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killjoy-loveit · 4 years

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A Little Bit Like Clover

Request: Oh yay! May I please request a Rowoon/Seokwoo Barista!AU? One shot or scenario, Romance/Fluff, female reader, any POV where he falls for a a florist who works in a flower shop right across from his coffee shop. I don't really have a specific plot in mind other than that 😅 thank you! 💕

A/N: I would like to clarify that everything written in this story is complete fiction and isn’t to be taken as a true portrayal of reality. To the anon who requested this, I’m so sorry it took me so long :( I hope that the story lives up to your expectations!! Side note: I wrote this in a style similar to that of one I tried previously for another story, I personally like this style a bit so lmk what y’all think of it :)

Also this was proof-read by the absolutely wonderful 💚💚 @uwunnie 💚💚, whom I wish to thank for taking time out of her day to check over it for me!!

Word Count: 3,914

Genre: Fluff, overall v cute imo

May 3rd, 20XX

The nice old man, Mr. Jones, that owned the bookstore across the street decided to sell. He would always come in on Tuesday of every week to buy flowers for his wife’s grave- Tuesday’s had been their date nights he’d confided in you one day. Sometimes Mr. Jones would choose her favorite flowers, other times he’d tell you to make a pretty bouquet. You were sad to see him leave, but you knew it was inevitable. It was difficult for him to run the store on his own, especially with him going on in years. Now you just wondered who would become your new neighbor. Would they be nice? Would they change from a bookstore? The possibilities were numerous.

June 1st, 20XX

After almost a month the bookstore was successfully purchased. Still, you were unsure of who owned the space. You’d yet to see one individual frequenting the establishment, though it would be hard to pick them out anyways. There was always a gaggle of people moving about the old storefront nowadays, pulling out all of the old furniture and books. Clearly it wasn’t going to be a bookstore anymore. That small discovery made you a bit sad. You would miss going over there on your days off and finding new books to delve into.

July 15th, 20XX

Finally you met the new owner of the store across the street. He’d come in right as you were finishing up a bright bouquet that would be one of the samples for a party planner you worked with. You’d glanced up as the bell had rung, the typical customer service smile coming to your face. As he stepped up to the counter, you wiped your hands on the apron tied about your waist.

“Hi, welcome to Oopsy Daisy. How can I help you?” Your voice automatically switching into the chipper, vibrant tone you used to interact with customers. It must’ve shocked him, you thought, as you noticed his eyes widen a tad.

Nevertheless he smiled politely at you and extended his hand. “Hello, I’m Rowoon, I bought the store across the street from you.”

Surprised, you reached out your hand to shake his, mouth parted slightly. “Oh, wow. I was wondering who’d bought it- now I know.” You laughed lightly, then proceeded to introduce yourself.

“Well, I just wanted to come over and introduce myself. I’m not sure if you know, I changed the layout into that of a coffee shop, so if you ever decide to come check it out the first cup of coffee’s on the house!”

“I’ll make sure to stop by soon!”

July 16th, 20XX

You were up earlier than usual as orders had piled up, what with it being the midst of wedding season. Oopsy Daisy wouldn’t open to the general public for a few hours still, which would leave you plenty of time to make decent headway on the orders. But you would make no progress without having a cup of coffee first. And what better time to try out the new coffee place across the street than right now?

Despite the early hour, right about the time typical business people would be floundering for their first cup of coffee, the shop seemed relatively empty. Two or three customers were placed throughout the shop, two at separate tables sipping on their coffee and looking at laptops, the other sitting in a comfortable chair with a book in hand and a coffee set on a table beside them. The store didn’t seem to change too much, despite the switch to becoming a coffee shop. Bookshelves lined the small brick wall that separated the coffee counter from the seating area. Small tables and comfortable chairs were scattered throughout the area, giving it a cozy feel.

Walking up to the counter, you saw Rowoon standing behind it- pretty relaxed, a book in his hand. A mix of to-go cups and porcelain mugs caught your eye as you got closer, each one had the store name and logo printed on. The logo being a heart made of coffee beans around the shop’s name, which is succinctly called ‘Kinda In Love With Brew’. That made you smile.

“Your store’s name is cute.” You said after reaching the counter, pulling his focus away from the book in his hands.

“Oh, hey! I wasn’t sure when I’d see you again.” Rowoon grinned. “And thanks, I came up with it myself.”

“Really? I wouldn’t have guessed that.” Shifting on your feet, you fiddle with the zipper on your bag.

He just laughs, shaking his head. “A lot of people say that. Do I not seem like I could come up with a cute romantic name for my store?”

“No, it just seemed like a mild romantic sort of name and I guess I didn’t see you as that type. Clearly I was wrong and shouldn’t set out to find a job in profiling.” You joke lightly.

Rowoon sets his book down, leaning his forearms against the counter. “Now that we’ve adequately discussed my shop’s name, should we talk about yours? Or save that for another time?”

“Another time perhaps, I’m on a bit of a time crunch.”

With that said, you quickly order a drink of Rowoon’s recommendation. And once the drink is in hand, you make your way back across the street.

October 28th, 20XX

It’s been a couple of months since Rowoon opened ‘Kinda In Love With Brew’, and you’d met on many occasions. It had become a habit to pop across the street for a coffee when you knew you would be slammed with orders. And he’d taken to coming over and chatting whenever business was slow, leaving his store under the watch of one of his employees. Normally people got on your nerves, which is why you ran your store all by your lonesome- not one employee to help you out. But somehow Rowoon didn’t. You weren’t sure if he had some charm to him that made it harder to be annoyed by him, or if your personalities just meshed well together.

Either way it didn’t matter, you were well into becoming friends. Which is why it almost didn’t surprise you when he knocked on the door to your shop well past closing. After letting him in, you’d questioned his arrival.

