Stoned Caller Shenanigans
Guy calls me during the middle of the tournament:
Him: "You guys have a book that came out this week. It's got Cable in it?"
Me: "Yeah, I think it's called Cable Last Hope?"
Him: "That's the one, did you know there's a second volume that's already out?"
Me: "Uh, it came out this week, so I don't think there's a second volume out yet."
Him, reading further down the amazon page: "Oh, wow that comes out in december. You should totally get that."
Me: "...."
Tom King Writing Superman
Pretty much every time this guy writes Superman, I cry. The piece he did for Action Comics #1000 is just superlative, and his handling of the character during his recent Batman story arc really distilled down Bruce and Clark’s relationship perfectly. If you wanna see for yourself, DC actually made the Action Comics story available online here:
Today is one of those marathon kinda days. The customers are slow enough that I'm keeping up with the pace of the new things that require my attention. And doubly fortunately, my polycule has been super wonderful and flexible and has done a number of things that is helping this week look a lot less stressful. <3
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Productivity Day!
Today is my day to knock out a bunch of projects and I'm doing okay so far! I'm also kind of hanging out in the general vicinity of the store just in case my employee needs me (cause this is his last official week of training).
So far I have:
- Sent emails regarding tabletop day and Free comic book day
- Designed assets for TTD and FBCD
- had a lovely conversation with @emanate about setting up a budget with them
- Set up an advertising campaign for our Prerelease events!
Otter finger webbing. Boost if you agree. #amwriting
All New Wolverine Spoilers (+)
I really can’t state how much I have come to enjoy this series. This took a character I really didn’t have a lot of interest in, and slowly built her up a family, friends l, and now a future that’s actually looks pretty good so far.
I mean any future where Kamala (Ms Marvel) is POTUS is a good future by me.
Also Laura’s sister Gabby is amazing (case in point: her code name is Honey Badger). 💜
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Monday Mood (+/~)
I'm kinda struggling this morning (cause Mondays) to motivate myself. I've done a fair bit so far though, including putting in an order for some very long-needed hardware upgrades here at the store.
I think it's just one of those days where I can't look at discourse either, which isn't helping given all the stuff that went down with witches.town.
Choices and Consequences
Last night I fell apart pretty hard due in part to several sets of choices I made throughout the day. @literorrery was amazing and sat with me through all the pain and I did come out the other side. It's becoming apparent to me that I have some emotional scarring of my own to heal from and that's gonna take time.
I'm really raw today, so please bear with me if I'm touchy or distant, or if I want excessive amounts of hugs.
Self-Care
This is leaving me feeling really drained and a little frustrated and tired, but it'll be worth it to cross this crap off of my list and put this project to bed.
Self-Care
I saw a really good quote about self-care this week. It's not always about getting a massage or throwing a bath bomb in the tub and soaking for hours. Sometimes it's about taking legitimately hard steps to make it so that your life situation is markedly better.
Going to the dentist is self-care. Having an uncomfortable conversation so that it stops constantly bothering you is self-care too. And in my case, pushing and working on a work project on my day off is also a part of self-care.
ECCC is done and I can breathe again. Today I got a lot of headway in on an end of month store project, and got some brainstorming done on some other web work that needs to get underway.
Sunday was a really nice day with my @IceWeasel and a lovely dinner with Mistress @literorrery and the rest of the polycule. I even got to bring some of the risotto she made into work today. Soooo tasty! :9
Well hey, lookit that. Postfurry in a mainstream comic publication. Beautiful!
(Out tomorrow in fine stores everywhere.)
February and Birthdays (-)
The last few years birthdays and I have had a weird relationship. I think my hesitancy to ask for a little self-indulgence kinda peaks around this month honestly cause there are so many people with birthdays around my own. Em's was a few days ago, mine's next Friday, Ellu & Izzy's are early March. And there are others.
And this year, with all of the everything else going on it just feels inappropriate to event consider asking. Especially considering I work that Friday
a gentle reminder (+)
The light and green are returning. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, but it is happening.
Hang in there. You can make it through the long dark.
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I have to thank a fellow comics peer for pointing out this book in Previews for February. I’m a order so many copies for the store!
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Plant bunny. Formerly a lion. Prone to pondering about gender, sex, and life in general. May be NSFW at times. Pronouns: He/Him or They/Them (either works)