Merry Christmas everybody!!

I'm still working on a Japan write-up so please bare with me. But in the meantime, and in the spirit of the season, I wanted to wish everyone who reads this a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I spent tonight with my Mom, ensuring that her first Christmas Eve without my Stepdad wasn't spent alone. We exchanged gifts (I'm sooooo spoiled!) and watched National Treasure so that we can go see the sequel later this week. It was a nice way to spend the evening and I know she was happy to have me around. I know I enjoyed my time with her!!! Tomorrow I'm off to my sister Chantelle's place for Christmas with my Dad and Stepmom's family, where I'm sure to get spoiled again! Yesterday I spent the day at my sister Crystal's place , doing the Christmas thing with her and the family from my Mom's side. It was a great day and a wonderful meal. Thanks again Crys!!! So far I've had a great Christmas season and I'm very thankful for that. I can hardly wait for tomorrow. And even though you've heard it before it still needs to be said: BE SAFE!!!! Don't drink and drive; call a cab. Hell, call me if you need to (and if I live near you). It's not worth getting caught. Now that I've done my public service announcement for the evening, I leave you with this.

In a season filled with commercialism, gift-giving, and money spending, skip all that and give the greatest gift that anyone could possibly get this and any other Christmas season: the gift of friendship. Spend time with your friends and loved ones and let them know you love them and appreciate them. I think that's the greatest gift of all.

Take care all.

Damn, I knew I forgot something....

Hello all (all 3 of you; you know who you are!). It's been awhile since I did anything on this crazy blog of mine, so I thought I'd update it finally! First off, a quick update on Japan: it was incredible!!!!! By far the best vacation/trip I've ever taken in MY LIFE! The country is amazing with so much to see and do. And the people I met were truly awesome, with each one of them treating me incredibly nice. I want to extend a big thanks to my friend Charles, who without him the trip really wouldn't have been possible. He's also by far the best travel companion I've ever had and I would travel with him again in a heartbeat! And also a big thanks to (in no particular order) Yoko, Hiro, Shuhei, Yasu, Yuko, Justin, Kaori, Maki, Gori, Katsui, Mihoko and the many other friends I made on my trip. You all made me feel very welcomed during my stay in Japan and I hope to one day see you all again. I'll try (I will, I swear!) to do a separate blog on the whole Japan experience over the Christmas break.

As for the rest of life, I've been busy training hard in Karate, having recently competed in the 2007 Vancouver Cup (a first round loss due to a nasty knee shot; ouch!) and also getting ready to compete this weekend in our clubs annual Team Tournament. I'm looking forward to squaring off against the other good fighters in our club and the area for what are sure to be some great, spirited battles. Go Team! I've also slowly but surely started to finalize plans for next years comic schedule, officially deciding on what I'm going to put out from Out of Mind Studios in the coming months. And yes, in case you've been wondering, Out of Mind Studios still exists, it's just been on hiatus while myself and other members of the studio handled personal issues that have been plaguing us. But I'm confident that things have finally started to clear up in our lives and we can all start to get back to what brought us together in the first place, and that's our passion for comics. I'll be updating everyone soon on what's to come, but for starters look for issue 2 of The Sorrow in the spring, along with a Twice Thursday 1 shot that'll be done in comic form rather then strip form, as well as a little story I've called Underloved arriving (fingers crossed) by late spring. I have a couple of other things on the go as well, but until things are finalized with the collaboraters on those projects my lips are sealed! But they will be good things, trust me on that.

Beyond that, not much is new. I was fortunate enough to be apart of Help TV out of Edmonton a couple of weeks ago, in a segment dedicated to comics. It was a great experience and I'd like to thank Jay from Happy Harbor for putting that together. It got me a lot more exposure then I would have thought it would, and there are good thing to come from this as well. That's it for now folks. I'll do my best to get something new up in the coming days in regards to my Japan trip, and in the meantime Happy Holidays everyone! Only 10 more days till Christmas everybody, so I hope you've all got your shopping done before the madness really starts at the malls!!!

Take care all.

I'm going to Japan, and I can't sleep.

A few hours ago, I bought a ticket to Japan. From October 21 to November 4 I'll be touring around the country with my good friend and proficient in Japanese traveling partner Charles. He taught English in Japan for a couple of years, and wants to go back and visit friends, and see things he never got the chance to see before. I'm going because it's Japan, and I've always wanted to go there. Don't need many more reasons then that. But this will be my last big trip for a while. Because when I get back, I have some serious work to get done.

