Okay.. I'm in. I like the rule about there not being a time limit
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Please make sure to copy whole journal (list and rules below this point).

The point of this challenge is to test and improve your skill as an artist. After 100 pictures, who wouldn’t be better?

The rules:
1) Make 100 pieces each one having a theme listed below. Only one theme per piece!
2) No time limit so have fun!
3) Pieces should be of own artistic ability. You may not edit photos, or break any other rules set out in the DA etiquette policy. Your pieces can be anything from sketches and doodles to great masterpieces. Just have fun with it.
4) The list below is to be placed somewhere in your journal for others to see that...
a) You are in the challenge
b) What you have completed
5) Make sure to update this list with a link to your deviation.

Now the good part. CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS. CHALLENGE ME.

THE LIST
1. Introduction
2. Love
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile - Mona Lisa Smile [link]
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession - Captain Jack [link]
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink - Firkin [link]
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation

My status: 3 / 100

Okies, so I could ramble on for a while about why I was gone from devART, but let's not and say we did.

I'm back.. I'll be posting.. I'll be commenting.. and we'll all have a grand ol' time!

First and foremost I'll be doing a lot of tidying.. of my gallery, watchlist, and favourites. So stay tuned for artsies being posted in the near future

Wow..Sorry for that old, stale entry that's been sitting here since September. I'm long overdue for an update, but won't have time for at least another week (I'm trying to get back here, I swear!) So I'm just going to re-post something from MySpace. ...Better than nothing, right?

Right.

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1. FIRST THING YOU DID THIS MORNING?
Cursed, because my alarm didn't go off.

2. LAST THING YOU ATE?
A strawberry. And asparagus. I call it... STRAWSPARAGUS!

3. IS YOUR CELL PHONE A PIECE OF CRAP?
Yes. It's one of those ghetto phones that doesn't take pictures, or surf the internet, or even send text messages. It doesn't have that little holey thing to hook those phone charms on. It doesn't have fancy ring tones, nor does it have colour display. My phone is such a piece of crap that it doesn't even have the game "Snake." However, it is a drastic improvement on my last cell phone, which held a greater resemblance to a walkie-talkie than an actual phone.

4. WHAT'S THE THING YOU LOOK FORWARD TO MOST IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS?:
Finding out the results of my college application!

5. WHAT'S ANNOYING YOU RIGHT NOW?
The fact that when my caffiene buzzes start wearing off, I get the shakes.

6. WHAT'S THE LAST MOVIE YOU SAW IN A THEATER?
The Matador. I overpaid because my mom sucks. But that's a story for another day.

7. DO YOU BELIEVE IN LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS
Ha, I think I stated in another one of these things that "I discovered that most boyfriends are better when they're hundreds of miles away."

9. IS THERE SOMEONE YOU MISS?
Yeps, my alter-ego, Phyllis. She was nice.

10. WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
Peacocks. I see them, and I get the overwhelming urge to sit down and write a sonnet.

11. IF YOU COULD PUT TOGETHER A CONCERT OF 5 BANDS OR ARTISTS WHO WOULD THEY BE?
1. The Beatles
2. Flogging Molly
3. The Wet Spots
4. Barenaked Ladies
5. Simon and Garfunkle

12. SONG THAT SUMS UP YOUR LOVE LIFE?
Help! by the Beatles

13. WHAT ARE A FEW THINGS YOU WISH YOU WERE BETTER AT DOING?
1. Singing.
2. Cheering people up.
3. Contacting aliens via my new 2006 model Alpha-Beta-Gamma Ray Solartronomatic - only the best inter-planetary transmitter on the market. But alas, my current mechanical skills seem to be sub-par.

14. IF YOU COULD BE ANYWHERE THIS SECOND, WHERE WOULD IT BE?
In Hobbiton (pre-war, of course)


15. WHAT'S YOUR MOST VIVID MEMORY FROM 6TH GRADE?
That was the year when I had the coolest teacher ever! We went down to the Humber River to plant a tree. His name was Norm. (The tree; not the teacher.) He was a beautiful tree. But one day, upon arriving to class, Mr. Albon (the teacher; not the tree) sadly informed us that our dear barky friend had been struck by lightning. It was quite tragic; we had a moment of silence. Oh yeah, and I barfed in some guy's shoe; but that's an unrelated story.

