The Cult of Lincoln

I reorganized the "Other Bloggy Goodness" thing on the menu bar. Much cleaner. Yay!

Kell is the devil. She somehow psychically stole my Roy Lichenstien-ripoff idea for a website. Bah. ::kicks Bad Candy; injures foot::

I'm getting a new scanner for use in photography and such! JOY! ::does a groovy dance:: We go to the computer store this afternoon.

Inside my locker: Sailor Soyuz; Cram School for the Emperor; all my 1/2 birthday gifts; Kell's Harry-vs-the-Dragon; art by Tealin, Starling, LMRourke, and Laura Freeman. And some random other stuff. I love my locker!

I am happppeeeeeeeeeeee! I got my schedule (say: shed-yewl) adjusted! Now I'm no longer in EvelMath, which is geared to second graders, and I've been moved to Applied Calculus, with the froodiest teacher in the universe: Mr. Dubsky! Yayayayay! ::does a groovy dance:: I think I might end up with a free period, too. ::squeals::

Vote in the New Poll! Come on, you know you want to.

My math teacher's granddaughter's name is Gracyn. I just thought I'd share that.

WOFS3 is so amusing. Kell edited the censorship options, so whenever anyone types "God" it comes out "Percy". That never fails to amuse me.

That MSNBC article *really* annoyed me. Has slash suddenly become interchangable with porn? How irritating. Looking through the stories on ff.n, it occurs to me that there are more NC-17 het fics than you could shake a stick at, but does MSNBC care? Obviously not. They blatantly attack Rhysenn and IP, citing information from her website and one of the sexier scenes from her story. While some may find her fics offensive (I personally can't go within 5 miles of some of her stories), it's clear that there are plenty of people that like to read them. She and Cassie have a rather significant fan base on eGroups.

Also, why are they automatically assuming that slash = porn? I recently read the third fic in A'jes' Blue's "Catharsis" trilogy, and it was very tastefully done. More tasteful than you find in the average non-slash novel you find in your local library. (And to think that the "Clan of the Cave Bear" series was on my 7th grade reading list!) It really irritates me when companies make uninformed, sweeping decisions like this. Bah. I hope they print a retraction, but I highly doubt they would.

::squeals:: Positively Percy is back! And it's LUVVERLY!

This silly HP doujinshi had my laughing hysterically. Go read.

Chris Rankin is not a gallery elf. The link has been fixed.

The Chris Rankin website has arrived.

My bestest friend Chungy is sitting beside me in the computer lab, ranting about how she had to read 27 pages for AP U.S. History last night. HA, HA! ::laughs at Chungy:: Poor girl. I'm trying to convince her to start a weblog. I think she's going to start one. Everyone, tell Chungy (through the comments on my log) how much you'd like to see a Chungylog. Yay.

Hurrah! English class is going to be so nifty! I got Mr. Dumaine, who is the ultimate nifty English teacher. All my Upper School English teachers have been groovy. Of course, Math couldn't be worse. I have Mr. Weinstein, who is amazingly cool (he also teaches C++), but the class is so easy it's painful. Some of the seniors in my class were struggling with information I had mastered in 7th grade. My hand was in the air almost constantly; volunteering for answers. 30 minutes into the class, Mr. Weinstein refused to call on me. I felt like Hermione, only less annoying. Bah. Why on Earth didn't I take Honors Pre-Cal? ::flails::

I hope this is only a rumor, but Sarah Stuart told me that Photography class is going to be hell this year. She spoke of a 10-page research paper on a photographer of our choice. WHAT THE?!? I don't write 10-page papers for academic classes, much less Fine Arts! I'm considering switching to the digital imaging course. You never know, I might be able to get some CG time in. ::frowls:: I wonder how tiresome it would be to tote my Wacom tablet to and from school.

I know how Sannali feels! I had to spend just under 500 bucks for textbooks this year. Percy, when are they going to come up with textbooks on CD-ROM or summat? Laptops for everybody! It would save a fruitload of trees, ink, and printing costs. And no papercuts, too. And cheap.

