Toronto Comic Jam

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Tweaks and enhancements

1. In order to improve site security, we've temporarily suspended the ability to change passwords for old email addresses that haven't been used for over six months. For further information and support, please visit our customer care page.
2. We've launched a new mobile site with an enhanced UI at m.livejournal.com. View spotlights, post to your journal, read and post to friends pages, and more, no matter where you roam! Please let us know what you think, since this will eventually replace our existing mobile interface. You can update your mobile preferences on your account page.
3. We've upgraded from Beacon to Facebook Connect to improve dual posting. If you've already signed up for Facebook Beacon, you're good to go. If you wish to update your Facebook Connect setting, visit Account Privacy settings and scroll down to the option labeled: "Send information about my updates to Facebook." You can choose Always or Ask each time. Remember to save (on the bottom left corner of the page). To learn more, check out FAQ 249. While we're on the subject, if you happen to be visiting that side of town, please join our Facebook fan page for a touch of home away from home.
4. You'll now receive the Writer's Block Question of the Day in the body of email notifications. To sign up for Writer's Block notifications, visit writersblock and choose the Watch Community option. Next, update your Writer's Block notification settings by checking the box to the right of "Someone posts a new entry to writersblock."
5. Paid and permanent users can now view, add, and edit Notes of commenters. Notes will appear beside the username of comment posters (instead of stars) on S1-themed comment pages.

Send some lovin' thanks to your friends with our holiday vgifts!

Photos of the week

We're so delighted with the immense talent of our growing, global lj_photophile community that we've decided to introduce a poll. Each week, we'll choose a half-dozen photos (based on user comments and staff feedback) and ask you to select a photo of the week. The winning photo will be announced in the next newsletter. If possible, please limit photo size to 350x350 to ensure that images display properly on friends pages. We want to thank you again (and again!) for sharing your passion.

Check out this week's photo poll and more fantastic user content after the jump!

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Curtains

Thanks for joining us. To our American friends, have a fantastic Thanksgiving. To all of our international neighbors, we'll eat a little extra for you!

How long has it been since I've done a
portfolio update?

THIS WEEK: A dude!.

NEXT WEEK: More colour stuff!

www.chrishuth.com Updated many Wednesdays.

Also, there's this improv-webcomic-type-thing I'm doing with my friend Rachel. I have no idea what's going to happen!

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Well, It's just about national stuff your face with the relatives day, and I'm happy to say that I only have one more class for this week and then a comic club get together.

I can't believe that the semester is almost over, and that the holidays are upon us. I haven't been able to get excited about the holidays since I moved so far away from home 2 years ago, but I am finally coming home for a visit in early January!! Wooo Hooo!

AND I have new goodies for sale in the shop!

Happy TG!

I’m so excited to be a part of this upcoming group show at Show & Tell Gallery in Toronto!

Here’s a little peek at the 5 pieces of mine that will be a part of it! Hope to see you there!

Originally published at rosemarytravale.ca. You can comment here or there.

65redroses
Eva is a vibrant young woman with Cystic Fibrosis who survived a double lung transplant. Read about her difficult recovery and personal triumphs over pain, isolation, and fear. Back in school, Eva now works part-time in a children's center and enjoys running and cross-country skiing. A documentary on her story, entitled 65 Red Roses, won three awards at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

meet_other_moms
A warm and welcoming "Add me" community for moms of all ages and backgrounds from around the world. If you're a mom, just post a little about yourself and start connecting with other mothers based on similar hobbies, musical interests, book/TV/movie preferences, or taste in humor! A great way for busy moms to socialize online.

kitchenfaq
Want to share a fabulous home recipe for coconut bread? Suddenly run out of confectioner's sugar with company on the way and need to find out a quick in-house substitute? Searching for tips on what to charge for a custom-designed wedding cake? Whether you're a professional chef, an aspiring culinary wizard, or a happy home-baker, you'll get delicious guidance from fellow and sister foodies.

Hey everyone!
I have some new goodies for you in my shop:


I'll be posting more stuff as the month progresses.

I'll have more sketchbook stuff soon too.

naturesbeauty
Always on the lookout for compelling images, we were delighted to discover this flourishing community of artists who share a love of nature. Honoring the subject with photographs, paintings, sketches, prose, poetry, and
other creative works, you'll be simultaneously riveted to your monitor and inspired to run helter skelter towards the nearest wooded dale.