Over the last couple of weeks I've done 2 smaller projects for my friends at Vicious Ambitious. They have a couple of books coming out in the next month, anthology based projects, and I was fortunate (and honored) enough to get to do some sequential work for these books. Both the story were written by Gord Cummings, who has a very different way of thinking then I do, and therefor gave me an interesting and awesome challenge when drawing his stories. As both a writer and an artist, I look forward to working on scripts that I haven't written, because it gives me a chance to step out of my comfort zone and open my brain to being and thinking in a different and creative way. I had a blast working on these stories, and it's given me the drive I needed to get to work on some of the stuff that I've put off for the last little while. My current goal right now is to finish issue 2 of The Sorrow, my hottie-teen werewolf story, by the end of September, with the hopes that a new printer I'm looking at using can get it back to me in time for Pure Speculation 3, a show I'm fortunate enough to be exibiting at in October. After that I'll be finishing up the long-anticipated issue 1 of Dead Last, which I'm hoping to have finished for the beginning of December. After that, well, that's still to be decided, but I have a couple of things brewing right now, and when I've figured out which way to go, I let you know. But I have a couple of big (graphic novel big) things in the creative pot, as well as continuing to put out issues of The Sorrow and Dead Last set for the foreseeable future, so I have plenty to keep me busy.

That's it for now. Take care all.

I finished The Deathly Hollows tonight!

Although this doesn't seem like much of a feat, or really even that big of a deal, I still need to blog about it! Tonight, I finished Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows. For those of you who know me well, this is a tremendous accomplishment. I've read through a fair share of books in my time, but nothing in comparison to this. I'm a slow reader, and besides comics I don't read a lot of "printed" material. But with this, I read every page, absorbed every word, and experienced the most emotionally gratifying story I've ever read. More times then not my heart raced; plenty of times I had to wipe tears out of my eyes. I became very emotionally invested as I delved deeper and deeper into the story. I can't remember a time in recent memory where I've felt like this.

It's truly over. The story has come to a close. And by finishing this book I've been able to put a bit of closure on a very trying chapter in my life. Every time someone fell to Voldermort in this book, I felt for those around them. I could feel their pain. Because that's what I've been feeling for 4 months now. For 4, long months. I've done my best to avoid it, done everything I can to stay busy enough to not have to deal with it. But thanks to this story, this silly little book (not to be taken in a demeaning way) I was shown a way to confront it. J.K.'s words allowed me the insight I needed to look at everything I've gone through, to process everything I feel and need to feel, because I had this wonderful cast of characters to follow. They suffered, they struggled, and in the end, they endured. Now I'm not saying I've dealt with anything the likes of what Harry and the gang were put through, but metaphorically speaking I can certainly relate. I have lost someone truly great from my life, and I've had triumphs and tragedies to deal with. But so far I've tried really hard to persevere. And I think I'm doing okay. In fact, thanks to this "accomplishment", I know I am. I'm getting by, and will continue to do so for a long, long time.

So I leave you with this tonight: If you need an escape, if you need some way of forgetting about everything for awhile, read a book. Hell, go read Harry Potter. It's helped me in more ways then I can truly express and I think it could help anyone if they're willing to let it.

Take care all.

Okay, here it is.....

I haven't posted in awhile. I guess that goes without saying, since the last post was from June. "No duh!". So what have I been up to? Well, a lot. Besides the day to day handling of my families personal finances and issues, I've done some traveling. I drove to Las Vegas and San Diego with my friends from the studio Kevin and Brian. We met up with another friend of mine named Steve down in Vegas, and then proceeded to drink and gamble like rockstars for a couple of day. It was a blast. Then in San Diego, it was convention time! We all took in the panels and activities that we were interested in and I had the most fun at SDCC I've had since the first time there 5 years ago. It was a no pressure trip down this year, as I have enough comic book work to keep me busy for the next year or so. And that's what I'm going to concentrate on as soon as the rest of the family business I need to take care of is done. With any luck, that will be very soon.

I also just got back from a spur of the moment trip to Cancun! It's such a beautiful place, with clear blue water, white sandy beaches, and a constant temperature above 80F. A true paradise on earth. The trip was made even better by the fact that a good friend of mine Amanda accompanied me for this quick vacation. We didn't always see eye to eye, and we argued a bit, but it was good to have someone I care about there with me. We did some cool activities together, such a scuba and snorkeling, and we even got to experience a bit of hurricane weather! Although that might not sound cool to most people, I've never seen first hand what happens during a storm like that so it was a cool experience for me at least. We also did some shopping, took a boat cruise to Isla Mujures, and did a jungle tour complete with an alligator sighting!! I'm looking forward to going back there someday, because I really enjoyed my time there.

