Some of you readers might be wondering why we haven't had a comic up in two weeks, with the obvious exception of my stick-figure comic extravaganza. The reason is that as Rosie is now entering the mystical and magical world of paying for her college education, she's been a bit stressed out. So, to help her out a bit, i've sort of given her a two to three week sabbatical. She might be back next Monday or perhaps the week after that, I honestly don't know. But don't worry, there will be a comic on Monday regardless. I will draw another stick-figure masterpiece if it comes down to that.

But I do apologize sincerely for the lack of comics in the last two weeks, I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive us.

Oh, and as a side note: My family bought a bird awhile ago, an eclectus parrot. Her full name is Miss Anabelle Johnson, the personal secretary to Jed. The story for the name is a long one, and I'm not very good at telling it so I won't. We all just call her Miss Johnson anyway. She is a darling thing who loves to bite me, and screech loudly in a critical sort of way whenever I am singing. She also, apparently, enjoys pooping on my hand which she did for the second time not half an hour ago. She is a very sweet bird though, always cooing and eating peanuts. My cats however have a different opinion of her.

well, School is almost over for the year (whoop!), which means that this will be Rosie's last year in high school. For me, her graduation is an interesting concept. For one, it means that she will be pursuing her dreams (and I am quite happy for her). But for two, it means that I will have to ride the bus next year to school. You see, Rosie has a license which means she can drive me to school everyday, but now that she is graduating I will either have to walk (which takes 1h. 45m.) or I can ride the bus. I considered the first option until I actually attempted the feat and vowed never to do it again, so I am forced to go with the latter until I get my license which will be sometime in late November.

On the subject of transportation, I have begun to consider what type of vehicle I will be wanting to procure as my first car. My first thought was an old junker (classic first car) but then I rode my grandfather's vespa. In that moment my entire outlook of the automotive industry changed. So, to make a semi-long story short, I now want a scooter (not a vespa, they don't reach the mph I would want) as my first personal mode of transportation, now the only difficult part is finding one that my parents will actually get for me.

So, the Emerald City Comicon was last weekend...I don't have much to say about it. It was boring sometimes, and then not quite as boring other times. I had just done my AP Euro test that Friday so I was pretty out of it.

We saw Tycho from Penny Arcade again, and he actually mentioned us in his daily post with a hyper link. In case you don't remember, this happened a few years ago as well, and as people click on everything Tycho links, we received an overload of hits that day and were emailed by a bunch of people who were curious about the site. Well, this happened again, and as unsurprisingly we got about 100,000 hits, but no emails. Rosie was puzzled by this until she found the answer: our email address wasn't uploaded onto the new site! Now i'm really cheesed-off. I mean, it isn't everyday that we actually have more than 3 people look at our site, and then all these people see it and they don't have anyway to tell us if they liked us or if they thought we were untalented wanna-bes!

Oh well, to use an annoyingly over-used phrase 'no use crying over spilt milk'. Hopefully some of them might check our comic again and see the email address.

Hey everyone!

I recently saw the new movie Iron Man, and wow! what a movie! I was expecting a movie similar to the recent Marvel releases such as The Fantastic Four or Spider man 3, where the creators obviously cared more about special effects than storyline. But Iron Man was completely different. It was AMAZING!

But Iron Man's awesomeness level is not the reason for this blog.

I heard a few days ago that there is an extra scene after the credits where Nick Fury is shown and asks Stark about the Avengers SHIELD initiative. I freaked out obviously. The SHIELD initiative is what started the marvel civil war. Why would Marvel introduce this if they weren't planning to do anything with it?

Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Marvel Civil War movie!!!!

They could do it too! They have already made all of the major players of the civil war in movies: The fantastic 4, Spider-man, Iron Man, the X-Men, and I have heard that there is a Captain America movie in progress. This is of course complete speculation but it still gets me all jittery. There is nothing like a good geek conspiracy when you want to talk about something.

