Kate's Ink: Is This Thing On?

It kills me when I get a picture in my head and can’t translate it into something on paper. That said, I think my little dragon is quite all right. I mean, he’s not terribly deformed or anything … well, other than the fact he doesn’t have arms or legs, but those just weren’t meant to be.

He’s not finished — I haven’t added scales or anything like that. But the paint was too wet last night for me to do much more.

It's not a seahorse. That's not water. ... I'm just sayin' is all.

I really like the swirlies; they’re silver, so they pick up the light in photos but aren’t quite as bright in real life.

I’m meeting a new therapist tonight at 6. Wish me luck! Details — and hopefully a finished painting — later.

This is my friend, K., who asked me to take a photo to send her boyfriend. Good thing I did too; I was hurting for a photo tonight.

We didn't plant the Christmas lights; they were already there. Just hangin' around. Like that.

K. was one of a couple of people who told me to stay busy painting. We’ll see what comes of it.

I’ve got a three-day Labor Day weekend. What to do, what to do?

This building faces the back side of my office, so it’s the last thing I see before I go home. The parking garage itself is “meh,” but the three floors of hotel rooms on top creep me the heck out.

I'm just waiting for a face to peek out between those open curtains. They're watching!

I went to the crafts store today and bought nine canvases (value packs FTW!) and a black canvas purse. Oh, and materials to make two pairs of earrings. Best $30 I spent all day. (OK, only $30 I spent all day. But it’s a pretty darn good investment.)

No idle hands here!

I got my replacement headphones yesterday — a working shield against The Loud Typist. They’re very nice. I’ve listened to a lot of Two Steps From Hell (as one Amazon reviewer called it: Total Epicness).

Again, I don’t understand why I have to plug these in and use a AAA battery to operate them. (OK, I do know why now: It’s for the noise-canceling feature.) Good thing there’s a decal telling me how to insert the battery, otherwise I might have to figure it out on my own:

Then put your left foot in and shake it all about.

You know, the ol’ Pull→, Press↑, Push← method. It’s so complicated, it requires printed instructions!

What the instructions didn’t tell me was that these headphones suck batteries dry, so when I got to work this morning, my AAA battery was dead. It should be noted that battery power cannot successfully be replaced with willpower or brainpower.

… I haven’t replaced the battery. It’s not that I don’t know how (Pull→, Press↑, Push←!!!); it’s that it’s serious effort.

Loud Typist, you win the battle, but you will not win the war! ::shakes fist::

From an online form I submitted to a major company tonight:

Six. Count 'em.

Major company. For real. They’re so darn thankful to be separating me from my money.