February 2012
11 posts
Egyptian Synergy
A random instance of cohesion in my Reader feed. I love these little moments of collective harmony.
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MS Paint Portfolio: ---, gina
Many thanks to Flaath for suggesting this particular piece of hilariousness:
AND NOW, THE ORIGIN STORY: Evan: katie Evan: i have an idea that you could perhaps make into a reality Evan: It’s a beaver looking at his watch Evan: and saying “it’s about dam time” me: !!!!!!!!! me: but: how to google image search “beaver” while at work? Evan: lol...
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Not our kind of people.
“She said they seemed more into skiing and bros than, like, making breakfast and being snarky.”
-Joe
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Mastering margaritas.
Mark: Oh, the Mavericks are winning? Ben: Yeah but whatever, they’ve lost every game this season so far. KJ: Cut them some slack, they won the… um… the last big thing that was winnable. Mark: But Katie, you’re overlooking the fact that they’ve lost their defensive balance and have a roster of new pieces to contend with. KJ: Why do I always do that? Ben: C’mon,...
the equal sharing of miseries
First sentence of the Twilight review begins: “To borrow from Winston Churchill…”
AM New York, I love you I love you I love you.
also this:
seriously.
writer's block
From my journal in 2004:
“If only I had written more often instead of filling my journal with silly doodles and timetable information!”
Truth.
sick of swimmin'
A statement on the current state of children’s publishing?
My mother knits
I could watch for hours.
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through the desert of truth
Dad (gesturing to a parking lot): This is where Jason P. was arrested. KJ: Why? Dad: He was naked, in the middle of the night, in the middle of a shopping cart. KJ: Oh! Dad: Being driven ‘round by his compatriots. And the cops discovered the video camera they’d been recording with, which unfortunately showed the escapades of the last few nights as well!
she did not like to drop the jar...
Stressed-out Katie Jane, rabbit-holing for answers on Wikipedia: a chronological list. phentermine psychostimulants amphetamines catecholamines (dopamine, adrenalin, noradrenalin) serotonin ephedrine / ephedra codeine
vagus nerve nutritional yeast spirulina
meditation prayer beads codependency
narcissism borderline personality disorder social anxiety disorder
And then Marcie posted Anxiety...
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Magical Weekend
“I’m drunk, I’ll walk outside with no boots on and canoe, I can’t even talk to you. All y’all, you’re the worst. You, you’re second worst. Y’all over here, you are tertiary.” -A Kerri: How was the nap? Claire: Victory! Kerri: Hooray! You win… A mimosa!
January 2012
18 posts
verb: to extend one's neck
A while ago in a meeting I started to fold an origami crane, which led to Vinny making a joke about how I should make a construction crane instead.
Not one to turn down a challenge, I eventually came up with the following:
and then spent much of the afternoon photographing it in different lighting.
january moments
“What can I get you?” asked the bartender. A vodka soda, I thought.
“A double vodka soda,” I said. That’s not a good sign, I thought.
Prospect Park At Night
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ark de triomphe
Ben: I’m going to pee with the door open, because I can’t find the light. Amy: Ben, no! Ben: It’s okay Amy, it’s a hurricane; the normal rules don’t apply. Amy: They do apply! Ben: It’s hurricane U-rene! Amy: I hate this hurricane.
(Side note: we were staying in SoHo, because as Noah pointed out, “In a bad storm, you want to be with the guy called...
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Priorities
A page from my journal (2006?), planning out the upcoming week.
Includes two separate entries for “ice cream,” and, almost as an afterthought, “go to New Zealand.”
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MS Paint Portfolio: Halloween, 2012
Been feeling very dispirited and not in the mood for MS Painting of late, but here’s a couple I did in October to figure out my Halloween costumes.
First, plans for my PharmVille office party, which had a “PharmVille” theme (go figure). My idea was to go as the Rod Of Asclepius:
Unfortunately, I left costume-making till the last minute and then tried to make the snake out...
