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Thursday, January 13, 2005

It's been a bad week for me, (although I'm happy to report that KQRS got its act together and decided to make their morning show accessible again, thus reducing the suckitude of my life, if only a tiny bit.) One of my last few remaining uncles died this past week. Granted, I hadn't seen the man in years so I'm not breast-beatingly devastated by this turn of events, but it's still very sad. (And I don't know why it is, but my relatives always seem to die when the weather is at its freezingest and most horrible, thus guaranteeing that the funeral will be a miserable and protracted affair with lots of mumbling, shivering and ice-induced joint injuries. I know most of us don't really have a choice in WHEN we die, but still, I hope, when I finally kick off, I have the good grace to do so during a time of year when the risk of frostbite is relatively slight.) At least the cemetery was close to the church, and the whole affair was quite beautiful and dignified, if a bit, y'know, depressing...

I'm sad to report that I received some bad feedback for one of my props this week on ebay. While it's not nearly as terrible an affair as a family-related death, I, being a self-absorbed artiste, still found myself traumatized by it. (It wasn't exactly BAD feedback, but it wasn't exactly flattering. A girl had posted that, although the transaction had gone well, that the prop I had sent her - (A Yuna Ring/Shield) was "of low quality".) I really don't know what she was expecting. I posted what I thought were concise photos of the item in my auction. I would have been perfectly willing to answer any questions she might have had about the item, had she sent me any. I would have been perfectly willing to send her a refund for the item had she wanted one, or to try to remake it for her if she had wanted me to do THAT was well. But no. She had to slam my work without even so much as a word to me. Now her comments are stuck in my feedback rating, stinking it up like a dead squirrel in a chimney and here I am, unable to do anything about them. Feh. I'm so depressed, I'm not even sure if I have the energy to link to the latest chapter of the Vinnie/Yuffie fanfic I've been illustrating and posting for Dust Traveller these past few months. Or to even tell you about the latest additions I've posted to Kevin's Grandia 2 Thumbnail Theater. I'm just....so drained..... *Sigh.*

I'm gonna spend the rest of the day in bed...

Thursday, January 6, 2005

Just when I thought the suckitude in my life had reached saturation levels, fate throws another steaming ball of moose dung my way: The KQRS Morning Show has decided to upgrade it's streaming audio files and make it so only those who install Windows Media Player 10 (a file which is ONLY compatable with Windows XP), can listen to them. Being a long time user of Windows 98, this leaves me out standing in the cold. (Hey, it's not that I don't WANT to upgrade and get myself a decent computer - one that doesn't run like an arthritic turtle, and which DOESN'T require a radical re-formatting every month or so,)-- it's just that I cannot AFFORD a new computer, and because of that, I can no longer listen to my favorite radio show.

I suppose it would be too much to ask that everyone who reads this go to the KQRS E-mail Feedback Page and bitch to them about how much you hate the new audio streaming setup. (regardless of whether you've ever listened to the show or not.) It would really make my day if you would.

Thanks....

Wednesday, January 5, 2005

Just letting y'all know I've set up a website where you can order art prints from me if you should feel inclined to do so. I also went and posted a replica of an Orbo Gun from Witch Hunter Robin that I had made earlier in the week for sale on ebay. Unfortunately, the ebay nazis took it down because it didn't have any of those damn orange things on it (and since I don't feel like adding one to it, I guess I'll just have to keep the gun and do a WHR cosplay myself. Maybe do one of the lesser characters, whose names I can't think of right now because they were totally lame when compared with Amon and Robin and don't stick out in my mind as much.) We'll see...

Tuesday, January 4, 2005

Important news: I've revamped my Online Cosplay Portfolio, creating nifty new graphics, posting new costumes, new articles, and new linkies. Cheggidout.