Christmas Twinkle

Twinkle, twinkle, little house

Nearly lovely as my spouse

Shining brightly in the night

Bathed in blue and yellow light

Twinkle, twinkle, home of mine

I’m so glad it’s Christmastime!

(In case you hadn't guessed, we put up our outside lights today.)

Wheeeeee!!!

Tonight, a quick self-portrait. (If you can't tell, I'm the 10-year-old with the giant grin flying the awesome new X-Wing!)

What A Tease!

Today I’m so excited

My brain is gonna melt

My eyes are gonna bug right out

My hair is frizzed like felt

My smile’s wrapped around my head

So what’s this all about?

Today’s the day the brand new Star Wars

Trailer has come out!

The stormtroopers are awesome

And so’s the rolling droid

That triple-bladed lightsaber

Means something gets destroyed!

There’s TIE fighters and X-wings

And a speeder bike and more

The Falcon doing banks and turns

To Williams’ epic score!

The whole thing is so awesome

But there’s just one thing I fear

I don’t know how I’m gonna last

Till it comes out next year!

(click here to watch it for yourself on YouTube!!)

Hand Turkey

Happy Thanksgiving! I'm now back home, on the couch, recovering from a wonderful family dinner. Here's my take on a classic Thanksgiving image.

Thanksgiving Eve

For Thanksgiving, I got the day off

Full of dreams of tomorrow’s big trough

But instead of that thrill

All day long I’ve been ill

And I sit and I ache and I cough

(Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow. Either way, I'll be at dinner tomorrow, but I might end up sitting on the couch, coughing and blowing my nose and generally trying not to get anyone else sick.)

Long Eared Owl

Maybe practice pays off. Tonight I was tired and uninspired with no idea what to draw. Recently, though, I was invited to join an owl-themed group on deviantart, so I figured I'd just do a quick speed painting of an owl. I found a source photo on Google and was able to crank this out in about a half hour. Looking at it now, I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out, especially since something like this would have taken me hours and hours not too many months ago.

Windy

I just heard a little boy say,

“Golly Mom, it’s sure windy today!”

She said, “You’re not wrong.

It’s incredibly strong!"

Then they jumped up and both blew away

(Edit: I just noticed that this is my 700th post! Who'd have thought I'd be able to come up with that much random junk to say or draw?)

Sid the Ape

At work recently I got a new whiteboard for my door. It came with some magnets for mounting that said "TAPE SIDE" on them, so you know which side to attach the mounting tape to. However, I ended up sticking it directly to my door, so the magnets went unused - until I realized that due to the way they were printed, all I had to do was break them apart, rearrange the letters a little and add an H in the middle, and they spelled SID THE APE. Now, of course, I need a picture of Sid to go with the label. Here's my first attempt:

Putting Up The Tree

I know it’s not Thanksgiving yet

And some say it’s too soon

But we put up our Christmas tree

Just this afternoon

We did it cause I love to look

At all the pretty lights

It makes the days more cheerful now

And brightens up the nights

It’s full of lovely ornaments

And with a star it’s crowned

And so I think I’ll leave it up

Til Easter rolls around

Ode to the Alascattalo

(Just in case today was Alascattalo Day instead of yesterday, here's a little poem for the occasion!)

Alascattalo, you’re so neat

With walrus tusks and moosey feet

And boy, those antlers! What a sight!

You must be strong - they don’t look light

You’ve such a rich and pungent smell

Your flippers help you swim as well

I promise you don’t look so odd

Despite that blubber on your bod

You’re truly king of land and sea

And that’s why you’re so dear to me!