Cray-kin or Crack-en?

on January 15, 2007

Happy MLK day y’all.

I drew this little picture as an Xmas present for Eleanor’s folks, and at the risk of making it slightly less “special” I thought I’d throw it up online. Mostly because I don’t have a new Set to Sea panel yet!

I just finished a 2-page kid’s comic, but it’s not going to come out until April, so I’ll mention it again around then.

Eleanor and I found a UGA-related life drawing class in town for only three bucks a session, but we totally got lost trying to find the location. I almost sideswiped a car, we drove a giant loop around the campus, and went back and forth three times, before finally parking the car and trying to find it on foot. For the first time Google maps led us astray. We ended up over an hour late, and showed up luckily right as the session had a halfway break. But it still turned out pretty well – It’s been over 5 years since I graduated from SCAD but the old lifedrawing muscles limbered up pretty readily. They do lifedrawing three times a month, so we’re trying to make it a habit.

My beer-making plans continue apace. We bought a giant kettle from the Mexican grocery the other day. It’s pretty impressive. We have to empty out 50+ beer bottles next, the fun way! Maybe I have to build an immersion chiller out of copper tubing too? We’ll see!

Tonight is movie night! We’re going to watch The 400 Blows.

Happy MLK day y’all.

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Set to Sea 77

on January 10, 2007


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Lots afoot around here in the last week or two! Eleanor and I finally had our “Christmas” on Saturday, only 11 days late! Apparently January 6th is the day children traditionally get presents in Mexico (because the Wise Men didn’t show up right on Christmas) so we’ll just pretend we were celebrating that. The presents involved lots of books, original art (procured from our friend Michele,) cheap novelty toys, and a pledge from Eleanor that she would watch a movie every week with me. Eleanor also made me an incredibly nice little doll/artwork that I’ll hopefully have pictures of soon.

On Sunday we went to our friends Mary Jessica and Robert‘s baby’s baptism. There was actually a bit where the parents had to proclaim they renounced Satan and all his works, and Robert seemed hesitant — but it all went smoothly and there was not even any crying.

One of the books Eleanor gave me for Christmas was all about fancy beers, and I got all curious about the process of making it. So now I’m thinking of trying to home-brew some beer. On the plus side, it would save us a chunk of money if we get it all figured out. On the minus side, we’ll probably just end up making a stinky mess. We’ll see how it goes.

We’re still trying to get exercise at the Y. Eleanor accidentally ended up in a “Hip Hop” dance class because of a scheduling switch. Instead of the cardio workout she expected, she ended up learning a complete dance routine for a Justin Timberlake song with a bunch of similarly nonplussed middle-aged ladies.

I made a pretty respectable pad thai the other day. Have you ever smelled Thai fish sauce? It is incredibly rank… and yet delicious.

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Set to Sea 76

on January 4, 2007

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We went to the Y yesterday, and now my arms are all sore. I found out that I can still jog three miles at a stretch, which is good since I haven’t jogged for probably a year now. I tried making horchata last night, but it came out way too lime-y and bitter. I’ve seen a lot of recipes that don’t call for lime at all, so I’ll probably try it again without.

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Set to Sea 75

on January 2, 2007

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I think this panel wraps up the “middle” of Set to Sea, and we’re about to officially get to the home stretch. I hope y’all had a good vacation.

I found a perfectly good dvd of R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet 1-12” in the street the other day. Score!

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Set to Sea 74

on December 11, 2006

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I think this panel lost a little in the scanning process… oh well.

We’re doing okay. We went over to Devlin n’ Mandy’s today to hang out and watch the Simpsons. Wow, it feels like maybe they’re trying again with that show. Cause when I last seriously watched the Simpsons (about three years ago) they sure weren’t.

Eleanor and I joined the Athens Y – they’re doing a special where they knock off the building fee if you sign up in December, and the nice lady there even gave us the family price. Eleanor wants me to take Tae Kwan Do. Either way, getting some damn exercise can’t be bad. Even though we’re trying to walk and bike as much as we can, we’ve still got a pretty sedentary life. We’re trying to get some balance around here. Eleanor’s been looking in the paper for stuff to do around town. Being proactive! Getting involved! Who’d of thought?

Perhaps we’re going to try and have friends over to our house next week for a crafty/making Xmas presents sort of thing? We’ll see!

EDIT: Harvey (our kitten) is intently smelling my eyes and then making the “stink face,” (i.e. that little open-mouthed face cats make sometimes after smelling something stinky.) Maybe he’s trying to tell me something. Maybe I have eye cancer.

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