Some days it just doesn't pay to deal with grown-up stuff. I'm boycotting adulthood today. Join me!

Be A Kid Again (yoinked from a friend's journal):

1. Do a cartwheel.
2. Sing into your hairbrush.
3. Walk barefoot in wet grass.
4. Play a song you like really loud, over and over.
5. Dot all your “i”’s with smiley faces.
6. Read the funnies. Throw the rest of the paper away.
7. Dunk your cookies.
8. Play a game where you make up the rules as you go along.
9. Step carefully over sidewalk cracks.
10. Change into some play clothes.
11. Try to get someone to trade you a better sandwich.
12. Eat ice cream for breakfast.
13. Kiss a frog, just in case.
14. Blow the wrapper off a straw.
15. Have someone read you a story.
16. Find some pretty stones and save them.
17. Wear your favorite shirt with you favorite pants even if they don’t match.
18. Take a running jump over a big puddle.
19. Get someone to buy you something you really don’t need.
20. Hide your vegetables under your napkin.
21. Stay up past your bedtime.
22. Eat dessert first.
23. Fuss a little, then take a nap.
24. Wear red gym shoes.
25. Put way too much sugar on your cereal.
26. Make cool screeching noises every time you turn a corner.
27. Giggle a lot for no reason.
28. Give yourself a gold star for everything you do today.



Upcoming art shows and conventions, in case y'all are interested (and to excuse myself when you don't see me for three or four weeks on end):

DST Creativity From the Cube - Downtown Kansas City, first three weeks of May.
ConQuesT - North Kansas City, Memorial Day Weekend.
LepreCon - Arizona, late May.
DragonCon - Atlanta, Georgia, Labor Day Weekend.
Archon - St. Louis vicinity, Illinois side of the line, first weekend of October.



I now have Commissioned Project and Print information posted if anyone is interested.



"Planning" means that I'm thinking about your project, but don't have anything on paper yet.

"Sketched" means that I have a rough doodle in my sketchbook. I don't always post these.

"In Progress" means that I've started the pencilwork, or that I'm inking the project, or that I'm coloring it.



Commissions: Open. Here's information.
Trades: Two of two slots filled currently.
Requests: Closed.
Kiribans: At 60,000 pageviews.



The Dastardly Project List

Kiribans

Commissions and Trades

Commish: Tremorworks - aliens, demons, and assorted mythologicals. In progress.
Commish: Cover illo for the third Amazing Conroy chapbook.
Commish: Hive, Queen and Country monster bug designs.

Trade: Drawing of her vampiric characters. In progress.
Trade: TBD





Clubs of note:

Moderator of I've developed a book list and I have now posted a book review page for the club.

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