Appropriately Sappy dA Birfdai Journal

Ok, so we all know I joined dA six years ago today. I've done the whole progression thing for the last several years. You know, the long, wordy journal about how much dA means to me and how much it's helped me grow as an artist.

This year, I'm doing something slightly different. This year I'm gonna SHOW you some of the most important things to me on dA.

• My first :


• My first watcher:


• My first deviation:


• My first manip:


• My first journal:[link]


• My first and most enduring deviantAddiction: #Trivia


• My first club:


• The first thing I ever commissioned:


• My first devWEAR:


• My first print: (I still don't know who was the gift fairy on that one.)


• The first person I knew strictly from dA I ever met IRL:


• The first person from dA ever to call me on the phone:

Faith In Humanity

Inspired by last year's onslaught of the Faith In Humanity Tally, I decided this year I would try to play. I'll probably lose track of it or forget about it or something as the year goes on, but at least it's worth a shot. And no, I won't be deducting any points from my tally for that statement because that's not me showing a lack of faith in humanity as a whole, just a lack of faith in myself. I should be entitled to be my own worst enemy if I'm keeping this thing to try and remind myself that the world is NOT out to get me.

So here goes.

+1 Getting to spend a lazy day (for once!) watching the Bones marathon on TNT.
+1 Random upbeat text message from `junoknight.
-1 First journal I read while catching up on 3 days worth of missed messages being all dArama-y.
-1 Having to work through midnight last night.
+1 Having a great crew to work through midnight with.
+1 Champagne toast with champagne that didn't suck.

Total: 367


Tally before stopping: 367
- 24 for January (Since I did try for about a week.)
- 29 for February
+5 for getting a decent-paying job in a miserable economy.
-3 for hating it.
+1 for finding a hidden yarn stash at the fabric store.
+1 for getting said yarn for 50% off.
+3 for the surprise devWEAR from =Athos-of-Light
-1 for needing to exchange it.
-1 for not having gotten it back after 3 weeks.
-2 for Ry not having received his Xbox after a month of it being in the Postal system.

Current tally for March: 317

+5 for Ry's Xbox FINALLY getting to him.
+2 One for each of the two J.D. Robb mysteries I'll get to read this month.
+10 for passing the test on the first phase of my job training.
+5 for apparently impressing the hell out of my Area Supervisor.
-2 for STILL not having gotten mah hat back from Merch.
-5 for so-called friends who jump to judgments before knowing the truth.
+5 for St. Patrick's Day.
+2 for finding a beautiful historic house I want to restore.
+3 for it being REALLY cheap.
-3 for having NO idea where I'm going to find the funding to do said restoration.

Total: 339


+3 - Dart Box Cap is in the next town over and will be delivered the next business day (Monday).
+5 - Having 2 shifts left in my job training.
-2 - Testing anxiety over my upcoming final exam (the passing of which determines whether I will have a job at the end of the day).
-2 - Having to leave my awesome crew that have spoiled me rotten the last two months by excelling at their jobs.

Current total: 343

Still ahead.

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