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Goodbye Goodbye Blue Monday Goodbye Blue Monday Coffee House / Coffee Tea Bakery / Cafe Au Lait Espresso Cappuccino Coffee / open
Opening The Coffee House Working the Opening Shift at Blue Monday / 5:00am / Alarm: BEEP BEEP / Athena: no. / 5:15am / [[Athena shivers outside by the car.]] / 5:30am / [[Athena unlocks the back door.]] / 5:45am / [[Multiple Athenas perform a variety of opening tasks.]] / 6:00am / [[Athena serves coffee to Terry, one of the regulars.]] / 6:15am / [[Athena...
Hello Diamonds Diamonds Coffee Shoppe
Keep The Ibuprofen Handy UPDATE from MINNEAPOLIS / Well gee, it is already the last week of January! / What a wacky month. Bouncing between Northfield, and Jason's, and my new Northeast place... / Working my last shifts at Blue Monday while also job hunting in Minneapolis... / And let's not forget, this is always THE coldest,...
Sketchbookin' This sketchbook was begun on October 13, 2010. / Female Bodybuilder Nikki Fuller / SKETCHBOOK SELECTIONS / September 2010-December 2010
 
Yes Yes Yes [[Athena stands, arms above her head, in front of the Minneapolis cityscape.]] / Athena: yes!
Dog Shit Athena: I'm excited for summer. I wanna go on longer runs and take my wallet with so I can stop for food halfway through. / Jason: I did that a lot with biking last summer. / Jason: One time I stopped at this awesome bakery and got this, this peanut butter cookie that was like-- / Athena: The size of...
Idiots on the Bus Athena [[thinking]]: Man! I can't believe I messed up the bus schedule again. I must be the biggest idiot EVER. Oh well, at least I'm on my way now, however slowly... / Athena [[thinking]]: God, and I'm getting sick AGAIN! And it's supposed to be 30 BELOW tonight! I must be an idiot to live here....
What Am I Doing? WHAT am I DOING? / Monday, January 24, 2011, but it's just the same ol' shit as always! / I don't like being underemployed. It gives me too much time to think about what a loser I am. / So I run a lot. 60 minutes yesterday, 70 today...and who knows what tomorrow will bring! / I don't know how to...
My Little Cartoonists Thursday, February 3, 2011 / Minneapolis Cartoonist Conspiracy Jam / my LITTLE CARTOONISTS / FRIENDSHIP is MAGIC / Ted: So I've been watching that new "My Little Pony" TV show. / [[Awkward pause.]] / Ted: I swear, it's actually a really good show! The animation is fantastic! / Ted: The main character's...
 
Good Right Now Tuesday Night, February 8, 2011 / I stop into the Bulldog for a beer after my shift. It's just too cold to wait outside for 40 minutes. / Not in love with the place, but it's fun to get a touch drunk by myself. / The #4 takes me past MCTC, which makes me think of last fall's Bookfest, and meeting Chris...
More Financial News SOME MORE o' my FINANCIAL NEWS / I just sent off $900 to my college loan. The last few months, I've been sending smaller payments. But after getting a second part-time job (in Minneapolis!), and reviewing my finances for the millionth time, I decided I could send another big one. / It was a gift...
Girly Grumpy's Apparently it was Ladies' Night... / At the Downtown GRUMPY'S after the "Evolution" signing at Big Brain Comics / Saturday, February 12, 2011 / [[At the table, drinking beer: Britt Hammerberg, Sarah Morean, Jamie Schumacher, Danno Klonowski, Jason, and Athena.]] / Sarah Morean: I'm gonna need one of...
Every Day Is A Holiday With Becca The moral is that Isaac has a harder job. / HALLOWEEN / Athena: pumpkin latte. / CHRISTMAS EVE: eggnog latte. / NEW YEAR'S EVE / Athena: peppermint...raspberry...irish cream...latte. / VALENTINE'S DAY / Athena: orgasmic chai. / [[Athena's childhood friend Becca and her boyfriend Isaac offer Athena...
Rocking The William Boat Last week it FINALLY warmed up...and I finally found time to catch up with William. / In middle school I thought he was weird. / In high school I wised up and we became friends. / William's been going through some of the same things as me: had grad school plans that turned into moving-back-home-for-awhile...
 
