Accepted to CCS

Our reactions to me getting accepted at the Center for Cartoon Studies, which, if you have not heard, is where I will be attending to get my MFA starting this fall.

Still does not feel real. We are moving across the country, almost as far as it is possible to go, in 2 months. And I still can't believe it. They believe it at work though. Preparations are being made. My job is dwindling away before my very eyes. I kind of wish it had been more abrupt. This is brutal. I gave 5 months notice!

Abe's monkey dance? He does that whenever he is really excited. This is not the first time I have seen it.

Awesome

Here's what I actually intended to post last Thursday. This might not seem super amazing, but this is the cover of the comic I did as part of my MFA application to the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont. The awesome part is, I got in! We are all moving to Vermont in August sometime. I hope to be able to keep up this comic. I don't plan to have a regular job while going to school. It is going to be a lot of work, but I think I should be able to do both.
Anyways, you can read the whole comic online.

READ IT HERE

 

 

Isaac's birthday

I got a hat at the Museum of Flight gift shop, but then realized later, as I always do, that black is a bad color with all the dog hair in our house. Lousy with corgi hair.

Xmas gifts

Jeez. This is old. Maybe I should post things related to holidays closer to the actual holiday.
I forgot to post on Tuesday because I am sick. Mega Con Crud from ECCC. Oof. I am so gross right now.

Thanksgiving 2012

I was supposed to help Jim with the polenta this year but he started without me. And mom bought brussel sprouts still on the stalk! I hadn't used that before, but they are really easy. Just snap right off. We had a really good Thanksgiving this year.

Krismas ornaments

I drew this at a particularly low point last Krismas. This year is ridiculous. We (Abe) packed out Krismas ornaments in storage and now we can't get them out without taking half the rest of it out. So we bought new stuff. Our Krismas tree is weird now. No nostalgic ornaments. Nice new garlands though. Which is nice. And out little Krismas tree died because we didn't take care of it, so I finally got to pick a nice big fluffy Krismas tree! Abe likes little Krismas trees and I like big ones. I would prefer 6 feet. But we compromise with one taller than me, but shorter than him. We also had to get a new tree stand, but that was a good thing. We had the crappy kind in the comic above, but now we have a great big plastic one that the dogs can't drink out of.

Also, I finally figured out a good station for Krismas music on Pandora. I based it on Blue Christmas by Elvis Presely, You're a mean on Mr. Grinch, and some others. Awesome. Even pulled up my favorite song from the Elf soundtrack, "Baby, it's cold outside" with Zooey Deschanel.

Here's our decorations.

Krismas tree with sparkly lights. There are more ornaments on it now, though.

New stockings! We had old ones that I knit when we first started dating. They were pretty bad. These are awesome. The tiniest one is for Nermal. Abe didn't even want to get her that! We don't have a fire place, so they just go up on the wall.

Happy Thanksgiving

Yo, happy thanksgiving, Americans. Hope you are eating well. That's what I'm doing today.

Turning 30

I really enjoyed my 31st birthday party and look forward to many more tea parties in the future. I would love to get better hats next time.
If you can't read this comic, let me know and I can write out the text.

Edit: I turned 30. What is wrong with me? Right? I turned 30? Born in 1982.