Well, it's been quite the while since I've last updated this journal. Nearing 2 years infact. I never have been good at keeping up with logs and such of my actions.

However, for those that are even remotely interested, I'm deployed, again, without my precious and Darling Cintiq, whom I miss everyday, and... oh! I'm also apart from my wife too.

And I only wrote that cause I'm too far to feel the Mrs.'s wrath. For now.

Anyways, that's it. It's a Dianual update ('di' being the term for two which is sometimes confused with 'bi' that means in two parts) See! Ya' learn things when you read my drivel.

Now go away, I have to start thinging of what I'm gonna put in this journal in 2011.

Scannerless and stranded with many new pictures is making me feel a little hopeless at the moment. However, an old light in my life has just flickered on and is giving me some renewed inspiration and drive. Hopefully, sometime soon, I will be able to upload all the pictures that I have backed up here.

My computer, Vaio, has passed away recently. She was with me when I got to my first duty station, she was there when I was deployed to Iraq, she came with me when I went on leave and saw my friends, and she even survived through and came home safely. But, the injuries she suffered while in Iraq, though minor, must have accumulated and, eventually, stole her life. I noticed the signs when she refused to start up, stopping and shutting off before the login screen was displayed, and even giving me the blue screen of death before I could log in. She slowed down, became tired easily and needed to restart often, which caused more problems due to her inability to start properly. Eventually, she passed away.

But with death comes life, as She, Vaio, is reborn again in Toshi, a laptop my friend sold me before he left for an overseas mission. Toshi has her own attitude, but she is definitely in good health and seems to have a little more toughness about her than Vaio's sleek and slim features. Vaio's memories have been transfered to a small section of Toshi's comparably more vast mind so that whenever I wish, I may visit an abridged form of my sweet Vaio. So far, Toshi has been doing well with Cintique, my 21" drawing monitor. Cintique attempted to act like an older sister to Toshi, but Toshi, of course with her defiant attitude, has put her in her place. For a while they didn't work well together, but after some coaxing, they are now almost inseparable.

Well, this has been a long winded update to no one since I'm sure no one reads these things. Why I personify my electronic items, I don't know.

This quiz is stolen from

List 12 of your original characters:

01. Arxce
02. Deacyper
03. Taon
04. Khylah
05. Raze
06. Tres-Zein
07. Kri
08. Hel
09. Jeshia
10. Loki
11. Valerian
12. Akki

01) Who would make a better college professor, 6 or 11?
Eh, neither? One's evil and one's artificial and designed for war... but I would say if he could, Valerian since he is oldest and would be the wisest. ... and wouldn't try and kill the students for being human...

02) Do you think 2 is hot?
Heh, I never thought of him that way, but I did design him with that intent.

03) 12 sends 8 on a mission?
Whoa! A human telling the leader of Hell what do do? And I thought Akki was such a nice little girl... I guess after she dies she does take over Hell and makes Hel her servant >.>

04) What is or would be 9's favorite book?
Green eggs and ham. She would laugh everytime she read it.

05) Would it make more sense for 2 to swear at 6, or the other way around?
Yes, Deacyper would and does swear at Tres-Zien. You would too if someone had figured out whos to purge your entire race save for the plans origionator, you'd swear too.

06) For some reason, 5 is looking for a roommate. Should she share a studio apartment with 9 or with 10?
well it would be no fun if Raze roomed with Loki since they both have that quiet personnality. Jeshia would be the greatest since Raze and Jeshia are almost the same height (around 2 meters) and jeshia is so childish and Raze is so... mature? that it would be glorious for a story or two ^.^

07) 2, 7 and 12 have dinner together. Where do they go, and what do they discuss?
They would dine in, Akki would cook. Deacyper would remain silent, Kri would have no choice but to remainsilent and listen in on the conversation since she's mute and Akki would make awkward attempts to bring up questions that didn't betray her curiosity about the Choar(demon angel project products) or the missions they had run.

08) 3 challenges 10 to a duel. What happens?
Loki defeats Taon within several seconds after Loki steals Taon's sword, turns the fight into a close combat enviroment and renders Taon unconcious before the sword can respawn with Taon after the 5 second delay from removal.

09) If 1 stole 8's most precious possession, how would she get it back?
She wouldn't... arxce most likely sweet talked it away from her anyways. >.> ...

10) Suggest a title for a story in which 7 and 12 both attain what they most desire.
Two tales of romance

11) What kind of plot device would you use if you wanted 4 and 1 to work together?
Some form of kidnapping where Khylah asks Hel for assistance and she hand over Arxce to help.

12) If 7 visited you for the weekend, how would you get along?
I would feel so guilty for having to steal her from Deacyper... but only afterwards >.>...

13) If you could command 3 to perform any one task or service for you, what would it be?
Teach me how to use the fiber-wire sword!

14) Does anyone on your friends list write or draw 11?
no, but I would love it

15) If 2 had to choose sides between 4 and 5, which would it be?
Deacyper would choose Raze since she is of higher rank... unless Raze is clearly wrong.

16) What might 10 shout while charging into battle?
no shouting... he might say, "Die," though...

17) If you chose a song to represent 8, which song would you choose?
Killer queen - by Queen

18) 1, 6, and 12 are having dim sum at a Chinese restaurant. There is only one scallion pancake left, and they all reach for it at the same time. Who gets to eat it?
Akki, because Arxce and Tres-Zein would fight for it and Akki would steal it during that time.

19) What might be a good pick-up line for 2 to use on 10?
O.o ... Deacyper picking up on... Loki!? ... in that case...

20) What would 5 most likely be arrested for?
exsessive force

21) What is 6's secret?
He fears death and eternal imobility.

22) If 11 and 9 were racing to a destination, who would get there first?
they both would... then they would embrace and Jeshia would talk to Valerian for hours since she's never seen her father.

23) If you had to walk home through a bad neighborhood late at night, would you feel safer in the company of 7 or 8?
Jeshia... Kri is skilled and nice, but Jeshia just looks intimidating... who would want to try and attack a 6'11" woman who looks like she can handle herself?

In my growing electronic family I have added yet another most invaluable member; Her name is Cintiq, a Wacom Cintiq 21UX. She is perfect and does everything I expect from her and more. No more scanning, no more smudges and smears, more control over the tools, and, hopefully in the future, less ranting about a computer device. I'm just way to excited over this.

Now that I'm back from Iraq and have stable hours as well as a means to draw and post, I expect to be post more often. This also has eliminated most all my excuses for the procrastination of RISE. hopefully I can get a fist page sometime... sometime...

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I love cookie dough.