Well, I'm Olivia and this is my blog. I'm not too good at describing myself but you can get to know me and become my friend if you want to. I like to make wallpapers and vectors in my free time. If you're curious and want to find out more about me, check this page ^_^
My main goal isn't having a lot of downloads on my wallpapers, but providing high quality graphics. I try to credit as much as possible, but if you think I used something of yours without permission, please notify me and we will discuss the matter.
Here's my e-mail address, in case you need it: exploring.the.infinity@gmail.com.
I've kind of stopped commenting on artwork. You'll still see me around, but only on better-than-average works. Why? Simply because I've been in the graphics "business" for some time and now I have higher standards than before; also, most of the works here are similar and I've grown tired of giving the same advice, over and over again. Sorry, but you'll only see a comment of mine if I like your work.

My very own personal rules:

• No stealing my graphics! If you need something I used, just PM me and I'll tell you where I got it from.
• No guest-book one-liners, "I love your site, I'm addin ya!" or "Visit my site!" stuff! I'll ignore these posts (and the posters). Be creative.
• Me your friend = you comment on my stuff (posts and artwork). I'm not asking you to comment on each and every one; once in a while is enough :] I don't update too often (once a week at most), so it shouldn't be difficult to come by and leave a comment. If you're busy, I'll understand.
• If you're PM'ing me to complain about something, provide arguments. I won't pay attention to stuff which doesn't make sense.
• Moderation: I handle gallery items mainly (wallpapers, to be specific), so if you've spotted some misplaced gallery items leave me a comment or a PM and I'll move them ^_^

If you have a question, please read the rules first. If it isn't answered there, feel free to ask me. Please be polite and I will be as well.

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You can find my works on these sites:
Minitokyo & Animepaper & DeviantART & Colour Lovers
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Other TheO Worlds I post in/am part of: SK & Friends Avatars~ & Nature's Admirers
Credits: background pattern & color scheme inspiration & "post mood" ghost smilies

Tuesday the 13th - yesterday.

Mood: [cute little ghost smiley from Kao-Ani]
Listening to: nothing, for once
Doing: posting and looking at the partial b-day gift I got yesterday <33

Oh my God, I'm posting already! So soon, right? After being practically dead, I return with novels for posts XD Yeah, I know. But how could I pass this opportunity of telling how my day of Tuesday the 13th went??
As you might know, Tuesday is thought to have "3 unlucky hours", and well, 13 doesn't need many explanations ^^" Combine these two and you've got the perfect way life can screw with you (as I found out myself yesterday). Before I begin, I'd like to say that I have a carefree attitude towards this, since I'm used to these ironies of life

First, when I came to school, I wasn't late either - lucky me! However, the bus was full and I was sandwiched between 3 old ladies who kept chatting about their relative >_<" The bus was so full that I barely got off it; then had to switch to another bus so I ran for it - luckily, I caught it and it was empty! Then I got to school and found Nico (best friend and also desk mate) with a bag in her hands (empty one). She told me she had gone to print me a poster of one of my wallies, but the ladies from the printing center wouldn't accept her floppy disk >_< Wth? We had gone there once before and they had accepted it then!

We went to the Informatics lab to copy the pic from her floppy disk to my memory stick, after telling two classmates to tell the Geography teacher we were at the library, in case he wondered why we were absent. So we got to the lab and Nico turned a computer on, only to discover she had shut it off instead ^^" Then, it suddenly restarted right when we were about to copy the pic. We moved to a different computer and managed to copy the pic - yay!
Of course, I had no idea what pic that was, since she wouldn't show me XD

Turns out the wallpaper in question was the one below, which I now have printed on A3 laminated paper :3 *ish proud of it* Nico and her boyfriend argued whether this wallie or this vector would look better, and they decided upon the wallie ^__^
When I get my camera, I'll take a photo of it...when I put it somewhere on a wall ^^" Yup, my parents promised me a camera for my b-day! *.*

Back to the school story: the other classes were normal, aside from English, which was boring - but that's normal too. Then along came Chemistry, which a lot of people skipped; we were only 13 there T_T Don't tell me this doesn't beg for something to happen, I won't believe you. Of course, neither of us has 2 grades, so the teacher decided to throw a little "surprise test"! >_<"
I for one don't like Chem and you couldn't tell I've been studying it for about 5 years! I'm stupid XP What's left? Cheating, of course. Like I told a classmate before Chem class, what difference does it make if I don't cheat or cheat and get caught? XD If I cheat and get caught, I get a 1; if I don't cheat, I get a 1. So there are no risks! ^_^" I ended up cheating and, well, didn't get caught.

