Beyond a Saturday Morning Cartoon.

I have just finished one of the greatest series in cartoon history. Yes I watch cartoons. I love animation and I always will. But so far...Avatar has been my favorite. No, not even the season 1 finale of Pokemon even compares...or the end of the first three seasons of Digimon. Ok...so those were on when I was like 8 and a very long time ago. But I still remember how wonderful and complete I felt after watching a great cartoon episode, or finished an inspiring book, or even finish a great conversation with an old friend. But sad to say...Avatar has topped all of the cartoons I've ever watched.

Not only was the animation glorious in each episode, as some animators are prone to cut out on when a series gets popular enough and kids rarely notice anyways, but the list goes on! The storyline was amazing. The characters were thinking beings that were unique, not repeat characters from storylines before it. Even when they had filler episodes, I didn't finish the episode with a sense of wasted time...beyond being mad that I didn't get to see cool action sequences...but alas you can't have your cake and eat it too...anyways, but when the saturday morning cartoon world has taken a turn for chaotic and retarted, Avatar was more than a breath of fresh air. It also helped that it had japanese anime humour in it even though it was created by an American (according to my knowledge) so it's not even anime!

But I almost didn't watch it. Why, you might ask, when so close to the very end do you decide to stop watching it? It tends to happen more often than not with me if you must know. Just like how I'll usually only leave one bite of food left on my plate no matter how good the meal, I tend to stave off finishing most entertainment related things. For Avatar it was because a new episode hadn't come out in awhile and two weeks ago my brother informed me that the season had ended O.O yes...so it took a bit for me to get a hold of internet that would allow me to watch the episodes (which I have every intention of buying all of them on DVD when they come out in a box set, I just don't do 4 episodes per cd for it's just wrong!). During that down time I told my Dad of my excitement...and he said that I should use my time for better things. I respect my Father's opinion in all things. So I decided to think about it.

I once read up to The Crossroads of Twilight in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and stopped there because I felt the story was getting too...disgusting. I didn't like the way all of the main characters where going...except for Matt whose only problem was cursing in the cursing of his world...language...religious...things...yeah. Read the book. Anyways, there was a reason to stop reading that series. I decided despite the fact that Robert Jordan was the greatest author I've ever read, that I would stop because I did not feel comfortable with the story. But from my Father I felt the only reason to stop watching Avatar was because I should use my time for better things.

I want to seek out better things with my time...but have you ever seen Avatar? I love it sooooooo much! It has such morals in it, transcending a story, that actually inspire me to be a better person. Ridiculous? Go watch a few episodes and then you'll see what I mean. That show is beyond a Saturday morning cartoon. That's what led me to watch it despite my Father's promptings. I knew it was better and I knew I wanted to watch it.

Other awesome cartoons that come with my recommendation are 'The Fairly Odd Parents', 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends', and 'The Muppet's Show'...ok so that last one is old and not really a cartoon per-say but I'm trying to get through season 2 now so that I can start on season 3 :D staring Fozzie Bear on the cover! Waka waka! I'm still trying to find the episode with Han Solo and Luke Skywalker on it...it's not on season one and I haven't seen it in season two yet...>:( hyum...

Sunday Do-dalls

So I had a marvelous time again on Sunday in church. The talks flowed very well into one another and the topics were well versed (the guy talking about prayer knew his stuff!). Ok...they were spiritually uplifting as well. Yes I realize that it is Thursday and that I'm a little tardy in my posting with these doodles. I also want YOU to realize how hard it is to type right now. I am trying to update my life so that I can feel organized for the fall semester next week. Who knew it would involve so much typing! I guess I wouldn't make a good secretary...nah, I could handle it I think :)...I'd complain more if I broke my index finger I think *knocks on wood*...So anyways...doodles...
This week I was contemplating about a class I will be taking in Winter. How do I know I'll be taking it? Because I want it bad enough that I will make sure that I get to take it ;) Anyways, enough veiled threats. I love snow. I can't stand not having it right now XD, jk. I also enjoy the sun, beach, warmth, etc. but snow holds a special place in my heart cause I have always dreamed of going to it all of my life...and never was able to (until last year :D) because I didn't take the time to plan trips and such. So now I have decided to get up the guts to take a skiing class when my friend(s) mention(s/ed) to me that they also offer snowboarding... Now...I want to take skiing because my dad says he is good enough to go professional (or was in his youth) and I believe him. BUT SNOWBOARDING LOOKS SO MUCH COOLER!!! But then again how would I know the difference?
See how cool my drawing looks! Well...my imagination is all I have for right now...but I'm still leaning towards skiing. Yes...I think skiing.

