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From Twitter 08-11-2009

  • 01:06:16: @AnnLarimer NO, THE BLANKET FELL BEHIND THE COUCH. YOU SHOULD HAVE LOOKED HARDER.
  • 01:39:27: 1:36am, and I’m going home! Woohoo!
  • 08:30:14: Gah. Air, water, fire, wood… easy enough to depict symbolically. Earth, a little less so. But how the heck do you represent metal?
  • 10:00:32: @mkcho73 Cybermen in Alera? To the fanfictionmobile!
  • 15:25:02: Crashing. I should have slept in a little this morning. I would have been well within company policy to do so, after staying so late.
  • 16:20:03: @SheckyX Does Gaius’ impression of Piotr Rasputin count? :D
  • 17:46:16: @ee1013 You look great! Well done.
  • 17:47:12: Is it 7:00 yet? *snores*
  • 19:14:41: It’s 7:15. Do you know where Priscilla is? Going HOME, booyeah! It’s mappin’ time!
  • 20:50:57: hmm, do I work on the map with the LotR:EE in the background or the BBC’s “Planet Earth”?
  • 20:52:34: I’ve seen LotR many times and only seen snippets of PE, so distraction = novelty vs. drama and sexy boys. Both contain scenery porn.
  • 21:25:09: @Esperacchius “Extended Edition.” The only proper way of watching/marathonning the LotR movies!
  • 21:26:00: Decided on Planet Earth. Eeeee, baby polar bears!

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From Twitter 08-10-2009

  • 08:32:20: Gave myself a haircut in the shower. Still long, but now fuller and lovelier, without those split ends.
  • 09:55:39: @travelingheidi Congratulations! What an achievement.
  • 10:14:25: Coworker’s yappy dog sounds a bit like a tropical bird. Perhaps I can pretend I am in a soothing rainforest instead of at my job.
  • 10:51:26: @MickeydotFinn As opposed to dog Latin? Alerans to their enemies: “Fabricati diem, pvnc.”
  • 13:07:41: Signed up for the @vampirecowboys’ Sept/Oct Rabid Vamps Fight Studio! Can’t wait!
  • 15:01:08: @SheckyX They couldn’t handle the awesomeness of your birthday. They’re back now, though!
  • 15:49:07: @AnneSowards We did an ad with him! I’ll let you know when it hits the tube.
  • 15:54:47: @ShannonKButcher Faboo! Publish early, publish often! :D
  • 16:06:52: @Jess_Wade Google Maps allows you to create “My Maps,” where you can pinpoint locations and add notes. Not very graphic, but functional.
  • 16:58:29: @DerekRuiz The phrase has become cliche, but it really *is* an honor to be nominated! And if we had to lose, I’m glad it was to Girl Genius.
  • 17:34:23: Chris: “I like that the two guys spooning are the two guys with ‘fros.” Me: “They’re fromosexuals.”
  • 18:09:05: @xiehicks But mommies make the best napping places!
  • 20:05:30: @Esperacchius WTF! Sheer and utter lunacy.
  • 21:09:47: @Uilos Welcome back! The city missed you!
  • 21:17:14: @smuu Option 3: You are awesome!
  • 22:05:53: You know what I love? Cleaning up other people’s messes. After tonight, no overtime until the map is finished. Or while I’m PMSing.
  • 22:08:12: @ShannonKButcher Did you bring enough sparklies for the rest of the class? (Wow, well done!)
  • 22:23:11: @Dichenlachman Zoetrope. (http://tfd.com/zoetrope)
  • 22:32:45: Yay! I just got to tell a coworker to redo 8 hours of work! Moral of the story: Don’t be a moron, or bad stuff will happen to you.

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From Twitter 08-09-2009

  • 00:01:36: Whee, leaving work! Tomorrow, I have my first full day of map glee! So stoked to finally get to give this baby my undivided attention.
  • 00:13:58: @spodalicious It’s Tuesday, actually. There was a spinning wheel needle involved.
  • 00:19:58: @SheckyX I do! *sneezes money*
  • 07:17:08: Really, body? My first opportunity to sleep in in weeks, and you wake me up at 6:30? Is map work really that exciting? Oh, yeah, it is. :D
  • 09:52:34: Someone please stop me before I label everything in Latin.
  • 11:48:32: @fredhicks Hicksoween! Fredsgiving!
  • 11:49:17: …Why is Safari posting to Twitter without any problem, but Firefox is timing out?
  • 11:52:47: @boymonster Neat! If Jim likes the idea, I may have to borrow her expertise. :D
  • 12:33:08: @skbbooks A daddy!
  • 12:36:39: Oh, math. You’re adorable.
  • 14:55:10: Is Twitter working with Firefox again yet?
  • 14:55:23: …SWEET!
  • 15:47:27: Looking at Great Wall of China, Hoover Dam, and art books for LotR and Narnia, sketching design concepts for the Shieldwall. I love my life.
  • 16:30:20: @beachkid I think the bigger question is how some people *don’t* accumulate so many books.
  • 17:08:36: @ShipLizard Bzuh? Turn Coat made me like Luccio even more. People confuse me. #DresdenFilesBabes
  • 21:13:07: It’s Hugo time! Crossing my fingers for the Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle in the “Best Graphic Story” category! @theHugoAwards
  • 21:14:01: Won’t be too bummed if we lose, though. I’ve read and adored most of our competition! :D @theHugoAwards
  • 21:32:16: Woohoo, a well-deserved win for Kaja and Phil Foglio of Girl Genius! @theHugoAwards
  • 22:34:36: News: George Sodini kills random women at gym because he can’t get a girlfriend. Blogs about it beforehand. http://bit.ly/Bbq4j I feel ill.

