Sunday, December 31, 2006
Christmas recap.
Yeah, I'm still recovering from the Vegas trip, I haven't been able to get more than a few hours sleep since we got back, and it doesn't look like that's going to change anytime soon, so I posted my pics from the weekend in my photo gallery in the holidays section. Here's the quick link.
Hopefully you'll get the gyst of what transpired. We met up with family, friends and I got to eat some In N Out.
It was a time, and I'm sad that it's over.
See you next year folks.
Hopefully you'll get the gyst of what transpired. We met up with family, friends and I got to eat some In N Out.
It was a time, and I'm sad that it's over.
See you next year folks.
Friday, December 29, 2006
Vegas is Still Standing.
So Ben and I made it back from Vegas safe and sound. I took a ton of pictures (of course, did you expect anything less?) which I will hopefully get up into my photo gallery this weekend for your viewing pleasure.
We had a great time and I tried not do as much crying as I normally do when it's time to say goodbye to everyone. It didn't quite work out, but oh well.
Until then, check out an interview I did for Jazma Online! Comic-Colorist-Comic-Grrls Unite!
Jazma Online Interview.
We had a great time and I tried not do as much crying as I normally do when it's time to say goodbye to everyone. It didn't quite work out, but oh well.
Until then, check out an interview I did for Jazma Online! Comic-Colorist-Comic-Grrls Unite!
Jazma Online Interview.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Simply... Having... a Wonderful Christmas GRIND!
So Ben and I are off to Vegas to spend Christmas with my family tomorrow (no, it's not an excuse to go gambling, I really AM from Vegas), and I can't WAIT!
It's been two years since I've been home and I'm anxious to see everyone. Though I only wish I was rich enough that I could take two weeks off from work so I wouldn't miss hanging out with anyone, because I always end up missing seeing someone...
Be sure to send warm wishes to Fizzgig, Christmas is her birthday and I have guilt that we won't be here spending it with her. Thankfully Chris will be coming over everyday to play with her and Chewie.
This means I'll be off the radar for a while, so I leave you with this:
The Newest Grind House Trailer
This is going to be THE coolest movie of next year. Just in time for my birthday. If you're at a loss as to what to get me, how about tickets to the movies, cause that's where I'll BE!
Happy Christmas everyone!!!
It's been two years since I've been home and I'm anxious to see everyone. Though I only wish I was rich enough that I could take two weeks off from work so I wouldn't miss hanging out with anyone, because I always end up missing seeing someone...
Be sure to send warm wishes to Fizzgig, Christmas is her birthday and I have guilt that we won't be here spending it with her. Thankfully Chris will be coming over everyday to play with her and Chewie.
This means I'll be off the radar for a while, so I leave you with this:
The Newest Grind House Trailer
This is going to be THE coolest movie of next year. Just in time for my birthday. If you're at a loss as to what to get me, how about tickets to the movies, cause that's where I'll BE!
Happy Christmas everyone!!!
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Cry, baby, cry!
I just read the latest two issues of Strangers in Paradise last night (I've been UBER busy and just now got the time to read them, I know, what a crappy fan I am!) and WOW.
I cried. And I NEVER cry when I read comics, NEVER. But last night, I sat in my bed and bawled like a baby. I don't want to spoil anything to anyone who hasn't read the latest issue yet, but those of us that have been following this story since day one lost someone very dear to them with this issue.
There are only 5 more issues of this series (I think I did my math right on that one) and I'm scared to death about it. I've been reading this comic for over ten years now and I can't believe it's coming to an end. I know it's selfish of me to want it to go on forever, and I know that stories like these are better ended when they are good and right rather than wait until they get stale and need to be put down for the sake of readership.
I'm just sad that almost all of the comic titles that started my "adult" foray into comics have ended. SiP is the last comic series I started reading when was a teenager. It's one of the main reasons that I became involved in making comics. It inspires me every time I read it.
The last time I felt this sad was when Preacher ended.
But I digress, I do feel that this story's ship has sailed and I'm just along for the ride. Terry Moore has picked a great time to end it, and I can't wait to see how this long, elegant saga will wrap up. I've started buying the pocket books so that once it's over I can go back and re-read the story all over again and not mess up my single issue comics. Because you know me and clumsy, we're BFFs.
If you haven't picked up Strangers in Paradise, and you love comics, pick up a pocket book and give it a taste. It isn't my favorite comic EVER for nothing, you know.
I cried. And I NEVER cry when I read comics, NEVER. But last night, I sat in my bed and bawled like a baby. I don't want to spoil anything to anyone who hasn't read the latest issue yet, but those of us that have been following this story since day one lost someone very dear to them with this issue.