I also have big plans for my free time (which looks like I don't have much of it anyways, but its fun to have goals). I am going to draw this!
Except it will be in black and white and in charcoal :D I learned how to do it in my drawing class and I am so excited that I had to share it! :D

Well...that's about it :) Sorry I didn't draw any chimeras this week, I didn't ask anyone for two animals so I couldn't draw them combined into one...sad day...If you truly miss my chimeras then I'll put up some old ones. :D

Sickly Sweet

Today I had enough Maple Syrup on my leg alone that, if I had enough waffles to go with it, I would have been able to feed a small village. How did this happen you might ask? Well at work we served a large breakfast (which went marvelously) and for clean-up we had to ship all the dishes to the temp dishwasher. In two of our hot keepers (they keep the food...hot...) there were pans of uncovered (>.<) maple syrup and by the end of said trip were no longer in the pans but all over said hot keepers. *sigh* I am sad that I don't have any pictures. Perhaps I should start bringing my camera with me everywhere...actually I'd rather not get maple syrup on my camera...here, I'll describe what it looked like instead . You shall now imagine those modern art pictures where people just throw splatters of paint on the wall and call it art...that was my legs, shoes, and polo shirt. I could have been an exhibit in LACMA...I suppose it was better than taking a bottle of syrup and having it ooze everywhere...or better yet! I could jump into a mollases bucket! XD See...one of my bosses saw me in my sticky situation and he said "I've heard of jumping in a mollases bucket...but just covering yourself in syrup!?" hehe. Man...now I want to try it too :p...but the hot keeper I was cleaning might as well've not been cleaned because no matter what I did it still leaked maple syrup everywhere! Isn't that odd? I'm not too annoyed about getting sticky beyond all reasoning...but I'm upset that I didn't clean something up to par because I couldn't do so without dismantling the thing. >:(

Anyways...the moral of the story is wear an apron :D

Here's a random fact for you too that always makes me giggle :D
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

Excitations!

I got to listen to the beach boys this week! So when I am in my apartment I like to listen to my wonderful cds. For the Beach Boys I realized I hadn't listened to them forever! You know how if you listen to a cd enough you start to think that the songs on said cd HAVE to come one after the other or it just doesn't sound right? Yeah, well that's how I feel about my Beach Boys cd. And it's glorious. Anyways, so that's a good point.

I also got a new phone this week. I had decided earlier in the year that I wanted a new phone because it's been a year and a half since I got my first one :D and it's taken me about 3 months to finally buy it. I decided on the LG Shine (sorry to my poll that didn't really matter in the end it seems) because...well cause I still don't want to pay for my phone if I don't have to. I just bum off my dad for right now. :D But I decided to get texting too and it's been marvelous so far :D

The other wonderful things are rather simple...like seeing the sun rise, watching the Village, eating a heath bar, realizing the importance of friends, and picking up my drawings from my teacher. In the end I learned a lot from this week...and that makes me like it even though it was rather hard. :)

um...I hope you enjoyed the update about my week. %)

Vexations

*sigh* You know, I don't believe I've had this 'bad' of a week in awhile @_@ ok it wasn't bad it was just hard. But there have been many a good things as well I suppose. So this is going to be a long post :)

