Aileene In reply to InAbsentia [2011-07-16 08:54:36 +0000 UTC]

Ignore my snotty, slobbery crying please. (I am NOT one who looks 'pretty' when I cry...probably one of many reasons I don't cry in front of anyone)

Get some sleep, here's also hoping your schedule evens out enough to save your brain from getting too bad off,
~Aileene

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InAbsentia In reply to Aileene [2011-07-16 22:49:13 +0000 UTC]

I'm off tomorrow at last, dear. If you need someone to cry unprettily to (I look awful when I cry too--all red faced and puffy and swollen, bloodshot eyes), call me, text me, note me, email, anything. Love love.

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Aileene In reply to InAbsentia [2011-06-11 10:15:34 +0000 UTC]

AHHHH I had a huge nice post all typed out and lost it...*sad face*

Let's try again,


Thanks so much, I was really in need of birthday wishes today.

I happen to be one of those selfish parents who believe I should get to have a celebration/party on/around MY DAY.

I don't think having kids should negate my birthday, if anything it should reinforce my right to acknowledge it, after all I went through to carry & birth them. I damn sure deserve a birthday AND a Mum's Day.

Elliott leaves in a few hours to go pick up the kids, Now that they are living in IL, we can drive 1/2 way or all the way(if Asshat behaviour shows up)instead of breaking the bank on plane tickets and worrying about luggage or the security molesting my kids or radiating them.(I hate flying & E. gets air sick a lot too, this is sooooo much better)

One way driving is only about 4 to 6 hours depending on traffic & weather, so E. & the kids can take a hotel or drive the whole thing in one day depending on how they all feel.

MY BABIES ARE COMING HOME!!!!

I still want cake though lol

Take Care Hun,

~Aileene

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InAbsentia In reply to Aileene [2011-06-12 18:37:51 +0000 UTC]

Sooo, how was you birthday?? Was their cake and lovelies and babies and fun???

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Aileene In reply to petrova [2011-05-24 00:01:37 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. I really liked it, though...that seems an odd word considering the subject.
I am still mulling over it a bit, and will probably end up commenting more fully later. (Later could be a few days up to & over a year...I believe I think a bit 'too' much)

I'm looking forward to viewing your gallery, when I have a bit more time,
~Aileene

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Aileene In reply to Aileene [2011-06-10 05:08:52 +0000 UTC]

LOL, while I do promise a comment...I may show up out of the blue long after you've forgotten me


~Aileene

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petrova In reply to Aileene [2011-06-09 23:38:37 +0000 UTC]

I am looking forward to your comment in the future

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Aileene In reply to InAbsentia [2011-05-21 03:16:36 +0000 UTC]

I'd comment, but I'm still stuck in this stupid bed & as great as the iPhone might be, it's comment format sucks a** or I write too much & can't figure out how to scroll up properly w/o deleting it all.

Which is why the journal comment I just left probably qualifies as a short story...


~Aileene
P.S. Taps is still playing in my head, btw...

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Aileene In reply to InAbsentia [2011-04-09 23:04:00 +0000 UTC]

Just doing my basic drive by thing lol. I'm really impressed with how your line work, anatomy (stuff I don't know the art words for) has improved in the last few years. I've always enjoyed seeing your art, but now it has a bit more polish(?) than when I first saw your stuff.


Can't wait to see what comes next,
~Aileene

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Aileene In reply to InAbsentia [2011-03-28 19:38:10 +0000 UTC]

Peek A Boo :Glomp:

Just lurking around with my anniversary present...

Oh? "What is it?" you ask.

"Nothing much" "Just a nice shiny iphone"

I don't normally go for all the gadgety techie stuff, had my last cell phone for almost 6 years lol. But...I can get internet access upstairs on the iphone, so when I'm stuck in bed I'm not so disconnected anymore.

Just need to figure out how/if I can post journals from it lol.

--Aileene
p.s. Its Shiny too...

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InAbsentia In reply to Aileene [2011-03-28 19:49:58 +0000 UTC]

Oooh, shiny pretty iphone... and happy anniversary!!

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Aileene In reply to HugQueen [2010-12-10 17:18:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much
--Aileene

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HugQueen In reply to Aileene [2010-12-19 21:31:54 +0000 UTC]

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Aileene In reply to InAbsentia [2010-11-13 18:12:51 +0000 UTC]

Sorry I missed this, I've been hibernating the last week. I'm back now though, just give me a yell when/if you want to chat

--Aileene

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InAbsentia In reply to Aileene [2010-11-13 20:09:58 +0000 UTC]

You all right, hon?

