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Tracie (finally) Gets Published! [23 Apr 2008|11:06pm] [ mood | accomplished ] It's all official-like!  In the May 2008 issue of PREVIEWS (for products shipping in July), in the bottom left-hand corner of page 171! I have provided artwork for a short (2 page) "Where Are They Now?" segment in Todd Nauck's WILDGUARD: INSIDER 3, featuring the little-seen rejected contender, Running Girl. Story by Todd Nauck, pencils and inks by me, extraordinary colors by my longtime friend and frequent ALMOST-collaborator, Jeremy Treece.  (we FINALLY did it!) It's been an absolute honor and thrill to be asked to contribute to Wildguard.  I've been a fan of Todd's "made-for-tv" superhero team since they debuted.  It's fun, character-driven superhero stuff and Todd has assembled a talented batch of newcomers and established pro's to handle the art what has become a fun tradition of "Where Are They Now?" stories focusing on the dozens of characters that failed to make the grade in the first series, "Casting Call."  The issues' lead stories are written and drawn by Todd and he's got a great new style he's bringing into it, blending his traditional superhero art, as seen in Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and Young Justice, with his streamlined animated style as used in Teen Titans Go! The issue ships July 9th (just four days before my birthday!) For a preview of the art, please check out maukingbird.deviantart.com. 10 hits| hit me

So, we're national news again... [06 Dec 2007|10:35pm] [ mood | uncomfortable ] 18 weeks since last entry. Way to go! I'll make excuses another time. Just wanted to write quick before I pass out. (which I should've done 37 minutes ago) I had one of my worst dreams ever last night and woke up shaking. I dunno if I was shaking because of the cold or if I was physically reacting to the most real fear and terror I've ever experienced in a dream. Usually my dreams have a whimsical bend to them, even if they're supposedly serious. This has been the second of what I will call my "Post Apocalyptic" series of dreams within the last few months. There are several movies I could blame for this but I think the feelings of last night's were based more on what happened yesterday. Now, my dream had nothing to do with malls or even guns but it did take place in Omaha (in Stacie's basement) and it involved my dearest friends being gruesomely taken away from me one by one in what I can only describe as some sort of violent plague. Something airborne that took them away and left only the most awful, twisted, soulless version of them possible. I can blame the mental scarring I think I received from watching 30 Days of Night and The Mist and I can blame my feelings of fear and anger over yesterday that I think had a more profound effect on me than I realized at the time (but felt very much all day today). The entire day was a very wrong-foot sort of ordeal. Driving through our first heavy snowfall to get to work, I was running late because of road conditions and laziness (plus stupidity) and when I jumped out of my car, I managed to shut my knee in the car door. (it still hurts) The radio seemed like it was trying to help by playing "Groove Is In The Heart" out of nowhere, but alas I've been pretty depressed/off-feeling all day and in desperate need of a hug that I did not ever receive (nor did I solicit). I'm sort of concerned about what terrible sort of world I'll visit in my sleep, tonight. My dreams usually don't effect me as profoundly and physically as this last one did but they have, of late, been very dark. Hopefully I will soon return to the sort of ridiculous dreamscapes wherein Joss Whedon unravels my pants with the tug of a single thread. (yes, you read that correctly... and i swear to you it was totally innocent) 2 hits| hit me

For Me To Stalk You Better... [31 Jul 2007|10:34pm] [ mood | quixotic ] [ music | DeVotchKa - How It Ends ] Who's going to be at Wizard World Chicago next weekend? I shall. Want maybe I follow you around like puppy dog? Or just says hi? Can do! I feel strange and alone without my San Diego Entourage to count on to make me seem like an acceptable member of the human race. (or what passes for such at a comic con) You know how better to force art from me? IN PERSON, is how! (with violence) See you (in Chicago) space cowboy... (please no violence) 10 hits| hit me

HA! WE WIN!! [17 Jul 2007|10:39pm] [ mood | cynical ] [ music | Modest Mouse - Interstate 8 ] Nebraska Has Highest Gas Prices in U.S. That's right, fools! WE WIN! Suck on THAT, won't you? .... Wait. .... Aw, shoot. (how come we only win at being crappy???) Also, I guess I'm blogging again, maybe. (and also, ALIVE!) I believe the words were... See you space cowboy... 4 hits| hit me

