Whenever I say "(blah blah blah) before" all I hear in my head is Frodo saying "We've been here before! We're going in circles!"

Oh, hello there! Why yes, it has been a while since I've blogged. And no, I'm not going to apologize. Why? Well if you're not offended, keep reading.

Excuse #1: I've been busy.
Excuse #2: I haven't been drawing much so I haven't had much to blog about. See Excuse #1.
Excuse #3: (This one is a doozy.) Last Friday I revisited my old stomping grounds at Campus Christian Fellowship at Western. Jeff brought an excellent sermon, so great and true that I haven't stopped thinking about it for a week. He preached about how we worship ourselves, and how evident this is in our Facebook/Twitter/blog driven society. Ouch. It kinda hit home (<-- understatement). This week I've really been thinking twice whenever I update something - is this saying "Hey look at me because I'm so cool/funny/awesome/great!" or is this saying, "God is GREAT! Look at Him!" Can't say anything I tweeted this past week has said the latter. Since I haven't been drawing much as of recent (or at least not working on things I can publicly discuss or post) these blogs have become more and more "my life" centered. That's not really what I set out to do and I certainly don't want to be blogging for my glory....because I don't deserve any. It all belongs to God because, if you don't know Him yet, he is beyond Awesome. With a capital A.

So yes, I have been rethinking social media and the role it plays in my life. This is definitely something that will have to be thought about more and more, especially as my ideal career right now is making a comic for the internets, and really being an artist in general is a lof of "Look at me!". I love Jesus and I really can't live with those two things colliding. So yes, lots to think about.

In other news, I have an interview in, get this: BELLINGHAM!!! Yup, I have an interview tomorrow morning and I am STOKED. I think it's the weirdest timing and I keep thinking, "God, really? Now to potentially move to Bellingham? Not, say, 3 weeks ago when I was jobless?" But then He kindly reminds me, "Not everything is about you, dear." So I'll take it. It's weird timing because last week I just started a "3 month" temp job (although I can give 2 weeks notice before I leave, so I'm not locked into a 3 month deal). The thing is: I love this company. If I was staying in Seattle I would totally try to stay there for reals. But, as weird or ill timed as this all seems, I know my Heavenly Father has some really rad plans not just for me, but for everyone involved in me taking a new job/leaving an old one. Who knows? Maybe the person who takes over my temp job should I get the Bellingham job ends up desperately needing the job or finding their husband/wife through it? There are endless possibilities and it's really cool to look outside of my selfish bubble and see the possibilities.

So I came up to "The Ham" today to avoid the deep freeze that's gonna happen tonight. I hunkered down in my favorite local coffee chain to draw and *gasp* potentially finish the comic book (!!!) and what do I find? Not my stylus.

I left my stylus for my Wacom at home. D'OH! I have just over a page until I finish this darn comic book that has taken over my artistic life for months and months and months (since September?) and I was so excited to sit down and finish it tonight. I called around to Best Buy, WalMart and Radio Shack here in town to no avail: to one sells the stylus separately, and I'm not in the financial place I wish I was to put down an unnecessary $70 to just buy a new tablet (If I was I'd upgrade to the $100 larger model). I even looked on Amazon to see if I could get it tomorrow, but Saturday is as soon as it can be shipped and that's just silly. *sigh* I'm so incredibly frustrated that I forgot it... but if I hadn't, I wouldn't be writing this blog! (Take that how you may.)

So anyone reading this in Bellingham/Lynden/Ferndale/Whatcom County area who knows a friend's roommate's cousin's girlfriend's brother who has a Wacom tablet who will let me borrow their stylus for the weekend, I will owe you so big. I'll get you a copy of the comic book or coffee, which ever you prefer.

Thanks for reading. To God be the glory.