Well, my PMS has ended in the normal fashion, thank god, but my peculiar artist’s block is still firmly in place. Two steps forward, one step back, I guess. I could fill this entire sketchbook with doodles (and may yet!) but I cannot seem to sustain anything long enough to get a painting out of […]
Monthly Archives: August 2005
Dear Col-Erase pencils: And just where have YOU been my whole life, hmm? Hanging out with your friend, the 6B, were you? Punks! Sincerely, Ursula
A quick amusement–more fooling with scribbles. Just a random little critter named Ernie. http://www.deviantart.com/view/22084498/
I have, god help us, the worst kind of PMS. No, not the wolverine killing rage kind. That one’s only bad for other people. No, not anxiety PMS either. Although that one does suck, mind you. No, I have…weepy PMS. My first sign was wandering around Food Lion and suddenly being stricken with crushing despair […]
Until about five minutes ago, I had never seen anybody on TV handling a golden mole, which meant I had no idea how big they were. I thought that they were…well…mole sized! Nope. They’re little tiny critters smaller than the palm of your hand. They are eyeless, and burrow through the sand of the Namib […]
I like this. http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbcmagazine/meet/leguin_ursula_k.html You could say the same about a lot of art, too, which is why I am automatically wary and suspicious of any painting jumping up and down waving flags that say “LOOK AT ME, I’M SYMBOLIC OF SOMETHING!” Nevertheless, I would be a little hurt to think that my art was […]
Three days to beat Jade Empire. I feel smug. Not that it was a terribly difficult game, and suited my random button mash style very well, but entertaining none the less. And not a bad story at all. (Damnit, though, I remember the infancy of CRPGs with romance-with-party-members subplots. I think it was “Gateway to […]
Alas, the sliding glass door finally claimed a victim. Generally when the birds hit it, they do so at no great speed, since the trees block most of the avenues of approach, and they flap away, shedding down and looking embarassed, but unharmed. Even the doves, who sound like cannonballs when they careen into the […]
Okay, playing “Jade Empire” and the elephant demons are so damn cute that I wanna hug ’em. Edit: And furthermore, there is not nearly enough Asian steampunk in the world. Somebody should get on that! I mean, it’d be COOL!
So last year was the Summer of the Botflies as far as my backyard wildlife was concerned, as those of you who followed the exploits of Lumpy & Co are well aware. (Gimpy is the only squirrel I’ve been seeing recently–all the others are doubtless trying to beat the heat somewhere else, but Gimpy still […]