Seattle

Sorry, no pictures this time. I thought I'd actually blog about something for the first time since my emo-hood.
For anyone who might read this, you probably already know me, or have my resume and know that I'm in Seattle now! I've only been to Seattle twice before now. Once was when I was knee-high to a grasshopper and the other time was earlier this summer: right before my big Hong Kong trip. I had GREAT weather for that week and fell in love with it here... and with my first days here, the weather has been fantastic! It felt like Seattle was welcoming me, or something like that. In fact, the only bad weather day was yesterday (so far) and that was by far the worst day I've had yet. Everything's just sort of been falling into place since I've been here, so it's been really nice. Sucker Punch has already rejected me hardcore... like, won't even open the door to slam it in my face. That's okay though. I'll keep trying for them and one day they'll give me a shot just to shut me up. It's also kind of good that they said no to me so that I can focus on EVERYTHING else. I want to live and work in Seattle because it has a lot to offer... IF I had been offered a job by someone else before Sucker Punch turned me away, no matter how AWESOME the offered job could be, I would always be wondering "what if" about Sucker Punch... BUT, I don't have to wonder anymore! So ready or not, Riot, Microsoft, Zombie and Creative Circle... I'M COMING FOR YOU!!!
A few other notes I wanted to mention... rather, a comparison of my life one week previous to Seattle and my first week here. My last week in Indy was pretty sweet. The parents were out of town on vacation, I just quit JoAnn's and all of my friends actually made time for me since they wouldn't be seeing me for quite awhile! I kept the strangest sleeping hours (I think one time I slept from like 10 AM to 4 PM... ha) and was eating fish tacos, candy, soda and JUNK. I -was- working on stuff, but mostly I was just partying.
My first week here has been quite the opposite. My aunt IS gone on vacation, so I'm still home alone, but I don't really have any friends yet. I've been working my butt off getting my portfolio ready and all that. But the biggest changes are that I'm actually going to bed around midnight and getting up around 9... consistently. Plus, I'm walking EVERYWHERE. I take a good walk everyday, usually between 2 and 5 miles... which, considering the hills, the getting lost and the running from INSANE traffic, makes it a little more. Also, I go down to the Pike Place Market about every other day and get fresh food. I've cut out pork and beef from my diet again, so I've been eating lots of fresh fruit, chicken and baked-this-morning bread. YUM! My treats have changed too. I'm not diving into candy (thought the red vine licorice stash my aunt has is depleting) but I've really gotten attached to fruit sticks, which are kind of like fruit jerky only puffier... I don't know how they make them... and flavored honey sticks. OH MAN, so good. I've already taken myself to a couple of lunches out and I refuse to go anywhere that I can get anywhere... if that make any sense. No McDonalds, no Subway, no chains. It's been turning out swimmingly and I've been finding some really delicious stuff.
I also want to saysomething about Seattle traffic. I mentioned earlier that I was running from crazy traffic... and pedestrians have SO much right of way it's become dumb. I've seen 2 people get hit already... not bad enough to call an ambulance... like the pedestrian was able to yell and flip them the bird afterwards... but really... you're walking down the MIDDLE of the street, wearing dark clothing at NIGHT and you yell at the driver when you almost get hit. Yeah. I've only tried driving a little bit, but it scares the living daylights out of me! With city driving, no error room nor room to hardly breathe, one way streets on just about ALL the streets, some streets that turn into one way streets halfway down the road, hills, retarded pedestrians, the most INSANE intersections you'll ever see (6 ways, Z shapes, and octopus looking things), and to top it all off, I have no idea where I'm going? ...I think I'm sticking with the bus.
Okay, the LAST thing I need to mention is the people. Most people are SUPER nice. I was SO lost the other day and the guy from Amazon who was just standing next to me at a crosswalk (it was lunch break and there were THOUSANDS of people swarming the streets) looks at me and just asks about me... who I am, where I'm from, if I'm with Amazon, lol. Anyway, he ended up helping me out with the power of his shiny new iphone. It was really nice of him... and I've just been finding a lot of hospitality here... but there are also a lot of homeless and actually crazy people here. Most of them seem harmless... there's a guy right at the end of this block who sleeps outside because there are demons inside and has posters about demons in the telephones all over the yard. He's really nice, but yeah. There's another guy who is on the same street corner every day and asks if you have a single penny on you. Today was my favorite though... this guy didn't seem nuts, but he walked and talked to me about telepathy and connecting more people... he made a lot of valid points, but it was basic psychology 101. He mentioned the people in politcal power don't want us to know about these powers and such and it was all I could do to NOT say, "Buddy, I AM one of those suits and if you don't stop what you're doing RIGHT now, we're going to make you stop." I really like messing with people, but if he was really psychic or whatever, he would have known I was lying, I guess.
All in all though, Seattle's been awesome. I really really like it here and I really hope that I can find work here that will let me stay.
Since Sucker Punch won't look at my stuff, I'm gonna start posting more here... I have to finish up this kid's book I've been working on for too long now, but hopefully some new art will be up soon! Thanks for reading everybody!