Now you know why I don't make resolutions.

Fun trivia moment: Remember a few months ago, the thieves attempting to rob the guys' house? They never had names in the comic. In my script, I called them Harry and Marv. Hey, they needed names.

In an effort to get out, do stuff, and meet other artists, I've started attending the NEW Ottawa Comix Jam. It's pretty fun: go out to a Chinese restaurant, eat food, and draw comics. Past comics are put up on the site for all to see. Marvel at our weird senses of humour! I've learned a bit of stuff at the two I've attended (Ottawa has a small press expo? Who knew?) though I haven't met too many webcomic-specific people. Lots of animation-types, though.

Heh. Apparently I missed a big ol' pile of webcomics drama. I'm referring, of course, to webcomics.com. If you know what it is, great! If not, go google it for context.

I don't have a lot to say that hasn't already been said, beyond being one of the on-the-fence, wait-and-see types (Eric Burns-White of Websnark had a good rundown of most of the major arguments, and I'm in agreement with him), so I won't go over things here. I do have a few opinions of things that haven't completely been said, but I'm not going to go through them here. There are better avenues than this newslog. (Email? Forum? IM? The mind boggles!)

So yeah. Comics are back, most triumphantly! I can breathe at work! My husband and I are feeling much better, so we'll probably catch a movie this week! (Seriously. I was sick over Christmas, he was sick this last week. We're some of the only people in the world who haven't seen Avatar yet. I'm expecting lots of pretty graphics.)

Have I ever talked about my philosophy on new year's resolutions? No? Let me explain it, then.

I've always thought the general practice of making resolutions at the end/beginning of a calendar year was a bit silly. Okay, it's the end of a year! Beginning of a new year! Make amends, strive to improve yourself! I get the gist. However, I think it should be a bit more personal. Make the resolution when (generic) you have completed a new year. In other words, you want a bit more meaning? Make resolutions on your birthday.

It's an interesting idea, and I'd love to use it in another project. But this is why I don't make resolutions on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day; it's just so arbitrary, especially with everyone else doing them (and often, just failing at them).

Now having said that, I feel I must bring something up. Those of you who've been around a while or otherwise know me will also know when my birthday is: January 6th. That's three days from now, folks. So, in the interest of following through on my philosophy, I must therefore make a new year's resolution! Or at least a goal. Damn, do I catch myself in these things. :)

So. I realize I haven't been the most communicative person as of late. I need to improve on this. So, my resolution is to make more posts on the newslog. I'm going to strive for one a week, and update on something, anything, pertaining to me or ToG (or even Project LaH). That's pretty doable. And it gets me in practice for future things.

Will I be able to keep doing this for the whole year? Let's just say that based on what I know now, that's going to be a pretty neat trick.

Comic resumes next week.