No art - reason no. 1: No time.
I know that my darkarrow character has just sat there for a long time without any updates and other than the rather quick, sketchy dragon, its the only new art I've posted in a loooooooooong time. Me sowwy but I just haven't had the time to sit and draw lately now that my kids are home again. I didn't think it would be so damn hard to go back to the old routine after a couple of weeks without them hanging off of me. >< Don't get me wrong, I love my kids dearly and wouldn't trade them for the world but I really do miss being able to sit and draw whenever I felt like it.
The stress caused by no time thanks to this busy summer doesn't help either. Nothing saps your creative spirit like a fight with the spouse over something stupid and insignificant. *sniffs* Being responsible adults and parents can really, really suck...I miss my best friend...
No art - reason no. 2: No computer.
So those of you who chat with me regularly may have heard of my growing issues with my poor, aging Toshiba Satellite laptop. Well though the registry issue was fixed and I could use it, it was lagging terribly and took forever to load anything or to start new programs. At first [Acerbus] suggested a hard drive wipe and some new ram but finally we decided the best course of action was to try and sell it along with a couple of older laptops (pentium IIIs) he had sitting around.
Today he took my laptop into work so he could mirror the harddrive and do a full backup. The next step is a complete wipe and reinstall in preparation for sale. So in other words, though I do have use of the family desktop I don't have my work computer any more: no tablet, no scanner, no Paintshop Pro and no Photoshop Elements. And since I won't get a new computer until we have the money for one, I don't know when I'll have a new computer. *sighs*
No art - reason no. 3: So much editing to do...*dies*
Now I love to RP and lately, I've been happily busy playing along in [Kyrinn]'s RP the lost kingdoms. Its the sequel to an earlier RP she ran, Book of Ajia and its a lot of fun. Trouble is, one of the former players in the old RP has decided that it was never [Kyrinn]'s idea [even though Kyrinn actually DREAMED the premise behind the original RP] and that since [Kyrinn] has not given her the creative kudos she deserves [even though Kyrinn started the whole thing & the former player's characters are 2D and ridiculously immature. Not to mention that the entire RP is peppered with 'look at me, my characters are special' surprise crap the player introduced into the RP without warning and without forethought as to how the crap would play out, usually leaving it unfinished], she (the player) has decided that [Kyrinn] is a thief and has even threatened to sue [Kyrinn] for idea theft.
So as I have a vested interest in the RP [I love my Ajia characters, the story is fantastic and I really do believe this will make an outstanding, fantasy novel], myself and another player will be helping [Kyrinn] prepare the story for copyright. This means editing out ALL of the CRAP the former player introduced and replacing her charicatures with believable, three dimensional characters who add to the story rather than diminish it with flashy nonsense. We have a lot of work ahead of us if we want to make it to the deadline [Kyrinn] has suggested and unlike some former players, I intend to make good on my promise to help.
So in other words, I may be scarce for a while. I'll be in and out most of the time as I try and get my part of the editing done. Don't worry [Lothuriel] and [Lerune], I'll still play today as planned but you guys are the exception.
I've got lots to do and limited time to do it in. Bear with me guys....be patient if I don't answer messages or respond to wiki comments. I'll get around to stuff like I always do. It just won't be anytime soon. :P
This weekend my mom and I are heading down to Lexington, Kentucky to meet up with [Ariandra]. Its the first time I've left the country without my husband (and my best friend) [Acerbus] along and I'm really, really nervous. I've never driven in the States before, I've always navigated and the thought of driving through Detroit, even during the daylight, scares the hell out of me. :/
Ok, ok so hopping on the I94 from Port Huron to Detroit then following the I96 to the I75 (or is it the I96 to the I94 to the I75?? ACK!!!) shouldn't be that hard but the last time I was in Detroit, there was construction going on and the hubby and I ended up almost downtown there in the middle of the night with low fuel. O_o Not a good experience but my husband assures me that the construction is finished and the drive is actually pretty simple now - he, my dad, my brother and my two brother's in law went to NASCAR in June. Even though I'll be on a route I've taken before, in daylight on a well marked interstate, I'm still nervous as hell.