Now that I'm home from my travels, it's time to settle in and start taking care of the loose ends I have in my personal life. I've spent the last few months since the passing of my stepfather doing whatever was needed for my family, but I've let things in my life slip. I've put a lot of things on hold. And now I'd like to get those things rolling and start living my life again. The last few months I feel like I've been living in a dream state. It feels like nothing thats happened is real. Time hasn't seemed to have any meaning or purpose, and days just seem to bleed into one another. Some days I feel like I'm loosing my mind, because I've never had to be in control of this much responsibility before. And I've never had to not worry about money before. It's hard to get focused on me right now because everything up to now has been about everyone else. And every time I get to do just for me I feel guilty. I shouldn't feel guilty, but I do.

Every good thing that happened for me and my family is the result of my stepfather's death. Thanks to his preparations for an untimely death my Mom has been well taken care of financially. And she's doing what she can to help out everybody else, including me. I've fought with her about giving money away, especially to me, because I can take care of myself and I don't want to see her go without. But the truth is, without her financial help, I'd be in trouble. I haven't worked since Warner died because I stepped up to handle everything. I feel guilty about that too because in a way it was really selfish of me to do so. I didn't trust anyone else in the family to take care of anything, and the Leo in me wanted to control it all. It was a very chaotic couple of weeks following the accident, and I wanted to prove to myself that I could handle it all. I did. Now however, I'm dealing with the fallout of it all. I feel really emotional when I think of Warner. And little things make me sad. It's hard to deal with these emotions right now when there's still so much left to do for Mom. Really hard.

I'm just hoping I can keep it all together a little longer, just long enough to make sure everything works out. Then I can let go of it all, and with any luck I'll regain some sense of sanity again. Because this has been the craziest time of my life and I could really use a break.

I'll post again soon, when I can make sense of what I just wrote.

I passed my test!

I'm now a 4th Kyu in Kyokushin Karate after receiving my new belt tonight! For those of you who don't know, that's a green belt in my style. Next up is brown, followed by black, but I'm still another year away from one and 3 from the other. Slowly but surely though I'll make it. I'm very happy right now. I think I tested the best I've ever tested for a belt this time around. The only thing I've been told needs work is my weight, which I've been working on for quite awhile and I'm not far off now where I want to be. And it's not that I'm fat or anything, it's just that I'm carrying around a few more pounds then I need to and it does slow me down a bit. But by the end of summer I'm sure I'll be where I want to be. I'm focused and determined to shed the extra pounds and to make Sensei happy in the process. A small group of us will be training throughout the summer, working on cardio, self-defense, and flexibility. I'm also looking at fighting at a couple of tournaments in the fall, one in Cranbrook in November and the other in Vancouver in December. So I want to be in good fighting shape and the summer training will help me achieve that. I'm looking forward to the hard training and all the results that will come from it. And in the fall, I'm going to do my best to help out with the earlier classes and get some teaching under my belt. It will be an exciting time for me in the fall!

And on a side note, I got my passport! And the best part is it only took 11 days to get to me. That's amazing considering some of the horror stories I've heard about wait times. My Mom's only took 9 days to get to her. That's even faster then the pamphlet in the passport package says it will take as a minimum (they say at least 10 days)! So I'm quite happy about that. Now I can travel freely any where my wallet and ambition will take me. First stop: San Diego! After that: Japan in the fall! And from there, well, we see when that time arrives. But I've heard rumors of a family trip to Europe.

Man will that ever be cool. Take care one and all!

Oddly enough, I might have a girlfriend.

I've never been hit on more in my life then I have been over the past month. I don't know if it's the sad, puppy dog look in my eyes, the unshaven "brooding" look I'm sporting, or my new cologne. But whatever it is, it's working. Thanks to my friend Amanda, I've met someone. Her name is Brenna. She seems very nice, she's definitely strong (she's a farm girl), and she really pretty. But I'm taking my time with her. She was pretty jaded by her last relationship, and I'm not in a hurry to rush into anything right now. But we both like movies and have been spending a great deal of time together watching all the shows I've missed over the past few years. And she's athletic, playing both volleyball and baseball on a weekly basis. So we'll she where this goes. I'm off to Karaoke with her and a group of friends tonight, and those who know me know I love Karaoke! We'll see if she likes my singing.

It's been one hell of a month.