The Greatest Comic of All Time? [21 Sep 2006|05:14pm] [ mood | pleased ] So, yes, it would seem that I am without internet for a while and it is EXTREMELY frustrating to me. We're having some issues with our wireless connection that we can't seem to figure out and I've been stealing other peoples' internets to keep up on things, but I was unable to make my usual post on Tuesday or even Wednesday... Which is a REAL shame because I actually had something IMENSELY important to talk about! Y'see, because I hardly even needed to post a list this week because there's only ONE book that really matters... BOB SCOTT AND MIKE LEFFEL'S "IMPEACH BUSH" GRAPHIC NOVEL IS NOW IN STORES! You also might wamt to be reading things like Civil War, Astonishing X-Men and Runaways... but those aren't written and drawn by my friends! (though if Joss or Brian wanted to hang out with me, I would drop them like a bad habit) eagledna (Bob Scott AKA Travis) and mikeleffel have worked their posteriors off and have been waiting years for this day but it's finally come! Their epic collaboration is finally on store shelves, thanks to publisher Blatant Comics! The book turned out FANTASTICLY, by the way. Mike's art looks great and there are SO MANY sight gags to delight the eyes and Travis worked SO HARD researching for this book making sure to pick up on every angle of Bush's administration. Be you fan or foe of the leader of our country, I think you'll find yourself enjoying the unique voice Bob and Mike bring to the project. Pre-orders have been REALLY strong for the book and I am so proud and awed by the boys. They have been enormous inspirations to me and incredibly supportive and dear friends and I can't wait to see where their success takes them. Check them out online at OwlieComics.com and EagleDNA.com. Congratulations you guys! See you space cowboy... 2 hits| hit me

Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin... [12 Sep 2006|05:30pm] [ mood | bouncy ] [ music | The Beach Boys - I Know There's An Answer ] PREVIOUSLY: I wrote a children's book. It's rediculous. I'll draw it someday and sit on it. Sang karaoke in front of a bunch of old Junior High/High School teachers who had populated the bar for whatever reason. YIKES!! Dunno if I was recognized. We who sang were mostly ignored by their large group as they drank and talked amongst themselves... until I finished "Jump Around" by House of Pain (in which I lost my breath--foolishly trying to rap and jump simotaneously) in which I received quite a bit of applause from their table for some reason... I got to say curse words in front of teachers, though, so... word to your moms. I also sang "Ain't No Sunshine" by Bill Withers, "Stay" by Lisa Loeb (a rare duet with psalm11824, and "You Make My Dreams" by Hall & Oats with eagledna. Stayed up 'til 4 AM Saturday tossing around an inflatable Mario Power Tennis hammer from McDonalds. It was a seriously wonderful time of bonding between friends. Discussions of risk-taking ventures to usher myself into adulthood(humanity?) or just scare the piss out of me. Finished Buffy Season 7 with Anna. Bawled like a baby. That finale stabs me through the heart in so many wonderful ways. Joss Whedon is an effing GENIUS and he is going to honor the hell out of Brian K. Vaughan when he takes over Runaways next year. TODAY: The Office Season 2 on DVD! OHMYGODTHATFINALE!!!! I can't wait for Season 3 to start because I have NO IDEA WHAT THEY WILL DO!!! It has managed to step out of the shadow of the original UK series so wonderfully and it is totally it's own entity. (which is funny, then, that Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant will script an episodes this season) Grey's Anatomy Season 2 on DVD! I NEED TO FINISH TYPING SO I CAN START WATCHING!!! I have just over a week to watch the entire season if I want to be able to jump into Season 3 when it stars on the 21st!! O_O (although co-workers and TV promos have already ruined a thing or three) And last but not least, LEGO STAR WARS II!!!!! The first game was UNBELEIVEABLE FUN and I'm soooo psyched to play through the original trilogy in Lego style. So hillarious! THE FUTURE: Lots of Grey's to watch!!! Also sleep would be nice! I keep staying up waaaaay too late being emo or wasting time on the internet... OR BOTH! It murders my brain! Thankfully I have next Monday off. A day to sleep and burn through Grey's and WHO KNOWS maybe something worthwhile like drawing or writing or recording voiceovers or building a full-scale replica of the Berlin Wall using Del Monte French Style Cut Green Beans so that Old El Paso Refried Bean Reagan can tear it down! ALL WORK AND NO SLEEP MAKE TRACIE A BIG STUPID! (GROCERIES ARE AWESOME TO TYPE ABOUT EVERYDAY!) ( The Happy Good Time Whole Kernel or Cream Style Magic Comic Preview ) Our Best To You And Homecooked Values! See you space cowboy... 3 hits| hit me

