i'm having issues.....

... with my brain
I know i want my domain name to be the name of my comic, but now that I'm looking at the Choose Domain form, that name looks funny to me.
Grrrr..... so I'm staring at various ways of typing it in a notepad.

here's something unrealted that got me very annoyed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2106441/Defiant-banker-leaves-ONE-cent-tip-133-leaves-additional-tip-waiter-REAL-job.html

i can totally see my dad doing that, btw.

Anyway... I'm reading the HostGator terms of service and I'm confuuuused.
Their homepage says Umlimited Bandwidth.. yet their TOS says

You are allocated a monthly bandwidth allowance. This allowance varies depending on the hosting package you purchase. Should your account pass the allocated amount we reserve the right to suspend the account until the start of the next allocation, suspend the account until more bandwidth is purchased at an additional fee, suspend the account until you upgrade to a higher level of package, terminate the account and/or charge you an additional fee for the overages. Unused transfer in one month cannot be carried over to the next month.

Umm?

The use of more than 250,000 inodes on any shared account may potentially result in a warning first, and if no action is taken future suspension. Accounts found to be exceeding the 100,000 inode limit will automatically be removed from our backup system to avoid over-usage, however databases will still be backed up. Every file (a webpage, image file, email, etc) on your account uses up 1 inode.

Sooo... if I do go the Wordpress route I'll have comments turned off, try to slow the storage buildup... tho again I thought the plan I signed up for is Unlimited storage?
I'm confused.... Seems that inodes are not directly related to storage. How can a 140kb pic use the same amount of inodes as a 15kb webpage code? I'm confused!

Examples of unacceptable material on all Shared and Reseller servers include: Banner-Ad services (commercial banner ad rotation)

Among other forbidden things.. but that's the one that has me confused. I'm running adsense, or I will... but the ads are created by Adsense and sent to my page by them.. so does this mean i can't have Adsense ads or that i can't run an ad generator that sends ads to other sites?

Anyway.. I'n gonna use a different gmail for this and even when i open a different browser Google keeps me signed in here.... so brb.

.....

ok back.. I have just dumped some $160 into this dream of mine.. but that is gonna pay for 3 YEARS assuming Hostgator doesn't get mad at me.
]The fun part is figuring out just where I put my pages. WTF are all these directories?
See I don't want the templates to be set up on my site, i don't want to install anything... I want a very basic setup... actually right now I just want to play ^_^
Just gotta figure out where the feck (^_^) the main page goes. You know that page that pops up when you first type a site in? Yea how do i get one of those?

Oh yay I found their text walkthrough. The one that hopefully won't install anything...
ok... so that's where the public viewable files go.... ooo I think I found the text editor YAY.
Putting that aside to continue the walthrough.... an email accont for my comic? Yes please!
Blast.. now I'm trying to remember how i spelled this old pen name from high school that i am resurrecting for this comic.
ok that done...

Back to that editor... wtf is this i can't do the coding directly myself? The "insert table" button put an actual table in there... not the code for a table, which I can read, thx.

BTW... if i understand correctly.. none of this will be up an active for a day or so.. time to register the name or something.
Which means I can't preview, or show you all... yet...
Ok I think I found the basic code editor.. and how nice when I switch between that and the "Design" tab any things i forgot to add (like the exact wording of the doctype details) is put in for me in the proper place.
So basically i just have to be correct enough for the html's auto-correct to get what I'm doing. I think?

Ok I figured out how to upload a picture! I'm using the flooded basement pic.

Huh... my pic isn't showing up in the design tab but the coding is there in code tab. Ehhh... I'm going to bed :p
these guys got 30 days.. if i can't run adsense code on that site, i want refund and I'll find someone else.

My site should be live soon. Now i gotta go draw the actual cartoons!

i'm a lazy bum ^_^

Yea-ap....I've been reeeaaalllll productive. Really. Yea.
HA!

But I went to EGS just now to check for his updated comic and there were two ads for HostGator.
Sign?
Maybe.....

