Skippy-the-Demon

HEY GUYS!

Alright, so, as you might be able to tell by my years-long hiatus, I pretty much no longer use this account. There are several reasons for this:

1. Life got a little too adult-y and stuff (grad school, work, several moves) got in the way
   
   
2. I barely draw or make any kind of visual art anymore
   
   
3. I have primarily moved over to tumblr.com
   

HOWEVER! I do still write all kinds of fanfiction, which I have been posting on my other online accounts. I have also been slowly moving all of my fanfiction from here over to my other locations, so that everything is all together and more organized. Now, I have abandoned my LiveJournal, but I've revamped my old FF.N account, as well as signed up for Archive of Our Own. I'll leave links below so that anyone who wishes to find me, can.

I want to thank you all so, so much for your support and your friendships over the years - and if you have only recently found me then I thank you for taking interest in my horrendously old attempts at art. I'm sorry that I'm leaving, but please feel free to come and hunt me down on my other accounts. 

Now since it is possible that I'll come back and revamp/clean up my DA at some point in the future and turn it into fanfiction gallery, I won't be deactivating. But because have I three other places where I'm more active, that probably won't happen anytime soon - if at all.

So let me say again how happy I am to have been part of the DA community for as long as I was, and how grateful I am to have met so many of you. I love you, guys - take care of yourselves and I hope to see some of you on my other sites~  

As always,

Skippy luvs you!

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(User name is ChronicCombustion in all three places.)

Hello, all.

So once again I have succeeded in all but alienating myself through disappearance and lack of communication, and once again I'd like to stress that it's not any of you - it's me being...well, me. So yes. No journal entries since July. Derp. I'm a loser.

But anyway, enough of that. It's December 24th and, though my family celebrates Yule instead of Christmas, I'd like to wish everyone a wonderful holiday, whatever it is that you may celebrate. And a happy, HAPPY New Year.

There are some amazing people that I would like to thank for their patience and friendship over the time I've known them and I want to say to them all: I love you. You are what makes me smile. I'm sure that some of you may think I've forgotten about you or that you are being ignored. Not so. You're in my thoughts always.

May we continue to be friends in the years that follow, starting with this next one coming up.

Forever your eccentric acquaintance/companion/friend/lover/or otherwise,

~Erin {"Skippy"}



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So I suppose I should update this thing-a-ma-bobber, hmmyes? Hmmyes. Okay. Here goes.

Momocon was in March and, while there was a good chunk of it that decayed into a bit of a MASSIVE DISASTER, the rest of it was fairly awesome. Especially the new friends I made. :>
Of course, my old friends from Dragon*Con 2010 and I had a fucking blast, and it was fantastic to see them all again. and, of course, the ever-lovely WHOM BY THE WAY!!!!

Ladies and gentlemen,   and I are officially dating. I could NOT be happier. She's sweet, funny, kind, adorable, talented as hell, and she doesn't take shit from anyone. XD NYA!

So yeah. Back to the con update. The day before Momocon, the four of us dressed as a bunch of OC's and derped around a graveyard. Good times were had by all. The next day was a GINORMOUS HiNaBN photofest with a huge group of HannaFags. It. Was. Glorious. Met and a whole lot of other magnificent people. WOOT new friends!
Annnnnd the day after that we were forced to leave early due to unforeseen complications. We won't get into that right now. Nooope.

But moving on to the next bit here. This past weekend was Days of the Dead in Indianapolis - basically Monster Con but with a different name - and once more, we had an epic time. came up to stay with me for a couple of weeks and came with roseredautumn myself, and our buddy Greenie to said convention. Friday was Repo! day, with our group cosplaying Blind Mag {a-la Chase the Morning scene}, Pavi Largo {wearing a latex mask that was ACTUALLY molded from a cast of MY face...creepiest shit I've EVER seen, but it was an awesome experience to make it and it made my theatrical makeup artist's soul sing a little...then cringe and hide in the corner}, Amber Sweet {I feel like a whore, lol}, and Shilo Wallace {Oh Alex, why yo so cute?}
Terrance Zdunich - the Graverobber, Ogre - Pavi, and Bill Mosely - Luigi, were all there at the con and lucky Indigo, since she was our Shilo, got sung to by Mr. Zdunich. YOU GO, YOU LUCKY LITTLE THING, YOU! She turned bright freaking red. So cute.