Today's Rumination:

I'd love to see a Quake spinoff called "Quack". It could have huge, murderous, mutated duck-beasts wreaking havoc on modern society. I'd buy it.

I was let out late from my P.E. class. Score! Now I'm in the computer lab, hanging out while waiting for my C++ class to start. Joy!

Yay! Tanja started a Sketchblog, too! Yayfun! It's a sketchblog revolution!

What happened to my comment count? ::pouts at Reblogger::

Boys are kinko finko.

(this message has been brought to you by the lovely people of WOFS. Have a nice day.)

I'm sure it wasn't intended to be funny, but I find Flatland absolutely hilarious. I guess I just have a really twisted sense of humor.

::gasp:: Rebecca got a sketchblog! And she's using Blogger instead of LiveJournal! How quaint! ::giggles:: I must update the "If you didn't like this blog..." sidebar thing.

Blogger isn't posting. Yarwood.org is down. God help me, I may actually have to do some schoolwork tonight! ::gasp::

Someone commented that they wanted to see Jeff Hordley as Sirius. I posted it quite a while ago in my blog. Here we are:

Of course, this is taking into account complete skeletal reconstruction and the loss of quite a great deal of weight. Bah. And if you liked my other digital makeovers, here's Hugh Grant as Lockhart. This still gives me nightmares.

And because Alicy is groovy, here's Ronan with grey eyes:

I present... RonanVibert!Lupin!

(original article-thing)

Woah! When did Nasubionna's HP Tribute Page get its huge update? Gah, I've got to check there more often. I love Laura's art! She definitely ranks among my favourites. ::continues looking through all the gorgeous pictures::

I saw Moulin Rouge again with my mom and sister. I love that movie! ::sighs happily::

Why is my blog not working? ::kicks Blogger::

Did you guys know about what happened to Aaliyah? I found out this morning on WOFS. She died in a plane crash! Why do I get the urge to start singing "American Pie"?

Bah humbug. Friendly rival Rudolph Hein has published a book on HP Name Etymology. Let's hope it doesn't get to the states, ne? And let's hope he doesn't get ambitious and attempt an English version! That way, I might have a chance! I wonder when the publishers are going to return my letter. It's been nearly 6 weeks...

::giggles:: Wow, I never knew this could be considered news!

Top 50 Books Inspired by Harry - 8.20.2001

The Nine Muses has posted this funny list of the "Top 50 Books Inspired by Harry Potter". Of course, these are all fictional and used for humorous purposes! Check it out at the link. Thanks to Britt for the tip!

I wonder if that's the reason I've been getting so many hits from iHarryPotter.net recently...

Take the Disney survey!

Fav Disney Movie: Close call between Emperor's New Groove and Mulan
Least Fav Movie: Snow White and the 7 Dwarves. Or maybe The Pagemaster.

Fav Heroine: Mulan. She rocks.
Least Fav Heroine: Cinderella, Snow White, and Wendy. They're so useless.

Fav Hero: Kuzko, from ENG. He's just so delightfully pompous and egotistical. He reminds me of me. If you don't consider Kuzko a hero, then I pick Milo Thatch (Atlantis) because he reminds me of Percy.
Least Fav Hero: Snow White's prince, for the same reason Kell stated: "He had a hard job, let me tell you."

(Other) Fav Character: Mushu, from Mulan, or Abu, from Aladdin.
(Other) Least Fav Character: pass. I guess Cogsworth (B&tB) if you make me choose. Oh! No! The gargoyles from "Hunchback". Those were irritating.

Fav Villain: Gaton, from Beauty and the Beast. He's so amusing.
Least Fav Villain: The evil stepmother/stepsisters from Cinderella. They ruined my childhood, because I thought I was named after an evil stepsister. Later, I found out her name was Drusilla, but still, it was soul-scarring. Other villains I disliked were Scar (Lion King) and the guy from Hunchback.

Fav Song: I rather liked "It's Great to be a God" on principle from "El Dorado", but I also love the music from "The Lion King".
Least Fav Song: "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid.

