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Friday, July 17, 2009
Thoughts gone astray.....
Well what can I say. I didnt have to justify what I was doing Saturday
to my friend, as I stated to him doing "stuff". But then it came across
like I was committing some dubious act of illegal or illicit actitivity
by not revealing it. I know it has nothing to do with any of that but
I was worried that it may be construed as such by my friend. All I am
doing is doing some personal cleansing, and working on DangerZone #7 then
going on time early to my cousin's 10 wedding anniversary at 4pm
instead of the later time 5:30 that I had to tell my cousin after the
invitation because of the request from my friend to attend an event earlier
in the afternoon. Its not like I was going to see Harry Potter or on a date
with someone, LOL. Guilt is a powerful weapon I have found. Well its powerful
against people who have a code of honor and a conscience, lol. In the hands
of a master manipulator it is devestating. I think that it is working on
me because of my family's recent months of plight with health issues and
letting my friends in a little too close these days as I seek solace from
the stress. I just want to learn to say no to people without burning bridges
and that is the hardest thing to do it seems.
Another friend of mine is deciding whether to accept a job far away from
where he currently resides but will have to deal with the long commute or
try to move in with a roommate on that side of town. I was informed that
what I thought was the reason for another friend moving this week into a
larger apartment on that side of town was in fact incorrect. The mutual
friend's current roommate doesn't want another roommate but the third
bedroom would in fact be for "extra room". I am still wondering if that
guy in fact ever got a job to pay for his part of this new apartment. If so,
great! If not, then I fear for my mutual friend because of the costs that
will incur thus ultimately they will need another roommate and then the
opportunity will be too late for my first friend to accept the new job
ultimately causing him more pain than at the moment over all this. Crappy
situation if you ask me...crappy all around.
A friend of mine from Athens commented on the freezine HC CultureShock that
I am working on each month as a therapeutic release as not being visually
stimulating enough for everyone else. Albeit that is the case, its not the
reason that I am doing the freezine in the first place. The copyleft freezine
is simply a way for me to make more opportunities to go and do things with
my friends so I don't feel that I have inundated my life with an overload
of work all the time. I am not interested in putting in the time it would
require to add fancy backgrounds, images of places, promotional stuff other
than links to the sites. I opened the site up to other people's comments
because I wanted to get their experiences, reviews, and overall comments.
I didn't create it to build a huge competitive community. Its not some
grass roots movement either. I just all to understand that. Its cheaper than
mental therapy for me, lol. ( Don't worry...I will add links back to the
sites and locales that we review, :) )
Well I just ordered the first special item for me with my money outside the
budget this month. I have wanted it for a while and now I have purchased it.
It will be delivered by Tuesday 21st. If my mailman runs as usual, it will
be in my mailbox Tuesday evening when I get home from work. What is it you
might ask? Well my Who-vian friends...I have ordered the animated special
of Dr. WHo ( with "Mar-fa J-O-nes") The Infinite Quest. Not only is it a
story held in the continuity of the 10th Doctor by the BBC but its done in
FLASH. Thats so cool! I hope to do my own story House of Renquist like this
animated work. I can't wait to see that next week....Weeeeeee*Giddy*falls
down laughing* ( well it worked for Emperor Nero...:)
Well I shouldn't write this here but I have no idea what to get Neoreveng
for his birthday next week. Its on Thursday 7/23. I know we are all planning
on getting together next night for dinner after he gets off work, but what
to get the video-game freak....hmmmmm....don't know. Maybe it will hit me, lol.
There are too many things to get back into this weekend as far as
GIRAFNetwork and HeroCentral, but I do need to put things into perspective.
I want to start working on adding webcomic mini-shorts for HeroCentral on
to the www.Drunkduck.com hosting site and I already have planned to start
with posting LOZ: Melting Point up there after I get it colored and lettered
this weekend. I figure that I will be able to upload weekly to that site
and be able to keep up with all my other projects monthly.I do need to go by
Hobby Lobby today and check for PrismaColor pencils for skin tones. I need
those to finish working on Adrian Daley's N2Deep pages to post today and next
week.Yet another thing to complete by the weekend.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
LJ 7_16
A moment of reflection
I have come to the realization today that I am the one who is ultimately
responsible for the problems with me getting in way over my head with
too much to do each weekend. Between friends, work, GIRAF, and internet,
I seem to jam way too many things that "need" to be done to assuage all
the people that I come in contact with. I need to be able to say "no" to
these people when I am feeling overwhelmed. I just don't. I think that
problem is contributing to my feelings of being burnt out these past
few weeks. I don't want to hurt anyone's personal feelings over all this
either. Depsite my large size, I can't be everywhere for everyone, :)
I just wanted to tell all my friends and family that bit of insight. So
if you ask me for something or to go somewhere with you, I can't just
automatically go do it. If you find me making excuses they are probably
just that....excuses so I don't have to say the word "no" to anyone close
to me. This is no way a reflection of me choosing one friend over another
or one family member over another when I am out "seen" with them. Its
just I have to trim back all the things I agree to do over the next
couple of months until I take my vacation in September. Thanks everyone.
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As far as work, I am completing the lettering on a six page Land of Zoa
furry short that I plan to put up on www.drunkduck.com next week. I also
want to have the United Fanzine Organization print it in their UFO Sampler
for this summer's convention in Chicago. Nic Carcieri, the co-op's chairman
is doing a great job keeping the group active and alive. I need to update
my current list of members so I can send out the second issue of Land of
Zoa in August to everyone. In the meantime, I'll be mailing out to all at
the UFO issue #0 of my new line called Hero Central Universe. It features
a glimpse into the new storylines I have set in motion for the characters
in my personal universe of storytelling. It also debut's the inking skills
of Verona Oliver Rutherfurd, a detail oriented artist out of Sugar Hill
Georgia. That book is coming back from the printers , Ka-Blam, on July 24th.
Well that's what they said, lol. I hope everyone enjoys that release.
Its very noir!!!!
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
I wanted to thank everyone again for their positive thoughts with the
emergency of my mom yesterday having a heart cath. She is doing fine
at home, resting per doctor's orders. I also found out that Bochi's mom was having minor heart surgery today. My positive thoughts go out
to him in spades.