Firstly...I stole something :( the last time I felt this bad was when I ditched primary :( maybe there's something else I feel bad for, but I've suppressed those memories it would seem. Anyways, it has to be one of the stupidest things I have done in my life. I talked to my dad about it and he was like "If you need money for anything then just let me know and I'll send you some!" X( I guarantee you that was the LAST thing on my mind, if anything was, when I stole what I did...ok...now I'll tell you...future employers feel free to stop reading here...I stole a smoothie X( Isn't that the most anti-climatic thing you've ever read? Anyways I did, and it was horrible. See I had just learned how to use the shaved ice/smoothie machine in a restaurant I frequent and I really wanted to be...idk...cool? no...I just like making smoothies...I was just X( I can't even explain what I was thinking...you know what...see the comic on the side label. Basically I have a question mark for my thoughts cause even I don't know what I was thinking. I remember even staring at the ingredients before I made the thing and saying to myself "This is stealing"...AND I DID IT ANYWAYS...guh...I am an untard sometimes. But, lesson learned. I went in and payed for it on Monday. Penance paid so now I just have to stop beating myself up about it X(

So then my next favorite thing of the week was my work schedule, which is really encompassed by three things. It was jam packed with irony. And I <3>
1)I worked mornings. Usually I have a morning class and therefore I don't work mornings really. Not that I planned it that way *shifty eyes* but I am a morning person! I got it from early morning seminary I believe...that and I can't sleep in past 10 >.<>
2)I worked in the Cannon Center and The CougarEat. O.o My theory is this. Catering hires its workers out to other places so that they realize how good they have it. A job is only as noble as the person who works it. But I was just...I felt so degraded working for the other dining services on campus. I did meanial tasks, which is all I could REALLY do being a temp for the week. I learned a lot about how to be a better supervisor though. People above me gave me a lot of material...Albeit I had fun working at Subway on Wed...but on Friday all I did was cut bread FOR THREE HOURS. *sigh* Someone has to do it...and it doesn't make you any less of a person. I have met a lot of interesting people this week, and I wish I'd been more talkative. But my mind was way numbed X(
3)I didn't get fed. *cries* In the end it came down to this?Wow...I had to pay for my food. It's not right! I never knew my week would be so bad just because I wasn't fed. I thought I'd be a better person than that. One superviser gave me a 4$ coupon one day...and I have to say that I will always have a special place in my heart for that person. Gold star to you Allan's wife...whose name I never learned...man I feel shallow. XD

Lastly, because I worked so much I didn't get to meet my roommates. I guess I should come to expect it :( So long as I work for catering I won't get to know my room mates. No...I refuse to believe that. :D One can do anything you put your mind to! Or so I like to say to give myself hope...

Stake doodles!

Let's see...random updates...I am moved into my apartment (though I didn't get to clean my old one...but I found out that because I worked instead of cleaned I earned enough money to pay for my manager to clean it for me ;)), I want to see 'The Village' in full because the last 2/3 of the movie was good, I need to unpack :D, and I just applied for my first credit card :D fun stuff huh~!?

So this Sunday I got to go to a Stake Sunday service and lo-and-behold I got to go with one of my friends from work :) It was marvelous. I got all dolled up too :D and I found out I have good make-up! Who knew? >.<>Cat+Lemur: you know...if this existed in real life it would just be a good evolution don't you think? Better hearing and better balance on a monkey that can fly through the air at high speeds! A side note...I've been seeing so many cats lately I even had a dream that my dad bought me one :( and I KNOW that'll always be a dream XD
So there was another person that Tammy and I knew would be in our Stake...but he didn't show! So this is what we figured he was doing *tisk tisk* ditching church. We also met another friend there at the meeting...she provided me with crayons :D
haha,I began to draw catering comics (surprise)! . This is a rendition of what happened a few days ago.
And this is the ending of the previous comic.
Fireman: "So...what exactly is a hot keeper? Does it catch fire often?"

But no worries! I still paid attention in church. We heard a lovely talk on how hymns help express our souls. Then Tammy and I got to share our favorite hymns :) I was tempted to request a song without words but refrained myself. It's called 'Supplication' and it's just a prelude found in the kids songbook...and I love it.

