son of a gun, I've been tagged. I'm supposed to write like, 16 things about myself.

1) I like comic books. A lot.

2) I also like video games. They are the bane of my comic's existence.

3) I'm the oldest unwed female on my dad's side of the family. Even my cousin who's 2 years younger is married now.

4) I own my own car, and it's not a heap of junk (yay!)

5) I'm a cat person (have 5), but I also have a cocker spaniel and a bunny.

6) I hate pineapple.

7) I have scoliosis, so I really have to watch my posture to avoid back pain.

8) I currently work for the government.

9) I draw and write with my left hand, but I can do most other things with either.

10) I'm a very boring person.

11) I don't like shopping for clothes and stuff like that, but you have to drag me out of a book store.

12) I played the French horn and mellophone in middle/high school. Marching was awesome.

13) I like to climb around on large rocks. And trees.

14) I'm the oldest child. I have a younger brother and sister.

15) I often watch PBS kids shows.

16) My hayfever and dust allergies seem to get worse every year.

I tag nobody, 'cuz I'm a spoil sport. :|

Ok, now they're just trying to mess with my head. ):I

Good grief, I can't believe they didn't postpone finals on Monday. There was a huge blizzard Sunday, and half the roads weren't cleared yet. I got stuck in a snow drift, but luckily was almost through and just had to clear/stomp down the snow in front of the tires. But it was 40F BELOW ZERO. The rotunda was freezing. >.<

The temperature has finally made it up to -13F. It's supposed to be 20F on Thursday. Heat wave!

It's really funny how bad my comic gets downvoted in the Gaia art arena because it isn't Naruto or shiny-desu animu style. :P

OH OH! I should put up a page with Gareth in it and see what kind of ratings THAT gets! >:D

The rest of the photos for the work project arrive the week before finals and winter break. Go figure. There must be a good 600-700 in that box too. I've got to get my workspace cleaned so I can actually see the desk/table before I can get to sorting those. :U

At least this time we aren't going anywhere. Seeing relatives last year was nice, but took up half the break and I can never relax on vacations or sleep in the car. Staying home is much better for R&R.

TO DO LIST :O
make a nice overall "cover" illustration for Pilgrim
finish sketching chapter 1, get a good chunk inked
start working on redoing/expanding chapter 0
start working on the designs and such for chapter 2
draw something with markers

the idea is to have the new chap0 finished at about the same time chap1 does on a weekly update schedule. Then jump full steam ahead into chapter 2. Sounds easy in theory. In practice, should still work out.

Anyway. Back to schoolwork. >:I

EDIT:
737 photos. Apparently cost over $11,000. $15 a pop or something ridiculous like that. Ah, government contracts :B

Yeesh. I'm having the most ridiculous time trying to get some feedback and constructive criticism on pilgrim_comic. =/
I mean, I have my own mental list of things to work on, but it'd be nice to get some thoughtful outside opinions too. :I
Well, I got one crit that made 2 good points about the focus of panels and the distinction between characters and background, but I would like some moar!

Also. I studied very hard and got a 88 on my organic chemistry exam. Personal best right there, especially since I got a 60 on the last one >.>

EDIT
minesweeper is addicting *_*

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Anybody who is also on Gaia want a "Fairy Wings"? I picked it up on the marketplace for under the sell-back price, but it's just not something I'd dress my avatar up in. So, for at least 20,000 gold (or item/s equivalent), it's yours. :)

Today I went to the funeral of one of my high school buddies. She and her father were found dead in their home early Sunday morning, from carbon monoxide poisoning. She turned 21 just 5 days before she died.

Carbon monoxide is a tasteless, odorless, colorless, yet highly toxic gas. It is often present in the exhaust of furnaces and heaters. It is the leading cause of fatal poisonings in the United States. Early effects of CO poisoning often resemble symptoms of the flu.

Please make sure that your homes, and the homes of you friends and family are equipped with carbon monoxide detectors, and have your furnaces inspected regularly.

Woohoo! blizzard! Come on, snow day!

It was 70 frickin degrees on Tuesday, too. xP

Ha! Blizzard warning until 12PM Saturday, I-90 is closed from Mitchell to the Wyoming border (~275 miles), and a State of Emergency for the entire state.
The Black Hills and surrounding area has 2-4 FEET of snow, and windy! Got a 78 mph gust in Rapid City, 20 foot snow drifts in some places. And it's wet heavy snow, the sort we aren't supposed to see until April.

4-6 inches of snow alone won't make them cancel classes, but if it stays windy and I-29 is closed they really won't have a choice, I think.

Back to homework and studying, though. Just in case.

MORE!!!
Over 200 cars stranded on I-90, some people they haven't been able to reach for over 24 hours, the entire western part of the state in essentially shut down. Because the snow is so heavy it's taking out power lines, but they won't be able to get things fixed until they get the roads open, and they can't do that until the wind dies down. :(

...I'm not excited anymore. I hope this won't cause any deaths.

Oh, Gaia. :P

It's interesting, McCain is projected to win my state, but so far all of the populated areas are going for Obama.
Our democratic Senator and Representative (both incumbents) are projected to and most likely will win.

Actually, it seems to be within 10% through most of the plains states. I wonder what the actual voter turnout will be.

>:I

The photos that we've been waiting on at work finally came on Friday (right before midterms, go figure), so now I'm up to my elbows in 272 photos, labels, and photojackets. Gotta get the work areas on those suckers asap, in addition to the usual homework.
And that's only the first wave of photos, too. ;_;

At least I've got a three week buffer for pilgrim_comic. -_-

It's been raining quite heavily for the past few hours, and looks to keep raining all night long. There's a system moving north-northeast very slowly, stretching from Kansas to North Dakota.
With such heavy rain here and upstream, I hope there won't be any bad flooding, like earlier in the summer. Before Iowa and other places were flooded, the park behind my mom's townhouse filled with water. If the creek had crested a foot higher, the ground floor apartments would have flooded. =/

I think my car is good and clean now, so I should go put it in the garage now. Then I need to finish my homework. I plan on spending tomorrow at the college library, working on my comic. :)

I got so absorbed at work today, I tried to go to my 2 PM class at 3.

o_o

I'm 21 today. =O

Elftown Memes :3

Holy cow, so much to been done, I get the prompt for my first comp essay tomorrow (first draft due next week), first speech is to be delivered on Monday, and first exams and quizzes next week too o_x
But my science labs, they are the awesome sort of lab where you write up your report before leaving, yesssss~~

And, I sketched about the equivalent of TWO pages for pilgrim_comic, including one page that was very very irritating, still need to consult my reference photos for the backgrounds though. What time is it, 8:30? I should go start inking those suckers. =B

Do have a look at dar artist alley and http://darklawstudios.deviantart.com which finally got a badly needed update :3

So I've been looking around on the web, and there are (get this!) EIGHT animu conventions in my region. Holy crap, right? Which got me thinking I could maybe get myself a table in the artist alley and sell some stuff relating to pilgrim_comic.
But then I remembered hearing/reading that original things don't sell too well (unless you have a fanbase). Since I don't have that yet >.> and I really don't want to draw fanart of Naruto and Vampire Knight and whatever else is hip nowadays, I thought I could make something small and cute that people might like to buy.

Ah heck, just go vote and comment in dar artist alley :P

EDIT-- updated the first poll with 4 more options, remember that you can watch a wiki-poll ;)

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have a look, feedback and concrit is welcome :)