CherBear's Reflections: Nov. 2012

I'll try to keep this short & sweet.

I've been tinkering on some new stuff in terms of coloring & drawing, working on some contest stuff then hopefully get back to working on those requests.

Thankfully there's no crashes. Either way, I'm still up to taking commissions & donation, they are highly appreciated.

Unfortunately I haven't been feeling well so I'm gonna go back to resting as much as I can. Livestream again on Saturday unless spoken otherwise.

Tag your it!

Taken from AdmiralMaggot at deviantART:

Rules

1. Answer honestly!!

2. Tag at least ten other people

3. No tag backs

4. Answer these questions! :3

5. Have fun 

Questions!:

1. What color is you hair? - Dark brown/black

2. Your eyes? - Brown

3. How tall are you? - 5'3"

4. How much do you weigh? - *weighs laptop*

5. How old are you? - 20 something

6. Are you a boy or a girl? - A girl

7. Do you prefer dating guys or girls? - Guys

8. When's your birthday? - September 20

9. What type of body would you say you have? (i.e. skinny, round, athletic, etc.) - No clue.

10. What's your favorite color? - Sapphire blue.

11. Animal? - Bear

12. Food? - Varies

13. Drink? - Sweet ice tea

14. Type of ice cream? - Chocolate Malted Crunch

15. Kind of weather? - Cool rain.

16. Character? - Hum tough question.

17. Video game? - Varies.

18. Would you rather watch a movie or make one? - watch.

19. Draw a picture or watch a famous artist draw a picture? - Draw a picture.

20. Have a pet lion or a pet wolf? - wolf

21. Be the Hulk or the Thing? - Hulk

22. Run five miles or swim five miles? - Run 5 miles.

23. Live in a horror film or a kid's television show? - kid's television show

24. Be a rich hobo but not know that you're rich or be a poor mansion owner but not know that you're poor? - rich hobo

25. What's your relationship status? - Taken

26. Do you have a crush on someone? - Sure?

27. Does someone have a crush on you? - No clue.

28. If you could date anyone, all normal rules of life aside, who would it be? - Not sure.

29. Do you believe in love at first sight? - No.

30. How many people have you dated in the past? - more than 5, less than 10.

31. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? - Too many to list.

32. Say the world was like a sketch pad and you could draw anything you wanted and it would be real. What would be the first thing you would draw? - Money.

33. How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop? - The world may never know.

34. Have you ever gotten into a fight? - No.

35. What gets you angry enough to fight someone? - Takes a lot really.

36. Have you ever had a "secret hideout?" - Before, sure.

37. Who's that special someone you can tell anything? - People I know I can trust.

38. Who was the last person you texted? - My sis.

39. Who was the last person you called? - My sis.

40. Have you ever ridden on a train before? - Yes.

41. If you could choose to live during anytime time period, when and where would you live? - Depends on the mood really, atm not sure.

42. What were you doing about two hours ago? - Resting.

43. Say super charged radioactive waves struck you about two hours ago and gave you super powers related to whatever you were doing. What do you suppose your powers would be? - A hypothetical sleeper?

44. What would you do with these new found powers? - Sleep

45. What was the first thing you said this morning? - Huh?

46. This is the last question. How do you feel? - warm.

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A Thanksgiving wrap up - food & shopping aftermath

First off -

I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. whether it was spending time with family or really good friends while having your fill of turkey, pie, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, the usual Thanksgiving spread, etc. I think I have even though I gave up on one plate & just randomly snacked on dessert items & drank. Easily enough - that food coma was quite easy to get into. Food wise, it was another year of contributing so yes - that means cooking. I ended up doing this whole 'bacon explosion'; which boils down to having 2lbs of bacon & ground pork rolled up into a log; baked first then broiled to get the bacon exterior crispy - one word can sum that up; delectable. Lechon Kawali; 5lbs of basically boiled then broiled (normally fried) pork belly & smores bars; that consisted of golden graham cereal & mini marshmellows mixed with melted chocolate/marshmellow. Threw in some alcohol too. All either had ended up being eaten or taken home - more or less a comforting success.

