I don't know if I 'nailed' the job interview. DO we ever? If I get the job, the first three things I'm buying is: The up hill manual treadmill. At least the first 3 TPB for the Sandman series, and probably the new Narnia PS2 game, I suck at it, but I like it.

I spent all day Friday with Jonesy and Becca, searching for a monkey costume for Becca, ended up settling for a Bumble Bee. But I did get a cool top hat. And I had a bit of fun when Jonesy and Becca were in the rest room during lunch at the restaurant, and I alone enjoying a bowl of cream of rosemary potato soup with an empty stroller by my side.. old ladies walking up asking "Where's the baby?" and I taking a long look at the empty stroller and looking back to them. "Well that's interesting." as a reply... a quick chuckle and the truth to follow. I still have to go back to Jonesy, left my car keys and jacket in her car... I think.

Saturday I ventured out to revisit the old comic book store in traders village, catching up on all the comic book gossip. Like Scarlet Witch going crazy and killing off three Avengers, on of which being Hawkeye, my all time favorite Avenger... hell I want to name my Press after him. And that Colossus is no longer dead, he was trapped, and his clone was the one who sacrificed himself for the Legacy Cure. Oh and Don't even get me started on the New Crisis on Infinite Earth. I'm now on pins and needles, Oracle might walk again ( the original Bat Girl, once paralyzed by the Joker, only to rise from the ashes as Oracle). And get this, The real Ian Churchill has began working from cover to cover on the new Super Girl... Oh My Gawd!

Sunday, I have nothing instore, so if you are bored, drop me a line or give me call. This day is for the rest of the world to catch up with me.

And Monday, I'm throwing a get together, it's open end invitation, so feel free to stop by my place for Pizza, Beer, Cookies, Movies and trick or treaters. It's not a Ball or anything, but it's a few good friends and a warm fire place.

Social life?

By the way, as of last week both Ambar and I officially became "Aunts" ... I can't get enough of Becca and hanging out with Jonesy has been a blast... and tonight over coffee Ambar couldn't stop talking about her 'best friends' new little girl... I just can't waite until they are both old enough for the Princess dresses at the Katy Mills Mall....

the act of Envy towards our closest friends will have to surfice until I can have my own little Saddie.. and well I'm not sure what Amabar wants to name her first daughter, but I'm sure it's something great, and not at all questionable in anyway...

Proverbial Mr Right

So I have a job interview tomorrow.. $9 an hour... 40 hours a week.... I could go to Cosmotology (sp? It's late) school.... I could move out and stay in Houston.... I could revisit the idea of HCC and knock the basics out of the way and then go on to Theater.. or Horticulture...

I was up tonight.. thinking about all the projects I'm taking on... The finishing of the first draft of the first the in the 'Pirate Boys' series (working title) and Rough work on the 6 shot script for "H" ya'll who know me best know what that is... My friends in Austin have been getting on me about not doing more with the Avrengers script.. my god, I mean you give them the idea and they want you to write it too? Seriously, it's an honor, to be working with such find young animators. I'm also scrounging up ideas for a cute little comic strip based on my life - if it were a sitcom kind of thing.....Oh and I think I've come up with a pretty good formula to help women like me get yet another step closer to finding the proverbial Mr Right. - I'm in no hurry to settle down, but I want my first Kid before I'm 25.. or at least have one on the way by the time I'm 26... I mean I can save kid #2 for when I'm thirty if need be, but the first one.. I'm not going to wait that long... Mr. Right or no Mr. Right. Oh and maybe a love story inspired by a Red Hot chilly Peppers song.

Fate has been pretty good to me.. minus the tragedies that have followed the blessings of course. I have fallen in love twice, and felt a handful of what passion had to offer... I think I am worthy of it again. Mind you it may take dropping these extra 20 pounds that Astroworld helped put on ( seriously, most of the girls put on at least 10 while working there)
I just have two guys I can't get off my mind....
An Actor I knew over the summer... I don't know where he's from, but he had that West Texas feel to him... His girl friend is very very pretty, and I as of late relating more and more to 'Miranda' just aren't, so I never even thought to take it further then a harmless crush... I'll never see him again, except for in the movies when he eventually hits it big.. and god knows he will... I mean I will never see this man again... ever... right? So why can't get him off my mind?
The second.. He knows I exist.. I know he exists.. We both think well enough of each other ( I think) that communication is possible, but getting together is like pulling teeth on either side... And the more I learn about him the more I realize only one thing truly sets us apart..one hurtle... back in elementery school I was really good at jumping hurtles.. and sure they became more proverbial as the years grew on, but never the less I hold my own still... but I'm just me, what do I know....

Well I know that there are three guys who have been occupying my time.. Russell as always.... the Actor I will never come face to face with again.... and my more stubborn version of 'Big'..... all of which I may never understand to the fullest extent the roles they've played in my lives no matter how big the role or how small.
I also know this... I don't lose sleep over anyone for no reason, no matter how intangible the reasons may seem.

Whatever Tomorrow Brings....
Spiral Out...
Wave on....

