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Thursdays are now destined to be super-shitty.
Why? Because the college timetable opens with English Language as the morning lesson. Just no. I can't fucking face Angela at 9AM.

And I'm so thankful I've ended up with Angela, because if I'd had Sue - today would have been my first and last A2 English lesson. Fuck that.

But it was a waste of time. All she did was hand out endless wodges of notes and dividers for us to categorise shite. I was so bored I resorted to doing what I did for the entire course of year 11 English lessons - writing all over my ringbinder with gold pen.

I also used silver and permanent marker. I wrote RADIOACTIVE SAUSAGE on the back with black, then outlined it in silver. It looks proper mint. :)

In my break, I started working on a new drawing. I continued it throughout Photography and the break afterwards, as in the Photography lesson - due to the sever being all fucky and not letting us log-on so we could edit our stuff - we practically ended up doing nothing.
Oh, we had a mini-lecture on manual settings and apature, but I'm still pretty in the dark about them. :/

Either way, here's my drawing.
Ashleigh Sparrow, naturally. DATWBSVOH must be saved soon... I hope it manages...



Oddly enough, it doesn't have any major glaring mistakes. I did her hair a bit of a weird colour, and I made her look a tad TOO angry and psychotic - but I didn't cock up the hands - which is good. :)

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When I got home, I ate pizza and played Banjo-Kazooie.
I loaded up the save I started last time Ash asked me to play it - and I fully completed 4 more worlds - bringing my grand total to 8/9 worlds complete.
I'd even managed to get all 100 fucking notes on RUSTY BUCKET BAY. Something I'd never done before.

Bloody Click Clock Wood was causing me the most aggravation, but after I'd sat there for another hour pissing around with guides and attempting to calm myself  after numerous suicide jumps from the top of the 100-foot high tree - I managed to get all 100 notes on that level too.

But then I was faced with the final boss.
I don't know if I was tired, or if I was just shit - but I just couldn't do it.
I ended up turning it off in the end.
I plan to re-attempt it tomorrow... If all goes well, we have a shiny 100% completion on our hands.

Hello, my poetry blogged kicked me over here as a reminder. LOL

How is everyone?

I've been so busy these past months building sites for clients, becoming further engaged in the social media phenom... and teaching clients the same.

A big shift occurred recently with an emphasis on the arts.. not so surprising really considering my own love for creativity and what I see of others.

Check out the fan page on Facebook where I have created a central space for Artists to congregate and share their artwork with wider audiences. This began at the beginning of August and already is nearly at 5,000 fans for the page.

Lots of other things too are keeping me really busy. Drop me a note through Facebook to come back to check my inbox here if you leave something cuz I rarely get time to juggle it all.

Cheers, Lee

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I stayed awake last night until 4AM.
I'd found new inspiration on DeviantArt and I was gathering as many source pictures as I could.
Before I turned my PC off, I'd made a new folder and filled it with over 200 different pixel art base dolls.

I think they're weird, but very helpful.
They're basically naked, bald and featureless manga-esque people, designed to be altered by other users.
I don't do pixel art, but they're good reference material for when one is wondering how to draw a certain position.

I've gotten a few ideas for individual drawings, along with some simple panel comics too.

So this morning, I opened up one of my reference pictures, five people standing in a group, holding a banner - and I drew my own version.

I turned them into The Sparrows (or Team Sparrow, I can't decide on what to call them) from DATWBSVOH, the protagonist wheelchair basketball team.



[DeviantArt link...]

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I sent it to Reiss, and had an urge to draw his character.
So he sent me a photo to use as a reference, and I drew his character, who might I add - actually looks quite a lot like Reiss. (Which surprised me.)



[DeviantArt link...]

And some randomer added it to their favourites like A SECOND after it'd been uploaded.
It must've caught their eye on the recent updates page.

Reiss liked it too, which I was glad of. :)

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I spoke to Reiss for a little while and ate a bowl of chicken soup with four slices of bread.
Finally, mam's bought a loaf of my favourite bread - Warbuton's medium. I've ate shitloads of it.

Reiss sent me a YouTube link to a random fucking video called "One Day I Went To Lidl" - and it's a weird song, sung by an African bloke with a weird accent. It's about shoplifting and immigration.
Reiss is just obsessed with Lidl recently.

I had to piss at the: "One day I went to ASDA, I went to shoplift in ASDA..." part.

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I spent a few hours playing Sonic Adventure 2: Battle.
Adam got me interested in it again yesterday.

I did a few lost Chao missions, having to use the guide for a few of them.
I feel so accomplished when I get an A ranking the first time, without even going for one.
All five missions on White Jungle - for instance. A rank every time, without even aiming to get one.

And I finished off the Last Story mode and then did the following boss attack.
The Biolizard is a pile of piss when you know what you're doing.

I'm on about 87 emblems at the moment.
I need to get back to where I was on my old save - which was around 115...
I also had A ranks on all of Eggman's levels, so I'll have to do those again.
Not difficult like, Eggman is the easiest character to complete.

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Farmville!
I'm level 21 now, and I decided to annoy Shelly and buy a barn.
Shelly was saying she was going to get one, "and I better not get one first".

Then I went a bit overboard on the market and bought a ton of pointless decorations like hay bales, butter churns and wheelbarrows.
You get EXP points for them though, so it's not a total waste.

300 EXP points for the barn alone!

I took a screenshot of this very sexy corner where my barn is:



And here's my STUPID AMOUNT OF COWS:
I don't want to sell any of them though. :(



Shelly says for every 100 EXP points I overtake her, she'll spank me once.
So I wanna get ahead of her! :D
Tee hee hee... Yeah, kinky mood.