I am planning on taking a few days off and head to Florida after
Labor Day in September to take into account of where my life is
really going these days. I find that I am burning out faster and faster on achieving my dreams. It begins to hurt in my heart some nights when I find that all I have are aspirations on the cusp of success. Its a decision that I have had to make for the last few years. I am not giving up on achieving what I have wrought, mind you. Its just I need a break from everything and its about time that I do it soon...before I break. Maybe I'll just stay in Florida for a couple of days that week. It just costs a lot of money though down there. One ticket to Seaworld alone is $75. Thats more than a season pass to SixFlags including the Water park! That is really way too much for one day's event, not including food or drink in the park, that no doubt will be overpriced. I just want some beach time, drawing time, and a few good meals ( heck I could eat at Red Lobster 3 times for that amount of money) , and just maybe meet some new friends down there.:) Oh well that will happen soon enough...
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Well as some of you may know, my mother went into the emergency room last night with chest pains and ended up being admitted. The did a chest CT , which was negative, and a heart cath this morning at nine. By 12noon I found out that the test was negative as well. no blockages, ergo no stint. I stayed with her and my father as well as one of my sisters all afternoon until they finally released her at 6pm this evening. She is doing fine, but has to rest for the next 3 or 4 days. All will be well as they adjust her medication to nbetter regulate her pulse rate and blood pressure over this week. Thanks to everyone who parlayed their best wishes. Thanks Again!
Jason
Monday, July 6, 2009
man oh man, what a 4th of July weekend was that!!! Fireworks, Fun,
Drama, and Fabulous Food! It seems that I am destined to be a big
guy. I love to eat food. I think that I really enjoy cooking food
more for my friends and family. I say this because when I cook the
food I have a tendency not to eat as much when its all said and well
done. This may be a new diet fad for me...The Chef's Diet...now sold
in stores!!! LOL. Friday I went to my folks and grilled out with them.
So I go the ribs,burgers, squash, and hot peppers that evening. On
Saturday I went to NeoReveng's place and cooked dinner over there.
Well I started prepping the food at 12 noon for the dinner party.
I was completely finished in the kitchen by around 3pm. It was absfab
and Delicioso! The Shrimp was perfectly grilled and the honey grilled
chicken was moist not two steps from being jerky, lol. All the
veggies were steamed to perfection. My honey limeafe cocktails were
sugarfree and excellent, especially when spiked with a shot or two of
Petron Tequila. It was great. I have included the receipes here so
you can all try them!
Honey Limeade
INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
1 cup lime juice
5 cups water ( double water if too Tart)
2/3 cup splenda
2 tablespoons honey
DIRECTIONS
In a pitcher, combine lime juice, water, splenda and honey.
Stir until sugar is dissolved. Chill in refrigerator.
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Honey Mustard Grilled Chicken
INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
1/3 cup Dijon mustard
1/4 cup honey
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 teaspoon steak sauce
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the grill for medium heat.
In a shallow bowl, mix the mustard, honey, mayonnaise, and steak s
auce. Set aside a small amount of the honey mustard sauce for
basting, and dip the chicken into the remaining sauce to coat.
Lightly oil the grill grate. Grill chicken over indirect heat for
18 to 20 minutes, turning occasionally, or until juices run clear.
Baste occasionally with the reserved sauce during the last 10 minutes.
Watch carefully to prevent burning.
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Grilled Shrimp Scampi
INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon minced garlic
ground black pepper to taste
crushed red pepper flakes to taste (optional)
1 1/2 pounds medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
DIRECTIONS
In a large, non-reactive bowl, stir together the olive oil, lemon juice,
parsley, garlic, and black pepper. Season with crushed red pepper,
if desired. Add shrimp, and toss to coat. Marinate in the refrigerator
for 30 minutes.
Preheat grill for high heat. Thread shrimp onto skewers, piercing once
near the tail and once near the head. Discard any remaining marinade.
Lightly oil grill grate. Grill for 2 to 3 minutes per side, or until
opaque.
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Onions Baked with Rosemary and Cream
PREP TIME 20 Min
INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
6 medium yellow onions, with peel
2 cups chicken stock
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
3 sprigs fresh rosemary, chopped
1/2 cup heavy cream
DIRECTIONS
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
Slice about 1/4 inch off of the tops and bottoms of the onions. Cut
in half crosswise leaving the skin on, and arrange cut side up in a
shallow baking dish. Pour the chicken stock over and around the onion
halves, then drizzle with olive oil. Season liberally with salt,
pepper and rosemary. Place on top of a cookie sheet to catch any
splatters that may occur.
Bake uncovered for 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until onion is
easily pierced with a knife and liquid has reduced by 1/2. Remove
the dish from the oven, and pour the cream over the onions. Return
to the oven, and continue to bake uncovered until the pan juices have
thickened slightly and onions are browned, up to 30 minutes.
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Watermelon & Strawberry parfaits
prep time 10 min
Ingredients
2 cups cubed or balled watermelon
1 cup starwberries
1 cup whipped topping
Directions
Chill the dishes that the parfaits will be served in.
Place 6-10 watermelon cubes/balls into the dish with alternating
layers of cool whip. Place a layer of strawberries near the top
of the parfait dish then add a dollop of whipped cream on the very
top. I put them into the freezer for an hour and then placed them
into the refrigerator. You'll have the consistency of watermelon
icecream then changes into a cream slushy. Its great!
Jingai came over for dessert and cocktails after feasting with his
own family in Conyers. We supped and fed till we almost popped! LOL.
Then it was time to drive over to the Brookhaven MARTA rail station.
A re-newed experience for my personally as it had been 12 years since
riding on the MARTA train. This was not a bad experience in all its
overall effort. With the walking through the parking lot from the car,
up the stairs to the initial terminal, then to the connecting terminal
for the second train, and walking to the CNN building then to Centennial
Park. Despite my issues with my recovering Right great toe, I weathered
it well, though the hour and a half wait in the park for the 20 minute
display was less fulfilling than I had hoped for. The walk back amidst
the masses of sheeple was invigorating as was the MARTA rail car whose
AC was broken. The sweltering heat washed over every passenger on the
rail that night, permeating each pore...One black gentleman stepped on
and immediately exclaimed..." I should have brought my sweet potatoes,
I could bake a pie in this heat!" Laughter erupted down the railcar.
We all needed that distraction. I made it back to our point of origin,
NeoReveng's apartment, around 11:00pm. It was memorable.
Sunday came and the weekend was soon over before it had begun. IHOP
breakfast was too much food and I took half of it home that afternoon.
