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Cobra cameras capture creepy crawlies
08.20.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Yesterday while Holly was at work, my new friend Taryn and I watched as Roan and Syx (my other new friend) jumped on the trampoline. At one point Roan almost flew off the trampoline, but he saved himself, even though he still landed on the ground (on his feet). When he looked up at the fence he screamed and jumped back. There was a huge dragonfly perched on the fence. It was gorgeous colours and was very still. It had a torn wing, and I thought perhaps it was dying. We let it be, and an hour or so later it flew away. Syx got some great pictures with his billion dollar camera (he’s a photographer) that I’m hoping he’ll post somewhere so I can link to them.

I’m glad Dragondude didn’t die. There are far too many mosquitos in Holly’s backyard. She needs all the dragonflies she can get.
Life, Love, Random
Cobra social club
08.20.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Since I’ve been home I’ve had the opportunity to see lots of people I’ve missed. I got to see a lot of my old Welland friends (mostly people I met through the tattoo shop) as well as some of my closer friends that I haven’t seen in a year or more. I also got to meet Dallas and Jenna’s baby for the first time. That’s her and her proud papa up top. Her name is Violet Ann Bright, and she’s super cute. Hopefully Dallas is still working at the gun store when she hits dating age. Then I don’t think he’ll have as much to worry about with the boys.

I also got to see Dallas’ father for the first time in years. He was someone I spent a lot of time with when I was younger, but then we lost touch once Dallas moved in with me. I also got to see his step brother Darryl, and his cousin Aaron. It’s been years since I saw either of them too. We all used to be really tight and hang out every weekend. It was good to see them all and be reminded of those fun times.

I also ran into Jackie, my friend for almost as long as Dallas. She’s always so chipper and fun to talk to, but I unfortunately didn’t get to do much of that. Instead I spent most of my time talking to Ben (Dal’s dad) trying to convince him to take me sailing sometime, and discussing our common interests (pot).

I felt bad for Holly that night, because she had to: a) meet a buttload of new people, and b) after meeting each new person she had to listen to the same exact update every time. I think next time I go somewhere that I know I’ll be running into a thousand people I know but haven’t seen in years, I will wear a shirt with a time line on it illustrating what I’ve done in the past however long, including plans for the future, and then just point when people ask what’s new. Not that I minded telling people, I just felt bad for Holly for hearing it over and over again. Especially when she’s not very fond of the fact that I’m away, and have more opportunities to be away – it feels wrong getting excited over something you know the person you love will hate.

I still have lots more people to see before I go back to BC on Monday, but hopefully they’ll all turn out to be people who’ve read my blog, and are current, so I won’t need to update them.
Life, Love, Movies, Random, Sketchup
Cobra caesura
08.13.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Yesterday I came to Vancouver to hang out with Jeff for a few days before I head home to Ontario for my mum’s birthday, Ryan and Amber’s wedding, and the In These Walls show. I’m looking forward to seeing tons of people I haven’t in years, and spending every moment I can with Holly.

I still have a huge pile of work I’ll have to be doing, but since I work from wherever my laptop is, it makes it pretty easy to manage. The only issue is going to be communicating with James about drawings. I’m more than half way done the Bents section now, and I’m hoping a short recess from the island puts me in a better mood. Lately I’ve been hating living in the trailer, missing people, and just working constantly without anything to do for fun or exercise. Even James said (as I was leaving yesterday) that I should enjoy myself, and take it easy. He’s been telling me he sees how hard I’m working, and he seems pleased. That’s good news to me, because the more he likes me, the more he shares his knowledge with me, and the more likely I am to actually end up regularly visiting, or possibly living (one day) on the island. I am hating it at the moment, but I’m not getting to experience it in the way it should be – sitting at a desk all day in front of a computer is no way to enjoy an island as beautiful as Gabriola is.

Today I worked for a few hours while Jeff had a meeting, then we went to the arcade for a bit. I love that arcade. I meant to bring my camera, but I forgot as I always do. I wanted to get some photos of all the games i love that they have there. i also wanted to get a shot of the peep show booths. It’s a classy arcade. After some pinball and Buck Hunter, we came back here and ordered a pizza. We killed some zombies, then just finished watching Bruno. It made jeff laugh so hard at the beginning, I thought he was going to hurt himself. I think Holly will love it. I’ll find out in a little more than 24 hours!!