So much for that day, I'm just happy it's over. I'm not superstitious, but when things happen like this it's kinda awkward to blame it all on chance XD Thank you for visiting and reading my posts, as usual ^^ Take care!

May *insert deity name here* bless whoever created winter holiday! XD

Mood: [cute little ghost smiley from Kao-Ani]
Listening to: Gabriela Cilmi - Sweet About Me

Beware, post full of randomness below.
Hello, all my dear fans, admirers and stalkers! :3 I feel like I haven't posted in months, even though it's been last week! I always feel like that around exams -_- I know you all hate school now, since the last post was all about it, so this time I'm going to talk about it only in one paragraph! Yay!
The term paper in Maths was OK, not as bad as I expected it to be, which is a major relief! However, there were some complications involving the CAE exam (Cambridge Advanced English, I think), since it was at the same hour as the term paper >_<" Me and my dad went to talk to the principal about it, he misunderstood and thought the whole class was going to take it, whereas it was only lil' ol' me ^^" Fortunately, there were a lot of people who wanted to take it, so it's not like those ladies came there only for me.

So, yesterday I was happily returning from the post office with Nico and going to buy my dad a book as a gift, when she got a message on her mobile phone saying the head teacher was pissed off because we (the whole class) didn't come to school o_O" As if any sane person would come to school after a major exam, 2 days before the holiday begins! Our reaction: *insert synonim for "feces"* x a few times, blank stares at each other and, finally, running after a bus -__-" When we got to school the head teacher wasn't there and the rest of the classmates explained that I had to apologize to some teacher because of the misunderstanding. As if it was my fault! >_> But I still don't get why she dragged the rest here, if she only had business with me >_>" Weird woman.
Also, this CAE exam wasn't the real one, it was just for those ladies to see if we're prepared; if we are, we're going to attend some free courses and take the exam in June.

I didn't respect my promise and gave it two paragraphs XD Let's move on to the more pleasant stuff! I've begun watching an anime, Seto no Hanayome (Seto's Bride). I love the fact that San (the girl in one of the lead roles) isn't pushy and annoying. She's cute when she's shy ^_^ I recommend it for fans of comedies! And to show you how much I like this, here's the link to a folder of screenshots I took from it:

Expect more screenshots these days, since I'm barely at episode 5 out of 26 XD It's not addictive, but it's light and it feels like time passes by too quickly when I watch it.
I've also made some more icon bases, in case anyone wants to use them ^_^ They're all from Princess Tutu.

I'll be signing off then, I need to work on a ton of projects and die a painful walling/vectoring death x_x Take care, minna, and hope you're enjoying your winter holiday!
P.S. I might go on a trip to Azuga starting with the 21st; I don't know how much it'll take and I won't have any Internet connection over there, so I'll wish everyone a "Happy Holidays!" in advance! *hugs* Hope you get many presents and go wild spend quality time with your family and friends!

Icon abuse post! <33

Just posting to test how many pictures I can include in a single post Enjoy!

(Code Geass, Shugo Chara, Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito, Love Monster)

In other news, I might post some icons later on Saku's World *hugs Saku for allowing her GP status* I ish not worthee! *bows* XD
Anyway, I'm too lazy to write anything else, so thank you for visiting me and commenting or looking at the pretty pics :D I just noticed they're all colorful, while my theme is b&w! :o *amazement*

Big edit of doom: OK, so only 4 show up -__-" Any other way to add more? 'Cause in this post there are more than 4 *wheeze* Cyber cookies have become emo now, so free candy to who tells me :3

