I'm writing this from my hotel room in the sunny Kristiansand, on the South coast of Norway. Okay, fine, maybe "sunny" is a bit or an exaggeration -- at least for today, as it's definitely looking like it's going to be a cloudy, if not rainy, day. Oh well ( Read more... )

As you could probably tell by now, I've been on a slight Oz kick lately. I have a special fondness for the books -- though  I got into them much later in life than you might think. But since I've been toying with the idea of re-watching the movie and do a book/movie comparison here on this blog (and explain just what my problem with the movie is), ( Read more... )

This was only going to be a post that lasted a couple of paragraphs, but you know me... I can't ever stick to the point and end up bringing in tons of other things, and then get carried away ( Read more... )

Well, it's Friday, and sarahcoldheart  has introduced me to the music video behind one of the latest Internet memes, namely the song Friday with Rebecca Black.

This is how the conversation went:

<@SarahC```> have you heard the song called...Friday?
<@Roo> I don't think so.
<@Roo> Unless it's "Friday I'm In Love"?
<@SarahC```> noooooooo
<@SarahC```> http://www ( Read more... )

"I kinda feel like Yahtzee from 'Zero Punctuation' with all this nitpicky snarking. Maybe I should take my comments, post them on my LJ in form of a review and see if anyone finds them funny."

I said this to sarahcoldheart  while talking about my experiences with Photoshop Elements, or "Diet Photoshop" as I call it. And in retrospect, I might have used a ( Read more... )

First post of the year, and it begins on an excited note for my part. You see, I just got myself a belated birthday present: A new Wacom tablet ( Read more... )

24-Hour-Comics Day is over, but I'm not done with comics or webcomics. In between drawing the next page of Vanadys, I've been providing guest art for two other webcomics.

The first is Captain Ahole, a superhero parody with a really obnoxious jerk superhero named Captain Ahole (he didn't have much chance turning out a decent, likeable guy with ( Read more... )

A couple of weeks ago, my old cell phone decided to stop working... and of course, it chose the worst possible time, since I was off to attend a wedding, was looking at a week of being away, and suddenly had all sorts of problems contacting the people I was supposed to travel with ( Read more... )

Being interested in fanfiction often leads to strange musings ( Read more... )

Happy new year to everybody ( Read more... )