So today was just about perfect.  I worked 3am - 11am as usual… but as I was leaving work I was hit with this moment of clarity.  That everything was right in my little world at that moment.  Sure this morning when I woke up at 2:34am it sucked… and sure it will (100% surely) get sucky down the line in the future… BUT, for a few hours in the middle of this day, I was living it, the dream.

I was driving back to my place, with my backpack full of drawing supplies and books to read… and my wallet full of a debit card with some money on it, so that automatically had me feeling good.  So I decided to take a little trip over to this cupcake/cafe place that I drive by everyday.  As I parked the car I realized I was right next to this record shop that I also see everyday… I went inside.  An hour later I emerge from the record  shop with 2 CDs purchased (social distortion - self-titled, & red sparrowes - every red heart shines towards the red sun), still feeling grand and fiending for a cupcake.  So I grabbed my books and headed for the cafe.  I bought a red velvet cupcake that kicked my ass… (that in retrospect I should have taken a picture of) and a grape soda (in a glass bottle) that also kicked my ass… I sat down and finished my book i was reading (stranger than fiction by Chuck Palahniuk {which is really really awesome.. all true stories, and very funny…}) and drew todays sketch (see below {september 12, 2009}).  An hour later I emerged from the cafe feeling pretty damn good… I hopped in my car, rolled down the windows (it’s a beautiful 85 degrees here today), cranked up the music, and drove around rethinking about the dream I just lived in for the past 2 hours.

I’m sure the fact that my weekend is starting tomorrow… and all that mail I got today helped my mood very much.  But still.. it was very relaxing.  It’s something that I hope to do for my life.  Instead of the work 3am - 11am i’ll sleep in (preferably with a girl that has a nice smile) and wander out into the world for my daily dosage of music and art, while creating my cartoons for the world to view, then stumble back and enjoy my nights… that would be the ultimate… and one day, I hope to make it happen.