thursday

way to go!

what they didn't send it to you even though you paid.
bastards!!!!!

glad you got it.

aaaaaaaahhhhhhh
the twin

hate when that happens.

it's always surreal when that happens, isn't it? i always want to do something different with myself, too, so i can feel once again that i am special. i misread your journal, sorry. but what were/are you going to school for?

ooh, what classes are u taking? good luck!

ooh, what classes are u taking? good luck!

asher's b-day is the 15th! these are for you:



and:



thank you!! if you have pumpkin colors and time, i will pay for a pumpkin hat, too.

shit it didn't work.

look in my "true love" album and you can see the hat pics and steal them if you want. super cuteness.

Oh, definitely resubmit to the merc. When editors tell you to fuck off (we thank you for your submission but, sorry, we are not interested at this time...) that's editor/publisher/producer speak for I don't have time/space/etc. for this right now but if it comes across my desk again in a few months I'll look at it again. I won't even remember my former rejection on account of all the coke I snort and the fact that I issue ten rejections a day.

I my work experience being told "I'm not interested" means "I'm interested but I won't take you seriously until you ignore my multiple rejections and keep coming back at me." They want to be sold, deep down, they want to say yes, they just need your help, which comes in the form of your persistence. But the absolute hardest part is dealing with that rejection and then coming back for more. When I am rejected I feel it in my chest and I have an overwhelming urge to crawl away and hide under something safe. I have to build myself up and act confident to be able go back to that person and pitch them again. And maybe again. And possibly again. Talk about ego destruction. I operate under the principle that as long as their still letting me talk, some part of them wants it; the prospect is free to hang up on you or tell you to leave. Or the editor didn't tell you to never resubmit. But getting the sale/publication/deal/etc. is the reward, and totally worth it. Or at least I tell myself that.

But I am on extended vacation right now, and am very recharged. I have optimism to spare. And share. Even though I'm a stranger I'm telling you that you can do it. Your comics are good. And if you can find it in your heart to keep trying, you will succeed.

Do I sound like Stuart Smiley? (Im a good person, Im worthy, and dog-on-it, people like me.) Probably more like a sleazy salesman (Glenn Gary, Glenn Ross!!! ABC! Fuck, David Mammet makes the best fucking films!)

I think I saw Henny Penny in Portland anyway. On someones coffee table maybe

Have a great weekend.

Whoooo! Whaaaaa! Parrrrrrrtay! <dan pours beer on his head, generally making an ass of himself> WhoooHooo! Party!!!! PORTLAND FUCKING OREGON!!!!! <dan falls down>

Translation:

"I have lived a relativelly sheltered life, and therefor anything that deals with subject matter I have yet to experience is not my forte. blah blah blah...."

Oh well. i think your shit rocks!

i thought it was a good idea too! see you tonight most likely!

poor kitty. dumb kitty.

oh, poor kitty. i used to paint houses and most powerlines in residential neighborhoods won't shock you. i used to put ladders up aginst them and paint like that. no lie.

Mmmmm...mashed potatoes are my favorite fruit

Good stuff!I will have to remember that to use later

If that's what it took to cure you ...

Why not make a book and have a site for that then I will post a link to the site and try to get friends to do the same ... Hmmm I have art why don't I do all that?Why?Why?Why?