I gotta lot of stuff I wanna get through in this post, so get comfy.

First off, the strip. Basically it's an answer to Wednesday strip over at Zach Miller's No Pants Tuesday. Zach was cool enough to stick me into his "Auditions" storyline in a little cameo. You can view it here. I'm the guy in the orange shirt. Anyway, I was so flabbergasted (and I think that's the right word), it was only fair to return the favor.

Wait. Lemme take the back. Fair? The Gods DEMANDED it! So there you go.

Thanks to Zach for the plug and thanks for letting me portray his character as a bitch-slapping loud mouth. If you're not visiting his comic at least once every day, then you offend me personally. I wish I could draw his strip every day. For some reason, I found drawing his character easier than drawing my own! Some stiffs have all the luck...

Thursday was such a good day for me personally, I can't help but gloat a little bit.

I got home after a particularly long day at work to find a certain package from Sony waiting for me. To my delight, it was my own personal Network Adapter for the Playstation 2. Cost to me? Jack squat!

How did I land such a sweet deal? I was one of the lucky bastards this summer to beta test the adapter. My reward was a free unit hot off the assembly line. Joy! Needless to say, I'm waving it all inches from your face taunting "Nah na-na boo boo!"

Now if I could only get an internet connection fast enough to let me use it...

Second order of business. I nuzzled into my La-Z-Boy this evening to watch the MTV Video Music Awards. I had popped a bag of corn and settled in expecting to be disappointed like I am every year. But I watch anyway because I'm an optimist at heart.

The proceedings were got off on the right foot when James Brown came out to wrap the opening number, but things were on their way to Hell in a hand basket right-quick with that extremely forced and odd birthday ode to Michael Jackson shortly after. Things weren't a total wash, though. The back-to-back performances of The Hives and The Vines restored my faith. Plus seeing The White Stripes walk away with a few awards was justified. Have you even SEEN "Fell In Love With A Girl"? I mean, C'MON! Moooooving... Legooooo's...

But to top it all off, GUNS AND ROSES CLOSED OUT THE SHOW!!! Did anyone else see this? I practically shat my colon when they came on stage. Axl is looking a little beefy and the voice was a bit creaky, but WOW! It was so good to see them in the flesh and blood again, words can't describe. Of course, only Axl and Izzy are left from the original lineup, but like Jimmy Fallon said after their set, "Buckethead did his job".

In my opinion, their performance will be what people look back on and say "This was it. THIS is what ended Britney Spears, N'Sync and all their crappy imitators. G 'n' R came back and showed them how it was done. Rock has returned."

I am giddy. Giddy, giddy, giddy.

More later, but for now, visit No Pants Tuesday and also Nothing Nice to Say. Mitch was cool enough to add me to his links so I want to be sure everyone is visiting his site. Go now! (but come back later!)