Wish me luck…flying today! Good luck to all of you, especially if you’re traveling over the holidays.
See you tomorrow, with a journal comic fresh from Salt Lake City Utah (no, I’m not a mormon. Yes, I know that was what you were thinking. How do I know? Because that is the first thing that pops into everyone’s mind.)
My co-worker Jeff took some awesome pictures of the process which I’ve posted below. My hand has recovered a bit, but I know that doing my comics in advance of my vacation is what really put my poor hand over the edge. My parents don’t have a set up I am very familiar with, as in I think they have a scanner, but no photo editing software, so I decided to prepare all my comics prior to leaving for vacation, so that I can keep you, my 12 loyal readers entertained 🙂
Some of these aren’t translating very well to small photos, but I’m posting anyway. I’m also strangely missing a photo of the most important part – the hand applied wax seal after the card is folded! Use your imagination I guess 🙂
Card and Envelope.
Stack of cards, pre-folds 🙂
Love this photo!
This one is great too. Makes me think I’m working in a sweat shop…but it’s not that bad, really.
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My favorite currently are her horoscope girl prints, a perfect gift for any girl that likes to know about her horoscope, even if she won’t admit it (me!).
My personal favorite (of course) is her Cancer print (pictured above), since that’s my sign, and since the beautiful Rebecca got my very Cancer perspective when designing it. Courtesy of Rebecca I have one of these beautiful prints at my house and can’t wait to get it framed and hung.
I urge you to check out her shop before all the best stuff has been discovered and purchased!
This is maybe the most true and accurate comic I have produced to date.
Sadly this year it means we will not be going anywhere for our anniversary (4 years!). The irony is that at one point or another we invariably manage to convince the other of our opinion, but at the same time the we have come around to their opinion, and so we still manage to be on opposite sides.
It is endlessly frustrating…and agonizing. Here we are trying to do something nice for each other and yet we simply cannot agree on the best way to do it. We have had some amazing trips in our lives (San Francisco/San Luis Obispo, New Hampshire/Maine, and Hawaii instantly spring to mind) but we may have to live on memories as it seems to become more and more difficult to agree. I suppose this is the (other) downside to trying to live harmoniously as two alpha personalities…we’re both “too strong” to just live peacefully together.
Read about why I’m doing this here and here…off we go!
075. Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
074. Mallrats (1995)
073. American Beauty (1999)
072. Philadelphia (1993)
071. Searching For Bobby Fischer (1993)
070. Blue (1993)/Red (1994)/White (1994) – I don’t care if it’s cheating…I’m putting them together
069. Requiem For A Dream (2000)
068. Closer (2004)
067. The Savages (2007)
066. Movern Callar (2002)
065. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
064. Brick (2005)
063. All The President’s Men (1976)
062. The Departed (2006)
061. George Washington (2000)
060. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
059. Away From her (2006)
058. Best In Show (2000)
057. Citizen Kane (1941)
056. The Color Purple (1985)
055. Out Of Africa (1985)
054. Traffic (2000)
053. LA Confidential (1997)
052. Irreversible (2002)
051. Swingers (1996)
I can’t really even believe this news. It’s just disgusting. I’m sure The Count will be out soon for being a VAMPIRE. And Big Bird will be out soon for being too tall and too yellow, and Grover will be out for kind of being an idiot (though one of my favorites), Bert and Ernie will surely be elimintated for being obviously gay, and if not obviously gay then possibly gay…which is of course just as horrible. I think we should all try (except comedians perhaps…we need something to be okay to be funny right?) to be as understanding and sympathetic and non-judgmental as possible in life…but Politically Correct has become a machine that just cannot be stopped. If there is ONE SINGLE FREAKING CHILD that has an eating disorder or I guess…”greediness” that can be traced to The Cookie Monster, and only the Cookie Monster, then I take all this back. But there is just NO WAY that is possible…it’s a freaking Muppet! Kids get their influences from all over the place and it’s more likely they are learning bad habits (oh my god the end of the world) from home and parents than from a muppet that doesn’t even exist.
Read more about all this nonesense here. And Gillian Anderson…I like you, but how dare you contribute to the removal of the Cookie Monster (in any way) by accepting the job hosting the new “improved” revamped Monsterpiece Theater sans the star.
This is no joke people. This is deadly serious stuff. “Cathouse: The Musical”, and when I say ‘Cathouse The Musical’ I don’t mean that talented broadway stars will be doing an adaptation of a ridiculous show about prostitutes, I mean that talentless prostitutes have decided that they will do their own musical about…themselves.
Suffice to say I will have to watch this show and report back. It is my duty. I don’t expect I’ll make it through the whole show though, as the previews I saw were truly horrifying. I looked for a clip on YouTube, but I don’t see one yet. I’ll keep an eye out and if one appears I’ll update you immediately…it’s just that good.
Let me also say that those this post and cartoon seem kind of negative, I have nothing against prostitutes (whores!) in fact I think places where prostitution is legal (such as Amsterdam) are much safer for the women particularly in that their lives are more regulated and healthier overall. If the issue was up when I went to vote, with the information I currently have, I would probably vote to legalize it. What I do have a problem with is prositutes that think they are really super talented, at something other than what they do for a living 🙂 Joke people…these are the jokes.
Ouch. This one is a little mean or sad or something. But still kinda funny right? Adam helped me with the gag for the last panel, so while I’m happy to take credit if you think it’s brilliant, how about we blame him if you’re not a fan? Great!
The Savages was AWESOME by the way. Not exactly fun, festive, uplifting holiday fare if that’s what you’re looking for, but that’s not really my type of movie, but The Savages was right up my alley. It had incredible performances and was just a really great and realisitc story about the kind of people that you probably know and the kind of things that really happen to them…and you. I love movies that tap into that, and I love actors that are so talented that I’m able to forget I’m watching actors. Laura Linney deserves an Oscar for this one. Philip Seymour Hoffman does as well, but if only one of them can get it I’d say Linney is the more deserving of the two.