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From Twitter 08-08-2009

  • 10:56:27: Rar, none of the tweets I’m writing from home are being posted. Ah well. My life is pretty much “Work. Map. Sleep.”
  • 10:58:51: @AnneSowards Ooh, good motivation!
  • 12:08:54: @SheckyX Zdob si Zdub (“Beat the Drum”) — Mamaliga Mania, about the Moldovan national dish (it’s almost solid!) http://bit.ly/4hwbnM
  • 12:12:15: @SheckyX And the aforementioned Zdob si Zdub song about a gypsy vs. a UFO: http://bit.ly/mO41G
  • 14:37:48: Watching Burn Notice finale over lunch break. Bwaha, it’s Paul Blackthorne!
  • 14:38:53: HA! And he just called Michael “Mr. Magic Man”!
  • 15:55:27: @vampirecowboys Congrats! Rock on with your bad selves! You deserve every honor that comes your way.
  • 15:58:13: @terioncalling Gorgeous! Impressive work.
  • 16:02:02: @NathanFillion I vote Castle, for the humor value. Though I don’t care how you signed it, as long as the signing was held in New York!
  • 17:30:37: @scottlynch78 Wow, it’s like “Gentleman Bastards” mad-libs!
  • 17:40:27: Ooh, coworker didn’t want his half of the roast cauliflower and hummus. Mine!
  • 18:29:28: @OKBJGM Thanks so much for helping spread the word, Javi!
  • 19:38:31: Welcome to the great Twittermind, @ShannonKButcher!
  • 21:18:41: I wasn’t hungry until I ordered dinner. Now I’m famished! Arrive, awesome Greek food, arrive!
  • 21:23:51: @featherjean Well, it’s demi-canon. As Barbossa would say, it’s more like “guidelines.” :D
  • 23:48:34: RT @alyankovic: Okay, I am now officially racing @RedHourBen – first one to get a million followers wins. Wish me luck. It’s on, Stiller!!

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From Twitter 08-06-2009

  • 14:49:58: RT @KevinConn Please vote for MY ad! A CareerBuilder.com Contest – Winning/Losing in 25 seconds- http://shar.es/E7Xa Just click on 5 hearts!
  • 17:03:56: Awesome trailer to Peter Jackson’s “The Lovely Bones:” http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/thelovelybones/hd/
  • 17:04:42: Man, post-weight loss Peter Jackson looks creepy. Like someone you wouldn’t want to sit next to on the bus.
  • 18:24:49: @Dark_Puck You hear correctly!
  • 18:51:34: RAGE. Nice to know HALF the work I put into this mind-numbing spot is now USELESS. Might have to go out to fire escape and scream a while.
  • 18:53:19: Who is responsible for this utter failure in communication? I was asking these questions within two minutes of getting the boards.
  • 18:54:17: *blasts Sweeney Todd on my headphones*
  • 19:17:06: Somewhere, there is a food that will make me want to kill everyone in the communication chain marginally less. Any ideas?

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Twitter is down. Where do I go to flail about this in 140 characters or fewer? Oh yeah, I have a blog!

So. My Epic Comic Con Post of Epicness has taken a back seat to a far more pressing deadline. Rather than merely plotting out the skeleton of the map to be printed in First Lord’s Fury, book 6 of the Codex Alera, I’m now illustrating the finished product! My artwork is going to be published in tens of thousands of copies of the landmark final novel in an internationally bestselling series. And I’m being paid considerably more than the figure I originally ballparked when pitching the map idea to Jim and the Penguin folks.

No pressure. :D

Needless to say, I’m thrilled beyond belief. Thrilled and intimidated. Thrilled, intimidated, and flattered, and filled with almost fanatical devotion to the Pope. Not only is it a huge responsibility, but it’s a staggering vote of confidence in my abilities as an artist. Someone whose opinion I respect had such faith in my skills that he felt I was the best choice for such an important job. Wow.