So today I'm off to the car dealership to have some routine maintenance done to my vehicle before the big trip. That is a load of my mind that's for sure but I still have the driving in a foreign country to look forward to. Ok so there isn't a big difference between driving in the States from driving here in Canada and the folks in the States are pretty friendly and helpful (of course I'm a white female so that helps too :P ) but I still worry. I can't help it... I almost always have to think of the worst case scenarios in situations like this. I hate it but I guess that's the way I'm wired. *taps forehead* The nightmare I had yesterday where my husband died just before the trip didn't help matters any either. ;_;
Anyways... I'll be scarce until next week so I'll cya then. Wish me luck... eep...
So yeah... I hate summer. >< Oh sure the weather is warm and the trees have leaves and flowers are blooming and I can throw the kids outside to play whenever they're driving me crazy but I assure you, summer sucks. Why you ask? Because in the summer, the one time of the year in Canada where the road conditions are consistantly decent, you are expected to travel all over the damn place visiting. ARGH!!
Ok I openly admit I am not the most social creature on the face of the planet. I would much rather hang out at home watching a rented movie, playing video games or working on my computer than go out to a bar or movie theatre. The most social activity I do is go to the gym twice a week or take my kids to the park. I just don't like people very much, especially other women with kids who think we have something in common just because we're both mothers. They go on about the most useless, stupid shit like their spa appointments, their newest diet and their shopping routine like I care or something. XP Its people like that which make me want to invest heavily in earplugs.
I admit it! I'm different than most other women my age! I like video games, I like to draw, I like to write fantasy stories, I'm into RPGs like DnD, I listen to less than mainstream music like 80s metal & video game tunes, I'd rather wear the same tattered jeans and t-shirt over and over again than experience the gruelling torture that is retail sales in search of new clothes. (That's what the hubby is for. XD He's my fashion consultant AND my PR department.) Hell, I think I'm still wearing the same half dozen pairs of shoes I've had for years now. I rarely wear makeup and my hair is kept either braided or in a ponytail. Oh yeah... and I LIKE sex with my husband. The more, the better. =9 I like being different damn it and I like my privacy and hermit style ways!
Summer forces me to pack up my kids, drive long distances to visit family who normally don't have much to do with me other than phoning me because some relative died or they need to talk to my husband about computer issues. O_o I joke about the only reasons my family even get me to visit is to see my kids and husband, not me though I suspect it may be more truth than fiction. It doesn't help matters that I'm considered to be the 'off-white' sheep in the family either. I think the only one who understands me is my dad since I'm so much like him - much to my mother's disappointment I'm sure - but I'm a girl so that means I don't even fit into his world of his shop, his machines and vehicles or his partying. Whatever. *rolls eyes*
I miss Winter! I miss the unpredictable weather, I miss the snow and ice and freezing temperatures! I miss the frantic phone calls from my mother telling me not to travel because you can't see across the road because of the snow! I miss being able to just hole up inside with the furnace cranked all nice and cozy with the hubby and kids while a blizzard rages outside! I hate having to pack, I hate having to travel on the roads with a bunch of mindless, yuppie twits in their mini-vans (or worse, bubble headed twit women in SUVs) while dodging various work crews slaving away on the roads, I hate having to visit people who are not necessarily nice to my face then gossip incessantly behind my back and I hate, I HATE SUMMER! *shakes fist*
Next time we move, its going to be into the country so I can have a small barn and a vegetable garden. Then I'll love summer again because I won't be able to travel as much. Why? Because the garden and the animals can't take care of themselves you know. ;) And then maybe I'll finally have the time to do some serious work on my art and writing so I can finally get published and go 'neener neener neener!' to everyone who always told me that my art was a waste of time and talent. (_|_)
Hey I can dream right?? Here's hopin' anyways... *crosses fingers*
**UPDATE** Ok so I finally got the backup done and my applications reloaded. I noticed my comp was acting a little wonky thanks to a certain program called Spybot Search and Destroy. I decided to uninstall the program which needed a reboot to complete the uninstall but when I tried to boot my computer back up all I got was the blue screen of Death. And anyone who uses Windows knows just what I mean by the 'Blue Screen of Death'. ;)
Again its my hubby to the rescue. At first we thought it was because I used a wrong version of Windows XP to put the Windows games back on my system but further troubleshootin
Anyways... the hubby managed to fix it using good old DOS based disk repair commands. Turns out Spybot seriously fucked up my system registry when I uninstalled it. If you use Spybot Search and Destroy 1.4 (a good program usually) DON'T MAKE A SYSTEM REGISTRY BACKUP!!! It's EEEEVVVIIILLLL
For those of you who are wondering why the hell I haven't done any more artwork lately, my answer is simple: BECAUSE A HIDDEN @#$&%@ TEMP FILE ATE UP 3.5 GB OF MY MEMORY!!
