Paint My Picture If You Must

Somebody asked me what my journal titles were from and it inspired me to introduce a few of you to Duke Special. He's from Lisburn, Northern Ireland, and a fabulous talent. Not too popular in the states yet, but I'm hoping he soon will be.

Anyway, my main titles are from Portrait.



Paint my picture if you must,
Please remember to be kind.
'Cause darling, your broken heart was never on my mind.

Paint me with a building heart
Like some cruel valentine
But darling, your broken heart was never on my mind.

And when you feel the clash, and you don't want me around,
Could you endure the rasp as kisses filled with fibreglass rain down

Heavy as a hummingbird
But more difficult to find
Well darling, your broken heart was never on my mind.

Clumsy as a ragtime clown
Or a dancing Frankenstein
Well darling, your broken heart was never on my mind

So pull this canvas down beneath that angry moon
As you endure the sound of one more singer singing out of tune.
Out of tune.

So paint my picture, well, if you must
Not forgetting to be kind
Cause darling, your broken heart was never on my mind.

I am dead, I have died, I everything about me has left the building...

I was up until 2 last night writing papers, I didn't get out of my class until 10. I am exhausted.

Went to see Gee's Bend at the Rep tonight. It was pretty good, I had a good time, now I'm tired.

I have a feeling I need to do Irena's letter soon, but Lee is busy so I have an excuse to be lazy.

I just got out of film class... They showed our film on a huge screen in front of most of the other film students...

I never want to look in the mirror or see myself 9ft. tall again.

English Breakfast Tea and Pears with Blarney Castle cheese...

I can't be the only one who knows the goodness of a pear with cheese and tea, can I?

( I bought the digital camera that took this picture back in '99. I still have this camera. I really need a new one. )

I just decided to put down all the extra stuff from my notebooks. I've got the urge to write something but have no insperation for the characters I have to post for. I hope this will help.

- My Mother bore me for command, not for combat.

- Shame, shame on a conqured king.

- Why has everyone started talking about James Joyce lately?

- Eligere = to choose.

"I want a guy I can look up to and admire - but I don't want him to brow-beat me.
I want a guy who's sweet to me, but I don't want him to baby me.
I want a guy who has some real reguard for me, aside from all that loving stuff."

- We get in our own way.

- I have no brain right now.

- The perfect songs for Rox are Downfall and All I need by Matchbox 20.

- How the hell does my brain mix up Edward II and Edward III with Henry III?

Dr. Falls was in rare form today. We started talking about the Order of the Garter and somebody dropped their pen.

"Ah see, there we could start our own order and you all are my lords. The Order of the Pen. Maybe a motto in french, maybe latin: Bendus overus andus pickus upus the penus."

I swear to God I died right then and there. He's such a dirty old man.

