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[the_muppet]

1. I have magic pillows. No seriously, I do. *nods* I finally splashed out on some new pillows last weekend when I got totally sick and tired of lack of sleep. And OMG they're awesome! I don't have to pound them into shape several times a night just to get comfy. I kinda feel like Goldilocks - they're not too hard, they're not too soft, they're just right. Magic =)

2. I've been playing I Don't Like Mondays a lot lately on my piano. It's Hugh Laurie's fault. I caught a re-run of House the other day in which he was playing it, which reminded me I'd not played it in a while, and then it got stuck in my head, and now it's all I can play. But I seriously need to get my piano tuned. It's not as bad as the one at work though - tried to play it on there the other day and it's so out of tune plus the pedals are stuck so it just sounds freakish!

3. Playground guy is back from his hols *smirks* and making me laugh despite the fact that today was shockingly crappy at work. So much drama going on. *sighs* And although I've now got the rest of the week off theoretically, I'm still going in tomorrow morning for a bit to finish off the cover, and Thursday morning for a meeting that has the potential to be craptastic and full of blah. My choice. Want to have my say. Just hope I'm not as snarky as I was at this mornings meeting, and that I manage to hold my temper =P

4. I need to know when my shows are all back on. But I'm too afraid to check *lol* in case I get spoiled for any of them, cos I'm completely spoiler-free and it's great =) So - if anyone wants to tell me when the following shows are airing, I'll happily smooch you =)

Chuck
Dexter
Heroes
House
Numb3rs
Supernatural

Oh - and does anyone know if/when the series of Being Human is going to air? Or if it's even going to air at all?

5. I'm gonna start having a play around with Photoshop over the next few days so expect whining and hissy fits when I don't get the hang of it straight away! *lol* And please feel free to point me in the direction of 'An Idiots Guide for how to screw up Photoshop' cos I'm gonna need that. Or - y'know - some basic tutorials might work just as well... =)

6. I had an overwhelming and inexplicable craving for peanut butter when I got home, so have just eaten a huge round of toast absolutely smeared in the stuff. And it was great!

Hope you've all had a good day =)

*heffa hugs*

Comments

[aruna7.livejournal.com]

*hugs you tight*

First off shows :

Heroes : September 15
Supernatural : September 18
Chuck : September 29
Numb3rs : TBA

I didn't find it on my usual site for Dexter and House!

*hugs you more*

YAY for pillows!!!!!!!

Ooooooh I didn't know you played the piano!! woot!

Hum... I still yell at Photoshop, but I would be happy to be of any help if you need it hon!!!

I am currently going to take my butt upstairs soon but will be back later and I will reply to your email!!

*giant hugs*

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

*hugs hard back*

Ooh, thanks for the show dates! 8scrawls them on the calender* I didn't want to look in case I accidentally saw a spoiler *lol* cos then I'd be really crap and actually read it!

You'll hear me whining soon enough about Photoshop, I'm sure - my tolerance for things I can't do is pretty low and I quit them too easily, but I'm determined to give it a good go this time ;)

*hugs hard some more*

[vuleimoor.livejournal.com]

I think Numb3rs comes back on 3rd october.

What kind of tutorials are you looking for??

I referred to this site when I started http://www.good-tutorials.com/tutorials/photoshop/basics . Helped me :)

*hugs*

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

3rd October? Gah, that's ages away =/ I think maybe I need to go re-watch some Numb3rs - some quality Colby eps, or Larry eps, to get me back in the mood - maybe start over with S3 which I loved =)

Thanks for the site link - I've kept that bookmarked and will have a good read of it when I start playing =)

How's you - you doing okay?

*hugs*

[aruna7.livejournal.com]

*hugs more*

You're welcome!!! =) I am happy when I can be of help!!

