Christmas List!

Christmas is about a month away, so it’s time for the annual wishlist. Because I’m greedy like that.

1. Let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, I sketched out what my perfect pair of boots looked like and gave it to Noelle, who was going home to Hong Kong for the Holidays. I asked her to pretty please buy me a pair that looked at least close to the sketch. The holidays came and went and Noelle came back with a pair of boots that looked IDENTICAL to the sketch I gave her. I wore these boots almost everyday for 2 years and now they are broken. True story. So what I really, really want is a pair of boots to replace my perfect boots. They looked something like this:

2. Crayola crayons box of 120’s

According to the official Crayola webpage, it also includes a special surprise inside. Because, as a very wise man once said, “The best kind of prize is a SUR-prize!”

3. A Freakangels tank top

To spread the Freakangel love.  Also so I can pair it with my black frilly skirts and dye my hair purple and pretend I’m Sirkka.

4. Comic books

Singles, or trade paperbacks. I don’t care. As long as it’s something I can read.

5. Laptop Bag

Because the boyfriend gave me a netbook as an advanced Christmas gift, my current laptop bag is now too big.  So something that will fit a 10″ netbook snugly, has enough room for my kikay kit and other junk that I carry around with me daily would be great. Plus points if it’s got a great print.

So, what’s on your christmas list?

Fangirling: Batman the Animated Series

I had recently gotten my hands on all four seasons of “Batman: the Animated Series” and I’ve been watching a couple of episodes a day, hence the recent slew of Batman-related posts.

When this first came out, I was too young to fully appreciate it but it has always been my go-to whenever I think of the Batman universe. I love the art-deco, 1940’s style to it and the dark elements of the show are perfectly balanced by the campy one-liners. (The Joker yelling, “When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping”? Hell yes! New fictional best friend? I think so.) There’s a huge difference between campy and corny and B:tas manages to be campy and edgy at the same time.

I also realised the reason I was never *that* into the live-action Batman  movies (yes, even the Tim Burton ones) was because of one man:

Sedriel’s Baptism Invitations

I made these invitations for Ria, whose lovely baby boy will be Christened next month.  Aside from the required photo of Sedriel on it, I was given free reign on the design. Awesome, since I am deathly allergic to colours that have the word, “baby” tacked on as a prefix.

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The little elephants are my favourite thing about them. Elephants, hee~

Bats x Supes

Granted that my knowledge of the Superman-Batman series pretty much consists of  the animated Public Enemies movie and the Absolute Power graphic novel, but it’s things like this that make them look like an old married couple.

Seriously, I keep expecting them to make out any moment.

Also:

Why did I not see this on Google when this was up?  I has a sad.

(pics courtesy of Zatanna, who is now my new favourite person on the internets)

Daphne

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• Watercolour, acrylic and coloured pencil on paper.

So I finally got around to finishing her. Failed attempt at going 100% traditional. I think Photoshop has forever spoiled me because no matter what I did, I couldn’t get the effects I wanted using watercolour anymore and had to resort to blocking out the background in bronze acrylic paint to cover up the mistakes.

I had originally overlaid textures to it to jazz it up, but it was starting to look messy to me, so I went back to the pre-Photoshop scan. Oh well. Lesson learned. Next time, smaller paper and no painting when tired.

The many moods of Batman

from www.comicgasm.com

I have a head cold, am stressed and working overtime, but this made me smile today.

Made for walking

Whoever invented the high heel must have been a man. My feet are killing me.

One of the company’s foreign suppliers is here for a visit so I had to be all corporate and presentable and spent the whole day  in heels yesterday. The WHOLE day. Til midnight. MIDNIGHT! Because we took him out for dinner and drinks after work.

Feel my indignation as I repeat words in caps lock for emphasis.

My heels weren’t even really high to begin with –about an inch and a half or so — but I swear, my feet still hurt like hell. Especially my pinky toes. Actually, my pinky toes don’t hurt because I CAN’T FEEL THEM ANYMORE.

In protest of my aching feet, these are the what I wore to work today (they’re also my latest impulse buy):

Vote for my friend’s film!

“Boy George” used to be a port short written by Rob Pena. Collaborating with alumni and students alike, they’ve joined Bloodshots to make the film within 48 Hours! After 47 Hours and 54 minutes of blood, sweat, and tears, they’ve brought this zomedy to life! (source)

This awesome zombie short was directed by my friend, Vince so vote if you love zombies!

TO VOTE:

EMAIL - bigsmashproductions [at] gmail [dot] com
SUBJECT line – “BOY GEORGE”
MESSAGE – “I vote for ‘BOY GEORGE’ as the best film of Bloodshots Canada 2009″.

DC Animated Movie Week

Okay, I lie. I didn’t actually watch all of these this past week, but I couldn’t think of a title.

1. Wonder Woman

The reason I wasn’t so into Wonder Woman as a kid was because of the incredibly cheesy Linda Carter TV series. I only started to like the character when I started watching Justice League and borrowing my cousin’s JLA graphic novels.

This re-hashed Wonder Woman origin movie is epic. Great dialogue and story, the animation and action scenes were fluid.  AND it’s produced by Bruce Timm, who I love, love, love for his work on Batman: The Animated Series and Justice League.

It’s also got a pretty heavy voice cast with Keri Russell as Diana, Alfred Molina  as Ares, Rosario Dawson as Artemis, and Marg Helgenberger as Hera.

And yes, the incredible, invisible flying jet’s in there too.

There are a few perks to owning your own circus

Barbara: You win, Former Boy Wonder. I am loving it!
Dick: Just don’t fall. I’m not carrying you up here again.

Aaaaaaaawwwwwww. If I happen to lose all feeling from the waist down in a horrendous incident involving the Joker, I’d like a former circus acrobat-turned-vigilante to take me on the trapeze.