Monday, January 09, 2006
No, I'm not dead.
I am still recovering, however, from a NASTY bout of the flu...I'm running at about 85% right now, which is down from my 90% of yesterday...
After missing 3 days of work and being back at work today (not out of dedication to my job, but out of liking having my own house and not being harassed by creditors because I have no money to pay my bills) I've come to a couple of conclusions...
The human body is VERY resilient, but the mind (at least mine), not so much. I feel like a big baby, feebly asking Ben to make me tea and toast for the past week like I'm terminally ill or something. I did not want to come into work today, because I still feel like crap, I've got an earache now to add to the rest of it, but I do actually feel better than I did on Monday of last week.
Mucinex is a wonder drug, but they sure as HELL mean it when they say to drink LOTS of water when you take it. Because if you don't you will find your eyes will gum up at night and they will seal themselves shut and you will feel like you've been out in the desert for many months and your throat will feel worse than when you started due to dehydration. Mucinex can be taken with NyQuil and produce very good results, because NyQuil by itself apparently was not enough...
The only benefit of staying home from work on a weekday is daytime TV. I'm a sucker for the People's Court and the Maury Povich show. I love Judge Marilyn Milian because she's funny and I love Maury Povich because watching paternity test results revealed makes me feel better about myself in that I will know who my baby's daddy is when my time comes. Also these two shows come on back to back for 4 solid hours of good TV and brain shutdown time while I'm hopped up on cold and flu medication.
The only downside to watching these programs is that the commercials are obviously geared towards people who do not have jobs and are just lazing about wasting their lives in front of the TV hoping their check will come in. Commercials for Remington College, DeVry University, ITT Technical Institute and countless others are hammered into your brain to the point where I was actually contemplating making that phone call because I really DID want to know the starting salaries of some of those jobs. The other commercials were for the elderly or sick because Delta Burke and Wilford Brimley really want you to call Liberty Medical for your diabetes medications, and Fred and Ethel want you to know you can get better healthcare. The last target audience was for people who had just been in a car accident and needed help from the sharks at their insurance company, so call the Texas Hammer immediately.
This got old after the first halfhour of the People's Court on Wednesday morning...I had 2 more days and 3 more hours of this...
But alas, I could mentally check out for a couple hours and weave in and out of sleep for most of it in between breaks to make myself oatmeal, toast and tea to try to will the demons that had inhabited my body OUT.
My other news is that I'm currently coloring the back-up story for a new comic called Villains to be published by Viper Comics later this year.
"Villains is created by Adam Cogan & Ryan Cody, Written by Adam Cogan, Artwork by Ryan Cody (Covers and main story), Color Art by Russ Lowery (Covers and main story), Back-Up Story Artwork by Charles Clark, Back-Up Story Color Artwork by Marlena Hall, 4 Issue Miniseries, First Issue drops April 2006."
The art is by Charles Clark, who is amazing...and its only five pages an issue, which is pretty nice, so that I'm not stressing out at doing a full comic again so soon after wrapping up the Protectorate. So be on the lookout for this comic, boys and girls...
So that's where I've been for the past week...and its now back to the madness that is me...
After missing 3 days of work and being back at work today (not out of dedication to my job, but out of liking having my own house and not being harassed by creditors because I have no money to pay my bills) I've come to a couple of conclusions...
The human body is VERY resilient, but the mind (at least mine), not so much. I feel like a big baby, feebly asking Ben to make me tea and toast for the past week like I'm terminally ill or something. I did not want to come into work today, because I still feel like crap, I've got an earache now to add to the rest of it, but I do actually feel better than I did on Monday of last week.
Mucinex is a wonder drug, but they sure as HELL mean it when they say to drink LOTS of water when you take it. Because if you don't you will find your eyes will gum up at night and they will seal themselves shut and you will feel like you've been out in the desert for many months and your throat will feel worse than when you started due to dehydration. Mucinex can be taken with NyQuil and produce very good results, because NyQuil by itself apparently was not enough...
The only benefit of staying home from work on a weekday is daytime TV. I'm a sucker for the People's Court and the Maury Povich show. I love Judge Marilyn Milian because she's funny and I love Maury Povich because watching paternity test results revealed makes me feel better about myself in that I will know who my baby's daddy is when my time comes. Also these two shows come on back to back for 4 solid hours of good TV and brain shutdown time while I'm hopped up on cold and flu medication.
The only downside to watching these programs is that the commercials are obviously geared towards people who do not have jobs and are just lazing about wasting their lives in front of the TV hoping their check will come in. Commercials for Remington College, DeVry University, ITT Technical Institute and countless others are hammered into your brain to the point where I was actually contemplating making that phone call because I really DID want to know the starting salaries of some of those jobs. The other commercials were for the elderly or sick because Delta Burke and Wilford Brimley really want you to call Liberty Medical for your diabetes medications, and Fred and Ethel want you to know you can get better healthcare. The last target audience was for people who had just been in a car accident and needed help from the sharks at their insurance company, so call the Texas Hammer immediately.
This got old after the first halfhour of the People's Court on Wednesday morning...I had 2 more days and 3 more hours of this...
But alas, I could mentally check out for a couple hours and weave in and out of sleep for most of it in between breaks to make myself oatmeal, toast and tea to try to will the demons that had inhabited my body OUT.
My other news is that I'm currently coloring the back-up story for a new comic called Villains to be published by Viper Comics later this year.
"Villains is created by Adam Cogan & Ryan Cody, Written by Adam Cogan, Artwork by Ryan Cody (Covers and main story), Color Art by Russ Lowery (Covers and main story), Back-Up Story Artwork by Charles Clark, Back-Up Story Color Artwork by Marlena Hall, 4 Issue Miniseries, First Issue drops April 2006."
The art is by Charles Clark, who is amazing...and its only five pages an issue, which is pretty nice, so that I'm not stressing out at doing a full comic again so soon after wrapping up the Protectorate. So be on the lookout for this comic, boys and girls...
So that's where I've been for the past week...and its now back to the madness that is me...
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Hey! I really resented those daytime tv commercials when I was out of work and waiting for the check to come in and visiting the websites of those career colleges. But now I live with my parents and they have cable. Ha. (My life is sad.)
hey marlena thanks for the nice words! canm't wait to see the pages when your cold resides! take care!
hope you feel better. if i were there i'd give ben a break and make you some home made chicken soup.
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love mom
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# posted by 
: January 09, 2006 9:15 PM
: January 09, 2006 9:15 PM
Awww. Erin you're life isn't sad, just in a career slump, sort of...and I wasn't talking about you. :)
No problem Charlie! I'm going to try to finish out the pages this weekend!
Thanks Mom. I'm feeling SO much better now. :)
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No problem Charlie! I'm going to try to finish out the pages this weekend!
Thanks Mom. I'm feeling SO much better now. :)
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