Thriller

 

Taken from the talented

gallo_de_pelea 

 

Google yourself using the following:

1. "[your name] needs"
2. "[your name] looks like"
3. "[your name] says"
4. "[your name]wants"
5. "[your name] does"
6. "[your name] hates"
7. "[your name] asks"
8. "[your name] goes"
9. "[your name] likes"
10. "[your name] eats"
11. "[your name] wears"
12. "[your name] was arrested for"

1. Tricia needs Carlos more than ever and he leaves! Carlos! How could you do this to me!?
LOL!!! YEAH, CARLOS! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?! XD

2. Tricia looks like she was adopted.
Have you seen my dad? I wish it were true.

3. Tricia says that the only thing that you are guaranteed is change.
How very true.

4. Tricia wants all the things mentioned above, but yet Tricia doesn't want to pay for them.
Shit yeah.


5. Tricia does not have baby Jesus!
LOLZ!!!!!!!!!!!! The jig is up!

6. Tricia hates that she keeps forgetting about plurk.
Wtf is plurk? I sorry I forgot about you...it. Whatever.

7. Tricia asks, I comply.
Damn straight, bitches.

8. Tricia goes beserk on New Years' Eve!
Well, I'm sure I had good reason.

9. Tricia likes girls!!
Well....that's news to me.

10. Tricia eats humans!
Mrs. Lovett's meat pies, savory and sweet pies...!

11. Tricia wears a size nine women's boot.
I'm a tiny seven and a half, thank you.

12. Tricia was arrested for manslaughter of two innocent victims.
Apparently I put them in pies and ate them. Also, I doubt they were innocent.



LOL that was fun. Go read fic Deppfic in my other post!

 Dropping off radar for a couple of days.  Came home last night from work and husband was stunned by how pale I was and the dark circles under my eyes. Feeling very exhausted and unwell, think I just need to rest.
 Much love, be back soon.

              Today is one of those days. The kind of day where nothing goes how you planned it, all your good intentions turn to crap, and you just feel frazzeled and out of sorts.  Having given up on creative work today I now must focus on deeply neglected house work. A mountain of laundry, clutter all over our bedroom, unwashed dishes, a closet that is begging to be cleaned out and sorted and that's just the big stuff.

             Love the reaction you guys had to my Heath/Johnny art. Thank you all as always for all your support and kindness. Oddly enough they are still all I've been able to draw, although now I've thrown Orlando into the mix as well and hope to have that up when I can. Jorli art. Apparently I'm on an RPS binge.

            My high school friend Lindsey is getting married tomorrow so we'll be making the 2 hour trek to Columbus. Wow, commitaphobe Lindsey finally settling down. That makes three of the core four of us married women. Nicci, you can't be crazy cat lady for ever!


 Pic of me my husband posted to DA. One of our "art nights". My pants blend into our horrible couch!



            
   Off to clean and prance about the house in a T-shirt and undies a long as I can before roomie returns. Will update when I can. Loves!

            Last night's "experiment", which I will go into no further details about here; totally sucked and I kick myself for even suggesting that we try it. I feel fucked up and unmotivated and have all but given up getting anything done today.
            I kept a promise to myself a let myself sleep in but found sadly it had little effect on my mood. I was doing okay--smiling about all the great comments you guys left yesterday--until my father called. Ugh. That man. Is it possible that I came from his sperm? I mean seriously? I HATE talking to him. About anything. Really. I just...argh! I hate you dad! I love you, but I hate you. I wish you were not such a dick.
           My husband has babies on the brain and of course he's passed it onto me.
           FRUSTRA~~STION!
           I'm hungry.
           I'm going to blow the little bit of money I still have on water and junk food and go to my mom's. This day is going to be frick-tastic. >:(

        It's hump day. 
        The one day my hubby has off work. We've been running around doing various things all morning. Had to take his car to the garage (this is like our sixth visit in six months. Holy fucking shit. I hate our cars.)
         Parents are calling and bugging me and I'm screening both of them. I've been doing family stuff for the last four days, I am DONE. Leave me alone!
         Sitting up here, trying to draw/write, be creatively productive in some way but just can't seem to get going on anything.
         All I wanna do is a taking a fucking nap.
         For fuck's sake.

