Hey guys,
In the past few weeks, my life went from fairly sedate to super busy, thus my absence from the interwebs. So let me catch you up–
A few weeks ago, I got a job at a coffee shop near my apartment. When I chose the date for my flight back to Vermont, I did so with the hope that I would be able to fill a position there that I knew was coming open, and I was very fortunate that it worked out (persistence had as much to do with it as fortune, but I still feel lucky). It’s been great. Some of it is stressful and exhausting, but most of that has to do with how much I still have to learn. Some of the things that are a challenge for me now will be second nature in a few months. Already things have gotten easier and more automatic.
A week into my new job, my dad and step-mother came to visit. For the past week, every moment I wasn’t working I was hiking or sightseeing with them. Though it was great to have them visit, it’s added up to feeling like I’ve been on my feet nonstop for ages, and I’ve had very little time to myself. Luckily, tomorrow I have no work and I can take some time out to recuperate and catch up with friends.
In the next week I’ll be continuing to work a lot, and probably read a lot when I’m not working. But I’m also planning on finishing my reprint of Simpler ( I always try to spell it simplr before correcting myself–the internet has had a bad influence on me) and working more on the redesign for Allergic (I had a mini breakthrough last week, though in retrospect I feel silly for not having thought of it before).
I’m not really sure what all to share right now. I’m afraid my life is kind of boring (though the writer in me insists that no life is boring–it all depends on how you look and recount it). I’m not working on new things so much as tidying old things and preparing for new ones. I’m reprinting comics from last year so that I’m ready for conventions, I’m sketching and doing samples and test pages for future comics. I’m putting the house in order and making things ready for my second (and final) year of grad school. Graduates talk about the thesis project as being like having a baby; nine months of growth that culminate in pushing the final project out into the world. So I guess what I’m doing now is building a nursery? That metaphor fell down somewhere.
Anyway, it’s not particularly exciting to watch, but I think it’s necessary and I hope that it will make my life easier in months to come. Maybe I’ll have some exciting stuff to share soon. More dinosaurs, perchance?
Anyway, Allison out.