For all those who dare stepped into the madness which is known as Black Friday. Kudos. Hopefully - you got everything you wanted & wanted to give for Christmas. For those who haven't (most likely like me) are just gonna pro'ally do the whole online shopping at the very latest - Cyber Monday & get that done then.

Through out this week though - I've either been productive, lazy or busy this week; it couldn't be helped.

My lull moments consisted of changing design layouts; whether its on my art sites or forums - I was compelled to go that far to do a lil tinkering here & there.

Art wise: I have been participating in some contests, whether its on here or on the forum boards. I've been prioritizing on what needs to be done first. The end result of all this creativity that's still very much keeping me productive.

Overall;
No laptop or computer crashes. Changing design layouts have had me considering whether I should create my own customized background stuff eventually. Having to work on some of these contest stuff have changed & shifted my artistic style yet again. Some chatting with some other artists have had me to consider looking up new brushes & color palettes to download too. Other than that - I've been feeling sore, tender & achy - yet I'm not sick. Hopefully I'll recover from this sooner than later.

Anyways - onward! To Christmas! Happy Holidays everyone!

Wow I should've known ~ no really, I should've ...

Something relatively similar that's isn't Hetalia related; taken from ArcanineGG at deviantART:

What Color Of Socks Are You Wearing?

[ ] Red = Loud

[ ] Green = Stupid

[ x ] None = Freaky

[ ] Fuzzy = Gorgeous

[ ] Yellow = Innocent

[ ] Purple = A Little Too Happy

[ ] Black = Emo

[ ] Stripes = Funny

[ ] Gray = Skanky

[ ] Pink = Preppy

[ ] Light Blue = Sweaty

[ ] Other = Hot

[ ] White = Sexy

What Kind Of Pants Are You Wearing?

[ ]Shorts = Cutie

[ ]Skirt/Skort = Skank

[ ]Corduroy = Weirdo

[ ]Tight Jeans = Scene

[ ]Ripped Jeans = Emo

[ ]Cammo = Cage Fighter

[ ]Jeans = Prep

[ x ]Pajamas = Pimp

[ ]Cargo = Clown

[ ]Sweats = Athlete

[ ]Boxers = Brat

[ ]Booty Shorts = Female

[ ]Capris = Gangster

[ ]Nothing = Hoe

[ ]Dickies = Weirdo

[ ]Bikini Bottoms = Tiki Girl

[ ]Other = Sex Addict

What Is Your Natural Hair Color?

[ ]Auburn = That Every One Wants To Make Out With

[ ]Blonde = With A Broken Heart

[ x ]Black = With A Sexy Smile

[ ]Dark Brown = With A Hot Boyfriend/Girlfriend

[ ]Red = That Likes To Have Fun

[ ]Brown = Who Loves To Be Different

[ ]Dirty Blonde= With A Nice Butt

[ ]Bald = With A Bad Dress Sense

Pick The Month You Were Born On:

[ ]1 = Who Ate

[ ]2 = Who Needed

[ ]3 = Who Killed

[ ]4 = Who Shot

[ ]5 = Who Killed

[ ]6 = Who Smoked With

[ ]7=  Who Banged

[ ]8 = Who Ran Shirtless With

[ x ]9= Who got stabbed horribly by

[ ]10 = Who Cuddled With

[ ]11 = Who Slept With

[ ]12 = Who Ran Naked With

Pick The Day You Were Born On:

[ ]01 = The Kool-Aid Man

[ ]02 = A Dog

[ ]03 = A Shoe

[ ]04 = A Toothbrush

[ ]05 = Santa Claus

[ ]06 = The Trojan man.

[ ]07 = Barny The Dinosaur

[ ]08 = A Prostitute

[ ] 09 = A Porn Star

[ ]10 = A Bag Of Weed

[ ]11 = My Lover

[ ]12 = A Glass Of Milk

[ ]13 = A Horse

[ ]14 = A Lesbian

[ ]15 = A Stripper

[ ]16 = A Pickle

[ ]17 = A Jew

[ ]18 = A Horse

[ ]19 = An Orange

[ x ]20 = My Mom

[ ]21 = A Homeless Guy

[ ]22 = A Jar Of Honey

[ ]23 = My Crush

[ ]24 = An Easter Egg

[ ]25 = A Whore

[ ]26 = A Condom

[ ]27 = A Bowl Of Cereal

[ ]28 = A French Fry

[ ]29 = Your Dealer

[ ]30 = Paris Hilton

[ ]31 = Your Grandma

Pick The Color Of The Shirt You Are Wearing:

