Current mood:	Flighty
Current music:	"Never There" by CAKE

"A Golden Bird that Flies Away..."
Well, what way to start one of these than to quote Cake?

No suggestions?

Okay, let us proceed.

About a month ago, I think (Time to me is like a great pit of shifting sand), a guy named Colby, whom I had just introduced myself to a week before, asked me to join him and six other web-comickers in making a continuation comic: one person draws a page, and then the next person picks up where that person left off. It's an awesome idea, but I'll admit, at first, I didn't think it would work (Sorry, Colby). I just didn't see how these people (who have VERY different styles) could make something that had a uniform feel to it. I mean, I was honored beyond belief but still skeptical.

I guess it's just my solitary nature. In high school, I HATED working in groups. I always ended up doing all the work. My motto was: Other People Are Idiots, and so on and so forth. Plus, I'm kind of a perfectionist. Those late comics? Yeah, that's where they come from. If something is below my expectations, I TRASH it. I would rather not have a comic than have a crappy one.

So, back to what this has to do with this subject: If I'm not totally in charge of something, I get jumpy. It's not ALL up to me. Even if I do a stellar job, it could still suck, because there are other people who could potentially screw up. At least if I do it by myself, and it sucks (which is usually the case), I can blame myself. Long story short: I don't like working in groups.

Well, this obviously isn't about how I wished I never agreed to do this project...

Turns out, it's great. I'm not in just a group of webcomickers. I'm in a group of the best webcomickers out there, and the results have been hilarious. In fact, I'm struggling to keep up. I'm the weak link (which is expected, but not hoped for). Ha. I mean, I consider myself a bizarre person, but they've come up with some stuff that I would have never thought of in a million years (foxes with mullets, golden penguins, blinging apples) and, well, it's GOLD.

God knows I have too much to keep up with as it is. I mean, look at the update schedule. It still says Monday, Wednesday, Friday. That's a laugh. So, you'd think that his extra bit of work would just be a drudge to do, but it's not. It's fun. You've got these other six people to bounce ideas off of, encourage you, and laugh at your jokes. It's exhilarating! I just might have seen the light on group work.

So, this is my personal apology to all those guys and girls for doubting them and the whole project. This is also an apology to all those weirdos back in high school that were so stoned they couldn't sit up straight but got stuck in my group and I had to do all the work: I'm sorry I did it.

Anyway, Check out GOLDEN or else.