Stuff I did today:
- woke up at four in the goddamn morning and went back to sleep. Several times.
- became lazy and sleepy for a moment when my alarm went off at eight, but managed to overcome that
- put on skimpy clothes that bare lots of skin, and lots of suntan lotion, because SPRING HAS COME TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
- went downtown and got on a train to Portland (with perfect timing – it was boarding when I got there.)
- worked on a page of Rita for a couple hours. It’s not done yet but it’s a lot less not done than it was this morning.
- walked for a half hour from the train station to my hotel, because it was a nice day
- went to Powell’s in search of a book about early 1900s British graphic artists, left with a volume of Tezuka’s ‘Phoenix’ and a really entertainingly trashy thing from the manga aisle called “Dance in the Vampire Bund”
- had my dragon wing tattoo effusively praised by a passer-by
- had a really tasty gourmet slider and some beer
I’m back at the hotel and debating if I feel like hitting the opening night party for the comics con I’m down here for. There will be music, free food, free beer, and video games from Ground Kontrol. So that’s tempting.
Tomorrow: con, Cards Against Humanity at Jirris & Mordena’s place. Sunday: con. And somewhere during con there will be the Stumptown Comics Arts Awards, and maybe I’ll get one for “best new talent”. Which would be nice. But hell, I’ve had a pretty good weekend already, that’ll just be icing on the cake.