*exaggerated Sideshow Bob shudder* There is SOMETHING in this library (my local, not Mansfield central) that makes me sneeze every time I'm here! The librarians must think I have a constant cold. *eyeroll*

So. I have some pretty damn awesome photos to put up. Which I could do in the libraries. With my pen drive. Problem? I can't find my sodding camera-to-computer lead, which means I can't get my photos OFF my damn camera to update with them! Which is driving me slowly insane! Especially since eventually I'll run out of space on my camera and be unable to run and get it when I see something cool, like the moth I found last night in my kitchen.

I have developed a love for cloud photography. It's funny, I always said the main thing that made me wish I could paint was clouds, every kind, in every way, just the sky. Then I realised I had taken a load of photos of it. My neighbours must think I'm mad - I kneels in my garden, lie down, drag out the stool and stand on it... and take loads of photos of nothing but the damn sky! But I can't resist it. It's constantly gorgeous!

Elsewhere I have some more photos of moi, which is always good. Some flood photos still to go in scraps... hopefully they'll get there before y'all forget England even HAD a flood! Gahhh. For once the delay is not my fault!

I swear, I have looked everywhere for that lead!

I would also like to put some of my icon work up here. When it comes out I'll be getting the DVD of the last three episodes of the latest series of Doctor Who, and I have loads of icon ideas for that. I would have done loads of BtVS and Ats by now too, but I have a problem... don't I always?

I play in Windows Media Player or Realplayer or Quickplayer or whatever it's called... but my goddamn screencap doesn't work! I take a cap and it just stays black wherever I copy it to. It does it on a screendump too. So I need to work out how to fix that before I can take caps. But when I have, I'll be having much much icon fun, 'cause I have loads of ideas. So look out for that I'll be putting them up on some of my comms on livejournal too.

Writing-wise, I'm not doing much right now that I can put on here. EarthBound isn't going anywhere until it's all finished. I'm a little protective of it, and I want to edit the living daylights out of it at least five times before it goes near the internet.

The only other thing I'm really working on is my sci-fi novel, which obviously I can't out up here. But if by some miraculous chance it ever got past my own front door I would mention it here.

As for my Serenifly project, which I may have mentioned here before, it's moving along nicely but I doubt it'll be mentioned here. It's not really an artsy thing. Might put a link to the LJ comm I'll be making for it though.

*sigh* Off to go find something to do with my life for a while now before Last of the Time Lords at 7pm tonight.

Ah yes, and I'll be doing some House and Scrubs icons too Wow. Icon-fest! If I can fix my gorram stupid computer!

Ok, in my previous entry (Notts Shops...), in among the typos due to this keyboard being wireless and running out of batteries, I forgot to mention one of the main things i'm working on right now!

*headdesk*

I'm getting more in Redwall art. I'm not a furry... as such, but I make exception for the Redwall characters. They're just so diverse and so much fun to work with. Though the only attempt I ever made at a Redwall fanfic trailed off miserably and was left to rot, I do have quite a lot of old Redwall art.

When I first started drawing this stuff I could only copy (not trace - this is just by eye I means) from pictures already there, so I was restricted to covers and chapter headers. However, I think now I can do something a bit more using my imagination, so that's what I plan to do. I want to do some MS Paint work too, though it will take me aaaages to get it right! I want to do some shadow working and figure out what I'm doing with fur.

My characters will be based more on the books that the few carttons that were made, so will be less cartoonish than maybe people are used to.

I want to do some work with Faragho. Not only is he an awesome character, but he's a real challenge with all those weapons. Also some Martin stuff, 'cause he's just awesome Same with Mariel. I want to try some Sunflash stuff too, though I doubt I can draw kestrals... that may be pushing it. Might just have to stick to the badger himself for now. I want to try a Marlfox too

I also want to try and do Reepichhep (which would be a totally different style, I think) and maybe Aslan once I'm in practice. I'm not saying I'm actually any good at any of this stuff, but if I practice I can only get better... and I might just end up with something worth showing.

I have a Thomas Triton picture I'm dying to colour too I ADORE Thomas Triton. *sigh* I know, everyone does, but I don't care. Sometimes I do go with the cliché. And who can resist a mouse with a necktie? *points at Martin*

Also got some photography projects on, I forgot to mention. Among them me in my fedora, because Don demands it. Actually he demanded me in nothing BUT my fedora... but I think it'll be a long long time before I feel confortable doing nude shots, no matter how artistic I make them. But yeh, some photos of me and some other stuff I have planned.

</second babble of the day>

SOOOOO much anime and manga stuff in Forbidden Planet suddenly. About 30 books of Inu Yasha (and they can order more when I want them), plus DVDs of Inu Yasha, Azumanga Daioh, Fruits Basket, Chobits (whoo! Getting sick of YouTube's stupid deleting and chasing bits of the episodes everywhere), and loads of others. Also Gunsliger Girls, which a couple of people have recommended to me. By my reckoning once I'm working, I can afford at least one DVD of anime per fortnight If I'm being stingy with myself. They have anything I could ever want - they seem to have gone into it in a massive way, eben more than they already were.

Also checked out Page 45, the comic shop. They have Amazing X-men, which I'll be getting as soon as I can afford it. They also have all the Buffy and Angel one-shots, which is pretty awesome. I've been getting the S8 Buffy comice from there.

They also have some fabulous graphic novels, the kind of things that you read and get the shivers, and never forget. It's where I finally found Pride of Baghdad after looking all over Nittingham for ages and bugging the hell out of Forbidden Planet. So yay! For getting money... 'cause there's quite a few I want.

