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I'm not a professional artist. My name is Teresa, and I'm a master's student in statistics and stochastic modeling at the University of California, Santa Cruz.  My money comes from being a teaching assistant to undergraduate classes there; I usually have anywhere between 60 and 80 undergraduates a quarter who are "mine". :mwahaha: I don't do art for money.  I'm delighted if folks want to buy prints, but that's not why I make art.  I make art because I want to make things I think are beautiful. Probably the closest I've ever come to being a professional artist was in 2006-2007, when I was the semi-official photographer for the Department of

One of the amazing photographers I watch just posted this journal. http://iamidaho.deviantart.com/journal/23280332/ The short version is, people are holding a coyote killing contest, with prizes for youngest killed, oldest killed, et cetera.  I'm astonished and appalled that things like this exist. This community is dependent on tourism dollars.  Please help tell them how much the rest of the world objects to this kind of cruelty to wild animals.  There's an email address there in the journal that you can write to. Thank you.

So, me and my friend went to see Twilight at the Sunday morning showing today. We had loads of fun, although it's a bit of a story. You see, I'd seen on the news that there were insane lines for the Friday showings, and I knew a bunch of younger folk who were planning to see it Sunday morning as well.  I'd bought tickets for us online, so I wasn't too worried about that part... but I distinctly remember queueing for two hours for a showing of The Phantom Menace, like, a week after it opened.  Also, the last time I bought tickets online, I actually had to wait in the same line as the people who were buying tickets at the door (grr).  So I th