Thanks Erin and DJ for the art supply links. I'm trolling around them right now.
Just call me the computer whisperer.
Willow ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
beekaytee - Apr 07, 2011 7:05:55 am PDT #19280 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Liese S. - Apr 07, 2011 7:12:08 am PDT #19281 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
NHK says the tsunami warnings were lifted 12 minutes ago. Here's the relevant earthquake map. The epicenter is much closer to land than the Tohoku quake.
beekaytee - Apr 07, 2011 7:17:11 am PDT #19282 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
This is why I am so obsessed with the pencils, they give me the opportunity to do things like this...my first mandala.
Is it weird to say I love it? I sort of can't take my eyes off of it.
Laga - Apr 07, 2011 7:24:29 am PDT #19283 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
bonny that is hypnotic.
beekaytee - Apr 07, 2011 7:40:13 am PDT #19284 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I know, right?
I give it a lot of thought as I'm planning, but while I'm doing it, it's hugely meditative. And when I'm done, the finished product just gives me a rush.
I can't think of a hobby, besides my dog, that has given me as much good stuff!
WindSparrow - Apr 07, 2011 8:08:21 am PDT #19285 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
That's gorgeous! It makes me want to do one of my own.... I'll be right back, see if I can find my decent pencils....
§ ita § - Apr 07, 2011 8:15:48 am PDT #19286 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Colouring with pencils scares me.
Well, colouring scares me. I just don't get it. I'm a monochrome sort of a girl.
I know it when I see it--that's really lovely, bonnie. But boy, does my brain ever curl up and die when I try it.
WindSparrow - Apr 07, 2011 8:18:53 am PDT #19287 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Found my pencils, and found a page of free mandala coloring pages - printed up a few, will take to work with me, see if any of the individuals there would like to try their hands at them, too.
Zenkitty - Apr 07, 2011 8:20:29 am PDT #19288 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Hoping the best for Japan... and no more quakes for a long long time.
Today has been a comedy of errors, without the funny part. I didn't sleep at all last night. Two trips to the 24-hour Wal-Mart for things I forgot I needed (comfortable insoles for dress shoes, not merely a luxury item). My own fault entirely for putting things off so long. Got away 45 minutes behind schedule because I couldn't leave without making sure no cats were locked in closets or something, and I couldn't find Percy. Drove 80 mph to airport, arrived 3 minutes after gates closed. Realized the flight was 7am, not 7:30. Oh, goodness, how could I possibly have known *that*? @@ JetBlue has few flights out of Richmond, but they were kind, and moved me to a later flight with only a $40 change fee. Now I leave at 6:40pm. I decided I was too tired to drive 1.5 hours back home, so I checked into a hotel with daily rates for stranded travelers like me. (Doubletree, not a vibrating-bed daily-rate hotel.) The upside: their wireless internet is really fast, and they give out the BEST chocolate-chip-walnut cookies ever. The downside: someone has been smoking in my non-smoking room, and after a mere 3 hours of fitful sleep, I cannot sleep anymore. So I'm working instead. Which is, really, what I expected to be doing at this point, just in a different hotel, and with *no* sleep, so all in all... whatever. It could certainly have turned out worse.
ChiKat - Apr 07, 2011 8:40:09 am PDT #19289 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Erin, I hope things are going well for you today. Regardless, I am proud of you for knowing yourself and your needs and taking care of yourself. I wish more people would treat themselves with such love.
Zen, honey, your day has been crap and I so hope it gets better, post hastey!!
Shir, thanks for your lovely post. It made my morning.