The rain soon joined the humidity that surrounded us all. I spoke
with NeoReveng, Jingai, and Spider that afternoon for a few hours on
the phone before gathering myself together for work on Monday. I fixed
my lunch from the remainder feast of Saturday's cornucopia. Soon I was
fast asleep around midnight. I had taken to staying up until 1-2pm on
Friday and Saturday night. I realized once again how easy it is to
fall into being a Night Owl again. I have to fight against that this
week as most of my days at work start at 7am in Lawrenceville. It will
take some doing after 10 hour days at Select Physical Therapy.
Well I have started filling out my Daily Project forms and Master
Assignment forms for this week at GIRAFNetwork. They allow me a greater
awareness of how long projects are taking for me to complete them
these days. I have noted that several projects will take me away this
month from drawing comics so I completed three Call Me Gregor comics
that I digitally clean up and letter this week for posting over the
next three weeks. I have to scan in and color the N2Deep pages that
Adrian completed so I can letter them . Jeon has already completed his
colored pages to follow these in the series. I really appreciate him
staying on target when others don't. Thanks Jeon Alford! I will also
have to complete the following this week/weekend so I can work on the
Grant proposal for Edutiopia on 7/14 over at The Foundation in Atlanta.
Projects:
- Ink last 2 pages for the Land of Zoa : UFO annual Special
- Letter those 2 pages then upload them to UFO's box site
- Complete the lettering on these last two sets of N2Deep comic pages
- Complete the GIRAFSpots #7 newsletter
- Letter Brian's 5 pages for his webcomic: Eye of the Beholder
- upload the Rescue Gear #0 to Box.net for Keith to color
- Work on the last pages of The Gryphon for DangerZone #7
- letter Chaos of a fallen Empire #2
- complete the FLASH framework for the Next...#13 cd
- pencil the Land of Zoa #2 of 5 issue in the mini-series
All in all, a lot to accomplish over the next few days. It will be a
stresser but do-able if I stay on track!
Well, the July issue of HC Culture Shock is up and running for comment
here at LJ and over at Facebook. You can check out what friends of
mine found at the movies, restaurants, commentaries on current events,
and with the passing of a whole gaggle of stars what we thought to
say in the FreeZine. Featured in this issue are the Lessening in the
ranks of Music stars/Film stars/television stars/cable stars. With
the passing of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Billy Mayes, David
Carradine, Molly Sugden, Ed MacMahon, only to hear now that karl
Mauldin has also passed away. We review filsm like UP, Transformers 2,
and Angels & Demons with varied responses. Ratbabies, our friends
from Athens, have completed their tour of the Southeast. You can
check out their adventures here as well as completing the story on
their live journal. Check it all out, You'll enjoy it!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Well I was supposed to be off on vacation last week but
that turned into a nightmare of foot pain. While trying
to increase my exercise regimen, I slammed into a brick
parapet on the walk track. I messed up my foot really bad.
I was dealing with a swollen right foot for over a week
and I found out that I had what they call a Bone Bruise
resulting from all that. No sleep only annoying pain was
my comforting bedfellow last week. I was able to walk thus
headed back to work on 6/19/09, limping like a gimp all
the way, lol. I am doing better but I am going to work
into my exercise regimen again this weekend. I need to
despite myself because I want to lose some of this excess
baggage before DELTA catches me and decides to charge me
past the first bag, lol.
HC_Culture Shock for July is almost finished. There are
a couple of reviews left to obtain from my friends, but
its not outside any time limits. Transformers 2 came out
last night and Tokoyo II was just visited last week. Both
of those reviews need to be completed. I really enoyed
compiling the Yahoo article on The Tiger Toughness Test
that Panasonic agreed to. Check it out in HC_Culture SHock
July issue!
Monday, June 15, 2009
So I have finished the revisions on lettering NeoReveng's pages on the Ultra Sentai Nanoman chronicles.:) He is mastering toning quite well, a little heavy in some spots but overall, really looking good. I hope he doesn't get sucked into any kind of overwhelming miasma because of the stress of deadlines that go with this job. We all are having to deal with being stressed come print time every month. Its not fun, but its part of the industry. Better he learn that its not personal now then after finishing art school and finding out the rela truth on own projects. Thats the whole point of working with GIRAF now. Working smallpress at a non profit in order to get the emotional stress issues under control is one of the keys that abounds with us. I have faith in Neo and I believe he wants to feel elated that other people are viewing his art positively! He is on the right path :)
GREAT JOB NEOREVENG! Everyone should check out his LJ and Deviantart page!!!
:)JB
Saturday, June 13, 2009
God I am really tired this afternoon. Day two of the self mandated 10 minutes of exercise everyday thing for me. I am not counting the walking that I do twice a week but routine exercising, including stretches, jumping jacks, and tai chi. Its more physically tiring to exercise slowly instead of just cardio based activities to burn fat & calories..ughh! But I trudge on. It can only enhance my weight loss from low to no carb dieting.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Well the UFO newsletter TFRAGS came back with the peer review of my first issue of Land of Zoa. I know that I rushed through that production to get it in print so i would make MOMOCON 2009 in time, but I need to slow down on drawing the work or its gonna suffer. As Rob Imes and Nic Carcieri says its satisfactory. I need to focus more on outlining primary characters so they don't get lost in my effort of backgrounds. I need to add more black to accomplish that noir old school feeling that I want to get, and I have got to get help making sure ALL the pencils are erased before production is completed. i am going to overachieve on Rob's suggestion to show emotion through the animals faces however. Thanks guys for the suggestions. issue 2 is going to rock! I am also working on a 6 page Land of Zoa connected story for the 2009 UFO annual to go to print. I'll have that done by next week for Nic...with the improvements in issue 2 as well as the sub-story. I am also going to be sending out HeroCentra1 Universe #0, another UFO book , to Ka-Blam next week for print. I'll need to get a complete list from Nic of all the members updated so I can send out copies. I have a young new inker that I ,ma mentoring doing the inks on this issue. She is detail oriented and I have high hopes for Verona Oliver Rutherford!
J-
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
This post is for Marques.
I wanted to apologize for the way things ended last night. You caught me during an arguement I was having with Darian on his webpages that are overdue. It had nothing to do with you or your valid points on lettering pages. It just didnt set well with me at the moment. I want to work more closely with you on the balloon placements and lettering your pages. As you can see , its not easy to do. I'll check tonight to seeif you were able to get the pages toned and a script posted to Box.net for me to download. It will take some time to get through with the current project I am lettering then to get to your pages. I should have them completed and have them on a CD for you to look at Sunday afternoon. We can make any changes then before getting it to Keith Sunday evening at the podcast.
I want to say that I value your friendship greatly and dont want to do anything to damage it, but if there is any problems that we face, please talk with me about it. Thanks.