Fav Animal Character: Mushu (Mulan) with Abu (Aladdin) as a close second.
Least Fav Animal Characters: Footstool, from Beauty and the Beast. He was annoying.

First Disney Movie You Saw: Cinderella, I believe. I can't remember.
Last Disney Movie You Saw: In the theatre, Atlantis. At home, Mulan.

This is so amusing. Renata sent it to me. Solve the puzzles by saying them out loud, over and over, faster and faster, repeating the phrase, until you "hear" the answer. It's fun!

Example: LAWN SAND JEALOUS (place) Answer: Los Angeles

1. SHOCK CUSSED TOE (person)
2. SAND TACKLE LAWS (fictional character)
3. MY GULCH HOARD UN (person)
4. MOW BEAD HICK (a book)
5. TALL MISCHIEF HER SUN (person)
6. CHICK HE TUB AN AN US (product)
7. THOUGH TIGHT AN HICK (thing)
8. AISLE OH VIEW (phrase)
9. TUB RAID HEAP HUNCH (old TV show)
10. CARESS TROUGHER CLUMP US (person)
11. DOCKED HEARSE WHOSE (person)
12. THUMB ILL KEY WAKE OWL LICKS HE (place)
13. AGE ANT HUB BLOWS HEAVEN (fictional character)
14. THESE HOUND DOVE MOO SICK (movie)
15. BUCK SPUN HE (fictional character)

If you're as cool as I am, you may get them all. If you're not as cool, post the numbers of the ones you don't get in the "Comment" thing and I'll give you the answers.

My pirate name: Mad Grace Kidd

Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. Even though you're not always the traditional swaggering gallant, your steadiness and planning make you a fine, reliable pirate. Arr!

Woah! Sluggy Freelance turns 4 today! ::grooves around to Secret Cranky Office Temp song in celebration::

I had such an odd dream last night. I dreamed that Mrs. Felice just randomly called me one day and told me that we were indeed doing "Mort" and that I had gotten the role of Princess Keli. Of course, I was incredibly confused, because I hadn't auditioned yet. I met five other students (2 girls, 3 boys), all of whom I had never seen before in my life. These were the other actors for the play. One of the girls explained to me that they had unknowingly auditioned when Mrs. Felice asked them to read out loud passages from "The Dictionary of Amorphous Solids". Then I woke up.

Vote in the new poll. You know you want to.

The Daily Sketch was finally updated again. Quite frightening, as well.

Ouchies. I went to the dermatologist today and got one of those wonky skin layer peel things, and now it hurts when I stretch my face a great deal. This annoys me, because I can't properly sing along with "Roxanne" on my Moulin Rouge CD. Curses! Foiled again.

Do my eyed decieve me? They most certainly do not! Draco Veritas chapter 1 has been posted! ::scurries off to read::

Ugh, how many times can I stick my foot in my mouth at once? A few days ago, I posted an entry supporting Kell upon the creation of the Hogsmeade Adoption Center, which allows you to adopt Harry Potter sprites, similar to Kell's sprite adoption centre on Astronomy Domine. It turns out that the HAC is run by Taylor. Ye gods, how stupid can I get? ::kicks self::

NO WAY! ::flails:: My Moulin Rouge CD got scratched somehow! Now there's a really evil skip in the middle of Complainte de la Butte, which was one of my favourite songs. ::simmers in her irritation:: Thank god for Kazaa. I'm sure someone will have it available. I've got to burn my "Meilleure du Moulin" CD sometime soon. How about tonight? Sounds great, self.

Elfwood updated my gallery. The new Malfoy picture is there. Yay!

Today I met with Mr. Dubsky, the Math chair at my school, to try to switch from regular Pre-Cal to Honors Pre-Cal. I think it went really well. Unfortunately, my schedule wouldn't allow me to switch, but instead Mr. Dubsky is going to give me a math independent study! Yay! Mr. Dubsky is so cool; I wish I had him in 9th grade for AAA Geometry. ::does a groovy dance:: Also, when I was cleaning out one of my desk drawers, I found my Mucha note card thingies. I'd been looking for those since Spring Break! All in all, a good day.