“Well,” He replied, taking a deep breath. “I saw the light in your store still on and I wondered why you were still working. It’s almost one in the morning.”

Glancing over at the clock on the wall to confirm his words, your jaw dropped slightly. “I didn’t even realize… I just got carried away, I guess.”

Rowoon raised an eyebrow at you. “Carried away or frantically trying to finish an order before the pickup time?”

You smiled sheepishly at him. “Maybe it was more frantic than being carried away.”

“I just don’t understand why you refuse to hire some help around here.” He sighs, looking intently at you. “You’re practically running on fumes at this point. If you keep this up then you’ll have to start turning away customers.”

“I get annoyed by people easily, especially if I have to explain things multiple times. It just wouldn’t work if I tried to hire someone to help me. The cons would outweigh the benefits.” You mutter, picking at your apron awkwardly.

“I don’t think they would if you found the right person.” Rowoon chided. “But right now what you need is sleep. Go home, get a good rest and finish the order later.”

You shook your head quickly. “I can’t. They’re picking up the bouquets at nine and I haven’t even finished half of them yet.”

“Let me help you then.”

At first you’d been hesitant to let him assist in the bouquet making, but he’d actually done a good job. It turns out that he catches on rather quickly, so after observing you make two arrangements he was able to start making them on his own. It was nice having someone next to you, working in harmony, conversation flowing naturally. This wasn’t something you’d experienced before, and you found that you enjoyed it. Not to mention you actually finished a lot faster than you would have on your own. Hours faster. Once all of the arrangements were finished though, before Rowoon could leave, you promised to repay the favor or at the very least treat him to a meal when he was free.

November 14th, 20XX

It was about five o’clock in the evening when Rowoon rushed into your store, completely frazzled and unkempt. Luckily there was no one inside your shop at the moment, though this was because you were technically closed to the public. The asters you were holding falling to the counter in shock. Never had you seen him appear in such a state, he was typically calm albeit a little goofy. Yet here he was, standing before you, out of breath, with panic written all over his features.

“What’s wrong?” You moved out from behind the counter to where he stood at the entrance, hand smoothing down his back in an attempt to calm him down.

Rowoon gulped in a deep breath. “There’s- there’s a lady in the store, and we already called the ambulance, but I don’t know what to do! How am I supposed to help her? I can’t-.”

You cut him off, worry seeping into your veins and activating your brain. “What happened for you to call the ambulance? Was she injured? Did she slip and fall? Is she bleeding?”

At each of your questions after the first he shook his head quickly. “She went into labor!”

Eyes wide, you stared at him, mouth agape. “And you just left her there? What’s wrong with you?” You smacked his shoulder lightly before rushing out of your store to his.

Sure enough, once you got inside you saw an obviously pregnant woman, sitting on a chair breathing heavily. A man was standing beside her, appearing very panicked, holding a phone talking to a person you believed to be an emergency operator. Only a few other people, all coincidentally men, were in the store, but each one of them appeared nervous and anxious on behalf of the lady who had just gone into labor. All of this energy couldn’t be good for her. The lady in question, looked scared, and all of the people around her weren’t calm either- which was helping nothing.

Hearing the door close behind you, you determined that Rowoon had followed you. “Go get wet a cloth with cool water, wring it out and bring it to me.” You stated without looking at him, but he quickly followed your orders and moved past you.

Without hesitation you raised your voice to address the people in the coffee shop. “Everyone who is not with the woman in labor, please leave! I understand that you came here for a coffee fix, but right now might not be the best time.”

As the other customers departed, you were left alone in the store with three other people: Rowoon, the lady in labor, and the guy standing next to her. As you approached, her gaze was flickered between you and the guy next to her.

“Hey,” Voice calm, you pulled a chair up beside her and sat down. “What’s your name?”

“V-Vee.” She hissed out, teeth gritting in pain.

You worked on keeping your voice as calm and soothing as possible as you conversed with her, trying to help ease some of the nerves. Rowoon had appeared with the cloth in the midst of your conversation, which you’d handed to the guy standing next to her, telling him to help keep her cool. Overhearing the emergency operator state that the ambulance was still a little far out, Vee became panicked. She was blubbering about how she didn’t want to have her baby in a coffee shop, she wanted to have it in the hospital after getting an epidural, how she wasn’t ready yet.

“Breathe,” You reminded her, while you tried to come up with some words that might help. “The ambulance is coming, and soon enough you’ll be able to get to the hospital.” You locked eyes with her. “You can do this. Just think, in a matter of hours you’ll be holding your little one. Isn’t that amazing?”

She nodded slowly, muttering under her breath. “I can do this.”

It wasn’t long after this that the ambulance arrived, sweeping her and the man with her away. Which just left you and Rowoon in the store. Of the two, you were clearly the one with the level-head currently, as it appeared that he was mentally checked out at the moment. After guiding him to a seat and getting him a glass of water, you flipped the sign on his door to say ‘closed’. Then you began cleaning up spilled drinks, most likely occurring from witnessing a woman go into labor. Cleaning the spilled drinks didn’t take too long, thus you continue cleaning the rest of the store as you’d seen Rowoon do many a time through the wide windows of his cafe.

Even after you finished cleaning, Rowoon still seemed to be in a state of shock at what had just happened. So, you did the only thing you could think of- you took his store keys from him, shut off all the lights, dragged him outside and locked up.

“Come on,” You murmured, hand wrapped around his wrist. “I’m going to make you a cup of chamomile tea.”

Making your way across the street, you led him into your store, which you locked after entering, and up the stairs in the back to your apartment. Minutes later Rowoon was sitting on your couch, a steaming mug of tea in his hands. You were starting to get a little worried, as he’d yet to say a single word.

