Author: liz

Things in Seattle/Shoreline

Posted on December 9, 2018 by liz

This weekend I’ll be part of the First Annual Sirius Mischief Memorial Roller Derby Art Show.

Saturday December 15, 10am-4pm, 19022 Aurora Ave N. Entry is free.

  • The creators presenting include:
  • Arkham – Arkham’s Oddities (origami and excentric works).
  • Betsy Nails (Liz Argall) – Things Without (comics, cards and art prints).
  • Carmen Dioxide – roller derby and nerd inspirewed jewelry and hair accessories.
  • Lydia Brewer – Raw Power
  • MoanWrath – CrochetedQuirks and custom metal stampling
  • Thrace – Phryne Soaps (handmade soaps, bath bombs, lip balms and body scrubs)
  • ShaNita Sweets – Peanut brittle, fudge, handcrafted candies and treats. Handmade hats, infinity scarfs, jogging headbands, hair clips and more!
  • Shannon Nielson – Simply Suds Soap Co. Essential oil roller balls, lip balm, sugar scrubs.

The show is hosting a donation drive for Orion Center for Youth. Bring stuff to support young people experiencing homelessness. New socks ++, items for Hygiene Kits (shampoo, deodorant, soap, brushes, sanitary products etc).

More info on the FB page https://www.facebook.com/events/760200064338166/?ti=ia

590: Waisted a Day

Posted on December 8, 2018 by liz

Thing 1: I waisted a day.

Thing 2: Really?

Thing 1: Otherwise its pants would fall down!

Little known fact PUNS make you fly.

589: Nothing

Posted on November 27, 2018 by liz

Thing 1: What are you doing?

Thing 2: Nothing

 

Thing 1: No way!

Thing 2: Well, I’m talking now.

Thing 1: And just that???

 

Thing 1: How do you do it?

Thing 2: Lot’s of practice.

 

Thing 1: …

Thing 1: wow

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Thomas Believes in You

Posted on November 11, 2018 by liz

This is Thomas, one of Seanan McGuire’s Maine Coons. For his health he has to have a lion haicut and then wear cute t-shirts. He is my friend.

588: Resting

Posted on October 15, 2018 by liz

I started this comic a few years ago, but I couldn’t get it right. It’s about 4 panels longer now! And in pleasing news, for me, resting differently can involve a variety of things including magnesium, melatonin, meditation, and a CPAP machine. If you have a worry and the opportunity, I highly recommend a sleep study!

Thing 1: Sometimes resting makes me really tired.

Thing 1: So I don’t

Thing 1: And then I fall over and rest all the time and I just feel worse!

Thing 2: Maybe you need to rest differently.

Thing 1: It’s exhausting to think about.

Thing 1: I think I need to recover from thinking about resting and recovering before I figure out how to rest and recover.

Thing 1: Which makes me so stressed I can’t sleep.

Thing 1: What if I never sleep again?

Thing 2: Boop!

Thing 1: zzzzz

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587: All my fault

Posted on October 11, 2018 by liz

With gratitude to delightful author, Fonda Lee http://fondalee.com, whose questions on twitter led me to write some things that led to this comic.

Thing 1: It’s all my fault.
Thing 2: What?

Thing 1: Everything, everything is my fault.
Thing 2: No, it’s not.

Thing 1: Really?
Thing 2: Really.

Thing 1: But what if you’re wrong?
Thing 2: I’m not… and I think we need a snack.
Thing 1: I think so too.

My snack included lettuce leaves with fetta cream sauce and BBQ sauce. I don’t know if that is clever or bizarre, but I hope you are all having good snacks.

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585: in the face of greatness

Posted on July 14, 2018 by liz

Thing 1: You are an amazing bunny

Bunson: I used to think so too!

Bunson and then I met bunnes 10 times more amazing!

A pause

Bunson: It’s inspiring

Bunson dances away: Wheee!

Thanks to all my patrons and a special big extra thanks to Lisa Jenkins, Kate Webb, Matthew Noe, Sandra M. Odell and Erik Owomoyela.

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584: Don’t Shrink

Posted on July 2, 2018 by liz
Boot: When you have a marginalized identity
The world wants you to shrink. Physically, psychologically…
 
I was never good at shrinking.
 
Thanks to all my patrons and a special big extra thanks to Lisa Jenkins, Kate Webb, Matthew Noe, Sandra M. Odell and Erik Owomoyela.
 

582: Marie Curie and Boot

Posted on May 29, 2018 by liz

I like to think Boot and Marie Curie would have hung out and been fierce together 🙂

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

– Marie Curie

I like that Marie Curie says fear _less_. Understanding is so great for getting past blocks. Sometimes understanding might even be, hello ancient survival mechanism of fight, fight, freeze or fawn, would you like some blood pressure medication? I would like my mind to be clear while I face this scary thing! A steady heart can be handy in days of frayed souls.

Thanks to all my patrons and a special big extra thanks to Lisa Jenkins, Kate Webb, Matthew Noe, Sandra M. Odell and Erik Owomoyela.

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581: What are you thinking?

Posted on May 23, 2018 by liz
Ben Okri is a wonderful Nigerian author and poet. I stumbled across his work in my last year of university and was one of the things that helped a fire stay lit inside me when I was so very tired and grieving the loss of my mother.
Thing 1: Ben Okri said, “Nothing is more difficult that knowing what you think.”
The Things look at each other.
Thing 2: That’s a good one…
Thing 2: I think…
 
Thanks to all my patrons and a special big extra thanks to Lisa Jenkins, Kate Webb, Matthew Noe, Sandra M. Odell and Erik Owomoyela