*is tired*
The reason that I am tired is because last night, I helped my dad pick up his new car.
It's a royal blue, '59 Volkswagen Beetle, and it's the most adorable thing in the world! If it didn't belong to my dad, I'd want it so badly...
But, yeah, he bought it from a guy named Paul who lives a few counties down from us. It hasn't been out of the guy's garage for about 10 years, and there's a lot of stuff that needs to be worked on. All the tires are flat, it needs two more hubcaps,
Today is the official release of Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's chest!
My family has already planned to go see it around noon. We're going to the nice threater, with the auditorium seats and comfy cushions. ^^
~Nikira
I just got a note from my grandmother. She needs all my school art from last year. (Long story.)
Which brings up a problem: I'm missing a lot of it. (Longer story)
So, for the rest of the summer, I will be re-doing a bunch of assorted art projects, ranging from pencil and brush-and-ink, to chalk and calligraphy.
Yay for art!
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My church's VBS is also starting up in a few days, and as an official decorater, not to mention prop and costume coordinator for the Drama team, I kinda h
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Hi, all. Boy, this Independence Day has been real fun.
Around 9 this morning, my family went to walk in our Patriotic parade. This was my first time as a walker/person who gets to throw lolipops at people, and it was pretty fun. ^^
Once the parade was done, all the walkers piled onto the float as we drove back to the parking lots.
And, wonder of all wonders, it started to rain.
None of us had jackets, of course, so all 36 of us just sat there as the
Ugh, it feels like I've been in my mum's van forever... ><
Shame on me for staying up 'till midnight last night: Got up wtih my mum around 7:00am to drop my sis off at the zoo for her volunteer job, went home, had some breakfast, then we jumped back in the van and drove for 2 and a half hours over to Coshocton to pick up my bro and dad from a Scout thing.
Picked them up around 12:15. Loaded the van with all their Scouty stuff.
Turned around and drove to Newark. Stopped at KFC for
It is now (I think) 12:00 EST! Hooray! Happy Canada Day, Eastern Coast! =D
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Really quick blog tonight:
I got my bro's SW room done this afternoon, and he's comin' home tomorrow. I really, REALLY hope he likes it. *crosses fingers for luck*
And now I think I'll go to bed.
~Nikira
*deep breath*
I just got off the phone with my dad (he's at a Boy Scout thing about 3 hours away), and guess what?
He's taking me in to get my permit when he gets back! I'll finally be able to DRIVE!
*freaks out for the second time this week*
~Nikira
Whee! Busy day! *spins and falls on floor* I've only been home for, what, three hours total today?
*is tired*
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My mum and I went over to the public park this afternoon and took a walk. This particular park actually lets you pick flowers (and BERRIES! *yayness*), so we got a bunch of wildflowers to press at home, and a bunch of little wild rasberries. There was TONS of bushes all over the park, and the berries had JUST ripened, so you could pick 'em right off the bush, and they had th
Happy International Tahu Day to everyone! =D
*breaks out Flametosser 5200 XL* Ooo, I'm gonna have some fun today!
I actually forgot about our member-proclaimed holiday until...ah...right now. Yay for my forgetfulness!
And a short blog entry it is going to be today...
~Nikira
*phew*
Just finished the Death Star for my bro's Star Wars room (see yesterday's entry). I couldn't find the wall paint I was supposed to use, so I had to use acrylic... I've been working on it for about 2 and a half hours now, and I'm actually very content with what I've done so far. (I've gotten to make little tiny X-Wings and TIE fighters everywhere - it's so much fun. ^^)
And now I've finally made myself some lunch. Turkey 'n Cheese Bagel with a big ol' cup of Caramel Chocomint coffee.
Vampire bugs stink. (Like anyone didn't know that already.) We have a swamp about a half-mile from our house, so there's mosquitoes EVERYWHERE.
Got 22 bites this week. Got 6 more last night. And I'm probably gonna get more when I go to camp next month.
And yes, I counted all of them. They itch. Badly.
*looks for aloe vera cream*
Help me.
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On a good note, the guys in my family are gone for the week (Boy Scout thing), so my mom has a whole bunch of stuff planned for the rest o
I got Blog of the Week? Wha? ME?
*freaks out*
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Wow, I'm glad my blog entertains people. Thanks!
And now I have a spiffy new banner!
