I guess you'll get to know me through my MEMEs?

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And also, one thing I'm doing just because I suddenly love my brother.
10 THINGS I LIKE ABOUT MY BROTHER:

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OK THAT'S IT! BACK TO COLORING!

I'm way past the whole "racefailing" issue because, in my opinion, there are more important things one should be putting their energy into. But in light of the newly-released teaser, and the promise of a trailer coming out this Sunday (unless I'm mistaken), I thought this would be a proper time to reveal something that has made me really sad:
Let's pretend Zuko was casted as a white dude. That would mean everybody else in the Fire Nation would have had to be white, right? Including Commander Zhao, which would have given Jason Isaacs a chance of being our Zhao. And don't dare you say that wouldn't have been awesome.

...

And that's the thing that's been annoying me lately.

Cheers.

Yesterday I learned I failed the kanken exam I took back in like, October or something (not a surprise). I was 7 points short of the passing grade.

Today I was officially accepted at Vancouver Film School to study Traditional Animation :D

So I guess it balances out? :D

HELLO PEOPLE!! HERE ARE SOME MEMES!

( STUFF )

Time to go draw the daily sketch!
I'm considering skipping my first class tomorrow... it's three hours long and we never do ANYTHING but listen to the guy talk about how women are evil and stupid.

Also, this made me stupidly happy today:
 

The video is lame, but I love the singer, and I've been waiting for a new album for four years OH MY GOD <3

The past two days have been kind of a waste of time. No productivity whatsoever. I feel bad about that. Like I should be doing something awesome, but I have not.
I've got a couple of fun ideas. GREAT PLANS. THEY ARE GREAT I TELL YOU! GREAT!
I want to do this kind of sketchbook-comic-storybook-thing about a dude in a forest; it would be mostly like an illustrated book full of forest pictures, but it would tell a story in a slow, boring, and abstract manner. My intention would be for it to look like "OH!! PURDY PICTURES!" at first glance, and then, on a second look, you would realize it is actually a story... And then I thought it would be cool to do something about the other four Chinese elements.

I guess tomorrow I'll do some homework and then plan my French class for next week. Today we did a lot of stuff and I think the kids learned a bit. At times I LOVE them, at times I feel very disappointed in all of them. The prefect-person also told me the principal likes me a lot, and that she loves the way I work (BUT HOW CAN SHE KNOW!? SHE HAS NEVER SEEN ME TEACH!!! Then again, my absent-student rate is pretty low). That actually boosted up my confidence, and made me reconsider coming back to teaching for the next term.

If homework is finished soon, I guess I'll work on my online portfolio, which is in DESPERATE NEED of a revamp.

OK, time to go draw the daily sketch. Probably will be AVATAR related.

I'd been meaning to post since Wednesday or something, but I had not had the strength to do so. I will let you know that last Thursday I got my wisdom teeth pulled out, which means I lost 9 points of intelligence D: (3 for each tooth I got pulled out). Interesting fact: Apparently I am a more evolved being than my brother, for I was born without one of my wisdom teeth. It never existed! When I told a classmate this, she reacted as if I had insulted her. "BUT IT HAS TO BE THERE, JULIETA! SOMEWHERE! IT MAKES NO SENSE!!"
It has been an annoying healing process, but apparently it's been much better than a lot of people who have told me about theirs. I was only swollen for four days or so, and didn't take pain killers for over six. I did learn two very important things from this experience tho: 1) I can live without milk, and 2) I could never get hooked on painkillers. The idea of not doing anything all day long out of being knocked out is repulsive. I can't not do stuff. On the other hand, I better stay away from ritallin and those kinds of drugs, because I would totally love being focused and productive all the time.

