| Time Won't Give Me Time |
[May. 15th, 2008|07:39 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Black Mountain - Wucan | ] |
There are those days when I get home from work and sit down and the inking goes so smoothly, it just flows out no muss no fuss. Yesterday was one of those days. And you just look at your hand and say "DUDE, why can't you do that every day?!"
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| Wednesday Night Colouring Party |
[May. 14th, 2008|07:36 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | June Panic - Peace and Love | ] |
Wow I was so miserable yesterday, for no good reason. And then today, late in the day, it miraculously lifted and I feel fa fa fine.
Both Manien and I get a long weekend this weekend. It is very exciting, since at our last workplace any such thing usually ended up a regular or even shorter weekend. We are going on a roadtrip.
Oh there is a good topic for discussion, ROADTRIPS. Have you had any especially good ones? |
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| Tie Me Up Tie Me Down |
[May. 8th, 2008|07:39 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Stawberry Letter 23 | ] |
I have been wearing a tie to work this week. It is strange! I need to get some new clothes.
Click on this picture to read this week's True Loves 2!
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| Wednesday Night Colouring Party |
[May. 7th, 2008|07:54 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Nine Pound Hammer | ] |
Well this week is a little smoother.
My awesome cousin fixed the sound on my computer, so I am able to listen to stuff as I colour. I have a modest 2300 songs on the computer. This morning I was listening to Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Two Tribes" and it was great. So:
1. How many songs on your computer? A bazillion?
2. What is your Awesome Wednesday Song for today? |
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| Hurry hurry |
[May. 1st, 2008|12:42 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb | ] |
I am having a strangely rushed week, strange in that I really don't have ANYTHING going on. I come home for lunch and rush rush rush. In fact I should likely be heading back to work. Oh well. I had yummy chorizo in tortillas for lunch.
Don't forget to read True Loves 2 |
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| Wednesday Night Colouring Party |
[Apr. 30th, 2008|07:40 pm] |
Well I haven't felt this Wednesday night-ish for a while. My schedule has just been completely off the past couple of weeks, it is not even funny how it throws the drawing.
But things are fairly spring-like here, and when the sun came out this week, suddenly everything was all bright and colourful. SUPERCOLOURFUL. So that is good.
A question that is on my mind this week:
What is a really quick lunch, that is not a sandwich? |
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| 190 Dublin St |
[Apr. 28th, 2008|07:37 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Radiohead Rainbows | ] |
I am reading this book that I got from the library "In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists" and this morning I started the chapter with Seth. And there was this page 190 Dublin St. that they had in there (scroll a little there, it is the second page), and I'm sort of reading it and slowly it sinks in that this is in my old hometown of Guelph Ontario! And so I know that train station! That cafe! That river!
So that was nice. |
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| Busy Week |
[Apr. 24th, 2008|06:41 pm] |
I had a busy week, with a friend in town and working and all. Whew! And bowling last night! My legs are embarrassingly sore. Oh well.
Read this if you haven't! It is in colour now.
And then look at this...
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[Apr. 16th, 2008|10:22 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | LCD Soundsystem - when someone great is gone | ] |
Oops I got distracted by my face in the mirror over yonder. I just thought that looking at it in deep darkness with only computer-light would be a good way to figure out heavy shadows.
o Narcissus (sp?), I am fascinated by this face of mine, a face I can just stare at and examine. That changes in ways I can barely notice.
Anyways. I see that new True Loves is up.
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| Tuesday Night Colouring Party |
[Apr. 15th, 2008|05:32 pm] |
I had sort of been hoping to watch About a Son tonight, but it was out from the video store, so I got Daywatch instead. But then as I walked home I thought of Gus Van Sant's Last Days. And thought that I would really like to see that again. As well as Gerry and Elephant. They are all so mesmerizing. I am pretty content on occasion to watch movies of people just walking around. Go figure.
I also watched the Nines last night which was pretty neat.
