"Come to Kenya we got lions!"

Weird dream time again.

I remember exactly what one was last night, and it sucked. I dreamed the bf and I got shot. By a posse made up of one annoying ex and some of his friends. I don't think either of us were fatally shot (which gives me a perverse pleasure in the general incompetence of the posse) but it felt really, really weird. And I was all screaming and crying. The dream ended before the ambulance got there.

The other dream actually wasn't a dream so much as a wacky dreamlike state. And I was talking to the characters in my head, and there was something about a mist. And I think I was creating a new character, only I'm not sure...

Wacky. Definitely wacky.

And I need to wake up now.

"You keep that up, you're going to go blind."

The annoying thing about painting miniatures is that sometimes it's awfully hard to tell what the hell you're painting. Is that part of his bracer? Is that a fur inlay into the leather? Is that part of his tunic, or his arm? Just what the hell is this I'm painting? Is that his codpiece or...

Ahem.

To solve this, I take a hefty does of fuckitall.

I paint the whole thing one color; going with the example from above I paint the whole bracer an identical shade of brown. And then, since I use Vallejo paints and they're quick-drying (thank you!) I go over the laces with one color, what looks like his shirt with another color, the possible inlay with a third color, and then later on if I haven't sealed it all yet I can still change it.

Or, failing all that, I can just dump the fucker into a bin of paint thinner and start all over again.

This brief tirade has been brought to you by Reaper Minis and Vallejo model paints.

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Inspired by the Almighty Hat:

"Hello, I am the Lady Jaguar Kitty DeSade, and I am your new President, Queen, and Tyrant.

From this day forth, all marriages shall be abolished in the eyes of the law. They will be replaced by civil unions, which are defined as an agreement between two people to share all legal and practical aspects of their lives. Marriage is hereby relegated to the religions, which are wholly separate from the State. Civil unions will be administered by Justices of the Peace. You may worship whoever, whenever, however you choose, so long as it does not infringe upon the life and liberties of another and does not take place in a publically designated space without written permission from the local state authority.

Prostitution, marijuana, and other narcotics are hereby legal. The Prostitute's Union will be formed forthwith; a list of taxes and restrictions upon narcotics, as well as a classification system has been posted in your local newspaper. All distributors of said narcotics are to report to your local police precinct for licensure and registration.

Capital punishment is now legal, subject to separate verification of guilt by a special court proceeding. All District Attorneys and State Attorneys please read the enclosed brief.

Our troops are being pulled out of Iraq on the basis that we have no authorization from the international governing body and are therefore in violation of several statutes. We will make reparations to the international governing body forthwith. The troops formerly stationed in Iraq will be reassigned to other peacekeeping duties in Africa and South America, guarding the distribution of relief materiel.

All prisoners in the United States being held on charges of terrorism will be granted access to their attorneys. If they cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for them at the state's cost. Burden of proof for charges against them will be on the state, and if the evidence is not enough to sustain the charges they will be dropped. No special dispensation will be given for law enforcement bodies because of rampant and hypocritical paranoia."