Sad to say that horrid sugg sell policy is straight from the top. Seems it's part of the bigwigs plan to counter dropping shareholder value. How much you wanna bet Mr CEO gave himself and his buddies a "performance bonus" in spite of those dropping values?
I also got a copy of the sugg sell item list that has the costs included. Depending on the item...could be as little as one cent of profit per sale. Seriously.
If you manage to sell the expensive makeup items you could get as much as 4 bucks and some change....still less than an hour of training a newbie.
Oh well. Sucks to work at this drugstore.
I'm already looking at other possible places to apply. There's walmart, meijer, kroger (ugh I hated being in that union tho) could always aim for Sephora (which would rock, or I think it would) or JCPenney.....employee discounts where Charlotte Ronson has items? Yes please!
Tho my skin care will stay mary kay.
Crap I gotta make an order before the end of the month. It's been a year since my last one and I don't wanna lose that consultant access. Must remember that! Maybe this Saturday since I don't work.

Comicwise I just drew in a notebook, making short scripts and whatnot. It's funny that HostGator showed on EGS because I have still poked around on there, getting more details about how they work. Actually I checked them today to see if their sale is still going on. If I could buy from my phone I probably would. I still need to get my banner made for real tho, so I've been stalling.

Today was Ash Weds and I'm trying to give up chocolate for Lent. Just chocolate, not everything choco-flavored. I'm keeping my protein powder and gnu bars. I might even allow chocolated milk, because it's still milk.
The point isn't to deprive myself (tho I know most people see Lent as a time of deprivation) my point is to take better care of my body. I still vaguely remember being told to think of my body as a temple for God, and I'm very unhealthy. I think getting rid of the junk food I eat most often will be good for me.

And I'm totally loving Mich's last comment. Anyone else annoyed at workplace harassment (or any harassment, really) should totally dig up some black or brown thread. To me it sounds like calling on Karma to deal with a mean bully. Nothing wrong with that. We've all heard the phrase "hwat goes around, comes around" and "you reap what you sow".

Time to get me some more water. Night!

vent- fvcking work

Can I just vent for a second?
At work right now....came in to a passive-aggressive bitchy note from "sba" because I didn't manage to check all the outdates for the entire damn cos "dept" in the 3 hours I had left on my shift.
Wanna know what I did on the day she's whining about?
I did a 33 foot revision. Thirty three feet. Including checking each item individually, pulling out and placing the new items, which got rid of a whole "new stuff box", and then I did price changes and clearanced the old items.
THEN I did outdates for the girls pads and tampons. Mydol. The preg tests and ovulation trackers, and the yeast infection treatments etc. Basically all of fem hygeine except the condoms cuz I simply ran out of time.
The outdate list I was given was the entire fvcking dept. I did what I could.
So I read that she's "been approached" about this & that I "was told to do this and didn't" and that I "need to finish the task".
So only I do resets...only I check for outdated items.
Good to know.
Bitch.

Oh btw...... not a single new-item-box has been emptied since I last worked. So I really am the only person doing this.
Bitch.

I'm here, Mich!
You know you've been gone awhile when you come back to Mich yelling WHERE ARE YOU?

I had the Attack of the Womanlies and was either sleeping or stuffing my face.
When I was coherant enough to get online I was hunting down Fashion Week pictures, especially of Charlotte Ronson (but of course!).
I'm not loving her colored leather pants (wtf?) But I like everything else, even those cute lil knit hats that match the sweaters. I generally do prefer the fall fashion shows. And yea, it was the *Fall 2012* fashions this past week. The Spring 2012 was last...October I think. Fashion is weird. But I guess it's to give stores the chance to get the clothes before the weather hits. Or something.

Work still sucks, I'm gonna maybe see if I can get a copy oof this policy. If it's only district there's still a chance the higher-ups won't be impressed with the potential money lost by firing experienced workers and hiring new.
If this nonsense really is corporate-wide tho...yikes. Mich commented she'd had a similar policy at a place she used to work. And the corporate employer I work for is becoming a behemoth...they keep buying out the competition. And power does corrupt.

I've also been trying to come up with actual storylines for my comic. And realized I needed to rewrite half the introductions. Heh. Hey, this comic will be the first time anyone outside my brother has seen any story I wrote.
Ok R has seen one too.
I have a couple ramdon scenes roughed out. Haven't drawn them, they're more in script form atm. I am actually nervous. I never even posted anything on that old fanfiction.net acct I had years ago. And I'm doing original characters this time. Well mostly original. I did amuse myself at work a few days ago by sketching a few scenes with Samantha and her girlfriend in my head. They both have such dry humor and seem to enjoy picking on each other. I'm a little unnerved by how easy I could get them into the story...and how I don't want to take them out. Bad Honor!

