On the table before me is an unused sketchbook. It not just any sketchbook; it's one of those good ones. You know, the kind that have nice covers and feel soft and heavy when you carry them. This one smells of fresh paper. No ugly spiral rings for this book. It's sewn together. I run my fingers lightly across the blank page. The texture is just ( Read more... )

One of the sites I work on in my job is USGS FAQ. This is the site I mentioned where half the code is in German. As you might imagine, the site is even more ugly on the inside than it is on the outside, but at least we're slowly improving it over time ( Read more... )

I tried to take more photos but I only took a dozen total and most of those were repeats of the same thing while I tried to get my camera working. Only two turned out decent enough to share, although I'm keeping a bunch for the memories behind them. :P

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I shakily flip through my notes for my poi panel. I'm not really looking at them. I've prepared so much I know the contents of each section just by their shapes on the paper. I just need something to do. I notice I've crunched up one corner of them from squeezing too hard and, with some effort, I relax before I turn my notes into a singularity with ( Read more... )

I tried writing a normal con report, but there's SO much I wanted to say. Half way through, I realized it was dull, dry, and long. So instead, I've decided to just tell a bunch of random stories and see if I can capture some of the experience. I apologize in advance for my amateur writing skills. I'm an artist, not a writer. Also, he's dead, Jim. ( Read more... )

"That's so cute!" I exclaim, accepting the contact information from the raccoon, who is in a full fursuit. The contact information he gave me is on a small gray piece of paper, now folded into a small origami raccoon, complete with a stripe across the eyes. Like I said, it's extremely cute. And very clever. I love this kind of creativity ( Read more... )

I wake up to find him laying on top of me, lips pressed firmly against mine. His tongue snakes out.

"If I were to describe this situation," I tell my cat, "it'd totally sound wrong."

"Feed me," Zip meows.

"Fine. Now get off my chest so I can stand up."

"Feed me!"

Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy! WHOOHOOO ( Read more... )

It's a warm day and the half of the sidewalk in the sun is painfully bright. I can smell tar from the street and the air wavers above it. It's like the asphalt might start bubbling at any moment and turn into a giant, black river. I walk down the half of the sidewalk under the shade, right next to the wooden fence. The fence towers above me and I ( Read more... )

I was originally going to draw a badge for RMFC, but it turned out my tablet stopped working. After a bit of struggling, I fixed it and to celebrate, ended up drawing a character of mine instead. Still in progress but unfortunately, I need to go to bed for work tomorrow. :( Really happy with this, especially after such a long art slump.

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