{"id":39826,"date":"2023-01-10T09:54:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T14:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=39826"},"modified":"2023-01-10T12:54:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T17:54:34","slug":"matrimonial-mayhem-and-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/01\/10\/matrimonial-mayhem-and-monsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Matrimonial Mayhem and Monsters!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-from-above.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39823\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/01\/10\/matrimonial-mayhem-and-monsters\/death-from-above\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-from-above.jpg?fit=900%2C648&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;death from above&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"death from above\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Was a werewolf but more of a were-rat&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-from-above.jpg?fit=640%2C461&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39823\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-from-above.jpg?resize=640%2C461&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-from-above.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-from-above.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-from-above.jpg?resize=768%2C553&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I continue to hack away at the <em>Out of This World<\/em> sketchbook with 2mm read leads and whatever graphite pencils I have at hand, and I accompany my doodling with trash television shows or movies streamed to my Roku box. Most of what I watch is utterly forgettable but the free streaming feature that stood out to me was <a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/movies\/706110\/honeymoon-of-terror?start=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Honeymoon of Terror<\/em><\/a> (1961).<a title=\"Honeymoon of Terror (1961)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/52604980276\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52604980276_747b542038_z.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Honeymoon of Terror (1961)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Honeymoon of Terror (1961)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/willceau\/52599948452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52599948452_f8ec5562b3_n.jpg?resize=320%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Honeymoon of Terror (1961)\" width=\"320\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><em>Honeymoon of Terror<\/em> is sort of like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0077681\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Hills Have Eyes<\/em><\/a> in that the newlyweds end up in a deserted locale where they are menaced by a misshapen miscreant. Unlike <em>The Hills Have Eyes<\/em>, this one had no budget for makeup effects, color film or much of a script. It did have skinny dipping and sun bathing scenes which surprised me for an old film. Dwan Marlow <em>(pictured above)<\/em> provides most of the skin.<\/p>\n<p>The real reason to watch <em>Honeymoon of Terror<\/em> is that the couple visits Las Vegas circa 1961 which gives you a pretty good notion of what <em>Sin City<\/em> looked like when <em>The Rat Pack<\/em> held sway there. That happens in the first fifteen minutes of the movie so take a look!<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"640\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/willceau.com\\\/news\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/10\\\/matrimonial-mayhem-and-monsters\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:18162995}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 640px; height: 460px;\" data-original-width=\"640\" data-original-height=\"460\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 422px; height: 460px;\" data-original-width=\"422\" data-original-height=\"460\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/trenchcoat-werewolf\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"418\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"456\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"39822\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/trenchcoat-werewolf.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,699\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;trenchcoat werewolf&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"trenchcoat werewolf\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/trenchcoat-werewolf.jpg?fit=275%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/trenchcoat-werewolf.jpg?fit=640%2C699&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/trenchcoat-werewolf.jpg?w=418&#038;h=456&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/trenchcoat-werewolf.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/trenchcoat-werewolf.jpg?resize=275%2C300&amp;ssl=1 275w\" width=\"418\" height=\"456\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"418\" data-original-height=\"456\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"trenchcoat werewolf\" alt=\"Skulking werewolf\" style=\"width: 418px; height: 456px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Skulking werewolf <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-3\" style=\"width: 218px; height: 460px;\" data-original-width=\"218\" data-original-height=\"460\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/nora-flees-nosferatu\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"214\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"151\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"39824\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nora-flees-Nosferatu.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,564\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Nora flees Nosferatu&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nora flees Nosferatu\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nora-flees-Nosferatu.jpg?fit=300%2C212&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nora-flees-Nosferatu.jpg?fit=640%2C451&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nora-flees-Nosferatu.jpg?w=214&#038;h=151&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nora-flees-Nosferatu.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nora-flees-Nosferatu.