Shelly and I have been in a mint mood compared to last night.
She's been going from the kinky extreme to the musy love extreme.
At least she's giving more than one word answers on MSN. That annoys me, because when I really want to talk to her, she'll only give me "OK".

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My next blog is blog #200...
I was pondering over what I should do for it.

Blog #200 has to be SOMETHING, though.

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Today has been rather strange.
Considering today was my last full day at college with Ashleigh and Shelly - it didn't really feel like it.

I didn't see Ashleigh until after Photography - but Shelly and I could see her through the window in the Mac room. She looks so cute when she's concentrating. I was sat watching her paint for a few minutes. She really frowns and sucks her cheeks. :)

I asked Shelly not to sit with me during the Photography lesson though - I wanted to get an hour's worth of solid sketchbook completed.
So I listened to Spieluhr on repeat and I got around 9 pages completed during the lesson.
Shelly kept stroking my hair every time she walked past me to go to the printer. :)

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My memory stick is broken. :(
My PC said it needed to be formatted - so I thought fuck it - as I had everything that was saved on it backed up on Mr. Maxtor anyway.
But it then said it couldn't complete the format - and now every time I put it in my PC - all I have to do is click on it once, highlight it, right click - or interact with it in some way - MY WHOLE PC FREEZES.

And the Macs didn't even recognise it today.
I guess I'm going to have to buy a memory stick for next year.
Oh broken Logitech mp3 player - you have served me well.

If Mr. Maxtor broke - I would seriously cry.
EVERYTHING I've ever made/written/accomplished is saved on him.

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Today was the last day that the three of us walked into town together.
I even said as I was pushing Ashleigh through the car park: "Ash, this'll be the last time I push you to town..."
It felt really weird saying that to her. :(

We first stopped off at Boots.
I'd asked Shelly if she'd pay for my cherry flavour lubricant. I was too embarrased to pay for it myself.
Ashleigh actually considered doing it, for the crack of it - but then she bottled it.

The fact she was sat infront of me watching me squirm about it made me blush more.
"I'm not going red..." - I mumbled - which made her laugh more.
Sadistic cow. :)

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I wanted to taste it afterwards - but there was a blockage in the pump.
After a while, Shelly managed to clear it - but that left her with a big handful of excess that had just exploded out once she'd fixed the pump.

She smeared it across my face - a little bit even going in my hair.
This was infront of Ashleigh as well - consider.
Embarrassing... Yet, slightly arousing. :P

Even Ashleigh wanted to taste it.
It's like Cherry Drops - but twice as strong. It smells like them too.
The flavour is REALLY strong - it blows your head off. But it's really sweet.
And sugar free, too! :)

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We went back up to the art rooms once we'd eaten.
Ashleigh showed me her paintings.
They were pretty mint indeed. But of course, I expect nothing less from Ashleigh. :)

After Ash had gone to B block - Shelly and I stayed in the art rooms, working on our sketchooks.
I managed to get mine finished off about 10 minutes before B block started.
We didn't talk much - but we did discuss a few of our photos together.

It was odd - even though we weren't touching or barely speaking - I felt special just having Shelly sat beside me. :)

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Dixie currently feels:

 Negative

 

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Blog #74

Incredibly Bland Thursday

 

 

Media Studies is really getting to be a pain in the arse.

I don't mind doing the coursework - on the contrary, the coursework is quite fun at times.

 

Today we had to watch the opening sequence to Hot Fuzz and take notes on it.

Then we had to answer exam-style questions about it - ARGHHHH, PAIN IN THE ARSE.

 

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I had an appointment with Dianne at 11 - today mainly discovering my returning Ash-paranoia, which recently, is at all all-time-high. Gah.

 

I couldn't be arsed going into town for lunch, so I indulged once more in the processed fried goodness from the refectory. I chose a cheeseburger with chips and a can of 7up.

 

Shelly is mint at timing sometimes - no sooner as I'd sat myself down to eat, she came along and sat with me.

Ashleigh came in at her usual time of half 12. We got bored after a while, so we went in the LRC.

 

I decided here I would show Ash the thing I made last night on Photoshop. I'd shown it to Lewis after our Media Studies lesson, just before my appointment with Dianne.

 

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Last night, I made this:

 

 

Using some photographs I took at the end of yesterday's photography lesson - I rounded off the corners, blurred the edges, added a black border - then I used two different layers - left the heart the real colour and made everything else greyscale.

 

It has a double-meaning too.

It can be taken literally - as Ashleigh actually IS holding a heart - or it can be viewed as my love for her that she doesn't know what to do with, as she doesn't really want it.

 

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I do silly things sometimes.

I did a silly thing today.

 

I was waiting for Ash to come out of the ground floor lift from the LRC - I was stood at the top of the wonky stairs.

...I don't know if what I did was revenge for her making me feel so shit last Saturday, but - I spat on her from the top of the stairs.

 

I'd warned her though - at first I was only messing around, but I did end up doing it.

Fortunatley, I didn't hit her head - I splattered the back of her wheelchair.

 

I felt bad about it - I wiped her down afterwards, apologising profusely.

She cuddled me after B block too - telling me it was okay, I'd just been silly as usual.

 

I hope she meant it...

I don't know if Ash would lie to me or not. :(

 

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The remainder of my night was spent eating cakes, drinking Coca-Cola and playing through dungeons on Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.

 

I also managed to fix my Guitar Hero Community account - so I celebrated with a few songs on Expert.

My scores are sending - but they don't seem to be sending to the challenges I'm involved in. Hmmmmmmmmmmm...