Welcome to the randomness that is the journal of Setsuna Himoko!

RANDOM IDEA

TASAFISH!!!! O.o

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KIRIBANS

The next Kiriban will be at 30,003 pageviews!

If you get my Kiriban, send me a note with proof (like a copy-paste of that top thing) and you get a request! Or if you wish it, take a screen cap and send me a link to the deviation.

Also, a lot of my Kiribans keep getting skipped, so if you're visiting and you see that it's only 3 or 4 numbers off, go ahead and treat it as though you got the kiriban. The person with the closest number AFTER the kiriban hit number will get the kiriban (as long as the person who got the actual number didn't claim it) !!! ^.^

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NEWS

OMG!!!!! THE WEBSITE IS UP!! Castle Dreamer has been updated!!!

Please, oh please, oh please!!! Take a look, give me some feedback and some love! XD

[link]

I worked so hard on this update... so much work... and I'm hoping it will pay off now that I'm starting to put myself out there as a web designer. If anyone out there is looking to have a website designed and is in the areas specified on the site, please consider me?!

^.^ I'm so proud of the update... omg...

AAAH!!!!!

*ahem* Got that out of my system. Anyway! The Elements are now done... I have to figure out which section of the 100 picture challenge to continue with... I'm kinda thinkin about doing the colors... but I've wanted to do seven deadly sins for a long time now... so I dunno. I've also got kiribans to finish from a long ass effing time ago... >.< Most of them are Sakura's though XP silly lady stalks me too much...

I started my new job yesterday... I'm working at the same place as Toan. It was pretty fun actually XD He didn't work yesterday, but he kinda kept popping in and out all night. I did drive through first thing for the first time ever! O.o it was easy with all my experiance but it was still surprizing to get trained on that first. I think they're putting me there because I can't lift heavy stuff and when you're in the back you gotta do stuff like that a bunches... I think everyone liked me... which was nice cuz everywhere else I've worked I've gotten this "grrrr" vibe from people. It helps that everyone there loves Toan XD I found out a lot of interesting things though... hehe ^.^

Well I kinda feel like doing... something O.o so... check out the site and let me know what you think! PLEASE??!! T.T

~Lady Aliko Setsuna Lecir, A.K.A. Setsuna Meian Himoko, Liana, Sudee, and Reira

>^..^< Nyaa!!

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IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON: catching up on reading
IS CURRENTLY SEARCHING FOR: feedback on the site
CURRENT MOOD: KILL ALL INSECTS RAWR!!!!
CURRENT OBSESSION/BINGE: computer work
CURRENTLY LOVES: I love Toan so much... he is my life! ^.^
CURRENTLY DESPISES: connections cutting out rawr
CURRENTLY LAUGHS AT: Toan's dad and bro XD
IS CURRENTLY ADDICTED TO: websiteness!
IS CURRENTLY READING: ummm... still attempting to read HP again XD
IS CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: random music...
IS CURRENTLY WATCHING: tv's going in and out cuz of the t-storm O.o
IS CURRENTLY PLAYING: harvest moon and maple!
IS CURRENTLY WRITING: lots of insights....
IS CURRENTLY WAITING FOR: School to start back up again
IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO WAIT FOR: the counter to go up and up and up!!!

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LINKS AND SCREEN NAMES

My Website: [link]
Gaia Online: [link] My Name: LianaSetsuna
Maple Story: [link] My Name: KageReira, My Server: Bera, My Guild: CatFish, My Alliance: Rengou

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REQUESTS POLICY

I am currently not taking requests... I'm very busy, and the artwork I do is fit between whatever time I have. I'm considering taking on commissions, but this will be a ways off. If you want me to do art for you, try your best at hitting a kiriban.

If you hit a kiriban, please send me a note with proof (copy of the hit/screen shot link/etc) and your request. If you want an OC done, a reference picture is greatly appreciated, if not a detailed description of the OC. Ideas for pose (or even a base idea) are also greatly appreciated.

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VERSES TO LIVE BY

Matthew 7: 1-3, "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"

Proverbs 3:5-6 says:
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths." (This is my life verse! ^^)

1 Peter 3:8-9 says:
"Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil, or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing."

Also, 1 Peter 3:15b-16 says:
"But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander."

Luke 18:14 says
"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

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PROJECTS

100 Picure Challenge! [link]

-Seven Deadly Sins
-Maple Story Characters
-Gaia Online Characters
-Harry Potter OC's and Characters
-Embodiments of Color
-Real Life Friends into Pixels
-Kingdom Hearts Characters
-Various Anime Characters

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KIRIBANS

***Hey, I'm not ignoring the Kiribans... I'm still looking for references and the like! I get 'em done when I get the ref and time! *hides*

Kiriban 8000 goes to ~SakuraHiroto

20% Sakura-san wants a picture of her Anime-ish style! ^.^ Whoo hoo!!!