Hunkering Down, Fixing Up Okay fine. The winter weather is finally getting to me. I'm tired of putting on practical ensembles like THIS: / [[Athena in boring winter coat and hat and mittens.]] / And then getting on the bus and seeing THIS: / [[A sexy lady in tank top, heels, and miniskirt.]] / HOW DOES SHE DO IT?!?! / So I've...
Sketchy Dreams IN MY DREAM APARTMENT/HOUSE... / There would be a small couch in the kitchen, for hanging out while cooking. / I would have my own studio with a big monitor and a perfect height desk. / Guests could sleep on a futon or spare bed that was actually comfortable. / There would be a basement gym with...
What Is Going On Here little funny 2010: Comics Are Going To HELL! / Grouchy Old Man: No question about it, kids these days are just RUINING COMICS! / Grouchy Old Man: They're makin' 'em BIG and DARK and SERIOUS. Callin' 'em "graphic novels." / Grouchy Old Man: I like my comics BRIEF and STUPID. / Grouchy Old Man: With...
No More Customer Service Plz [[An ugly, worn-out Athena slowly falls to the ground.]] / Athena: No / Athena: more / Athena: customer / Athena: service / Athena: plz.
Gayngs Affiliyated Showcase GAYNGS AFFILIYATED SHOWCASE. First Avenue. Sunday March 6, 2011. / Jason: Huh. I wondered if the 7th St "TBA" might be Justin Vernon, but it doesn't look like it. / Athena: To the mainroom, then? / MEGAFAUN (plus Ivan Howard...and Justin Vernon!) / Ivan Howard (singing): oh lord, stuck in Lodi again / Jason:...
 
Winter Cartoonist Camping CARTOONIST CAMPING! / [[speech bubbles come out of a cabin, with the following images in them: Alan Moore, boobs, butt, comic page, ink and pen, scissors, minicomic, Minnesota, snow, hot dog, and a penis.)
Three Is A Magic Number Action Athena is 3 years old today. / (the lady herself.) / (stack o' comics) / (minneapolis) / (fuckin' work) / (fuckin' college diploma) / (another comic) / (minnesota) / (art supplies)
Cartoonist Camping: William O'Brien Edition CARTOONIST CAMPING / William O'Brien State Park / Fri/Sat/Sun, March 11, 12, 13, 2011 / Jason was sick, and Jamie's fiance Nick had a work thing, so we ended up driving there JUST US LADIES. / Jamie: WAIT: were we supposed to pick up Kevin? / Athena: uh... / Jamie: Oh good! Dan and AJ got him. Along with...
Heart the Helicopters YIP YIP YOU, YIP YIP ME, YIP YIP BABY, YIP YIP FAMILY / Plenty of negative things have been said about the current trend of "helicopter parenting." / [[HOVER HOVER goes the helicopter around Peter Pan Athena.]] / While I agree that my generation would do well to GROW THE FUCK UP a little, I'm tired...
Runniversary RUNNIVERSARY: MARCH 25, 2011 / It was one year ago today that I got back into running. / I went through a couple of running phases in high school, but back then I'm sorry to say it was always more about crash dieting than running. / Athena [[thinking]]: MUST BE PERFECT. / But when I started up last...
 
Goddamn Sunday Shifts Athena (daydreaming): a job with no nights or weekends, or at least a barista job in Northeast, an intelligent (maybe even FEMALE?) boss, NO MORE LOAN, a down payment on a house... / I have pretty boring goals and dreams these days. / Unfortunately, it turns out practical dreams aren't any easier to...
David Bazan at Aesthetic Apparatus Jason and I went to see David Bazan at one of his "living room converts." This one was at Aesthetic Apparatus in Seward. / (We rode the #10 & the LIGHTRAIL!) / As is often the case when I go to concerts and other Cool Young Person events, I felt a little grumpy before we got there. But once the show...
Spiderman vs. The Ponies DRIVING TO WET PAINT TO TALK ABOUT MINICOMICS. Thursday, March 24, 2011. / Zander Cannon: So do the girls have their SpringCon costumes planned? / Steve Stwalley: Not yet. Ooh, maybe they can coordinate with Jin! / Danno Klonowski: Y'know, if you keep up that Jin Quote Twitter, over time it could...
No More Moka So I've had this ongoing fixation with the Moka Pot, ever since I found one in the apartment i lived in in Berlin. / Unfortunately, that one was so old and rusted, I never got it to work. / Athena: guess it's more "mountain coffee" for me... / My current housemate also has a Moka--a big one. I'd been...
Life Is Okay Athena and Jason (at work, thinking): fuckin' work / Athena and Jason (thinking, running, playing guitar): whew...fuckin' work. / Jason: Hey. / Athena: Hey. / MAKE OUT* / * etc / EAT FOOD / LIFE IS OKAY / Athena and Jason: sigh...
 

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