|
|
|
April 16th, 2009
01:06 pm - Doing a bit better today
It's warm and sunny and I can have the windows open. Art angst has subsided to some degree, and I even managed to do a bit of linework last night. Not going to push it, though.
Had a long, long talk with Nghi about what to do on the art front, since things feel so dry. May go back and update some old good ideas with a better skill level. Feels like cheating, but it's at least a contribution to all those bad lines I need to draw before I get to the good ones. Trying to figure out what I like anymore, instead of asking if it's marketable. I have mostly forgotten.
Have dropped two of those pesky winter pounds. Remains to see if the rest can be invited to leave, or if they'll stay like uninvited guests. Will have to take all the corsets in again regardless, due to shape changes.
There is much to do and little time, and I'd rather be sewing, but rent still needs paid, so I'm off to write some more pizza recipes for other people's websites.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/hyper.gif) hyper
Current Music: a lot of Bad Religion
|
December 19th, 2008
09:26 pm - An Adventure!
So, last night it snowed a foot, all at once. I carefully moved my car to the place I thought was the right one, so as to avoid a ticket. Guess what was the wrong choice! So, today I was well plowed in, with probably 4-6 inches still on the road, and a ticket in my car. I also owned no snow shovel.
Thankfully, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) samadi and space_geek_ken were on hand, and were willing to help me dig out. We initially began this project with two cookie sheets and a dustpan, but my building manager was kind enough to loan us 1.5 snowshovels (one was cracked), and not to laugh at us.
Eventually, we dug out of the snow bank and got onto the road, but all parking places were taken by then, except the ones we needed to shovel into, and rush hour was on. After much circling, getting slightly stuck, skidding and so forth, we decided that we needed to go buy a shovel for the car and some kitty litter. We went off to walmart, discovered they had naught, and picked up a very small snow shovel (probably for kids) and the litter at Big Lots, instead, since people apparently hadn't managed to raid there yet. Then there was a glorious stuffing of selves and Baker's Square, and the dreaded return. Upon which, we found that the parking space I'd carefully moved out of last night was vacant, and that the car fit nicely. The end.
I don't want to go on any more adventures. Also, we are looking into short term garage storage for the car during the wintery apocalypse.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/sad.gif) cold
Current Music: the tappittytap of other writers in my apartment, plus a faulty computer fan
|
November 30th, 2008
08:57 pm - Take a deep breath, or some days I hate owning a car
I've been ignoring a few things, so they've gone and snowballed on me. See, we may get a lot of snow tonight, so I wanted to know what to do with my car.
On my street, you're not supposed to park on the odd side if there's four inches or more of snow. Normally, that means everyone just parks on the even side
Except, of course, that the even side is occupied by a school. So you're not allowed to park there between 7 am and 4:30 pm. I am rarely up by 7, and it's full at the moment anyhow. No snow sticking as of yet, so I'm just going to cross my fingers.
Of course, then I realized that my parking permits were due to expire tomorrow. So I need to get new ones. Except the permits are for my IL license plate, which expires at the end of January. And if I transfer my registration, I'll need to get a new license.
So, I went to look up what I need and my fees. Turns out that WI is going to require me to transfer the title, too. Which means $70 for that, plus $75 for the registration, plus $30 for the license, plus $45 for a year worth of parking. And all the websites are pretty well impenetrable, plus my experiences at the police station (where I need to get my permits) and the DMV have thus far been very unpleasant. Regulations are not stated very clearly, and the workers are cranky, since no one understands them.
Argh.
I could get the parking permit for another three months (less expensive) and change my registration before the end of January. That's the easy route. However, that means remembering to do it, which I'm bad at already.
I would like that Garage of Holding now, please.
Current Mood: stressed, tired
Current Music: Jethro Tull
|
October 20th, 2008
07:09 pm - Familial Visit
Went back to WV this past weekend, as my brother had some spare miles from his previous job (in which he had to fly to Tampa once a week) and they were going to expire. ( Read more... )
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/sob.gif) lonely
Current Music: Depeche Mode - Black Celebration [Australian Bonus Tracks] - Dressed in Black
|
October 5th, 2008
10:11 am - The Time Has Come
Looks like Elfwood's overzealous ERB found my gallery. They've slated a bunch of stuff for automatic removal on extremely foolish bases. I knew it was probably coming, but it still feels a bit like a betrayal. I loved Elfwood very much, once upon a time, and maintained my gallery there long after many people stopped paying attention to theirs. I'll dispute the pieces individually, but I don't expect anything. Perhaps it's time to take the gallery down entirely, because a group of people who believe a man in semi-historical dress riding a giant fish with legs isn't fantasy aren't likely to listen to reason.
Current Mood: annoyed
|
July 21st, 2008
07:54 am - Mission accomplished-ish
Provided that the rental company doesn't take offense to my application, I've secured an apartment in downtown Milwaukee, and I'll be moving as of the beginning of October. I like the apartment, and am rather antsy to move. However, there's much to do before going - I have to pare my worldly possessions down to fit in a very small space. It shall be an adventure!