Above is a new doodle, inspired by our trip to the AGO next weekend. I’ve decided to title it: Bongbot Gets Dressed Up And Takes A Touch Lamp To A Fancy Art Gallery To See An Exhibit On The World’s Most Pointless Interesting Blog.

Oh! I almost forgot I wanted to mention that I’m modeling a penny farthing. It’s for a special project, and I’m pretty stoked about it. I’ll post pictures as I finish it.

Bedtime.
Gabriola, Life, Movies, Sketchup, TV
Cobras <3 cubes
08.10.09 | Permalink | Comment?

It was pouring rain again when I woke up this morning. It has been going off and on all day, switching from drizzle to downpour every so often. I made a fire around 11 this morning, and I’ve kept it going all day. I’m just talking to Holly as I watch it die down so I can go make some dinner in a bit.

I got a drawing done this morning that was a bit of a pain in the ass, and I was almost done a second drawing, when James came in for a smoke and decided he wanted to give two options to the reader. So, now I’m basically half way done it. I figure another hour or two after dinner and it’ll be finished.

I’m also watching the progress bars on Utorrent, as I’ve run out of interesting stuff to watch when I’m going to bed. I’m waiting on all three seasons of Deadwood, and The entire Cube Tetralogy – I love those cubes.

Above is a doodle from a few days ago that I never posted. It’s titled: Bongbot Uses Pot And Pie To Make A Touch Lamp Pass Out So He Can Touch Her Base. Enjoy.
Gabriola, Life, Love, Random, Sketchup
Cobra campfire in a classroom
08.09.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

It was raining this morning when I got up, after another night of shitty sleep. I wandered over to the trailer and called Holly (who is stuck working on a Sunday) to chat for a bit before starting work. I finished a drawing I had to work on for the last two days – partly due to the fact that it’s got a chain mortiser in the image (which I had to model last night), and partly due to the fact that the image should be a single large image, but because of limitations I don’t know how to work around in Sketchup, I was forced to create two separate images and try and blend them to look like one (something I often do, but it’s sometimes a time consuming bitch).

By the time I got finished I was freezing, and ready for a break. Now I’m sitting on the couch in the classroom, beside the fireplace, having a smoke break, and chatting with Holly.

When James gets back today I plan to talk to him about me going back to Ontario for 9 days next week. My mum’s birthday, Ryan and Amber’s wedding, and the ITW reunion show are all within that time frame, so it would be a perfect time to come back for a short visit. At this point it all depends on James’ reaction to me leaving for a bit, and my bank account.

Come on book money, please hurry… it would be nice if you and UFC 101 were here tomorrow morning when I got up. Thanks.
Gabriola, Random, Sketchup
August 8th is a beautiful day
08.08.09 | Permalink | Comment?

This morning I woke up early after another shitty night of sleep, and felt like just sitting around for a few minutes. I played with Sketchup and modeled an embalming machine. Holly sent me a picture of one yesterday, and I thought they were neat looking. I plan to do a couple more things to it, and make a much better hose, but I refuse to spend more than five minutes on it. I think it looks pretty good already, but I see a couple things I could change, or improve.

Other than that I’ve spent the morning talking to Holly, who is off to a family gathering she was hoping I’d be able to attend with her this afternoon, and smoking weed. James is gone today (not sure where) so I’m here all alone to work – which I plan to do after I go make a pizza in the trailer and eat it.

Also, I just realized it’s August 8th, so I think I will listen to NoFX’s song with that title. For anyone who doesn’t know, it’s a song about the day Jerry Garcia died, and how happy the rest of the world was that the hippies lost another icon. Unfortunately, unlike that day, today is cloudy and dreary – instead of bright and sunny. It sort of makes me wish he could have died today, but then I think about all the shitty music he could have been making the last few years, and I realize i should be grateful. Ha! Grateful Dead. Didn’t even plan that…. Fuck I’m witty.

