Death Awaits - more and more impatiently !

I feel like I owe the Grim Reaper an apology: the days of this vacation keep passing and things just keep getting in the way of actually sitting down and working on The Grim DotCom. Today it was, well, sleeping in until very late (hey, it's my vacation, screw you if you're judgemental about it) which was made easy with all the rainstorms outside. (I sleep really deep when rain hits my window.)

But I also spent a good deal of time, after that, on Probeersel.com, I'm proud to admit: first, a new batch of episodes of RexRex was delivered to my (snail)mailbox which needed scanning and uploading, and then I had to assist Tom in working on the new site setup by converting a huge amount of data from my current database-setup to MySQL. Which was, well, hours upon hours of work. So I haven't exactly been slacking, but I haven't been hitting the drawing board either. Sorry, Grim. But hey, I still have plenty of time until, err.. the last episode that's been made so far appears next Sunday. Ok, I really should git ta drawin' sometime soon. Next priority. After several social responsibilities tomorrow. I promise.

How I Spent My "Summer" Vacation.

Damnit - the whole week, bad weather has been predicted. But ahwell - it'll make it easier to get some sleep. Anyway, I guess I should update this and let you all know how I spent my free time so far.
First off, I slept most of Wednesday - and can you blame me ? My burnout really was peaking pretty much, so I could use the rest to say the least. I've been sleeping quite a bit to be honest since then, too. I've enjoyed a few hours in the backyard in the cold september sun on Friday afternoon, after I got back from Waspik where I visited my doctor to get my ear cleaned out (FINALLY ! It's been shut for MONTHS now !) and visited my grandmother and my father since I was in the neighbourhood, and, for once, had time to do so. I also spent time at the Cul de Sac a few times, of course, and I've been fiddling with Grim DotCom storyboards.
But most importantly: for days now, I've been cramming out episodes of Worst Case Scenario. And as I write this, I've just uploaded.. THE LAST ONE !
That's right: I'm off the hook ! The episodes will continue to appear online until the last one on October 12, and then it ends, and all these episodes have now been drawn and uploaded. My hands are free ! Well, more free, at least. The biggest four things on my plate now, comic-wise, are The Grim DotCom (oops, backstash all gone, next sunday's the last episode I finished so far, so I need to get my butt in gear !), the mystery project, reformatting the Probeersel books, and Non Biblia Sacra, story 1. Sionnain also asked me to assist on Penguism episodes so no doubt I'll be doing that as well - but still: the daily comic is gone ! After a year, this foolish joke that got out of hand is finally over. Good grief - I'm never, NEVER doing that again.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go celebrate, downstairs. And then, starting tomorrow, some of my other comic work is up next. Talk with you later !

Yes ! Yesyesyesyesyes !

A week and a half off.

A WEEK AND A HALF.

OFF.

No work. Not having to go to Amsterdam. Not having to solve stupid problems or update all sorts of inane news headlines. Time I can spend whichever way I want, most importantly: I get to SLEEP. Hours and hours of sweet, wonderful sleep await me.

I love this shit. Although I can't quite believe it yet.

High Standards In I.T. Quality

So yeah, today was the big friggin' day. The day the biggest, most important step in this ever-dragging-on project where, basically, the server is made as secure as we can. Between 3 and 4 in the afternoon. Of course I was dead nerveous, because the people in this project haven't consistently been too reliable (sometimes they were, sometimes they were the exact opposite), things have often been forgotten, overlooked, neglected, etc. and my ability to take some TIME OFF was directly on the line. Even besides the fact that some 200 users would be furiously on the phone if we failed, and there was no way to do a roll-back.

So come 3 30, I get notice that the user rights have been changed correctly. I test it, of course, and lo and behold: IT DOESN'T WORK ! I'm panicking, and trying to reach another project member who might be able to figure out why it's not working, until in a very short moment of clarity I decide to let a USER test as well. And, completely to my surprise, it works fine.

So we got the server secure and working, for all users... except the people IN OUR OWN WEB TEAM.

I can't believe it.. I actually have a valid excuse for not performing any publishing services for anyone ! This isn't even a case of "I'll laugh about it later", I'm already laughing. Bloody hilarious.
Vacation time coming soon now, I can feel it. More to come in the next few days.

Exhausted just doesn't even discribe it.

That'd be pretty accurately how I've been feeling as of late. Without Damien shouting 'good morning' of course - that'd freak the living hell out of me.

I wish they'd stop rerunning Buffy episodes I haven't seen yet at such damn late hours. (Sure, blame it on Michelle Gellar, René, and not on your complete lack of taking up any vacation time)