Another ongoing Scary-Crayon featurette debuts with Crayon Song Parody #1. In this first installment, I rewrite the lyrics to The Beatles' classic song "Eleanor Rigby" to make it about... well, something else. And then, to make matters worse, I actually sing the bloody song a cappella -- yes, my version is available for download in mp3 format -- so those of you with iPods now have something new to listen to as you skip down the streets. Fair warning, though: it's a safe bet that I won't be winning American Idol anytime soon. 😉 Also, on the page, there are various links here and there to other more/less related SC articles, so those of you who aren't too familiar with the site can use that page as a hub to check out some of the pieces you may have missed. Enjoy!

In other news, I stopped into Jo-Ann's Fabrics with my mother today. One of the employees was rather attractive -- a tallish, thin redheaded girl with twinkling eyes and an innocent smile -- and upon noticing the tagline on her nametag I couldn't help but laugh. It read, "We inspire creativity!" Think about it for a moment. 😛

And finally, for those of you who have been missing the Dusty Plastic HELL: Hot Flashes, I intend to start drawing the last run of the bookstore comics tomorrow. It won't be a short run by any means -- I've got quite a few scripts remaining -- and could theoretically go on indefinitely (even though I'm not working at the bookstore anymore, I could mine my ten months there for an infinite number of strips, to say nothing of invented scenarios), but once I reach the stopping point I'd like to take the Hot Flash strips somewhere new. Hopefully the other stuff I come up with will be just as entertaining!

The next update, however, will be another first (not counting the excerpts in How to write a 50,000 word novel in a month, to say nothing of the Pan, Halle Berry, and Santa Claus articles), as I intend to submit a short story I wrote a while back for your reading enjoyment. See you then, then! Ja.