Lately I've been having massive problems with Photoshop Elements where it would take forever to load and would bog down when I was working on a piece. The last time I opened it, I hadn't done more than a few dozen brush strokes when it told me the history palette was full. ARGH!! >8| Then I'd get the annoying little popup telling me 'Your C: drive is very low on memory' and it didn't matter what I did or what software I removed, nothing helped.
So I thought maybe it was time to wipe the system and do a reinstall which meant I needed to do a backup. Guess what?? I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH %@$&$@ MEMORY TO EVEN BURN CDs!! >8O And I was trying to do a full backup of my data drive since I'm waaay overdue for one. We're talking nearly 6 GB of stuff, most of which are 4 years worth of digital photos of my family. Needless to say I was getting very angry and the fact that we had back to back thunderstorms all afternoon yesterday and my kids were driving me nuts sure didn't help matters any. CURSE YOU MOTHER NATURE!! *shakes fist* At least the power didn't go out...
Anyways, my IT hubby comes home and after listening to me rant about the weather, the kids and my damn computer, finally tells me how to fix the problem. It was a stupid temp file hidden away in a hidden folder called 'local settings' and it had over 3.5 GB of temp files from miscellaneous programs I run on my computer. Took him all of 5 minutes to fix. I didn't know whether I should kiss him for fixing it or beat him for letting me suffer all damn day since he mentioned he had contemplated fixing it the night before. AAAAARRRRGGGHH
So its fixed. I'm spending today reinstalling the software I uninstalled so I could do my backup and finally finishing the backup, which is 12 700MB CDs and counting. Hopefully when I get that all done, I'll be able to get back to finishing up the multiple art projects I have on the go....maybe... *faint*
I haven't been able to finish anything in a long time and worse, I haven't been able to draw anything either other than this fanart. That and I haven't been able to do any decent writing in the three RPs I'm in either. Granted there is a lot going on in my everyday life: my husband got a new job, we may be moving sooner than later, my two kids are sick, the hubby is sick, I'm sick, I have pile of dental work to be done that I am NOT looking forward too, my youngest sister just had a baby, my other sister's son is being baptised this Sunday and my mother has been laying on the guilt trips because I haven't been home in a month - even though she knows where I live and is retired. ARGH!!!
There's so much I want to do and either don't have time to do it or, get the time and end up lacking the inspiration and inclination to do any of it. I'm about ready to have a big bonfire and toss all my work into it then sell my laptop and tablet to the highest bidder on Ebay.
So bear with me guys, I'm going through a rough patch at the moment. To my RP buddies: hang in there, I'll post when I can. To my art buddies to whom I've promised contest entries: I'll do my best but don't hold your breath. To the guys I've promised work done to: Be patient. I'll get to it, just not anytime soon. And to everyone else: Enjoy the stuff I have done and know that someday there will be new stuff put up for your future enjoyment.
Oh and hugs, send me LOTS of hugs. I need them... *sniff*
In poor [Lothuriel]'s The Painters' Contest::
22:20:09 Urmando, The Halfling: [moira hawthorne] Sorry, I am a healthy guy, so I say of your new Art piece: "Hmmm, Yammie..."
01:00:59 moira hawthorne: hey Im a health BI girl... I picked that pose out of about 20! boy was that ever fun! I I still have the orginal photos.. given to me.. cherry by candle light is a beauty to behold!.. too bad for both of us.. or any one else she is compleatly taken and devoted!
01:01:57 moira hawthorne: but thx U very much for you compliment that my art captures her beauty!
06:06:24 Dirty DaVinci: Damn right she's taken ;)
16:30:29 moira hawthorne: hey hey ... I donttranspass in other peoples gardens... I only enjoy the view!...
16:32:28 Yuriona: O_o I thought we were supposed to be enjoying the artwork, not discussing adultery. :O
16:47:48 moira hawthorne: Yuriona of the opinion only she and her friends are allow to have conversations in wikis....
16:49:14 Kyrinn: moira cut it out.
