Posted on

We put the “mis” in misanthropy!

I’m having an intensely misanthropic day. I really do hate everyone today. Well, not Nick, I guess. But in general, I’m sick of the internets – particularly fucking Facebook – and pretty much every motherfucker on the planet. I’m on the verge of deleting the FB account again. Whatever. I can’t delete it, I run several pages. But I CAN delete every motherfucker on my friends list…

I don’t really have a reason for all this. Which means it’s probably fucking hormones. I’m still struggling with the Mirena. I’ll be the ONE patient in 100 who continues having periods and the associated misery. You watch. Would not surprise me in the slightest. I’m just that lucky. >:-(

DJ has Struvite Crystals in his bladder. This is common in cats and is caused by diet, Ph of the urine and how long a cat holds urine in the bladder before urinating. I can tell you that DJ is notorious for holding it, so that’s probably part of the issue. We’ve got him on Science Diet c/d for a few weeks to see if that helps. You know what that means: I get to collect another urine sample. DJ does not like the litter box; he goes outside almost exclusively. For those who don’t follow my Twitter or FB, let me regale you of the urine collecting. First, you give DJ lots of wet food and keep him in for a day. Then when he’s begging to go out at 6:30am, grab a small saucer and stalk him in yer jammies as he does his business. While he’s peeing, shove the saucer in the pee and get a sample. And make your neighbors certain that you are, indeed, a crazy cat lady. :/

We’re transitioning to Associated Credit Union. Bank of America can lick our taints. ACU is not nearly as slick as BoA, but at least they treat us with respect, which is a lot more than BoA can manage. I can’t WAIT to close the accounts there.

Heroes Convention is bearing down on us. We’ve got the banner laid out and ready to send off. We still need to get the button art ready and the book done. We’re also going to add one or two new t shirts, but we’re not taking any new stock to the show – just Weasel shirts. Nick is wanting to do some sort of prints for the show, but we’ve not worked that out yet. I’m taking my earrings and bracelets as well as several sets of coasters. I’ve posted a couple of shots on twitpic of the coasters. Here’s one:

And the banner preview print – sorry, crappy phone cam pic:

Another pain in my fucking ass is my vision. Or lack thereof. My eyes have decided that this is the perfect time to further complicate matters by becoming more astigmatic. Great. There is not a contact made that will help me now. Fucking sucks.

And the final insult was at the dentist yesterday. Good news: my teeth and fillings are fine. Bad news: my gums are fucked up in the back and I need $700 of treatment to fix them. Yay. Thanks Lawrenceville Hwy Dental for NOT fixing them years ago so that now I get to have a “procedure” done. Nice.

Ok, that’s all the bitching I’ve got. I’m out. ••••••••••••••••••••••••

Posted on

Party, DnD, New stuff

The party was smashing! Just enough ppl to have great convos, not so many as to crowd the place. Perfect! Thanks to all who journeyed from Far Far Away to join us! I was very pleased by the amount of food put away. You know us Southerners, clean plates = happiness. :)

We attended Decatur Drink n Draw at Mellow Mushroom last night. Very fun! It was good to catch up with Miracole and Chris before they disappear for 5 months doing a gig. I love MM pizza! We had the Greek one and it was TASTY!

There’s always stuff knocking around in our heads for Weasel merch and such. The current ideas are, in no particular order:
– Larry the Llama (Alpaca, actually) shirts
– Weasel Pair shirts
– some sort of Weasel character Shrinky Dinks. Keychains? Earrings? Suggestions welcome!
– comic strip templates. People ask Nick about this all the time, so we’ve decided to sell them in hard copy form as well as a pdf download on the site. We’ll sell them at Cons, too.
– new pins! Not sure of which characters yet, but probably 3 more

Also, we are going to roll out two new comic sites before Heroes Con (June 3-5). We are rolling out Drama Llamas, Inc and Awkward Ninja Squad. The Intermission Comics folks will have their own space eventually as well. :)

As for my personal projects, I’ve made a ton more earrings for my Etsy shop, which I need to photograph and get up. I’ve also procured some magic marker brush pens so I can make colourful art on my jewelry boxes. These are not as good as the Japanese brush pen, of course, but fine for small stuff and in colour!! I practiced my calligraphy and art at the DnD last night. I also got some Lazertran decal paper to make coasters. I’m going to use my flower photography to make decals for tiles. Should be a fun project.

Heroes will be cool this year. Just us at the table, doing our respective artsy things. I’m going to have the jewelry displayed as well as the boxes. If the boxes get interest, I may get assorted sizes and sell those. I plan to have some coasters ready to go as well. I may give the hand painted flowers a go once more, but I tell you, I just can’t get the pure lines that I want out of Photoshop. There’s always too much grayscale. We’ll see about that one. Or I may just print them full color onto watercolor paper and sell them that way. Ooo, which gives me another idea for the shrinky dinks! I could print the flowers and make earrings out of those! :)

The stupid storms kept me up practically all night, so I’m a bit out of it today. I’ll probably collapse later. Nick overslept and when he finally got to work, most of the power was out there. They must’ve gotten it back up since he’s not been back here for extension cords.

Welp, that’s the state of Mrs Weasel. Hope ya’ll have a great day!