  Oh God, Oh God Oh God....I screamed myself awake from a terrible and really strange dream. Unfortunately or perhaps fortunately, my husband had already gone to work and our roommate was also gone for the day.  God...I dreamed that I came back to a house that was obviously not mine but mine and went up to my bedroom. Everything looked weird, but it didn't seem to register with me. I seemed very focused on the stuff on the bedroom window. I had bottle caps hanging from it and pictures and stickers and stuff on it.  I must have taken a nap or something because when I woke up I realized that most of my stuff was gone and that my grandmother and all her sisters were disassembling and destroying everything I owned in a very casual, redecorating sort of way. I followed them around, begging them to stop but they all insisted it was fine. Then I realized that they had taken my fingernails off. I had no fucking fingernails!
  They had destroyed my car, supposedly had gotten rid of my dog...my husband!
  I woke up yelling and then just kind of sat there, staring.  Christ!


  So now I'm drinking a huge cup of coffee in an effort to shake off the grogginess and the horror of it all and focus on other things. Yikes...


Johnny's birthday is the 9th and I'm working on a piece of art for the occasion. Hopefully something nicer than last year!

              Coming down with something, or maybe the weather is just getting the better of me. I've been freezing, lethargic and just plain "blah" for the last two days. Been trying to write, but I just can't muster the energy.  My Jeep's in bad shape, so we had it towed to the garage today. Of the many things it needs, it also needs a new front tire, battery, and a front end alignment. Christ's sakes. Next year we're trading it in for a new one. I feel sad, as it was my first car ever, but it just seems like it's starting to go a piece at a time.

              The Sims 3 is coming out in less than 2 weeks and I'm super pumped! I've been waiting for this game for a long time, so don't be surprised if I mysteriously drop of the face of the Earth for a week or so. The first couple weeks of June seem to have a lot going on, so I probably won't  be updating as much for a little while. But maybe the distraction will loosen my artist block or give me some ideas to move forward with my stories. We shall see.

             Ugh. I have a massive headache. I'm going back to bed until my mom calls.

          Studio Ghibli is one of the few Japanese Animations I really, really enjoy and admire. Myazaki's work is so fantastic and everything he produces is magic. This is one of his less exciting movies, but this particular part of it always speaks to me.
          I apologize that it's in Japanese, but for some reason I can't find the right part in English, so you'll just have to deal with subtitles.

        
     I feel very much like Kiki right now, and every time I go through some sort of creative block. It's so immensely frustrating. Still, I feel the walls breaking down a little at a time. Maybe I'm trying too hard. Maybe I'm not trying enough. I dunno.


    Off to write or possibly get up the courage to draw little more. Either way, if I manage anything I'll make another post. Expect a sketch dump tomorrow on DA. Nothing impressive...just those doodles that manage to squeek by as something not shit. Lord I can't imagine if I spent all my time doing digital work or even doing finished work. If I can't manage decent sketches, what the hell am I gonna do?!

Tagged by the lovely chikenmcnuggets 





Johnny Depp



1. Do you like this person?
No. I love him, idolize him, admire him.

2. How do you call this person?
Johnny!!

3. Which color do you associate with this person?
Red for fire and passion, and grey for moody and deep.

4. What do you like best about his/her look?
He's got a very understated sort of fashion. He wears things that are comfortable and has lots of little odds and ends that are sentimental and meaningful to him. Love that he's not into the super high fashion/label world.

5. Looking at his/her character, what blood type do you think he/she has?
Uh....O. Because that's one of the most rare blood types. (I really have no idea)

6. What do you want to tell that person?
Thank you.  I love you and your work, and better yet I respect you for what you do and who you are. You are a beautiful person inside and out.

7. What do you want to do with this person: hug, kiss or shake?
...surprisingly I think I would rather hug him than kiss him. Although I certainly wouldn't mind the chance to do both!



Argh, I don't know anyone who would want to do this who hasn't already done it! :(

 Trying out a new layout. It's very...blue. O_o

Credit goes to
miniatures  for the layout design. (only available if you have a paid account!)

I don't know who made this but it is AWESOME
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   Yay!

