Lonely

So, this past semester I dropped my computer and the flash drive ports on one side got all mashed up and unusable. Then my disc drive doesn't read any CDs I put in it. So now it's been sent off for repairs. The hard drive is still with me, but the rest of it is on the way to some distant land of computer tech support.

I . . . miss it.

Here's hoping it shows up in time, that is, before I get on the plane, schoolward bound. If it arrives after me, then my parents will have to send it on and it'll take days to get there and I will be without my dearly cherished laptop.

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Saw the trailer for Iron Man 2. I really, really want it to be May right now. If it were May then the movie would be out and I would have watched it twice.

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Obviously not much is going on right now, and this is a lackluster post. I suppose I'm not feeling very upbeat right now. You know, just general despair about life and art. Lack of people to talk to, away from my friends. Blah, blah, blah. The general mixed blessings of breaks from school. Sure, no class or homework, but no friends, movie nights or making dinner for a crowd. I'll go eat some of those Christmas chocolates and cheer up.

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That reminds me, Merry Christmas! And Happy New Year! Hope your holidays were enjoyable and that the coming year is even better than the last.

Meet My Friends

The imaginary ones, anyway. I've been doing some drawings of characters from the stories I write, and I thought they're turning out rather well. Keep in mind, these are all works in progress and not yet completed.

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First off, this is Vanessa Lynn.

She's friendly, I swear! Sixteen years old and a powerful sorceress, she is a supporting character in one of my stories. The story is going through a big overhaul right now, so it doesn't have a title at this time. Obviously a fantasy, hopefully an original one.

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This guy is called Matthew from the story, "Overdue". Which, by the way, exists in the same world as Vanessa's story.

Man, he doesn't look very friendly either. He's usually much more cheerful and snarky, and lots of fun to be around. He lives in the mountains and has a fascinating back story which I won't tell you about because it would give away all the twists.

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Now, for someone who actually looks cheerful, Andrew Furlen.

He's a wizard in my story, "Silent Stone". He has a rather deadpan sense of humor and usually pretends to be vague and unfocused so people won't bother him.

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Meet Gray, The Gatekeeper,

Also from "Silent Stone", he is a personification of the magical protection of the palace. He was created centuries ago and then someone lost the user manual, apparently, so not much is know about him or how he works. He is programed to intervene if the royal family or the other palace inhabitants are in immediate danger, but not until then.

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He's not Asian, by the way, I'm just trying out a kimono sort of outfit, trying to get a balance between them and the usual wizard's robes. And maybe give him a hat.

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So, how am I doing?