A Close Encounter Of The Nerdy Kind

I spent way too much time online again. Where, you ask? Why, on the largest roleplaying forum game on the 'net, gaiaonline.com! It's a soul stealer! I haven't even started an actual game roleplaying, but I've been working on making my avatar have clothes. It kinda sucked just having a ratty beggar dress. But today I just got a tank top and jean shorts. Much better. But it's really fun looking at everyone's art and fishing and gambling, and earning gold while you're doing it. You should check it out. So, this is the very first episode with Kyle and Jason. And Chris. Chris kind of just popped up in the story unexpectedly. He was this random character I added at the last minute. Actually he's one of my friends in real life, but he doesn't really look like that. And he just graduated high school a year ago, so he's older. And he's not really a genius. Jason is my boyfriend through and through. The only difference is Jason is a stick, and he's got a tattoo, and he skateboards, and he's a punk... And he lives in California. Just a couple of differences. Kyle. He's kind of the random mix between a couple of my friends. Mostly though, I think he's my friend Aaron, only because Kyle is really girl-obsessed and so is Aaron. Actually, when I think about it, they're really not that different. Kyle and Aaron are essentially the same person. Except Kyle doesn't have a white-man's 'fro. Actually, Aaron doesn't have that anymore, either. Ha. Oh, the the difference is that Aaron doesn't act that dumb. Most of the time. So, here I am, waiting for my boyfriend to come home from work. Playing on his computer. It was just way too hot out today. And I didn't have work, so I'm slacking off. Dum de dum....'K, bye.

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An Unexpected Life Update

(reposted from July 13 from my Patreon)

Hi all. I need to fill you guys in with some harrowing details of my life. As you may know, much of central Vermont was hit by disaster flooding. Unfortunately, my house is located directly in Central Vermont. The last few days have been horrifying, wet, dirty, and exhausting. Our entire basement was underwater. Like, our ceiling tiles were knocked off. Our first floor was hit a little bit, and now our house is covered in mold and mildew. And because our electric box was in the basement, there’s no power in our house, and there’s no way to turn it back on without an electrician. It’s such a huge, insane mess. My house was unlivable, and we had to get out.

Luckily for Dean and I (and Vienna), we were able to get out yesterday and drive north to stay with Dean’s family, who are high and dry up here in Northern Vermont. I realize I’m one of the really lucky ones who’s able to flee to a safe place, and of course, I’m worried about everyone still stuck behind.

Also, equally lucky, Dean was able to save all my computer equipment, con merchandise, etc. So I was able to take all that with me. Right now, I don’t have anything set up, but I should in the next few days. I know I’m already late sending out the mail to higher-tier patrons, and I’ll get that to you guys as soon as I’m able. Hopefully, understandably, this also means the comic will be on a bit of a hiatus until I can get everything settled a bit more. I don’t know when I’ll be able to go back home, or even if I’ll be able to go back home.

Anyway, I just wanted you guys to know what was happening. I’m OK now, just tired and overwhelmed. I hope everyone is doing well and not having to deal with this, too. Take care all, and thank you for all of your support. It means so much, and I can’t wait to start getting new art and comics up.

Update as of October 8, 2023

OK! So what’s going on currently: It’s been a few months! I know! I’m not purposely neglecting the comic or anything, I just don’t have a space where I can comfortably work for long periods of time on a computer. So comics are kind of out until I get back home. I’ve been able to get the last few wallpapers up on my Patreon because they’re only out once a month so I was able to break up the process a bit so I’m not sore all over all day.

Anyway, life/house updates. Our house has been being worked on this whole time. Unfortunately for everyone, it’s been a long process because there are hundreds if not thousands of others also affected by this mess. And there are only so many workers/contractors out there. We have made a substantial amount of progress to our house, right now we’ve gotten some funds from different places and we’ve put them into fixing and cleaning everything up. Our power has been back on for a bit, we have clean, running water (though not hot yet), and our basement is gutted out, cleaned up, sanitized, etc. Lots of things here and there have been fixed, like our roof being patched up, and other small things. We have a heating company coming in to do our heater/AC and our new hot water heater, and amazingly, they will be taking our old radiators out as well! So that’ll be really cool having all that new wall space. We’ve got a brand new fridge, and a new washer and dryer ready to be hooked up and used. The main thing right now is getting our new heating system up and running (especially because I live in Vermont), and once that’s done, we should be able to go back shortly after. I can’t give you an exact date right now, because I don’t know when it’ll be, but we’re looking at early-ish November. Which is much better than the original estimate of late December! -_- Anyway, so once we get back home, and we get things back in normal order, I can get back to doing the comic weekly again.

I know this is probably not the news you wanted to hear and believe me, I wish there was a much easier solution to all of this. But please hang in there, we will be back. Thanks for all of your support over the years, it really means a lot!

Posted by Heather
October 8, 2023 12:19 PM
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