Captain Meeting

Alrighty...random updates. Both of my finals went fine I like to think. Now I just have to move soon and all will be right in the world :D


Well, this past Wednesday we had a captains meeting as we are prone to do every month-ish. But my superiors made a fatal mistake and gave me a piece of paper, ensuite, I started to doodle. But they were constructive doodles! I took notes :D So next meeting I'll be able to re-cap what we went over! So we talked of catering as a tree and it was...guh...nevermind...I can't lie. It was horrible. One of my pet peeves is people telling others what their pet peeves are...next comes people taking Church metaphors/allegory's and trying to apply other doctrines to them in a lesson. I can understand when you do that for yourself personally-personal revelation and how things adapt to each of us individually is a whole other story- but not in a meeting or anywhere else should you take an allegory that is meant to tell a unique story about the gospel and try and apply your own 'doctrine' to it. But I respected the lesson anyways and took notes and listened...
So at one point in the catering tree part we talked about what would cut down said tree...figuratively of course...and I just couldn't get Captain Planet out of my head after that! I remember one episode (the only one I remember) where he flew by after someone had cut down a tree and it sprouted a new tree (just like in my picture...except CP is flying...yes)! I remember at the time it was one of the most deep and beautiful things in the world to my young mind. I've always wanted to see it happen irl. I don't think it'll ever happen though :(
So it was suggested to us that we take a 30 min break every 6 hrs we work as this comic implies...but us captains noticed that if we work certain shifts...serve time will be right when your about to serve the food. So the next time I need to direct everyone as to what to do...I'll take a break XD jkjk
With every suggestion we seemed to make, we where then instructed to write said things on our captain evaluations...so by the end of the evening on any of my banquets...this is what I imagined would happen if I actually remembered to write everything...I'm getting better at it though!

So yes...whoot for notes and captain meetings. There was plenty of stuff I missed though cause I can only draw so fast...

"Mother I love you..."

Aaaaah....My dearest mother is leaving today after a three day vacation with me. I have to say my favorite part of the whole thing was when I first saw her, :) It was so nice. There is no emocon in existence than express such wonderful-ness. ;) I was sad that I had to work over the past three days I suppose. One might ask "why didn't you take time off!" Well...I suppose it's because I am a God fearing child...and when your mom says not to take work off then you do your best to do as she asks. I can only hope it'll help me live longer? That makes sense I suppose...the more I work the more I can invest in my health I suppose...Unless your like a coal worker or something like that. Catering is a dangerous business I suppose. ;)

Anyways...we mostly walked around and relived my mom's memories and such :D

C'est incroyable!

So I am an hour away from my final and thought I'd post about something or rather.

Bof...I was reading the classified section for the past couple of days because I saw an ad for a job that quite amused me and I've been following it for the past 3 days. It says something along the lines of

INTROVERTS NEED NOT APPLY...


:d That is one of the most ridiculous ways to start your ad, by the way. Cause only introverts are going to get excited about seeing the word introvert in bold faced letters and that's exactly what this person doesn't want! I also found two other ones...but don't remember them at the moment, so I'll post them later :). But alas, the ad did not apply to me because I didn't care for it. Not that I'm looking for a new job or anything by looking at the classified sections *shifty eyes*...cause I'm not :D I just like to see the silly things people ask for in the papers.

Les Champignons

We did another activity in French class, as we were prone to do. I have to say that this is my favorite discussion I have ever had in that class...even better than je ne care pas...wait...no, that's pretty hard to beat. Anyways, it's about a kid that won't eat mushrooms (me) and the mom is trying to convince the kid that if she eats them she'll grow just like Mario. :D

Les Champignons

Maman: Pourquoi est-ce que tu ne mange pas tes champignons?

Enfant: Je déteste les champignons!

Maman: Mais, tu es fou! Les champignons sont très délicieux!

Enfant : Non, Ils sont sales! Les couleurs des champignons sont bruns et noirs! Je déteste ces couleurs!

Maman : Mais, ma chérie, beaucoup de gens aiment les champignons.

Enfant : Mince! Les gens me moquent avec le nom <>! Je suis triste!

Maman : Oh, ma pauvre. Mange-tu tes champignons, et après tu vas être grande, comme Mario! Il pris un champignons et il grandit!

