a random moment
on a lighter note today, my co-worker, jason, handed me a bottle he got last night.
apparently, they print little random facts in snapple bottle tops.
"real fact #84
Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again."
o_o
no comment.
7.15.2003
oh, man
i was fighting with the snooze button on my alarm clock this morning when the phone rang.
it was my boyfriend, ken. he hardly ever calls in the morning, since he is at work before i wake up.
"why was he calling?" i wondered.
i found out soon enough.
one of his co-workers was killed last night in a horrible car accident. he sounded really upset and i bet he was not the only one. many of his co-workers must be really broken up about this.
all prayers for the family, boyfriend and friends of the girl killed and for the Information Systems dept. at American Greetings in osceola would be appreicated.
i don't know her exact age, but it was too young to die. it's a shock, really, when you hear of someone who died. while i never met her, ken would relate tales of her pratical joke playing at work, so i feel like i knew her in a way. AG be a quieter place without her. 8^(
it makes you think when someone that young, who is or could be your age, dies like that. it could've been you or me in that crash. who knows.?
i didn't realize until after i got back to work from my lunch that the glass and debris i saw on the road was from her crash. *shivers* it's just not right. i tell myself that it should've been anyone else but her, but a voice says, "and who, then, should it be?" i have no right or place to wish her fate on anyone, not even the worst of people, but still i say, it should not have been her, especially when i think of her family and friends who will miss her.
it different from the deaths of my grandparents, those i expected when they started getting sick and their health declining. you could see it in their eyes, at least in papa's, when they had given up on life. it was like a release for them when the end came and we were grateful that their suffering was over. but it's always a shock when it's someone whose life was still being played out.
God, be merciful and lend her grace.
i was fighting with the snooze button on my alarm clock this morning when the phone rang.
it was my boyfriend, ken. he hardly ever calls in the morning, since he is at work before i wake up.
"why was he calling?" i wondered.
i found out soon enough.
one of his co-workers was killed last night in a horrible car accident. he sounded really upset and i bet he was not the only one. many of his co-workers must be really broken up about this.
all prayers for the family, boyfriend and friends of the girl killed and for the Information Systems dept. at American Greetings in osceola would be appreicated.
i don't know her exact age, but it was too young to die. it's a shock, really, when you hear of someone who died. while i never met her, ken would relate tales of her pratical joke playing at work, so i feel like i knew her in a way. AG be a quieter place without her. 8^(
it makes you think when someone that young, who is or could be your age, dies like that. it could've been you or me in that crash. who knows.?
i didn't realize until after i got back to work from my lunch that the glass and debris i saw on the road was from her crash. *shivers* it's just not right. i tell myself that it should've been anyone else but her, but a voice says, "and who, then, should it be?" i have no right or place to wish her fate on anyone, not even the worst of people, but still i say, it should not have been her, especially when i think of her family and friends who will miss her.
it different from the deaths of my grandparents, those i expected when they started getting sick and their health declining. you could see it in their eyes, at least in papa's, when they had given up on life. it was like a release for them when the end came and we were grateful that their suffering was over. but it's always a shock when it's someone whose life was still being played out.
God, be merciful and lend her grace.
7.05.2003
Arkansas Act 858.
one word. creepy.
of course it's only typical of the ultra conservative gov. huckabee and of the bible belt region that my home state is in.
what's this law do?
from my research, this law will require all books that could be of a questionable nature have the lower 2/3 of this covers, covered. while i hate smut as much as anyone, the law is way too broad and will hurt literary works and comics. can you image? someone will say disney comics are harmful because some characters wear no pants. if spider-man wraps a badie in webs, then that's bondage and reflective of s & m. and what about the the scenes in literature? sex, murder? it's all in there. will books like Of Mice & Men be moved to an "Adults Only" section?
to see such things in innocent stuff? it's those who would censor everything who have the filthy minds!
all AR residents! contact your libraries and express concern! contact your state senators and representatives!
i know i am!
for more info, check out these links:
CBLDF Files Suit Against New Arkansas Law
An open leter to the Arkansas House of Representatives by Little Rock comic shop owner, Michael Tierney
the arkansas library association-arkansas censorship law challenged by broad coalition
ACLU of Arkansas and Broad Coalition Challenge State’s ‘Harmful to Minors’ Law
one word. creepy.
of course it's only typical of the ultra conservative gov. huckabee and of the bible belt region that my home state is in.
what's this law do?
