RTBTCKI (Back to Normal? Edition)
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puppetmakerThis is probably going to be more random than usual but right now my brain is all over the place. Maybe this entry will focus it a little bit.
Caroline is still coughing. Peter took her back to the Doctor again and her lungs are clear and her strep has cleared up. It is a post-nasal drip that is causing the cough. We can control it with cough medicine but I would love to not wake up at 3 AM listening to my daughter hack up a lung. Her energy is fine and she is eating. It’s just that bloody cough.
I am feeling a little tickle in my throat as well. I don’t know if it is just the plane ride which can cause that for me or if I am heading for a cold. I am taking vitamin C and hoping that this goes away soon.
I put in my application for DragonCon early this year. Now I wait on the Art Show to crank up or I might take a year out. I’m still deciding. I do know that I will be showing at LunaCon and Farpoint. I need to get the paperwork in for Luna. I did my on-line application for LunaCon, now let’s see if I am deemed worthy enough to participate. I really want to go because the artist guest of honor is someone I admire a lot and really want to meet in person. I need to get Peter to put in his application for DragonCon sooner rather than later this year.
I am participating in Artist Trading Dolls and Paperdolls this month. I just loved the themes of both. The paperdoll is a mermaid. The ATD is an Alice in Wonderland theme. I know what I am doing for one but sorting out the other card.
Peter and I are going to finally see Dr. Parnasus today. It is playing at one theater in our area. I swear Terry Gilliam gets seriously screwed each and every time on his films. The man is a visual genius and makes great films that are used as shining examples in film school but he can’t catch a distribution break to save his life. And again his film is given very limited distribution during a time that will make sure it stays almost unknown.
Did you know that Sherlock Holmes is still under copyright protection in the US? As are Tarzan and John Carter of Mars which I did know from my time at Del Rey. Mickey Mouse I think we all knew. However the owners to the copyright on Holmes is a bit of a serious mess due to sales, re-sales, and some bad lawyering. I’m a little unsure where things stand with the Lovecraft estate at this point.
They are trying something new to teach younger children how to deal with depression. They are teaching positive thinking and some coping mechanisms for stress and anxiety to middle school kids. Trying to change their way of looking at things before it becomes too engrained. It will be interesting to see if it works in the long term. I don’t think depression is on the rise, I think we can now talk about it without stigma (or less stigma). Sort of like we can now talk about cancer where 40 years ago it was considered a black mark against the family.
A Disney hint, if you want to ride Toy Story Mania (totally worth it by the way), when you go to Disney Hollywood studios, get a fast pass as one of the first things you do. They go really fast and the wait time creeps up quickly. Or, if you are staying on property, go when they have Extra Magic Hours. You’ll still have a bit of a wait but nothing like when the park is open.
I am off to work on my ATD and paperdolls then onto Parnasus.
I am grateful for things that give me inspiration.
Caroline is still coughing. Peter took her back to the Doctor again and her lungs are clear and her strep has cleared up. It is a post-nasal drip that is causing the cough. We can control it with cough medicine but I would love to not wake up at 3 AM listening to my daughter hack up a lung. Her energy is fine and she is eating. It’s just that bloody cough.
I am feeling a little tickle in my throat as well. I don’t know if it is just the plane ride which can cause that for me or if I am heading for a cold. I am taking vitamin C and hoping that this goes away soon.
I put in my application for DragonCon early this year. Now I wait on the Art Show to crank up or I might take a year out. I’m still deciding. I do know that I will be showing at LunaCon and Farpoint. I need to get the paperwork in for Luna. I did my on-line application for LunaCon, now let’s see if I am deemed worthy enough to participate. I really want to go because the artist guest of honor is someone I admire a lot and really want to meet in person. I need to get Peter to put in his application for DragonCon sooner rather than later this year.
I am participating in Artist Trading Dolls and Paperdolls this month. I just loved the themes of both. The paperdoll is a mermaid. The ATD is an Alice in Wonderland theme. I know what I am doing for one but sorting out the other card.
Peter and I are going to finally see Dr. Parnasus today. It is playing at one theater in our area. I swear Terry Gilliam gets seriously screwed each and every time on his films. The man is a visual genius and makes great films that are used as shining examples in film school but he can’t catch a distribution break to save his life. And again his film is given very limited distribution during a time that will make sure it stays almost unknown.
Did you know that Sherlock Holmes is still under copyright protection in the US? As are Tarzan and John Carter of Mars which I did know from my time at Del Rey. Mickey Mouse I think we all knew. However the owners to the copyright on Holmes is a bit of a serious mess due to sales, re-sales, and some bad lawyering. I’m a little unsure where things stand with the Lovecraft estate at this point.
They are trying something new to teach younger children how to deal with depression. They are teaching positive thinking and some coping mechanisms for stress and anxiety to middle school kids. Trying to change their way of looking at things before it becomes too engrained. It will be interesting to see if it works in the long term. I don’t think depression is on the rise, I think we can now talk about it without stigma (or less stigma). Sort of like we can now talk about cancer where 40 years ago it was considered a black mark against the family.
A Disney hint, if you want to ride Toy Story Mania (totally worth it by the way), when you go to Disney Hollywood studios, get a fast pass as one of the first things you do. They go really fast and the wait time creeps up quickly. Or, if you are staying on property, go when they have Extra Magic Hours. You’ll still have a bit of a wait but nothing like when the park is open.
I am off to work on my ATD and paperdolls then onto Parnasus.
I am grateful for things that give me inspiration.
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