highways I call home
Apr. 18th, 2011 10:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
reflectedeveSo today's the Boston Marathon, meaning that my boss stayed home rather than brave the traffic, my bus isn't running because the race cuts right through its route, and a whole lot of people across the state have a holiday. If I start inking under my desk at some point, I will feel pretty well justified.
Mild crankyness and inconvenience aside, though, life continues to be pretty great. I'm a little worn out from jumping on and off of buses practically every weekend, but it's worth it! On Saturday I went to a teeny-tiny (completely adorable) art festival/indie comic convention right in my hometown. There were some kind of stunning picture book artists there, and something like a third of the comics folk were alums or current students from my (future) school. I had an amazing time chatting about the program, learning to make an eight-page comic from a single sheet of paper, and buying all the minicomics. (Next time I will remember to bring my own and do some trading. /o\) Eventually I ran out of money, ran back to my parents' house, and drew all day, in between rereading print versions of a favorite (tragically hiatus'd) online comic.
Things are starting to pick up towards my move out of here. An announcement about my departure should be going out to the department soon (it's several months off, but once the job's posted ... and we need to hire somebody early enough for training), which will kind of be a relief; I'm starting to discuss the time frame for all the moving I'll have to do this summer; tuition and loans need to be seen to soon. (Meep.) And so on. It's a lot of stuff, but I'm trying to focus on being excited for the outcome.
On another, more immediate note of excitement ... so, anyone going to see MCR in New York this Friday? :DDD (Apart from the usual suspects; you know who you are.)
Mild crankyness and inconvenience aside, though, life continues to be pretty great. I'm a little worn out from jumping on and off of buses practically every weekend, but it's worth it! On Saturday I went to a teeny-tiny (completely adorable) art festival/indie comic convention right in my hometown. There were some kind of stunning picture book artists there, and something like a third of the comics folk were alums or current students from my (future) school. I had an amazing time chatting about the program, learning to make an eight-page comic from a single sheet of paper, and buying all the minicomics. (Next time I will remember to bring my own and do some trading. /o\) Eventually I ran out of money, ran back to my parents' house, and drew all day, in between rereading print versions of a favorite (tragically hiatus'd) online comic.
Things are starting to pick up towards my move out of here. An announcement about my departure should be going out to the department soon (it's several months off, but once the job's posted ... and we need to hire somebody early enough for training), which will kind of be a relief; I'm starting to discuss the time frame for all the moving I'll have to do this summer; tuition and loans need to be seen to soon. (Meep.) And so on. It's a lot of stuff, but I'm trying to focus on being excited for the outcome.
On another, more immediate note of excitement ... so, anyone going to see MCR in New York this Friday? :DDD (Apart from the usual suspects; you know who you are.)
