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Poopy Day

I’m typing this to you very slowly and painfully because I damaged my wrist on my bike this morning. On my way to work I took a corner too fast in the cold wet sludgy morning street and my wheels went out from under me. I landed on my elbow (bloody scrape), leg (holes in pants), and wrist (read on). It hurt a bit right when it happened but in my mind I thought “That’s gonna hurt come winter!” By late morning I couldn’t type and in the afternoon Trevor and I made a makeshift tenser bandage by cutting up an “oops” shirt. It seemed to make things worse so I took it off, took some drugs, and bought a small pack of frozen corn from Sunshine Market. Thereupon my wrist sat on and off for an hour or so.

When I wiped out my back brakes came unfastened somehow. The back brakes are used by my right hand, which is fine. My messed up hand was the only option for the front, working, brakes. Irony! It was manageable on the way to work but by the time I got off work that system would no longer work.

The bike shop closed at 6 and I got off work just after 5:30 which meant I had to semi-ride several blocks in the dark essentially with no brakes. Semi-ride means that I rode very slowly and used my feet as brakes a lot. Top that off with the fact that suddenly my bike light stopped working made for an annoying day.

But then it got worse!

Because my bike was in the shop I had to take transit, which made me get home late, and the dog peed on the rug because she couldn’t get outside in time.

And I accidentally set off the alarm.

And that’s my sob story.

POOOOP!

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World Wildlife Federation of Justice Comic #2

So the next WWFJ comic will be only 1 page. It will be a sendup of those old Hostess Fruit Pie ads from the comics of yore. It is going to feature zombies and that nefarious of demonic ruminants, Elk Diablo. The only thing I am having trouble with deciding is who should be the hero. Here’s my short list:

Go-Rilla

Shaolin Monkey

Haardvark

Tasmanian Daredevil

also considering Invinci-Bull.

Thoughts?

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My Teeth Has Crud In It!

Today I got a root canal. I was practicing to be less tense in the dentist chair but it was hard because I really had to go peepee. But now the anesthetic has worn off and it feels fine (both my tooth and my peepee), except it’s got crud inside it that feels weird (definitely my tooth) and my tongue is getting sore from trying to smooth it over constantly (also my tooth). The dental office had 3 creatures in it. The cat was really cute – almost as cute as this:

Oh guess what! My dad is FINALLY in AA after countless years of overdrinking! Oh yes, internet friends – it’s overshare time! I hope my mom doesn’t mind. He enjoys washing down his meds with Coors Light so you can imagine the shenanigans he gets into. I’ll leave it at that. Poor Ma.

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It is a Pretty Sweet Raygun

I’m always leery of art contests. Usually it’s a publisher’s scheme to not have to pay artists: “Hey, everyone send us a drawing of a scantily clad barbarian princess and we’ll pick the one we like the best and that one person will get their drawing published in a book and even get a copy of the book!!!” (Professional illustrators get all this plus money to live.)

Duncan sent me a link to [this contest] and I’d love to have that raygun but I wonder what “give perpetual permission to VP and GH to use the images without compensation” could be construed to mean in a court of law?

But, imagining I did submit, which of these two should I pick?

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The Thickets are finalists in the Indie Music Awards!

The Thickets are finalists in the Indie Music Awards!

The Track is “Blackout” and you can vote for it here:

http://www.musiciansatlas.com/imafinalist/Default.aspx?maincat=OQ==&yr=2009&scat=OA==

or http://tinyurl.com/imafinalist

VOTE NOW!! You know we deserve to win! Don’t we?

Behold the press release:

For Immediate Release

November 20, 2008

VANCOUVER’S OWN THE DARKEST OF THE HILLSIDE THICKETS NAMED AS A FINALIST OF THE 8TH ANNUAL INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS

INDIE ARTISTS FROM 6 CONTINENTS TO BE PROMOTED TO MORE THAN 20 MILLION & APPEAR IN 2009 EDITION OF THE MUSICIAN’S ATLAS

Vancouver based The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets is among a diverse group of independent musicians named as a Finalist in the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards. The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets is dedicated to promoting the literature of H.P. Lovecraft, who wrote of lost cities, tainted genealogy, alien gods, and that fabled tome, The Necronomicon. The Thickets have a reputation for entrancing audiences with their melodic blend of energetic punk and rock, while wearing thrilling costumes that help bring their good-naturedly macabre songs to life. Their song “Shhh….” is available as a downloadable track for Harmonix Rock Band video game. Other tracks have appeared in video games like Sword of the Stars and Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 2.

IMA Finalists will now advance to the final round of judging by a distinguished group of influential artists and industry insiders. The Judges who will determine this year’s IMA Winners include Peter Gabriel, Suzanne Vega, Roger Daltrey, George Jones, Buddy Guy, James “Blood” Ulmer, Paquito D’Rivera, Keith Urban, Lee Ritenour, DJ Skribble, Clint Black, Kurtis Blow, Zakk Wylde, Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis, MTV Music Supervisor, Carrie Hughes, JVC Jazz Festival talent buyer Jason Olaine, mastering engineer Bob Ludwig, and many others.

IMA Winners and Finalists will appear in the 11th annual edition of The Musician’s Atlas 2009, on sale January, 2009. Regarded as the industry’s most comprehensive contact directory, The Atlas is used by independent musicians and entrepreneurs to market and sell music more successfully. Developed and coordinated by Music Resource Group, publisher of The Musician’s Atlas, the Independent Music Awards program delivers a variety of premiums to Winners including:

• Year-long marketing campaigns, partnerships and distribution alliances, that will place the Winners in front of millions of music fans and industry decision makers around the world.

• The IMA Winners CD compilation will be distributed to 10,000 music fans and industry at events such as SXSW, Ozzfest, The Warped Tour throughout the year and promoted to more 650 US & Canadian college & public radio stations.

• eMusic will promote IMA Winners to millions of their subscribers throughout

2008.

• Exposure to nearly 10 million viewers of ManiaTV.com and Havoc TV.

Music fans will be casting their votes for their favorite IMA Finalists at

www.IndependentMusicAwards.com at the IMA Vox Populi Jukebox.

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For more information on the Musician’s Atlas and the Independent Music Awards contact Joelle Caputa (joelle@independentmusicawards.com) at 973-509-9898.

For more information about The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets please contact Allen Moy at allenm@divineindustries.com or Toren Atkinson at thickets@uniserve.com and visit http://www.thickets.net