I'D HAVE NEVER DREAMED IT POSSIBLE!!!! [11 Sep 2006|11:08pm] [ mood | ecstatic ] HOLY EFFING NUTS!!!! JOSS WHEDON IS WRITING RUNAWAYS!!!! Everything is forgiven!!! ALSO, Excelsior is getting it's own spin-off!! Who would think that Brian K. Vaughan leaving the book would usher in the BEST TIME TO BE A RUNAWAYS FAN!!! God bless you, Brian K. Vaughan, for giving us these characters and helping them to flourish and to Marvel for beleiving in them and giving them this amazing attention. And I hope this will see all the new fans rushing to the book to read Whedon's stuff being inspired to pick up the original Vaughan/Alphona issues/digests and fall in love with their work and follow BKV's other projects and beautiful cross-polination! HALLELUJAH!!! See you space cowboy... 7 hits| hit me

I don't want to know what he named "C.L.O.C." [09 Sep 2006|01:27pm] [ mood | listless ] [ music | Stunning Models on Display - Katydid ] An interview with Brian K. Vaughan about his and Adrian Alphona's departure from RUNAWAYS, come #24 of the series. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=83353 News on their replacements is expected to be announced on Monday during the Baltimore Retailer Conference following this weekend's Baltimore Con. In other news, mikeleffel has named his penile dysfunction "Robert Reynolds." See you space cowboy... 1 hit| hit me

Stay Classy. [06 Sep 2006|09:14pm] [ mood | good ] [ music | Ben Folds - Still Fighting It ] PREVIOUSLY: I don't remember singing anything on Wednesday but it's possible I did. (I don't even drink, I swear) I pretty much just went to see Stephanie's new haircut and chat with friends. FRIDAY, however, I raised the roof(?) with Elton John's "Crocodile Rock" (which a lonely pool-playing bar patron said--to himself?--after I finished that it was the first good thing he heard all night... but he was probably drunk and/or crazy) followed by Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual" and The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Next time I'll have to arrange it so that Travis can follow it with "A Little Help From My Friends"... or we could trade songs. You can hear me yarble out "It's Not Unusual" as well as eagledna's brilliant British take on J. Geil's Band's "Centerfold" at Callithump's MySpace page:www.myspace.com/callithumpmusic. For an added bonus, "It's Not Unusual" is followed with a hillarious mini-argument with mikeleffel about Marvel Comics' The Sentry which is an ongoing thing that we come to blows over because it's fun for us and I like to rile him up. What it doesn't have, however, is me dramaticly running off the stage and into the billards room shouting "ROBERT REYNOLDS!!! ROBERT REYNOLDS!!! ROBERT REYNOLDS!!!" and freaking out the drunks. I make my fun the dork way. Had a nice, fun Labor Day weekend. Watched some Dini/Timm Batman, Knowing Me Knowing You, the new Fantastic Four cartoon, a bunch of Daily Show and Colbert Report, watched eagledna and psalm11824 play Dance Dance Revolution and got Anna through a bunch of Angel and Buffy. We only have 2 episodes of Buffy left. PERIOD. Then two for Angel Season 4 and all of Season 5 left. (oh man!!! My shows are going to go away all over again!!!) I killed a fly with my sock! WHUPPAHHH!! TODAY: I was a thrifty shopper and it pleases me WHOLE BUNCHES!!! Got some used DVD's for THREE DOLLARS! And they are AWESOME DVD's, not crappy ones. I got The Baxter, I Heart Huckabees and Melinda Melinda ! I also tracked down a copy of Anchorman with the "Wake Up Ron Burgundy" bonus DVD for CHEAP MONIES! $18 used when Amazon wants $42 for it, used. THE FUTURE: Need to finish Veronica Mars Season 2 before the new season starts October 3rd! PLUS, Grey's Anatomy Season 2 comes out on DVD on Tuesday and I have 'til only September 21 to get THAT watched... so it'd be great to finish Veronica before Tuesday. I have three disks left. It's a good thing I have vacation days coming up. (because TV is what I should be using them for... not cartooning or comedy making) ( The Happy Good Time Magic Comic Preview ) See you space cowboy... hit me

