http://www.drhorrible.com/act_III.html

Man, this series is near perfect.

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Now this is what I consider important work.
 
Finally! A Volume 4 in my grubby mitts! This is my proof sample - we're shipping the books directly to the hotel from the printer. When I get the extra books at the house I'll list it for sale on the website. (OMG! Like AFTER THREE YEARS! WTH!)

And what's San Diego Comic Con without a last minute project:

My mother and I have been working on translating Tall Tails: The Peacekeepers into Spanish. Actually, who am I kidding - my Mom is doing most of the heavy lifting. I'm just copying and pasting and hoping I didn't mess up something because I can't really read it. We have the 6 page preview translated and I just have to finish replacing the text and making a little sampler to show around and get feedback on the translation work. I'm not making many, maybe 20 or so. If you can read Spanish and would like to help us beta test it (get your red pens ready!), just drop on by table K1 in the Small Press area and ask for a copy. My Mom especially would love to know what everyone thinks.

And as you can see, we decided to go with the much shorter title. :)

Tags: preview, tall tails, vol 4
Current Mood: busy

Old Skool Anime Geek moment: I unintentionally squeed when I realized the video was an homage to Akira. *groan*

Tags: youtube
Current Mood: blah

I can't help it-- there are times, and this is one of them, when I feel like I'm George Bailey, and I know-- I just KNOW-- that I'm never gonna get out of Bedford Falls.

Current Location: Doesn't matter
Current Mood: depressed
Current Music: Ditto

Unproduced stage musicals. With mp3s.

Batman (composed by Jim Steinman!)

Pride & Prejudice

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It's that San Diego Manchester Hyatt thing. Doug Manchester made a $125,000. donation to Prop. 8, which limits California marriage to between a man and a woman.
The Hyatt, in spite of its lousy, surly, painfully slow service is actually a place Comic-Con goers meet en masse. Chris Butcher's stance, the only one so far that make any sense, is to not go to the damn Hyatt.
No "flying your freak flag high," (and spending at the Hyatt which'll show Doug Manchester how much money he'll lose...next year), no rationalizing that you're hurting the Hyatt waitstaff so you can be socially conscious and still drink at the Hyatt. (Mmmm, that bread sure is good when it's buttered on both sides.)

You don't go. You don't put your ass in a chair and do nothing. That does hurt the waitstaff. You. Just. Don't. Go.

And you do this, as suggested by GirlAMatic.com editor Lisa Jonte (arcana_j):

If you are boycotting the Hyatt:

1. Drink anywhere other than the Hyatt

2. Save your bar tab(s)

3. Scan or photo your tab with the total amount spent. (Include tips and food.)

4. email it to me lrjonte at gmail dot com

 

I will post the convention total on a public website."

You're saving those receipts and bar tabs anyway, folks.
Want to show Doug Manchester something that hurts, show him you spent his next $150,000. phobia money someplace besides his hotel's bar.

ETA: I love Tom Spurgeon for his post about making an easy decision stupidly hard.. He says everything I want to say, only better.

San Diego Comic Con in less than a week, or my having to plan getting out of my stupid, boring job soon afterwards.

I already have to come in to cover for someone very early Sunday morning and they tried to get me to do the same thing today which would have me working a double shift. They even tried to guilt me into covering for someone tomorrow too. I told my other (temporary) assistant manager (who never concidered staying late himself) that he better be kidding or I was going to pop him in the mouth. He laughed, saying he was kidding.

I wasn't.

One person has already put in their two weeks and we're suspecting another is on their way out. Everyone else (including myself) is trying to transfer out but there's also a moratorium on transfers until the new manager becomes official (how convenient they didn't say anything out it until people started requesting transfers like crazy). It's easier just to quit right now. 

I'm officially putting in my transfer notice when I come back - at least now no one can say I don't have training. My first plan is to go someplace closer to home. I really hate my commute time. At the same time I'm going to be harassing contacting a temp agency I've sent a resume to a month or so ago. 

I've also started putting together my list of projects - my color commission (Now that Vol 4 is out of the way I can concentrate on this), a Tall Tails color one shot we're going to solicit around, Jose is already percolating the second story arc, and I'm finally putting the finishing touches on my Egoraven script so I can start laying it out (shit or get off the pot on that project!).

After the high of finishing #20 in two months, I want to be drowning in comic projects in the next 12 months. Oh, and I haven't even mentioned our little toy-line project yet. 

I have never felt this focused before. The hate has got to go somewhere I guess.

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Current Mood: aggravated

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