[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-a-look-at-the-year":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/vernlet_hug-0bb432015e.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI've never had so many deadlines flying thick and fast around me (well, except for maybe senior year at university) and I'm feeling SO tired. So I thought I'd take a break and get a hug from Vern and Lettuce (they're very accomodating that way) and try out my \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/154031.html\">new manga pen nibs\u003C/a>. I'm still trying to get the hang of them but I'm amazed at what thin lines they can draw - everything in this picture was drawn with the same nib; cool, eh?\\r\n\\r\nI just had a look at\u003Ca href=\"http://mr_sadhead.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">mr_sadhead\u003C/a>'s \u003Ca href=\"http://mr-sadhead.livejournal.com/240167.html\">post\u003C/a> and took on that meme which quotes the \u003Cb>first sentence from each month's LiveJournal entry\u003C/b>. It does make for a kind of interesting summary of what I've been up to in 2008: \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>JANUARY\u003C/b>: The \u003Ca href=\"http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2082/2168648842_3e87f9c379_o.jpg\">two clouds and the airship\u003C/a> are real, the others I added to the photo because it made me laugh, seeing all these clouds and stars in my living room.\\r\n\u003C!--more Read more under the cut-->\\r\n\u003Cb>FEBRUARY\u003C/b>: I saw \u003Ca href=\"http://lucylou.livejournal.com/529926.html\">Lucy Knisley's post\u003C/a> about Hourly Comic Day today. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>MARCH\u003C/b>: Here's my entry for Matthew Reidsma's \u003Ca href=\"http://reidsrow.com/index.php\">High Maintenance Machine\u003C/a> contest.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>APRIL\u003C/b>: I came back from Italy last night to find Stuart had made me a supper of spaghetti bolognaise, which I thought was incredibly sweet of him, and also a slightly amusing choice of food.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>MAY\u003C/b>: Here's lucky Shoo's \u003Ca href=\"http://79.170.40.34/shoorayner.com/shoo_rapidweaver/about_shoo/about_shoo/files/page6-1006-full.jpg\">shed\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>JUNE\u003C/b>: Here's a picture I'm working on for my friend \u003Ca href=\"http://knitfish.livejournal.com/\" class=\"lj-user\">knitfish\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>JULY\u003C/b>: For my morning sketch, I thought I'd try something in this genre since I've never done it before, and it made me laugh at my ineptitude.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>AUGUST\u003C/b>: This morning I just made a few tweaks to yesterday's tree sketch to see what might happen.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>SEPTEMBER\u003C/b>: Animal cruelty! But Vern is fighting back (with Lettuce's help, because Vern is not very good with the computer). \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>OCTOBER\u003C/b>:  Another day of London sightseeing with my parents: Today we took the bus from Greenwich to \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxleas_Wood\">Oxleas Wood\u003C/a>, then walked three miles through the woodland to a beautiful English Heritage property called \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eltham_Palace\">Eltham Palace\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>NOVEMBER\u003C/b>: This picture is for fellow \u003Ca href=\"http://www.thedfc.co.uk/writers-artists/gary-northfield/\">DFC\u003C/a> contributor \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.co.uk\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a>, who is feeling under the weather.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>DECEMBER\u003C/b>: I got a bit obsessive trying to find the magic parcel!","2008-12-10T17:01:00.000Z","a-look-at-the-year",[],"a look at the year",1776628725144]