O fair Library, such a sanctuary for the lunchtime wanderer.
(Which makes today's sketchbook ... most ironic. As you shall see.)


Page one: My sister and I had an ... odd ... conversation last night, in which the image of a man in turn-of-the-century dress bludgeoning something with a large book came up. So ... yeah. I drew this in the library and didn't get arrested!
Page two has a caricature-from-memory of Oik-boy (who the three longtime readers of my blog will remember) along with the doodle on the post-it that I did at work. I'm starting to run out of free space on the post-its within arm's reach. There's also Mr. Trooper, your friendly neighbourhood [expert] hangman, who Mr. Albert Spangler gets to know for a few minutes.
11:43 pm
I was naughty and did my homework while watching TV. Or, more specifically – the first half of A Tale of Two Cities (Masterpiece Theatre/BBC version) which FINALLY came in at the library. I was crazy about this book, and this particular film adaptation, after we covered it in my Grade 10 English class. I was curious to see if it stood up to the ravages of time as well as Redwall had ... and, unfortunately, I can't say it has. Well, the story is still good, but the film has lost a bit of its sheen since my education in the field. One odd thing, however: in high school, Sydney Carton always really annoyed me, but now I find him probably the most sympathetic character in the whole thing. Maybe this is because I've met a few Cartons of my own since then...
(Which makes today's sketchbook ... most ironic. As you shall see.)


Page one: My sister and I had an ... odd ... conversation last night, in which the image of a man in turn-of-the-century dress bludgeoning something with a large book came up. So ... yeah. I drew this in the library and didn't get arrested!
Page two has a caricature-from-memory of Oik-boy (who the three longtime readers of my blog will remember) along with the doodle on the post-it that I did at work. I'm starting to run out of free space on the post-its within arm's reach. There's also Mr. Trooper, your friendly neighbourhood [expert] hangman, who Mr. Albert Spangler gets to know for a few minutes.
11:43 pm
I was naughty and did my homework while watching TV. Or, more specifically – the first half of A Tale of Two Cities (Masterpiece Theatre/BBC version) which FINALLY came in at the library. I was crazy about this book, and this particular film adaptation, after we covered it in my Grade 10 English class. I was curious to see if it stood up to the ravages of time as well as Redwall had ... and, unfortunately, I can't say it has. Well, the story is still good, but the film has lost a bit of its sheen since my education in the field. One odd thing, however: in high school, Sydney Carton always really annoyed me, but now I find him probably the most sympathetic character in the whole thing. Maybe this is because I've met a few Cartons of my own since then...
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Date: 2005-03-16 05:08 am (UTC)