My Thanksgiving

by on November 23, 2012 at 2:07 pm
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I’d like to say that my Thanksgiving went quite well. This year I went with my usual fall back, Thanksgiving Potluck at University Friends Meeting. Even though I’ll generally volunteer to help with set up no matter what. It always feels like my last resort option for where I want to actually have my feast. Thanksgiving doesn’t have the same emotional impact for me that Christmas does but it still never feels right to just ignore it. At the same time it always feels easier to score an invite for Thanksgiving then it does for Christmas, as most people that I know don’t see the need to go out of town for it. Perhaps because of all of these reasons I have a bad tendency to take my chances for granted.

So anyway this year it ended up biting me bad with the friends I thought I had a sure thing with going to Boston and me with no time to find a plan B. So here I was committing to the Potluck.

So I got myself a n early start setting my alarm clock for six and getting there at 7:30 (I don’t think I got as much sleep as I needed that night but no biggie. Anyway I was there to start help with the prep as well as join in on the breakfast being made for the SHARE group. Prep consisted of dicing giblets for stuffing, Peeling potatoes and Yams, setting up and setting tables, carving turkeys makings sure there was space in the single oven for everything that needed reheating (a loosing battle)

In the end we had one of the bigger groups for the feast that we had ever had in a long while.  There were more than enough volunteers for clean up which was great. Having stayed till 3:30 doing in the dishes more than once it was nice to be the third wheel for a change. Finally I also scored a ton of leftovers which is always a good thing. (Especially when you come prepared with your own Tupperware)

Afterwards I went to see Wreck-It Ralph which I enjoyed very much (more on that later) The only thing that went poorly for the day was a  meet up I had planned to go to in the evening. Nobody else showed up and I spent an hour drawing and nursing an IPA wondering if there was a cancellation on the event’s Facebook page that I had missed (there wasn’t)

 

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An Interesting Weekend

by on November 19, 2012 at 10:42 am
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Well this was all a very interesting weekend. Much more interesting than I had expected.

I had been invited to my friend and colleague, Mark Monlux‘s 50th birthday party. Unfortunately he lives in Tacoma and I am a bicyclist and metro rider. I did the research and on the bus a trip would have been been a five hour round trip costing a lot. So I had been accepting the fact that there was no way I could make it and at the same time since I owe Mark tons I was feeling really guilty about it and trying plans to make it up to him.

Fortunately all of this changed when I went to that Saturday’s Cartoonist Northwest meeting when I was able to get a ride from my friends Scott and Georgia Ball, who were also going after the meeting, at the very last minute… and by last minute I mean only five minutes to find a place to stow my bicycle in the U-District overnight. I’ve always been paranoid about leaving my bike anywhere for long periods of time ever since I got both of my wheels stolen one memorial day weekend in downtown Providence Rhode Island and while I know there’s nothing in Seattle that comes close to being like the mean streets of Providence, the University District is not exactly what anyone would call a crime free neighborhood.

Anyway the party was great, and it was great to finally meet all of the Tacoma cartoonists from the Cartoonist’s League of Absurd Washingtonians I’d heard so much about.

The next day I had to walk back to the U-District to pick up my bike. It was raining and I forgot to pack my helmet. I confess I was still worried whether my bike would be there in tact. I was comfortably sure it would still be there but I have a bad tendency to obsess about the five percent odds no matter how ridiculous they are.

Fortunately, the bike was there exactly where and how I had left it. In fact the only downside to all of this is it’s been a while since I’ve done the five and a half miles on foot and it involves a completely different set of muscles than the peddling. So here I am the next day stiff as a board.

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Guest Strip for Girls With Slingshots

by on November 15, 2012 at 11:22 am
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So I took my first crack at doing a guest comic. I haven’t done any for the same reason I try not to do fan art, because it distracts from all of the stuff you’re supposed to be doing with the day. But every body says it’s a great way to get hits so I figured I’d give it a shot with the right opportunity. So when the brilliant Danielle Corsetto of Girls With Slingshots put out a call for Halloween themed strips I decided to give it a try. Regrettably I didn’t make the cut but I’m not bitter at all. Those who did totally kicked my ass!

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Friday Sketch

by on November 9, 2012 at 10:59 am
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Recently one of my regular Sunday afternoon activities has been to bike down the Burke-Gilman Trail and check out the Markets in Fremont and Ballard.

I’m finding myself enjoying the Ballard Farmer’s Market the most. I like all of the Farmer’s Markets in Seattle but set in the middle of historic old Ballard this one feels like traditional market day in a european town. (something they make a point of putting in their advertising)  It is a fantastic place to go people watching.

Based on that it is almost embarrassing that it only occurred to me to bring my sketchbook there for the first time last week.

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