In other news, two of my rats became seriously ill while I was gone. I am trying to decide if they'll make it. I hate having to do this.
Current Mood: exhausted
Current Music: Covenant - Invisible & Silent
|
May 29th, 2008
01:40 am - What's the life of a man, any more than a leaf?
Or rodent. Lost Odysseus, rat of unknown age and provenance tonight, very quickly. It's a little under a year and a half since I got him from the Humane Society, but I have no idea how old he was then - merely that he was skittish and had been rejected by a python. The remaining boys don't appear to notice a difference.
Back to work.
Current Mood: not okay, for multiple reasons.
Current Music: The Cruxshadows - Birthday
|
April 6th, 2008
10:06 pm - State of the Living Situation - Grace Flakes Out Again!
Alright, I've been terribly confused on the dwelling place front. This looks like it will continue, but at least a bit less angsty than it was before. I've redone the math, taking into account my cash flow situation, and things don't look great on the Milwaukee front. If this were all, I might come up with a way to make it happen, but Champaign is much improved from before (at least at the moment). My great cynicism expects that this may not last, but I'll try not to be too negative.
As we now have seven folks in the duplex, what shall occur is this: myself and three other people are going to live on this half, and three people are going to rent the other. There will be some roommate musical chairs to allow for couples to be more together, and if I need to flip out and run to Wisconsin, I can do so without worry that I'm going to beggar any of my housemates. And perhaps the place I write for will get the setup that will allow me to charge more for articles together, so I will be able to put together enough cash to survive in Milwaukee.
At the moment, it has been decided that remaining in Champaign with a travel budget, while not ideal, trumps being in Milwaukee with money worries and no travel budget. This may change.
In other news, I now have a 3/4 completed loft bed in my room, and my sheets are full of sawdust.
Current Mood: weary
Current Music: Abney Park - The Wrong Side
|
February 12th, 2008
10:57 pm - Birds have nine sides!
I bought some photo paper last night. About 100 sheets.
It has vaporized.
Current Mood: starfish are pointy!
Current Music: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - All Tommorows Parties
|
January 4th, 2008
08:07 pm - A tale of woe and ailments
On Tuesday, I fell prey to the most evil of stomach flus I've had in a long while. On Wednesday I was still limpy and sad.( Read more... )
Current Mood: miserable
Current Music: The Pogues - Tuesday Morning
|
December 22nd, 2007
12:34 pm - Neuroses: 1 Me: 1/2
For whatever reason, looking at open calls and discussions about self-promotion make my stomach turn. This has been going on for a bit. I think I ought to step down the art for a bit, see if I can actually paint more. I'll still be taking commissions quite happily. I just won't go looking for the forseeable future.
Also, having a stick of RAM die on you when you've been working on a 9x12 at 600 dpi? Is a real pain in the rear. Slug, Photoshop, slug!
Current Mood: crazy
Current Music: Jethro Tull - Ring Out, Solstice Bells
|
November 29th, 2007
03:58 pm - Pretties!
I know you creatures haven't heard much from me for a while, and I'm afraid that's like to continue. I compose entries in my head, but never write them, cause who wants to hear me angst? Perhaps sometimes when things are a bit better (combo of depression and actual real problems).
But, I did need to tell the world this.
I have a new art hero: http://kiriko-moth.com/
Her stuff goes very nicely with the direction my digital work has been going. So, someone to crib off who's not Ursula Vernon or Stephanie Law.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/yawn.gif) exhausted
Current Music: Dropkick Murphys - Victory
|
November 13th, 2007
01:22 am - Day Not Found: Abort, Retry, Fail?
I am going to bed. I hearby call for Monday to be replaced with a day containing smaller to zero quantities of all these things:
Vehicles that try to run me over, closed financial institutions, missing debit cards, weeping, shouting, neuroses, missing friends, cat feces.
Really, the curry and Russian movies are all that can argue for it.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/annoyed.gif) cranky
Current Music: rats eat food!
|
November 2nd, 2007
04:51 pm - Oh, my
Been having a horrible day and yesterday, including motherboard issues, some ram going dead, and discovering my computer case is even smaller than I believed. Also, crushing depression. The kind where I don't want to move. And I had the rat dream again (where I have more rats than I think, and I've somehow been starving/neglecting a huge cage of them for a ridiculous period of time, and now I have to find cages for them and whatnot. Rats just keep coming out of the woodwork.)
Then, there was upsetting Russian art. Now I am merely traumatized.
Also, if you want to make LJ stop being stupid when you hover over a link: http://spacecowb0y.livejournal.com/281574.html
Current Mood: crazy
Current Music: Cruxshadows - Citadel
|
October 24th, 2007
12:58 am - A list, for my brain
I haven't been working on articles much this week. The queue's pretty dead, and I have other things that need done (for money, even). However, my brain refuses to accept this, and thinks I've been slacking all day. So, ( what I've done today, in an attempt to reduce anxiety enough to go to sleep )
Current Mood: stressed
Current Music: Oingo Boingo - Dream Somehow
|
|
|
