Hey all,

Going out to see a group called the Mudmen tonight.  If you ever get a chance to check out some of there music you should definitely give it a listen.  Any bar band that uses bagpipes in their show is definitely worth a moment of your time at least!

Oh, and I'm determined to get the "With Apologies" supporting pics up before next weeks write up is done and up for viewing.  I actually forgot all about them the past couple days.  Sorry!  (but thanks Thorny for reminding me)

Anyway, not sure when I'll be back from the bar, but I'll post again when I am.

Later,

-Ed

Hey folks,

I haven't forgotten about posting supporting pics to this week's "With Apologies" page.  I'll be getting to them later on after I am no longer in a state of waking slumber.

Sorry about slowing down the evolution...you know, of Noname...because the pics are supposed to show how he...you know what, maybe you'd be better off reading the "WA" section instead of me trying to describe what I mean through the fog of drowsiness.

Okay, off to bed.

-Ed

PS:  Yes, I'm posting new blog entries done on the same day above the old ones now.  I figure it makes more sense this way.

"With Apologies" has now been posted without the supporting pics to go with it.  Those I will add when I get home.

Hoping to blog ya again later, but for now it's back to work.

No, not site work, the boring kinda work that I get paid for.  Damn my need to eat and have shelter!

Later,

Ed

"The Strip" has now been updated with another attempt at humor.  "With Apologies" will be up by around noonish CST.

Later,

-Ed

PS:  I don't know why, but the site has been acting weird lately.  Not loading, loading all screwed up, not allowing me to edit it...  In the morning I'm going to try to talk with my provider and see if I can find out why this is all happening.

Until then, sorry if you guys have any trouble viewing the site.  Trust me, I'm more annoyed about this than anyone.

10:00 CST - It must be nice to be born with a short term memory...

Sadly though, I was not. 

You'd think that would be enough of a life challenge that I'd get a special parking space in front of stores though wouldn't you?  I mean it would make it much easier to remember where I parked if the car was always right there when I walked out.  Anyway...

The good news is that the "With Apologies" is pretty much done and just needs to be proof read (over and over thanks to functional illiteracy) before being posted. 

The bad news is that the "With Apologies" text file is on my computer at work and I forgot to e-mail it to myself before I left this morning.

I'm still thinking of going back in this morning to get the file, but the longer I sit at home, the less attractive that options seems to be.  So most likely the WA write up will be posted either just before, or just after midnight tonight.

Don't worry though, the write up isn't integral to understanding the subtleties of strip about a guy eating pickles.  So not reading it till later shouldn't hamper your ability to enjoy today's strip.

Oh yeah, and there are some pics that go with it this time too.  I'll add them the next morning when I get home from work.

And in case anyone from work is reading this, no, I don't spend all my time at work working on the site.  No really, I swear.  I only do Geek Tragedy related stuff on my breaks.  Yeah, that's it, just on my breaks!

Ass coverage complete!

Later,

-Ed

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Now I seriously doubt that I'm going to be incorporating that little purchase into the site, but who knows.  Maybe I'll branch out my artistic practices into the realm of sock puppetry and put on weekly show for y'all.

But for now I'll just stick with the strip I think.  Which, by the way is done and ready to be posted come midnight (CST).

Anyway, that's it for now folks.  I'm off to make a pact with the devil to make sure the snow that keeps trying to fall either stops, or doesn't stick around long enough to pile up.  Don't worry though, I won't sell my soul or anything, but maybe I can bake him some cookies.

Everybody loves chocolate chip!

Later,

-Ed

PS:  Hey there Thorny!

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That's it.  I'm growing my hair out all one length again.  End of story.

Went to get my hair cut, and in the end I decided I'd just get a trim.  Just an inch off is all I asked for.  Maybe I should've given my instructions in metric, because what I got was in no way only an inch off!

*sigh*

Anyway, this week's strip is going pretty good so far.  At least the pencils seem to be.  We'll see how they look after I slap some ink, and colour on them though.

Still hoping to get some sketches posted by Monday, but we'll see.

