Gettin' Shit Done..Sort Of

Doin' mah nails! See? Sometimes days off are productive!

PLUS I'm going to Ikea today. Take that laziness!

Return of the Comic Expo

This weekend was the annual Comic Expo! I went yesterday with Troy and my two little brothers, Connor and Cooper. They have never been before, including Troy, so I figured it would be a fun day!

Well, it was fun, but exhausting. The boys are so young, so they got tired very quickly. And every booth we stooped at they would see something they wanted and they would try to convince me to buy it for them. Trying to teach them the value of a dollar is very difficult. But they got a few things they wanted, and I did as well. I FINALLY have the Hylian Shield added to my collection! I have been looking for it for a few years now, so when I saw it I instantly wanted to buy it. I also randomly found a Ganondorf action figure from Ocarina of Time, and a couple of posters. It was hard to look at anything when you have two little guys that keep getting distracted and wondering off. I'm going to have to take full advantage of the weekend next year. I might even dress up! Now that I have the shield, I could be Link.

George A. Romero was supposed to make an appearance, but he sustained an injury, so hopefully he will be there next year. William Shatner was there as well, but I didn't get to see him. Would have been cool though! We did see endless amounts of people dressed in Star Wars gear, and other awesome characters. They boys were a little shy to get their pictures taken, but with a little reassurance they got lots of pictures.

I could have stayed for at least a few more hours, but the boys wanted to go home so we left earlier than anticipated. Sadly, it was the only day I could go, but I had lots of fun and I'm sure they did too. After all, I finally have what I've been looking for for along time! Until we meet again, comic expo.

Ooooh yes..

My baaabyyy!

I had to. He was $4!

Troy piggybacking Connor back from the bathroom.

Cool!

Finally, someone their size!

Looks like we're about to pound it!

Scorpion is terrifying in real life.

Batman Vs. Scorpion. FIGHT!

Some cute hats they didn't buy.

Connor and Lord Vader himself.

Sucky Day

Today was so terrible I don't even know where to start. Well, it wasn't HORRIFIC, but it was just full of things going badly/not the way I'd like them to.

I guess I can start off with when I woke up. Actually, before that. I had a fucking terrible sleep. One of those nights where I would try so hard to fall asleep, but hours would go by without getting anywhere close to it. I eventually did fall asleep, but then woke up soon after with a minor headache/sore throat. Sweet. Also not to mention that I originally had today off, but was booked an appointment, so I had to go into work. Oh well, whatever, it'll be a quick in and out thing. Or so I thought.

So on my way to work, I remember that they started doing construction on the street where my bus stop is, and so I walk to the next one. Well, that one's closed too! So 6 blocks after, I finally arrive at the bus stop and I'm finally on my way to work. When I get to work, I was already in such a horrible mood that I forgot to prepare myself for the worst. Note to self: when it's someone's last day, DO NOT expect them to finish it off with any respect for other people. I have learned that the hard way once, and it happened again today. I get to work, and the studio was a fucking massacre. There was garbage on the floor, everything was strewn about, and nothing was cleaned. And I had that appointment coming in a little less than an hour and I still haven't drawn up their design. Awesome. Plus there was so much re-organizing to do. So I started to clean like I have never cleaned before. Then 1:00 rolls around, the time for my appointment, aaaaand there was no one to be seen. Ok, so maybe he's a little late? Well, I will continue with my cleaning. 1:30: where is my appointment? Not here! Ok, so, I will just clean for the rest of the day. Why am I even here again? I thought this was my day off? Oh yeah, and I had potential dinner plans with my boy later, but his friend made him feel bad for not hanging out with him, so that didn't happen. THIS DAY IS SOOOOO GREAT! Also, to top it off, a bulldog was in our store, as cute as can be, but he sat on my leg and left a nice poop smear on my boot. Best thing about that was that I didn't notice until I was on my way home, out in public. And I was wondering my it smelt like poop so bad. Fuck.

Good news that came out of today: I have an appointment tomorrow, so good thing I spent 3 hours cleaning today to make the room look presentable! Also, I will never have to deal with that ever again. If there is a mess to clean up, it's my own, and I don't mind doing that. And, I got cheesecake.

