The corporate sellers of this house have countered again. Â I’m running out of visual metaphors here.
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P.S. Yes, that’s a hint of pregnancy belly showing on my wife.
The sellers have countered, and now we return the volley.
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We’ve submitted an offer on a house, and now comes the counter offer. Â We’ll see how this works out.
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After 11 days away from work, that January 3rd alarm clock comes pretty painfully early.
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Went to a surprise party tonight for a friend who has just finished law school like a champ. Â I can’t imagine putting myself through something like that. Â So cheers, Jason — enjoy that well-deserved drink! Â Oh, and then the months of agonizing bar prep…
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I did this little charcoal drawing of a long-haired girl inspired by another Flickr photo.  I made a few modifications in the course of drawing it, and then realized it kind of looks like a friend of mine.  Anyway, it’s pretty simple, but I like how it turned out.
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Cut down a tree for the first time today. Â Gotta admit, that was pretty cool. Â We’re up in the mountains for a woodcutting fundraiser held by the parents of a good friend. Â The big woodcut is on Sunday, but today we needed to harvest another couple of their trees in order to have enough to work with. Â It does make me think though: probably “plant a tree” should be the next achievement unlocked.
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I had to clear out a blocked downspout to keep up with all the rain we’ve been getting.  Today’s sketch celebrates my in-hindsight-super-idiotic decision to go up on the roof  in a thunderstorm carrying a 10-foot metal pole.  Thankfully, the worst case scenario depicted here didn’t actually play out.  I live to sketch another day!
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Since my wife has officially made the announcement now, I can sketch freely about what’s been on my mind. Â And mostly, it’s been this. Â (In fact, the last five sketches have been about this new development in one way or another.)
This is drawn from another image (of course), but still I think the process of sketching this has made the whole thing more real than anything else. Â More than seeing the ultrasound. Â More than hearing the heartbeat. Â More than telling family and friends. Â As I pulled a simple charcoal curve to outline the head, it truly clicked.
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Switching it up today with a white charcoal drawing. Â This was inspired by a scene in The Day of the Jackal, which I was watching earlier this evening.
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