Jim and I were tossing ideas back and forth last night, and I felt positively giddy at what we were coming up with. It’s an inspiration, collaborating with such a creative mind. There’s so much I want to include! Jim essentially told me to pull out all the stops, and that’s what I’m going to do. I can’t wait to prove myself worthy of this honor.

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From Twitter 08-05-2009

  • 11:33:59: Another day! Hope the clients like the fruits of last night’s labor. If they don’t, I wonder if the cops will ever find the clients’ bodies.
  • 12:40:20: @AnneSowards Problem solved! http://www.kitt.net/php/title.php
  • 14:10:58: OMG! The “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” musical is being performed by the show’s cast at the Beacon Theatre! http://bit.ly/GKn3Y
  • 14:40:10: @mkcho73 There’s a symbol that means “between” in shorthand. It looks like an upside-down awareness ribbon. Maybe we could use ࢚?
  • 15:06:02: @spodalicious *chews gum smackily*
  • 16:06:13: It’s been said many times before, but it needs to be said again: Jim Butcher is good people. *warmfuzzies*
  • 18:02:53: There are few things more thrilling and terrifying that full creative freedom. Bring. It. On.

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From Twitter 08-04-2009

  • 07:41:51: Dreamed I was on a spontaneous ski trip, and some moron burned down our hotel room when I yelled at her to take her gross cigar outside.
  • 11:48:34: RT @dresdenfiles: New blog post: Harry’s World http://bit.ly/11VyBY
  • 12:17:21: RT @spodalicious: @christuttle to donate $100 to @avonwalks for breast cancer if @lisawalkscom gets 100 followers! Please RT #charitytuesday
  • 13:47:26: RT @alyankovic Behold… my new video! http://tinyurl.com/kno97q // hilarious! Al + JibJab = match made in nerd-heaven.
  • 16:43:10: @neilhimself Aww, I was hoping that was going to be a haiku.
  • 16:51:47: @WriteRCastle Alexis, now we’re all imagining your father singing the role of a peasant girl in “Les Mis�rables.” :D
  • 17:02:16: *bludgeons Photoshop repeatedly with a fire extinguisher* Yeah, it’s one of those days.
  • 17:45:10: *cackles* @Dark_Puck succumbs to the sinister attractions of Twitter!
  • 21:13:16: Stole a bite of Pascy’s lamb burger from Pera. I think my mouth just orgasmed.
  • 21:47:07: Oh my god, I’m going to be at work all night.
  • 22:19:29: @jonrog1 Ah, United! Losing equipment and breaking guitars! http://bit.ly/rI2ef
  • 22:33:32: Oh, hell’s freaking ye gods on a platter of death. I’m going to be here foreeeeeeever.
  • 23:12:10: @KevinConn I want a LimoJet!

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From Twitter 08-03-2009

  • 07:16:00: Dreamed I was still at Comic Con, and I managed to snag Brit Morgan for a PTB photo before she left. Thomas Raith carried her bags. What.
  • 09:35:07: @TheGreenRonin Nosferatu! Doesn’t that name sound like the very midnight call of death?
  • 09:35:10: @TheGreenRonin Speak it not aloud, or its life’s pictures will turn to pale shadows and nightmares will rise up to feed on your blood.
  • 10:48:24: @MickeydotFinn *cheers wildly* Yay, a new Middlefan! #Middleman
  • 10:51:32: I love helping answer fan mail. “are the stories of Harry really true? Is never-never a real place?Are there really professional wizard?”
  • 11:29:27: @mkcho73 Defying Gravity’s logo has a Mandelbrot set. This compels me to at least watch the pilot. To hulu!
  • 15:41:34: @SheckyX No beating! Jim is already typing one-armed. Do you want me to tell the fandom *you* are the reason FLF is delayed? :D
  • 15:42:29: @mkcho73 I was expecting to see Rick Astley’s face at the end.

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From Twitter 08-02-2009

  • 00:48:38: @feliciaday You need to put a thick pillow between your laptop and your lap! I actually burned my legs before I started this practice.
  • 09:38:43: Mmmm, perfect eggs!
  • 12:46:11: Gacgk! So that feeling I’ve had all day that there was something I was supposed to do? I was supposed to be at work at 10. Here now!
  • 16:07:58: @ShipLizard Because some folks think it’s only okay when *canon* characters are exceptions to the rules. *eyeroll*
  • 18:54:27: Whee, time to go home!
  • 20:08:42: Wuthering Heights marketed to Twilight fans: http://bit.ly/SmG2j Excuse me as I commit painful suicide.
  • 21:27:17: Holy cow, just realized I didn’t get a pic of Brit Morgan for the Middleman PTB auctions. FAIL. And FAIL that I didn’t realize until now.

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