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Aileene In reply to InAbsentia [2010-11-14 12:09:37 +0000 UTC]

Pretty much, its just the time of year. As much as I love winter, at various days it can drag me down if I don't pay attention (PTSD...gotta love my childhood ) doing better now though Hopefully this was the worst of it, but I tend to hermit myself away when it happens because I am miserable to be around lol.


Thanks hun,
--Aileene

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InAbsentia In reply to Aileene [2010-11-15 02:20:57 +0000 UTC]

D'aww, darlin, you know if there's ever any way I can help, please do tell me. You've got my phone, my email, and if I'm somehow unavailable through them, you can nine time out of ten get to me through here.

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Aileene In reply to InAbsentia [2010-11-18 01:03:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks luv
I'm still around here and there, its taking real effort to interact though...trying to force it a bit, but I'm getting better bit by bit.

I think some of this is being super stressed out about the fact that Elliott is going to be gone for a whole week at the end of the month,not only will this be the longest we've been apart since we've been together...which isn't as creepy as it sounds I promise, but it means that I'll be on my own while my health has been tanking again.

Hence the stress, my in laws are great and across the street, but I find it hard to depend on anyone else, especially about my kiddos, but I will have help if I NEED it...


--Aileene
p.s. I am writing a bit...its my really bad urban fantasy novel (why did I pick a slightly overweight artist as my main character...oh that's right, I wanted someone besides a barbie doll in leather to fight the demons AND I wanted to avoid certain other cliches...but the ghost is fun and snarky lol) the writing sucks, but at least I'm getting something on paper.

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InAbsentia In reply to Aileene [2010-11-18 03:16:34 +0000 UTC]

If there's a way I can encourage your out-and-aboutness, do let me know.

Also, that week, if you need someone to vent stress to, do not, and I mean DO NOT hesitate to call me. Sometimes it helps just to freak out at someone audibly. What's he heading off for?

Also, that sounds like a freakin awesome story. If that right there were the only blurb on the back of the book when I picked it up out of the shipment boxes on Friday, it would instantly hit my to-read list. Need somebody to screen-read?

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Aileene In reply to InAbsentia [2010-11-18 03:56:21 +0000 UTC]

Once I get it on the computer I will definitely take you up on screen-reading. Right now its all handwritten since I seem to find myself in the mood to write this particular (you know spell check asked me if I wanted to write testicular..wtf?) anyway...this one is written usually late at night in bed or during those days I'm a complete invalid and stuck in bed without access to my laptop.

You just replying and/or being around helps I'm not very good at the FB thing, though everyone else I know likes to post there about the minutia(?) of their lives...I guess I feel like what I ate for dinner isn't exactly 'news/post worthy' EVERY SINGLE DAY...its why I fail at twitter as well (maybe if I was a bit more narcissistic but eh)

Anyway, I don't make many connections there beyond the few people from DA and the rare family member I'm willing to acknowledge, so wandering in here to see you or Em or others helps me try to maintain these connections anyway (although with the connection trouble I am having with LJ both Em & Kysra probably think I've died)

Elliott is headed out west for a coaching camp with another sabre fencing coach (the man he trained under for the Olympics, so Elliott's excited to get to pick his brain) I just hope the demon child won't choose that week to have his random night terrors, I don't know how I'll make a week with little sleep already feeling this crappy...I'll survive, but the demon may learn some new words


--Aileene

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InAbsentia In reply to Aileene [2010-11-18 04:19:53 +0000 UTC]

I'm gonna hold you to that. And we could swap funtime stories about our urban fantasy kids. You got a slightly overweight artist with a ghost problem, and I have a chick who compares herself to Marvel's Deadpool and Wolverine (but lazier and less heavily armed) whose best friend is another city's Mojo Cop, worries incessantly about her teenage nephew in foster care (because her life is too nuts for him to live with her), wishes she could build a ward strong enough to keep that pesky face-changing devil from breaking into her home and drinking all her tea (though it is kinda fun hanging out on the couch and watching her Doctor Who DVDs with him, even if he does make fun of her every time she squees over David Tennant and his supersexy sideburns), literally trades time (and the memory of it) for favors with a far too bored black-sheep fey lord, and hangs out on weekends at the local bump-in-the-night bar, mostly to listen to the owner/barkeep's really cool stories.