Elsewhere, I have other things planned for money. I want to get all the seasons of 24 on DVD, because I don't think I can possibly live without them. No - not just because they have some Buffy and Angel people in them *glares at cynical people* Because they're bloody FABULOUS! I also want to get all of Scrubs. I heave season 6 copied (shhhh!) so might not get that on DVD when it comes out. Step-brothers (almost) can come very much in handy But I might do, just for the extras. Going to get seasons 1 - 5 at least... unless I can steal them off Neil when he isn't looking. I gotta have me some of that Cox action on my shelves!

What else? Um... gpoing to get all of Angel on DVD, but that goes without saying. Right? I have 1 - 4 on video and 5 on DVD but I'm thinking I'll get the full set and sell the season 5 DVDs. Probably give away the videos like I did with Buffy, it's not really worth selling them nowadays. When you think each boxset cost me £35 back in the day!

So the reason I'm babbling about all this fanstuff is this. As I've said (I think), when I'm working I'll be online at home, which means I'll update here much more often and much more easily. Getting a scanner too. Ah, the joys of money! Especially when I've earned it myself... only done that once before and it was so awesome buying something and knowing I'd saved for it. Almost worth having to go to work... anyway, it means there will be more fan stuff up here. Short fics and stuff are being worked on for various fandoms, and the longer ones I will link to in my journal here.

However. I'm working on some cool stuff for Firefly, more artsy stuff, and of course my big Sereifly project which I'll mention here once it's done. Quite a few people read and look at my stuff here, though they aren't members so they can't somment here and I end up with loads of emails... grrr. Anyway, it's a good place to mention that stuff.

So once I can afford the stuff I'm hoping to do some anime stuff here too. I've been practicing drawing and I might just be able to pull it off, though I'm no Ruth! (Someone I used to go to school with who SCARED me with how good she was!)

Of course, I'll also be able to afford to set up my DVD stuff (shhh! Something else illegal!) and get on with my fanvids. I have loads planned for Buffy and Angel, a few for Firefly, and a few for Scrubs. I have an awesome (or I hope it will be) Cox character-study planned. Heard the perfect song a few months ago. I don't know if I can load vids to this site, but if not I'll just link to them in my blog.

Anyway, enough babbling. I have to go to the shop (again) to get food. Whee. I'm thinking of buying some stuff on my way home on Thursdya, because other that signing on I'll be glued to my front door until 12 every day to see if I've been offered a job... and the bad weather usually starts around 11.

I'll mention it here if I do get a job, anyway, 'cause it'll mean I'm closer to getting stuff I need for here, especially the internet. Which is all good.

It's hard to get on here in public libraries, and uploading stuff seems to crash DA and/or library computers. However. When I have the net at home I'll be on here much more often, as I have stacks of things to update with but much difficulty doing it. Especially when I forget my pen drive... *headdesk*

HOWEVER. Photos of myself and my life will be more likely to be found at my MySpace, which I have finally started using again. The Browncoats said I have to. Bossy bastards... So. I have a nice little collection of photos of myself whic, if I ever get a decent amount of time online what with Nick being off work right now, I will upload to my photos there. I will also be putting photos in my journal there, which I plan to update WAY more often.

As far as writing goes, my MySpace journal will, I'm hoping, be faintly interesting and somewhat comedic. Whereas my other blogs are all about specific things or, in the case of my main LJ, my thoughts and feelings, my MySpace stuff is going to be what I'm doing in my day-to-day life from a (hopefully) funny perspective. I'm also sharing it with Holly (instead of making her own LiveJournal; she says dogs can't be arsed to update that much... I told her off for saying 'arsed'... she bit me... I locked her in the garden... she barked all day...). Hopefully today but possibly tomorrow, I'll be updating with my tales of my journey here (which took two days and 9 buses!), yesterday's job interview, and possibly some thoughts on the recent flooding. I have photos of that too, but as I couldn't find my camera-computer lead (Granny has no doubt squirreled away yet another vital belonging of mine) they won't be up with it. Ooooh, and photos of my bedroom will be about at some point too.

Holly wants me to update with her point of view on the most recent visit to Bridlington, so I'll be doing that too. She says next time we go I have to take photos there too, so she has some to add to her story like I'll be doing when I find that gorram lead. I told her I HAD taken photos in Brid, but she says artsy sky and sea photos don;t count. She wants seagulls, caravans, and the cat she attacked. So i'll see what I can do next time I'm there.

Dogs, no appreciation of art!

In other notes - my Browncoat thingy will have more work done to it when I get home. So I'll link to that once it's done. Because it's kind of an art thing... if you squint int he dark from the other side of the room. Oh, and I've nearly finished my Journey Staff... photos will be up eventually. I'm working on a Totem Pole now too, which I'm keeping much more natural and simple and which, so far, looks awesome! All the sanding screwed my thumb over for a while though...! Still, photos of that when done too.

Yes, there will be loads of photo updates over the next few days, both on the normal DA and in scraps. They would have been here before now, but first the computer kept crashing then DA hated me. Right now DA is kiiiinda working, so let's hope, eh?

Scraps will mostly be pictures my dog Holly that I don't deem artistic enough to go in the main gallery. And maybe a few of me. And possibly of my ex-model, Shelley. Not ex because I hate her now, just ex because she left the country after one photoshoot. I think I must smell or something...

NO clue where I'm going to find a model even half as good as most of my friends are camera shy or far away or both. *sigh* I'm actually seriously thinking of advertising in my local paper for a model. I can't pay, but if it's someone who wants to do it professionally they get practice and portfolio pics, and if it's someone who just wants to have fun, then what better way? So, yep, it's a thought.

Anyway, on to the updates. If DA lets me. There are some of Shelley, some of myself, some of Holly, and some random arty stuff.