Serendipity

I spent 2 hours last night wrapped around the toilet. Didn't throw up, but felt awfully close. Spent the next two hours deep breathing in my room, but my roomies were so nice and kept me company. Definately feeling better today, but still taking it easy. Ugh, I hate being sick. Especially with nausea. Ugh, ugh, ugh.

Before that hit I did make some Stargate art.

Heroes 2 Sam

And just 'cause it's what's on my mind, jesouhaite47, I'm hoping your week turns better soon! And krisnreine, I'm so amazed by your talent.

Well, I was reading some of nandamai's hot hot fic, and got a bit inspired, and played...and this so did not turn out well. You can't even make out Sam's picture and the text is crap and what's with the snail?!? Whatever, I'm done.

( Crappy!Art! )

Oh, and gummi worms gooooood.

I was just walking across campus to go get dinner, and I noticed some of the trees running along the path on the way there were decorated with snow. The trunks of 5 pine trees had snow fastened to them in unique configurations. One had polka dot clumps of snow, one had a grid pattern, one had lines of snow running up, and one had a long trail of snow that twisted around the trunk for a full 7 feet. It was quite interesting to see, and made me smile. If they're not melted by tomorrow I'll try to take a picture.

Other news, other news...oh yes. I was considering graduating after one semester next year, but now I'm pretty set on staying the whole year. I only have to finish 3 more courses to graduate, so as is I will be taking some "fun" classes to fill in the time, but I just have to stay until Spring. The Biology department is running a Marine Biology trip to Honduras May 2005, that includes tons of scuba diving and snorkeling, and even swimming with dolphins. Yup. I love scuba diving, and snorkelling, and I'm in college for animal behavior so observing dolphins actually has to do with my major. I'm already SCUBA certified, and I'll be a senior, so I'm almost certain to get in. And it's $2600, which after Australia's $4000, is small potatoes. I so have to go on this trip. *drool*

OK, OK, back to more present matters. Inauguration was...eh. A clip show. Boooooring. The president's pretty cool, though. I like that actor. Ship mention...WTF?!? They're not even trying anymore, are they? Feels like they just threw that in there to please the shippers. Well, it didn't. Not this shipper, anyway. Regardless, I immediately recorded over it with "Fallen", which I hadn't seen yet, and was much more interesting. Daniel calling Jack "Jim"...*snort*.

Oh! And I made art! Real art, not just icons. Well, I've been doing a few things recently, but this is really back to my collaging roots. It's a wallpaper! What's more, an X-Files wallpaper! Got inspired, played around. I forgot how wonderful it is to get caught up in the craft, the challenge and fun of creating. I don't do it enough anymore. Well, here it is:

1024x768 <|||> 800x600

Oh, and I'm a bit behind in doing this, but it's such a cool idea. It's possibly a bit outdated, too. Friends of friends!

• memento1 (20)


• putinthespark (12)


• leiascully (10)


• oonak (9)


• spotsnstripes (7)


• sydstar (7)


• sandee725 (7)


• insaner2 (6)


• toastandtea (6)


• creativejuices (5)


• angellemyst (5)


• sweetdee2 (5)


• chicaumo (4)


• anr (4)


• kortk (4)


• wwicons (4) (community)


• tumble_blindly (4)


• brookeormian (4)


• petree1013 (3)


• azarsuerte (3)


• daygloparker (3)

Who are your most trusted non-friends?

( You know you want to )

Oh, and one very simple collage. Sad!Jack!

( Arty art art )

I love Maternal Instinct. It's a fabulous Daniel episode and it's got some great team interactions. Good storyline, great effects, and hey, I even like the monk guy. It's not a shippy episode at all but I just love the heck out of it. I think Season 3 may be one of my favorites!

I also made a Sam wallpaper. Simple, but for once it's a wallpaper I'm glad to use myself. Intro to Fine Arts really did come in useful!

I won an award! For an icon I didn't even submit to a contest! I was one of two winners in the "ship" icon section of this week's stargatecontest, for a Daniel/Janet icon I made for fraiser_jackson. That was quite a surprise.



AND...I made art! One of Kim's fabulous collages came across my screen saver (yes, I showcase my favorite artists as my screen saver *L*) last night and it inspired me to make a similar glowy collage. And this is my first real Stargate collage. Once I made the glowy base, I took a minute to decide whether I wanted to go X-Files or Stargate, and I eventually went Stargate. I feel a bit guilty for finally "moving on" like so many artists have before me, but making art for a new fandom holds an excitement that I couldn't resist. It's an active fandom, with new epsiodes to look forward to, but also...my entire Photoshop experience has been in the X-Files fandom, and everything I make feels like it's already been made before. This way I feel like I'm making something new, something this fandom has never seen before. OK, I'm probably getting overdramatic here, so I'll just get along with it. Brushes by myself and Insomniac, pics from Getty, Thalassa, and Dedicated to Stargate SG1.

Arty art art.

Sorry for the ramble.

Never let me surf Marina's sites before I go to bed. Got me so inspired I had to open Photoshop and create.

( eh. Maybe I should stick with Tere-style. )