*hands hammer and cookies for Photoshop*

*hugs more and run to answer to your email*

[sue91.livejournal.com]

You play the piano? I totally didn't know that. Cool =) I love listening to people play - my sister does too & she's really good at it meanwhile =)
...
That just made me look through my hard drive for some piano pieces to listen to xD

Ohhh, you experimenting with Photoshop should be interesting =)
I still only know the most basic stuff & I could do with 'An Idiots Guide' as well *lol* I've however stumbled over some quite helpful tutorials in the past - I gotta see if I can find any of these again... If I can, I'll let you know =)

Have a lovely evening *hugs* ♥

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Experimenting is the plan. Whining followed swiftly by destruction is what will probably follow - I tried once before and totally gave up too easily. Not this time though - this time I'm going to try harder =)

If you stumble across those tutorials, please chuck them my way - I need all the help I can get! I have ideas for icons and graphics and I'd love to be able to make them actually happen =)

You have a lovely evening too hon - and stop worrying about your lack of post-holiday motivation, okay?

*smiles and hugs you*

[sue91.livejournal.com]

I wanna see what you make, even if you don't like it =P
Though I gotta say, I was exactly the same... The first times I tried, I experimented for hours only to still be unsatisfied & to delete what I had made...
Practice makes perfect and I'm sure you'll do great =)

I'll look for them now - I've just shown my holiday pictures to my family =) Which reminds me, that I still have to chose & resize some for my LJ... Stopping to worry... Uhm, not gonna happen. Sorry. I just can't... I can't help feeling bad for not having sent you a proper email, having commented on various posts & all that other stuff, I still need to do... You really shouldn't be encouraging me to be lazy ;) You should rather be telling me to finally email you, so I pull myself together & do it already....

LOVING the icon, as always =) The eyes *drools* ... *drools-some-more*

*HUGS*

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

You really shouldn't be encouraging me to be lazy ;) You should rather be telling me to finally email you, so I pull myself together & do it already....

*lol* You know I'm not going to do that! *hugs* I understand, it's fine, you'll email when you're ready =)

LOVING the icon, as always =) The eyes *drools* ... *drools-some-more*

I nemaed it 'Edward:eyes' cos I've been looking for an icon with that look in it for a while now ;)

*hugs hard*

[sue91.livejournal.com]

I did find one of the tutorials that definitely helped me: http://community.livejournal.com/le_mot_art/6550.html#cutid1
That technique quite useful should you ever want to cut something out or to melt two pictures into one... Not really necessary if you only wanna make icons, so I'm not sure if this really helps you xD

There were others, but I can't find them at the moment - I'll continue looking though ;)

*hugs*

PS: If you're looking for icon tutorials, you should check our icon_tutorial.

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link *hugs* I'll add it to my folder of links to read through - and I'll go check out the comm too =)

[dazzlebug.livejournal.com]

Photoshop = WIN.

I didn't know you play the piano! That's so COOL! I always wanted to learn piano but alas, I suck at anything musical that isn't singing so I'll leave the piano to you :)

*hugs!*

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

I don't play as well as I'd like, but it's a good stress-reliever and distraction from thinking so *shrugs* I guess I've played a lot more recently than I used to.

I'll need help with Photoshop so any tutorials, tips, etc, I'd be very grateful =)

*huge hugs*

[nicole9514.livejournal.com]

magic pillows lol :) i wish i had some :)

girl, get photoshop elements if you can it's much more user friendly than regular photoshop :) and it works lovely, its what i use.

PB Is awesome i get cravings for it from time to time as well

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Really? Well I'll have to check that out, see if I can snag that from somehwere and give it a try =)

I think I satisfied todays PB cravings with the mound of toast I ate *lol*

Did today go okay - I did think about you =)

*huge hugs*

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Smooth!

[from-the-corner.livejournal.com]

You play the piano? Well, I guess it was silly of me to assume it's only a decoration =)

Ah, so it's the Playground Guy, giving you headaches today *hugs I hope it'll all get resolved.

And feel free to fire any PS questions at me. Not that I'm expert or anything =)

*points at the icon* - I SO did not see it coming today! *hugs you again* You so totally rock! (and yes, I will be saying this a lot, so get used to it *g*)

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

No, Playground Guy wasn't giving me headaches =) So much other drama going on it was nice to have him back to amuse me =P

*points at the icon* - I SO did not see it coming today!

Really? *is glad* I was so sure you were going to work it out! I wish i couldn've seen your face - I was kinda hoping you'd open in the PO or on the bus, so you'd totally freak out in public *lmao* that would've amused me no end!

