So, here's something new and interesting... I'm dating someone. *GASP* I know it's crazy. It's been three years since I've dated anyone. Who knew I'd finally decide to settle down and have a relationship with someone. I'm just so much of a loner and so introverted that I never feel happy spending so much time with another person. Could also be that I've never been with anyone I really cared for. This guy is really something though.

I work with him in the hospital so we carpool now as he lives a block from my house. He's an artist. He does tagging and they're just stunning pieces. I've been urging him to get a dA. Hopefully he will soon. He also plays the acoustic guitar, composes his own songs, and he sings. He's really good and has a great voice. I'm highly impressed with his talents.

He's has the same tastes in music as I do. Big movie buff, and plays loads of video games (although I have him beat in the console department ;D). He also is getting me into WoW. Yes... that's right, I'm going to start playing WoW. I know I'm going to regret it because I'm going to get so addicted to it everything else will just fail to be but I'm going to try my hardest to keep everything on an even level (pff).

We've been getting along great together. He's really sweet and not too clingy. He loves my art and respects my need to draw as he can be on the same level. He's into anime and comics too, but not to the point where I need to beat him because he's obnoxious about it. He also knows both Erin and Andrea and in turn they dig him, so no worries about making sure the best friends get along with the boy friend.

Just wanted to toss this up here. So exciting. >3

Oh and on completly non-relationship deals. I bought a PSP about two weeks ago. It's all sorts of awesome and I just beat Crisis Core. Working on an epic picture for that. Almost beat God of War Chains of Olympus, and I just bought Sims 2 Castaway, The Crow, and Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. Umm, and finally went to Epcot with the family for the first time last weekend. It was pretty sweet. Better than Magic Kingdom.

So I felt like updating this because... I never update and I actually don't feel like doing anything else for once.

Let's see, what I've been up to...

I still work full-time at the hospital. That probably won't change until I get into the Radiogy Program in Fall 09' as that requires a minimum of 24 hrs a week of clinicals, plus classes so I really don't think I can balance a full-time job on top of all that. But my work schedule is 3-11pm M-F, weekends off, which are always a pleasure.

Not taking any summer courses. After A&PI and Drawing I during the Spring I wanted to take a break, plus I need to save credit hours to keep me at least part-time in the Fall and Spring of next year so I don't have to pay back FAFSA. My last pre-req will be College Algebra which I'm taking this fall along with Drawing II (figure drawing!!! Finally). Not sure what I'll take come the spring. Probably some business or other art courses just to boost my GPA some and keep me at that part-time level.

As for my usual crap, I've been drawing a lot as usual. Working on that TMNT comic still among other artwork that you can always check out at my gallery: http://maya-chan.deviantart.com Ahh, gaming wise I'm re-playing Final Fantasy VIII, at the final boss, just need to beat which shall be easy. Also re-playing Kingdom Hearts 2 because my friend is playing it and I was bored and I dig the story. Also at the final boss in Turok for PS3. Been to lazy to beat it even thought he's easy. I also need to get back to playing Assassin's Creed which I just sort of stopped playing for I don't know what reason. O.O And now I need to go out and pick up GTA4 sometime soon. So many games, so little time... I also want to replay Okami. XD

As far as a social life (lulz) I hang out with mainly Erin and Andi all the time, however I have been hanging out with Billy more often lately. Mandy's back around again which has been awesome and she invested in a hookah so I've been going over there and smoking some shisha with her and La'shea. Beatniks closed down so there went one great hang out. Edo's closed too thanks to Blu which really pissed me off. I want my All you can eat Sushi! D: The Pearl Lounge has opened and I've been meaning to get over there. Looks like a cool, quiet place to hang out... I'm just lazy and work way too often to want to go. lol

Gas prices are $3.79 here as of today (it'll go up another dime by tomorrow) for regular. So I still get to point and laugh at all of the gas guzzlers that drive down the road. My car get's 31-36 mpg in town, and a full-tank costs me (right now) $34. That will last me two weeks. Haha I win! Scion xA FTW!

The family is still doing good. However my sister seems to be having some mental problems as of recently. We're bringing her to see a therapist on Monday. We're thinking she's bi-polar as it runs in the family. She had a serious breakdown on Friday night which made my mother drive home from work to be with her. It's was pretty crazy, but I still think it's just s faze, however I'm also the one suggesting the therapist.