Saturday, we were all trussed up as Red Death from The Phantom of the Opera {STAGE VERSION; he made the entire thing himself save for the mask, which was painted by Autumn}, Carlotta from TPotO {a-la 'Masquerade' scene - STAGE VERSION}, Punk!Hanna from the Punk AU of HiNaBN {derp }, and the Kuchisake-Onna {en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuchisak… Oh my god, I love this legend. So much.}
Sunday, we were the Bride of Frankenstein's Monster {lot of love for that one}, classic Phantom from TPotO, and a pair of OC's - more specifically, Indigo and I's muses {only her as mine and me as hers} after BAD SHIT happened to them; one canon, one no longer canon.

Also, all three of my costumes required a set of contacts that would have whited out my irises. Sadly, they came in ripped and then the replacement pair never came in at all. Fffffff. Not cool, man, not cool.

Fun times, fun times.

Anywho, my tablet stylus is still busted so my actual art might be a bit limited for a while longer, but I'm trying to get back into drawing more. I miss it. Summer school is over for me now and we have internet - finally - at the house my roommate and I are renting, so I can be a bit more successful with not being vanished anymore. La-di-da. Expect some more fanfiction as I try my damndest to get back into the flow of writing. Yush. I think I'll put up the first chapter of my MediEvil fic for the fan group here on DA, even though I don't want to put it up on ff.n just yet. I want to get more done on it before I do that. Personally? I think I'm kind of dead with Fanfiction.net. Eh. Oh well. Whatever.

For now, it is the tail end of Independence Day for America, and my buddies want to take a trip to go buy discount fireworks and smores stuff. Bonfire time! Peace, y'all!


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WHERE DID SKIPPY GO?!

Damn, guys, I am SO sorry! I haven't be here but in fleeting since September! Fuck, I miss my DA friends SO MUCH! {Eugy! EUGY I HAVEN'T ABANDONED YOOOOOUUU!!!!!! *sobs*} All of you.

Okay, well, the fanfiction may have dried up for a bit; I still have a shit ton written, but a lot of it isn't finished. And anyway, my muse, darling thing that he is, has been doing a MARVELOUS job of getting me back on track for my own, personal stories. Which means that I may actually get something written within a year or so and HOPEFULLY get published.
On the other hand, it might very well jog me back into doing actual art. I stopped drawing for the longest damn time, but I'm re-learning how to use my tablet and Photoshop, so here goes nothing.

Long story short - expecially since my last journal was long enough for everyone - expect to see a little bit more of me from now on. At least until I get distracted agai-OOH SHINY OBJECTS!!!!

{Also, cosplays coming up! I still have ones from Dragon*Con 2010 to put up, but I was holding off because most of the best ones have already been put up by my D*Con friends. Anyway, MomoCOn is around the corner and there WILL be more costume escapades. Yes, more HiNaBN, but also a few other things as well. Riley Shaw (indigoblueshine) Soddreco Shaharistarah (lskaori) - probably not for MomoCon, sadly - Kaori (lskaori) Lady Salem (me) er...MAYBE my muse much later on...A few more, but we'll come to that when we come to that.}

OH! One more thing. I feel it might be a good thing if I had some kind of motivation to keep me going, so if anyone has suggestions or maybe an art/story trade idea, THROW IT AT ME!!!
{I STILL owe Evaesis a completed HiNaBN fic and I promised my fellow MediEvil nerd a re-write of my MediEvil fic. ARG! SO MUCH! ><} Not saying it will get done right away, but throw the suggestions anyway. Because I need some more practice.

Anyway, night everyone! I'm off to ream land where I can derp with the unicorns an fairy-folk! {No, I'm not on drugs, college has just destroyed my sanity. lol}

LOVE YOU ALL!!! SORRY AGAIN! *bricked mercilessly*

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SO! DragonCon 2010.

Best. Experience. Ever.

No, not even kidding. This beat out MonsterCon and Waverly Hills {yes, I did just say that} and Disney World all combined. A perfect end to the summer, except I didn't want it to end. I still wish it hadn't. I shall tell you all just why and how it was just so amazing now, yes? Good. {get ready, this is a long one...BRACE FOR IMPACT!}

