Some contests you beautiful people should check out:

is hosting a contest where you either give her listed OC's a human form, or "scalerize" your own OC.
Deadline 5/28
More info here: [link]

is hosting a coloring contest.
Deadline 6/1
Line art/info here: [link]

and are having a contest where you draw any of their OC couples.
Deadline 6/7
More info here: [link] and here: [link]

is hosting a contest where you take a normally 'scary' giant monster…part human thing (think giant nagas, pantaurs, nekos, etc) and put them in a fluffy/light-hearted scenario.
Deadline 6/10
More info here: [link]

is hosting an "ABC Contest" where entrants take 3 words from the provided list and incorporate them into a G/t-related piece.
Deadline 7/5
More info here: [link]

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Commission stuff:
I got through 9 commissions in 4 weeks, which is WAY faster than I anticipated, what with half of them being fairly complex for me. So…yay I guess. XD I just took on 2 more, but I think I'm going to take a little break from commissions after those to draw stuff for myself and maybe for some of those contests above. After all, the whole "Imma do commissions!" idea was just me wanting to make a bit of money to justify spending a few hours a week drawing. And  well... now I have a seasonal/part time job mentioned below.
But if anyone is interested in getting a drawing from me, I'm drawing the prizes for the ABC contest. So…hint hint…nudge nudge…know what I mean, know what I mean?

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Audiobooks?

Gimme links? Please? Anything from a book you enjoyed that you think I'd enjoy too? I listened to the Hunger Games trilogy and "Good Omens" on youtube while doing this last batch of commissions, and it made things go by faster. :3 For an idea of what I like/to decide if maybe we are kindred spirits based solely off of favorite book authors, my shelves are full of Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Steven King, and Michael Crichton.

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General life stuff/really just complaining/ranting that can be easily skipped over:

I'll try to keep this brief. But it will be very whine whine whine. I mentioned a job interview for a specimen processor position in a previous journal, and I was called the week after about it. Was pretty much told "You interviewed well and we'll keep you on file, but there's a hiring freeze." So…frick.  I had heard the company was merging with another one, but I'd have thought all that was done by the time they called people for interviews. Guess not. =n=;; Gaaaah.

But I do have a weekend job now. My dad is a wedding DJ and my mom a wedding coordinator, and it's peak wedding season right now, so I've been hiring myself out to their clients as an extra set of hands. Aka I'm setting up the tables/chairs/decorations, sometimes making the decorations/boutineers/boquets, serving food, cleaning up after guests, getting the bridal party down the aisle, cleaning up the wedding site, communicating with other venders and helping them out when needed, sometimes translating for my parents because for some reason they never learned Spanish, and really anything else that's needed. With it being California and all, most of these weddings/receptions are outside at wineries or ranches or beaches, so yay getting my color back. So…being outside, good exercise, meeting interesting people, swapping funny wedding nightmare stories with other venders, decent pay, sometimes tips…it's a fun weekend job. But it's not what I WANT to be doing.

I have a bachelor's degree in human biology. I NEED to be working in a lab to make my CLS program applications stronger. I don't want to be working weddings. My career aspirations are at a standstill until I get a lab position. So…angst. Angst angst angst.

Oh and I enrolled in a summer class for human anatomy at my local community college both to keep my brain sharp and to keep the student loan people at bay. The class starts up mid June. I already took human anatomy at my university, but the professor was terrible and the lab consisted of "dissecting" plastic models. My community college has real cadavers. Heck yes. Only downside is that my brother's girlfriend is taking the class and here's hoping we don't end up in the same lab. I don't like her and find her to be the bad kind of batshit crazy. .___. But she likes me…weird.

Oh shiz. This wasn't very brief. If you read it all, it's your own fault! I warned you! XD

/end rabble ramble rabble