Well, it's been a month since I lost my stepfather Warner. And in this time I've endured a lot. I found out that when someone dies, those left behind not only have to worry about moving on and getting past their loss but that there is a literal mountain of paperwork that follows. But I've managed to get through it, and my family is healing. I miss Warner everyday and can't help but wonder what happened to him that made him make such a fatal mistake. I have trouble sleeping at night, but I've been told that this will pass in time. I keep playing the days events over and over in my head. There's nothing I could have done differently, nothing that would have changed things. I know that. But I wish there was. On the plus side, Warner was well covered. And now my Mom will be well taken care of. But no amount of money will bring her husband back, and I've forever lost a close friend and father. I miss you Warner, but thanks to the strength you gave me, and gave all of us, I'll make it. Thank you Dad, I'll see you again.

I've suffered a terrible loss.

On Sunday night at 6:30 PM my stepfather Warner was killed in an automobile accident. The last 3 days have been the most difficult days of my life. He was a very important part of my life and I've always considered him to be not only my stepdad but truly one of my best friends. He supported me in every part of my life, from attending my sporting events to encouraging my pursuit of the comic book dream. Whenever I needed him Warner was there. And right now I'm having a difficult time coming to terms with the fact that I'll never get to see him again. I love and miss him so much, and I don't think I've ever cried so much in my life. My tear ducts are sore and swollen. But I've done my best to be strong for the family, especially my Mom, and I've handled all the most difficult things myself (going to the medical examiner's office, setting up the funeral) so no one else would have to. I've had to identify him, I've been to the scene of the accident (although not intentionally) and now I need to talk about it. But it's hard so I'll just type what I can.

Dad was a truly great person. And that's not me just saying that. He has so many friends and relatives and even people who hardly knew him who are all in a state of shock and morning. He touched so many people's lives, and due to this I've had to make sure that the funeral home can accommodate at least 200 people. He was liked and loved by most everyone who ever met him, and the outpour of support has been overwhelming. He will truly be missed by everyone and anyone who ever had a chance to know him. I have so much more to say but will have to say it later.

All I ask of anyone who reads this is this; say a prayer for my mother. She's the most affected by this tragic event and needs all the support and help she can get. She has nothing but her friends and family now so any sort of support you can get her would be definitely appreciated.

I must now go and cry some more. I really miss my dad :(

Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo.

Wow, just WOW!!! What an incredible day Sunday April 29th was. I was fortunate enough to be an exhibitor with my friends Kevin and Charles with an Out of Mind Studios booth, situated right across from the talented and friendly Gail Simone, the uber cool Josh Ortega, superstar artist Francis Manapul and the very lovely Rivkah. It was a great location, with tons of foot traffic and a lot of folks popping by to check out of stuff. I did 3 pin-ups for this show, all of which sold a few copies, and the very generous Bryan Hodgson of Happy Harbor comics V. 2 came by to purchase a piece of original art and a convention sketch from me. I can't say enough about how good the folks from Happy Harbor are to me. Thank you so much Bryan!

And thanks to Bryan I was fortunate enough to receive some very nice praise from the incredible Gail Simone and her husband on the piece of art he bought from me. So again, THANK YOU! As for the rest of the show I was able to touch base and say hi to all the creators and professionals I've been lucky enough to get to know over the years, and made a few new contacts and new friends. The great Bruce Timm signed an art book of his I have and even did a quick sketch for me. Coloring powerhouse Bobby Chiu set me up with one of his very informative coloring books and Ryan Woodward stopped by to say hi. Josh Ortega, who was cool enough to come out a have a few drinks with all us local guys at the James Joyce Pub Friday night stopped by to chat, give us some words of encouragement and check out our stuff. He's a fantastic guy and I wish him all the best with his soon-to-be new found superstar status thanks to his work on Image's Death Dealer series. He certainly deserves it. And I can't forget to mention getting to see and talk to one of my all time favorite artist Humberto Ramos. He's always very nice to me and I appreciate the fact that he takes time out to say hi whenever he sees me.

Thanks to everyone who came by our booth to say hi and an extra special thanks to everyone who picked something up from us. Everything we make from shows like this goes back into the studio to help create new books and merchandise so we truly appreciate every sale made.

Last but not least, thanks to all the volunteers and helpers, and definitely the organizers of the CCEE for putting on a fantastic show once again. This year was amazing and next year will be even bigger and better! See you all again April 27th and 28th, 2008. Two days of awesomeness next year!

Time for some catching up Blogger style!

