1) I've got a job! I start tomorrow at 9:00 am at this hip little cafe not too far from my house called Black & Brew. I'm really excited, though I'm nervous about making coffee drinks. What if they taste like shit? I'll have to sneak in extra pumps of vanialla to make 'em taste relatively normal. *lol*

2) All lot of family problems have been sorted out, which is a big relief for everyone. We're in the hole financially right now, but things are looking up, especially now that I've got a job.

3) My boyfriend and I have been dating for seven months now. I'm a lucky girl; he's going to make an amazing husband and an even better father. :)

4) My obsession with Twilight continues to grow. Why? I have no idea, but I'm going insane trying to wait for the movie to come out. December, hurry the fuck up!

5) I've spent most of the day just staring at my comp. screen, waiting for inspiration to hit me, and when it did I started making these. My creativity has failed me. *winks* They're not under a cut since there are only 6.

Twilight icons: Bella, Edward

Hello sweethearts! Just a quick icon update here. In between studying for finals and hanging out with the boyfriend, I've been keeping up with the latest Twilight movie news, and I'm happy that there's tons of new stuff that keeps coming. I've been wanting to hear more on James though, so I decided to make a couple icons of him. That slighty dirty, nomad vamp thing he has going on is sexah!!! *lol* There's a few Robert/Edward as well, just because it would be a crime not to make icons of him. *giggles* Hope you guys like 'em. :)


Twilight icons : 

James - 4
Robert/Edward - 4

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Jesus, I don't know how I survived this semester. I haven't enjoyed any of my classes, and I can't wait for them to end. But I still have to take finals!!! *dies* They start next week, but I'm not ready for a few of them. Me no happy at all. Me no likey. :(

A lot of people have told me the same thing. This has not been a good start to the year. But we have some wonderful stuff to look foward to!  Breaking Dawn comes out in August and then in December Twilight the movie will be out in theaters! And it's also in December or November when HBP comes out in theaters as well! (I'm none too happy with WB. They haven't really been talking about the movie at all. I'm not that excited about it because I haven't heard anything.) Also, for the Anita Blake fans on my flist, her next book Blood Noir comes out in May! There is tons of stuff to look forward to in fandom. It's all a wonderful distraction for how crappy things are in real life. *lol*

What are you guys looking forward to? Twilight, the new Indiana Jones flick (I'm not so sure about this one), the new Batman? Anything I haven't mentioned that I should know about?

Hello my lovelies! This semester is coming to a close soon, but instead of studying for finals I've been messing around on photoshop again. ^_- A new MTV interview has recently been released; it's an on-the-set exclusive of the upcoming movie Twilight. You know, those insanely popular books about a certain vampire and a certain human who fall in love. :) Anyways, there are screencaps going around and one of the pics completely stole my heart. When on saw it on the MTV interview I flipped, but it's even better seeing it as a picture, cause I can make icons!!! *lol*

The 14 below are variations of the same pic, because it's too sweet of a moment. I hope you guys like them. And hopefully I'll be able to work more on the fandom party idea. I still want to do it cruzh! Haha!

Thank you brisyncand raaarubyfor the screencap!

14 Edward/Bella icons

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 Ok, so I was just inspired by the lovely cruzh to throw some sort of party here on LJ. What I mean by party is that I could create some sort of new community, pimp it out to anyone who wants to join, and then get everyone on there on a certain date and just have an all out posting fest.

I was thinking maybe a fandom party? Like I told cruzh , we could post graphics/icons/whatever as appetizers, and then mini/long fanfics as the main courses, and then post something else that has to do with fandom for dessert. And of course we would be able to post about any fandom. ^_^ There could be fun games and pics and what not all throughout the party. 

So what do you guys think? Should I do something like this? I won't if it's dumb, but if my flist likes it then I'll go ahead. ^_^ And of course I'll need all the help I can get if anyone wants to help me create it. 

*huggles for everyone*

Hey everyone! My computer at home is miraculously working again, only I'm not getting too excited because who knows when it will screw up again.

I've got loads of evil homework I need to catch up on, since I had the flu last week and it kept me out of classes. Wish I didn't have any though, because I've finally found some inspiration for Photoshop again. *sighs*

I hope everyone is well. *blows kisses*


My Spring Break starts this Friday!!! Hell yes!!!

