So accoustix put this on her page, i'm answering in a journal message so that she can write one back


1. Your Name: Lauren Friend (Yes that is my real last name)

2. Age: 23

3. Single or Taken: Taken for 4.5 good years

4. Favorite Film: Don't have one... like too many to pick... i like old school 90's action
movies - terminator, alien, independence day, men in black etc plus some new epic ones like lord of the rings and pirates etc.

5. Favorite Song or Album: Cranberries

6. Favorite Band/Artist: Again too many and too varied to pick - Maria Mena, Kate Miller-Heidke, Lots more

7. Dirty or Clean: Ummm?

8. Tattoos and/or Piercings: One tattoo and ears pierced

9. Do we know each other outside of dA? Yep, briefly

10. What's your philosophy on life? I dont believe in religion or god. I believe in facts and i believe in hard determinism (and no such thing as free will)

11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty? Empty cos i drank the rest of it before i could contemplate this question

12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest? Err depends i guess.

13. What is your favorite memory of us? Well i only have a few , Convincing you to go hug spyed when he was talking to a bunch of people. And that you are obsessed with ekud

14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure? Ordering home delivered gourmet pizza when noone else is home for dinner.

15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you: There's a family legend that we are related to the last Queen of Tonga (Queen Salote) through my grandfather who is Fijian.

16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the "world peace", etc.). What are they? I would wish that i could see what ever i want (like i could say, i want to see whats going on on Mars or what the perfect way to make a million dollars, i could see it play out in my head), I would wish for perfect health and wellbeing for myself and family/friends, and i would wish to never want for anything again. Or maybe to live as long as i want in a 23 yr old's body, so i could see how the world will turn out in a thousand years or whatever (but then i guess i could see that in the first wish)

17. Can we get together and make a cake? Um ok but i aint coming to Albury or Poland!

18. Which country is your spiritual home? Humm if i could stand the cold i would love maybe Greenland. Otherwise i'm good where i am for what i want to do with my life.

19. What is your big weakness? Will Power - i have very little - tend to procrastinate a lot

20. Do you think I'm a good person? Unless you have a Mr Hyde potion you drink somewhere...

21. What was your best/favorite subject at school? Science or more specifically physics. I wanted to be an astronomer when i was in school. Mostly cos my art teachers were freaking frangipani retards.

22. Describe your accent: Um basic Australian sounding?

23. If you could change anything about me, would you? Yes your toenails are absolutely unacceptable!!!

24. What do you wear to sleep? PJ's in winter, Undies in Summer

25. Trousers or skirts? Both

26. Cigarettes or alcohol? Neither - though i can be swayed for vanilla vodka and lemonade

27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? Go hiking somewhere really beautiful.

28. Will you re-post this so I can fill it out for you? Just did!



Now you guys, Copy this and put your answers in my comments for me to read!!!



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So I met some really cool dudes at the Sydney Dev meet (looking at you accoustix, 8th Sin and TeruTeru ), got to talk to Spyed and Heidi about ideas for the site.

I know i said i would be there on Sat, but i've just realised the immense amount of homework i have piling up. I work 2 jobs and have full time tafe. Sat is the first day i'll have off in weeks, between mothers day(2 of them - the in-laws and my own), my grandpa being ill and passing away, moving my leech of a brother out of my apartment, and work sometimes requiring me to stay so i don't get home until 9pm, i have literally hardly had a few hours left to breathe let alone do homework. I slept 3 hours the other night because the only time i had to do an assignment was in the wee hours of the morning. I was a Zombie the next day.

So basically tomorrow is the first day I'll have to actually buckle down and try and get ahead in a bunch of assignments and catch up on a few I've pretended don't exist. We've just started a new group project at school which will basically mean my Sundays will be disappearing also for the foreseeable future, as well as any other spare hours i have to call my own.

So yeah point being i won't be there tomorrow... i even had my ride planned (my partner is a copper in that area... i was totally getting a lift in a cop car)

Hopefully some of this schoolwork will result in some form of art being uploaded... i will upload my character designs shortly.

I promised a Feature to so here it is! not that anyone really reads this but hey, if you are, go check his stuff out. Its pretty kick ass and every upload is looking better and better.

My fav 3 artwork of his are
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Because it really tells a story. This is a very 'oh shit' moment! and shes caught in her see through pj's which makes it cooler

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Just because. I think you can really see how much dual mask has improved in this piece.

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Because Xena is awesome! And I love how action packed he can make his pictures. Even this, a simple portrait type image has dynamics that make it interesting!

Unfortunately i dont have a subscription otherwise i would thumbnail the images, but click on them anyways!

Today marks the first day ever!!!!! that i have earned some form of currency for my artwork. ran a competition which i entered and won second prize in (so i guess its more won currency than earned but hey). So it's kind of special to me. I've been into the online digital scene since i was about 15 over at elfwood (holy crap thats 7 years) and have started 2 separate art uni course (both which ended up not being what i was looking for) and now am 4 weeks away from completing my Cert 4 in digital media which pretty much qualifies me to be a lackey in a web design company but hey.
Ideally I'd love to go freelance doing graphics and concept artwork, but in Australia i can't really see that becoming a possibility. Any tips and suggestions about breaking into the freelance world would be awesomely wonderful!
So I'm very happy atm

Hi all my watchers (all dozen of you )

Please check out this competition i've entered, and if you think i'm good enough place a vote for me I would love you forever... in a non sexual way...
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Announcement Over!