16:57:20 Yuriona: Oh grow up moira. Only you could turn an art contest into a smut fest.
17:09:33 moira hawthorne: huh! read your own conversations! and stop picking on me! ignore me as I ignore you!
17:11:32 Yuriona: This is a public wiki moira. We are all allowed to comment on it. Now quit imagining things and making false accusations. It only makes you look bad.
17:15:59 Kyrinn: Picking on you??? WTF?? This IS a public wiki and for the record YOU picked this fight, by your own words --> 16:47:48 moira hawthorne: Yuriona of the opinion only she and her friends are allow to have conversations in wikis.... Why dont you just NOT make comments like that and let it lie. grow up.
17:17:34 Yuriona: *nudges Kyrinn* Shhh! She's supposed to be ignoring us remember??
Sorry for the trouble Loth but I just couldn't resist. ;)
I haven't had more than 4 hours of straight sleep in a week. I have a sick 18 month old who is either attached to my hip or screaming at me for something. My 4 year old has decided that its ok to talk back and be sassy to me and I'm stiff and sore from the poor quality of sleep. On top of that, I've just gotten home after spending 4 days at my mom's house where I have been nitpicked, insulted and undermined at every turn. At least my period finally ended. >_<
In short, I am exhausted, not feeling well and very, very bitchy. So I come to ET to talk to my friends and try to relax a bit. I find that my buds are as busy as I am with their home lives and not around. No biggie... until another bachelor friend decides to leave me a helpful nudge towards an RP that has been stalled while everyone is out dealing with life and a couple of pisantes in another wiki decide now is a good time to use me as an example of hipocracy. So where does that leave me??
The Clyde Saga continues...
The vet called me today to tell me that Clyde was doing about the same, eating and moving about. She then informs me that she is going to release him and send him home with steroid pills for me to give him. So I called [Acerbus] and made him bring the cat home after the poor guy had just battled his way through a downtown traffic snarl following a long, busy day at work. Thank goodness the vet was sorta close by... >_>
So the cat his home and I've administered his first round of steroids at home. He hasn't eaten yet but he didn't get his steroid fix until 7pm so he'll be hungry later I'm sure. He is at the moment upstairs on the couch with [Acerbus] watching some cheezy Steven Segal movie. Don't ask me which one, I didn't stick around long enough to find out.
Acerbus first accosts me for disappearing on him and deserting him before asking if I want to know what 'Mr. Invincible' the cat had done. The hubby then went on to say that after I had gone to the basement, the cat had gotten off the couch and shambled over to the patio door. The bugger then sat on his furry ass and meowed to go out. Two days after being hit on the road and costing us literally hundreds of dollars to fix him up, that damn cat has the audacity to ask to go outside! *dies*
I guess this means he's feeling better. I should be happy. >_< Nuisance cawt...
I took our cat Clyde back to the vet today and he was so upset, he peed right through the blanket I had him wrapped in. The vet had a look at him and decided the best course of action was to admit him for a couple of days and get him hooked up to an IV for fluids and steroids. He won't eat, probably because of the broken canine and the IV will provide some nutrients and fluids.
The steroids are to help get the swelling in his brain to lessen. He has a lot of trouble walking but the vet thinks that is due to the head trauma and not because of anything being broken or dislocated. She still wanted to do some X-rays though, just in case but we had to put it off since it was so expensive. Clyde's 2 day hospital stay is going to cost nearly $400 and it will be another $400 to get the tooth extracted. Gah... >_< I love my cat but that is an awful lot of money.
So we're going to wait and see. He's at the vet's for the next couple of days and hopefully with the steroids and IV, we'll see some improvement in him. Once we know how much permanent damage has been done to his head and what sort of quality of life he will have, then we can decide on what to do next. I mean, there's no point yanking his tooth out and putting him through more pain and suffering unneccesarily.
The thing is that I was raised on a farm and usually when this sort of thing happened, the cure was an ounce of lead administered to the ear. It ended the animal's suffering and was much cheaper. Keep in mind that these are barn cats I'm talking about which are a dime a dozen. Clyde is different. He's family. That still doesn't make it an easy decision though. I love my cat don't get me wrong but that's a lot of money and I do have higher priorities.
