The cannons don't thunder,
There's nothing to plunder-
I'm an over-forty victim of fate,
Arriving too late,
Arriving too late.

Mother mother ocean,
After all my years, I've found
My occupational hazard be-
My occupation's just not around
I feel like I've drowned
But I won't wear a frown

--Jimmy Buffett


Jimmy Buffett's songs are like the tiramisu of my music needs. Not totally necessary but damn good.

Feeling really weak and noodly-armed. Can I coin that as a term? Noodlyarmed? Usin' it anyway, I think I just need to eat though. And sleep- but I'm gonna fight that for a while. Sorry for the clutterfuck drawing, I had a dream and based this off of it. Really, the only thing I remember from the dream was the weapon.
(And pirates, but I only made a small reference to them in this)

My favorite weapons are axes, scythes, and cleavers. I seriously just adore those babs. But for the last year or so I've been heavily into nautical themes and marine stuff. I've always loved the beach and sharks, but I dunno. I'm hellbent on a nautical-themed bathroom now, it's gotten that bad.

But point being, I'm REALLY digging anchors and helms and ships and stuff. And in the dream I was wielding this badass battle-axe/anchor hybrid weapon. It's basically a perfect anchor, but instead of being open part of the shank, the throat, crown, arm, palm, fluke, and bill are supporting the axe blades.

I'm like,
stupidly and enthusiastically proud of this design. I hardly come up with good stuff ever, I mean- you guys see the characters and concepts I throw out there D8 Total trashboat stuff. But I LOVE this. Maybe because it's not such a huge stretch from both weapon's original structure so in my mind it melds well.

Even thinking about like, designing up teeny little axeanchors/anchoraxes that are single-hand use or throw-able.
Maybe like, even drawing ones that don't have double blades so the 'bare' side of the anchor could be used to snatch shit or as a grappling hook of sorts.


Anyway,
I'm probably gonna eat something now because I'm getting those weird food shivers.

'Nother apology though before I stuff my face, sorry about the inactivity! Been organizing comm info and getting all the refs and notes put in order. And to kind of calm myself down I've also been doing some RL stuff.
It's not much, but it always makes me feel better when I can do little stuff for people. So I took some edible arrangements and flowers to mum's and an edible arrangements to dads and made him dinner.

(If you guys haven't tried Jack Daniel's No. 7 recipe sauce on meatballs, I recommend that shit out the yin yang)

Lastly I took some time to settle the ol' nerves by finishing the second Jurassic Park book, reading some of Amy Poehler's book, sorting through stuff that I can get rid of before the move, putting together a collection of pictures for Ashley of her and her family (I've mentioned them before a few times, but she's losing her husband to cancer. He's hospitalized now and nonresponsive. It's all really devastating even to watch, so I am desperate to do something for her besides drawing/painting her any more stuff), and lastly I put together a sort of 'photo journey' thing.
Not sure if anyone here gives a hoot and a half about my life, but if you wanted to see my dumb adventures (and more importantly, a lot of Savannah pictures! 8D ) then I was considering sharing it.

M-Mind you I'm not as adventurous as most. By my adventures I LITERALLY mean 'what LA considers an adventure'. Like Savannah. Or animals that are cute. Or flowers I buy. Or a really awesome steak. Or too many pictures of my face. Or the sky. Or when it rains outside and it looks really neat on a spiderweb. Y'know, lameballs stuff like that that makes me super happy.
(I was really depressed and going through those pictures to MAKE the album cheered me up some, so there's the origin of that idea ;w; )


OKAY THOUGH FORREAL, OFF TO WHATEVER'S IN THE FRIDGE.


Art, LA, Axeanchor design ©