name: Marieta
nickname(s): Mari, M, Emmy, Emerson, Mishness, MIB, Dictionary (I have insane friends, I admit that)
birthday/age: Oct. 7th, 1988. 19
zodiac: Libra
screenname: caputlupinum
usernames you've been at on ij (if you've moved?): Just this one
family: David (biological father), Joanne (biological mother), Shawn (biological brother), Robert (biological brother), Harrison Allen (adoptive father), Mary (adoptive mother), Harrison Stephen (adoptive brother), Kimberly (adoptive sister).
pets: Dinah (white, 4 year-old cat), Happy (10 year-old Bishon Frise)
three things that occupy most of your time: classes, fanpop, and pc games.
hobbies: Writing, photo editing, icon making, filmmaking, film editing, calligraphy.
favorite color(s): All shades of blue, dark greens.
places you've traveled/been to: England, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, France, New York, New Jersey, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nevada, Hawaii.
places/states you've lived: Hillsborogh, MO. St. Louis, MO. Florissant, MO. Bethalto, IL. Kansas City, MO.
favorite movies: All the Star Wars movies, Gladiator, Dracula (1931), Moulin Rouge, Serenity, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Phantom of the Opera, Taming of the Shrew (Taylor and Burton version), Hamlet (Gibson and Bonam-Carter version), A Lion in Winter (Hepburn and O'Tool version), Harvey, Underworld, Cleopatra (Taylor, Burton and Harrison version).
favorite music: Sting, The Killers, The Decemberists, The Fratellis, Maroon 5, Panic! At the Disco, Depeche Mode, Genesis, Seether, Soko, Fiona Apple, Tori Amos, Nine Inch Nails, Interpol, Snow Patrol, Feist, George Michael, Elton John, Dean Martin, John Barrowman, Michael Buble, Linkin Park, Phantom Planet, Voltaire, Modest Mouse, Duke Special.
favorite television shows: The Office, Mythbusters, House, Junkyard Wars, The Bios on Bio, 48 Hours, City Confidential, Glenn Beck, Scrubs, Doctor Who, Torchwood, M*A*S*H, Firefly, Good Eats, Batman: The New Animated Series (the one from the late 90's), Keeping Up Appearances, As Time Goes By, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, All Creatures Great and Small, Monty Python's Flying Circus.
favorite actors and actresses: Jeremy Northam, Gerard Butler, David Tennant, Lalla Ward, Callum Blue, Christian Bale (this is your fault Ashley!), Amy Adams, Bryce Dallas Howard, Diane Kruger, Hugh Laurie, Ioan Gruffudd, Joe Anderson (this is your fault Calico!), John Barrowman, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Morena Baccarin, Sir Derek Jacobi, Bela Legosi, Harrison Ford, Kathy Bates.

Hello boys and girls. I've been sorta quiet lately, not that anybody has noticed (oh well, I do this journal for me, not for you.), my film class has been devouring my life with it's latest assignment. Anyway, I thought I'd put up a little to do list for spring break just so I can see it and not ignore it.

TO DO LIST
Find ways to use 'Shiny' and 'the 'verse' in everyday speech
Thread for Thane (I'm not gonna depend on Steph for things for him to do)
Finish Luke/Caleb/Rox thread
Thread for Geoff
Thread for Nicolae
Finish Profile for Virginia
Finish Profile for Iseul
Learn to use Photostudio 5.5
Brainstorm for my Digital Narrative
Finish Firefly episodes, Watch Serenity
Move stuff from Live Journal to here.
Complete March Playlist
Go buy new clothes (I've lost 25 lbs. and need clothes that fit)
Organize PB folders
Re-do character page
Make more sushi
Buy loose-leaf tea
Talk to Shawna
Update my Fanpop page
Pick out some courses for Fall Semester
Apply at the old movie theater
Run lines with Adam, teach him to deliver lines with real feeling.

Blah... Why doesn't my web cam work?

EDIT: Okay, now it does... That's crazy. I might start doing a few video logs... Whatever, I donno.

I have become a shipper...

I'm not sure how this happened, but it has and I suppose I should embrace it. My fanpop page is gonna be full of 'em I know it, though I'm just gonna name a few here because they don't have all of these up.

Mari's ships: JAM (Jim and Pam, The Office). Dwangela (Dwight and Angela, The Office). Curk (Turk and Carla, Scrubs). Cevan (Carth Onasi and Female Revan, KOTOR 1). Axile (Atton Rand and Female Exile, KOTOR 2). Dromana (The Doctor and Romana, Doctor Who). Drose (The Doctor and Rose, Doctor Who). Drack (The Doctor and Jack, Doctor Who). Janto (Jack and Ianto, Torchwood). Towen (Owen and Tosh, Torchwood). Kyne (Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle, Batman). CatBat (Batman and Catwoman, Batman). Hivy (Harley Quinn and Posion Ivy, Batman). Harvina (Harvey Dent and Selina Kyle, Batman). Malon (Talon Karrade and Mara Jade, Star Wars).

