I'm probably completely crazy to attempt this but, I want to write, darn it! I miss it like woah!

01.	ruin	06.	fold	11.	excuse	16.	doubt	21.	order	26.	promise
02.	balance	07.	rain	12.	kiss	17.	land	22.	silence	27.	shelter
03.	risk	08.	smoke	13.	benefit	18.	taste	23.	mark	28.	visit
04.	trust	09.	race	14.	call	19.	notice	24.	need	29.	trick
05.	rescue	10.	comfort	15.	brush	20.	writer's choice	25.	writer's choice	30.	writer's choice

*shakes tiny fist at the Universe*
Somehow, some way, this table will be filled with a combination of fiction and art.

01.	dark	06.	tears	11.	light	16.	earth	21.	air	26.	water
02.	smell	07.	spirit	12.	wind	17.	dust	22.	sweat	27.	fire
03.	touch	08.	taste	13.	dream	18.	sight	23.	sound	28.	speak
04.	listen	09.	hunger	14.	memory	19.	blood	24.	dirt	29.	sun
05.	moon	10.	shadow	15.	stars	20.	thirst	25.	yearn	30.	breath

The theme for this collection of prompts is 'A Hunter's Soul'

01.	Risk	06.	Fight	11.	Possession	16.	Wait	21.	Spirit
02.	Rest	07.	Flight	12.	Phantom	17.	Wonder	22.	Speak
03.	Ritual	08.	Fire	13.	Plea	18.	Water	23.	Silence
04.	Rage	09.	Fear	14.	Promise	19.	Wreck	24.	Solace
05.	Relent	10.	Fall	15.	Part	20.	Weapon	25.	Sense

Just wanted to let you know that in addition to the Flash and Green Arrow toys I listed yesterday I posted all of my Smallville Magazines up for sale this morning, too. I'm hoping they sell.

A lot of people list them at more than $30.00 a piece for some issues. I've got them all for just a little over $6.00 each. I took pictures to show how pretty they are, too. :)

*hugs*

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Nothing like an unexpected $80.00 car repair to make your day. It could have been worse so I shouldn't really complain. There is never a good time for something like this.

I wasn't going to but after this happened I just put my 10" Green Arrow and The Flash toys up for sale on EBay. Neither one has ever been opened and still look brand new. It's time for Wally and Oliver to find a new home. Especially after the car whacking us one today. Plus I've still got my comics posted and on sale for 20% off. Hopefully something will sell. Here's the link again:

http://stores.ebay.com/Digitalwaves-Digital-Dreams

Hope everyone is having a good day. It's hot but beautiful here. Oh, also, I've got some huge news! Amber got all B's on her grades and is, again, on the Dean's list. Pretty darned cool, huh? Definitely no Freshman slump with our girl. :)

*hugs*

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Hey guys,

Wanted to let you know I've reduced the comics I have up by 20% on Ebay if anyone might be interested. I'm hoping that some of these sell, and hope to post more, in the next couple of days. We'll have Amber with us the rest of the week, and for over the weekend, and that child can eat! :)

She's going to be helping with WonderFest this weekend. She works the Charity Auction. We raise money for a local children's charity, Crusade for Children, and a national charity, Guiding Eyes for the Blind. They're based out of New York State and one of our friends, who also works the show, is a trainer there.

I'm in charge of running the merchandise booth. Part of the reason I'm hoping some stuff sells it that I'd like to have some money for Lee if he sees anything at the show he'd like to get. We couldn't do anniversary presents for each other this year and this would give me a way to fix that.

Working the show is why I can't go to Mediawest this year, besides not being able to afford the cost of the trip. Speaking of which, I know some of you, like ladyra, look forward to my having things in the art show. I'm sorry to disappoint you, we just don't have the extra money for me to send prints for the art show. If you'd still like something just let me know and I can send it off to you separately. I've got mats and the special paper but can't afford the inks to finish printing out the high res prints. It's why I'm not mailing anything to the show. Maybe next year will be better and I can go then. :)

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Hi Guys! Here are the comics I have listed for sale on EBay right now. It's a good lot of books, I'm really hoping some of them will sell.

