Beautiful and Sweet Summer!

Well, it's truly Summer here in disgusting, old Osaka. It's hot everyday, and even during some of the nights. More often-than-not, it's also as humid as a 10-day-old quiche, wrapped in plastic and microwaved. Yuck! In order to escape from having my armpits smelling like pencil factories, I occasionally take two showers a day. Mm...Wasteful! We're also blasting the AC like crazy, which means a huge spike in our energy bills. Spectacular!

ESCAPE FROM AND RUN TOWARDS
Starting tomorrow, my weekend is in full effect. After that, three days of work followed by two weeks vacation! Sweet!

My student often as, "So where are you going to go for your vacation?"
And I simply answer, "To my desk."

I've been commissioned (for actual money) to do some illustration work for someones forthcoming website. Sweet Beans! So that means, while my beautiful and patient wife continues to slave through her day selling make-up, I'll be inking and coloring all the tiny little sketches I've made for her.

And the fun doesn't stop there! By next week, I have to send in a mini-portfolio to a famous candy company called Glico. My wife surprised me one day and told me that she had called ahead and they said they'd like to see my work. Lucky Me! However, a lack of ANY COMPLETED work began to irk me, so now, I'm in a bit of a rush to put together some works for these people. Thanks, Meg! (@.@)

UPDATES
As you can see the website is basically finished (again) and in working order. I've even added a special sidebar where I'll post some recommendations and tidbits of my life.

I've added A FREAKIN' LOT of photos. Click on the photos sticker on the sidebar to see!

The Strips page is still yet to be completed. Internet Explorer is not cooperating and I do not know why. I've tried everything I could, but still no good!

My next project, besides the illustration work, is to update the portfolio. I've some good ideas, now it's just a matter of implementing them.

Well, that's all for now, I guess.
Mike, rocketing into a mild mental brake-down, the RocketRat!