i drew this for a zine zine zine!!!! hot tea/cold water was its name-o!!!! so there you go-oh!!!
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My mother's prank gift to her son & both sons-in-law. :D She said she should've wrapped it with a pair of oranges, but thought that was a bit over the top for a holiday during which we celebrate Christ's birth.
Personally I think Jesus might have snickered, too.
I have never had much leisure time at the Memphis airport before, so this is the first time I've noticed that the terminals have an upper deck, perfect for watching planes land.
I did a guest comic a while back for Left-Handed Toons (by right handed people). It was a short one called "Meaning of Life" that I wrote about 2 years ago and never really used. So I used it for that. Here is the LEFT HANDED strip.
That took way too long to make with my left hand!! JEsus did it ever! Before I used it for a guest comic, tho, I originally wanted to re-draw it for another project that fell through. I had penciled it out normally, but never inked it. After I did the guest strip, I decided to go back to those pencils and finish it up, so I could see it as I normally imagined it. So here it is again, as done with my RIGHT HAND.
Woa! Mama I will never be ambidextrous!! More comics tomorrow!!
That took way too long to make with my left hand!! JEsus did it ever! Before I used it for a guest comic, tho, I originally wanted to re-draw it for another project that fell through. I had penciled it out normally, but never inked it. After I did the guest strip, I decided to go back to those pencils and finish it up, so I could see it as I normally imagined it. So here it is again, as done with my RIGHT HAND.
Woa! Mama I will never be ambidextrous!! More comics tomorrow!!
Well, I'm home. Bryan & Ganon are not; they're still in Dallas staying with the Texas Grandminions. I had to come home because I have to work today.
It's a little depressing that I'll be entirely alone for most of Christmas week. It wouldn't be much different if the boys were here because I'm working; when I'm doing a run of 3 12-hour shifts in a row, I hardly do anything except sleep and work. It makes me feel very alone regardless of whether there's anyone here or not.
Met Q in Memphis yesterday. We hit Sephora (I GOT THE COOLEST EYELINER EVER) & Ulta (Burt's Bees almond milk salve for my hands) & Wendy's before she headed home to get some sleep and I drove to Whole Foods. My Christmas gift to myself, since I do not have Bryan or Ganon this week, is nice work lunches. I got myself some apples, peanut butter, cheese, bread, and several of their pre-prepared, refrigerated dishes. I'm going to put together cute little lunches so I have something really nice every night at work.
This week & next week are my last nights on the orthopedic floor. After that I move to the ICU, where I will be orienting on days for a short while, then back to nights. I'm nervous!
Still playing Gowalla. I get "into" a lot of internet things, but I can tell when one of them "clicks" with me and will remain a mainstay of my internet presence. Livejournal (took me about 2 months to warm up), Twitter (INSTANT LOVE), and Gowalla (instant obsession) are 3 of those.
Off to eat a peanut butter & jelly on challah bread.
It's a little depressing that I'll be entirely alone for most of Christmas week. It wouldn't be much different if the boys were here because I'm working; when I'm doing a run of 3 12-hour shifts in a row, I hardly do anything except sleep and work. It makes me feel very alone regardless of whether there's anyone here or not.
Met Q in Memphis yesterday. We hit Sephora (I GOT THE COOLEST EYELINER EVER) & Ulta (Burt's Bees almond milk salve for my hands) & Wendy's before she headed home to get some sleep and I drove to Whole Foods. My Christmas gift to myself, since I do not have Bryan or Ganon this week, is nice work lunches. I got myself some apples, peanut butter, cheese, bread, and several of their pre-prepared, refrigerated dishes. I'm going to put together cute little lunches so I have something really nice every night at work.
This week & next week are my last nights on the orthopedic floor. After that I move to the ICU, where I will be orienting on days for a short while, then back to nights. I'm nervous!
Still playing Gowalla. I get "into" a lot of internet things, but I can tell when one of them "clicks" with me and will remain a mainstay of my internet presence. Livejournal (took me about 2 months to warm up), Twitter (INSTANT LOVE), and Gowalla (instant obsession) are 3 of those.
Off to eat a peanut butter & jelly on challah bread.
- Mood:
drained
- Music:"As Light Through Leaves"++Jeff Coffin++Bloom
Andrew insisted I draw him as an agent.
I did a banner for this blog right here for ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
spydabass and I wanted to post a larger version of the main part here.
Sean gave me a load of albums to redraw and work into the picture, so I chose 10 and redrew them. Not all of them are super amazingly redrawn, but here they are as well!!!
All albums picked by him. I just had to draw them, and in some cases, not draw them. It's a wonderful world of freelance!!
spydabass and I wanted to post a larger version of the main part here.
