Reading: The New Yorker, The Adventures of Tintin (The Crab with the Golden Claws, The Shooting Star, The Secret of the Unicorn).

Watching: Robert De Niro double feature (The Recruit, 88 Minutes), Whip It!, Departures (Okuribito), Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Romeo x Juliet (the anime).

Listening: Bouncing Souls indoctrination & acoustic MCR.

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But first let me apologize for the two-in-a-row posting; I just couldn't figure out how to segue between sincere holiday greetings and blatant showing off without resorting to something as drastic as a naked man playing the piano en plein air ( Read more... )

What do you think? It's my first, so please be gentle ( Read more... )

I spent the afternoon working out how to draw myself for an upcoming comics-drawing marathon event I randomly discovered last month while exploring the fascinating world of webcomics.


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I was only reminded of the Perseid meteor shower earlier in the day yesterday -- normally I've practically got those kinds of things written in on my calendar -- but it was in time enough for me to get excited to sit outside much later than I ought to on a work night, time enough for me to realize how much I've craved stargazing. Circumstances have ( Read more... )

Several unrelated factors have recently combined to remind me that art is a skill, not a talent, and therefore, ( lift that pencil, tote that brush! )