Jason :)
Monday, June 1, 2009
LJ 6_1
Okay Neo. If I said anything that offended you last Friday, I am sincerely apologizing for it. I didn't mean to upset anyone on a personal level. Please accept my apology.
Now having said that...
I feel the need to clarify that all the work that we do here at GIRAFNetwork is not aimed at solely producing comic books for attending conventions. All the work that the Department of Publications is doing is to raise funds for the the cost of running the Art Awareness programs in GIRAFNetwork. We are not a Comic book company. We are an educational non profit organization who produces comics to motivate youths to read as well as maintain an internal revenue source for its programs in the community. I am afraid that some of our staff seem to have forgotten that. We don't just sell the books around the convention times. We have online resources where we sell the releases to raise funds throughout the year. We are currently working with local retail shops to sell those same books on consignment to broaden our area of exposure in the community. Therefore it is vital that we are all on the same page as to what our organization's goals are as well as how we achieve them. I'll have to present this to the staff on June 14th as a whole when we have our staff meeting.
I was playing around with the look of my Live journal this weekend while posting the new HC_Culture Shock Free-zine for June 2009. I am not sure I like the color scheme that I have chosen yet. " Nature-Green" isnt any better than "Mystic-Blue" when you try to read the entries. I will probably just go back to the default settings for it this week. I know that is kind of boring, but I don't have the mental energy to expend on it this week, lol.
I posted the HC CultureShock CopyLeft Free-Zine for June 2009 last night because I knew that I wouldn't have time tonight to do that. So June issue is online at HC_Cultureshock.livejournal.com and FaceBook.com/HCCultureshock for everyone to enjoy. I hope that many people will tell their friends about the free-Zine. I am going to start distributing quarter flyers at shows, events, at free posting boards around Little 5 Points downtown as well as in Athens. This is a totally free way for people to connect in our communities.
Well I started working on the new look for the free digital magazine Next.. that we do each quarter over at GIRAFNetwork. The great thing about this new look is that it also comes with a new format. We are moving the PC only version to FLASH so it can be played on MAC as well as PC. This is a move we have wanted to make for the last few episodes but have been unable to do. Now we can do this with our new software capabilities. So its our intention to do the magazine in FLASH to double the reachable market that we aim for in the creative industry in which we reside. Our first CD-Issue will be using the Motion Artist 4 template from eFrontier, Inc, but as we move along each quarter learning the nuances of the new software, our designers will be tackling dynamic art presentations for all to enjoy! In this issue we get to listen to two interviews on the CD, Bobby Nash and Pixie Bruner. You'll also be able to experience the hyperstory from Keith Daniell as well as listen to the first excerpt from the WitchCake series called a Haunting Memory, by yours truly, Jason Bullock. These are some great audio additions to the visual feature on the new N2Deep Webcomic collaborative. A great story shown by many different visual artists all working together to provide a great storytelling experience for you the audience. ITS ALL FREE! Get your local retailers to ask for them from us over at GIRAFNetwork.org or ask yourself. Send us an email requesting your copy of the FREE-CD magazine. You can email us at information@girafnetwork.com .
I think I am really going to require that everyone be involved in the new Guerilla marketing tactics that I have discovered that we are not already doing to promote GIRAFNetwork, 4DeepStudio & Anime Cosmo. There are some things we are already doing, Jerome and I, but we need everyone involved in some level to help promote our efforts. They may not like some of the requirements but they don't have a choice if they want us to become successful that we can do GIRAFNetwork fulltime as a paid gig.
Current mood:  artistic
Sunday, May 31, 2009
I am beginning to worry about Neoreveng these last few days. We have been working on some artwork together through GIRAFNetwork. He has been slacking off these last few days not really staying on top of his comic pages like should have to meet the deadline. I talked with him about this and now I think he's taken all the criticism too personal. He won't talk to me about anything else now. I feel he really needs to learn how to separate work from friendship or we'll always have problems like this coming up. His mood swing since Friday past has been anti-social towards me to say the least. I hope things get better by next week when we are supposed to hang out next Sunday afernoon.
Jason Bullock
Current mood:  worried
Friday, May 29, 2009
LJ 5/29
I owe, I Owe, So Off To Work I Go.....
I heard a cool segment on NPR this morning on the way to work about Haiku poetry becoming more prevalent again in these times of recession. Poetry it seems is not bound by the economic obstacles other publishers are plagued with. Some Small Press publishers are simply fronting the cash for production costs allowing the poets to help self-promote for sales. This helps everyone, especially the poet since they didnt get paid for the book of their poetry until sales are made. This the model that GIRAFNetwork has been using as a Small Press for the last five years. Maybe more and more people are catching on. So I will explain a little about what Haiku really is to us laymen...
Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry, consisting of 17 Syllables, in three metrical phrases of 5, 7, and 5 Syllables respectively. Haiku typically contain a seasonal reference. In Japanese, haiku are traditionally printed in a single vertical line, while haiku in English usually appear in three lines. Originally called hokku, haiku was given its current name by the Japanese writer Masaoka Shiki at the end of the 19th century. Now I will try my hand at a few haiku....UHH-Hemmmmmm, me me me me meeeeee...Okay now I am ready to recite.
The Wind does blow strong.
It Has power over all
especially us.
A Keen mind is sought
to battle the current day.
Tough days are ahead.
Creativity
The thoughts do flow randomly,
coalesing here.
State the obvious
reduce inefficiency
straighten roads ahead.
Children often muse
stories intertwined with dreams
to share what they feel.
Small Mice do scare cats
Around the house from dark spots
whose name is Thomas.
There. Its not as easy to do, creating when in the confines of syllabic parameters. But there we are....haiku.
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Well, my DVD player is dying. It won't play past a few minutes after the CD tray closes. The film starts up then stalls out. So I guess I am going to have to pick up one with an S Video Cable to convert it straight through to the Television. There is no S Video cable interface on the digital converter box but there is a series of Video/audio input ports to connect to an external player through to the television. I am starting to get highly pissed at all this required electronic minutiae just to watch a freaking DVD. I might as well just get a new cheap DVD player and be done with it. I'll check FRY's as well as Wal-Mart this next week. ARRRGGGHHHH! Another cost that I have to come out of pocket for.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
LJ 5_28
Rallying the Wagons Around...
