Well, I need to have something else up here rather than my constant mopeiness. So I'm putting the BJ OC profile questions back up so folks can get to them easily. I'm also asking that if anyone has BJ OC art or stories, to let me know so they can be put on my BJ OC site.

Following, is a nice, easy-to-follow bulleted list of things that will have a nice home on the OC Site:

ART — Any art of your BJ OC or someone else's BJ OC or anything related to a BJ OC is welcome. MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS ENCOURAGED!!

STORIES — Any story containing your BJ OC or someone else's BJ OC or any story related to a BJ OC is welcome. The story can have just a mention of your OC or be all about your OC. Any format welcome, be it story, script, lists, RPG, or other format. MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS ENCOURAGED!!

YOUR BEETLEJUICE ORIGINAL CHARACTER(S) — Whoever you came up with to add to the BJ universe is most welcome. They could be a child of BJ's, a Neitherworldian you made up, a new human friend for Lydia, a monster, or even a pet. ANYONE. And, of course, MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS ENCOURAGED!!

WALLPAPERS & ICONS — If you have made wallpapers or icons containing your BJ OC, they can have a nice home on the site. I already have places for AIM, MSN & LiveJournal icons, but if you've made icons for a different application, a spot can easily be crated for them. — Standard sizes for the icons are : AIM - 50x50 pixels / MSN & LJ 100x100 pixels. Wallpaper sizes vary, and any of those sizes are welcome. MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS ENCOURAGED!!

LINKS — If you have a link that you think will be helpful to others for creating OCs or writing, it will be added to the site with much thanks. Or if you have a link to a BJ website, that could also be added.

CONTACT INFORMATION — If you have or are going to submit something to the BJ OC site, please also send in your contact information. Email address, personal website URL, dA URL, FanFicion.net profile URL, or any blog or online journal URLs would be helpful for others to be able to contact you about your OCs. All of that is of course OPTIONAL. Though an email address would be at least preferred so I can contact you myself if the need ever arose.

ANYTHING ELSE NOT MENTIONED HERE — If you have anything else pertaining to your BJ OC that I haven't mentioned above, send it in anyway! Stuff like videos or anything at all. The site is still under construction, so new pages and sections can still easily be created to fit with what folks send in.

I'm building this site for the creativity in all of us BJ fans!


A MESSAGE ABOUT CONTENT — There are no restrictions when it comes to content in any submission. Anything from G to a Mature rating is just fine. Only a couple things are generally discouraged like underage sexual situations.

HOW TO SUBMIT MATERIALS — I'm flexible when it comes to sending your materials in. In general, I can be reached by email at Spencers13@yahoo.com. — Other ways are by sending things in textual form to me here on dA through notes or comments (most people have been using notes). — Art can be sent to my email or by providing links to me for art already posted to dA or any other art site. — Stories can be emailed, sent to me in notes; or you can provide a link to your story if it's already posted online on FanFicion.net, here on dA, or anywhere else.

I don't mind doing a little work to collect materials for my site. Like I said, I'm flexible, so just about anyone can have an opportunity to participate in my sites.


BJ OC Profile Questions - Once again, I'll list the profile questions for your BJ OCs. Remember that you don't have to answer all the questions. Answer only what you want to sumbit and have displayed on your character's profile page. If you have more than one OC, please keep them seperate when answering questions. Do not combine multiple OCs into one submission.

Character Name :
Created By :
Date Created :
Premiered (where they were first seen., ex: in "story title", in "picture title"):
Inspired By (ex: real life person, movie / cartoon characters) :

Profile

Full Name :
Nickname :
Gender :
Living / Dead :
Date of Birth :
Date of Death (if applicable) :
Current Age :
Occupation :

Physical Appearance

Eye Color :
Glasses or Contacts?
Hair Color, Length and Style :
Weight and Height :
Type of Body (build) :
Skin Tone and Type (i.e., hairy, slimy, scaly, oily, fair, burns easily) :
Distinguishing Marks (dimples, moles, scars, birthmarks, etc.) :
Predominant Feature :

