List time

1) The cells (yeah those that I screwed up on before break) lives! YAY I have experiments. Oh wait. Oh well better than the alternative.

2) Have now tried honeydew green rooibos and apple-spice chai.. The rooibos is very good (thanks Kate!) and conveniently caffeine free so I can actually drink it on weekdays after work. The chai is somewhat lackluster. Maybe it's because I'm used to Tazo's chai tea but this version seems very...bland. Not very fruity and certainly not very much of that distinctive blend of spice that is the main reason I keep buying chai.

3) I went and saw RISE OF THE GUARDIANS today, which I liked very much (though I'm sure it's not to everyone's taste) and bought my tickets for it early. ...so I took a brief walk through the mall before show time and discovered that a bunch of clothing stores are having sales and managed to find the plain, long-sleeved tees that I have been hunting for at 5$ each. VICTORY IS MINE.

4) I mentioned wanting to try the cheap Monoprice drawing tablets while at home and my father decided that since he has no idea what to get me for presents, ever, I should just order it for Christmas and he'll pay for it. This is the tablet that costed 51$, shipping included (needless to say my Wacom costed MUCH more) and it came in yesterday! So far the verdict is that the sensitivity setting is way different and there's less of a gradation, at least in Photoshop, for changing the size of the brush based on pen pressure. As in it goes from very small to very large VERY quickly. Also the drawing surface is textured, which I'm not sure how I feel about. On one hand it's more like sketching on a textured sketchbook. On the other hand it SHOWS in Photoshop. I think I prefer the Wacom because if you drew smooth and wanted texture you can still do a filter later on, whereas if you drew textured...it's not so much of an option anymore. Anyway, the package came from the driver installation disc and replacement tips (bless them, Wacom would never do as much) so on the whole this is a pretty good deal for traveling tablet that's going to inevitably go through some wear and tear and possibly get tea spilled on. The only thing to note is that I can't install both drivers on the same computer. Or at least Photoshop Does Not Like It and will not have the sensitivity setting for one if the other is also installed. I run a windows 7 with PS CS6 and I'll admit I panicked a little when the Wacom sensitivity suddenly died on me. (All fixed now though!)