I also finally got around to looking up Adele. Damn that woman has a set of pipes! And she had voice surgery too? Poor girl...so glad she recovered ok. I'd hate to lose that voice.
So far I've. Only heard about 1/4 of her songs and like most peeps I'm in love with Rolling in the Deep and Set Fire to the Rain. When I heard Set Fire to the Rain tho...my brain was suddenly thrown back into this old old idea I once had about trying to write a novel...which would have been my first attempt at eroticism too *blush* so I do want that song......
Glad she's on amazonmp3. I'll buy every song I really want. Support the arts! I rarely want every song on an album. But Adele might be on that short list of artists I just love that much. Even Gaga, much as I adore her, doesn't have me loving all her songs. Just most of them.

I have noticed that the longer an artist takes to put out an album, the greater the chance that I'll love the album. Btw Samantha offers free streaming of her entire album, so you can hear full songs rather than just the amazon samples. Either on her facebook or on samantharonson.com...sorry my memory sucks.
And please check out Celtic Woman if you haven't yet ^_^ I love them too. Siuil a Ruin? (I totally screwed that spelling) yea they sing that. They have entire songs in Gaelic. Makes me cry. I wanna learn Gaelic!

Ok well fvck I do work today and should eat something HEALTHY before I go be a wageslave.

Fucking hell....guess what new "policy" is at work now?
It is now possible to get fired just for not selling the monthly Suggestive Sell item...that arbitrary list that changes every month. And it only counts for credit if the item sold is on that short list.
Here's how it works.....every day you don't meet your goal, you have to sign a slip of paper saying you know you didn't meet your goal. After 3 slips of paper you get written up. 3 times written up and you're fired.
So....9 unlucky days and you're out on your ass.
What about delivery day? When everyone is there running around stocking shelves trying to put all that huge shipment away? Huge chance not everyone will even be on a register, let alone on it long enough to hit the damn sugg sell.
And each resgister has its own sugg sell items. So you sell an item at the wrong registeer and it won't count.
Sigh...
I hate that place. Corporate is run by morons. This just makes people fearful. How is that gonna help teamwork? And does a "trustworthy" drugstore really need to be based on fear and intimidation?
It's financially stupid too. How much money does it take to train a new person? I'm probably the most accurate resetter there, yet that doesn't matter. I can run the photo machines now. Guess tat doesn't matter either. They'd rather dump experienced help over a couple of 99 cent items being sold each day. Seriously?
Think I'm gonna end up putting a few extra ads on my comic...every little bit helps.

So I finally played around with the demos both hostgator and bluehost have up. The file editor part seems very familiar to the old file manager from geocities.
I don't like either site's "what you see is what you get" editor though. Heh..didn't like the geocities drag and drop editor either. Ofc 12 yrs ago webpages were simpler, so it was possible for a noob like me to learn to code by hand. I could even have the background color change when you rolled over a link. I was so proud...I loved javascript. I was just starting to figure out how to create popups and make mouse trails when the rape attempt happened and I fled anything that reminded me of the jackass. Shortly after that R came up to be bodyguard. I was so glad to meet him.
Now that I'm ready to really try coding again...I feel overwhelmed by how much has changed and how fast it keeps changing. I read stuff about php and sql tonight and I'm so damn confused.
Maybe I could do it with plain basic html? At least at first? I don't have "members only" pages and I don't have forums.
And for the first year would I really need a searchable archive? I can do plain links, right? I forget how to turn an image into a link but I'm sure I can figure it out.
I just want to get this going...even if it's a clunky start. Php and sql can only be done on a server anyway, so I can't even practice unless I have a website!

Such a pounding headache right now...it's like I'm too tired to sleep. Don't you hate it when that happens? Tho I'm sure the 3 chocolate bars didn't help.
Sigh......


So I'm rereading old EGS comics. Here's an old fave.. it's right smack in the middle of a crazy and convoluted storyline but still just soooo cute: http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-12-10

ramblings of fun times... NOT!

As I said... interesting times at Casa Regzig!

We'll start with the Old News, now that I'm on comp and can tell it how I wanna....