Speaking of being productive, I've been complying with all of my New Year's Resolutions. Today I weighted myself and I'm already 61 kg (134 bs.) which is good. Also, I've been sleeping a lot more, and drawing a lot (I did skip a day tho, but I blame the painkillers for making me go to bed early). The only thing I find frustrating is that I don't feel like I'm improving on my art at all. There was a time in which every day I would go "THIS LOOK AWESOME!!" But now I just hate everything I do right away. Maybe it's got something to do with that VFS conference I went to which featured my very first portfolio review ever.* I don't know why I expected super praising even if I knew everything I had on my portfolio was mediocre at best, but meh. It got to me. I mean, I know I can't give up because the reality is that I am not perfect at what I do, and the only solution is to keep on working and fighting and kicking ass, but still...

On a related note, I took a great decision today. There's this contest being held nation-wide on creating a conmemorative poster of the 200 anniversary of the begining of the Independence War and 100 anniversary of the begining of the Revolutionary Movements (we're all kind of expecting a war to blow out any minute now). The first place will be awarded 150 000 pesos (13 k bucks more or less) and have their poster printed and used for a bunch of official stuff. The 50 runner-ups will be published in an electronic catalogue. I really wanted to participate and "be a part of the Bicentenial celebrations," but the deadline is like, next Friday, and my idea is really lame, and I can't draw. So, after much thinking (and time wasted on being anxious about it) I decided I wouldn't participate. I do fear regretting not having joined, but I don't think it is worth entering a contest with a piece of which you do not feel proud. After deciding I wouldn't be a part of it I felt much better, and much more relaxed, because I can now focus all that energy into other illustrations and working on my online portfolio :3

Hm, this entry ended up being longer than expected. Sorry about that :P
TIME TO GO DRAW NOW! :D

* I think it went pretty good actually. The guy was really nice andhandsomeandfunnyandstylishandmarried and told me what my strong points were, and looked kind of surprised that I had never taken a life-drawing class ever (WHICH I REALLY WANT TO TAKE OH MY GOD ANATOMY I NEED TO LEARN IT SO BAD).

After five weeks of WELL-DESERVED holidays (seriously, 2009 was nonstop!) I'm back to school. I still don't know if I'll be able to handle everything better than I did last year, but if I was to guess based on what I have experienced the past two days, I think not. I'm having trouble getting back on a regular sleep-schedule, but I'll keep on trying! Also, it looks like that daily-sketch will be harder to deal with now, but I will not give up!

( pics you don't really care about... )

Other than school, I went to the dentist today and got an appointment to get rid of my non-teeth. THIS WILL BE MY FIRST SURGERY EVER YOU GUISE!
Have I ever mentioned how boring I sound whenever people ask me for my medical history? I've never been deadly sick nor broken a leg and am only allergic to cat hair. Also, there is no history of high-cholesterol or diabetes in my family. It's all the crazies or cancer.

Ok, I'm going to bed now. Gotta be up in 5 hours.

I've been in a terrible mood lately, and yes, even tho I might sound cliché and like a sexist joke, I blame it on my PMS. There is a reason it is a stereotype... at least on me. More than depressed, I've been angry and irritable. I feel like Harry Potter in Order of the Phoenix. You know, when he was a huge dick to everybody just because. I'm annoyed at being so swollen and feeling fat and disgusting, and the pimples, and my ugly moustache (if it was a nice, swirly moustache I'd be more than happy to sport it). Also, my boobs are huge and in pain.
I'm also a bit nervous because thi Saturday I will FINALLY go back to teaching. I don't know how it will go. Which reminds me, I should work on making a new exam, seeing as the previous one was a complete and total failure. I should also finish planning all of my classes. I'm not really looking forward to it. Then again, those kids do make me smile.
Speaking of classes, did I mention my schedule is AWESOME? I was able to enroll in only five classes, which would mean that I wouldn't have to go on Mondays. I'm using a conditional here because I need to take six, else I'll have to take seven subjects next semester so I don't die on my final one. This semester (until April) I will be starting my animation course, which will be two hours a day, five days a week, for eight months. Sure, I'd be all fresh and dandy now, but I'm sure that taking seven classes + drawing lots = ded
In happy news,
( here )

To finish, with great humor, an awesome video:

Hello everybody! I'm back from my... hiatus thing?

