Why Calvin and Hobbes Are The Best

  • CALVIN: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines.
  • HOBBES: Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
  • CALVIN: We need more special effects and dance numbers.

Calvin and Hobbes pretty much defined my childhood. And y’all wonder where White-Harp came from…

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The Dilemma of a Morning Person/Anti-Night Owl Writer

I hate it when I have writing ideas and I’m motivated to write, but it’s nighttime and all I want to do is sleep. Being a morning person means that by 10PM, I have been awake for 16 hours. Vampire, I ain’t. Now if only my brain would comply and give me ideas first thing in the morning instead of right before bed…

(Of course, instead of either writing or going to bed, I spent 5 minutes jotting down this little doodle. The decisions I make…)

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Allons-y!

What I Did On My Summer Holidays, a doodle-essay by S. Jae-Jones

This is pretty much my dream come true. Some day the Doctor will show up in his TARDIS and whisk me, Bear, and White-Harp away on adventures across time and space.

Also, I needed a new desktop background, so I drew one.

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Happy Birthday, White-Harp!

It’s official. White-Harp is a geriatric Harp now.

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One for DamnYouAutoCorrect

  • JJ: Thunder and lightning! White-Harp a scaredy-Harp.
  • BEAR: White harp is a Aussie.
  • BEAR: Wuss
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White-Harp Wishes She Can Do This

A robotic baby seal throws better free throws than Shaquille O’Neal.

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Photo Friday: February 25

Yay, I managed to make it to another Photo Friday! Boo, I have shot nothing of interest this week! I have been doing a bit of food photography, but that’s because I’ve made a concerted effort to start cooking more in order to 1) stop bleeding money and 2) lose weight.

It Was So Cold Lately They Turned Blue!*

Blueberries

Vanilla yogurt with blueberries.

Unfortunately I can’t show you the EXIF data of my food photos because I’ve forgotten what they were and I didn’t upload them to Flickr, so Flickr can’t tell me either. From what I remember, this was shot with my 35mm, ISO 200 or 400, f-stop 1.8, unknown shutter, exposure bias at…-5/3, I think?

*P.S. The person who can guess this reference wins a metaphorical gold star from me.

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Design Overhaul

I think it’s been nearly a year since I last changed my website’s layout/design and I think I’m long overdue for another one. I’m a little tired of staring at my face behind White-Harp, although never fear, White-Harp will always be a mainstay of my design elements. My aesthetic has changed little, but I think it’s the blog design part that’s driving me a little batty. I spend so much time on Tumblr these days that this blog is feeling a little unloved, which I hope to remedy by somehow integrating the two better.

But that would involve a design overhaul, mostly because I’m disliking the blog layout. I’m all over the place when it comes to content, so I need to go for simplicity and more of a zine-like look, with articles and the like, I think. So if my blog looks kind of funky over the next couple of days, don’t mind me.

I’ve been trying to come up with a design overhaul for the past couple of weeks, but I’m not liking anything I draft up. I need something that’s minimalist and readable, but with touches of whimsy here and there. Nope, not inspired. Sigh.

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Playtime is Over

The art bunny continues its stranglehold on me. Sketched this on the train ride home and then quickly coloured it in Painter.

Poor Bear. During the winter I always want to play Lyra Crosses Svalbard, but Bear is usually not up to playing Iorek and White-Harp doesn’t want to play a male daemon.

I’m not sure where this came from. It’s not even winter.

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The Many Expressions of JJ and White-Harp

I have recently been struck by the art bunny and have been spending most of my free time sketching. The art bunny is nasty and vicious and a close relative of the dreaded Rabbit of Caerbannog. Once it sinks your teeth into you, it doesn’t let go until it’s satisfied.

This is a 25 expressions drawing exercise, except in my case I had to do 50 because of White-Harp. It was actually pretty fun to do.

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