Being part Native American I hate that phrase but its seems the most apropos. With my busy first quarter, I ran into applying for the Artist Alley tables late this year. I didnt get the tables in time. We are however on the waiting list for any cancellations. Honestly, I am hoping that we don't get the tables. That's me though. I will however make sure that everyone who wants to attend the AWA15 show this year knows that they wont have to man the tables just go to enjoy the show. We can focus however on two or three other marketing campaigns to make up lost revenue from the show. I will suggest that Spider take his own modified "studio" kit just in case he is able to get a reduced table should there be a cancellation at the last minute. GIRAF is on the waiting list but that is a long list indeed. :( Oh well. That's what happens when a person is left to run three out of four departments with only two dedicated support staffers. Maybe this setback will motivate others to work harder to ensure the 2009 success year for GIRAFNEtwork.
My younger sister Valerie has had abdominal surgery this past week. She will be out of work for 4 weeks primarily on bedrest. My nieces really don't understand all thats going on so they are skittish around their house this week. I spent last Sunday with the rest of my family moving all their downstairs furniture around in expectation of the next few weeks. We also cleaned up her home since my brother-in-law is not known for his willingness to be responsible when it comes to the fmaily obligations. My mother had been helping out by taking my nieces to daycare before heading to her own work this week and will be picking them up a couple of days afterwork to help out. My mother asked if I would be able to help her out by picking up the girls from daycare on Friday 6th after I get off work at 1pm. She also needs me to take them to daycare Friday 12th before I go to Athens for Leslie's court hearing. I then have to go back and pick them up in the afternoon. I think I'll time to go do that to help out. That won't interfere really with my time off the next week at all.
I will be going up on June 7th to meet Neoreveng to see The Land of the Lost while we wait for Romey, Keith, Spider, and the rest of the gang to finish the table duties at ACC off Clairmont Road at 5pm. We are all meeting back at Neoreveng's place to do a long overdue Brain Freeze Report. That should take an hour or so of fun, hanging out time. I think I'll make sure that I bring up some bottled water before hand for us to drink cold during the podcast. That will make everything endurable, lol!
On June 14th, however, there is a scheduled GIRAFStaff meeting in Lawrenceville, GA. I know that NeoReveng will be on vacation out of the state that week for his brother's graduation in New York. He won't be able to attend. Neither will Spider from 4DeepStudio as its such a long drive from Carrollton to Lawrenceville. I'll make sure that those two get copies of the minutes and notes from the meeting. I know that I am not moderating this staff meeting but I have emailed Keith to see if we could meet the first half, 7pm-8pm, over at Panera then compelte the meeting 8pm -9:00/9:30 over at my worksite in Lawrenceville down the street. This will give most of us a chance to grab dinner and check emails at wi-fi at Panera before buckling down to the Production half of the meeting. We'll see....
I was asked to take time off in June since most of my other fellow SPT staffers have planned their vacation coverage already throughout the year. I don't normally try to take time off because it messes up my routines that I have painstakingly laid down each week. But alas, they won. Upon asking I was told that I was being sent to summer camp, lol. They have me scheduled off on Friday June 12th through June 18th. that happens to be the week that Marques will be floating back in from NewYork and his brother's graduation. He even stated that his brother wanted to come down and spend the next week with him here in Atlanta. So I have already resolved myself that I will be most likely having a stay-cation here in GA to save cash. I need to really save my cash for next year's Japan trip. If I don't get the 2 grand by next March, I won't be going for the Cherry Blossom Festival, :( I have to work hard on that. I was asked to go to SC in July after the 4th, but I need to save my money for next year's trip, much less actually get the approved time off for the three days. I went ahead and put in the work PTO request anyway....I hope I can get the time off and have the cash to take the trip with friends :) :) :)
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
LJ 5_26
I did it! I succeeded in surviving the Memorial Day holiday without destroying my diet. I worked all weekend with different friends and family members to burn calories before the holiday. I avoided the breads and sweets at the family dinner. We barbecued ribs, seared chicken breasts with onions, steamed zuchinni and brocolli. I stuck with the chicken and vegetables. It was all really delicious. I have maintained a 15 pound weight loss. My biggest accomplishment with this diet to date is being able to sit in a booth with my friends over at Roaster's in Buckhead this past Saturday afternoon. I was proud of myself. Keep it up me!
The laptop that I am buying from NeoReveng is a real keeper. Its able to handle most of the art programs that I use to do my digital lettering. I will be able to use its wi-fi as well where ever I go too. I am loading the new Motion Artist software to create my new HeroCentral.org website in FLASH. This will allow me to also create a FLASH version of the Next... , the digital magazine for GIRAFNetwork. Its going to be great when I get my memory upgrades on my PC and get our friend Bruce to tackle dumping that Wsysiv.exe virus off there. That will keep my PC alive for another year I think. I am running out of cash with these expenses over the last few months. I have gone through all the money I had saved from the Tax Refund this year saved for my Japan trip. Everything I have now, roughly $30 more than the $25 dues each month, goes into the everyday operation of GIRAFNetwork with no help from anyone else other than Keith's $25 dues each month. Olivia is roughly $150 behind because of her bad decisions and overbearing family obligation. I can't get the grant work done because I have been the only person doing production work on the fundraiser books to be printed. Half the artists don't want me to stop doing production because the other staffer has a history of being unreliable to complete work on a deadline. We have go to get this all under control quickly or we aren't going to survive our sixth year of operating. The next staff meeting will be JUne 14th here in Lawrenceville. NeoReveng will be out of town but his work has not been the problem, so I don't have any problem with him not being there. I am hoping that Keith will take that afternoon off to come to Lawrenceville as we went to his apartment last meeting. That will put Jerome, Olivia, Leslie, Keith, and myself on the Production meeting. I know also that Germaine will not be able to attend but perhaps Keith and I can meet with him, Brian and Adrian on a date after July 4th to talk about the production requirements/steps on getting digitally printed. I'll ask them.
In the meantime, June 7th is the next convention where Jerome is planning to host the GIRAF table at ACC. I need to make sure that I send Wes an email that we will be there. Spider is planning to get there around 12:30-1:00pm. Keith has to let us know if he is working the AM or the PM because he is spending a couple of hours at the ACC show to work with Jerome. Adrian has stated that he might be attending as well. That gives four people to cover GIRAFNetwork & 4DeepStudio. I think that is plenty. I will meet the guys around 6pm for the Brain Freeze Report podcast. That should catch the bulk of the gang for that production while they are on this side of town. That is the plan!
