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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... http://actionathena.com/2011/09/30/nick-j-me-dan-aj/ |
| 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... http://actionathena.com/2011/10/03/this-again/ |
| 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... http://actionathena.com/2011/10/05/craig-thompson-at-mcad/ |
| In This Our Season | In This Season Of Sick & Unemployed http://actionathena.com/2011/10/07/in-this-our-season/ |
| 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... http://actionathena.com/2011/10/10/action-athena-the-book/ |
| 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! http://actionathena.com/2011/10/12/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,... http://actionathena.com/2011/10/14/health-vs-employment/ |
| 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!]] http://actionathena.com/2011/10/19/doctors-comic-conventions/ |
| 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:... http://actionathena.com/2011/10/21/tired-old-gag/ |
| Floorplans | TWO STUDIO APARTMENT FLOOR PLANS: / 15 ft. x 20 ft. = 300 sq. ft. / 17 ft. x 24 ft. = 408 sq. ft. http://actionathena.com/2011/10/24/floorplans/ |
| 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... http://actionathena.com/2011/10/26/goldfeather-surprise/ |
| 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... http://actionathena.com/2011/10/28/adam/ |
| a class="searchlink" href="http://actionathena.com/2011/10/31/renter/">http://actionathena.com/2011/10/31/renter/ | [untranscribed - please consider transcribing this comic!] |
| 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! http://actionathena.com/2011/11/02/job-news/ |
| 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 http://actionathena.com/2011/11/04/minneapolis-indie-xpo/ |
| 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:... http://actionathena.com/2011/11/07/hasty-most-mix-update/ |
| 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... http://actionathena.com/2011/11/09/northfield-map/ |
| 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! http://actionathena.com/2011/11/11/where-are-they-now/ |
| 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... http://actionathena.com/2011/11/14/year-of-dishes/ |
| 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... http://actionathena.com/2011/11/16/anger-versus/ |
| 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!... http://actionathena.com/2011/11/18/dirty-cat-mouth/ |
| 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.... http://actionathena.com/2011/11/28/thanksgiving-break-woo/ |
| 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... http://actionathena.com/2011/11/30/spectacular-tortillas/ |
| 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... http://actionathena.com/2011/12/02/an-evening-with-sarah-currier/ |
| 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... http://actionathena.com/2011/12/05/stuck-in-the-shit-box/ |
| 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... http://actionathena.com/2011/12/07/ends-of-eras/ |
| 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... http://actionathena.com/2011/12/09/resident-of-st-paul/ |
| 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 http://actionathena.com/2011/12/12/floorplan-of-my-apartment/ |
| 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... http://actionathena.com/2011/12/14/middle-school/ |
| 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... http://actionathena.com/2011/12/16/another-doctors-visit/ |
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