Too much too soon, too little and now you're coming unglued

[exsequar]

Tumblr is really obnoxiously addicting and I kiiind of wish I hadn't joined? BUT THERE'S SO MUCH PRETTY! I started following too many people though, and people reblog each other a lot so things get redundant, and AHHH TAKING OVER. So not okay. BUT. PRETTY. Also there's a lot of love out there for one Jacob Pitts which makes me everso happy. <3

It's also a really interesting venue in which to stretch my Photoshop muscles - I really, really love working on larger canvases, layering images and colors, so that's a whole lot of fun. I just made something I sort of love a whole lot, so I thought I'd pop over here and share it with Livejournal, my first and TRUE love. ♥


(Click for hi-res)

My first idea was just to layer two of the pretty parachute shots on one another, but then I came across the picture with the flames and went hmmmm... so I threw that on top and LOVED it. So I tweaked and textured and I'm really happy with the outcome. Paratroopers! ♥ Do let me know what you think! :)

Today I have been beyond unspeakably exhausted. It was really unpleasant actually. I barely made it alive through lab meeting. Note to self: GO TO BED instead of fucking around on the internet. This is an ongoing problem and my life would be MUCH BETTER if I actually managed to go to bed at a human hour instead of delaying it all the time. My average bedtime is 2 AM, and I wake up at 7 AM. Not really all that healthy! If you see me on Twitter at a stupid hour, yell at me? :)

Anyway, after lab we went out for drinks at happy hour to celebrate one dude getting a postdoc, one paper getting published, and the arrival of two new members of the lab (including me! :)). I hung around for a while and chatted, but did I mention I was tired? So I bowed out a little early and went to Borders, which was VERY fruitful. I bought Eugene Sledge's widely lauded book, With the Old Breed. From what newredshoes has said while reading it, I know this book is going to get me right in my heart. I'm both thrilled and a little nervous. (I still haven't watched last night's episode of The Pacific, so please don't spoil me!)

I also bought GUY GAVRIEL KAY'S NEW BOOK!!! :DDDD I've been following his blog a bit during the publishing process and EEE I am so excited. The summary looks intriguing and fascinating, as always. I CAN'T WAIT. I love him sfm. ♥

Comments

[brewsternorth.livejournal.com]

Love that wallpaper! And yes *headdesk* I have the same tendency to be a LJ night-owl.

[newredshoes]

Apparently Snafu used to make up horrible ditties about mortars set to the tune of cheery popular songs. SNAFU.

[legethien.livejournal.com]

I keep falling in and out of love with tumblr... I can't seem to stick with it for long, so I have like 10 posts or something, but then spend hours browsing my dashboard/random tumbls to look at teh pretty *_*

I need to get Sledge's book!! But I'm SO scared of reading it. :O If the show breaks me completely and I half think of it as fiction, I can't imagine what reading about the real stuff will do to me :\

[rhombal.livejournal.com]

AHHHHH OMG GGK'S NEW BOOK IS OUT, THAT'S RIGHT. I NEED TO GET IT/THE NEW PENDERGAST BOOK/THE AMERICAN IDIOT OBC. Damn it. I was going to try to stay away from Borders but I've been waiting for GGK's book forever since there need to be more books with Asian protagonists. Needs moar monies. :(

[renne.livejournal.com]

LOL OH TUMBLR.

[pau494.livejournal.com]

That wallpaper is GORGEOUS! I really love the layering and the way the colors are kind of muted while the fire is burning bright.

I can't even keep up with lj, I don't know how I'd keep up with tumblr and all the pretty! Plus, I'd just end up reblogging everything.

I think if there was a Borders in my city (or anywhere in the country) I'd go broke. SO MANY BOOKS I WANT TO GET.

You should review them after you read them, so I can add them to my list. :DDD

HI, I LOVE YOU.

[missmovies.livejournal.com]

OMG! The BoB art is gorgeous!!! I know nothing about photoshopping so can't offer proper grownup crit, but still, total LOVE!

[zippitgood.livejournal.com]

That's a gorgeous, gorgeous image! I wish I could do that in Photoshop.

I'm creating banners for warbigbang and was wondering if I could borrow that for a promo pic?