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Well I was planning on checking out the Borders yesterday with that 40% coupon they sent out but I never made it there, not that I had any money left to spend on anything, lol. Instead I started preparing myself for the July release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I am re-reading the book by J.K. Rowling on my lunch hours at work. I forgot how much I missed reading her work. Its simple, dour, and vivacious without arrogance. I feel that is why I enjoy Jim Butcher's works as well on The Dresden Files series. In the Potter-verse, things are heating up. Slughorn has accepted the position at Hogwart's coming out of retirement. I am unsure as to how casting Jim Broadbent will go as playing the short squat Horace Slughorn. I always imagined that he would be smaller than the actor cast for that part. Jim played a wonderful Magician's Nephew ( aka the Professor) in The Lion, the witch, and the Wardrobe. He was even adequate as Marcus' replacement in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal skull as dean of the college. He was funny as the Minister of Science in Disney's Around the World in a Daze with Jackie Coogan and Jackie Chan. I am unsure of his ability to pull off Horace Slughorn. We'll see....
Today was the last Tuesday morning I am working at Select through the month of June. They have changed our hours to 12noon till 5pm. That is going to have some getting used to. It screws up my GIRAFNetwork schedule for artwork and lectures but they really don't care to listen to me on that point. I am going to go drop off some food to NeoReveng after I leave to day at 2:30. I plan on hanging out there an hour then head back to my place to work on the computer lettering pages. I have to get Olivia's pages from NeoReveng to letter them today as well. He'll be able to work on finishing toning his own pages through this Friday for me. I know..I know...this means a lot of work this weekend on production, but my plan is to get Keith to work on readying these pages as we go. I am going to give him on CD the H2Club images and articles to compile that book this week. He needs to complete that book while we are working on completing pages for NK and DZ. Its a digest full color pin up book with how to articles in it. Its a max 36 page book interior count with full color cover & interiors. That will give him time to work on the Hyperstory for the website and completing the Next...13 .
Current mood:  confused
Friday, May 22, 2009
LJ5_22
Getting back on the digital track :)
Well it seems that I may be getting back on the digital track a lot sooner that I though since my conversation last night with Marques. We agreed on a price of $400 for me to purchase his laptop so I can get my GIRAF work done timely. He has also agreed to let me pay in installments due to the economy. I am bringing him a check for $100 this weekend to get the laptop and start loading my programs onto it. $300 left over the next couple of months. I need to check with him to see if it has internal wi-fi or if I need to install the LAN card that Bruce gave me last month. Either way this is great opportunity for me to get back online and work with my lettering and podcasting!!!!! Being without a laptop has been a bane for me to be online consistently. All my contacts and friends have been asking where I have been virtually, lol. Hopefully this can help Marques get caught up on his bills too. Spending money to make money. I think we have all bought into the Obama Stimulus econocmic answer.
I am going to be hanging out Saturday afternoon and probably night to complete the NK pages for USNanoman and WyldHares. He called me last night warning me not to get my hopes up on the end quality of Wyld Hares. It has no substance, he said. The backgrounds wouldn't be the only thing needed to save it. HA! It seems Keith was right, we may need to bag this story or find another artist to take it over. I am waiting on Lanyka's answer on whether she wants to publish her fantasy furry story in Neo-Kyoto soon. I hope she will respond soon. Honestly, I am ready to see Teddy bear Charm in the book from Heather as well. I haven't heard back from Promise either on whether or not she wants to work on K-9 cubed. All three of those stories could be the lineup in July and August giving us time to rectify Wyld Hares. We'll see.
I have recently reviewed the new CO form as well as VA form for copyrighting procedure with the US Library of Congress. Spider is still trying to get his intellectual properties copyrighted . He should have done it back in 2007 but its 2009 now and the process has changed. They only accept forms completed from the computer with hand written signature only. There are barcodes at the bottom of the application pages that are unique to the process. You still can opt to do this online but printing things out to mail process are also acceptable. It is cheaper online by $10 dollars but the manual processing costs only $45 per application, non refundable. Oh well. I guess I get to update the website on this process as well as talk Spider through it.
Today I am spending my entire afternoon cutting my grass and my granparent's properties. Not fun but better to get it done today before the rain sets in tomorrow and Sunday. Its a no brainer kind of thing to do, just monotonous. Absolutely nothing fun about it all. In fact I am already borrrrrrrrred with it.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
LJ 5_21
Meandering Gait....
many times I feel that I am wandering aimlessly along my chosen path, then moments of opportunity present themselves to snap to attention arrive. I had the chance to apply my own work ethic of postive demeanor and proven interaction by placing all my personal notes into a power point presentation for a market manager at Select PT. Her intention is to use it as a guideline to bolster the efforts of her front office people. That was enlightening...maybe not in a Tony Robbins kind of way but it was definitely better than Richard Simmons as a motivating factor.
Nic emailed me back that he had indeed received the article and images I sent him for the UFO newsletter TFRAGS. I joined the Yahoo group for UFO this week as well. I am working on completing the pencils on the second issue of Land of Zoa this next week to get to the printers. I had to re-order copies of issue one for the upcoming Atlanta Comic Convention show on June 7th, 2009. I am going to try some different inking techniques on this issue with less area of grey and possible guaches on it instead of digital greys. That will work!
I scanned in all the pages of the HeroCentral universe Zero Issue that Verona inked. I also emailed Spider the cover to get colored. He can make the colors "pop" on that cover more than I can. I am going ahead and lettering the pages this week to get it ready for editing next week by Keith. I think that she has a great eye for detail and is excelling quick. She is using old school techniques with brushes and crowquills rather than a computer to ink the pages. I admire that dedication to a dying art. I look forward to showing the others at GIRAF her work to get their decision on where to go from here with her internship.
Olivia called me yesterday wanting to know when the next staff meeting was going to be held. I honestly couldn't remember what day or time we set if for when we met last over at Keith's place. I emailed him hoping for an answer but have not received anything yet. By her own admission she hasn't been checking her emails while she gets ready to graduate next month from Massage Therapy School. She'll still have to come up with $175 to take the test to complete the course. She also told me that they cut her Unemployment Benefits since they finally found out she was working over at PepBoys. She knows that she still owes us $150 now in back dues to GIRAFNetwork. I told her that one I figure out when the next date for the meeting is, I'll call her with that information and on how to get up to Tomato Grocer over in Norcross. I'll go ahead and email her the directions to that store in the meantime. I also need to get my Drawing martial arts book back from her asap too.