I'm working on a new blog layout. So far, it looks fabulous. And I haven't decided that I hate it yet, which is always a good sign.

My mom and I decided to be impulsive last night. She came into my room with a newspaper, saying "You wanted to see Jurassic Park 3, right?" I nodded affirmatively. "Well there's a showing at the Cinemark in five minutes. Shall we?" she asked. I grinned. Fifteen minutes later, we were in our seats, waiting for the silly previews to be over. We got there just in time! All in all, it was a highly amusing film. The CG was excellent and the plot was amusing. I particularly loved Alan's comment at the end of the movie: "God bless you, Ellie". My alterego especially enjoyed it. Now I've just got to go back and watch the other two!

Oy. I've got some fires to put out. Yesterday, I posted that terrible rant about how fed up I was with Fiction Alley without considering the repercussions. I said things I shouldn't have said and called them names behind their back. Stupid decision. It turns out Phil reads my blog. Now I feel awful, because it turns out that the graphics Taylor made were only temporary placeholders. No one was trying to usurp my position; Phil just needed graphics with the correct size/shape/composition/etc. to put in place when finalizing the AA layout. Ugh, I feel like such a heel. Even worse, I attacked Taylor when she hadn't done anything wrong! She obviously put an enormous amount of work into those graphics, just so she could help Phil in my absence. Ugh, I should never post anything in my weblog before I know the whole story. I should have emailed the other FAMods from the start, calmly stating my stance on the matter, to give them a chance to explain the full story. So if any of you guys are reading this, please consider this a full apology for my actions yesterday. Chalk it up to my crazy teenage judgement.

Woo! I forgot! Yesterday, I wore my Percy Is God and Boba Fett shirt to registration and everyone loved it! Just about everyone I saw came up to me at one point and asked (1) That shirt is so cool! (2) I want one! How did you get it? or (3) What the hell does that mean? I was amused. Expect a lot of business in the future, Tanja. And I think there's a big market for a shirt that says "Hoopy Frood" on it.

Also yesterday, some of the Jets (Nancy, me, Mackenzie, and Chungy) got together to see a movie. It was quite an adventure! Here's the story:

After picking up our schedules and school books, we sat around, waiting for Nancy to pick us up. When we saw her, it completely blew my mind. She had spent the last 9 weeks at fat camp (bah), but she lost over 30 pounds. However, she looked fantastic. She's so thin! Yowza. Anyway, we had to stop by Jesuit first so that I could lend my copy of Mort (in play version) to Mrs. Felice for consideration for the Spring play. Chungy came with me. Because we didn't have much time, we ran through the school, catching the attention of dozens of Jesuit guys sitting pointlessly in the hallway. One pack of them whistled. Chungy and I were amused. We left the book outside her office, then ran back. The same group of guys said "Hey, you want to come back here?" in a rather pathetic voice, making Chungy and I laugh hysterically. We were still giggling when we piled back into the Nancymobile.

Next, we went to Fun Fest for Lazertag. Of course, it never occured to us that we would be the only ones there. We ended up in a game of 2-on-2 (me and Chungy vs. Nancy and Mackenzie), which was highly amusing, as we spent the game chasing each other in the same order. I chased Nancy, who chased Chungy, who chased Mackenzie. In the first part of the game, my gun wasn't working so I had to go back into the equiptment room and switch vests. The sad thing was, at the end of the game, when we retrieved our scores, Chungy had hit Mackenzie so many times that Mackenzie's score was worse than the score of my original vest. I had just been hit; I hadn't hit anyone. And Mack's score was lower. Poor girl! ::hugs Mack:: Anyway, Chungy creamed us all, which stands to reason as she was the only one who had never played Lazertag before. Beginner's luck. Anyway, after that, it was off to the movies!