So that is what my 'day off' consisted of today. I was happy when I got to leave early to go home and make a nice big dinner with my mom and watch TV. And now I'm going to eat some cheesecake to make all my troubles disappear.

Me displeased.

(Good thing I was dressed like a 50's housewife today because I CLEANED SHIT UP!)

Bloggin' on the Balcony

It's so nice out today! For the past little while it's just been so rainy, so it's nice to have a day off where I can sit on the balcony with my cats and relax. Except they keep trying to eat this giant plant behind me and it's getting on my nerves. Brats.

The transition at work will be happening this weekend, where I will be the only artist in the studio, and I no longer work on the sales floor. It's strange, having my last floor shift yesterday, after working in the store for nearly 5 years. But I'm not completely gone, so it's not like I'm going to miss it much!

The studio got painted on Wednesday, which is exciting, except for the fact that it is now the colour of FLESH! Yeah, I had no choice in matter, even though I'm the one sitting back there for hours, and now we're stuck with a fake tan of a wall colour. I only hope it will look significantly (if not slightly) better once put stuff back up. But right now, I feel like having our dingy white walls back. Anything but flesh tone. I will post pictures so you too can feel my pain.

My friend is also opening a tattoo studio right above our store, and he showed me the progress yesterday and it is niiiiice. I'm so jealous. Dark hardwood floors, nice grey tone walls, ornate crown moulding, and that's pretty much what they've got done so far. I can't wait to see it when it's all done! Maybe I'll just hang out there all the time and pretend I work there so I don't have to sit in our gross studio. Ah well, I'll have to make the best of it.

Well, I'm just going to do what I do best today, which is laze around. Ciao.

I cooould take a nap..

Things To Come

Nothing is on TV. Nothing but Police Women of (Insert name of stuffy city here). As a result, I cannot express how much I love PVR. The only show I do watch religiously is Buffy. And thanks to PVR, I watch multiple episodes in one night, on any night I choose. A night like tonight was perfect! All I did was stay in a draw some future tattoos, and watched three episodes of Buffy goodness. Excellent. But now that I watched all of them, I'm back at square one. What to watch? Or maybe, I shouldn't even be trying to watch TV. It's just too captivating, it absorbs any shred of attention I may have for anything at this time of night.

But at least I am drawing. That is a step forward. I would usually be laying on my bed, watching the tube, and possibly trying to blog while falling almost asleep (I like to think of it more like 'zombie mode'. But, without the urge to eat brains). I think what helped was cleaning off my desk. For awhile it was home to piles of papers and sweaters and jackets. And having piles of everything makes me avoid the monstrosity, and therefore, avoiding productivity. Plus, right now, blogging from my newly cleaned desk is a breath of fresh air. SO, hurray for today, I got shit done. I also had a nap. Fuck yeah.

It's going to be nice having the next few days off work. Things have been very wishy washy lately. Lots of studio drama, and other shit I'm getting sick of. But things are about to change, mostly for me, and I'm pretty excited about it. A little while ago, someone contacted both Dana and I about a job at another shop. So we both decided to look into it, but when it came down to going and talking about the details, that's when I changed my mind. Very quickly. I had to call the lady to tell her I couldn't meet with them because it would have taken me forever. From the get go, I knew she was someone I didn't want to work for. She had no respect what-so-ever. And when I told her it wasn't going to work for me, and I went to thank her for the opportunity, she hung up on me. Sooo yeah. I think I made the right choice. Dana has decided to go work at this shop, which means I will be the only artist at the studio, and I get the whole room to myself. It's super awesome, but super scary at the same time.

For awhile, I was really hoping this was going to be a good thing for me. I was trying to picture what it would be like to work in a shop with other artists, and along side my mentor. But I am super glad that turned out the way it did. Not every opportunity will necessarily be the right one, but it will come around one day. I am happy where I am right now, and sure it has it's moments, but I need to stay true to myself and do what's right for me. And I hope that what is about to come is the right thing.