BrainFreeze Report is way past due. Its so hard to get EVERYONE together on any given day to record a session. with school, distance to travel, and work schedules its become more of a chore rather than fun thing to do. I am going to ask everyone that can attend a recording of the BFR on Sunday June 7th after the ACC show once its over at 5pm. It may just be a modified cast but its the only day that Spider will be down on this side of town. Keith needs to let me know if he has to work the AM or PM that day. He is supposed to be working the table at the show that day for ACC but its most likely he'll only be able to cover the AM part of the show thenhead to work or come for the latter couple of hours. Either way Jerome will be there and can count on Spider showing up around noon-1pm for the afternoon of the show. They can share the table between GIRAFNetwork & 4DeepStudio. Spider has stated that its the only time he has to record on teh BFR right now. I'll see if Marques is planning to work that Sunday in the AM or the PM. If he is available maybe can do the BFR show as well. That leaves me. I will just tell the others to plan to be at a place up that way to meet to record at 6pm. I'll get Leslie's laptop and connect everything up so we can record the BFR. Thats the plan!
I am doing really good on my diet these days. I have changed my eating habits tremendously. I have stopped buying any kinds of snacks at all to keep in the house. I purchase only the vegetables and proteins that I am going to eat for each week. There are a few staples in the pantry but nothing that are high carb oriented. No to Low carbs is the focus with a greater emphasis on steamed veggies and baked chicken or fish. Beef gets grilled most of the time. No reliance on meals that have to have bread as a component has been the hardest thing. I changed to lots of water, at least a gallon a day. That is supplemented by Vitamin waters, unsweet tea, and the occasional diet drink. Its a whole mindset change. Even during the week when I work, if I have to go out and grab something I can keep the carbs low but use those times to when I can have carbs in my meal. Breads, Pasta, and rice are mainly out for me right now. :( I know......
I do have to start trying to add exercise back into my weekly routine. Its difficult as I hate to exercise as it is, but I am always so busy. I have just start adding laps around the track to my weekly routine. I don't have a choice. My MD says that I have to lose 100 lbs over the next year and keep it off or I'll end up with Diabetes. I have to stick with it!
The week keeps getting shorter and shorter as I try to complete my goal list for the week. I do have to letter HeroCentralUniverse #0 and Sudden Impact #0/#1 for Adrian this weekend. I can do it if I can get some time in front of my computer Friday night and Monday around the family dinners. My sister valerie I found out is having surgery next week that will take her off lifting/working abilities for the next 4 weeks. She has asked that I come over Sunday afternoon around 3pm to help my brother-in-law with moving the downstairs furniture around to make her recovery a little easier. I think I have been tagged to help motivate him to getting my nieces bedrroms cleaned and the laundry ready as well. Again I am asked to motivate people into doing things. :) I guess I'll have to do that this weekend as well. I am hanging out over at Marques' place on Saturday afternoon/evening to get the Toned comic pages. If anyone else comes over then I guess I'll be staying the night on that side of town through Sunday morning. I'll have to leave at 2pm to get to Snellville by 3pm though. That will be some exercise for dang sure!!!
Well I have spoken to Keith about getting his dues this Saturday. He works the opening shift till 3pm. he asked me to stop by his work and pick up his check for his dues. I'll go pick that up on my way up to see Marques for the afternoon Saturday. I can get that money deposited into a bank of America on the way up. That way its all taken care of before Memorial Day. I have already placed the Ka-Blam order for 15 more issues of Land of Zoa#1 to be here in time for ACC on the 7th. All I am waiting for now is the printing of the re-order to be delivered. On to the Next...
Its been two weeks since Keith was supposed to get Leslie about planning the 13th issue of Next... but this has not happened yet. He called me trying to set up something for next week but the holiday on Monday is complicating that. So I went ahead and gave them all the articles, lingos, events materials that I had already gathered for the book. I suggested doing the Feature on the N2Deep webcomic collaborative with 10 pages from the comic. This is a great promotional effort as wel for the webcomic. All we really need now are the Feature article, interviews, Hyperstory from Keith, and reviews of what's current in each of the releases. I am also going to submit an audio file of me reading an excerpt from the WitchCake series of stories that will be coming out next year. Saved myself some trouble there but still need to gather people to interview.
Monday, May 18, 2009
What a crazy weekend!
Well I accomplished almost everything on my TO-DO List. That was a tiring but satisfying feeling. I am glad that I was able to hang out with NeoReven and Jingai yesterday at the GA RenFest down in Fairburn, GA. Despite the continuous rain, we had a three-four funday with the shows, food, and jibes at the patrons expense. I hope that day doesn't prevent NeoReveng from meeting his Friday deadline of toning the USNanoman pages & Wyld Hares pages for the production of Neo-Kyoto #9 over the weekend.
In fact when looking at the calendar, May 22nd is the deadline for a couple of things over at GIRAFNetwork. Our Exec Committee Dues are due that day. The N2Deep pages from Darian Matthews are due that day. The 2nd Quarter Program Evaluation Corporate report is due that weekend as well. Quite a bit to get done amongst the creative world of GIRAFNetwork. I may have to cut my Tuesday afternoon off a bit short to complete that corporate report.
I did get two webcomic panels completed by Sunday night. The new Torchwood Fancomic #10 is up on the www.nativeinkstudio.com page under webcomics. I'll have the new Call Me Gregor web-strip up by Tuesday. I have to complete two Tech spec pages for the N2deep webcomic. I am doing a city map with all the reference points already shown in the webcomic so far and a couple coming up these next few months.I think I'll do a Character Pinup Biography page on StreetKnight as well. That will get us over to Darian's pages after the Memorial Day Holiday. That way there is no delay in the comic postings.
My projects for this week are more focused that last week. I need to scan and letter Adrian's pages for his book Sudden Impact. I am also working on Danger Zone #7 to complete it by next week. That way I have three books done for the month of May ready to print in June for July release. In June I am completing the second book of the Land of Zoa mini-series for print. i also need to update the websites. June I have to schedule some time for Leslie and I to meet with Shad Wright to work on FLASH for the websites. I want to lead that to working on a FLASH animated comic under the WitchCake storyline that we have. That is the focus of the summer, new Flash education and website for the next year.
I need to get my laptop back from my friend Bruce pretty soon. I am going to be using the wifi card he has installed on it to gather a lot of follow through when I am wifi-ing out there this summer. I want to track his blog and also follow up on Anime Cosmo's website out in Chicago. We have been working on and off with those fun animefans out there. We are listed as a sister site but I haven't had the personnel to propoerly follow through with them since AWA last year. I need to do better keeping in touch with Daniel. Shad Wright's cartoon is slated to debut in June ofthis year. You can see the episodes online at http://nividah.com .Its a very cool and different approach to cartooning! Its very cool!