http://stores.ebay.com/Digitalwaves-Digital-Dreams

1) BATMAN CATACLYSM AFTERSHOCK & NO MAN's LAND VF/NM 1999 128 Books!
2) UNCANNY X-MEN #165-307 COMICS LOT (65 Books) VF/NM
3) LEGION (VOL 5) 2005 #1-50 COMPLETE RUN MARK WAID JIM SHOOTER
4) BATMAN YEAR ONE 1987 NM #404-407 COMPLETE FRANK MILLER
5) X-MEN X-CUTIONERS SONG (12-part X-MEN CROSS-OVER) 1992

*hugs*

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I just realized that nine years ago today I created my Livejournal account. I didn't actually get up the nerve to post for another eight days but 5/21/03 was the day I made it. This is what I wrote in that very first post:

'Well, I'm new to this so be kind. I've enjoyed reading other people's LJ's for quite some time now and decided to take the plunge with my own. Maybe I can use it to try to get back to writing again. If nothing else it should be good therapy for me.'

Mom was in the hospital fighting for her life, had been since March, and I had been feeling tired, and more than a little lost. LJ was my trying to get back a little place just for me, to help me keep my sanity.

dolimir_k was the very first person to friend me and she really took me under her wing, helped me learn to navigate my way around. I've met so many wonderful, loving, caring people in the years since and I truly cherish each and every one of you.

You've encouraged me in my art and writing, helped me through some dark, dark days. You've been there to share the good, and held me close through the bad. The fact that I'm here, and sane, today is in large part due to you guys. I can never tell you how much I love you all, what you really mean to me, but I'll sure as heck keep trying.

It's been 1,905 posts and counting. Thank you, so much, for letting me continue to share your life. It's a present I'll never take lightly. :)

*hugs*

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You know I'm signed up for Freecycle, right? Well, I watch it all the time because some really amazing things show up from time to time. If you're fast enough you can find some really wonderful things.

A lady posted that her son had graduated college and didn't want his home computer any more as he had his own laptop he preferred instead. I wrote and asked if it was still available and she said yes! It's less than two years old and is a really fast Dell, he used it for gaming, and has a 24" monitor with it!

The really exciting thing is that she gave me everything, which included an HP Photosmart C4788 All in One Printer. I just finished setting it up and did a test print of Bucky from Captain America with some photo paper I had. You would not believe the quality of the print out! The artwork looks amazing! It puts my older art prints to shame. I can't wait to mat some of my work with this printer. They will be gorgeous!

I hope to send some artwork to the Mediawest art show, that happens next weekend. Regardless, if I'm lucky enough to sell any more of my prints the quality will be better than I could have ever hoped for. I'm really excited at the thought of my art from this printer. Now, if my eyes will just behave and let me get back to it.

I wish you could see just how pretty Bucky is as he lies here on my desk looking up at me.:)

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I Know most of you won't see this until in the morning. I put it up now for any night owls who might be looking for it overnight.

( Click Me )

This is just the first upload of the episode, the MP4 file, like before. I'll get the larger file up as soon as I can. This will, hopefully, tide you over until the other can go live.

( Click Me )

I know this will probably be posted everywhere but I couldn't resist!

( CW Fall Schedule )

Oh my god, guys! SPN is getting moved to Wednesdays at 9 with a lead-in of Arrow! How often does a network do that for a show entering its 8th season? I'm getting more and more excited about the show being re-energized with Jeremy Carver back on board!

I got this news from my friend, Trevor, at the local CW station here in town. He promised to send it to me when I was there on Tuesday to drop off the press release for this years WonderFest. He gave me a stack of final season full size Smallville posters and a bunch of Vampire Diary minis. As soon as I can I plan to share. He's also planning to let me dl the pilots of Arrow & B&TB as soon as he gets the links to them. They actually want us to share them among ourselves. Pretty cool, huh? :)

*hugs*

PS

Here's the write ups for Wednesday and Thursday nights!

( Series listings )

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I can't tell you how much I've dreaded today. This is the first Mother's Day in my whole life that I haven't had my mom by my side. I miss her voice, her hugs. I miss being able to tell my best friend about my day. This really hurts.

Lee's been wonderful. If it wasn't such a rainy day we'd planned to see about starting some flowers out front to honor mom. She loved our doing that together, so much, each year. The only reason I've learned not to kill every plant I see was what I learned from her about having a garden. It seems so strange to think of doing this without her.

I'm trying my best not to wallow, though. She'd bop me if she thought I was. I just sent out some Mother's Day cards to friends and I'm going to go hug the heck out of Lee when I'm done with this.

For all of you who I don't have your rl email address, Happy Mother's Day. Know I'd send you a silly card, too, if I could. I hope that your day is filled with so much love, so many hugs and tons and tons of laughter.

