That lovely time of night when Oni has just fallen asleep next to me, and since Mark has yet to come to bed, I get to sprawl out like a starfish and enjoy the extra space until he does so. Ahh.

One very agreeable habit we've been getting into is on the weekends, Mark takes Oni out for a walk somewhere (lately they've been going to the Air and Space Museum, which is only a couple of train stops away) while I go to Caribou Coffee to sit, sip coffee, space out, and do a bit of artwork. This gives Mark some good solo time with Oni and me the ( Read more... )

Now in the category of Things That Make Me Happy, my wee burrito plant and orchid both have new buds of growth on them. I try to breathe plenty of CO2 on them as I whisper that it would be great if they bloomed (esp. the orchid), but I will love them anyway as long as they're alive and happy.

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Me: "So, Sinuses, I see that you're all plugged up and stubbornly refusing to loosen ( Read more... )

This morning started out in a most invigorating manner. I was sound asleep when, around 8, the emergency speaker in the bedroom began blaring. WOOOOOP! WOOOOP! A FIRE EMERGENCY HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE BUILDING. PLEASE EXIT THE BUILDING. WOOOOP! WOOOOP ( Read more... )

So, thanks to mockduck and land_girl and their LJ Friend Expo, I now have several new readers. Hello, everyone and thanks for adding! I've had fun adding all of you, too. More to come...

I've just spent the last few minutes chuckling at this blog: Mrs. Stuart's Dailys. The pen and ink line drawings are superb, but the captions she puts with them bump them into the realm of sublimely surreal humor. Didn't see much info on the artist on the blog apart from the fact that she's a freelance illustrator and, going by the language in the ( Read more... )

My art goals are admittedly small. Today, for example, while Mark and I were at Starbucks, I felt I had done a good day's work after I drew a rather appealing little cartoon unicorn. I've been trying to get a good unicorn design for a picture I have an idea for (in this case, a cute unicorn taking an adorable, pink poo, to go with my pooing balloon ( Read more... )

Oh boy, Portal 2 is coming! Whenever it's out, it won't be soon enough. I've missed you, GLaDOS, and your dulcet, though sinister tones ( Read more... )