Ah, the Unthrilling Origins of the Octopus!

The one that is not also a Doctor.

An all-too long unanswered question...

We may hold our tongues for a time, but eventually even unasked questions must be answered. And unfinished comics, finished. *cough*

There is a logical explanation for everything.

Now don't get me wrong, I loooove a good skeleton. But I had been all psyched up for ghosts. I was so disappointed!

Also, I kept calling the host 'Vince' by accident. So embarrassing.

The Foundation of a Dream

So, if you could decipher the sketchy text of my hourly comics, you have some idea of the kind of hurdles my class pitched at me. And what have I learned from this valuable experience? Well...

Hourly Comics for the Day of Feb 01, 2010

Exactly what it says on the tin - I scrawled out a comic for every hour I was awake on Monday, Feb 1st. Warning - the comics ahead are very rough.

Also, I apologize for my handwriting.







































Firewire cables are a pain to replace.

Down Time

So what have I been up to? What ingenious inventions have I constructed? Well, I did make some progress on a virulent strain of virus!

...Yes that is code for 'I got sick and slept for a few days'.

But mostly I've been playing my Nintendo DS. Mild spoilers from Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks ahead, but nothing you can't gather from the trailer or the back of the box.





To be fair, Zelda isn't quite as annoying as I make her out to be. Her actions make sense for her character and she only improves as the game continues. But... seriously, Nintendo. Rats? Seriously?

But Phantom-Back jousting HEALS ALL WOUNDS.

The Project(s)

Alas! Every time I think I am clear to concentrate on my work, I am set upon by distractions - both the painfully mundane and the marvelously inspired.

Don't think that my silence here is evidence of lackadaisical activity on my part! Take a look at some of the bold undertakings I've attempted since the last post.

That's right. I. Made. Gingerbread houses!



There are really only two of them. I drew the door-and-windows designs on first, figuring I could just make another one on the other side if I messed up.

That's why there are two houses, but four fronts.



They're nothing fancy, just kit-made. Which is means that while they're technically edible, they're totally inedible.



I had real difficulty finding kits, too. In fact I wound up getting these at a craft store.



I'm very proud of the results.

But, what's the point of gingerbread if you can't eat it? Sooooooo....



...COOKIES! I'm not much of a baker, or of a decorator, but these were delicious. Thank you, box mix!



The blurry makes them extra tasty.



I was considering the possibility of using Gingerbread Men as messengers, given that they are considered impossible to outrun. But in the end... just too delicious.

But lest you think I've been frittering all of my time away on ginger-related year end festivities, I think it's well enough time to let you in on a little other project I've been working on. Something involving... cameras. And not photographic cameras, but... video cameras!

I'm talking, of course, about-