Kiriban 8500 (which didn't actually get claimed till the 8600's) goes to ~StormDragonZ

0% He requested a picture of Seto's great Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!!! wheee!! ^^

Kiriban 10,000 goes to ~SakuraHiroto (omfg another one!? )

0% She wants... uh... biscuts XD

Random request from ~Daphnebound

10% She wants a picture of Daphne from Scooby Doo as a damsel in distress! O.o

Kiriban 18,000 goes to *kossmoe

10% She wants a picture of her original character Sjae!

Kiriban 22,222 goes to ~SakuraHiroto

0% AGAIN? Someone's a stalker.... She wants something pertaining to one of her written works...

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FRIENDS AND CLUBS



The best artists/pixelers in the world!!!


*** Seeing as how I really don't participate in the clubs I'd joined, and most of the ones I had are dead now I've decided to take them all off my journal. Maybe I'll join some later, who knows! ***

Umm... kinda joined a new club... cuz they asked me to. (Guess I'm that awesome XD )

Welcome to the randomness that is the journal of Setsuna Himoko!

RANDOM IDEA

TASAFISH!!!! O.o

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KIRIBANS

The next Kiriban will be at 30,003 pageviews!

If you get my Kiriban, send me a note with proof (like a copy-paste of that top thing) and you get a request! Or if you wish it, take a screen cap and send me a link to the deviation.

Also, a lot of my Kiribans keep getting skipped, so if you're visiting and you see that it's only 3 or 4 numbers off, go ahead and treat it as though you got the kiriban. The person with the closest number AFTER the kiriban hit number will get the kiriban (as long as the person who got the actual number didn't claim it) !!! ^.^

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NEWS

Ok... so DA is kinda pissing me off right now... this facelift they gave the journal entry thing keeps giving me errors and editing my journals is taking like... twice as long. The little scroll bar keeps hiding itself too far over on the right... >.> Rawr. And now it's doing something odd O.o It like... kicked me back a page and then I came back to the journal and it didn't lose anything I'd already typed.... I'm so confused! O.o

Everything seems to be getting updates. Meh, it's summer, whaddya want. Maple went under one of it's longest patches in it's 3 year history a few days ago. We got a new desert world... which I was originally happy about, but it's much more Aladin like than I would've hoped... (I was hoping for Egypt theme stuff...) not only that but most of the stuff there is really noobish... But! The night before the patch? I HIT LEVEL 70!!! Woooo I'm officially 3rd job! My first 3rd job character ever! Yay!!!! I've finally made it to the Mage advancement... and now I can really start to kick some maple arse! ^.^

Yes, I love video games... <.< sue me?

*Ahem* anyways... So I start work tomorrow. Toan, his brother and I all work at the same place now XD I think his bro and I will be working more similar hours than Toan and I though... the closing shift was pretty much full when they hired us, but we have the next shift up so we'll most likely end up getting there a few hours before Toan and leaving a corrisponding number of hours earlier... but work the same time. I'm hoping at least all our days off line up. I mean... it's be nice... *sigh*

Toan's birthday is coming up and I have no idea what to get for him... <.< I have some things I've been looking at but the things that I'd really like to get for him are out of my price range... I don't really want to get him books again... I always get him books... and he likes them... but I just feel like books are kinda a sad gift XD Especially since I've never seen him read them after the initial flip-through... They're all car books and cook books... Although he does use one of the cookbooks a decent amount. It has an apple crisp recipe to DIE for! Oh my gawd, it was soooo good.

Oh! One of the new updates on maple is the creation of the Guild Alliance. The guild Toan and I started (I'm the master) is full of all our friends from in real life and a few of our older maple friends... we all play on channel 13, and we're always running into people from this other guild called TasaBlades... and well... long story short, we made an alliance with them! Best thing EVER! They're a lot more higher levels than us, and they're so nice... and talkative! I literally didn't stop laughing once we started the alliance... they're awesome XD I'm so glad we got an alliance. ^.^

So... the second to last Element went up today! Woooo! That means it's not too long till Castle Dreamer v4 makes its debut! I'm so excited for this! Probbaly what will happen is when Aether goes up, I'll take down the site for a day or two (probably not even that long) to get the last of the kinks out and get some 2nd opinions on it and then... the big debut! I really hope I can get some work from it... >.<

Speaking of work... is anyone out there good at css? Because I desperately need to learn it... See, I get job notices from the Info Sci department at school, and I could've been the webmistress of one of the Alumni websites... but I don't know css!! It was a requirement... The only thing I've ever done with css is look at the already made code and found the colors so I could change something that was mostly blues to reds... I know enough about codes in general to mess with already made stuff, but I don't know thing one about css syntax or tags or anything that has to do with it. So if anyone out there can point me to a good site to learn from, or if anyone can give me a few pointers for a beginner, I'd be sooo happy!

