Ok, so... life and junk...
Dog partially ripped a ligament in his knee, was put on kennel rest for 4 weeks, spent another 2 weeks in slow rehabilitation, ran away for 2 hours of play and wouldn’t come back... got put back on 4 weeks kennel rest. -_-
he’s an idiot.
we’re finally starting another corse of rehabilitation.... he’d better not hurt himself again. It’s winter now, I’d hate for him to have to go through a surgery in the middle of winter.
He’s too old for that! T^T

Schools going... Blah.
The work itself is easy enough, but I’m having trouble focusing... I’ve already had to take one, 2 month extension, and I’m looking at a second one.... I’ve never had this much trouble meeting deadlines before.
I’m just so tired.
I just want to get through this course and be done. But the thing is... it’s just the first part. This is just one of 6 courses. I’m so glad I talked mom into letting me take them one at a time instead of doubling up like she wanted me to.

And it’s not just school, I’m having trouble focusing on anything.
I feel overwhelmed.
Every time I turn around, somebody is there wanting something... I want to help, I want to be useful, I want to be successful, not just in school, but in life as well. I just don’t have the energy to do it anymore. I can’t even follow a basic conversation, let alone add anything of significance.
Where do normal people get their energy from? How do normal people balance school, work, family, social responsibilities, and have fun/relax, all in a 24 hour period? To fit it all in, I’ve been sacrificing on the fun/relax time... which is just causing stress. When I try to combat the stress, it takes time away from studying and family. I just don’t get it. XD
I must be horrible at time management. o.o

in any case, a stolen quizy-thingy from
...before I go back to work. =_='

BASIC...
Name: Sky
Birthday: April 8th, 1987
Height: ~ 5’9”
Weight: ~ ...I could tell you... but then I would have to kill you.
Eye Colour: medium brown/hazel
Hair Colour: brown
Race: ...mix breed?
Zodiac Sign: Aries... Chinese Zodiac is the fire rabbit. ^^
I’m a double fire sign....RUN AWAY!!!

DO YOU...
Drink?: Seldom
Smoke?: No.
Use Drugs?: No.
Cuss?: I try not to... but I fail. T^T
Play Any Instruments?: Piano for 6 years, and violin for 2.... I quit violin.
Have Any Peircings?: One in my left ear and three in my right.
Have Any Tattoos?: No.
Like To Annoy People?: Oh yes.
Like Life?: For the most part.
Wear Make-Up?: Rarely. I don’t know how to put it on.
Dye Your Hair?: Sometimes in the Winter/Spring when everything is so grey and dismal... I’ll dye it red/orange.
Scream At The top of your lungs for no reason?: ...I usually have a reason
Get Distracted By Shiny Objects?: Frequently.
Like Pina Coladas?: I’ve only had the non-achoholic ones... and yes. I love them. X3
And Getting Caught In The Rain?: Depends on what kind of hair day I’ve been having...

ARE YOU...
Dependable?: I use to be... Lately I’m very forgetful.
Trustworthy?: Most of the time.
Obsessive?: ...yes.
Hyper Active?: Occasionally.
Happy?: Not right now.
Content?: No.
Boring?: XD probably... but I’m quite amused by me.
Violent?: I can be.
Evil?: I like to be.
Hippie-Ish?: I have to say yes.... but it’s mostly just lazy/lack of money.
Shy?: Yes.
Paranoid?: Not really.
Annoying?: Most of the time.
Social? Rarely.
Religious?: No.

