Jul 10

If I ever go head-to-head with a major corporation, I hope that I do it with the humor and style Sons of Maxwell exhibit in United Breaks Guitars!

Fan Mail! I apologize if you wrote me within the last two or three weeks and I have not yet responded. I shall answer all letters in my inbox this Sunday, if not sooner. I do love reading your letters and am not trying snub you.

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Jul 3

Have a fun Independence Day tomorrow! Do not start any wildfires!

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Jun 30

	Her face here is longer and more angular than usual, but these are sketches of Velvet Hairyson, exploring possible expressions. Ink on white paper. June 2009.
	Though the overall image pleases me, the woman's face did not express what I hoped to achieve. I tried to capture a mostly-startled-but-tearfully-happy look, but just got a frightened-startled look. I seem to draw a lot of startled or scared women; I guess that I like wide-eyed expressions. Ink on white paper. June 2009.
	Trying a wide-eyed expression, I opted for great joy and excitement in this sketch. This one reminded me one of the big drawbacks of sketching in ink; I had the man outlined before I included the person he is leaping to hug. The layout wound up being somewhat awkward and wasted too much space, so I doodled in some of the open space. Ink on white paper. June 2009.

Jun 26

Safety Tip: When grabbing a roll of extension cord, make sure that no iron bars are leaning on it, or they might fall and smack you on the head.

Earlier this week, while preparing to mow my lawn, I grabbed the roll of extension cord from where it sat on a garage shelf. I had done this nearly daily for the previous two weeks without mishap, but that was when no one else was moving things in the garage. This time, apparently a few long iron bars had been rested against the cord.

A few things went through my head when I discovered this. Obviously, the first thing was the first iron bar that fell. The next was the thought that they must have been leaning on the cord. The next was the thought that I should try to get away from the rest of them as they continued to fall on me. Unfortunately, my body did not move quite as quickly as my mind or the falling bars.

I jest, of course. The bar did not really go through my head. It hit my head and caused a bump whose size suggests that the bar probably just glanced me rather than whacked me full force. Another bar got a good blow to my right forearm, near the elbow, and smacked my right foot.

After a violent shout and some angry tears, SO and I picked up the bars and I mowed the yard. Anybody who ever accused me of being hard-headed now has this story to support his/her claim; an iron bar hits me on my head and I still fight with my lawn.

Sketches

	Aside from tamago (scrambled egg), SO just does not touch sushi. I recently went out for sushi and was thinking about him, so I sketched him with a piece of tako (octopus; tentacles are yummy). SO looked at the sketch and said, "That is unrealistic. I would never let that get that close to my tongue." Ink on white paper. June 2009.
	Zeal Sharpclaw faces off with an old frenemy. Below, I felt like drawing long, freely flowing hair and a few plants in my yard. Ink on white paper. June 2009.
	The top three sketches were different attempts to capture a businessman. Below, I just played with faces and hair textures. Ink on white paper. June 2009.