Moms, or not, I cherish all of you. I'm honored to have you in my life and to have the chance to call you all my friends.

*hugs you all hard*

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I'm going to be good and go on to bed after this finishes going up. My eyes are really killing me tonight. My left eye does not not like having to work so much harder for my right now. At least this one is going up the same night so, that's an improvement. :)

( Click Me )

Wow, I can't believe there's only one more new episode left for this season. Thank goodness we know we've got another season to look forward to.

Just like last week, this is just the first upload of the episode. I'll get the larger file up as soon as I can.

Until then, as always, this is the MP4 file. It will, hopefully, tide you over until the other can go live.

( Click Me )

Late again, I know and I'm sorry. Had a good reason though. Lee took me to see the Avengers this afternoon so we could get the matinee prices. It was amazing! Only trouble is I wish we could go right out and see it again but that's just because I'm greedy when it comes to damned good comic-book movies.

We just got home so I'm uploading the AVI file even as we speak. As soon as it's finished I'll get this posted. So that will just leave you to...

( Click Me )

I'm on flood control in the basement right now. I've got water seeping in that I'm trying my best to contain with towels. So, if I seem a little distracted please forgive me.

Anyway, on to the good stuff. Once again, this is just the first upload of the episode. I'll get the larger file up as soon as I can.

Until then, as always, this is the MP4 file. It will, hopefully, tide you over until the other can go live.

( Click Me )

Hi Guys! Here are the comics I have listed for sale right now on EBay with a lot more to come:

http://stores.ebay.com/Digitalwaves-Digital-Dreams

1) WORLD WAR HULK COMICS LOT FULL RUNS VARIANTS ONE-SHOTS & MINI-SERIES 2007
2) THE QUESTION 1-37 COMICS LOT 47 Books (Annuals, One-Shot, Mini-Series & More!) 1987
3) DAREDEVIL MAN WITHOUT FEAR PREMIERE HC LIMITED EDITION (Both Covers) 2008
4) BATMAN ABSOLUTION HC 1st PRINT 2002
5) BATMAN BATTLE for the COWL HC 1st PRINT 2009
6) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #320-325 (COMPLETE RUN ASSASSIN NATION PLOT) 1988

*hugs*

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This is a repost of a ficlet I did a couple of years ago in honor of this scene from the latest issue of Red Hood and the Outlaws. :)

Author: Digitalwave
Title: Prodigal Son
Fandom: Batman - DCU
Characters: Dick, Leslie Thompkins
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Gen
Word Count: 600 words, written for dolimir_k's Fire Up the Muse ficlet challenge, my word was 'crushed'
Spoilers: Up through current Batman Universe Continuity, Slight spoilers for UTRH
Summary: Sometimes we just need a push in order to remember...

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Okay, I can kinda sorta forgive DC for the New 52 as long as they give us pages like this that are way, way overdue. This is from the latest copy of Red Hood and the Outlaws:

( Tim and Jason talk )

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Once again, I'm so sorry this took so long. It been kind of crazy here and I just got the AVI file uploaded. Thanks so much for your patience.

Just took the Stephen King hardbacks to Half Price books to see if they might buy them. They only offered me $8.00 for them so I said no. If nothing else I'll try and sell them to Amazon later. I'm hoping like heck that something sells of what I've got posted on eBay. No luck so far.

Tomorrow's our anniversary and we're broke. Wish it had fallen one day later, we get paid on Monday. We'll just postpone celebrating it until then, at least for going out to dinner. We'll watch some of the tv episodes and movies we've got recorded and just have snuggle time for now. That's, thankfully, free. Okay, enough grumbling, you're here for the fun stuff. Here's the higher res eppy, I hope that you enjoy it. I sure did.

( Click Me )

This is just the first upload of the night. I'll get the larger file up as soon as I can.

Until then, as always, this is the MP4 file. It will, hopefully, tide you over until the other can go live.

( Click Me )

Happy birthday, maygra! I hope it's an amazing day for you filled with laughter, love, tons of hugs and friends. :)

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Morning guys! I'm so sorry for the problems Yousendit is having with their site. I've logged in and it looks like they are still down across the board. I've uploaded the episode file to another site. This is a little different in that you'll have to right click on the link and tell it to save the target file. Or save link as, either will work. Once you have it just rename the suffix from pdf to avi as usual.

