Tales From The Hamster Wheel

Hey GOTD Guys (and Gals)

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:30:13 GMT

Simply put...if you're here from GOTD, then please leave your e-mail somewhere, like in a message - this way its possible for us to have a "private" conversation, okay?! Don't worry about me spamming you - I'm a lousy correspondent!, but it would be nice to be able to communicate when the mood strikes. After all, you did come all this way to find me!

PQ TALKING PHOTO

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:57:58 GMT

This has to be seen to be believed! Make sure you check out the video section below - when you're done chuckling, click one of the buttons below the screen (to the left of the words "Talking Photo") and it will take you to the site. Why do I like it? Because unlike some of the big name commercial packages out there, it's an affordable way for someone who doesn't mega-computer experience, to be able to animate their photos for whatever their reason may be.

Why a Hamster, Girl?

Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:10:10 GMT

Hmmmm.......let's see.....because there's just too damn many Ratgirls out there? Maybe (well, just a little, okay
To be continued...

1st Impressions

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:52:44 GMT

Well, first impressions are important....so I'll make it easy for you - nothing is my fault...blame it on the cat...yes, cats and rodents can live together, but mine is kinda new and she's even crazier than I am. Plus, she loves this computer, I'm always catching her sending e-mails and ordering out for pizza, and deleting my files, screwing with my printer, and eating my headset (parts of this really are true!). So, if something looks like a particularly stupid error on my part, its really Callie's. Okay?

Now, what else? I really just your typical San Francisco Bay Area hamster who happens to be in her late 40's and is/has been "disabled" (whatever that means). People who know me have said I have lived an interesting life....maybe i'll share some of it here (not that I think you all are just breathlessly waiting for my story), but I will say its been a fun one, and an extremely social one at that. So social, in fact, that i finally decided to disappear - after all, we hamsters are solitary creatures, and do quite well on our own. Now i did have the company of several other like minded friends, like my Rodent Sister (who has since gone to the great rat nest in the sky) and my good pal Catgril. but for the most part this computer has been my first foray out into humanity in well, years. And that is enough for tonight......

Photo Album: When Good Hamsters Do Bad Art...

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:23:59 GMT

When Good Hamsters Do Bad Art...

Here she is in all her glory! - ArtRage 2!

Old Master - TwistedBrush full - entered it in the Oct Competition, but the Judges and I did not come to a similar conclusion LOL...

made by PhotoFiltre Studio using their nozzles and fantastic plug-ins (like Page Curl and Rainbow Gradient with are all downloadable, free, and work with PhotoFiltre's free version)...

First creation (that I completed that is) with TB Essentials.

my new line of paper towels- PSE4

More fiddling with PhotoFiltre Studio....

hey, this took me all afternoon!

hmmmm, do I actually detect an improvement? (hey, I HEARD that!)

Another Twisted Brush Essentials...not my best but still has its good points.....

Got a real purple/yellow/orange fetishy thing goin' on!

More Photos...