Monday---
I wake up and check my internet junk. Lots of mail leftover from my weekend being gone. I catch up and update some junk. I burn some MP3's of the new IDIOTHEAD CD to upload to the site at work.
Later, I sit down and ink my last 4 pages of EARTHGIRL, effectively finishing the art on the book. Another comic, in the bank! Its a good feeling. Now I have to do the word balloons and scanning in the computer--the worst part!
I stay up late and work on the full dialog script to Pleasant Life #1, while watching CLERKS commentary. I am really anxious to go on our Jersey Trip in June. I want to study up as much as possible!
I also download the new trailer for CLERKS 2, which reveals why Dante and Randal have to get a job at a fast food place. I'm kinda bummed that the QUICK STOP might not be in the film all that much as a result. We'll see come August 18th. The wife goes out to party with her friends and I am her call in designated driver. She calls me around midnight, ready to come home. I stop off at the ol' porn shop job and see that they did some remodeling. I buy the wife a present, some Penthouse Letters mags.
I finally conk out after sketching and listening to the VIVA LA BAM season 5 commentary tracks on all 8 episodes.
TUESDAY--- I wake up and the wife and I decide to go to Jon's Country Burger for lunch. We eat and chat about our lives and how frustrated we are in general. Its quite fun. I head to work.
At work, I upload the new MP3's and chat with Shane about possibly uploading two songs to our IDIOTHEAD MYSPACE account. We decide which ones and who does what. I also scan some pages and send them to Melody for approval.
I get home around 3:30am and conk right out, exhausted from a long day of work.
WEDNESDAY--- I wake up once around 9am, take a shit. I opt to sleep more. I wake up again at around 3pm. I head to Lil chef for lunch and sketching. There, I sketch the first few new pages of PLEASANT LIFE #1, which are looking awesome! Easily, my best layouts and most professional looking work to date. I can hardly wait to get the script complete and the boards ready to start pencilling. I really am determined to not rush things and make it professional and great, right out of the gate. A fresh start, a new approach! You'll have to wait till October to see the results of that.
I narrow down the release schedule of all our various projects and chart out sales figures.
I still haven't got my proof from OPM or Comixpress. I am very nervous cause I haven't worked with Comixpress before, so I do not know how they worked. I have recieved no invoice or proofs in the mail yet, and we've got less than a month till Novi! I'm biting nails...
Speaking of Novi, I check the websites and notice that MOTORCITYCONVENTIONS.com has finally listed me as a guest there. WIZARDWORLD.com, not so much. I am still nervous that they do not have my entry fees. Until I see my name on thier list on their site, I will shit bricks that my stuff was lost.
I head to work and update the sites with news and other junk. I hear back from Melody about EARTHGIRL pages I sent her and she says she is thrilled with them. I'm glad that my vision of her story worked so well. Its my first time working with a writer besides myself and I had this secret fear that I wouldn't live up to the vision in thier head. Glad its working out so well.
At work, I get a call from the wife who wants to grab dinner. I punch out and head to Pizza Hut. We chat and the wife reveals that she is quite unhappy with our current situation. She desperately wants to quit her job, and free herself to pursue what she really loves: music. I support her 100%. Actually, I am glad that she has made the mature decision to not let the evil Corporation of McDonald's control her life and she is doing exactly what I did when I was 21, QUIT! It was the best decision of my life... to quit that evil place and move on to things I REALLY wanted to do. I've never been happier. Unfortunately, this means we have to wait on having a baby. But that is fine and will work out fine. But its better to not bring a baby into this right now. We've got things we want to do, travels to take, challenges to meet. We are still building a life. I'm glad she sees that and embraces what she really wants, cause its what I want too.
We leave after I show her the new layouts for PLEASANT LIFE, which she loves. I head back to work where everyone is moody and quiet. I still hate my job and long for a new one, but I am very happy. I crank in some ELTON JOHN and jam away till I leave at 4am. I am very happy. Happy to know that my wife has found a way to her own personal happiness and that change is coming. Plans are being set. Things are in motion for us to get out of this rut. I long for change, and that is what is coming.
I love it!
T
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