Last weekend was fun, Sam came up and stayed from Friday to Sunday. We watched "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" which she hadn't seen before, took Aayla for her first walk, went to see "Men Who Stare At Goats", ate at a Chinese Buffet, looked at books neither of us could buy at the huge bookstores, ate homemade Chicken Fettuccine (made by me), played some video games, and Sam forced me to watch "New Moon". Overall, it was a great weekend and I can't wait until next time she can come up here.

In other good news, I sold some prints yesterday via my website's shop which was awesome. I'm still trying to get into some art shows and craft fairs so I can sell more of my artwork but in person. So far, no call or email backs. I'm hopeful though. Once I can afford to make some canvas prints (found a place that will make them for only 10 cents a square inch) then I'll take them around to some of the local art shops and galleries to see if anyone will sell them. I've got to do something because I've submitted applications to everywhere I can think of but can't seem to find a second job. I had to run and buy some ink today so I checked on how many hours I was going to be working next week... NONE. They have me working absolutely no hours next week. WTF?? I asked for MORE hours, not less hours!!! I love my job but I can't survive working so infrequently like this.

Not sure what I will be doing for Thanksgiving other than working. I was going to make my famous Chocolate Kahlua Cheesecake but I'm not sure if I will be going to any Thanksgiving dinners this week. Need to find out sometime today for certain because that shit has to sit over night in the fridge. If there is a family get together, I'll have an excuse to eat and run because I be at work at 4:30 AM which means I need to leave my apartment around 2AM on account of Black Friday traffic. So if I want any sleep, it will have to be late afternoon or very early night.

In art news, a.k.a. good news since my art keeps me happy and sane, I'm getting closer to finishing the story for the completely rewritten Echoes of Darkness. I'm going to try and start on Chapter 1 either this week or next. I've also got some new ideas for one-shots (which I can also sell as prints!!). Now for the biggest news: After playing a few too many hours of Tomb Raider Underworld, I went to bed and during that magical time between consciousness and sleep, reality and dream, I finally came up with a far more than decent story for a new graphic novel. It's an archaeological mystery adventure and I don't give a damn if people call it a Tomb Raider rip off because I know it isn't, I know how hard I've been working on this and how different it is. Unlike previous tries at similar graphic novels, this one is actually worth reading (and my time creating) because it's a complete and good story with characters you can relate with and understand and great action. No title yet but I do have the outline completed (finished it less than an hour ago). More details about it, along with character concepts, will be released later. Depending on when I finished the actual story, I'll probably be making this story the same time as I make Echoes of Darkness. Oh, one detail I will announce is that I'm going to try to make this a more "traditional-like" looking graphic novel with various shapes of panels instead of what I usually do.

Well, I'm off to work on my art some more now that I'm thinking about it. It's midnight but I'm so full of coffee (I drank some because I was cold and too cheap to turn the heat on) that I can't sleep so I might as well get busy.