Gemini-Mystica

Hi everyone!!! It's been an interesting year so far, I suppose!



I have not been terribly active here lately, but I've been having fun never the less!

First of all, Sean and I have pre-ordered the Nintendo Switch the night of the big Nintendo Press Conference in January. Since receiving it in March, I have been ecstatically playing Zelda: Breath of the Wild and enjoying all of the greatness it has to offer! IT.IS.FANTASTIC!!!! I mean, I rate it to the same level as Ocarina of Time! So freaking awesome!!!  We will probably be also picking up Mario Kart (after my car repairs, that is), and if anyone wants to play with me on that, just let me know! Note: I am seriously not sure if Mario Kart 8 on the Switch and Mario Kart 8 on the WiiU are able to play together online. Haha, I guess it's worth a shot.

Similar to last year, my enthusiasm has endured my negatively centered, self-imposed criticism regarding artistic activities. So, to solve this, I started actually indulging in traditional art again. I brought a new sketch book and have been using exclusively ink pens in order to avoid graphite smudge, which is one of the factors that lead to the disuse of my old ragged sketchbook (along with it nearly falling apart, of course). They are a little rough, so I have no intention on posting them here on DA. Actually, I have morphed my tumbler account into a place I could upload anything and everything art related. I will place my sketches, unfinished art, finished art, ideas, and anything odd that does not seem to fit here on DA. So yea, hopefully I will post musings and writings there as well. Polished stuff, will of course, get posted here on DA as usual. ^_^ If you are ever interested in both sketch and finished art, it will be here: 

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I will be getting a new computer soon! My ever faithful Pandora has been with me since 2010, when I purchased her to take with me to my programming classes. I have since graduated college, moved a few times, and furthered my career; and she is now unfortunately having more and more issues. I will still keep her, but she will especially be less used for activities such as running my art programs or even Visual Studio. (edit: Pandora has always had the other problem of having a monitor that mis-represents colors with my art. Phones and regular monitors show them totally differently than I intend, so I always have to make adjustments before posting). Hopefully, this will further encourage me to get back onto my digital art projects. 

Anyway, you guys have a fun day!!

Always, 
Gemi

It has been a long time since I had written a journal, so I suppose it would be good to tell you what I have been up to. ^_^

First of all, I had changed jobs! For the past two years, I have worked with the Kansas Department of Commerce (a state job) as a database administrator and gained both experience and greater knowledge within my career! I feel like I am finally a fully fledged database admin. ^_^ It was a fun job, and I was sad to leave it; but I really wanted to make more money. Employees who work for the state rarely get raises, and this was set by our state governor. So, employees who work for the state usually get raises by switching to different jobs in their department, or going to a different department all together. Now I work for the Judicial Department. I originally planned to start looking for higher paying positions for another six months to a year; but a former employee in my company had referred me, and I decided to apply and interview. I got hired within 1 day after the interview, which was absolutely startling! I gave three weeks notice to Commerce, not only to give good notice, but to also finish the projects I was working on. I left that place on super good terms, and was told that I just have to call if I ever want to come back. I love that place!

Judicial is interesting, and I am still learning their database and server environments. It's not as structured and documented as the environments were in Commerce, but I plan to completely learn all of it; and help the team with documentation. So yea, it's awesome! I am making quite a bit more money, and feel that I am rally growing in my career. 

Career comes first, and since I have been so job focused on finishing up the last job and starting the new one; I have been just coming home completely exhausted mentally and watching shows with Sean. Once Sean starts gaming, I would just go to bed, read, derp on the internet, or start looking over my notes. I just have not been feeling settled enough to get back into my hobbies; so that's why I have been so inactive. The bad news is that all of my inactivity with art lately has made me gradually less practiced; and I have almost been afraid to start it up again. lol It's stupid; I'm afraid of art! XD  I just have insecurities with it just like many artists; so I'm not unique by having those types of issues. ^_^ Heehee, I will draw again eventually though! 

Other than that, just been having fun with Sean. When I start drawing again, I want to do a bit of comics as to what my day to day life is like. When I talk with my coworkers about the silly things Sean and I do, the majority of them are rather surprised and I feel like we are outside of the norm for the most part. We are silly individuals who do cute things, so I think it's comic worthy! :3 Yay! I also want a kitten but our apartment only allows for two pets. Thought I would share that!

I have since watched: Archer, Gravity Falls, Rick and Morty season 2, Legend of Korra, Erased, Hero Academia, Re:Zero, Dimension W, The Pet Girl of Sakurasou, Noragami, Flying Witch, The Amazing Wold of Gumball, South Park episode 1 to current, and much more! 