WHATS YOUR FAVOURITE...
TV Show?: I don’t know anymore... I don’t watch much TV and I’m currently in-between Internet Shows....
Movie?: Princess Mononoke, The First Wives Club, Police Academy.
Band/Singer(s)?: So many! D: ummm... Bands would include Gazette, Good Charlotte, Green Day, Home Made Kazoku, L’Arc~en~Ciel, Malice Mizer, Matchbox Twenty, Meatloaf, My Chemical Romance, Orange Range, The Pillows, Pink, Rammstein, The Squirrel Nut Zippers... just to name a few. XD For Singers... Guang Liang, Kyo, Siam shade... I don’t know many singers...
Song?: Changes daily... usually something mushy, or something with a trumpet... 0.o’
Book/Story?: Don’t read as much as I should.... probably “The Hunt for Red October” or “Bones to Ashes”... both were good.
Colour(s)?: Lime green, sky blue, pale yellow.... white, black, grey.
Animal?: Dogs and frogs.... I think I like ‘ogs’.
Person(s)?: ~Taralupe ~War-Dog-Kinzoku ...many others that I cannot post because it would take forever T^T
Smell?: Pie. Tempera paints. Pipe tabacco. Children’s glue... I think there’s something wrong with me. 0.o’
Flower?: Moon Flower. They’re creepy... and spiny... and huge.
Subject?: Art.... maybe Math, though I was never exceedingly good at it.
Musical?: yuck.
Sport?: Swimming I guess.... I’m not overly physical XD
Word?: Orange. It’s just a goofy word... as is squirrel... and mute... and Broccoli.
Hobby?: Drawing, piano, sleeping, daydreaming.
Store?: 0.o’
Season?: Autumn.
Time Of Day?: 9:37? AM or PM, it doesn’t really matter.

WHATS YOUR...
Worst Fear?: Failing.
Life Goal?: Not failing. Not dying.
Greatest Accomplishment?: ............Not dying.

WHICH ONE...
Pepsi Or Coke?: Coke.
McDonald's Or Burger King?: Both are yuck.
Converse Or Vans?: ...shoe’s right?
Dogs Or Cats? Dogs... although I do love our cats. ^^
AIM, YIM Or MSN Messenger?: MSN, but I don’t have it right now...
Chicken Or Fish?: Chicken.
Black Or White?: Both. especially together.
MTV Or FUSE?: Don’t watch TV. XD
MP3 player, ipod or CD player?: Mp3 player.
Pants Or Shorts?: Pants.

DISCRIBE YOUR PERFECT...
Day: No worries, no conflict, no responsibility, no needs/wants/desires, no time constraints or deadlines, no sounds, no emotions.
Room: Bright in the morning, dark at night.... automated curtains?
Life: a boring one.... were everyday is the perfect day. Lots of money. >.>
World: where all the people I don’t like leave, and all the people I like live forever. Where dogs live longer than their owners. All girls are princesses and live in castles. All guys ride white horses. We all have pet dragons in our dungeons.... And nobody knows where I live. >.>
Romantic Date: home watching TV I guess... I suck at the dating thing XD

DO YOU BELIEVE IN...
God?: I am one! XD No.
Heavan & Hell?: No.
Angels & Demons?: No... but a pet demon would rock. X3
Reincarnation?: No.
Yourself?: *see “DO YOU BELIEVE IN... God”*
Ghosts?: No
UFOs?: No
Big Foot?: No
Lockness Monster?: No
A Thing Called Love?: Unless I’m hearing things and/or am under mind control... then yes. I do believe I’ve heard the song. >.>

WOULD YOU EVER...
Kill Someone Else?: Depends who it is...
Kill Yourself?: Not likely... that’s a weak person’s way out.... I just won’t take care of me and die a slow painful death.
Beg For Money?: ...I could try, but I doubt I would succeed.
Skydive?: No.
Bunjee Jump?: No.
Make out in the rain?: Depends on what kind of hair day I’m having...
Run Away From Home?: No.
Ride A Motorcycle?: ...I don’t know... not likely.
Do Extreme Sports?: ...I don’t even do non-extreme sports... why would I want to put myself through extreme ones?!?!?!?

