Etylmology of the Day

"Nick of Time":
How did we get the expression "in the nick of time"?

In medieval days a "tally" was used to register attendance in colleges and churches. The "tally" was a stick of wood and attendance was indicated by a "nick" or notch on it. The student or worshipper who arrived in time had his/her attendance "nicked"- and so arrived "in the nick of time."

Soy Milk Duds

I want to make a cartoon where the first frame is a girl reaching into a shopping bag to show her boyfriend what she got while she was shopping. She says, "Look, I got you a little present". She holds up a pair of thongs all flirty like. Then the next frame shows him coming out of a dressing room with the lacy thongs on and says, "they're kinda tight... and pink's not really my color."

Besides thinking about that I've been having a gay old time with my little life. I am freelancing instead of being regularly employed. I'm working on a short film for a class. I have a MILLION 2D design assignments, that are snoring BORING! I have a ceramics class, which I'm FINALLY getting the hang of. It's way harder than it looks... Especially if you are a tense person and impatient. All of which I AM! All of my classes are creatively challenging, which means I am stretched quite thing when it comes to my creative back stock. Ugh. I need lots of naps... and tea.

I've been spending a lot of time on my deviantart site. http://traceofbliss.deviantart.com. Sorry to those who liked reading my blog here! I'm going to try to keep up with this one too.

Lately I have done a lot of reading as well. In the past 2 months I've read "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", "Hairstyles of the Damned" by Joseph Meno, and "Harry Potter and the Order of the phoenix". I take the bus to school, which means I have an hour to read everyday. It's nice. That helps keep my creative noggin working. But I get obsessed with the books and have to keep reading for HOURS AND HOURS... then I don't get much sleep.

My boyfriend and I are really into the "Firefly" series. After seeing the movie "Serenity" I HAD to see the series. It's fabulous. I love it. Very well done. I like Captain Malcolm Reynolds. Quite titillating character. And Kailey. The crazy psycho "wife" chick Safron reminds me of one of my best friends. I think that is funny because the chick on the show is an antagonist... and I'm rather fond of my friend. I think it's her hair and overall attitude. My friend doesn't manipulate people an get them into emanate danger... but she is cunning.

Well, that's enough useless ramblings for now! I'll be back!

SnEaKeRs

I really like converse sneakers. This is a little pic I made in photoshop. It was fun to play with. I like minimalistic pictures like this.