So after being without any software that even allows me to resize images today I came into a copy of Adobe Creative Suite 2.

With all the bells and whistles.

So when I get a break from working full time and have the energy to go out and hunt down some images with my newly repaired digital camera I'll be able to do something with them!!

*sigh of relief*

In the mean time, there's lots of snuggling up at home, reading and finishing my first scarf while I wait for school to start for what could be the last time!

k.

Guess what I bought tonight?

A 17" Intel iMac!!

It has:
17-inch widescreen LCD (1440x900)
1.83GHz Intel Core Duo
1 Gig o' SDRAM
160GB hard drive
SuperDrive (read- CD and DVD burning)
Built in AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 2.0
Built in iSight
a .Mac account

...and a Mighty Mouse!

It totally hasn't sunk in yet, but this is just going to be silly!!
Woo!

Well the move went beautifully and after 12 hours I didn't just have an apartment but a new home. Pretty much more than I could ever ask for, and it's beautiful and bright and the building is new and quiet and full of characters. Most notably are:

Smoking Man…who is half crazed and stands half way onto his patio all evening in the -30 °C weather, laughing.
Beautiful Dangerous Couple…who are pretty and sweet and have a car that hasn’t been insured for two years.
Three East Indian Guys Across The Hall…who live in a two bedroom, always have at least 3 guests over, and one of whom drives a brand new suburban. I have money on him being who sleeps in the bath tub to save on rent.

They all make me laugh, but what doesn’t make me laugh is that it’s so cold you can’t go outside to play. I’m currently working on some vector stuff but it’s slow going because I’m learning, and my writing has grinded to almost a total halt- except that today I found a notebook that I like, so that might start revving up again- who knows!

At any rate, thank you all for your continued love & support of mostly non-artsy me and of my work up here- I’m looking forward to when I can get out there and move around without my shutter freezing!

Much Love,
Rustedwings

Guess what I'm doing tomorrow?











I'm moving into my first apartment with my ever so lovely boyfriend!
I'll have internet again in a couple days!

Later!
Kyla

ps- Martin's back! I have my old time deviant friend again!

So the other morning I wake up, go downstairs to drink my tea and make breakfast and what do I hear but talk radio? I go over to turn it off and I catch this:

"So who is JT Leroy if he's not real?"

And I almost choke on my tea. JT LeRoy is the author of The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, a book I had mixed feelings about and have yet to re-read because it was pretty damn confrontational.

What do they mean he's not real??

I found this online and apparently he was a complete invention of this woman Laura Albert, who has at least one other alter ego beyond JT. She sold everyone the story that he was a homeless teenage prostitute looking to turn his life around by writing about his hooking experiences and abusive childhood at the hands of his teenage mother, Sarah.

With this story Laura solicited editorial advice from celebrity authors such as Dave Eggers and their agents, got her book not only published but established a cult celebrity following and with this publicity garnered enough attention (by having a friend pose as LeRoy in signature blonde wig and big sunglasses) to have a movie adaptation made of The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things starring, among others, Marilyn Manson as his stepfather.

First: this is manipulative.
Secondly: this is hilarious.

I don't think it's ethical to have taken such advantage of so many people's good will, but reading the articles that are going up about this by people who were on the JT-Train and are now out of joint about being duped is really interesting.

I'm glad that these stories didn't happen to someone, and maybe now I can read them again with that in mind. At any rate, it makes for a great story!