MORE ABOUT YOU...
Do You Own A Car?: No.
Ever Been To Jail?: No.
Ever Gotten Kicked out?: Two Schools. -_-
Do You Have A Job?: No. Full time student...
Do You Like Taking Surveys Like This?: Yes. I like it lots. It amuses me... sadly, I don’t think my watchers appreciate it as much as I do. XD

THATS ALL FOLKS...
Are You Lonely?: Never.
Are You Sitting In A BeanBag Chair Eatin' Cheetos?: No.
Do You Feel The Urge To Send Me A Thousand Dollars?: o.o no.
Do You Know Where That Comes From?: A Ron White comedy skit.
How Many Licks Does It Take To Get To The Center Of A Tootsie Pop?: Depends on the size of your tongue and how much energy/feeling you put into it.
Is That Your Final Answer?: Wait... no......... 2027?
Are You Sure?: Not any more. o.o’
Postitive?: no.
Glad That This Is Over?: Not really, now I have to go study.

of sorts... more like "running out of time and have to focus on other things..." whether I want to or not >.>

so don't expect much from me for the next 2 months
I've gone around and deleted my art programs and disabled msn, so I won't be as easily distracted XD
*is sooooo easily distracted*
If I owe you art, it will be uploaded in the next day or so...

I'll still be around to answer messages and the like, as DA is my home page and I come on every day, but I'm turning off deviations and journals so it'll be easier on my inbox. if there's something I need to see, send me a note! I'll probably be pretty slow in responding though

talk to you in October!
~SkyDog

has anybody taken their dog to either?
I've been getting conflicting reviews on both, so I was wondering about your experiences.

I'm sure the vet will tell me which one Ike needs, if he even needs one, but my mom wants to skip the vet and just take him for a realignment and 'voodoo doll' treatment under the assumption "it can't hurt him"
I'm not concerned about that because the only people that do either around here are vets >:}
pick your battles, right?

I've also done some reading on the pulsed signal therapy deal, but only from manufacturers and sales persons...

in any case, input? opinions? suggestions? other ideas?
I'm open to pretty much anything.

Stolen from because I never tire of obnoxiously long journals 8D

- X what you saw
- O what you haven't finished/saw sizable portions

Classic Disney
[x] 101 Dalmatians (1961)
[x] Alice in Wonderland (1951)
[x] Bambi (1942)
[x] Cinderella (1950)
[x] Dumbo (1941)
[x] Fantasia (1940)
[x] Lady and the Tramp (1955)
[x] Mary Poppins (1964)
[x] Peter Pan (1953)
[x] Pinocchio (1940)
[x] Sleeping Beauty (1959)
[x] Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
[ ] Song of the South (1946)

Disney's Dark Age
[x] The Aristocats (1970)
[x] The Black Cauldron (1985)
[x] The Fox and the Hound (1981)
[x] The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
[x] The Jungle Book (1967)
[ ] The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
[x] Oliver and Company (1986)
[x] Pete's Dragon (1977)
[x] The Rescuers (1977)
[x] Robin Hood (1973)
[x] The Sword In The Stone (1963)

The Disney Renaissance
[x] Aladdin (1992)
[x] Beauty and the Beast (1991)
[x] A Goofy Movie (1995)
[o] Hercules (1997)
[x] The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
[x] The Lion King (1994)
[x] The Little Mermaid (1989)
[x] Mulan (1998)
[x] Pocahontas (1995)
[x] The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
[x] Tarzan (1999)

Disney's Modern Age
[x] Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
[x] Bolt (2008)
[x] Brother Bear (2003)
[ ] Chicken Little (2005)
[ ] Dinosaur (2000)
[x] The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
[ ] Fantasia 2000 (2000)
[ ] Home on the Range (2004)
[x] Lilo & Stitch (2002)
[ ] Meet the Robinsons (2007)
[ ] Treasure Planet (2002)

Pixar
[x] A Bug's Life (1998)
[ ] Cars (2006)
[x] Finding Nemo (2003)
[ ] The Incredibles (2004)
[ ] Monsters Inc. (2001)
[ ] Ratatouille (2007)
[x] Toy Story (1995)
[o] Toy Story 2 (1999)
[x] Wall-E (2008)