Hello my lovelies! I have some time at school right now to goof around, so I'm going to post some icons and banners that I've had laying around for a while. I've got some older icons that I never posted and some new stuff as well. I'm trying to work on Photoshop as much as I can, only because I want to stick to my dream of becoming a graphic designer. It's a long shot but practice makes perfect, ya? ^_-

Stock - 14 icons
Christian Coulson - 10 icons
Atonement - 1 icon, 3 banners
Keira Knightley - 1 banner



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 OH! I've missed you all bunches!!! I haven't been on LJ much because my computer at home is completely fucked. The internet works but it's running so slow that LJ won't upload at all. I can barely get my hotmail to upload. Its been horrible. I need the internet for school work too, and I can't access anything that I need because its running slow as hell. I'm looking into getting it fixed. *growls*

How has everyone been? I must say, the one good thing about not being able to access the internet is that I've been able to catch up on my reading. I read the entire Twilight series in five days! I couldn't put those books down. Edward has become my new fandom boyfriend. *lol* (As I'm sure he is for every other girl out there) I love the originality with the vampire storyline, and I especially love the fact that Meyer has made her vampires sexy without making them wanton sex gods and goddess. I love the Anita Blake books, but damn that woman has a lot of sex. 

I can't wait for Breaking Dawn to come out. I'm curious to see if Bella goes through with... well, everything that she plans on going through with. ^_- I don't want to say too much here in case of spoilers,  but I want to know my lovely flist thinks. 

The movie seems very promising. Robert Pattinson is an unexpected, yet perfect choice to play Edward. There is an appeal and charm to him that a lot of men, even extremely handsome ones, lack. I can't wait for the Fall. It seems like it will be a good fandom year again. ^_^

I've got a big Atonement icon post here. ^_^ It's Saturday, my chance to relax, and what do I do? Spend the whole day messing around in Photoshop. I should have started on my Psychology paper. Damn. ^_-

I hope you guys like these! *hugs and smooches all around*


Atonement: Icons

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( It's not impossible... )

Hello my lovelies! Thanks to this amazing tutorial by abernathi on how to make textures, I was able to come up with these. I used a photo that I took while I was in Prague to make them, hence the name for the textures. ^_- I hope you guys like them, and I would really love feedback of any kind.

*hugs all around*

Texture Pack




( Get 'em here! )

I've got some Sweeney Todd icons, and a few banners, that I made a while ago but never posted. So here they are!

*pokes flist lovingly* I hope everyone is doing ok! Talk to me guys. ^_^

Sweeney Todd: Icons/Banners

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I've been in a romantic tragedy kind of mood lately, so in my off hours (when I'm not stressing over the high costs of college life) I've been making icons and graphic goodies. ^_^ Atonement and Cedric/Hermione are tragic enough, so I've been playing around with them. I hope you guys like them!


Atonement- icons/banner
Cedric/Hermione- icons

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( I love you. I'll wait for you. Come back. )

Hello my lovelies!!! I missed you guys sooooooooo much! 



Europe was AMAZING! Cold as hell, especially for us Floridians, but it was worth it. ^_^ I loved Vienna the best. All of the buildings were so classic and pristine with lots of white and beautiful architecture, and the Christmas markets were lovely and festive. Prague is such a fairytale city. The buildings were richly colored and very close to one another, so when you walked down the cobblestone streets you were surrounded by so much old world elegance that you didn't know where to look first. Munich was the most "organized" city. It was beautiful but more simple than the other cities, which was nice since we didn't feel so lost there. It sucked though because we were in Germany on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day so everything was closed. :( So on Christmas morning we went to a concentration camp. *sad face* It was sooooooooooo depressing and heart wrenching, especially on Christmas morning, but it was an incredible experience. We spent in the rest of Christmas day in the Alps though, so it was a glorious way to end Christmas, with mounds of snow tucked away in the GORGEOUS mountains. :) I got tons of pictures there. Budapest in Hungary was my least favorite city, but only because it was so foggy and gray there the whole time. The city was beautiful, but it was also very cluttered and the streets were really twisted and confusing. Thank God none of us had to drive (we had a lovely bus and a driver to ourselves the whole trip) because we would have gotten killed; Europeans don't play when it comes to the streets. If you're in their way, they'll find a way around your ass and they aren't shy about using their car horns. *grins*



But all-in-all the trip was INCREDIBLE!!! I have over three hundred pics and I'll be uploading some of them soon. We had a lot of fun in Prague with the Sex Machines Museum. *LOL* It was extremely funny and we got to watch porn made in the 1920's... good times. Haha! Also, getting to buy alcohol at the age of 19 was a real treat. I'm not a beer fan but I did buy a pint in Germany. I took two sips and then let everyone else have the rest because I can't stomach the stuff. But I did my share of drinking, as did the other girls, and we all had a blast. 



How was everyones Christmas? Did everyone get what they wanted?! I had a rather lovely Christmas treat on Christmas night in Germany. We ate dinner at a brewery and one of the cooks working there looked like a hotter version of the actor James Mcavoy. James is already extremely gorgeous, but this cook looked like him and then some. Gods, if only I lived in Germany. *le sigh* ^_- 



Talk to me, my loves! *huggles for everyone*

Alright my lovers, I'll be back in ten days!!! I wont be here for Christmas, so Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!!! Stay safe, have fun, and when I get back I want to know what you all got for presents! ^_- I love you guys!