Feeling lazy~

Sorry about not posting earlier, I kind of forgot, as lame as that may sound ^_^" Even now I don't have a lot of willpower to continue typing. The big news is, I got a new monitor! Which is exactly like the old one, only not broken XD

So, I was watching cartoons the other day, and I remembered the good ol' days when cartoons weren't dubbed and they were actually good. I'm disappointed with most of nowadays' selection, like Monster Buster Club (to me, that CG is horrid). Not to mention Naruto, I once watched a few episodes just to know in how many episodes it was possible to drag Orochimaru's soul out of his body. I don't know if it WAS possible, I missed an episode XD In conclusion, 3D cartoons are crap, from my point of view (well, aside from Galactik Football, but they don't rely much on CG so it's bearable). I miss Freakazoid, Pig City and Wunschpunsch ;_;

Aanyway, there's not much to say so I'll just leave you with some avatars ^_^ There's also a post below the last one, with Oofuri avvies, if anyone wants to take a look at them. Thank you for visiting me and for the support!

Just say it in broken English...

OK, I promised on my last post that I would post some of my anime OP/ED/songs, and the time has come! I don't have a lot, and most of these are from anime I haven't seen, but I like most of them and I hope you will, too!

Angelic Layer: The Starry Sky
Death Note: Nightmare - Alumina (ED)
Elfen Lied: Lilium (Full version) (OP)
Elfen Lied: Lilium (Griffin Chorus)
Ghost Stories: Cascade - Sexy Sexy (ED)
Gundam SEED Destiny: Reason (OP)
Hellsing Ultimate OVA: Schaft - Broken English
Nightwalker: Buck Tick - Gessekai (OP)
Paradise Kiss: Tommy February6 - Lonely in Gorgeous (OP)
Princess Tutu: Morning Grace (OP)
Sailor Moon: Moonlight Densetsu (OP)
Shingetsutan Tsukihime: Moonlit Archives - The Sacred Moon
Sola: Yuuki Akira - Colorless Wind (OP)
Trigun: Sound Life
Vampire Knight: ON/OFF - Futatsu no Kodou to Akai Tsumi (OP)
Vampire Knight: Wakeshima Kanon - Still Doll (ED)
Yu Yu Hakusho: Various - Unbalance Na Kiss Wo Shite (ED)

The reason I'm not posting a lot about myself is that nothing much happens. i watch movies, go out with friends and work in PS ._. Not a very exciting life. Last stuff I watched were: Shutter (2004), The Descent and an episode of Lost. This is probably going to sound strange, but I laughed all the time throughout Shutter. It's your typical Asian horror flick, where a guy is haunted by the ghost of the girl. You've seen it all if you've seen The Grudge or The Ring. I've honestly had enough of ghost girls and such, I won't be watching an Asian horror film for a looong time ._.

Alas, a complaint paragraph had to exist, right? Sometimes I feel that some of the works on Minitokyo don't really deserve the...hype they get. Like some vectors getting into the Elite Gallery... I won't name anyone, but let's say that if I made one of the vectors that is currently in the EG, I bet it wouldn't get there. I work hard on my vectors and sometimes it's just unfair to see them ignored... I don't have connections around that place, like others do, so I try to rely only on my skills. It's just that most of the time people prefer to view the works of popular people.

Anyway, let's end this post on a cheerful note :) I made another vector! This time it's a screenshot and it didn't take too long, but it was in my Projects folder and I'm glad I finished it! I have a lot of screenshots on the line and a lot of pics from Let's Make Forbidden Love, this manga I've started reading yesterday :3

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I'm currently lacking subjects to discuss in my Creative Paradox, so I'd appreciate it if you can give me tips ^^ I was thinking of writing reviews of anime series I've seen and posting them there, how does that sound?
And one more question before I go: if you could/wanted to write a book/story, what would you write about?
My answer: tee hee, it'd probably be an adventure novel ^^ I've tried to write it (wrote 3 chapters), but I'm not too good at illustrating emotions via writing. Maybe I'll be a film director! *daydreams*
Well, that's it. Stay tuned for more from me! (lol) Thank you, everyone who comes by and leaves a comment, it means a lot to me!