StarMonkey Designs

Fanupdate sucks

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:02:00 -0800

My comment form has disappeared from the templates part in Fanupdate—wtf?

Can anyone help? starmonkeydesigns@yahoo.co.uk

What do you want?

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:33:00 -0800

Paint Shop Pro will be returning to my laptop next week so I want to know what you want to see more of; brushes, textures, tutorials? Be specific!

Also if I started doing reviews would anyone sign up? If anyone would like to be my “lab rat” and let me do a trial review on their site please say in my comments! (If more than one person wants one then I’ll just pick someone at random.

I feel like plugging an affie… hmm. I’ll plug Gunnstein because he is legendary! Hahah! Then i’ll plug Faye because I feel bad about her google ads. That really sucks. And lastly Joon because he is a sweetheart!!!

Argh I need to update! Anybody love this site too? Haha!

Gugadda Forums

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:44:00 -0800

So last night was amazing, i touched 3 (very sweaty) wrestlers yesterday with my right hand so for future referrence that is the hand I shall never wash again! If you want to know which wrestlers they were then here goes; CM Punk, Batista & Charlie Haas. And here a pictures from the show I attended; click here.

So I have a new laptop, I got it free yesterday and pay monthly for it… it’s beautiful! It has Windows Vista & Norton Anti-Virus too so hopefully no more viruses! The screen is so wide too it’s like being at the cinema—haha!

P.S. My man is holding a GFX contest at his forum (Gugadda Forums), please sign up and enter—it’s for fun! The rules are not put up yet but please keep checking here for more info. IF YOU ENTER I WILL GIVE YOU ONE WEEKS FREE ADVERTISING!!!

Struggling to contain my excitement!

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:05:00 -0800

Tonight is the night, the night I have been waiting for since last April! Tonight I am attending the WWE RAW show at Birmingham NEC!!! Eeeeek! Most of you will never have watched wrestling and will raise your eyebrows but I proved with 2 of my best friends last April that you don’t have to have any wrestling experience/ watched any wrestling on tv to enjoy the show—and they LOVED IT! This time I’m taking my little brother I was going to drive but I’m still not very confident on motorways… plus trains are fun—sometimes. I want to punch John Cena, I hate that guy. But I get to see Kane again he is awesome… and little Rey Mysterio Yeah i feel like a big kid today! You can call me crazy if you want…

I hope I see Mickie James too—maybe I can high-5 her?! Watch this move! :

P.S. My computer is sort of screwed up so please don’t expect any updates soon… I don’t even have PSP

Funhouse

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:44:00 -0800

I just sold 2 tickets for P!nk’s Funhouse Tour on eBay for £150 which isn’t bad considering I only paid £32.50 each for them! I have another 2 to sell and of course 3 tickets for me & 2 friends—i’m dead excited P!nk is incredible. Her new album is something special it continues the soft rock sound she used in her previous ‘I’m Not Dead’ album and there are some beautiful ballads on there.

My top 5 songs:
I Don’t Believe You
It’s All Your Fault
Glitter In The Air
So What
Crystal Ball

I am 99% certain I will withdraw from my Music course at University, I am meeting the music secretary on Monday to discuss everything. Part of me feels I should stay to ensure a good career but I feel I’ll be happier if I continue working and in my opinion happiness is more important.

I am saving up to go to Chicago in August so the profit I make from my P!nk tickets will go into my money box along with any money I make with my advertising. So if you want to help the “Chicago Fund” please advertise on my site! I’d be eternally grateful!

Decision Time

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:46:00 -0800

I feel so messed up right now, there is a line and half of me is on one side and the other half is on the other side. I have been contemplating my position at university for a few weeks but kept it to myself as I thought I was just having ‘one of those moments’ but yesterday during my 2 hour journey home I had a good chance to sit and think about it.

Do i feel motivated to do well at my course? No.
Do I enjoy the course? No.
Are you gaining skills that you want in life? No.

My heart is no longer with music, well not the type of music I do anyway. Infact I feel my music course is destroying my passion for music—i’ve gotten so worked up about recognising chord progressions I started trying to analyse every song and work out every chord and every note. Music isn’t about that. It’s about emotion, understanding the meaning of the song. Not ripping it apart like a dog and it’s soft toy. I want to sit back and enjoy music now I feel I should put it aside as a hobby for now. Sure I love playing with my old school band but I really don’t want to learn about it anymore, its not the same—not without Mr Platford anyway.