Enfant : Vraiment?! D’accord.

Maman : Formidable, mon enfant.

Sunday Doodles

So alas I doodled more than usual in sacrament this week, but most of it isn't my chimeras...so I don't plan on showing it ;) But here is some stuff I doodled!Badger+3-toed sloth: OK...so you remember Peter Rabbit no? By Beatrix Potter? There's a movie? Ewan Mcgreggor!?! anyways, I can't draw a badger and not think of those formerly mentioned wonderful collection of associated things. As such my Slodger is British and has a spectacle. Spectacles and pocket watches never should have gone out of style. *shakes head*
Jaguar+Naked Mole Rat: Ah... the glory that is this cutie. He is so shocked that 1) he exists and 2) at how ridiculous he is. I <3>
So I did a person charactature. That is I ask a person their favorite animal and then I draw them as that animal. Cool huh!? This week a boy told me his favorite animal was a horse, but before he did that he "inconspicuously" asked the other girl next to him what her favorite animal was...so he's a weasel for lying to me...with a broken leg...yes.
So the guy I drew above does actually have a broken leg. Since I delight in the truth and absolutely ~loath~ it when people lie to me, my cynicism did not end at making fun of him as a weasel. No, I had to make fun of him and his lack of ability to win at a butt-kicking contest at this current moment in his life. :D
This is Max the cat :D I love him~! I noticed that everything I drew on Sunday had squinty or small eyes so I decided to draw max...who has saucer eyes and who is trying but failing to squint!

:D yay for doodles!

foulle rires

If you know any french...do your best not to read this seriously ;) cause there WILL be grammatical errors. You've been warned.

Sur mon classe français dernier mercredi, mes copines et moi avons fait l'activité. Ce a étre activité quatre et numéro quatre sur quatre...quatre...au, je suis désolé, vraiment ce a étre activité [R] et numéro trois...Bof...Voici l'activité a ensuité...

Le question: complétez c'est phrase et descrivez le response avec les adjectifs: Je choisis souvent (de)...alors que mes parents...
(le mots sur le coulour rouge est l'anglais ;)
Moi: Je ne retourné jamais avec mes parents...Ils sont au Californie...Je suis très triste.
L: Je vais souvent a ma maison pour déjouner le samedi.
A: Je mangé avec ma famille toutes le samedi, mais maintentant ma cuisine n'est pas bien pour ça...
Moi: *mal regard*OH...je vu. *lourd sarcasme* Quel Dommage~! TU EST UN BRAGGING!!!
A: Que? Non! no I didn't say it that way!
Moi: C'est Encroyable! J'en ai marre! Tu n'est pas bien a-moi! Enjoyie-vous ton déjeuner avec ton famille!
A: But...
Moi: Je ne CARE PAS!!!!

need a translator?

Ah...you know sometimes you just have to be there. Anyways, when I start to get really sarcastic I start to overreact...because it amuses me really. Anyways, if you can't read French your not missing much, just the reaction of someone who's not used to me and my sarcasm...yet!

I suppose if I had to describe my humor it would be I say things that point out others flaws in hopes that they recognize how ridiculous it is...(yes I recognize this can be mean at times...I'm working on it, I really am)...or just to point out what things I see as ridiculous...you know, I honestly think it depends on the situation. i.e. I don't know how to explain myself ;)

WalMart

I believe I have been biased by my mother (how I don't know), but I just don't like WalMart. I've even been there a few times to try and dissuade myself-and either because my friends wanted to or I had to waste a WalMart gift card-from being biased...but I just don't like that store. It's large and obnoxious because it tries to cover the fact that it looks like a warehouse when IT IS AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT. Plus its oh so very cluttered and honestly if I want clutter or a warehouse I'll go to a second-hand store or Costco respectively. Anyways, my dearest Father sent this to me today and I LOVE IT. I got it from an e-mail so I don't know how to site this...but alas here goes...I even added the glorious caption~!

This is someone who was moving from an insurance claims office

Okay so this is how I imagine this conversation went:

Walmart Employee: 'Hello 'dis be Walmarts, how can I help you?'