XOXOXOXO!!!! *cross your fingers for me, cause I'm known to lose things* ^_^

Hello my lovelies! I'm in a bit of a jam at the moment. For my ten page paper that's due tomorrow (and that I've no where near finished) I have to create a personal source. I need college students or even recent college graduates to fill out this survey about Myspace/Facebook. Please help me my fellow college lovers! The survey is quick and painless, I promise. ^_-

The survey is below the cut. You can copy/paste it as a comment and then just check off the appropriate slot with some kind of symbol, like one of these guys... *. Something just to let me know what you've chosen. Or you can copy/paste it and email the survey to me at mandya06@msn.com. If something is unclear about the survey then please email me with your questions. ^_^

Anything will work. Thanks you guys, and I love you all bunches. After this paper is done I'll finally have more time to just relax... at least until finals, which are soon. *cries*

Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow American lovelies!!! *hugs for everyone*

I know I keep coming and going, but I really, really have been backed up with school work these last few months. Thank God finals are almost here, though I'm worried about those too. I've got to study but I've been too busy finishing up other work, plus a I have two tests when I get back to school on Monday. I also have to finish a ten page essay that's due this Wednesday. I've only got three pages of it done. *cries* Woe is me, right? *lol*

I hope everyone has been well, and I miss you all so much. I'll be busy today with Thanksgiving but I'll be reading journals soon. I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

Hello my darlings! I've missed you all so much, but stress and school have had me in a major funk. Oh, and don't mind the title to this post. I've seen the new Sweeney Todd trailer, and I can't get the song that Johnny Depp is singing out of my head. That movie looks amazing!

Anyways... how is everyone?! To all my fellow students, how is school treating you? Everyone I know says that school has been hectic this year. I don't know why things have been so tough but I guess I'm just overly stressing since I still don't have a major. I have no real plan, I'm just trying to get my education before I head out into the real world. *YIKES!* I have no clue what I'll do when I get there, but I'll think of something. (I hope.) 

I've been playing around with Photoshop a lot, and I have quite a few icons and banners that I need to post, but I'll do that later tonight. I've got to get to class in a few minutes. *pouts* 

Love you guys! *group cuddle*

Hello my darlings! *huggles everyone*

Thanks again you guys for all of your support concerning my previous post. It helped me soooo much and things are getting better. *smiles*

I've finally gotten Photoshop on my home computer! My brother-in-law really hooked me up and now I can play on Photoshop whenever I want. I've been making tons of icons lately (mainly because it's fun but also because it's been a stress reliever) so here's what I've got so far. If anyone wants to make a request for an icon then go on ahead. Anything for my lovers. :) And remember, if you want to snag an icon then go on ahead.


Icons in post:

Tom Riddle: 2 icons
Tom Riddle/Minerva McGonagall: 1 icon
Christian Coulson: 1 icon
Alan Rickman: 2 icons
Hogwarts: 1 icon
Fleur Delacour: 1 icon
Pride and Prejudice: 5 icons
Becoming Jane: 2 icons, 1 banner
Natalie Portman: 3 icons
Stock: 6 icons


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( icons icons icons... )

OH MY GOD... OH MY EFFING GOD!

My sister was at Wal Mart this morning with her two youngest kids and SHE LEFT THEM IN THE FUCKING CAR WHILE SHE WENT IN AND THE COPS FUCKING FOUND OUT AND NOW SHE HAS TO GO TO COURT!!!! OMG OMG OMG!

She had to run in to get the kids' medicine because they've been sick and she left the air conditioning on in the car with the doors locked while she ran in. FUCKING IDIOT! WHAT THE FUCK WAS SHE THINKING?!!!!!!! She could go to jail, lose her kids. OMG. I'm so fucking scared.

She's never been in trouble before, she loves her kids and takes good care of them... will any of this help? What do the courts do on cases like this? I know child services will get involved but they'll see that my sister is a good parent, and her husband is as well, so won't they be lenient? Oh please God, I can't stop crying cause I'm so scared. I don't know what's gonna happen. My sister's son is such a mama's boy, all of her kids love her to death. I don't know what they would do if they were taken away from her. We'd take them of course. OMG, what if my sister has to go to jail? I don't know about these things. Does anyone have any info. on this stuff?

Pray for us, please.

Why is it that this semester is so hectic? It's not just me; everyone seems to be experiencing an overload of work, college or job. But somehow I've managed to make some icons at school. I use what little time I have between breaks to play with Photoshop and it really kills me that I can't use it at my leisure. It would be so nice. *le sigh*

How is everyone? I ask that a lot but I still need to check journals. I'm just always so tired. I know I'm whining but my energy has been so low lately. I need to eat more but my appetite sucks at the mo'. What to do, what to do? ^_^

Here are the icons that I cooked up recently. These were experiments for me to see what I could do with all these new and wonderful textures floating around. Nothing really exciting, but I still had fun making them. *grins*

There's a few this time so I'll put them under an Lj-cut, but here's a little preview.




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