Today has not been a good day. A headache descended on me after lunch and hasn’t removed its razor-sharp talons from my skull. Between the clawing I did manage a few more doodles. I’m not happy with today’s posted drawing, but it was better than the original version. I like having a secret stash of doodles that Doolies can review. It gives me a chance to go back and rework some of the problems before posting. I’m still a talentless hack, but at least I’m a well-edited talentless hack.

As sad as it sounds, I’m looking forward to returning to work tomorrow. Lonely Sundays are the worst. Especially when my fridge is running low on food and I’ve done a terrible job of managing my Netflix queue. We had rented two discs of anime, which Doolies really enjoys. Regrettably, we didn’t get a chance to watch it before Doolies left for Taiwan. I resisted watching them this entire week until today. I gave in to the temptation and lost a few hours to their drawn goodness. The anime was “Samurai Champloo,” and except for its fascination with hip-hop, it’s a very good anime. The animation is excellent (probably the best animated series I’ve seen), and the story somewhat intriguing.

Doolies and I are getting together our save-the-date cards for the weddings. That means that I have to return and finish the wedding website. I’ve put it on hold to draw doodles during my free time. I might have to cut down to one or so a day. The more complicated ones, which I should begin posting in the next few days, take a good amount of time to get right. I’m still waiting for the addresses for the save-the-date cards from my mother (consider this my nag!). Then we have to print and stamp and lick and mail. It all sounds like a lot of work. I guess it’s time for Doolies and me to start working on the wedding. Everyone tells me weddings are not about fun and games. Now eloping, eloping would be about fun and games. Too bad it’s too late for that.

Chuck pointed out that there was a difference between “yay” and “yeah.” In a mail to him, I said that there really should be a way of describing which “yeah” you were talking about (at the time, I thought that you could write “yeah” for either “yay” or “yeah”). Looking back over my writing, I have used “yay” before. I think the problem is that Word does not have “yay” in its dictionary. It’s amazing how powerful spellcheckers are for changing the spelling and writing habits of writers. I know every time I see a squiggly green or red line, I immediately look to change something.

I was talking to a friend the other day and she mentioned that sometimes when she writes in her paper notebook, she pauses for a moment to wait for a squiggly line to show up when she’s not sure of the spelling of the word. Technology is wonderful, it’s just not that wonderful yet.