Sitting down beside him, you looked at him with concern. “Are you okay?”

He turned to look at you, the glaze that had previously taken over his eyes dissipating. “I think so,” Rowoon breathed out softly, taking a sip of tea. “I wasn’t expecting anything like that to happen in my store.”

Laughing quietly, you patted his arm. “I don’t think most people expect a woman to go into labor in their place of work, unless you’re at a hospital that is.”

Cracking a joke, it seems, was the right move. Rowoon was able to relax a bit more as your conversation went on. Stories were exchanged of the wildest things to happen in your stores, though you were pretty sure he won, what with what happened tonight. He expressed how amazed he was at your ability to keep calm in such a situation, praising how you’d even helped to calm the soon-to-be mother. That night, Rowoon stayed over- the two of you falling asleep on the couch with a worn-out blanket covering your legs, an old rerun playing in the background, his mug of tea sitting empty on the coffee table.

December 22nd, 20XX

Snow gently floated to the ground, setting the perfect atmosphere for the holidays. Normally it didn’t snow in this area until January, so it was exciting to see it appear before the new year. However, the snow did nothing to calm your nerves as you built the courage to go to the holiday party currently taking place in Rowoon’s cafe. Through the window you could see the crowd of people smiling and laughing, even managing to hear snippets of the music playing inside each time a new person went inside.

Wringing your hands, you finally resolved to pull yourself together and walk across the street. It couldn’t be that hard to step into a building you’d been in numerous times before, could it? Rowoon had invited you, said he was looking forward to seeing you there- you couldn’t just not go. With a particularly deep breath as your fuel, you stepped out of your store and quickly crossed the street after checking the road was clear. You hadn’t been in front of the door to the cafe for more than a second before it was opened by Rowoon himself, a bright smile on his face as he pulled you inside.

“I’m so glad you came!” His eyes crinkled at the edges. “Do you want some cider? Or hot chocolate? I also have eggnog, a few different wines and ales, or water, if you prefer.”

“So many options,” At your words, a dusting of color rose to Rowoon’s cheeks. “But I’ll have to go with the first one, cider.”

His hand remained wrapped around your wrist as he led you through the party, weaving around multiple groups of people, smiling and greeting them as he went. Rowoon only letting go of you to pour a cup of warm cider, which he handed to you with a grin. Shortly after, the two of you fell into a comfortable silence, observing the party-goers together. That is until someone came up, pulling Rowoon away for some reason you couldn’t quite catch. Rowoon had seemed reluctant to go, glancing back at you as he was led somewhere else.

As you didn’t really know any of the people at this party, you kept your place beside the refreshment table. Time passed by rather slowly as you watched everyone socialize, Rowoon having disappeared somewhere among them. Despite his tall stature you couldn’t manage to pick him out in the crowd. Heaving a sigh, you continued to sip at your drink, wondering how long you should stay. With the amount of people in the cafe, if no one stayed around to help Rowoon clean up, he’d probably be here hours afterward. Since he’d helped you on multiple occasions before, the desire was there to help him in return.

Although maybe it wasn’t just that you wanted to help him. Rather, maybe you just wanted to be alone with him. Your mind flitted back to the week prior, when Rowoon had invited you to the party.

He’d walked into your store, head bent slightly, teeth denting his lower lip, and almost walked right into a display of primrose and snowdrops. If you hadn’t moved fast enough he would have bulldozed right into that display, one that had taken you a bit of time to get just right. You had run right over to him, grabbing his wrist and jerking him away at the last second. Rowoon had looked up then, shocked as he stumbled and had to keep himself from toppling over.

“I’m sorry,” You’d apologized breathlessly. “I just spent so long on that display and you were about to walk right into it.”

Rowoon glanced back at where he’d just been, eyes widening a fraction. “No, I’m sorry I should’ve been paying attention. I was too lost in my thoughts.” He offered a sheepish smile.

Eyebrows raised, you cocked your head to the side. “What were you thinking about so deeply you forgot to pay attention to your surroundings?”

“Oh, I was thinking…” He paused for a minute, eyes flickering to the ceiling. “Of the holiday party I’m having next week. Would you be able to come?”

At first you’d been a bit hesitant, mainly because you were aware there’d most likely be a lot of people you didn’t know at the party. But Rowoon had managed to convince you to come. Besides, it was much too difficult to say no when he looked at you with hopeful eyes.

Hours passed by- hours you didn’t note because at one point you’d left the safety of the refreshment table to find Rowoon. Instead of finding him, though, you’d managed to find an old book of poetry half-hidden on a bookshelf. This book had kept you entranced as the party continued and as it eventually wound down.

“Enjoying yourself?”

You glanced up from the book to see Rowoon standing next to you, and the rest of the cafe empty. “Is the party over?”

He nodded, a tired smile overtaking his face as he sat next to you. “Yeah. Sorry I left you alone the whole time you were here. I kept trying to come and find you, but I kept getting pulled about by other people. Being a party host is exhausting.” Rowoon finished with a sigh, elbows coming up to rest on the table as he set his head in his hands.

“It’s fine,” You murmured, setting the book down on the table. “I managed to keep myself occupied.” Silence permeated the air between you for a minute before you stood up. “Do you need help cleaning up?”

“What? Oh no, you don’t need to help clean up.”

“But nobody else stayed behind to help. You shouldn’t have to clean this all by yourself, look at the mess!” You gestured at his cafe, which had empty paper cups and plates strewn about and streamers hanging loosely on the walls.

He stood up, taking in the state of his cafe, lips pursed. “You’re right, it will be hard to clean on my own.”

You waggled your eyebrows at him. “Of course I’m right! Now come on, let’s get to cleaning.”