There are only 5 more issues of this series (I think I did my math right on that one) and I'm scared to death about it. I've been reading this comic for over ten years now and I can't believe it's coming to an end. I know it's selfish of me to want it to go on forever, and I know that stories like these are better ended when they are good and right rather than wait until they get stale and need to be put down for the sake of readership.
I'm just sad that almost all of the comic titles that started my "adult" foray into comics have ended. SiP is the last comic series I started reading when was a teenager. It's one of the main reasons that I became involved in making comics. It inspires me every time I read it.
The last time I felt this sad was when Preacher ended.
But I digress, I do feel that this story's ship has sailed and I'm just along for the ride. Terry Moore has picked a great time to end it, and I can't wait to see how this long, elegant saga will wrap up. I've started buying the pocket books so that once it's over I can go back and re-read the story all over again and not mess up my single issue comics. Because you know me and clumsy, we're BFFs.
If you haven't picked up Strangers in Paradise, and you love comics, pick up a pocket book and give it a taste. It isn't my favorite comic EVER for nothing, you know.
Friday, December 15, 2006
ComicSpace
Ben and I have recently joined the fast growing online community called ComicSpace.
If you haven't already, check us out and add us as friends. We're nice (well, Ben is anyway), and we like comics, what else is there?
Marlena's ComicSpace
Ben's Comicspace
If you haven't already, check us out and add us as friends. We're nice (well, Ben is anyway), and we like comics, what else is there?
Marlena's ComicSpace
Ben's Comicspace
Monday, December 11, 2006
Bloggery Bonus!
For all of you who've ended up here wondering about taking Nyquil with Mucinex only to feel duped by learning that I'm not a doctor but a nerdy comic grrl, behold my wisdom:
YES, you CAN take Nyquil with Mucinex and it will not hurt or kill you.
The only thing I would recommend is that you drink LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of water while doing so. I'm talking OVER the 64 ounce daily recommendation here, folks. It will take about 4 days for you to recover, but you'll feel WONDERFUL afterwards. If you don't drink enough water, your eyes will be glued shut every morning but some sort of eye boogery that is almost impossible to wash off.
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YES, you CAN take Nyquil with Mucinex and it will not hurt or kill you.
The only thing I would recommend is that you drink LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of water while doing so. I'm talking OVER the 64 ounce daily recommendation here, folks. It will take about 4 days for you to recover, but you'll feel WONDERFUL afterwards. If you don't drink enough water, your eyes will be glued shut every morning but some sort of eye boogery that is almost impossible to wash off.
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Peace on Earth and Goodwill Towards People
This weekend Ben and I did most of our Christmas shopping and on Saturday we went with Chris and Lori to one of the local state parks where every year they put on some sort of Christmas decoration show that you can drive through in your car. Fun times were had, but not without some sacrifice.
Most of you know how much I love Christmas, but I'm finding myself getting more and more frustrated with the population at large when I have to venture out this time of year to go shopping.
Ben and I went to the mall by our house, which, apparently is the ONLY mall in our city, so EVERYONE has to go there, which means the parking lot is always a NIGHTMARE. I'm talking the kind of gridlock you see in disaster movies where the city is being evacuated and the streets are packed with people trying to escape before the meteor hits, the tidal wave arrives and/or the aliens invade.
This type of traffic always seems to bring out the best in people. Seriously, stop laughing. Suddenly everyone becomes more important than everyone else, they feel that they shouldn't have to wait their turn to merge into traffic to leave the mall, oh yeah, and ALL traffic laws stop applying to them because they're "in a hurry". It's perfectly proper to drive on the wrong side of the street, causing near-miss headon collisions or at least MORE gridlock because they've blocked off the only way for people to get in or out. Since, obviously, the rest of us are just sitting there because we like hanging out in our cars in the mall parking lot, it's not because we're also trying to get home or anything.
Behavior like that makes me so angry, because it goes against everything that this time of year is supposed to be about. People aren't nicer, more giving and kind. They're meaner, more selfish and rude than ANY other time of year. To strangers at least, but who knows, those type of people probably knock their grandmothers out of the way to get the last Christmas cookie and glass of egg nog.
Anyway, enough of the Scrooge-y stuff, on to the Light Show! On Saturday night, after our hair pulling day at the mall, we went to dinner with Chris and Lori and then headed out to a local state park for some Christmas lights! Last year this park had nothing but those annoying blow ups and believe me, it blew... GOATS that is! Thankfully this year they went back to having lighted standups which are really cheesy, mostly, but VERY fun and festive.
We navigated our way through the park with Lori at the wheel (thankfully we didn't have a repeat of LAST year when we went through another Christmas lights area and we almost spent the night in jail after some jerk-o cut us off) when we came to the "intermission" part of the trail where they had carnival food and a set up of some of the blow ups from last year.
