37 things plus one Cat.

To make up for no new doodle and the lack of Thursday’s Cats VS, here it is: (Found on main site too http://www.neillustrations.com/catsvs/wordpress/ )

And now, for something completely different: 37 Things.

1. Do you like blue cheese?

I don’t remember WHEN I tried it, but I never liked it, and not likely to ever.

2. Have you ever smoked?

I don’t like purposely, slowly killing myself

3. Do you own a gun?

Not even a squirt gun.

4. What flavor Kool Aid was your favorite?

Never much drank it much until College. Dear Lord that was a lot of sugar and dye that year.

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?

I’m pretty chillax compared to many people. I suppose it depends what I’m in for.

6. What do you think of hot dogs?

Give them some water and some shade to lie in.

7. Favorite Christmas movie?

Claymation Christmas (with the dinosaurs and ringing bells)

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning

Juice. I have a drinking problem

9. Can you do push ups?

Yeah, but I pushed a few hundred pounds of frames and mats on a heavy cart up a 30-degree hill for half a mile today. I ain’t moving.

10. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry?

Wedding band. It’s seriously the best ring I’ve ever had. I never feel it unless it’s gone. Know what I mean?

11. Favorite hobby?

I have to many! Never enough hours in the day. It’s video games. Drawing is work, now. And I wish I had more time for Warhammer 40,000.

12. Do you have A.D.D.?

Sorry, I was reading another webpage.

13. Do you wear glasses/contacts?

GUESS.

14. Middle name?

Prescott. NOT like everyone in the country.

15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment?

1) Interesting how WordPress interface looks the way it does.

2) What did I just burp up?

3) …and you don’t want to know the third. Oh and my nose itches.

16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink?

Swiss lemonade, Cran-Grape, Mountain Dew

17. Current worry?

That I won’t find a good job in September.

18. Current hate right now?

I don’t have enough time for everything I want to do and have to do.

19. Favorite place to be?

Near Mandy.

20. How did you bring in the new year?

Animal Crossing for Gamecube. No joke. We’re that big of losers geeks.

21. Where would you like to go?

AZEROTH!

22. Name three people who will complete this?

Mandy, mandy, and mandy. Because only 2-3 people read this thing.

23. Do you own slippers?

They’re called socks.

24. What shirt are you wearing?

Cirque du Soliel Corteo black t-shirt

25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets?

Have I?

26. Can you whistle?

80% success.

27. Favorite color?

I used to think light blue. Then I realised how many good things in my life are red: Mandy’s hair, my car, PCAD’s color theme, BLENDERMAN!, etc…

28. Would you be a pirate?

I am often catagorized as one, yes.

29. What songs do you sing in the shower?

Accompany whatever silly tune Mandy is making up.

30. Favorite Girl’s Name?

Olivia. As original as I thought it was, I’m seeing tons of girls get it nowadays.

31. Favorite boy’s name?

Zander.

32. What’s in your pocket right now?

Where’d my pants go?

33. Last thing that made you laugh?

Either my wife or Pam and John Green’s survey.

34. What vehicle do you drive?91′ Mazda Protege. It’s seen better days, but it’s a tough one.

35. Worst injury you’ve ever had?

Second grade bike accident: My right lower leg cracked like a fresh wig! Eww.

36. Do you love where you live?It’s growing on me quickly.

37. How many TVs do you have in your house?

Two now. Blame Dad.

Freelance items and a moral dilema

What A Lovely Day

Pam,

I have to get this on here before I get too tired. Yeah, it was a good day. Not very productive on the freelance art side, but got lots of food, was happy, and did this week’s Cats VS. Check it out.

DFTBA,

Neil

PS. Sorry I don’t have any probing questions or issues to talk about. I’ve drawn a lot today. Need to do something else. Discuss.

Money and Pain

Pam,

Hersheypark went much better today. Because it was Friday and I was in a better location. I sold $348 of stuff today! Made $65 commission instead of $57 minimum wage. It made me very happy to be that active and excited enough to call out, advertise, and talk to more people. I even got to draw for an authentic Irish family on vacation! I also got to catch up and hang out with my old college friend Ryan, who has worked at Hersheypark for years

Now for the painful part. Simple picture I give to you. What I feel like.

We’ll be in town Saturday. Hope to see you. -yawn-

-Neil

Sticky Situations

More doodle. Less type. But some type nonetheless.

