So as those of you who checked out the Site Talk block on Scary-Crayon's main page already know, I turned twenty-three today. Rah. Not a lot happened. I went to work, came back here and messed around with graphics for SC's layout update for a few hours (alas, it looks like I may end up scrapping most of the work I did tonight and go a different route instead). Soon I'll go to bed, since I'd like to get more than the three hours of sleep I got last night. I didn't do anything fun, I didn't hang out with any friends (because I don't have any), and I certainly didn't get anything noteworthy as far as presents go (presents? from where would they come?) because nobody really gives a shit about me or my birthday. Yep. (more...)

Another quickie: Dusty Plastic HELL: Hot Flash #2. Hopefully more substantial updates are on the way.

Maybe I'll get a minute to sit down and post the week-in-review from work, but here's a preview of what you've got to look forward to: On Saturday night, someone telephoned the bookstore and threatened to shoot our manager after the store closed. Yep. Stay tuned for the details.

Anyway, I've gotta get to bed now so I can have at least three hours of sleep. Ugh. Ja.

Hello, readers! And welcome to my first post from the office. I don't anticipate doing too many of these, namely because writing blog entries on the clock really feels like slacking off to me, even though I'm not shirking any duties while doing so, as I stop typing to do my duties when the phone rings or someone needs me to help him/her with something in the office. Still, the interruptions are slightly annoying. Also, I dislike these computers. I know, for instance, that they must have better specs than ol' Sasquatch (my PII 400 mHz machine at the house, so named because the primary hard drive is a Quantum Bigfoot), and yet they still manage to run significantly more slowly than my longtime companion. (more...)

Two new pieces on the good Scary-Crayon -- A Crayon Haiku #17 and the first of yet another SC featurette, Dusty Plastic Hell: Hot Flash #1. The explanation for the latter piece -- at the bookstore we sell a porn mag (and a rather popular one at that) called "Black Tail". I don't endorse the mag at all (for obvious reasons), but with Shark Tale hitting theaters soon, the idea occurred to me to do a cover mockup of "Shark Tail" Magazine. So here it is. Amused? I am. Background courtesy of Ecco 2: The Tides of Time.

Gotta get to bed so I can wake up tomorrow and do the work thing again. Ja!

Quick post. So I started job #2 yesterday -- in case I didn't mention it before, I'm going to be filling an administrative clerk position at the local community college while another employee is out on extended sick leave. There wasn't a lot I could do on my first day, what with me not having the requisite keys and computer passwords to do what I'll eventually be doing, so I was mostly running errands and xeroxing forms and whatnot. It's a fulltime position (temporary, though, so no benefits), and with me keeping the bookstore job, for at least the next month I'll be working seven days a week. That is, I'm going to be swamped, but hopefully I'll find time to update Scary-Crayon at least once a week. As always, though I'll shoot for two updates. (more...)