| To-Dos and other stuff |
[ 02 Jul 2008 - 11:06am ] |
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I should keep a To-Do-List more often... I'm currently losing track of my tasks x_x
To-Do:
- 5 illustrations for my illustration class
- design a broschure for my typography class
- finish website portfolio for my webdesign class
- learn for my psychology class
- finish 1 commission for Sidian
- pay 592 Euros for college
WISHLIST:
- re-launch my website
- make art for ME
- make prints
- make bookmarks
- make a printed portfolio/booklet
- attend a con next year
- HOLIDAYS
Oh man. I so want do draw something for myself. And I really want to sell things... prints, bookmarks, whatever. I always see artists selling awesome things they created/printed, but I simply lack the MONEY to get prints or something like that. So I'm stuck to commissions which is very tiring over time. I also need to attend a con again. That's also a reason I want to pause commissions - to have time to draw something for a con. I noticed that if you don't attend the convention you won't sell pictures. Only ONE of my 5 pictures at MMC sold. The other 4 are still available.. at this year's EF.
MEH! :|
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| College work |
[ 22 Jun 2008 - 10:59pm ] |
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About 1 month to go until I finally have my 2 months off! I'm currently drowning in college work, especially "Psychology". Our teacher is a bit insane, seriously. He studied psychology, so he's UBER eager to show us everything because as a designer that's so important. Okay, he's right but he's exaggerating it a bit. So I have 15 PDF files here, most of them 20-40 pages long. I worked through half of it, yeah great. 50% of it is needless information. Next Friday I have my first 2 exams, "Design History" and "Iconography". I need to work on my semester's work for "Typography", too. But soon it's done and then I hopefully will have some holidays at a nice farm in Austria or here in southern Germany. Just faaar far away from a city with cuddle-Kaji and cuddle-Dina.
Oh, last Friday I visited a lecture of Yuko Shimizu, an illustrator from New York, at our college. I found it pretty interesting and fun to see how a professional illustrator works. It was also funny to listen to her japanese-english, which sounded so cute :) Her work is awesome, I really like her style.
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| EM |
[ 19 Jun 2008 - 10:39pm ] |
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HALBFINALE!!!!11 XOOOOO ÖÖÖÖHHH!! XDD
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| Mouse under glas |
[ 16 Jun 2008 - 10:11pm ] |
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Look what I've rescued out of the basement duct in the garden today (I really couldn't find a better translation for the word I wanted to use oô).
Just look at its face *_* I really struggled with setting it free again XD
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| Lalala! |
[ 12 Jun 2008 - 12:18am ] |
Neeed... hoooolidays i_____i ... I just got back from visiting my mum because my sister had her confirmation last sunday. Big family meeting. The weekend wasn't that bad, though I have to pay 100 Euros to the Bahn because of an error while buying my ticket online I had the wrong date on it. Means I was sitting in the train one day before my ticket was valid. >___> Oh well, I can SHIT money, so who cares.
The rest was very nice, I watched the start of the EM (european championship, football, not soccer >_>) over at my dad's place (he has a beamer XD). Ehh, yes. Now I'm back home and I finished another character portrait. Still one to go until I can accept other commissions (I just have to, although I wanted to take a break). It was fun to paint it though it took me ages... x_x BE AWARE! NUDENESS! XOOO http://www.nimrais.de/artwork/portrait_kace.jpg
Dina is now off the pain killers and I really see that because she doesn't run that much anymore and overall doesn't walk that eased anymore. Now I give her "Zeel" a homeopathic medicine. Let's see if that works (I'm normally highly sceptical when it comes to homeopathic stuff).
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| Sofadog |
[ 03 Jun 2008 - 01:30am ] |
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I just found this picture of Dina I took a few days ago with the crappy webcam of my laptop. XD She discovered the armchair. Just after she decided to love the sofa. I'm normally against dogs on sofas but she doesn't stink and doesn't lose too much hair and it's good for her elbows.
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| Finally some good news |
[ 28 May 2008 - 01:01pm ] |
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As I mentioned before I visted the physio together with Dina. She was amazed how well Dina responds to the painkillers. Even I could see how her muscles take breath! Then she used this vibrating thing... I don't know how this is called but she massaged certain neural points and I could see how muscles appeared which weren't there before o_o She told me that it kinda opens the muscles which were cramped before. Very amazing. Dina also walks a bit better, more elegant I think. I'm so glad she responds so well to the therapy... the only thing is that (even though I exchange her food veeery slowly) Dina's tummy doesn't like the new food that much. But she's very sensitive to new food, I think she accepts it very soon.