Well I need to either work on the site more or get my ass back on maple and start training again!! O.o Toodles!!

~Lady Aliko Setsuna Lecir, A.K.A. Setsuna Meian Himoko, Liana, Sudee, and Reira

>^..^< Nyaa!!

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IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON: lots of website art
IS CURRENTLY SEARCHING FOR: Time to finish up my site!!!
CURRENT MOOD: KILL ALL INSECTS RAWR!!!!
CURRENT OBSESSION/BINGE: Cleaning!
CURRENTLY LOVES: I love Toan so much... he is my life!
CURRENTLY DESPISES: dumbasses on maple....
CURRENTLY LAUGHS AT: Toan's dad and bro XD
IS CURRENTLY ADDICTED TO: Art and Maple O.o
IS CURRENTLY READING: HP! All over again! (when I get time, that is)
IS CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: My "playin maple" playlist
IS CURRENTLY WATCHING: In Plain Sight is effing amazing!!
IS CURRENTLY PLAYING: lots of stuff I want to play but no way to play it! T.T
IS CURRENTLY WRITING: I want to write but I don't know how to start!
IS CURRENTLY WAITING FOR: School to start back up again
IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO WAIT FOR: umm... I'm pretty patient at the moment O.o

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LINKS AND SCREEN NAMES

My Website: [link]
Gaia Online: [link] My Name: LianaSetsuna
Maple Story: [link] My Name: KageReira, My Server: Bera, My Guild: CatFish, My Alliance: Rengou

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REQUESTS POLICY

I am currently not taking requests... I'm very busy, and the artwork I do is fit between whatever time I have. I'm considering taking on commissions, but this will be a ways off. If you want me to do art for you, try your best at hitting a kiriban.

If you hit a kiriban, please send me a note with proof (copy of the hit/screen shot link/etc) and your request. If you want an OC done, a reference picture is greatly appreciated, if not a detailed description of the OC. Ideas for pose (or even a base idea) are also greatly appreciated.

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VERSES TO LIVE BY

Matthew 7: 1-3, "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"

Proverbs 3:5-6 says:
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths." (This is my life verse! ^^)

1 Peter 3:8-9 says:
"Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil, or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing."

Also, 1 Peter 3:15b-16 says:
"But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander."

Luke 18:14 says
"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

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PROJECTS

100 Picure Challenge! [link]

-Seven Deadly Sins
-Maple Story Characters
-Gaia Online Characters
-Harry Potter OC's and Characters
-Embodiments of Color
-Real Life Friends into Pixels
-Kingdom Hearts Characters
-Various Anime Characters

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KIRIBANS

***Hey, I'm not ignoring the Kiribans... I'm still looking for references and the like! I get 'em done when I get the ref and time! *hides*

Kiriban 8000 goes to ~SakuraHiroto

20% Sakura-san wants a picture of her Anime-ish style! ^.^ Whoo hoo!!!

Kiriban 8500 (which didn't actually get claimed till the 8600's) goes to ~StormDragonZ

0% He requested a picture of Seto's great Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!!! wheee!! ^^

Kiriban 10,000 goes to ~SakuraHiroto (omfg another one!? )

0% She wants... uh... biscuts XD

Random request from ~Daphnebound

10% She wants a picture of Daphne from Scooby Doo as a damsel in distress! O.o

Kiriban 18,000 goes to *kossmoe

10% She wants a picture of her original character Sjae!

Kiriban 22,222 goes to ~SakuraHiroto

0% AGAIN? Someone's a stalker.... She wants something pertaining to one of her written works...

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FRIENDS AND CLUBS



The best artists/pixelers in the world!!!


*** Seeing as how I really don't participate in the clubs I'd joined, and most of the ones I had are dead now I've decided to take them all off my journal. Maybe I'll join some later, who knows! ***

Umm... kinda joined a new club... cuz they asked me to. (Guess I'm that awesome XD )

Welcome to the randomness that is the journal of Setsuna Himoko!

RANDOM IDEA

Giant fake fire dragons! Wheeee!!!

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KIRIBANS

The next Kiriban will be at 30,003 pageviews!

If you get my Kiriban, send me a note with proof (like a copy-paste of that top thing) and you get a request! Or if you wish it, take a screen cap and send me a link to the deviation.

