Heiligsblechlesakrifixnochmal

No, I'm not bavarian. That's just a sort of rather precise description of how I sneeze. It's not very ladylike, more a fullblown hurricane and after the like 50th time it's also no longer funny. Stupid allergies. Wonder what's it this time.

I made a wallpaper! It fits perfectly on my Cintiq in the office and it's even more epic than Thrall fighting Deathwing. Yup.

This is an expensive year

Adding to the numerous things I had to buy this year because.. things just break... I now need a new office-chair. The one I have at home is an odd IKEA-thing that I really liked but it's killing my back. The chair has no armrests, the pillow always tries to escape from under my butt and it's got nothing to back my... uh back. Why did I buy it in the first place? Probably because it was cheap. Here is a lesson well learned: Don't EVER buy a cheap chair unless you manage to get a cheap ergonomic chair from a sale. Keep away from cheap stylish furniture like the devil from holy water. My new chair will set me back hundreds of euros, but at least I have a chance to keep me healthy while working. Never guessed I'd ask for such a present from my parents (they'll give me some money making this my xmas-present 2011).

People: Stupidity costs money!

New Scanner

I bought an Canon LIDE 210 to replace my 4 Year old Epson scanner/printer/copy-thingy. The Epson was working fine (although it was never great for scanning) until I updated my new PC's USB-drivers. I hate having to replace working equipment if it's not by my own choice and really? non-compatible drivers are ridicoulus. So much for protecting the environment, right? Fortunately buying the Canon scanner turned out to be a lucky necessity as I can't remember that my scans ever looked so good and it's joy to scan my drawings. Now, if only I had time to myself and wasn't working on commissioned pieces :P

Oh well, there will be a time for personal drawings, too.