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Today is Valentine's Day.  Guys!  Here's what wikipedia says about this holiday in Asia: "Thanks to a concentrated marketing effort, Valentine's Day has emerged in China, Japan and Korea as a day on which women, and less commonly men, give chocolate or flowers."

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OK, so I could get in trouble for saying that.  Whatevs, I AM WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK.

So, ho-kay, some news:  so I've started broadcasting in the live webcast on a weeknight basis?  Sometimes I broadcast a mini light show, sometimes I broadcast myself practicing music, and most of the times it's pretty mundane.  But other times -- like last night -- I broadcast the creation of a new comic by screencasting my desktop as I'm editing it.  As before, I used ustream for the live streaming, but for the screen capture, I used VH Screen Capture Driver.  Both were free to use, but admittedly the latter took me a couple of tries to set up (although once it was correctly configured, it was pretty reliable).

The other news is that we're looking for a new drummer since Chris (of the Monistats) is leaving pretty soon.  (Thanks for playing with us and good luck!)  If you are interested in playing pretty fast (but not too fast) punk music, please do let me know!

Attributions:  the romantic background pic in all panels was taken by JasperYue of flickr.

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So, ho-kay, if you haven't already heard, we are playing a show tomorrow (Jan 30th) at 1982 Bar, hooray!  We -- that's me, Will (from The Factor), Chris (from Forward), and Chris (from The Monistats) -- have been practicing together for about a couple of months now, and quite honestly, if it weren't for this show, we wouldn't have been practicing so hard and frequent.  But I think we're ready.

Whether or not I am ready -- given the live webcast and the impromptu light show that I plan on putting on -- remains to be seen.

Speaking of the live webcast, I do plan on broadcasting all 4 bands, so please stay for Hoyt & The Hotheads, then us, then The Monistats, and then Padded Cell.  And since the show at 1982 isn't exactly a public event, I can't broadcast anyone willy-nilly; the latest episode of TWiT actually made me realize the potential liability issues.  But ANYWAY, fans:  feel free to dance real silly!

Crap!  All this ranting and I still haven't talked about the comic!  OK, so Will has on a The Ergs! t-shirt because he's been trying to get me into the band despite of my insistence that I could never ever like any band where drummer/singer Mikey Erg was involved in more than Dirt Bike Annie.  In fact, if you go to the live show, you'll see the influence DBA has had on me.  I guess all I'm saying is that I'll try not to hold DBA against them anymore, k?

Attributions:  the background pics in panels 1 and 4 were taken by rpongsaj and emdot of flickr, respectively.  Background pics in panels 2 and 3 were taken by me during the shooting of the video promo for the show, the result of which can be seen here:

Thanks sterlo for filtering out all of my awkward, nervous answers!

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Ever since daylight saving time, I've been bothered by how dark my apartment is when I enter it.  Yep, I have issues.

Attributions:  the wall background pic was taken by OiMax, and the hallway background pic was taken by elle_rigby.  I've used pics from these two excellent flickrers before in this and that comic, respectively.  Thanks again guys!  Lastly, the floor background pic was taken by newcomer MrsBinParis.

On a recent flight to Seattle, I was listening to a lot of explosions in the sky.  Explosions.  In the sky.  Plane ride.

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11/15/2007  Select Start tryout
10/14/2007  Where I've been (hiding)
8/19/2007  Hokey Pokey
7/15/2007  Moving in the future
6/15/2007  Origin of Song
6/1/2007  The Consequence of Clapping
5/15/2007  The Last Word
5/1/2007  In which I get amputated
4/15/2007  Finger Tapping
4/1/2007  Prognostication
3/16/2007  Emotion Engine
3/1/2007  Ward Off the Suck
2/15/2007  Top 10 Albums of 2006
2/4/2007  An Open Letter
8/15/2006  Unlucky Query

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