***This journal is on a temporary hiatus due to ComicCon portfolio prep. I may update with personal posts from time time to time. The experiment will continue in August. Thanks!***

“Welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.”
--  William Shakespeare

factotum |fakˈtōtəm|

noun ( pl. -tums )
an employee who does all kinds of work : he was employed ( Read more... )

Today two pieces of my childhood were ripped away. Ok, so that is a bit melodramatic. Today both Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson passed on from this world. Sometimes this rock treated them cruelly, but they both left a huge impression in my life. I hope that whatever lies waiting for them, they rest finally. My heart goes out to their families ( Read more... )

As some of you know already from my Facebook page, my Twitter or The Inner Sanctum forum -  the LA Times has gone and pissed me off. They published an "article" titled ""The Girls' Guide to Comic Con", which is basically a beefcake photo montage. I wrote a letter to the editor on Monday and I invite you to do the same. I don't think they will ( Read more... )

There was a guy named Joe
He liked to take things slow
His thoughts of work would stray
They would turn to thoughts of play
"Why worry about it today, I can just do it tomorrow"

In life and work it was the same
The excuses inevitably came
I was too tired, I was too busy, I was too cold
His friends and coworkers found it a bit old
"I didn't get to it today, ( Read more... )

Procrastination

procrastinate |prəˈkrastəˌnāt; prō-|
verb [ intrans. ]
delay or postpone action; put off doing something : it won't be this price for long, so don't procrastinate.
DERIVATIVES
procrastination |prəˌkrastəˈnā sh ən; prō-| noun
procrastinator |-ˌnātər| noun
procrastinatory |-nəˌtôrē| adjective
ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin procrastinat- ‘ ( Read more... )

(Writer's note: Yes, I sort of took day 6 off. But between spraining my ankle and other issues, I just couldn't get to it. So I am combining day 6 & 7 in one entry. I wrote for more than 3 hours on this piece, so I figure it all works out in the end. This is a continuation of the story I attempted to start on Day 5. *smiles* Thanks for tuning in ( Read more... )

The Morrows gathered together in front of the window to watch the storm; the weather reported a large snowfall - and around here that was rare. The snow fell heavily and audibly; a soft white blanket already covered their cozy house. It was only seven o’clock, but the evening light was long gone. It always got darker so much earlier this time of ( Read more... )

The wind blows my hair wildly, like a flag caught outside in a storm. I suppose it was pointless doing anything special to my hair, the weather here is erratic at best. The time ticks by slowly as I wait for the bus to arrive, late as usual. I am aware that looking down at my watch will not make the time go by any more quickly, but that doesn't ( Read more... )

(Writer's note: Today's entry is going to be a regular "blog-style" entry since it fits right into the topic... enjoy!)

Neil Gaiman is a frequent poster on Twitter. I have been following him for several months now, and it has been interesting to say the least. On Thursday Neil announced that he was nearly at 100K "followers" and so he was going to ( Read more... )

(Writer's note: Hello again everyone. Today's entry will be a continuation of yesterday's entry. For readability I will post the entire story in this entry, there will be an asterisks by where I began today. Thanks for tuning in ( Read more... )