Also, a lot of my Kiribans keep getting skipped, so if you're visiting and you see that it's only 3 or 4 numbers off, go ahead and treat it as though you got the kiriban. The person with the closest number AFTER the kiriban hit number will get the kiriban (as long as the person who got the actual number didn't claim it) !!! ^.^

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NEWS

My computer is set up perfectly! ^.^ There's only a few things now that I've found with vista that are not good... I can live... but they're still annoying... like my mp3 player won't sync correctly... so I just have to manually transfer music... and msn doesn't detect the music I'm playing on the player that came with the mp3 player, so I can't show off what I'm listening to, which isn't a big deal because I usually didn't have that turned on anyway... Ah well... I deal... c'est la vie...

I finally have a job! I'm gonna be working at the same place Toan does. Actually... it's kinda funny because both he, his brother, and I will now all be working at the same place XD. Toan's been there since last summer, but his bro and I just got the jobs today. We start next week... so I'll have just under 2 months of work before school... and this'll be nice because I'll get to spend more time with Toan, since we're gonna be working shifts that overlap... we kinda wanted it to get set so that we'd work the same hours, but they didn't need another closer, so I'm working the next shift up. We'll make it work. ^^

I've been working hard on the last of the website stuff... I want to get it up and running soon, because once I start work I won't have a whole lot of time for that. I really want to finish it!!! I just have to do the last two elements and one piece of art for a banner... I'm not counting a few other things that have to be done cuz it's just slapping letters on a background and cutting down a picture that's already done to size... I'm hoping once it's up I can somehow get some work from that... especially once we get back up to school, I might be able to do some work for some of my friends. Toan and our other friend are a part of an all boys acapella group, and I might be able to coax them into starting a site... <.<

It's been thundering all day... I love thunderstorms ^.^ It's nice outside now... it's been so hot and humid out the last week or so and now it's much cooler. ^.^

There's a lot of maple story going around! ^.^ Toan, Saku and I have been playing tons lately. I'm making the final push for 3rd job!! This is gonna be my very first character to reach level 70. I'll be a Ice/Lit Mage at last! I can't wait! ^.^

I'm thinking of doing commissions after I get the website updated... If anyone out there would be interested in paying me for art, drop me a comment and let me know. I don't have any idea what to charge or whatnot... so any feedback would be appreciated. ^^ However, make a note that until further notice, kiribans are the only way to get artwork from me... I can't take on any more requests right now...

Well I'm insanely tired all of a sudden for some reason... Toan should be home not too long from now as well... so I'm gonna curl into a ball and doze for a bit. ^^ Toodles, y'all.

~Lady Aliko Setsuna Lecir, A.K.A. Setsuna Meian Himoko, Liana, Sudee, and Reira

>^..^< Nyaa!!

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IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON: lots of website art
IS CURRENTLY SEARCHING FOR: time!
CURRENT MOOD: what starts with an H and ends with a orny? Yeah that's right, me! XD
CURRENT OBSESSION/BINGE: Maple Story!
CURRENTLY LOVES: Toan! I love him more than anything in the whole wide world!
CURRENTLY DESPISES: dumbasses on maple....
CURRENTLY LAUGHS AT: silly noises
IS CURRENTLY ADDICTED TO: my new computer
IS CURRENTLY READING: HP! All over again! (when I get time, that is)
IS CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: Life is a highway... I wanna drive it all night long!
IS CURRENTLY WATCHING: lots of stuff... In Plain Sight, Law and Order, M*A*S*H, whatever else is on TV whilest I do all the things I need to do
IS CURRENTLY PLAYING: lots of stuff I want to play but no way to play it! T.T
IS CURRENTLY WRITING: I want to write but I don't know how to start!
IS CURRENTLY WAITING FOR: School to start back up again
IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO WAIT FOR: Toan to come home to me

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LINKS AND SCREEN NAMES

My Website: [link]
Gaia Online: [link] My Name: LianaSetsuna
Maple Story: [link] My Name: KageReira, My Server: Bera, My Guild: CatFish

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REQUESTS POLICY

I am currently not taking requests... I'm very busy, and the artwork I do is fit between whatever time I have. I'm considering taking on commissions, but this will be a ways off. If you want me to do art for you, try your best at hitting a kiriban.

If you hit a kiriban, please send me a note with proof (copy of the hit/screen shot link/etc) and your request. If you want an OC done, a reference picture is greatly appreciated, if not a detailed description of the OC. Ideas for pose (or even a base idea) are also greatly appreciated.

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VERSES TO LIVE BY

Matthew 7: 1-3, "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"

Proverbs 3:5-6 says:
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths." (This is my life verse! ^^)

1 Peter 3:8-9 says:
"Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil, or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing."

Also, 1 Peter 3:15b-16 says:
"But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander."

