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Hello all. And Welcome.
I am TheSixofHearts. I go by 6H, Six, or Jersey and sometimes ZOMG!Felipe (and all it's variations), I don't like to use my real name on the internet, one because you never know who is lurking out there and two I like the privacy. I just like that anonymous feeling that I can take on, that I'm not attached to a real name. I am 21 years old, with a birthday of February 5, the most magical day of the year. As such, I'm an Aquarius and my birthstone is amethyst, which is good because I like both of those. I live in north New Jersey with my parents, but I go to school about 800 miles away in a suburb near Chicago, out near where my older sister is. I'm an Art and English major who has at times been mistaken for a music major or minor, Theater major, Japanese major, and Education major.
Since I was 12 years old, I knew I wanted to be a graphic novel artist. Maybe not exactly in that form, but it's all been moving towards this moment, ever since I picked up my first manga, Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon SuperS.
And no, I'm not an otaku. Maybe at one point I was close to that, but no longer. Don't get me wrong, I still love some anime and manga, but that's the thing--it's only some. I treat it like any other thing I might read or watch--I like it for the story. Sure, art figures in alot (like my admiration of Arina Tanemura. Her art is gorgeous!) but it has to have a good story too. I won't pick up anything just because it's anime. And I think that's what separates me from the otaku.
I started out drawing ina very anime style, but I am trying to push myself towards a more, semi-realistic style, like closer to Final Fantasy characters. It's not easy, especially if people know my roots. I'm not ashamed of how I used to be an anime artist, but I would like to think that I have grown since then.
My other major passion in life is Formula One racing. My Dad has always watched it, and as a kid I just didn't have the attention span for it. But something just clicked in 2006, and I've been addicted to it ever since. My favorite team is, of course, the Ferraris, hence this journal title--tifosi is an Italian word meaning "either a fan of Italian football or of the Ferrari F1 team." It's on wikipedia. You can look it up if you want to. However, since I'm stuck in America, there's no one who ever knows what I'm talking about. I ramble on about it to my friends, but they don't really get it. For my sake, they just smile and nod though. That's why I love them.
I started this because, first of all, two of my art friends bothered me to. However I also figure this is a good time to start my real blog. I have another blog that follows the process of my graphic novel/honors thesis, but I don't have a real place where I can just write about me. My Deviantart isn't safe because I have school friends who can see it, and once I wrote about a friend on DA and it got me in trouble. Uh oh! So, I figure if I don't tell anyone at school about this, I can just freely vent my thoughts. I warn you though, my life is incredibly boring.
Hopefully, my descent grammer and colorful writing will spice it up and keep it interesting.
Truely, my life is boring though. It's at that point where it is above average, but not enough so to be any sort of remarkable. My GPA is constantly hovering at a 3.2. I'm pretty sure I the joke of the College Scholars program at my school. To top it off, I've never held down a relationship more than three months and my most natural state is that of being single. My last boyfriend was over a year and a half ago, ended in flames with the hockey team in ruins and him hooking up with my apathetic, anti-social roommate. I finally made out with a guy at the end of this past school year, but I haven'[t heard from him for a little over a week. I don't know if that's normal or not, considering that we're really just still friends, but he wants to be "more than friends," whatever that means. OH, and he's a year younger. But he's not going to get off easy. He's got a challenger for my affections--a young man, two years younger than me, but a very mature guy that I met in a class a precepted for. This one hasn't made any affections for me clear yet (besides the friendship type affection), But because of me, he decided to become an English major. Talk about being awesome. How will win this rat race, I wonder?
Did someone say hockey? Oh yes, I used to play inline hockey in my youth. I'm retired now due to having tendinitis and anemia last year. Not because of anyone, unlike what some people might think.
And I can't code. Which is why this all looks like a piece of crap right now. Hopefully this will be fixed soon.
Well, I'm glad to have you all along. Maybe I'll make something of myself yet. It's going to be my senior year and I need to figure out what I'm going to do and how I'm going to get there. Will I become a famous graphic novel artist with the nickname "The Queen of Gore?" Will I ever have another boyfriend again? Will I make it to Europe, my dream living place? It's anyone's guess.
