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Joshua  

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Oh Brave New World

Journal Entry: Fri May 2, 2008, 11:02 AM
Alas, my increasingly-lengthy inability to produce any meaningful art is going to have to continue for a while longer. It's almost time for graduation, followed shortly by the frantic search for a job and the "fun" that entails (compounded by the fact that between graduating and getting a job I'm without health insurance - oh goody). I have to study for finals, write a few papers, and somehow find the time to clean the dorm I'm living in, and I have to get all that done in about 6 days. Then job hunting. Then job. Then... I don't know what.

Everything is just moving way too fast for me. I've barely had the time to get my academic work done this year, let alone the thirty thousand other things large and small that have been hounding me since the start of this miserable academic year. I feel like I've been performing triage on my own life for the last year, trying to salvage what I can and struggling not to be overwhelmed by the entirety of it. Thank god for having friends and family around to help - I honestly don't think I could have gotten through it without them all.

At any rate, here's to optimism. I've survived this long, I can get through the rest. I just got to take it one day at a time. Then, hopefully, when everything gets settled down I can get back to making stuff.

  • Mood: Anxious
  • Listening to: Gustav Holst
  • Reading: Paper Instructions
  • Watching: Calendar
  • Playing: Not much these days
  • Eating: 50 cent C-store brownie
  • Drinking: Sprite

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 22
  • Current Residence: Ames, IA
  • Interests: Writing, Tuba, D&D, Art (duh)
  • Favourite movie: At present? Casino Royale
  • Favourite band or musician: Pfff... if it's good, I listen to it
  • Favourite genre of music: Trance
  • Operating System: Windoze and Joomla! CMS
  • MP3 player of choice: Creative
  • Shell of choice: Blue Koopa
  • Wallpaper of choice: Painted
  • Skin of choice: Intact
  • Favourite game: D&D
  • Favourite gaming platform: PC
  • Favourite cartoon character: Nixon's Head
  • Personal Quote: There are no words in all the languages of humanity to express what I'm feeling now.
  • Tools of the Trade: Computer, Pen(cil), Paper, Printer, Tuba

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~Chai09:iconChai09: Feb 22, 2008, 10:42:39 AM
FAKE FRIENDS: Never ask for food.
REAL FRIENDS: Is the reason you have no food.

FAKE FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr / Mrs
REAL FRIENDS: Call your parents DAD/MOM

FAKE FRIENDS: Never seen you cry
REAL FRIENDS: Cry with you

FAKE FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back
REAL FRIENDS: Keep your stuff so long they forget it's yours

FAKE FRIENDS: Know a few things about you
REAL FRIENDS: Could write a book about you with direct quotes from
you

FAKE FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that is what the crowd is doing
REAL FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowds butt that left you

FAKE FRIENDS: Would knock on your front door
REAL FRIENDS: Walk right in and say 'I'M HOME!'

FAKE FRIENDS: Are for awhile
REAL FRIENDS: Are for life

FAKE FRIENDS: Will talk bad to the person who talks bad about you.
REAL FRIENDS: Will knock the person out that talked bad about you

FAKE FRIENDS: Would ignore this
REAL FRIENDS: Will send this to all their real friends and hope to
get it back!

If you were killed today, I'm sorry I wouldn't be able to come to
your funeral, because I'd be in jail for killing the person who did
it.


First, I wanted to let you know that I love you to death & think
you are amazing!

Second, if I don't get this back I understand...

I have a game for you. Once you read this letter, you must send it to
14 people that you really care about, including the person that
sent it to you. If you receive at least 7 back then you are
luved!
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:typerhappy: <-- he's so funny!!
~pengar:iconpengar: Dec 7, 2007, 10:59:11 PM
Hey there, I'm an Ames fellow as well..good luck with those final projects...only a few more days to go, right?
~Chai09:iconChai09: Oct 2, 2007, 5:45:35 AM
A girl asked a guy if he thought she was pretty,



He said...no.








She asked him if he would want to be with her forever...and he said no.













She then asked him if she were to leave would he cry, and once again he replied with a no.













She had heard enough. As she walked away, tears streaming down her face the boy grabbed her arm and said...













You're not pretty you're beautiful.













I don't want to be with you forever, I NEED to be with you forever.













And I wouldn't cry if you walked away...I'd die...













SO NOW I WILL SAY:












I like you because of who you are to me...A true friend.












And if I don't get this back I'll take the hint.













Tonight at midnight your true love will realize they like you.











Something good will happen to you at 1:00-4:00 PM tomorrow.











It could be anywhere -- AOL, Yahoo, outside of school, anywhere.











Get ready for the biggest shock of your life.












