It's been a long time since I wrote anything here.  I bought a Lifetime subscription, broke the   news that I had been laid off, and then I disappeared like a Spanish gentlemen into the night.  That's kind of a shitty thing to do.
After the lay off, I moped around for two months and spent an inordinate amount of time on Reddit.  I was there for ice soap, man.  I saw things.
Then around the end of September, an odd chain of events took place.  The place that laid me off asked me to come back, working for a different team entirely.  New hangar, new customer, new project manager and leads, etc. 
Of course, they threw me in while we were taking care of a transition check.  One Spanish-speaking customer was selling an aircraft to an existing English-speaking customer.  And their plane was a piece of shit.  Colloquially, it was known as El Guapo because it came in with that written on the side near the pax door in Sharpie ink.  El Guapo quickly became synonymous with several words:
Nightmare
Clusterfuck
Excuse to call in sick that day
It was like hell in an aluminum shell, but god it was great to be back.  I want to say El Guapo flew away sometime in mid-to-late October, which was a great feeling.  From there, we dealt with a lot of planes for another existing customer.  It's been a challenge in some regards, and I've grown as a mechanic quite a bit.
Other than all of that uninteresting noise, my personal life has been boring.  I've spent a lot of time improving my skills as a musician and producer, and I have a good sounding board for that purpose.  By sounding board, I mean other musicians and producers who offer help and criticism when it's needed, and I return the favour as often as I can.
I haven't made a comic since that last one I posted.  I might soon when my mind clears up a bit.  It's been a mess lately and blogging might be exactly what I need to do to fix that.
And as of March 9th, it's been one year since Loren died.  It feels like 2 weeks some days, and 5 years other days.  To say I miss him would be a vast understatement, but it might as well be said.  I haven't said much else on the matter because I can't think of what to say.  He was practically my brother, and I feel like a large chunk of my soul left with him that day.
So as not to leave this off on a sad note, I'll just go ahead and state that my 21st birthday is fast approaching on April 5th.  I'll finally be able to legally exercise one of my favourite past-times. 
Uh.  That's all.
TL;DR - I'm back (for the 17th time)

That happened at work last week when I was waiting around to go to an EXCITING orientation class, and my dad and his co-lead were delivering a 'you guys are doing okay, but it could be better, and you kind of suck at this' motivational speech.  My dad was the one to deliver the last line, whom I just noticed is lacking a nose in this picture, but I'm too lazy to go back and fix that.  PRETEND THERE IS A NOSE ON HIS FACE.

That is all from me for now!

TL;DR - HE WHO DISCUSSES THE UNDEAD, SOMETHING SOMETHING.

Truth.

TL;DR - We are not marking our territory very well, guys.

Just in case someone's wearing their Stupid Hat today and can't quite understand the concept of sarcasm, here's your sign:  The above comic was not serious.

To further explain, I've been noticing this disturbing trend lately.  What really caused me to notice it was a few weeks ago when I logged into YouTube and saw, nestled between actually INTERESTING videos in my subscriptions, a review for the Sony PSP system.  Yes, in 2010.  A review for the PSP.  Not even the new one.  Some asshole was reviewing a PSP he bought in 2006, along with 2 games he only owned (and apparently hated) because they came with his PSP when he purchased it, four years ago.

I think there's a statute of limitations on this kind of thing.  Maybe if it were still 2007, MAYBE even 2008, this would be acceptable.  But in 2010, it's a little ridiculous.

And what I say in jest in this comic, some people have said in earnest.  I have seriously seen reviews for the NES.  NEGATIVE reviews.  Roughly three decades after the system came out, at that.

I get it.  Video cameras are reasonably cheap these days, the Internet has become a virus unto itself, you have IMPORTANT OPINIONS which you must apparently share with the world.  I get it.  I can kind of respect it.  I think it's stupid, but there are admittedly dumber things on the Internet.  I've seen them.

My gripe is not so much in the fact that things of this nature actually exist.  Oh no; to complain that something absurd exists would be the ultimate in hypocrisy, considering my very nature in this grand digital pit of retardation.  What baffles me is the mindset that goes into creating an unironic, rage-filled review of a thing that has existed for a long time, as if anyone cares about your vapid opinions.

Again, irony and hypocrisy wrapped up in a tight little package, complete with neatly-folded paper and a darling little bow on top.  But with that stated and aside, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

TL;DR - NO.

Halloween creeped upon us quickly this year, didn't it?  It's already coming on Sunday, which makes me wonder where the hell October went.

A few weeks ago, my best friend (Andrea) called me and told me there would be ANOTHER bonfire party this year, with copious amounts of liquor and more shenanigans.  I groaned because I remembered last year, but also get excited because, well, I remembered last year.

To explain my trepidation and anticipation for this year's retardation events, let me recap one of my clearer memories from last year in the form of a comic:



As you can probably plainly see, someone might die.

Maybe.

TL;DR - SOMEONE WILL ALMOST DEFINITELY DIE THIS YEAR.