(News-wise...ah, it's Sunday, and I've only been home, like, an hour, so I don't have much news... Sorry. )
~Nikira
Ever have one of those summer days where, like, NOTHING happens?
*flops onto floor*
Maybe I can go reprogram my treadmill....
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Art-wise, some of you have already seen the recently-put-up MoL pic in BA#1. I'm very happy with the background, and I'm hoping that, in future drawings, I'll be able to hone my landscaping.
Almost done with SC (I had some problems while inking the first picture, so I have to re-do it now.), and I'm working on Piraka (again) and some of the Inika (again
Well, AC11 just ended, and here's the results...
Other
Biomech won with 65 votes.
Zumoro Nuva was in second with 64 votes.
Air-Master was in third with 46 votes.
Computer Assisted:
Theisen won with 79 votes.
Lyger was in second with 55 votes.
Brave Dragon was in third with 38 votes.
Handdrawn:
Khote won with 71 votes.
I was in second with 67 votes.
Toa Shmoa was in third with 63 votes.
...
Ah well. At least I didn't get third again.
Hooray for Biome
One...more...day...of...AC11...in...second...place...
I've never been higher than third in an art contest before, so I'm really excited. I MIGHT ACTUALLY WIN THIS ONE!
*twitches*
I think I'm gonna die of stress.
~Nikira
See Niki try to sleep.
See Dog get scared silly by thunder.
See Dog run upstairs to Niki's room.
See Dog (BIG dog, mind you) jump into bed with Niki.
See Niki with claw marks.
See Niki stay up until 8 in the morning with stupid dog.
And NOW I have pretty golden stars!
~Nikira
Quoting Biomech in my last blog entry:
Don't worry, Bio, I'm not gonna harass you. It's just...
That's what I don't like about the ACs right now: It's more of a popularity contest. And popularity is not fun in this situation.
At all.
I'd just love for people to vote for the actual art, not for the person behind it. There's a lot of entries out there by not-as-well-known artists that are terrific, but they are not making it into the final polls, just beacuse a popular artist is
Well, the first round of polls for Art Contest 11 end in an hour and 22 minutes, and I'm leading my poll by about 110 votes.
Now that I look over the other leading entries in handdrawn, I'm thinking that I have a slim chance of winning this AC. Curse me and my badly-done text!
~Nikira
Four things that are not so good right now:
1: It's warm (92 degrees). And humid. And I am dying. Even with an air conditioner.
2: I need a trim. I can't see very well when my bangs are covering my eyes.
3: People are STILL PMing me about requests.
4: I have no pretty golden stars in my rating box.
~Nikira
I just realized that I had to approve all the comments before they appeared.
Whoopsies.
Saw Cars this afternoon with my dad after church. I officially LOVE that movie now! It was so worth the money and the two hours. Much better than X-Men 3, IMO.
*dies at the hands of X-Men fans*
I wanna go watch it again. Maybe I can call up a few of my friends and see if they wanna go.
~Nikira
Yep, our house isn't going bonkers anymore, now that my parents are both home.
On Saturday, we ended up seeing X-Men 3 instead of Cars (which we are going to see tonight, I believe) X-Men was...okay, I guess. I didn't like it as much as the others. (They could've made Archangel do more... you only see him three/four time during the movie. )
I'm really looking forward to Cars, though. One of my dad's co-workers saw it the day before it was released (don't ask, cause I dunno how she did th
EDIT: Oops. I forgot to publish this yesterday.... ><
It's 8:00 in the morning (a summer morning, out of all things), and do you know where I am?
BZP. A duh.
Yeah, I have no life until second week of July. My grandma's turning 80 today, so my mom's not here (left on Tuesday to go see my grandma) and the house is kinda...I dunno, under a lot of stress without her...
My dad's got a bunch planned, however. ^^
Thursday (today), we're gonna quickly drive over to Blcokbuster and
Ok, why does EVERYTHING happen when I'm gone for a month? Dr. B's a FA, the Art Contest finally came up, and since WHEN did BZPower have blogs?
Ack. ><
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Well, I'm finally done with school. I finished a 10-page research paper on George Lucas yesterday (got an A-), thus ending my 10th grade year! Whoo!
Now, with school out of the way, I can concentrate on my AC11 entry, which is now almost halfway done (I need to finish inking it). The category is not a favorite for me, but