Customer: ' I would like to order a cake for a going away party this week.'

Walmart Employee: 'What you want on the cake?'

Customer: 'Best Wishes Suzanne' and underneath that 'We will miss you'.

STOP LAUGHING! You can't fix stupid

Mes cousins

My dearest extended family came for a visit this Sunday and it was marvelous~. My Aunt, Uncle, and two cousins. I've missed them so much and it was such a great visit. They also went to church with me, which might I add was kind of interesting. A Family in a ward full of single people is always a novelty. So I got to show them off...quite literally since my 17 year old cousin is taller than any guy in my ward. haha. Irony in its fullest...well...it's just ridiculous-ness I suppose really. Anyways, I suppose it compensated for the fact that he overshot me 3 years ago and this somehow makes up for it? I am ridiculous *shakes head*

Sad day...I can't call my Sunday doodles 'manimals' for it is taken ;_; sad day. So alas, I'll come up with a name for them soon. For now I'll just explain them :D
Dog+Monkey: This is kudos of my cousin Nessars...why the attempt at a Sombrero? Well, my cousin is taking a beginning Spanish class and when I asked her for two animals she wrote back to me 'el perro y monkey'...if you were wondering...so I decided to go with a 'Spanish' theme and the first thing that popped into my head was a sombrero.
Weiner Dog+Elephant: Can you imagine one of these irl? I mean, come on! It'd either be huge and lumbering like an elephant or small and waddling like a wiener dog right?...No it'd have to be large instead of small for anyone to take it seriously. Anyways...the Spanish theme is continued in this drawing when I realized that I couldn't think of anything besides a sombrero. I can't believe how lame I am. I am sure I could have drawn this elephant with a...a...guitar...or in one of those dresses that they twirl cool-ly in...or at least with a rose in his mouth or something else! Alas, I didn't...too bad :D
Manatee+Dog: So usually I can't draw dogs @_@ Dogs and bears...but this has got to be one of the cutest animals I have EVER drawn! :D It makes me so happy! It even has spittle. You can't get much cuter than that.

Cow+Monkey: This was the one of the first combo-animals I drew...in church...and it's just so ridiculous I thought I'd share it.

So it's been a good weekend. Plenty of drawing and plenty of random things that makes other people shake their heads and wonder how I go about thinking sometimes. :D Enjoy my doodles~

Oootah

So I've been musing, as I am prone to do, about various things as of late. Mostly about elevators. And it doesn't help that I just found out how to say "to go up" in French class (monter if your wondering). My first thought on the subject is how rich is the person that created our modern day elevator? Well, you have to take into account that there are probably multiple companies that build elevators, and then you have to consider how often an elevator is even needed for a new building under construction...AND THEN...no that's about as far as I got. But then I decided that I wouldn't know unless I did something besides conjecture. So I decided to do a little research to go along with my thoughts right now...but I was more surprised that people had taken the time to put a site on the internet...about elevators. Anyways I'm not going to read it, but this site seems relatively accurate. Have fun. My next thought happened yesterday when I was walking onto an elevator to go up one floor-that's right I am that lazy sometimes-and my foot sunk about a fourth of a foot. This is one of those times that you want to ask yourself "Do I really trust this elevator". Well I did and I am still alive today to write this random and ridiculous post about elevators. My most interesting thought was about falling down the elevator shaft in an elevator. Morbid, n'est-ce pas? I just thought about how it was most likely that I'd hit my head on the handle bar as I came to screeching halt as the elevator hit the bottom. Imagine if I ran this thought by MAAD or something? They'd probably petition for safety belts in all elevators or something. I mean maybe Disneyland has the right idea with seats and safety belts inside of elevators so that you can enjoy your elevator ride all the more. Albeit it would be annoying for me to be lazy and try to go up one floor, have to buckle in, go up to the thirteenth floor of the building, be dropped at exhilarating speeds, and finally get to the third floor of the building...annoying but fun! It would make lazy people take the stairs for once in their lives that's for sure.
;)