State of the Pixel

Since apparently I'm not able to get back in the habit of real updates, here is an update on my life in bullet points.

• Job. Eh, is a job, they seem to be happy with my work, and I don't want to gnaw my own leg off to escape. The paid days off are awesome. Also I now have a friend there who I can talk and joke with where I don't have to filter everything I say first.
  
• Living situation. Apartment is fine, and I'm happy here, aside from the persistent annoyance of an unhelpful landlord. Fey continues to be a great housemate.
  
• Cars. Roo, aside from some minor annoyances, is working just fine. Emily's brakes are driving me to distraction, but the larger annoyance is feeling like I haven't had any time to mess with them. I am planning to do some major work to them in the next couple of months, and maybe finish some other projects on her.
  
• Social life. Not as much of one as I'd like, but that is my own fault. Trying to be better about it, or at least whine less when I'm not being better.
  
• Holidays. Had four straight days of family stuff, which is more than I can really handle (family stuff stresses me out). But it was nice to see people, and I scored a new 27" TV out of it, so go me! :)
  
• Webcomic. bnrp Blue Ninja & Red Pirate is going along well. Just hit 15 comics. I need to work up a buffer again as I used up my old one over the holidays. Next week I change posting days and add a weekly day of bonus art.
  
• Arisia & Flea. I'm fairly sure that I'm going to do only one day of Arisia. While I can afford the $250+ it would cost to get a room for myself all weekend, that money could be better spent elsewhere. I'm probably going to only do a day trip to the Flea unless I have a good reason to extend that as well.
  

Overall things are going pretty good. I feel a lot less stress than I did before the holidays. I don't think it was the holidays that were making me stressed. Just me being stressed in an environment where *everyone* is stressed made it worse.
I've been feeling like I haven't had the time for projects (webcomic, cars, legos, etc.), so I'm trying to be better about *making* time for them. Hasn't helped much yet, but I hope to evolve it into better managing of my time wasters. :)

And tomorrow I have a New Years party to go to, and Monday I have brunch with friends in Boston (assuming I'm not exhausted and it doesn't snow too much to make the drive). So things are pretty decent there too.