3 more days until my 3-week Japan trip. I am so not prepared... I need to start packing and I need to go get some souvenirs (@_@) I am mostly visiting relatives&friends, and I will be attending Uke-Duo Only DJ event (^_______^) I am going to get a camera cell phone over there so I can send some real-time pics to hubby (^_^)

It has been 3 weeks since we adopted Princess. For a while we seriously thought it was a mistake, but she is adjusting very well now. I think she is just specially cautious and personal type of dog, which is not a bad thing. She is walking better on leash every day, (we are walking her twice a day) and she is great playing fetch (^_^) She is getting happier every day. The first pic was on their website and the second pic was taken right after the nature park walk on Saturday. Can you tell how she is glowing? Big difference from the first sets of pics 3 weeks ago! (^_^)
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Now I will be gone for solid 3 weeks...LORD please please watch over hubby and Princess (@_@)

Here is my most recent "Lazy Apple Pie". I didn't feel like doing anything fancy to the top crust, so I just poked air holes with fork \(^O^)/
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Tanaka-san, my Otaku/fanart buddy from middle school, is now only using CG and no longer using any analog art materials. She and her family recently moved into a new house, and she just wanted to get rid of her old art supplies completely (due to the limited Japanese housing..she has 2 kids), and asked me if I would like to have them. Of course I screamed YES!!! so loud in the e-mail (^O^)/"

So I just received a sea-mail from her. It was like the biggest Christmas of all! (*@O@*)

First, 30-color Caran D'ashe Watercolor Pencils. Looks like she hardly touched any of them. She said she only tried it as an experiment but she still preferred her good old color ink better.


18-color set Liquitex Acrylic Gessos. They are supposed to be like in-between watercolor and oil painting, water soluble when wet and hardens when they dry, so you can do little thicker coloring with them. I never used them so I have no idea how to handle this...probably works great for the background. I probably need different type of paint brushes. Again it looks like she used them some but doesn't look like she used much.


This is her prized possession, 36-color Dr. Ph. Martin's color ink. She definitely used them a lot. I still remember wanting to be able to use color ink myself when I was a teenager, but alas they were too pricey for me at the time (still are...^o^;) I never used them either but I am so excited to be able to try.


Fixiatif spray (prevents pastels etc. from smudging-I use it for all of my fanarts), ink for pen nib (for outlines), little bit more of Liquitex Acrylic paint, and air spray for color ink. I have no idea how to operate air spray, so I need to ask her.


Too bad I don't have time to experiment with these right now...most likely I would like to tackle color ink a lot when I get back from my trip. I am going to see Tanaka-san while I am in Japan, with all other buddies from middle/high school. Some of them still draw fanarts and make Doujinshi or fandom computer games and attend DJ events, and it's just so great we are keeping up with these fun hobbies after all these years (many years...) We always cheer each other and encourage each other of our otaku-activity. We already got couple of days set fpr get-together. I can't wait to see them \(*^________^*)/