Luke 18:14 says
"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

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PROJECTS

100 Picure Challenge! [link]

-Seven Deadly Sins
-Maple Story Characters
-Gaia Online Characters
-Harry Potter OC's and Characters
-Embodiments of Color
-Real Life Friends into Pixels
-Kingdom Hearts Characters
-Various Anime Characters

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KIRIBANS

***Hey, I'm not ignoring the Kiribans... I'm still looking for references and the like! I get 'em done when I get the ref and time! *hides*

Kiriban 8000 goes to ~SakuraHiroto

20% Sakura-san wants a picture of her Anime-ish style! ^.^ Whoo hoo!!!

Kiriban 8500 (which didn't actually get claimed till the 8600's) goes to ~StormDragonZ

0% He requested a picture of Seto's great Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!!! wheee!! ^^

Kiriban 10,000 goes to ~SakuraHiroto (omfg another one!? )

0% She wants... uh... biscuts XD

Random request from ~Daphnebound

10% She wants a picture of Daphne from Scooby Doo as a damsel in distress! O.o

Kiriban 18,000 goes to *kossmoe

10% She wants a picture of her original character Sjae!

Kiriban 22,222 goes to ~SakuraHiroto

0% AGAIN? Someone's a stalker.... She wants something pertaining to one of her written works...

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FRIENDS AND CLUBS



The best artists/pixelers in the world!!!


*** Seeing as how I really don't participate in the clubs I'd joined, and most of the ones I had are dead now I've decided to take them all off my journal. Maybe I'll join some later, who knows! ***

Umm... kinda joined a new club... cuz they asked me to. (Guess I'm that awesome XD )

Welcome to the randomness that is the journal of Setsuna Himoko!

RANDOM IDEA

Are you ready for this???

No? ... Okay, I'll come back later

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KIRIBANS

The next Kiriban will be at 30,003 pageviews!

If you get my Kiriban, send me a note with proof (like a copy-paste of that top thing) and you get a request! Or if you wish it, take a screen cap and send me a link to the deviation.

Also, a lot of my Kiribans keep getting skipped, so if you're visiting and you see that it's only 3 or 4 numbers off, go ahead and treat it as though you got the kiriban. The person with the closest number AFTER the kiriban hit number will get the kiriban (as long as the person who got the actual number didn't claim it) !!! ^.^

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NEWS

OMG! NEW COMPUTER!!! I've been setting it up and now... I can do all kinds of things with it that I couldn't do with the old one! For example, this text was actually WRITTEN, not typed! "How," you ask? "You didn't buy a tablet PC." You say? well, you're right. I didn't, But Vista happens to have much more compatibility with a stand-alone tablet than my old computer... It has a program that runs where I write and it converts into text! It's slower than typing though, so I've only been using it for little things when I'm already on the tablet. I'll switch back to typing now... This is sorta slow...

The way it works is there's this little floating button that will apear whenever it knows the cursor is being moved by the pen on the tablet... and whenever it sees a text box, it'll pop up and allow me to click on it, which will pop up a little writing window that gets bigger as I write more. Then all I have to do is hit insert and it converts it into typed text for me. It tells me what it thinks I'm saying as I go, so I can correct it if it reads my writing incorrectly. It was kinda poor at reading my writing at first, but I did a few handwriting recognition excercizes with it, and turned on "learn as you go" so now it's getting much better. So basically, I have a tablet PC... just.. not one where you write directly on the screen. I absolutely LOVE my new computer!! It's nice looking and powerful... Garnet red with black and steel grey trimmings. The keys and the lining around them look like brushed stainless steel... it's so cool. There are even touch-sensitive buttons running on the top for media control. The volume control is touch sensitive too... I love it it's kickass. All I do is put my finger over the plus or the minus and it goes up or down. No button clicking!

So for any of you out there who haven't had Vista yet, or think Vista is a horrible system, let me tell you something; yes, there are a lot of very dumb security settings on it... but you can turn those off! Vista itself, when configured properly is actually quite streamlined. Once I went though and turned off the dumb "Vista needs your permission to continue" settings, I didn't have another dumb popup. I actually like the way it's set up. I'd gotten a taste of it when I got the new Microsoft Office stuff back during school when my version decided not to work anymore, and I liked the way it was set up. Vista follows the same scheme and I like it. I can find things much easier, it's a lot less spiffy show stuff... Yes, it looks pretty, but it runs like melted butter! So take that mac vs PC commercials!

Besides, I'd take Vista over a mac any day, even if I wasn't allowed to turn off the popups... I'd just deal with them... macs are dumb. (Sorry to any mac fans).

