frizzle fried day the 13th.

On Wednesday, I claimed I was taking a break. Here we are on Friday and there has been very little actual breaking. That's ok. This weekend, after I finish a few more editing pages, I will likely spend the rest of the weekend drawing. I'm looking forward to it.

I started reading By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz as part of my mental reset. He's a brilliant man but damn his sentences get long sometimes. I get to the end of one that looks like a paragraph and I'm like - wait, what was he talking about again?

I recently cleaned out our bookshelves and the Light of the Moon hard cover copy was just sitting there. I have no idea how long it was there or where it came from. I also found a graphic design business book that I bought and started reading last summer. My bookshelf ate it and then it vanished from my memory.

I had so many books that I didn't even know what I had. I couldn't see the forest through the dead trees.

Here's a pic of what we weeded out.

There are 44 books there.

Most of them are going to the Goodwill. I gave a couple of books to my daughter, some to my mom, and a few are going to the boss lady.

Now my shelves don't look so hoarderish. I love books but there comes a point where you have to decide what's worth keeping.

On a completely different subject, today I had this realization that if I had an ipad, I could draw on it. Actually, I knew that drawing on it was possible before. It was more like I realized how much FUN it would be to draw on an ipad. Right now, I sketch on paper, photograph or scan it in and then trace over my sketch in Fireworks.

Which is a fine system. But do you know how much more fun it would be to just draw directly on the screen? Like with a stylus?!? Holy cheez and weasels, that would be totally kick ass and less time consuming. It makes me feel sort of lame with all my mouse clicking and such.

I think I have a plan to get one. It involves cashing in some bank card points for a gift card and saving dollars for what may be an extended period of time. I wanted a Nook but the drawing on the tablet holds much appeal.

Anyway, I think I'm done rambling. Next week, I may have an illustration or two to share.

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