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Postcard winners!

We wish to extend our heartfelt gratitude for sending so much joy our way. Frank is still blushing with excitement over the love notes, proposals, propositions, and occasional intimate photos sent from his admirers around the world (China, Norway, Japan, and Poland just this week)! At his request, we blindfolded Justin, one of Frank's BFFs, spun him around in five dozen counterclockwise circles, and asked him to point to ten random postcards/envelopes pasted to the wall. After a brief trip to the bathroom, he chose the following lucky winners, to whom we will give a six-month paid account token (for paid, basic, and plus users) or, for our permanent account holders, a $15 voucher for the LiveJournal gift shop.

So, without further ado, the winners are:

1. seraphene
2. fotog
3. boykitten
4. seshat_6
5. anti_aol
6. lisalees
7. katrinkacat
8. mistyboston
9. _woody_lein
10. another_slender

Bugs, Tweaks, and Enhancements

1. We fixed a bug from the last release that was causing screened comments to become unscreened if they were edited
2. If you happen to be gaming around the corner, check us out on Facebook and be sure to spread the word!
3. We've added new vgifts to celebrate Thanksgiving! Check out our feathered friend, below!

Give more with charitable vgifts

In honor of national adoption month, we're offering a charitable vgift (priced at $2.99) to support Love Without Boundaries, an organization that provides healthcare and adoption to orphans suffering from life-threatening diseases. LiveJournal will donate 100% of gross proceeds from the sale (we'll cover the cost of credit card transaction fees). To learn more about Love Without Boundaries, please visit lj_cares. You can purchase your Love Without Boundaries vgifts in the Virtual Gift shop. We'll keep you posted on how much we raise!

Photos of the week

We're delighted to showcase yet more incredible photos from some of our brilliant LiveJournal photographers around the world. Keep posting (and tagging). And be sure to show some love by commenting on the awesome view at lj_photophile.

Check out this week's photos and more amazing user content after the jump!

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Curtains

Thanks, again, for joining us. See you next week!

It's been a crappy few weeks. October and November were like sand slipping through fingers; it seems insane that it's taken me this long to even approach finishing the work I have before me. I've missed two weeks of portfolio updates. I haven't even touched the financing paperwork for next semester's classes, let alone officially telling OSAP I can't give them anything back yet, ere I starve.

Anyway, because I haven't posted anything recently, here's some art.

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On Saturday Manien and I were having breakfast and this squirrel was totally taunting this cat in our back yard. Getting as close as he could, knowing the cat couldn't reach him. It was pretty hilarious to watch. And then even when the cat got up on the roof of the shed, the squirrel still led it on, from one side of the roof to the other, even though he knew he could escape onto the wires at any time. What a jerk!

...for awhile. There's a lawsuit pending. My entire journal prints out at approximately 3000 pages (according to *them*) & opposing counsel claims to have read every word.

I must be prepared to answer for every dumb opinion, every passing gripe, every overtired rambling I've made since 2003.

Not that I have any problem with that, but it's going to be pointlessly time consuming. Correction: I assume it's going to be pointless in terms of the suit itself; they will have a great time, I'm sure, pointing out every one of my many character flaws. I've had more success taming some than others, & they're all on display here.

Fun fun. You guys helped me develop my sense of humour; it's what will keep me grounded though this process. RoosterTree ComicLit is still kicking, the C.C.C.C.P. is under way & good things are on the horizon.

Wish me luck; see you on the other side. In the meantime...

roostertree@gmail.com

1-705-730-5711

~Brian, aka wbm

givesushope
It's that glorious time of year when we reunite with loved ones (we neglected all year), stuff our faces to excess, and pass out in front of the TV. Perhaps a recalibration of the thanksometer is in order. A spin-off of the popular GivesMeHope.com site, this community invites you to document moments of kindness, generosity, and pure human love.

veggieslackers
Despite its mainstream appeal, Thanksgiving is not for everyone. There are those struggling with food disorders, for whom this day causes endless conflict. There are the cash-challenged, who can't afford the gluttony we've grown to expect. There are the lonely, who don't have loved ones nearby. And let's not forget the vegetarians, who decry the animal cruelty. But there's one more group we often overlook: the terminally lazy! This community of lazy vegetarians offers easy recipes for an animal-friendly feast.