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Happy Halloween (new cartoon)

2008-10-19T15:42:27Z

Make sure your volume is turned up. Feel free to share with friends. Sharing options at end of video.

gobecke @ 2008-07-21T18:18:00

2008-07-21T22:18:43Z

"The End of the Ponytail?" new virtual book by BECK.E

2008-06-30T13:32:35Z

Click here to view "The End of the Ponytail?"
700+ views in two days since its debut!

Check out Girtha too.
13,000+ views since its debut this year.

Both virtual books by BECK.E

Daily Drawings 2007 have been retired

2008-05-20T15:45:44Z

Daily Drawings from 2007 have been retired from online viewing. Click here for more info.

BECK.E

Random Daily Drawing by BECK.E

2008-05-02T17:22:54Z

To check out my other daily drawings click here.

from "davanti" to "gobecke"

2008-04-16T14:43:16Z

To confirm, I've changed my username from "davanti" to "gobecke" on Livejournal in spirit of my artist pen-name BECK.E

I use "gobecke" for many of my online registrations where punctuation "." can't be used, such as on YouTube and Deviant Art. Most of my other communities allow the punctiation.

What's in a name?
A couple of people have asked how I came up with my artist pen-name "BECK.E".

1: I knew I'd probably get married one day and that my surname would change (my choice of course). In some instances as this, I like absolutes. The artist name I started off with in my art career I wanted to keep forever to establish myself in the art community. I didn't want to one day be married with a new surname and still be referred to by my maiden name with my art. To me that would seem too complicated. It sounds funny, I know. If you've seen my daily drawings you can maybe understand how I like to simplify things as much as possible.

2: The person I married (June 2007) is an artist too! He goes by his (now ours) surname, and to of course keep things simple I didn't want to go by the same surname to avoid confusion.

3: Long story short: my given nickname is "Becky" and my maiden last name starts with an "E", so I don't use the "E" just to try to look cool. I started signing my artwork as "BECK.E" I believe my junior year of college when I was studying in Rome, which I'll show my age a little and say that was several years ago. ;) I like how phonetically "Becky" and "BECK.E" sound the same. I feel that by living in a modern age  having a punctuation in my name is acceptable. Artists make up their own rules, so why not for their names too? To me it was similar to naming a band or branding myself really. Among many things, art is a business.

Venting: Yesterday someone (on LJ on a community) wrote to me saying my artist pen-name is "ignorant" and that I was only using the "E" to try to be cool and that I should stop using it, to which I cooly responded that it actually has a meaning behind it and that I plan on keeping it. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but it was definitely mean-spirited of her who I had never had dialogue prior to yesterday. I fully admit this post of mine is only in existance because an art student challenged my artist pen-name. I found it odd that another artist would challenge it, and not see the creativity and originality of it.

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Other artists who have punctuations in their names:

will.i.am of band Black Eyed Peas

(more names to follow)

New Cartoon "Ninja Skillz" by BECK.E

2008-04-13T21:08:33Z

Watch new cartoon right here! "Ninja Skillz" by BECK.E

Make sure your volume is turned up. ;)

Cartoons can be shared with your friends! Wait for end of video for "share" button to appear.

After you watch the cartoon...

CLICK HERE for MAIN WEBSITE

CLICK HERE for "the BECK.E channel"

Enjoy!
BECK.E

Random Daily Drawing

2008-04-08T02:13:42Z

Random Daily Drawing:

My 200th Daily Drawing will be posted on my website on April 16th!

Click here for my website

Cartoon "Rain Man" by BECK.E

2008-02-24T02:50:11Z

Watch new cartoon right here! "Rain Man" by BECK.E
You'll wanna turn up your volume for this one. ;)

Cartoons can be shared with your friends! Wait for end of video for "share" button to appear.

After you watch the cartoon...

CLICK HERE for "the BECK.E channel"
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CLICK HERE for BECK.E boutique
Two paperback books now available. Plus link to my daily drawings website through at the top of the boutique webpage.

Enjoy!
BECK.E

"Girtha" Book

2008-01-27T23:57:00Z

CLICK HERE to view book larger

BECK.E BOOK ~now available~

2008-01-09T02:38:49Z

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My First Interview! Online!

