The site’s done.

I’ll admit – I’m nervous.

Having listened to much of the feedback from last year’s event, we decided to try something *very* different this year. In long-ago years, the main goal of having a comic hub site was simply to say, “Hey, look! People are writing comics! And they’re posting them on the internet!”

I think we all know that by now. Pure hub sites exist in a hundred places — in fact, I’d venture to say that there are more hub sites now than there were comics 10 years ago.

So how do we spread the word about online comics? There were a lot of ideas put forward — advertising, conventions, free comic books, etc. etc. All of them are good ideas and all of them are a good start. So how do we take all of this to the next level for Online Comics day?

We decided to make the site this year about more than just a hub site. That functionality’s still there, but we also created some stubs — stories that invite you, the comic reader/writer/author/artist/fan, to tell us about how you currently support online comics, and about upcoming events where you will be spreading the word to readers and non-readers alike.

Please come join us in celebrating online comics on May 5th. Registration is now open and we’re looking forward to seeing you.

I spent most of Saturday on various airplanes, then visiting with family. Sunday we went to services for my aunt, then visited with family some more. Monday we spent most of the day on various airplanes. I came home mentally, physically, and emotionally exhausted.

Jessdog let me sleep until almost 9:30 this morning, which I needed. She’s now asleep on the sofa next to me. My sinuses are not my friend(s?). I didn’t get a comic up until almost noon today, and I need to get the one I started a week and a half ago up.

Plus, Online Comic Day is less than a week away, so I’ve got to get that wrapped up.

It’s good to be home, and it will be good to get back to routine tomorrow. My day job’s been great, really flexible and understanding, and I’m grateful.

More later, as the day progresses.

It’s well on record that I don’t like TV.

(Well, it is somewhere. Take my word for it.)

I’m way late to this party, I know. Firefly aired years ago, when I was well off of TV, and even now it’s all I can do to sit in front of one that’s not playing baseball. I heard all about this sci-fi western but missed actually seeing it. Still, when everywhere you go and everything you read keeps circling back to the Browncoats, you know you’re missing something.

The buzz started again when Serenity was approaching and in theaters.

Last Christmas, Nighthawk got both the show and the movie on DVD. Every Thursday for 7 weeks, we curled up on the sofa together and watched two episodes of Firefly, and after the first episode I was hooked. The music is addictive. The writing is solid, the characterization is of whole people, and the plot twists are certainly not the usual trite crap. Sometimes you see what’s coming but usually you don’t. Granted, it helped that I had someone to share it with — that Nighthawk and I were both seeing it for the first time — and that it was probably the only time we had each week together watching the same show and just being.

We had a good-sized break between Firefly and Serenity, due to life being life, and we finally watched the movie tonight. It hurts to know it’s over. I’ve got a lot of things available to cry about right now, and a movie is not at the top of the list, but I’m surprised myself at how much I want to see Serenity in the air again.

As for me, when I get two seconds of my own (I’ve stolen these two seconds, so they don’t count), I’m going to write Joss and the cast a thank-you letter.

Okay, so, my aunt passed away yesterday, and I spent most of the rest of the day making travel plans. Will fly out Saturday and return Monday. Whee. There’s a lame-o sketchy theater in the queue for Saturday and nothing currently queued for Tuesday. My hotel in Colorado has high-speed so I’ll be online at some point.

Today I’m in training, which is cool. Had junk for breakfast, will probably have junk for lunch. Should be monitoring comments all day – well, until date night tonight.