Chris wanted a funnel cake so we stopped to stretch our legs and check out the action, which consisted of a merry go round and a carnival ride called the "Bear Affair". See picture below.
Chris also purchased a Dr. Suess-like Santa hat, which made us all giggle with its boingy-ness. After making the Baby Jesus cry with all our goings on inside the blow up tent, we went outside for Chris and Lori to get some snacks.
Lori decided to buy a caramel apple, which seems ok, but remember, it was night time, less than 40 degrees and the little food cart was outside. So the apple was almost frozen solid and the guy neglected to mention this handy nugget of knowledge until AFTER Lori attempted to take a huge bite out of it. Comedy, of course, ensued.
All in all, we had a great time this weekend, but I am going to attempt to do ALL of my shopping online next year. Starting in July. I hate the mall, I hate shopping, but I love giving. It's some sort of cruel joke being played on me for some transgression I did in a former life. But I know that when next year rolls around, I'll not have saved ANY money back and I'll end up doing all of my shopping two weeks before Christmas AGAIN, and I'll have this same conversation next year...
I posted pictures of the antics from this weekend in the Holidays section of my photo gallery. Here's the quick link!
'Tis the season, folks. Try not to be asshats to the people around you, because we've ALL got someplace else we'd rather be than shopping at the mall.
Most of you know how much I love Christmas, but I'm finding myself getting more and more frustrated with the population at large when I have to venture out this time of year to go shopping.
Ben and I went to the mall by our house, which, apparently is the ONLY mall in our city, so EVERYONE has to go there, which means the parking lot is always a NIGHTMARE. I'm talking the kind of gridlock you see in disaster movies where the city is being evacuated and the streets are packed with people trying to escape before the meteor hits, the tidal wave arrives and/or the aliens invade.
This type of traffic always seems to bring out the best in people. Seriously, stop laughing. Suddenly everyone becomes more important than everyone else, they feel that they shouldn't have to wait their turn to merge into traffic to leave the mall, oh yeah, and ALL traffic laws stop applying to them because they're "in a hurry". It's perfectly proper to drive on the wrong side of the street, causing near-miss headon collisions or at least MORE gridlock because they've blocked off the only way for people to get in or out. Since, obviously, the rest of us are just sitting there because we like hanging out in our cars in the mall parking lot, it's not because we're also trying to get home or anything.
Behavior like that makes me so angry, because it goes against everything that this time of year is supposed to be about. People aren't nicer, more giving and kind. They're meaner, more selfish and rude than ANY other time of year. To strangers at least, but who knows, those type of people probably knock their grandmothers out of the way to get the last Christmas cookie and glass of egg nog.
Anyway, enough of the Scrooge-y stuff, on to the Light Show! On Saturday night, after our hair pulling day at the mall, we went to dinner with Chris and Lori and then headed out to a local state park for some Christmas lights! Last year this park had nothing but those annoying blow ups and believe me, it blew... GOATS that is! Thankfully this year they went back to having lighted standups which are really cheesy, mostly, but VERY fun and festive.We navigated our way through the park with Lori at the wheel (thankfully we didn't have a repeat of LAST year when we went through another Christmas lights area and we almost spent the night in jail after some jerk-o cut us off) when we came to the "intermission" part of the trail where they had carnival food and a set up of some of the blow ups from last year.
Chris wanted a funnel cake so we stopped to stretch our legs and check out the action, which consisted of a merry go round and a carnival ride called the "Bear Affair". See picture below.
Chris also purchased a Dr. Suess-like Santa hat, which made us all giggle with its boingy-ness. After making the Baby Jesus cry with all our goings on inside the blow up tent, we went outside for Chris and Lori to get some snacks.Lori decided to buy a caramel apple, which seems ok, but remember, it was night time, less than 40 degrees and the little food cart was outside. So the apple was almost frozen solid and the guy neglected to mention this handy nugget of knowledge until AFTER Lori attempted to take a huge bite out of it. Comedy, of course, ensued.All in all, we had a great time this weekend, but I am going to attempt to do ALL of my shopping online next year. Starting in July. I hate the mall, I hate shopping, but I love giving. It's some sort of cruel joke being played on me for some transgression I did in a former life. But I know that when next year rolls around, I'll not have saved ANY money back and I'll end up doing all of my shopping two weeks before Christmas AGAIN, and I'll have this same conversation next year...
I posted pictures of the antics from this weekend in the Holidays section of my photo gallery. Here's the quick link!'Tis the season, folks. Try not to be asshats to the people around you, because we've ALL got someplace else we'd rather be than shopping at the mall.
Sunday, December 03, 2006
My Blue Sky Heaven
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