2008-01-02T23:42:57Z

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BECK.E "Magic Tape" Apparel Now Available!

2008-01-01T22:37:34Z

BECK.E "Magic Tape" Apparel Now Available online! For Men & Women. **MORE COLORS AVAILABLE**

Go to: http://www.cafepress.com/becke

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

COMING SOON at BECK.E boutique ONLINE STORE

2007-12-21T03:26:24Z

Book will be available for online purchase in January at:

http://stores.lulu.com/becke

Online store can also be accessed through my main website:

http://becky.doubleu.googlepages.com/drawingsbybeck.e

Today website has NEW WEB DESIGN! Check it out!
New Drawing Uploaded Every Weekday!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Public Post - Mosts Posts are "Friends Only"

2007-11-25T18:35:29Z

Most posts in my journal are "friends only", and many previous years (2000 - 2006) are set to private.

If you'd like to read my posts from 2007 and on, please add me to your friends. :)

Ciao,
Becky the gal
BECK.E the artist
http://becky.doubleu.googlepages.com/drawingsbybeck.e

I'm back!

2007-10-29T03:27:58Z

Hollow Cow, Batman! I couldn't believe my LiveJournal still existed, and moreover that I have five years logged on here! (2001 - beg.2006)

I've been using MySpace since beginning of 2006, which seems like ions ago.

Some updates:

-I got married in June 2007 to the same guy I was dating before since 2004.
-After the wedding was over I had more time to focus on my art, and I do a daily drawing every weekday. PLEASE check out my website:

http://becky.doubleu.googlepages.com/drawingsbybeck.e

-I have the same day job, except promoted to Executive Administrative Assistant. $ helps us build our lives and prepare us to move.
-Move where? Goal 2009 move to Oregon.
-Yes, kids are in our future, but not until after Oregon and they'll be born Oregonians.
-Still have the pet family: Boxer Mayo, three cats/bros: Simon, Tyler, and Charlie.
-Still in love with my best friend and HUSBAND Dan.

Don't forget to check out my drawings! Many more projects in the works.
For example: Publishing company in England is including 3 of my daily drawings in their art book, due out March 2008. Details to follow!

Later all, Becky

gobecke @ 2006-02-19T10:59:00

2006-02-19T16:02:28Z

Dan got promoted, big time! It's our big break! AND, I'll find out this week if I'm going perm at Le Grande French COMPany (not its real name), plus a doubling of my own salary. I'm talking benefits, 401K. We'll be able to afford to comfortably paint and draw in our free time, have shows on the weekends. We would NOT use increase of pay to simply have a more lavish lifestyle. LAST YEAR 2005 was hard to just feed ourselves and pay rent.

2005
Becky Jobs: 4, 1 permanent for first half of year.
Dan Jobs: 3, 2 permanent.
Living Situation: (1) First floor apt of Dan's Dad's house in WC, PA.
(2) Top floor of Dan's mom's house in PB, PA.

2006
Becky Job: 1, temp-to-hire, Le Grande French COMPany.
Dan Job: 1, promotion, Le Grande French COMPany.
Living Situation: May 2006: 2-bedroom apartment, all new furniture. (Half "new to us", and half brand-new. Couches we're sitting on now at my parents' house they're giving us. Built-in recliners.) All the furniture we had from college (orange-flowered couch, Salvation Army tables) we got rid of before moving to his mom's house. These tough times have a bright future.

A FRESH START. We could afford now to move earlier, but Dan wants to finish up the last of his debt from college and we need some time to pick out a new mattress and some other furniture. A NEW MATTRESS! No more nun bed! And my hope chest and dresser and other furniture my parents have held on to for me.

Dan and I are buying each other Asian-inspired dishes for our birthdays. I want to get the new iMac, to replace the orange one I have, but I think I'll have to wait on that. We have our HONEYMOON to save up for. This summer I'll be stress-free to plan our wedding. Jamaica! And Jasmane (sp?) designer dress! (Not pricey. Just elegant.)

