Move over Catherine Zeta Jones! Daisy’s making repairs in “Let’s Call it an Array… Condensing… Modulator.”

Well, only one of my Top Evil League of Evil Applications made it on the DVD (and let’s face it, there just was no way in hell they could ignore Tur-mohel).  I have to admit a fair bit of confusion there. I really thought Vagabond had the stuff. I feel kinda bad for expressing that confidence to everyone involved. I think I’ll blame my conceit on Governo (way to play to my weaknesses, man!).

On the up side, I was in serious need of reminding that there are no free rides. Don’t get me wrong, the publishing and film industry is built on free rides and big breaks, but the hard and repeatedly forgotten lesson I’ve learned is that this won’t be the path for me.

There’s a ton of free rides out there, and I’ve come dangerously close to getting them.  The National Screen Institute in Manitoba provides a bunch of opportunities for filmmakers of all levels.  When I was first getting into all this, I entered their National Exposure Amateure film contest.  Seeing my short on the big screen was beyond compare, but sadly it was an audience voting thing and the big money went to a member of the UofM student council who’d stacked the deck.  I still got an award and $100 that paid for the gas and supper to get there.  However, we were also supposed to get a free movie rental a month for a year with snacks (I rented ALOT of movies those days).  When I e-mailed them asking what had happened to that six months later, they replied that it was in the mail. A couple days later I got a parcel with one nearly expired free movie coupon from Rogers, a singe pack of microwave popcorn, and a handful of individual Menthos mints. I kept that Rogers coupon on my Aquaman shrine as a reminder of my petty bitterness and how maybe the easy path wasn’t for me. I eventually got over it and threw the coupon out, but have considered replacing it with a Dr. Horrible DVD.

So, it’s a time consuming setback.  There’s certainly been others. Still, it’s up to me to find a way to make it all worthwhile, and I think I have the solution…

Why is anger such a powerful motivator? It can’t be healthy, but, man, does it ever get s#!t done.

With the wind chill, it’s -41° C here, which is pretty much the same thing in Fahrenheit.

What’s worse is that it’s supposed to be colder tomorrow.  That kind of cold leads to hate. And hate leads to… well, you know the rest.

Mosquito’s gonna be pretty sporadic around these parts over the holidays.  I’ve got lots of family stuff on the go, and a mighty serious desire to get the first episode of Magellan out before the New Year. I’m hoping my unfortunate and exceedingly time consuming habit of Whedonesque distractions will allow that to happen. 

Howdy all.

I’m a big jerk and should have mentioned this nearly a month ago.  Lynn Lefey, who was such a big help with the strip, is the featured author and artist  for the new Serenity RPG expansion Six-shooters & Spaceships (she wrote and did art for about half the book). Check it out! Buy it! Ships galore!

That is fantastically cool and I am crazy jealous of anyone who’s done work for Margaret Weis Productions as I am about the biggest Tanis Half-Elven fan there is.

Chloe and Tome square off “Like Two Samurai at a Bridge.”

I’m serious. Who the heck made it on the DVD?

Sorry, gang. It’s late, but here’s “Questionable Bargaining Skills.” I was experimenting with different styles on and off the computer this week, and got a little caught up in it all.

Hey, who the heck made it on the Dr.Horrible DVD?