| Uncorrected Proofs #11: In Which I Complicate Things |
[23 Oct 2009|06:21pm] |
Natalie was talking with me about how she was trying to keep her stress to a minimum, but I was clearly not helping in that department. I interjected with "I'm a stress vending machine." She immediately requested a cartoon of this. Later, I showed her the pencil sketch for this comic and she had no recollection of the conversation whatsoever.
I'll try to remember to post the original thumbnail design that I brainstormed. It's pretty much the same, but Natalie's expression is hilarious.
Spend your dollars wisely!
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| Writer's Block: Life is a masquerade |
[02 Oct 2009|08:03pm] |
As many of you know, I'm sort of known for my Halloween costumes. I also tend to have them planned out far ahead of time. This year I still don't have any ideas, mainly because I've been too busy to really think about Halloween. And that means I've been very busy.
I've got some leftover costumes from years past: nurse, boy scout, Dr. Gregory House, half of my French maid costume... I just don't have anything planned out yet. I also don't have any plans for Halloween itself. I know it's a big deal out here in SF, but Haven't seen any party invites yet.
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| Uncorrected Proofs #10: In Which We Establish Setting |
[21 Sep 2009|05:13pm] |
Living under a giant communications tower does have its benefits. While we can't say we live in the Castro, Inner Sunset or Cole Valley or any other neighborhood surrounding us, we can point up to Sutro Tower on the highest hill in the city and say "We live over there."
Still having fun with colors. I spent way too long on this one as far as the computer goes, so there's no shading, just flat colors, but I still like it. One of these days I really do need to get a tablet, it will make the whole process so much easier. Specifically, it will make my inking and layers system like 10x easier.
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| The most NSFW of NSFWs |
[20 Sep 2009|12:36am] |
Natalie got this from Violet Blue, but damn. This is just too entertaining not to share. Apparently Rammstein released a new single off their latest album, entitled "Pussy," and the video is so explicit that rather than being posted on youtube or the like, it's airing on one of the many, many porny youtube clones, visit-x.net. You can watch the wildly entertaining video here. It features full-on hardcore pornography in proof positive that sexy and funny are not mutually exclusive.
I've always known Rammstein to have a great dry sense of humor and never shying away from showing some skin and doing things on stage in Germany that never made it into the states, but this video--and this song--lord, you guys. It's too good.
I would also invite you to go watch the video for Shakira's new song. Partly because I am totally entertained by it and it keeps getting stuck in my head, but mostly because it features some of the most unorthodox yet still appealing dancing that I've seen in a long while.
Okay, so I totally have a man-crush on Till Lindemann. 18 years is an acceptable age difference, yeah? <edit > My late night math has failed me. He's 21 years older than I am.</edit>
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| Last night a webcomic saved my life with a song |
[17 Sep 2009|10:40pm] |
I read a lot of webcomics. I mean it. At any given time I'm reading upwards of 30 regularly, with more that I forget about for months at a time and then go back through the archives. Here's a list of what I'm keeping up with currently, and why. There's no particular order to the list. At some point, I got into the habit of reading them in this order, and I keep it up so that I don't forget any.
( Laundry list )
Like I said, there are always some that I forget, and even now some of them come to mind. If you ever want to read some comics, let me know and I can give reader recommendations for days and days.
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| Tales of shopping |
[16 Sep 2009|09:09pm] |
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Life in the city is pretty good. Yesterday Natalie and I went to Good Will, Thrift Town, and Good Vibrations [NSFW]. I'll be courteous and withhold pictures of what I picked up at Good Vibrations, but you need to see what I found at Thrift Town. When I picked it off the "uniforms" shelf, I knew something was awry. The top definitely seemed uniform-like, but the second piece was shorts. Short shorts. It struck me that I'd seen Sean Connery wear things like this in the Bond movies, but couldn't figure it out until Natalie identified it. This is a swim set from the 1960s. A nice low-cut button-down shirt and shorts that sit above your navel and rise way more than halfway up your thighs.
Natalie managed to find a picture of what I'm talking about, and also took pictures of my awesome find.
( Pictures! )
Now I just have to find something to do with this treasure.
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| Writer's Block: On the (Job) Hunt |
[15 Sep 2009|12:25pm] |
Not drinking yourself to death.
Honestly, I think the hardest part of looking for a job is trying to motivate yourself to do anything else. I've got all this free time on my hands since I'm unemployed, but I feel as though I never want to do anything.
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| job hunting |
[27 Aug 2009|09:14pm] |
I've put in a number of applications all over the city, but thought I'd take the time here to list some of the... stranger positions to which I've applied. Now, of course, I've put in for library positions all over, including some military jobs across the US (the federal government pays its librarians shockingly well).