Thanks for the insight about Andersen. Although I probably never read the book. I guess I’ll check it out at your house.

My doodles below. First part: a daydream. Second… it’s hot. Third: Mandy is going to help my Greeting Card client by doing crap work of punching holes. BUT SHE GAVE US THE WRONG BOX! I had to meet her and switch before work.

That is my day. Not much insight other than Hershey is still not profitable. My old college classmate returned to work at Hershey, as he has done it for years. Yay, friend to work with.

Make sure to check out Thursday’s Cat VS. We appreciate all your commenting, Pam, our most loyal fan!

P.S.  Mandy could have a chance to WORK for Hank Green writing for his website. But she’s intimidated to try out. Let’s do our best to encourage her!

Movie, Sushi, and… Tires?

Oh jeez, not more tires. Thank you for taking time to drive out to the garage on Monday. After Iron Man, (which was very enjoyable for geeks like us) we hit a wall after we found our car was hard to get to. I don’t like driving Dad’s car and Mandy LOATHES riding in Dad’s car, so the news really upset her and could of ruined our whole day. But I pulled a solution out of my butt after she had to go through the trouble of being upset. I wish that didn’t happen.

But then we went to Okini, a sushi/pan-asian restaraunt on Walnut St./Jonestown Road. they make good sushi, but it’s really good because of the choices for us. They have cucumber, avocado, sweet potato (awesome), a salad roll, edamine, and this amazing Satay Tofu. It’s a little tofu boat fried, with beansprouts and cucumber inside with peanut sauce. It’s totally jokes.

Then after that we ran around looking for Goodwill before closing, failed, then went to Marshalls to get me a pair of tiny shorts so I don’t DIE at Hershey. (* This first half was written in the morning. Will update a night)

Okay then. Didn’t die at Hershey. Just was very bored and sat around and drew a lot.

I’ve been very busy lately. So much so, I have urges to play video games when I can’t, and when I have time, I don’t feel like it. That stirs such a sucky feeling in my head. It’s nearly 2 am now, so it’s no surprise my head is feeling weird.

Pam, it’s good to hear you speak of your education plans. Talking them out with some feed back from people will help you make your choice, but it doesn’t have to happen now. Your talk of your plans gets Mandy thinking about her own plans and what she wants to do and accomplish. Maybe you’d want to talk to her to hear how she feels on life plans and give her encouragement.

This is the single funniest thing that happened today.

And then we both felt the impluse to clean the kitchen for an hour!!… For future entries I will try to have more pictures and less words. But for someone who does pictures for a living, a guy’s gotta type, ya know?

Keep jokes. I mean cool. DFTBA.

Too… hot… to think!

Pam,

Hey sister-thingy. You don’t work outside, right? You always work inside. It would be silly to work outside. Because it sucks. Sure you get sunshine, breeze, and fresh air, but then comes the pouring rain and 99 degree heat and humidity in my pants. No, that’s not a joke. I’m wearing slacks in 99 degrees of messy, bored outdoors.

But shorts are on their way. That will make the fact less unbearable that not nearly enough people want to spend twenty bucks a person on a drawing they don’t feel they need. My mood and contentedness unfortunately depends on how many drawings I perform. Obviously, if I do enough, I can make mad money. But even if I don’t break minimum wage, if it keeps a steady flow and I get near quota, I’m satisfied. My supervisor can’t stop complimenting me, too. For a first-artist, I must be surprising him every week. I’ll probably have show you the photos in person by the time you read this.

About “JABBIC Club”, it makes total sense to me. Cuz’ it’s illustration. And I can appreciate that. For that’s why covers and artists are used. For if the book doesn’t sell well, it’s partly the illustrator’s fault. And good illustrators make the essence of a book into one image that tells some story. It’s inclusive and penetrates through the book, possibly only creating a mystery as to why there is a picture of a shoe horn in a jar of peanut butter being held by a dragon claw.

I just ate fried falafal wraps with avocado. Do you like avocado? You should. It has good fats in it. And I needed them as the sun evaporated my fat reserves today.

Ooo! Pam, sorry we had to return it, but get your hands on “Across The Universe” an original movie about Beatles songs. But not The Beatles. And it’s got Eddie Izzard!! We screamed when he popped up. We didn’t know! Very good movie. Pretty long too.

So for today I leave you with this:

Pam, I’ll see you tomorrow.