FROM THE WINDOW STICKER:

DODGE SHADOW ES 2-DR CONVERTIBLE
Color: Bright White Clear Coat
Interior: Cloth Low back Buckets with recliners and driver side lumbar support.
Engine 2.5 Liter SOHC EFI
Transmission: 3 Speed Automatic

Front wheel Drive
Electronic Fuel Injection
Position sensitive front suspension
16:1 Power Assist Steering

Fog lamps and aerodynamic Halogen Headlamps
Front side and rear colored acents
15 Inch Cast Aluminum Wheels

Manual Vinyl Convertible Top
Soft Boot Cover
Power windows with fixed vent windows
Center Console with cupholders and storage bins
Luxury Steering Wheel with Air Bag
Analog Gauges with Tachometer
Dual Remote Control Outside Mirrors
Deluxe Intermittent Wipers

Customer preferred options:
Air Conditioning
Tinted Glass
Tilt Steering
Light Package
Dual Note Horn
Speed (cruise)Control
Power Door Locks
Infinity I Sound System
Power 6 Way Driver Seat

The original cost of this car was $16,784.00
It is rated at 23mpg city and 28mpg highway.

THE GOOD:
The top is new and was installed only two years ago and is always booted when put down. The rear window was replaced as well. The top color used to be white, but I got it replaced with a gray top to match the interior.

It is up to date on service. I just changed the oil and the inspection is up to date and is good till March 2011.

I am only the second owner of the car.

It runs great and is comfortable to drive.

Passenger side window motor is new.

Only 45000 miles on it. Might be a little bit more because I drive it everyday still.

Not to mention it is a convertible and fun to drive in nice weather with the top down!

THE BAD:
Driver side window has failed on me despite being fixed in March. It is currently stuck in the down position.

Was backed into in a mall parking lot. The grill and hood are damaged and need to be replaced for the car to look nice cosmetically.

The paint is pealing in a few spots, mostly the hood. This is common for Chrysler vehicles painted white.

Front speakers no longer work

The A.C. Needs to be recharged.

The roof leaks. This is a design flaw with this car. The original owner has told me that it has leaked since 1991 when he bought it.

I hope I have described this accurately enough for you. Please contact me if your interested in taking it for a spin. Please take a look at the photos or come see it for yourself.  ohnocomix (at) gmail (dot) com.

I think in words.
I had a friend once who told me that he thinks in pictures and images. He is very articulate with how he speaks and I believe he speaks several languages.
I on the other hand think in words. My brain is like a room of voices speaking. I see pictures in my minds eye as well, but not representing any words. Words are just words in my brain. Yet I am an artist. In fact a cartoonist. I tell stories with pictures that I draw from (for the most part) my mind. I make paintings and take photographs. I draw.
When I write my comics, I write them out first in a script format. I think of the words first and don’t really think about the pictures until it’s time to draw. To me it’s all about the words. In fact as I draw I think with words about what I’m drawing.
To draw Billy I think to myself: Nose, Circle circle, eyes, forehead, mouth/smile, hair curl hair curl hair curl, glasses, shirt.
Or if I’m drawing a car, I think about the tires, the hubcaps, the fenders , the turn signal.
When learning about the art of creating art, one is taught to forget what an object is, but to describe it with your medium. Like that’s not a hubcap, but a lighter shade of grey. I could never do that. To me it is always a hubcap. It is impossible for me to think with pictures. For me it’s always about the words.

I think this is one reason why I will only ever know how to speak English fluently. Without the pictures in my minds eye, I can’t find anything else to help translate English to anything else.

I am back to writing my journal again after a hiatus. I hope you enjoyed that little bit on cats that I wrote. It was originally a post on a food friends Facebook page when he asked if his cat was plotting to kill him.

Another reason why I am writing again is because this month I am going to tackle the entire Art of Manliness 30 day challenge. I am already off to a rocky start as I have not done task one or two and as of 20 minutes ago, it is now day three. But I will do them. I want to do all thirty and get that feeling of aconplishment. So I will be posting the results here on the journal.

I don’t know if anyone actually reads this journal, but it gives me a feeling of releasing thoughts from my brain. If anyone of you non existant folks follow me on Twitter then you know what crazy stuff happened since my last entry. In mid December the office I work in had caught on fire and all the employees displaced. The most important people in the company, the folks who brought in the money were rushed off to a underground bunker to keep working. I feel the dust has finally settled and all the workers are split between two temporary office on either side of the river near Valley Forge while the old office is renovated. I still don’t have a computer or phone, but I do have my iBook that I brought from home to get work done on. Work os also picking up; I have been the busiest this week since before the fire.

Well it is past midnight and the cat has got off my lap so I will now go to sleep.

Good night.

