I know I say this a lot but now I have a serious matter on my hands.

As of tomorrow, the 1st of September, my student loans go into repayment. I called SallieMae and I do qualify for thei IBR program. This, for the next 12 months, eliminates my worry on having to pay a whopping $370 a month for my loans. However, it doesn't cover my private student loan which accounts for about a third of my loan repayment each month. It's going to cost me about $135 a month to pay it. I have two rabbits and now a new kitty cat to take care of. I am also, still, trying to save up the $230 to have Felicity, my Dutch rabbit, spayed. Needless to say my checking account has just dipped down to $77 and Valley National Bank is going to charge me about $10 a day for every day my checking stays under $99.

I've just BARELY scraped together enough money I was saving for other things to deposit into my account tomorrow. However, this doesn't solve my money issue. I have other bills to pay, my credit card which I'm working on paying down, my cell phone bill, and then it costs me about $60 - $70 a month just to feed my rabbits. At least for the month of september I don't have to worry about my credit card, I used every last penny of my reward cash back I had been saving just to pay toward my bill.

Kohls doesn't pay me nearly enough and my hours are sporadic. I was lucky enough to get more hours than normal up through next week, however, I don't know what the following weeks will bring. Sometimes they give me as little as 10 hours for the week. And that will barely cover my health insurance plan plus taxes, thus leaving me with nothing to pay bills off with.

So I'm asking you guys, if anyone can spare some money please come and buy something from me, be it a drawn commission or a piece of my jewelry. All links can be found at the top of this journal. Threaded Chains is my jewelry shop with ~GoldenFox123187.

Now, not only am I trying to wiggle my way up from the bottom of the pit I've dug myself into, but I'm also trying to help . You can read about her financial woes in her journal. But basically, I'll be making wish bracelets, custom order or from a pre-made bunch, and all my profits from those minus shipping, and seller fees from Etsy.com, will go directly to her.

I don't think many, if anyone (besides Michelle), really reads these journals but for just a few moments please help out two of your fellow deviants. Or if you have no desire to buy from either me or Serpenaya then go to 's page and she is also doing commissions to help Serpenaya.

If you don't want to buy something from me but, on the rare chance you might want to just donate money to me you can donate to me using the paypal gift option or mail me a check, money order, or cash. I will make a thank you list and add anyone's name to it that buys from me and mentions to me they're doing so to help me out.

And to my current commissioner I apologize for your wait. Your artwork is coming. But as you can see, my life has clearly derailed itself.

Thank you to anyone who has read this. I appreciate it greatly. Please contact me if you wish to donate and I'll give you my information whether it be my address or paypal e-mail.


~Ja ne

Remmie

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Admin of: ~AnimeLovers - Note me if you wish to be a mod! ^_^

So I figured while I'm waiting for my nails to dry I'd post this journal entry. I technically promised ~GoldenFox123187 I'd write it yesterday. >> My bad...

Firstly let me mention that my featured Artists journal has been updated. All new artists have been added. So get commenting on that journal so I can feature you! Even if I don't watch you or you don't watch me it doesn't matter. You comment there I'll feature you. Just that simple. ^^

Also please commission me! I know I beg in like every journal but I really do need the money. Bills are piling up and it's gotten to the point where I can't even afford to go see a movie. >> Besides the concert I went to that's like the only thing I was able to afford for this whole year basically. D: And I technically shouldn't have even gone to that cause it wasn't cheap >>

Well let me go back to last weekend. Sunday I was out petfood shopping. And I ended up coming home with a cat. >>; For anyone that has ever been into a Petsmart you'd know they have a shelter that keeps some of their cats in the store in hopes they'll be adopted faster. Well I adopted this poor cat. She's 4 years old and her name is Lily. They spelled it Lilly but I like Lily because I consider her to be named after Lily Munster from the Munsters TV show. xD

