I couldn't decide who should be eating such an obscene amount of ice cream (it is national ice cream month, don't you know?), so went for little girl and hairy monster because I'm fond of drawing both. You can decide which you prefer. These were done with acrylic paint, black ink and some brown pencil.
I've been tagged by Sean.
Hmmm. Going to post 8 random facts about myself. I will try:
1) I was the last one in my kindergarten class to learn how to tie my shoes. My Mom still has the gold cardboard shoe with my name on it that I finally received when I mastered the difficult task! LOL
2) Zippers and Escalators make me nervous. Zippers because I could never zip properly when I was young and always had button up coats because of it. Escalators because one time my rubber boot got caught in one at Sears. No damage to my foot but he boot was mangled.
3) I've worked for the same company for 23 years. (Whoa!!)
4) My Dad wanted to name me Deidre Ann when I was born, but my Mom named me Kathleen Elsa (her middle name too). She saved me from being a Dee Dee!!! Plus I have to very cool initials of KEG!!! : )
5) I met Anthony Edwards at the Williams Inn in Williamstown, MA when one of my friends was going to school there. He was in a play called 'Speed the Plow' at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. It was after his 'Top Gun' days...so of course the only thing I could come out with was "I cried when Goose died!" LOL
6) I have identical twin brothers. Growing up there were FIVE sets of twins on our street; including on either side of our house.
7) I am a scrapbooker and started in 2001. I love to take photos so it was easy to start!
8) I'm a huge U2 fan. I've been lucky to see them up and down the East Coast as well as in Hawaii, Ireland and England. Where will I see them next???!!!
Just read the most fabulous rumor on Bonophile's Vox!!!!
The new U2 album is due to be released on 11/18/08.
Hmm. That seems about right. Just in time for Christmas gift giving!
Hey! That's only FOUR months from today exactly. LOL!!!
WooooooHooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Flickr Friday : Chen the Lomo lover
RHODIA的一些相關資料網路上找就一堆, 對於我而言他特別的地方在於, 紙質的選用. 因為我也瞞喜歡用鋼筆寫寫字, 原本使用的是Moleskine, 但無奈於他的紙質太差, 所以試著轉戰RHODIA.
目前我有一本誠品買的RHODIA ePURE 不過還想不到要把它歸位於哪一類型, 所以暫時就不動他囉!!
Thanks RHODIA Drive
LOVE LOMO LOVE RHODIA
Daughter is in Lapland at the moment, being shown where the people who book a trip to see Father Christmas go. So she will be meeting Father Christmas at some point.
What is she gonna say when he asks her what she had for dinner?
Here is her actual text message:
Oh Father Christmas! I hope it wasn't Rudolph!
my go the mosquitos, U wldnt beleive its like soup! Weathers gd, im gd. Had reindeer pizza 2night haha! Very tired. hope all is well at home, see u sat.
Last night was Thursday Night - so off we went to Kay’s, to get a little stoned and a little drunk.
Then BF bought me home, and I got a little more stoned and a little more drunk.
Then we went to bed, and I got a little more stoned and a little more drunk.
Then, as I am pouring a tot of whiskey, I look at the cap, and snort.
Whassup, Hon?
Well, I just looked at this, and it says A Bullock & Co.
Mmnnnnn.
Well, when I saw the A Bullock, the & Co just threw me. I was expecting an adjective or a verb, not & Co.
Snort - Jarring, that sort of thing.
And that is why I love him. Cos I know some people who would have just looked at me as though I were mad.
島上風景篇
兩天一夜的自由行就快結束了
我們在島上的風景照主要都是利用最後2小時離島前拍攝的.
淺水完做在長椅上休息
分房睡的 哈巴狗與睡美人, 有話好好說阿!!
彩色版 !
牛頭山 , 大概在綠洲山莊就可以看到囉!
回憶總是感傷的 所以就放這首歌~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
海上篇
由 LCA 加上 vivitar互相配合演出
這就是我們要座的船, 色調真像颱風天!