16. LATEST ADDICTION?
Well, I've got this addiction to crossword puzzles that has been pretty hard to shake. Everyday, I run with all the speed that my little legs can muster to the subway station to get my free paper because I'm too cheap to pay 75 cents anywhere else. And if all the free papers are gone (which is quite likely, because there are a lot of cheapos like me in Toronto) I can get quite violent! I suddenly turn green and get really big. So big, in fact, that my shirt tears off. But not so big, of course, that my pants incur any damage. I start screaming and start hurling pop tarts at people. It's nuts. I think I should check into rehab tomorrow. But shh... you guys have to promise not to tell anyone, as I don't want it leaking to the tabloids. We wouldn't want me stealing the spotlight from Lindsey Lohan and the sort.

17. HAVE YOU EVER HAD THE SLIGHT URGE TO KILL SOMEONE?
Ha. Interesting question... *Twitch, twitch*

18. HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD YOU SAY ARE INTERESTED IN YOU?
The professionals at the Mental Health Association seem to find me quite captivating.

19. WHAT DO YOU LOVE DOING?
Playing with ponies. And having relations with people of a different height than myself (ooh la la!) which I learned today is called "Anasteemaphilia." Okay, that's not really true- well, it's true that it exists, but it's not true that I have it- but I thought it was kind of funny, regardless. Can you imagine? "Oh! My! Goodness! You are 2 INCHES taller than I am!!! I want to do dirty, dirty things to you!! Come here, hot stuff!"

20. DO YOU THINK SOMEONE THINKS ABOUT YOU DAILY?
Yes... though it may not necessarily always be the same someone.

21. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU SAW OR TALKED TO?
My mom. It was a delightful conversation:
Me- Goodnight! ((all grand and chipper))
Mom- *Grunt.*

22. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
When I grow up, I want to be a robot.

23. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FOOD?
Guacamole. Actually, I hate guacamole, but it's such a fun word to say.

24. HOW MANY PEOPLE DO YOU KNOW WITH THE SAME NAME AS YOU?
I've met 3.

25. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU SPILLED? Well, just a minute ago, I spilled the beans about my Anasteemaphilic tendencies.


...That was fun, let's do it again, some time.

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and by the by.. as of 1:00 on January 31st, I am a highschool graduate. So bust out the balloons and streamers Haha.

That was the best birthday, ever! So I'm going to babble...
(no time to read? skip to the CLIMAX!)


There were a few people I wish could have been there, but it was pretty awesome none-the-less.

We went on a photo scavenger hunt And we all did random embarassing things on camera.
What sort of things, you ask? Well...for starters, Scott kissed an Indian, and I kissed a cop. Pics coming soon.

But anyway...I got a cowboy hat, and a carebear IN A BALLOON! Yes. Funshine. Sitting. Inside a balloon. It's awesome. And my friend Laura is taking me for a flying trapeze lesson!!! How cool is that?!? I'm sure an amusing journal will come from that!

And we drove down to Brantford to pick up Jon (my cousin, and one of my two bestest buddies) on Friday, so he spent the weekend with us, which was super-dee-dooper! And it was only a month and a half since the last time I saw him, so it's was even better! We were both dead tired, but we stayed up until midnight on Friday so that I could open my card It had Wish Bear on the front

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And now... for the CLIMAX of the journal...
I... Yomalyn... saw, in person... the one... the only...

Orlando Bloom!!!!!

Yes, I know it's really girley and annoying to get a flustered about some famous boy with a pretty face... ...BUT... in my own defence:

1) I am a girl
2) It's a really pretty face
and...
3) It was my birthday, so I could do whatever the heck I wanted to!!

But at any rate, I resisted the urge to scream and squeal. And there was no frantic waving of the arms.

...That is... until I found out afterward that Jon got a picture of him.

Don't laugh at me... Just accept the fact that I'm a girl.

Here's to getting older, but staying young inside!


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Help out a great gal and her injured horse by buying her art... [link]

Help out the Red Cross by buying from this wonderfanterrifulastic feller... [link]

...I'll surely get a carrot

Thanks to all those who have commented, faved something, or left some constructive crit the past couple days. It's been unreal.

Went to the Renaissance Festival... It was smaller than previous years, but still tons of fun. Zoltan and the Men in Tights were there. And I bought a cd by the Merry Wenches of Windsor.. they're fun and dirty (subject line is from their song "Auld Maid")



Y'all rock my socks.