At theTime of 12

I feel sad because I am about to say goodbye to the first and only real friend I have made at my nearly 3 years in THE CORPORATION™. We took a long time to get to know each other as friends, but once we did, I can only wonder why not sooner?? I haven't had many girlfriends in my life but I know this one's a keeper. I wish her all the best on her future and I'll miss her a lot in my day-to-day life in this rat race.

Let's just say, this is a juxtaposition of some of my favorite things over the years. When I finally saw it a couple weeks ago on BBC America I was amazed to see Bradley Walsh



cast as the quintessential tough guy cop.

Dudes.

Danny is the tough-guy cop?

Take Law and Order, put it in the UK, and then cast a Corrie actor as a lead. Brilliance.

I have to admit that though I have followed British Premiere league in years past I was not following the world cup closely enough due to my mind being on everyday-life-stuff. Now that I get the circumstances, I'm glad Ghana won yesterday, since I didn't realize that was the last African team playing. Cool beans. It was just an odd feeling watching the US lose and being so sad about it.

As I said yesterday, I've never been patriotic my whole life, but for some reason I actually wanted the US to win. I mean yeah, Americans are mocked for being self-centered and not part of the world, and footy is the hyper-condensed analogy of it all, and blah de blah, its part and parcel of the biz. You're pretty much expecting to be hated if you leave the country and all.

Anyway. Enough of that. I guess what has come out of this for me was thinking about doing a comic I was contemplating 4 years ago. It was going to be called 'The Sickest Striker'. The main character was going to be a superstar with a lot of emotional/psychological issues (oh how original). Not sure the point to it, but it was intended to be a project that just sort of found itself instead of being planned out, unlike most of what I do. Maybe I will take the inspirations and run with it... my professional life has been in an upheaval for the last 8 months and I'm starting to come out of the woods a bit I guess, so I need to get back to the land of the living by doing something, just for fun like this. So we'll see. :)

Adding a couple old drawings (I posted here then EL O EL) that show my thinking at that time (for inspiration), I just half fancy a look.



Oh man, this was SO tongue-in-cheek when I drew it for my ex!

I am the least patriotic as they come and I am weeping at the US loss at the world cup.

We're almost out of the holiday madness at work, holding on for dear life.

Went out with a visiting contractor last night, it was great. We walked to the Mexican place near his hotel, not much knowing each other, and then having great conversation for a couple hours. This is the shit I live for, real interesting contact. He is a very cool cat. I enjoyed it a lot. Sorry that I had to say goodbye to him this afternoon, BUT when I'm shipped to NYC after the new year, I'm going to love hanging out again big time.

Running--I am a runner again! After a long hiatus I have been kicking it up last week and this week and I feel a swell of energy. I feel steady & ready. I think this weekend I'm going to work on time. Its weird, I have to learn to pace and take it day by day instead of all at once.

Well, this is random and out of no where but if anyone would like a Christmas card, leave info here. Comments are screened. :)

Decided to do cards late, because I want get into the holiday spirit this year for the first time in years, lol. I got decorations up last weekend, listened to Christmas music, and even looked at some recipes to try. I'm debating whether to bring several fat-free/very low-fat vegan recipes to the family gathering or just wing it... My mom cooked wonderful things for me on Thanksgiving, but Eustaquio ended up eating pretty much all of it, I just can't stomach fat in foods even on special occasions anymore. I don't want a repeat & make Mom feel bad, so I might try to deter by bringing a bunch of dishes and she would enjoy trying them anyway. So we'll see.

So it's weird but its a HOLIDAY WEEEEEKEND. Doesn't feel real.

I had a very nice birthday. Took Monday off and when I came in Tuesday, which happens to also be the birthday of a teammate, I got balloons, a card, vegan ice cream and a cube full of 3-hole punch discardenings ("confetti"). Cleaning people are gonna be pissed when they come in, my teammate got the same (X2 disaster).

We are also getting bonuses/my google ads are everywhere/the brand is rocking. I'm not having as hard a holiday season as I expected, getting by ok. I had to step down from the gallery/tattoo shop because I just couldn't handle doing both that and the corporate life. That was hard. I'm having pains looking at pictures or thinking of the openings at the gallery and things I miss and chance to do what I moved here to do, but it also feels good. I like that my life has put me in this place. I'll travel to the NY HQ soon and check the whole process behind developing a mailer. I'm getting to know some of our copywriters better... they are phenomenal. The merch coming up is beautiful.

I just watched the movie 'Precious' which I have been waiting for, for months. The last 10-15 minutes alone blew me away. I have not said as much since the Two Towers movies came out. This is a hard, but a must see.

This weekend outta be something, draw, watch movies, draw.

I got behind on sketching, but I'm posting something for today and from where I left off, and from here I'll double duty it some days to make up. My goal is to just have enough drawings end of the month to equal days from when I started this. I just don't ever draw, and getting the new tablet is a perfect opportunity to get back to myself from several years ago. Its just for fun & exploration, so I'm going to keep going.

My teammate had his lunch stolen twice First time they put the empty box back, open side facing in.

I haven't seen this so I can't say where it rates on the obnoxious scale, but being sensitive to marketing and diet I'm thinking I might get the balls to watch it. People need to understand that you are accustomed to a massive amount of ubiquitous lies and you need to educate yourself and make choices.

No I'm not wearing a tin foil hat (READ: conspiracy theorist or fight-the-power-ist), but I have made a career in marketing. It is a vital point. I hate to use a catch phrase but everyone needs to think about shifting their personal paradigm so they can understand why and what their lives are made of. We have the freedom to do so and we should exercise it absolutely post-haste.

Food Inc trailer

I would also add that the universal importance of food in society creates an awesome vessel for change in more than one department. If people can get behind one concept that touches them so intimately as their bellies in the day-to-day, there is possibility for the above and beyond.