tarotgal

I just sneezed. Maybe's it's a sign. LOL

First off... what a day! James (Scotty) dying and Canada making gay marriage all official and my boss' daughter's Bday and me... um... getting a new CD player and a battery for my car remote (I didn't mention the CD player on my LJ. My CD player died the day before I left for CA. I kept trying to make it play and it just wouldn't and I was driving in the car and SOBBING because it was broken. My grandparents bought me that CD player as a high school graduation gift and it was fitting for it to die just before I left to go out to CA to attend the service and sort through the house and all *sniffles*) Anyway...


What a THRILL to wake up to this morning before work. the_pirate_girl gave me something I've been wanting forever: an illustration specifically based on one of my stories. It's of Draco (and Snape) from my 'Familiarity' fic (which is weird because I was just thinking about that fic last night). Even though the fic was written long before HBP, the picture DOES CONTAIN A SPOILER for the book so, yeah, only look after you've read the book. (And, hey, read my fic, too, if you want!) The drawing is on her deviantART gallery here: http://www.deviantart.com/view/20772814/ and it's just fantastic. I'm so envious and flattered and touched and honored and warm&fuzzy with lots of happy *sigh* So everyone must go check it out and see what a lovely job she did!! *snuggles sick!Draco to pieces*



On an only slightly related note... I've been thinking about this for a while... and I hope this doesn't come off me being all full of myself or anything (though I suppose now would be a good time for it because- look at my pretty fic illustration gift! *snuggles it again*). Would anyone be at all interested in me writing commentary for one or more of my fics? I've discussed this idea with a few people in the past in relation to DVD commentaries and all, but I've never really tried my hand at it before because, yeah, the whole full-of-myself and pretending-someone-actually-cares-what-I-have-to-say-about-my-own-fics things.
But I think I'd find it fun to go revisit some of my stories in that sort of capacity. Would anyone actually like to read something like that? And if so, anyone have a fic they'd like me to provide commentary for? You know, a fic where, when you read it, you kept saying "TG, what the HECK were you thinking here?". Or maybe some WIP I don't have finished yet (uh, obviously not finished, because that's the IP part of WIP, innit?) that you'd like me to go through.
Anyone interested? Or anyone really sickened by the idea and will avoid me forever now for suggesting such rubbish? LOL!

As you may or may not know, I cannot draw. My hand just doesn't move the right way and my mind surely doesn't think the write way. But I'm pretty okay at copying... so I took a couple different pics from various drawing tutorials and combined them with a foggy mental image and a not too bad picture fell out. It's slightly less laughable at my previous attempts but it's nowhere near any level of decent.

But I thought I'd share. And I owe GWT many thanks for her encouragement in this matter... and for not dying with laughter as expected during my previous attempt. LOL Just wait until you see the patheticness that is my annual challenge entry... no, actually, don't wait. It's definitely not worth waiting for. Tis far worse than this, so that's saying something! LOL

( Badly drawn Sneezing Elf )
Sorry about the lined paper. I was just playing around. *blushes profusely*

But on a happy note... I got my scanner out of my storage unit today and hooked it up and it actually works (with some tinkering software-wise) on my new(er) computer. So, yay! Three cheers for my scanner!