Dear Hacker Boy...

You are

DRIVING ME UP THE WALL!

In case English is not your first language, driving someone up the wall is an idiom which means I am annoyed by you. Not only have I had to close my long time email account (which I liked) and change all of my passwords (which now are so confusing I have to write them down so that I can get into my own accounts) but this morning I was woken from a sound sleep at 7 am and told that you'd been shopping online with my debit card. If you ever decide to get a real job I would be happy to attest to your considerable computer skills and tenacity. And since you have my number (all of my numbers) please feel free to put my name down as a reference.

I don't want you to miss a beat (another idiom) so you should know that when I'm home from my travels I will be changing ALL of my passwords AGAIN... and probably my email address too.

Dasvidania Yeban'ko maloletnee !

little victories

I know I've mentioned before that the benefits of doing stock work aren't necessarily financial. But today while I was listening to Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me I amused myself by doing random Shutterstock searches to see what other contributers were doing. Look at what I found: out of 50,000 butterfly illustrations mine was (for that moment) at the top of the heap... numero uno... most popular... Yay! Also, I logged onto my Deviant Art account and found I had a message from an artist who had used one of my pics and received a "daily deviation" for her work. I am amazed and intrigued at what she did. I would really love to learn the skills necessary to do work like hers. So, yay again!

an illustration for Max