Before anything, I must remid myself that: SELF! STOP FAILING SO EPICALLY AT YOUR DIET. YOU'RE FAT ALREADY.
There, that should remind me to stay away from the delicious-but-fattening stuff in my fridge.

So last week I was supposd to go to Houston with ungalad and her sister. I had planned the most amazing shopping spree in the history of me... but the trip ended up  being cancelled D: Thankfuly, my parents had decided on going to McAllen this past Sunday, so there we went. Since we were away for only one day I didn't get to buy everything I neededwanted. I somehow managed to spend all of my salaries from this semester (I do get payed a misery, so I'm not all that ashamed... my grandma gives me more money for my birthday than what I earned working since September...)

Anyway, ( here are some pics + stories )

Finally, please go check engelen_art , I just posted a shitload of art :D
And speaking of art, I'm off to draw. See ya :D

Just in case you care, I opened a tumblr account where I will be posting daily sketches. I plan on posting one for every day of the year. By the end of the week I will be posting over engelen_art  a collection of the sketches posted over there (plus some other more, of course).
Here's the link in case you wanna look.
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Everybody's doing their very own "Year-end recap," so I might as well jump on the band wagon and review my WINS this year:
- I started 2009 in France, even tho I had to leave right away XD
- I participated in a Flapjack contest and got my fanart shown on TV
- I got another short comic published on a magazine
- Got to contribute with a local newspaper on various ocassions as an editorial illustrator
- Illustrated a children's book (about 70 illustrations made in a month and a half)
- Got my first formal job (French teaching)
- Finished with the Japango program at the language center in my University (and then went on to study intermediate level)
- Won a golden medal on backstsroke swimming (newbies) for my School's team
- Designed a t-shirt that was sold at the Japanese Fair
- Cleaned the studio, which I had not done since 2007 or something like that...
- Began developing the universe for my EPIC!Story that will never be finished

And now for some MEMEs!
I always enjoy doing this one in which I post the first sentence of my first entry of every month of the year. So here we go!
( I don't think I posted much this year... )

Now, how about I post that Art Meme thing everybody's doing in which they show a summary of their art throughout 2009?

( Nor did I art constantly... )

And last but not least... While cleaning the studio, I found this notebook which contained lots of old drawings... and a letter in English about my thoughts on the new millenium.
BEAR IN MIND I WAS 12 BACK THEN, OK?
(I myself am proud at seeing how my English has improved XD)
( Please, don't laugh TOO hard... )

Alright kiddies, time for me to go get ready for New Year's Eve dinner! I'll wear a dress I bought last year, when I was 4 lbs lighter... I hope I don't look too hideous D:

So I'm back home. I had so much fun in Mexico City even I can't believe it. There was not a moment in which I was bored... AND THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME!!!
On our last day in Mexico City we went to Teotihuacan, the largest city in pre-Columbian times, and also one of the archaeological sites with the biggest pyramids in Mesoamerica. I had been there about 10 years ago, with Chata, and had not been back. I remember that at that time I pleaded her to let us climb the pyramids and she had said "no" because of her heart condition, but this time, I managed to go all the way to the top :D
The only sad thing about the whole trip was my clumsyness and how it made me bit the inside of my cheek 7+ times, which resulted in bleeding ; ^;

BUT BEFORE I POST THOSE PICS! I'd forgotten about this one which reminded me of alexds1 ... because of the teef, you know. :B


( CLICK FOR A SHITLOAD OF PICTURES )

Ok, so that's it. Another sad thing about the trip was that I didn't wear any sunscreen so my nose and arms ended up being all red...

Anyway, read ya soon!

