everything except himself

11×14 I referenced in previous post can be checked out here: link. Total time was about 4 hours, because I had to clean it up something fierce.

So, this update is courtesy of receiving 10 or so spam messages, which made me log into Wordpress, which, in turn, made me check other things, which prompted me to install the latest Wordpress release candidate. Wordpress essentially looks like MoveableType now, except that it’s surprisingly fast.

I guess this has just been the time for me to change stuff. For instance, I upgraded from Windows 2000 Professional a few weeks ago to Windows XP. The upgrade, which went anything but smoothly (partly my fault for forgetting to reorder the boot order to include the CD-ROM drive), obviously left me without my questionably legal software. So, instead of Photoshop, I’ve got Paint.NET, since Microsoft wrote their latest edition of .NET for XP+, completely ignoring 2000. Instead of Office, I’ve got Open Office now, courtesy of Sun. “What? You don’t have Office now!?!!?!” Since I’m on XP, I can actually -install- the viewers for MS Office files — again, another Microsoft slap to the face to 2000. And now, sitting in front of my seemingly stable XP desktop, I can’t help but wonder… Was it my own choice, or was this something outside of my hands — some Microsoft payrolled voodoo witchdoctor-induced spell, perchance? I guess it’s basically Microsoft’s fault for psychologically telling me my computer “doesn’t work” — albeit, it’s fast, only crashed twice, and was streamlined — because I can’t run their “new” products (i.e. any MS Office product after the 2003 line).

On a side note, I’ve been doing a lot of drawing lately. “Okay, so scan some in!” Well, I’ve been doing it at work, so… But! Don’t get me wrong, if they tell me to take them down out of the break room, I’ll scan them in. I might just take them. Anyhow, drawing at work has a big benefit, other than passing 4+ hours: (1) only [nosy] people who want to see your drawing will comment on it, (2) those [nosy] people (your audience) give real comments (as opposed to, “Looks good.”), and (3) they offer ideas when I say I’m not going to persue it.

In closing, here’s a list of the stuff I’ve drawn at work (no particular order): (1) x3 panels of a Regal Cinemas lobby, which include funky, decorated columns (one, two, three w/o column), (2) a bust of Shrek off a Shrek 3 hand-out poster (taken by request of a little kid), (3) Horton from a Horton Hears a Who mobile thing (left at post where it was probably thrown away), (4) the car from the Speed Racer movie, (5) x2 still-life pictures of straw dispensers (one, two), (6) the rat-looking thing from Horton Hears a Who, and (7) Puss-in-Boots from a Shrek 3 standee (2 parts). Also: sneaky bonus material you didn’t ask for.

Got a book on Celtic knots and stuff while I was out with Jess and one of her friends. I’m excited. We’re doing fine. Kind of gearing up for school to start back, I guess. I’m ready for it a bit.

Other things are infinitely more fun than college. What was I thinking? Check it out: Pattern #009.

This is a work in progress piece. Basically, aliens are sexy. End of story: sexiness.

Okay, a little work got done on the layout. I had stuff I had to do for school yesterday, which sucks during Spring Break, but whatever. Check it out here: link.

I’m not quite happy with the way the font for entry text looks, and I’m probably going to have to write a simple string parser to keep the entry title text and the sub-category title text as-is.

This is a preview of the way this blog will look soon: link.

I haven’t figured out how I want anything else to look, so maybe by the end of Spring Break it’ll be done.

This wound up on a piece of notebook paper while I was doing my taxes: link

Work in progress, #4 - Davey Havok as Vishnu: link

I hope you can see the attitude behind this cute fascade…