Tall Tales
I bought Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman today. I previously read an excerpt of the novel in the back of American Gods which left me with absolutely no desire to pick up Anansi Boys. I can’t explain it but after reading American Gods the excerpt was off putting. I think my biggest qualm was that it was another book about ‘gods’ or maybe it was the name, Fat Charlie Nancy Xp .
I’m going to chalk it up to a moment of insanity because… well I rather like all of Neil Gaiman’s books (that I’ve read) I can’t fathom a book of his being a bad read. So, I scampered off to acquire the book. Now I’m all ready to read. I’ve got my reading glasses, a bottle (of soda), and a snuggly corner. I’m sure I’ll love it and feel insanely stupid for not picking it up sooner.
For more information on Neil Gaiman
.
Changes
Vinyl has such a lovely sound. I’m enjoying my purchase of David Bowie – ChangesOneBowie at the moment 
.It’s a compilation so I’m pretty sure that destroys my cred as a Bowie fan (or at least a Doors Fan). But I’ve never really been about cred. To be honest the quality of the LP I bought is comparable with some mp3’s I have. In addition to that the LP has extended tracks I’ve never heard. The version of Young American’s on the Changes album is longer by almost 2 minutes than the American version.
Unfortunately, listening to records means siting stationary for extended periods of time. This means no dancing around or puttering about the room. Maybe I’m being too precautionary but I remember having to stay very still when I was young when music was playing. Even when compact discs came out I had to be careful. When The Beatles Free as a Bird came out I can recall being scolded for spinning around the living room to violently. . .
/// edit:
I’m informed no one ever played records in presence except when I was in ballet class. I guess it was the compact discs my parents were terrified I would skip.
I’m informed no one ever played records in presence except when I was in ballet class. I guess it was the compact discs my parents were terrified I would skip.
Aliens
Last night I worked on a ufo/cloud tiled pattern. It didn’t turn out quite the way I intended so tonight I’m going back to the drawing board (a.k.a Expression 3). Hopefully, I’ll be able to churn out something a little less cluttered. I want bigger ships and more blue sky which seems quite impossible with 150×150.
I added several works to my deviantart.com page. They aren’t my best works but I can always tweak them later (vectors art is so wonderful that way). One drawing was inspired by Katherine Hamlet, another by mesoamerican art, and a third was inspired by a song.
/// edit:
Here it is! I’m happy with the way this turned out. The full size is 300×300 instead of 150×150.
Here it is! I’m happy with the way this turned out. The full size is 300×300 instead of 150×150.
Added
I added a new section today, the “goodies” section. This section contains tiled patterns (for website or wallpaper usage) and other various artistic junk.
Included in the artistic junk is a pixel gallery, though, most of the pixels there aren’t worthy of being used on other sites. I intend to add more patterns overtime
. Warmth
The weather is getting so nice out. I drove the car yesterday with the windows down
. So breezy!
I hope it stays warm! Its so wonderful to wander around without a coat and gloves.
Work was a bit busy today but I survived Xp .
Lunar Lander
This might sound odd but there is totally a lunar lander module looking thing about 4 doors down from where I am at the moment
. It’s yellow and black and missing the top part but has the bottom moon-landy part. I’m going to go scamper down the street and take a photo of it. I think a picture would explain it better than my words.
/// edit:
Okay, no photo. A small family got out of a car and blocked my view as I was walking by. Though I am curious about the family’s unique lawn art/ jungle gym. I doubt it is anything fun like a homemade lunar lander.
Okay, no photo. A small family got out of a car and blocked my view as I was walking by. Though I am curious about the family’s unique lawn art/ jungle gym. I doubt it is anything fun like a homemade lunar lander.
/// edit:
About | Archives | Artwork | Home
moon-gem.com © 2001-2022 is proudly powered by WordPress
Privacy Policy
moon-gem.com © 2001-2022 is proudly powered by WordPress
Bad Behavior has blocked 28 access attempts in the last 7 days.
Privacy Policy