Again, I am so, so sorry for the problems with the file. Let me know if you have any problems with this one. Here you go:

Alternate Download Site

ETA:

Yousendit is up again so you can use this link now -

7.19_Of Grave Importance - AVI file

*hugs*

Sorry this took so long. I used some ice on my eye and fell asleep. Woke up a bit ago and just got the AVI file uploaded. Thanks so much for your patience, hope that you enjoy the eppy. :)

( Click Me )

It may be much later before I can post the AVI file for this week. My left eye is killing me and I need to step away from the computer for a bit. The doctor says it's from the strain of trying to compensate for my right one. All I know is that it hurts like heck.

Anyway, this is the MP4 file. It will, hopefully, tide you over until the other can go live.

( Click Me )

You know, I've been trying my best to figure out what bothers me so much about a large part of the New 52 DC Universe. Why, even though I've read, and enjoyed, some of the stories, it just doesn't have the resonance of the old universe. I think I've figured it out, at least for me.

Family. It all boils down to family and that's missing in most of the new stories. You knew these characters, they knew, and cared, about each other. You believed it when Bruce said he loved his sons. You felt it when Martha Kent hugged a confused Kon-el to let him know she cared, that he wasn't alone in figuring out the craziness in his life.

You believed in Diana's nobility, Clark's steadfast friendship. You knew that, even if Oliver acted like an ass sometimes, he was still our pain in the butt Olly who underneath it all cared like hell and would lay down his life for the ones he loved. You felt it in Red Robin when Tim took off his mask, the one he'd been hiding all of his pain behind, and looked like the boy he still was. When he dropped the hundred foot walls he'd built up around himself sitting there next to Kon, finally willing to believe that his best friend was really back.

Saddest of all to me, that friendship doesn't even exist in this new reality. There is no terrible threesome, no Kon, Tim and Bart who've been through hell over and over for each other. If Kon gave his life to save the universe now there wouldn't be anyone to even mourn his passing. There's no Wally, no Connor, no Steph, no Cassie. Years of character development with Barbara as Oracle were thrown out the window to stuff her back into the Batgirl tights. And, her best friends, Dinah and Helena, they barely know each other now.

I'm glad that Jason's back but did they have to trash Roy to do it? They had let the boys grow into strong young men and now they've thrown almost all of that character growth away.

I've loved reading comics since I was six years old. Even with as bad as the last few years have been for us I've managed to keep up with my favorites through Doug's giving me huge discounts off the price of new books and my finding them for a dollar a piece at Half Price books. I was faithful, darn it. I know I'm not the target audience they want at DC any more. They've never really understood that there are a lot more of us female readers out here then they seem to know about. It's just sad. As I'm going through my boxes of comics looking for stuff to sell I feel like I'm losing friends I've had my whole life. I know it's silly, I know they're only comic books and none of them have ever been real. Even so, it's the way I feel.

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Guys, remember what I said the other day about wishing I wasn't such an over-achiever where my eyes are concerned? Well, I think I've outdone myself this time.

I had my appointment with the eye specialist today as planned. I was lucky enough to get to see Dr Blume as I hoped. He remembered me from all the times I was there with mom. Once again, had to have my eyes numbed and dilated and from there they ran a ton of tests; took pictures, checked my pressure, all the good stuff.

You haven't lived until you've seen what the inside of your eyes look like. I had lesions on both eyes, with the right eye being worse. There was also deposits in both eyes, again worse on the right, that looked like a spot of egg yolk. Which lead Dr Blume to his final diagnosis.

I have Vitelliform macular dystrophy, or Adult Onset Best Disease. It's caused by a rare genetic disorder that affects the eyes. It acts basically the same as macular degeneration but can have a slower onset of symptoms. At least, as long as the cyst, the egg yolk thing in my eye, doesn't rupture and cause all kinds of damage to my macula that way. There are eye injections or laser treatments they'd do to try and minimize the damage if that should happen.

Since there's no treatment for it, right now they're just going to monitor my eyes. I have a grid I'm supposed to check to watch for any sudden shifts in my vision. More than what I've already seen. I have to go back and see Dr. Blume again in July and he'll do all the tests again to compare them to this set to try and track how quickly things are changing. July is when Dr. Luckett will be re-running the visual acuity tests again, too. Oh, joy.

I don't know how to feel at this point. I still have a potential time bomb ticking in my eyes, it's just a cousin of the one I thought I had, only way more rare. I'm going to try and learn more about it, see if I can get in to see Dr, Luckett soon to try and understand it better.

