The Van is back, the escort is gone.

Anthony helped me replace the serpentine belt on the van last night. It went fairly easily and only took one 15mm wrench and a jack. Well, and the new belt of course. So I'm really happy about that. Now I get to re-figure out insurance as Mags drives the jeep around.

They towered off the escort yesterday and I'm only upset about that b/c I forgot to siphon the gas out of it. Since it's so expensive now, that could have saved us some money.

Car's almost gone.

So they totaled the escort. We'll have a little nicer Christmas for it. They'll call us to schedule a tow-away tomorrow some-time. Time teach Mags how to siphon gas, hehehehe.

Bad dreams...

I had a horrible dream last night. I was with Pooks in our house and she was dying from some horrible disease that was eating away at her head and body. She had gaping holes in her head where the disease had eaten through skin and bone. Eventually her skin was in tatters, bright red strips encircling her body. I was trying to get a doctor to see her or get her to a hospital but couldn't and I was scared and disgusted at the same time. I didn't like seeing her hurt and there was nothing I could do.

It was the kind of dream that you remember and even now I feel slightly nauseous thinking about it. It doesn't help that Pooks really is sick with a very bad cold.


I spent the weekend cleaning. It was a little lonely putting lights on the tree Sunday. The girls were out with "things-to-do", so I put lights on the tree. I had put together the tree on Saturday. I still have to go shopping for Pooks and Mags. Actually I need to do shopping for everyone else too, lol. I'll get it done. Still waiting to hear from the insurance guy on Mags' car. Waiting sucks.

The accident

Maggie accidentally ran into someone from the rear last night. She just had minor bumps and scrapes but was really shaken up. The airbag deployed (thank God, it's a 13year old car) and it scraped her arm a little.



Here it is after we had it towed home.

I'm very glad she wasn't hurt. She's gotta take the driving class now. I also had her sit with me while I called Geico and we answered the questions together. Geico was awesome too, my coverage fully covers everything for the other guys car and they are sending an appraiser out to evaluate the escort. Yeah it was a Ford Escort. My old car, the one I got while in the process of getting divorced. So I'm kinda sad to see it go. I expect that it'll just be declared totaled and that would be the end of it.

Few quick notes...

Just a few quick notes for a Thursday.

Pook's having car trouble. :-(

We got Maggie's new wheels.

Some sick bastard posted some frames from videos of him mutilating & killing cats in his bath tub. It makes me angry and worried, angry b/c cats are basically defenseless against people and worried b/c that's only a few steps away from doing the same things to people. Just a reminder that this is a fallen world. I hope Christ comes fast, this place sucks lol.

More renders on the way. I have been doing some short ones while working on my storyboard for the next comic. I have been making some discoveries about What stories I can tell as well as how to tell them. I think for me the most important thing is the story boarding process. It helps me figure out what motivates my people to do what they're doing. Thinking about that ahead of time definitely helps me understand the best placement of people and objects to help convey those emotions and sub-conscious thoughts.