Get Down With The Sickness

Last week my wife and I made an observation; throughout the year, everyone we know gets sick at least a few times. Be it mild, or violently, they became ill fairly often. But we didn't seem to get sick much at all. Neither of us could remember a recent time in which we had be inflicted with anything other than a little sniffles or the occasional headache. We were openly remarking about how we just didn't really get sick all that much. That was our first mistake.

So, of course, this meant that Fate or Karma or Loki or that dick Murphy or some other meddlesome supernatural (or psychosomatic) phenomenon would thus attempt to "teach me a lesson" and infect me with a mild cold or influenza.

Luckily, I keep an ample supply of NyQuil, Benadryl, Tylenol Cold & PM, Ibuprofen, cough drops, bottled water, and tissue paper, among others things. Why have all that if I almost never get sick? Because, I was a Boy Scout once and learned to always be prepared. That, and I'm a bit of a paranoid hypochondriac.

So despite my discomfort and increased sleep requirement, it was fairly mild in comparison; I kept myself medicated, hydrated, and well rested. I know how to kick a cold, by golly.

Didn't consider that, did you Murphy, you meddling sonofabitch?

Old Project - New Post

I just published a new project to my @behance portfolio. It's something I did way back during art school, but I'm finally getting around to putting it into my online portfolio.

Lost Work; Revisited - Beverly Panther's Bumper Sticker

I had not planned to go into too much detail in my first few posts, as I need to build up steam and shake off my nervous fears about self-promotion. However, sometimes I just can't NOT write a lengthy description. Once I get going, it just flows out; plus I fell things need a bit of explanation. Perhaps I should try to keep it simple (as my art profs use to say).

This blog is a self-critique of sorts, and I am not use to it. I am also not use to writing, and hope I break through and past it as this goes on. I have to hold back some, or I will ramble and prattle on, losing all meaning and direction. But I tend to hold back too much and thus lose focus. Either way, it's going to take time and effort.

See what I mean?

Ok. So, with that all being said, let's move on.

A little effort

I'm a bit of a hoarder. That being said - without going into too much detail (that's for another day and another post) - I've been making efforts to whittle down my amassed storage of belongings.

In this process I have (re)located a number of designs, artwork, doodles and other chicken-scratch marked papers. In an effort to digitize and archive all of these rediscovered "gems" of mine (because every little mark is a possible genius idea, of course) I will be scanning and saving them onto some for of storage media. During this, I will be posting and revisiting some of my past works, to share with the great world web community. It's a little bit self-motivation and a little bit organization, combined in an attempt to course-correct myself into a more productive and creative person.

So, if anyone is reading this right now (hello?), thanks for your voyeuristic tendencies and insatiable curiosity. I might not be very entertaining or enlightening, but just being seen by anyone is a remarkable thing; what a strange, wonderful world the interwebz have created. If you have anything to say, don't be shy and put it out there. I'll appreciate the effort, seriously.

Regards,

-S

Back again, for the second time, er, again...

As if anyone reads this...

I'm resurrecting my Blogger.com, er, blog - it's been neglected for years. Did I say 'neglected'? I meant abandoned. However, it is time I did something constructive with it.
I aim to use it, for a little while, as a place for more than just 'status updates' - until I decide on getting my own domain. And even then, I think I'll continue using it as an outlet for things that I want to discuss more in depth, share, and basically just flush my opinions, rants, and thoughts that are perhaps more personal, or that I feel I don't want to post to the other groups and social sites that I participate in; but I'll link to my blog, because exposure is good. I'll continue blogging, and make a portal to the rest of my world, and then perhaps slowly build up a separate portfolio site for my creative work.

I'm basically just talking to my self here, since I have no followers and this site has been vacant for so long. However, it feels great to get it out and get started.