B is for Banshee
07
Mar
2010
B is for Banshee
An omen of Doom.
There’s no use in hiding,
Upstairs in your room.
See, a banshee won’t kill you.
That isn’t their style.
But Death will come knocking,
if you just wait a while.
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A is for Abominable
10
Feb
2010
Footprints can show,
when a yeti’s in town.
They live in the mountains,
but sometimes come down.
They don’t need a muffler,
or snowshoes to roam.
‘Cause when you’re a Snowman,
the cold is your home.
Today was a snow day! I was excited to have the day off and eagerly awaited the snowfall, to no avail:
It didn’t start until much later than anticipated. So I sadly put down my mug of cocoa and got to work in the studio, like a good drawing monkey.
I used the time to reorganize and set up more of the scraps of paper and doodles I have lying around. Some stuff I found is more than 5 years old. I plan on leaving no scrap behind, and I’m probably going to turn every doodle, every icon, every note into something awesome.
I also saw Jason and the Argonauts for the first time, and couldn’t stop grinning at the skeleton fight. How AWESOME was that? I was completely blown away, and have begun to harbor a desire to animate. I also got email from my wondrous coauthor regarding our rewrite-in-progress and must address these concerns.
Alot has been going on lately, but most of it has been good! More letters in the alphabestiary are incoming!
Potterrific
20
Jan
2010
Last weekend was a three-day one due to MLK day. Danielle had to take it off from work because science never takes a holiday. It only takes sick days and vacation time. We decided to use the long weekend to check out the Harry Potter exhibit at the Museum of Science! I was very excited.
Excited to go!
Cameras were forbidden to all those who do not wish to die a most painful death, so I only got this shot of the chesspiece display:
Chesspiece
I also got to hang out with old friends from school. The whole week was very Potter-themed, and why fight it? Old buddies Steph and Irina came with and back to the apartment for pizza and drinks. I made an attempt at home-made butterbeer, but I think it failed due to the lack of proper ingredients. A good time was had by all.
I learned my old hometown, Pleasant Valley, is home to its own novelty restaurant, the Three Broomsticks Deli!
3 Broomsticks Menu
Go check ‘em out if you find yourself in that neck of the woods (and if you do, you have my deepest sympathies, it may be the most interesting thing to happen in PV in a century).
It snowed from Sunday to voting day. Danielle and I found ourselves adding to the already prodigious piles of snow at the edges of the driveway.
Snow snow snow
There you can see the snow pile is nearly as tall as Danielle, although considering she’s pretty short isn’t that impressive.
On the subject of voting day: politics bring out the worst in people. I am heartily glad to have the process behind us for a while,whatever the outcome. Ads, rhetoric, and soap-boxing can go take a vacation, or a short walk off a long pier for all I care.
The Potter theme continues into this week. I’ve been commissioned a drawing of the scene in “Deathly Hallows” when Ron
****SPOILERS BEGIN**** stabs the Horcrux locket. ****SPOILERS END****
Danielle is beginning a few Potter-themed projects. Check out starfalljewelry.com for more, in her own words! Now she HAS to update! BWAHAHA!
All in all, I feel happy with how the week went. Some stuff stunk, but the major theme was friendship, bravery and truthfulness. Those are the things that I enjoy about the Potter books, the things I enjoy about my friends, and the things I enjoy in life.
Next week I’ll update the progress on the illustration, and I’ll write a bit about some of the games I’ve played recently and give my thoughts.
everything Works
01
Oct
2009
Painted Dragon
Yesterday I pulled the PAINT card, and the DRAW card.
Stumped on what to paint, I started doodling a Tyrannosaurus, but it turned into a dragon. Still in progress as I write this, but it may be finished by the time YOU read it. That’s the beautiful time-travel of writing. I am speaking to you from the past.
In nerdy news, I learned that Icecrown Citadel will be a five man fight. This makes me happy, since getting a swipe at Arthas was kind of my reason to start playing the darn game. I used to go as far north in Winterspring or Eastern Plaguelands as I could and look mournfully at the hills, gripping my mace in frustration. “Someday,” I’d mutter under my breath, “you’re going DOWN.”
Since I have had crap luck with raids in the past, learning the Lich King is a five man fight was a good day.
Pandora.com is going to get real tired of me. I’ve kept a browser window open for about three days straight. When I first typed that last sentence, I wrote “I kept a window open for three days” and I realized someone might think I was talking about a real window. But did you? Have computers become so second nature that when you hear or read the word “window” you think of a screen, or the traditional hole in a wall?
I have a lot more to add, but I’m trying to keep these entries down from novel size. Today, I drew WRITE and DRAW. I’ll be working on Tales of Auli, the new revision, and drawing more of this:
My guildmates and I versus the Lich King
getting Closer
22
Jul
2009
The past few days have been kind of strange. I’m sensing a buildup of some kind, pressure growing as I reach some breakthrough (or breakdown). It’s been very stressful.
These past few weeks I’ve been recieving new projects and been unable to work on the planned comic pages I intended to. I hope to have something to post soon. For now, have some faces for ConnectiCon.