If there is a marked improvement in the next couple of days (which I'm confident there will be since he has improved a lot since Saturday night), we will do whatever we can to get him taken care of. If there is little or no hope of improvement though, we will have to really consider if that is the quality of life Clyde deserves and what should be done in his best interests, not ours. And yes, if Clyde won't be able to go outside and hunt or claw up my carpet the way he used to, I will have him put down. Like I said, I love my cat dearly but I can't put him through that nor do I have the time to baby him as an invalid.
The next few days will tell. I sincerely hope that Clyde pulls through and though he'll probably never be the same, I hope he'll be close to his old self. I don't want to have to come home and tell my kids that Clyde isn't coming home because he went to kitty heaven. I really don't want that but I also don't want to watch my cat suffer. All I can do is wait, hope and pray that everything works out.
I know one thing though. If Clyde doesn't pull through this, it will be a LONG time before I get another pet. I'm tired of just about every pet I own dying a traumatic death. >_<
Soot (black cat) - shot by my father for eating baby pheasants
Soot 2 (black cat) - shot
Troublesome (tabby cat) - disappeared never to return
Two turtles (red ear sliders) - released because they were too big.
Clyde (tabby cat) - ?
Last night (Saturday) at 11pm the phone rings and someone leaves a message. [Acerbus] got up to check the machine and finds that its the Humane Society. Apparently our cat was hit on the road and they IDed him by his microchip since the bugger lost his collar ages ago.
I stay at home with the kids while [Acerbus] is off to the animal hospital to get the cat. Turns out that our cat Clyde was hit right at the end of our street, less than 100 feet from our house. The driver called the Humane Society thank goodness and they retrieved him.
Clyde had sustained a serious injury to his head, resulting in a broken canine and possible brain damage. They only deduced the brain damage from the fact that his pupils were of differing sizes at the time. They didn't know how much damage was done or if was fatal. There was little that could be done except put him in the hospital, stick in an IV, monitor him and run tests. We were looking at a minimum $800 stay.
Since Clyde doesn't do well in strange environments, (and there is no way I'm shelling out that much cash on a cat, even one I dearly love) we decided to keep him at home. I had originally got him at the Humane Society nearly 5 years ago and he was a neurotic mess. He spent most of his time hiding until he got used to us. I also suspected he was abused as he would flinch away if you raised your hand a certain way.
Over the years he's become a big part of our family and has a personality all of his own. He's gone from a frightened, neurotic, victimized cat to a brash, bold, stalker of the night who keeps his humans in line. He's good with the kids when he can be bothered to tolerate them and he will occasionally grace us with his presence in our laps for petting or curled up in the center our bed. Oh yes, and let's not forget the occasional present he would leave me in the backyard to bury. Last time it was the back half of a jackrabbit - oh, and its ears and nose. He didn't eat those. >_<
So when the hubby brought him home, the cat was totally wonky on the massive painkillers he was given and the steroids he got to keep his brain from swelling. He seemed to recognize he was home though and reacted to both the hubby and I. Needless to say we were both very, very upset and [Acerbus] volunteered to stay up with Clyde to watch for seizures. :/ There weren't any thank goodness and the boys slept on the couch most of the night.
Today Clyde has been good and lucid. He's even taken a few sips of milk. We were relieved when he tried to run away when the kids got up. Clyde usually disappears when the girls are a round since they're so loud and so rough. So the hubby had made him a nice nest in a cardboard box and put him in our bedroom. Clyde immediately hopped out of the box and laid under our bed - a comfort spot for him.
Tomorrow I have to take him to the vet to have his broken canine removed and to have a follow up done. I also have to register my eldest daughter for junior kindergarten. My sweetheart mom-in-law though is coming down to keep an eye on the girls while I do all this running around. I'm gonna owe her big time after this. So in other words, I probably won't be online much tomorrow. >_< Wish me luck...
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Gah... I am so totally hooked on Ranma 1/2!! Wheee!
Well by 1am EST, we were just south of Cinncinati, exhausted and dealing with wet snow flurries so we decided to rough it and hit a hotel for the night. Probably a good thing too since when I called my mom yesterday to check on the kids, they were in the middle of a snowstorm and had just gotten the power back on after nearly 4 hours. EEK!!
Figures... we enjoy three days of near summer like weather and return to snow. Oh well... we had a blast and neither of us can wait to come back and visit 'y'all'. LOL!! Hugs to everybody and I'll be back... once we are back in the great white North. <- Literally I'm starting to think...
