What am I Doing?
I don't know... Haven't been posting here for a while. I've been too distracted by Facebook I guess. There I have 99 friends, while here I can never be sure how many people are reading or whatever. But I don't want to completely neglect writing in general, so here goes:
I'm still on dialysis, of course... Otherwise I wouldn't be writing at all. I'd be dead.
Things are looking promising for the transplant to take place in 2011, as I have a consultation with the transplant team on the 23rd.
I'm not drawing much at the moment.. though I have three penciled pieces I need to ink and several waiting for colors. I'm fiddling about with designs and such and planning for a web graphic novel (Or maybe a novel with graphics)... IS there a difference? Perhaps. I have maybe three characters that could feature very well in a comic, but I haven't made up my mind just yet which one it will be.
I was found by an old friend from Kansas City on Facebook... and just as quickly managed to offend him thoroughly by speaking out on my own political opinions when his girlfriend commented about hating Sarah Palin and the "Teabaggers". I told her (not knowing it was his GF tho) that it was damn stupid to hate someone because of a difference in political opinion. He hasn't de-friended me yet, but I have sense a definite coldness in his comments since.
Playing a lot of World of Warcraft... My main character is Lvl 52, with several others in the 20s... I'm having a lot of fun with it that I would otherwise be having with RPGs if I had anybody to play with.
My daughter is going to be 16 just after Xmas... I'm kind of stumped for a present for her birthday. 16 is supposed to be an important one for a girl... I dunno, if I was still married, I'm sure Helen would have had a number of ideas for a "Sweet 16" present. Me, I'm just a dumb Dad.
My son Zack just had a surgery at Pittsburgh Children's Hospital in October... Last I saw he was still looking kind of puffy around the mouth. Hoping to have the kids for the weekend of the 12th... Don't know, tho. Helen always waits for the last minute to decide things like that, then expects everything to just fall together.
Zack has also gotten into trouble at school again. According to what I've heard so far, Zack was sent a "Sexting" by his (so-called) girlfriend in Florida... the one he's never met. He wouldn't even be in trouble for that, except that he showed it to someone, then threatened them not to tell anybody. I hope to God he's not as stupid as this makes him sound. In any event, nobody's said exactly how he threatened the kid he showed it to... It would be one thing if he said "Don't tell anybody or I'll kick you in the shins", quite another if he said "Keep quiet or I'll burn your house down." But nobody seems to know exactly what was said.
Mom wants to go down to my older brother's in Delaware for Xmas... Based on what I know at the moment I'm not going to be able to go. Paying for Dialysis outside the state would be way too prohibitive. But I hope to be able to keep my options open. Maybe I can have the kids while the folks are away and bring my friend Hailey over form Ohio... the kids would love to have some time with him, and I suppose It wouldn't hurt me either. Keeping plans open-ended, anyways.
I think that's pretty much it for current events...
Oh, yeah... there's a Bob Dylan concert in State College on the 9th that I'd give my left nut to go to... But looks like I can't. It's $50 for the *cheap* seats... and I'm still saving for Xmas. Bummer.
I'm still on dialysis, of course... Otherwise I wouldn't be writing at all. I'd be dead.
Things are looking promising for the transplant to take place in 2011, as I have a consultation with the transplant team on the 23rd.
I'm not drawing much at the moment.. though I have three penciled pieces I need to ink and several waiting for colors. I'm fiddling about with designs and such and planning for a web graphic novel (Or maybe a novel with graphics)... IS there a difference? Perhaps. I have maybe three characters that could feature very well in a comic, but I haven't made up my mind just yet which one it will be.
I was found by an old friend from Kansas City on Facebook... and just as quickly managed to offend him thoroughly by speaking out on my own political opinions when his girlfriend commented about hating Sarah Palin and the "Teabaggers". I told her (not knowing it was his GF tho) that it was damn stupid to hate someone because of a difference in political opinion. He hasn't de-friended me yet, but I have sense a definite coldness in his comments since.
Playing a lot of World of Warcraft... My main character is Lvl 52, with several others in the 20s... I'm having a lot of fun with it that I would otherwise be having with RPGs if I had anybody to play with.
My daughter is going to be 16 just after Xmas... I'm kind of stumped for a present for her birthday. 16 is supposed to be an important one for a girl... I dunno, if I was still married, I'm sure Helen would have had a number of ideas for a "Sweet 16" present. Me, I'm just a dumb Dad.
My son Zack just had a surgery at Pittsburgh Children's Hospital in October... Last I saw he was still looking kind of puffy around the mouth. Hoping to have the kids for the weekend of the 12th... Don't know, tho. Helen always waits for the last minute to decide things like that, then expects everything to just fall together.
Zack has also gotten into trouble at school again. According to what I've heard so far, Zack was sent a "Sexting" by his (so-called) girlfriend in Florida... the one he's never met. He wouldn't even be in trouble for that, except that he showed it to someone, then threatened them not to tell anybody. I hope to God he's not as stupid as this makes him sound. In any event, nobody's said exactly how he threatened the kid he showed it to... It would be one thing if he said "Don't tell anybody or I'll kick you in the shins", quite another if he said "Keep quiet or I'll burn your house down." But nobody seems to know exactly what was said.
Mom wants to go down to my older brother's in Delaware for Xmas... Based on what I know at the moment I'm not going to be able to go. Paying for Dialysis outside the state would be way too prohibitive. But I hope to be able to keep my options open. Maybe I can have the kids while the folks are away and bring my friend Hailey over form Ohio... the kids would love to have some time with him, and I suppose It wouldn't hurt me either. Keeping plans open-ended, anyways.
I think that's pretty much it for current events...
Oh, yeah... there's a Bob Dylan concert in State College on the 9th that I'd give my left nut to go to... But looks like I can't. It's $50 for the *cheap* seats... and I'm still saving for Xmas. Bummer.