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May 14th, 2008
11:08 pm - weirdo land
It's been a weird week, and it's only Wednesday. My license plate fell off and then came back to me. My brake light is out and I got pulled over, and now have to get it replaced, then find a random cop to sign off as proof that it was replaced, then mail in the ticket. I'm spending all my free time finding 20s themed gifts to buy for a Murder Mystery Bowling Party that my friend Kim and I are organizing for our company. I finally found a purple shirt today to go with my Professor Plum costume. Every day I go into work to find 20s themed hats on my desk as possible costume options. We can never find enough people to come out to play for our volleyball team on Wednesday nights, The Robot Monkeys of Rage. This means we scout around the Volleyball House looking for a possible sub, and somehow always end up with "Six" (we call him that for continually providing us with a sixth player), a dude who looks like Chris Farley and relentlessly coaches us while we're in the midst of games. I was convinced for a while I had developed a wheat allergy and I'm not entirely convinced I don't. My brother's having his 50th existential crisis and I don't know how to help him.
Can it be Friday and stuff already?
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/punquinheads/blue/dizzy.gif) distracted
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May 9th, 2008
12:20 pm - countin' down!
Comic update, comin' atcha!
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May 3rd, 2008
01:29 pm - On the teen self-portrait bandwagon!
I'm super late to get on this Fun Bus, but oh well. Here's the style I was rockin' at sixteen ...
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April 29th, 2008
10:13 pm - enraptured by red shoes
I'm still shying away from a NYCC recap, since recapping really means summing up and moving on, and I never want to move on after the joy of conventions! It was a super time and I loved all the nerdy, people-in-costume bits just as much as reconnecting with great friends and chilling in the most fabulous NYC. I almost cried when Dennis and I rolled back into town and ate dinner at a chain restaurant and battled minivans to get there. Sigh. Oh suburbia, how you suck out my soul.
So in lieu of a recap for now, I'll just post my lame pics here.
And show you some drawings I did while at the con of my latest visual obsession, Elphaba from Wicked . . . No, I haven't finished the book yet (damn you new comics from the con!) so nobody ruin nothing. So far the thing that strikes me the most is the imagery. Moreso than the story, for it can be a bit hectic sometimes for me to keep up with.
Oh, and it's quite possible I love Elphaba's armless, religious fanatic, doll-face sister even more . . .
Current Music: sound of Dennis cursing at Grand Theft Auto 4
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April 13th, 2008
07:41 pm - NYCC for keeps!
I'll be at NYCC this coming Friday - Sunday (18th - 20th), woot!
My books will be sold at the Jim Hanley's Universe booth (#1613)
I'll be appearing at ...
- Friday - Friends of Lulu Table 5:00 - 6:00
- Saturday - Indie Spinner Rack Table 10:00 - 2:00ish & Friends of Lulu Table 6:00 - 7:00
- Sunday - Friends of Lulu Table 11:00 - 12:00
I'll also be around in general all weekend, possibly at Birds of Geek's table and probably at Tim Fish's table. So come out and say hello!
And here's an image I came up with as a possible future banner for a show ...
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April 6th, 2008
12:58 pm - Kitty Bueller's Day Off
So I have this big, orange kitty who is formally named Tzatziki Gallagher but goes by the pseudonyms Zeke, Monster Face, and Ginger Kitty. Every time a door to the outside is opened, he is right on the scene, eager to get out. Sometimes I throw a toy to distract him when I leave, which sometimes works. Sometimes I carry him out with me and throw him back in at the last second. It has always been a treacherous game of Human vs. Adventurous Kitty, heightened recently by his discovery of a new hiding place -- behind the coat rack -- which gives him a prime shot at getting out the door. Still, Dennis and I have fought valiantly against his passion for the outside, until Friday night when unbeknownst of us he turned on his Kitty Cloaking Device and we didn't even notice he got outside. . . Until Saturday morning. ( When panic ensued. )
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March 28th, 2008
07:04 pm - shit just got real
Comic Update!
A particularly bloody episode from Artemis's past. Guest starring Apollo!
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March 23rd, 2008
10:30 pm - turkleton!
(subject in reference to watching too many episodes of Scrubs in a row. Cabbage!)
Comic update! I've got 3 pages in the wings that are half-ready to go, so look out for multiple updates this week!
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March 19th, 2008
10:34 pm - New York Daily News Interview
The lovely Patrick Montero interviewed me here!
And Journalista mentioned me too!
Huzzah!
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March 15th, 2008
01:54 pm - Zoe the goddamn cat!
