Gardenhead: 6: Welcome to Miami
Mazoo on Nov. 6, 2006
Heya everyone! Do you know what that is in the last panel? Do ya? Do ya? Do ya?
Well it's a Bubbledome! You shall learn later what a Bubbledome is. They are pretty important.
I'm really proud of this page. I think it's absolutely fantastic, especially for me. I surprised myself with the city-scape, which I think turned out pretty well! (You can tell it's Miami ‘cause it’s got the leetle ity-bity palm trees there). I'm feeling pretty awesome about my art lately (which is like… unheard of for me.)
The school play is this weekend! It's going to be… interesting. But hey, at least I don't have to work at all. But what that really means is that there may not be a page next week. I'll try my hardest to squeeze one out, just for your shiny, happy face's viewing pleasure.
Speaking of shiny, happy things… that's a good song by REM.
Oh! In the news of not-so-shiny-and-happy, I was working on Sunday, and some lady comes in with this absolutely ridiculous custom-order. I was working on salads that day, and apparantly this lady had a bread allergy so she yelled at me to change the gloves I was wearing… and get a new bag of lettuce for her… and cut it with a super-sterilized knife and break all the seals on all these containers of new food… and restart twice until she goes up to my boss (but says loudly enough for the entire store to hear) "Oh… I don't like the way she looks. I want someone else to make my salad for me."
Oh man was I mad. And when I'm mad people know I'm angry. Not only did I waste time and energy prepping all this stupid crap for this lady, remake it for her twice, but she had the nerve to ask someone else to make her gosh-darned salad because she didn't like the way I looked. But of course I couldn't do anything so I just glared at her so hard I thought her face would melt off. Hey lady, if you've got bread allergies… don't come into a freaking bread store! Dangit I hate it when people are so mean. And then my boss yelled at me for getting angry at customers. Whatever.
…and that's my work rant. I desparately want to quit that job, but I keep thinking of Washington College, and I need the money… so I stick with it.
…to end on a good note, though…um… you're all awesome and thanks for the comments!
Hamorhage at 12:01AM, Nov. 20, 2006
lol, you can never go wrong with a big fatacent :)
Ian Jay at 6:32AM, Nov. 16, 2006
Bubbledomeââ¢: For all your decaying-oceanfront-metropolis-related needs. This page is great-- the last panel especially rocks with the detail. (Who's K + S, though?) Also, I dig the "Having a party" line.
Ozoneocean at 4:15PM, Nov. 8, 2006
I just figured out why I kept missing updates of this... I didn't have it in my faves. That's fixed now ^^ I've always wanted to love in a bubble city! The colour of their vessel is perfect for Miami ^_^ Ugh, certain people think that others are only put on the earth to serve them... Showing common curtesy is just TOO much for some. That woman sounds like a tool, as does your boss.
ZoeStead at 6:15AM, Nov. 8, 2006
Mazoooo :D I thought you had disappeared!?! Yay, nice to find your comic again! Great skyline!
Toadman at 6:04PM, Nov. 7, 2006
I don't remember Maiami having a big bubble dome...but there's alot I don't notice. Oh well. Nice page! I do so love sarcasm.
mechanical_lullaby at 3:38AM, Nov. 7, 2006
I love the tone of your comic, and the woman who seems french isn't french, right? That's what I gather. Um... I've never had a customer like that, seeing as how you work in a bread store and I work at a dollar tree. you'd be surprised how people care about a dollar there. To put it in perspective, I get maybe one decent, fun-loving ideal customer every twenty customers. "Okay, I want this to be in two bags, but I don't want it to be heavy." She's got thirty things. Most of which are paper towels. "Do you have hammers and nails, I need to lock my son in the basement." This woman was NOT kidding or trying to be funny. She scares me. "What do you mean you don't have alarm-clock radios, I heard you did." For a dollar? I don't think so. If you quit, do not work that kind of retail. I suggest small business. I'm quitting the Tree for a small business job that pays almost twice as much. Yeah, so I mostly relate.