The new books are availible for pre order now in two different ways

• OPTION ONE: $12.99 “Grand Theft Chickens” Artist Edition book, sketched, personalized and numbered (1-25)

• OPTION TWO: $20.00 Both “Grand Theft Chickens” Artist Edition book, sketched, personalized and numbered (1-25) and “Other Disasters” the first OH-NO book which will also be signed and sketched in. Plus you will get FREE SHIPPING!

Preorder ends on April 1st and ship on Thursday April 22nd. If your attending The Pittsburgh Comicon, I can bring your book with me and refund the shipping cost. Just put Comicon in the Personalize Your Product Form.

Don’t like to shop online? No Problem just email me at Vince[at]ohnocomics.com with CHICKENS as the subject and tell me what you would like to purchase and I will give you instructions to pay by check. You can order anything from the shop this way if you like.

ATTENTION COMIC SHOPS: If you would like to carry my book in your shop feel free to email me (Vince[at]ohnocomics.com) with COMIC SHOP in the subject and we can discuss the details. I am at this moment looking for a shop to do a book signing on April 28th in the Philadelphia area.

And as always, remember to sign up for OH-NO and Whiskey Falls in your email so that you never miss a comic or a news item like this.

Cheers, Vince.

WEDNESDAY:

Not a very eventful wednesday. Had a rather good Jimmy Johns sandwich to eat. Also I discovered that the Dekalb Street Bridge is now open again in Bridgeport. It helps make commute home go that much quicker.

THURSDAY:

I am now realizing why it is a good idea to do this journal daily. I cant remember what I did on Thursday. I do know that I went to swim class and that the instructor was sick.

FRIDAY:

Whoo Hoo, Friday. I had a good Friday!! Lorin and I went to the Gym and had an awesome workout and then headed out on a date night. Yup, I took the wife on a date! it was fun. We went to CPK and had coctails and pizza. Then we went over to Dave and Busters for some fun games including skeeball. When We got home I saw that my new safety razor had arrived along with a badger hair brush and some shaving soap.

SATURDAY:

I got up early and went to CVS to pick up some aftershave and talc. I then had some breakfast, showered and tried wet shaving with a safety razor for the first time. What an adventure, naturally I cut myself.

Lorin and I went to the Dog show and saw those cute lil’ Duck Tollers! Of course we had to wait though hours of Cocker Spanials just to see them compete. Didn’t get to see John O’Hurley this year.

SUNDAY:

I decided I needed to give myself the USMC fitness test. Oi! I scored a mere 34 on the test. I am not fit enough for the military I guess. My legs are killing me however after the three mile run. And then I went and chopped down Rosemary’s front bushes with a chainsaw.

Day two of wet shaving: Still cut myself, but I got a much smoother shave, I think I am getting the hang of it.

Went to a thrifshop and spent some time with Lorin there and came home to dinner with the Ryan’s. I finished the day with cartooning until midnight.

See ya tommorow.

The biggest thing would be that I had drawn my first guest comic for another artist. It was fun I must say to draw his characters as I draw my own.

I had to help the technician install a new color machine on five at work to replace a consistently jamming one.

On the way home I went to pick up a jar of pasta sauce at the King of Prussia Genuardi’s. The place was packed and the express lane was closed. All the other shoppers had full carts, I just had one jar. Then I noticed that the service desk was clear. I moved in that direction, but someone beat me there and proceeded to get a money order. There were two people at the service desk, one in an apron trying to figure out how to ring up a money order and another sans apron just standing there. After ten minutes (and now a long line behind me), the girl without the apron rolled her eyes, threw on her apron and asked if I needed help. She checked me out and I was on my merry way past the crowded checkouts.

As for the fun part. I watched some movies on Friday night while slowly sipping some rather tasty Irish Whiskey. The movies were Ghostbusters and M*A*S*H. On Saturday I went out to Phoenixville and started the day by taking pictures of the signaling and switching mechanisms along the railroad there. And then I began to walk. Before I knew it I had walked all the way to the railroad tunnel. The tunnel, Black Rock Tunnel is the oldest of its kind still in use in the US. I took some photos of it which I hope to add to Flickr sometime soon. After all of that I went into town for a late lunch back in town.

I went to the Steel City Coffee House and had a nice tasty Cafe Mocha and a roast beef wrap with pasta salad to eat. After eating I met the owner of Franco’s Italian Restaurant and chatted with him and another gentleman for a bit before searching the town for it’s Barber Shops. I also was sure to check out the brand new Gay Street Bridge and did some streaking light photography all along Bridge Street.

The next day (Sunday) was spent finishing the install of my model railroad signaling system. Also my wife (Lorin) and her mother returned home from DC. They brought Larry’s Cookies. Yum!

So that was my weekend.