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nora-flees-Nosferatu.jpg?resize=768%2C541&amp;ssl=1 768w\" width=\"214\" height=\"151\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"214\" data-original-height=\"151\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Nora flees Nosferatu\" alt=\"Nora Flees Nosferatu\" style=\"width: 214px; height: 151px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Nora Flees Nosferatu <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/nora-and-nosferatu\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"214\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"143\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"39825\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nora-and-Nosferatu.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Nora and Nosferatu&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nora and Nosferatu\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nora-and-Nosferatu.jpg?fit=300%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nora-and-Nosferatu.jpg?fit=640%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nora-and-Nosferatu.jpg?w=214&#038;h=143&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nora-and-Nosferatu.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nora-and-Nosferatu.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Nora-and-Nosferatu.jpg?resize=768%2C515&amp;ssl=1 768w\" width=\"214\" height=\"143\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"214\" data-original-height=\"143\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Nora and Nosferatu\" alt=\"Nora caught by Nosferatu\" style=\"width: 214px; height: 143px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Nora caught by Nosferatu <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/01\/10\/matrimonial-mayhem-and-monsters\/death-from-above\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"214\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"154\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"39823\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-from-above.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,648\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;death from above&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"death from above\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-from-above.jpg?fit=300%2C216&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-from-above.jpg?fit=640%2C461&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-from-above.jpg?w=214&#038;h=154&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-from-above.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-from-above.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-from-above.jpg?resize=768%2C553&amp;ssl=1 768w\" width=\"214\" height=\"154\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"214\" data-original-height=\"154\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"death from above\" alt=\"Was a werewolf but more of a were-rat\" style=\"width: 214px; height: 154px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Was a werewolf but more of a were-rat <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Yep, I continue to draw monsters and mayhem. It&#8217;s been that way for as long as I can remember.<\/p>\n<p>I am more than halfway through the new <em>Sketchbook from Heaven<\/em> which was bought for me as a Christmas gift back in 2016 and I only recently broke it open. Sadly, I can&#8217;t find anything similar in <em>Target<\/em> stores, but I did find something at <em>Five Below<\/em> which is a discount chain in the Philadelphia area. <em>Five Below<\/em> was a remainder store, but they now make their own merchandise for their shelves. They carry their own sketchbooks in a <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/05\/17\/heaven-on-5-a-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">number of sizes<\/a>. I&#8217;ll be moving to one of their smaller offerings once my current sketchbook is exhausted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/it-came-from-the-SB-banner.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10169\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/10\/22\/it-came-from-the-sketchbook-the-little-black-book\/it-came-from-the-sb-banner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/it-came-from-the-SB-banner.jpg?fit=800%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"it-came-from-the-SB-banner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/it-came-from-the-SB-banner.jpg?fit=640%2C96&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10169\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/it-came-from-the-SB-banner.jpg?resize=640%2C96&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/it-came-from-the-SB-banner.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/it-came-from-the-SB-banner.jpg?resize=300%2C45&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/it-came-from-the-SB-banner.jpg?resize=250%2C37&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I continue to hack away at the Out of This World sketchbook with 2mm read leads and whatever graphite pencils I have at hand, and I accompany my doodling with trash television shows or movies streamed to my Roku box. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/01\/10\/matrimonial-mayhem-and-monsters\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4953,49,3456,5084],"tags":[158,17,8,4274,9,76,43,3661,2034,5,23,25,4098,5069,480,724,640],"class_list":["post-39826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doodle-tuesday","category-it-came-from-the-sketchbook","category-weird-world-of-the-roku","category-whats-on-tv","tag-analog","tag-cartoon","tag-cartoons","tag-cheap","tag-comics","tag-horror","tag-humor","tag-illustration","tag-it-came-from-the-sketchbook-2","tag-joe-williams","tag-monster","tag-sketchbook","tag-streaming","tag-tubi","tag-usa","tag-vampire","tag-werewolf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-amm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36118,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2021\/06\/15\/a-pretty-good-little-sketchbook\/","url_meta":{"origin":39826,"position":0},"title":"A Pretty Good Little Sketchbook","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"June 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Tina snagged this 5.5 inch by 8.5 inch Canson XL Mixed Media sketchbook from a big box store to hopefully replace my beloved Sketchbook from Heaven. It wasn't quite the replacement for that cheap but inexplicably magical doodle pad, but it wasn't half bad. 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