So as a recap for myself this week I will be working on:
Monday night- Coloring the next N2Deep Bio pinup StreetKnight
Tuesday afternoon - completing the 2nd Quarter Program Evaluation Corporate report
uploading the newest Call Me Gregor webcomic panel
Wednesday night -working on Danger Zone #7
Thursday night - Lettering HeroCentral Universe #0
Friday afternoon - Getting the USNanoman pages & Wyld Hares pages from Marques Huff
- Getting the Exec Dues from Keith Daniell
- tracking all additional websites/blogs for GIRAFNetwork
saturday all day - lettering Sudden Impact for Adrian Daley
Sunday, May 17, 2009
I just wanted to let everyone know that I made it through all the weekend with only two things left to do on the list. So now I am gonna go crash tonight. Thanks Neoreveng and Jingai I had fun today!
Jason
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Plans for the weekend coming up...
I know that I will not be able to post this weekend to LJ. I have quite a few things planned as it is. So I decided to write up my itinary as well. I know that a few people don't believe me when I say that I am always busy. Maybe now...lol.
Friday - Work at Select 8am till 1pm.
- Go see Angels & Demons at 2:10 in Lawrenceville.
- Make copies of Adrian's artwork at O.D.
- At Home ink the last half of Kin Jin Page 10.
- Erase then scan in all Kin OF Rin pages.
- Letter the Kin of Rin Jin pages.
- Break and talk with the gang till around 11pm.
Saturday- wash clothes in early am.
- put dishes in dishwasher ( yeah me being all domestic,lol!)
- Letter Ampersand Pages for DZ#7.
- work on completing the Gryphon photo-pages.
- answer emails.
- Take Lunch break.
- Work on Photo Cover of DZ#7.
- work on webcomic updates: Torchwood, El Amigo, & Call Me Gregor
- Take dinner break.
- Complete the N2Deep Colored City Schematic of Citrus City.
- Break and talk with gang till 11pm.
Sunday - Go meet Jingai at NeoReveng's apartment by 11am.
- Spend day at GA Renaissance Festival till 6pm.
- Drop off everyone back at Neo's place.
- Go home and collapse! LOL.
That is the daily plan for this weekend for me domestically, creatively, and recreationally. Its a plan so that means I will probably try to cram more things in the weekend during my "down" minutes. I am honestly hoping that I get to go to RenFest this weekend coming up. It hinges on Jingai's work issue that happened yesterday. See his LJ for that debacle. If he can't go this Sunday then he may not want to go later on this month. Neo probably has to work Memorial Day weekend and can't go then. Jingai is supposed to working over at the Atlanta Comic Convention on June 7th a couple of weekends after that. He has to work every other Sunday at the moment. So I am hoping to work it all out with the cost arrangements as well as travel for the Renfest day. Whew!
As I have stated in earlier LJ posts, I have indeed taken Spider's advice and started to thread all my personal characters from my comics, webcomics, and stories into a single universe. This HeroCentral universe, as the comic will be called, houses all the criss-crossing story tangents that I want to create. I have characters in the past (Her Majesty's Private Guard), the future (Land of Zoa), and even alternate realities (Dinosaurs & Dead Presidents). All these now coincide with my regular superheroes, magii, monsters, villains, and the odd psychic academy. It has kept me going. I wanted to try and keep my original characters from Danger Zone and Neo-Kyoto separate from my other projects because those were anthology books, books with independent multiple submitting artists. Well I realized that doesn't really matter anymore. We each have the right to re-publish our stories on our won if we so choose. That makes all things fair game to the original authors. So we will indeed see Kachina (DZ#1-5) show up alongside others in the HeroCentral Universe (HCU#1). I am however not connecting the webcomic collaborative N2Deep that I work on to my HeroCentral Universe. Its easier for creative rights to keep them separately.
I am introducing a short serial called PSI U. to the DangerZone regular comic anthology which will be colored now. The story is set in our present day where humans with psionic powers of significant levels are trained at one of four citadels around the globe. The characters that we meet are just starting their High School/Undergraduate years in these Citadels of Learning. The goal is to complete their standard education as well as prepare them for the potential jobs that are available for people with their special talents. Its tough in a sub-culture environment yet expected to deal with the world outside. Each of the seven students that we meet has to deal with all kinds of issues, all the way from threats from a hyper intellegent AI to being hit on by gay students. Its a progressive serial for modern parallel. Edgy I know but the DangerZone is not really aimed at a younger audience, really PG rating kind of stuff. Its do-able. All I say to that is the Villain is called the Jagganath...go check that bit of metaphysics out, HA!
I am stopping by the POBox tomorrow as well in my travels around Office Depot. Verona has emailed me to inform me that she completed the inks on the HCU#0 issue already, a week before deadline mind you. Her attention to detail in inks were amazing when I met her at the March MOMOCON this year. Its going to be great with another stylized inker working on pages from GIRAFNetwork. I know that she is still completing highschool over in SugarHill,GA but will be available to volunteer as a freelancer over the summer months. This will give her an opportunity to build her portfolio for artschool for sure. It will also give her an opportunity to attend shows with the GIRAF staffers for the table as a GIRAF-guest like at ACC or MOMOCON or AWA. These are all great opportunities that all the interns and freelancers want when working the Outreach program with GIRAFNetwork. We need to get the Editor over at the Publishing department to set up a review of the pages. Check them over. Re-do any that need to be done, then we can send the book off to print at Ka-Blam for the July 2009 release. Once she is approved we can take a look and see how she wants to continue working with our staff program. She can option for pairing up with other pencillers to work on their projects. She can continue working on completed pencils from the two anthology books. She can even work on inking any projects that she has completed herself for printing. That is after all the agreement...we print her creative works as payment for working on projects at GIRAF. All creators retain all creative rights to their works simply giving GIRAFNetwork the right to print the completed work in our anthology releases for up to 2 years after the completed date of the work. We then re-negotiate a royalties base pay rate for any graphic format the work may be opted for after the 2 years to pay the artist/author/team for their hard efforts! I really look forward to seeing the pages.
It seems that I save all this up for a mondo post every few days and now people can see why. I am usually too busy to post everyday. Bochi can then tackle posting these words of wisdom to our other GIRAF sites on what is going on each week. I am waiting to hear from his email about some interview questions that he says he has he wants to ask me. Fire away Rome! Oops, that would be a faux paux... :)
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