[Picture of the day: Spore Creature]

My husband downloaded the Spore Creature Creator yesterday. The adorable creature below is one I made last night. I call him Grumbledorf. Stinkin' cute, huh?



Brian has been talking about Spore for over a year and this September it will finally be available. The game has you follow the development of a creature from a single-celled organism swimming in a pool of muck all the way through its evolution to a self-aware creature with a thriving civilization, eventually finding its way out into the stars. Sounds pretty neat. Although most of my time will undoubtedly be spent on the creature creation phase, I am excited about the release. :)

[Apartment 303: Let's get physical, phyiscal]

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(True story! LOL)


(I borrowed this punchline from Kevin James' stand-up. Too funny.)

Let's get physical, physical,
I wanna get physical, let's get into physical
Let me hear your body talk,
Your body talk, let me hear your body talk

Oh Olivia Newton John... :)

[Apartment 303: The adventures of Brian & Jamie II]

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(It's like this every time he eats.)



(I try to make all the business names in my comics rhyme... I swear I didn't mean for the name of the gas station to reference flatulence. I didn't even notice it until days after I made the comic. Oh well.)



(This was another actual conversation. They had some exfoliator called Cosmedicine on the shopping network. Brian was flexing his genius muscle again and came up with this.)


(You know you it has crossed your mind too. We saw a terrible Hummer last Friday that had giant barbed wire decals all the way around it. Is it a joke? Do they really not know how ridiculous they look? Inconceivable!)


(Another actual conversation. Car rides with Brian are especially fun.)

[Video of the Day: "I will have the penne all'arrabiata"]

Eddie Izzard: Death Star Canteen



One of my favorite Eddie Izzard skits over stop-and-go Lego animation. Awesome!

Darth Vader: This is not a game of who the fuck are you. For I am Vader, Darth Vader, Lord Vader. I can kill you with a single thought.

Canteen Worker: Well, you'll still need a tray.

Darth Vader: No, I will not need a tray. I do not need a tray to kill you. I can kill you without a tray, with the power of the Force, for which is strong within me. Even though I could kill you with a tray if I so wished. For I would hack at your neck with the thin bit until the blood flowed across the canteen floor.

[Picture of the Day: Monkeys with Guns...]

I love Mr. Izzard's stand-up so much I made motivational posters out of his skits.
I love this one.

"On the fuckin' floor! You got bananas?"

Oh man.. I love it.

[Le Questionnaire de Bernard Pivot]

From Inside the Actor's Studio, I present the Pivot Questionnaire with my own answers:

1. What is your favorite word?
Incognito. I don't know why, I just like the way it sounds. It’s a fun word. Incognito…

2. What is your least favorite word?
I don't think it's my least favorite but I hate the word chimichanga. I know how to correctly pronounce it, but every now and again I slip up and say it wrong. It’s very embarrassing. Thanks a lot mom!

3. What turns you on?
Absolutely everything about my husband.

4. What turns you off?
I am not a fan of arrogance, ignorance, malice, or hippies.

5. What sound or noise do you love?
As an Oregonian, it is my duty to say the rain. There is nothing as soothing as the sound of raindrops hitting a metal roof. My step-mom and her family own a cabin at Diamond Lake. When I was young I used to spend a couple weeks there each year. We usually went in big groups: My grandma, grandpa, dad, step-mom, sisters, brother, and sometimes the cousins as well. The whole second story was a giant bedroom. Because I was the oldest I always managed to win top bunk. I loved it because it was close to the ceiling. When it rained it was so loud you couldn’t hear anything else. I’ve slept better at the cabin then anywhere else. I miss it. Oh and I also love the sound of waves crashing and thunder. :)

6. What sound or noise do you hate?
I can’t stand the sound of kids crying and whining. It reminds me of the terrible Baby Alive doll that I had when I was little. It was supposed life-like so the doll would cry, eat and poop like a real baby. To shut it up you had to feed it a doll food concoction by dumping it down her throat. There was a tube that went from her mouth to her butt, so that whatever you fed her came out in her diaper. She cried and whined about everything. “I’m hungry, Mommy” “I’m sleepy.” “Uh-oh, I made a stinky!” I couldn’t stand that doll. She always ended up in the very bottom of the toy box. It was the best way to muffle that terrible racket.

7. What is your favorite curse word?
Fffuuuuuudddgggeee!!

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Anything art or design related would make me very happy. I want someone to pay me for doing something fun… Like making comic strips! Or maybe a coloring book designer. Hey, someone has to do it ;)

9. What profession would you not like to do?
You know that show Dirty Jobs on the discovery channel? I would never want to be one of the cameramen on that show. Sure, Mike Rowe has to do all the crappy, yucky work but he also gets paid the big bucks and gets all the celebrity. His camera crew has to climb into those dirty, stinky places and get filthy too, but they do it without any of the perks. I would never want that job. I wouldn't want to mess with dead bodies either - so anything that has to do with mortuary science is also out.

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
“I really do sound like James Mason.”

(On a side note: Isn’t Saint Peter the one at the Pearly Gates?)

[Apartment 303: Game night]

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(He takes his role very seriously.)


(Vinnie still does it. It's not his fault, he just really likes to help.)


(It's a tarp!! I couldn't resist.)

[Apartment 303: Cubicle sweet cubicle]

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(This is completely untrue. I make nearly all of my comics at work. LOL)




(This has actually happened more that once. Technology can be very confusing.)




(I am really proud of my awesome cassette player.)

[Apartment 303: Indiana...Hevlin?]

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(Just to clarify, Brian and I tend to steer clear of the modern art. It just fit the comic better this way :P)

[Apartment 303: The adventures of Brian & Jamie I]

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(Yep. I get high fives all day, every day. Jealous?)



(Names are important! I'm not going to spend countless hours leveling up a character with a stupid name like "shadowgurl" or "faerieluvr". That's a waste of time!)


(Honestly I would rather spend the money on junk food and board games too.)


(This was an actual conversation at our dining room table.)


(He would if he could.)


(This is another actual conversation. Brian is lots of fun.)



(Brian doesn't actually say psyche that much... PSYCHE!)


(He still laughs at this stupid joke. It's really not funny! Stop encouraging him!)



(Yeah, that's how it goes. Brian rubs off on everybody!)





(...I hope he rolls well.)


(I really do want to go back to Paris. Really really bad.)


(He's my big helper.)

[Beyond Apartment 303: Parodies]

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(Check out that Milton! I gots mad skills.)


(Left to Right: Vinnie, Zombie, Me, Brian, Sam and Ryan.)


(If this lady wasn't such a moron she would have been able to explain that when you drop an ice cube into warm soda or water, the ice cube warms up faster than it can melt, so that the trapped air expands inside the melting cube. This increase in the internal pressure causes the ice cube to crack and that is the sound you hear. Jeez... :P)


(I like the word sleuth. It's fun to say.)





(Check out that boombox... Awesome!)


(I'm finding that most people don't get this reference. Come on you guys!)


(It's not a too-ma!)

[Apartment 303: The life of Brian]

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(This is a Fat Ass Friday favorite.)


(Sometimes I put two Snack Packs in his lunch. It makes him happy.)


(This is the kind of liquid gold Brian spews.)






(Death is no match for Brian's D&D skills.)


(Haha. Now it's stuck in your head too!)


(Fear of Girls is one of the best videos ever.)