MY WORLD IS CRUMBLING APART!!!! [05 Sep 2006|06:58pm] [ mood | distressed ] First Takeshi Miyazawa leaves Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (and the continent)... Then Mark Bagley leaves Ultimate Spider-Man... NOW, http://www.comicbookresources.com/ne...em.cgi?id=8285 VAUGHAN AND ALPHONA!!!!! HOW AM I TO GO ON IN THIS WORLD GONE MAD?!?!?!! I could find solice if they announced Zeb Wells as replacement writer... but it will still hurt... (and in lieu of American Labor Day bumping comics to Thursday, I will continue the spirit of Labor Day in being lazy tonight and not posting my list) See you space cowboy... 1 hit| hit me

I Just Want To Be Loved, Is That So Wrong? [29 Aug 2006|10:08pm] [ mood | weird ] [ music | Natalie Walker - Colorblind ] PREVIOUSLY: NO KARAOKES FOR TRACIE!!! The ears of bar patrons were not upset in any way. Rejoiced, did those ears! Totally, I'll bet! Did crazy hibernations on Friday wherin slept from 6 pm to 9 pm and then from 10:30 pm until 9:30 am the next morning because I am apparently some sort of elderly or infant or something that needs all it's baby old lady sleep! I missed a free meal because of sleep! FREE! From a restaurant I never eat at! Instead, at 9 I ate a Pop-Tart (uncooked!) before falling back asleep. When not slumbering, I managed to finally see and love and laugh uproariously at Talladega Nights and Anchorman. I realize what sort of loser it makes me to not have seen Anchorman until just days ago. Believe me, it's not even among the Top 100 things that make me the sort of loser that I am. Also watched the Emmys and delighted at Conan O'Brien but yelled at the TV every time Arrested Development was denied it's sweet justice. Hooray for The Office, though! (Extras should've pulled some awards, however) Also I big EFF YOU to 24! Punches in the face for Keifer. Colbert's presentation of the Best Reality Show award was pure genius, as it should be. (he should in no way have lost to Barry Manilow... I now feel regret for all my Copacabana-ing) TODAY: Arrested Development The *sob* Final Season on DVD. Also, The Tick Versus Season 1! You've demanded it (and bitched like dumb babies over the live action show which was great and deep down you know it) now show your love with cash monies so that further seasons may spring forth to action. The new cover art by Ben Edlund is gorgeous. SPOOON!!! I purchased Viewtiful Joe for the low-low price of $2.52 at Target. I don't know how a video game gets priced that low, but I would really have bought any game for $2.52. (except Catwoman) I really could've gone to sleep, like... an hour and a half ago... but I'm trying not to be a sissy baby pants. (I have Fruity Pebbles breath) THE FUTURE: LOTS OF UNHAPPY FEELINGS! (I ENJOY THE WORKFORCE AND DON'T REGRET NOT HAVING DONE MORE WITH MYSELF CREATIVELY) THEN -- LABOR DAY! What are exciting Labor Day plans? GOD KNOWS! It's entirely possible I'll be abandoned by all, in which case -- VERONICA MARS MARATHON and lots of sitting around in my pajamas all day. NOT A BAD DEAL! I am happy for anyone fortunate enough to get a vacation from me. (for serious!) (I enjoy pajama DVD time) ( The Happy Good Time Magic Comic Preview ) See you space cowboy... 5 hits| hit me