Part of me kept hoping Dr. Blume would say it was all a big mistake today when he checked my eyes. Well, he did say it was a mistake, so I guess I got part of my wish. Unfortunately what I traded for doesn't seem to be any better, huh?

*hugs*

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I just posted the largest comics listing I've ever done on EBay. I've put up my entire run of the Batman Knightfall storyline from 1993. It's 107 books in all, several of them autographed. It's one of my favorite stories ever and they're still in beautiful shape. I figured it was a good time to list them since the new Batman movie will feature the Bane character as the villain. Here they are if you'd like to take a look:

http://stores.ebay.com/Digitalwaves-Digital-Dreams

I'll probably tackle my Batman No Man's Land books next, also a favorite story. More and more I'm feeling like it's silly to keep hanging on to these things. I've loved them, I've enjoyed them but letting them go helps us more. I've still got boxes and boxes of comics that I wouldn't want Lee to have to deal with if anything should happen to me. I'm really trying to teach myself to let go.

Simplifying my life even more would be a good thing, I know. Especially with not knowing what I'm going to be facing with my eyes. As scary as it is, I'll be glad to see the specialist tomorrow if only to get a better handle on what kind of damage I'm looking at so far.

I'm trying my best to stay positive but the last few years have been so hard. I just keep hoping that things will get easier. Having you guys here to listen helps, more than I can ever, ever tell you.

*hugs you hard*

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Dr. Blume's office just called and had to reschedule until next Wednesday at 4:15pm. He had an emergency come up for this afternoon and they asked if we could change it. Of course I said yes, an emergency surgery needs to win out over my eye exam. Means I have to wait longer for more answers, though, which sucks.

I guess the pluses are it means I'm actually going to be seen by Dr. Blume and not one of his partners, which is good. And, my eyes are still sore from the tests the other day, it gives them a couple of more days to heal. Plus, it gives me more time to get some things sold in case I need it, too.

It's just hard not knowing. I can 'see' how distorted the vision in my right eye is when I close my left and it's scary how quickly it's changed. It'll make doing any kind of artwork more challenging if I can't even trust my eyes. I watched mom struggle every day with this and it's scarier knowing what I could be facing. I'm trying my best to stay positive, especially around Lee and Amber, and most of the time I'm doing okay. I'm glad I have you guys where I can have the occasional mini-freak out about it without worrying them more. That helps, so much!

Tonight's my first night home alone since mom died. Lee went to help out one of our friend's at a two day model show in Dayton at the Air Force Museum. He'll be home tomorrow. He wasn't going to go but I made him, he needs a break, too. Dave is paying his way since he's helping run his table at the show which is what made it possible for us. He's already been texting me to make sure I'm okay, he's such a sweetie.

I put some stuff up for sale yesterday, there'll be more as I can list it. Here's the link again in case you missed it:

http://digitalwave.livejournal.com/504780.html

I've got comics up for sale on EBay, too. Hopefully some of it will sell. Things around here are always tight and having unexpected medical stuff crop up sure doesn't help. Well, I'd better close for now and go eat something. I'll check back in later today. Hope everyone is having a really good Friday so far. Love you guys!

*hugs*

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I don't know how much the eye specialist will be tomorrow, or how much any new meds he'll want me on will be, so I'm trying to be proactive in being prepared for it. I've got some of my early Batman and Wonder Woman comics posted at Ebay right now if anyone would like to take a look. There'll be more going up as I can get pictures taken. Here's the link to the stuff at Ebay:

http://stores.ebay.com/Digitalwaves-Digital-Dreams

I'm also going to be selling a lot of my books, Trade paperbacks and magazines, too. Here's what I have so far:

( Stuff for Sale )

If you see anything you'd like just let me know.

*hugs*

ETA:
I've gotten the pictures added. :)

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Spent most of the day at the eye doctor's office, I have to see a specialist on Friday. Nothing like having to see a doctor about your eyes on Friday the 13th, huh? They got all of the testing done today because Dr. Luckett had had to cancel a couple of times due to family problems. I'm seeing Dr Blume, the eye doctor my mom went to, on Friday.

Good news is there wasn't any optic nerve damage, no cataracts. My visual field testing was mostly okay too. I have to have it done again in three months. What he found was that I have mild ocular hypertension but no glaucoma so far.

