Oh, fer the luva--RELAX, guys!

Okay, I'm still getting email from people who think I'm all down and depressed. I'm not, honest! Look, I even dialed back on the Nic-O-Meter!!


Things don't suck, I just see a clear path for things to take so that by the end of the year they seriously COULD. I'm not talking general bumps in life's road that we all deal with, I'm talking about the kind of things that make you pick up and change your life. Dreams, desires, goals that either are or are not declared unattainable. Things go the wrong way, I have no reason to stay here and Nicaragua starts looking pretty sweet. Things go the right way and I'm the happiest guy on the planet and I dig in and move on toward the next big thing. I've never been too good at the whole "take it one day at a time" thing. I want an overview and contingency plans. And what really helps is when there's something I can actually DO to work toward the outcomes I want. I want dragons to slay, campaigns to be waged (I swear, I never played D&D once in my life) BUT with some things all you can do is put your best effort out there and wait because it's not up to you. It's up to the publisher or the retailer or the reader or the loan officer or the girl(s) or the judge or whoever.

I'm SO not good at waiting.

So, just don't actually worry about me until the Nic-O-Meter gets past half way. I'm actually pretty good right now. My projects are going pretty well and I'll show more when the time is right, my lettering gigs are cruising along and I spent all night on the phone with that "blast from the past" mentioned yesterday and it looks like maybe I'll be having an out of town visitor very soon. I'm not doing too shabby at the moment. :D