oh nine.....

22 days into this new year, and it's been an interesting ride. i fear the future. a lot. i have yet to draw anything this year. to sum it all up, here is a procession of linear statements of the things that occurred in this wonderful new year (and a bit before). Woke up to go to work at 5 am. Got to the airport with time. connected in texas only to find out my wife's grandmother was on her death bed. saw a stereo-typical texan on an escalator. hid laughter out fear of getting a boot between the legs. went through 3 security check points. lost my phone. found my phone. saw the mountains of park city utah. skied the mountains of park city utah. grandma was stable. had a snowball fight. grandma got worse. flew home on new years eve. had a beer in texas on the way back. got home, but turned down stone crab dinner. got drunk. not celebratory. lounged out and watch the final season of avatar. watched the final season of teen titans. watched almost 15 movies. got really depressed by one. returned to work. went right back to the stress. threw a hell of a bachelor party. made dinner for the moms. got an awesome review at work. got an awesome level of new projects to go with it. grandpa turned 92. had a hell of a time at the wedding. gave an awesome best-man speech. endured a serious hangover. counted down to the end of bush. grandma died. monster pissed on our hard wood floor as I'm bolting for the door to go to hospital. the gate wouldn't open. heard barrack's speech and felt inspired. buried grandma. went to work to distract the mind. wrote out list of activities for the past 22 or so days. couldn't remember everything. All this with an incalculable amount of alcohol and cigarettes at almost every step. At least I'm not bored. - marin -