That's it for now folks.  I'm off to go hat shopping.

Later,

-Ed

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Hey folks,

I have a bunch of running around to do today so I wasn't sure if I'd get another chance to post anything later.

I'm going to try and have a few more sketches (non-Elvis related) to put up on the site this weekend, so keep a look out for those.

Plus I've now officially been approved to be listed on www.onlinecomics.net, so welcome to everyone and anyone who happens to stumble upon the site from there.

Other than that nothing much to report.  I am getting a haircut today though.  Thinking of going for a much shorter style than  I usually sport, and maybe even dying my hair black, blackish, or something along those lines.  Truth be told though, I'll probably just end up getting the same sort of trim I usually do.

Hmm...maybe it's all this drawing Elvis that has me thinking of the change...

Anyway, later,

-Ed

PS:  Oh yeah, thank you Leslie, and of course my mom, for the helpful feedback on my latest Elvis sketch.

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Yeah, so I knew when I posted it that my little Elv(ish) sketch didn't really look too much like The King.  In fact, this would be the reason why I described said sketch as "the one I am least embarrassed by", rather than "the most supremely holy etching of the divine that has ever graced the eyes of man."

However this didn't stop my mother, a devout Elvis fan, from sending me an e-mail demanding that I never soil his rock n' roll majesty's name ever again by in anyway linking it to a sketch like the one I just did.

Be sure to read more about my mother loving Elvis more than her own son later today in the "Dear Mom" section when I post this week's letter.

Blog ya later folks,

-Ed

The last thing I want to mention is that I’ve added a new link to the Links section located within the "Contact & Info" page. It’s for a site called www.onlinecomics.net that provides a free listing service for web comics of all styles and genres. The reason I added this link is because I’ve now submitted Geek Tragedy to be listed, and in order to be approved, which I hope will happen in the next couple of days, one of the things that they ask is that you link back to them somewhere on your site.

I’ve grown much more comfortable with the way the strip is starting to look now and I feel that, while still far from perfect, my style has really begun to solidify over the past little while. So hopefully my being listed will allow a few more people to become aware of the site, and with any luck they’ll like what they see.

Either that or I’ve just sent out an open invitation for a bunch of strangers to drop by and tell me how much I suck. Only time will tell I guess.

Well, I think I’ve done my part to remind y’all just how longwinded I can be with these blog entries when I have the time. I guess my work here is done!

Later,

-Ed

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07 / APR / 05 - Time flows downward...

I've got some updates in the works for today.  I'm going to be targeting a few of the long neglected areas of the site over the next few hours.  Specifically the "Contact & Info", and "Meet the Geeks" pages.  Plus I should have the write up to March's survey up by this afternoon, which I totally forgot about until someone reminded me of it (thanks Christy!).

Also a new "Dear mom," letter will be written before I head to bed (I promise mom).

After that if I still have time I'll see what else I can get done before my brain begins to shutdown on me.

In other news...

Couple things though before I get started.  When I post a blog entry I always start it off with the date and that goofy looking drawing of myself.  Any other updates I make the same day past that point are posted below this initial entry along with an approximate time of when I post it.  So if you happen to visit the site more than once during the day you may want to scroll down a bit to see if I've added anything new for that day.

I know most of you have probably noticed this already, but I had someone bring up that they didn't realize I did the blog this way, so I thought it couldn't hurt to let y'all know.

The second thing...I already forgot.

Good lord I need to start writing this shit down on a post-it or something before I try to do my blogs.  Anyway, I'm sure if it was something important it'll come back to me later and I'll blog it then.

Okay, later all,

-Ed

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13:30 CST

A triple play baby!

The March '05 survey answers and write up - DONE!

The "Dear mom," letter - Fork Stickably DONE!

Update to the "Contact & Info" links section - you guessed it, DONE(ish)!

I want to add more links in the near future, but for now I'm pretty satisfied.

I haven't had a chance to touch the "Meet the Geeks" page yet, but even so, I think my efforts here have earned me some ice cream.  Don't you?