Likes / Dislikes

Color Likes / Dislikes :
Music Likes / Dislikes :
Food Likes / Dislikes :
Season Likes / Dislikes :
Animal Likes / Dislikes :
Drink Likes / Dislikes :
Other Likes / Dislikes :

Personality

Are they a Hero or a Villain?
Habits :
Greatest Strength :
Greatest Weakness (something that is physical., ex: soap for BJ because he weakens when he's being cleaned with it) :
Biggest Vulnerability (something that is psychological., ex: Lydia would be BJ's b/c her safety could be used against him) :
Fears :

Family

Mother :
Father :
Siblings, how many :
Children of Siblings :
Other Extended Family :
Wife / Husband / Lover :
Children, how many :

Miscellaneous

Jewelry :
Other Accessories :
Hobbies :
Talents :
Where do they live :
Most Prized Possession :
How do they spend a rainy day?
If granted one wish what would it be?

Additional comments (optional) :

About that last journal entry (which I will not delete because then I'd lose all of those uplifting, positive comments)...I'm really sorry if I worried or upset anyone. I had had a really, really bad day, and getting yelled at SO much for SO long really tore me down. I'm trying to correct my mistakes now by working hard at cleaning house and such. But now my back is acting up bad. (I have a really bad back. Walking around doing chores and bending down or even standing at the sink doing dishes just kills me.)

Anyway, I want to thank everyone that left me a comment on my last journal. Each one gave me a smile and made me realize that I wasn't really alone. All of my watchers are such wonderful people. I love you guys!

But to those who don't know, I constantly second guess myself when it comes to creative works like writing and art. I know I'm not the best or the worst, and that the things I do are uniquely mine, but that doesn't' stop the worries and insecurities that I have about my works.

I used to draw for fun. Now I don't have fun at all when I draw. Same goes for writing. And I don't know where I lost it.

But all that aside, I have to know if the things I AM doing are worth it. Do you guys LIKE it? Do you get excited when I announce new things or post up something new? My esteem is kaput anymore, to be brutally honest with myself...and again it has to do with that certain person that I feel I must impress. But are YOU GUYS impressed with my works?

I want to list out the projects I am currently working on or never finished. Could you please tell me if any of them are worth it? Do you look forward to any of them being completed? Which would you want to see done first? I know I'm asking a lot, but I really need this. I need to get myself organized and my priorities straight. And I need help to do it.

I am rewriting my Beetlejuice Afterlife series, starting with "A New Beginning", then "Dark Shadows".

I am also working on a third story in the BJA series, which I will finally reveal the title of here: "Knights of Ragnarok".

I started a short story yesterday which is about a legendary human that came over to the Neitherworld thousands of years ago and became immortal.

I have the Beetlejuice Original Character site to work on.

There is also my BJ Fan Site to work on.

The redesign of Kyle is still not completed.

I never did finish that "Ky-chan & 'Dri Adventures" comic.

I have a picture I started of Endri and Kyle pixel art, but it's far from finished.

The "Extreme Ways" comic is not finished. The pages are drawn out, but not "fixed up" like the first two pages.

The Beetlejuice and Lydia wedding picture that I did a while back that dA deleted because it had a Mucha stained glass window in the background, remember that one? I had been planning on replacing the picture in the window with something else so I could repost it.

I started a picture for a friend of mine's story "Love After Death", but I never completed it.

I started a colored version of this picture [link] but never finished it.

I also started a story called "Ghost Hunters" that I thought was very promising, but haven't gotten around to working on it in a long time.


I suppose that's all I could find right now. If there's anything anyone wants explained further, like story plots, just say so. I'll be happy to elaborate. But just tell me if anything looks interesting. Do you want to see anything up there completed? Which do you want me to work on first? Please, just let me know.