Anyway she's all white with one blue eye and one yellow eye. She's 20 pounds, or was when we got her. I don't know what they did but she got fat while she was with them since April of this year. She came from a backyard breeder who either gave her up or she was confiscated. I don't know. She's like a limp noodle I swear. I can flip her over and man handle here and she has not once clawed, hissed at, or bitten us. Not only is she over weight but she came down with an eye infection and from being so fat developed a yeast infection on her privates. When we took her to our Vet on Monday he basically told us the eye drops the vet the shelter had taken her too had prescribed were bad for cats with light colored eyes. They had a steroid in it and it was basically like inducing migraines when it was put in her eye. And the powder for her supposed yeast infection was useless. She is still on an antibiotic they gave us for her, and whatever was going on down there (cause she also wasn't using her litter box for the first two days we had her) seemed to have been cleared up. She's still taking the new eye cream our vet gave us for her and the antibiotic but she's really tolerant of it all.

It's been a week but by the 3rd day, once our competent vet gave us proper meds for her, she was acting more cat-like. And instead of crawling along the floor like she had been doing she's taken to sleeping on my bed. She's my cat, so all her things are in my room. But it's time we started introducing her to the other pets we have. She's already very affectionate towards us so we're hoping all goes well once we introduce her to our dogs and another cat. She doesn't seem to care about my bunnies either so I'm pretty confident things will go smoothly even if it does take awhile.

Anyway! I went and saw Marilyn Manson on Friday night. He was headlining the Rockstar Mayhem Festival. Oh. My. God. He is so wonderful. If you haven't seen already take a look at my DA ID on my front page. It's a picture I got of him while I was there.

He's gained some weight but he still looks really good. I'll love him regardless. I've been rambling about him to ~legolasofthewood for several days now. I'm hoping the next time I get to see him I'll be up front and able to touch him...or get a piece of his clothing.

He didn't just play new songs either. He played Little Horn and Tourniquet. And that's like stuff from the 90s. He played nothing from his Eat Me Drink Me album which is fine because I found an interview of him which you guys can see here: [link] It pretty much explains why he didn't sing any of the songs from that album.

Also earlier in the day at the festival I saw All That Remains. And they are so cool. They had a signing and I got them all to autograph a poster they were giving out for the occasion AND they all signed my ticket. I'll be getting the ticket laminated. Seriously though they were so awesome to meet. It's too bad I couldn't get Manson's autograph. D: Trivium was also there, and also was doing a signing but the All That Remains line was so long we were in it for 2 hours and by the time we got out the main stage had already started playing. However, while we were on line Behemoth was one of the bands that played and they were really great. I was kind of rocking out in the line. And from where we were standing we could see and hear them. It was really cool. It was the best festival I've ever been to.

The main stage had Bullet for My Valentine. And I love them, though their fans suck. Though I wish I had been in the pit because it wasn't doing anything drastic. It was just people rocking out with the bands. But my VIP seats were still good. ^^

Anyway, Killswitch Engage was also on that stage as was Slayer and then Manson. I must say though, Slayer toured with Manson for his Eat Me Drink Me tour and they bored me then and they still do. The only entertaining thing going on was this bird statue thing they had on stage with their logo on it that they would periodically set on fire. Other than that Manson was by far the most entertaining for me. Even though I was kind of on my own when I was listening to him (I was rocking out all by my lonesome in my row xD) I got to take pictures of him on ~legolasofthewood's camera. HE IS SO PRETTY D:< *cough*

I bought so much stuff there...Like...so much stuff...I have an addiction problem. Someone please take away my paypal account. D:

Perhaps I'll take pictures of me wearing my new Manson merch. Not that I think any of you would look at them if I posted them. xD;

Anyway that's all for now. Just know I'm still in desperate need of commissions. Seriously people, help a guy out. D:


~Ja ne

Remmie

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Admin of: ~AnimeLovers - Note me if you wish to be a mod! ^_^

Ohhhkay...So I'm finally getting an update out. x-x

First off let me say thank you thank you THANK YOU to everyone who's been hovering around my page the last week or so. All the attention is very welcome. And I thank each and every person. ^_^

Nextly...some small begging. I'm still taking commissions, and I still need them more than ever. I've had some nibbles so please check out my commissions journal for more information. Or note me. ^^ Remember, I'm willing to do anything! I don't really have any limits. I'll let you know if you ask for something I'm uncomfortable with doing.