Before you could walk away to find a dustpan and broom Rowoon’s hand grasped your wrist, stopping you in your tracks. “Wait, I… I need to tell you something first.”

Turning back to face him, head tilted, eyes focused on him. “What is it?”

He blinked rapidly, mouth opening and closing a few times before he blurted out a sentence so jumbled you couldn’t properly understand him. You had to ask him to repeat himself, which he did, but he was so quiet you couldn’t hear him.

Finally, after you couldn’t take the anxiousness anymore, you propped your hand on your hip. “Rowoon, please, will you just say whatever it is? It can’t be that difficult to say.”

“I’m so happy that I bought this place, and that I was able to meet you because of it. I don’t want to ruin our friendship if you don’t feel the same way as I do, but I need to tell you that I don’t want to be friends with you- I want to be more than that.”

You watched as he bit his lip, his eyes flitted nervously around the room as he awaited your response. “You want to be more than friends?” He nodded swiftly. “Are you saying you have feelings for me?” He nodded once more. A smile broke out onto your face, one that he hadn’t caught yet because he was avoiding looking at you. “Hmm, well, I guess we can’t be friends anymore.”

Rowoon’s eyes jerked to you, going wide, mouth parted slightly. “Huh?”

You stared at him innocently. “Does this automatically mean we’re a couple, or do we need to go on a date first?”

He sighed, relieved. “You really drew that out.”

Most people tended to grate your nerves. Most people made you want to whack your head against a door repeatedly. Most people were capable of making you wish for a solitary life. Most people felt like weeds, popping up at the most inconvenient of times. However, Rowoon wasn’t like most people. If he were compared to a weed, he wouldn’t be the kind that covers any and everything like Kudzu, rather he’d be the kind that helps a garden thrive, like Clover. In this way, it’s safe to say that he grew on you unexpectedly.

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kelmcdonald · 6 years

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A Year in Review 2017

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A Year in Review 2017

Hi everyone,

So it’s the end of the year. I have been looking back over the year to make my goals for next year. Last year I posted my goals on Patreon for the highest backer level. It’s a level that no one ever backed at. I don’t know if the price was too high or just general lack of interest. But I liked writing those posts so as long as I have time, I think I’ll start posted some edited versions of them free on my site each month. Before I started doing that I thought I’d post a public behind the scenes wrap up.

2017 was rough and exhausting. That’s true for a lot of people.

I tried to stick to my professional and personal goals anyway. I also tried a few experiments to see how things would work out.

Last year, I had a few business/income related goals. I wanted to focus on building my Patreon, my newsletter, and my store. I wanted to get rid of ads and do less cons. Ads are ugly and hard to track down bad ones. Cons I want to do less of because they are exhausting to me. I don’t think I’ve ever got creative burn out but I definitely get hussle/promo burn out. It’s been taking me longer and longer to recover from cons. So anywhere that I can get money which isn’t from cons if great.

A lot of my site redesign was to push those things.

My newletter is I think the most successful of those goals. I got a good few hundred folks signing up from my website and a bunch of folks signing up after my kickstarter. Next year I’m gonna try to focus on making it better. I few people asked for highlights from the blog here as well as promo. But I’m still taking suggestions if anyone wants to leave them in the comic. Right now it’s just promo but if I don’t have promo that month I end up not knowing what to write.

The shop getting pushed more, I think it did better than last year but I haven’t crunched the numbers yet.

Patreon didn’t go very well this year. I wanted to get more patrons there to mostly get rid of ads. I ended up making less money on patreon than before. I used to charge weekly and thought switching to monthly would help get more people on board, but I never ended up attracting enough people to make up for the difference. I tired a few different things like business posts like this one, sketch requests, and streams. At first I was posting my early comics in a big PDF but then was told more frequent posts get peoples attention more. I also tried to post more art on there. None of those really enticed people to jump on. I don’t know if people just don’t like my stuff. If I’m just not cut out for promoting a long term thing rather just doing a focused push for one big project. Either way I’m feeling pretty discouraged and after last weeks debacle with the fee change is leaving me kinda sour on Patreon. In 2018 I’m gonna try to focus on other stuff that might pay off more.

I was looking for more work from publishers and companies in 2017 too. Or more working smarter not harder with companies. That didn’t pay off in 2017 but it get me some cool stuff lined up for 2018.

But for now it looks like I’m gonna still be hitting up 10 or more cons a year.

On the somewhat creative goal and somewhat personal, I spent a lot of of this year making sure I kept up with my comic reading. It can be easy to not keep up with reading new comics and know what is out there when you are busy trying to make comics. I buy most of my comics at conventions but I got an ipad pro to be a portable digital drawing tool so I’ve been reading a lot of manga on that. But here’s some high stuff I really enjoyed and will probably write about on my blog over the coarse of next year. I read them this year but they didn’t all come out this year. The webcomics I’m just gonna link cause they are free to read but I usually just read the print collections when it comes to webcomics. So when I say I read them this year I mean the print collection.

Wilde Life by Pascalle Lepas

Agents of the Realm by Mildred Louis

The Meek by Der-shing Helmer

Feywinds by Nicole Chartrand

Check Please by Ngozi Ukazu

O Human Star by Blue Delliquanti

A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Ōima which is about a guy trying to get forgiveness from the deaf girl he bullied in elementary school. It’s very intense and grips with complicated questions about who gets forgiven and who decides who gets that forgiveness.

Monstress by Marijorie liu and Sana Takeda. It’s a fantasy epic that is set in a matriarchal setting where magical humanoid creatures and sorceresses are at war. The main character is trying to learn more about an elder god type thing that has taken over her arm. It’s gorgeous and complicated and female focused. This might be my favorite comic right now.