Publicity Coordinator - Dark Horse Publishing (thanks to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) we_are_pliable )
Office helper - private residence (natbrat found on Craigslist)
Data Entry/User Services Team - Yelp
Dark Horse is based in Milwaukie, OR, but other than that, most of the jobs I've put in for are in the Bay Area. Of course, all the federal jobs are much further east (Ohio, Kansas, Georgia [yes, , Georgia!]). Of course, all this is still just a big waiting game.
DARK HORSE, you guys. I drafted an awfully impressive cover letter laying out my qualifications, even if I don't have any marketing or publicity experience. Admittedly, I'd be far up in Oregon, but I would get to work for the company that produces Hellboy and The Goon. Even at that, it's not my first choice job, of course.
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| Uncorrected Proofs #9: Nerrrrrrrrrrd |
[25 Aug 2009|08:40pm] |
I don't think anyone has mistaken me for the burly farmer type. I don't think anyone has mistaken me for any burly type. I'm really enjoying the monochromatic schemes. I think I'm going to keep them. More to come!
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| Uncorrected Proofs #8: In Which We Make a Reference |
[19 Aug 2009|07:48pm] |
Liz, or we_are_pliable, recently got a job as a baker in the kitchen of her local Earth Fare, and essentially wrote this strip for me when she messaged me saying "MY NEW JOB WORKING FOR HIPPIES HAS A 401(K). MY LIFE IS A CAT AND GIRL STRIP"
If you're unfamiliar with Cat and Girl, I suggest you go and read it here.
I'm getting a little better at this comic strip stuff, I think. I'm still trying to nail down a simple, repeatable style, and there are plenty of tools I still want to learn to use, but it's starting to feel a little more natural. The second panel was originally going to have a little more dialog, but in the end, the joke really sells itself. I do need to get better with confining my panels. Instinctively, I avoid it, but I realize that once I start working, things get sloppy without defined borders.
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| Life by the Bay |
[05 Aug 2009|06:50pm] |
We are settling into San Francisco life pretty well. Yesterday we braved the shuttle system that circulates through Natalie's campuses (campi?). It was quick and easy, and we even met one of the administrators/instructors of her program after negotiating our way past the security guards without any form of ID. We walked home with the assistance of our GPS, and decided it was far more preferable to take the shuttle. What a hike. We declared it bullshit, and won't be doing it again.
Today, we attempted the MUNI system, following the path she'll need to take to her conference this weekend. The bus was easy enough, but what was really nice was the subway. I can't explain it, but there is something about subways that is both familiar and comfortable. Riding the train made me feel more at home in San Francisco than anything else yet. It's starting to feel less and less like I'm on vacation. That said, downtown San Francisco is surprisingly similar to NYC.
We walked up the hill from the subway station back to our house, which was a much nicer walk than our return yesterday, though Natalie had some intercostal problems. We decided to take the car to a nearby SF Public Library branch to get our library cards. I picked up the first Artemis Fowl book, so I can continue to determine if Colfer has what it takes to finish up the Hitchhiker's series. I also got The Lirbary: An Illustrated History, mostly because Nicholas A. Basbanes wrote the foreword.
Oh hey, also- guess what's based in San Francisco? That's right, No Fauxxx.
Okay, I'm gonna go watch The Muppet Show.
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| real update soon, but first, a MEME |
[05 Aug 2009|09:00am] |
Leave me a comment and I will reply with why I like you. If I don't know you, I'll either make something up or tell you why I like your LiveJournal. You must pay for the privilege by posting a message like this one on your LiveJournal.
I'm generally not one to go for the do this and pass it on sort of thing, but I find this to be an interesting game. As a reward for putting up with this, you'll get a real update from me soon.
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| Voodoo, too. |
[23 Jul 2009|12:44am] |
Goin' out West has become a consistent theme in my talks about the move to San Francisco. It's been among my favorite Tom Waits songs ever since I first heard his music, partly for its intensity, its absurdity, but mostly for the character Waits creates in the song's narrator.
Like most music, you tend to cling to the first rendition you hear. Whether this is a remake of an older song, or one band's earlier album over the later, more popular ones. In my case, I first heard Goin' out West in the version Waits performed on the Arsenio Hall Show, with a slightly different pace, heavier guitar, slightly-off rhythm and subtle changes in intonation. That is, as subtle as anything Tom Waits ever does can be. I've always preferred this performance.
There's some money out there; they're giving it away.
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| Goin' out West |
[21 Jul 2009|01:01pm] |
So, in less than 48 hours, I'll be cramming furniture and boxes into a moving van and hitting the road. It's a little frightening to think about, honestly. I'm definitely excited to be going to San Francisco, but obviously the downsides are leaving behind a lot of friends I've made over the past two years, and I don't have a damn job yet.
But! I already know three folks out in the bay area (one of whom I'm related to), and with any luck, one of the jobs I've applied to already will want to interview me once we're out there. If not, then maybe just being in the area will open my eyes to more job opportunities.