Now, the bad news. He found the reason for the distortion in my right eye. There's evidence of Dry Macular Degeneration in my eyes, hence the need to see a specialist. Heck, mom's didn't show up until she was in her eighties. For once I'd be happy not to be such a darned over achiever. There's no treatment for the dry kind, only the wet. There is a vitamin he recommended that's supposed to help slow things down so I started that today. I'll, hopefully, have a better idea of how badly I'm screwed after I see Dr. Blume on Friday.

I told Lee no matter what we'll deal with it, just like I've had to with the lupus. Medicine progresses all the time, especially with genetic mapping. Just because there's no treatment right now there might be one soon.

It scares the heck out of me because it's my eyes. I know how hard it was watching mom lose the things she loved to do as her loss of vision progressed. Like everything else, I'll fight it hard as I can and do whatever they think may help.

Just today cost $155.00, not counting more tests. I had to pay it upfront, hopefully we'll get most of it back from insurance. I did have to postpone getting mom's rings out of pawn, though. They were due out today. Especially with another doctor's visit this week.

They were really nice about it once I explained what happened. I'll have till the first of the month to pay for them now. That will give me time to try and get some stuff sold. I'll have to pay $300.00 instead of $250.00 but it's better than losing mom's rings out right.

So, that's what I know so far. I'll let you know as I find out more. Any continued good thoughts will be muchly appreciated, as always. For now I'd better go and feed the hungry hordes. Take care, guys and I'll talk to you later. :)

*hugs*

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Sorry this took so long, storm knocked out our power until just a bit ago. I'll be posting this just as soon as the upload finishes.

( Click Me )

About something missing from tonight's episode... ( Here there be spoilers )

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Okay, this is the real upload file, the full size AVI file. I LOVED the episode! The only thing wrong with it was that it didn't last for another hour. :)

( Click Me )

This is just to tide you over until I can get the larger AVI file up later tonight. I haven't gotten to see the episode yet so I'm going to watch it next. Either quicktime or Windows media should be able to play it okay. Heck, dependent on how up to date your filters are it'll even work if you rename it to avi. I promise to get the avi file up as soon as I can. I just thought you wouldn't want to wait.

7.17_The Born-Again Identity - MP4 file

Don't forget, once you have the file just right-click, chose rename and change the suffix from PDF to MP4 to watch it. Comment if you snag it. Please, please don't list info about these files in any high-profile areas like a comm or other journals. More people are downloading now and I'd like to keep my bandwidth from being completely overrun if we can.

If you get a chance, let me know what you thought. :)

*hugs*

ETA:

The AVI file is uploaded. It's in my newest post. :)

Sure hope they at least help some of the pain I've been having. It'll be nice to see more clearly if nothing else. All the rest I'm just going to do my best not to worry about until we do more tests on the third. I can't change anything until then and the worrying will just make me crazy.

I go back to see my doc on Monday. He's going to see what med we can use instead of Plaquenil since it's started causing side effects on me. I know my sed rate will be higher. Worse case is that I have to do a prednisone dose pack. I miss the days when I'd have an almost instant time of feeling better on the pack. They still help though and that's the important thing.

I wish I could keep Lee from worrying about me so much. He gets really scared sometimes that I did damage to myself taking care of mom, stole time together we'll never get back because of my lupus. Whatever will be will be though. I love him with all my heart and will fight for every day we have together. But, even so, I wouldn't change a day of the time I had with mom. I fought for her because I loved her and knew she'd do the same for me if she could. Mom was my best friend my whole life. I cherish every extra day we had together, no matter what.

Before I forget, I just knocked 20% off the cost of my comic books over at EBay. I have my Batman Prodigal story line up from 1994. It was the first time Nightwing became Batman when Bruce couldn't do it. It's a really great bunch of books and one of my favorite Batman stories ever.

I've also got all of my Kingdom Come books by Mark Waid & Alex Ross from 1996 posted. Plus the sequel stories that came later; the Kingdom in 1999 and the JSA Thy Kingdom Come stories that ran from issues #9 through 22, plus special issues, in 2009. These were written by Mark Waid and Geoff Johns with art by Alex Ross in the JSA books.

I reposted my Spiderman Annuals from the 1970's, too. As always, you can see everything here:

http://stores.ebay.com/Digitalwaves-Digital-Dreams

Maybe now if my eyes will behave I can buckle down and get more stuff up. Besides the car repair I want to be ready for when the cost of getting mom's rings back comes due on the ninth.