The movie of choice was Rush Hour 2. On the way over, we stopped for slushies at 7-11 (Chungy insisted on taking pictures wherever we went), then waited in the video arcade at the theatre until the movie started. There were only three other people in the entire theatre, and we were in one of the huge screening rooms. Score! Anyway, Chungy and I spent a great deal of time debating over who was cooler: Jackie Chan or Chris Tucker. I was firmly in favor of Jackie Chan. Oh well. The movie was hilarious (I reccomend whole-heartedly), so you should definitely go see it. My favourite moment was probably when Li and the girl kissed. This is because anything remotely romantic sends Chungy into spaz mode. She was cowering in her seat, covering her face with her hands. "Nothing wrong with kissing", Nancy said. I expressed my agreement and kissed the top of her head, which sent her to further degrees of spazzing. We all laughed and mocked her a great deal. I can't wait until I show her my RENT boot!

And so that's my story. Rather ineloquent, but it will do. What's yours?

Ooh! Blogger turned two! How cute! ::schnoogles Blogger:: Also, Sannali started her blog today! How cute that Blogger and Tuppence have the same birthday. ::canned audience "Awww"::

Nancy leaves for college tomorrow. Chad, too. I need a hug.

I think I'm going to give up attempting to work on graphics for Fiction Alley and Artistic Alley. I'm so fed up with the organization! I spent ages working on graphics for Phil, only to have Taylor waltz in out of the blue and take over my job. Now Artistic Alley is going to have her work, even though the job was officially supposed to be mine. I had talked on-list with Heidi and Phil, and they all agreed that the graphics for the Artistic Alley pages would be under my charge. Then, I leave from my computer for most of the day, and when I come back, Taylor's graphics are there instead of mine. If Taylor had been working on the graphics as well, why didn't she tell me? It would have saved a whole lot of work for all concerned. What confuses me even more is Phil's manner of dealing with the situation. Phil knew how much effort I was putting into the graphics. He knew that I was waiting for him to finish the new layout for Artistic Alley so that I could know the dimensions and stuff for my new images. He knew I was waiting for the other Fiction Alley mods to vote on their favourite version of my graphic before I posted anything final. Was Phil communicating off-list with Taylor? Why wouldn't he have contacted me and told me that Taylor was going to make the images and I didn't need to bother? There are a lot of other things I could be doing with my time, I hope they realize. I was trying to HELP. The jerks.

What's even worse is that I don't feel like I have the right to complain, as Taylor's graphic looks much better than mine. Of course, I was under the impression that I had to use the same format as the graphics Flourish made for the four Fiction Alley houses, so I didn't allow myself to get creative. My complaint is that I don't think Taylor should have the ability to go over my head like that. Aarg. It's agonizing!

So I'm not going to be their doormat anymore. I'm not volunteering for anything until Artistic Alley is up and running, when I get to work as an Art Chaser for Artistic Alley. No one will be able to step on me from there. Now, I'm off to work on stuff that's worth my time, such as planning out new formats for WIAN and tnm.n and Jets or studying SAT stuff or CGing or reading or cleaning my room. I have enough on my plate already without the Fiction Alley nazis treating me like scum.

tsk, tsk, tsk. I would have thought you guys would have known be better by now! Here's the results of the Lie Detector game!

::trumpet fanfare::

Number 8. Cookie points to the two people that figured it out! Such silliness. Now it's time for expanantions!

1. The first time I read it was in 7th grade, I believe. Then I read it again over the summer, again the summer after that, and again, slowly, over my 10th grade year. Huzzah!
2. ::holds up Maurice to the computer:: See him? Ain't he cute! ::hugs Maurice:: He was named after my counsellor at Sail Caribbean, who named his belly "Maurice". Then "Ducky Bob" is the name of a party rental place in Dallas.
3. When I was I, I was bitten on the thumb by my friend Brittany's pet parrot, Sinbad. Since then, I've hated and feared all birds that size.
4. Ugh! Pulpy orange juice is the bane of my existance! Must be "no pulp".
5. Yes, this happened. Everyone thought I would have a scar, but it healed perfectly. Yay!
6. Not too much to this question. That's my real name. Anyone that sent me mail at Cambridge knows this.
7. ::laughs:: Yes, this happened as well. ::snickers:: It was my mom's idea. I didn't want my blonde hair to go! Fortunately, really, it didn't work.
8. Ah, the one lie. Do you really think I would be this supportive of the LHFCXDE club and so mocking of the groupies if I really had short hair? Certainly not! It's just about waist length at the moment and it's probably getting longer.
9. I'll take a picture of it, if you like. It's really a quite amusing addition to my room. Actually, I think I might have mentioned this theft in my blog... ::looks:: Okay, I didn't. Bah. Oh well.
10. If there's one think I can't do, it's draw real people. And draw things small. Two strikes against the comic! Then, of course, I probably wouldn't be able to come up with enough funny ideas to keep it going all year. Three strikes. Bah.

