So for the first post of this new year, let's see what I got for Christmas. The short answer is, I got tons of books. Which is fine for me, since, as has been established, I am a huge nerd.
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I finally have a decent collection of MC Escher engravings, and I got the companion book to Imaginative Realism and the already-read-and-excellent Hark! A Vagrant! collection. Best of all might be Animal Anatomy; I can finally stop annoying the library since I have my own copy.
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More art books! I am under good authority that the Don Hahn book is amazing, but I am curious as hell about the Terryl Whitlatch book and Disney Lost and Found.
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My cousins got me a lot of hilarious little gifts. That mug in front has a neat hidden secret:
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(The one off to the side is meant to be a Deinonychus. Yeah...)
Project Feederwatch!
Week of December 25, 2011:
American Crow 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Black-Capped Chickadee 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
House Sparrow 25
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Sketch of the Day!
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Sarcastic comics from me watching the New Year's Rockin' Eve Special are the first drawings of 2012!