Thank you, Amanda.

So. I am, like, always on facebook because I have no life and my boyfriend is 21 whereas I am not so I cannot participate in the same activities. Sorry...I'm rambling, BUT a friend of mine, Amanda K. from AAArt sent me this link: THE LINK about friends and losing them to jealousy, which I totally understand.

But, can I be honest for a moment? I'm not jealous of anyone at my school. Not that I think I'm the best because I sure as hell am NOT, but....like I said in my other blog, "There will always be someone better than you." So, why should I worry about everyone else? I don't even put myself in my friends' categories of art. My friend Ryan T. is so gifted with colored pencil; he makes drawings look like photographs. And Matt K. is so stylized and clever with his creatures, that, even though we both draw the same things, we draw them so differently. I can't even compare myself to them.

So, I guess though I may still have to worry about losing friends to jealousy, my friends don't need to worry about losing me. And, I guess that's all I have to say.


If you didn't click the link before, click here:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/27gKUY/luannudell.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/mean-people-suck-2a-professional-jealousy-part-deux/

I Am Now a Man

So I've been thinking...

I dislike female artists. I do not know why, I am just prejudiced so I think from now on I will take on a male identity for my art.

By naming myself S.G.DeCarlo instead of using Samantha DeCarlo-or even just using G.DeCarlo- I will no longer have a "sex" to my art. I would much prefer to stay anonymous, or androgynous, when people see my work.

Drawing Hurts Sometimes

Ugh.

My neck hurts so bad. My fingers cannot physically move a pen anymore. I need something cracked.

I suppose everything I do is worth it in the end. I began drawing a new piece for a commission that I, at first, had some major issues with but worked out in the end (or almost end I should say).

If you are at all interested in seeing it, here's the link: http://www.samanthadecarlo.blogspot.com/

So Glad to be the Only One

I think this is what it would be like to have a sibling. As an only child, I never need to share my things, worry about someone using my art supplies, make up, or clothes. Since the beginning of time (when my life began, or at least that's how it feels to me) I have been the center of my parent's world, and that's how I want to keep it.

However, I can see some benefits to having a sibling...

1. I could steal her clothes (given I had an older sister) and hide mine from her (seems fair)
2. If I had an older brother, maybe I'd get to know some cute older guys! (Which, I suppose, would have only benefitted me before I met my current boyfriend)
3. If I had a younger sibling, I could boss him and all his little friends around and make them do my chores for little pay (or nothing more than a promise for Oreos)! I could have a mini-sweat shop right out of my bedroom....
4. I could use the little one as a scapegoat for all the times I got in trouble for demolishing the family room, or leaving empty dishes haphazardly around the house
5. I can't think of any benefits....

See? I wasn't meant to have a sibling. And don't pity me for never knowing the sisterly love that  gajillions of other people have learned to love and cherish. My life is great. My life is how I am meant to live it.