I've just seen through several of my watchers' Journals recent entries about an important alert of Spam comments left in lots of dA userpages, so I've thought about spreading the message on my Journal by safety as well.

If you find in your dA page comments such like "Hey. Check out this funny blog!! LOL CLICK HERE", "Hey. I think I saw your picture on this website/blog here CLICK HERE", or similars... DON'T CLICK ON THE URL LINK!! O_O; If you click on the URL, it will hack your dA account and thus spread the same Spam message through other dA pages under your username!

These messages are created and spreaded automatic and randomly by the users, including by those watchers/friends you have added in your dA, and without their assent. If you see these messages in your own dA page (even if the message is sent by one of your friends or watchers), don't click them and hide them so others can't click and get their accounts hacked, or wait until they're flagged as Spam and deleted subsequently.

Right after my mood of drawing rested for a few months... right after I updated my Journal with a new layout... it's when deviantART upgrades and thus changes its layout radically. ._.; Didn't expect dA was going to upgrade, so it's up to me to slightly update the layout of my Journal in order to match their colors again. Anyway, this upgrade seems very interesting and polished: their new page design/sorting system will allow me to make several changes on this Journal and the page overall, such like sorting different lists, a less stuffed Journal content, among other changes I will start working ASAP.

On the other hand, after a few months of rest I'll get the pencil back to keep on drawing new projects and finishing those I left pending... I have to get back to the track right away! But for starters, I've obtained a 3 months subscription as usual. X3

As for my life... On December I got my driving's license after almost nine months of work, but now I need to find a car; on Christmas I got several gifts from my family such like Wii games, an Oral B, and a neat Lotus wristband, and from my sweet ~GabzieChan I got a little My Blue Nosed Friends' plushie, The Animal Collection trilogy by Michael Morpurgo, a cute canvas picture and loads of leaflets and brochures (helpful for my come over). In January I didn't do much but play and relax, but for this month I've decided to look for a job since I need some extra money for my moving to UK: it's going to be pretty hard due to the recent events of crisis, but let's roll the dice and wish for plenty of luck: I will really need it. -3-

The title doesn't pretend to sound I've had some kind of raving birthday... XD; If you read further, you will get why I named this Journal entry like that... *hadn't any better title in hand* X3;

Today November 24th has been my birthday, turning 21 this time. I have to say even if my body gets older, my spirit and mind won't ever change at all (I hope so!). <=3 Today's birthday have been so special to me after so many years... ~GabzieChan got several presents for me and, even if I wasn't there (which I REALLY wished so badly to be there), I could feel them very special and sweet. <3 Also, she chanted me the Happy Birthday song, something that I haven't heard in like AGES (all the wishes I got during this time were the simple "Happy Birthday" quotes, but not the song itself). Even if I still am waiting for the call to move to the UK, when I've already moved there I'll make sure I've made a post-birthday party with her, so let's say my birthday won't have finished yet!

However... Why 'Unleashed'? Nope, it doesn't have nothing to do with my birthday: I wanted to make some mention about the latest installment of our old blue furry friend... Yes, I'm talking about Sonic Unleashed, and here it is a lite review about my impressions with the game, which I hope it helps you know about what's behind this game.

I got Sonic Unleashed for the Wii three days ago, on Friday. Now... is it me, or the game was PLAIN EASY? O_O; I could beat the story mode in less than 10 hours even, and even if I felt relieved after beating the last boss I thought the story would have been deeper in terms of length; though I will take the challenge of collecting all Sun and Moon Coins.

Now I have to say... The game itself is quite amazing overall. Daytime stages are probably the biggest point of the game: really fast, challenging, and sometimes tough if you pretend to get a Rank 'S'. We're right in the spot of a game where, compared to other titles, we mixture the super sonic speed tracks with the alternate path exploring which allows you to shortcut your time. As for the Nightitme (AKA Werehog) stages, we're right in front of a beat'em up and pure platforming mix: you go around exploring every single corner of the stage whilst kicking the enemies' asses with his extreme and enlarging fists and deathly combos. No trademark sonic speed in those stages, but the beat'em up essence and the formula of exploring the whole stage is quite neat.

