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Salutations faithful viewers. It is I, the guy who used to post 20-page comics by Manic which cost $500 to produce.
Yes, the title is no lie. Today I turn 27, and the slow march to 30 begins in true earnest. When I turned 25, I thought nothing of it. I was 25 which was alarming, but I still had a big chunk of my life left in theory. Then I turned 26, which felt just like 25 really. But now, now I am 27 which is a shortstop and a gap from 30. And then I have about 10 years of young living to enjoy before I hit 40 when I am supposed to be putting children through school and paying mortgages and trying to keep my future wife from divorcing me because I am boring.
I'm not actually doing anything for my birthday. I have some students cooking me a birthday lunch, but that is just about it as far as I know. My money situation on this internship is pretty tight, and I need to save for the summer when I try to get some work and hop from hostel to hostel with my two great big suitcases. I live an odd life right now.
But that is just it really. I live, I make sure I have lesson plans and powerpoints done in advance and that is just about it. Nothing much else to say.
Interesting news. I have had some success submitting new scripts to Muscle Fan comics, so expect some one-shot pieces coming out later on in the year. I say scripts, so far only one has been accepted and assigned an artist. But I am submitting new material every two weeks or so in an effort to create a feed of work for them to slot into whatever odd timeline they need. Which is good for me because the little payday each script earns me transfers to good money here in China.
Have a great day wherever you may be.
Yes, the title is no lie. Today I turn 27, and the slow march to 30 begins in true earnest. When I turned 25, I thought nothing of it. I was 25 which was alarming, but I still had a big chunk of my life left in theory. Then I turned 26, which felt just like 25 really. But now, now I am 27 which is a shortstop and a gap from 30. And then I have about 10 years of young living to enjoy before I hit 40 when I am supposed to be putting children through school and paying mortgages and trying to keep my future wife from divorcing me because I am boring.
I'm not actually doing anything for my birthday. I have some students cooking me a birthday lunch, but that is just about it as far as I know. My money situation on this internship is pretty tight, and I need to save for the summer when I try to get some work and hop from hostel to hostel with my two great big suitcases. I live an odd life right now.
But that is just it really. I live, I make sure I have lesson plans and powerpoints done in advance and that is just about it. Nothing much else to say.
Interesting news. I have had some success submitting new scripts to Muscle Fan comics, so expect some one-shot pieces coming out later on in the year. I say scripts, so far only one has been accepted and assigned an artist. But I am submitting new material every two weeks or so in an effort to create a feed of work for them to slot into whatever odd timeline they need. Which is good for me because the little payday each script earns me transfers to good money here in China.
Have a great day wherever you may be.
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Still Alive and looking Forwards
I don't believe I have written anything on here for at least two years. It has certainly been a while in any event. First off, whilst I did stop posting art on this site I didn't strictly leave. I tend to click onto DeviantArt twice a day in the morning and evening to see what things have been posted by the artists that I follow. If I like something, I add it to the 'Favorites' and clear anything else from my feed. I also try to respond to the odd occasional message I get as quickly as possible. So what happened? Well, I'm still living in Beijing, China for the foreseeable future. I have been working in the Chinese capital city for almost three years now. By the time my current work contract expires that time will be three and a half years. It is my current intention to leave Beijing next summer (August 2020) for somewhere new. To recap for those who are either new (it could happen) or old enough to forget me in my absence, I moved to China from the UK to work as an English
29th Birthday
Today I am 29 years old. Well, for my timezone anyway. When this journal publishes, it will still be April 23rd for most of the people who follow me enough to read this when it pops up. My past three birthdays have been spent in China, which can leave me a little forlorn around this time of year. I miss my family, but I can see them in the summer.
I've been living in Beijing for over a year now. My time here has been good so far, and I am glad I chose to travel here to teach. My school has recently decided it wants to renew my contract for one more year, so I will be living and working in China for at least one more year. This makes me happy
Half a year in Beijing
So this past week was the half a year milestone for my new life abroad. I started working at my new school yesterday, though both it and today were just housekeeping days. Yesterday I showed the team leaders my lesson plan for my first classes as well as my overall plan for what I am going to teach throughout the semester. We shall see how well they accept the latter, but today was a simple opening ceremony for the school. I introduced myself on stage to all the students, faculty and some parents as well. I believe there might have been a local official or two in the mix as well. But they heard me talk, so now the parents know the school hire
Yes, I cleaned house
Greetings from China.
So, first things first. I have decided to clean out my DeviantArt gallery of all the remaining Joe Jones related content. Many of you will be annoyed by this, and I can only give you my reasons for doing so and hope this satisfies you. If it doesn't, and you're still mad well, that's your choice.
So last year, I started submitting comic scripts to the website Muscle Fan Comics. I've had over a half a dozen scripts accepted, and so far only one submission has been rejected. It was around the time when I first started submitting scripts that my life was starting to move in a new direction. I now live in China, Beijing sp
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Happy belated birthday!