I now have Utah license plates and a Utah drivers license. ehwahh.
I have passed 50 pages on my comic "Together" on Moon and Star Stories. YAY!!! It's more than half-way done.
Last Airbender teaser trailer....I just...don't like the font. I do like his tattoo.
After having read 4 of them, I can authoritatively say that Brandon Sanderson's fantasy novels are teh awesome. All of them. Elantris, Warbreaker, Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians 1, and Mistborn 1 = fantabulousness.
However, the biggest thing on my mind after having finished Mistborn 1 at 7:30 am (*cough*) yesterday, was wanting to call my little brother and say:
"OMG, JEFFREY!!! It's GURRAN LAGGAN, season 1!!!!"
(When I did call him, waking him up at 9:30am, he forestalled me with "Don't tell me anything, I haven't read it yet." Which is why I'm frustrated and typing this here instead.)
The plot structures of the 2006 novel Mistborn: The Final Empire, and the first season of 2007 fanboy-adored Gainax anime Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann are REMARKABLY SIMILAR. Don't tell me you haven't noticed. lol
Since they were developed independently and on the other side of the world from each other, I'm going to assume there was no actual cross-pollination on the stories, but just a case of creative minds thinking alike.
Let me outline:
( Spoilers for Mistborn 1 and Gurren Lagann )
Vin had better not wield Galaxy Shirikans at the end of Book 3.
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Yay!
I'm going to be teaching a class at Conduit, the Salt Lake City Scifi Con, this Saturday.
The class is "Drawing Humanoids", and I'm going to be going over the proportions of the human body (elves, Vulcans...), and how to draw them. :)
This is the first time I will have taught this, and I'm excited. Have to get my handouts done.
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Things are going so much better for me right now than they were, so I need to update, yes?
I got a good, solid, fabulous job at the end of March ( cut for long )
Life is definitely looking up. I have work, and goals to work towards, audiobooks to keep me happy, and some cash to live comfortably with. I have most of my siblings living really close to me, and we hang out all the time, and are loving and wonderful. They make me so happy. ^_^ |
I just have to say....
SQUEEEEEEEEE NEW STAR TREK!!!!!!!!!!1!!!1!!!!ONE
Oh, so-totally, you can call me a Trekkie from now on. A NoobTrekkie, or whatever classic fandom's going to call peeps who are only fans of the new series. And tell me there is going to be a new series, please, right? Give me eps, I's wants it.
And I shall be a Spock fangirl and ship ( cut for spoilers )
Yes, the new Trek movie is completely awesome. The plot was tight, and brought out a lot of emotional responses from me (which is why I LOVED it), the pacing was a great fast clip, and the special effects were all smooth enough not to jar me out of the story, which was awesome.
Word of mouth/internet spread it, people! This is a great movie! Everyone one go see it, because I want more. XDDD
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Status Update:
So, finding a job...has been ridiculously hard. I've managed to land a part-time, minimum wage deal selling popcorn at a movie theater (oh, joy), and nothing else yet has panned out.
On the strength of the part-time job, I have gotten myself a room to rent with some lovely ladies in the ward I wanted, and that is wonderful. So glad to have my own space again.
Last month my harddrive died a horrible death, and I can't afford to fix it, so my computer is currently running on RAM and a Linux Ubuntu CD. I am very very grateful for the Ubuntu CD, as it allows me internet access and the GIMP, but not having a harddrive is still very painful, especially since I have likely lost a year's worth of work. The backup dvds I did do, I can't find right now, but anyways...
My ipod has also died and my flashdrive in on the fritz. ....Technology? Why do you abandon me when I can least afford to fix you? I could cry. (and have)
In other news, I've watched all seasons of the new Dr. Who with my friend Unicorn Emily and it was WONDERFUL and I love it OhEmGee, LTUE last month was fabulous, I'm in the middle of developing a new webcomic co-written by Emily, and am thinking of starting to teach art classes (that focus on drawing figures and proportions).