I have another question too. Does anyone honestly like my characters Endri and Kyle? Do you think they're interesting? I know I have a couple fans that like those two, but like I said...feeling really insecure about EVERYTHING. I'd like to think they're very original and unique. I mean, at the time I was creating Endri back in 2000-2001, I didn't know of anyone else who had created a son for Beetlejuice...who was an adult...that didn't like his father much...and that is almost completely opposite of much of what BJ is. If I'm not mistaken I am the first person to EVER give BJ a son! Especially an adult son. The trends I see around the internet seem to be that BJ has mostly daughters in their adolescent-teenage years. And that's just fine. All I'm saying is that I did something different right off the bat.

And lastly, I must know this. How many of you think that my OCs Endri and Kyle are, have been, or will ever be in a romantic relationship together? And I also would like to know if anyone would like to see that kind of thing from me in the future. Please be honest, because this is actually important to me.


Sorry to bother everyone again with my selfish nonsense. But I just thought I'd ask.

Thank you.

Well, today I found out what a complete waste of a human being I am. After being yelled at for about 2 hours on and off, I've been made to see how completely worthless I have been these last 6-8 years. Doesn't matter who yelled at me, point is, I suck...at everything.

I can't draw anymore. (like I could draw before)
I can't write anymore. (like I could write before)
My web design is mediocre and too simple for this day and age.

I'm worthless at everything I do.

And I'm pretty sure I know what killed my desire to do those things anymore, crappily as I did them. Being told over and over and over again that I lack creativity.

There's a certain someone that I somehow feel I must impress with SOMETHING because they are so "creative" themselves. But every time I come up with an idea that I think will FINALLY impress them or at least make them say "Nice, I like that.", they tell me "why didn't you say it like this?" or "why don't you do it like that instead?" NOTHING I say or do is good enough. And over time, that has eaten away at me. Until I don't think there's a single good idea left in me. Like I had any in the first place. I just keep kidding myself.

So I ended up laying in bed for hours on end tonight, staring at the ceiling and reminding myself over and over how much of a waste I really am. And being told that I'm like a 6 year-old and that my husband should "leave that bitch" just keeps spinning around in my empty head.

I completely hate myself.

What decent person can't cook, dislikes to clean house, dislikes children even though she has one, and sits around playing games or watching TV or working on her fan sites or other misc fandom stuff? Well, that is me.

I am a selfish bitch.

Hey, case in point, this entire journal entry! I've just been rambling about me me ME. Selfish, lazy bitch. But what are journals for right? I guess I brought my shit here so I'd have at least one little outlet so I wouldn't want to kill myself or something.

I don't normally do this, people. I don't normally bring my BS here to the "public eye" and rant and rave and be all emo all over the place because my life sucks and everyone hates or doesn't understand me. I try to remain positive to all my friends and people who watch me. But after a while, when in the background I'm being cut down and realizing how pathetic I really am, I can't keep up the happy smile forever.

So to the 198 people that watch me, and the 10-15 people that watch my journal, and the 5-8 that actually read it, and the 2-4 people that actually give a shit enough to comment on it....I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I'm such a pathetic waste of a human being.

And the sad part is, I don't know if anything is even going to change. I don't know if I'll ever draw again. I don't know if I'll ever write again, and I don't know if I'll continue working on my fan sites or not.

Indecisive, selfish, lazy bitch. That's me.

To anyone that read this far, I apologize for being stupid and emo. But like I said...say it here or hold it in till I literally can't live with myself anymore. But you know, I probably couldn't even kill myself, I'm such a coward and pathetic. Oh well. I apologize again for being stupid and emo and showing my problems to whoever cares enough to read this.

I can't fucking sleep.

Okay, I have a lot of things finished for the Original Character Beetlejuice Site, but now I need people to start sending in information. Below, I will list the questions for the OC profile page. If you'd like your BJ OC to be on the site, please answer the questions for each of your characters. I set these questions up so there will be unbiased information about every character. This will also make it easier in the long run for people that have characters they want on the site, since I'm not making you write your own detailed descriptions. I'm just giving you a list of things to fill out.