What are you watching this week? Anything good? |
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| The Drawings are in... |
[Apr. 14th, 2008|07:40 pm] |
And the sketchbook is done...
![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) boxbrown requested:
a couple of girls in those old school bathing suits and bathing caps and carrying umbrellas.
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| Finishing my sketchbook. |
[Apr. 14th, 2008|05:49 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Big Audio Dynamite | ] |
I have a couple of pages left of my sketchbook, and feel like finishing it up tonight.
What should I draw?
I'll take the first three suggestions I get and then post the drawings!
EDIT: Whew! That was quick, I was worried no one would respond! |
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| North Vancouver and West Vancouver |
[Apr. 10th, 2008|08:10 pm] |
So I was curious about industry in my town here and a quick google took me to the Wikipedia, which is where I was sort of headed anyways. And it revealed yes, some mills, some ship building. And then I was curious about West Vancouver where I used to work. And was highly amused to see that it has NO MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. By law. Hah. Also, that the mall where I worked was the first mall in Canada? Kooky. |
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| What Day is it? |
[Apr. 10th, 2008|04:57 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | sufjan stevens - 7 swans | ] |
As I was walking home from work just now I got myself totally confused about what day it is, and thought I had been putting the wrong date on things all day. Weird.
I forgot to find out if it is a Casual Friday tomorrow at the new job.
Hey look, it is True Loves 2!
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| Less Interneting |
[Apr. 3rd, 2008|04:28 pm] |
It is weird not having all day to surf the internet! What about all those very important things I read every day?! What about my lj friends list?! How do you guys post so much in one day?!
I don't think I have too much to say today.
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| Wednesday Night Colouring Party |
[Apr. 2nd, 2008|05:23 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | some damned mixed cd | ] |
It doesn't really feel like I should be calling it "Wednesday Night" as the sun is still blazing against the curtains, with hours still to go. The evenings seem to go on forever all of a sudden.
In less upbeat news: A bad time for me is always that point a half hour before work is over and my blood sugar is plummeting and suddenly someone is expecting me to get something done before I go. Something a little larger than I think is realistic. And I'm getting crabbier, doing a sloppier and less efficient job of it... is not good.
edit: Two Hours Later:
I was crabby but nonetheless went and had dinner with the inlaws and played vigourously with my niece for a while. And I feel just fine now! Whew! The day is saved.
Discussion topic: YWhat was your high and low today? |
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| Sketchbook Stuff II |
[Mar. 30th, 2008|04:05 pm] |
Here are a few more sketchbook things.
A Mega-j leaping into adventure, because I draw endless variations on this theme, with endless slight alterations of his outfit. And also a thread that I taped into the book on that page.
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| Sketchbook Stuff |
[Mar. 30th, 2008|11:27 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | sketchbook | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Neko Case - Tigers something something | ] |
I am getting close to finishing a sketchbook, and sort of liked a couple of drawings I did yesterday, so I thought I would post them here.
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| Was that snow? |
[Mar. 27th, 2008|11:02 am] |
Unsettled weather here in Vancouverland. Woke up and it was sunny, but now it is cloudy, and then rain? or snow? or hail? It is all over the place!
Cool things Manien has made recently:
Face wash - yoghurt and oatmeal!
Sourdough Rye Bread - Just water, flour and magic yeast from the air (which blew my mind)
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| Wednesday Night Colouring Party |
[Mar. 26th, 2008|05:56 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Twin Peaks season 2 Soundtrack | ] |
I feel like I have done a lot this week. I guess because Manien has also been off work? And she has been GETTING BUSY! Fixing things, gardening, serious spring cleaning. And today we went to see a dude who is going to do our taxes. This required a two hour trip to Surrey, which was quite the adventure.
I have been in Surrey twice this month. I do not recommend doing this. It is pretty gross there! I was heard to say "Is there a 'nice' part of Surrey?"
Discussion topic:
Suburbs you have visited recently. |
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