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dear blog,

I'm at the office right now. It's quiet today. I've been working on some stuff.

The semester is winding down. I already have final projects in sight. I've picked the story to revise for my short story class. Chances are, this is the story that will be my big thesis deally. It's the most developed idea. It's about a detective in the afterlife. A neo noir story. It's weird working only in text. I'm used to being able to use things like body language to help tell a story. Comics are far more subtle, I think. When all you have to work with are words, the words have to do all the work. It's a weird little challenge.

Right now, I'm hungry for chicken. Possibly lemon-pepper.

The headache isn't too bad today. Maybe the prednasone is helping. I haven't had to take a percoset yet today. I may be able to make it all the way for the first time in a week. That would be nice. I have an MRI tomorrow at 3:55. The doctor thinks it's probably something with a nerve, since there aren't any other neurological symptoms. Unless I'm crazy.
I wonder if it's carbon monoxide. I work in a very small, poorly ventilated room with 1 to 3 other people. We all get kinda sleepy when all four of us are there. I'm tempted to bring a carbon monoxide detector to work. Except, if there is carbon monoxide, what would they do? We don't have any other workspace.

Obviously, I'm thrilled with how the election turned out. Barack Obama makes me feel like I can do anything. He makes me feel like there's no challenge we can't all overcome. I think he's right when he says to be our brother or sister's keeper. We need to look out for and help each other. That's not socialism, that's just being kind.

I'm taking a brief break from FNS until January. The big story ended on saturday and I need a break. I'm taking the time to finish other things. This week, I finally finished coloring some pages for someone else that I've had forever. Tomorrow, after homework, I'm going to work on Fun Factory and finish that up. Someone asked me what my plans for FNS were now. I laughed because I'm going back to my old way of not having any idea what I'm doing. It's going to be so unplanned and unprepared again. Back to basics and all that. I think some people were disappointed I didn't do much with the election this time around. I did make fun of McCain, so it's not like I left it completely alone. I was just much more interested in the story. Which, if I hadn't switched to a five-day schedule instead of six, would have finished before the election. The total number of strips in Sad Little Life? 338. That'll make a nice book.

Target had a huge sale on Wii games two weeks ago. Buy 2 get 1 free type sale. I now have two christmas presents for somebodies. I did claim the free one for myself, but I haven't touched it yet. I think, since Dexter (and now Dixie) usually "give me a present" for Christmas, it'll probably be that game. I really don't have time to play much right now. I played some Smash Bros for about an hour a few days ago. I'm hopelessly lost in that stupid subspace maze. I can't really remember what I was doing. I think I'm going to go back to playing Mario Kart. I still haven't played NIghts from last christmas a whole lot. Clearly, people who can buy a fifty dollar videogame per week and finish it have a.) too much time and b.) too much disposable income.

Current Location: the office