~6H
I am TheSixofHearts. I go by 6H, Six, or Jersey and sometimes ZOMG!Felipe (and all it's variations), I don't like to use my real name on the internet, one because you never know who is lurking out there and two I like the privacy. I just like that anonymous feeling that I can take on, that I'm not attached to a real name. I am 21 years old, with a birthday of February 5, the most magical day of the year. As such, I'm an Aquarius and my birthstone is amethyst, which is good because I like both of those. I live in north New Jersey with my parents, but I go to school about 800 miles away in a suburb near Chicago, out near where my older sister is. I'm an Art and English major who has at times been mistaken for a music major or minor, Theater major, Japanese major, and Education major.
Since I was 12 years old, I knew I wanted to be a graphic novel artist. Maybe not exactly in that form, but it's all been moving towards this moment, ever since I picked up my first manga, Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon SuperS.
And no, I'm not an otaku. Maybe at one point I was close to that, but no longer. Don't get me wrong, I still love some anime and manga, but that's the thing--it's only some. I treat it like any other thing I might read or watch--I like it for the story. Sure, art figures in alot (like my admiration of Arina Tanemura. Her art is gorgeous!) but it has to have a good story too. I won't pick up anything just because it's anime. And I think that's what separates me from the otaku.
I started out drawing ina very anime style, but I am trying to push myself towards a more, semi-realistic style, like closer to Final Fantasy characters. It's not easy, especially if people know my roots. I'm not ashamed of how I used to be an anime artist, but I would like to think that I have grown since then.
My other major passion in life is Formula One racing. My Dad has always watched it, and as a kid I just didn't have the attention span for it. But something just clicked in 2006, and I've been addicted to it ever since. My favorite team is, of course, the Ferraris, hence this journal title--tifosi is an Italian word meaning "either a fan of Italian football or of the Ferrari F1 team." It's on wikipedia. You can look it up if you want to. However, since I'm stuck in America, there's no one who ever knows what I'm talking about. I ramble on about it to my friends, but they don't really get it. For my sake, they just smile and nod though. That's why I love them.
I started this because, first of all, two of my art friends bothered me to. However I also figure this is a good time to start my real blog. I have another blog that follows the process of my graphic novel/honors thesis, but I don't have a real place where I can just write about me. My Deviantart isn't safe because I have school friends who can see it, and once I wrote about a friend on DA and it got me in trouble. Uh oh! So, I figure if I don't tell anyone at school about this, I can just freely vent my thoughts. I warn you though, my life is incredibly boring.
Hopefully, my descent grammer and colorful writing will spice it up and keep it interesting.
Truely, my life is boring though. It's at that point where it is above average, but not enough so to be any sort of remarkable. My GPA is constantly hovering at a 3.2. I'm pretty sure I the joke of the College Scholars program at my school. To top it off, I've never held down a relationship more than three months and my most natural state is that of being single. My last boyfriend was over a year and a half ago, ended in flames with the hockey team in ruins and him hooking up with my apathetic, anti-social roommate. I finally made out with a guy at the end of this past school year, but I haven'[t heard from him for a little over a week. I don't know if that's normal or not, considering that we're really just still friends, but he wants to be "more than friends," whatever that means. OH, and he's a year younger. But he's not going to get off easy. He's got a challenger for my affections--a young man, two years younger than me, but a very mature guy that I met in a class a precepted for. This one hasn't made any affections for me clear yet (besides the friendship type affection), But because of me, he decided to become an English major. Talk about being awesome. How will win this rat race, I wonder?
Did someone say hockey? Oh yes, I used to play inline hockey in my youth. I'm retired now due to having tendinitis and anemia last year. Not because of anyone, unlike what some people might think.
And I can't code. Which is why this all looks like a piece of crap right now. Hopefully this will be fixed soon.
Well, I'm glad to have you all along. Maybe I'll make something of myself yet. It's going to be my senior year and I need to figure out what I'm going to do and how I'm going to get there. Will I become a famous graphic novel artist with the nickname "The Queen of Gore?" Will I ever have another boyfriend again? Will I make it to Europe, my dream living place? It's anyone's guess.
~6H