Today (or technically, yesterday, since it's already past midnight) was kind of a good day. I joined a couple more LJ communities and promoted my webcomic, I got a lot of nice comments and some helpful critique and so far I think I managed to turn a few more people into readers. I also joined StumbleUpon, which so far, is fun as hell to use but I'm afraid of spending too much time surfing the internet with it. I also joined MyBlogLog, which was already connected with Yahoo so I didn't need to spend too much time figuring out what to do with it. I'm not quite sure if it will benefit my website in any way but if it doesn't I could always take it down. I'm considering joining Twitter also, for "mini-blogging" but I want to get comfortable with the sites that I've signed up with so far. I'm having the most fun on LJ, though. The girl_gamers community rocks.

The highlight of my day would probably be getting a wonderful email from YesStyle.com stating that the new boots I bought was being shipped so I should expect it in a day or two. I bought it to replace my Aerosoles whose leather was peeling off. It was on sale too and since it was my first time buying from YesStyle I got $5 off so including shipping fees my total purchase was less than Php 1,500. I just hope it fits. It's so hard to find nice shoes - especially boots - here in the Philippines that fit me (I have really small feet - US size 5) and won't burn a hole through my wallet. I'm so excited to get them!

I also chatted with some old college buddies of mine and it was great reliving the memories of our college days. We're planning a reunion in May and I'm really excited about it. I kind of miss college but I'm happy about where I am right now, I feel so much more mature now. I've grown up so much (not literally, of course).

I finished the day off by inking another strip for Draw Write Play which I plan to color and finish tomorrow morning. I'm really going to try harder to keep my webcomic updated every Monday and Thursday and to write better strips and get more people to check out the site. I'm determined to make my webcomic as big and as good as I possibly can. Speaking of which, I also got an invitation today from a webcomic group asking if I wanted to join their network. I still have to study and think of it though. Right now I'm pretty happy with how I'm handling the site, sure I spent quite a bit on the hosting but hopefully I'll earn enough from the ads to cover the hosting expenses.

I also remember I still have to work tomorrow on the 3-Column Comicpress theme I modified and promised to release on my other blog. I think I'm going to go sleep now. It's been a good Friday.

~C

My webcomic Draw Write Play has recently been featured in the LJ community girl_gamers and it's quite refreshing to hear both good and bad reviews of my comics from real girl gamers themselves. Admittedly, my characters are not what may typically be considered as girl gamers, since they are as much interested in fashion and "girly" stuff as they are interested in gaming, so my webcomic might not be something you can call a fair representation of the community. I'd like to think of Cel and Pixie as just girls living normal lives except their lives are heavily influenced by the world of gaming.

In any case, the comments that the article (Girl Gamers Represented in Media) received really got me to thinking more about my webcomic and I just hope that in time I could grow it into something that girl gamers themselves will accept and appreciate. It also led me to ask the question: what makes a girl a girl gamer? For now though, I need to stick with my original storyline and grow my characters slowly. Since I am only doing this comic as a hobby, I don't want to stress myself over trying to please everyone. I don't expect to be as big as CAD or Penny Arcade, although of course, every webcomic artist WANTS to be as big as CAD and Penny Arcade.

In other news, I found out this morning that the leather on my favorite and fairly young pair of boots is peeling, which is kind of frustrating because I wanted to wear them to work today. Even more frustrating is it's so hard to find a good pair of boots nowadays, especially in the Philippines (because technically speaking, it's not for our weather).

I also discovered a new (at least, new for me) Japanese restaurant at Tomas Morato called Omakase. Me and my boss went there for lunch and he introduced to some incredibly scrumptious Crazy Maki. Think of it as a combination of Tuna and Sashimi wrapped in Japanese rice topped with fish eggs and chopped fried anchovies (I think they were anchovies). Yum yum. I so love our new office.