In light of the recent "earthquake" in London a couple of days ago, someone had sent a letter to the Metro highlighting the horrific damage caused to someone he knew. The letter was accompanied by a photo of a toppled over garden chair.
Short but sweet. 
Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
– Frank Outlaw
Just out of curiosity, I’ve just done a sweeping search for DREWspective using the search term "drew weblog". Just skimming through the results, I came across what looked like a review for this weblog!
Going by the fragment of text I saw, and a feeling of deja vu, I was far too scared to read futher.
It got me thinking about the whole writing a weblog thing, and the whole expressing yourself thing. It’s not as easy as it looks to maintain a weblog, especially if it’s personal in nature and you want to get to the top of whatever list. Contrary to popular belief, you can’t say anything you like; even if nobody comments on your weblog, there will always be someone watching what you say.
I remember full well the first time I tried to maintain a weblog, and that was a horror I’m determined never to go back to (I got into a little trouble for expressing myself, if you get my drift). I have gone off on one a couple of times on this weblog, but for the most part the content is toned down from before; I don’t talk about sex or violence nearly as much 
and as far as I know, I haven’t made a single comment that could be construed as racist.
That doesn’t stop me worrying about the odd review coming up, however. I suppose when it comes to being evaluated I have a very thin skin; I’m always afraid that I’d be brought up on something that I’d let slip, or that what I’m doing is completely wrong. Feedback of any kind scares me, even if I invite it.
I remember Jim Rohn saying in one of his recordings that language was extremely important in business; that bad language was perfectly acceptable to those who use bad language, but good language is almost never offensive.
As I’m committed to make a name for myself, and at the same time worried about having a bad reputation, I feel I should start being very careful about what I write from now on. I don’t want your average, callous person knowing too much about my personal life. On the other hand, I am a very emotional, somewhat "furious" person who has to get things off their chest, so I argue that I should be able to do so.
I just hope that not too many of you have been offended by some of the content here, and I will try to keep the tone as "professional" as possible in future.
Some very exciting news about the project has surfaced in the last couple of days. Unfortunately none of it involves receiving any money as yet. 
First of all, the bad news: because of copyright issues on my part, I will not be posting any more photos of the work in progress until after they’re complete. (I know nobody who reads DREWspective has ever stolen an idea from anyone, ever.)
Now the good news, and there’s plenty of it. The first bit of good news goes as follows…
Remember that decal paper I bought a while back? Well, I’ve had the idea of using it to transfer designs for the chibiMon’s faces, instead of risking drawing them in pencil, painting over the outlines and getting it wrong.
I’ve done a trial run with one model and it’s worked. The only drawback is that the decal didn’t stick down as well as I’d liked, so you can still see pockets of air. It might have something to do with the head being made out of low density (LD) polystyrene.
The second bit of good news is that I may have figured out how to make the legs.
Last week I bought some 12mm balsa wood dowel, and have begun cutting it into 3cm lengths. Fortunately balsa wood can be cut using an ordinary craft knife, so there was arguably no real need to buy that rotary tool.
(However, a trip to Hobbycraft yesterday revealed that the exact same kit was selling for £120 - four times the price I bought it for! It turns out that, for most items, Hobbycraft is actually more expensive than smaller art shops.)
Now it’s just the feet I’m concerned about; though I plan to cut some tiny polystyrene egg shapes in half, they may not be big enough to accommodate the dowel. If I had access to a lathe, things might be simpler.
The third bit of good news is to do with the arms. Yesterday I was at Hobbycraft, yet again, to get some art straws (necessary for sticking material onto). Having hovered around the polystyrene shapes section yet again, I came across packs of compressed cotton balls. These were perfect for making the hands: not only were they not perfect spheres, soft and flexible, and the right size, but they had holes in them already. To boot, they probably don’t need a coat of primer either.
Unfortunately I also have more polystyrene balls in the post, as I had gotten far too impatient with making the arms. Not a problem, because I could always sell them.
The fourth bit is quite a groundbreaking discovery: it turns out that funky foam can be moulded using an embossing heat tool. After a trial run last night while dressing one of the chibiMon, it appears to work; I was able to stretch the foam to size, though it took some work to get it in place.
This means that it might be possible to make the weird and interesting hairdos without using copious amounts of Fimo or some other material. We shall see.
One disturbing phrase I’ve overheard time and time again is "get xxx to do yyy".
Before you start complaining that I’m making something out of nothing, let’s break it down to see why it’s bad.
Let me know what you reckon.