   My renewed my paid account here on LJ (ironically the same day my DA subscription runs out! oh well, no biggies there.) So I've been spending the last hour or so upload from my very extensive icon collection. Problems...I forget half the people who made 'em!! I'm going to have to go through all my memories and relocate each creator, so that may take a few days, so please bear with me. This will not be fun.

 Other than that I'm PMSing majorly and spring from extremely lethargic, to listless, to super bitchy and back again.  But it is SO beautiful outside today! I was visiting my mom and grandparents and cleaning out some of the flower beds which already have flowers beginning to bud in them and it felt really good to be in the fresh air.  The last few days I've been utterly restless and so have taken up walking alot.  Which is good, because hell I need to drop a few pounds...you know like...20 or so...

Anyway that's pretty much all for now. Currently not working on anything new, just kinda coasting along for a week or so I think. But if inspiration strikes we'll see where it goes. :)

Your Love Is Represented By a Red Rose

You love passionately and fully, without any reservations. And while romantic love comes easily for you, you also love many people platonically. You are a true romantic, and you always can see the best in people.

You Should Be a Film Writer

You don't just create compelling stories, you see them as clearly as a movie in your mind. You have a knack for details and dialogue. You can really make a character come to life. Chances are, you enjoy creating all types of stories. The joy is in the storytelling. And nothing would please you more than millions of people seeing your story on the big screen!

What Type of Writer Should You Be?


Found atst_minority  's journal because it looked amusing.

I have just dragged my tired little ass home from a LOOOOOONG day at work, busting my butt and actually being thanked for it for a change.  Jonesing for some new fics. Wheres the fic ya'll?!

Too tired to say  much more than that, so feel free to ignore this unimportant little post.

 Hey gang, I've been productive the past day or so! Shock and awe, I know I know.  Hellsingfanchick has been off to Chi-town on her choir thing and so I've taken time to sit down and FINISH MY GOD DAMN PROMPTS. WOOT!!

 Unfortunately, I won't have them up until Sunday probably, simply because I have a lot going on this week between work and outings and that sort of thing. But they are done, they are finally DONE.  It's been...what four months? Christ I'm such a lazy little ass about this stuff I'm ashamed of myself.
 After I get everything put up this weekend though we'll be opening round 5 shortly, and I vow to get everything done in one month this time. Oddly enough, it'll be the final round! Oh noes?! What then?
 Em' and I haven't officially discussed it, but we'll probably just put up another set of prompts and start all over again. It's enjoyable and even though I've been lazy about it I think it helps bring fans of our weird/twisted/sometimes sick little fandom together.  Spreading Depp Slash love for everyone!! XD

One prompt I will post here is the one requested by twilitreader who wanted Sweeney/Victor Van Dort.  Because I found that when I finally sat down and wrote it I actually liked the pairing! Maybe it's because Victor is so much like Ichabod it hurts, or something about pairing Todd with someone timid and innocent makes me squee. I have no plans to make the pairing official, Sweeney's got his hands full with Fred and Ichabod as it is!
It was fun all the same though.

Title: Untitle as of yet.
Author: Terrabm (Siriusfanatic, Curiouswords)
Fandom: Sweeney Todd/ Corpse Bride
Pairing: hints of Sweeney/Victor
Rating: PG-13
Summary: While visiting a London grave yard Victor makes a surprising new friend. Prompt request for “memories.”



    ( Memories are all I have. )In other news still, the lovely and talented WickedWonka has been busy making some spoof vids on YouTube  of Sleepy Hollow and From Hell at my suggestion no less. :) Go and check them out, they are a hoot.


From Hell

Sleepy Hollow




Others worth checking out are her "Ed Wood" spoof, "Mad Love" series staring the Joker and Harley Quinn and "Sweeney Frood" trailer.  Pimpage...XD


