Wow, a lot of My Girl recently. Get chapter 15 here. This chapter kind of concludes the
cliffyness that´s been in ch 13 and 14.

~Morninggreen

• 22:58 25 minutes and 5 miles today. 423.92 miles this year. #
• 12:01 back to the paper of doooom #
• 12:25 page 5 done! 3 to goooooo. #
• 13:23 page 6 done. Mini-break #
• 13:45 break over and stuck on page 7. boo #
• 14:47 page 7 out and in the home stretch. #

The following items have a 10% Discount in my Webshop!*

-Earrings
-Necklaces
-Chokers
-Hats
-Hatpins
-Baghooks

20% Discount on all bags!!!!

So be quick and get your holidays gifts now!
Keep in mind that ordering them now , will ensure your holidays gifts reaching you in time!

www.LaRoseCouture.com
(click on the english flag to change the language!)

If your outside the Netherlands, you can mail me on:
info@larosecouture.com
You can pay with Paypal (outside the webshop!)


* Discount is starts today 13-11-2009 and ends on 13-12-2009.No discount is given on items alreayd priced downor the sample items Juliette.
After 13-12-2009, all items on discount now, will be set back to their original prices.
Previous discounted items exluded.

I hath tweeted:

• 20:43 Oh my. Very long day - much snow removal and building accomplished. The stairwell is half done! #
• 20:52 Now that I've stopped moving, my arms are starting to hurt... #

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Okay, so we have representation now from the west coast right to the east coast, at a few Canadian stores and a good number of American ones. To say we're thrilled to death (and a little overwhelmed) would be understating it.

Please look at the list below and, if you're near any of these excellent stores, I'd love it if you would take your business to them. Most of them don't have stock QUITE yet (with the exception of Cosmic Monkey Comics in Portland, Oregon, which has received the book now according to the tracking information)...but if you call, I'm certain your local shop would be happy to put aside a copy of the book when they DO receive stock (which should be within the next two weeks, if not sooner).

And if you don't see your favourite bookstore or comic book store on this list, check back here again soon (or Von's site)...orders are still coming in, after all! AND, even more importantly, if you'd like to order the book through your favourite store (supporting both Von AND your local shop), Von has made up an order form that you can print and show your local store.

http://www.vonallan.com/press/road%20to%20god%20knows%20order%20form.pdf

AND if you don't know where your closest shop is, you can either ask me for a recommendation or look here: http://www.comicshoplocator.com/ .

Anyways, I can't emphasize enough how much we appreciate these retailers taking a shot and buying the book...these are some of the best of the best and we're thrilled to death to have the book on their shelves. Please help us sell copies for them; if you're not local to any of these stores but know people who are...well, sending friends/family in would be truly above and beyond. And please let me know if you repost this so that I can properly worship you publicly, too.

And a BIG THANK YOU to Tony Shenton, Sales Rep extraordinaire, for representing Von's book...as I've told a number of folks, he's good people.

Yeah, I'm just a little proud...is it that obvious?

Moggy

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*drum roll...* THE STORES!

CANADA:

Alberta:

Another Dimension, 424 B - 10 ST NW Calgary, Alberta, Phone: 403-283-7078

Nova Scotia:

Strange Adventures, 5262 Sackville Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Phone: 902-425-2140

Ontario:

Perfect Books: 258A Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Phone: 613-236-6468

Quebec:

Librarie Astro/Astro Books, 1844 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal, Quebec, Phone: 514-932-1139

UNITED STATES:

California:

Atlantis Fantasyworld, 1020 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz, California, Phone: 831-426-0158

Flying Colors Comics, 2980 Treat Blvd at Oak Grove Road, Concord, California, Phone: 925-825-5410

Florida:

Coliseum of Comics, 4722 South Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, Florida, Phone: 407-240-7882

Maine:

Casablanca Comics, 151 Middle Street, Portland, Maine, Phone: 207-780-1676

Massachusetts:

Larry's Comics, 66 Lakeview Avenue, Lowell, Massachusetts, Phone: 978-459-5323

The Outer Limits, 437 Moody Street, Waltham, Massachusetts, Phone: 781-891-0444

New Jersey:

The Record Store, 6299 Route 9 North, Howell, New Jersey, Phone: 732-905-9056

New York:

Cosmic Comics, 10 East 23rd Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York, Phone: 212-460-5322

Jim Hanley's Universe, 4 West 33rd Street, New York, New York (opposite The Empire State
Building), Phone: (212) 268-7088

Ohio:

Laughing Ogre Comics, 4258 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio, Phone: 614-267-6473

Oregon:

Cosmic Monkey Comics, 5335 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, Oregon, Phone: 503-517-9050

Texas:

Dragon's Lair Comics & Games, 6111 Burnet Road, Austin, Texas, Phone: 512-454-2399

I wasn't going to buy anything other than dry garlic ribs when I went to the mall but there were sales everywhere due to the mall's renovations being finished and... this skirt called to me! What you can't see is the metallic pink, gold, and blue stripes that go through it, too! SUCH a funky little skirt!
I can hardly wait to pair it with my teal or burgundy tights!

...speaking of tights, I totally forgot to pick up hose for my Christmas party outfit again. OH WELL!

Hair is very pixie-ish again! But he did keep the back and sides longer as I'm trying to grow my hair out. The bangs are choppy and short and he texturized the heck out of my hair. LOVE it! Photos when I get enough energy together to move off the futon.

• 19:24 8 page paper to write ;.; #
• 19:58 1 page done 7 to go! #
• 21:05 2 pages! #
• 21:52 3rd down #
• 22:21 4th page done. Time for bathroom break. #
• 23:03 20 minutes and 3.84 miles today. 418.92 miles this year. #

Finding a method for quickly painting reptilian scales proved difficult, so this is yesterday and today's speed paint. I did the background and basic body structure on the Komodo dragon yesterday, and then some retouching and scale texture today. I believe in total it took about an hour and a half. I'm not quite satisfied with the results, but that's not the point of these exercises. It's to expose myself to new challenges.

I think I'm in a rut with the greens and browns. I'll try to work some different colors into the next one.

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Doesn’t it seem redundant for the Chicks on Anime roundtable to have Girls’ Night Out? It’s a fun night, though, as yuri publisher Erica Friedman joins them for a chat about girls who like girls who like girls.

Kai-Ming Cha has a nice piece on the end of Emma at PWCW.

Fred Schodt talks Tezuka at The Onion’s AV Club.

Vampire Knight, Naruto, and more favorites top the NY Times best-seller list.

I’ll second David Welsh’s request that CMX license Otoyomegatari; it looks utterly gorgeous.

Jason Thompson has a fascinating article on military and political moe manga and anime at io9. It’s marked NSFW but doesn’t look terribly so to me (although I didn’t look at any of the videos).

Tangognat tells us the inside story of the new Manga Views website, including how it was created, while Jacob Martin looks at its value to users.

Viz is offering a free preview of Rumiko Takahashi’s Mermaid Saga at their Rumic World site.

Danielle Leigh posts her first round of manga recommendations at Comics Should Be Good.

ANN has more details on Shueisha’s cell phone manga program.

The Power of Friendship, a podcast by two self-described fangirls, has a special shoujo manga podcast. (Via When Fangirls Attack.)

News from Japan: Word is that Miwa Ueda’s Papillon is coming to an end. Same Hat has the trailer of a documentary on Kazuo Umezu.

Reviews: Ed Sizemore reviews some recent Tokyopop releases at Comics Worth Reading.