I'm sure there are hundreds more I just can't think of any right now. I'd do my RP ships here, but most of them have let me down so much I can't post them.

EDIT: Completely forgot about: Maiko (Zuko and Mai, Avatar the Last Airbender). Tokka (Sokka and Toph, Avatar the Last Airbender). Louistat (Lestat and Louis, The Vampire Chronicles). Panius (Marius and Pandora, The Vampire Chronicles). Dracbeta (Dracula and Elizabeta, Dracula [not the movie]).More to come I'm sure.

I'm a dumbass. No, really, I am. I come from a long line of them and my children will be dumbasses...

Anyway, I really screwed up my dates for this journal so none of my posts have been popping up as they should... But everything should be fine now. I invite those of you that care to go through some of my older posts, not that there is anything important, but it's entertaining.

Oh and the Medieval English History test that I thought I bombed and made me dread class today... Well, I got a C+ and feel completely better about my whole day.

And he was in rare form today, I thought my cheeks were going to be sore with all the smiling he made me do. He came in still talking to his girlfriend on the phone so that kinda upset me, but you know, I need to let this whole thing go. I'm letting myself get too carried away.

Okay, so I'm sick. Not physically, mind you, but I've suddenly become depressed... Okay, so not suddenly as my last post said, but it's become a bit deeper.

School is exhausting and is draining my creativity. I can't post for my characters its become so bad. There is the guy I'm really mad about but he has a girlfriend and I'm too nice/timid to make a play for him. I'm a Libra, okay, my love life really fucks with everything else I have going on. I'm tired and I don't know what to do with myself.

Somebody please beat me or something...

More shooting on super-8 today, that makes me happy.

It's 19 degrees outside and rapidly dropping, the falling snow is gonna fuck with my partner's EXT shots.

I don't care, it's gonna be fun.Changed shots to INT, we were all thrilled.

Everything around me is breaking today. My pencil, my laptop case strap, my mom's ear muffs, my excellent WIFI connection. I should be pissed cause things aren't working out for me today.

I'm not, so there!

I've gotta find out what Steph wants to do with the Merhite things, hopefully get Thane some threadage. Figure out something with Matt for this week-

I think I like calling him Matthew better, it just seems to fit him.

Whatever. I've also gotta get Rox's big plottish things out of the way.

She might dislike Alex for a while but she'll come around.

Kinda doubt that, but whatever. Also I'm gonna have to finish up my kiddies for Conscio.

Yay, Gerry again! Gerry is love.

Yes he is. Film class is gonna start soon, better run to Haag and grab the couch.

It was raining when I went into school this morning.

No one knows the joy of going to a Pol-Sci class at 8 in the AM. I'm a Libertarian, yeah, I've come to embrace it (for those of you who live outside the US it's basically, 'fuck 'em, we'll decide what's best for us, like smoking and porn, and you guys in government can only step in when somebody kills somebody else.' I like to think of it as overactive individualism.), so I've got a problem with my prof asking us our political affiliation and justifying it with 'you don't have to answer'.

The lightning was really pretty out the window, you forget how pretty things are when all you do is stare at power points and pretend to take notes.

I'm on one of those diets where you buy their food. I had to eat a whole can of green beans. I hate green beans.

I had one of those crystallizing moments, you know, where things get really clear. I'm spending all this money to get a piece of paper that says I can do something I've always been able to do but just for more money. And I'm taking all these extra classes I have no interest in because that's what UMKC says makes me a well-rounded person.

My darjeeling tea has 1% potassium. And nothing else.

Wednesday is gonna be murder but now I have friends in my film class that have the same ideas that I do, about film that is. It's really nice to have people who understand what I'm saying.

I've gone crazy.

( Stuff )

These are mostly from around 05 or 06, a few are even older. I don't make icons much anymore, not having a copy of photoshop makes that difficult. Anyway, enjoy, take a few if you'd like, no credit nessicary.

( Because I have love for friends pages )