Movie is almost finished and then we'll go to town. I told my parents, as a joke, that we'll gladly take their new plasma tv, too. (They laughed.) Man, they're nice! And surround sound. But that much money could buy a shit load of art supplies... Or a trip to Europe.

gobecke @ 2004-05-29T17:57:00

2004-05-29T22:04:10Z

√All posts after this post have been made "friends only". So, if you'd like to be my lj friend, leave a comment and have a lovely day. :D

I went to Barnes & Noble, got a few books and wandered around, and CVS Pharmacy for a cheap notebook and a good ink-flowing pen. (My hand has been cramping quicker. It's not good for my career.) I'll tell you one book I got. "The Living Faith Bible". I already know how it ends. Well, the ending is sort of fague if you know what I mean. ;D (Revelations) I bought two other books, but I don't want anyone to spoil the endings for me. In middle school, this one kid would never fail to tell me the endings to any books I had with me at school. They were mostly those "Goosebumps" and other young adult books. But man he pissed me off. :D I got him back once and felt really bad about it. I think he liked me and went about a strange way in showing it. I guess I didn't have any pigtails to pull. I don't know what I'll do for the rest of the day. I don't hold to whatever I predict anyway. Hope you all are enjoying your weekend! :D Ohhhh, wait, and when entering CVS I noticed an advertisement on its front door of Nicoderm gum and patches being sold behind its counter. One day, one day. Some are able to quit cold turkey, but my turkey is still too fresh. (ssssooo, lame.) :X
"It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood."
I watched the beginning of "Mr. Rodger's Neighborhood" yesterday as he was putting on his socks and shoes. He was going to take us viewers to see how things are woven (as in a scarf or blanket), but I think I already saw it when I was younger.
"Ohhhh, won't you beeee my neighbor?"

gobecke @ 2004-05-29T16:35:00

2004-05-29T20:38:24Z

Ah, Dan called earlier while my phone was off to see if I wanted to hang out with him today. [snap fingers] Shoot. I called and left a message on his answering machine. He's really nice. Graduated two years ago from same school and we know some of the same people. I'm going to open my windows in my back room and paint (oil paint--fumes--bad--oh well) and have a movie on. Oh, and I was going to call Matthew and tell him I'll probably go to church tomorrow. (bumbumBUM) I haven't been in a year. Might as well go and see the old crew. And listen to the sermon and wonder if it's still the corporate religion I remember it being. (I have faith. I just have issues with churches right now.)

gobecke @ 2004-05-29T13:49:00

2004-05-29T17:56:45Z

Last night was fun. I met some new people. Scott came by with a friend of his he met from work. (Name: Brendan.) I was so shocked to learn Brendan was only 19. He's really nice and I don't really care how old people are as long as they're nice and fun. We were going to go play some pool, but we stopped off at Scott's friend Dan's place and didn't leave there the rest of the night. I think we were in a mood to just chill out anyway. And plus the place we would've played pool at, we would've gotten shot. Believe me. So every now and then one of the guys would say that if we went he'd be the one to protect us all... But we drank and stuff and it was more relaxing and better atmosphere for us to get to know one another. We played four-player "Smash Brothers" on the Nintendo Cube. I love that game, but they all killed me pretty quickly. They were hard core because Dan and Brendan were trying to see who was "the ultimate". :D We also watched these hilarious cartoons (not for kids) and then a Japanese ninja movie. I felt really comfortable. Besides Erin, Natalie, and Dionn and Kara, it's fun to hang out with guys. (A reminder. Growing up I had mostly guy friends and my brothers and first two years of college were mostly guys. They just dropped out. Bastards;) Dan gave me his number because he lives just a few blocks away. I think that made Scott a little mad. Scott is great but I don't know if our personality types really go together to make a relationship. He's a great friend. He just gets annoyed if he doesn't get his way, and that's hard for me to deal with. I don't know. I'm not making too much sense. Maybe I'm too picky, but I want to just be able to have guy friends and leave it at that right now. I think it's because I sort of like this other guy who I want to get to know better. Back to the Scott thing because I've been editting this post--I think whatever is good for the group at the time (if it's for a short hanging out time), is best. It's hard to please just one individual when there are a lot of people at the time to consider. (In reference to how he is sometimes which isn't apparant in anything I've said in this post.)