Pros and cons... Daytime stages are exhilirating and exciting in all the ways; Nightime ones are cool and deep in the other. Now here it comes a deep downside: Daytime stages are short and limited, whilst Nightime stages are long and repetitive. Whenever I went to any continent, I played one stage plus two missions in Daylight and then I was forced to play three or four Werehog stages (which they last the double or triple than Sonic ones). So we find out there's a [Sonic 35% VS 65% Werehog] difference: however, Rank 'S' are easier to achieve in Werehog stages even if it's the first time you visit the stage, so you may not have to repeat them again if you do your best. Unfortunately, the Wii (and I include the PS2) versions don't feature all stages found in the Xbox 360 and PS3: Mazuri only has the Boss stage, and there's no Empire City continent in the world map. -_-;

Other pros and cons are the graphics (once again, I'm talking about the Wii version), which they're near the levels seen in Super Mario Galaxy or Smash Bros Brawl; the OST is quite marvelous, and if we talk about the main theme (Endless Possibility, performed by Bowling For Soup) simply supremme; though ironically, the orchestrated main theme found in the title screen/map screen reminds me the Super Mario Galaxy OST. XD As for the controls... just I played five minutes with the WiiMote + Nunchuk and I had to switch to the Gamecube controller: I didn't find myself comfortable shaking the WiiMote on Werehog stages, so I preffered the standard schemes of a controller like the ergonomic Gamecube one. X3;

So yeah... Whilst some press reviews aren't pointing this game as neat as it should be deserved (which I can't believe why the game got an average of 7.5 whilst readers point it at even 9.0), Sonic Unleashed is probably taking the blue hedgehog series into a good step. It probably won't be the same thing like the installments seen in the 90s, but maybe Unleashed can be considered as a good application exersise of some bases that will take the roots into a proper way after the experiences seen in Sonic The Hedgehog (Next Gen).

*looks up again... and sighs* Oh well, time to get a new subbie... .3.;

First of all, I’ve made several changes in my dA account… The most notable is the Journal, whose and title (based on my site, which it will be renewed and vastly updated coming soon) have been changed but keeping the same cool and style than the previous one: as for the pictures used for this layout, I’ve used the ones ~AmandaDaHamster drew as part of an Art Trade we made some months ago (which I still need to finish mine, I apologize for the big delay… .3.) and which you can take a look at her site from [link] Another change I made to my dA is the way my art will be sorted out: CG (Computer Graphics), B&W (Black ‘n White), TRAD (Traditional), STP (Stamps), GxA (GabzAllie Works) and MISC (Miscellaneous ‘n Random). Not only they will be sorted out by different folders, but also by different frames of shapes and colours.

Secondly… I’ve been busy with a post-college Tourism Agent course I took since mid-June and which I finished ‘em in late October. Though I’m kind of free, I’m getting ready my trip to the United Kingdom as soon as the employment agency call me with a new job: documents, papers, clothes, gadgets… in short, loads of stuff I need to pack for what’s going to be a moving in all the rules. The main reason I will move and work at the UK is because *GabzieChan is living there and I am going to reunite with her very soon; I really can’t wait to meet and embrace her in my arms, and of course, live next to her forever... She’s the only reason why I exist here in this world, she really supports and accepts me the way I am, and as we’re so dependant to each other we’re matched and born to be together forever… I really love her deep and loyally inside my heart. <3

And last but not least… In these past three months I’ve managed to do certain stuffs away from these two main priorities such like:

Games… I’ve managed to clear plenty of these games I will list here…

NINTENDO DS: Sonic Rush, Sonic Rush Adventure (currently playing it to complete all the Missions), Rhythm Tengoku Gold (best rhythm music game ever along with the Ouendan series), Trauma Center Under The Knife 2, Planet Puzzle League, Sonic Chronicles The Dark Brotherhood, Kirby Super Star Ultra (ULTRA LOVE~! <3)

NINTENDO WII: LostWinds, Wario Land Shake It!, Disaster Day Of Crisis (currently playing it to unlock all the achievements).

As upcoming game, Sonic Unleashed will be on the list along with another ton of DS and Wii games… And an Xbox 360 will be on the way, woo! Will I be able to play them while I’m at work in the UK? I hope so~ .3.;

Movies… After a few months without watching something, The Thief & The Cobbler and Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With A Kiss were the recent animated movies I’ve seen. Whilst I liked both, I grew such a special interest towards Sealed With A Kiss due to the uniqueness of the movie in sorts of techniques and romantism and cuteness. Since it’s quite long to explain, better I leave some sort of explanation [link] ^w^; However, I’ve thought about focusing some on doing artwork about the movie, which I hope you all like it. <=3

Art… Just did two Stamps and worked in two Collabs with *GabzieChan, but there will be more pictures coming in the way and, like I mentioned before, the Art Trade pic and some more of Sealed With A Kiss.

I guess that’s all for now… Sorry for the way long Journal entry, but that’s what happens when I’ve had a lot to do in three months. -3-

*looks up* I will have to renew my subscription soon…