1. With the exception of projects committed/agreed to before 11/03/07, I no longer do artwork for free.

2. I know a lot of people still have this journal friended, even though I'm posting way less these days. If you're here for the occasional blurb, bit of drawing, or mp3, you're in the right place. If you're mainly interested in the artwork, though, most of it's over at gallo_de_pelea. The project I'm currently working on isn't really for general audiences, which is why it hasn't appeared much here. Check it out if you like, though.

C__: So how'd it go on the floor today?
EK: Okay. I'm getting back into the groove of things, but the kitchen's still tricky.
C__: Almost got your sea legs back.
J__: Yeah, waiting tables is kinda like riding a bicycle...
EK: Hey, you're right -
J__: ...Sooner or later, you're gonna get run over.

( Actual conversation #1 )

( Actual conversation #2 )

Also, I've been way, way too addicted to these two tracks lately:

Sporto Kantes, "Whistle"
Buy the album 3 At Last in mp3 format here
So obnoxiously catchy.

King Khan and the Shrines, "Land of the Freak"
Buy The Supreme Genius Of King Khan And The Shrines at Amazon.com
This album just came out this year. I shit you not. tohoscope, I think you'd dig this one.

The Best Ways To Make Me Angry
(edited for identity)

1. Make plans for me/volunteer me for anything without my knowledge or permission.
2. Expect me to know things I would have no reason to know, then get frustrated with me for not knowing them.
3. Speak to me like I am a misbehaving five year old.
4. Put me in a position where I only have a choice of a: seriously inconveniencing and pissing off coworkers, or b: telling a customer "suck it up or leave" and risk losing my job.
5. Give me contradictory instructions, fail to respond when I ask which instructions to follow, then get mad because I chose the one you didn't want.
6. See that I am already frustrated to the point of tears, and decide to tease me anyway just for kicks.
7. Simply assume that I have not performed my job duties, then go on mic and passive-aggressively scold us for slacking, when in fact I already took care of those tasks AN HOUR AGO, which you would know if you would just bothered to look.
8. Imply that I am lazy when you know that a: I have three jobs and b: I left at sunrise to be here.
9. Generally make me feel like I'm seventeen again.

I've started looking for design gigs.

And then I come home and there are friends and dogs and the best husband ever and grilled cheese sandwiches and wine and I check email to see someone has done fan art of characters I created and the contrast kind of makes me misty, in a good way.


* 1, 2, 3 and 6 apply 24/7/365, not just at work.

EK: Um, there's a guy at the door demanding to be served right now.
Mgr: Did you tell him we don't even open for another half-hour?
EK: Yeah, and he started to get angry, so I have no idea if he's a loon or a VIP. Let's face it, there's a good bit of overlap between the two.
C__ (Waiter): Why don't you just tell him to fuck off?
EK: Because he's twice my weight, twice my size, hostile, and not listening to reason.
C__: Oh. [peeks out the kitchen door] Yeah, that's a VIP.

Past 10 days, next 10 days:

Work day: Wake up, bike to restaurant job, come home, shower, work on freelance.
Day off: work on freelance.
Comic work wedged in where I can fit it.

Broke, so no going out.

That's all. Nothing to report, really.

1. I don't know how I got to 30 and stayed this clueless. he;lp

Been coding for a freelance project all day and have Monitor Eyes. Bleah.

1. Firefox 3 is pretty cool.

2. Had to use the car today, what with picking up 40 lbs of dog food and potting soil... and man, driving kinda sucks.

3. I am the biggest weeaboo ever. hoshizora, however, is awesome.

1. I cannot comprehend how a person can reach the age of 65 without learning that the world does not revolve around them / that they are not entitled to having their every wish instantly fulfilled / that whining like a 6 year old is very poor form.

2. Be nice to crazy homeless guys - they might just be starship captains from the 29th century.

Actual conversation from Sunday:
J__ (waiter): Hey, can you roll some silverware in these yellow napkins for me?
EK : Sure. Did some extra people join that wedding shower at B6? [big table we use for private parties, which sometimes use special linens]
J__ : No, Mr. and Mrs. C___ are in my section, and they don't like using the white napkins.
EK : I officially do not understand rich people.

Still biking everywhere. Weight loss has plateaued, but I seem to be tanning (!!!!) despite liberal application of SPF 30.

Back to comicking. Am also working on the first honest-to-god straight-up animu illo I've done in a long time.


Oh -

FYI: I know a lot of people still have this journal friended, even though I'm posting way less these days. If you're here for the occasional blurb, bit of drawing, or mp3, you're in the right place. If you're mainly interested in the artwork, though, most of it's over at gallo_de_pelea. The stuff I'm currently drawing isn't really for general audiences (read: you might not want to see it [read: GAY]), which is why it hasn't appeared much here.