Moreover I got an answer from the organisation. I'll get the protective charge of 250 Euros back I paid when I got her. And they're trying to find donors for Dina who help us out with money. I think that's a nice solution. With the 250 Euros I can pay the physio for the next few months and hopefully they'll find some donors. :)
... I need holidays .___. I need to go somewhere far away, maybe Austria or somewhere I can take the dog with me. I'm so looking forward to this summer's semester break T___T
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| Gift |
[ 23 May 2008 - 10:56pm ] |
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For ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) bloodhoundomega:
Nothing special, just a little thank you for trying to sell my pictures at MMC and for the money.. I just recognized that it's not that perfect to make an icon out of it. >_<
Other news... Dina got her new food, we're now feeding Hill's j/d which cost us 75 Euros for 14 kg. We also got her painkillers (Rimadyl, she'll get it for 2 weeks). Tomorrow she'll get the first pill and the physiotherapy appointment is next Tuesday. I'm glad we could start so fast with the therapy. :)
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| *___* |
[ 23 May 2008 - 12:19am ] |
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I just wanted to thank Bbloodhoundomega and an anonymous wolf because they donated a bit money for Dina. I'm really really thankful... Be sure you get a little something back from me! Oh and Kaji accepted a few commissions so the therapy for Dina which will start soon is paid so to say. (Keks I love you *_*)
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| Dina update |
[ 20 May 2008 - 09:28pm ] |
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I visted the clinic yesterday and the physiotherapist today. Both say: Her joints are TOTALLY wrecked. There's nothing we can do at all. There would be the possibilty of implanting new elbow joints, but there's only one clinic in Europe which does that and it wouldn't be affordable (even a synthetic hip joint costs about 3500 Euros EACH).
So I have to make the best of it. The physio told me she never has seen such elbow joints before. Dina kinda has ALL 3 forms of ED at once, her elbows are really really fucked up so to say. She could see her athrosis/athritis from outside, even without looking at the radiographs because her elbows are very thick and her legs are crooked. To make it short... it will be very expensive.
The first step we will take is to talk to our vet how we are going to continue. We will get nutritional supplements for her (which costs 40 Euros or more), we probably have to change her food (14 kg = 70 Euros). Then we will have 2 appointments with the physio (90 Euros) and we will do a pain therapy for two weeks with pain killers. (1 pill = 1 Euro) Phew! After that I probably will visit the physio two times every two months. Otherwise it won't be affordable... She said she shows us what we can do at home to save money.
I really hope the therapy helps Dina. From now on she needs a massage of 15 Minutes every day, the goal is to build muscles and this helps a lot. If everything works fine she will have a life worth living, she will need pain killers when she gets older though. The physio said there are dogs that are able to live with this disease 10 years, others have a shorter life. Hopefully Dina is one of the though ones.
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| Weekend & x-rays |
[ 19 May 2008 - 12:22pm ] |
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The weekend was nice, I did some gardening, visited the dog-school with Dina and on Saturday Kaji and me went to some friends having a great balcony-barbacue X) I got to play Okami there and I must say I really like it. If I have the money (haha...) I'll buy it for my Wii when it's released. Moreover I worked on a commission (I currently really don't feel like drawing but it's already paid) and well, tried to relax a bit.
Today we have the appointment at the clinic with Dina and I'm very curious... I scanned 2 radiographs of her elbows and put them together with a sample image of a healthy joint. Hers look really weird in comparison to that... :/ http://www.nimrais.de/images/dina/x-rays.jpg
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| Life goes on. |
[ 15 May 2008 - 12:20pm ] |
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I think I recovered after the shock of Dina's diagnosis of Elbow-Dysplasia. I have an appointment with a lady who does physiotherapy for dogs next Tuesday. On Monday I will ask for a second opinion... I'll visit a veterinary hospital here in Nuremberg which specialised in joint-operations. I heard that they are pretty good... there is a TINY chance that Dina could get operated on her elbows since there are 3 forms of ED and one is operable. I don't believe it but who knows what they say about the radiographs. Kaji fetched them today and I will scan them just to have some copies myself.
I also wrote to someone from griechische-vierbeiner.org and the lady said that we will find a solution. She wrote to the society in Greece and asked if her disease was known or if they concealed it. I hope I will get some financial aid in the end...
