I requested one of =Tzyoku's free sketches, so I'm now forced to give ten away as well. xD

The first ten people who comment on this journal will get a sketch for free. However, in return, you must offer ten free sketches in your own journal. If you've already done ten free sketches, simply link me to the journal entry in your comment. You still qualify.

01 - I will NOT draw your request until I see this in your journal.
02 - In your comment, include a link to a reference picture of the character you want me to draw, or write me a description.
03 - Only one character per person. Remember, this is FREE.

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I've been doing a lot of thinking lately, and I'm finally beginning to realize what the root of my problems with petsites, in general, is. I'm considering a few courses of action to pursue, but nothing is concrete yet. I'm leaning towards deleting my accounts on everything other than Misticpets, even though I said I wouldn't. The past has a tendency to weigh down on me, and it'd be better for me to let it go completely this time. Mmm. I don't know. Ignore my ramblings for now until I actually put things in motion, I suppose. I have a tendency to change my mind far too easily. Dx

Anyway...here's a partial to-do list for September. I need to stay organized and get things done this month, especially since I'm going back to school at the very end of it.

1. Giftart for =Tzyoku (Owed from over a year ago)
2. Three full body art commissions with backgrounds for Melody (Misticpets)
3. Two character reference sheets for whitefoxfire so that she can finish her commissioned artwork for a Wintergala PB (Misticpets)
4. Unknown amount of character reference sheets for acidicfire so that she can do her art commissions for a Zodiac PB (Misticpets)
5. August ShinXchange Picture
6. September ShinXchange Picture
7. Contest details (Misticpets)
8. ~quietmaverick44's 5k kiriban prize

That's it for now. If I forgot something, please let me know. I'll update this journal with more stuff for my list later on. In the meantime, I need to hurry up and finish a few writing assignments for Misticpets before this month is over. -flails-

~Eme

spamming you with random journals. Rawr! xD

Going off of my last entry, it's official: I'm on hiatus on both Neopets and Subeta. I have over 50 million stockpiled on Subeta just in case I decide to start playing it again later on, but for now, at least, that account is completely abandoned. As for Neopets, I finished getting lab and petpet lab access on all five of my accounts yesterday. I'll still be logging on there every day, but it'll just be to take care of little things like zapping pets and trading pets when the time comes. I'm still debating about dropping both petsites entirely, as it would probably be best to focus all of my energy on Misticpets and personal projects, but even if I did that, I wouldn't delete my accounts. That's the part that always kills me when I try to quit something: giving it up entirely. I end up missing what I used to have and come back to the site, only to have to rebuild everything from scratch, wasting even more time. If I still have them around, maybe I won't be tempted to spend so much time on them. Who knows. What I want to do is recreate all of my pet characters on Misticpets, but some of them don't work as well with the pets on there. Plus, I don't have enough pet slots. Even at the current cap of 21 pets, I'm not sure if I'd have enough room. Maybe if I limit myself a little on there and keep all of the others on my own personal website, things would work. Hmm. I'll have to think about these things a little more.

In other news, I beat Okami a couple of weeks ago, and I must say that it was an amazing game. It's a lot like the Zelda series in some regards, but the art style and storyline are totally unique. Even though I'm not a religious person, I found myself drawn into its world of gods and demons and feeling moved by what I saw there. It can be really frustrating in parts (the controls are a little wonky and you /have/ to do things in a certain order), but overall, I couldn't be more satisfied with it. It's well worth the $20 that it costs to buy it new nowadays. If you haven't played it yet, I highly, highly suggest picking it up. I'm still trying to figure out all of its secrets.

I have The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition, Super Mario Sunshine, and Spyro: A Hero's Tail lying around my house, but I can't play any of them due to the fact that I don't have a GameCube memory card yet. I'm so lame. I was going to buy one off of Amazon until I realized that I would have to pay shipping on them since Amazon, itself, doesn't personally sell the one that I need any more. I should have just snagged the one at GameStop for $20. I also have The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning on the way here. I decided that my curiosity towards the rebooted Spyro series was too great to overlook. I have to know what's going on with this adorable Cynder dragon. xD

I've also been addicted to a show called "Dexter" lately. It's about a serial killer who only takes out the bad guys, the ones who go around and murder innocent people because they feel like it. I didn't think I'd like it all that much when I first heard about it (I'm not into gore or anything like that), but I was completely wrong. It is the best show I've seen in a long time and I'm really excited about all of its twists and turns. Dexter's actor is quite good, and to top it off, he's adorable. The show couldn't be made of more win than it already is. Check it out now, I command you!

I think that's enough rambling for now. Lolz. Back to work on other things. xP

~Eme

This is more than a little late, but I was hired to be a writer for Misticpets. It's really awesome. Now I have something to force me to write every day and I get paid in MP, which will help me finish some of my other Misticpets-related goals now that I have almost everything I need for the contest I plan on hosting in the near future. It's quite satisfying to be part of a team like this and see your work get published on the site. I think I've finally figured out which petsite I'm going to be spending the most time on. I might stop playing on the others entirely, in fact. There isn't any need to hold back on Misticpets any more. ^_^

~Eme