I don't believe there is much more to report other than that. I've been busy but always happy. Oh! For my 21st b-day back on March 30th, my friends threw me a small party. It was epic. They made a cake that looks like the Companion Cube from Portal (I'm obsessed with it) and when I came in they had "Stay Alive" playing and showed me the cake. I died. The told me to cut it and as I did it was hard as a rock and they all bust out screaming "The cake is a lie!". I lulled mass off. Then they brought out the real cake which had the portal symbol drawn on it. It was pretty sweet. Then of course that lead to drinking games for the rest of the night and hot tub... emm hot tub, just what you want to mix with alcahol. lol But yes, it was a swell b-day and I was mighty excited. :3

And that's all for now. I'll probably update again in another year or so. lol

4 jobs I've had in my life
- Burger King
- Marquee Cinemas
- Ace Hardware
- Radiology Assistant

4 jobs that I want
- Web Designer
- CT Technician
- Comic Artist
- Some office job.

4 places I've lived
- Weymouth, MA
- Weymouth, MA
- Weymouth, MA
- Cape Coral, FL

4 favorite foods
- Carrots
- Mac n' Cheese
- Seafood (all of the above please!)
- Pizza

4 places I'd rather be
- Weymouth, MA
- Boston, MA
- At home
- Coffee Shop

4 movies I can watch over and over
- Transformers (2007)
- TMNT
- Twister
- The Land Before Time I

4 TV shows I like to watch
- Scrubs
- Family Guy
- Comedy Central
- Futurama

4 websites I view daily
- deviantart.com
- fanboys-online.com/index.php
- facebook.com
- vgcats.com

4 computers I've owned
- IBM
- Gateway
- Sony Vaio
- I wish I had another one.

4 reasons I love what I do
- I guess if you're referring to a job, I love my job. I can work on art in between patients
- I love my art because it brings out different sides of me and drawing stories is a lot of fun.
- I'm constantly trying to build my portfolio for college
- I don't know what else.

4 reasons I don't
- Seeing old wrinkly things I would prefere not to see
- The smells
- Nasty bodily fluids
- Constant chances of getting a deadly disease

4 books I want to read again
- Outlander
- Eragon
- The Death Gate Cycle
- Jurassic Park

4 books I never need read again
- Harry Potter Series
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- Dunno
- Dunno

4 things that make me laugh
- CollegeHumor.com
- My friends
- My co-workers
- My family

4 things that make me cry
- Disappointing People
- Reading a sad, extremely touching story. Even a fanfic.
- When one of my favorite characters dies
- Openly Stupid People

4 things I'm going to do this year
- Get my X-mas shopping done on time
- Go to Busch Gardens before my Year pass is up
- Finish the prologue to MNTDN and maybe have a site up
- Loose 10 lbs

4 things I do to pass the time at work
- Draw
- Surf the internet
- Talk to people on AIM
- Talk with co-workers

And I tag anyone who wants to do this.

Jello~ I've been reaching my lazy streak with updating this journal, yet again. Never fails, does it. :D But I have been busilly updating my dA journal, along with my dA gallery with much artwork. If you care to see what I'm up to, jaunt over there: http://maya-chan.deviantart.com

( So far this is one of my faves: )

She's a made-up character my friend and I made back in 7th grade. We created five of them to go along with the anime Ronin Warriors. I'm happy with how she came out. ^^ Her feet piss me off but I'm going to have to deal.

Oh yeah, I never said anything about the TB. I tested negative so alls well. My mum had to get tested for it too, but she's alright. ^^

Bought this sweet set of Sai's today at the mall. :D I felt like splurging on myself for once (TMNT was not splurging!). XD They're nice steel, not sharp or anything but I have no reason to have them sharp. This is the start of my Turtle Weapon collection. I need two katanas, a bo and a pair of nunchukus. I have other weapons but none of them the Turtles have. I'm stoked about getting a bo staff. I use to do bo katas in competitions back up north so I'd love to work on them again. :3

Also started this sick set of the Turtles. I'm stoked about them.

Got tested for the TB today. They have to check it on Monday to see whether I'm going to have my life cut drastically short. *shrugs* Better get shit done now. XD

Emm~ I've got a mean talent. :3

So I just found out today that a few weeks ago I was exposed to someone with Tuberculosis. I also got the new TMNT movie on DVD today. :D

So... I might have a fatal disease, but I have Turtles... so it evens it out. XD

OMFG!!! The TMNT 07' Movie is FINALLY out on DVD today!!!! *stoked*

*foams at the mouth*

There was once a women who lived alone by the sea. Her home was built high on a cliff, singled out along the coast. White, billowing dunes played along the shore line below. An image of beauty that never changed.

It was picturesque but the women had a problem. She was terrified of the sea, but she this was her home.

For years, she lived in the tiny cottage, content and happy by herself, never knowing what else there could be down the sandy paths behind her, or the endless waters before her.

