AGAINST

5. Looking back at me, I see that I never really got it right. I never stopped to think of you.

COLD- CROSSFADE

6. The world is a vampire sent to drain. Secret destroyers hold you up to the flames.

BULLET WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS- SMASHING PUMPKINS

7. Down to you you're pushin' and pulling me down to you but I don't know what I- Now when I caught myself, I had to stop myself.

CAUGHT MYSELF- PARAMORE

8. Goodnight to the city and the sea, to the strangers in the street. Goodnight to the ghosts out in the hall, the paint peeling off the walls.

GOODNIGHT-ZOX

9. I've read you well. I just want to get away. Cause you used my love. I just need to get away.

HOST- MUSE

10. Well when you go don't ever think I'll make you try to stay and maybe when you get back, I'll be off to find another way.

I DON'T LOVE YOU- MCR

11. Hope dangles on a string like slow spinning redemption winding in and winding out the shine of it has caught my eye.

VINDICATED- DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL

12. A thousand times I've seen you standing gravity like a lunar landing. You make me want to run til I find you.

LOVE REMAINS THE SAME- GAVIN ROSSDALE

13. Why do you look so familiar? I could swear that I have seen your face before. I think I like that you seem sincere.

WHO KNOWS-AVRIL LAVIGNE

14. He calls the mansion not a house but a tomb. He's always choking from the stench and the fume.

TO THE END- MCR

15. You sit there in your heartache, waiting on some beautiful boy to save you from your old ways.

WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG- THE KILLERS

16. What if I wanted to break? Laugh it all off in your face? What would you do?

THE KILL- 30 SECONDS TO MARS

17. Welcome to the planet. Welcome to existence. Everyone's here, everyone's here. Everybody's watching you now.

DARE YOU TO MOVE- SWITCHFOOT


18. Survivor! Survivor! One more God**** day when I know what I want and my want will be considered tonight, hah, hah (lol. that always cracks me up) considered tonight.

TEN THOUSAND FISTS- DISTURBED

19. You don't remember me, but I remember you. I lie awake and try so hard not to think of you. But who can decide what they dream, and dream I do.

TAKING OVER ME- EVANESCENCE

20. These ideas are nightmares for white parents whose worst fear is a child with dyed hair and who likes earrings.

SING FOR THE MOMENT- EMINEM

21. deep down, deep down,dari dara dada du dara. deep down, deep down,dari da da. I want a click, a click to your heart, a hyperlink into you.

HYPERLINK- EIFFEL 65


22. Go now if you want it, an otherworld awaits you. Don't you give up on it. You bite the hand that feeds you.

OTHERWORLD- NOBUO UEMATSU

23. Never made it as a wise man, couldn't cut it as a poor man stealing. Tired of livin' like a blind man. I'm sick inside without a sense of feeling.

HOW YOU REMIND ME- NICKELBACK

24. This is my life. It's not what is was before. All these feelings I've shared. And these are my dreams that I've never lived before.

SO FAR AWAY- STAIND


25. All our times have come. Here, but now there, gone. Seasons don't fear the reaper, nor do the wind the sun or the rain (we can be like they are).

DON'T FEAR THE REAPER- BLUE OYSTER CULT

26. Lady Madonna, children at your feet. Wonder how you manage to make ends meet. Who finds the money when you pay the rent?

LADY MADONNA- THE BEATLES

27. Nobody knows it, but you've got a secret smile. And you use it only for me.

SECRET SMILE- SEMISONIC

28. one upon a year gone by, she saw herself give in. Everytime she closed her eyes, she saw what could have been. Well, nothing hurts and nothing bleeds when covers tucked in tight.

PARADISE- VANESSA CARLTON

29. Picture yourself in the living room. Your pipe and slippers set out for you. I know that you think it ain't too far.

UNDERDOG- SPOON

30. My hands are searching for you, my arms are outstretched towards you. I feel you on my finger tips, my tongue dances behind my lips for you.

ALL AROUND ME- FLYLEAF