Hello all (you know who you are),

Well, I figure it's been long enough so it's time for some updates on this remarkably busy life I lead. First off, a couple weeks ago I was in Edmonton for a comic book show. The show was good, not from a money standpoint but certainly from a social one. While I was driving out of town I got a phone call from a good friend of mine named James. I hadn't seen or talked to James in a long time (at least a decade!) but a couple of month ago, by using stealthy Batman-like tactics, James found me! I received an email from him, which totally took me by surprise. But it was a great surprise and I was elated to hear from one of my best childhood friends. I found out he was married and living in Edmonton and is getting heavily involved in music! We communicated back and fourth over emails, and I figured if I was ever in Edmonton long enough for a visit that we should do what we could to hook up. So I emailed James the night before I had to leave for the show hoping he would get it in time to meet up with me somewhere. Thankfully he did and luckily he caught me before I left town!

It was fantastic to see him again. I thought about the saying "the more things change the more they stay the same" and I think that may very well apply here in a certain context. Both James and I have changed in many ways, but what hasn't was that great feeling of friendship that I remember we had as kids so long ago. There was nothing awkward about seeing him again, and our conversation flowed so nicely. We talked so much that night that even though James and I met at a coffee shop, the poor guy never got the chance to get a drink! It was truly fantastic to catch up with him and I'm looking forward to the next time we meet up, and hopefully the opportunity to meet his wife and children. Knowing James, I know he has a wonderful family and it will be awesome to finally meet them.

Second update is as follows: I did very, VERY well at the Alberta Open Karate Championships in Edmonton on March 31st. I had a total of 4 fights on the day in 2 divisions, which saw me winning the Mens 18 and over Color Belt Heavyweight Division as well as a 1 fight Mens Open Division. I was able to use my experience and strengths to overcome all 3 of my color belt opponents and won all 3 fight by Ippon (full point). And in the Mens Open I utilized my strong gedan mawashi-geri (Low roundhouse kick) to disable my opponent and also won the fight by Ippon. It was a great tournament to gain back some confidence after taking a beating in the Calgary Cup, and it was great to finally win a tournament in Edmonton seing as the last 2 time up there I didn't fair so well. The rest of our club also did great that day, with all of our fighters placing and doing our dojo proud. Our women's Color Belt fighter Kristen fought in what I considered to be the fight of the day against the much more experienced Jen Smith from Edmonton. Kristen showed great spirit and fought with all she had, unfortunately losing to Jen (who won the division) but giving her one hell of a fight in the process. I had the pleasure of traveling to and from Edmonton with Kristen and I see a lot of bright things for her in the future.

And almost lastly, but not leastly (I just made that up), I've been working too f'n much lately. It's just ridiculous really. Last week, in a 4 day work week, I put in nearly 60 hours! And this week so far hasn't let up all that much, with both Monday and yesterday being long grueling days. At least today wasn't bad and ended at a decent time (instead of close to midnight). But the one thing I can't complain about is that all this work is making me money. And I've been able to save a bunch. I want to be able to travel this year, to both San Diego and possibly Japan in the fall so all this extra work is helping. Plus it gives me more money for the comic hobby I have, allowing me (hopefully) more time in the coming weeks to get some stuff rolling and pay for printing. Which bring me to my last topic.........

I'm going to have to decide what it is I'm going to focus on with my comic work. I have had a tendency in the past to start going on something and not see it through to it's end. I've been a lot better with The Sorrow, even though there's only one issue out so far, I've at least wrote the next 2 issues and know how the series will end with issue 4. I just need some time to get the pencils going and the books will be done in no time. I guess my problem right now is I feel very much on my own with Out of Mind Studios. It started as a dream project by Kevin and I to have our own place to publish our own stuff, and with the inclusion of our friend Brian was only suppose to get bigger and better. But nothings happening. I've been working on my own stuff, Brian on his, and I'm not sure what Kev's been up to because he isn't really talking to me anymore. I don't know why, and I don't really thinks it's because there's "problems" between us, I think it has more to do with the fact that we don't live with each other anymore. And since I'm not around him, I'm kinda "out of sight, out of mind". No pun intended!!!

I want to really give things a go as a group, and create some crazy good stuff together as a studio, but I'm afraid that might not happen again. We'll see what transpires at the upcoming Calgary Expo since I've got a booth for OOMS as well as a couple other friends who wanted some space for their projects. I'll have some new pin-up work, and possibly a surprise book at the show, and I know the other guys will have something new as well. Hopefully we can figure out what direction this ship is taking and whose on board and whose not. Worst case scenario would be that we continue doing nothing and I start to look at doing stuff on my own. That would suck, but what can you do when everyone else's life is going in a different direction from yours?