One day, during a ritualistic gaze outside onto the sandy shores, her eyes fell upon a mark on her painting. Gathering her shall, she whisked out the door to see what had disturbed the endless serenity.

It was a man. A young man, roughly around her own age. Tall and slender with a comfortable build along his shoulders and arms. His short brown hair, whipped around his face in the salty wind. A camera was held to his eye, being adjusted to focus on the setting sun.

She was surprised, as she neared, that even with the noise her sandals made, skimming the sand, that he never once looked in her direction.

"Sir?"

"Just a minute. We're almost there-" His smiling voice waved to her as she came to a halt a small distance from him. Within a minutes time, a bright green flash lit up the sky as the sun submersed itself into the disappearing waters.

"Beautiful. Simply stunning." The man said after his camera clicked off and was placed back into it's case.

"What, sir? If you don't mind my asking, was so stunning?"

The man gave a soft chuckle as he finally turned to her.

"You live on these shores and yet you don't find the Green Flash simply breathtaking?"

She did not reply and the man continued, "I guess if you've lived here your whole life, this spectacle is of a general interest to you. But to many, lifetimes pass without ever witnessing it."

"But, why let such a thing bother you? Is it a necessity in life to be apart of something so short coming?" The gentleman let out a soft chuckle at her reply.

"Would you mind showing me inside? I feel a little weary from my travels, and we can continue our conversation there."

The night was becoming morning, and the tea kettle had long since grown cold. Their talk had ventured across everything in that short span. The man had learned much of her and found himself surprised that many of the stories concerning her had been true.

Her name the local town had given her, was the "Shore Maiden". A beautiful persona that did it's job in painting the portrait of the women. Her bleach, blond, hair was long and thin. It floated in wisps around her shoulders and face as the sea breeze stirred it. Her skin was smooth yet evenly tanned from years in the sun. Her dress was long and the color of foamy surf.

She almost seemed as a ghost, if it wasn't for her laugh. Laughter was real, and with his words, she seemed to crawl out from her shell, revealing the stunning pearl inside.

"You know, this night seemed to be just what you needed. When we first met, you though the Green Flash was as simple as a gull's feather landing on your porch." The man laughed as he leaned back into his seat, his attention pausing as he looked out over the water. One story the town's folk had told him suddenly struck his fancy as he looked back towards her.

"Say, I heard you feared the sea. Why might that be? Especially seeing as you've lived here since you were a child."

Her answer came so suddenly that it almost sounded cold, "I know nothing about it." She said, her eyes still on his.

"What?" He exclaimed as he almost fell out of his seat. Sustaining from asking further, he took the initiative and pulled her up from her seat and motioned for the porch steps. "Well, no better time to learn than now." He said with a laugh. She allowed herself to laugh along with him as he led her down the side of the grassy slope from her cottage, through the cat tails and beach plants towards the shore line.

They both stopped at the water's edge, and the man finally took a step forward, leaving her watching.

"When I was a boy, my first question to my mum and pa was what made the water come in and out onto the shore when no one was pushing it." He wadded out to his shins as he talked, his back to her. "They told me the moon moved the waters as it came closer to the Earth for a hug." He chuckled. "At least it was half-way true." He turned back to her. She had not moved from her spot in the sand, but the waters had already moved in and were washing about her dry soles.

"Right now, as you can see by that sandbar a little ways out, that it's low tide. The water is already coming back in." His gaze combed the shore down to a jetty that reached out from below her sea cliff. "It won't be long before these waters are touching that rock." He pointed to the third largest boulder in the jetty of the eight or more large boulders that made up the jetty.

"Amazing, isn't it?" He questioned as he brought his arms up behind his head in a stretch.

She let out a simple nod. The waters lapping further now around her ankles. He prodded back out of the water to be next to her. Taking from his pocket, he handed her a small cellular phone.

"Keep this. I noticed you didn't have a phone in your house, and I need some way of getting a hold of you." His smile was warm and welcoming. He leaned in close to her and gave her a light kiss on her cheek as he than moved a few feet away from the waters ebb. "Wait here for me. I'll call you real soon. Than I'll teach you more about the ocean."

She never turned to look at him leave. She never told him goodbye. But she waited with the phone held loosely in her grip.

An hour passed, and her stoic figure remained motionless, looking out over the water. Her dress was now floating in water up to her thighs.

Another hour passed, and the phone remained silent. The water had reached her elbows.

She felt something wet roll down her face but thought nothing of it as the water lapped at her chin.

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This was a short story that came to me while I was sitting down on the dock, thinking. I believe I wrote it for myself rather than anyone else.