My life these days
A Word document that just popped up on my computer…
»
Does your treatment
fit well / into / with your current lifestyle?
comply with your current lifestyle?
impact your current lifestyle?
How well does your treatment fit into your current lifestyle?
Is your current treatment preventing you from
Is there anything about your current treatment...
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Nudibranchia
A conversation at work with the guy in the cubicle next to mine…. KJ: (audible sigh) Marque: Oh Katherine, what’s the matter? KJ: Huh? Oh nothing—I’m just slogging my way through the thesaurus, that’s all. Marque: What? Slugging your way through the thesaurus? KJ: Yeah. Only, slogging. Marque: What’s slogging? KJ: Well, I can tell you! KJ: Hold on… KJ:...
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Three King's Day Party
Eduardo: Have you ever taken the Bolt Bus from Philly?
Stef: Yes, ugh, once. I sat next to a guy who drank a whole bottle of whiskey during the trip. And then I ended up editing his paper… it was a whole thing.
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Walking home from Ditmas Park
Post karaoke…
“But where are we? Are we behind the park?”
“Greenwood Cemetery?”
“This isn’t Greenwood Cemetery! This is that weird part behind Prospect Park, right?”
“We’re nearly at Prospect Park. I know where we are!”
“This sign here says Bowling Green! Are we at Bowling Green?”
“Bowling Green is in...
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MS Paint Portfolio: Summer, 2004
Apparently when I got back to college after my semester/summer abroad, I created an old-school style “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” cartoon, and then completely forgot about it. This might be one of the main reasons I’ve never tried to get anything published; once a project is done to my satisfaction, it drops off my mental radar almost entirely. Going through old word...
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The bickering of 'Thoons
Dad (spying a brown-speckled seagull standing on one leg): Oh look, it’s a monoped. KJ (as seagull lowers raised leg): Now it’s a diped! Dad : No wait, it’s a biped. She’s a biped. KJ: That’s not a she, it’s a juvenile. Dad: What? Rosie: Hes and shes look the same for seagulls. That one’s a juvenile. Dad: And are juveniles genderless? Rosie: No. KJ:...
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time capsule
While home, I found this old wallet with a note—to myself, from myself—in the picture flap:
the note says:
Katie!
Cheap chocolate makes you angry
Tequila makes you morose
Caffeine gives you a migraine
Rich creamy things make you feel sick
DON’T BUY THEM!
Inside the wallet:
Tower Records gift card
Body shop gift card & coupon
map of the London Tube
...
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self awareness
The F.A.B. family is waiting in line at the Berkeley Rep will-call KJ: Oh look, there’s a 24 Hour Fitness right across the street. Quincy: You could have worked out before the show! KJ: Eh, coulda woulda shoulda. KJ: Well, coulda shoulda, anyway.
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MS Paint Portfolio: Senior Year 1
Another comic from the college years. One day, our roommate’s boyfriend left his video game system in our apartment, so…
LC is pretty low-testosterone; sometimes you just had to overcompensate with large doses of Vin Disel.
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Walking on the beach with fellow 'Thoons
December 2011:
Roshanne: What kind of shell is this? Rosie: I don’t know. But this hole was made by a Boring Clam. KJ: As opposed to an interesting clam? Rosie: They bore with what’s called a radula. It looks like a cheese grater without holes; all snails have them. KJ: A cheese grater without holes? What? Rosie: You know, just the sharp bits. KJ: How? Rosie: The sharp parts...
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Going through old sketch pads
Apparently in college I went through a brief but intensely dorky “parrot cartoonist” phase.
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Don't forget to tip your waitress
(Christmas Eve, 2011. Earlier that morning, Katie gave Mum a pair of socks with ninjas all over them.) Mum: My kickboxers are so comfy! KJ: They’re not kickboxers, they’re ninjas! Mum: No, they’re… wait, what was it, Rosie? Rosie: What? Mum: What are female ninjas called? Rosie: Kunoichi. Mum: What? “Too noisy”? KJ: That’s what the male ninjas call them! ...
