Thursday, January 31, 2008
Competitive, but only with myself
It's always hard to get back on track when I've been traveling. I'm trying to get better at it, but it's a not a strong suit. Not yet. I spent the morning without much success at Merry and her men. Then broke to work on the comics, because it piles up quick when we've been away. To give you some idea of what it's like, and how many people are involved in the comic, here's a taste. We went over more script from Jess. We're into issue 11 in script. We looked over revisions of 9 from our artist… Read More
Posted by LKH on 01/31 at 06:19 PM
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
We’re home
We're back home. Yea! I did better on the flights than I've done in the past. There was a moment on the homeward bound one that I started to panic, but I remembered to slow my breathing, calm my pulse, and just not let the physical reaction lead to the mental and emotional reaction. It worked. Where the body goes, so goes the mind; at least for me in this. Jon, Trinity, and I, have already watched one episode of NAURTO that we TiVoed. For those who watch the show, can you believe what a crazy bugger Saske has… Read More
Posted by LKH on 01/30 at 04:23 PM
Monday, January 28, 2008
Think calm thoughts
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! Airplane ride. Need I say more? But, of course, it's me, so I am; I will. I have the Bose headphones that cancel out noise, but, they won't let you use them on take off and landing anymore. Which is exactly when most people need them most. Frankly, on a long flight there comes a moment of panic, if I've managed to avoid it before hand. A moment of gut wrenching, skin crawling, breath stopping, pulse thudding; panic. Once that level of panic is reached, you are cooked. The fear has you. Music becomes very important to me… Read More
Posted by LKH on 01/28 at 07:05 AM
Sunday, January 27, 2008
If only it had worked
I woke up in the dark, staring at the ceiling. You know that instant awake, that usually means you've heard something odd, or your last dream was too real, or, in my case, that my level of anxiety has just reached a boiling point. I've gone to therapists in hope of helping my phobia. One woman specialized in phobias, and had great success with this new technique. It seemed to work, then the next day I was jumping out of my skin with anxiety. I wasn't just worried about that up-coming plane trip, I was simply nearly overwhelmed with… Read More
Posted by LKH on 01/27 at 06:04 AM
Saturday, January 26, 2008
A day for comics
Friday was a very disrupted day. Jon and I had an appointment in the morning, and we had parent/teacher conferences in the afternoon. Which means it was not looking good for more progress on the book. Sigh. But in an effort to be productive, I went over the comic stuff. We had some cover roughs from Ron Lim. A really cool article from Marvel spotlight. And other stuff, because comic work is never quite done. Everything I did needed doing, and the comic is easier for me to do in smaller bites of time. Unfortunately, I'm one of those… Read More
Posted by LKH on 01/26 at 06:35 AM
Friday, January 25, 2008
Yesterday was good
I went back to my desk after lunch and was much more productive yesterday. Part of it was, I think, that Charles came over and went to lunch with Jon and I. One of my resolutions for the year is to see my friends more often. So far, I've done two social evenings with different friends, and lunch with Charles, and I've got phone calls into other friends with my day planner at hand. Social time with friends doesn't just happen with a schedule as full as ours. You've got to plan your fun as seriously as you plan… Read More
Posted by LKH on 01/25 at 09:08 AM
Thursday, January 24, 2008
The sun is hot, and I’m slow
I have been staring at the same page of the Merry book all morning. I haven't a sentence to my name. I am on page 51, but that's because I started the day on that page. I know part of the problem is that I get on a plane this weekend. I don't want to dwell on that, but I know the phobia is impeding me. It usually does. I've been really good at not panicking, until today. It gets better. It used to be I freaked six weeks in advance. Then four, then two, then one, then six… Read More
Posted by LKH on 01/24 at 08:42 AM