#58 Comic of the Day

January 14, 2008 in comic of the day, comics, publishing, query letters, seafood, writing | 15 comments

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How was everyone’s weekend?  I literally buried myself in this depressing query crap, it was so disheartening.  I also realized that I probably should re-write my book, which I’ve always considered a “part one of three” into just a massive one book epic.  Sigh.  Last thing on earth I want to do, but all the advice seems to point to that being the “smart choice”.  I did escape for a few hours on Sunday to see Juno (it was pretty good, but overhyped) and to get a Lobster Roll, which though still good was the worst one I’ve had since I discovered them last June… :(  A bit of a bummer weekend overall I guess.  I’m feeling pretty low about all of it.  How about you guys…do anything good this weekend? 

15 comments

  1. kfugrip’s avatar

    kfugrip on January 14, 2008 at 3:26 pm

    This weekend I spent time with you and had a wonderful time. I’m sorry that you are disheartened by the information you are getting from the web. I remind you only that you are a badass and that a week of talking-head-comics is okay when compared to the efforts you make in furthering your career.

    Also, this is a funny comic. Don’t sell yourself so short. I do know a good joke. It goes like this… What would you call the Flintstones if they were gay?

  2. kfugrip’s avatar

    kfugrip on January 14, 2008 at 3:27 pm

    P.S. I’m not going to finish the joke… I heard it on a TV show… Kelly gets it. 😉

  3. TK42ONE’s avatar

    TK42ONE on January 14, 2008 at 4:06 pm

    Talking heads are only scary if they are in a jar of neutrino-rich fluid and mobilized by 8 spider-like legs on a desert planet far from the center of the galaxy.

    Sorry to hear about the depressing weekend. Sounds very much like the time I went looking for a job. Totally depressing trying to sell yourself. Good thing I’m not a gigolo.

    And thanks for the firm planting of seafood in my head. I’m now wishing I could take a trip across the river for some crab legs.

    I worked Saturday, shopped and Wii’d on Sunday, and now I’m living on the brink of hell at work. God I hate tax season. Sorry, no jokes. But I can share this funny picture with you:

    http://fun.drno.de/pics/darwin.jpg

  4. 1979semifinalist’s avatar

    1979semifinalist on January 14, 2008 at 4:43 pm

    Adam: We did spend some good time together…but I am feeling pretty down overall. It’s hard to remember those parts. Also, they make for a less interesting journal comic I think :) Or they’re just inappropriate.

    Thanks so much for the encouragment and compliments. You’re the best.

    Also, that is the funniest joke of all time. Chris is AWESOME.

    TK42ONE: That picture scares me so much I can’t even remember anything else you wrote. Are you/those people in the picture TRYING to kill themselves? That looks so freaking jerryrigged and dangerous…yikes!

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    1979semifinalist on January 14, 2008 at 5:35 pm

    orange who?
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    man this could go on a while…you really have time for this paul? :)

  9. Paul’s avatar

    Paul on January 14, 2008 at 5:37 pm

    orange you glad i told this joke?! 😛

  10. 1979semifinalist’s avatar

    1979semifinalist on January 14, 2008 at 5:56 pm

    I AM glad you told me this joke…I am certainly glad it was this one and not the one that goes on and on and on… :)

  11. k’s avatar

    k on January 15, 2008 at 6:20 am

    adam – i like that you watch project runway.
    kelly – you are the ultimate badass (adam, i’m allowed to say “badass” or did you trademark it; if you did, the check is in the mail); all your hard work will pay off. if you saw half the books that get published and how much money publishers spend on said books it would floor you. so, since you are awesome and your book is awesome (i haven’t read it but i’m sure it rules), keep the faith and persevere. do it for the kids (sometimes that saying works, we say it in the “band” it’s funnier in that context). i tend to make bad jokes in person, no i’m making them in post form…please stop me.

  12. 1979semifinalist’s avatar

    1979semifinalist on January 15, 2008 at 2:01 pm

    k: no way i’m going to stop you…this comment was hilarious.

    you know what’s even better than the fact that adam watches project runway? is the fact that he LOVES it. he’s always all, “hey did the dvr record project runway?! whew! it did. you wanna watch it now?” it’s freaking adorable.

    as for the publishing world – it’s crazy the crappy stuff that is out there…and somedays that makes me feel better and others it just makes me feel extra crappy. :(

  13. kfugrip’s avatar

    kfugrip on January 15, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    I do not watch Project Runway. I don’t know what you’re talking about. I stole that joke from a TV show called “Manly, Manliness: the show about men”. It’s on Discovery.

  14. Paul’s avatar

    Paul on January 15, 2008 at 3:21 pm

    Oh oh oh I watch Manly, Manliness! Did you see the episode where they show you how to skin a boar with only your bare hands???

    Eh, I watch Project Runway too. I know nothing about fashion/design. It is just a good show.

  15. 1979semifinalist’s avatar

    1979semifinalist on January 15, 2008 at 5:00 pm

    You guys are both so manly I can barely stand it! It hurts to look at you…it’s like trying to look at the sun…a manly one.

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