New Blog Host! Same Great Blog!


So my lame excuse for never posting on my old blog site is that it wasn't very user friendly. It was also wicked ugly - and changing the colors, font styles, etc was a PITA, which brings us back to the user-friendless issue. Upon further review I suppose this is actually a pretty valid excuse for not blogging as often as I'd like.

Now THIS blog site... Oh man... It's the cat's pajamas! And we all know how cool cat's pajamas are.

Work: Going well. No complaints. The boss just brought us a 32" flat-panel so we can watch day games. How frigging cool is that? My Bill & Penny comic ads were nominated for a couple of Nori awards, so that's kind of cool/flattering. The dinner's in June, so we'll all just have to wait for the results.

Freelance: I finished a pretty big illustration project a few weeks ago (sample above). It started off well, hit a HUGE snag, I haggled a new price based on said snag, and then I re-drew the illustrations. They loved the final results, and I loved the check. Smiles all around. I've got a few bids out on some other projects, and I'm waiting to hear back from some e-card people who I had to put off while I finished those aforementioned re-drawings. I also wanted to overhaul my web site, but I was convinced to leave it as is. I really like it, but it seems to take a bit too long for the thumbnails to load. I suppose I have other things to work on that are more important. Adding new/recent illustration, animation and Daily Panic pieces would probably be a good idea though, don't you think? Of couse you do!

Sports: Baseball and my NY Yankees are back, but the Yankee's starting staff is in the medicine cabinet already. You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have - a typical season in the Bronx. Keep the faith, people. A-Rod's hitting the ball like he hates it. NFL Draft in a couple of weeks. I'd love it if the Giants took Ted Ginn Jr. out of Ohio State, as he would be the best player available when it's their turn to select, but it looks like they'll take a linebacker or a cornerback. Needs over talent I guess, but Ginn would really help Eli as well as the special teams.

TV: Loving this season's The Shield on FX. Vic Mackey's such a badass. He'd scare the crap out of the Soprano crew. The new season of The Ultimate Fighter has been really good as well. Those 150-pound guys are insane!

Books: I'd LOVE to pick up The Grapes of Wrath again, but who can find the time? I'm just about done with Buster Olney's "The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty" - a real tear-jerker...

Music: I swear I listen to the same 30 songs over and over again. You'd think I'd know the lyrics by now, but when I sing in the car on the way to/from work? Nothing... A few recent favorites include "Wolf Like Me" by TV on the Radio and "The W.A.N.D" by The Flaming Lips. Of course there are also the usual suspects - Radiohead, Interpol, Rob Zombie, and The Tragically Hip. I've also been hooked on the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter", but I REALLY butcher that one while driving. It's about time I searched for some lyrics.

OK. I gotta go. More updates more often. I promise.

Cheers.

G

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