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12/18/2012
I got precious little done this past month, so little that I didn't even update the to-do list. I've had an energy crash in direct response to high stress factors, some of which I hope to have cleared up soon and others which I may have no hope of ever clearing up. We shall see. If these things can't be cleared up, I suppose I will have to find a therapist because I am at my wit's end.
In other news, Skyward Sword is a marvelously good game. I have not beaten it yet, as I only play a little at a time, but it has been marvelous for helping me cope.
In more comic-related news, I'm participating in Comic Creators for Freedom this year. Check out the link, spread the news, it's a good cause.
In the biggest news, we're bringing back the Anniversary Contest this year. You probably didn't notice its absense last year, but hopefully you will notice its presence this year. We're taking a different tack with it this time. Please check out the link and spread the word far and wide! It will be a really disheartening endeavor without participants.
11/18/11
This last month has been not so productive.
There are a lot of reasons, big and little, that contributed to me falling off the horse this month. The bigger ones include:
NaNoWriMo: I thought I'd split my work nights so that I'd work on color/ps streamlinging for half the night and then give myself a break from it and write the other half. But 1667 words a night turned out to be a 5-6 hour ordeal, which is bad when you only have 4 productive hours in a day. I've since lowered my daily goal to 500 words.
Childcare Hunting: Last month I was trying to secure subsidy to get my two small children into morning daycare. This has to do with my sleep anxiety, actually, not the comic, although the comic would certainly benefit from my sleep anxiety getting treated. Anyway, last month meant I filled out forms or waited for appointments with doctors to fill out forms or waited for forms to be processed, etc. Basically, a lot of me waiting for the process to get rolling. Now, I've received subsidy. Which means I had to hunt for childcare. Which...uhm, has yet to be found. At first I was carefully researching to see who the best providers were. Then I was just calling anyone who had an opening. NOW I'm specifically trying to find anyone at all who even offers half-day care to get on their waiting lists, kicking myself over not clarifying that they'd even do that in the first place. Frustrating especially since I'm dealing with sleep deprivation while I'm doing this. It sucks to be an owl. The good news is my son will probably be starting preschool in December, so I only need to find ONE half-day waiting list spot for my daughter. If such a thing exists.
OWS: Yeah, you probably noticed the little banner at the top of the screen. The fact of the matter is this movement has given me hope for a better America that might be resolved peacefully. I'll be honest, back when Bush was re-elected I started thinking this country was headed for civil war. When I had my son, I started looking for ways to leave the country. That's how concerned I am. To see that members of my generation are dedicated to throwing out the red vs blue garbage and moving this country towards a NON-VIOLENT revolution is more hope than the doctor ordered. I was actually trying to edit the magic effect on ch2p36 (and if you have to ask "what magic effect?"...exactly) when I got the notice that OWS was being raided on Tuesday morning. So from 1 am on, I watched the whole thing go down on Livestream. It was actually kind of a relief when the police cut off the stream a little after 4 am because then I no longer felt duty-bound to witness it. But I've been stuck to the streams most of the time I can manage since. Shout out to Tim, of WATO99: You, sir, are the best damn live reporter I've ever had the pleasure to watch. I hope your voice gets a rest this weekend.
So, now I'm headed for a parenting class this weekend and after that my folks are visiting this weekend for Thanksgiving, so I'm going to say I doubt I'm going to get much work done until November is over. I'm revising my work plans and hopefully I can have a less-interrupted December.
Final note: Anniversary contest WILL be happening this year. I'll put up a proper announcement and rules and such as soon as I can. So watch this space!
11/18/11
I'm sick. Blech. I had three days off. Three consecutive, glorious, awesomely prouctive days off. And I spent them being sick and playing World of Warcraft. Which was fun, granted, but not what I wanted to be doing. Oh, and napping. Because running dungeons is hard when you're sick, apparently.
Luth's Sickly Schedule:
8:00 - wake up coughing
8:30-11:00 - play World of Warcraft
11:00-1:30 - nap
2:00-whenever - play World of Warcraft
whenever-wheneverNap until hungry
Have dinner like-food sometime after it gets dark
11:ish - Go to bed when feeling brave enough to take Nyquil (only did this once)
And that's how I spent three days. It sucked.
Then I got to go back to my job. Where there were heaping piles of dirty linen to greet me. That sucked even more.
Overall, I'm learning about time-management. Again. Because at 26 years old, I still haven't learned how to do it. (And I'm gonna be 27 later this month. Scary? Not really.) Once this cold clears a little bit more so I trust my own thinking again, I'm working out a schedule for comic work and sticking to it like white on rice.
10/18/11
So, we're not going to talk about how it's been 2 years since I last updated. We just won't go there. Instead we'll say, "Hey, Luth's back!" Or working on it. After being on hiatus for so long, I've got to admit that I am lacking in the motivation department. This is not helped by the fact that I found a cool new game to play that has been devouring my time. (In my defense, when my focus meanders its way back to the comic, it will BE on the comic.) Mount & Blade - Sure, the graphics kind of suck (I've played through worse), and the dialogue's... lacking. But the open-endedness is pretty awesome. There's also a bunch of things that I appreciate more thanks to doing research for this comic. Things like having to feed your troops. A lot. And having to pay them. A lot. Maintaining men is expensive, especially when they're actually good at what they do. Kind of a "duh" statement, but one that seems to get overlooked in games frequently. Can you imagine Medieval - Total War if you had to protect your baggage supply train? That'd be pretty cool. And probably frustrating. (That game frustrates the crap out of me to begin with. Mostly because I find the interface as unintuitive as a velociraptor in an outhouse.)
Anyhow... The comic. Yes, the comic. Lot of backgrounds to do, as well as texturizing flats. First I need to remember how I did that in the first place. I'll get there, never fear. And... Yeah. So I really don't have much to say that's comic-related at this point. By the next time we update, I will. Promise.
Seeing as how I probably won't update before the end of the month- I hope all you practicing Halloween'ers have a great Halloween.
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