I have no trouble building things in my mind, it's the getting them out into reality that's the problem.
Another excellent episode, i find Mr Duffield's artwork deeply impressive.
My thanks to everyone involved in bringing us this marvellous entertainment and my best wishes to Mr Ellis for a speedy recovery from his allergy grief.
Yes. Karl does appear to be levitating. Now I want to see him make plants grow from seed to mature in moments! And gain Super Sekrit Wine Making Abilities. THAT would be an awesome upgrade!
Heh. Right on. Lovely work, Paul, so much movement as the lumber and nails fly about!
I do wonder how, post the end of the world, one gets lumber and nails. Even this many years after the cataclysm I'd figure any remaining home improvement stores would have been long emptied. Turning trees into lumber isn't entirely straightforward, especially if one doesn't have things like lathes and planers and such. To say nothing of creating screws. Even if they were removed from older material, that would render a lot of screws useless. That's not to say Caz doesn't have a smelting factory around somewhere, only that I started wondering where she put it.
One week into '11 and I'm ever as panicked about my choices for my life's direction, I'm more determined to push ahead and I'm also throwing myself ever more stupidbullshit to undermine myself. E.g. I spent most of the day in bed today feeling ill when a lot of the crappy feeling came from being reckless last night, drinking, eating terrible food and staying up till dawn. So... more of the same? Well, as long as it's not being numb to the passing of time, that's already a step up for me.
Why are the angels so obsessed with finding booze all the time? With the upgrades and all coudn't they just make themselves drunk by thinking about it?
@bobsyuncle Why is anyone so obsessed with booze? Good company and relaxation can do as much as drinking beer all night and leave you without the hangover. It's cultural and behavioural, not logical.
You know it's interesting, this book opened up a lot more questions than it answered, and there are still plenty of unresolved issues, and yet -- it's a satisfying chunk of story. That is, of course, provided we get to have more. Oh Warren, you evil genius, you.
For me this year started off with a quiet celebration at home with family, then putting my elder son on an Amtrak train to go visit his mum (we are boycotting the airlines until TSA learns to behave itself), and then launching my new web-comic (which I won't plug here because I've had ample opportunity to mention it elsewhere in this forum). So I guess the mood here is quiet hopefulness, that this year things will finally turn around for me money-wise and career-wise. In the mean time, I still keep a bottle of either Scotch or Irish whiskey on my desk in case of emergencies.
Thought this was a cool installment, where not a lot of plot stuff happens but we see the characters react to their upgrade in a variety of different ways. Cool stuff as always and Mr. Duffield is fucking ace on this.
KK: You know, with the shit day we've had, and the shit days probably to come, I almost feel bad about being so happy. But that can't be right, can it?