What amazes me is that Dina recognizes my worries. It's awesome how sensible this dog is. After I fetched her at the vet yesterday and I had some kind of breakdown she tried to comfort me with licking my hands softly while looking at me as sad as I was. Moreover she suddenly wants to lay by me on the sofa. Even when I'm not there she often lays there.
I couldn't stop her from running through the high grass when I took a walk with her yesterday evening. As long as she's able to do that I probably won't stop her anyhow. She has such a sunny disposition and I think she will be able to learn living with her handicap.
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| x-ray results |
[ 13 May 2008 - 12:03pm ] |
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I just got home after the vet did the x-raying this morning. Things look pretty black... He called her elbows "stone pit" because they look so horrible. There's no option of an operation of course. The vet said she probably has pain but doesn't show it yet... moreover, if the painkillers she will get when she gets older don't work anymore we will probably have to put her to sleep. He couldn't tell us how many years she can live this way - 1 year, 5 years, 7 years..? Everything we can do is to obtain her ability to move with doing physiotherapy and if the pain gets stronger - meds.
I'm angry, sad and disappointed beyond belief. Mostly because no one told us that she has this problem. EVERY vet should've recognized that there's something wrong with her elbows. I can't believe that they lied to us, placing such a burdon on us. I love Dina so much and the thought of putting her to sleep just because she can't walk anymore because of her pain really makes me cry.
I will call stray.gr today or tomorrow... I want they to help me at least with the money, which won't be little...
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| Back home |
[ 12 May 2008 - 11:10pm ] |
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This weekend I visited my parents. Since I had 2 days off because of holidays we drove 450 km from Nuremberg to Rheinbach and back. The visit was pretty fun and very exciting for Dina. We were went go-karting in Kerpen at the Michael Schumacher Go-Kart Center, did some barbecueing, shopping and enjoyed the awesome weather. My mom showed me her new flat in which she's going to move with her husband in 2 weeks. Dina was veeery nervous at first.. new people, new environment and the 4 hours of driving was pretty much for her sensible mind. XD It was so exciting that she woke me in the first night at 2:30 and 5:30 AM to take her outside. But she settled down pretty fast. Though she has to growl at everything that moves, especially when foreign people enter the house. My guess is that she tries to warn us and that she's firghtened at the same time. When I say hello to the people and take her with me so she can sniff everything's just fine. However it's a very stressful behaviour. I recognized that she's much more calm when I'm walking through the city with her though. :)
Nevertheless I'm happy to be back home. Tomorrow Dina will get her x-raying.. finally! I'm a bit nervous but I will finally get to know if her legs are okay or not.
The dog is sleeping and I will collapse into bed myself now.
Oh, I did some shots of the dog of course... http://www.nimrais.de/images/dina/collage.jpg
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| A starving dog is ART?! |
[ 05 May 2008 - 04:08pm ] |
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Today I got a mail from a co-worker at work... And once more I'm terrified about how sick and cruel human beings can be.
The Email said: "In the 2007, the 'artist' Guillermo Vargas Habacuc, took a dog from the street, he tied him to a rope in an art gallery, starving him to death. For several days, the 'artist' and the visitors of the exhibition have watched emotionless the shameful 'masterpiece' based on the dog's agony, until eventually he died."
Only click if you are able to stand it - look at this poor creature: http://elperritovive.blogspot.com/ What the fuck is wrong with this world?
"But this is not all ... the prestigious Visual Arts Biennial of the Central American decided that the 'installation' was actually art, so that Guillermo Vargas Habacuc has been invited to repeat his cruel action for the biennial of 2008."
To stop this, please help and sign an online petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition-sign.html
I don't know if anybody else heard of this perverse presentation of a dying dog... but it made me speechless. No more words for it.
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[ 07 Apr 2008 - 11:59pm ] |
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So much to do... I'm currently working on website layouts for a client at work. Even at home x_x
Other news... Todsay I visited the vet with Dina the second and last time for her second vaccination. Costs: 50 Euros. And... I talked to him about the x-raying of her front legs + her hip. And OMG this gets expensive. 250 Euros (includes light narcosis, 5 pictures of her frontlegs + hip). He said 300 Euros but this would include a blood test which I really don't need and don't want to afford right now. I almost passed out. Well, this means... to call stray.gr for financial support, to finish my outstandig commission and to accept another one. Kaji will help me out too with accepting a commission. But still... WTF, just x-raying... how can this be so expensive.