No chewing me out for being an evil woman, please. I'm just starting to be open to being with a guy again after two years, and I don't want to get into something as bad as I was in before. And I don't lead guys on. I'm not one of those types of girls. My best interest is both myself and the other person. I don't glorify myself in if a lot of guys like me or not. That's what a bitch is, and we don't like them do we? No, no, no. So, have a merry day.

gobecke @ 2004-05-28T19:35:00

2004-05-28T23:59:52Z

I didn't rent "Rambo" or "Rocky". The sun came out after I got dressed, so my plans changed to running errands (consisting of paying rent, getting my hair cut, taking a movie back), and then going to the park to continue reading a book for my sociology class. I want to mention first, though, that you really find clarification of your life while you get your hair cut. The lady who cut my hair has lived all over and we shared stories and interests. She tried to describe "karma" to me, and I've heard of it before because my older brother used to believe in it. She brought karma up because I was saying how some things are meant to happen, and she wanted to challenge it. I don't like the idea with karma how good leads to more good, and bad leads to more bad. I like the idea of fluxuation how out of bad can come good, and out of good can come bad. I like to think more romantically and idealistically. She also asked what I was in school for, and it's funny because I just half-ass answer with "painting". But she was strongly receptive and continued to ask me what it is I paint, how it works, where I want to live after college, where I'd work, etc. Basically everything, but she was pretty cool and probably the only time I've really opened up during a fifteen-minute haircut.

I laid on my red and white blanket I bought from a little gas station in Colorado a few summers ago. The park was nice because of the open spaces and all I could see were trees and grass. And then I continued to read a book about when we took away all the land from the Native Americans...so yeah. It's an interesting book that doesn't give us the fabled version of the Colonists being heroes. The book deals with enthnicities and race of America. Interesting read, but if I go on typing I'll be making a book report that I don't really have to do for another two weeks or so...

My younger brother called while I was at Blockbuster after the park. He'll most-likely be coming from California to see me here in Philadelphia June 14th. He has other motives, too, of seeing friends from high school an hour north up in Allentown, PA. I understand. I'd be the same way if Paducah was nearby a place I was visiting. (Most of my friends prior to college are in Paducah, Kentucky.) I know he loves me. And he gets to go with me to my next court hearing. (June 21st) Mom and Dad are probably having him come that time frame on purpose for that. They feel bad for not being here for this process, but whatever I'm an adult and shouldn't be such a burden on them as I have been since college started.

gobecke @ 2004-05-28T14:00:00

2004-05-28T18:05:24Z

This morning I woke up and went back to sleep and had a dream that a man threw me off a cliff and into the water down below. A few hours later when I got out of bed, I put my robe on, lit a cigarette, and turned on the tube. I flipped channels and stopped on a show that looked like it was from the 1960's. The show had just begun and a lady was being driven somewhere. I find out she's in Hawaii to see her husband. The driver who is dressed as a marine takes her to a cliff, cuts her throat, and throws her off the cliff to the water below. (She falls onto the beach next to the water instead of into the water like my dream, though...) In my dream I survived, a mob came after me in a boat, I snuck up to one of their boats where there was only one guy, took his gun, had a shooting fight with everyone, it turned into night, police drove up on the cliff up above, etc etc. And then I woke up. And I was swimming naked. That's why I went to one of the boats to make him give me his shirt. I'm not a good interpretor (sp?) of dreams.

I just thought that was weird. The show was "Hawaii 5-0", and I just finished watching it. This ex-marine was killing off the wives of officers and the officers themselves who, blah blah blah, awhile ago. The ending was clever. Here's a link to a fan page of the show where you can see some images:
Hawaii 5-0

I'll edit in a minute and make the link smaller. (It's been done now.) Today I'm in a better mood. I'll take a shower, get my hair cut, and maybe rent "Rambo" or "Rocky". I'll get some reading and studying done for sociology off-and-on. I have a four-day weekend to do whatever I want, but mostly to relax. Also this morning (or it's really early afternoon now): I thought: "When are things going to calm down?" Then I thought about how things won't, and I just need to always keep handling change well. I have in the past, and I'd get bored if my life was too silent anyway.

