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Nick & J-me & Dan & AJ NICK & JAMIE GOT MARRIED / Dan Olson: Aw, this must be their song. / Dan Olson (to AJ): Remember how we picked our song? / AJ Niehaus: Yeah. / Dan Olson: I said: OKAY. I'm gonna turn on the radio, and whatever song is playing, THAT'S IT. / Jason: Yikes! That's like Russian Roulette! / Athena: What...
This Again? THURSDAY MORNING / headache...sore neck...shaky...weak... / NOT SICK NOT SICK / Maybe I just slept funny? / THURSDAY NIGHT / NOT SICK IGNORE IT / Just enjoy the meal, & your cute boyfriend / FRIDAY MORNING / NOPE, NUH UH, just...a really runny nose...& sore eares & throat...and neck...and muscles... / FRIDAY...
Craig Thompson at MCAD CRAIG THOMPSON AT MCAD / Sarah Morean: Did he sketch in your book? / Athena: Yeah, check it out! / Athena [[to Zak Sally]]: That was a great talk! I liked your comment about 100 pages a year being a totally reasonable amount. I mean, he's so detailed. / Sarah Morean: Also cute. / Athena: And well-dressed! / Zak...
In This Our Season In This Season Of Sick & Unemployed
Action Athena: The Book LAYING IT OUT / Athena: In Design is too complicated. I should've scanned most of these at a higher DPI. What if the margins are way off? I wish I knew someone who'd do this part for me. / WAITING FOR DELIVERY / Athena: UGH, what if I just spent $200 on something completely unreadable? I wouldn't...
 
Surly Wet Ross Currier: Well Athena, when your mom's in the cities tonight, I don't know what we'll eat, but I can tell ya what we'll be DRINKING! / [[A pause.]] / Ross and Athena Currier: SURLY WET!
Health Vs Employment Having spent the last month-plus dealing simultaneously with UNEMPLOYMENT and POOR HEALTH, I have drawn some parallels between the two. / First off, everyone's gonna offer you MIRACLE CURES. They do this with the best intentions, but after awhile it gets old. / Helpful Hand: Try sending out friendly,...
Doctors & Comic Conventions AT THE DOCTOR'S / THURS OCT 13 / Doctor: Well, Athena... / Doctor: I'd ask you how you're doing... / Doctor: ...but I already know!! / [[He holds up one of Athena's comics!]]
Tired Old Gag Earlier this week, FINALLY feeling better, I allowed myself to go for a 20 minute run. / It felt great, so the next day I went for 40 minutes. That felt even better. / The next day my sinus symptoms came back. I stayed inside all day. / Athena: Dangit. / The day after that was about the same. / Athena:...
Floorplans TWO STUDIO APARTMENT FLOOR PLANS: / 15 ft. x 20 ft. = 300 sq. ft. / 17 ft. x 24 ft. = 408 sq. ft.
 
Goldfeather Surprise BEING SOCIAL COMES IN SPURTS. (AKA THANKS FOR VISITING, GOLDFEATHER!) / FRIDAY OCT 14 / Sarah Goldfeather: So...I just bought a ticket to MN for tomorrow morning. Any chance I can see you folks?? / SATURDAY OCT 15 / William: So she's gonna be in Northfield tonight? Cool! / Athena: Yeah! We can all...
Adam One of the guys I used to work with at mr. movies in high school was Adam. / There are a lot of stories I could tell about Adam. How he helped found Trica, the annual 24 Hour Scavenger Hunt in our town (which, to everyone I knew who was obsessed with Trica, kind of made me a god). / Adam: THESE are...
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Job News WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2011 / Athena: Oh man! You guys! So, last Thursday, I was offered a full time job! It started this Monday! / Athena: I don't wanna go into details right now. Suffice it to say, I'm excited! / Athena: Um...yeah. / Athena: That's it for now!
Minneapolis Indie Xpo! Athena: MIX is here! / Sat Nov 5 & Sun Nov 6 / 10:00am-5:00pm / Attendance is FREE / The Soap Factory / 518 2nd St SE Minneapolis, MN
 
