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December 28, 2005
Year In Review: September
September was a great comix month for me, because I had my weekly engagement in The Kansas City Star. That was a great experience and really opened a lot of doors for me.
Over Labor Day Weekend, I went out to Western Kansas for the Annual Schamberger Open, a family reunion/golf tournament. I'd never played golf before, but that was okay, because that put me at about the same skill level as the rest of the family. My eleven year old brother won the trophy for MVP, and he earned it. The kid's just a physical marvel. I did this picture for my grandma of her and my late grandfather. It's always a neat experience when you unveil a picture for someone and you can actually hear them lose their breath:
When I got back in town, I discovered that my cat Monkey was extremely sick. She was barely able to stand, had dropped a ton of weight, and was really disoriented. I rushed her to the vet, and we were pretty sure she had gotten poisoned somehow. I think it was a plug-in air freshener that was over her water dish. Poor thing:
It was also in September that I started in on pencilling The Black Chamber. Best decision made all year long.
Best pieces of the month:
And here's what September held for me:
I've found that doing this, each month, it's giving me a better appreciation of how much time a year really is, and how much time there is to accomplish the tasks that we set out for ourselves.6 Green Marbles - This has easily been my very best year for personal health.
1 Black Marble - Things are going great at the day job, and actually looking up.
7 Red Marbles - In September I had decided to hand-draw Black Chamber, which I think will prove to be a very good and very big decision. Six pages in, I'm definitely enjoying that choice.
3 Silver Marbles - It was rough, because I had a bad parting of ways with an old friend. He got himself into a lot of bad positions, from bad decisions, and was doing bad things, and I just couldn't have that in my life anymore. His lifestyle was starting to affect mine in a very negative manner, and was refusing to get any help, as much as I offered it. Tough love. I never understood that saying was a double-edged sword. Tough on both of us. Hopefully he'll turn himself around, but at this point I'm finding it unlikely.
That parting of ways there was probably the toughest time of my year. This guy was a friend of mine for a good seven years, and now he's a total stranger to me. It really sucks to see someone do that to themself.
2005 seems to have been about endings in a lot of ways. They seemed to counterweigh all of the great beginnings. Hm. Something to ponder on.
Posted by Schamberger at December 28, 2005 07:42 AM