Okay, so I skipped classes on Friday so that I could catch my flight from Indianapolis to Atlanta {shhh, don't tell} on Thursday night.
Friday began with getting up at the ass-crack of dawn to put on my HiNaBN Un!Zombie costume, which included the orange shirt, the black tie, the off-black jeans, the black belt, the orange chucks, the black jacket, the fedora, the black wig {styled and complete with sideburns made from the leftover wig hair} drawn-on stubble, a paper crane folded and put into my breast pocket, a name tag that read "Hello My name is GALLAHAD," and even a replica of the card that {...} has in the first panel. {Which I am insanely proud of and I don't think anyone has really made before because Tessa seemed elated that I had it. It has been signed and shall be framed!} Stood in line for only about an hour, which wasn't too bad. Made my badge say "Gallahad" as well; why not, right? So after I got my badge, I was lost as hell and had no idea where I was going. I finally found my way to the Hyatt, which was where I was supposed to meet up with some other HannaFags for a photoshoot and general derpitry. As I was making my way to the door, I feel a tap on my shoulder and hear a sweet, uncertain voice asking me, "hey, are you from Hanna's Not a Boy's Name?"
I stared like a deer in the headlights at her for a moment before my stupidity wore off and it dawned on me that there was a woman dressed as Toni standing right next to me. And it went from there. This absolutely WONDERFUL person was none other than - whom, it turns out, I had already talked to online and just didn't know it!
We went in together and eventually found and {whom I had also met online and hadn't known!} dressed as Doc Worth and Adelaide respectively, as well as Salmon's brother, who was such an awesome Zombie that my jaw dropped and hit the floor with a resounding "thud!" We were joined a bit later by another Toni - whose name I never can remember but then again she and I didn't talk much; sweet girl though - and then who was our photographer for the shoot.
We came, we saw, we did a photoshoot, we kicked it's ass, we conquered so hard like WHOA! Much awesomeness and hilarity and camera-whoreing took place over the course of the rest of the day. Also, Adelaide made freaking rainbow cupcakes! *mouthgasm*
We went and creeped on {holy shit!!} Tessa Stone. My. Brain. EXPLODED. She truly is an amazing woman; so sweet, so friendly, so humble, so damn chill about everything. And so freaking talented I can't even explain to you.
Now, I just want to say that I have spent a good part of the end of the summer composing and mixing a song to give to this woman, as a thank you for all the inspiration that she and her comic have given me. HiNaBN got me out of a rut and a dark place like nothing ever has since MediEvil. As I gave her a copy of my soul in CD format {whilst grinning like a derp as she compliment all of our costumes} her face lit up and she said, "you wrote me a song?"
I get the impression that nobody's ever done that before. There are no words to properly describe the honor and happiness that I felt in that moment. None.
She signed my newly-purchased copy of chapter 1 with Erin, you're too damn sweet! and proceeded to give me two buttons for free. One is a limited edition Un!Zombie. {She was also giving away two free limited-edition buttons to anyone who bought something, but these were different and not what I'm talking about. I got those too.}
Later, I commissioned her to draw Hanna and Un!Zombie meeting. It shall be framed. Yeah, I totally just spent legitimately all my money at her booth. Well spent. Epically well spent. The night ended beautifully after some dinner and more random-ass-nonsense as the group of cosplayers parted company until the next day.

On Saturday, there was more derping around, I went with Salmon to the Venture Brothers panel, {she was dressed as Triana, and I also met her friend Chandra, who created The God Machine which I have to read now!!!} couldn't find my Toni and was distraught! Distraught, I say! See, we had spent the entire day before latched onto each other like lemurs {DON REFS!} and had been excited to see each other again. Fuck. My. Phone. FUCK IT! FUCK IT AND ITS GREEN KOOl-ADE! However, she caught sight of my fedora in the crowd and tackled me from behind, thus making my life happy again. More photos! More creeping of the Tessa! More commissions {for which I owe Doc Salmon $5} - this time of Hanna meeting my original character and new-found muse: MR. ROEN A. KRANE! {ahh, the sexy, nerdy, little beast...not that anybody knows who he is but indigoblueshine} Don't you judge me. My existence has been validated and Ms. Stone had no issues with doing other people's characters, so long as you could provide a reference. Besides, she thought my own drawing of Roen was adorable. {Hear that, Roen? You're adorable. But then again, you were aware of this, weren't you?}
Then we found Adelaide again {she was Black Canary that day} and we all kind of sauntered our way over the Adam Savage panal. Yes, Adam Savage. As in, MythBusters. Fucking awesome guy, is he. Didn't get to meet him personally - Doc Salmon's brother found him dressed as V {from V for Vendette} later on and we were jealous as hell - but I loved the panel just the same.
Eventually, Doc and Addy wandered off to go do stuff and Toni and I went to go feed ourselves; which was interesting in and of itself because we had all been following Salmon like a brood of little ducklings - hence her status as Mama Duck - and in her absence we had latched onto our purple-headed vampire lady as a surrogate. Well, now we had neither, and neither of us being native Georgians, we could very well have been screwed. But the epic quest for teh noms {lol, Kate.} prevailed and we found ourselves a chicken place in the mall. So derishioush! {*delicious} {SO MANRY!!! SO MUCH PUN!}
We spent the next, oh gods, forever hours talking, just the two of us. It. Was. Amazing. We have decided that there are way, waaaaaayyyyy too many similarities - among other things - for our meeting to be coincidence. I don't care if anybody reading this doesn't believe me, but is my long-lost sister. Or I'm hers. Either way, we were separated at birth and it took us roughly two decades to find each other again! Asetjwekfeighdighdrgh I love this woman! In a strictly platonic fashion, mind you. I respect her too much to turn bi and creep on her. Just...no. Ew. Spiritual incest for the lose. BUT ANYWAY! We've made plans to see each other this summer and possibly in March for MomoCon, because we just can't be apart for much longer! AAAAAAGGGGG! I MISS MY LEMUR! *Gallahad is sad now*