But I'll do it for Dina... btw, she has a new hobby: To wallow in smelly stuff. She discovered some kind stinky fluid a few days ago and... she did it yesterday and she did it today. Just one second I didn't watch her. >_> I bathed her 3 times now and she's still smelly... bah. But she somehow seems to enjoy bathing.. kinda. XD
I need to bath her more often, only to see her wrapped up in a towel. lol
Only one day of work tomorrow and then I can continue with my comissions and pictures. x___x
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| Dina & Gardening & my poor commissioners |
[ 05 Apr 2008 - 01:09am ] |
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I'm so looking forward to monday. Second vaccination for Dina. But not only that, I definately will get an appointment for the x-raying of her front legs. I've been pretty thoughtful, worrying what will be in the future. Will she get athrosis? Does she have pain already now? I really fear she needs to get operated if she has elbow dysplasia. Not only it probably will be immense costs for Kaji and me, in addtion to that she would have to rest a looong time until she can walk again. Pray with me that this won't happen...
I'm a bit angry at the organisation from which we got her because they didn't tell us anything about her problem. *sighs* I will call them if she needs to get operated so that we get financial support. *doublesigh*
Other than that... you know the situation: Actually you should work on things but you can't brace yourself up. I did a lot of gardening the last few days, tomorrow I will have to work a bit more. Then I have to care for a website project at work and college is coming up with tasks. I'm sorry for you people waiting for pictures from me (Khaosdog and Dragoneer). I don't mean no harm somehow I just have a off-time right now. =_=
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| My favourite neighbour! |
[ 02 Apr 2008 - 06:08pm ] |
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I really have luck with my neighbours. The one who lives above me... I can't get rid of the thought that he's a bit, well... dumb. Stupid. And it's not that I can't endure when someone occasionally has to drill something or has to work on something that makes noise. Occasionally. But it seems my neighbour set up a workshop in his basement cell, which coincidentally is below our kitchen. Therefore, everytime he decides to drill something it sounds like a whole craftsmen crew is in our flat working in our kitchen. I always wonder WHAT he produces there... bombs? Guns? Fucking machines? XD
So, this wouldn't be that bad if my neighbour wouldn't have the bad habit to work there every few weeks, then days after days and at least 3 hours a day. His favourite time is to start at 7 PM. :x Okay. So I told him several times that it's rest time now, but he seems to forget it from one day to another. Or is it because he has no watch? Strangely enough he asks me always what time it is when I tell him to stop the noise. Occasionally I meet my other neighbour (living like me at the ground floor) in the hallway, when he's all mad with his drilling machine. We then have a nice talk about how stupid he is to start working that loud in the evening X)
Besides that he's an excessive smoker. I think he will die soon because he have a bad cough which sounds like he's going to puke. Nevertheless he spends almost the whole day at his guest bathroom smoking and coughing and smoking and coughing. The trash can is always stuffed with Marlboro big packs. :x So probably we won't have to endure him a long time. XD
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[ 31 Mar 2008 - 04:31pm ] |
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Man this sucks... I somehow lost my expensive HUNTER leash... The problem is, I can't remember how. Or when I last saw it. *whines* I already hung up flyers just in case someone found it and took it home. I don't have no money for a new leash (I'm still arguing with my boss how I should get paid, I'm still waiting for my salary... Kaji waits for 2 salaries, that makes about 1000 Euros >:( Fuck it!)
Besides that nothing new... The weekend with my mom was very nice. But I've come to one conclusion: I HATE bowling. Since I have such weak joints I can't really hold even the lightest bowl. Not my thing. But I got myself 'Harvest Moon' for my Wii since I'm a long time fan of the series... The game is nice but partly PRETTY annoying. Sometimes it's so slow due to animations which could be a lot faster. The graphics are really not up-to-date. I expected way more. ... nevertheless I must admit I can't stop playing it X)
Yesterday was awesome weather which is why Dina, Kaji and me went to a nearby lake. And the rest of the world had the same idea. Dina was so nervous because of all the people it was really straining. When we sat down to enjoy the sun she couldn't get tired of grumbling when someone walked near us. 9___9 Man. Oh, and I nearly burned my skin. Seems my skin isn't ready for so much sun yet. :x But all in all it was a pretty nice trip. We got some ice cream and then went home again.
Oh and I love this photo... :x
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