Well, I hope you've been enlightened, or summat like that. Yeah...

::snickers:: It's so amusing to see what people believe is true and what people believe is false. I giggle whenever I look at the poll results. I'll post the answer tomorrow! Mark your calendars! ::snickets::

::nibbles at Cassie's "Draco Veritas" cookies:: Yummy!

I really need to start reading more fanfic. I'm just too lazy. Bah.

Pain... yesterday, when I went to the dermatologist, my mom brought up the matter of my wart. It's just a teensy little thing on my index finger, you'd never see it if I didn't specifically point it out to you. I've had it for years, and it hasn't bothered me a bit. Well, Dr. Cather told me that she could either freeze it off or burn it off with acid. Erm.... no thanks. Of course, she maintained that the acid didn't hurt a bit and she used it on kids all the time. Even though I didn't want to get it removed, my mom insisted on the acid. That day. This assistant nurse lady who had been hovering in the background globbed this massive amount of goop on my finger, which looked like it should have hurt like heck, even though I couldn't feel anything. Unfortunately, I started feeling it later that evening. Not like a severed limb; more like a serious papercut. And it kept hurting. While I was trying to type, no less. Of course, I assumed it would be fine by the morning. Dr. Cather had said that it should look just like a small blister by the morning, then be gone in about a day and a half. Because of the evil myopic nurse lady, this has not been the case for me. My index finger now has this huge, nasty, 1-cm diameter thing. I don't even want to go into detail on how gross it looks. I'm going to ask Dr. Cather about it when I see her again tomorrow. ::mutters about her evil mother scheduling facials and other similar forms of torture when she isn't even broken out::

Of course, Dr. Cather isn't all that bad. She's really friendly and fairly young. And anyone that perscribes anything manufactured by Sirius Laboratories is okay in my book!

Red Windmill? That's what it means? What kind of a name is Red Windmill! --Chad, after I told him what "Moulin Rouge" meant

No, this is just plain Mulan. You have to wait until Mao Zedhong gains power for it to become 'Mulan' Rouge. --me, explaining my choice in movie rentals to my sister

::flails:: Don't tell me Elfwood is down AGAIN?!? Gah! ::is sad::

In the meantime, go tell Kell that her sprites are cooler than this person's. Muah.

Ann is back! ::dances::

I'm about to be really depressed. Look at what the Official Site has to say about Ron. "His likes are Chess, sweets and the Chutney Chasers Quidditch team." Ye gods...

Idea stolen from Rebecca's blog, which in turn was stolen from Lisa. For shame.

One of these statements is a lie! Take your best shot!
1. I have read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" in its entirety four times.
2. I have a small duck pencil topper on my stereo antenna. His name waffles between Ducky Bob and Maurice.
3. I'm attempting to overcome my mortal fear of parrots
4. I can't stand pulpy orange juice
5. I once had to get minor plastic surgery when I tripped and gashed my bottom lip open on the edge of a glass table. I was 4 years old.
6. My name is Priscilla
7. When my hair started going dark, I tried using an incredibly low-concentrated peroxide solution on my hair to get it blonde again. This was partly because I wanted to look more like Rachel from Animorphs than any of my friends did. Of course, it didn't work.
8. I completely made up the story about having really long hair. It's actually just beyond shoulder length.
9. I stole part of the "How to Succeed" set during the strike. It's a big "World Wide Wickets" sign that is now hanging on my wall, balanced on the wall beside it and a convenient nail.
10. I originally planned to do a JETS comic strip, then scrapped the idea when I realized that I couldn't draw.