So, I have lots of big dreams and ideas, and zero money. Sounds like the rest of the world. |
Dogwood Blossoms
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Dogwood Ch4: Stories, p6-10
( Dogwood Ch4: Stories, p6-10 )
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My first comic for my original comics site "Moon and Star Stories" was recently completed, so if you'd like to read the entirety of Earth-Rooted online, click! - Moon and Star Stories
My next story, Together, has just started. 'Together' is a romantic scifi about a young woman struggling to survive in a war-torn, besieged city. It will be updating with a new page every Monday and Thursday, so please stop by and check it out! :)
In other news, I've almost finished with the commissions I got last week (yay!), the next section of Dogwood should be up soon, I'm still looking for a job, and goodness gracious, I'm living in Provo.
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Hope y'all had a lovely Christmas!!
Mine was.
Just posted new art on dA, I'll get it up on my website later. My computer is in another state and ftping from a different computer is obnoxious.
Austen: Jane and Elizabeth by ~purplerebecca on deviantART
Decor: Pink Flowers by ~purplerebecca on deviantART
Decor: Poppies by ~purplerebecca on deviantART
Comm: ShinoHana by ~purplerebecca on deviantART
I'm offering quick commissions for this week only!
Watercolored single character for $18 and couple pics for $32. If you're interested, head to this dA journal entry for details. :)
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I haven't had much net access in the last 2 weeks. So I heard about Shyamalan's live-action Avatar: the Last Airbender movie cast that was announced this week from my brother.
Cellphone Conversation:
Bro: So, Jasper is Sokka.
Me: Eh what?
He then informed me that the entire main cast of Avatar is white kids, and I got upset. Raged for 15 minutes. I'm still incredibly irritated.
ARG!!! REALLY!!!!! They should be ASIAN!!!!! GAHH!
At LEAST, at least, Zuko (and his entire completely awesome family, including Uncle and Azula) should be Asian.
I would love, also, for Katara and Sokka to be Inuit, or American Indian, or South American or Pacific Islander, or Indian or SOMETHING.
And an adorable Asian kid with excellent martial arts would be wonderful for Aang.
Or Zuko could be Filipino! (In support of my crush on Dante Basco. Love him.)
I was really, actually, looking forward to Shyamalan's casting, and seeing really awesome unknown actors of different races as the kids in these movies. I was going to enjoy it SO MUCH!! You've taken the joy and interesting-ness out of it, Paramount. I am sad.
As for the kids themselves: the girl playing Katara looks lovely, I'm glad the kid doing Aang at least does martial arts, but a blond Zac Efron-looking songster as Zuko?? Can he do rage and a shaved head????
And Jackson Rathbone as Sokka...can he do goofy slapstick? Physical humor and lame puns? In all the interviews I've seen with him, he comes off as Mr. Cool, with a wry sense of humor. Not goofy.
Being in two cult/obsessed-fan movie franchises is a really good move for his career, though. Props. If he does a good job. If the comic relief falls flat, however, we are going to be extremely upset.
The water tribe had BETTER have dark makeup. At LEAST!!!
RARG!!
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Gorgeous analytical article about Twilight and teenage-girlhood from The Atlantic:
What Girls Want by Caitlin Flanagan
In other news...I barely have access to my computer right now. Back to trying to work!
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My quick first take on the Twilight movie (from midnight screening, last night, yay.)
I actually....rather....loved it.
XD
YAY!
( A few, not too spoilerish first impressions )
So in general, I just enjoyed the movie all over.
For an interesting sample of the viewing population, however:
My sister and two of her friends, all fans who loved the books, didn't like the movie--it didn't work for them, was too awkward and unconvincing.
My sister-in-law and myself, book lovers both, really enjoyed it and thought it rather wonderful.
And one of my sister's friends, who had never read the books, found it fantastic!! She was gasping and hyperventilating and being emotionally effected throughout the entire thing like she had been a pre-devoted preteen. XD lol She's totally going to read the books now.
So that's encouraging. If the girls and women who haven't read the books yet (and are of the romantic bent that's needed to love this stuff) find it wonderful, then the movie really did it's job.
I totally need to see it again. Like, today, matinee showing.
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Page 4 of Earth-Rooted is one of my favorites.... page 4
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I have just started a new webcomic site, Moon and Star Stories.
I'm going to be posting original short comics there, two pages a week, Mondays and Thursdays.
The first comic is "Earth-Rooted", a romantic sci-fi drama in 21 pages. ( Cover under the cut )
I've already begun penciling the second story, which will be a romantic sci-fi set in a war-torn city, and I have more stories outlined for after that one, so I hope webcomic readers will add my site to their lists! :)
Moon and Star Stories, short comics by Rebecca Jensen.