from my research, this law will require all books that could be of a questionable nature have the lower 2/3 of this covers, covered. while i hate smut as much as anyone, the law is way too broad and will hurt literary works and comics. can you image? someone will say disney comics are harmful because some characters wear no pants. if spider-man wraps a badie in webs, then that's bondage and reflective of s & m. and what about the the scenes in literature? sex, murder? it's all in there. will books like Of Mice & Men be moved to an "Adults Only" section?
to see such things in innocent stuff? it's those who would censor everything who have the filthy minds!
all AR residents! contact your libraries and express concern! contact your state senators and representatives!
i know i am!
for more info, check out these links:
CBLDF Files Suit Against New Arkansas Law
An open leter to the Arkansas House of Representatives by Little Rock comic shop owner, Michael Tierney
the arkansas library association-arkansas censorship law challenged by broad coalition
ACLU of Arkansas and Broad Coalition Challenge State’s ‘Harmful to Minors’ Law
6.02.2003
i would list all that i've done since my last post, but that would take too long.
i finally have this site's design finished. jo is gracious enough to do the coding for me. thanks, jo-chan!
hopefully, she'll be able to help with my comic's site design, too.
i haven't been updating blue canary. no excuse for it, i know, but i haven't forgotten my comic either.
i'm in the process for apartment hunting. jo and becca will be moving out in august. their parents will be selling the place i'm at now.
so, looking for a place to call my own is eating up my time.
i haven't even been reading webcomics...i don't think i've seen sluggy since fat tuesday.
don't tell me what happens, tho! i'll read it sometime.
i've been binging on actual books, instead.
my birthday's tomorrow. i'll be 26.
strange, but all this year, i've considered myself 26 , not 25...
it's like i skipped 25 altogether and will just have two years of being 26. *shrugs*
perhaps if i get a break this week i can draw, but who knows what will happen.
i know i am getting tired of just not updating.
i had a strange dream a month or so ago.
in it, my comic was to be animated. good, right?
well, i turn on the tv and they made it live action. um, ok.
and then they totally cut out the parts of amelia and odile, two of my favorite characters!
no ferdinand, either. it might as well been retitled, the "max and miles show."
then, they started changing the character's personalities and that is when i woke up seriously p.o.ed.
i stayed mad throughout the rest of that day. weird.
but it got me thinking that no one else is going to tell this story with these characters. they're vision may be totally different from what i see. that only i can do this and if i'm not doing that, then i'm letting the characters die.
it was like my subconious was saying, "enough! get off your lazy but and update your comic, already!"
i usually have a bad habit of picking up an interest in something and then dropping it just as quickly as i picked it up.
guitar lessons, for example. i still can't play my guitar. however, i didn't drop my comic as quick as others...
am i quitting? not on your life.
i have a story to tell and i owe it to the cast of the comic to tell it.
now i just need to work on my procrastination and discipline problems...
the perfect way to do so is for me to just start working on my comic. to put all thoughts of everything else aside. to not nag myself about how i went on so long with out updating...to just start working again. sometimes the best way to learn and figure out your problems is to do.
but tonight i need to sleep.
bah. maybe i should give up sleep instead.
i finally have this site's design finished. jo is gracious enough to do the coding for me. thanks, jo-chan!
hopefully, she'll be able to help with my comic's site design, too.
i haven't been updating blue canary. no excuse for it, i know, but i haven't forgotten my comic either.
i'm in the process for apartment hunting. jo and becca will be moving out in august. their parents will be selling the place i'm at now.
so, looking for a place to call my own is eating up my time.
i haven't even been reading webcomics...i don't think i've seen sluggy since fat tuesday.
don't tell me what happens, tho! i'll read it sometime.
i've been binging on actual books, instead.
my birthday's tomorrow. i'll be 26.
strange, but all this year, i've considered myself 26 , not 25...
it's like i skipped 25 altogether and will just have two years of being 26. *shrugs*
perhaps if i get a break this week i can draw, but who knows what will happen.
i know i am getting tired of just not updating.
i had a strange dream a month or so ago.
in it, my comic was to be animated. good, right?
well, i turn on the tv and they made it live action. um, ok.
and then they totally cut out the parts of amelia and odile, two of my favorite characters!
no ferdinand, either. it might as well been retitled, the "max and miles show."
then, they started changing the character's personalities and that is when i woke up seriously p.o.ed.
i stayed mad throughout the rest of that day. weird.
but it got me thinking that no one else is going to tell this story with these characters. they're vision may be totally different from what i see. that only i can do this and if i'm not doing that, then i'm letting the characters die.
it was like my subconious was saying, "enough! get off your lazy but and update your comic, already!"
i usually have a bad habit of picking up an interest in something and then dropping it just as quickly as i picked it up.
guitar lessons, for example. i still can't play my guitar. however, i didn't drop my comic as quick as others...
am i quitting? not on your life.
i have a story to tell and i owe it to the cast of the comic to tell it.
now i just need to work on my procrastination and discipline problems...
the perfect way to do so is for me to just start working on my comic. to put all thoughts of everything else aside. to not nag myself about how i went on so long with out updating...to just start working again. sometimes the best way to learn and figure out your problems is to do.
but tonight i need to sleep.
bah. maybe i should give up sleep instead.