Recently I've had to do a lot of crew work for my high school's new musical Sugar. Which means there are long periods of time when I'm painting a pieces of scenery and not talking to anyone. So, because normally I am either talking or being talked at, I've been listening to my ipod more than usual. I have a group of songs and bands that I listen to often but probably my favorite right now are songs by the Decemberists.

What is weird about my liking the Decemberists is that I used to despise the Decemberists. I think it was because my sister would always listen to this one 9 minute song called 'the mariner's revenge song'. It's all about this sailor who, along with an old adversary, are trapped in the belly of a whale. There was something about hearing this song repeatedly that made me hate everything Decemberists and I always made a point of telling Rosie how much I disliked them. Also, I thought the singer sounded a bit drunk.

But, now, everything I hated about the Decemberists then, is what I love now. I especially enjoy their lead singer's singing style. The slurring makes it distinct and interesting. I'm pretty ashamed of how I treated their music in the past. If I ever meet them I'll ask for forgiveness.

I think the song that pulled me towards the Decemberists was '16 Military Wives' (I am actually listening to that song right now). It's all about America's foreign policy issues, the Iraq war, and the ineptitude of the news. This just struck home with me. Recently I've become very dis-illusioned about America and the human mind. There are things happening in this world that show humans for what they are, animals with too much power. This song, as well as having a great tune, seemed to be giving me a kindred spirit to commiserate with.

There is also something about the ballad style of the Decemberists that pulls me in. It isn't pop or any of that other awful stuff that has been coming out in the last decade, it actually has heart.

I also have this awful habit of seeing the world as if I'm in a movie whenever I'm listening to a song I enjoy. My emotion and state of mind change depending on the song, and whenever I'm listening to the Decemberists I seem to see the world clearer.

Now, I have to go listen to more Decemberist songs uninterrupted.

dear god, its been a long time hasn't it?

sorry about that. I've had a lot on my plate recently, you see, I'm taking my first AP (Advanced Placement) class this year and its making my anxiety go off the charts. Also, the my high school's production of the musical Sugar (based on the movie 'some like it hot') is more stressful than usual.
but thats still no excuse.

But now i'm back! So lets be happy and move on with our lives.

I have no direction in my life. I have no prospects. No real goals. No motivation or inspiration. I'm not going anywhere anytime soon. Its sort of comforting in a way. There isn't any chance of anything happening to me, because I won't let it happen. So, I always know what to expect. There aren't any surprises. Also, in the things I do do, I know how they will end. I can plan an event out in my head and know exactly how it happen. I expect everything.

Maybe I need to join the circus or something. I need to do something so crazy and spontaneous I won't be able to believe it myself. If I joined the circus I would be in a completely new world, one in which I couldn't expect everything before it happened. It probably would be refreshing. But circuses are very dirty though, with the Elephants and everything, so maybe not that.

Maybe I should steal a horse and ride it all the way to the country, where we could live off the land. Just me, the horse, nature, and a laptop so I can still play WoW. That would be marvelous, I could have my own little world to call my own.

Perhaps that is what adulthood is for, choosing what you want your life to be like. Do you want it to stay the way its been your entire life? Or do you want to try something different? Once you are on your own you only have to answer to yourself, and perhaps the government every April.

But for now, my AP European history paper is calling me, so I must go.

so...we have the couch...and...it isn't as bad as I thought it would be.

So my mom is making me write a blog about how wrong I was about the couch. Here goes:

It is amazing. I don't know how I lived before this couch entered my life. Its comfy and soft, and HUGE which means that my entire family can sit on it at once + Rose's boyfriend.

I might have overreacted a bit in my last blog. I was right about one thing though, it really is a beast and does NOT match the room that its in. It dwarfs everything which means that we are going to spend a fun Saturday rearranging everything.

oh well, at least its comfy, and you can still walk around it without hitting your knees.

So there mom, happy now? I have to go, Agents Mulder and Sculley are calling me.