And now onto more pressing matters. I'm hoping to still be going to see Marilyn Manson in concert next week on Friday. I've been looking forward to seeing him all summer. I'll be devastated if ~legolasofthewood can't take us. T_T Not to mention I also have two bunnies that are getting spayed on Tuesday...God what an expensive week.

Oh yeah also, please check out my features journal and the features module over thar ----->

I watch some truly awesome deviants who deserve attention. ^^

Read below for what I need help on!

And in my biggest news...I now am the lead Admin for a club here on DA. I stumbled upon while reading through someone's journal. The founder was looking to pass along the duties to someone else. And she gave them to me. Right now it's only myself and two of the former admins working on things. And there's a lot to be done.

I need more help! I need more mods to help me get things done. I checked in tonight and so far the two mods I have haven't signed in to work on anything...

I'd love it if some of you guys would like to become mods to help me so I'd know I'd have some reliable help. (Not that I don't trust these two mods it's just there's a lot to get done and I need to know for SURE that someone will log in besides me >_< ).

So if any of you are interested, or know reliable people who are active on DA that would be interested, please note me (or have them note me) on this account. It's not as out of control as it was before, I've done as much updating as I can to make things spiffy looking. But the club does also need a subscription. As for right now it's cluttered with ads and I can't organize the gallery. I also can't make journals or the profile page look nicer for our members and anyone visiting.

So yeah. Help is appreciated!

And...I think that's all for now. I'm off to work on some art and relax before bed. I work 9 - 4 tomorrow D: (yey meager paychecks...>.o)


~Ja ne

Remmie

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Admin of: ~AnimeLovers - Note me if you wish to be a mod! ^_^

Yeah so good news! I only have 149 deviations, 9 messages, and like 70 notes to go through and I'll be DONE! Whoo!

Sorry it's taken so long guys. I also spammed a lot of your really old journal posts with comments. >>; I was behind and didn't want to miss what you guys were doing while I was away. D:

Well anyway I've posted my features journal with updates. For those of you reading this off my journal page please check out the featured people to the right there (and down two modules xD ) ----->

And...your art is coming. I'm just really tired. Work is wearing me down. But I am trying to get things done. Though I'll probably go off and finish some personal projects before I crash tonight. I just need to unwind a bit ><

Also I thought I'd do some shameless begging and request you check out my commissions journal again. As of this posting I'm going to work on fixing that up, changing things around and getting stuff updated. I've been away for so long but my desperation for money never seems to end. (And no one ever seems to commission me D: ) Anyway I'm really in a fix. Even with my job I have a lot of things I need to pay for. I have two rabbits that costs me around $100 a month. And I just got an appointment to have them spayed in 3 weeks. So that's like $400 right there for the both of them, probably a little more. >_< I get some crappy hours at work and the stress when I am there is not good for me.

So yes, please, if you have some money to spare PLEASE consider commissioning me. I try my best to be fair with my prices. And I am ALWAYS willing to ship you the original works so long as you are willing to pay postage.

/end begging

Now that I'm catching up with my back log of things to do it feels nice. I can't wait to be able to freely work on whatever again. I have lots of things I want to finish and even more I want to start. I would, ideally, like to try and start my 100 themes project this year. I haven't forgotten about it. I plan on doing it. I also would like to crack open Dreamweaver again and fiddle with some CSS code and make some shiny journals. But we'll see how that goes. I don't think it's terribly hard just time consuming.

Oh yes, and I was thinking if perhaps I should try doing one of those journal things where you can interview my characters. I know I haven't spoken much about them because...well I hardly ever draw them <_< damn it... But if I gave a list would any of you consider possibly noting me or even commenting to a journal with some questions you have for them? (Believe it or not I do have some sketches for part of my waist up character reference project I could scan for reference if you wanted to see them.)