Anyways, this thing hauls ass, let me tell you! It hasn't taken more than 3 seconds for any of my programs to start up. I haven't lagged on maple once and I played last night for hours. And yeah, lag is usually do to the internet connection, but here's the thing: this thing's wireless card is so powerful it actually pulls the signal out of the freakin air, I swear to god! On Toan's comp and on my old comp I usually got low connectivity up in his room... Now, I'm sitting in his room with more than half the bars of connectivity up, and I haven't lost it once. The downsides of the comp are few: the size is the same as my old one, but the keyboard area is smaller because of the custom keys at the top. This is a downside, but not that bad because every new keyboard takes some getting used to... I just have to learn it and after a few more days of typing and mapleing, it should feel like the keyboard I've used forever. Thank god though that the FN key and the CTRL key are in the same place as my computer... It might just be a brand thing, but Toan's Dell has them switched around from what I was used to, and I kept getting messed up on maple because of it. The biggest thing about the keyboard that keeps screwing me up is on both my and Toan's comp, the shift key was above the arrow keys on the right side, and that's usualy the site I hit it on... but on this one, it's to the side of the up arrow key, and the enter is above it instead, so I keep accidentilly hitting enter when I mean to hit shift. I've gotten used to it a little while typing regularly... but last night playing maple I kept hitting it wrong for my potions and I almost died a few times because of it! EEk!

The only other downside... which I haven't decided if it truely is a downside, is that the monitor is kinda different... it weighs more than the old one, which is good and bad... mine was so light it felt flimsy; this one feels nice and hardy, but if I push it back too far when I'm sitting on the bed, it tries to flop over. Plus, it doesn't actually have a catch on the main body (I'm talking about that little lever you usually push to one side when you go to open it...) this doesn't have one, it just opens. No catch. No nothing. Now, that seems like it's funcional... because I've seen those springs break inside and people have had to use something flat and strong to push those little catches aside to open their screens... they wear out and stuff... but at the same time, that catch keeps the screen from popping up at odd times. No, the screen isn't spring loaded... but I just feel like carrying it around in a bag that has a bit more roomyness to it, it would try to open or something. So... yeah.

Only 2 bad things so far, and they aren't really that bad! This computer is awesome!!

As far as my data goes... I did have a backup of my stuff from back in January... so I don't have any of the work I did after that (which includes all of my website stuff), but I did have my program installers on there so I do have Paint Shop Pro and Coffee Cup already... I'm not transfering anything else onto here until I get my data off the hard drive though... I don't want to have to fight with what's more recent and whatnot. I'll only use the backup if we find out that I can't get my data back... which will suck... hard... T.T gawd I hope Toan's friend can get it for me...

Anyways... Don't expect too much from me till I get the data issue settled... I might do something if I get extremely bored... but I've mostly just been writing and getting the handwriting stuff set up. There is good news though... I have a few drawn things to scan in once that's all set. One Kiriban and one... well.. I don't even know if I'm gonna put it up. I was just scribbling but it looks cool. *shrug* So, I shall return to my random searchings of setitng to mess with on here. Toodles!!

~Lady Aliko Setsuna Lecir, A.K.A. Setsuna Meian Himoko, Liana, Sudee, and Reira

>^..^< Nyaa!!

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IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON: setting up this baby so it's absolutely perfect!
IS CURRENTLY SEARCHING FOR: settings to mess with
CURRENT MOOD: woo woo! new computer!
CURRENT OBSESSION/BINGE: Maple Story!
CURRENTLY LOVES: Toan! I love him more than anything in the whole wide world!
CURRENTLY DESPISES: omg, so hot!
CURRENTLY LAUGHS AT: the silliness of my boyfriend
IS CURRENTLY ADDICTED TO: newfangled things with my tablet!
IS CURRENTLY READING: HP! All over again!
IS CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: all my music is on my mp3 player... gotta transfer it
IS CURRENTLY WATCHING: nothin really... bunch of Law and Order
IS CURRENTLY PLAYING: had a hankerin for Ninja Gaiden.. but no X-box T.T
IS CURRENTLY WRITING: whatever I can on the comp so it will learn my writing style!
IS CURRENTLY WAITING FOR: Toan to come home from work
IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO WAIT FOR: My data to come to me...

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LINKS AND SCREEN NAMES

My Website: [link]
Gaia Online: [link] My Name: LianaSetsuna
Maple Story: [link] My Name: KageReira, My Server: Bera, My Guild: CatFish

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REQUESTS POLICY

I will take any and all requests, within reason! Requests must comply with DeviantArt's ToS, and I reserve the right to refuse filling any request for any reason. I'm really lenient though, so I wouldn't worry too much XD.

All you have to do is send me a NOTE stating what it is you want me to draw/pixel, along with a full description if it is an original character. If you want a specific media (either drawing or pixeling), please specify it. Otherwise I'll use whatever media I decide.