*hugs*

[from-the-corner.livejournal.com]

I was so sure you were going to work it out! I wish i couldn've seen your face - I was kinda hoping you'd open in the PO or on the bus, so you'd totally freak out in public

I swear, I expected sweets =) There was no chance I would have open it in the PO - it was so secured with tape, I almost broke my scissors =)
But I'm absolutely sure the neighbours did hear my (very, very loud) squee of delight =)

*hugs more*

[ms-3m.livejournal.com]

Dexter: Sunday, Sept 28
House: Tuesday, Sept 16 *This one was tough to find. No spoilers if you want to look here for other Fox shows: http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080605fox01

Peanut butter....I just bought a new jar. Jiff brand. Crunchy for me. With any sort of jam. This time it was pineapple. I like it on Wasa crackers for that extra crunch. : D

For Photoshop, I'm not great but I did all the headers, etc. when Azo had her website up and running well. So feel free to yell. If I don't know, Brihana probably will.

And pillows!!!! Everything else can be crappy, but if the pillows are bad.... this Little Miss Goldilocks is one miserable sleeper.

Love that you play the piano. I think if you have the funds to splurge on a tuneup, you'll probably play even more. My sister is classically trained; me...I'm all thumbs even though I took a few lessons. That vaccination didn't take. : P When we were growing up at home, the dinner chores were.... I would cook (which I like to do), my sister would play the piano (which she liked to do) and Mom would clean up (which she neither liked to cook and was not great at playing the piano). It was win, win all around.

*HUGS*

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thank you, that's all the dates I wanted now =) I'm hoping there won't be new shows coming out this year that get raved about and that I then get dragged into watching and hooked on - there's not enough time with everything I watch already =)

Peanut butter....I just bought a new jar. Jiff brand. Crunchy for me. With any sort of jam.

Nah, I like it smooth ;) And funny thing was, I was saying to The Boy last week how Americans like to have PB and jam in their sandwiches, which I think he though was kinda gross! *lol*

I will be yeeling about Photoshop. And whining. I have no doubt at all. But what I really don't want to do this time is just have a hissy fit and give up on it - I'd really like to be able to make some stuff if I can, see if I'm any good at it. Thing is, my questions initially are likely to be so basic and stupid that I'm unlikely to actually want to ask them!

When we were growing up at home, the dinner chores were.... I would cook (which I like to do), my sister would play the piano (which she liked to do) and Mom would clean up (which she neither liked to cook and was not great at playing the piano). It was win, win all around.

Sounds like everyone was happy then =) I remember me and my brother PJ had to share the cleaning up - I'd wash and he'd dry. Except he'd wait and wait till all the dishes were air-dried basically so he'd have less work to do - which annoyed me no end, so i'd wait till he was about to go out, and pour a jug of water over everything so he'd have to do his frickin job after all =)

*hugs back*

Photoshop, etc.

[ms-3m.livejournal.com]

There are no stupid, little questions about Photoshop. I'm self-taught, but life would have been so much easier if I had learned about 'layers' at the get-go. Also, it's my opinion, every change you make - regardless what it is, make it on a new layer. But all this in due time... when you're ready. By the way, which version of PS are you using? I have 6 and 7. No CS so I can't help if you have that version.

About PG&J, there are some people that like PB and bananas, with or without honey added. I'm an all three ingredient person. Seriously... if a person likes all three of these items, give it a go on a sandwich. Preferably on whole wheat bread. If you don't like the concoction, there is always the rubbish bin. And you can always make a small, half-sandwich so there isn't as much potential waste. Slice the bananas into thin rounds. Try it and let me know what you think.

That is too funny about the 'follow-up' rinse to the dishes. I always knew you were smart.... and obviously devious. Love the combo. : D

*hugs*

Re: Photoshop, etc.

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

It's version 7, which a friend has very kindly given me =) I've got it all loaded now and ready to go, but I'm resisting the temptation to open it cos I just know I'll get ridiculously frustrated in about 2 minutes jsut be not having a clue what the hell all the buttons are for =)

I've had banan sandwiches and they're okay actually - but I think that's my limit really! I like jam, I love PB, I just can't thinka bout mixing them!

*hugs*

[bellasianna.livejournal.com]

*random hugs jusst cos y'know*
:)

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

I do *hugs back* and thank you so very much for what you said, it was just lovely and it really, really helped =)

*hugs hard*

[(Anonymous)]

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