gobecke @ 2004-05-27T23:07:00

2004-05-28T03:10:03Z

I'm not as together as I'd like to think.
I'm glad who I am, but I'm just lonely.
It doesn't sound too sad what I just typed,
but I'm crying or now I've stopped because I don't know why I'm crying anyway. I feel a loss in my heart and I want to fill it. Maybe it's just because Erin is gone. Maybe because I miss my family. Maybe because I want a guy to come along while I'm buying groceries and tell me I have a nice set of apples. Hahaha just kidding. I'm just making light of things. Please don't tell me the right guy will come along. I don't want to hear that anymore.

Or maybe the relief of me not having to go to jail, and the whole thing is pretty much over and now I just have to do the program and it'll all erase itself. When I get down, I look around to see what else I'm holding inside. shhhh I'll be fine. Typing helps.

gobecke @ 2004-05-27T21:57:00

2004-05-28T02:10:08Z

Following sentence I included in a comment to thescorp and am posting in journal post so I don't forget:
I must remember to watch "Rocky" because soupman28 said to see how Philadelphia has changed in the past few decades, and my Dad told me today to watch "Rambo" because it's about injustice.
I haven't been as tired as I am right now in a long, long time. But I don't want to go to bed. I treated myself to buying "The Rundown" for not having to go to prison today. The prosecutors are meanies. They blackmailed my lawyer because they didn't want my case to go to trial and have to do more work. So, they offered a deal. (Deal is "ARD": 1) can't drive for only 30 days, 2) the program of four Saturdays: two community service and two classes, 3)"DUI" gets taken off my record, 4)and maybe probation while the program goes on.) If I wanted to fight back by taking my case to trial and plead "not guilty" for a low .04, the rules have changed this year where the prosecutors no matter how low the BAC can try to prove that I shouldn't have been driving anyway. There's a lot of shit that goes into it, like they could say my "careless driving" (which was also bull-shit) was a sign of not being able to drive. So if I took it to trial and lost, the deal of "ARD" would be gone, I'd have to go to jail, my license would be suspended for a year, "DUI" would be on my permanent record, and I'd be listed as a criminal for having a misdeamenour (sp?) for the DUI. Since my lawyer said he wouldn't take it to trial if they offered the deal, they had to persuade the cop (who was there; oh, what fun memories we had together) to say that she wasn't pursuing me. She pursued me for half a block while I had my turn-signal on to indicate that I was going to pull over when the right lane was clear. Maybe she felt bad that I had to spend thirty hours in Philadelphia lock-up for a measely .04. Nah, "felt bad" doesn't seem like her. It's all about the money.

So I'm taking ARD. If this happened last year, the law was that if BAC was under .05 it'd be automatically dropped. I wish the cops at the station just let me take a breathalizer, find out it was a .04, and let me go home. That was back in March. But, hey, I don't think I'll want to take back my fond memories of being locked up... You can wish things were different all you want, but I'm happy today and happy that I know a lot more of how the system really works. (Understatements all across the board.) I'm tired. I am going to sleep foreverrrrrrrrrr and then wake up when forever is over. (that's not possible!)

gobecke @ 2004-05-26T12:34:00

2004-05-26T16:38:20Z

I'm on lunch break. My lawyer called me this morning while I was in class. (Court tomorrow.)

POINT ZERO FOUR ONE!
.041 .041 .041 I WAS LOCKED UP IN JAIL FOR A .041!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (The limit is .08. Used to be 1.0.) I was fucking under by a HALF! I can't express my happiness and annoyance as much as I'd like to. I guess it's shock. What the fuck?!!? Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! I was in a holding cell for .041!!!!!! Shhhhh, shhhhh. :D

My lawyer said the court might request an "expert" to calculate what my level was when I actually got pulled over. But I can't see how in two hours it'd be a .08. And the court might just drop the case. WTF This has been dragging on for, what, three months?!?

And the court had BETTER drop the confusion of the cops pursuing me because that's ridiculous.

"The wheels in the sky keep on churning." --Last song being played in my car just now. I should go back to school. (I live a block away.)

Tomorrow in court shall be VERY interesting, to say the least.