Oh fuck, I'm tired, and my left hand is killing me... I think I may have arthritic in it and never knew it before hand due to very rarely using my left hand. Enough of my whining though.

This weekend has been absolutely lovely. Spending time with dear friends whom haven't been around in forever, and others whom I see far more often than I believe I deserve. I've been thinking and contemplating things that I never thought was possible from me... at least this far in the game of my life. I want to see it follow through more than I've ever dreamed of, I don't fear it anymore, and I don't fear the outcomes of it. What I do fear, is letting things slip through the cracks again.

*laughs* I wonder how many things have slipped through the cracks so far. Maybe it's because I don't try hard enough. I think the only thing I've ever fought for has been my artwork. Last time I checked... artwork had no real feelings except for the feelings you gave it. I've, of course, fought for my friends. I'd die for them.

*laughs* I know why! Cause I start to think like this! :D

I highly support this man. :D

Warning: Harry Potter 7 Spoilers

Finished it... I started to bawl at the word "doe" on pg 687, and than it was downhill from there.... ( Possible Spoiler )

Erin and Andrea are my worlds or, as we now term each other, our "limbs". How did this all come about? Here's what happened:

**a while ago**

Kelley (Ashley's little sister) walks into my bedroom as I'm getting ready to go out with Erin and Andrea to do... something.

"You're leaving again! You're always hanging out with your friends."

I turn to her and say, "Friends! What friends? Erin and Andrea? They're not friends, they're more like limbs that I can't live without."

**return to present**

And that's how the "limbs" deal cam about. ^^ Rather cute, and impressive considering it was coming from me. My brain usually isn't that quick. So we now refere to each other as our limbs. :D It's fun, and I love them so much. >3

So I am now officially certified to give the "kiss of life"! >D

Yeah, got home from work last night around 11:30pm (after 12 hr shift), stayed up for about an hour, and finally hit the sack around 1:30am. I basically tossed and turned all night for some unknown reason leaving me with a horrible nights sleep only to have to get up at 6:30am to go to my CPR Class. I was going to go into work early today but I am just way too beat to do so. I'll just be working my normal day of 3-11 instead. I still need to talk to Wayne about getting my paperwork completed as I have passed my 90 days. Every time I get a chance he's in a friggin meeting. I guess being the Director of Radiology means you're busy all the time. ;D

I'm going to attempt to start work on SunDial again. I drew some a few weeks ago but than ended up playing games again. I've been so unproductive in art lately that I'm gettin tired of myself. haha If that's possible.

I wanna say HAPPY B-DAY to my best bud, Andrea Y, who is far, FAR away in Massachusetts. Hope she's havin a good one. >3 And also a Happy Early B-day to my limb here in Florida, Andrea D!! Oh, do we have a party for you~! It's amazing how we've had this thing planned since January and Andrea still knows NOTHING. >D

So, what's up with this. Since when can other people get away with making wallpapers with others artwork, and when I go and do the same my artwork get's deleted. WTF DA!? I gave all copyrights to the appropriate people, the only thing I claimed was my design of the wallpaper, nothing else. If this is happening, than all the other wallpapers etc that are plastered across DA should be deleted as well.

Anyways~~~!!! Just because they were deleted from DA doesn't mean they can't be put here! HAHAHA

TRANSFORMERS WALLPAPERS!!!

I take no credit for any of the images used in these wallpapers. Only for the creation of the wallpapers.

ATTENTION: These are NOT the full-size images as Photobucket resizes pictures. If you are interested in using ANY of these. Please, feel free to either send me a comment on this entry or e-mail me at - uriko_san2002@yahoo.com. I will then send you the full-sized images to your e-mail. ^^

Bumblebee

Jazz

Optimus Prime

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So we've got the tickets to go see HP5 at midnight. I'll just be gettin out of work so again, goin to the movies in scrubs. haha I'm kinda, eh, about seein it. I have a feelin they're gunna rip the book a new one, but it doesn't look too bad. I'm not holdin my breath though. Although I've pretty much lost my interest with the series. After seeing the movie and reading the latest book I'll probably do some fanart, or talk about it for a week or two but I don't think it'll go beyond that. I just hope Harry dies in the last book. But anyways, yeah, I was actually shocked to find out this movie was only 2 and half or so hours long. After the last few were four hours each. OotP was a long book too. We'll see how it is. XD

**is rushed to the hospital due to a seizure**

Doctor: "Now, what were you doing before you had the seizure?"

Me: "I was watching the pokemon episode that gives you seizures on youtube."

Doctor: "..."

( ... )

Happy 4th Of July!!!

I have a long re-cap to do about my weekend to write up. Just a little lazy right now. hehe ^^

pwned.