I JUST realized that the line in "Puff the Magic Dragon" is "brought him strings and SEALING wax," like to seal an envelope, and not "CEILING wax." My entire childhood, I thought there was something called ceiling wax, and could not fathom what you might actually need it for. And I was just now looking at a flickr set of cool business card designs ( Read more... )

I just wrote up a calendar of everything that needs to be done before MoCCA. Now I kind of want to find a good hiding place and curl up in a ball. BUT NO! I'll draw some things instead. 'Cause the best part of writing a list is getting to cross things off. I'll just keep telling myself that....

I was trying to figure out why I recognized Saint John Powell (I didn't realize that was his name until I looked him up; it sounds like Sinjin) of PPL on "Mad Men," and I couldn't figure it out, and it was driving me crazy, so I looked him up, and turns out it's because he was Mr. Sheffield on "The Nanny." That is probably the most embarrassing ( Read more... )

My wish was granted! SNOWWWWW DAAAAYYYY!!! I get to draw all day. :D
MoCCA prep, here I come!

I don't know why but oh dear lord I FRICKIN' LOVE THE OLYMPICS, kthnx.

So I've been back in VT for a few days now? I am bad at updating. I'm also stupid at dealing with cars. It's not starting, so I called the garage to tow it (hopefully nothing too expensive to fix...), and THEN, AFTER having it towed, realized that I have AAA and that THEY would tow it for free... WHOOPS. Fortunately, a phone call to express my ( Read more... )

I'm in NY for a bit after running around Baltimore and DC with various awesome people. Had a kind of weird birthday today, pretty okay in the end. And I should probably attempt to catch up on sleep now. I'll elaborate soon, and also will post pictures once I've had a chance to look through them. They are mostly of the Library of Congress. Happy new ( Read more... )

YOU GUYS, I want a cat pretty bad! I need to get my life to a point where I can responsibly take care of one and such! Because I miss having cats around. I don't know why this has been on my mind more than usual of late. But CATS. The end.

I am amused by the amount of response my post about condiments got. :)

But now for something TOTALLY SERIOUS (ZOMG):

"The Secret of Kells" is amazing! And so very very pretty. How refreshing to watch a movie that is animated so intelligently, that is beautiful not just for the sake of being beautiful, but to better serve the story.

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For no good reason at all!

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