Therefore I am dropping out of university. There is no point in me wasting £3145 a year.

AM I MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION?

(I will reply to comments in the morning when I feel a bit more fresh.)

Contest 2 results.

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:22:35 -0700

1^st Place: SOPHIE @ Oh-Vintage

2^nd Place: VICKY @ The Missing Pianist

3^rd Place: SHEA @ Posh print

The prizes are as follows:

1^st Place: One months advertising at Vejc-Design.com & Atomic Affliction
2^nd Place: One months advertising at Vejc-Design
3^rd Place: One months advertising at Atomic Affliction

If you are a winner please email me your URL & 88 x 31 button, if you have won advertising at Atomic Affliction I need a 120 x 50 button.

Darn Viruses

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:34:59 -0700

I was tagged by Mirjam & Aaron. I think I have to write 10 things about me, so ok:

- I play clarinet, passed grade 8 about 3 or 4 years ago.
- I am weekend manager at British Home Stores (Bhs)
- I drive a Rover Metro
- I am obsessed with Heath Ledger’s Joker
- I went to see The Dark Knight 7 times
- I love cereal
- I straighten my hair everyday
- I can drink 20 cups of tea in a day
- When I was younger I wanted to be a singer
- I have 2 brothers, one older & one younger

I now tag Anna & Kristin. You have to write 10 facts about yourself

My computer has a stupid virus again its so messed up, i’m sick of paying my brother to fix it! I’m (secretly) on my Mum’s computer now. (She doesn’t trust me) The virus is so bad it killed my virus scanner, which for some strange reason I found quite commical, along with it killing my Task Mananger.

Anyways despite the bug I just added 5 new tutorials so check ‘em out. They were up and running last night but my computer died before I had a chance to update the tutorials page.

Also added the new advertisements thingy on the left! ~~Just a little teaser to see who reads my blog… the 1^st three people to email me at starmonkeydesigns [@] yahoo.co.uk and quote “Sugar Plum Fairy” will get 2 weeks free advertising over there.~~ I’ll get the site stats put up over there when my laptop has recovered!

Quick! Catch the rat!

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:24:41 -0700

There is currently a rat outside in the garden and my dog is determined to catch it—all i can hear is random banging & scratching… Personally I don’t have a problem with rats as I’ve never encountered one. But i hear they are riddled with as many germs as Pete Doherty. Talking of rodents & Pete Doherty did anyone watch this clip on YouTube of him and my half idol Amy Winehouse? See Amy has immense talent and that is the only thing I idolise her for however the more lately I see her live the more she makes me feel uncomfortable, she was awful at V Festival and its unlike me to say that of her!

Anyways, here’s the clip. I love when she says ‘I maybe 2 days old but I know what love is…’ lmao

Important Contest 2 Info.

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:39:46 -0700

Right, as some of you know my laptop got a virus and everything was wiped… including your entries. I can get the entries from my email but a couple of people posted their entries in comments so I wont have your entries so PLEASE send them to me via email!!!

Entries I have recieved so far:

Chloe @ Sillystar
Vicky @ The Missing Pianist
Shea @ Posh Print
Salma @ Stellachu
Kat @ Less Than Forever
Tash @ Tashego

I AM ALSO EXTENDING THE DEADLINE TO OCT 31ST!!! SO IF YOU WANT FREE ADVERTISING @ ATOMIC AFFLICTION &&& VEJC-DESIGN CLICK HERE.

Fresh.

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:17:23 -0700

I’ll keep this short and sweet…

NEW LAYOUT

&

NEW BRUSH SET

SURPRISE...

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:28:42 -0700

Will be coming soon! Keep checking back <3

Her...

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:44:19 -0700

Ergh, I was just thinking about when I worked for Christy Hemme on her forum… You know when you suddenly bring up old memories and realise they annoy you more now than they did at the time! I used to spend hours on her forum bringing all the latest news, photoshoots etc… then one day one of the other admins decided to get me a signed pic of her as a suprise bday present… I later found out she made him pay for the postage?! What?! We were working away on her stupid forum for hours everyday boosting her popularity & fame, she won like $250,000 or something in the WWE Diva search and she worked in television, she did Playboy along with many other photoshoots and she made him pay $10 postage?! Wtf is that all about?!