Please send to 15 people in 15 minutes.












Remember:













"A good friend will come bail you out of jail....











But a true friend will be sitting next to you saying ...












WE screwed up, but we had fun! "












Proud to be your Friend!












Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence, and don't skip ahead.












I've learned...that life is like a roll of toilet paper.











The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.












I've learned...that we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.












I've learned...that money doesn't buy class.












I've learned...that it's those small daily

happenings that make life so spectacular.












I've learned...that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.











I've learned...that the Lord didn't do it all in one day.












What makes me think I can?












I've learned...that to ignore the facts does not change the facts.












I've learned.












I've learned...that the less time I have to work, the more things I get done.












To all of you...make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence.










Show your friends how much you care.












Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND, even if it means

sending it back to the person who sent it to you.












If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have

a circle of friends

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:typerhappy: <-- he's so funny!!
~Chai09:iconChai09: Aug 12, 2007, 8:26:59 PM
YOU'VE BEEN HUGGED!

Spread the DA love around! (you can copy and paste this message on their userpage!)

RULES:
1- You can hug the person who hugged you!
2- You -MUST- hug 6 other people, at least!
3- You should hug them in public! Paste it on their user page!
4- Random hugs are perfectly okay! (and sweet)
5- You should most definitely get started hugging right away!
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gotcha! :hug:

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:typerhappy: <-- he's so funny!!
*kitsuK8:iconkitsuK8: Jun 9, 2007, 10:31:12 AM
thanks for the fav!

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one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish
~Dthclaw:iconDthclaw: Jun 4, 2007, 2:09:47 PM
:)

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=zannen-na:iconzannen-na: Jun 4, 2007, 2:08:25 PM
I'll do my best! And you're welcome!^^

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~Dthclaw:iconDthclaw: Jun 4, 2007, 2:04:47 PM
The key to getting by that barrier: experiment, experiment, experiment! :D

And thanks for ze friending.

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=zannen-na:iconzannen-na: Jun 4, 2007, 2:01:46 PM
For someone as computer illiterate as me, anything that involves more than three steps totally floors me. I hope to pass by that kinda barrier someday.^^

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`xero-sama:iconxero-sama: Jun 3, 2007, 5:30:41 PM
lol i know what ye mean ^^

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~Dthclaw:iconDthclaw: Jun 3, 2007, 4:10:22 PM
:P

Not actually a whole lot to it. Took a look at the various eagle-y symbols and came up with a new one; sketched out the design on graph paper, and then cut apart some rectangles in Bryce.

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=zannen-na:iconzannen-na: Jun 3, 2007, 9:14:43 AM
:omfg: That's sounds really technical, but I'll take your word on it! =D

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~Dthclaw:iconDthclaw: Jun 2, 2007, 8:34:37 PM
Aye. Randomly looking at the frontpage occassionally shows something cool :P

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`xero-sama:iconxero-sama: Jun 2, 2007, 8:02:53 PM
Thanks so much for the comment and fave!

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~Dthclaw:iconDthclaw: Jun 2, 2007, 7:32:13 PM
Ha ha, okay, that works.

It's actually supposed to be an emblem for an interstellar government out of my sci-fi stuff. Loosely based the design on USAF symbols and the Allies symbol from C&C: Red Alert 2.

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=zannen-na:iconzannen-na: Jun 2, 2007, 5:30:40 PM
I liked it!^^ It put me in mind of the transformers emblem, even though I don't think that's what it's supposed to be. Plus, I like eagles:)

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~Dthclaw:iconDthclaw: Jun 2, 2007, 4:32:59 PM
It was just rather surprising - I've had that one up since day 1, but you're the first to fave it - and it still has no comments :P

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=zannen-na:iconzannen-na: Jun 1, 2007, 7:06:49 PM
You're welcome for the fave!

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~madfox43:iconmadfox43: Mar 1, 2007, 12:25:23 AM
Apparently.

Thanks another one! :P

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~Dthclaw:iconDthclaw: Feb 9, 2007, 9:48:32 PM
Oh! Yep! ^_^

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~allytha:iconallytha: Feb 7, 2007, 3:56:25 PM
thanks very much for the watch!

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~Dthclaw:iconDthclaw: Jan 18, 2007, 10:15:05 PM Mood: Humor
Ha ha... is this going to become a back and forth of thanks and welcomes?

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~madfox43:iconmadfox43: Jan 18, 2007, 9:44:41 PM
And again again!

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~Dthclaw:iconDthclaw: Jan 13, 2007, 7:01:45 PM
Yep :D

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~madfox43:iconmadfox43: Jan 13, 2007, 3:16:46 PM
And again. :P

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