I'll post more later

So after calling in with Car problems Sunday, to get out of work, right before I leave to Austin for the day, my car decides to make an honest women outta me, by having the battery magically die. Taking $40 dollars out of my 6th Street Money. Still I managed - after finally arriving, Matty and I make way to Wendys for some kick ass fries, then on to see the Corpse Bride (my 4th time) and then 1 corona later we explore Austin.. some pics sure to come after I use the rest of the film. Finally after seeing what the down town had to offer on a sunday night, we settle in for some good food and some quality fun. The preshow entertainment included the hard to find Star Wars Christmas Specials.. the ones Lucas tried to have destroyed. Watching other people bob-for-beer and pumpkin carving contests. The show it's self was allot like Rocky, but without the actors. Matty was the loudest singer there. Seeing the movie again only made me adore and respect The Corpse Bride more. I mean I'm from the Nightmare Before Christmas generation.. I had the Burger King watches and everything! I'll be a die hard fan till the day I die - but seriously The Corpse bride shines on many many comparative levels. Then back to his place for 2 more Coronas and Sahara.

I've been working since my return... And I have decided that I now collect Ornaments, mostly variations of snow flakes ( we all need hobbies) ... I also plan to make minor improvements in my health (just to start). And I had a Job Interview today, so I might be quitting the Calendar/Game/Christmas crazy boring ring, for a job that conceits of me planning mall parties for girls 7 - 12, make overs included ( I swear it's a real store) and taking on new responsibilities as an unofficial Assistant Manager, making 2 dollars more then what I am currently making, with plans for advancement. Only 20 to 30 hours a week, but the pay increase tends to even that out. I would actually be incharge of a handful of High Schoolers.. Oh My Gawd! I miss it.

Whatever Tomorrow Brings.. Spiral Out... Wave On....

swing batter

Go ASTROS...

Turns out #11 is way hot - too.

Good job boys...

And special thanks to the man of the hour.. in my eyes at least...

Roy Oswalt

See ya'll monday...

Whatever Tomorrow Brings
Spiral Out
Wave on....

So today was an easy work day, all things truly considered. Things were quite on the calendar front and yet fruitful. A woman came in a put down like 150 something dollars all for Christmas... Calendars, their the gift that keep on giving the whole year through. :]

Online life is pretty laid back, I'm contemplating the idea of starting an new yahoo RPG group, designed specific for writers with a penned interest for fiction and just simply wish to further stretch their wings by interacting with story lines alongside other writers. All fun and games and just another way to keep from getting to rusty inbetween manuscripts and we all know the best way to free our selves from writers block, is to avoid it from the start. Oh and if anyone is interested in the group and wishes to join up, drop me a line under comments and/or e-mail me at Sterben_84@hotmail.com and we'll talk. By the way, just as an FYI, for anyone who actually reads this thing.. I'm still working on getting all the pages together, but for starters you can check out a coming attractions for January Nineteenth @ GALLERY and that is just the first of a few different pages I will hopefully be offering. At least now you can check out the friendly faces that fill my world with wonders. God knows none of us ever cease to amaze. Now if your not on the "GALLERY" page, no need to freit. It just means I don't have you in digital format yet, or I have no photos of you at all. And if so, shame on you for not keeping in better touch.

Upcoming plans for me involve the Nightmare Before Christmas Sing-ALong. Up in Austin, I'll be spending Sunday making my way up to the capital city of Texas. To relive my childhood in creepy song. ANd Though I really really wanted to go camping out at Ren Fest, it seems it's simply not in the budget, so instead, I'm planning on commandeering my mom's jeep, allowing 4 of my currently closest friends to come aboard and making way for a day trip to the Fair. Cute Elves, Sexy Knights and Tall Dark and Handsome Rogues look out - because we will surely be ladies fair on a mission for fun, and between the 5 of us, no decent male has a chance of not being spotted. ( now some of us are married and some our in committed relationships, so now if any of the significant others read this page, no worries. It's all eye candy, except for those of us who are single - then it's simply open season) Why make such a big deal about guys for this outing? Because once you get down to it, it's about if not The Main Thing we all at one time had incommon. Aside from all that I see work ahead for me a great deal of it.

Whatever Tomorrow Brings..
Spiral out....
and
Wave On.....

having a good day

By the way...

Go Astros.. making my days one game at a time.

If the Red Sox can do it - So can We.... ( not to offend anyone.)

I don't know about the rest of houston - but I always have my eye on 44 for the good times and bad.

16 tons, what'ya get?

First off. I can't believe my last post. I mean yeah that's how I'm starting to feel but I could have gone about that so much better.

Anyways, work has been hell, the first week of Fright Fest is over and done with. We have 5 or 6 Ushers... and only two are not complete idiots. That two is Val and I. Val and I get along great and she is adored by the cowboys. So what do they do? They separate us leaving me with the cowboy, who of which there are one or two who live to embares me. Example: My first moment out handing out show schedules - Crazy Cowboy who has a mic sees me walk out into the crowd.. what does he say over the mic to me? "Hey It's Lyndsey - Hey has that rash cleared up yet?" - ok, first off I have no, nor have I ever had in recent memory any rash of any kind. Secondly...I had to take it, I just had to stand there and hope no one caught that. Why, because even if I had a wise comment to through back at him - which I did - but wouldn't help me out, he has a mic... I do not. Next three days followed that same feel. It's getting better... we are all getting adjusted.