Hope everyone is having a great day so far. I'm off for now but will be back later with the new eppy tomight. :)

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I know they always help. I'm going to answer your sweet notes after this is done.

Here's what I know so far. I was there a long time today but he still wants to do more testing. That means I have to go back on April third. He wants to do visual field testing then to see if I'm losing any peripheral vision. Plus he wants to better pinpoint the distortion I'm having in my right eye. He's waiting til then to dilate my eyes, too. He says there could be some cataract formation in the right eye but he won't know for sure until then.

Things we know so far is that my vision has changed a lot, especially in my right eye. My ocular pressure is way up in both eyes, which could mean glaucoma. That's why he wants to do the visual field testing. I made sure to describe the pain I've been having. Something else scary that happened before I went in today is that I was seeing sparkles in my right eye. Thankfully that got better with me just sitting quietly for a bit with my eyes closed.

He thinks the pain I've been having is from eye strain from my left eye trying to compensate for how blurred the right is. Plus, my eyes are really dry, which is a side effect of my lupus. He said drops might help with that.

The main thing he wanted to do today is get me tested for new glasses. They are supposed to be ready to pick up after 11:30 tomorrow. Thank goodness for my flex med card! Even with discounts my two pair of glasses come out to over three hundred dollars! There's no way I could get them otherwise.

I'm still really scared of what they'll find on the third, I wish they could have dome it sooner. Having my new prescriptions will definitely help some of the strain on my eyes, though.

I promise, I'll keep you posted on what I find out as it goes. Thank you again, so much, for being here and listening. I truly don't know what I'd do without you guys. :)

*hugs*

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I'm going to have to go and get my eyes checked out. I haven't talked about it here because I kept hoping that it was just strain and would improve on it's own. But it's not and I can't ignore it. Especially not with my lupus and mom's macular degeneration, which I know can be hereditary.

Plus, I know that plaquenil, one of my lupus meds, can cause visual changes as well. I've already had to stop taking it because it's been causing ringing in my ears. I have to see my doc on Monday to figure out something else for me to use instead. It's ironic that the predinizone dose packs have never bothered me when I've had to use them but this med is really throwing me for a real loop here.

I've been having pain in my left eye and there is visual distortion in my right. It's not bad but it's there. I can clearly see it if I close my left eye. When both are open it's not so bad. The weird thing is that it's the eye without the distortion that hurts like heck.

I'm hoping that it's something simple, just an infection or eye strain or something. It's just, it's my eyes and it's scary and I'm way not ready for it to be any other problem. Hopefully I'm worrying over nothing. I'd love to feel silly tomorrow and find out it's something simple.

So, good thoughts will be much appreciated. I'll let you know what I find out. I'm going to close out now and go put some ice on my left eye. It makes it stop hurting. Hope everyone is having a good night. I'll see you all tomorrow.

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This is what he had to say after seeing John Carter.

( Neal Adams movie review )

I knew there was a reason he's always been one of my favorite comic artists. :)

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I just posted more of my older comic books over at EBay for sale. I just put up my full run of the Batman Prodigal story line from 1994. It was the first time Nightwing stepped in and became Batman when Bruce couldn't do it. It's a really great bunch of books and one of my favorite Batman stories ever.

I also just put up my Kingdom Come books by Mark Waid & Alex Ross from 1996. I've also included all of the sequel stories that came later, the Kingdom in 1999 and the JSA Thy Kingdom Come stories that ran through issues #9 through 22 in 2009. These were written by Mark Waid and Geoff Johns with art by Alex Ross in the JSA books.

I also put up some of my Spiderman Annuals from the 1970's, too. As always, you can see everything here:

http://stores.ebay.com/Digitalwaves-Digital-Dreams

Plus, I've still got my Sandman statue for sale. I've reduced the cost on it to $65.00.

http://digitalwave.dreamwidth.org/456903.html

Amber and Lee got home from school a bit ago. She got a hundred on her Humanities test she got back today! She was so excited. She told me that he wrote that her descriptions and examples were great! Pretty neat, huh?

Lee told me he just found another John Carter review, this one is by Neal Adams, the legendary Green Arrow, Green Lantern artist. Also pretty cool! I'm looking forward to reading it later. He's a huge Burroughs fan. Here's a link to some wonderful Tarzan John Carter artwork he did back in the 1970's:

http://www.giantsizegeek.com/2012/02/neal-adams-and-john-carter-of-mars.html

It's wonderful to have all of these 'pro' fans coming out of the woodwork to praise the film. :)

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Lee found a couple of really interesting articles on John Carter for me. We do this thing where we leave neat tidbits on the 'puter for each other. It's fun and a way to get to share in each other's day.

