future black eyes

i'm SO proud of myself - on my way home i was wondering about the primary focus of my sketch yesterday, and i just scratched up the mock-up using the gimp and it came out gorgeous! ^_^

i'd post it but i'm keeping it under wraps until i've got something on canvas.

i worked hard the whole day, but i had to choose between two top-priority activities and one of them was sadly neglected. unfortunately that means i'm not as prepared for tomorrow as i need to be. which sucks. by 7pm i was too tired to go on, though.

i don't ever want to work with nystire again if i can help it. i don't know what his deal is, but his sulking from a while back has turned into something special in his attitude, and i really, really don't need that on top of the pressure i already have.
in fact, he was the only real cause for deep breathing today. the rest of the shit didn't get to me. i'm just gonna have to roll with the punches - at least i'm expecting them.

i almost stayed sugar / chocolate free today, after completing a full day yesterday. the only damage was serious though, nystire's commander brought in serious chocolate cake for her birthday. i just didn't have a chance.

i spoke to our SC about postponing my long-overdue surgery another year. i'm not sure i can mentally handle spending so much time in one year out of commission.

i've just been catching up on the bad astronomy blog:

more terran balls of dust: could it be? actual hope?

do scientists divide the heavens and the earth?

satellite destruction - pretty. not quite as intimidating as the chinese, though.