Now go vote!

::is torn between being really ticked off and really, really amused::

Someone on Ebony Keep thought my picture of Malfoy was a girl. ::snickets:: I shall grant forgiveness, though, because (s)he gave me helpful insight into more stuff that's wrong with the picture. Yay!

Why this rash of really, really long posts on WOFS recently? No idea.

Posting art on the Ebony Keep boards is so depressing! So far, about 50 people have viewed my CG, yet only one person has commented. ::frowls::

Elfwood is back! YAAY! Everyone go worship Linda Bergkvist!

::dances:: HEIDI LIKES ME! ::actually leaps about her room in joy::

"10 points to whatever house priscilla is in -for cleverness & being a talented know-it-all (in a VERY good way)"

Does this mean people will stop ignoring my graphic contributions? We shall wait and see!

One of the interesting initiatives we've taken in Washington, D.C., is we've got these vampire-busting devices. A vampire is a -- a cell deal you can plug in the wall to charge your cell phone." -- George W. Bush, Denver, Aug. 14, 2001

My daddy fixed my necklace! ::jumps for joy::

::hugs herself and rereads all the comments on WOFS 50 billion times::

::feels the EllieLove::

::prances::

I talked to Nancy today! All was joyful! She told me that the latest Star Wars: NJO book was out ("Rebirth", I believe). Must find bookstore.

Responses to various comments:

Cairnsy - I'd love to show you guys, but because we may end up using a similar layout, it's top secret and all. ::frowls::

Kell - has anyone talked to you? Email Monica and tell her to add you to the Chasers list.

All concerned - Artistic Alley opens September 1st, barring any total catastrophes.

Spontaneous flail session! ::flail flail flail::

This sucks. As I complained earlier, Flourish has usurped my position on the FictionAlley.org layout, rendering hours of my time meaningless. I tried to offer my version of the front page graphic to the other Mods, but everyone is ignoring me! Am I invisible? Ye-gods. To make matters worse, Flourish is nowhere to be found. Why can't the group just go on with my layout? It was finished! We wouldn't have to wait for her to get back to her computer and throw something else together. I have all the high-res files on my hard drive, too! The picture of the mascots would look more crisp coming from my computer. Bah. My layout looked really awesome, too. ::goes off to sulk::

Schnoogle is down. FF.n is down. Elfwood is down. How the flaming orange weasel am I supposed to entertain myself!?!

Joy! New art! (copied from a post on WOFS)

Since discovering a fantastic Elfwood artist whose skills in CG make me want to die, I've been on a photorealism kick. Here's the first fruit of my labor. Of course, keep in mind that this is still very much a work in progress. Soon he's getting shoulders and more hair. Yay.

THE PICTURE (of doom)

My favourite aspects: The eye and the ear (the ear alone took roughly an hour and a half)

Least favourite aspects: The mouth

Joy! Crits/Comments welcome. In fact, if you don't post either a crit or a comment, I will assume you don't love me, climb to the top of my sister's tallest platform shoes, and throw myself to my death. Muah.

::panics:: Please say it's only my computer being evil! Where the fruitmonkey is Elfwood? ::crouches in a corner and hums quietly::

Holy cow. I was looking through a family history book my parents helped me put together when I was in 5th grade. It turns out that I'm related to Winston Churchill! Score!

Yay, the Daily Sketch is daily again!

The other poll was annoying. Bob won. Thanks to Kell for inspiring the new one! Don't worry, I'm not changing Cult of Lincoln's name. I was just bored.

Star Wars: Attack of the Rejects
by Nick Nadel, Neil Pasricha and Alexander Zalben

"I'm going to call it 'Attack Of The Clones,'" George Lucas announced casually, while pouring hot oil from a giant vat onto the throngs of fans who had surrounded his castle. Yes, Star Wars fans are mightily upset by the title for "Episode II," though they should take some consolation in these other titles which were dutifully considered and rejected by Lord Lucas himself.

