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Yesterday was Gwendolyn's first birthday. We had a nice party, and in the evening, our little family dressed as cats and visited her Grandma. Between the party and trick or treating, it seems that she's caught a cold.

Art wise, I haven't been doing too terribly much. I purchased a 6" x 6" sketchbook solely for sketching faces/expressions while on the bus. Its an excellent exercise, as long as the bus isn't too crowded, and then I don't have proper elbow room. I haven't done too terribly much digitally, I'm still adjusting to Windows 7.

With Windows 7, CS4 isn't working as it should. (Adobe, please release a patch. This is just laziness on your part). Painter XI is working as fine as usual, which wouldn't be a problem if I weren't on such a Photoshop kick.

I've also recently began reading Neil Gaiman's Sandman. I'm currently on issue 33, 'A Game of You 2'.

Tekken 6 also came out last week. ~Sci-FiWasabi and I have been playing a lot of that. Its always great when you have someone that you can play against in a fighting game for over and hour and not have to worry about someone getting butthurt that they aren't winning, or someone having to purposefully lose matches.

I haven't actively played Tekken since Tekken 3. I tried Tekken Tag Tournament only to be harshly disappointed and burned away from the series. Luckily, Tekken 6 is a gem. They got rid of a few of my favorite characters (Jun Kazama, Kunimitsu, Tiger), but at least I still have Anna. Zafina is also a riot to play as. I want to love Lili, but I despise the way she plays. Leo is also the prettiest girl in the game.



ADORATIONS


This too shall pass.

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Falling in love is certainly something of beauty!

My day was extremely well spent up at Fall Con, here in Minnesota!I've never been to a comic con before, so it was insanely exciting. Really nerve wracking, too. I'm not used to really big crowds, so for at least the first hour I just kind of wandered aimlessly around while STARING at everything.



A lot of the nervousness broke after this fantastic cosplayer of Hagrid entered the room. I caught him on his second passing and he was very well kind enough to let me have a picture with him, asking me to simply "stroke the spine there"!


While not having much cash on me when going up, I did manage to get some swag.

• Jesstures 2009 by Jessica Hickman [link]


• JUMBO Sketchbook, li'l book of BABES vol. 2 & 3 by Chad Spilker [link]


• BIG Book of Beautiful Babes vol. 6 by Bald Guy

I also got to stop by *NeedleToTheGroove's booth. She was kind enough to give me a free sketch and was a joy to talk to.

Bald Guy and Chad Spilker were amazing guys to talk to. I was still terrified of being around so many people at the time, so I was instantly sucked into looking at their stuff. FANTASTIC pinups. I had a really hard time deciding on what to buy. Mr. Spilker was even kind enough to throw in a couple of his mini sketchbooks when I bought his big one.

Amy Lee Hadley (Madam Xanadu) was there. She was great to talk to, and was hosting a 'how to draw faces' panel later that day. (I didn't get to stay around that long).

It was great.

All in all, I'm exhausted, but so inspired! I definitely want to attend the next Fall Con (although I hear rumors of one being in April... <3 ).

Time to work on some art, yeaaagghhh!!



ADORATIONS


This too shall pass.

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Time for caramel outfits, falling leaves, jack-o-lanterns, costumes, ghosts, bats, candy corn, and glory~!

Today has been overall a really good day. I got to spend it with my family and some really good friends. I've had a lot of well wishing, as well. When I was an idiot teenager, I always thought that nobody cared. Sometimes, I would love to time warp and olympic punch my teen-self in the face. Seriously.

I finally delivered the in-law's computer after a good week and a half of working on it. (Bad HDD, etc.) That should be going better, now!

Warehouse 13 is still amazing. I have one of those PSP things now, and the web browsing on that is clumsy at best. I'll probably see if I can get Opera or Chrome or something on that bad boy.

Acquired:
PSP (Piano Black)
Daxter UMD
Persona UMD
Parappa the Rapper UMD (YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!!)
untitled chapter by Dustin Krier




ADORATIONS


This too shall pass.

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It seems that I've just about forgotten this place!

A little over a week ago, I married ~Sci-FiWasabi. On the 16th, we finally made it official. Nothing but my name changed. I gave myself to him a long time ago.

For my first gift to him, I purchased a sketch of Mandy from Dean Yeagle. If you don't know of this man, google him. He has an amazing animator's style. A lot of his expressions seem to hark to Gil Elvgren on a regular basis, and his poses are so dynamic.

I've lately taken a strong love of Warehouse 13. I'm slowly but surely watching season one while drawing. I think I tore through 4 episodes alone while working on Promise.

Time is passing quickly, and I'm trying to find myself artistically.

Guilty Pleasures:

• Aion Collector's Edition (message for server/names).


• La Cosa Nostra Artbook by =eiko-chan


• Commission from =eiko-chan


• Warehouse 13

ADORATIONS


This too shall pass.

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It's been a great couple of days!

Thursday night a group of friends and I got to see the live Rifftrax presentation of ' Plan 9 From Outer Space'. That was excellent and hilarious. If you love Mystery Science Theatre 3000, head over to [link] and purchase some current riffs for movies. I watched the one for Twilight the other night, which was excellent.



I also received my commission from ~SenjiMakoto and some art books from NG Stuart Books:

Oh WOW! - Adam Hughes
Hissy Fit - Adam Hughes
Tiki, T-Dog & Whatnot - Tracy Mark Lee

Its been an excellent couple of days.





ADORATIONS


This too shall pass.