Oh My God you guise!! 
I know I never posted anything about my trip last year to Europe, and I regret it, because it was awesome, but this trip has been amazing too. Seriously, I'm glad I decided to institute the JulieTour as a mandatory part of my life. Traveling is so awesome <3
Today was especially special, because I got to meet with belibeli , who is one of the sweetest, most talented people ever. We got to go to the Modern Art Museum, take retarded pictures, eat delicious Japanese food, and have a drawing party.
BUT FIRST! MY CULTURE, LET ME SHOW IT TO YOU:


( Click here for MOAR )

And now for the pics related to my amazing friendly adventure with belibeli <3

( This happened after the visit to the Anthropology Museum )

That's all for today folks!
I'm going to bed. God my legs ache D:

The guy in this video reminds me of Zuko, and I can't help it...

I'm being the Grinch this year, but to those of you who are celebrating:

Este video está lleno de verdades

All of my teachers finally posted all of my grades, so YAY! My semester is officially OVER now.

Public Speaking in English - 100 (took this subject during the summer)
Quality Culture - 100
Pragmatics - 100
Semantics - 100
Universal Literature - 100
Research Techniques - 100
Interpretation - 100
Editorial Workshop - 100
Specialized Inverse Translation I - 94
99.33

PLUS,
Japanese Intermediate Level - 86

TIME TO CHANGE THIS LJ's LAYOUT!!!

Also, I just finished cleaning up the studio. I. I can't believe it. I threw away so much stuff. So many notebooks I'd kept because of the three Naruto doodles I liked, or the bad fanfic it contained. It's like, I finally grew up. Cleaning the studio was the first step to leaving home. I have not told my mom nor my psychologist, but part of this was because I want to start preparing everything for when the times to leave home comes.
Another sign that I finally grew up is that I was finally able to change my MSN nickname. I had been "tsuku miaki" (DON'T LAUGH, I HAVE TROUBLE PARTING WITH THINGS) since I was like, 13. I think I have finally accepted that 'm an adult now... Time to start having sex! *waves panties in the air*

I should be cleaning right now instead of sitting in front of my computer, but I'd been meaning to make the official "OMG I AM FINALLY FREE!!" post. So here it is!
Anyway... 2010 marks the year that I take my life back. I'll enroll into this 2D animation course and draw everything I couldn't draw this semester. I'll also try to sleep more and eat better. I think all of that will be possible because I will be taking 2 subjects less and no Japango.
I decided to clean the studio because it was impossible for me to find anything anymore. Hopefuly, with everything in its right place, arting, etc. will come much easier (because now I'll stop having to waste half an hour looking for a marker/pencil/etc.). I'm sure I've already thrown away over 20 pounds worth of notebooks, paper, and other weird things. SO MUCH TRASH!!! (yes, I did think about recycling it, but I don't even know where I should take all of this).
So here are my resolutions for the next year:
- Weight 120 lbs
- Draw every day
- Ace all of my subjects (I always do it tho...)
- Be more organized regarding my French-teaching stuff
- Publish something (a sketchbook, whatever)
- Practice Japanese
- Keep the studio organized
- Sleep at least 7 hours every night
- Be nicer to my family
- Read

Yeah... I guess that's enough...

In bitter news: I still have not gotten paid for most of my French-teaching! They still owe me two and a half months of salary, and the worst part is, nobody seems to be able to tell my why my check has not been issued >____<
In nice news: I did get paid for the last half of November and the first half of December, so that's alright. Also, apparently I looked great today because the guy from the payment departmnet kept on hitting on me (which was a good thing, because he looked more eager to help me solve my check problems). I guess that, as much as I hate it, looking like a decent human being really helps out when dealing with annoying stuff... (as a matter of fact, I got stopped by a traffic officer because I exceeded the speed limit on a school zone, but my charming smile and some good luck allowed me to get away without a ticket nor having to bribe the man BTW: It is a common custom and a socially accepted convention in Monterrey to bribe traffic officers, actually, it is usually THEM who ask one to bribe them PLEASE DON'T TELL MY MOM!!! I WAS DRIVING HER CAR!).

OK... I'm off now, time to continue cleaning!