Fun Family by Ben Frisch. I picked this up because I went to college which Ben. Fun Family is a fictional behind the scenes of Family Circus. It kinda odd but I liked it because it explores how a simple wholesome comic like Family Circus can be comforting when your home life is falling apart.

Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama. I don’t got to tell you all what Dragon Ball is about. But I read it for the first time and really liked it. I had only seen the anime before this. It was interesting to see the source material. I thought it was a lot of fun.

Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaki. Most anime fans know about this one too but again I read it this year. For you none anime fans alien parasites take over human hosts and replace their heads. The main character gets his hand taken over instead and he has to work with the parasite to hide from both humans and parasites. It’s an interesting mix of body horror and exploring morality.

My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi. It’s about a superhero school in world where more people have superpowers and being a superhero is partly being a celebrity and partly a government job.

Space Battle Lunch Time by Natalie Riess. It’s about a cooking reality tv show in space. I was a lot of fun and very cute. It does a good job of having multiple rounds of cooking contests without getting repetitive. The main character is super charming.

Moonlighters by Katie Schenkel and Cal Moray. An all ages comic about werewolves doing magical odd jobs on their college campus.

Soupy Leave Home by Cecil Castellucci and Jose Pimenta. I picked this up because I introduced Cecil and Jose to each other. Their book is really good. It’s about a girl who disguises herself as a boy so she can run away to ride the rails as a hobo during the great depression. It’s bitter sweet and does an excellent job showing the relationship build between Soupy and her mentor on the rails.

I also liked Castoffs by MK Reed, Brain Smith, and Molly Ostertag and Letters for Lucardo by Noora Heikkilä but those both are only at volume 1 and I feel like the stuff that I’ll really want to talk about will probably happen in volume 2. My reading list is organized shortest to longest and so some have been on there for awhile. For 2018 far it’s:

As the Crow Flies by Melanie Gilman

Not Drunk Enough by Tess Stone

The Fifth Beatle by Vivek Tiwary, Kyle Baker, and Andrew C. Robinson

Vattu vol 2 by Evan Dahm

The Last Halloween by Abby Howard

East of West year 2 by Jonathan Hichman and Nick Dragotta

Drive by Dave Kellet

The Less than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal by EK Weaver

I Am Hero by Shinsuke Sato

If you all got recommendations I’m open to em. I think it’s important to read comic if you want to improve. So while I am gearing up for my next big project I wanted to make sure knew what was out there. I have been writing about them on Patreon but I’m gonna start posting them publicly. Writing about the stuff I like is just to help me articulate what I’m looking for in stories and be more deliberate in the future. I’m intentionally not reading Marvel and DC though. So if you suggest stuff from them I’ll probably pass.

And then here are more general personal goals and experiments.

I got really unhealthy while working on Misfits of Avalon because juggling two comics isn’t super smart when when has a hard deadline. There were a few months while working on it where I basically drank ALL THE REDBULL to finish on time. I also gained 20 lbs while working on it. So a lot of 2017 was me trying to undo the damage caused by overworking.

I don’t pay a lot of attention to my weight and mostly noticed because I got faced with the choice of lose weight or buy new clothes. Excising takes more work but is cheaper. So I started biking 3 times a week and used the biking version of couch to 5k to improve. I mostly stuck with it because MK Reed was my biking buddy. We fell off a few times when con season got hectic. Then because of con season I tried to think of something that is easier to do while away. So in October after all my cons were done I gave jogging a try. I wanted to die and my throat was closing up. I couldn’t finish even half of what couch to 5k tells you to do the first day. I thought maybe I’d improve. But after no improvement for a month I went to the doctor. Turns out my lungs are all fucked up and I just didn’t know it because that was how I always breathed. Doctor gave me an inhaler which helped with running so now I can completely the first day of the program, but my none running breathing is still not as good as it should be. So I just got a different inhaler that is supposed to help with that. Otherwise I might have some expensive medical tests coming up. So fingers crossed that everything is fine.

I also tried to do some push ups at the beginning of the year. I started by doing them off my counter and then moved lower to the arm rest of my couch. But I was apparently doing them wrong so I never successfully got to doing push ups off the floor. Building muscle strength might be something I need more help with than cardio.

And while running sucks honestly the hardest thing to do was fix how bad my caffeine addiction got. I mentioned above that I drank a lot of Redbull when Misfit of Avalon deadlines got tight. Well, when I went to C2E2 last year, the time it took me to wake up, go to the airport, fly to Chicago, and get to where I was staying gave me a withdrawal headache. So less than 24 hours. I still had 2-3 months of work to do on Misfits but I made a self note that this is a problem I needed to deal with once finished. So I turned in my pages that June. Then I quit caffeine cold turkey because I’m very bad at cutting back on things. It was a miserable two weeks. But by the time SDCC rolled around I could get through a con day with only one cup (as opposed to like 6 cups).

So for health stuff in 2018, I’m gonna try to keep up the jogging and biking. Figure out what is up with my lungs. And try to get help on the upper body strength that I am lacking.

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>>HOST: OH MY GOSH THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR LET'S COOK I AM HERE LET WITH KELLY DIEDRING AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN NOW.

IF YOU LOVE TO FRY BUT YOU CANNOT STAND THE MESS I WILL TELL YOU A QUICK STORY THE OTHER NIGHT I MADE COCONUT SHRIMP WITH MY FRIEND CAN WE WERE IN THE KITCHEN HE DEMANDED WE FRY THEM AND NOT MAKE THEM THE INSTRUCTIONS TH SAY FRY.

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99 PLUS TAX AND SHIPPING OF COURSE FOR THE FIRST.

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NOT ONLY IS IT LITERALLY HOT MESS BUT WHEN YOU FRY ME L SINKS INTO YOUR FOOD AND YOU INGEST THE OIL THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU WANT.