Stay awesome;
~Gemi

Haha, I haven't written much on the journal front lately! I guess mostly, I have been actually pretty busy or too lazy to do much with it, while other times dictated that I had little to say beyond what I already detail in my deviation's description boxes. But I suppose I am writing now simply because this morning is so awkward that I just want to express how I feel in words while in my coffee induced brain-buzz that was supposed to be in preparation for an early start at work this morning.
It is currently 7:17am, and planned to be an early day to make up for hours spent at the dentist earlier this week. Right now as I type, I am supposed to be at work crunching code so that I can forward project tickets to their next recipient within their steps towards completion. And instead, I am at home writing leisure journals while I await for my mechanics office to open so that I can talk to them about BOTH of my currently faulty cars that are the reason for my unsatisfactory presence at home.

What's both funny and ridiculous is that both cars worked yesterday. Ever since my wreck in October, I have been driving Sean's car to and from work; which usually went well because it has been a fairly reliable car for the last two years. We also have a jeep, which had some battery troubles (we ended up with a bad battery last year, but with the new development, I am doubting it was an actual bad battery) but otherwise never had any issues. Yesterday, I drove the jeep with no problems to and from work while Sean took his car to get an oil change. The facility had informed him that we had a gasket leak, and they fixed it. You could only imagine my surprise and feelings of great disdain now that the car shows it's engine light and has subsequently became challenged at shifting it's gears correctly. No problem, looks like it's yet another Jeep day! Expensive to drive the commute distance, but not a problemo today! Turning the key has no response. I stared wide-eyed at the non-illuminated meters on the dashboard, and came to a cold conclusion that I will not be at my work desk in 30 minutes ready to crunch glorious code and answer email inquiries. Nope. I will be, instead, waiting for my mechanics office to open. Perfect. Isn't that great?! Two perfectly running cars one day, and both having issues the next. Not just one, but two! YAAAAAAAAAaaaaay ugghhhhhh! In retrospect, I suppose things could be worse and I am pleasantly enthralled that they are not; but that certainly does not mean that I am not woefully lamenting over my absence at work. 

Other than that, life is going great! Being a database developer is FUN and I still can't believe that in just 2 more months and I would have worked there for 2 years! Crazy, no? Haha, I have truly progressed emotionally since my days spent in customer service in fast food establishments. I don't have panic attacks anymore, and my rage-o meter is at an all-time low! Sometimes it's agitated by stupid drivers on the road, but I never go to work or leave work angry! Hell, I am rarely angry at all! It's freaking great to live life this way! I recollect on my memories when I read past journals or blurbs on my deviations years ago, and the difference in my outlook on work and life is tremendous. Sean and I are having so much fun together, and doing really well! Ever day, we play, wrestle, and goof off like little kids. ^_^ It's fun!

Well, thanks for reading a journal about a girl being sad that she can't go to work! Stupid cars. I miss being at work!!  

~Gemi

I want to let all of you know that my surgery went well on 02/27/2015, and I am still recovering at home before returning to work and all of the regular life stuff. ^_^ And for anyone who did not know, I announced in a deviation that I am having elective surgery and it is very minor.  'I'm not dying, did not get into an accident, or any of that. It's not any weird cosmetic surgery I don't need and I'm not removing any of my arms or toes. lol It's actually a personal surgery that I have wanted to get for a long time; but never had a stable job with insurance that will pay for it and most doctors won't do it if your in your 20's.' Still need to work on commissions and requests, and I am hoping for some progress now that I can comfortably sit at my computer for a little while. This is my first time having surgery other than for wisdom teeth extraction; and I gotta tell ya, it's actually pretty painful. 0_o The doctors did a fantastic job, and I just can't wait to return back to normal. ^_^ The incisions look absolutely disgusting (as incisions usually do); and I peek at them every so often to check on them and subsequently make a face as I do so. 

After surgery, I slept most of the day at home; and did the same the day after. I felt a bit better on Sunday, and played Mario Kart 8 for about an hour and watched a bit of TV before returning to bed. XD I played Mario Kart 8 most of today, and I super love it! If anyone has a Wii U, Mario Kart 8,  and a friend code or whatever; message me and perhaps we can play together. :3 Ooohhh, same goes if you have Smash Bros Wii U, cause I have that! I return to work on Thursday, but i can still play on weekends.

As for an artistic update, I am just trying out different things. I sketched something on my phone earlier this morning but I did not deem it good enough to even go to the DA stash. lol XD 

Also, on another note; Leonard Nimoy died on the same date as my surgery. I'm a huge fan of the original series Star Trek, so that news is just not cool.  

On the third of January!! Squee!