No laptop yet. I'd check to see how things were coming on Toshiba's website, but I don't have my service order number or anything (left it at the UPS store :-P) so I'll just have to be pleasently surprised when it gets here. Driving me nuts, though, because my bros' computer is fritzin' out so I'm having to resort to other "activities" to keep me entertained. Mainly drawing. Actually, I'd like to think that my artwork has evolved quite a bit since even the last comic I made (before the Paint Chronicles, that is).

Speaking of the comic, I've got a bunch of ideas lined up and ready to go. I've got the last part to the DB of Life about half colored, another one scanned and a couple others I've drawn over the last few days. Another thing I'm going to do when my laptop gets back is redesign the F5 part of the website. It's kind of bland looking now, and apparently script isn't working (that's supposed to take you to the Paint Chronicles).

I'm planning on going to see Pirates 2 in a couple weeks. Tried to watch the first one the other night, but our DVD is scratched or something so we only got about half way through. While I'm on the subject of motion picture entertainment, I've started watching Lost. Not too bad of a show, really. A little gorey, but intruiging. And finally, they released the teaser for the new Spider-man... I am not amused. Three (at least) bad guys, Harry included which burns me to no end, and it looks like they're going to toss MJ aside like a bag of moldy tangerines. Sam Raimi, ya screwed up!

Work's not going too bad. I got a raise a couple weeks ago, so I'm netting a nice sum of money every other week. I'm scheduled to push carts all next week, which I'm thankful for as I'll miss the pre-4th of July rush. I've also got three day weekends coming the next two weeks so life is good. Gives me plenty of time to do all I've talked about above ;-).

Speaking of money, next week on one of my days off, I think I'm going to trot down to the bank and see about getting a loan so I can get my car. I can't even get a stupid credit card because I have no credit score, so we'll see how that goes.

Well, that should catch everything up for a while (it's been forever since I last blogged like that :-P). I may try to import all my old blog posts to WordPress when my laptop gets back, as well. It would seem fitting as I've now been filling you all in on the useless details of my life for over a year now. It's been one crazy, crazy year, too. House renovation, moving, job, and all of it forever immortalized on the Internet. Cheers!

These are a couple of digital paintings I did the day the music (aka, my laptop) died. These were done completely with my tablet, no pencil art or scanning involved.

Not sure what happened to Yoda's pupils there :-P

Just some shirtless, blue haired dude with a board

I'll probably put some more stuff up tomorrow. Whoo :-P

Since my laptop is in the shop I've started to do some sketching in my free time (when I'm not playing Mario & Luigi 2, that is). Here's some of my stuff:

It's-a him, Mario

Link. Not sure what's up with that facial expression. It's kind of a "You gotta be kidding me look". Yeah, whatever.

Just some elf head. I tried to draw a body, but it didn't turn out so well so he's just a head. That's gotta suck.

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While my laptop is in the shop I am forced to use MS Paint to make my comic. It is a sad, sad thing.

I may not be updating much of anything for a while as my laptop's backlight has gone insane on me. I'm going to call tech support tomorrow and hopefully get the thing in to be fixed. This pees me off to no end.

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If I wasn't going to Hell before I sure am now.

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Yeah, I'm going to Hell :-P

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Sorry it's a little late. Oh, and btw, never play DDR in the dark.

Well, I got my wish today and pushed carts all day... in the boiling sun... and I boiled... like a lobster...and now I resemble one. Not so much on the cart pushing.

Keep your iTunes running this week as I think Chris and I will be putting out a new podcast :-).

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While we're on the subject, yeah, I'll probably see Cars sometime next week on one of my days off. But I'll dress normal, thank you very much.

Save the comic posts and podcast, it's been a little bit since I've written anything. So I guess I'll start by dropping this bomb: Hi.

Yesterday, as many know, I turned the magical 20. I can't even be called a teenager anymore, so basically all my ties with kiddom have been severed. Though, that hasn't stopped me from watching a cartoon I used to tune in to religously every morning: The Super Mario Super Show. The show itself actually isn't all the bad once you get past the fact that Bowser was named King Koopa back then and that the live action stuff oozes 80s. *sniff* It was a golden age.

Back to the present, however, I've been considering selling off my old NES collection and buying a used Xbox off eBay. The way I see it, not only would I be able to play Halo 2, but I'd probably soft-mod the thing and then I could run the stuff on emulator (of games I own, mind you). Also, I could use the all powerful Xbox Media Center (XBMC). The more I read about the thing the more I drool. It'll play basically any video/audio file you feed from anywhere (including the network). Talk about sweet justice.

In work related news, not much new. However, I believe I am going to become a lowly cart pusher. Now I know there are some questions on your mind, namely: But isn't that cut in pay? Won't you bake out in the sun? I wonder if this candy bar I found under the couch is still edible? The answers are yes, yes and you'll probably die if you eat it. Actually, three little words sum things up: shorts and free gatorade (wait, that's four...) But, I digress. I've always had more fun outside than inside and being stuck behind the register drives me insane (mainly the not moving part). I need to be moving and doing something. Take now for instance. My fingers are moving all over the place whilst my lazy butt relaxes in bed.

Well, I suppose I'll get to bed now. I'll try to have the comic finished and posted before I go to work tomorrow, otherwise look for it in the wee hours of Saturday morning.

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I only post it early because I've got to go to work soon. This is sort of my answer to this and this. I was supposed to hold up my end of the switcheroo, but I didn't really like the comic I made up so, meh :-P

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Aside from the outcome, this comic is absolultely, 100% true right down to the thought process going on in my head. I don't know how many times I've zoned out on what I was doing to focus on whatever programming problem faced me at the time, but it's pretty sad.