2.24.2003
2.06.2003
and since we've no place to go...
white flakes fall outside and still continue. i don't think it's stopped at all this morning. i awoke to a white landscape this morning. a peaceful view out the big kitchen window as i put my shoes on and packed a lunch for work. my first thought was of the grin that must be on ken's face. he may have trouble with system's crashing and way too many calls for him to come fix someone's computer, but that snow would somehow bleach all the negatives out of today.
jo got into grad school. got her letter of acceptance the same day her dad got his for a school of theology. 8^) on the 23rd, i'm heading to ft. smith to a information session on scad, to see if a mfa in sequential art is something i can attain. i won't be starting right away. i'm thinking of another year of two from now.
i'm keeping track of the advertising bills at work now. at first i wasn't so sure, but as the first bills trickle in and i look at the spreadsheet with it's list of what these bill should be costing us, i find that i enjoy it. it's something else for me to do. and i felt good today. i spotted an error correctly! 8^) it makes me feel intelligent, especially since math and numbers usually do not.
i also got the ads due today taken care off, early! yay me!
i'm wondering if blogger has fixed their updating stuff. i still can't see them when i load this page at home, but i daren't try it at work! i also want to see the update of ken's comic. it wouldn't show at home. i guess keen_ was goofing again. i'll try it again when i get home.
now i have some buydown signs to make. at least i will not be bored. perhaps it is a good thing that i don't have a window in my office. i'd be too intranced by the snow to work. 8^)
white flakes fall outside and still continue. i don't think it's stopped at all this morning. i awoke to a white landscape this morning. a peaceful view out the big kitchen window as i put my shoes on and packed a lunch for work. my first thought was of the grin that must be on ken's face. he may have trouble with system's crashing and way too many calls for him to come fix someone's computer, but that snow would somehow bleach all the negatives out of today.
jo got into grad school. got her letter of acceptance the same day her dad got his for a school of theology. 8^) on the 23rd, i'm heading to ft. smith to a information session on scad, to see if a mfa in sequential art is something i can attain. i won't be starting right away. i'm thinking of another year of two from now.
i'm keeping track of the advertising bills at work now. at first i wasn't so sure, but as the first bills trickle in and i look at the spreadsheet with it's list of what these bill should be costing us, i find that i enjoy it. it's something else for me to do. and i felt good today. i spotted an error correctly! 8^) it makes me feel intelligent, especially since math and numbers usually do not.
i also got the ads due today taken care off, early! yay me!
i'm wondering if blogger has fixed their updating stuff. i still can't see them when i load this page at home, but i daren't try it at work! i also want to see the update of ken's comic. it wouldn't show at home. i guess keen_ was goofing again. i'll try it again when i get home.
now i have some buydown signs to make. at least i will not be bored. perhaps it is a good thing that i don't have a window in my office. i'd be too intranced by the snow to work. 8^)
2.03.2003
1.01.2003
dezinin'
the 17" monitor ken got me for christmas works great! thanks, love!
a few days ago, ken and i were wandering around wastings (our local hasting's store in case you're curious,) when we spotted a bargan bin for software. what did we find? dreamweaver 4 for $25. 0.o weee!
now, i am working on redesign the site for blue canary.
behold! the new blue canary logo!
the 17" monitor ken got me for christmas works great! thanks, love!
a few days ago, ken and i were wandering around wastings (our local hasting's store in case you're curious,) when we spotted a bargan bin for software. what did we find? dreamweaver 4 for $25. 0.o weee!
now, i am working on redesign the site for blue canary.
behold! the new blue canary logo!