I'm glad you agree.

Later,

-Ed

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06 / APR / 05 - Geek Tragedy, helping the nude since 2005...

Howdy folks!

Well I've finalized a sketch for the first official Geek Tragedy t-shirt, and here it is...

Now obviously this still needs to be inked, coloured, and have a bit of background flare added, but essentially this is it.

I'll be starting the inks right after I post this, and will work on the colour over the next few days.  I want to take my time with this though, especially the colour, because even though this is just the first t-shirt I plan to do for the site, it will most likely be representing the GT universe on its own for a while at least.  So I want it to look as good as humanly possible.

The real kicker here is that there is also a chance that all the colouring work will be for naught anyway, and I will end up having to turn this image into a silhouette.  It's all going to depend on how the sample shirt looks when I get it, and how well it stands up to the three of four washings I plan to put through.

You see, because a full colour image would cost an insane amount using a traditional silk screening method, I'm going to try a company that uses a slightly different method.  They say it will have the same quality as a silk screen, and will even send out a sample to prove it, but seeing will be believing on that one. 

And when it comes to the shirts there are two things I want to avoid.  First off, crappy quality.  I for one know how pissed off I'd be if I spend good money on a t-shirt that was nothing more than an ugly "do-it-yourself" iron on job, or that has an image that will fade away to nothing after only a couple washes, and so I really don't fancy selling something like that to you guys.

The second thing, insane cost.  Silk screening really doesn't cost that much to have done...until you start adding more and more colours.  Then the price per shirt begins to skyrocket.  So if I can't get all the colours I want without having to price the shirts super high just to cover my cost, then I'll settle for one colour instead.  White image on a black T-shirt or vise-versa.

Oh, and you may have noticed that I finally put up a new survey.  This will hopefully help me get a handle on what sort of shirt I should think about doing in the future.  I may add another survey in the next couple days too in order to get some more input from y'all.

Of course you guys can always feel free to e-mail me at ed@geektragedy.ca directly with any suggestions you may have about the shirts, other possible merch, or pretty much anything.

Well, that's all for now.

Later,

-Ed (aka: the shirt pimp)

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05 / APR / 05 - Casey's Quest

More to say later folks,

-Ed

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10:00 CST

Wow, am I ever zonked...again.

You know before I started doing this site I was never this tired, this often.  Well, except for when I had mono.  I was pretty tuckered out for those few weeks, but other than that short period of my life I was fairly well rested most of the time.

Of course that might have something to do with the fact that I used to actually sleep.

*sigh* Ahh...sleep. Those were the days...

Anyway, I've been trying to decide if I should go to bed now and then chip away at the site before I go to work, or if I should push on and keep working while I'm half asleep like I usually do.

The sensible thing would be to go to sleep...

You know what, I've always wanted to see what it was like to do the sensible thing at least once, so what the hell, I'm heading to bed.  Who knows, maybe this will start a trend with myself, and I'll begin to make all of my decisions by using logic instead of the odd mix of gut instinct and sheer stupidity / luck that I usually rely on.

Yeah, I'm not holding my breath either.

Sleepy time folks!  Later,

-Ed

22:00 CST

Well, there's at least one advantage to going to bed early enough to wake up a few hours before I have to go to work.  It meant that I was able to catch the first episode of the new Dr. Who series!

I was huge fan of the original series when I was younger, so when I found out that they were going to be bringing it back I was thrilled, and more than a little worried.  I'm sure anyone who remembers the Americanized attempt to re-launch the series can relate to why I had mixed feeling about the whole thing.

I'm happy to say though that the new version is actually a great throwback to the original instead of a bastardization of it like I feared it might be.  Christopher Eccleston's (I loved him in "Shallow Grave" though most people may recognize him from his roll in "28 Days Later") take on the Doctor brings a lot of life to such a classic character.  Plus they've managed to give the Doctor a good sidekick right out of the gate in the form of Rose, played by Billie Piper.

