[636] SGD: Leg work

"SGD: Leg work" November 17th, 2004 [636]

Panel 1:
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21:00 (GMT -8) November 16
Dom:
Hello? Oh, hi Mom. No, it's not that late. I'm just covering for Fred while he deals with some personal business. No, nothing big, just the usual "Dom, the sky is falling" deal. Yeah, I have time to talk.
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(phone)
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SGD presents: A Week in the Life
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Dom:
Yeah, I got a job. No, it doesn't pay that well, but it's enough that I can cover basic needs. I don't have an XBox anyway, so I don't have to get Halo 2... What? No, I didn't say anything.
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"Basic needs"
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Bard's Tale, Half-Life 2, Metroid Prime 2 Echoes
Panel 3:
Dom:
Oh, by the way, my friends are teaching me how to sew. It's pretty interesting. Why? Well, last week we decided we wanted to make costumes... Just for fun, I swear. No other reason.
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Dom:
Okay, fine. There was a costume contest, and my friends decided it would be REALLY easy to win some free stuff.
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05:00 (GMT -8) November 12
girl:
Dammit, Dom, stop playing games and help me make some more bias tape!
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(Sewing machine)
Dom:
But... I'm almost at level 6! Give me one minute.
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(Alienware)
girl:
It's 5 AM. We've been sewing for 10 hours straight. No jury on Earth would convict me...
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(Sewing machine)
Panel 5:
Dom:
Where was the contest? Oh, it was actually back on the Cal campus. It was nice to see old friends. Even if they are freaks.
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(Old friends and freaks)
Panel 6:
Dom:
No, this wasn't like the shows I go to for MT. I went for fun. Which was really weird. I'm so used to working my butt off at these shows, and suddenly all the work was done before I ever got to Berkeley. Going back to Cal was strange, too. So much has changed in just a year. I got to prance around on stage and act like a complete ass, so at least that didn't change at all. Dunno if that's a good thing or not, though...
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(I'm Yuber, thanks for asking!)
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Dom:
And there's one thing about these shows that won't ever change, no matter how hard I try... No, I don't want to talk about it. I have to get some sleep, so I'll talk to you later. Alright. I love you too, Mom. Bye.
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(My leg) (Why is it always the leg?)
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(Anime Destiny's con chair)

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< Piro >

"disabling"

Monday - November 15, 2004

Bleah. crunch times just suck, you know that? I started working on a rant, but I really need to get back to drawing. Bleah. :P I have to have the majority all of the MT book files to Dark Horse by friday, and the remaining files (including this 8 page Endgames thing) by friday of NEXT week. Ugh.

Also, the bit about replacing the shopping cart software for MegaGear... I'm actually in the middle of trying to coordinate and do that as well this week. Yeah, it never rains but it pours. It's going smoothly, but it still takes time. One of the big benefits of moving to a different cart system is that it will help us deal with shipping issues that were preventing us from being able to ship internationally. Thanks for your patience, please bear with us.

Actually, I've been enjoying this Endgames project to a certain extent, because I'm experimenting with different ways of working, trying to improve upon the way I put things together. Rather than doing things one entire page at a time like I usually do, I'm doing all the drawings for all 8 pages at once. It's kind of interesting to see how much easier it is to do the drawings when there isn't a full stop at the end of each page. It's kind of refreshing, actually. This is just one of the frames. I figured that I'd post it, just for fun.

we have two more omake planned for this week, a Seraphim Check, and... something else :P With luck, we'll start chapter 6 on monday of next week. I'll keep you posted in case I have to change that schedule a bit.

Oh, and I just have to say this: "nooo!!!! how could you do that to DeeDee!!!! you bastard!!!!" (if you have no clue what I'm talking about, read it from the start. It's good. :P)

Ahem. Ok, back to work.

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< Dom >

"Leg work"

Wednesday - November 17, 2004

[Dom] - 00:30:00 - [link here]

Is today's SGD funny? Maybe, but probably not. Is it true? Yes, all of it. And that's what I wanted out of it. Consider this me taking a break from trying to be funny and just trying to tell a little story...

And if you're wondering, the con was called Anime Destiny and the website is/was here.

My friends and I got honorable mention for our "skit"--which, to be honest, was just me prancing around and singing "I'm Yuber, thanks for asking!", the product of sitting around at noon after spending 17 hours working on a costume, then asking "so, uh, should we do a skit?"

I go to work in about 7 hours--so good night.