waking up this morning
being healthy
cool friends
great family
rad roommate
being awesome
doing work I love
making music
having fun
girls
food
life
everything
Too many people think about what they don't have and don't appreciate what they do have. Take today and realize how lucky you are and how much worse life could be, and forget about what is not in your life and instead be thankful for what is.
I received a call last night:
*ring* (unknown number on my cell phone)
"Hello?"
"Hi. Is this Jim?"
"Yes it is."
"Hi, this is Deanna from the Oaktree Cinemas"
"Hey, how are you?" (please note, I do not know this person)
"I'm good. We found a bunch of your cards in a wallet here and so I figured I'd call since it might be yours. Did you lose your wallet?"
"Uh, yeah, I did. I lost it there NINE MONTHS AGO when I came for a screening of Jumper."
"Oh. Well, I was cleaning out our office and found it. It has a bunch of gift cards and other stuff in it too."
"Wow."
"Anyway, I have it here for you, stop by any time and pick it up."
"Great!"
So after losing my wallet in February, going TO THE THEATER and asking about it ("Sorry, nothing found.") and me completely forgetting about it, out of the blue I totally get my wallet back with all the stuff in it (luckily, I never keep money or my credit cards in there, and I didn't have my driver's license in there either).
Bonus: I had forgotten there was a gift card for framing in there. Awww, yeah!
Awesomeness level: high
After working on the book for a year and a half, Shrapnel is finally being solicited for this January by Radical Comics.
I'm really happy with how the book turned out, great story and fully painted art, it's quite a treat to look at. The first 48-page issue will only be $1.99, so I encourage you to check it out if you're in to sci-fi or things that are awesome.
Flipping through Previews, it was a staff pick, here's the write-up:
It'll be six issues total, running through June. I'm also working on another project for Radical (not Shrapnel-related) that will launch in July. Another six-issue thing, so it'll be kind of cool to have at least one book a month I worked on out on the shelves next year. That's not even counting The Corps! or the other project I'm working on at DDP. 2009 is shaping up nice and busy.
Friday night, I hosted a Halloween party at my house. Lots of people, lots of great costumes. Here's a selection of some of the cool costumes, also these are the photos that came out as I had quite a few that did not turn out well at all. A new camera is in my future. Anyway, enjoy the costumed shenanigans.
Roomie Quiana:
Brother George:
Michael:
Joe:
Kyle & Mandi:
Tom:
Ildi:
Steve:
JD:
Chris:
Yours truly:
