Bodies Are Good Again And Other Things...

I'm feeling so much better today and the problems of the past week seem to have remedied themselves. Thanks for all of the well wishes. Funny how things work themselves out in times of panic. I was down playing my problem a little bit yesterday and it was worrying me more than I shared, but alas, I am well, and all is good in my temple.

Enough mushy stuff...Fun stuff! I got the best present of the year so far in the mail today! Little Pink arrived in the mail and she blew me away. Lisa Snellings-Clark continues to amaze me with her creations. I was imagining something just a little bigger than a little red and slightly more detailed, but nothing like this. It is absolutely amazing. It's my favorite piece of hers that I own next to my Harlequin named Lucient. Here is her picture. As soon as I find a better place to display her, I'll take a better picture. For now, she's cluttered amongst some Buddhas:
I've had the privilege of knowing Carl V. at Stainless Steel Droppings since January of this year and since then I've been introduced to some amazing artists and authors. Carl's a great blogger and shares his passion of the fantastic with other fans out there and has always done a great job of doing so. Well lately, his posts have become even more impressive! Now we're getting interviews with the authors and artists! First it was a wonderful interview with Colleen Gleason and today's Friday Favorites post brings an interview with an amazing artist by the name of Jason Walker. Jason's art put me at a loss for words. His paintings are so lifelike, so much emotion put into the faces of his subjects. His painting remind me of the sculptor Ron Mueck who is known for his lifelike sculptures. Truly inspiring. He's done work recently on a stop-motion short film called Madame Tutli Putli which looks incredible! His job included transposing human eyes over the eyes of a puppet for the film. Wow! Can't wait to see this. You must read Carl's post. It's great.

Charles Vess has posted on the opening of the Stardust Rising exhibition at the William King Regional Arts Center and I'm acting like a big baby and crying about it screaming "I wanna go." It looks amazing. Included is 35 of his original paintings. Some of the new paintings. Neil's original manuscript, a reproduction of Charles' workspace, the original sculpture of Yvaine that will be produced by DC Comics later in the year, and so much more. It looks incredible and I would give anything to be able to go. If I had a little bit of extra money, I would jump on a plane so quick and be there immediately. Pop over to his blog and read up on it. Great post with wonderful pictures!.

Amy Reads has posted a very fun post this week for all of you fanboys and fangirls out there. It's 50 Things I Love About Superhero Comics. Amy's blog is great :) She's always writing about her love of comics, tv, and pop-culture and puts a wonderfully intelligent twist on it. Always a joy to read.

If you STILL haven't bought Colleen Gleason's new book after all of the advertising I've done for it this week, well here's even more reason to do so. Through her blog, she's posted a link to a Border's coupon to get $1 off the book that's only $6.99 to begin with! So go get it already! It's great!

And FINALLY, I read that Sean Connery announced that he will not return to play Indy's dad for Indiana Jones 4. He's just enjoying retirement too much. I read this at isnnews.net. This is an awesome site that I visit daily. It started as a Babylon 5 fansite and has now expanded to a Sci-fi/fantasy new site. It has updated news every day along with dvd release news, tv schedules for the day, comic news, magazine news, etc., etc. I suggest adding it to your bookmarks.

Ok, that's all...I promise.

Being a Good Blogger

I don't have much to write about, but I figured my thousands of loyal readers should not be deprived on this glorious Sunday. And yes, I am delusional.

The party was alot of fun last night, though it ended quite early. All of the guests were gone by 10:30, so the rest (6) of us just hung out until we saw the cable box suddenly jump from 2:00 A.M to 3:00 A.M. We decided that it was a sign that we should indeed be in bed, and so the party ended. Lots of good food, lots of beer, and lots of friends made for a very welcome break from this oh so hectic last semester. Here's a picture of some of the guest and our wonderful teacher would be the Indian lady in the middle and I would be the second person on the left of the sofa. We made a promise once again to her to come to India, but it will have to be in the winter. In the summer, temperatures tend to get as high as 120 degrees with daily scheduled power outages. In the winter, it's around 80 degrees but gets as low as the 50's in January. So needless to say, we will be there in the Winter and she's promised me I can ride an elephant through the streets of India :)
Megan's coming in town next week which makes me very happy :D We plan on going to see 300 while she's here. I can't wait to see that. I had a friend tell me that he saw it Friday night and that it was incredible. He's also a history buff and said that it was very accurately depicted and the fighting styles were also very accurate. Carl also wrote a really great review of the movie on his blog.

Another addition to the blogroll is Amy Reads. I highly recommend her blog. Latest 2 posts concern female heroines and video game covers. She's a big comic book fan and has lots of cool stuff to write about. And she's also from New Orleans!

Why Do I Need a Title has a great little short PSA for us all.

Literacy Chic continues her Quick Lenten Meals series with an amazing sounding recipe for Fusion Shrimp Wraps.

And Quixotical is LONG overdue for a new post ;)

That's all I've got.

Edit/Add on: I hate NASCAR...it took away two bonus episodes of the simpsons. This distresses me.