When a cat or two started taking dumps in my hallway again, I thought it was because I hadn't gotten rid of the smell, and they were confused.
Then one of the cats, not sure which one, peed on Mom's bed.
On the side that she slept on.
In the very middle of the side that she slept on.
This was deliberate.
So Mom went down into the basement to check the litterpans. She was sure they couldn't be that bad. We have a system of 3 pans for the 6 cats, and they'd been changed only 4 days ago.

The sump pump had died. And we don't know when it happened. The water was just over my ankles. The place was a wreck. The litterpans were actually FLOATING in the mess. The violin had gotten wet. It looks like the highly absorbent case lining took most of it, but the case is still drying. The poor violin is hanging from the ironing board from a pipe cleaner. (My viola has never been stored in the basement. I didn't know mom had the violin or I would have pulled it up months ago. i thought Uncle had taken it with him. oops.)
My bro's electric guitar also got wet. he's hoping that since it's electric, it'll be like a phone that gets wet... supposedly if it's off when it gets wet and it's not turned on again until it completely dries out.... it will still work.
Here's hoping.

We found something else too. Also floating in that stinkwater was a bowl half full of cigarette ashes.. from when uncle had been living here.
i KNEW he'd been smoking inside!
The rest of the ashes and cig butts were floating in the stinkwater. As were random turds because the fatter cats don't always realize that their asses aren't in the pans.

Mom got her plumber buddy over, he's a sweet guy, and she had to go buy a new sump pump but as soon as she got it home he hooked it up. The basement was mostly drained by the next morning. It still stinks like turds and cigs, and the concrete floor is all slimy, and we're still waiting for the washer and dryer to be fully dry. He says he doesn't think the water got high enough to hit their mechanics. So once it's all dry down there and we're sure we won't get electrocuted if we turn something on... laundry!
Or I guess i could borrow daddie dearest's place. My half-sis is always happy to see me come over.

Funny thing is... my brother is THRILLED by this turn of events.

Assuming his guitar is ok... he thinks this is the best thing ever. He's been after us for MONTHS to clean up that basement, and then the rest of the house. He's convinced we're gonna end up on Hoarders: Buried Alive or something.
i may have a hoarding issue, but Mom doesn't. She has like a small box of old love letters and pictures of us kids, but that's it. She treasures old photos, but not much else. her problem is mainly disorganization. And she's often too tired to clean when she gets home. you'd think that being retired means she'd have more time to rest. nope! She keeps busy with her church job and taking care of Grandpa and tries to take on piano students because her retirement just doesn't pay enough.
And on top of that, the social security people often withhold her benefits anytime she's projected to make over $14,000 that year. Seriously??? isnt' that below the poverty line?!?!?!
So no... Mom doesn't rest much. So when she's home, she plays Mahjong on her laptop while the TV is playing something, usually some Law & Order show. I can take some of them, but SVU gives me flashbacks and nightmares. I prefer funny shows like Big Bang Theory and How I Met your Mother.

And yes I wrote my name on my pics... practice for my comic. The first used the penpad.. and I'd put it away before I realized I didn't practice on the second. Then I said "hmmm wonder what it would look like trying to sign with the mouse" so i tried ^_^
And yea... hahaha!! Though it could also be from the smaller letters.
I wanna sign my webcomic cartoons.... so if someone does try to steal them, at least they'll have to work a bit harder first, alter the image.

And as is usual with the vampire hermit thing....

Mmmm chocolate is on sale at work again.. Russel Stovers and valentines stuff and Hershey's Drops and Reeses Minis (mmmm) and what is this thing called Self Control? Bah! I'm gonna blame this on being premenstrual ^_^

In comic news... I have now found a webcomic that was made using Wordpress! So now I can see that it is possible, and so I'm tilting towards that now. I mean... as much as I like the idea of coding it all myself...

umm... between the ad codes and php and possible affiliate links as i go along... I dunno. Going the Wordpress route might really make my life easier. And now that I can see comics using it, it actually seems possible.
I have an idea about how i want my comic to look.... a possible layout.
I want the ads to form a nest shape that the comic is kind of nestled in. Since the ads keep it running... it seems appropriate ^_^
And it keeps comic and commentary together. i don't want an ad breaking that up.

