I hope everyone had a nice New Years celebration doing something they liked...even if it was just sleeping. Sleeping is good.

As for me, my dog decided to sit on my head at midnight. I'm not sure that's a very auspicious sign.

My apologies for not updating here very often. I do update my Flickr [link] much more often since most of my friends are there and I keep a paid account and for other reasons. Please come visit me there if you like.

I've started a new account specifically for my illustrations and anything else I consider to be close to 'ortfolio quality'. You can find it here: [link]

I dunno how much people are interested in prints but I'll likely be making prints available of the work there. The first piece available for prints is 'Ready to Fly' (the only piece there right now!) ^o^

I started this tumblog on tumblr for sketches and photos and randomness that I don't feel is really appropriate for here or Flickr. If you like seeing sketchies please visit and maybe add my feed to your reader.

I love embroidery. I hadn't ever really tried it before in spite of having 'inherited' my mom's embroidery supplies. I mean, I'd done a couple little flowers here and there but not an entire piece.

Now I'm totally hooked. I just want to take everything out of my sketchbooks and embroider them onto any suitable surface. ^o^

I'm also playing MANY SILLY GAMES!

#1 Howrse - A horse breeding and competition game. At first I was a little put off by the fact there was really now 'action' but now I'm really addicted. This game is also great in that it only takes a few minutes to play each day. I'm "merrycalliope" there--if you join please friend me! ^_^

#2 Wajas - Another breeding game but this time the breedables are fantasy canids. I only just started this game last night and haven't even got my first Waja but I'm enjoying just poking around the site right now. ^o^ I'm "Merry" on Wajas.com

#3 Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine (aka Megaten) - A free-to-play SMT game. I haven't really played any of the previous games but I sure like the online version. I don't play regularly but I love hanging around and seeing what demons people show up with. If this game didn't have fighting but just fusions, like a demon breeding game, I'd be all over it. Hm...I sense a theme here...

Checking in with, alas, not much new to report. I still have a bunch of projects in the works but very little finished. I am laaaaazy!

However...I did get a WEBCAM! Since I'm camera shy the cam is pointed at my dog's favorite spot on the couch. ^o^

** TanoCam **

If she's not there she's probably either outside or eating. ^o^