I guess that's it, thanks for reading and letting me clear my head for at least a day or 7.

Take care all.

Tournament in the "Chuck" this weekend!

I'm off to Edmonton for the 3rd times in 2 weeks for a Kyokushin tournament this weekend. I'll be fighting in the color belt division of the Alberta Open, my first fight in Edmonton in a couple of years. I'm looking forward to bringing the hurt and fighting the most intense I've fought in a long time. I'm very confident I'll do well and have good faith I'll be bringing home some hardware by the end of the day. I'll be bringing a new fighter named Kristen with me to fight in the women's CB division, and if she can get her high kicks and strong combos working for her I'm sure she'll do well. All in all it will be a good day for fighting and I'll post an update when I get back on the days activities.

On a slightly different topic I wanted to say I had a great time in Edmonton last weekend at the Edmonton Collectible Toy & Comic Show. I want to thank everyone who stopped by to say hi, all the organizers of the event, the Star Wars 501st for being on hand and just being cool, and to Jay from Happy Harbor for having me up their. It was great to hang out in a very "zen" like environment with my fellow creators and all the fans of the medium who came by to check things out. I sold quite a few of my prints and did my first Superman sketch for fellow Canadian Geek member and had a blast doing it. Although I didn't get to meet Larry Hama personally, I heard he was a class act and really approachable and had quite a few encouraging things to tell the guys who stopped by for a critique. I did however get to meet Daniel Logan, the young man who starred as a young Boba Fett in the new Star Wars trilogy and he was an incredibly nice guy. I gave him a print I had made of Boba Fett for the show and he seemed to genuinely like it, so much so that he gave me a signed picture in return. Just a super nice kid and a pleasure to meet.

So there you have it. An update, although somewhat brief, but an update none the less. I'll post the results of Saturdays tournament over the weekend, and might even post a picture or 2.

Take care all.

I'm finally a cover artist! But.....

They gave the credit to someone else. Do you believe the luck?!?

The issue I did a cover for is Ezra: Evoked Emotions #3 which shipped and is in stores today. I've never seen the finished version as Sean from Arcana had someone else color it. But it looks really good, and the colorist did it justice. To damn bad someone named Pedro Delgado got the credit for it. But I'm happy none the less. It obviously too late to do anything about it so I'll just have to post an image of the cover and let the world know who the true artist is. And when Sean come to the Calgary Expo at the end of April I'll give him shit and make him feel bad. Until then, here's the cover.

Enjoy.

Happy Valentine's Day one and all.

Well, the commercially charged holiday known to the world as Valentine's Day is here! And I'm at home alone and loving every minute of it. I've never had a great time (that I can remember) on Valentine's Day and up until recent years considered it one of the 2 worst days of the year for me.

I've had nothing but back luck on Valentine's Day. From car accidents to bad break-ups and even a run-in with the law (long story for another time) this day has been a dreaded one for me, and in more recent years I've done everything in my power to stay home, stay away from anything potentially harmful and wait it out until February 15th arrived. But over the past 2 years or so (maybe 3, Guinness makes me forget) it seems my luck has changed and I don't worry too much anymore about it. It is what it is, and for those of you out there who have a significant other to spend it with, Valentine's Day can be a really good excuse to spend quality time with the one you love and lavish them with all you can. So this post it for those of you out there with the ability to enjoy Valentine's Day for what it is, and it's a shout out to you folks to take this day and do something for the person in your life that means the most to you. Take said person out to dinner and a movie, or stay at home and make it a nice romantic evening complete with a beautiful meal and a passionate dessert! You have the excuse, now make it count for something.

For the rest of us, don't be down. Think of the money and time you are all saving! Well okay, maybe that's not much of a consolation but you should feel some comfort in knowing you're not alone. There are a lot of single people spending tonight at home alone and for some of us it's not for a lack of trying. We just haven't met that special someone (or couldn't afford to rent that special someone for now ;) and until we do Valentine's Day is just another day.

A lonely day but, hey it's Wednesday. At least the new episode of LOST is on tonight.

Take care everyone.

The move is over!

I'm finished. Everything is moved. The old place is pretty much clean. And I'm exhausted.

The new place is awesome. Lots of space. Maybe a little too much. But I still have a lot to do around here so this will be brief. I'll update again in a couple of days. It's sleepy time now.

Cheers.