And my question is really "what is the most efficient way to get the layout that I want, in a way that keeps updates flowing smoothly?"
Because if i code it myself.. I'm worried that the only way for me to get the new comic on the front page is to either have a separate index page like Earthsong does.. or to redo the index page o_O which... headache!!!!
Wordpress.org has a gallery where they show you various sites that use the Wordpress software... and it's a nice variety. I just wanted to see a comic, and now i have. Could i get the look I want?
if I go Wordpress, I'll probably end up hosting on Bluehost. If I don't need Wordpress, it might be with HostGator... I do like how they're wind-powered ^_^
Support green energy sources!

I feel a need to hurry now tho! i was serious when i said I'd be happy if this blog earned 3 cents, and I meant it. I also felt I could totally have the comic up and running before that 3 cents arrived.

Somehow i've got 2 cents already O_o

Must draw faster! Must write faster! Must MAKE A FREAKING HOSTING DECISION ALREADY!!!

Oh btw... to any pals here who have websites and aren't thrilled with your current host, HostGator is saying on their site that they do free transfers. Maybe?

And i slept all day and stayed up all night... Mom isn't happy. I also haven't been washing my dishes as i dirty them.. I hate doing that. For some reason i prefer to wash dishes shortly after i get up... as a way to start the day... wtf? And she'd rather do them before bed so she doesn't wake up to a full sink.
i think it's because she can eat right away after waking up and I can't.
By the time the dishes have air-dried, I'm ready to eat. And my dinner habits are to eat late at night then go lie down and read until bedtime. Then sleep. Chores in there seem to interfere with me getting into sleepy-mode.

I must be a weird person.

I hear Prop 8 was ruled unconstitutional in California. A step in the right direction :)
Same article also talked about dear Ellen getting a JCPenney gig or something.
And JCP was getting bullied by some anti-gay group who wanted Ellen fired simply for being gay, and JCP stood by Ellen!
http://www.eonline.com/news/ellen_degeneres_talks_prop_8_fires_back/292503

yet another reason for me to shop there! Counter the haters.. some of the comments on that article are soooo clearly bigoted! i guess some people have issues with the full implications of there being neither male nor female in Christ. To ALL who knock, the door shall be opened! Gender is just a function of the mortal realm. Jesus said that in this world people marry and are given in marriage, but in the next world we will be like the angels, and neither marry nor be given in marriage. (Matt 22: 24-30, also Mark 12: 20-25 and Luke 20: 28-36 all the same scene, all the same answer)
I take this in conjunction with neither male nor female, from Galatians, and I think it means that the male-female divide itself will fall away. i don't know what will happen to the people who fell in love and stayed together here on Earth for their whole lives. Tolkien had Beren inscribed on his tombstone and Luthien inscribed on his wife's, and I want to believe God has something planned for couples who were so devoted.

But i think that love, that devotion, will be the deciding factor.

Oh hell... did i pay my card off for Jan? i don't think I did. oops.I owe JCP like $100 now I'm sure.
oops.. ok was like 135$ actually... totally my fault though. I'd forgotten in the January rush. Scheduled a full payoff.

i um... I missed signing up for classes this term.... 2 days before classes started I got a letter in mail saying i couldn't enroll until I talked with the advisor.. and i didn't have a chance to get in between her busy schedule and all the resets at work.

So i definitely have the ability to pay off JCP right now. Sigh.

I should probably try to sleep a bit before the sun rises again. oops... nevermind. Mom's gonna be pissed!

Did y'all know Mich drew her new header pics? Soooo jealous!

Other news.... in addition to me being a vampire hermit during my days off (my drawing has not improved) we're had an interesting time at casa Regzig. I kinda wanna illustrate it tho...partly for the practice.
We're all ok. No people or animals were hurt. Possible damange to a violin & a guitar, and I may throttle uncle for what we found after he moved out. Blech!!
We're still discovering how bad the damage is.

Speking of my drawing, I am frustrated at how I can't draw what is in my head. I'd kinda wanted to have something up by valentine's day, sort of as a present to myself...telling silly stories and making people smile makes me smile.
Maybe I should just do the best I can for now and at least get it started? Maybe I should practice pen and paper and find the old family scanner (hope it wasn't damaged)

I dunno....open to suggestions.

Am thinking of hosting either w hostgator (they're wind powered) or bluehost (excellent wordpress compatibility) but I dunno if i'd need to use wordpress or not.
Decisions decisions.
Again open to suggestions.

And I have got to get on the computer soon, and for longer than the 5 mins it takes to pay a bill.

Night all.