So, how is everyone? I hope all is well on your homefronts.

As for me, the fall semester of college, is getting ready to start. I am taking three classes, that could prove to be a challenge, with me working and everything. But, I think I will be fine. The courses I am taking for fall are as follows:

Applied Math
Fundamentals of Writing
US History till 1865

Basically I am taking some refresher courses, to get up to speed on my math as well as a couple other things. Math is actually my weakest subject out of the whole lot, next to english. But, we shall see, hopefully I can catch on pretty quick, haven't been in school, for over 11 years.

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In other news...

I have started working on some original sketches of original characters, especially for a Final Fantasy VII fan fic I am wanting to revamp that me and a cousin worked on.

The story, takes place 500 years AFTER the original story line and Advent children. It can get confusing, because the plot begins in the present, with the arrival of Cloud and Tifa's two children, Zack & Aerith (go figure, I HAD to name them after two of the most influential characters in cloud's life ^^) They are approximately 3 years apart. Not putting twins in this one, but I am doing a boy and girl ^^.

I can't put up a rough draft of how I want it later so you can all read it.

also, fallen angel, IS STILL IN THE WORKS. I just haven't had much time on writting on t it or doing character art or sketches. the same goes for Mikayla's Wrath, which I hope I can complete a chapter or two within the next couple of days. we will have to wait and see.

Also, Congrats are in order, for my neice. She has successfully completed the 8th grade and will be a Fresheman in high school this year, at Gillespie High, in Gillespie, IL! Congrats Britt Britt, Aunt Mellie is proud of you!

Well, I do believe this is all the time I have for RKOD's journal entry for today. I must leave and go grocery shopping and then enjoy the rest of my two days off!

Take care everyone, and we shall see you on the flipside of tomorrow!!

~RKOD

Greetings and Salutations! How is everyone! I hope all is well.

Anyway, just thought I would update my journal and let everyone know, that Mikayla's Wrath Chapter 3 has now been posted.

I was hoping to get one or two more chapters posted, but I figure, since the chapters are pretty long IMO, I would just post them one at a time, so you guys can read them at a slower pace! ^-^

Also, I can never say this enough, but my grammar, spelling and punctuation, are not as good as they used to be, in truth, Grammar, along with math were never my strong suits in High School or grade school for that matter. So, I do the best I can, just as long as the readers enjoy the stories. ^^

I do plan on creating more fanart for the story, I still don't have final character designs for the Doragons and Aura and I plan on an original piece of art (more than likely anime/manga related) for the 3,000 page views I am about to receive! Unfortunately, My net will probably be disconnected for about 3 days, before I can upload it onto the computer.

To get away from using the vowel "I" so much at the beginning XD I'm going to let you all know, that um..I (DOH!) will be leaving for vacation to Illinois from June 6th through the 11th, and won't be able to post much, until I get back from my trip.

It will be about a 10hr. drive from where I live, to the central half of the state of Illinois. I can't wait to get home and visit everyone!

I will especially be happy to go back and congratulate my oldest neice for achieving first place in the Illinois State Choir Competition for school! This is of course for only the solo half of the competition, and I am probably the most excited aunt right now!

Well, I think my journal entry, has gone on far enough, anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful day!

~RKOD

Don't you hate it, when you want to make a journal entry and you don't know what to put? Well, I guess you could say, that I just had that very problem!

Anyway, Not much as far as updates, I did change my desktop to what is now my current image. as far as anything else goes, I haven't been able to complete any of the projects I had listed in my last journal entry.

Mikayala's Wrath chapter 3, is almost finally done, after a LONG time in writting. Pretty sad, its taken me almost two years to even get up to that chapter and have it finished! XD

I used to be able to push two or three chapters out a day, but since I work all the time now, I don't feel like being online for too long nor on the computer for any length of time. Being a manager is exhausting! LOL XD

Also, my dad's girlfriend was hospitalized last month due to first, second and third degree burns, the worst of which, occured on her arms, hands, ears and her right leg and the whole top and bottom of her foot.

But, anyway, now that I have new batteries for my digital camera, I am going to try and take my camera with me and hopefully catch some cool images.

I still want to try and get the Team Kurenai fan art done and I would also like to get some colorized versions of my original character designs.

So, I do hope everyone is doing well and that things are going good. I also want thank everyone who visits my page! I'll see what I can do, about getting some new art, fan fic chapters and photos posted. with my busy and hectic work schedule, they will probably be VERY sparse.

but, until next time!

Blessed Be!

~RKOD

Well, its been a while. So, how has everyone been doing? hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving/christimas and new year. As for me, there are changes afoot.

I am still trying to get used to being a new Shift Manager, and trying to come up with ways to inspire me.

I also haven't been inspired lately. I still have so many things I want to complete that I am working on. Here is just a small list of projects that I am trying to complete and haven't because I haven't found the inspiration.
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Drawings
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FFX Drawing of Yuna and some of her Aeons
Mikayla's Wrath Characters
Fallen Angel characters
Naruto Fan art
Bleach Fan art
Xenosaga Fan Art
Various others
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Fan Fiction
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Mikayla's Wrath (chapt. 3 and on)Fan Fic
Chrono Cross: Time's Scar Fan Fic
Naruto: The Next Hokage (temp title)
DMC fan fic
Suikoden Fan Fic
Gundam Wing
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Original Fiction
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Fallen Angel
Chronicles of Valora

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Anyway, that is but a small fraction of projects, I want to complete. I would also like to try my hand at making my own manga, but I need to get a book on that subject so I can learn how to do layouts and the like.

Anyway, Just recently, I at least posted some new photos of my kitty. Granted, they aren't professional quality and may be lacking, but none-the-less, I think they turned out good.

So, enjoy those while I try and inspire myself to come up with more ideas for my fan fiction, fanart, etc.

Until Next time!

~RKOD

Well, it sure took me forever! but I finally got to uploading some images that I took with digital camera!

1. My Kitty Jinx
2. Waiting for spring3
3. Visitor in the Night
4. My Kitty Jinx II

Sure, they aren't the best quality, but I am working on it! I may have to get a photoshop program, besied the PhotoStudio, that came with the camera.

The images, don't look crisp and clean, like they do on the camera's screen and the pics were actually taken randomly.

I have another photo, that I will be uploading here soon and it is an Autumn Floral Arrangement, that is still a "work in progress" project ^^ it will more than likely be submitted into my scraps though and you can feel free to take a look at it there.

I also had to place a couple of the pics in a different category than what I wanted, because I had to scale the images down so much, lest they look totally pixalated and crappy!

This is my first time, submitting my photos here and I hope everyone who views them, enjoy them, even though, they need major touch-ups.

Projects In The Works
I. Mikayla's Wrath ~Chapters 3 & 4~
II. Character Designs for said story
III. Character Designs for original story
IV. More Photos!

Just keep your eyes peeled and I will try and get more posted in the near future. Now that I have the net back, I plan to post as often I can, whenever I can.

~Ja Ne!