Sketching at Java & Jazz

Picked up yet another new sketchpad today. I want to work large to get more use out of those big brush markers, so I got a 9x12 Canson pad, spiral-bound, about six bucks at Pearl. I sat in Java & Jazz on Broadway near 17th, sketching people at nearby tables and then the protagonist for this web comic I’ve been getting more ideas for:

( Melorne )

Games-Club-in-Exile was held at Steve Tihor’s place (should be back home at Columbia next week). I got to play RoboRally for the first time, and narrowly missed winning. I got a great option right at the start: Crab Legs, which let me play a Move 1 in conjunction with a Turn to move one square sideways while retaining my orientation. That came in handy almost every turn.

Later we played three games of Fluxx, the new 3.0 edition. We were playing with eight players, and the first two games ended before everyone even got a turn. Both the same way: someone playing Taxation and getting the 10 Cards In Hand goal.

The 48th of September

I need either a new watch battery or a whole new watch. First I noticed that it seemed to have dropped back an hour. Then I realized, while resetting it, that it had actually dropped back 13 hours. I managed to fix that, but the date display is totally fucked — the day portion starts at 33, and won’t get any lower than that. It’s currently displaying “9-48”. I’ve lost track of how long I’ve owned this one; it might be more than a decade old, still running on its original battery.

Spent some time at Ground again, sketching. It’s got comfy chairs with overhead lamps. I’m not the only one who’s discovered this; there was a guy there doing some colored pencil work in his sketchbook, and another doing some logo design on a Mac laptop. And they all smoke! Not all at the same time, fortunately, and Ground seems to have a ventilation system that can keep up.

Anyway, turns out to be a pretty artistic neighborhood. Speaking of which, I found the storefront that’s going to be opening as a new art supply store three blocks from my apartment sometime in September.

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