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February 03, 2009
State of the Rob 02032009
* Big announcement time! My twelve album cover recreation paintings will be shown at the Room 222 Gallery May 28 through July 6, with a grand opening on May 30th! It's in the Performance Furniture Gallery building located at 222 W 20th Street, Kansas City, MO 64108, cat-a-corner from Manny's restaurant. More details as they become available!
* Katy and I went there this past Saturday for the gallery's grand opening, and this is going to be one hell of a show, folks. The organizer, Drew, has huge plans in store. Definitely keep the 30th of May open on your calendars!
* Sorry for this being a day late, and for Batesville not going up until tonight, but I've been having a bugger of a time lately.
* One of my tires wore down wrong, fucking up the others. Saturday morning I went and got them replaced, only to discover that the vibrations from the tires also blew one of my struts. It was nice of the gents at Tires Plus to not tell me that until AFTER putting the new tires on, wasn't it? Asshats.
* After crunching numbers, I came to find that it was cheaper to get a new car than to fix the one I have, so I've been running all over town getting that deal put together. I should finally have it tonight.
* Sunday night, when I was planning to finish up the pages I was drawing and to get the next Batesville written, my bathroom became submerged by water. Well, part of it. Some areas stayed dry as the water had gotten underneath the linoleum, buckling it up to the point it resembled a gel insole. Then our tubs filled with raw sewage. There's absolutely no better way to end a weekend than seeing your neighbors' TP floating in your tub.
* So, yeah, I'm a little behind schedule on where I want to be with UC and the 'Ville is running a little behind, too. Whaddayagonnado?
* I know! Share cool links!
* Eric Skillman, one of the designers for Criterion, has started making comics! And they rock!
* Vintage storyboards and comps!
* Man, I wish I spoke Spanish. But this webcomic looks gorgeous!
* And on a more somber note, it turns out Saturday night Katy and I ate at The River Market Brewery for the last time, as they shuttered up the next day. Bummer. I have a lot of really great memories associated with that place, including:
* Meeting up with a friend before going to see George Carlin in concert.
* An impromptu birthday party thrown by good friends Jason and Sarah Preu shortly after a painful break-up, which led to some painfully bad karaoke on my part!
* Lots and lots of great food.
* A nice business lunch.
* Getting together with best bud Andy Denzer when he was in town, having some great beer, and listening to some live jazz.
* Another birthday party with lots of great friends thrown by the lovely Katy.
* I'll miss you, River Market Brewery, and your fantastic stout.
Posted by Schamberger at February 3, 2009 02:19 PM