I'm waiting on somebody to come and look at our desk (and decide to buy it) before I head to campus one last time to say goodbye to the Lilly, drop off some books for the GLBT Library, and do some banking to make sure that I actually have monies to spend. I don't really have a lot of cushion to go on, so I had better land a job with the quickness.
I reeeeally want to do something with my hair. I can't do what I want to do (dye it some crazy color), so I make due with giving myself haircuts. Unfortunately, my good set of clipper guards got left at my mom's house (because I leave things everywhere). I realize this just means that my haircut will have to wait until Sunday, but that seems like a long way away.
A week from tomorrow, I'll be moving into a new apartment in a new city. I'll live close to scifunk for the first time since she lived with me and lynsiex.
I wish this guy would come buy our desk already.
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| Sally Kern. AGAIN. |
[02 Jul 2009|02:32pm] |
It seems that Oklahoma State Representative Sally Kern was not satisfied with her work the last time she embarrassed my state with her remarks concerning homosexuality. She has since drafted her "Oklahoma Citizens' Proclamation for Morality" a big fucking joke that you can read right here at her website. Conveniently, you can also contact her right from her website, too!
Representative Kern,
I am writing you as a native and resident of Oklahoma. I have loved this state and what it stands for in the eyes of the people for all my life. It is from this conviction that I write to tell you that you do not understand what Oklahoma is.
Your "Oklahoma Citizens' Proclamation for Morality" is only the latest stunt of yours that has left a tarnish on our name and made our state the laughingstock of the nation. A bumbling series of misquotes, false quotes and lies, your proclamation ignores and blasts what John Adams held to so strongly in his life -the First Amendment- while simultaneously trying to conjure him up to support you in your clearly anti-Constitutional ravings. I assume you have a staff of interns doing your research for you, finding these "quotes" and information. As a librarian who knows how to perform research and properly take a quote in context I suggest you fire these people.
You claim to represent the morality of Oklahoma citizens with your proclamation, when at best you are representing the ignorance that some citizens wallow in for their entire lives. You do not spread morality. You do not spread religion. You only spread ignorance and hate.
I have held out hope that you would learn from your past mistakes and would do your work as a State Representative without your determined efforts to breed hate and ill-will through our state. Clearly this hope was foolish. At this juncture, I can only in good conscience ask for your resignation as a State Representative effective immediately.
I recognize that you will never apologize for your opinions, and you will never change your opinions. I ask only that you realize your opinions are not representative of Oklahoma. Do not sully the name of my state any further. I will not stand for it.
-Michael Morris
I can't believe she quoted Benjamin Franklin. He's a personal hero of mine, but he was also a Deist and a moral degenerate.
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[01 Jul 2009|01:29am] |
Hey all, sorry I haven't had much of an internet presence lately. I am lazy because the internet connection is so sloooooow here at my mom's house. No, really, you have no idea. We're talking like 8 kb/s at times. What's the point of a 56k modem if the connectivity never hits 28? Bah. My mom lives out in the country, where the best means of internet is still dial-up (yeah, these places exist) over rural telephone lines, so things drag. A lot.
I have job applications going here in Oklahoma, and had an interview on Monday. Four more jobs I'm waiting to hear from. Still no prospects at all in California. Unless one of the more enjoyable, well-paying jobs in Oklahoma is interested in me, I think I'll just get some crap job in CA, stay an ALA member, attend conferences if I can, and hopefully volunteer at a library to keep my resumé alive until something comes around. I know the CA economy is dismal right now, and librarians specifically are suffering job loss/hiring freezes, but I don't know what to do. If I stay in Oklahoma for a job that I don't want, I'm going to be miserable, no matter how much money I've got on hand. Plus, I have a couple of contacts in the Bay area for rare books, so maybe I'll find something with some networking.
I'm feeling run-down about the whole situation, and hopefully getting back to Bloomington on Friday will liven my spirits, at least a little bit.
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| Uncorrected Proofs #5 : I'm writing your name down on every page |
[13 Jun 2009|02:08am] |
( NSFW? comic )
It's been a long while since there's been an UP comic, so finally here's another. It's a place holder, if anything, honestly, because I'm planning on getting stuff out on a more frequent schedule. You'll notice I moved to fonts (more legible than my handwriting) and digital colors. I think I'm going to stick with the monochromatic stuff, but play around with monochromatic color schemes, like Josh Lesnick does for Girly's Pink-o-vision.
This song has been stuck in my head for days, which is not really as unpleasant as it sounds.
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| What are you doing Saturday night? |
[28 May 2009|11:34am] |
If you don't already have plans on Saturday, the Bleeding Heartland Roller Girls are having their season opener bout. It's a double header, so you get two games for the price of one. Details here.
You can come and see me be a referee! Tell your friends, tell your family, tell your family's friends and your friends' families! If you haven't been to a bout yet, for shame! This is the one to come to.
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