Monthly Archives: December 2009

Dec
10

No Secrets on Teh Interwebs

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So, in light of the fact that apparently I’m not actually *allowed* to have an account on the DG forum, (at least, it’s been two days and my account is still pending), I did a little digging in my Woopra and thought it might be kinda fun to show people just how fast this stuff is found. I made my original post at 10:53 AM on December 8th. (EST) At 12:18 PM, Vistor #947 (79.216.190.168) found the post via a search on blogsearch.google.de (“david garrett”) At 12:21 it was posted on the DG forum by the forum moderator At 12:24 I got a visit from Milwaukee via yahoo mail. (68.249.1.105) At 12:35 I got a visit from Iran direct from the forum link (91.98.217.202) – *waves* You’ve been by several times, my friend. 🙂 At 3:13 I got a visit from Trenton via aol webmail (24.0.57.71) *waves* You’ve come by… Read more
Dec
9

New Render

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Soulful by =mynfel on deviantART Finally got a chance to do a render tonight. I owe a few people commissions, so hopefully I can get the rest of them done this month. I like this. It’s very simple. 🙂… Read more
Dec
9

Packing up for Prague

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Today, one of my coworkers just up and left. He wasn’t part of my team, and I barely knew him. (Hell, I only met the guy like three weeks ago when we changed offices, but he sat in the cube next to me.) Today, however, he dropped a bombshell on his managers and his workgroup, by announcing today was his last day. He basically turned in his laptop and said goodbye, shook hands with his bewildered team and that was it. I asked him where he was heading and he gave me this sort of sheepish smile and said he had a one-way ticket to Prague. He was leaving on Monday. Never been to Europe. Thought he had a couch to crash on when he got there. Thought he had a teaching job waiting for him (teaching English). Had COBRA for health care. (Though who knows if it would work… Read more
Dec
8

Poking Fun (with Love)

Posted in covers, david garrett | 9 Comments
Okay, so I got my new David Garrett CD yesterday – and the music is brilliant – nice and classical and I’ve pretty much been listening to it nonstop on the iPod. However. I know he was a model. I know he’s full of teh pretty. I know he could play the violin with his toes better than I’ll ever manage to play the piano normally (yeah, yeah – 7 years of lessons and all I got was this lousy T-shirt. I can read music. Sort of.) But seriously, isn’t this just a *little* over the top? Is it me or is this picture (scanned from the CD leaflet) just *begging* to be Photoshopped into a romance cover?  I mean, really, all I need is some kind of clinch image to superimpose beneath it and the work is pretty much done for me. Although, according to SmartBitches, a few animals… Read more
Dec
7

Breaking Rules

Posted in workshops, writing | 5 Comments
So I got an email for another workshop the other day. Which is fine. I used to take a lot of workshops, and sometimes I still do, though I tend to lurk in some more than others. Just depends on the timing and the subject matter. Overall, I do tend to prefer workshops that have at least *some* element of hands on, but sometimes it’s not always possible due to the content or just the sheer number of people taking the course. Anyway, so this one came into my inbox and it just rubbed me the wrong way. I don’t remember all the specific details, but it had something to do with keeping “writing sense” or some such. Essentially we were going to be taught why it wasn’t okay to have main characters who didn’t fit certain tropes – i.e. a elderly type woman couldn’t suddenly become a Goth or… Read more