aimee5

I'm taking requests for free original-character sketches (your char), to be done within the next 2-ish weeks. Black and white, like this ---> aimee5.deviantart.com/gallery/…

Anyone interested?


Available slots:

1. SparklyDest ^(done)
2. Naheska ^(done)
3. Endorell-Taelos ^(done)
4. liebestrauma ^(done)
5. Oniwanbashu ^(done)

There have been a number of people over the years whom I've attempted to foster a closer relationship with (without success), and there have also been a number of people over the years who have attemped to make it into my inner-circle, with much less willingness on my part to let them in. I've made too many needless real and perceived enemies just because I could have handled the situation better, or been more tactful in drawing my boundaries (ie: saying 'no').

Frankly I'd rather live my life without making any enemies at all, and I came up with a solution the other day that I really rather think is a bright idea! Friendship CONTRACTS. How about that? Short term friendship contracts for a specified period of time. Then, you can be committed and enjoy each others company for like three months or something, and at the end of the contract, you can decide to renew, or move on. I say it's win win, benefits without a lifetime sentence, and no enemies made if you decide not to continue the contract.

How 'bout that then? Someone make a social network out of this please. Betcha it'll catch on.

I'm doing another round of free OC sketches this week. This time I'll be accepting both male and female OCs. Anyone interested? -<Dec 19, 2011>

Available slots:

1) Fotohunter -done
2) midnight-risu -done
3) arachnia86 -done
4) mirz333 -done
5) RandomyPurple -done


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I'm doing 5 free original character sketches (your OC) in the next one week. Female OCs only please (still not all that confident with males). Anyone interested?
-<Dec 12, 2011>


Available slots:

1) Sprits -done
2) Mairelyn -done
3) Oniwanbashu -done
4) mirz333 -done
5) generalraccoon -done

I've really been rather wowed by Julius' work lately. So I'm featuring it all here. Woo!

Well ... it's been an adventurous ... 3 weeks for Julius and I in Singapore. I got a job at a children's game company, and I was called down for a while to meet the people. I had had such high hopes for Singapore (although not nearly as high as the hopes I had for Malaysia).

I'd bought the flag. Been singing the song. Had been hoping to become a Singaporean. But due to a combination of factors, or what feels like a really bad dice roll, I find myself back in Malaysia ... albeit, with a    - remote contract.

Which basically means that I get the job, I get the money, but I don't get the stay in Singapore.

Life is becoming very random and unpredictable. Like a game of monopoly ... such as we have been playing three nights in a row now. I'm learning, as I've been learning in the past 5 years ... that I simply can't keep the people that I meet. This time, I adopted an, 'I didn't believe I could keep them anyway' Or an, 'I never expected to get it anyway' attitude. And somehow I get a sense of satisfaction when it turns out that way. I'm learning to expect disappointments, and I GET disappointments. Which in the ends cancels out the disappointment because I'm not disappointed at getting my disappointment.

The consolation almost nearly makes up for all of that, though. I'm being paid double for half the effort, compared to my last job. So here's to an extended hermithood in Malaysia - with money.

I guess what I miss most about Singapore was that I could completely be myself there, without consequences. I enjoyed opening up to people once again, as I had done in Australia. People listen, they accept, and I don't get in trouble. I felt power and serendipity flowing back into my life when I opened up and became transparent once again.

Coming back here is like living in a nuclear bunker.

Albeit ... an affluent nuclear bunker.

I suppose that's not so bad.