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BECSESESESE PAN IT WILL ABSORB ALL P OF THE OIL.

THIS WILL QUICKLY FRY THE OUTSIDE AND LET THE CHEESE BE MALTED– MELTED ON THE INSIDE.

THAT IS ONE OF THE MANY REASONS, ALSO COOKING FASTER.

RIGHT?– CRISPY AND GOOEY.

>>GUEST: YOU ARE GOING > TO BE DOING THINGS INSTANTLY INTO MINUTES, AGAIN IT IS THE RIGHT AG WAY TO DO IT.

SO, IF WA YOU ARE GOING TO FRY, WHICH WE ALL DO WE LOVE THE CRISPY, DELICIOUS FRIED FLAVOR.

DO IT FRI WITH THE BELLA FRYER IT COMES WITH A BASKET THAT POPS OUT WE MAKE LIFE EASY BECAUSE THE BASKET CAN BE THROWN DIRECTLY INTO THE DISHWASHER.

IN THE HANDLE FOLDS ALL THE WAY INTO THE INSIDE.

LSO AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR AT UNIT IT WILL NOT BURN.

ALL THE CRIMES AND DRIPS WILL GO UNDERNEATH THE HEAT THERMOMETER SO YOU DO NOT GET THAT BURNT TASTE OR FLAVOR.

WHEN YOU HAVE A FRYER LIKE THIS ONE GOES ALL THE TH WAY UP TO 375° THAT WAY FRIES AT THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE YOU WILL BE FRYING THINGS FAST.

HESE ARE DONE.

,CACACACA YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE HOMEMADE FRENCH FRIES? I DO NOT LIKE THE BAG FRIES, WHEN YOU GET THE SKIN AND CUT THEM INTO SIX OR EIGHT THAT IS A FRENCH FRY.

IN KETCHUP OR MAYONNAISE, OR BOTH.

LET ME MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, THIS IS THE FIRST PRESENTATION T OF THE DATA IS $39.

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>>HOST: THIS IS NOT LIKE YOU HAVE TO MAKE A BIG DECISION HERE EVEN IF DE YOU DO NOT WANT TO FRY INSIDE BRING ON THE INSI PATIO UNDERCOVER IT HAS ALL THE SAFETY FEATURES YOU EXPECT OF A FRYER.

HAS THE MAGNETIC BREAKAWAY PLUGS IF YOU HAVE WILD CHILDREN OR PETS RUNNING AROUND THE KITCHEN AND MAY COME BY AND PICK THE POWER CORD IT WILL NOT PULL THE FRYER TO THE FLOOR IT WILL KNOCK THE POWER WIL CORD OFF.

>>GUEST: THAT IS RIGHT HERE IS WHAT ELSE I LOVE ABOUT LA USE I JUST COVERED IT BOTH OF THESE HAVE INDENTATIONS I CAN ACTUALLY COVER MY FRYER WHILE I AM FRYING THERE IS A FILTER HERE SEE YOU DO NOT GET AS MANY DO NO FRYING ODORS AND WHAT I ALSO LOVE IT IS CLEAR RIGHT ON TOP YEAR I CAN PEEK IN AND MAKE SURE I AM NOT FRYING FOR TOO LONG.

MOST THINGS TAKE 2-3 MIN.

BUT I CAN PEEK NOT GOING FOR TOO LONG.

THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL GOES FROM 275°-375°.

>>HOST: THIS IS THE WAY YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE COCONUT SHRIMP NOT HAVE IT ALL OVER THE BACKSPLASH OF THE BACKSP KITCHEN AND LOOK HOW GOLDEN BROWN AND CRISPY THOSE ARE.

I RECOMMEND EXPRESS ORDERING OR GO E TO HSN.

COM, THESE ARE FLAWLESS.

EVERY ONE OF THESE DELICIOUS SHRIMP ARE TO PERFECTION.

I WILL PUT SOME CHICKEN STRIPS, ARE THESE STRIPS CHICKEN OR CHICKEN OR FISH? >>GUEST: THOSE ARE CHICKEN.

>>HOST: DEEP WITH THEM > IN THE BASKET AND THEN THE BASKET AND? >>GUEST: YOU PUTHEHEHEHEE THE BASKET AND LEAN ON THE EDGE SO IT IS UP AND OUT OF THE OIL AND THEN YOU POP INSIDE THEIR.

LOOK AT THE GREEN BRAIN DIGESTED BILL GREEN THEY ARE CRUNCHY TO ARE CRUNC PERFECTION THAT WAS PERF ABOUT 1 1/2 MIN.

LOOK A AT THAT CRUNCH IF YOU AT ARE GOING TO DO THAT'S TABLES WHY NOT FRY THEM? FRY THEM THE RIGHT WAY.

I JUST MADE FRIED GREEN BEANS.

TRY ONE A LOT OF THEM COME STRAIGHT OUT T OF THE FREEZER SECTION O IN YOUR GROSSER.

— GROSSER.

–GROCER.

>HOST: YOU DO NOT FEEL SO YOU D GUILTY WHEN YOU ARE FRYING GREEN BEAN TO FRY FEEL LIKE YOU ARE EATING YOUR GREENS YOU ARE JUST GETTING A LITTLE SOMETHING EXTRA.

>>GUEST: THAT IS A GREAT STATEMENT YOU DO NOT STA FEEL SO BAD.

NOW LOOK F AT OUR CHURROS WE JUST GOT THEM OUT THEY ARE CRUNCHY AND PERFECT.

>>HOST: WHAT IS THIS? >>GUEST: THESE ARE CHURROS IS A MEXICAN DESERT YOU PUT WITH CINNAMON IT IS BASICALLY LIKE FRIDAY OH.

