S... is for Santa...

So instead of drawing a Santa today, I'm going to tell a story :).

My brother, sister and I growing up were believers. My parents never let Santa outshine Jesus, but we did believe in Santa.

Christmas started the first weekend of December [NOT Thanksgiving weekend], when we would head out to the woods an hour and a half away or so, and do the first Christmasey thing of the year: find a tree to cut down. Of course this tree was VERY much like a Charlie Brown Christmas Tree, but we never knew any better [no one actually ever made fun of it until we moved to Missouri and one of my friends was looking at photographs of years past].

Then on December 6th we would leave our shoes out our front door for when St. Nicholas dropped by. I'm not sure what other people got when St. Nicholas came [I did now that not everyone got a visit from St. Nicholas], but we received [in our shoes :)], a piece of fruit, a toothbrush and a special tooth paste.

Unlike some people, I don't remember when exactly I stopped believing there was a Santa. But on Christmas, I might have been 5 or 6 [?], and I woke up in the middle of the night, with bad dreams or something. So like most kids do with this problem, I wandered out to the family area to find my parents to fix the problem.

I remember walking down our LONG long hallway, and out to find my Dad at the dinning room table maybe drinking coffee. I went up to him, rubbing my eyes, trying to tell him about my dream, and asking where Mom was, and he pointed behind me and said, "Look Maike, look who's here", and so I turned around, and sure enough... there was Santa. Who I looked up at shocked, somewhat still asleep, and a bit confused toward [he did, after all, come from our front door not the chimney]. He took my hand and led me back to bed.

I don't remember much after that, if we woke up the siblings, or not, but it is just a fun memory. Especially because at some point after that, I realized that the person who had dressed up as Santa... was my Mother :).

-maike rinaye-

PS: I think I should also try to re-do the blog-the-abc's-in-a-month during a slow month... maybe February :).

R... Ronald

Sorta :)

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Q... Quote

A favorite quote, from William Shakespeare, As You Like It.

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. As, first the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything."

*mrp*

ps: this is also a small attempt at me catching up a bit :)... I might not make it to Z before the end of the month..

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P... Peacock

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O... Owl

Ronald thinks it looks sad... I think something about the eyes.

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N... Na'vi

It's not great, but it's something :)

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M... Mermaid

I think her tail should probably be longer... But it was short in the original too (here).

*following the completion of this sketch:
ronald: I think there needs to be more boob.
maike: I showed more than in the origional...
ronald: where's her nipple?
maike: it's there.
ronald: woah, that's a weird thought, a nippless boob. I don't like it.

-mrp-

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L... Lady, inspired by Man Ray

It's like a younger, slightly skinnier version of Man Rays.

Also, because this is what I was singing to get myself ready to draw her:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3q80A3a188

Lastly, I'm pretty proud of her face... hence the close up :)

-mrp-

PS: we decided Ronald should be doing this blog challenge as well... except with learning new songs [he said that "if it was me, I would record the song, and then make it play with this post"]... so next time :).

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K... Klingon

Maike: I drew a klingon, look.
Ronald: You drew a famous klingon.
Maike: Ya, I tried to find a girl klingon, but the only image I found was too small.
Ronald: You should have asked....I could have found one.
Maike: You have special klingon searching abilities?
Ronald: [ignoring Maike], There's only one cute girl klingon. Warf dated her for a while... they have a kid together... named Alexander..

**You know you live with a trekkie when.

*mrp*

ps: searching for "klingon" with google images, brings up some creepy shit, like THIS CAT... and THIS RANDOM DUDE....

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J... Jabberwocky

Its safe to say, I will most likely never be,an animator :).

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I... Ipod

Still not quite right w/the face...

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H.. Hippo

The bottom one has the actual photo I drew from... He's adorable, and I want him for a pet :). Here's the link to the real one... so sweet.

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G... Geisha

So I need to work on some facial features :), but it's close-ish to the memiors of a geisha movie cover... Maybe in december or january I'll work on just a certain facial feature.

*mrp*

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F... Frankenstein

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E... Elephant

D... is for a DAY late :)...

And dragon fly [and because I was not completely satisfied with the dragon fly, it's also for dandelion].

*mrp*

C... Canary

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B.... Belly Dancer

Today is much better :).

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A is for...

Antonio Banderas... I know... You can't really tell (sigh)... But this is why I needed this challenge, to get back to where you can tell which famous person I'm drawing :).

A, btw, is a hard letter to start with!... I should have gone backwards (smile).

Better drawing tomorrow!

*mrp*

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"When I was having that alphabet soup...."

"When I was having that alphabet soup, I never thought that it would pay off."
-Vanna White

So along with some friends [Heather, Whit and Jenkins], I'm doing a November challenge... involving the alphabet... and art/writing/photography/general blogging action!!!!

This is my introduction... I'm going to try to draw through the alphabet... and by the end of November, I'll have an alphabet of drawings on the blog... well, that's the goal at least :).

So thanks for stopping by, and feel free to come back and comment/keep me motivated!

*mrp*

ps: all my cohorts in this project have blogged already today with their letter A inspired stuff... I'm a slacker :).... my A art will be up before midnight [smile].

"Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go." Margaret Walker

These are some of my friends... they are fabulous in SOOO many ways.

-mrp-