The first is a review of the movie by one of my favorite writers, Max Allan Collins. He wrote the Ms Tree comic back in the day and is a very well respected author. He does a great job of explaining why you should see this movie, way beter than I ever could. Here's the link. Just scroll down to 'John Carter - Idiots Need Not Apply' to take a look:

http://www.maxallancollins.com/blog/

The second is an article explaining more of why Disney isn't supporting this movie. It's sad and callous but it sure explains a lot. Remember when I said what was happening to it reminded of what happened to Buckaroo Banzai when it came out the other day? Looks like I was more right than I knew. Maybe we need to have a national take your friends to see John Carter week just to prove Disney wrong. It'd be fun for all concerned.

http://thejohncarterfiles.com/2012/03/our-view-its-now-clear-disney-has-been-treating-john-carter-like-a-hospice-patient-all-along/

Just some interesting food for thought. Be sure to watch the fan made videos on the second link. They are great movie previews for the movie, way better than that dreck Disney released to sell the film.

Well, I'd better get back to work. I should have more comics posted to sell today. I'll let you guys know when they're live.

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I believe in John Carter. Because it's a great movie and deserves to be seen.

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Here's the higher res version of the the new episode from last night. I just finished uploading it in case you had any problems with the first file. As always, the general instruction apply. :)

( Click me! )

When did they start allowing posting artwork on AO3? I thought that we still couldn't do that.

That's why it surprised the heck out of me to find a piece of Clex artwork there as I was checking out some of the suggested works for the Smallville Fandom Creativity Awards. Which, can I tell you how happy it makes me to see things like this popping up? I will never, ever move beyond my love for those two boys, I promise.

Back to the question, though, can we post art there now? If so I'll start putting some of my artwork over there as well as my scribblings. :)

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Just finished watching the eppy a bit ago and am waiting for the upload to finish. I'll post this as soon as it does. I did make one mistake, though. I misnamed it 7.17 instead of 7.16 and didn't catch it in time. So be sure to change that, too, when you rename the file.

( Click me! )

ETA: My newest post has the higher res version to download if you'd like to snag that one instead. :)

ARABIAN NIGHTS SANDMAN full size statue from VERTIGO/DC Direct #2,097/7,000 1994 $65.00

I still have his box and he looks brand new. He lists for around $150.00 on EBay. I've got eight pictures of him posted to my scrapbook, just click forward from this one:

http://pics.livejournal.com/digitalwave/pic/0031fht4/g45

This is the Full Size 11" Statue from the popular Sandman comic series by Neil Gaiman. It's a Cold-cast Porcelain-Hand Painted limited edition statue, designed by P. Craig Russell. It's long been out of production, it was limited to 7,000 ever made. You won't find them in stores anywhere.

He was sculpted by Randy Bowen and is the "Arabian Nights" version of Morpheus from the cover of THE SANDMAN #50 that was produced in 1994. Lee got him for me for my birthday way back when and he's sat on my bedside table all this time.

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But I got a first wave of stuff posted to EBay. I've worked sorting comics and taking pictures all day. I'll do a bit more tonight and then restart it tomorrow. I'm really hoping that some things sell.

I'm going to post a ton of stuff, including books I never thought I'd sell. I put my Teen Titans #1 up a bit ago and there's going to be a lot more older stuff joining it. We need money to make it through the rest of this month and I know we'll have the a/c repair facing us on the CR-V. If it is the compressor, which is a known problem for the 2004 model, it could be as much as a thousand dollars to repair it. I won't know until we get it checked out but we won't be able to do that until after the first of the month.

I also know I'll have to pay back the $250.00 to get mom's rings from the pawn shop. I am not going to fool around and somehow lose them. I'll have until the ninth for that, thankfully. It's always something but I'm just taking things step at a time, like always. It helps me keep from feeling overwhelmed by everything.

If anyone would like to see what I posted for sale tonight, here's the list:

( Comics for Sale )

Hope that everyone is having a good night, I'll see you tomorrow when I can. :)

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This is for all my friends who e-publish. For all of you who would have been hurt by what they'd planned to do, this is huge news! :)

( PayPal reverses proposed censorship, changes policies )

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