Episode II: Attack of the Scones
Episode II: Attack of the Drones
Episode II: Attack of Sam Malone
Episode II: Attack of the Clones? (A Mystery)
Episode II: Attacked? By a Clone? No Thanks! (A Sitcom)
Episode II: Bigger and Sexier
Episode II: Send in the Clones
Episode II: Anakin, You So Crazy!
Episode II: Attack of the Star Wars Holiday Special
Episode II: Attack of the Hack Humor Pieces

Thanks to Meril and Britney, who told me about how to download Silkscreen. Well, it turns out that Silkscreen was the font that I made from scratch. I assumed that Silkscreen was the nifty scripted font. It turns out that was Apple Chancery. ::wrinkles nose:: Oh well. At least I know for the future.

WIAN was updated. 6 new fanarts. Of course, if you've been attentive here, you should have seen them all. Oh well. ::shrugs::

I bet you didn't see this coming. Brown University's All-Pirate A Cappella Group. Arrr.

Sluggy's back! ::dances:: And Kell's daily sketch is so cute that I could die on the spot! ::glomps Percy and Kyte::

And we're back to lows again. I've been working quite a long time the past two days on the main page layout for FictionAlley.org, as Heidi told me to put the final together. Then of course, Flourish (who was originally supposed to be in charge) bursts in and assumes all responsibility again. All my work has been in vain. I've spent ages searching font websites for PC-friendly versions of Silkscreen and Apple Chancery, the Mac-only fonts Flourish used in the original design. When my search is fruitless, I searched the net for a font converter that could make Mac fonts into PC fonts. The cheapest one was about $30. Forget it. So, I eventually found a font that vuagely resembled Silkscreen, which I used, then I reconstructed Apple Chancery pixel by pixel from scratch. God help me. Then I spent most of this morning on the new design (which looks great), only to have the entire thing taken away from me. Sometimes I really hate being a part of group projects. I'm honored to be on the staff of Fiction Alley and Artistic Alley, but I feel almost like a pawn. Arg. I wonder if Flourish has Photoshop. I could send her what I've done so far. ::frowls and stalks off::

::breathes sigh of relief:: Just after I finish moving Cult of Lincoln onto Blogspot for the time being tnm.n comes back up. Yarg.

::flails:: Is anyone else getting a 502 for my website? Gah, today must be "highs and lows" day. What the heck happened to the your-site servers? ::curses the .5% downtime of the 99.5% uptime guarantee::

Joy! Kell says that she's finished my Percy bookmark! ::squeals:: I can't wait until it arrives! ::does a joyous dance::

I am so ticked off at my mom at this point. I think the irony gods must be laughing their heads off. As you may remember from a previous blog entry, our house had developed a leak. As luck would have it, it's in my room. Well, it started raining at about 4 in the morning, so naturally my mom wakes *me* up to tell her where the leak is. I explain in an incredibly clear manner: "look for where there's a huge ugly white gash in the ceiling and splitting wood. You can't miss it." Of course, this was more than I had gotten, because I was the one who found the leak in the first place. This means I had to crouch around in our hazardous, creepy attic, where one wrong step will leave you quite suddenly in the room below. Not to mention, all I had at the time was a flashlight, and I had to actually *find* the stupid thing. Since then, we've replaced the light bulb so that people can actually see. Anyway, back to the story. I woke up around 9:15 to the sound of dripping water. Hell. I look blearily over to the area of my room where the leak lets out and see to my horror that I had left one of my drawers in my closet open. Well, guess where the leak was? Spilling water directly onto my clothes. Even more luckily, I had left the previous days' clothes on the top of the drawer, as the jeans weren't dirty and the shirt had special washing instructions. Well, my beloved Percy shirt has had its first wash. I can only hope it can be rescued. My favourite jeans are pretty much fine, I believe, and they stopped most of the water from getting through to my other clothes, so they should be okay.

So why am I mad at my mom? Well, after dealing with my clothes and putting my trash can in the proper place to catch the remaining leaks, I went up to the attic to find out why on earth water was still coming through if my mom had stopped the leak. I envisioned an overflowing bowl. I never would have imagined that she would put the bucket about a foot away from where it wa