Dennis finally got to see Death Proof last night, which prompted me to start thinking of my other favorite female action stars ... and their best fight scenes. For me, I'd have to choose:
- Vivica Fox vs. Uma Thurman in Kill Bill
- Patricia Arquette vs. James Gandolfini in True Romance
- Linda Hamilton vs. the Psychiatric Ward in Terminator 2
... those are the ones that really stick in my memory at the moment.
What are some of your favorite female fight scenes?
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March 9th, 2008
March 3rd, 2008
09:24 pm - Hindu much?
So today my coworker (who shall remain nameless, as I hope legions of angry pimpled people would soon go after him for this) asked me if that dot between my eyebrows had always been there.
"Why, no," I replied. "I was trying to hide my new giant pimple."
"Oh," he said, then quickly returned to his desk and reappeared with a giant cutout circle taped to his forehead to represent my pimple.
So this got me thinking. Ladies -- and possibly men -- why should we bother trying to hide unsightly pimples? Maybe we should glamorize them by dressing them up with sticker bindis and make our flaws look like fashion choices instead? Who's with me??
This week's comic update is slow coming, since I've been repeatedly hit this week in volleyball directly at my wrist, causing awkward pain. I'll have to placate Gods & Undergrads viewers with this new pic of Lelaina instead ...
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February 22nd, 2008
05:09 pm - comic update!
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February 18th, 2008
11:22 pm - Whirlwind Chicago Weekend!
I was lucky enough to get whisked away to Chicago this weekend for my cousin Molly's kick-ass senior recital. It not only encompassed her mad skillz at classical guitar (in Spanish and Italian crazy complex pieces), but also showcased her piano playing, her new love of flamenco guitar, AND her first time writing and performing in a band. Molly is one of the true young artists of this age, to be 18 and classical trained and yet ever-willing to rock out in true School of Rock style by writing and performing her own music. And yet, through it all, she remains humble and shy and sweetly innocent, amazed by the amount of praise heaped upon her. All hail Molly!
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/punquinheads/blue/working.gif) inspired
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February 11th, 2008
10:27 pm - The woods are allllliiiiiiveee, with the sound of running ....
Comic Update!
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February 6th, 2008
10:54 pm - Worst Pickup Line Ever
"Are you married?"
... I got this today, and sadly it's the second time I've ever gotten this line thrown my way. Yes, whenever anyone trying to pick me up immediately asks my marital status I think "hot".
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/punquinheads/blue/confused.gif) WTF
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February 3rd, 2008
10:00 pm - Face-Off! Which was a movie I liked, by the way ...
Yay comic update! Stay tuned for the exciting wrap-up of Chapter Five, which will be updating continuously on a weekly basis!!
... And speaking of Face-Off, great Greek Myth reference in that -- Castor & Pollux Troy, anyone?
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February 1st, 2008
11:38 am
Thanks to Jess for sending me to this link about a Russian model who doubled as a bodyguard ... real-life Lipstick & Malice, anyone?
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January 27th, 2008
11:38 pm - it returns!
Gods & Undergrads is officially starting back up again after my Lipstick & Malice hiatus. I plan on doing a continuous at-least-one-page-per-week update until the end of this book, Chapter Five. So keep a lookout for more regular updates as this particular story arc winds down to a close. ... And it'll be a doozy!
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January 25th, 2008
03:32 pm - God bless Robert Plant
So I know a lot of people have already posted about Heath Ledger and how surprised/horrified they are by his death, and I usually feel it's unnecessary to chime in about such things as celebrity death .... but this particular death really saddened me. I'm not the biggest Heath Ledger Fan On The Planet but this was a guy my age, with awkward thin hair and one of the Best Voices and was very clearly getting better and better with each film he made.
And I was SUPER EXCITED about him being the Joker. Maybe that's because Batman was such a powerful influence on me when I was younger -- Batman the movies not Batman the comics, unfortunately. And really, just Batman the first two movies. The other ones just made me want to cry (and throw up on Joel Schumacher). I never thought anyone could compare with Jack Nicholson's Joker, and say what you will about Michael Keaton's Batman, but his not-quite-handsome looks barely keeping the mania at bay was perfect for that role at the time. And don't even get me started on Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman. Probably still, along with Linda Hamilton, considered by women of my generation to be one of The Greatest Heroines of All Time. But anyway. The rise of the new Batman Era, starting with Batman Begins, was terribly exciting, and Heath's contribution just made it all the better.
I guess I just want to rant about how much it sucks when talent is ripped away from our culture and we're left with the old, festering, no-talent idiots clogging up the airways on reality shows. Thank god for Robert Plant and his wide, leathery face and complete absence of his past uber-sexuality. At least he lived long enough to keep putting good shit out into the atmosphere.
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