It has begun. You might see this Horrible for quite a while. Watch
sewcrates.com to see how things are going.
Update: I figured I'd take a few moments to report back on how things are going. I'm a bit more than halfway through the horror show. I have only drawn one Horrible during November, so I decided not to dip into my backup store until I finish.
I'm looking at this break in a positive way: I was floundering a bit in my newer doodles looking for topics. I would draw the little guy and then stare at it for long periods, not sure what situation I should put him in. It turns out, except for my movie/anime drawings, I rarely put my horribles in "situations"--which is similar to my storytelling where I don't actually tell a story.
That's enough consternating. When I do return to full form, I promised myself I would not do this as much. I need to be more positive. Move forward, make the world a better place, cure cancer, you know, be good.
Since I officially won the Marathon, I could not wait to post a new Horrible in place of the long-running On Hiatus. Here it is. I did not technically draw this with the Marathon in mind (it was drawn back in September), but when going through my collection of unposted doodles, I thought it was the appropriate one to open the festivities. I have much more depressing Marathon-related ones still in the queue.
I lowered the frequency of posting to the Horribles to three times a week. This is in preparation of using a few of my post-dinner/Julie's Jazz Choir hours for activities other than doodling. I hope to write more and perhaps explore a few programming ideas/posts that have been marching around my tiny head. We'll see how that goes.
I drew this on the run up to Nanowrimo 2007. I spent much of that time fretting about not having ideas. It turned out, after all was said and written, I had good reason to fret. Writing 50,000 words without any ideas or planning is not a good way to create something worthwhile.
But it did leave me with a leaky faucet doodle. So I have that.
My Marathon doodles continue. I drew this one about a week before I finished. You can tell what I was thinking at the time.
We've had a busy weekend so far. We spent yesterday in the coffee shop, tennis center, dog park, and visiting Scott to play three hours of Rock Band. My wrists are very tired from all the strumming on my bass, or more exactly a plastic replica with five colored buttons and a cheap switch. Today is equally busy with breakfast, house viewings, tennis, dog park if the weather clears, and pizza dinner. Yummy.
Letters! It's letters! (I drew this after finishing the Marathon.) I love the bruise on top of the little guy's head.
Julie and I are in intense negotiations for a new house. It's quite fancy. Once (and if!) we sign the contract, I'll post photographs and descriptions, and describe the process.
My headaches have returned lately. It might be the stress of the negotiations, or just bad sleep habits. I'm not sure which, but I'm sitting here nursing today's minor headache.
Okay, so the first wave were just the walkers. The runners are now whizzing by our house. Here are a few snapshots the Julies caught.
We're approaching last year's Marathon. I didn't manage many doodles during that time, but there are a handful. Here's the first.
The sun in shining this morning. Luckily, I don't have a repeat of yesterday's headache. Good times are planned. Good times.