Also, although this post began with a picture of an embalming machine, I hadn’t intended to talk about anything related to death at all. Weird…
Gabriola, Life, Random
Cobras can’t cohabitate with vagrants
08.08.09 | Permalink | Comment?

On Thursday James brought home a hitchhiker he picked up, on his way back from Victoria. The kid was headed to Tofino, but then met James and decided to come to Gabriola to stay with him for a little while, before seeking work at the berry farm. James arrived here with this kid (who looked like a total sketchbag) and said he was going to be staying with me in the trailer. I said great, but was thinking “fuck me, I have to share the trailer with some random hitchhiker James picked up?”. The kid introduced himself as Keval, and proceeded to tell me how he was so fortunate to have gotten picked up by James. He then told me that the last guy he was staying with (also someone who picked him up hitching) had gotten drunk with him the night before, and for no reason at all, beat the kid up. He showed me bruises all over his arms and he had a mark on his face which could have been from a fight. At first I felt pretty bad for him, and figured he was a nice enough guy, but I still am weary of having some random dude stay in the place where my computer is, given that I have so much riding on it right now.

James put the kid to work cleaning up the scraps of wood down in the yard, and I took the opportunity to remind James that we didn’t know this kid at all, and that I had not only my machine with all his drawings on it, but also every backup I have of them, stored in that trailer at all times. He quickly realized he couldn’t have that stuff in jeopardy with some sketchy drifter lurking about, so he decided to move the kid into the upstairs of the classroom. I agreed that it would be better, but I honestly just didn’t want the kid here. I use Skype to talk to Holly and it’s not easy to have a private conversation around here. It’s very quite on the island, so sound travels fairly vast distances. I have to yell for her to hear me, and I have to have the volume cranked to hear her. So basically, everyone around is involved in whatever we say. The less people there are to be around, the more opportunity I get to chat with her privately, so one more person (sketchy drifter or not) was just not something I was looking forward to. (more…)
Gaming, Life, Log building, Love, Random
H is for hurry up and get this book done
08.06.09 | Permalink | Comment?

I need to finish this fucking book, because I’m missing out on all kinds of time I could be spending next to this piece of perfection. I have sufficient motivation, I just need to find a way to work faster. I wish I could just come back to her now, and finish the book from there, but I know it will go faster and easier if I’m here. I thought I’d want to stay here as long as I could, but all I want is to get some Holly time.
Gabriola, Life, Random, Sketchup
Cobra crash
08.06.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Yesterday I wasted a bunch of the day. I tried to be productive, but I was far from it. It wasn’t totally my fault, but it means I’ll have to work extra hard today. I had intended to get a ton of work done last night after dinner and a nap, but the nap turned into a night’s sleep (almost, I don’t think I’ll ever get a full one of those) and I woke up around 3am. I couldn’t fall back asleep right away, so I played with Bongbot a bit and smoked a joint.

I decided to start today a little differently than most, and I had a shower! I can’t wait to shower in water that doesn’t smell disgusting. I hold my breath the entire time I’m in there, and I have to wonder if I’m even getting clean in water that smells like that.

I really miss Holly and I can’t wait to get back to Ontario to hang with her. I’m sad I’m going to miss another of my closest friends weddings later this month. I was hoping to be back, but I definitely am not making it. If I had more money, I could probably pull it off, but I will just have to settle with looking at everyone’s photos again I suppose, and I’ll have to work my ass off to get all these drawings done so I can leave.

This Bongbot doodle is from a few days ago. i was either too busy or in a poor mood and decided not to upload this one to here the other day. Anyway, it’s titled: Bongbot Pickets The Bulk Barn For Refusing To Carry Bulk Buds, and it’s inspired by my hatred of ridiculously high pot prices.
Gabriola, Random, Sketchup
Cobra comic confusion
08.03.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Ooops, I messed up the order I should have posted these little comics in. This one was supposed to be today’s, and the one I posted earlier was for tomorrow. Holly caught my mistake, so here is: Bongbot Gets Bored With Internet Porno And Decides To Pawn His House.

Enjoy.