Sean gave me a load of albums to redraw and work into the picture, so I chose 10 and redrew them. Not all of them are super amazingly redrawn, but here they are as well!!!
All albums picked by him. I just had to draw them, and in some cases, not draw them. It's a wonderful world of freelance!!
# What time do you usually wake up on weekdays?
Well, on most weekdays I actually go to bed in the morning around 8-9am, and I wake up 3-4pm.
# What about weekends?
On weekends when I'm a normal girl I wake up about 9am, unless Ganon wakes up earlier & comes and pounces on us.
# What do you eat for breakfast?
Whatever I have in the house. I always have coffee. I really like challah bread with peanut butter for breakfast, and I've also been known to eat a Clif Bar. If I have time I like to do pancakes or french toast and bacon.
# Do you take a shower at night or in the morning?
I take it before I go to bed, whichever time that is. I'm a nurse so when I get off work I feel like I am covered in infectious diseases. So I shower.
# How long does it take you to get ready?
If I start from the shower, it takes an hour. If I have already taken a shower & just have to wet my hair, it's more like 30-45 minutes, depending on how complicated I want to wear my makeup that day.
Well, on most weekdays I actually go to bed in the morning around 8-9am, and I wake up 3-4pm.
# What about weekends?
On weekends when I'm a normal girl I wake up about 9am, unless Ganon wakes up earlier & comes and pounces on us.
# What do you eat for breakfast?
Whatever I have in the house. I always have coffee. I really like challah bread with peanut butter for breakfast, and I've also been known to eat a Clif Bar. If I have time I like to do pancakes or french toast and bacon.
# Do you take a shower at night or in the morning?
I take it before I go to bed, whichever time that is. I'm a nurse so when I get off work I feel like I am covered in infectious diseases. So I shower.
# How long does it take you to get ready?
If I start from the shower, it takes an hour. If I have already taken a shower & just have to wet my hair, it's more like 30-45 minutes, depending on how complicated I want to wear my makeup that day.
- Location:Sunroom in the Creeches' house
- Mood:
relaxed - Music:A Christmas clock that goes off every hour
It does not have a camera so that counts against it, but it does have Sesame Street and games so I keep it around.
Ladies & gentlemen, the Mo's Bacon Bar by Vosges chocolate comes in dark chocolate! 62% to be exact. My little heart sings! THANKS, Vosges!
Little dude & I took a trip to Whole Foods this morning. It was pretty early & they were just finishing up most of their roasting. The Plano store has a really impressive BBQ section, this being Texas and all, and I can't begin to express how awesome it smelled in that store. Unless you're vegan, maybe. Sometimes I think I could go vegetarian, and I do go without meat for pretty long periods of time, but several things would always get me back: chicken salad, bacon, and the smell of roasting meat. Fish? No. I could never even give up fish in the first place. <3
Ganon has been watching a lot of Sesame Street, and it's led to a huge explosion in his vocabulary. This morning he was begging me for an apple, but the only ones we had in the house were granny smiths, meant for a pie. I told him they were not sweet apples, and then he insisted that we go find some. "Red with stripes," he insisted, meaning either Gala or Honeycrisp, my faves. I went out intending to go to Target (there's a great Super Target here with an awesome produce section), but then I remembered he'd probably want peanut butter on apple slices, so that's when we changed route & went to Whole Foods. He told everyone in the store how he came to get apples because "They are crunchy & sweet". Then when the bread lady asked if he liked them, he told her "Yes! They're a healthy snack!" On the way home he ate a whole apple & then handed me the core. "I'm finished with my healthy snack, Mama!" GOOD GRIEF, KID. HOW SO CUTE?!
So just after I did my whole "people I like, places I go" post, I find a new one! This one is mostly an iPhone thing, though it does have a website. Gowalla is...wow. What is it? Well here, have a look at my user page and see if that explains a little. Every public place I go, I can "check in" and tell my friends I've been there. I can connect it to Facebook & Twitter to shout out there, as well. The cool part about it is being able to see who else has checked in at each place. The COOLEST part about it is the "items". When you join you're given a handful of items. When you check in at a place you can find items that other people have left, or sometimes bonus items (where you are the first owner) just randomly appear. Yesterday at Memphis I picked up a luggage tag & dropped some cut-off jeans. In Kolache Heaven this morning I found a bonus item (festive Americano) and swapped out a bratwurst for a soundboard. Then at Whole Foods I dropped my luggage tag & found a "bag of swag" bonus item. The item thing is fun on its own but you can also see where each item has been & who's had them. I can see how this could be an interesting way to meet people locally, as well; if you keep seeing the same people checking in at your local spots, there's a chance you might like to know them IRL, or at least as a Gowalla friend. Bonus points that I can stalk my online friends, too. When I see that my Twitter friends are checking in at different places, it makes me more aware of them as PEOPLE & not just vague, ephemeral internet personalities.