In more Depp news, I finally watched Arizona Dream on Youtube. I have to say...wtf ?? I thought the movie failed in many aspects as to what it was trying to convey. It was trying to be deep and artsy, but just couldn't quite get there. So many of the characters were so larger-than-life that it was difficult to see them as real people. Faye Dunaway for instance, annoyed the living shit out of me. She was hysterical--and not the funny kind, the crazy kind--through 99% percent of the movie and there was no real rhyme or reason for the way she acted other than she was a woman clearly in the grips of a mid-life crisis who is clinging to youth through dating MUCH younger men.
 Axel's friend or cousin Paul was another one of those character who was just too big for himself. He was just a punk kid who aspired to be an actor and failed over and over again. All attitude. I would have liked to have seen a more serious or softer side of him. Instead he was like a living cartoon character. And obnoxous one at that.
Avoiding side characters like the uncle, that leaves us with Grace and Axel.
Grace I actually liked. Not at first of course, but other than Axel she was the one person with a well rounded personality that I could actually engage in. I was almost happy for her at the end when she finally killed herself. I don't know if I'm supposed to feel that way, but I did. It was like she had finally found the courage to free herself, even if it was tragic. Actually, she reminded me a little of William Blake's character in Dead Man. A character you knew was going to die from the beginning.
 That leaves Johnny's Axel. I love him. Depp is such an amazing actor even at that age, I was so impressed. Of course he's had significant growth since then.
Anyway, the film's worth a look at for any hard-core Depp fan if you haven't already seen it.

I plan on watching Cry Baby, The Brave and a couple others soon as well. I still haven't found time for Donnie Brasco or Before Night Falls though. (sigh)


Meanwhile, I am currently reading The Rum Diary and soon plan to read Shantaram.  Shantaram has already particularly caught my interest and I can't wait to see Depp in these rolls, though I'll have to wait a few years. :(  For now I shall have to be happy with Mad Hatter and Dillinger. :)  It's just conjecture on my part, but I've already started concept art for both characters of Paul Kemp and Lindsey.
More about these roles here:
johnny-depp.org/projects/upcoming/shantaram/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantaram_(novel)

johnny-depp.org/projects/upcoming/rumdiary/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rum_Diary_(novel)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rum_Diary_(film)#Film_version


As you can see, I'm having WAY too much fun with this stuff as usual. I'm about four chapters into Rum Dairy, and I find it a little bit boring, though Paul is sounding more and more like George to me. Perhaps that is my own twisted perception?


Okay! I'm done now, so I hope you all have a good night!

 Well a few days have passed and like always the storm has gone with it. Which is good news of course.
 I just got home from work, and while I'm not tired exactly I am thoroughly subdued. Downstairs, Kevin is having a guys night, which I think he has needed for some time, so I've decided not to intrude. I would if it were just him and our friend Danny, as I have not seen him since he broke up with his girlfriend and really enjoy hanging around him, but Kyle is down there too, and they are watching a movie I want to see but have already started it. Kyle, Me and movies I would enjoy do not mix.
So, I'm continuing my two week long Scrubs marathon. I'm on season 5 currently and found that the show is starting to weasel it's way into my head. In weird, weird ways I don't want to go into. Nope.

The weather is finally getting to be nice around here, though it's still chilly and I've got spring fever I guess. I've been on a few spring cleaning jags, cleaning out my closet, packing things away, dusting all that crap.
Also have been taking my time to get to any other writing or art projects. I promised Emily I would illustrate the fic she just wrote for me--we're doing a weird role reversal thing here--over the next few days while she's gone on a choir competition thing. I got another prompt under way, but am still being a lazy fuck about it. Yep.

Going to bed soon. Maybe tomorrow I'll actually get some work done.

   I've been reading Johnny Depp biographies for a little while now, and I'm not a biography person. But of course, for Johnny I'll make the exception. But I find the more I read about the man, the more I wish he'd put out an autobiography, simply because I'm getting really tired of listening to other writers portray him as a crazy man with some acting talent who just got lucky.
  More so than that, I'm tired of listening to all of his roles be disected and ripped apart and picked on for minor, stupid things. I feel that in the art business, no matter what your craft, there will always be critics like this. People who want to rip you apart and misconstrue everything you say and do in an effort to sound intelligent.
   I realize, that is simply part of the business, and has been for hundred and hundreds of years. It will probably never change, or if it does, it will only get worse, what with the internet and all giving every joe-shmoe free reign to plaver on forever about things they really don't understand at all. (Feels odd about writing that, as she is proving her own point)
  Ack, what am I trying to say?
  I guess that I have always loved art for art's sake. Yes, everyone has a right to an opinion being good or bad. There are artist/writers/actors who's work I don't really like, and some I outright hate, but I don't respect them any less for it. They're putting it out there. They're contributing in a creative way and that makes it valid. You may not like it, or understand it, but it's still art.
  I just think that critics and people like them devaule it.
  I have a friend who is a pretty good example. He makes fun of so many of the things I love because they don't "make sense" or are illogical in some way. He hates Pirates of the Caribbean because it's not historically acturate to the letter, can't even stomach something as monumentally wonderful as Lord of the Rings, and only wants to read things like Poe and Doyel and blah blah blah. Now, I love both those authors. They are wonderful. But does EVERYTHING have to have a mile of dust on it and have been reviewed by snooty old men in twead jackets to be valid as literature? No!
Ugh, I'm just sick of the pretenousness, you know!? It pisses me off! 