Whhheeeee!! What a week! [Acerbus] and I came down to Kentucky on Wednesday and visited [Savien] and [Ariandra] for the first time! We've had a blast!
We finally got to meet the Cope kids, tried catfish and hushpuppies for the first time, fired semi-automatic weapons and played D&D until the wee hours.
Then on Friday night, [Lerune] and her family came and surprised us with a visit!!! WHOO HOO!! Another night of visiting until the wee hours for us. Today has been hours of playing D&D with everyone while the kids played and watched movies!!
Now we're packing up to start the long journey back home to find just how badly our own girls have been spoiled by my mom. *sigh* The days just flew by and other than today the weather was gorgeous!!
[Savien] and [Ariandra] are great hosts and we had so much fun! I am truly sad that we have to go, especially since [Lerune] and her husband Bill are here. It's always hard to leave such good friends after having such a good time. Thanks so much for everything guys and I hope we can do this again soon! Luv ya all!!
Razhel Darkmoon - half elven Gypsy bard
Razhel's birth was one fret with bad omens. Her mother, a comely Gypsy lass, was seduced by what she described as an elven man with black skin and red eyes. Many in the troupe fel that Lerella had been impregnated by a demon. Because of this, she faced exhile or worse, a death sentence in order to protect the clan from the evil within her. It was only when Boris Swiftmane offered several fine horeses in trade for the girl that the Clan allowed her to live. She was now Boris' problem.
Boris had once been the greatest of the Clan's bards. He was a gifted musician and story teller, renowned among his people. When his wife was killed by enraged farmers over the deaths of a few sheep that had wandered free of their pasture, Boris became withdrawn. He no longer sang, played his mandolin or told his stories. Instead, he moved his caravan to the outskirts of the Clan's mobile settlement and was rarely seen.
He took his new wife Lorella to his caravan where he was now responsible for the raising and tending of the Clan's horses. The Clan was sympathetic to his plight when his wife died but every member was expected to contribute or they were exhiled.
They lived there happily and a few short months later, Lorella went into labour. She gave birth to a beautiful little girl in the dead of night, the baby seeming to be nothing like the creature claimed to be her parent. Despite this however, there were many uncomfortable whisperings among the Clan.
These whispers were of worry and bad omen as the little girl had been born during a rare dark moon - a night when the full moon hid her face behind a mourning veil. (A full lunar eclipse) If that wasn't bad enough, the midwife told of the baby' strange pointed ears; something unheard of among the human Gypsies.
Even so, Boris and Lorella were oblivious to the unease of the Clan and named their little girl Razhel Darkmoon, her Clan tattoo honouring both the horses they depended on and the dark moon she was born under.
As far as Boris was concerned, she was his daughter and she was raised in the ways of the Clan. Her father daughter her to play the mandolin while her mother taught her to dance. She also became well known in the clan for how easily she built a rapport with the horses. She seemed to have a talent for it, sometimes even outshining the respected elders who had worked with horses their entire lives.
Even so, the Clan remained wary of her and remembered how she had come to be. Some claimed her rapport with the animals to be unnatural, telling wild tales of how she could speak their tongue. Others told of how she seemed to age much more slowly than the Clan children born near the same time. Even more stories were told about how it seemed at times that the wind itself would dance with her.
Despite the grumblings, the Clan tolerated her for her father's sake since Boris had always been well liked among his people. When her mother passed away and her father sickened however, Razhel knew that her time with the Clan would soon be at an end and prepared herself for what seemed to be an inevitable exhile.
Ok...time for another diary entry. I've done a total of three characters now for other Elftowners - thanks to DarkangelGoth (Skye Avari), Aconite (Aconite&Napell
SIGN MY GUESTBOOK PLEASE!!!!!
Yahoo!! My celtic elf has a name - Amarie!! Oh and she has been entered into ange7snow's Elf Contest!! Please vote for her. I finally finished Neko Yue - a character for a friend and fellow elftowner NekoYue. Whew! She was a lot of work but I'm really happy by how well she turned out. (Even with the bazillion changes!!) I entered her into yesiaz's Kitty People contest. Go vote for her too!! Please?
*sniff* I just want to know that folks actually like my artwork. *sniff* ;-)
Oh yeah...and my poll is going well. Come on folks! Take my poll and help me choose a name for my musical 'Celtic' elf.