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I`m sorry for not blogging the entire weekend, I was busy with lots of stuff. We don`t celebrate halloween here in the Netherlands but I got to enjoy it a bit anyway since we always get special halloween icons for a month on the plaza. Each kingdom picks a theme and your icon gets changed to a character from that theme. Like, PotC or Star Wars. Usually, it`s loads of fun!

Unfortunately…this year was an anticlimax, to say the least. We`d all been expecting awesome themes (I myself had hoped at least one kingdom had the sense to pick True Blood) but we were gravely disappointed by the following themes: Imladris – NCIS, KD – King Arthur, MT – Marvel Superheroes, Rohan – Star Gate, Shire – Firefly, Lothlorien – Scrubs, Fangorn – House, Mordor – A song of ice and fire.

Half of us had to google who we were since we had never even heard of the characters. I`m in Lorien so I`m now a character of scrubs. I`m an ugly old man named Bob Kelso and I don`t have a frigging clue who he is. I`m jealous of Fangorn, they got the fun hospital *lol*

Anyway, enough ranting…time for some art! I made this one on halloween to show my obsession with vampires. I`d never attempted to make a vampire before so I guess it`s quite alright for a first shot…

(again, click to see full size)

Please comment!

Hey everyone! I highly doubt anyone but the people I poke here actually read this blog but I`ll continue doing so anyway, cause I rather enjoy being able to put my thoughts in words. It makes me think about them a lot less…too bad I can`t put anything private on here since you`ll always see that the people who you`re gossiping about will read the blog. Stuff like that always happens to me *g*

As you might have noticed, I changed the layout of the site a bit. I finally managed to think clearly and realised that I seriously wasn`t getting enough visitors to earn a proper amount out of the adsense and that they were probably only annoying people, so I removed them again. They may returns when I get more visitors. (According to my webstats I one day have 200 unique visits and another day 10…so it`s not very stable).

After a bit of analyses of seeing which link people clicked I discovered that a lot of people have a hard time finding my digital art page. I haven`t found a way to make it more obvious yet but I have found a way to show a bit of art on the main page. Below the polaroid there are now four random pieces of art I made, just to make them more accessible. I also divided the pieces on the digital art page into different albums since the page was already getting rather long with hardly any art on it, this way it`ll be a lot easier to manage.

Now I finished telling you about the changes to the site, let`s start the personal rambling…

I only have 6 more days of internship left, which means I`m nearly going to get some spare time again. I`m really really really looking forward to that. I didn`t realize how hard working 6 days a week full time would be. Actually, I didn`t realize it up to about two weeks ago. The first few weeks it didn`t tire me or wear me down but these days I`m really starting to notice that and I understand why people need two days of free time a week. I could sleep right now..I really could.

I also feel a strong urge to buy things so I want to go shopping, but my sister hasn`t responded to my email asking if she wanted to come shopping with me. She`s pure evil…EVIL I TELL YOU. I even tried luring her with the prospect of eating onion rings at the macdonalds (we LOVE onion rings). Maybe she`s just sleeping…I hope she`s just sleeping instead of ignoring me. Cause I`ll have to go slap her if she is ignoring me  *slaps* 8D Her laptop broke though, so maybe she`s just too lazy to get a different one…just like she`s too lazy to write on this blog…BOOOOOOO @ sister.  (Secretly I still love you though sis *g*).

You`re probably getting bored by now…if you`re still reading this…which you probably aren`t…so I`m going to stop now. Bye darlings!

PS: COMMENT

As you might have noticed some things have been changed about the site lately. I have added adsense blocks in an attempt to earn some money with my blog. Even if it`s just a few dollars a year I`d be happy. Tell me if they are too annoying though and I`ll remove them. I tried picking the smallest size possible to keep them from being too obtrusive, I hope I succeeded.

Another thing I have quite drastically changed is the Digital Art page. A lot of the art on that page was outdated, stuff I made when I only just started doing 3d art years ago. When I looked at them I was embarrassed of them, and though I quite often heard that they were pretty I just didn`t want to show them anymore. So from now on only the more recent art can be seen there or the older art which I can live with (though that probably won`t stay long either…I`m just waiting till I have enough new content to fill a page). I also divided the art by categories and I have increased the size of a thumbnail from 100×100 to 150×150 so you guys can see the preview a bit better.

Unfortunately, no one has clicked the pictures yet since I changed it while they used to be clicked quite often before I changed it. Did you guys like the old design better? Is that why you stopped clicking? Or do you no longer feel the need to click them since the preview is big enough to see the image. Please comment and if the general opinion is that the old design was better I`ll change it back *hugs*

Also, my internship only lasts for two more weeks so in two weeks I`ll finally be able to get more active online again. I can`t wait to return to full activity on the plaza. What I can`t wait for either is the halloween icons! I`m sooo curious as to which icons we`ll get for halloween. I`m desperately hoping for True Blood, but unfortunately I have little hope for it since the show is a _bit_ mature

As you might have noticed we once again have a new layout. I loved the previous layout but it turned out the comment function didn`t seem to work and because of all the nice scripts it had the blog was slow. Very, very slow.

So now I`ve gone for a layout which matches the randomness of our blog better, and on which I can show a bit of my art on the front page (the polaroids. It`s a script which shows a random image I made). I`ve noticed this new layout does give me less trafic, but the people who do visit look at more pages. So I guess the layout has it`s ups and downs.

You can comment by clicking the text balloon thingy…I still have to work on getting that a bit clearer. Also, my internship will be over in two weeks so then I might finally have the time to make my own layout (so maybe we`ll change again in a few weeks)

Please comment about the layout, what does and doesn`t work, what could be improved etc!

I`m currently reading the New Vampire`s Handbook, which is a book I`d recommend to anyone since it`s made of hilarious. Here`s a short summary:

“Being turned into a vampire is the easy part.
Actually becoming a vampire is far more difficult.

In today’s world of vampire-obsessed pop culture, misinformation abounds. A newly turned vampire who looks to movies and novels for answers to everlasting life’s questions will inevitably be reduced to a smoldering pile of dust. So whom can you, a neophyte immortal, trust to provide reliable information and proven strategies for leading your best and bloodiest existence? The Vampire Miles Proctor, editor of The New Vampire’s Handbook. In this definitive guide, the newly turned will find

• a head-to-toe look at your vampiric body: how to harness your new powers to dispatch mortal enemies, maintain your fangs, and embrace your vampirosexuality
• methods for luring prey, faking your way through meals, approaching other vampires, and creating a four-hundred-year financial plan
• tips on acting your “age,” behaving appropriately if you see a human you knew decades ago, and dealing with epic vampire feuds
• essential advice for blending in with the masses, from finding a coven to avoiding the media (and mirrors) to staying on top of the latest fashion trends
• the joy of scrapbooking”

The book explains everything us new vampire`s need to know, from how to eat to why we compulsively count spilled seeds or grain (we do because the most successful vampires used to count seeds to prevent getting bored and doing stupid things…so now evolution has caused all vampires to be obliged to count seeds when they seem them…obviously).

GO READ IT NOW