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Well... the computer repair did not go as smoothly as planned. It turns out that Microsoft (Evil, evil Microsoft) requires you to buy a new operating system when you get a new motherboard. GAH. I didn't even WANT Vista. So, bad enough to have to pay for an "upgrade" to our OS, I then had to re-install all our drivers and programs. And, wouldn't you ( Read more... ) -
I'm not dead
I had a great time at Nan Desu Kon. One of my sisters came and revealed that she's doing art again (yay! Both my sisters are artisticly gifted, but both have ignored their talents!). I didn't cross paths with Jenn & Chris, which was the only disappointing thing about the weekend ( Read more... ) -
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I don't want to do the math on how much I've spent getting ready for Dragon*Con this year. Ink alone was $140. The mats and bags were another $150. And then there's the $200 panel rental. I haven't gotten to the postage yet, or the frames for the four paintings.
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Is There Life Without Caffeine?
What was causing my hands to swell and ache? CAFFEINE was screwing up my already wonky thyroid. Ugh. So I have dropped my 64 oz a day Diet Pepsi habit. One of the few perks to working at the bowling alley/pizza parlor was the free sodas. Double ugh. They say that the headaches will go away in another week or so...
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Ja ne... I can't belive it's been so long since I posted. I guess I was waiting to have some kind of good news to tell. I really dislike sending out emails and posting to journals just to say that life is still hard, the house is still a mess, I still haven't resumed homeschool or painting, going back to work still sucks rocks, and it's 115 ( Read more... ) -
A frustrating week
This has been a frustrating week. I have major computer problems--a nasty virus has infected. I got it off, finally, on Wednesday, but now I can't visit several of the websites that I desparately need to visit--Deviantart, google, yahoo, photobucket--because both IE and Foxfire hang halfway to loading them.
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Insufficient Vespene Gas
One of Kyle's more endearing Aspergers traits is that he has 'catchphrases' that he uses many, many times a day. He says this phrase when he's bored, or when he's sad and wants to cheer himself up, or when he can't think of the 'right' thing to say, or just at random times for no apparent reason. His last catchphrase was "I like pie." (which was ( Read more... ) -
ArtBeat Yuma
When my mother was out visiting us this winter, she talked me into applying to the jury for a local fine arts and jazz show held at the Yuma Art Center. I really didn't expect them to accept a fantasy artist, but they did. I hurried to frame all the artwork that I had--fortunately (heh!), sales on e-bay have been down, so I had quite a few original ( Read more... ) -
Dryad WIP
I have finished most of the painting in the center and end panels of the Tam Lin tryptich, but I can't show them because the scan looks so cruddy. I feel rather 'accomplished' having now filled every teeny tiny spot on those panels with paint. What's left is to do the same on the first panel, and then go back over all three and add details, ( Read more... )