Hasty Most-MIX Update 2008 / Athena: Posting comics about myself on the internet is a really cool thing to do! / NOW / Athena: IS IT??? / 2009 / Athena: Oh man! Action Athena is the first site that comes up when I Google my name! AWESOME. / NOW / Athena: Nnggh...what will potential employers things if they Google my name? / 2010 / Athena:...
Northfield Map GREAT, GOOD MEETING PLACES IN DOWNTOWN NORTHFIELD, MN / coffee in the morning, beer in the afternoon / 1. Bittersweet eatery & gathering place / 2. The Tavern of Northfield Restaurant & Lounge / 3. The Contented Cow / 4. Froggy Bottoms Pub / 5. The Quarterback Club / 6. Goodbye Blue Monday Coffee...
Where Are They Now? Athena: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? (my friends from high school.) / Goldfeather is in Brooklyn. / Mickey is in NAG plays. / *Northfield Arts Guild / Sam is married. / William's headed to med school. / Casey works for the White House!
Year of Dishes Last year, between living with two roommates... / ...spending time at Jason's house... / ...and working in coffee shops... / ...I washed a lot of dishes. / As household chores go, I don't particularly mind doing dishes. / (It's quiet. Kinda meditative.) / Still, it's pretty awesome not to be washing...
Anger Versus With my tendency to break things down into dichotomies, I've given a lot of thought to low different emotions can seem like each other's opposites. / Often I pair anger with sadness. I have a tendency to convert sadness into anger, to create a protective shell for myself and avoid feeling something...
 
Dirty Cat Mouth [[Jason nudges Athena with his head.]] / Athena: Ha ha, you're being like a cat. Hey cat. / Jason: Mmm, I'm gonna go brush my teeth now. Cats don't do that. / Jason: Cats have the dirties mouths. The only mouth dirtier than a human mouth is a cat mouth. / Athena: REALLY?? Is that a fact? Huh!...
THANKSGIVING BREAK WOO November 11, 2011 (11:11pm, 11/11/11) / 7:00pm / Jason: Oh! We've gotta do something exciting at 11:11 tonight! / 10:30pm / Athena: Mmm...I'm ready for bed. you? / Jason: Yeah. Oh, but I've got to get the timer! / 10:40pm / Jason: We don't HAVE to stay up till 11:11. / Athena: You just set a timer....
Spectacular Tortillas Athena: I brought the ingredients you wanted to make enchiladas. / Jason: Mmm, these look like good tortillas. / Jason: FEEL these tortillas! Athena. Athena! Seriously, you need to FEEL them. / Jason: OKAY: I've gotta say it. These may be the best enchiladas we've ever made...and a lot of it is...
An Evening With Sarah Currier An evening with Sarah Currier / Sarah Currier: I don't know...some teachers just don't get it! They make everything dry and boring. / Sarah Currier: This teacher I work with was doing a unit on simple machines.* I mean, WHAT could be more exciting?! / Athena: ha ha / Sarah Currier: WHAT?? Why are...
Stuck in the Shit Box I've been sick for over 3 months now, so I've had ample time to come up with stupid metaphors about it. / My current favorite is THE BOX FULL OF SHIT metaphor. / Being sick is like being trapped in a box full of shit. When you're in the middle of it, it's very difficult to think about anything but...
 
Ends of Eras I'm very melodramatic about passing from one phase of life to another. / It's always been this way. In the last days of August, right before we entered sixth grade, Sarah Goldfeather and I spent a whole day taking out all our favorite toys and playing with them. / It was deliberate: we felt that was...
Resident of St Paul So I live in St. Paul now. / [[Nordeast, Downtown Minneapolis, My New Neighborhood, Downtown St. Paul.]] / It's near Snelling and Selby--just blocks from the Laurel Ave place I shared with Chris and Ian that summer. / It's closer to my job than Northeast. And it saves Jason 45 minutes in the bus commute...
Floorplan of My Apartment ATHENA'S FIRST EVER ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENT OF HER VERY OWN! / Bedroom = 12'x7' / Bedroom Closet = 4'x2' / Bathroom = 7 1/2'x4 1/2' / Hallway = 2' wide / Living Room = 12'x12' / Kitchen = 9'x6 1/2' / TOTAL SQUARE FEET = 360
Middle School This American Life recently did an episode about middle school. One of the guests, Linda Perlstein, talked about how formative those years are--how stuff you learn and do then sticks in your brain forever. It's weird to think about that. / Hiked around northern Minnesota. Wolf Ridge Environmental...
Another Doctor's Visit Athena: I'm gonna be honest: IT'S BEEN A ROUGH FALL.* / *slash winter? / Athena: I guess part of me thought this second post-college year would be smoother than the first, but, y'know, maybe it's just not! Maybe it's even harder! / Athena: Some of the reasons for this should be evident to regular readers...
 

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