Tomorrow and Tuesday I'm pulling a serious double shift both days. Like 22 hours total. It's good, I can use the money. I'm calling in sick to work next sunday so I can drive up to Austin, spend the day with one of my most creative soul mates Matty, only to spend that same evening with him attending a Nightmare Before Christmas sing-along. All Rocky Horror style. It will be awesome.

work sucks, but if I make it from here through December, everything will be alright.

Whatever Tomoarrow brings... Spiral Out... Wave on....

Last Minute News

I spent tonight hanging out with Jonsey, and Becca ( her baby girl, my "niece") Which only made me miss the 'not so single life more'. I've been so depressed about Russell lately, but I've also started to wonder if it's also a matter of just being depressed over being single. I'm so ready to be happy again, Find that mr Right again, I'm done with rebounds. Yeah I know I'm young. I have so many years ahead of me. I'm not looking to be a mother of 3 by the time I'm 25, but at least married and thinking about the first child. Still looking for that Corduroy man...

Meanwhile my friend text's me "I found your Aussie". And calls me on her break several hours later. "He looks like Shaggy - Not the cartoon, but the movie version" and I think : Matthew Lillard, another Matthew Lillard look a like. She says "He works at UofH. And he's a student. And he has the Aussie Accent!, I found him for you. Only down side is he has a very obvious nose ring." I reply: Yeah and I drink and have a tattoo and don't care - he's an aussie, a shaggy look alike aussie! So I guess sometime next week somewhere inbetween Coffee with Alpha Pirate, and Nightmare Sing-A-Long with Matty, I have to find time to drive all the way into down town - to take a chance and ask him out. What on earth will I wear??

This is crazy, and it's only going to get crazier.

Words of Wisdom?

These made me feel better today... and my top five are well the top five listed... #1 is the best, those who know me best know why it's best.......

"You will do foolish things, but you will do them with enthusiasm." - Colette

"The secret to happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it." - Al Batt

"To sleep is an act of faith." - Barbara G Harrison

"Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins they never committed." - Cornelia Otis

"To be independent of public opinion is the first condition of achieving anything great." - G W F Hegel

"It's always easier to fight for oneÂ’s principles - than to live up to them" - Alfred Alder

"It's alright letting yourself go as long as you get yourself back" - Mick Jagger

"Speak when You are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret." - Ambrose

"If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size" - Sydney J Harris

"Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace" - Robert J Sawyer

"Kittens are born with their eyes shut. They open them in about 6 days, take a look around, then close them for the better part of their lives." - Stephen Baker

"It takes allot of courage to show your dreams to someone else" - Erma Bombeck

"What lies behind us, what lies in front of us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it" - Confucius


Honestly I felt better earlier, going back down hill again... I just wish I could fasTomorrowd, y'know?

Whatever Tomarrow Brings...

what is with this month???

I really gotta stop watching movies... or maybe just going to theaters in general. I go to see the corpse bride last week, what theater do I find myself in? The same one where I was with Russell the night before he died.... when was the last time I was there.. that night.
I go see Just Like Heaven... I relate all to well with The leading Male Character. The line and this maybe slightly off - "I wasn't always this way." or "I didn't use to be..." pretty much sums up my life currently. You can say it 'Breaks' you.. you can say it 'Exhaust' you... you can even say it 'Damages' you..... either way it takes a hell of a long time to get better... and I don't think it's something you can do on you own....

The Corpse Bride....

Ok, I have seen this movie a grand total of three times now.. Obviously I think it's good.

Now, Exactly how good do I think it is?

Well right off, given the fact that it lacks the advertising and merchandising qualities of the Nightmare Before Christmas, and it relies greatly on the characters and animation rather then the story and song meadly and though it is at times at least I found it easily predictable, I think it's far more "CULT WORTHY" then it's predecessor, The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Now don't get me wrong, I love NMBC! a true Cult Classic, it's very well scored with wonderfully thought out songs to match, a true festival for the eyes and ears and the detailed animation is still without rival.

BUT! I truly feel there is something Special about The Corpse Bride... maybe it's because it echoes some of Tim Burrton's earliest and less well known pieces. Maybe it's the mini Johnny Depp. Maybe it's the fact that the characters are human in many wonderful ways, be them dead or alive.

All I can really say is this:
These are two completely separate movies in every way! Their creator and his influence on the character design is really all they truly have in common in my eyes. It is absolutely wrong to sit down to one and expect the other. Because if you do so you will be thoroughly disappointed in The Corpse Bride. If you can sit down in that theater and not have expectation in any regards to the Nightmare Before Christmas, then you will be able to truly enjoy The Corpse Bride for what it really is, A marvel in Clay-mation, and as simplistic as it may sometimes seem in comparison to NMBC, a marvel as well in Story and Character.

They are both quickly becoming my favorites, one because of it's impact on my childhood and the other because of it's impact on me as a hopeful young woman and artist.