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Today is Kate's B-Day! Woo hoo!

Today is Kate's B-Day! Woo hoo!, originally uploaded by redmeg8.

Kate is in Texas and I am not, but I wish I was because today is her big 2-9! I think this photo more than adequately conveys our relationship... even at a young age. ;)

Me: "Oh crap. What is she gonna do next!?"
Kate: "Watch out people! I'm cute, gimme all your stuff!"

Miss you, Kate!

I would not have found this funny 2 months ago...

...but I do now. Oh, my poor poor brains.

Illustration Friday competition!

Drawing-A-Day: October 7th & Illustration Friday "Open", originally uploaded by redmeg8.

I did this piece (which was a long time coming) for this week's Illustration Friday theme, "open". This theme is a special one because there's voting to determine which pieces will be chosen to be included in a GROUP SHOW in California for Illustration Friday!

I would die if I was chosen, so, if you wanna be involved in the Illustration Friday community and vote, you need to create an account with them on their forums and then read the instructions on this page: http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/?p=528

Vote vote vote!! :)

PS> If want to see this piece larger, please head on over to its Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/redmeg8/1505962391/ (click on "all sizes")

Awesome laptop bag shopping resource (for the times when grey, navy, or black ain't enough)

I'm a brand new MacBook Pro Owner (Lover) and I've been shopping around for a cool bag to hoist around campus and other various locales. You know me, always looking for something off-beat, I went a-diggin' and found Squidoo. Lots of great ideas and links over there:

http://www.squidoo.com/laptopbag/

I bought that middle one above from Skooba - you can draw all over it! Oo - and the very top one? BROWN CORDUROY! If I wanted to spend a little more, I would've gone for this cork one from Tom Bihn: