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| 12:04PM:Well, it looks like I'll be down in BC for another week or so. The due date for the integrated phone system has been moved to Nov 1st. So I can look forward to another fun week and a half of fun in Cereal Land. Not that I mind awfully much at this point. This week (so far) has been the best week down here in terms of stress and phone volume. We're actually getting caught up on some stuff. It's very nice. I've had a chance to do non-phone related activities! Crazy! On the minus side, I caught my wonderful fiance's cold so I've had a sore throat the last couple of days. I'm feeling much better today though, so hopefully I'll be okay. It always sucks when you have a sore throat and it hurts to talk when you talk on a phone for a living, but it really couldn't have picked a better week to happen. I'm still a bit wiped out, but all in all I'm doing okay. If today continues like it has been I'm definitely considering bringing my drawing down with me tomorrow. It'd be nice if I could get a bit ahead again, considering how far behind I've been lately. I've been finishing the comic for the next week on the saturday or sunday before they go live, which means that if anything came up during the weekend, I stand a good chance of missing the deadline. I'd like to be back to being 2 weeks ahead at least. If so, I might be able to go back to doing color occasionally, and maybe do another wallpaper. I'm running into a bit of writer's block to. I have a couple more storylines mapped out, but I'm not sure how to transition from here to there. Story of my life really. But really, if I can get ahead and start drawing at work again, that'd open up a lot more time for more important stuff like hanging out with my fiance and helping to plan the downstairs bathroom that we're going to have to completely redo. (We have it gutted, when we bought the house it hadn't been used in 3 years and was completely disgusting so we ripped it all out.) I'm now hoping to have the design and framing done by spring. That's the easy part of course. But anyway, things are going well, looking forward to being back in GR. Looking a lot further forward than I was a few days ago, but I'll live. Now if you'll excuse me, having completely jinxed myself, there's a bunch of calls that need answering. Peace out! Mood:Tired x_x Now Playing: | 09/18/06 |
| 09:06PM:Update time! I haven't had time to update the ol' blog recently cause I've been really, really busy. Since I haven't been able to draw the comic at work, I'm drawing, inking, and finishing it in my spare time at home, which has increasingly become my comic-time at home. I haven't had a chance to play videogames or really do anything in my spare time at home other than eat, sleep, and work on the comic. Not that I mind terribly, but even with the comic taking up every waking moment not spent at work or with my beloved, I'm still falling more and more behind. I had a week buffer, now that's gone and I'm trying to play catchup. Even with that, getting up at 6:30 in the morning, work kicking my ass, crazy drama crap going on with my friends, and all that negative stuff that used to obscure my vision of any good things in this world, this has been the best time of my life. Mainly it's due to my beloved. She totally rocks my world and makes me happy beyond words. It makes writing Deese and Angel a lot easier (and I assume more realistic) but makes Mors difficult to write for. I can't quite channel the correct level of angst anymore. Oh well, I guess he'll just have to lighten up a bit. But not much, because that would be changing the nature of the character. Tricky. At any rate, I assure you I am still alive. More alive than I've ever been it seems. Even though at this moment I feel pretty dead tired. It's been a long couple months, and there isn't much end in site as far as work goes, no matter what management assures us of. At least I'm getting plenty of hours, what with christmas coming up, my car to pay off, student loans, living expenses, and the looming expendatures of next year. (Tell you more about that later...) It's a little overwhelming at times, but I know I'm gonna be alright, so it's okay. Anyway, for those of you voyeuristic people (and Mom) who want to know what I've been up to: work, comic, sickening amounts of cuddling, and sleep. That would pretty much be it. Once things calm down a bit at work, or I get to stop spending 3 hours of my day in the car, I'll probably start updating this a bit more. There hasn't been any time to do so recently, and I haven't felt like complaining as much lately. Odd how we like venting, but we hardly ever feel the need to share the wonderful, happy moments with the world... I think it's because we're afraid of offending the depressed, angst-filled people around us. I know I have had the reaction that I fear from other people before. "I'm glad your life is going so well, thanks for reminding me that my life sucks! Maybe you'd like to give me a paper-cut and pour lemon juice on it!" I'd like to avoid causing that reaction in other people, but at the same time, I wish people would cheer up and stop being so mopey. On the other hand, many of them have legitimate reasons to be mopey, and I hope they ovecome those reasons so they can stop being mopey. Be of good cheer, people! That's it for me, I'm heading for bed. It's been a long week. And it's only Monday. Peace out -Mors- Mood:Happy ^_^ Now Playing: Brandtson - Command Q, Command Z | 08/17/06 |
| 08:03PM:Okay, it's been way too long since I've updated this. Just a heads up everyone, I am in fact, still alive. Although that's rather debatable. I've been spending the past month waking up at 6:30AM (for a night-person like me, this is getting up a scant 4 hours after I usually go to sleep. If you're a morning person and are thinking, "Pfft, 6:30? So what?" imagine waking up 4 hours earlier than you usually do now.) I haven't really adjusted well. I'm pretty much a zombie most days. Today for instance, I nodded off for a moment while on hold. It's kinda not good. On the plus side, I'm getting paid to ride in a car for an hour and a half, working for 6 and then driving back another hour and a half. 9.5 hours per day 5 days a week is not bad for the old pay-check. Another minus however is that I don't have time at work now to draw the comics. As I write this I'm drawing frames on my desk at home. Which is actually not too bad, aside from all the cat hair. (I brush them out and I swear they just shed more!) I have about enough time per week to draw and ink 5 comics, which is fine. I just haven't had time to color them, so we're back in black and white. Sorry. Hopefully I won't be going down there starting next month, which will be good. It's a nice month-long diversion, but like most vacations (at least the ones I tend to end up on whenever I actually take a vacation, which is very rare these days) it's more exhausting than your normal job and you wouldn't want to live there.