Once, Twice, Three Times The Zombie Death [22 Aug 2006|08:59pm] [ mood | tired ] [ music | The Specials - Our Lips Are Sealed ] PREVIOUSLY: THREE NIGHTS OF KARAOKE!!! WHAT WAS I THINKING?!?!?!! (that singing was fun? that I could leave after an hour?) Wednesday I was so tired, I couldn't even decide on anything to sing so I just sat there writing songs down. Then FRIDAY we went an there was this crazy loud biker/trucker/reunion/bachelor party going on, but I managed to get in some songs. I sang "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John and Kiki Dee with Stephanie (who it turned out, didn't know the song like she thought, so I was a mean friend and made fun of her and sang the Kiki parts in puppet voice/falsetto). When I went up to sing "Paperback Writer" by The Beatles, the truckers (who had the convenience of sitting in the table right next to the stage) shouted "Don't you know any country???" to which I muttered into the mic "No... I don't" and then DISCOMFORT was the order for most of the evening, thereafter. ...Though I think eventually I sang "Windy" by The Association with eagledna. Then I just zombied about the rest of the night and was tired and a little mopey and the truckers ended up taking over the stage and being loud and dancing on tables and scaring us... and then when their control was eventually relinquished I finished ou the night singing "Hello" by Lionel Richie while Stephanie pretended to sculpt my head and Travis translated the song in fake sign language (I didn't even know he was behind me doing that until Steph said something). So THAT was a very late and very crazy and midly uncomfortable night... which was then followed up with SATURDAY... which we weren't even planning on DOING until we got a phone call from mikeleffel saying the place was dead and they needed us to rescue them from boredom. We're like a karaoke superhero team. So we rush in there and we're really the only people in the bar and have pretty much carte blanche of the stage and everything... I'm not sure if I can even remember all that I did. I was SOOOOO tired, I didn't want to be there, but everyone else did and I'm the world's biggest sucker (I had fun until my brain collapsed and I went and laid down next to the pool tables). I do remember charging the stage and assisting eagledna with "The Age of Aquarius" in comical/annoying falsetto (puppet voice). Also I sang "The First, The Last, My Everything" by Barry White which I was really excited to do but I was so tired by the time I did it and everybody else seemed to be doing stuff and I didn't have the energetic fanfare my egomaniacal brain demanded (you're suppoed to throw yourselves at me under the awesome powers of the Barry White! I AM FOREVER STYMIED!!). Oh, also I sang "A Summer Song" by Chad & Jeremy, which you may recognize from the Rushmore soundtrack. You may have the pleasure of listening to it HERE at Callithump & Friends' MySpace page. And also other songs by other dear friends! (psalm11824 steals the show with her solo moment in "Tubthumping") In non-karaoke poops (it's a better word for NEWS!), I saw Snakes On A Plane with my uncle and Travis and it was about as big a piece of crap as I'd imagined (though I wasn't anticipating that about every horrible thing you could think of to have a snake do to someone would be done). I was actually a little dissapointed (yet respectfully surprsied) that Sam Jackson was NOT as over-the-top as I'd hoped. He and Juliana actually seemed to be into it and were acting and stuff and it really upset the balance of all the crap-poor acting being done by everyone else in the movie (particularly the whiney lead kid and the villain of the picture). He had his one big t-shirt-worthy line and the rest of the movie he was pretty subdued and did not seem to be eating the scenery as I'd really actually hoped. It would've gave me something to grasp onto while desperately trying to mentally flee from all of the awfulness. I was just sad that it wasn't as popcorny as I'd liked. I'll be interested to see if the phenominon that has gripped the country all this time will last now that folks have actually seen the picture. [CANTANKEROUS MOVIEGOER TIME IS OVER!] TODAY: VERONICA MARS BROKE MY BRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! o_O I got to watch the wonderful "Spin The Bottle" episode of Angel with Anna! ^_^ YAAAY!!! I've been playing around with recording voices and such for possible future projects... or just for fun. And learning my Screenblast program. I hurt my throat really bad, though, recording this one line over and over in this really deep voice I wanted to get right. I was trying to be a professional and do multiple takes of everything until I got something I liked. I also recorded an intro to a podcast I may never actually get around to doing. Also I sang "Mary Had A Little Lamb." I sure know how to spend productive times when work is over! THE FUTURE: Uh... a dinner Friday to celebrate the swearing in of a very good family friend who will become a county court judge! Probably more of me hurting myself while playing with my recording crap. ( The Happy Good Time Magic Comic Preview ) See you space cowboy... 3 hits| hit me

Listen To Me! (sing, that is) [20 Aug 2006|12:30am] [ mood | exhausted ] [ music | Tracie & Steph - Goody Two Shoes ] As you might be aware, I do karaoke a lot with my friends called Callithump. Well, we've been posting mp3's of these outings on Callithump's very own MySpace Music Page. I've been lax in plugging this to the point that the songs that're on there will probably get replaced tonight or tomorrow... But if you're quick/lucky enough, you can click over there and here me sing my best rendition of Barry Manilow's "Copacabana" and hear Stephanie and I sing Adam Ant's "Goody Two Shoes." (you should also hear eagledna sing "Two Faces Have I" because it's insanely fantastic and wonderful and hillarious). In the future you'll probably hear me yarbling "The First, The Last, My Everything" by Barry White or perhaps "A Summer Song" by Chad & Jeremy (since I just sang those tonight). I sang stuff last night too but I'm to exhausted to remember them. But they might make it into circulation at some point. Or they won't. Travis' stuff is better. I will try to plug more. See you space cowboy... 1 hit| hit me