Oh, and in case anyone ignored my last update on my Art Trades/Requests/Things to Do journal I listed something about doing a comic with my characters and 's characters. I'd be interested in including some characters from you guys (as long as they're OC's). There's some rules to it though. Just to tease you guys a bit it's supposed to be an ongoing web comic. I thought it would be a great way to get some interest out there for my characters and their story as well as Talia's. And I'd like to have some guest appearances from other people's characters as well. I'll post more on that once I'm able to work on that project more. Now that I have Manga studio I'm anxious to do some work in there and get some screen toning practice.

Well that's all for this update. ^^


~Ja ne

Remmie

I know it's been forever. But I have been trying to get through my inbox. I have a lot of stuff to do. So please, be PATIENT while I sort through my deviations.

If you didn't read my previous journal I am now going to feature artists on my front page as well as on my journal page and in a journal update itself. Please see this journal for more details.

I also have a huge art workload on my plate. I want you guys to bear with me as I work through it all. I have art trades to finish, birthday pictures to complete (and some to start). I don't need anyone negativity hovering around me so if you think I can't do it keep it to yourselves D:

I'm not angry I just want to be clear with you guys that things with my college haven't been going so hot for me, my job is quite miserable, and money is very tight. On top of all this family issues abound. That being said I realize I have a lot of things to do art wise. Please realize that not every artist can color as fast as YOU might be able to. Or draw as fast or whichever. I take a lot of pride in my art and when I work on a piece I want it to be believeable and to look good whether it's just a sketch, an art trade, a birthday picture, had color, etc. Backgrounds also take me longer to complete.

To and I have not forgotten about either of you. You will get your art trades. I'm sorry it's taken this long to get things done. Rest assured you'll get your arts. I won't leave you hanging. ^^

My current project is getting ~GoldenFox123187's birthday picture from December finished. I've gotten quite a lot accomplished to be honest. And I have many personal projects I want to complete. I have been trying to work on art and clearing out my DA inbox every day after I come home from work and I literally spend all day on my days off from work doing art related things. Don't think I'm slacking!

Anyway that being said I have so much happening. I have two rabbits that I believe have just recently gone into heat. Needless to say I MUST get them fixed sometime next week once my parents and brother have come home from sleepaway boyscout camp. Can't very well get to the vet this week if I a) can't drive and b) don't have a car even if I could xD

I won't ramble on any more. I'll try and get a Livejournal update posted and I'll link to it should anyone wish to read it. If you want to friend me on LJ just let me know. ^^

One last thing. I want to give a HUGE apology to everyone who has posted art and I have not looked at/commented it yet. I won't say who but a close friend of mine made it very clear she won't be looking at anything of mine until I've started looking at her stuff. If I've been shoving any of my art in your faces and not looking at your art in return or even just asked you if you've drawn anything lately I am deeply sorry and I didn't mean to come across as being selfish or rude. I don't hide from DA on purpose. But please know that I will be trying to check out some galleries now that I'll be featuring you guys. So expect come comments and possibly some favorites coming your way from me. Again, I'm really sorry and I did not mean to come across as not caring. I love my artist friends and I love seeing your work. But if you want me to see things (and you know I haven't been checking on here) you should tell me you have art and e-mail me, IM me, or note me links to it so I can see it. Don't just wait for me to come to you all the time. I love having people approach me to show me their work. ^^

That said I will be posting up my IM addresses tonight. Just be sure if you IM me you let me know who you are. xD I'm going to try to be on those every night. I'm always on AIM though. So it's a safe bet to find me on there if I'm not on MSN or Yahoo.

Well hopefully I'll have Michelle's b-day pic posted by the end of the weekend or sooner and some of my other projects a step closer to completion.


~Ja ne

Remmie


P.S.: Please shout in my shoutbox! It's lonely in there! D: