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In brief, Thursday I actually achieved some things on my thesis and didn't feel quite as useless as usual. And working outside yesterday went okay, and then it meant I got off work early and could gallavant about the rest of the sale, and I kept it all within the budget I alotted for myself. Then I collapsed at Joel's with my feet falling off until

monkeybobert summoned me.

Whereupon I discovered that in my rush to get to work that morning, I had left a light on in my car, so the battery was dead. Good job me. So I found a book in the stuff

homoshiroi left behind and waited for AAA to come and fix it, which they did, and then I drove around for half and hour with Bob, learned that Kraft Macaroni actually can expire, and watched an episode of House from one of those non-Emmy-winning seasons that was actually good.

Also in the realm of TV, I rented the first disc of "Mad Men," which has been popular at work and gotten good reviews, and I have to say I was disappointed. I guess I'd hoped for something else in the execution, but I'm not sure what. My quest for a new TV show continues.

And I'll be running down to Virginia from Monday to Wednesday which will be stressful, hot, and irritating. I have to email my people down there and be like "Hi! Sorry I haven't spoken to you since December! I've been horribly depressed, my grandfather died, and I still don't know what I'm doing with my life! This makes me sort of reclusive. How are you, though, do you want some chairs?" I get to take the bus to Chicago at 5 am! Here's hoping that my rental car fares better this time.

Blah blah ANYWAY HERE IS SOME ART! It is largely "The Fall"-themed, because for all the movie's failings, it was beautiful to look at and the Bandit's costume has lodged itself in my head and I love it terribly. Also at the end there are some colors.

Except this is a different character and why doesn't she have any shoes?

Meh. I just don't like this one for some reason. I think the pants just don't look wonderfully billowy enough. Of course it's Asuka. Why would I draw anyone el-wait.

OH CHASE! My dear Chase. This was my first attempt at Banditery which is why the front of his shirt is all willy-nilly, cuz I didn't quite remember how it looked. Chase would make such a wonderful bandit.

Absolutely my favorite of my "The Fall" pictures because it's exactly what I wanted and it made me think that maybe my art style is okay sometimes even without its totally distinct faces or something. It is Chase and CTB and it's technically for

calendae because a) she told me about the movie to begin with, and b) it is a derivative of the Chase/CTB House AU world thing we sometimes talk about that is known as "Floating Islands." The moral of the story is, I really like this picture. They are badass.

And in a totally unrelated theme, these are buttons I made to take to Wizard Con. They did not sell. Oh well. They're kinda pretty and I'm fairly pleased with my coloring job, especially considering I was using my dangermarkers. I would like to do more of them, perhaps offer commissiony buttons if people were interested.