On Sunday, I didn't think that I would be able to see her again, but, to my extreme delight, I was wrong! My dad was with me that day, and her mom was there, too, so they hung out together {and my dad was a royal creeper...thanks, Dad.} while the rest of us wandered around like doofs. We met back up with KarinaSpellman, who was dressed like a grade-A BAMF steampunk medic. Hugging her was...interesting, to say the least. You risked getting your eyes jabbed out by the clock hands on her stethoscope. Also, popped by DoubtingSalmon, who was volunteering in her homemade Team Conrad shirt {fav.me/d2uw8o8} and I TOTALLY FULFILLED MY QUEST TO HUG HER WHILE SHE HAD IT ON!!!! *bricked* Gah!
But, sadly, we all had to part ways. So, with one last goodbye to Tessa Stone, my ToniLemur suggested that we get a sketch of Un!Zombie and Toni as bats. Yes. Yes this needed to happen! I had to bum $5 off of her and like, $6 from my dad to get it, but it was for a good cause! {I'll pay you back, I swear!} So now we are in possession of the pair of them as bats...with Gallabat offering his wing to Tonbat and Tonbat being all 'skree!!' Tis the most adorable thing ever. EVER! And there's a little heart above them, it makes me so smile! XD So we're gonna color it in photoshop and use it as our icons together; you know, where two icons fit together to form one longer picture? Yeah. And, of course, we'll give Tessa all the credit in our signatures, so no one freak out.
At any rate, I think we scared some people because on Sunday I was wearing the Gallahad clothes, but not the wig and sideburns or man-makeup, so I actually looked like a girl, and the pair of us were sitting on a wall outside and snuggling like the sisters we were. Weeeee got some strange looks, but you can guess at how little we cared. It's a con and we're family, f*ck off, haters. { I just wante to say, that apparently I made a very nice man, because one of Doc Salmon's friends told her that, while she knew I was a woman, she thought I was rather hot. If you are reading this, dearie, thank you! ^_^}
Sadly, we had to part and I was soon on the UNGODLY late flight home, driving back from Indianapolis International to Ball State campus at 1:00 in the morning. Got back at 3:25. Passed. Out. Cold. Like a damn fairy princess.

And now I am without a Toni to guard and my arms feel all wrong without having this slight, blue-haired lovely attached to them. {Wow, out of context that sounds wroooooong!} But all is not lost, dear friends! For we all have plans to meet up again at next year's DragonCon! And possibly MomoCon. And maybe MonsterCon. And guess what we're doing for DragonCon 2011. Yup, you guessed it. MORE HANNA!! AU's and all!

I'm Zombie, Un!Zombie {Galahad}, Swap!Zombie {the Detective from Dead of Night}, PunkUn!Zombie {Jayne} and possibly CyberpunkUn!Zombie {Eli from Lightwaves}. {Or the Steampunk!Zombie form What Fools Are These, but that might take a hell of a lot of time, effort, and money.}

is gonna be my corresponding Hannas - Hanna, Zombie!Hanna, Punk!Hanna, and whatever else!

is Worth again, and also Veser.

is..well, I'm not sure. Are you Adelaide again, darling?

AND HOPEFULLY!

will be our Conrad, my second Hanna, and our Ples. {And holy crap he's a guy and everything!}

So yes, I am so happy that I went, words cannot even explain. I have had the single greatest experience of my tiny little life. I got to meet some of the most amazing people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting since lskaori, Today4u1989, roseredautumn and Vampire-with-a-soul. I am definitely richer for it, and I can truthfully say that all of the negativity and darkness in my life has been stripped away. I have grown because of this. And I can only hope that I can continue to be this newer person that I have become, and that I can always hold this memory close to my heart and keep it like a lantern for whenever I need just that little extra boost in morale. it will always be with me that I am not alone; there are others just like me. And that we ROCK!

Because I think it's safe for me to say, that I am perfectly, absolutely, and without a doubt, 'a very different someone than before.'

Peace, friends. Love and HiNaBN to you all.

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