I started thinking about what I do during the week when I'm not working, cooking, or cleaning house, and this is what I came up with:

Writing: I'm averaging 2-3 posts a week at my new collaborative writing board. This is a huge difference from the old days when I'd do 2-3 posts "per day." Right now, I'm very happy with the slower pace.

Art: About 1 to 2 hours of drawing practice, or playing around in paint shop pro, 2 to 3 times a week. I'd like to spend more time on this.

Reading: About 1 hour each day. Wow, I used to read a book in 2-3 days. Seems to take me forever now.

Internet time: About 2-3 hours a day. (sometimes more) This includes reading my LJ friend's list and leaving comments when I have something to say, lurking, and messing around with my web pages. Gone are the days when I'd pass away many hours each morning by chatting on yahoo IM.


I finally finished my Booklist. When I get some extra time I want to tweak the page since it looks a bit blah at the moment. But at least the info is there.

Tonight's TV: Reaper. My favorite new show!

Now I've gone and done it. :) I started a brand new forum for creative people over at Active Boards. I wanted a place where basically beginning artists etc. could get together without having to worry about their stuff not being good enough to show off.

I'm leaving the link below in case anyone is interested in checking it out. You have to create an account to join but it's free, and you don't have to create anything to look the place over. :)

Right now there's an annoying advertisement at the top of the forum, but I can pay to get rid of such ads later, and will do so IF I get a lot of people joining up. I'm always looking for ideas and suggestions so if anyone wants to help me out with things there, let me know. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this new forum.

Creative Urges Forum


PS: I have to shout out a thank you to tamlyn and to Keri Smith for giving me the boost I needed to get the new forum up and running.

An excerpt from the QT column in the Chicago Sun Times:

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News Items (1994-2006): Studies find that pizza sauce may help fight prostate cancer, red wine may reduce heart attacks, peanuts may reduce heart disease, white wine is good for the lungs, full-fat milk and butter may help prevent asthma, beer triggers the growth of new brain cells and milk chocolate may enhance brain activity.
News Item (2007): Study finds that smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee may help prevent the onset of Parkinson's disease.
Keep up the good work, researchers!

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Yah! Two thumbs up for research!

What the hell is up with the weather? I woke up this morning to nearly an inch of slushy snow on the ground. It's APRIL for cripe's sake. I hope this is the last of this nonsense.

I got a little brain fried yesterday from checking out so many art/drawing sites. But I'm one of those crazy people who immerses herself in something she takes an interest in. I added quite a few sites on how to color lineart in paint shop pro so I'll be busy today trying to follow some of the tutorials. I've already colored lineart, but I'm still not satisfied with the way I do it, and keep searching for a technique I'll be happy with. I also plan on doing a little work on my web page that I've neglected for a couple of years. I figure I might as well do as much as I can now since I'm stuck inside because of the lousy weather.