Don Bluth
[x] All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
[x] An American Tail (1986)
[x] Anastasia (1997)
[x] The Land Before Time (1988)
[x] The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
[x] Rock-a-Doodle (1991)
[x] The Secret of NIMH (1982)
[x] Thumbelina (1994)
[x] Titan AE (2000)
[x] A Troll in Central Park (1994)

Claymation
[ ] The Adventures of Mark Twain (1986)
[x] Chicken Run (2000)
[ ] Corpse Bride (2005)
[o] James and the Giant Peach (1996)
[ ] Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993) ((I cannot believe I have never seen this movie))
[ ] Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
[ ] Flushed Away (2006)
[ ] Coraline (2009)

CGI Glut
[x] Antz (1998)
[x] Happy Feet (2006)
[x] Kung Fu Panda (2008)
[x] Madagascar (2005)
[ ] Monster House (2006)
[x] Over the Hedge (2006)
[ ] Polar Express (2004)
[ ] Robots
[x] Shrek (2001)
[ ] Shrek 2 (2004)
[ ] Shrek The Third (2007) ((I own this movie... and I’ve never seen it))

Imports
[ ] Arabian Knight aka The Thief and the Cobbler (1995)
[x] The Last Unicorn (1982)
[ ] Light Years aka Fantastic Planet (1976)
[x] The Plague Dogs (1982)
[ ] The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
[ ] Persepolis (2007)
[ ] Waltz With Bashir (2008)
[o] Watership Down (1978)
[ ] When the Wind Blows (1988)
[ ] Yellow Submarine (1968)

Studio Ghibli/Miyazaki
[ ] Grave of the Fireflies (1989)
[x] Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
[x] Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
[o] Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)
[ ] Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
[ ] My Neighbors The Yamadas (1995)
[ ] My Neighbor Totoro (1993)
[ ] Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
[ ] Only Yesterday (1995)
[ ] Pom Poko aka Tanuki War
[ ] Porco Rosso (1992)
[x] Princess Mononoke (1999) <--((bestest movie ever.))
[x] Spirited Away (2002)
[ ] The Cat Returns (2004)
[ ] Whisper of the Heart (1992)

Satoshi Kon
[ ] Millennium Actress (2001)
[ ] Paprika (2006)
[ ] Perfect Blue (1999)
[ ] Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
[ ] Memories - "Magnetic Rose" (1995)

Shinkai Makoto
[ ] She and Her Cat (1999)
[ ] Voices of a Distant Star (2001)
[ ] The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
[ ] 5 Centimeters per Second (2007)

Other Anime Films
[ ] Adolescence of Utena
[x] Akira (1989) ((brain implodes. most messed up movie ever))
[ ] Appleseed
[ ] Appleseed: Ex Machina
[ ] Arcadia of My Youth
[x] Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2003)
[ ] The Dagger of Kamui
[ ] Dirty Pair: Project Eden
[ ] End of Evangelion
[o] Fist of the North Star
[ ] Galaxy Express
[x] Ghost in the Shell (1996)
[ ] The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
[ ] Lensman (1984)
[ ] Macross: Do You Remember Love
[ ] Metropolis (2001)
[ ] Neo-Tokyo
[o] Ninja Scroll
[ ] Patlabor the Movie
[ ] The Professional: Golgo 13
[ ] Project A-ko
[ ] Robotech: The Shadow Chronicle
[ ] Silent Mobius
[ ] Space Adventure Cobra
[ ] Steamboy (2004)
[ ] Sword of the Stranger
[ ] Unico and the Island of Magic
[ ] Urotsukidoji: The Movie
[x] Vampire Hunter D
[ ] Wings of Honneamise: Royal Space Force Absolutely lovely.