If its fanart you want me to draw, sending in a few reference pictures of the character(s) isn't a bad idea, nor is it a bad one if you have existing pictures of an OC. If you want me to do a pixel doll, sending in base ideas is a real time saver!

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VERSES TO LIVE BY

Matthew 7: 1-3, "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"

Proverbs 3:5-6 says:
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths." (This is my life verse! ^^)

1 Peter 3:8-9 says:
"Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil, or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing."

Also, 1 Peter 3:15b-16 says:
"But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander."

Luke 18:14 says
"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

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PROJECTS

100 Picure Challenge! [link]

-Seven Deadly Sins
-Maple Story Characters
-Gaia Online Characters
-Harry Potter OC's and Characters
-Embodiments of Color
-Real Life Friends into Pixels
-Kingdom Hearts Characters
-Various Anime Characters

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KIRIBANS

***Hey, I'm not ignoring the Kiribans... I'm still looking for references and the like! I get 'em done when I get the ref and time! *hides*

Kiriban 5000 goes to ~SakuraHiroto

90% She wants a picture of her that isn't her... that's a toughie... *goes the think about what to do* **doin a picture of her maple character**

Kiriban 8000 goes to ~SakuraHiroto

20% Sakura-san wants a picture of her Anime-ish style! ^.^ Whoo hoo!!!

Kiriban 8500 (which didn't actually get claimed till the 8600's) goes to ~StormDragonZ

0% He requested a picture of Seto's great Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!!! wheee!! ^^

Kiriban 10,000 goes to ~SakuraHiroto (omfg another one!? )

0% She wants... uh... biscuts XD

Random request from ~Daphnebound

10% She wants a picture of Daphne from Scooby Doo as a damsel in distress! O.o

Kiriban 18,000 goes to *kossmoe

10% She wants a picture of her original character Sjae!

Kiriban 22,222 goes to ~SakuraHiroto

0% AGAIN? Someone's a stalker.... She wants something pertaining to one of her written works...

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FRIENDS AND CLUBS



The best artists/pixelers in the world!!!


*** Seeing as how I really don't participate in the clubs I'd joined, and most of the ones I had are dead now I've decided to take them all off my journal. Maybe I'll join some later, who knows! ***

Umm... kinda joined a new club... cuz they asked me to. (Guess I'm that awesome XD )

Welcome to the randomness that is the journal of Setsuna Himoko!

RANDOM IDEA

New Computers are so awesome!!!!

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KIRIBANS

The next Kiriban will be at 30,003 pageviews!

If you get my Kiriban, send me a note with proof (like a copy-paste of that top thing) and you get a request! Or if you wish it, take a screen cap and send me a link to the deviation.

Also, a lot of my Kiribans keep getting skipped, so if you're visiting and you see that it's only 3 or 4 numbers off, go ahead and treat it as though you got the kiriban. The person with the closest number AFTER the kiriban hit number will get the kiriban (as long as the person who got the actual number didn't claim it) !!! ^.^

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NEWS

Good news!! I have officially ordered my new computer! I had to apply for financing through gateway though... so I can pay it off little by little since I don't have the money for it right now. I get 9 months to pay it off before interest starts stacking up, but I'll have all my financial aid before that's up so I should be fine. Yay!

I got the Gateway M notebook... the XL edition. It's got a Intel Core 2 Duo processor, just over 3 gb of memory... integrated webcam... 512 mb of dedicated memory for the graphics card... this thing is a little power house... and the best part? It's RED!!! ^.^ I have a pretty computer! hehe... The perfect thing is that the screen is the same size as my old one, so I won't have trouble adjusting to it. That's really the big reason I bought the M model, rather than the C (the tablet one). That one was a much smaller screen and I didn't want to have to deal with that for graphics. Plus, I have a tablet already. I don't really need another one. I'll wait for the tablet computers to get a little more advanced before I get one.

So.. I payed for second day shipping, just an extra $30... so I got notification this afternoon that it was picked up for shipping, so it should be here either tomorrow or the day after. ... <.< technically it's after midnight... so it's actually today or tomorrow... but that's just confusing so... yeah.

Anyways... One of Toan's friends is gonna try to get my data off the old hard drive for me. We made a little deal... if he can get the data off, he's gonna take the old laptop off my hands, because he's trying to build a laptop for himself, but the only shell he has, has a broken screen, so that'll be nice. I was thinking I would sell the old comp for some money, but the places around town that quoted me prices for getting data off hard drives was over $100, and I probably can't get more than that for the comp (especially since at the moment it doesn't work) so I figure this'll work nicely.