Now, Vague Ephemeral Internet Peeps, I'm going to go for a walk outside on the golf course. It's way gorgeous outside, there are ducks on the pond, and my outfit today is too cute to keep inside. :D
Ganon has been watching a lot of Sesame Street, and it's led to a huge explosion in his vocabulary. This morning he was begging me for an apple, but the only ones we had in the house were granny smiths, meant for a pie. I told him they were not sweet apples, and then he insisted that we go find some. "Red with stripes," he insisted, meaning either Gala or Honeycrisp, my faves. I went out intending to go to Target (there's a great Super Target here with an awesome produce section), but then I remembered he'd probably want peanut butter on apple slices, so that's when we changed route & went to Whole Foods. He told everyone in the store how he came to get apples because "They are crunchy & sweet". Then when the bread lady asked if he liked them, he told her "Yes! They're a healthy snack!" On the way home he ate a whole apple & then handed me the core. "I'm finished with my healthy snack, Mama!" GOOD GRIEF, KID. HOW SO CUTE?!
So just after I did my whole "people I like, places I go" post, I find a new one! This one is mostly an iPhone thing, though it does have a website. Gowalla is...wow. What is it? Well here, have a look at my user page and see if that explains a little. Every public place I go, I can "check in" and tell my friends I've been there. I can connect it to Facebook & Twitter to shout out there, as well. The cool part about it is being able to see who else has checked in at each place. The COOLEST part about it is the "items". When you join you're given a handful of items. When you check in at a place you can find items that other people have left, or sometimes bonus items (where you are the first owner) just randomly appear. Yesterday at Memphis I picked up a luggage tag & dropped some cut-off jeans. In Kolache Heaven this morning I found a bonus item (festive Americano) and swapped out a bratwurst for a soundboard. Then at Whole Foods I dropped my luggage tag & found a "bag of swag" bonus item. The item thing is fun on its own but you can also see where each item has been & who's had them. I can see how this could be an interesting way to meet people locally, as well; if you keep seeing the same people checking in at your local spots, there's a chance you might like to know them IRL, or at least as a Gowalla friend. Bonus points that I can stalk my online friends, too. When I see that my Twitter friends are checking in at different places, it makes me more aware of them as PEOPLE & not just vague, ephemeral internet personalities.
Now, Vague Ephemeral Internet Peeps, I'm going to go for a walk outside on the golf course. It's way gorgeous outside, there are ducks on the pond, and my outfit today is too cute to keep inside. :D
In the spirit of fashion communities:
Crazy Green Shirt: Old Navy outlet
Gray with yellow pinstripes sweater: Target, Mossimo men's
Denim skirt: Old Navy (from FOREVER ago when they still carried plus sizes in store)
Red tights: Lane Bryant (I have these in purple too)
Brown mary janes: Sketchers from Journeys
Crazy Green Shirt: Old Navy outlet
Gray with yellow pinstripes sweater: Target, Mossimo men's
Denim skirt: Old Navy (from FOREVER ago when they still carried plus sizes in store)
Red tights: Lane Bryant (I have these in purple too)
Brown mary janes: Sketchers from Journeys
- Location:United States, Texas, Frisco
- Mood:
jubilant
One photo I took of Ganon & one he took himself. The instant iPod touches upgrade to have cameras, we're upgrading him. He's careful enough with his things and it's so INTERESTING watching him take photos! He frames his shots very carefully & if he moves & it doesn't look like what he wanted, he goes "Oh, shoot!" and tries again.
Ganon & I are now in Frisco, TX. we're about to take a trip to Target for "red apples". Mr. Picky Produce Eater insists.
I drew this comic on scott kurtzes's cintiq. it was my first time really sitting down and using one, so it was kind of neat!
You can actually watch me draw it on this recorded ustream where scott, kris, and others talk about kickstarter. I mostly laugh a lot and draw the comic. I act like Glenn from the Tom Green Show, basically.
After the comic was done, I just sketched a bunch so here is all those damn sketches (scott came in and sketched too, SEE IF YOU CAN FIND HIS!)
( big sketches underneath the cut!! )
You can actually watch me draw it on this recorded ustream where scott, kris, and others talk about kickstarter. I mostly laugh a lot and draw the comic. I act like Glenn from the Tom Green Show, basically.
After the comic was done, I just sketched a bunch so here is all those damn sketches (scott came in and sketched too, SEE IF YOU CAN FIND HIS!)
( big sketches underneath the cut!! )
My youngest son LOVES math. I’m really proud but I think that very soon I will need to take a refresher class.
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