富岡漁港
喔!對 船名就叫做 凱旋1號; 第一張就想說了, 不過忘記名子. 哈
AGFA CT with vivitar
Kodak EB3 with LCA
From the cover:
Once a Hero - Esmay Suiza had surprised everyone by becoming the youngest and lowest-ranking member of Fleet ever to win a major battle. Finding herself the senior surviving officer in a mutiny against a treacherous captain, she’d had no choice - it was do or die. And she’d riser to the challenge, saving Heris Serrano and her crew in the process. But instead of congratulations, her actions lead to a court martial for treason…
Rules of Engagement - Esmay’s boldness continues to reap her as much trouble as reward, a very public argument making her an enemy at Fleet School. When her classmate is abducted by a fanatical sect, Esmay is suspect of collusion. She feels she can formulate a rescue plan - but will anyone in Fleet listen to her now?
Cannot wait to get the final two stories in this well written, action packed series. I thoroughly enjoy these - sort of like grown-up Heinlein but with real women for a change, something a lot of science fiction is missing. I discovered before reading this that Elizabeth Moon joined the Marine Corps, reaching the rank of 1st Lieutenant (that held by Esmay), which could well account for the realism in her writing.
Verdict - well written, not to be missed by aficionados of space opera, and would be enjoyed by anyone who wants a rattling good yarn.
From the cover:
Sometimes a family’s love can achieve the impossible…
On 12th October 1995 Mavis Marsh answered the door to the news every parent dreads most. “It’s your son” the policeman told her. “He’s been in an accident”. Only hours earlier, Matthew had been set for a dazzling future but, in one terrible night, a devastating tragedy altered everything.
Days later, Mavis found herself standing at her son’s bedside as doctors told her to give up all hope. According to them, the damage to Matthew’s brain was too severe for him to recover, and the boy she had known and loved was gone forever.
But Mavis and her husband Keith couldn’t give up on their only son,. And refusing to accept the diagnosis, they started to work with Matthew themselves, desperately urging their comatose son to fight. For months they tried, to no avail, then, almost half a year later, he suddenly started to respond.
I feel really bad about not liking this book. It is poorly written, and does not really tell you much. I finished it in about 2 hours, and feel I could have better spent my time ironing or something. I am glad Matthew managed to get some standard of living (albeit a poor one - with little short-term memory, he is always going to have a problem) but really, this book did not make me like Matthew or Mavis much. And that seems a pity and a waste.From the cover:
Mallory grips like a hand on the throat - The Times
A mutilated body is found lying on the ground in Chicago, a dead hand pointing down Adams Street, also known as Route 66, a road of many names. And now of many deaths.
A silent caravan of cars, dozens of them, drives down the road, each passenger hearing a photograph, but none of them the same. They are the parents of missing children, some recently disappeared, some gone a decade or more - all brought together by the word that children’s gravesites are being discovered along the Mother Road.
Detective Sergeant Kathy Mallory drives with them. The child she seeks, though, is not like the others. It is herself - the feral child adopted off the streets, her father unknown, her mother dead, their past a mystery. During the next few extraordinary days, Mallory will find herself hunting a killer like none she has come across before, and uncovering the secrets that have haunted her all her life.
She did not grip my throat, that's for sure!This book is just meh. Does not get exciting until you're half way through it, and even then it is only the What happens next that kept me going. This is, however, one of an on-going series starring Kathy Mallory, so I might have enjoyed it more had I read the others. But where Elizabeth Moon's army (even though in space) rings true, somehow Carol O'Connell's police and FBI do not.
I wouldn't bother with this, unless it is the only thing to read on a long flight.
I've got a few books on my summer reading list! The books are in my cart on Amazon...but last night at Target I found two of them for LESS! Wooo Hoooo! I got 'The Beach House' and 'Chasing Harry Winston'.
I've been reading all of Phil Craig's Martha's Vineyard mystery books since the first one and I look forward to them every summer. Sadly this is his last one as he passed away. I will miss the adventures of J.W. Jackson and his family!
One of my favorite bookstores is in Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard. When I went to their website to read about local authors I found out that they had suffered a horrible fire on the Fourth of July. How VERY sad. I seriously hope they rebuild!