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Guess where I am?
UTAH!
Yes, I know.
And I'm here permanently. I packed as much of my life as I could fit into my car, flew my sister down to Texas to drive with me, and drove on up on the 27th.
I'm currently hopping around relative's houses and looking for a graphic design job.
Somebody really ought to hire me. I'm a solid designer and a hard worker with 1.5 years of experience in print. :D Yes, yes, hire me!
I'm currently at my brother Tim's place, keeping him fed as his wife just flew to Mali (as in Africa!) for a month with her job, a charitable organization. She's their main French translator, so I wish her luck and safety.
I've been able to help one of my aunts with my deceased grandfather's Family History book. It's almost ready for publication. I'm sure that book is one of the reasons I'm here, but hopefully there are more reasons. :)
I've been feeling the need to move out of my hometown for a while now, but I never felt very sure about any of the places I thought about going to. Then in late August I got the impression that I needed to get back to Utah. "But, but, I've been avoiding Utah for three years!"
Once I was going, I didn't let anything stop me. :) Hurricane Ike, pahshah! I felt I needed to be here by October 1st, and I was.
Course, now I'm rocking back and forth on my heels going, "Now what?"
First I need a job, and than I can find an apartment and hopefully a roommate or two. I'm focusing on the areas between Salt Lake and Provo, but am pretty flexible.
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We're up, we're back!
My family and I survived Hurricane Ike quite nicely, with some damage but nothing too major, and now that we have power back, we're feeling great.
The gory details, WITH PHOTOS, if you're curious.
( My experience with Ike, including aftermath photos )
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Wai HALLO THAR Edouard Gustav Ike!
Wai do I feel like we've met before?
This is getting tiresome, y'all. If I have to evacuate, that's annoying because you're stuck on the road for hours on end in a sweltering automobile. If I don't have to evacuate, that means I still have to go to work. I end up inching down the road in my car through torrential rain, and risk getting stuck there because of flooding/power outages, etc. I'd much rather get stuck at home, where I'm quite comfortable, thank you very much. As long as the roof holds and the creek doesn't overflow.
So I need to wish for: a hurricane not strong enough for me to bother evacuating, but strong enough to keep me from having to go to work that morning. What is that, about a Cat. 2?
lol
:P
Note to self: keep ipod fully charged.
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Breaking Dawn Spoilers
In the fandom/media blitz after Breaking Dawn, I sketched some of our favorite monsters hunting. All ink, no color.
( Breaking Dawn Spoiler Sketches )
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*sigh* Well, my fandom keeps ESPLODING.
August 2008, the month Twilight fandom went crazy at least once each week.
Stephenie Meyer has just posted the first Twelve Chapters of Midnight Sun (Twilight from Edward's perspective) onto her website for everyone to read. (and it's playlist.)
I'm rather amazed, but actually:
Thank you, Stephenie, for these chapters. They are lovely to have, and fantastic to read. I hope after you've gone and worked on music videos and other novels and feel better about everything, that you'll feel up to writing the rest of it. Because there is a whole lot of awesomeness in these 264 pages.
Truly, y'all, much wonderfulness going on in Midnight Sun, go save the pdf onto your harddrive (as long as her site can handle the traffic) and enjoy it!
"Cannonball!", Stalker!Edward, and telepathic-vampire matchmaking! YAY! XD
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In a Shocktillyoudrop interview, Melissa Rosenberg, screenwriter/adapter for the Twilight movie, just said the about the coolest thing about Breaking Dawn that I've heard yet.
"I'm right in the middle of Breaking Dawn... So far I'm loving it. Every time I turn the page I'm like, Wow, she is really going there?! She just took the reins off. It's like the first three books were restraint, restraint, restraint and suddenly she's going hog wild. It's such a bold thing to do, for a writer of a beloved series to go This is my world and I'm taking it here. I'm pulling the doors back and letting everyone look in. It's incredibly satisfying after these books full of mystery."
The longer I go, thinking about Breaking Dawn, the more I'm liking it. That doesn't mean I didn't freak out for a week, but, yes, I'm really liking it. Respect.
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