[ ]White = Because I Love Marijuana

[ x ]Black = Because smexy Voldemort told me so

[ ]Pink = Because I'm A Hobo

[ ]Red = Because I'm A Pimp And You're Jealous

[ ]Polka Dots = Because I Hate My Life

[ ]Purple = Because I'm Gay

[ ]Gray = Because I got dared

[ ]Other = Because I Have Amazing Boobs

[ ]Green = Because Im Sexy As Hell

[ ]Orange = Because I Smoke Crack

[ ]Turquoise = Because I Have A Noodle In My Nose

[ ]Brown = Because I Had To

[ ]Shirtless = Because I've Got Abs

I'm a freaky pimp with a sexy smile; Who got stabbed horribly by my mom because smexy Voldemort told me so. 

Freaky pimp with a sexy smile? Hawt ~

Approaching Thanksgiving ~ thoughts for the week

Thanksgiving is coming up quickly -  I have plenty to be thankful for so far.

As I had mentioned, wayner8088 at deviantART had already generously donated & extended my deviantART premium membership for 3 more months.

MiloBear at deviantART had donated enough points & asked me kindly to extend my deviantART premium membership for a year & since they're giving the whole buy 12 months, get an additional 12 months, its been extended for 24 months in total.

So safe to say, I'm set for quite a while & I am forever thankful for their kindness & generosity. Hopefully whenever my luck & situation turns around, I'll be able to return that sort of kindness & generosity to other people too.

I'm also feeling very good at the pace of finishing up requested / art trades that have been long queued in wait (and maybe a waiting commission? I'm not sure if that's still going on but I haven't forgotten!). I'm aiming to finish up my short term goal this year & it looks very good that I'll be able to finish with a month to go.

Either way, even though I have that short term goal of finishing my request/commission/art trades etc. & posting them up this year I am still very much interested in picking up more. The reason why I'm so amp'd 'bout finishing is because there have been some kind & patient people that have been waiting for over 2yrs+. I have every intention of since I started something, I want to finish what I have started.

Not to mention, any kind & generous souls that like to help continue donating to help me continue to fuel this hobby & passion since I'm still in this life situation predicament. I'm noticing I need to get some sort of generated additional income to replace a slowly dying/malfunctioning laptop keyboard & my only option is starting to look like replacing it. I've been getting by for now but its a matter of time before the keys on my keyboard laptop completely stop functioning altogether. Maybe that should be my christmas wishlist...like a bear keyboard I saw online haha.

Anyways, either way - thanks to those who have been, kind, sweet & generous. Its made a lasting impression & I hope to somehow return that to others in the long run. By all means, I'll keep reminding you nice folks I am taking requests/art trades/commissions, please pm for any inquiries & details behind that & donations for any kind patrons that like to help a starving artist. I check all my pm messages & do take time to reply to them.

Thanks again & I hope everyone else is having a good week too!

A not so personal info meme ~

Taken from Kiyan200 at deviantART for this week's meme journal ~

Name: Miss CherBear

Age: 22

Height: 5'+

Weight: The fraction of a weight of a car

Sex: Female

Siblings: None

Sexual preference: Guys

Ethnicity: Asian

State you are in: California

City you are in: San Diego

Relationship status: In a relationship

Name of partner: Mister Milotic

Any problems: Too many to list

Girl best friend: You are! The person who is reading this :D!

Guy best friend: Mister Milotic.

Enemy: Those who don't read this.

Job: Artist / Dancer but in all actuality, real life 'n all, currently looking.

Hobby: Drawing / writing / observing

Favorite food: Surf & turf

Least favorite food: No hot/spicy food please :(

Favorite game: Audition Online 

Favorite color: Sapphire Blue

Favorite season: Fall

Fetish: Isn't that like a little voodoo doll thing?

Are you a virgin: No

If you aren't, how old were you: 17

Are you still sexually active: Yes

Do you want to get married: Yes...wait, in theory am I in a game? I dunno...

