Filling in the Blanks

I refuse to be "that girl" who always apologizes for not living up to expectations. In that vein, mwahahaha, I have deprived you of my mad blogging skills, and it was awesome in many ways.

I can't even begin to think of all the things that have happened since late September, but I'll gloss over some of the highlights so we're all back up to speed.

1. I turned 27! Not much changed there as I'm still in the same age bracket as before, don't have any additional rights, and am doing the exact same things as I did when I was 26. I keep thinking of myself as 28, though, which is probably an indication of early onset senility.

2. Jess and I went to the Dallas Webcomic Expo! We met some wonderful fellow comickers and even sold a few things. We also gave away some hats. After the convention, we spent an entire Sunday running around with said fellow comickers taking silly pictures and molesting statues.

3. Halloween was in there somewhere! Jess was in a car accident on Halloween morning - she is okay but still a bit on the sore side. That resulted in her taking tons of medicine and unfortunately missing the Halloween party she helped plan. She had painted a mural on the wall of the party location, so she was there in spirit ^.^

4. We went on a massive road trip to Chicago! And by road trip, I mean, we actually DROVE. It was a 22 hour trip one way, and we drove it in one day. The trip was to see Trevor and also menace the city as only Jess and I can do. Awesome trip, awesome company, awesome city. We took entirely too many pictures.

That brings us up to speed on the most major events, I think.

Next week is Thanksgiving - I'll be spending that with Jessica's family this year - it'll be a bonus road trip AND holiday!

AND for a final little story: Jess and I got free tickets to see "New Moon" for its theatrical debut at midnight last night. The situation was laughable - the line was all the way around the building, and there were only a handful of over 18 NON parent people there. ^.^ It was a horrible movie experience - the movie itself wasn't that bad, incidentally. But the lights were left on in the theatre as well as the light in the projector room which left a giant projector-shaped shadow on the screen the whole time. (They didn't fix that even after being asked.) THEN someone apparently called in a bomb threat, so about 20 minutes til the end of the movie, everyone was shooed out the theatre. Okay. Imagine a bunch of panicked high school girls. Irritating. I kept getting shoved around by the ones behind me because they were freaked out and wanted to get away from the building. *sigh* We got back in to finish the movie, at least, and afterwards, if you wanted, you could get a free pass to another movie. Jess and I have those. So yay. And that's my New Moon adventure.

Also it's raining outside.

Oh uh... hey guys!

Jess and I have been pretty busy lately with our jobs and both comics, so there hasn't been much to report other than, "Uh... we've been drawing a lot." A couple weeks ago, we went to see "Up" which was extremely cool - I was skeptical because I'm not a fan of the "endearing child sidekick" schtick, but I didn't hate this one. ^.^

Quote of the day: "My geography's not too good - where's Kentucky?"

Adventure Time!

I've been showing it around, but it's high time that everyone sees it. Go forth!

Holiday Mess

I'm a bit erratic about my posting, but I am choosing to blame the holidays! It's a crazy time for everyone, to be sure, as I'm sure you understand.

This Thanksgiving was probably the oddest one I have ever experienced due to the circumstances. Robert and I went to the Dallas area to visit our parents as usual (though last year, we stayed in town and had pot pie and beer). We drove up there on Wednesday, and the trip took about twice as long as it should have due to insane amounts of traffic. We got to the parents' house at around 8pm and had Thanksgiving dinner THEN. This was because both parents had to work on Thanksgiving proper. We got to see them for a bit in the evening, and then we saw them for a couple hours on Thanksgiving day after they got off work, and then we drove home Thursday night. It was a really short visit, but it was pleasant and fun. We watched "The Little Shop of Horrors." Feeeeeeeed me!

On Saturday, I got to hang out with Lindsay for a while - that was good times - saw her painting-in-progress and even knit a fun, floppy hat that afternoon! I think I made it a bit too large, though. Oh well. It is wonderfully soft, and really, that's all that matters. Saturday evening was a last-minute blues house party thrown by Zarina. Got to dance on the marble floor in my socks for hours - that was a really good time, and I keep feeling as though I'm improving each time I dance. There were a couple new people there as well, so yay! New faces!

Sunday, we saw "The City of Ember" at the dollar theater! It was actually a really cool movie ^.^ Now I want to read the book.

Quote of the day time!
The set-up: I was talking to a coworker about having a package for him, but he was hoping for a reimbursement check.

T: I want a package of money!
Me: Um, sorry?
T: It's okay. I'll slap a face.
Me: As long as it's not mine, I don't care.
T: Don't hate; participate!
Me: I don't want to participate in you slapping my face. For some reason, that doesn't sound fun to me. Dunno why.
T: Think of it as me high-fiving your face.