Facebook. I HATE IT. I have a supersecret one for the sole reason of viewing the photos of my nephew that my sister will post nowhere else. Twitter? The idea of it to me is creepy.

Em and Kysra don't come around here as much anymore, this is true. You'd probably have better luck just emailing them, that's the most reliable way I know of to get hold of them, except a phone call.

Elliot's going of for supersecret training with his mentor. HE'S AN ANIME HERO. You're married to a sexy sword-wielding ANIME HERO. THAT is how you will make it through the week. That, and yummy confections purchased online. And probably dress up games with the adorable demon child.

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Aileene In reply to InAbsentia [2010-11-18 04:45:12 +0000 UTC]

I do have to admit that my heroine is probably going to be losing some of her weight...I mean training, hunting and killing demons is WORK and it usually ruins her clothes plus wielding the medieval weaponry that George (her ancestor ghost 'mentor') says is essential for effective total annihilation (though she's beginning to think he means her annihilation) destroys her manicure...she's a wreck.

George SAYS he used a complicated spell/ritual to attach himself to the journals of all the former demon hunters (apparently demon hunting is like certain mental illnesses...genetic) just in case a time came where an untrained hunter/initiate was without a possible mentor/trainer. She thinks that he wasn't welcome in the afterlife by any of the parties involved.

George is quite disappointed in the fact that the family line is at an end with, not just a FEMALE, but an artist who isn't sure she believes in demons, hell, etc (although having one attack and try to kill you can change your views considerably) George keeps telling her she needs to start 'breeding' (I'll leave the conversation they have about 'surrogates' to your imagination, as he just recently discovered IVF and all the scientific reproductive wonders of our world...needless to say our gal began googling exorcisms before he thought to let the matter drop)


FB/Twitter/etc I TRY all that social media crap...I'm just not that self involved, I really don't think anyone cares about EVERY goddamn THING I DO EVERY SINGLE SECOND (and yes the caps are deserved) but I do try...randomly or to post pictures of the demon children for Elliott, otherwise, meh. I know a lot of people seem to thrive on it and not all of them are narcissistic self involved twits, but... I just don't care about the fact that their eating spaghetti for dinner or going to brush their teeth, pee, paint the basement...really (but then again I'm rather hermit like and annoyed by most people in general, so FB & twitter don't really help me there lol)

The Demon child can now sing songs with movements (like itsy bitsy spider, head shoulder knees and toes) while dressed up...so I may have him entertain me during the week...I think that's why I had kids right?...he's got a ninja costume too, so he can be an anime hero too right?

I'll have to tell Elliott I know his secret identity now, how could I have been so blind OF COURSE he's an ANIME HERO...its so obvious looking at the clues now...I should have known!

--Aileene
p.s. if you couldn't figure it out my heroine doesn't yet have a name, I have two notebooks of notes and actual writing, but no name...why?...because nothing sounds right yet, I really hate when this happens

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InAbsentia In reply to Aileene [2010-11-18 04:52:01 +0000 UTC]

OH MY GOD. HGSFKSYFVDHJHS. MINE DOESN'T HAVE A NAME YET EITHER.

We're getting longer on these. Shall I bite the bullet and jump on AIM??

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Aileene In reply to InAbsentia [2010-11-18 04:56:20 +0000 UTC]

Up to you, but if you want sleep tonight we have to pay attention to the time 4am came awfully quick the other night LOL. either way is fine for me

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InAbsentia In reply to Aileene [2010-11-18 04:58:07 +0000 UTC]

Meh, sleep is for losers, and I don't work till noon tomorrow anyways.

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Aileene In reply to NineInjections [2010-10-30 16:16:29 +0000 UTC]

np, I really like your work and the story you have going with it. I'm interested to see what you post up in the future.

--Aileene

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NineInjections In reply to Aileene [2010-10-30 16:18:05 +0000 UTC]

thank you again for your interest

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Aileene In reply to InAbsentia [2010-10-04 19:14:59 +0000 UTC]

I warned you I need to go back and comment on a couple, but I do have to say that you keep getting better and better, especially with anatomy & hair

--Aileene

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InAbsentia In reply to Aileene [2010-10-04 19:57:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, love, I'm trying to improve my shading and grasp of underlying bone structure, too. I'm getting there, if s l o w l y.

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