Do you want kids: Yes...but same prior statement applies xP.

If you do, how many: 3-5

Religion: Not listed due to standard protocol

Prolife or Prochoice: Same prior statement as above

Do you agree to gay marriage: Same prior statement as above too

Do you live alone: No

If not, who do you live with: Roommates.

Do you have pets: Yes

If so, how many: 1

What kind of pets: Chihuahua/Shiz Tzu mix

Do you have a computer: Yes

If so, how long are you on it: Varies really.

Have any Internet friends: I dunno, friends, enemies...well wishers...beats me.

If so, do you like them: Friends sure, enemies eh, well wishes, awh that's sweet.

Do they like you: No clue.

Are you a nice person: Generally yes.

Do you share: Yes, my name is Cher...oh of course I do share.

Any mental illnesses: Define illness.

If so, what: Not sure, I need it definied first.

Do you think of suicide: From time to time.

Have you attempted to commit suicide: No.

Have you cut yourself: On accident, not on purpose.

Ever been to jail: Not....really? Technically yes but...I dunno either.

Drank alcohol: Yep ~

Smoked: Nope.

Do you think this meme is dumb: Nope.

Thoughts for the week ~

Greetings & salutations, reaching the end of the week & closing it up with livestream sometime today...maybe. At least that is the tentative plan for today. Lots to chatter about, the week has had its highs & lows.

So roaming around my stomping grounds, I've been participating in beer week. Yes, I am of legal drinking age & its my first time to participate in this event. Trying some beers, especially since there are a lot of beer crafters that do what they love. Even though I've had some favorites, I had been adventurous to try out the following:

Regular Speedway Stout (Not bad.)

Coconut and vanilla (Surprisingly delightful.)

Peanut Butter & cocao nibs (I had a Karl Strauss version, I think that one is a lil better than this one.)

Cocao nibs and vanilla bean (Enjoyed it.)

Single variety coffee - Kauai Reserve home roasted by AleSmith brewer Bill Batten (I liked it, smells like coffee!)

Mint chocolate (Really good.)

Licorice (You'd really have to like licorice to enjoy this one.)

Nutella (YUM!)

Pistachio (Very nutty.)

Dried sour cherries (Pretty good.)

Fresh cherries w/Jack Daniels oakchips (Not bad too.)

Hatch chilis (If you're not into spicy, this isn't for you. This has BITE.)

Pumpkin spicing (Smooth & pleasant.)

Ginger, nutmeg, allspice (Not bad either.)

Cocao nibs, vanilla, oak, & Irish whiskey (Yummy.)

And of course, the Kopi Luwak, aka Weasal Poo Speedway (Coffee smellin' too, pretty good but the other one is better I think.)

My favorite? The nutella beer of course! One thing they didn't list that I found utterly baffling is a cucumber one, it smelled like cucumber & tasted like it but it is very much a beer.

Other than that, yes, I am completely aware of the election that passed & I am not gonna go into that. Its one of my many personal things I stand by & refuse to talk to random people about. All I will say is at least the political ads have finally stopped until the next election, so uh yay?

Starting off the week, I did go see wreck it ralph. Preventing myself from spewing out any spoilers, I did totally enjoy it. Retro or modern, anyone & everyone I see can enjoy this movie. The soundtrack is catchy & I simply  adored it.

I'd have to mention offhand, the weather has been peculiar too, its been hot earlier this week, now its cold & raining. I'm not complaining 'bout the cold & raining, its just, I have a hard time adjusting to the weather shifts like that. Hopefully, I won't get sick.

Anyways, I'm still very much posting more stuff up, soon I'll have short term goal fulfilled by the end of this year & I'm happy. Going back to some drawing ideas I'd still like to hatch out & draw. Still gonna shamelessly plug in, livestream usually scheduled every Saturday & random moments throughout the week, including in-game sketching. If you enjoy my art & would like to commission me, by all means please leave a message so I can keep track of them. This also includes requests, even though they are iffy too but that depends on somethings, the ones who have requested that I replied back to, thank you for your patience. Any generous donations to help continue fund my artwork, I'll take humbly, please leave a message for that too. The holidays are quickly approaching, be prepared for family & relatives, food, food & more food!

