I have no idea if this has any relevance to anything at all, but I just found it totally odd.

I decided to check the few messages I have and realized a great deal of them were favorites.

O.o Don't get me wrong, I am absolutely loving this, but I'm thinking that either everyone is having the same idea in their search patterns or this piece was featured somewhere and I wasn't informed.




In the past couple of hours I've gotten quite a few favorites on it and I have no idea when it broke 4K pageviews (apparently a long time ago~). Haha, it's weird. Normally I get on here and just see a few favorites here and there for this one:



Which, by the way, is still my most successful deviation to date.

Her deviation with the most comments is Dragon's Flame with 93 comments, and it is also her most favourited, with 296 favourites. Her most viewed deviation is Dragon's Flame with 6,371 views.

Woot~! Go random fire picture that turned out epically awesome!

Anyways, like I said, don't get me wrong. I'm loving that my kitty cat, Jynx, is getting attention. He needs love. Haha. It's getting to be that time of the year again when people are wanting the Spookish backgrounds on their screens, so maybe I'm just over thinking it.

_{Can't say it wouldn't be awesome to have had it featured though. >.< -fail-}

-Update before posting- Just got a Print Request for it....That's gotta be a mistake! *laughs* Those buttons are damn close together, I tell ya..

Updated update!

New journal layout! Let me know if it looks weird on your screen or not. I'm not totally sure about it...I just liked the pretty swirls~

I know I mentioned my birthday in my previous journal, but I didn't really say much else.

As of today, September 15, 2009, I'm officially the big 2-1

Haha...And, unlike any other year, this birthday really did mean something to me.

It was just over five years ago that (before I received my heart transplant) I actually didn't think I'd make it to see myself turn 21. Depressing, yes, but, at the time, it was the sad truth.

Then, on that fateful night, a girl suffered a horrible accident and passed away. She was 21.

This girl, a complete stranger to me, helped me to live and see the day that I'm able to say "I made it. I'm twenty-one years old now."

To me, that's the greatest present anyone on this earth can ever give me. It was hard to accept at first, that someone had to die in order for me to live, but I realized that it was her dying wish to have someone else to continue living.

I will never know this girl, nor will I truly know how many people she saved that night. All I do know, however, is that I, honestly, owe her my life.

Thank you so much for giving me another chance to see this day and here is to the hopes of many more to come!

<sub>And, I don't know if I've ever really talked about this fact, but my receiving her heart was practically a miracle.

When her heart was listed in the donor bank, there was listed with it a small defect. Countless hospitals turned the other cheek and passed it by, not wanting to risk giving their patients something imperfect.

When it reached my name on the list as compatible, my doctor was skeptical. Everything else listed for this heart was practically perfect. There was nothing wrong except for this single defect. He phoned the hospital that was holding the heart and questioned the report.

"Oh, no sir. That was a mistake in the report. We'd never list something if it had any sort of defect. This heart is one hundred percent healthy."

Later, after the surgery, when I was just being sent to the recovery room, the transplant doctor pulled my mother aside and held her hands in his.

"That heart was meant for her. When I placed it in her chest, it fit into her like a glove. It couldn't have been a more perfect fit."</sub>

Oh hai~-shot-

*bows down* Sorry for not returning...again! I "phail" at life. >.>

Before I begin, I really want to thank those that commented on my last journal! Your support was exactly what I needed! You guys rock!

So I have a few things to say but first things first!

My Demo Recording Was A Great Success!

Well...I think it was.

Is it a compliment if you are told, "You should voice the gayest gay in gaysville!"?

*laughs* I took it as one. It was one of the voices that I tried to do for one of the commercial runs. The producer guy didn't very much like it, but the guy recording liked it to the point that he almost fell off his chair from laughing so much.

But, yes after two hours of talking into a microphone to a guy I heard only over my headphones (The producer guy didn't actually show up, so he was phone patched in.), I finally wrapped it up and got to hear the words:

"Kyrstin, it was wonderful working with you! I can tell you have a lot of potential to unlock still, but I think this field is perfect for you. I can definitely see you working with audio books, especially with children books. Also, with your childlike voice, you'd do well for animation. And possibly video games too! You did an amazing job today!"



I was walking on air~ Even the guy that was doing the recording was complimenting me. He said that he had been working with this group for almost three years now and that he had seen a lot of people come and go. A lot of them weren't even worth their time near a mic. "But, you were one of the best I've seen come through here."

-fail- I still have a hard time believing everything they said. I have a problem with confidence...-nervous laugh- or, should I say, Lack There Of...



Well, on another note, my older brother's birthday was today (Sept. 13). He's 29~ I texted him this morning and asked how it was to be an old man. I think he took it rather well.

....>.> Until he pointed out that my birthday is two days after his.

So mean~

Howdy~

Long time no talk...Again. I really need to stop doing this. I'm scaring myself. I used to post a journal like...Every other day. Now? I barely post. I think I've posted maybe ten(?) journals this year. That's...Sad.

Anyways, big news folks! Well, believe it or not, I've always had an interest in voice acting. However, I've never believed myself to be any good; aka my confidence sucks big ones.

Well, thanks to ~Kage-Ichihashi I found myself going to this class at a local college called "Voice Coaches" back on June 16th. It was for one night only. I quite enjoyed it, too. There were a bunch of people there and there was a lot of information to be learned.

Well, the guy that was hosting this class wanted each "student" to come to the front and read part of this commercial script. There were four people to a commercial, so we each had a line. He also said that, if we wished, we could write down our information and then he'd grade us on how well he thought we did and then have someone else take a listen too. Then, the next morning, the other person would call and let us know how we did.

I figured, why not? So, everything was said and done and we went home about an hour later.

The next morning rolls around and I get a phone call. I almost didn't answer it because I didn't recognize the number and it was at the crack of dawn (okay, not quite that bad, but still it was early). Sleepily, I answer the phone and this booming (yet very amazing) voice comes over the line and about scares the shit out of me (hahaha).

I'm speechless as he rambles on and on about how well I did and about how they'd like me to train with them. I had no idea what to say. So, I ask him to call back the next morning...-fail-

Needless to say, I eventually signed up. And..guess what?

Tomorrow, I get to travel three hours to a recording studio and I get to record my demo!....An actual DEMO~! I'm still in shock. My classes went well (I took them over the phone) and now I'm (supposedly) ready to go record my demo!

.....And I'm scared shitless....

I think I'll be all right. My idiotic charm will take over and I'll manage to bumble and stumble through it all, but I'm still nervous. *takes deep breath*



Work has been really shitty lately, but that's nothing new, I suppose. I'm behind on my deviations once again. Not quite AS bad as it has been, but still getting there. But, that aside, I still have a few new watchers! It makes me very happeh~

I just keep hitting slumps and not wanting to touch my laptop.

I think it is because of my severe case of writer's block. It's a nasty bastard that won't go away. He has kidnapped my muse and is holding him for ransom. *nods* I haven't quite figured out what the ransom is, but I know that has to be because I haven't gotten him back yet. T-T I'm getting lonely.

Oh, and my laptop, which I've named Blaylock, has been being a jerk lately. Lagging very badly and causing me more and more problems. I think something is eating his Ram..*snickersnorts*

Bah...Anyways, I think that is all I really have to update on.

IF YOU EVER GET THE CHANCE, I DEMAND YOU ALL TO GO LISTEN TO THE GROUP CALLED OWL CITY! THEY ARE FREAKING AMAZING! I LOVE THEM TO DEATH!

Kay...'Nuff said~