December 2011
15 posts
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Truth
“You can’t spell parts of anticipate without participate!”
-KJ
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Lots of little animals
Things I Doodle In Meetings: initial sketches for the sketchpad section of Infrasonic Sound
my, how delightfully terrifying
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MS Paint Portfolio: non sequester
Product of a very late night (like, still at work at 6AM) conversation.
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MS Paint Portfolio: Episode 169: Masks
Some meetings call for exponential doodles.
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yep
“It’s like, Dawn Treader, Daywalkers… Night Rider.”
-Aemon
November moments, 2011
Driving through rain on a slow winding nighttime mission to recharge the car’s batteries. We’re silent, listening to the sound of windshield wipers and a WNYC program featuring a duet for broken grand piano and broken toy piano. The dissonant tones and disjointed rhythms match the weather perfectly. Inside the car is warm; the rest of the world is just a blurry darkness punctuated by...
Excelent.
I recently came across the following comment in this thread:
…and found it thoroughly delightful. Keep teaching us Sue.
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MS Paint Portfolio: Aaaaand another one.
Silly Worf, you should use a shuttle instead!
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MS Paint Portfolio: where do you keep the sea...
P.S. Bonus Worf: http://www.treksinscifi.com/trekdaily/?p=186. You’re welcome.
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wisdom over ramen
Sarah: Did you watch Party Down? KJ: No. Sarah: Okay. First of all, watch Party Down. Second of all, watch Party Down. Did you watch Veronica Mars? KJ: Eh, I tried, but I just didn’t like it. Sarah: The thing is: you’re wrong.
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simplicity
KJ: What exactly is the plot of this movie? Mark: Zombies. Jon: There are a lot of zombies.
Soapboxing
This is how I feel whenever I want to buy a magazine these days:
…and that hole represents my dearly-departed Jane Magazine.
Why do all current women’s magazines suck? I know so many funny snarky ladies; how is it that every available women’s magazine thinks I’m inclined to buy $3,000 purses and find enlightenment through Julia Roberts movies? If I don’t want...
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you'd better sasquatch out
Dear Adam:
Your birthday is my new favorite holiday.
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MS Paint Portfolio: Infrasonic Sound
Music by Jonathan, animation by meeeeee.
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what the helvetica
“They stopped me going into the stock exchange because they assumed I was wearing a suit to trick them. I guess I look like a protester, or terrorist? They examined my anti-Comic Sans button very carefully. I had to explain to them what a font is.”
-Ben
November 2011
31 posts
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MS Paint Portfolio: dangerous animals
Mark came up with ham grenade, I believe.
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capital coppola
Television: …that’s all coming up on The Willis Report. KJ: “The report is: he’s still in Budapest.” Mark: What? KJ: Willis. He’s still in Budapest. Mark: Ohh. Actually, he’s in Bulgaria. KJ: Whatever. Ben: Is the capital of Bulgaria Sofia? Mark: Yes. Ben: Ha! Bring it on, Sporcle!
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Don’t forget the motor city
So the other day I was stuck in an interminable meeting, and doodling, and suddenly this head showed up on my paper:
And I said to myself, “Hmm. I wonder if that’s Mark?”
So I gave him a body:
…and he immediately started dancing:
And so then I knew it was definitely Mark. But since the meeting was still going on, I decided to put myself on the page: ...
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MS Paint Portfolio: a href
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imperative!
Tim: Wait—what’s the difference between shiv and shank? You shank someone with a shiv, right? Marcie: Yeah. KJ: Shank is verb? Gania: Shank is a verb.
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MS Paint Portfolio: Spring Break 9
A totally factual account of our final day of Spring Break…
I like this excerpt from the original drawing:
…Alright, that’s enough. There’s a couple more cartoons floating around that I will get redrawn and post some day in the future, but for now: back to the usual Debauched Sloth hodgepodge!