pitter patter

thump thump

dream

Well this is just plain silly. And therefore right on for this blog.

you can dance

details

This is to poke fun at my tendency to retreat from daunting creative projects. I actually hate leaving things unfinished, but that doesn't apply to everything. Maybe the key is not starting something up at the drop of a hat to begin with. A number of times I'll have finished watching a cool movie, reading a great book, or perusing an interesting online comic, and feel all inspired to make something of my own. So I whip up some ideas and begin writing or drawing, and then before long I don't want anything to do with it. The ideas have lost their shine. So looking back, the projects I have stayed with are the ones that didn't start all willy-nilly like. They still require much patience, but they age like wine instead of milk. I guess that applies to many things in life. (Hm, wine supposedly gets better with age, so either I've only tasted some young whippersnapper wine, or I don't have a "refined" palate. =P)

country

On an unrelated note: sometimes...I really wonder what I am doing. I wish God would show up in the flesh, sit me down, and tell me, "Okay, so here's how it's gonna be." But it doesn't work like that. I know I'm growing, but it's like watching paint dry.

You have been my help, and in the shadow of Your wings I will sing for joy.

sketch dump

Here are some sketcheroos I did last year that I forgot to post. Drawn directly from Google image searches.

^ Looks like I must've forgot to finish that stripe above the fish's fin.

Video game characters. There's something slightly off about this face, but I think I've expressed my dislike of drawing faces in the past. Too hard to line stuff up!

This one is a man, btw. Haha.

Tuscan villa. Wonder what it looks like inside.

Chameleons are a hoot. =D Anyways, yay for traditional media.

candlefire

(*blogger's note: the candle sorta looks like it is floating.)

synthetic organic solid

a mango

...And it was good.

strange animals

I made these strange animal pictures a while ago for no apparent reason, and so I shall post them here. Yes.

modification

All he's missing is the spruce-scented air freshener. And, well, Alaska.

computer bleep

eRrOR ErROr

disturbance

We're all geeks about something, of course. ;)

exp. date

crumbs

So I haven't been on here in a while, and I went to Colorado and Brazil, yada yada yada (it was awesome!), and now I wanted to post something. So I did. I was also tired of looking at this banner...

...and so I replaced it. Haha.

Mountains

The Rocky Mountains are awesome. Everything out west looks more vast than I'm used to. :)))))))))))))

Say Something Funny

I should be asleep by now, but I just had to make a last minute post. 'K bye. :)

Hey

I've decided I will do an email list anyway. So there.

Praise Report!

The spaghetti lunch we had after church today was a resounding success. We surpassed Kyle's goal amount by about fifty dollars, and I think it's obvious God's hand was in it. Yesterday we didn't know if there would be more than a dozen people that would show up. I think we served between fifty and sixty. Plus, more donating on the side. Here's the flyer we passed out:

Let me tell you, passing out flyers is not something I'm super comfortable with, but we were on a mission. Special thanks to Mrs. Gail for taking care of some critical food and presentation areas, Peter for spearheading the "solicitation" of guests/donations, and, well, I could just name the rest of my family and friends who gave their time and effort as well, because everyone was a big help. Above all though, the glory goes to God our provider. I think my favorite part was just seeing my family here all working side by side.

Selfless service gets me every time. Now on to the final preparations.

Roller Coaster

I was trying to get one last stock illustration done before leaving; this is a cartoon representation of the stock market. It was rejected due to a technical issue with the vector file that I don't quite understand, so I'll have to find time later to investigate the problem. Meanwhile, it gives me a picture to post here.

Now I'm off to hopefully hand out a bunch of flyers at church.