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its often easier to get a characther with pen than pencil although you have more flexibility. "you have got the eyes perfect " was what Newbie him self had to say. ..

Newbie visualised

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here he is -this is my first draft - I hope to give an impression of carefree boisterous youth. Like Meg Cabot says "Im not very good at drawing guys" Sorry. There will be more slight rearrangements of his features, till I get it right I can gurantee :-)
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Newbies Gullarm

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N He exists and thats the bike. Now just pushing that around in a tight corner or getting it out of a drain gives you muscles so you can imagine what he looks and weighs like. He said he lost his temper once when a tuktuk sidewinded in front of him and caused an accident at about 80 mph- he and his buddy rearranged the features of not only the tuk tuk driver but his passengers too. I told him I thought it was downright low down. In the next post I will show you a drawing of him since he refuses to give me a photo.Sensible dude, but then would i ever post peoples photos without their permission?Line drawings are somehow clearer anyway...

Kashyapa Ge Rahasa

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The cover of my second story - Kashyapas Secret - its an adventure set in Colombo -if youre interested in reading it do write , and Ill send you a copy.If youd like art like this to complement some project of yours - jut let me know.My fees are Very Reasonable....

domestic violence sri lanka

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-theres a lot of it ! This is one of the illustrations I did for Shahinas Manual on WOmens Rights- this illustratres domestic violence obviously.We have to explain to some sad women why this is not necessarily part of life . Hope you like the style. This subject is quite close to my heart- so to speak. My ex-husband thought I was property aka chattel I think its called but I did correct his presumtion in time. I did try about 9 years of negotiating but it didnt work - some guys just dont learn. Now I find it vaguely exasperating when I have to listen to women who tolerate being pushed around just because they dont have nuts. My own domestic assistant drives me up the wall, by telling me about how she gets hammered by a drunkard each night - she has to work 16 hours a day to ensure he gets fed and watered , so she can afford this privilage. When asked why she tolerates it she says "for the sake of the children" but this cant really be true since her kids are in their 30s and l...

pictures

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I figured how to add images, which is important.I do believe a picture is worth a thousand words.A line drawnig is worth about five hundred but Im ok with that.Heck a smiley is worth about twenty :-) Personally I think i look like a relation of Sammo Hung...not that hes a bad guy. I like his attitude. What do you think?

musings

The best part of a writers life is when shes actually writing - regardless of whether it pays or if anyone is reading it. based on this observation I think what i suspected all along is true and I am in fact a compulsive obsessive writer Now as to where my current story goes a lovely friend of mine named Sundi - from austrailia - who is a fan of mine - has so far influenced the latter stages - and my own daughter laughingly gave me some good ideas(although she dosn't read my books-i complained but she said that's life - most famous authors relatives dont really read their books according to her-i cant believe that im at a stage where my offspring can have opinions !!!- shes now taller than me too - a pleasant shock -) meanwhile I met Ruffian yesterday 0 heck the guy is going through a real transformation, i think the separation is the best thing that happene...

writers blog

On suggestions from Brother Mouse, Aljuhara creates her second blog , which considering the amount she compulsivley writes, has been pointed out as a serious lacuna so far. Every writer SHOULD have a blog.Whatever that is.and if you dont know what lacuna means look it up in my ngo bullshit generator- not that you will get a real explaination but its fun.

Problems of the day

I have to get my newsletters out but Word 2000 has cracked up on my PC and i cant edit it till Alty comes in. Alty is stingy about how much it costs to install new software onto CPA computers.Thats 120 for the CD and 80/= for the trip to get it -a whole whopping 200 /- ruppees Sri Lankan for the procedure. But hes a nice dude generally. Yup Newbie came over yesterday- he has a fantastic bike a Gullarm whatever that is, it took some reversing- and he has to sit crouched on it like a bat in a gale. He was not impressed by my photos of Gia. but why? Im begining to think this blog idea is exactly what I needed - somewhere to write all my excuses as to why I could not contact all my friends and aunts. I have so many friends in my life and love them all but they get annoyed when I dont put time into it and think that i have forgetton them .I have not .Its just that its such a rat race and I have to keep food on the table (even if Im often trying not to eat it-)so sometimes actually I honestl...

January 23rd

Name: Chandrika (more at www.chandrika.biz) Sex: Female, but I don’t accept any of the weaknesses attributed to the state. Age: 34 looks a bit older, but feels a lot younger due to having lived life back to front. Civil Status : Divorced in December 2004 after 4 years separated mother of two a lovely and cheeky daughter aged 14 who is mad about Hindi films, and a naughty but sweet son aged 9 who likes to cook. The kids however want to stay with me and my mother in law is still a good friend as are all my sisters in law, so they are very much a part of my life and always will be. Reason for divorce was among others domestic violence at the time so it really wasn’t something I could negotiate . Physical appearance: 5 ‘5’ 65 kg, 38-32-38. fair skinned, hirsute, frizzy hair, short sighted, a few teeth missing but so far all toes intact. Podgy nose. Excellent behind, I’m told. Profession : ACCA finalist works as a Librarian, currently studying graphic design, and a bit of French in limited ...