Just my Luck

Well, not EVERY vacation can be a winner, right? I'm just the kind of person who waits 3 years to take a vacation, only to have it completely buggered by what has turned out to be an upper respiratory infection. What can I say, I'm badass like that.

Keep an eye on this space as my vacation adventures unfold.

Mmmm, Winter!

I got off the plane (oh, it felt sooo good to get off the plane)and it was dark out and I could see my breath! I love cold weather! But I especially love cold weather at night. Everything is so crisp and quiet. It's so good to be back where there is real winter. I'm looking forward to spending thanksgiving with my family and I hope it snows while I'm here.

The Ice-Weather Cometh!

The nights are getting colder (some nights it's as low as the 40's, though by day we're still in the 70-80 range)! It reminds me of my times in Massachusetts and right about now is when I would start breaking out my autumnal clothing and remarking on the relative nudity of the UMass campus:


It's true. I always felt like a bit of a prude, comparatively, when I was on that campus. On the other hand, I have no desire to catch a cold or pneumonia or anything. I remember reading an editorial article in the UMass Collegian about the signs of spring. It was basically some guy, lauding the beginning of "skirt weather". I had an intense urge to send in a nasty letter-to-the-editor about how such articles encourage unsafe behavior (dressing scantily has it's drawbacks, you know), and blatant chauvinism. But then again, there's some 10,000 coeds on the campus, and they're gonna dress however they like, regardless of what one incensed Smithie writes in their newspaper. On the other hand, there's another 10,000 male undergrads all kinda hopin' for booty shorts and skirt weather.

I officially own all the clothes I'm wearing in the drawing , which is pretty awesome (This includes the octopus hat, which is one of my most prized possessions and knitted especially for me by a friend). I never used to be so fashionable!

My profuse apologies to any UMass coeds who may happen up on this entry and feel objectified.

The Joys of Living in the NorthEast

This comic was drawn after I had returned home, once again to NJ. I finished this comic on the plane (tight quarters for a tablet, let me tell you). Some of you might recognize an old visual pun that has been done before. Oh, not by me. Snow falling in one big WHUMP has totally been done before, and much better by the guy who draws "Bone". I remember back when it was running in the Disney Adventure magazine. Ahhhh, comic love! So, yeah, it was still summer in Jersey (and HOT), but soon, it would be fall, and maybe I would take a quick jaunt up to Massachusetts for a romp in the snow when the season comes. Nothing better than a New England winter to lift one's spirits! Fall is still my favoritest season. Everything smells great in the fall.

P.S. I spent like 5 minutes making that stupid leaf stamp and it didn't even work out the way it was supposed to. GRAH Oh, and discuss!: Your favorite season and why!

Bye Bye Berkeley

This was drawn the day before I left California. Man, I was excited to be going back to New Jersey.


After the high quality of the last 3 strips, this one ends up looking like crap, hm? That's what I get for composing a strip at 11 at night.

This strip is not to say that I don't like California. It's a nice enough state. But something tells me you guys are nuts for living in a place where half the signs of the apocalypse can occur in a single day. Maybe I'll be back if I get a job here! But I had just gotten word that I'd been rejected from the job I really wanted at UC Berkeley. Suck.

Call me Sneezy. On the Other Hand, Don't

Waking up at 4 in the morning really sucks.



At first I thought I was sick. But then, I realized that coinciding with patterns typical of making my life miserable, My allergies tend to manifest themselves most strenuously at ungodly hours. This has been the case for the past 7 years. But I always tend to forget until springtime rolls around again and tree-sex is in the air. I like to think the trees lurking outside my window are cackling as they watch me sneezing in the dark. It wouldn't be so bad if I could go back to sleep and really really sleep. But I have to get up at 6:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It's hard to get back to sleep. But hooray! I've figured it out. I'll take a claritin before bed and Those trees outside will be cackling no longer! Now it is my turn to laugh maniacally!

MUAHAHAHAHAHAH!

It's Taunting me!

Truth be told, although I complain a lot, I really love my college and I really love snow. I just want to be able to play.



The true downfall of an education in the great white Northeast is that they're prepared for pretty much anything. When my friends who attended schools in New York and New Jersey were celebrating a snow day, I was left trudging to class in a foot of snow. Wonderful fun. Also fun: walking headlong into driving freezing rain. And slipping on icy stairs and falling on your butt. Oh, and getting snow down your shirt.

In fact, we didn't get that much snow. But even when we did, the comic shows what basically happens.