Too chipper in the mornin'!

So, I wouldn't consider myself a negative person. I enjoy life for the most part and absolutely love to enjoy a great day. However, I have a hard time being around people who are what I would consider "too happy" in the morning. Sometimes I get to work and I am still trying to wake up and at that time of the morning I would like to just be left alone until my mind kicks in to gear. But, I know people who insist on getting in my personal bubble (which has a wider radius in the morning) and putting their smiley face too close to my still groggy one. I seriously don't want to sound like a grouch here. I just can't stand hearing about how great the day is going to be when I still have 8 fucking hours to go in my work day. It might be something psycological, but when someone tries to initiate an overly pleasant conversation with me too early in the morning, it makes me want to be more grouchy. I do have to say that this only applies to work, because I love seeing Veronica when I wake up and I hope that just by seeing her that moment of the day is pleasant. One of these days I will type up a transcript of one of these convos to illustrate my point, cuz I feel like I am coming off as an ass hole. If you know someone who is just too god damned happy in the morning please let me know, so that I'm not the only one feeling this way.

Anywho, the wine is kicking in so I think I am going to check out for the night. Woohoo 2:53 am is going to bed early for me!

Up late for noooooooo reason.

Maybe I like to torture myself. It definitely seems like I do. I have been up late every night lately, because of the freelance job, but tonight I had nothing to do. Yet, here I am at 4:52 am. I did have a fun time sketching and listening to coast to coast, so it almost feels worth it. The picture in this post may be a dramatization, but I think it accurately portrays how I truely feel.

Too much workin'.

The time between posts seems to get longer these days. I have been extremely busy lately. I picked up some freelance animation work outside of my day job. Its been keeping me up late at night, but it should pay off well. It's been like having two full time jobs, though and that is kicking my ass.

I did get a nice night off last week when we went to see Les Claypool in concert in downtown Salt Lake. It was nice to give myself a little night to relax and listen to some funky music. That guy can really pluck the bass.

My side work has also sadly forced me to put off working on animations and comics for my cartoon website. I had a lot of cool ideas I was going to work on that I haven't been able to work on. I am going to set aside some time over the next couple of days to get back into the groove. I got so excited about starting the site, that I would hate to let it die so soon.

Anyway, time for work. I hope it was a great holiday weekend for everyone.

Spring forward.

We sprung forward this weekend, but you never really feel it until that first Monday morning when your body is used to an extra hour of sleepy time. It was a pretty cold and breezy week, yet the day we set our clocks for Spring time, it suddenly felt like spring. We took the dogs on a walk and I didn't wear my jacket. I have been so excited for Spring since Fall turned into Winter. I really despise Winter. I have a feeling this is going to be a very nice Spring. We went to a home and garden expo and got some awesome ideas for what to do with our yard this year. I am hoping to spend a lot of time in the ol' garden.

The brick wall.

Every once in a while I run into these brick walls of un-inspiration. I have been awake all night trying to think of a funny idea for today's comic on channelate. All the previous comics came to me rather easily, but I knew there would come a day where I would draw a blank and not much else. I think I need a little change in environment to do some writing. There are some fun coffee shops in my area, so I might try one of them out. I even sifted through a four hour recording of our hang out on friday night and I still couldn't pull anything out of it. Its all in my head though. there are people who can do this every day, like I am trying to do and I admire them. It's not like anyone is putting the pressure on me either, I set this goal for myself, so I am only letting myself down if I miss a day.

At least my new year's resolution to work out regularly has been an easy one to uphold. I don't usually last long with commitments like those, but I have the support of Vee, who works out with me every time I go. Well, my eyelids are falling. I'm out.