idling and other idylls ~

i'm seriously considering moving blogs. perhaps going over to Vox. i never thought i would say it, luddite that i am, but lj doesn't seem like it's growing with the times. part of me likes that because i could care less about most of the flash that passes off as web pages these days, but there are some nice features on other sites that lj ought to have incorporated by now (it's been around for ten years now!).

that and i just feel like i need a change. most of the people i first met on lj are gone, my purpose for starting this journal has gone, and though there are a lot of posts i would want to keep from this journal, there are also many i'd like to prune.

but then i would miss all of you lovely people who actually read my blog!

in other news: i confess i am having entirely too much fun with this new idea. i wrote the opening moments (in script format) and it's so utterly ridiculous, i love it. i started out with Poppet as the narrator, but have decided to switch over to Washington in Carrera (that's the character's name) ~ or Vashinkton, as Mr. Hanty calls him. he's the perfect "in" since he's completely fantastical. i drew a quick squiddle of him here, but he'll need refining (he's actually wearing boots and is made of bronze are you can see here. but i'm keeping him in marble (with some fancy 'splaining as to why), but mostly just because he looks better in white (it's more ghostly). anyway, i love the character already and i'm liking the conceit of what i am doing: a semi-parody that i hope will be absurd and amusing, yet at the same time get to the heart of the matter. i've always threatened to write a story in which Lincoln et al. sit down to a game of poker (or cup of coffee, or slice of pie; whatever the mood may be), and now i think i will.

long way to go in developing this. much work to be done. the morning has gotten away from me unfortunately, so even though i did a little writing, i feel like i am really behind schedule in terms of what i want to accomplish. i just really would hate to see my nicely arranged desk get all gerflummoxed again, though i know it will have to.

maybe some character sketches later. hope everyone is having a swell weekend!

: D

total goofball ~

i'm not actually serious about this.

yet.



edit: misspelled "tableaux" in the original ~ and had to fix Czar Nasty Owlface's hair.