Damn, I'm afraid I'm not nearly articulate as I was in my own head an hour ago, but that is often the case with me. I write better than I speak and I think better than I write. ^^;

I'm just saying...what happened to art for art's sake? When did it become this exculsive club? What happened to creative freedom and thinking? When did we all become snobs?
That's another reason I love Johnny's work and Johnny himself. He's not afraid to take creative risks. God bless him for it. And all of you guys too, everyone who is putting art or writing out there. Fuck if it's fanfiction or fanart! It's something! And it's wonderful and don't ever let anyone tell you it's worthless because it's not. Maybe it'll never make a publisher's list.  Maybe it'll never be seen in a gallery. But it's yours and you created it. You made it with your own hands.
I think that's worth more than anything.
And certainly more than the deluded rantings of a few short-sighted people in this world.



Off my soap-box now...(ahem) here is a little snippet of the Burton Trio thing I promised I would write for Emily. Yes, there will be porn, because I promised Em' I would take up the challenge of deflowering Edward.  Christ, I feel like the Daniel Steele of Depp Slash sometimes. ^^;

 We're snowed in again and both bored. I was working on an art meme for Kevin but got frustrated and gave up after realizing how much I fucking suck. >_<


Baking strawberry cupcakes and thought up this stupid little thing.


MUSIC MEME
(post a link if you have it downloaded, it'll be more fun that way!)
Yes, you may list multiples.


1. The first song that comes into your head
 It Keeps Gettin Better--Christina Aguilera

2. Song you listened to most recently?
On A Good Day (I don't know the artist!!! If anyone can tell, I will love you forever.) www.youtube.com/watch

3. Current favorite?
If I Never See Your Face Again--Maroon 5

4. All time favorite?
Life in Technicolor--Coldplay

5. Best shipper song? (i.e. for your favorite pairing)
Gotta Be Somebody--Nickleback (because I can picture everyone of my pairings with it!)

6. Song that best describes you as whole.
Break Away--Kelly Clarkson
Bitch--Alanis Morrisett
You Found Me--The Fray
Chocolat--Snow Patrol

7. Song that describes how you are feeling right now.
On A Good Day
Sober--P!nk
Living on a Prayer--Bon Jovi

8. Song that makes you cry?
Goodbye My Lover--James Blunt. (Every. Singel. Time.)
When She Loved Me--from Toystory 2. Because I listened to that song over and over again when my mom and I had a fight my senior year and she walked out on me, missed my graduation, and I didn't see her again for four months.

9. Song that makes you happy?
Johnny Depp--Amy Ann
Everybody's A Star--The Kinks
This Colorful World--Eliot Morris

10. Favorite song to play when pissed off?
So What?--P!nk
Stupid Girls--P!nk
Hot N' Cold--Katy Perry
Piece of Me--Britney Spears

11. Worst song EVER?
It's  A Small World. Hands. Down.

12. Song that best describes your relationship with someone you love/care about/are crushing on
Livin on  a Prayer--Bon Jovi
The Way That I Am--Ingrid Michaelson
Whatever It Takes--Lifehouse

13.  Favorite show tune (musical) song from a movie or play?
My Friends--Sweeney Todd
Defying Gravity--Wicked
Epiphany--Sweeney Todd
Red and Black--Les Miserables

(What can I say? I like the tragic badies... <3 )

14. Song you'd recommend to someone else.
My Wandering Days are Over--Belle and Sebastian
They're not everyone's cup of tea, but I love this song so much.