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Okay, I talked to someone yesterday. I forgot his name but I know he's one of those big guys in charge of Sac Anime and he saw my work and I told him my situation. And it is all beginning to make perfect sense to me and not enough sense as to why the hell I did not figure it out before. My work just doesn't fit in Anime-cons anymore. It fits in indie/american comic zones now. Well, for me, that's a great achievement and a great sacrifice. It makes sense, since my work really has changed dramatically, but also the content, and I have just been sitting behind a table pointing it at the wrong crowd. But as I've said a few days ago, I hit the red zone. I need money for a new printer, and it's probably not going to happen for a bit.

     I know comic conventions are a lot more expensive, and I don't have any physical comic to put out (but soon to). Printing really costs money these days, and I've found the perfect places to do it--still, it COSTS MONEY. Something we artists all lack. And I don't just mean comic artists. I also need time, something we all wish we had more of. No more slackie Jackie here. But now I'm walking in the right direction.

     What's with the attitude? Okay, I met Toshio Maeda, and he looked at my work. Well, other great people did too, like Alex Nino or Bernie Wrightson did too and gave me a similar speech, but this guy really gave me the best talk of them all. I mean, you can say I suck or not and I should just keep doing what I'm doing, but when a great guy says that I'm just at the beginning and if I step up my game and keep pushing myself, I can go further. And he said 'and you know what? I see a lot of people like you, but I can see that you're one of the few that have potential one day' He could have been a great nice guy, but I could see his wife in the background very surprised that he was giving a speech like that to me, so I guess it wasn't often that he did it. Then I broke into tears (wow). This is something my parents never say to me; in fact, they try a different method. It's more like telling me I suck and if I keep doing what I'm doing I won't become rich and famous; and this idea from my parents is drilled into my head day, night, bathroom time, and car time, so when someone great tells me something like this, it's as if I wish my parents could see that in me one day too. Apparently I'm starting to think think graduating from art college didn't make it any better.

     Met tons of people. Got some feedback I never really thought of, so I'll be working on other things soon. Dude, some guy showed me how to do speedlines. I know you all see it in the books or youtube videos and stuff, but seeing a real guy do it for real is quite different. I GET IT NOW! But whether or not I can do it is completely different, lol.

    For the past two weeks I've barely checked my email and many other things. OMG today is gonna be hell.