Truth be told though, no sidekick will ever be as good in my mind as Sophie Aldred's character Ace (who I had an insane crush on during the shows last, but thankfully no longer final, season).

If you were a fan of Dr. Who back in the day I'd strongly suggest that you check it out.

And if not, well, you may want to take peek at it anyway.  Who knows, it may turn out to be your cup of tea after all.

Ugh...now I've gone and covered myself with the smelly ichor of TV critic haven't I?  *shiver*  Hopefully I won't do that too often.

Site stuff...

One of the big problem's I've been running into with the site is that I keep trying to tackle a whole host of different projects, changes, updates, and such all at the same time.  And while I do end up getting a fair amount accomplished, it seems to take a lot longer than I had hoped.

So I've decided to try to set up some sort of schedule for myself and target specific Geek Tragedy type projects and task on set days of the week.  I won't bore you with the details, but there are a couple things I thought you should know.

First off, the main strip will still be updated every Tuesday, and it will continue to be accompanied by the "With Apologies" section at that time.  Even though other parts of the site have left me kinda scattered at times, the strip, which lets face it, is the main focus of the site, has been going relatively smoothly since the launch.  In fact, no one is more shocked than me that I've never once been late with a strip.

Secondly, I'm moving the "Dear Mom," section updates to Thursdays.  This will help split up my writing a bit I think.  Plus, it'll give my mother a couple days to react to the new strip before I write it, and to be honest I usually end up getting a lot more ideas for each week's letter after she's seen it.

As well, if all goes to plan (and that's bound to happen in my life one of these days I think, so keep your fingers crossed) this should allow me to finally be able to produce a couple of black and white strips each week in addition to the colour one.  Right now I'm hoping to phase one B&W strip in on the April 22nd, and continue to do so each Friday.  Then, if that goes well, I'll be adding two B&W strips per week.  One on Thursday, and one on Saturday.  This is all semi-tentative though at this point, so I'll keep you posted.

Lastly, I really need one day of the week to just deal with the business end (or as I like to call it, the mind-numbingly boring end) of the site.  I'm hoping this'll help me get the freakin' T-shirt's produced, all you people out there currently suffering through a bout of nudity are very happy to hear that I imagine, and in turn will give some sense of purpose to the currently barren "Store" page.

Well, that's it for now folks.  Sorry I didn't have any wacky stories about personal annoyances, humiliation, or clothing malfunctions to relate to you this time around.  Remember though, tomorrow is another day, so maybe you'll all luck out and I'll have thrown myself into another embarrassing situation by then.

Later,

-Ed

03 / APR / 05 - If you could see me now...(this is the only blog entry I think I'm going to make today, but I suspect that it's going to turn out to be a long one so that should make up for this fact. hell, even the title of this post is crazy wordy!)

Speaking of fashion woes, here's a pic of Frank I did up on the weekend. Being an ex-headbanger, I'll always have a soft spot for the heavy / glam / sleaze metal music of the 80's and 90's.

I'm not sure how many of you know of / play / have played Final Fantasy XI (aka Final Fantasy Online), but a fellow by the name of Ryan has a website called the "PirateSyndicate" which allows people who play the game to post pics, contact one another, and basically does it's part to try and bring people from all over together and make the world a better place because of it. Think of him as a sort of a Mother Teresa of the online gaming community.

I personally have never played the online version of Final Fantasy, just the single player games for Nintendo and Playstation, but I hear it’s pretty amazing. I used to do online gaming a lot, so I know first hand that if you’re lucky enough to find a good group of people to game with, it can be an insanely fun and enjoyable (and for me, almost addicting) experience that I think everyone should try. Plus from what I’ve heard, the folks over at "PirateSyndicate" fall well into the "good group of people" category so if you’re thinking of trying it out, FFXI with these ladies and gentlemen may be a fun way to start.

Anyway, Ryan has been kind enough to put my banner up on his site (thanks for setting this up Jay!). So allow me to welcome anyone and everyone who is visiting Geek Tragedy for the first time thanks to Ryan and the "PirateSyndicate" crew.