12.25.2002
where have i been?
lots of places except in front of my computer long enough to post here. after staring at the monitor all day at work, it seemed like such a chore to jsut check my e-mail. i'm trying to catch up in it and with my webcomic reading (which i do exclusivly at home now. 8^P)
part of the problem is the slow dial up service i have at home. ick.
i'm going to limit my webcomics for now, i can always come back and read someone's archives to get caught up.
i just got a 17" monitor for christmas so my comic's site will be redesigned, and then i'll try to keep up with my e-mail and the blogs more. i may be posting only once a week. dang, posting when i had a spare moment at work made things so much easier. >8^( oh, well. and i gotta work in time to draw my comic. ug.
emily has graduated and moved out. it's just jo and me, now.
in other news, i got rear-ended by a tow truck back on 11-25-02. i just got my car back from the auto body shop last week, though ken thinks they could've done a better job of it. i had a mile case of neck sprain, but toherwise i'm ok. just been bogged down with work and the holidays.
ken has finally stopped posting charater sketches and officially started in shining armor. it looks good. 8^)
and i'm planning my new site design and trying to get started back on my comic and decide what to do for my two pages with the next keenspace book. keenspace has yet again moved their servers. i noticed the keenalert was messed up onmy page. poor tim. his site has completely vanished. 8^(
i'm almost afriad to update my comic. we'll see though. however, when i'm not at work or with ken, i'm going to try to get that web design complete.
ok, enough blabbing for now.
lots of places except in front of my computer long enough to post here. after staring at the monitor all day at work, it seemed like such a chore to jsut check my e-mail. i'm trying to catch up in it and with my webcomic reading (which i do exclusivly at home now. 8^P)
part of the problem is the slow dial up service i have at home. ick.
i'm going to limit my webcomics for now, i can always come back and read someone's archives to get caught up.
i just got a 17" monitor for christmas so my comic's site will be redesigned, and then i'll try to keep up with my e-mail and the blogs more. i may be posting only once a week. dang, posting when i had a spare moment at work made things so much easier. >8^( oh, well. and i gotta work in time to draw my comic. ug.
emily has graduated and moved out. it's just jo and me, now.
in other news, i got rear-ended by a tow truck back on 11-25-02. i just got my car back from the auto body shop last week, though ken thinks they could've done a better job of it. i had a mile case of neck sprain, but toherwise i'm ok. just been bogged down with work and the holidays.
ken has finally stopped posting charater sketches and officially started in shining armor. it looks good. 8^)
and i'm planning my new site design and trying to get started back on my comic and decide what to do for my two pages with the next keenspace book. keenspace has yet again moved their servers. i noticed the keenalert was messed up onmy page. poor tim. his site has completely vanished. 8^(
i'm almost afriad to update my comic. we'll see though. however, when i'm not at work or with ken, i'm going to try to get that web design complete.
ok, enough blabbing for now.
10.29.2002
catwalk
my roomie emily has such a fashion sense. like the apron pants she was wearing one day. o.0
but sometimes she needs reassurance that the outfit looks ok, especially after she gets something new. i'm almost the same way. lol
it was cute, she tried on 3 different outfits and asked my opinion.
all of the sudden i'm a fashion expert. me, who's favorite outfit consists of jeans and t-shirt. *shrugs*
the halloween comic for the nice is coming along. hopefully i'll be done tomorrow. 8^)
then i just need to finish the color for the already way to late comic for blue canary and do that drawing for cindy, smeffysnark's prize drawing and adam's tattoo design. in that order.
that's right folks, someone actually wants ferdinand on a tattoo. 8^)
i'd try to stay up late and get that halloween comic complete but i do have work in the morning and that meeting starts at 9am. that is when i usually get there, so i need to be early tomorrow and all dolled up. 8^(P
lots o' meetings at work this week. some far they are going ok, i just need to take better notes and remember what tasks i've been given. if i do that, i should be fine.
back to coloring...
my roomie emily has such a fashion sense. like the apron pants she was wearing one day. o.0
but sometimes she needs reassurance that the outfit looks ok, especially after she gets something new. i'm almost the same way. lol
it was cute, she tried on 3 different outfits and asked my opinion.
all of the sudden i'm a fashion expert. me, who's favorite outfit consists of jeans and t-shirt. *shrugs*
the halloween comic for the nice is coming along. hopefully i'll be done tomorrow. 8^)
then i just need to finish the color for the already way to late comic for blue canary and do that drawing for cindy, smeffysnark's prize drawing and adam's tattoo design. in that order.
that's right folks, someone actually wants ferdinand on a tattoo. 8^)
i'd try to stay up late and get that halloween comic complete but i do have work in the morning and that meeting starts at 9am. that is when i usually get there, so i need to be early tomorrow and all dolled up. 8^(P
lots o' meetings at work this week. some far they are going ok, i just need to take better notes and remember what tasks i've been given. if i do that, i should be fine.
back to coloring...
