I logged on to try and plough through the heaps of stuff in my inbox tonight and got a heart breaking note from one of my oldest friends on dA ~Imager1966.

Her husband ~B-Side109 has passed on.
He died peacefully in his sleep on November 8th after struggling with high blood pressure and heart problems.

Please pray/light candles/think positive thoughts for his wife and all who felt the pain of his passing. I feel so saddened that he is gone - he was always VERY supportive of my efforts with my *OibyrdsDDs page and with my art in general. He even created work that was inspired by one of my older devs - one that I unfortunately can't seem to find and removed a lonnnng time ago.

Goodbye Ben.
You will be missed.
S.

Hey Gang
Miss me yet?


I have been up and down with my health these days (as most of you on my facebook already know). I'm sorry for my sporadic visits - I'm trying to keep up but it's hard now that Izzy is in school. The days feel shorter for some reason...

Anyhoo - I found this asshat on eBay selling fridge magnets with images from various artists here on dA:

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I scanned through everything and reported a handful of listings - you guys may want to check it out to make sure your OWN work is not being nabbed for profit.
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I will be making up my best of lists for 2009 - I'm sure most of you remember how arduous a task it was last year with all my subcats lol...will try and downscale this year so you don't get sick of my constant updates

The subcats that are included:
Best All Around Deviant for 2009
Top 10 Photographs Non-Adult
Top 10 Photographs - Adult Content
Top 10 Digital Artworks - Manips
Top 10 Digital Artworks - Fractals
Top 10 Digital Artworks - NOT Fractal or Manip
Top 10 Traditional Artworks
Top 10 Artisan Crafts
Top 10 Anime/Manga Artworks
Top 10 Cartoons and Comics
Top 10 Written Word
Top 10 Deviant Related
Top 10 Breast Cancer Awareness Artworks

It looks like a long list I know - but it was TWICE the size last year lol.

If you feel someone is deserving of a spotlight feel free to shoot me suggestions.

Sandi

PS - LOOK!!! I've been cloned!


hehehehehe!

To those of you who live in Toronto or the surrounding areas:

A few friends from my high school days have a live show coming up at the Glen Gould Studio (250 Front Street West) On November 6th. I'm going there to celebrate my birthday ( early since it's on the 7th). Tickets are $20 - please visit their website for more info - it's gonna be an awesome show!

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Anyone who's a fan of good funk/soul music should definitely come check it out

OR - you can come celebrate my birthday with me *hint nudge wink*

Cheers gang - I'm back in the saddle again - just give me some time to respond to my crazy heap of notes/messages etc.

Sandi ox
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Hey Gang
First off I apologize for not being around - I hit a bump in the road with my spastic emotions (due mostly to my Izzy starting school). I find it hard to focus on anything for longer than a few minutes - I am playing the part of hermit these days (so please don't think I'm ignoring any of you - my real life friends are frustrated with me too )

My health is up and down like a toilet seat - so it's making the depressive part of my issues worse.

Give me some time to shake it off - I love all of ya to pieces.
Sandi

Will be back in the swing of things asap. Today is Dee's birthday so we're gonna go over to his sister's place tonight to celebrate.

Will catch up with my dA stuffs tonight if we don't get home too late
Love you guys!!

Sandi xo