First day of vacation, and I am burned. We’re down in sunny Pawley’s Island, South Carolina, where my mom and I have been going for over 15 years. I’m reading Harry Potter 6, drinking beer, eating way too much, and mooching somebody’s wi-fi connection. Life is good. A nice quiet before the storm of moving. Thinking about taking my watercolors to the beach tomorrow — if I do, maybe I’ll take some pictures and post them…
WHAT A WEEK
I’ve felt severe blogger’s guilt about not posting much new this week, so here are a couple scraps from a project I’ve been working on. I’m stranded at a library in Coventry, and I seem to have misplaced my Wacom pen, so I can’t complete the other two caricatures. (Not on the computer, anyways.)
This week I’ve had three phone interviews**, a busted radiator and bad ball joints on my car (there goes a paycheck), an album cover I’ve been trying to finish for Hawkline, and I’ve been going to work. Not a whole lot of time to blog.
If you wanted to, you could check out my Google Shared Items, which is pretty much like another blog without my commentary.
Next week we’re at the beach. I’m going to try my best not to blog from there. We’ll see.
**I can’t really complain about having three job interviews in three days. At the end of all this job search madness, I’m going to write a nice long blog post about any wisdom I’ve gleaned from the process. I will tell you the one thing I’ve learned this week: you have to be yourself. The interview process is a lot like dating: if you get into a relationship being someone you’re not, it’s not gonna work out in the long run. Have the faith that you’re a great mind, a great bargain, and a great person, most importantly.
Thus ends my public service announcement.
RATATOUILLE
“Not everyone can be an artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.” A lot of folks will vote that as the best line in Ratatouille, but my vote goes for this one: “What dad doesn’t know could fill a lot of books…which is why I read.”
PUT AWAY THE FLAGS
Crack open a cold one, light a sparkler, and read Howard Zinn’s essay, “Put Away The Flags.” (Thanks, Gerry.)
PATHETIC OR GOOD, I’M NOT SURE
This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words: ass (3x), crappy (2x), and limbs (1x).
In a way, this goofy blog rating script could be more helpful than most of the other stupid things that make the blog rounds. I did my own search for “dirty words” a while back, and cleaned things up a bit. (Meg says that if you wouldn’t want your mom or your employer reading it, you probably shouldn’t post it to your blog.) Unfortunately, I think this rating system falls short for me, as I have several cartoons featuring nudity and other weirdness on here. So I guess it should be at least a PG-13.
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