Cartoons For Grown-Ups
[x] American Pop (1982) ((lame))
[o] The Animatrix (2003)
[ ] Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon The Movie
[ ] Beavis & Butthead Do America (1996)
[ ] Cool World (1994)
[x] Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
[ ] Final Fantasy: Advent Children
[ ] Fire & Ice
[ ] Fritz the Cat (1972)
[ ] Heavy Metal (1981)
[ ] Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
[ ] Hey Good Looking
[ ] Lady Death
[ ] A Scanner Darkly (2006)
[ ] South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
[ ] Street Fight aka Coonskin (1975)
[ ] Waking Life (2001)

Other Animated Movies I Can't Categorize
[ ] Animal Farm
[ ] Animalympics
[ ] Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
[ ] Batman and the Mask of Phantasm
[x] The Brave Little Toaster (1988) ((!!!!!!!!))
[ ] Bravestarr: The Movie
[x] Care Bears: The Movie ((Owned D: ))
[x] Charlotte's Web (1973)
[x] Fern Gully
[ ] G.I. Joe: The Movie
[ ] Gobots: Battle of the Rock Lords
[ ] He-Man & She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword
[ ] The Hobbit (1978)
[o] The Iron Giant (1999)
[ ] Justice League: The New Frontier (2007)
[ ] Lord of the Rings
[ ] Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992)
[ ] My Little Pony: The Movie
[ ] Pink Floyd's The Wall (1982)
[x] The Prince of Egypt (1998)
[ ] Powerpuff Girls: The Movie
[ ] Quest For Camelot (1999)
[ ] Ringing Bell
[o] The Road to El Dorado (2000)
[ ] Rock & Rule (1983)
[x] Space Jam (1996)
[ ] Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
[ ] Superman: Doomsday
[ ] The Swan Princess
[ ] Transformers: The Movie (1986)
[ ] Wizards (1976)
[x] Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1987)
[ ] Wonder Woman (2009)

long boring read.

where we live, there are 3 lakes. they’re kinda lined up, probably were one large lake millions of years ago, but that’s irrelevant. they’re tourist traps. thousands of people go to these lakes for camping, fishing, boating, water park playground, and various other activities.

it’s been planned for years (before I was born) that someday, a road would be built connecting these three lakes. the benefit would be less holiday traffic on the other main roads.

Now, the Alberta Government is quite lazy... but it did start in on this project about a decade ago. it connected the 2 southern lakes. It also commissioned another (gravel) road up at the Northern lake and had it connect to a pre-existing highway. meaning, if you want to get from the southern most lake, to the northern most lake, you have to take quite a large jog out of your way (3 different highways)

the plan was, when they finally get off their asses, the two roads would be connected, forming one almost perfectly straight, paved, road to help with the tourist traffic.

the plan was quite extensive, including thousands of dollars worth of surveying, and the purchase of land rights for this new road. I do not know the exact dollar amount for what has already been spent on this project, but it’s in the hundreds of thousands.

This year, finally, it will be finished..... but not there.

It will not be built where the money was spent in surveying.

It will not be built where the roadways are already bought and paid for.

worse yet, it will be built at a ridiculous angle, from the highway, across perfectly good farm land, and connect to that little gravel road that’s already attached to the same highway. wtf?

of course it does...there’s a major Gas Plant on that proposed road.

and you’d think, the people directly effected by this change would have some say in it. you know, “the right to govern is vested in the citizens” and all that.

no.

I mean, there was a council meeting... but nobody was told about it.
There was no advertising about this meeting. you’d think, a news paper posting, or something! like “hey, guess what!”
god knows our news paper journalist is nosey enough >__>’

the only people who who received ‘invites’ ( it was an open-to-anybody meeting) where the people who’s properties were directly adjacent to the road. Even though, the people affected were far more wide spread.
like us. we are one block away from the original proposed road way. we can see it. We didn’t get a notice. my uncle, who lives in Fort Mac, owns the property between us and the road. he got an invite.
600 km away, and he’s more effected than we are.
in fact, the only reason we found out about it, is cause he called to ask if we were going.

the meeting was held on a week day, when most people who would object to it were working. My dad actually had to take a day off work to go.

I won’t get into the discussions at the meeting, but in the end, the Alberta Government said “Look, it doesn’t matter what you say, this is what we're doing.”

The reason:
The Gas Plant pays more taxes than you do.

......Plutocracy!






on a side note...
Guess who’s not getting re-elected! 8D