The More Things Change...

Hopefully everybody else had a wonderful break from the normal grind for a week or so around Christmas and New Years. I know I did.

As usual I went home to Nebraska for the holidays to spend some time with my family, which I always enjoy. Lots of great food, movie watching, and in particular quality time with Mom and Dad, which I wouldn't miss for the world.

Of course anytime I'm at home, my parents have inevitably come across some technical problem that they'd like for me to take care of, since after all, I grew up with technology and have been working with / studying it for going on 8 years now. Should be easy, right?

The weird thing is that my parents always manage to find the most ridiculous, impossible, never-been-heard-of-by-anybody-else kind of problems. And I'm not just talking about an extra hour or so of Googling to figure it out.

Their technical problems can become rather.... severe.

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Love you Mom and Dad. I'm always happy to help with anything - even if it involves calling in Sigourney Weaver.

Say Everything

I often find myself marveling at the amazing technology that's at my finger tips on a daily basis. I'll be sitting there - watching TV while chatting with a buddy halfway across the world, reading Mueller's blog while simultaneously working on a comic. All from one magical little machine.

It's mind boggling. And of course it's only becoming more incredible as time moves on. Back in the day, I remember sitting at my IBM 8086, turning on the ol' 1440 external modem, dialing up and listening to what sounded like a family of cats dying in order to connect to my local BBS. Now it's possible to do about a thousand times more than that on your way to work.

And as awesome as all of this is, there are moments when I yearn for a simpler time without all the advanced tech. I think things would be a little less complicated for your day to day life. At the very least it would be easier to plan grand romantic gestures without the possibility of complete and total disaster.

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Thinking Outside the Box

First I want to make it known that I feel that "thinking outside the box" should be permanently retired. A phrase that was originally intended to generate creative and unique thought has been killed by overuse. Taco Bell uses it for goodness sake. Somebody needs to think of a new phrase to replace it.

Yes I realize I could have used "TOTB" to summarize my desire for unique and original thought with regards to that very phrase. No need to point it out.

Anyway. A while back I saw a pretty sweet video. I'm going to embed it here so you're practically forced to watch it.

Pretty amazing. I have to imagine that the process of teaching the monkeys to use that thing was a little tiresome.

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In Full Sail related news, I completed Ethics and Psychology and am now in my second month of classes. This month I'll be taking "Object and Perspective" and "3D Foundations". Since I'll have significantly less free time this month compared to last (on account of double the classes), I'm afraid I may have to cut back on comic production.

Although I'm sure these look like I just think them into the internet, much like an elderly man would think himself into a woman's backside or a monkey would think poo into a doctor's face, they actually take about 4 hours to go from idea to blog post. Sometimes longer, depending on the subject matter.

So, I've decided to force myself to post comics only on Monday, and on every Monday (today being an obvious exception). I realize my past promises haven't always panned out... but this one is legit. Most likely. Ish.

As a bonus, because my new classes involve a higher degree of creative output, you can expect to see an influx of drawings, sketches, and inked pieces on the ol' blog. Maybe even a 3D rendering by the end of April, who knows.