Recent conversation with the Slayer revealed that our group is comprised of:
1) A starving artist [me]
2) A struggling actress [her]
3) A struggling dancer [SJ]
4) A struggling filmmaker [J14]
Gee, does anyone see a pattern in the friends I hang out with? *whistles innocently*

The power of the Internet: A comprehensive blog on the tsunami disaster can be found now. It has news, information, and links for online donations.

Me, I'm just thankful that Quetzal got home safely, after running through the town with the tsunami hot on her heels. My friend and her significant other owe their guardian angels [or some heavenly deity, depending on your religion] some huge dues.

So the year is almost over. Father Time prepares to hang up his cloak and hourglass, and the race for 2005 starts again. Time for self-reflection and resolutions. Time to brush off old dust, and replace it with new junk.

How was this year for you? Was it good? Was it bountiful? Or was it heaped with misfortune, and other times you'd rather do without?

Or perhaps worse: Was it a mediocre year like every year, and one in which nothing happened to help you grow in any way?

Did you change? For the better? Worse? Or are you the same person you were last year, with the same amount of gifts, and the same old bad habits?

Did you learn? Did you take up some new skill? Did Life give you some lesson? And more importantly, did you remember everything you'd learnt?

Did you bloom? Or are your petals already starting to fade?

And will you grow again next year?

Questions, questions, questions...... Oh hell with it. Let's pop the champagne and sing Auld Lang Syne already. :)

Anyway, my plans for 2005:

**COMICS**
CHIX ( the one with the rebelling chickens ) will launch on MON, 3rd JAN. Assuming I wake up early enough in the morning, you guys will be able to see it after lunch. I hope. It's a short story, which will run till just before CNY.
GTS launch will be on FRI, 7th JAN. I have a preview strip up, which you can access from my shameless self-promoting website under Art and Illustrations. Yes, I have a website. Go check it out.

Wish me luck for 2005... and hope I don't become like that artist in my illustration. What! You didn't see it?? Click on this damn obvious link!