Her Name Was Lola, She Was A Showgirl... [15 Aug 2006|08:51pm] [ mood | good ] [ music | The Beach Boys - You Still Believe In Me ] PREVIOUSLY: At Karaoke Friday, sang Adam and the Ants' "Goody Two Shoes," Billy Joel's "Always A Woman" and then, PER REQUEST (albiet a request made to Travis who passed it on to me because he didn't know the song) I kicked TOTAL ASS at Barry Manilow's "Copacabana!" I'd sung it once before and had a great time but THIS I just sailed right through! It is officially my signature song... according to me! I own it. It's mine. Also, I sank the winning shot in pool, a game at which I suck royal. TODAY: My dad killed a bat! With a beebee gun! It was hiding under our squirrel feeder in broad daylight and acting crazy (it kept ordering furnature on the internets and then dropping the furnature on what it claimed were the ghosts of the Little Rascals). THE FUTURE: In glorious flux!! ( The Happy Good Time Magic Comic Preview ) See you space cowboy... 1 hit| hit me

You're Getting Old And Your Brain Needs To Know! [08 Aug 2006|09:19pm] [ mood | geeky ] [ music | BtVS - "Storyteller" ] PREVIOUSLY: Sang McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsy" and Third Eye Blind's "How's It Gonna Be?" at Karaoke. Bombed at The Police's "Don't Stand So Close To Me"... Cursed register!! [shakes fist at voice] Other stuff also probably! I don't know! I'm not interesting frequently enough! ...except for all the INCREDIBLE SECRETS!!!! OOOOOOOH!!! TODAY: Bought and watched Ultimate Avengers 2! Cool movie. Nice sequel to the first. I'm really looking forward to the Doctor Strange DVD, though. Currently watching one of my FAVORITE Buffy episodes, "TStoryteller!" THE FUTURE: Hopefully not sucking at karaoke! Our karaoke crew is dwindling, though. CURSE YOU, COLLEGE EDUCATIONS AND ASPIRATIONS!!! Why can't everybody just do nothing like me??? Still need to see Monster House and Taladega Nights. ( The Happy Good Time Magic Comic Preview ) See you space cowboy... hit me

I don't even sing well! [01 Aug 2006|09:59pm] [ mood | okay ] [ music | Sufjan Stevens - The Great God Bird ] PREVIOULSY: Two-two-two times the karaoke! Wednesday and Friday! Rockouts! "We Can Work It Out," "Don't Stop," "This Thing Called Love," "Bicycle Race," "Love Shack," possibly others... memory fails! My brother got really drunk Friday night but he actually went up and sang which was hillarious and it captured for posterity on film. (my camera was doused with 7-Up that night but seems to work fine!) Saw Lady In The Water! YAAAY!!! I heart Shyamalan!!!! He is very much of the Spielberg school of directors in my mind. Brilliant storyteller. [hugs Spielberg, Zemeckis and Shyamalan] Played Karaoke Revolution on PS2 and it was SUPER GREAT!!!! I sang two Britney Spears songs, an Avril Lavigne song and a Christina Aguleira song because I am a crazy lady. I had to pause the game because I couldn't stop laughing during the songs (which i kept insisting on singing in "helium voices"). Finally watched The Weather Man. Wasn't what I'd hoped but it was okay. Didn't realize it was a Gore Verbinski film. TODAY: Is it weekend, yet??? Bought V For Vendetta 2-disk Special Edition and Bevis and Butthead Vol. 3 (ah, my adolescence!). Watched JAWS because I heart sharks and I heart Spielberg and I heart Dreyfus and I'd been jonesing to watch it for, like, OVER A MONTH! THE FUTURE: Don't know! Monster House, maybe? JAWS again?? ( The Happy Good Time Magic Comic Preview ) See you space cowboy... 1 hit| hit me

Deceased In The Head [25 Jul 2006|08:27pm] [ mood | exhausted ] [ music | Stars - Romantic Comedy ] PREVIOUSLY: San Diego Comic-Con 2006! Pop culture extravaganza! Talked to the likes of Billy West, Brian Posehn, Jen Van Meter, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Sean "Cheeks" Galloway, Jonboy Meyers, Corey Lewis the Rey, Gail Simone, J. Torres, Todd and Dawn Nauck, Omar Dogan, Susan Lau. Hung out with my awesome friends Augie, Patricia, Eric, Mike and Hiromi and her crew. Got sketches. Drew one sketch worth a shriek (I chose appropriate cleverness in jokes!) and have another sketch in progress (sorry, Hiromi). TODAY: Am destroyed by 4 days of walking giant convention center. Am emotionally and mentally drained. Slept in and snuggled all afternoon with internets and Veronica Mars and grape soda. Animanaics, Pinky and the Brain and Chappelle Show Lost Episodes DVD's all hit but I was too lazy/sleepy/sore to leave the house. Also Boondocks Season 1, but I will wait until it is actually on sale. THE FUTURE: Hopefully con-inspired inspiration (inspired inspiration???) will take hand once my body and mind have healed. I have at least 3 things I would like to get off the ground in the next few months. (and only one of them involves me drawing!) I MUST MUST MUST see Lady In The Water!!! MUST!!!!! ( The Happy Good Time Magic Comic Preview ) See you space cowboy... 1 hit| hit me

NERD PROM!!!!!! [18 Jul 2006|09:34pm] [ mood | anxious ] [ music | Psapp - Dad's Breakdown ] PREVIOUSLY: HAD A BIRTHDAY! Am now 24 years of age. So far? Not awful. Got lovely things from lovely people. Played a lot of Guitar Hero. Want nothing to do with "Hard" level settings. Makes angry. Got new responsibilities at work that keep me super busy all the time (but also awake!) TODAY: Much busy-ness! Haircut! Scurried about and packed and burned CD's in anticipation for-- THE FUTURE: SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2006!!!!!!!!! NERD PROM!!!!!! psalm11824 will be joining me for her first visit to SDCC and SD in general! I can't tell you where we're staying but there are two trees involved. It's the first big vacationy thingy we've ever done together, just the two of us, as adult-type ladies traveling abroad and sharing a hotel room (SEXY!). It will be an exciting adventure! (and I get to be the leader!) ( The Happy Good Time Magic Comic Preview ) Must read JLA, Civil War and Runaways before Comic-Con... See you space cowboy... 3 hits| hit me

Musical Sensation Birfday Me [13 Jul 2006|06:52pm] [ mood | pleased ] I'm an internet superstar, thanks to Anna and YouTube! (18 views = superstardom) You can see (through a digital camera darkly) and hear me yarble "When I'm Sixty-Four" from the comfort of your own home! No smokey bars full of loud softball players for you! No sir, just the partially on-key crooning of cartoon sensation (in my mind) Tracie Mauk! Also, peanut gallery shoutings from world famous Keenspot cartoonist Mike Leffel! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWAm36yVXIk Also, visit Callithump on YouTube to see video performances by the likes of Bob Scott (Travis) and Mike Leffel! SUPER FUN! Being 24 has gotten off to a pretty good start! See you space cowboy... 3 hits| hit me

Happiest And Most Content I've Felt In A Long Time. [11 Jul 2006|11:54pm] [ mood | peaceful ] [ music | Thom Yorke - The Eraser ] Quicky listy because instead of typing up things I got treated to an early birthday dinner (also a shiny--literally--new Superman hat and a Comic Book Guy t-shirt), played Guitar Hero with friends and had SUPER LONG AND AWESOME AND WONDERFUL conversation that I wish didn't have to end but I suppose I have to wake up and go to work. 52 WEEK #10 $2.50 FABLES #51 (MR) $2.99 GREEN ARROW #64 $2.99 SUPERMAN #654 $2.99 CIVIL WAR FRONT LINE #3 (OF 10) $2.99 ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #31 $2.99 ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #97 $2.99 WOLVERINE ORIGINS #4 $2.99 X-MEN #188 $2.99 FUTURAMA VOL 3 TIME BENDER TP $14.95 HERO SQUARED ONGOING #2 $3.99 SNAKEWOMAN #1 $2.99 (<-- new series, I don't know anything about it other than it is written by Zeb Wells who I have a strong loyalty to) STREET FIGHTER II #4 ALVIN LEE CVR A $2.95 See you space cowboy... 11 hits| hit me

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