You do NOT have to fill out every single answer. If you don't have an answer for something or don't wish to answer, just leave it blank. All blank answers will be omitted from the page so there will be no empty spots. Just info on your character.

You can send your answers in through replies to this journal, a note to me here on dA, or an email to Spencers13@yahoo.com. I'm flexible.

Please fill this out for each of your OCs that you want on my site. I look very forward to seeing what everyone has!!


Character Name :
Created By :
Date Created :
Premiered (where they were first seen., ex: in "story title", in "picture title"):
Inspired By (ex: real life person, movie / cartoon characters) :

Profile

Full Name :
Nickname :
Gender :
Living / Dead :
Date of Birth :
Date of Death (if applicable) :
Current Age :
Occupation :

Physical Appearance

Eye Color :
Glasses or Contacts?
Hair Color, Length and Style :
Weight and Height :
Type of Body (build) :
Skin Tone and Type (i.e., hairy, slimy, scaly, oily, fair, burns easily) :
Distinguishing Marks (dimples, moles, scars, birthmarks, etc.) :
Predominant Feature :

Likes / Dislikes

Color :
Music :
Food :
Season :
Animal :
Drink :
Other :

Personality

Are they a Hero or a Villain?
Habits :
Greatest Strength :
Greatest Weakness (ex: soap for BJ because he weakens when he's being cleaned with it) :
Biggest Vulnerability (ex: Lydia would be BJ's b/c her safety could be used against him) :
Fears :

Family

Mother :
Father :
Siblings, how many :
Children of Siblings :
Other Extended Family :
Wife / Husband / Lover :
Children, how many :

Miscellaneous

Jewelry :
Other Accessories :
Hobbies :
Talents :
Where do they live :
Most Prized Possession :
How do they spend a rainy day?
If granted one wish what would it be?

Additional comments (optional) :

I've been conceptualizing a new website about Beetlejuice, and I think many folks would be interested in it. It's a website for original Beetlejuice characters. Were BJ OC's can shine! ANYONE'S original Beetlejuice character is welcome to this site. Do you have a child of BJ's? They are welcome. Do you have a Neitherworldian you made up? They are welcome. Do you have a new human friend for Lydia? They are welcome. Every original Beetlejuice character is welcome.

Here's what I have planned :

The main page will have news & updates, along with a mini profile of a "Featured OC", recently added artwork and fiction. The "Featured OC" will have a 100x100 pixel image of the character (if there is one) and stats such as Creator, Name, Gender, Age, Status, Favorite Color, Enjoys, and Dislikes.

There will be pages for character profiles, so every character can be treated equally. There will be places for several pictures of the character on their page, and I will provide statistical questions that can be filled out to provide plenty of info about the character.

Of course, there will be an art section for folks who love to draw their OCs. And the more art the better.

There will also be a section for stories. The stories can be your Beetlejuice story that has OCs in it, or a story just about your BJ OC. As long as an OC is involved, it will be accepted.

As with my BJ's Fan Site, there will be a Freebies page for the BJ OC site. It will include AIM, MSN & LiveJournal icons, as well as wallpapers. Anyone is encouraged to make icons or wallpapers with their OC or even someone else's OC. The standard AIM icon size is 50x50 pixels and they can be animated (but not necessary). For MSN/LJ it's 100x100 standard. And if you're making wallpapers, I'm sure you already know those size standards.

I will also be providing a Links page with several helpful links for writing and character development as well as regular links for Beetlejuice.

So I have all these plans (and several mock-up pages done), but I only have my own OCs to work with! So if you have a Beetlejuice original character, I encourage you to let me know if you want them on this new site. Please tell me the character's name and if you have art and/or stories to add to the site. Multiple characters are greatly encouraged!! I know there are several people out there with original BJ characters, so join in! This site can't be completed without participation from you guys!

I will provide the character profile questions at a later time. Right now, I just need to know if I can get the support and participation from everyone I possibly can.

Remember, let me know all your character's names and if you have art and/or fiction to add to the site. And thank you!