Anyway… to some more positive news! My affiliation request at Swimchick was accepted and i’m now in her top affies!

I added some free programs on the content page too yesterday—Check em out!

I will reply to previous comments just some sites weren’t working for me last night—not sure if its my computer?

Q:
1. What are your views on the review of Outspoken-Kate by Jess @ Swimchick?

Stock galore!

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:00:00 -0700

Just a quickie tonight, just added some funky magazine stocks;

(yes please.)

Q’s.
1. What is more important for a site—Layout or content?
2. Music or sport?
3. Mummy’s girl/boy or daddy’s girl/boy?

My answers.
1. Content
2. Music
3. Daddy’s girl

Thank you.

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:13:49 -0700

Thank you so much to everyone that wished me a happy birthday! I had a really nice day, me & my bro went shopping to Merry Hill, I didn’t buy much but we just had fun taking stupid pics! Haha! Then we went home and had Chinese food, mmm…! We finished the night playing bowling on the Nintendo Wii

A few pics from shopping:

Me & Postman Pat:

Looking at eye liner:

I find art intriguing…:

Bananas in Pajamas!:

One day to go!

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:04:29 -0700

Updates: 2 new tutorials.

First off… Happy Bday to Nina!

And it’s my bday tomorrow! I can’t believe how fast this year has gone… and i’m gonna be 20—so old! Haha! I went to Pizza Hut last night with some work friends, hopefully if Tom uploads the pics i can show you guys some. We proved you don’t have to get drunk to have a great night!

Also, I just have to say! I watched ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ on Saturday & OMG!!! Heath Ledger <3 He is so beautiful... I miss him

Photoshoots

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:42:39 -0700

Happy belated bday to Kristina & bday to Zoe.

This morning I decided to add a new section—Photoshoots. Here you can download some of my favourite photoshoots to use for your own use. Here’s a few previews:

(i like the look of them…)

I’m now going to watch 8 Out Of 10 Cats…

What is your highlight on a Thursday?
Mine is not having to wake up to an alarm!

Tiredness is killing me.

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:09:13 -0700

I hate 5am starts… i haven’t been sleeping lately so i’ve been waking up later and later even though i’m going to bed earlier!? I’m sorry for the lack of updates. I really feel like i dont have time to do anything… i don’t even have a day off anymore.

I have been writing up a layout tutorial over the last few days though and it’s finally finished! Click the image below:

DON’T FORGET TO ENTER CONTEST 2!

I won’t be able to reply to emails for a few days so please be patient, thank you Promise i’ll start replying to comments tonight!

I’m now going to Music History & Analysis… meh.

P.S. Thank you to TRYPP for my lovely gifts! <3

in the blink of an eye...

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:48:44 -0700

…i’ve changed my layout—not sure if I like it… i like the colours though Comments?

I need your help… I want to add something new to the site—what do you want to see? My tutorials are most popular, would you like to request any tutorials? Please throw stuff at me!

Not much to blog about really…

Questions?
1. Have you ever met up with someone you met online?
2. Any tutorials you want to request?
3. Which site do you visit everyday without fail?!

My answers:
1. Not yet!
2. Umm… n/a.
3. My own! haha!

University Orchestra

essexgirl1488@yahoo.co.uk (StarMonkey Designs) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:29:56 -0700

So, yesterday I found out that i was supposed to audition for the University Orchestra last week—news to me! So today I had to take my clarinet in for my audition. Then i find out the other 2 girls (who might I add were 2^nd year students) had already been practicing the audition piece for a week! I thought I had no chance…

So i go into a practice room with one of the girls and we run it through a bit then my head starts to really hurt. Playing with a headache is worse than rubbing your arm with a cheese grater then pouring vinegar over the result… Not to mention I have a beautiful cold sore appearing on my bottom lip! Then i decide that my new reed sucks—bad. So I quickly change my reed then its my turn to audition. It was really quick, I don’t actually remember how I played or what i played my head hurt so much I didn’t care. I just needed a paracetamol overdose! Next thing i know is Steve is saying ‘Well done, you played really well i’d like you to take up the last clarinet spot…’—”WHAT?!” I was actually thrilled, i’ve never played in an ochestra before, only concert band. So he gives me the music which is for clarinet in C. Lucky me gets to transpose the whole lot—only 4 pages, meh.