>>HOST: [LAUGHTER][LAUGHTER] PERFECT! >>GUEST: THAT IS THE THING THAT BELLA ALLOWS YOU TO DO YOU CAN (.

) THE OIL WILL RECOVER THE VERY QUICKLY I CAN NOW POP IN SOMETHING ELSE I WILL SALT THESE LITTLE BIT, NOT SALT THEM BUT GIVE THEM SOME POWDERED SUGAR.

WHEN WAS THE SUG LAST TIME YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE HOMEMADE CHURROS AT HOME? NOW YOU CAN DO IT YOU HAVE THE PROPER TOOLS YOU WOULD NOT DARE TRY THAT ON A STOVETOP T OR FRYING MACHINE YOU REALLY DO NOT WANT TO BAKE THEM.

>>HOST: I AM HAVING A MOMENT HERE BECAUSE THAT FRIED GREEN BEANS ARE TENDER ON THE INSIDE AND SO CRISPY ON THE SO CRIS OUTSIDE.

LET ME RECOMMEND YOU TRY THIS, IF YOU NEVER HAVE DEEP-FRIED, FLASH FRIED, AND YOU TRY TO DO IT AND WITH CHICKEN FRYING PAN YOU KNOW WHAT IS SPLATTERING MESS THAT SP IS.

GET YOURSELF A IS.

FRYER THEY ARE $39.

99 IS FROM BELLA.

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THEN I WAS ON HSN.

COM AND I SAW BELLA COFFEEPOT AND IT WAS COF LESS MONEY IT WAS LESS M $34.

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CHECK IT OUT ON OUR WEBSITE ON HSN.

COM, BUT IN THE MEANTIME BUT FRIED CHICKEN STRIPS, EGGROLLS, GREEN BEANS, THE MOZZARELLA IS UNBELIEVABLE.

I HAVE TO HAVE A FRENCH FRY.

>>GUEST: PLEASE HAVE A HOMEMADE FRENCH FRIDAY ARE GOLDEN AND CRISPY BROWN TO PERFECTION THE WAY TO DO IT.

IF YOU HAVE NEVER DONE A SLICE OF POTATO YOU PUT IT INSIDE THE FRYER.

HERE IS EVERYTHING YOU GET FIRST OF ALL IS A VERY SLEEK STAINLESS STEEL FRYER I LOVE THAT ABOUT BELLA ALL THEY DO IS BEL HAVE FUN IN THE KITCHEN I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THAT.

IS THE GREAT THING IS ABOUT THE FRYER THE HEATING ELEMENT COMES STRAIGHT OUT IT IS SO EASY TO CLEAN, MOST FRIARS THE HEATING ELEMENT IS ATTACHED SEEM ACTUALLY CANNOT GET THIS OUT AND POUR THE OIL BUT THIS COMES RIGHT OUT OF HERE YOU POUR YOUR OIL YOU CAN ACTUALLY REUSE THE OIL POUR IT THROUGH CHEESE CLOTH STRAIN THE OIL AND POP THIS IN THE DISHWASHER BILL GREEN IT IS SO EASY TO CLEAN.

EXT TIME YOU GO FOR IT POP THE HEATING ELEMENT BACK IN.

>>HOST: LISTEN THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEEP FRYING AND FRYING D IN A FRYING PAN–FRIERS.

ALL OF THE BITS SIMMER TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAN YOU ARE NOT BURNING FOOD AND ALL THE PARTICLES OF DOUGH OR BATTER THAT IS NUMBER ONE.

WHEN YOU NU ARE USING A FRYING PAN EVERYTHING IS COOKED AT THE SAME LEVEL, HAVE YOU EVER PUT A PORK CHOP IN A FRYING PAN AND THE CODING KIND OF FLOATS TO THE SIDE? THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE CONDENSATION WHEN IT CON HITS THE HEAT.

CALL US AND TRY ONE YOU MIGHT BE THINKING FOR $39.

95 WHAT CAN THIS BE? I HAVE CAN BEEN NEEDING FOR THE FIRST 10 MIN.

AND EVERYTHING I PUT IN MY MOUTH IS SCRUMPTIOUS! M IT IS NOT SINKING IN FATT.

AND I HAVE TO TRY A SHRIMP.

>>GUEST: LISTEN AS I >>G PULL OUT ONE OF THE EGGROLLS IT IS HOT BUT I WILL TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM ASKED THAT WANT YOU TO HEAR HOW CRISPY AND DELICIOUS.

CAN YOU ACTUALLY HEAR? HERE HOW CRISPY? TRY AND EGGROLL IN THE FRYER DO NOT PUT IT IN THE MICROWAVE FOR THE OVEN WHERE IT IS SOFT AND SQUISHY NOW YOU CAN GET THE CRISPY CRUNCH THAT LITERALLY YOU CAN SEE IT FLAKING APART IN MY HANDS.

THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU USE THE RIGHT TOOLS.

JUST LOOK AT THIS EGGROLL IT IS CRISPY ON THE OUTSIDE CR BUT BECAUSE WE HAD IT AT THE PERFECT TEMPERATURE IT IS NICE AND MOIST ON THE INSIDE.

THE VEGETABLES ARE NOT VEGET SOAKED IN OIL BUT THE OUTSIDE IS CRISPY AND CRUNCHY THAT IS WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT FRIED FOODS WHEN YOU WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.

>>HOST: LISTEN, DO YOU HEAR THAT CRUNCH? THIS IS A FRIED STRING BEING.

STRING BEANS ARE NOT SUOSOSOSOSOSY SUPPOSED T AND CRUNCHY.