Ed Chavez on vol. 2 of Alive (MangaCast)
Sterg Botzakis on vol. 3 of Astro Boy (Graphic Novel Resources)
Kris on Awaken Forest (Manic About Manga)
Melinda Beasi on vol. 1 of Beast Master (Manga Bookshelf)
Brad Rice on Bokurano (Japanator)
Martin on Eden: It’s an Endless World! (Mono no aware)
Michael Buntag on vol. 9 of Emma (NonSensical Words)
Lissa Pattillo on vol. 9 of Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden (Kuriousity)
Shannon Fay on Hey, Sensei? (Kuriousity)
Tiamat’s Disciple on vol. 1 of Higurashi When They Cry: Curse Killing Arc (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)
Diana Dang on vol. 1 of Jack Frost (Stop, Drop, and Read)
Johanna Draper Carlson on The Manga Artist’s Workbook (Comics Worth Reading)
John A. Wass on The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology (Scientific Computing)
Connie on vol. 1 of Please Please Me (Manga Recon)
Matthew Brady on vol. 6 of Pluto (Warren Peace Sings the Blues)
Gia Manry on Rin-ne (Anime Vice)
Michelle Smith on vol. 1 of Silent Möbius (Comics Should Be Good)
Tiamat’s Disciple on vol. 7 of Zombie Loan (Tiamat’s Manga Reviews)

Finally, got a few items finished and listed up on Etsy. I'm sure I've made errors in the listings, I'm blinded by being at the computer too long or squinting over the sewing machine. I had to uproot Tenchi a few times as his favourite spot is my sewing chair, but look how he watches me and look at what a setting he chose to scrutinize my every move and surely plot my demise as I'm in his seat. He's a very dramatic cat.



Alright, so here's what I've got up so far, clearly my influence is Dia de los Muertos, although in one pictures we've decided I've got some Aztec goddess thrown in for good measure. Photos by Laura Dark, Make Up by Mary Kelly. Clicky below to see!

Business as Usual

Getting more orders than I expected to with the whole giftshop downsize. This is GOOD. I will have very little stock left at the end of the year.

Art and Authoring

Got the down payment on a commission (I will still take interesting and well-paying jobs from time to time) and sketched a draft of it and worked further on the Torn World map.

Home and Health

Oh, did it snow! It's all pretty again, but it's always too dark for photos when I leave for work and go home at night. I may have to bring my camera to work.

Planning

I have work coats to pick up, and a bed to go shopping for, need to work out (did not last night, so lazy!), and go shopping for weekend food.

• 23:25 20:30 and 4 miles today. 415.08 this year. Sadly biking was one the one time I was NOT coughing. #
• 23:38 medicine makes me very sleepy. #

a few sketchy things and crap I will probably never finish

Какие только записи не обнаруживаются в библиотечных книгах - от шпаргалок и забытых копий до списков литературы и таймингов, а нередко и частных адресов или телефонов... где-нибудь на форзаце. Трудно стереть перед сдачей?
Последний прикол - нотное издание, принадлежащее библиотеке, с чьим-то мобильным номером прямо на обложке, еще и "упаковали" в обложку из клеющейся пленки. Номер увековечен. XD

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• 15:44 Where, oh, where has my motivation gone...? Is it in my desk drawer? Is it in my shoe? Have you seen it? #

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Okay so I have an odd request that I'm not sure if anyone will humor me on, but I'm going to ask anyway.

Paul and I want to dress up when we go to the Alice cafe and I said I'd go lolita but I don't want to spend several hundred dollars on an outfit I'll literally wear once. So I was wondering if any of my friends on here that dress lolita would be willing to lend me an outfit for the evening?

I'll pay shipping both ways and have everything dry cleaned before sending it back. Anyone who knows me knows I'm a SUPER clothes horse and keep all my brand clothing immaculate so anything lent out to me would be returned in the same condition. Heck if you have something that needs repairing I can repair it and return it in even better condition!
I know people are really protective of their clothing, so I'll understand if no one wants to help me out, but I'd forever love anyone who would be willing to help me be a dainty lady for an evening :(

Anyone who would be willing to lend me one of their outfits, I'll pick up a thank you gift for you too if you just lemme know what your favorite brand is as I'll be hitting up all the brand stores while I'm there.

So yeah if anyone would be willing to lend me something, be it out of the kindness of your heart or just because you just want to see Christy dressed up like a dainty lady, it's all good lol. Anyone wanna help a sister out?

I have a bunch of new tops in my Etsy.com shop!
( more pictures under the cut )