So... this is my big purchace for the year then... probably for a few years actually. I'm kinda sad... because Ninja Gaiden 2 is coming out for X-box 360... and I dun have one, nor do I know anyone who does... so... when I saw the commercial I was like.. OMG I NEED AN X-BOX 360!!!! but... then the comp broke and I was like... damn. I'm gonna have to wait a while for it now... unless I get it for my birthday or something... but that's still 7 months off. T.T *sigh* Anyways... it's almost time for Toan to come home... time to wind down for the night! Toodles y'all!

**UPDATE**

I AM TYPING TO YOU FROM MY BRAND NEW COMPUTER!

^.^ It's so awesome and pretty and omg amazing!

I'm busy getting my programs and stuff though... so I'll describe it in detail later... AAAHH!!!! NEW COMPUTER!!!! ^o^

~Lady Aliko Setsuna Lecir, A.K.A. Setsuna Meian Himoko, Liana, Sudee, and Reira

>^..^< Nyaa!!

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IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON: leveling up on maple story
IS CURRENTLY SEARCHING FOR: time
CURRENT MOOD: *dancey dancey*
CURRENT OBSESSION/BINGE: Maple Story!
CURRENTLY LOVES: Toan! I love him more than anything in the whole wide world!
CURRENTLY DESPISES: headaches still... owwie...
CURRENTLY LAUGHS AT: Dancer peoples on TV O.o
IS CURRENTLY ADDICTED TO: computer stuffs
IS CURRENTLY READING: HP! All over again!
IS CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: I need to charge my mp3 player... still...
IS CURRENTLY WATCHING: So you think you can dance!
IS CURRENTLY PLAYING: had a hankerin for Ninja Gaiden.. but no X-box T.T
IS CURRENTLY WRITING: a few random things on paper...
IS CURRENTLY WAITING FOR: Toan's friend to take a whack at gettin the data off mah compy
IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO WAIT FOR: NEW COMPUTER!!!!

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LINKS AND SCREEN NAMES

My Website: [link]
Gaia Online: [link] My Name: LianaSetsuna
Maple Story: [link] My Name: KageReira, My Server: Bera, My Guild: CatFish

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REQUESTS POLICY

I will take any and all requests, within reason! Requests must comply with DeviantArt's ToS, and I reserve the right to refuse filling any request for any reason. I'm really lenient though, so I wouldn't worry too much XD.

All you have to do is send me a NOTE stating what it is you want me to draw/pixel, along with a full description if it is an original character. If you want a specific media (either drawing or pixeling), please specify it. Otherwise I'll use whatever media I decide.

If its fanart you want me to draw, sending in a few reference pictures of the character(s) isn't a bad idea, nor is it a bad one if you have existing pictures of an OC. If you want me to do a pixel doll, sending in base ideas is a real time saver!

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VERSES TO LIVE BY

Matthew 7: 1-3, "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"

Proverbs 3:5-6 says:
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths." (This is my life verse! ^^)

1 Peter 3:8-9 says:
"Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil, or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing."

Also, 1 Peter 3:15b-16 says:
"But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander."

Luke 18:14 says
"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

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PROJECTS

100 Picure Challenge! [link]

-Seven Deadly Sins
-Maple Story Characters
-Gaia Online Characters
-Harry Potter OC's and Characters
-Embodiments of Color
-Real Life Friends into Pixels
-Kingdom Hearts Characters
-Various Anime Characters

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KIRIBANS

***Hey, I'm not ignoring the Kiribans... I'm still looking for references and the like! I get 'em done when I get the ref and time! *hides*

Kiriban 5000 goes to ~SakuraHiroto

90% She wants a picture of her that isn't her... that's a toughie... *goes the think about what to do* **doin a picture of her maple character**

Kiriban 8000 goes to ~SakuraHiroto

20% Sakura-san wants a picture of her Anime-ish style! ^.^ Whoo hoo!!!

Kiriban 8500 (which didn't actually get claimed till the 8600's) goes to ~StormDragonZ

0% He requested a picture of Seto's great Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!!! wheee!! ^^

Kiriban 10,000 goes to ~SakuraHiroto (omfg another one!? )

0% She wants... uh... biscuts XD

Random request from ~Daphnebound

10% She wants a picture of Daphne from Scooby Doo as a damsel in distress! O.o

Kiriban 18,000 goes to *kossmoe

10% She wants a picture of her original character Sjae!

Kiriban 22,222 goes to ~SakuraHiroto

0% AGAIN? Someone's a stalker.... She wants something pertaining to one of her written works...

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FRIENDS AND CLUBS



The best artists/pixelers in the world!!!


*** Seeing as how I really don't participate in the clubs I'd joined, and most of the ones I had are dead now I've decided to take them all off my journal. Maybe I'll join some later, who knows! ***

Umm... kinda joined a new club... cuz they asked me to. (Guess I'm that awesome XD )