And just to confirm those rumors flying around on the forum (one post, which is pretty much the equivalent for my forum.) I do indeed have a girlfriend. We've been going out for about a month and a half now, and it's been wonderful. I'm happier than I've ever been in my life, which is making the dialogue in this part of the story (Angel's conversation with Mors) turn out very different than I originally envisioned (angsty.) I should be able to keep the comic going through the end of the month okay, and hopefully once I'm back on a regular schedule I can start doing the comic in color again. I'm trying to avoid skipping days or filler since once you start down that dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. I feel kind of guilty for half-assing the comic lately, but I've honestly been too busy and too exhausted to do any more. Well, got 3 more frames to draw. I'll try to start updating this more often once I'm back on the normal schedule too. | 07/27/06 |
| 04:05PM:Well it looks like it's official. I got a temporary promotion within the company I work for wherein I get sent out of the company to one of our new aquisitions to get trained on how they do things. It's a good opportunity to get out of the office to a different office for a while, doing different things for once, and getting nearly full time hours for at least a month. My bank account will definitely like that and it'll be a predictable schedule for the month. Only real downsides are I'll have to be here at 8AM everyday for the drive down and I won't have any of those weekdays off that I've come to really enjoy in recent weeks. So as far as pros and cons go, it's fairly balanced. I'll have my evenings free, but I won't be able to stay out as late. I have to get up really early, but I'm doing it consistently so it won't be quite so bad once I get into the swing of things. All in all, it'll be fun. And it gives me a chance to spread those vestigal wings and try my hand at something new for a while. I'm planning on starting my own business next spring, this will be a good trial run to see if I actually want to try something new. I have a plan now of where I want my life to be in the coming years. I want to be successful, but only on my own terms and only in my own way. I'm not really interested in having a huge house, an SUV, or whatever else society tells us we want in life. I'd like to be self-sufficient financially, be able to provide for my family, and have a job I can be proud of and take enjoyment in doing. Which is why I'm taking the gamble of starting my own business. Cause it's worth the risk. So bring on August. I'm ready to try some new things! I've been stagnating slowly for the past 5 1/2 years! It's time to move on. Mood:Happy ^_^ Now Playing: | 07/24/06 |
| 12:29PM:Whew. Haven't updated the old blog in far too long. Had a lot going on, just haven't been feeling the urge to write about it. And since I barely remember last week (biking was good, working a lot, girlfriend kicks all manner of ass...) I guess I'll just start with friday. We had a potluck at work, all international foods. Which since we have a lot of nationalities working here, everyone brought a dish. I brought chips and salsa, cause I'm an american of dutch decent, and dutch people can't cook. Bake yes, cook no. At any rate, there was some really good food and other stuff that was kind of "Meh." After work I went over to my girlfriends appartment and we made brownies and blondies. Not just any brownies. Special brownies. Black Russian Brownies. (Most of the alcohol cooks out.) And carmel blondies. It was kind of fun, considering how often I actually bake anything. I'm not bad at it, I just never do it cause there's no real opportunity. It's not like it's terribly hard to follow a recipe. Our baking prowess was well rewarded with delicious treats for the party on saturday. The party on saturda was pretty fun. I was kind of out of it for the first little bit, not feeling particularly social until a bit later when my girlfriend showed up with brownies and sparklers. We had fun making cool time-lapse sparkler pictures. Also my friends managed to get a karaoke machine equivalent installed on their computer so we did that. I actually sang! Well, that might be stretching to call what I did singing, but at least it was mostly on key. Although trying to keep up with the fast parts on REM's "End of the World as we Know it" is kind of impossible. Then Ertach made me sing the Sinatra version of "Fly me to the Moon." I only know the NGE version except what I've heard at the Olive Garden. Still though it was fun. I managed to not stay out too late even. Which was good because I've been fighting off this summer cold for the last 2 weeks and need all the sleep I can get. Really getting sick of this thing. Sunday I went to church, went shopping with my sister, helped clean up the house, and then picked up my girlfriend for some Jimmy John's subs and our usual anime night get-together. We watched Blazing Saddles. It was fun. And that pretty much was my weekend. Other updates: We're in the preliminary planning stages for redoing the basement bathroom, having last week ripped the whole thing out down to the studs. Kind of nice to have a home-improvement project again, although it means I'll probably have to deal with drywall again soon. *shudder* I'm falling way, way behind in my comic-crafting. Real life is totally kicking my ass. (The backgrounds lately have been amazing!) I have the comics done through this week, which is hardly a buffer at all considering I do them in batches. I really need to get to work on them, but I'm working a lot, and any time I'm not working I'd rather be spending time with my girlfriend than sitting in front of my computer coloring. If this continues I may go back to black and white, just cause coloring and adding backgrounds and everything seems to be taking more and more time to complete. I haven't gotten to that point yet, but if it's a choice between black and white and not updating, I've committed myself to not missing an update. I haven't committed myself to coloring every single strip.
I've started bringing my own food to work instead of eating out every day. I'm trying to cut unneccessary costs as much as possible so I can get my car paid off ASAP. After that, I can start saving up for more important things. I sent out a check this morning for ~$800 which leaves me $4,000 left to go. Hopefully I can get that paid off by January when my insurance rates go up due to my recent traffic "Performance Awards." |
