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So yeah if you know me at all, you know I'm a Ghostbusters fan, and if you watch me, you know I've been an obsessive ass about my Ghostbusters 3 posters. Well apparently someone on GhostbustersNews.com found my work and like it enough to make a mini-article letting people know about it. I'm really happy simply because a site like that thought it was good enough to mention.

Funny thing is, I was scrolling through old articles and saw one about "submit your fanart" and figured I would submit my poster. I literally just finished sending the email and then scrolled to the next page of old news and saw my poster on there.

I was like WTF really!!!! So I screencapped it and posted it, because I'm proud of this little mention.

And I felt the need to express my happiness over it.

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So I finally get to be part of the arbitrary DA deletion club.

I will admit, the work that was submitted wasn't my own. But I never claimed that it was, furthermore there is the fact that I had permission from the creator (I met him face to face, and he gave me the copy that the image was scanned from) to post the work and show it off. I wanted it to be seen since he was trying to get the project off the ground.

But I think some self-righteous DA user decided they are somehow bettering the site by reporting it and claiming that I am an art thief.

"Your deviantART submissions must consist entirely of your own work or valid stock resources and must not include works from copyrighted sources."

If this were really true, it's only a matter of time until they ban me for all my fanart. But I guess somehow, that's different.

Also never mind the fact that if I were to put my fanart into a different category, I could sell it as a print and make money off of it (since the settings don't can't screen your work and decide if it's copyright work or not).

So whatever DA admins and self-righteous crusaders patrolling DA for "art thieves." I am sorry that you can't be like the majority of us and actually enjoy art and actually spend more time trying to be creative and enjoying the works of others. Hey, have you guys done anything about the people who are posting screencaps of game characters actually claiming it as their creation? Oh right, you're more worried about the real violators like me, apparently...

Now I just need to post some really raunchy pic and get that deleted and/or get banned and my DA experience will be complete.

Yeah been a while since I updated.

Okay so...

Not diabetic

High blood pressure yes, but going down with a new improved diet and medication.

Exercising more as planned.

I've decided to make this the summer I haven't had in almost 10 years. Since the 8th grade I have had summer school (for getting ahead, not to make up), or working, or both up until this summer. So I have literally never taken a break from school longer than 2 weeks ever since then.

Also being that my health is now an even higher priority than before, I am dedicating this summer to just working out. And when I'm not doing that, I'm going to be playing video games (GHOSTBUSTERS), reading a pile of books I have been wanting to read, or just plain resting.

But since I still need to stay in school, I am killing two birds with one stone by taking fitness classes during the summer. General Fitness, Yoga, and Weight Lifting. So I will pretty much be in school and working out from 7am-5pm. I'll have some breaks in between classes, but for the most part my day is going to be really full for 6 weeks.

In the 3 weeks prior to summer school, I will be just working out, preparing my body for the 6 weeks to come.

I am excited for the whole thing, this is a long needed, and much deserved change of pace for me.

That's pretty much it, finally thought it was time to get that other entry off my page.

So I have been spending nearly the last two years working out and getting in better shape. I finally went to the doctor to get checked out, and it turns out I have very high blood pressure, so I am now on medication for it.

I also got some blood work done and it's looking like I might be diabetic as well.

So the stakes just got higher, and I really am getting into a fight for my life.

However, this has given me new zeal to continue my workouts and even more motivation to drop more weight.

It is not a matter of if I'll get off the blood pressure pills, but when. I will get off these pills, and I will drop all the weight.

I've never backed down from any challenge in my life, and now that this challenge is literally about my life and how I'll live from now on...I will not be stopped.

Bring it on...

Okay, so not a whole lot has changed since last entry, I just gotta get some thoughts out there to just get them out there, to have them said so I don't keep them bottled up.

I'm really worried about making enough money, at least for the next few months, I'm now officially a substitute teacher, and that's good, but I most likely won't get any work in the summer, and that's bad.

I need to find a way to pay for school (junior college for now until i get grad school), or else my loan deferment will not be in place, I cannot afford to pay those payments...at all...right now.

I am in the every annoying limbo of bureaucracy, since I moved from AZ back to CA, despite the fact that I never really officially gave up CA residency, I spent so much time in AZ i became a resident anyways. So I can't get in-state tuition, even at the junior college, which means that it would be cheaper to go full time at the college in AZ that i was going to, than to do half time here, for at least a year(about 9 months to go).

So I'm a man without a country...or state...as the case may be. In order to have an affordable option for school, I may just have to sneak one more semester out of my AZ school. I mean, technically I am not a CA resident because I'm from AZ...so yeah. If the system wants to do this to me, I might as well apply what I've learned from reading Sun Tsu, and make true use of my enemies flaws and openings. Then, I'm going to have to apply like a madman to get scholarships to cover part of the cost. Funny to think I'm stressing about paying for college, even though I am already a graduate.

I have some brewing dental issues, and I have a feeling none of it will be cheap, and I may very well lose some teeth (have them pulled) largely because I cannot afford to do the expensive treatments and surgeries that may be required. Thanks to not brushing and flossing enough, and years of grinding my teeth(I've only now realized it after god knows how long, but looking back...at least 2 years), I have who knows how much damage. And no dental insurance...

BUT THIS WILL NOT STOP ME!

Despite my frustrations and these problems, I am making every effort to move forward and keep my plans in motion.

I will apply for scholarships.
I will get part time work(I actually got a call today about temp work for the school district, I plan on making that place my honey pot for the next few years).
I will work on my teeth, one problem at a time (thankfully I have a credit card I paid off before I moved, it will give me some working space to get chunks of work done over time, essentially, so long as i get some part time work, I can charge it, pay 2/3 of what I charged, and repeat the process until the work is done. And I managed to find Dental Coverage, basically a flat rate membership for a whole slew of dental work)

I cannot let these things slow me down, I got too many big plans and as far as I'm concerned, I'm behind schedule as it is. It takes a lot of work to build an empire ya know...

TO DO:
PHASE I:
MOVE TO CALIFORNIA
TAKE CBEST TEST
BECOME SUBSTITUTE TEACHER

PHASE COMPLETE

PHASE II:
BUY CAR
PAY OFF CREDIT CARDS
GET PART TIME JOB
SAVE MONEY TO BUILD CUSHION

IN PROGRESS

PHASE III:
GET AA(S) IN PSYCHOLOGY AND BUSINESS
INVEST INTO STOCKS/BONDS/IRA
START PAYING OFF SCHOOL LOANS
TAKE GRE
GET INTO GRADUATE SCHOOL

PENDING

PHASE IV:
FINISH GRADUATE SCHOOL AND EARN A MASTER'S
CONTINUE PAYING SCHOOL LOANS
CONTINUE INVESTING
START A CAREER

PENDING

I've got more plans, but like my buddy reminded me, one day at a time...

It's a lot of work to build an empire...