Boredom ~

Another journal moment, taken by dewydoughnuts at deviantART:

10 Things You Wish You Could Say to 10 Different People:

10: Seriously? You're that surprised?

9: Before you question me, question yourself.

8: If you think you know me, think again.

7: I lose faith sometimes ...

6: I am disappointed where things went.

5: Give me 5 logical reasons to your point of view that are meaningful & not shallow.

4: You're so delusional.

3: You're crazy & not in a good way.

2: Remember, when you spell assume, the first 3 letters of spelling that word describes what you are.

1: Take responsibility!

9 Things About You

9: I am quiet in person.

8: I tend to observe people's behavior.

7: I enjoy the sound of falling rain.

6: I like baseball.

5: I've traveled.

4: I enjoy listening to music when I write & draw.

3: I actually am quite diverse in various forms of art. I choose to do more than the others. 

2: I don't believe everything people online tell me until they can physically prove or do something about it to make me say otherwise.

1: I tend to be realistic.

8 Ways to Win Your Heart

8: If you have sushi.

7: If you have steam crab.

6: If you have a prime rib.

5: If you have a jar of nutella.

4: If you have genuine insight.

3: If you have good humor.

2: If you have an open mind.

1: If you have a serious yet a playful side.

7 Things That Cross Your Mind Everyday

7: I wonder if anything interesting is going on today.

6: It's cold/hot.

5: How different would my life be if ...

4: I miss her ...

3: I'd like more money to fix this or buy that or pay off this.

2: I'm tired.

1: I'm hungry.

6 Things You do Before You Go to Sleep

6: See what's on t.v.

5: Check my messages on w/e network media that's on.

4: Listen to music.

3: Say good night to people.

2: Get ready for bed.

1: Call.

5 People you Couldn't Live Without

5: My local friends.

4: My family.

3: My online friends.

2: My sis.

1: Cow.

4 Things Your Wearing Right Now

4: Pac-man t-shirt.

3: Socks.

2: Glasses.

1: Sweatpants.

3 of your Favorite Songs

3: Go the Distance - Evan & Jarod.

2: I Miss You - Aaliyah.

1: Here (In your arms) - Hellogoodbye.

2 Things You Want to Do Before You Die

2: Travel more.

1: Threes- hah! Jk, uhm ... in general, just experience new things.

1 Confession

1: I'm a night owl? I don't know...

CherBear's Aspirations: November 2012

Happy 3rd day of November - such a realization that November is already here, low & behold I'm facing a new year in less than a couple of months.

I did sum down October fairly well, I did mention that a lot of closures & mysteries were ending to some questions that not only affected me but friends & even family. Having that sort of information & ease of mind, I can say I'm content & prepared to continue to move forward.

I still am continuing my project to pull myself out of this current situation by its a long & slow process. Until then, I still strive to improve my artwork & look to attempt to get my projects going but ehhh *siggggh* ...
my short term goal is definitely to finish a good majority of requests that have been idle. It sucks that it couldn't be helped with a couple of hardware/software malfunctions but I managed to pull the laptop out of it for now. Its served me well for 4 years, I can stand to strangle a couple of more years out of it...or...something...hah! Either way, I am determined to & I'm nearing my goal very quickly!

It is also strange I must admit, that my creative surge kinda technically came months after my convention season...I guess I had a lot preoccupying my mind that I couldn't really even enjoy it or perhaps...who knows. Its a bit of a peculiar creative surge, usually its either if I have a artist writer's block - I can easily write & vice versa. This time around, its pretty much in middle so I can't complain.

Trying to let folks know other than through my usual lazy means of letting folks know about me livestreaming. I have had some expressed interest from folks that they'd like to watch its just...I'm too lazy to go above & beyond to letting folks know.

Other than that, there is also in-game drawing on Audition Redbana that I will be doing too.

So either way, lets hope my laptop behaves this month. Donations are taken with gratitude & I also do commission stuff ~ so please by all means keep that in mind. I may do something later down the line for the holidays but by limited request cuz I don't want to get bombarded & overwhelmed.

Thank you for watching so far & I hope to continue to look outside of the box, expand past the creative boundries & continue to inspire the uninspired.