DO YOU AND KNOW WHAT? TRY IT FOR THE NEW YEAR WHEN THE KIDS COME HOME AND YOU WANT TO MAKE FISH STICKS OR FRIED CHEESE STICKS O OR YOU HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY COME OVER AND YOU WANT TO MAKE HOMEMADE CUISINE THAT IS CUISINE DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAD ALL MONTH LONG TRY MAKING HOMEMADE EGGROLLS.

HAVE FUN WITH IT.

DOUGHNUTS IN THE MORNING! >>GUEST: IN ABOUT 3 MIN.

I MADE THESE PERFECT GOLDEN BROWN DOUGHNUTS.

DRIZZLED IN SUGAR AND CHOCOLATE SAUCE.

PLEASE ADD THE ONION FRIES IN THEIR.

>>GUEST: LET ME PUT THE BASKET UP YOU TAKE THE BASKET AND YOU PULL IT B UP AND OUT OF THE FRYER HAS ALLEGED THERE WHERE YOU SET IT.

YOU FILL YO THE BOTTOM THERE THESE ARE ONION STRAWS YOU KNOW THE EXPENSIVE ONES YOU BUY AT THAT FAMOUS RESTAURANT? YES PUT THOSE IN THERE I WILL TH POP THAT DOWN IN HERE PO AND NOW WE WILL JUST (.

) >>HOST: WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF NOT PUTTING P IT IN THE OIL? >>GUEST: SO IT DOES NOT SPLATTER.

>>HOST: HELLO! I JUST LEARNED A FRYING TIP.

>>GUEST: IT DOES TI NOT BECOME THAT HOT MESS WE ARE USED TO WHEN THE FRYING SPLATTERS.

NOW YOU HAVE A CLEAR GUARD YOU CAN LOOK INSIDE YOU THEIR AND OPEN THE THEIR LITTLE LITTLE BIT AND LI YOU ARE DOING IT THE SAFEWAY.

>>HOST: THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THATY DI EDUCATED US ALL ON.

EDU WHEN YOU TAKE SHRIMP, CHICKEN, OR ANYTHING YOU PUT INTO A FRYING PAN PU AND YOU PUT IT INTO HOT OIL YOU ARE GOING RIGHT TO HOT OIL VERSUS SETTLING IT IN SLOWLY SO WHEN THE MOISTURE HITS THE OIL YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS,/! THESE ARE DONE AREN'T THEY? >>GUEST: THEY ARE ALMOST DONE THEIR VERY CRISPY.

TO ME THERE IS NOTHI THAN A FRIED PICKLE HAVE YOU EVER HAD A FRIED PICKLE? THEY ARE A SOUTHERN DELICACY.

HE'S GOING FOR THE FRENCH FRIES.

ANYBODY SURPRISED? HOW ABOUT HOMEMADE TORTILLA CHIPS? >>HOST: I THINK THIS IS NICE BECAUSE IT IS NICE AND LIGHT–SPLASH! >>HOST: HOW DIFFICULT IS IT FOR SENIORS TO MANAGE A BIG FRYER WITH TWO HANDS? OVER 145 SPOKEN FOR THIS IS THE FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE PRES BELLA 3.

5 LITER DEEP FRYER AND IT IS SMOKING HOT NO PUN INTENDED.

OOK WHAT WE HAVE MADE DOUGHNUTS, EGGROLLS, HOMEMADE FRENCH FRIES, THE DELICIOUS COCONUT SHRIMP, CHICKEN TENDERS THAT ARE PERFECTLY THAT GOLDEN BROWN THERE ARE G NO HOT SPOTS.

>>GUEST: WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR OWN FRIED DO OUR TORTILLA CHIPS.

HOW ABOUT MAKING YOUR OWN CHIPS? THIS IS A CORN TORTILLA THAT IS ALL IT IS POP IT IN THE OIL IS MAKE SURE YOU ARE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY WITH IT THE FRYER IT MAKES LIFE EASIER IT IS A SLEEK, SMALL FOOTPRINT.

IT IS NOT TAKING UP THE HUGE SPACE YOU ARE NOT USING TOO MUCH OIL NOT A BIG VAT OF OIL IT IS A PERFECT SIZE FOR 2 OR PE 22.

YOU SEE ALL THE 22.

FOOD WE HAVE DONE HERE.

>>HOST: YOU TAUGHT ME SOMETHING NEW SEE YOU SO ARE SAYING TORTILLA ARE CHIPS ARE TORTILLAS THAT ARE CUT UP AND PUT IN AR HOT OIL? >>GUEST: I HATE TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE YOU CAN DO IT AT HOME.

>>HOST: I THOUGHT THERE WAS A MAGIC MACHINE AT THE MEXICAN RESTAURANT CITY ARE JUST TORTILLAS CUT UP AND FRIED? >>GUEST: YES.

LOOK AT THE FRIED ONION STRAWS THIS IS LIKE THE ONE YOU SEE AT THE RESTAURANT WHERE YOU GO AND PAY ALL THAT MONEY FOR THEM.

A LOOK AT THE ONION STRAWS THESE ARE ALMOST THESE A FINISHED THAT IS WHY I F AM LEAVING THEM IN FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES THEY WILL BE CRISPY AND CRUNCHY.

YOU CAN DO CRU YOUR OWN IF YOU WANT TO GET OUT BATTER AND MAKE YOUR OWN FRESH ONIONS.

>>HOST: I AM MAKING MORE CHICKEN STRIPS JUST BECAUSE I CAN THEN THESE ARE FROZEN? >>GUEST: YES THEY ARE FROZEN THEM REMEMBER BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A HIGH-POWERED MOTOR IT WILL ACTUALLY IT WI53800:13:18,033RECOVER VERY FAST.

SEE.

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